Russia is busy dismantling NATO, here's how

Rocky R.

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We're blessed being in the United States. Our neighbor up north is friendly, and our South American neighbor only practices illegal immigration but will never mass their armies against our country. We're walled in with two huge bodies of water so rogue nations will have to either cross the ocean or fire missiles at us (or hijack aircraft and fly them into tall buildings) in order to start a way with the United States. For anyone foolish enough to attempt a military invasion, we have an unofficial army of over 80 million plus legal gun owners and trillions of rounds of ammunition. The Founding Fathers certainly knew what they were doing.

But with it being the last days of the Age of Grace, war will eventually come to our shores. Some say it's here already with the globalists actively destroying our country from within. How long until we either have a Civil War 2.0 or a kinetic war with another country? It will eventually come. How long do you think? Pre-Rapture or Post-Rapture?
 

DWB

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It seems Germany is drifting closer and closer to the orbit of Russia's and largely because of the Nordstream 2 pipeline.
Germany may be drifting back towards their old ways. No doubt of their Nationalism, I have no idea of their financial situation, but it appears weak, and they are not energy independent having to rely on Russia or NATO for their needs. Socialism is just the first step into Communism so adding all things together it makes perfect sense for Germany to enjoy Russia's outstretched hands.
 

daygo

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Germany may be drifting back towards their old ways. No doubt of their Nationalism, I have no idea of their financial situation, but it appears weak, and they are not energy independent having to rely on Russia or NATO for their needs. Socialism is just the first step into Communism so adding all things together it makes perfect sense for Germany to enjoy Russia's outstretched hands.
Interesting thought.
 

MapleLeaf

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I have heard it said that when it comes to geopolitics to assume that Germany is always wrong. :poundI am unfamiliar with the idea of Germany being Gomer but I've been kind of wondering if Germany would have some sort of part in the evil of the end times. Being of German descent myself I've always kind of resented it being a punching bag for the world but the more I learn about the culture the more I figure it is deserved. My childhood experience at my very German church is starting to make more and more sense. I was raised to be Canadian so I was always confused by how people there were acting. And we weren't even really "real" Germans as we were Mennonite (not the same last names as a lot of Dutch is mixed in there if you go back far enough). But close enough, I suppose. My grandparents were nearly trapped in East Berlin after the war so I have no clue how they got out. I think they escaped before the wall was put up. Most of the Mennonites stuck there were dragged back to the Soviet and never seen again (most had come into Germany to flee Stalin). My sister in law's grandfather escaped as he was in hospital with a lost leg (due to an explosion) so the Soviets figured he was going to die anyways and let him be.
 

Ghoti Ichthus

Pray so they do not serve alone. Ephesians 6:10-20
I have heard it said that when it comes to geopolitics to assume that Germany is always wrong. :poundI am unfamiliar with the idea of Germany being Gomer but I've been kind of wondering if Germany would have some sort of part in the evil of the end times. Being of German descent myself I've always kind of resented it being a punching bag for the world but the more I learn about the culture the more I figure it is deserved. My childhood experience at my very German church is starting to make more and more sense. I was raised to be Canadian so I was always confused by how people there were acting. And we weren't even really "real" Germans as we were Mennonite (not the same last names as a lot of Dutch is mixed in there if you go back far enough). But close enough, I suppose. My grandparents were nearly trapped in East Berlin after the war so I have no clue how they got out. I think they escaped before the wall was put up. Most of the Mennonites stuck there were dragged back to the Soviet and never seen again (most had come into Germany to flee Stalin). My sister in law's grandfather escaped as he was in hospital with a lost leg (due to an explosion) so the Soviets figured he was going to die anyways and let him be.

A lot of Mennonites are pacifists and stubborn in the faith, so what happened to a lot of them makes sense :cry
Very unlikely that any of them would have joined the Orthodox Church to save their lives, if that was even an option (sometimes, but not always, in USSR/Eastern Bloc this could make a difference, or it would allow marrying into a family to save one's life)

One of my Grandfathers was Mennonite. Grandma was Lutheran. Their Congregations shared a church building in Pennsylvania Dutch/Amish/Mennonite area of Pennsylvania for many, many years. I was Baptized as an infant in that church :lol Neither one was willing to "convert" to the other denomination. Clergy in both of their family trees :smile Their families were both here long before the Revolutionary War :smile
 

Ghoti Ichthus

Pray so they do not serve alone. Ephesians 6:10-20
I have heard it said that when it comes to geopolitics to assume that Germany is always wrong. I am unfamiliar with the idea of Germany being Gomer but I've been kind of wondering if Germany would have some sort of part in the evil of the end times. Being of German descent myself I've always kind of resented it being a punching bag for the world but the more I learn about the culture the more I figure it is deserved. My childhood experience at my very German church is starting to make more and more sense. I was raised to be Canadian so I was always confused by how people there were acting. And we weren't even really "real" Germans as we were Mennonite (not the same last names as a lot of Dutch is mixed in there if you go back far enough). But close enough, I suppose. My grandparents were nearly trapped in East Berlin after the war so I have no clue how they got out. I think they escaped before the wall was put up. Most of the Mennonites stuck there were dragged back to the Soviet and never seen again (most had come into Germany to flee Stalin). My sister in law's grandfather escaped as he was in hospital with a lost leg (due to an explosion) so the Soviets figured he was going to die anyways and let him be.

Part of why people frequently say "blame Germany" is because of WWI and WWII, and also earlier wars often attributed to Germany/Germanic leaders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Germany

Forget the PC blather, none of us is responsible for what our ancestors or the countries our ancestors came from, did. Just as none of us were ever slaveholders and none of us are responsible for the actions of those that were.


If you think German nationalism in some German churches is "strong," it pales in comparison to Russian nationalism in the Russian Orthodox Churches, including at least some congregations of the Russian Orthodox Church in America :eek Interesting to talk to some of them for a very different perspective of history and current events in Ukraine :eek:
 

MapleLeaf

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There wasn't really any German nationalism...other than the World Cup when Brazil was playing Germany and we got the what-for cheering for Brazil. But most people in our church had come through the Soviet and then South America. I don't know many who had relatives who were actually from Germany. They used it as a buffer whenever anyone else called them a Kraut or a Nazi. I didn't have that buffer on my mom's side. I am referring more to a cultural set of behaviours and mindset. It could be toxic at times. I think marxism seeped into the community more than many were willing to admit. Conformity and sweeping issues under the rug because "unity" mattered more than anything else and any thing that went against the grain, even a minor disagreement, would upset the apple cart and threaten that. I had always assumed it was a generational problem but over the past few years I have been hearing about German culture and it has explained so much from my youth. Mennonites always kept to themselves in their colonies so the German culture followed them wherever they went. My peers from those days are now all massive "social justice warriors". Most of the true, blue and sensible Believers I know from my homechurch have long left to go into other denominations.
 
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