改變的風

在啟示錄七章1節，給予了解世界歷史和當前局勢關鍵的重要範例：

此後，我看見四位天使站在地的四角，執掌地上四方的風，叫風不吹在地上、海上，和樹上。

了解這些「地上四方的風」可以弄清楚影響文明發展和影響我們這時代的力量。我們將簡要來看這些勢力，以及它們與今日世界正發生之事的關係，包括新冠病毒危機。

風在文學和聖經上經常指著改變，就像「改變的風」。最近，我們聽到了許多有關新冠病毒如何為世界帶來徹底改變的消息。毫無疑問，它的確如此，但關於如何改變的定義卻很少。歷史證明，掌握變化所帶來影響的人將是控制未來的人。

世代的戰役

在啟示錄七章1節所提到「地上四方的風」，就是塑造文明的四股力量，這是世界的力量，因此稱為「地上四方的風」，而不是天上四方的風。這些風主導著世界歷史的四個主要時期，它們是地上的四大勢力，分別是：軍事力量、宗教力量、政治力量，以及經濟力量。從這些統治順序可以看見文明結構正是以此順序呈現出來。

在有紀錄歷史上的第一紀元是由軍事力量支配─這是征服者的時代。這個時期從有記錄的歷史開始，一直延續到基督時期之後不久。在此期間，軍事領袖是世界上最有權勢的人，軍事上的征服為文明帶來最大的改變。

下一個偉大文明紀元是由宗教力量支配；再一次，「地上四方的風」不是天上的風，更多指著由人、由地上所興起的宗教。這些宗教勢力包括制度化基督教、伊斯蘭教、印度教和佛教等。此宗教時期大約從第三世紀到1500年間，在此期間，宗教領袖是世界上最有權勢的人，軍事服在宗教勢力之下。在此期間大部分的戰爭都是宗教衝突所引起的。

下一個文明紀元的興起是當政治成為改變的最強大勢力，此時期始於公元1200年間簽署大憲章，持續到二十世紀中期。在此期間，政治的改變成為文明的主要改變動力，新的政府形式經由社會動亂產生，例如法國革命、美國革命，以及俄國革命。在此期間，最有權勢的人是政治領袖，而宗教與軍事力量均服在政治勢力之下。

雖然仍有零星宗教與軍事戰爭，但全面性的社會改革幾乎都出於政治衝突。在每一個時期之間都有過渡時期，從十九世紀末到二十世紀中，我們開始轉換到第四個主要文明紀元─是由經濟力量支配。

我們時代的戰役

俄國革命同時是一場政治與經濟革命，正如馬克斯主義同時是政治和經濟哲學。二次世界大戰同時是政治與經濟戰爭，日本攻打美國，便是因為他們認為美國的經濟禁運政策，是一種對抗他們的「戰爭行動」。這場衝突是列國為迎接即將到來的經濟勢力，最後一次的重新定位。

「冷戰」是很真實的一場戰爭，也是第一場世界經濟大戰。雖然政治、宗教和軍事力量仍是主要勢力，但冷戰卻不同於任何先前的衝突，因為它主要是以經濟武器來抗爭，例如銀行、貨幣、國際制裁和貿易政策。即便如此，這場衝突所帶來的地緣政治改變與任何自然戰爭一樣巨大。

邱吉爾預先看見此文明衝突會以經濟為基礎。他也預先看見西方可能「不費一顆子彈」就能贏得戰爭，因為馬克斯主義經濟是無法與自由市場競爭的。雷根總統欣然接受邱吉爾的經濟對抗策略，不費一顆子彈鐵幕便倒塌了。

克勞塞維茲（Clausewitz）是拿破崙戰爭中的一位軍官，他寫了一本名著「戰爭論」（On War），書中提到戰爭的開打是出於企圖將其政治意願強加於其他國家。當時的情況的確是如此，因為他是在政治時代中期寫這本書的。若是提早幾世紀，他可能會說戰爭是出於企圖將其宗教意願強加於其他國家。他若現在寫這本書，他會說戰爭是出於企圖將其經濟意願強加於其他國家。

