Misguided Confidence

In a recent speech in Poland, U.S. President Donald Trump made the following bold statement about the international challenges facing the West: “Just as Poland cannot be broken, I declare today for the world to hear that the West will never, ever be broken… Our values will prevail, our people will thrive and our civilization will triumph” (Fox News, July 6, 2017). His strong statements about Western values have long been absent from the rhetoric of Western leaders. Yet, it is reminiscent of the words spoken about the Titanic the very day it began its maiden and only voyage, “Not even God Himself could sink this ship.”

Bible prophecy reveals a sobering and very different future for the nations of the West—that the increasingly godless society devised by men is headed for trouble. Numerous Bible prophets record the same warning message—that many modern, Western, Israelite-descended nations are going to be dominated by a foreign power (Deuteronomy 28:15, 31-37, 45-58). God is going to use a German-led “beast power” in Europe—referred to as “Assyria”—to punish these disobedient nations (Isaiah 10:5-11). The prophet Hosea states similarly, “Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the Gentiles like a vessel in which is no pleasure” (Hosea 8:8), and this coming period of captivity will be at the hands of the modern “Assyrian” power (Hosea 9:3)—because these Israelite nations have come to view the laws of God as “strange” (Hosea 8:12). When nations forget that God is their protector and the source of blessings, and begin to rely on their own power, God will remove His protection. To learn more about the real future of the West, read or listen to The United States and Great Britain in Prophecy.