Well that explains why the United States is not mentioned in the Bible! I always wondered about that one.
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The first part of the explanation - about the US losing international power - certainly sounds credible. We have not been minding the store. (Also known as 'deregulation')
"I admit that I do not like this speculative scenario. But it seems the most likely chain of events to me. "
He and I clearly have different standards of likelihood it seems...
Yes, that is interesting. It's sort of like asking why the Apollo 11 mission isn't mentioned by Shakespeare in Hamlet. If only I had a big website where I got to write about such meaningful questions...
Habakkuk is certainly the minor prophet I would cling to for insights into the end times. hmmm... maybe not.