「地上四方的風」的每一個風仍是改變我們世界的主要力量，但目前所支配的風是經濟勢力，今日最有權勢的領袖是經濟領袖。瞭解此對於瞭解我們所處的時候是很重要的，當我們開始瞭解這些時候，便開始看見我們已經進入另一場世界經濟大戰。

敵人

你可以沒有政府而擁有經濟，卻無法擁有政府而沒有經濟。經濟是建立在基本人類交易基礎上，政府的基本目的是保護企業的完整性、公平性、效率性，以及企業的整體防禦性。因為政府的生存資源取決於其經濟力量，所以侵略性國家首先攻擊和削弱的基本戰略，就是鎖定國家的經濟。對經濟攻擊的大膽程度可以反映出後續侵略的程度。

正如冷戰帶來歷史上一些最大地緣政治的改變，目前的世界經濟大戰很可能也會帶來顛覆性的改變。你無法打敗看不見的敵人；因此，我們國家的終極防禦也需要了解到我們的敵人是誰，以及他們的戰略。

威脅評估

威脅評估是健全戰役計畫的第一要求，為要知道我們敵人的能力，在我們的時代這些能力包括經濟、軍事和政治武器。新冠病毒危機使明燈重新照在自由的敵人身上。過程雖然痛苦，卻能幫助自由世界最終為此掙扎動員起來，這將決定我們是否持續保有自由。

在知道我們敵人是誰後，瞭解戰場也是很重要的，地理因素可能是戰鬥中的主要因素，因為地理因素可以增強或抵消你或敵人軍力和武器的效力。回顧歷史，我們現在可以看到這些軍力奮戰的宗教和政治戰場，但現在我們必須了解我們所處時候的經濟戰場。瞭解此，將為我們帶來巨大優勢，不瞭解此，將使我們處於極大劣勢。

目前此世界經濟大戰的主要雙方，一方是想要世界順應他們想法的全球化主義者，另一方則是想要自由與獨立來自我決定的人。兩大主要全球化主義勢力分別是馬克斯主義和伊斯蘭教，兩大勢力皆以征服全球作為主要宗旨，自由世界卻試圖忽略我們最大的危險。

在蘇聯政府解體後，西方領袖錯誤以為馬克斯主義已死，不再成為世界的威脅。它並沒有死，只是改變策略，重新編制並重建其能力。馬克思主義跟隨者有別於蘇聯式的持續對抗，而是加強戰略從內部削弱自由國家。他們在這方面做得非常成功，有人認為1930年代出版的馬克思主義45點計劃已經完成44點（這些內容將在每週一話美國遺產概要中進行更深入的探討）。

戰役

伊斯蘭教和馬克斯主義都很有效率的使用我們在這裡談到的四大勢力或「地上四方的風」，我們可能認為馬克斯主義並沒有宗教，或是反宗教，但它將崇拜國家視為其宗教。雖然伊斯蘭教是一個宗教，但大約只有15%的教導與宗教有關，其他教導則包括經濟、政治和軍事。儘管我們的時代是以經濟勢力主導，我們所處的戰役卻包括這四大領域。

比較激進的伊斯蘭教和馬克斯主義都全力投入在完全統治全世界，與這些全球化主義勢力相反的力量，就是那些相信自由和自我決定的人。這些深受愛國主義和國家主義吸引的人想要保存他們的文化、遺產，以及最重要的自由。這種對自由和獨立的嚮往有時使他們很難團結起來抵抗共同的威脅，直到為時已晚，例如在第二次世界大戰時期，當納粹佔領了歐洲大部分地區，同盟軍才開始認真武裝自己並為這場戰爭動員起來。新冠病毒危機已開始痛苦地再次喚醒自由世界，什麼才是對我們繼續作為自由國家的嚴重威脅。

