*** UPDATE ADDED 1/6/26 … Scroll below ***
Happy new year! What a way to start it eh?!? This post is to make sure everyone stays awake and on their toes! Or, as the saying goes, “Stay frosty!” Trump may have kick started the whole World going to war part three thing. Below, I’m sharing a great article by Michael Snyder as well as my older blog post about when the “bombs fall down, we go up”.
This is no time to be ignoring things. People should be paying close attention to the news and praying. Most especially thinking about your salvation in Jesus. It continues to be looking like it is heading into world war and, the nations and battles that continued to be mentioned, will lead into and are prophesied in the BIBLE for the end of days and the start of the 7 year Tribulation! Ezekiel 38 and Israel being the key. The United States is not mentioned in the Bible as coming to the aid of Israel when the Iran/Russia coalition turn their sites onto Israel. Something takes us out of the way of being able to help them. You don’t have to fret if you are saved and if your focus is on Jesus and HIS kingdom that will come at the end of the Tribulation. Have peace in being saved by Jesus BEFORE it begins! Be awake and aware and keep watching going forward. Eventually, all this building up of it all that we have been seeing will come to its head and, you do not want to be unsaved on that day! TODAY is the BEST day for your salvation!
Now, take a look below and Keep looking UP!!
*** Side note to take into consideration: Michael Snyder is not a Pre-trib believer (just because he has another stance does not mean that he is not a great source to read and follow)…Take this as just reporting the latest news in relation to the coming wars on the horizon that just continue to prove how close we are to rapture and the Tribulation. ***
This Is The Part Of The Story That Leads To War With Russia And China
By: Michael Snyder
The dramatic events that just occurred in Venezuela have shocked the entire world. But almost everyone is missing the bigger picture. A very tense geopolitical game of chess is playing out right in front of our eyes, and the stakes are incredibly high. The Trump administration would love to push the Chinese and the Russians out of the western hemisphere, and setting up a new western-friendly government in Venezuela would be a huge step in that direction. Most people do not realize this, but Venezuela actually has more proven oil reserves than anyone else on the entire planet, and that includes Saudi Arabia. President Trump and his team are gambling that the Chinese and the Russians will stand down and allow them to do whatever they want with Venezuela. But what if they don’t? The Chinese and the Russians have both spent decades developing very deep ties with Venezuela, and now they are both absolutely furious.
Over the past two decades, the Russians have sold the Venezuelans approximately 20 billion dollars worth of military equipment, and they just signed a major strategic partnership agreement on May 7th.
The Chinese have lent the Venezuelans approximately 60 billion dollars over the last couple of decades, and China has been purchasing more oil from Venezuela than the rest of the world combined.
An emergency session of the UN Security Council has been called for Monday, and I am sure that the Russians and the Chinese are both going to have plenty to say…
The United Nations Security Council is due to meet on Monday after the US attacked Venezuela and deposed its long-serving autocratic President Nicolas Maduro, a move that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres views as setting “a dangerous precedent.”
Colombia, backed by Russia and China, requested the meeting of the 15-member council, diplomats say. The UN Security Council has met twice — in October and December — over the escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela.
Venezuela had essentially become a full-blown economic colony of China, and it took a great deal of time for the Chinese to accomplish that.
So if you look at things from a Chinese point of view, it is easy to understand why they are so upset.
A foreign ministry spokesperson has announced that China “strongly condemns” what the U.S. has just done…
China said it’s “deeply shocked” by the US’s military strikes on Venezuela and its capture of President Nicolas Maduro.
China “strongly condemns the US’s blatant use of force against a sovereign state and action against its president,” a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement late Saturday. “Such hegemonic acts of the US seriously violate international law and Venezuela’s sovereignty, and threaten peace and security in Latin America and the Caribbean region. China firmly opposes it.”
And the Chinese are also demanding that Nicolas Maduro and his wife be released immediately…
Beijing’s stinging rebuke expressed “serious concern over their transfer out of the country”.
It claimed the military operation was “in clear violation of international law and the basic norms in international relations and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter”, adding: “China calls on the US to ensure the personal safety of President Maduro and his wife, release them at once, stop toppling the Government of Venezuela, and resolve issues through dialogue and negotiation.”
