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I was intrigued to note that America does not appear in the Biblical End times prophecies, and it is indeed ominous for us all.
It made me ask which other presently world-significant nations e.g. France, Germany, the UK., etc. are also absent from the Biblical scenario, I’d value any comment you have the time to give about this.
The West, as we call it, is mentioned in Scripture only in the context of the end times empire that Daniel called the feet of iron mixed with clay, known by some scholars as the revived Roman Empire. (Daniel 2:31-33)
Others speculate they might be 10 regional governments who control the whole earth under the authority of the anti-Christ. Rev. 17:12 is their basis for this view. Europe would likely be one of these regions, and perhaps the Americas would be another. But it’s becoming clear that as the time of the End draws near the world’s focus will be on the Middle East, and with few exceptions the rest of the world will be only that, the rest of the world.