再一次，我們正處在經濟勢力主導的時代。要贏得目前正在展開的世界經濟大戰，我們必須瞭解我們所對抗的經濟武器和經濟戰場。就這兩者而言，我們若善加利用，自由世界仍佔很大優勢。文明是建立在經濟物理學的法律和原則上，我們若了解它們，就可以善加利用來發揮自己的優勢。我們若不了解它們，我們將被那些了解的人利用，這就是為何了解新冠病毒危機是如此重要的原因。

在蘇聯垮台之後，馬克斯主義的首都移至中國。中國領袖擁有比蘇聯更長遠的異象，不若蘇聯持續與西方對抗尋求快速勝利，中國有策略用代理權的持續衝突來削弱美國。同時，他們努力接管我們的企業和製造業，竊取我們的技術和知識財產權，直到他們取代美國成為主導的經濟大國。在2016年大選之前，這是一項非常有效的策略，幾乎已經改變了世界經濟的格局。

在軍事上的另一個基本原則是，要在一場戰役或戰爭中獲勝，必須主動出擊並保有主動權。你若擁有主動權，你的敵人必須作出反應，這樣你就可以控制這場戰役。我們巴不得各國能夠在不參加經濟戰爭的情況下進行貿易，這樣的希望和祈禱並沒有錯，而且大多數國家都這樣做。然而，當一方擁有統治全世界的宗旨時，我們必須了解並學會果斷反對。

當中國開始允許一些自由市場原則進入他們的經濟中，並逐漸向西方敞開，他們享受立即與爆炸性的經濟成長。列國奔向如此巨大市場的契機，帶著他們新發現的昌盛，認為中國政府最終會放棄統治全世界。然而，只要他們一天擁有馬克斯主義政府，這樣的事就不會發生。

馬克斯本人指出，即使只剩下單一的自由市場經濟，他的政府和經濟理論也無法奏效。這可能才是馬克思真正相信的事情。

將中國如此強大轉變成經濟發電所的是自由市場基本原則，而不是馬克斯主義。然而，中國仍試圖保有馬克斯主義的宗旨，而這無法持續太久。即便如此，中國開始出色地採取經濟主動性，在每一個貿易協議上精明地運用策略勝過美國和其他自由市場國家。這似乎應驗了列寧的預言，即資本家將為馬克思主義者用來吊死他們的繩子付出代價。

隨著政治與軍事統治之後，中國對世界經濟統治的長期策略運作很完美，直到川普政府上台後。一個立即與大膽的反擊開始展開，這很快揭示中國試圖將自由市場原則與馬克思主義極權主義控制互相結合，而產生的經濟和社會裂縫。

川普總統以精明幹練的商業領袖建立其核心政府，他的政府比歷史上的任何美國政府都更了解經濟戰場。他們使用強大的經濟武器，例如關稅和制裁來對付我們的政治和軍事對手，以及我們主要經濟挑戰─中國。透過這些舉動，美國迅速獲得世界經濟大戰中的主動權，直到新冠病毒大流行為止。

情報分析的首要原則是了解原因，首先要查看其影響。隨著美國開始重新採取經濟計劃，中國受到的威脅越來越大，尤其是當他們自己內部問題浮出水面時。新冠病毒大流行，也可以稱為新冠病毒大恐慌，使自由世界的經濟像大蕭條以來一樣癱瘓，中國立即尋求重新奪回主動權。

馬克斯主義違背基本人性，若不用集權主義來控制，根本無法運作，中國共產黨(CCP)控制一切，當他們開始失去控制，就開始變得鋌而走險、激進強勢。凡是認識中國共產黨本質的人預期中共會有鋌而走險的動作，例如對他們勁敵台灣的攻擊，但世界卻因新冠病毒而失去防備。

目前仍在爭論新冠病毒的產生是出於人為或意外，雙方都有令人信服的論點。無論它源自武漢生化實驗室，有清楚證據顯示病毒在那被人為合成，還是自然形成的，這實際上都不那麼重要，因為有一個不爭的事實：中國確實策劃讓此病毒在世界流通。中國政府這麼做是藉著封閉武漢，禁止武漢人民前往中國其他地方，卻繼續允許國際往返武漢的旅行。