Of course that isn’t going to happen.
Now that President Trump has Maduro, he is never going to let him go.
What makes all of this even more embarrassing for China is that a Chinese delegation actually met with Maduro just hours before he was grabbed by U.S. forces…
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro received a Chinese government representative at the presidential palace in Caracas on Friday, hours before US President Donald Trump claimed Maduro had been captured following American military strikes.
Maduro met Qiu Xiaoqi, special representative of the Chinese government on Latin American affairs, at the Miraflores Palace.
“I had a pleasant meeting with Qiu Xiaoqi, Special Envoy of President Xi Jinping,” Maduro said on Telegram. “We reaffirmed our commitment to the strategic relationship that is progressing and strengthening in various areas for building a multipolar world of development and peace.”
Can you imagine how we would feel if the roles were reversed?
To the Chinese, Venezuela is not just another country.
It was supposed to provide large amounts of oil for China’s growing economy for decades to come, and the Venezuelans currently owe the Chinese tens of billions of dollars…
Venezuelan oil takes an unconventional route to end-users in China. Transport typically takes more than two months and involves multiple ship-to-ship transfers to mask the origin of the cargo. Close to half of the tankers storing Merey are sitting in waters off China and Southeast Asia, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.
Meanwhile, public data supports estimates that Beijing lent upwards of $60 billion in oil-backed loans to Venezuela through state-run banks until 2015, reaching a level of diplomatic and financial investment unmatched elsewhere in Latin America and perhaps the world.
By making a move to take control of Venezuela, we have essentially punched the Chinese in the face.
Our relationship with China will never be the same after this.
For years, experts have been talking about a coming war with China, and the U.S. military is actually “working around the clock” to prepare for such a conflict…
Across sleepy and remote islands in the Pacific, U.S. military engineers are working around the clock to revive strategically important airstrips that American troops first built under fire over 70 years ago during World War II.
The reconstruction effort is being led by a designated office within the U.S. Air Force, whose Agile Combat Employment, or ACE, doctrine has identified dozens of airfields that will be used to house and launch fighter jets, aerial refuelling tankers and weapons during a war with China. A trilateral force of the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force is now converging with a single goal in mind: re-establish a presence on the airfields once used to deliver decisive combat power for the United States during the last great power war.
The Russians are also extremely upset about what has just transpired in Venezuela.
In fact, Russia’s Foreign Ministry says that what we just witnessed “warrants condemnation”…
The US committed an act of armed aggression against Venezuela, which gives rise to deep concern & warrants condemnation.
The pretexts used to justify these actions are untenable.
Russia reaffirms its solidarity with the Venezuelan people.
And Russia’s Foreign Ministry is also calling for the immediate release of “the lawfully elected president of a sovereign country and his wife”…
Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday called for the release of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife from U.S. custody after President Donald Trump announced that they were captured during military strikes on the capital city of Caracas.
“We firmly call on the U.S. leadership to reconsider this position and release the lawfully elected president of a sovereign country and his wife,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement, stressing the need to resolve the dramatic confrontation through diplomacy.
In a separate message, the ministry said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke by phone to Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez Gomez, during which he expressed his “solidarity with the Venezuelan people in the face of armed aggression.”
After what we just witnessed, how are the Russians supposed to trust any promises that we are making about Ukraine?
I just don’t see any possible way that there is going to be lasting peace with Russia now.
I think that the “peace plan” that the Ukrainians and the Europeans have been working on will eventually be presented to the Russians, and the Russians will immediately reject it because it is filled with provisions that the Russians could never possibly accept.
Once the Russians have rejected the “peace plan”, we will be told that there is no choice but to escalate the conflict in Ukraine.
Needless to say, that will put us in very dangerous territory.
As for Venezuela, there is a possibility that the U.S. Senate could step in next week and prevent President Trump and his team from taking any further military action…
The Senate will vote next week on a bipartisan war powers resolution to block President Trump from continuing military action against Venezuela — a vote that takes on heightened importance after U.S. forces attacked the South American nation and arrested President Nicolás Maduro early Saturday.
