Germany, Finland, and Sweden Prepare for War

“Germany is developing an app to help people locate the nearest bunker in the event of attack. Sweden is distributing a 32-page pamphlet titled If Crisis or War Comes. Half a million Finns have already downloaded an emergency preparedness guide” (The Guardian, November 29, 2024). The Swedish government views being prepared for war as a civic duty, though many Swedes do not believe the current situation is as dire as the government apparently does. Finland’s government produces a brochure and website aimed at helping its populace prepare for everything from power outages to military conflicts and war. Finland also shares an extensive border with Russia. In Germany, the government is actively working to make more underground shelters available in the event of a military attack, including underground train stations and parking structures. Germans have also “been urged to adapt their own cellars, garages or storerooms, or excavate old bunkers, while housebuilders will be legally obliged to include safe shelters in new homes—as Poland has already done.”

For many across the world, the threat of war, let alone nuclear war, is far-fetched and far away. But for many in European nations that have experienced war on their own soil in the last 80 years, Russia’s actions in Ukraine have been a disturbing “wake-up call” and a motivation to act. To learn more about the coming global conflicts prophesied in the pages of your Bible, be sure to read or listen to our free study guide, Fourteen Signs Announcing Christ’s Return.