當此發生的數週，預估有150萬到500萬潛在攜帶新冠病毒的人去到列國，特別是義大利北部、西班牙和美國。若有人認為這不是故意將此病毒傳播到全世界，實在是太過天真。

散播病毒的舉動不亞於釋放大型具毀滅性的生化/經濟武器到全世界，才不到幾週，美國遭受比日本襲擊珍珠港或911恐怖攻擊十五倍以上的傷亡。由此造成的經濟破壞代價已達到好幾兆美元，數字還在持續上升。

越來越多國家要求中國必須賠償這些錢，允許中國被訴訟的法案已提交至美國國會。有一州已經提起訴訟，毫無疑問，還會有更多州起來仿效。

現在最大的問題是，中國共產黨是否會繼續這種鋌而走險的危險策略，這會使中共成為軍事衝突的威脅日益嚴重。還是在這場史無前例危害人類的罪行之後，中共會接受改變，減緩以極權主義控制世界的野心，並重建世界的信任？

在寫這篇文章之時，還沒有看到中國共產黨有任何改變方向的現象，反而是散佈不實消息，以荒謬的手法企圖將新冠病毒的爆發歸咎於美國。因此，我們仍朝向與中國非常危險的衝突前進。俗話說：「如果不改變方向，最終會抵達前往之處。」讓我們所有人禱告，中國前進的方向發生改變。

現在中國共產黨的真正本質已彰顯在全世界，中國人既聰明又卓越，但掌控他們的中共卻不謙卑，也不對自己的行為負責。這與馬克思主義的核心哲學與宗旨是一致的。

馬克斯主義呈現卡爾.馬克斯的本性，那些認識他的人說他是他們所見過最卑鄙的人。假如有任何人質疑他的理論，他絕不以單單抵制他們而感到滿足，他甚至不惜銷毀一切只為消滅他們。時至今日，馬克思主義政府無法容忍異議，他們一再證明不惜銷毀一切只為報復反對他們的欺凌行為，包括殺害數以千萬計的自己人。像他們那樣使用新冠病毒，應該不會令我們感到驚訝。現在，世界將對此做些什麼？

我已經寫作超過三十年，人類走向困境是因為人類認為可以沒有神來管理這個世界的結果。 我們無法自救，我們面臨的許多危機已超出人類智慧或補救範圍。我們必須轉向神，我們必須為我們的領導人禱告，使他們領受從上頭來的智慧，並有勇氣跟隨。

中國文明是很敬重智慧的，我們也需要為中國領袖禱告。我們需要禱告神賜下智慧給中國，讓中國看到轉動的方向，成為值得信賴的伙伴以再次獲得世界的信任。中國若這樣做，他們理當成為世界上重要國家之一。若此沒有發生，我們現在剛剛開始的世界經濟大戰將升級。倘若如此，自由世界必須在一定要贏的戰爭中承擔起一國風範。

The Winds of Change

In Revelation 7:1 an important paradigm is given that is a key to understanding world history, as well as the present:

"After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth...."

Understanding these “four winds of the earth” can make clear the forces that have shaped the development of civilization, as well as those impacting our own times. We will briefly look at these and how they apply to what is now unfolding in the world today, including the coronavirus crisis.

Winds often speak of change in literature and Scripture, as in “the winds of change.” We have heard much recently about how the coronavirus has brought about a radical change to the world. No doubt it has, but little has been defined about how. History testifies that those who grasp the impact of change are those who will control the future.

Battles for the Ages

The "four winds of the earth" in Revelation 7:1 are the four great powers that shaped civilization. These are worldly powers, “winds of the earth,” not heaven. Each of these winds dominated one of the four major epochs of world history. They are Military, Religious, Political, and Economic powers. The sequence in which these became dominant saw the construction of civilization in that order.

Military power led to the first epoch of recorded history—the age of the conquerors. This period extended from the beginning of recorded history to shortly after the time of Christ. During this age, Military leaders were the most powerful men in the world, and Military conquests brought about the greatest changes to civilization.