The resolution to block the administration from engaging in further hostilities against Venezuela is privileged, which means Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) cannot stop it from coming to the floor.
The measure is sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).
It will be very interesting to see how that vote goes.
Several Republicans will need to back that resolution in order for it to pass.
Of course President Trump will be extremely displeased with any Republicans that choose to do so.
But even if this resolution passes, the U.S. has still crossed a line that will never be able to be uncrossed.
We have reached the part of the story that will eventually lead to war with both Russia and China, and that should deeply alarm all of us.
To follow Michael Snyder:
NOW, LOOK AT THIS….
At my blog post below, scroll to this part and click the underlined dreams/vision link….
“It is proving that it could very well be “when the bombs start to fall down then we go up” kind of scenario that *many believer’s dreams and visions have revealed* after all. Including my own.”
Hmmmm…My relevant blog post 🤔👇👇👇👇
World War 3 On The Horizon. Bombs Fall Down We Go Up?
Via: ETH 🚨 GLOBAL SHAKEUP! After a dramatic military action in Venezuela this past weekend, the United States has now publicly set its sights on Greenland—suggesting that this Arctic territory should become part of U.S. strategic defense against Russia and China.
Denmark immediately and forcefully rejected the idea—saying Greenland is not for sale and that talk of annexation has “no place between friends.”
What we’re seeing is more than diplomacy—it’s a shockwave in global order, a moment where national identity, alliance commitments, and military strategy are clashing in real time.
Trump sets sights on Greenland but Denmark claps back! “Not for sale”
#StayAwake #Watchful #GlobalShakeup #Greenland #Trump #Landgrab #DistressOfNations
*** UPDATE ADDED 1/6/26 ***
KEY SNIP FROM ARTICLE BELOW:
Yes, there are differences. The U.S. will argue Maduro was illegitimate, corrupt, and dangerous. China and Russia will argue that such distinctions are irrelevant when force is used to topple a government. Precedent matters–not in law journals, but in public perception. And perception shapes domestic support for future action.
This is why Venezuela matters far beyond Latin America. It sits at the intersection of oil and power. Control over Venezuelan energy flows affects global markets, Chinese supply chains, and Russian influence. By moving decisively, Washington has effectively slapped both Beijing and Moscow in the face–and told them that decades of investment can be erased overnight.
An emergency UN Security Council session has already been called for. There will be speeches, condemnations, and diplomatic theater. But no resolution will undo what has been done. A line has been crossed.
Even if the U.S. Senate votes next week to restrict further military action, the precedent remains. The chessboard has changed. China’s Venezuelan strategy lies in ruins. Russia’s trust in Western diplomacy is further eroded. And the idea that power–not principle–ultimately decides outcomes has been reinforced in the minds of millions.
This is how great-power conflict escalates–not always through immediate war, but through accumulated grievances, perceived hypocrisy, and the slow normalization of force as policy. Venezuela may seem distant. But the ripples now extend to Taiwan, Ukraine, and every contested region where oil, power, and ambition collide.
We are no longer watching isolated crises. We are watching the opening moves of a much larger game. And history suggests that once the board is set like this, retaliation–one way or another–is only a matter of time…..MORE 👇
Venezuela, China, And The Oil Beneath It All: The Chessboard Just Tilted
ALSO SEE: ‘North American Technate’: The real reason for conquering Venezuela, and it’s not going to stop there ~ Leo Hohmann
It’s time to BE AWAKE and WATCHING for JESUS!!! Time is running short! If you are not saved then, TODAY is the BEST day for your salvation! You are FAST running out of tomorrows to finally believe and call on Jesus for his FREE to you gift of salvation!!! What if tomorrow was that last day? But, most urgently, what if the last day was TODAY????
Yes, TODAY is the BEST day for your salvation. One day tomorrow will either not be there or be extremely harsher than any day on this Earth before.
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. ~ Matthew 24:21-22
Again, TODAY is the BEST day for your salvation! You are running out of tomorrows to call on Jesus to save you BEFORE the Tribulation begins!!!
…whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
