Germany’s Military Desires.

Ursula von der Leyen, nick-named the Crown Princess by the German press, is Germany’s first female defense minister (The Times, February 9, 2014). With her eyes on the chancellorship, von der Leyen “has been striving to create a cross-party alliance in favor of challenging the 69-year-old taboo against military action” (ibid.). German President Joachim Gauck “also called for politicians to stop using Germany’s ‘historic guilt’ [over the holocaust] as an excuse to ‘look away’ from the world’s problems.”

Ironically, “London, Paris and Washington… have long bemoaned Berlin’s reluctance to match its economic might with military muscle” (ibid.), but they will eventually get what they have asked for. Germany (known in Bible prophecy as Assyria), is prophesied to play a powerful role at the end of the age (Ezekiel 23:5-10). The Germans, as the King of the North or European Beast power, will lead an army that will occupy Jerusalem (Daniel 11:41-43; Luke 21:20-24) and overrun a future King of the South (Daniel 11:40). Ambitious leaders with an agenda are coming to the fore in Germany, and the German drive for dominance, relatively dormant for the last 65 years, is beginning to reassert itself. For more on the future of Germany, be sure to read “Germany’s Quiet Comeback!”