The next major epoch was dominated by Religion. Again, this is a “wind of the earth,” not of heaven, and speaks more of the religions that emerged from men, the earth, and not from above. These would include institutional Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc. This age extended from about the third century A.D. into the 1500s. During this period, Religious leaders were the most powerful men in the world, and the Military became subservient to the Religious powers. Most wars were Religious conflicts during this time.

The next major epoch emerged when Politics became the most powerful force for change. This began when The Magna Carta was signed that began limiting imperial power and continued into the 20th century. During this period, Political changes became the primary change agent in civilization as new forms of government emerged with the social upheavals like the French, American, and Bolshevik revolutions. During this period, the most powerful people were Political leaders, and both the Religious and Military powers became subservient to Political power.

In this age there were still some Religious wars, but the major conflicts during this time were Political. The transitions between these ages were gradual, but in the late 19th century through the middle of the 20th century, we began to shift into the 4th major civilizational epoch—the time that would be dominated by Economic power.

The Battle of Our Time

The Bolshevik Revolution was both a Political and an Economic revolution, as Marxism is both a Political and Economic philosophy. WWII was both a Political and an Economic war, as Japan attacked America because they considered the U.S. economic embargo to be an "act of war." This conflict was the last major repositioning of the nations` in preparation for the coming age of Economic power.

The "Cold War" was a very real war and the first Economic World War. It only had sporadic and relatively minor Military actions. Though Political, Religious, and the Military forces remained major powers, The Cold War was different than any previous conflict because it was primarily fought with Economic weapons such as banks, currencies, sanctions, and trade policies. Even so, the geopolitical changes brought about by this conflict was as great as any physical war.

Winston Churchill foresaw this clash of civilizations based on Economics. He also foresaw that it could be won by the West “without having to fire a shot,” because Marxist Economics cannot compete with the Free Market. President Reagan embraced Churchill’s strategy of Economic confrontation, and the Iron Curtain did collapse without a shot being fired.

Clausewitz, an officer in the Napoleonic wars, wrote in his classic book, On War, that wars were fought by nations seeking to impose their Political will on other nations. This was true at that time because he wrote this in the middle of the age of Politics. If he had written this a couple of centuries before, he would likely have said that war was an attempt for a nation to impose its Religious will on others. If he were writing now, he would say that wars were a nation’s attempt to impose its Economic will on others.

Each of these basic “winds of the earth” are still the major powers changing our world, but the dominant one now is Economic power, and the most powerful leaders today are Economic leaders. Understanding this is crucial for understanding our times. As we begin to understand the times, we begin to see that we are already well into another Economic World War.

The Adversaries

You can have an economy without a government, but you cannot have a government without an economy. An economy is built on basic human transactions, and a basic purpose of government is to protect the integrity, fairness, and efficiency of business, as well as their overall defense. Because the resources for a government to exist is dependent on the strength of its economy, it is a basic strategy of aggressive nations to first attack and weaken the economy of a targeted nation. The boldness of this attack on an economy can reflect the boldness of the follow up aggression.

Just as The Cold War brought about some of the biggest geopolitical changes in history, this present Economic World War has the potential to bring about very radical change as well. You cannot defeat an enemy you do not see, so the ultimate defense of our nation also requires comprehending who our enemies are and their strategy.

Threat Assessment

A threat assessment is the first requirement for sound battle plans. This is to know the capabilities of our foe, which in these times are Economic as well as Military and Political weapons. The Coronavirus Crisis has turned bright lights back on the enemies of freedom. As painful as this has been, it will help the free world to finally mobilize for this struggle that will determine if we will stay free or not.

After knowing who our enemy is, it is crucial to understand the battlefield. Geography can be a major factor in a battle as it can augment or neutralize the effect of your forces and weapons, or those of your foe. Looking back in history we can now see the Religious and Political battlefields those forces struggled on, but now we must comprehend the Economic geography of our time. When understood, it gives us a great advantage, and if not understood, it will have us at a great disadvantage.

