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<span style='color:red'>Rise of India-China and their cooperation predicted in Bible?</span>
With its newfound power, India faces a dilemma: Should it ultimately pursue closer ties with Western nations, or with other Asian countries?
After India gained independence, its first prime minister spoke of an Asian renaissance, envisioning a tightly bound continent changing the post-World War II landscape. Though premature at the time, the idea is now more feasible than any time since the Cold War era. Along with the improving relations with China, India is also friendly with Russia and Japan. And, as of 2004, the value of Indiaâs trade with other Asian nations surpassed that of exchange with the United States and Western Europe put together (International Herald Tribune).
But the United Statesâafter courting Indiaâs arch-rival Pakistan as an ally in the war on terror after the September 11 attacksâis now distancing itself somewhat from the current Islamabad regime led by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, focusing on India instead. Indiaâs common ground with the U.S. includes liberal democratic government, capitalism and, among the more educated urban residents, the English language.
However, Americaâs courting of India is viewed by some as a way to limit and contain Chinese influence in Asia. Some Indians resent this perception of their nation as a pawn of the U.S. Though they appreciate the American lifestyle and culture, much of the Indian population still sees this lone superpower as a bully.
While it may be able to dance with both partners alternately for a while, India will eventually be forced to choose. Which way will this nation turn?
<span style='color:red'>âKings of the Eastâ</span>
We need not merely guess where world events will ultimately lead. While many of the details remain to be seen, the overall framework of the future has been recorded in advance in one bookâthe Holy Bible.
In nations such as India, the size of population alone pulls them toward superpower status. Bible prophecy describes global power blocsâsuperpowers, or groups of superpowersâthat will be prominent at the end of the age, shortly before Jesus Christ returns.
These powers will be based in the north (Europe), the south (the Arab world), and the âkings of the Eastââa group of Asian nations that will band together, eventually fielding a standing army of two hundred million (Revelations 16:12; 9:16; Dan. 11)!
The nations of the West, including the United States, are headed for hard times as a result of their national and personal sins against the God that inspired the Bible. He reveals that they will be forsaken by their allies, called âloversâ in Scripture:
âAnd when you are spoiled, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with crimson, though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you rend your face with painting, in vain shall you make yourself fair; your lovers will despise you, they will seek your lifeâ¦All your lovers have forgotten you; they seek you not; for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of your iniquity; because your sins were increasedâ (Jer. 4:30; 30:14).
India is today one of these âlovers,â but one that will soon prove to be something very different. So will other nations that Western countries now consider to be allies.
Keep watching Indiaâs growth toward superpower status â part 1 of the inevitable rise of Asia!
http://www.realtruth.org/articles/0403-ias...CFQFTUAodex9i9Q

<span style='color:red'>Rise of India-China and their cooperation predicted in Bible?</span>
With its newfound power, India faces a dilemma: Should it ultimately pursue closer ties with Western nations, or with other Asian countries?
After India gained independence, its first prime minister spoke of an Asian renaissance, envisioning a tightly bound continent changing the post-World War II landscape. Though premature at the time, the idea is now more feasible than any time since the Cold War era. Along with the improving relations with China, India is also friendly with Russia and Japan. And, as of 2004, the value of Indiaâs trade with other Asian nations surpassed that of exchange with the United States and Western Europe put together (International Herald Tribune).
But the United Statesâafter courting Indiaâs arch-rival Pakistan as an ally in the war on terror after the September 11 attacksâis now distancing itself somewhat from the current Islamabad regime led by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, focusing on India instead. Indiaâs common ground with the U.S. includes liberal democratic government, capitalism and, among the more educated urban residents, the English language.
However, Americaâs courting of India is viewed by some as a way to limit and contain Chinese influence in Asia. Some Indians resent this perception of their nation as a pawn of the U.S. Though they appreciate the American lifestyle and culture, much of the Indian population still sees this lone superpower as a bully.
While it may be able to dance with both partners alternately for a while, India will eventually be forced to choose. Which way will this nation turn?
<span style='color:red'>âKings of the Eastâ</span>
We need not merely guess where world events will ultimately lead. While many of the details remain to be seen, the overall framework of the future has been recorded in advance in one bookâthe Holy Bible.
In nations such as India, the size of population alone pulls them toward superpower status. Bible prophecy describes global power blocsâsuperpowers, or groups of superpowersâthat will be prominent at the end of the age, shortly before Jesus Christ returns.
These powers will be based in the north (Europe), the south (the Arab world), and the âkings of the Eastââa group of Asian nations that will band together, eventually fielding a standing army of two hundred million (Revelations 16:12; 9:16; Dan. 11)!
The nations of the West, including the United States, are headed for hard times as a result of their national and personal sins against the God that inspired the Bible. He reveals that they will be forsaken by their allies, called âloversâ in Scripture:
âAnd when you are spoiled, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with crimson, though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you rend your face with painting, in vain shall you make yourself fair; your lovers will despise you, they will seek your lifeâ¦All your lovers have forgotten you; they seek you not; for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of your iniquity; because your sins were increasedâ (Jer. 4:30; 30:14).
India is today one of these âlovers,â but one that will soon prove to be something very different. So will other nations that Western countries now consider to be allies.
Keep watching Indiaâs growth toward superpower status â part 1 of the inevitable rise of Asia!
http://www.realtruth.org/articles/0403-ias...CFQFTUAodex9i9Q