The two major sides in this Economic World War are the globalists who are seeking a world conformity to their ideals, and those who seek freedom and independence for self-determination. The two main globalist forces are Marxism and Islam. Both of these forces have global conquest as a basic doctrine, which the free world has tried to ignore to our great peril.

After the collapse of The Soviet Union, Western leaders wrongly assumed Marxism was dead as a threat to the world. It did not die, but changed its strategy while it regrouped and rebuilt its capabilities. Instead of Soviet-style continual confrontation, Marxists redoubled their strategy of weakening free nations from within. They have been very successful at this, with some considering that 44 of the Marxist’s 45-point plan published in the 1930s are nearly accomplished (these will be covered in some depth in the Heritage Briefs).

The Battle

Both Islam and Marxism have become very effective in using all four of the powers, or “winds of the earth,” we are covering here. We may think of Marxism as not religious, or is anti-religious, but it makes the worship of the state its Religion. Islam is a Religion, but it has been estimated that only about 15% of the teachings of Islam are religious, and the rest are Economic, Political, and Military. Even though we are now in the age in which the Economic power is dominant, the battle we are in is on all of these fields.

Both radical Islam and Marxism are committed to total world domination, and the counter to both of these globalist powers are those who believe in freedom and self-determination. These gravitate toward patriotism and nationalism, wanting to preserve their culture, heritage, and above all, their liberty. This tendency toward liberty and independence sometimes makes it hard for them to unite against a common threat until it is almost too late, such as it was with World War II when the Allies did not start to seriously arm themselves and mobilize for the fight until the Nazis had overrun most of Europe. The Coronavirus Crisis has painfully begun to wake the free world up again to what is a serious threat to our continued existence as free nations.

Again, we are in the time when Economic power is preeminent. To win the present unfolding Economic World War, we must understand the Economic weapons and the Economic battlefield we are fighting on. In both, the free world still has a great advantage, if we will use them. There are Economic physics. Civilization has been built on these laws and principles. If we know them, we can use them to our advantage. If we do not know them, we will be used by those who do. This is why understanding the Coronavirus Crisis is so important.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the capital of Marxism moved to China. The Chinese leadership has a much longer-term vision than the Soviet Union did. Instead of continual confrontation with the West seeking a quick advantage and victory, the Chinese had a strategy of gradually wearing down America with constant conflicts with their proxies. At the same time, they worked at taking over our industries and manufacturing, stealing our technology and intellectual property until they displaced America as the dominant Economic power. It was an effective strategy that was very close to shifting the world’s Economic poles until the election of 2016.

Another basic Military principle is that to win in battle or war you must seize the initiative and keep it. If you have the initiative your foe must react to you, and so you control the battle. It is right to hope and pray for nations to be able to trade without entering into an Economic War, and most do. However, when one has a doctrine of world domination we must understand it and learn to decisively counter it.

When the Chinese began to allow some basic free market principles into their economy, and gradually opened up to the West, they enjoyed immediate and explosive Economic growth. The nations came running to the opportunity of such a huge market and believed that with their new-found prosperity, the Chinese government would drop its ultimate goal of world domination. That will not happen as long as they have a Marxist government.

Karl Marx himself stated that it was not possible for his theory of government and economy to work if there was even a single free market economy left. That may have been the one true thing Marx believed.

It was free market fundamentals that so powerfully turned China into the Economic powerhouse it became, not Marxism. Yet they are still trying to keep their Marxist doctrine too, and this cannot last much longer. Even so, they brilliantly started taking Economic initiative, and shrewdly outmaneuvered America and the other free market nations in virtually every trade agreement. This had to seem like the fulfillment of Lenin’s prediction that the capitalists would pay for the rope the Marxists would hang them on.

The Chinese long-term strategy for world Economic dominance, followed by Political and Military dominance, was working beautifully until the Trump Administration took office. An immediate and bold push back began, and this quickly revealed the economic and social fault lines in China created by trying to mix free market principles with Marxist totalitarian control.

President Trump built the core of his Administration with smart, accomplished business leaders. His Administration understood the Economic battlefield better than any American Administration in history. They used powerful Economic weapons such as tariffs and sanctions against all of our Political and Military opponents, and against our chief Economic challenge, China. By these moves, America quickly reacquired the initiative in the Economic World War—until the coronavirus pandemic.

A first principle in intelligence analysis is that to understand a cause, you first look at its effect. As America began to retake the Economic initiative, the Chinese became increasingly threatened, especially as their own internal problems surfaced. The coronavirus pandemic, which could also be called the coronavirus panic, crippled the free world economies like nothing has since the Great Depression, and China sought immediately to recapture the initiative.

Marxism is contrary to basic human nature and cannot work without totalitarian control. Above anything else, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is about control. When they start losing control, they start becoming desperate and aggressive. Those who know the nature of the CCP were expecting a desperate move on their part, such as an attack on their nemesis Taiwan, but the world was caught off guard by the coronavirus.

It’s still being debated whether the coronavirus was released intentionally or by accident, and convincing arguments are still being made on both sides of this. Whether it originated in their biolab in Wuhan, where there is clear evidence it was being engineered, or naturally, is really not that important at this point because of one indisputable fact: China did engineer its circulation around the world. The Chinese government did this by closing off Wuhan and its province from any travel to the rest of China, but continued allowing international travel to and from Wuhan to the rest of the world.

In the few weeks when this was happening, it is estimated that from a million and a half to as many as five million potential carriers of the coronavirus went to the nations, especially to northern Italy, Spain, and the U.S. One would have to be incoherently naïve to consider this not to have been an intentional spreading of this virus to the world.

This action was nothing less than the release of a Bio/Economic Weapon of Mass Destruction on the world. Within just a few weeks, the U.S. had suffered over fifteen times more casualties from this than it did from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor or the terrorist attacks on 9-11. The cost in economic devastation wrought by this is already in the multiplied trillions of dollars, and still rising.

There is an increasing chorus of nations demanding that China must pay for this. Bills have been submitted in Congress to allow China to be sued by victims. One state has already filed a lawsuit, and there will no doubt be many more.

The biggest question now is if the CCP is going to continue on this desperate and dangerous strategy, which will make it an increasing threat to become a Military conflict. Or will they embrace the change that would have them relax their totalitarian world control ambitions and rebuild the trust of the world after this unprecedented crime against humanity?

At this writing, there is no sign of a change of direction by the CCP, but rather the promulgation of a major disinformation campaign in a ridiculous attempt to blame America for the coronavirus outbreak. We are, therefore, still headed toward a very dangerous conflict with China. As the saying goes, “If you do not change your direction, you will end up where you are headed.” Let us all pray that there is a change of direction.

The true nature of the CCP has now been made manifest to the world. The Chinese people are a remarkable and wise people, but the CCP that holds power over them has not been prone toward humility or taking responsibility for their actions. That is consistent with the core philosophy and doctrine of Marxism.

Marxism took on the nature of Karl Marx. He was called by those who knew him the most despicable person they had ever met. If anyone even questioned one of his theories, he was not satisfied to just reject them, but would scorch the earth if he had to in order to destroy them. To this day Marxist governments are incapable of tolerating dissent. They have repeatedly proven willing to scorch the earth in retaliation for any pushback against their bullying, including killing tens of millions of their own people. Using the coronavirus as they did should not have surprised us, but it did. Now, what is the world going to do about it?

As I have been writing for over thirty years now, the great time of trouble we are headed for is the result of mankind thinking we could run this world without God. We are in way over our heads, and many crises that we’re facing are beyond human wisdom or remedy. We must turn to God. We must pray for our leaders to receive wisdom from above and the courage to follow it.

The Chinese civilization was built on a great respect for wisdom, and we need to pray for their leaders as well. We need to pray that they will be given the wisdom to see a way to pivot and begin to regain the world’s trust by being trustworthy. If they do, they deserve a place as one of the important nations of the world. If that does not happen, the Economic World War that we are now just beginning will escalate. If so, the free world must take on the demeanor of a nation at war that must be won.