The interpretation of prophetic Scripture known as the Four Signposts tells us four events will occur in the Middle East, one after the other, which will show us the emergence of the Muslim Antichrist. The case for this interpretation is made in Daniel Revisited.

The First Signpost was the forcing of Iraq, the end-time version of Babylon, as the lion of Daniel 7, to stand up and have its mind—its government—changed from something brutal to something more civilized. This occurred in March 2003. Saddam was replaced by a parliamentarian democracy.

We are now waiting for the Second Signpost. Many of the readers of this site have been waiting and watching for this for years.

The Signposts themselves are a Mideast-centric series of events. Yes, the Second Signpost would cause oil prices all over the world to skyrocket, but up to now I believed the triggers and the actions for the Second Signpost were to be confined to the Middle East.

The trigger for the First Signpost was the events of 9/11. This caused the Bush administration—whether knowingly or unknowingly regarding Saddam’s WMD, arguments can be made for either, just as the first horseman of Revelation 6 may have had or not have had, in fact, arrows, we just don’t know—provided the force to make the lion stand and change its mind due to that trigger.

Additionally, that trigger occurred at the start of the fourth seven-year cycle of the end-times. That trigger was also pulled on another continent, thousands of miles from Iraq.

For the Second Signpost to unfold, the Iranian forces—the IRGC and Basij—need to go out across the Middle East without hindrance (per Dan. 8:4 NASB, “no other beasts could stand before him, nor was there anyone to rescue from his power”), allowing the regime to do all it wants to do. What it wants to do is spread its Shia revolution of 1979 all over the Muslim countries in the region. This means the US military would need to be defeated, or withdrawn from the region.

A Pattern of Global-Sourced Triggers?

It’s looking more and more like the US forces will be withdrawn. The following is why.

First, the US military is fairly embedded in bases strung across the Middle East. Unless the world paradigm changes, there is no reason for the US military to leave.

Second, from time to time, the IRGC will attack Sunni or US positions, with the most recent being rocket and drone attacks in Syria on March 23, 2023. These are meant to both provide tests of the IRGC military capability, and to test US readiness and resolve. The IRGC hasn’t tried to take on the US military head-to-head because it believes it would lose, hence, the display over the years of what is called asymmetric warfare.

And, by the way, when the Second Signpost occurs, it will look quite different then anything we have seen in the last 20 years.

However, I believe the US military has been the inhibitor of the Second Signpost so far.

Moving on, third, Russia and China have allied together both militarily and economically to oppose the United States. Each of the two nations does so for different reasons. They are seeking to remove the US as the world’s only superpower.

Fourth, they also each now have a trigger. For China it is Taiwan. For Russia, it is now Ukraine, or, more precisely the five eastern provinces (the four contested plus Crimea) of Ukraine which are majority Russian.

Fifth and finally, just as the first war of conquest of the first horseman began the very hour of the first end-time seven-year cycle, and the trigger for the First Signpost that ended his reign was at the start of fourth cycle, so, too, the trigger of the Second Signpost may very well have occurred on the day of the start of the seventh cycle.

If the US is involved in a major war with China and Russia, the forces it has in the Middle East would almost certainly be withdrawn.

As is seen in many circumstances, once is an anomaly, twice is a coincidence, but three is a pattern. It seems the Signposts may very well be lining up with the seven-year cycles.

The seventh cycle began seven months ago on September 25, 2022. It seemed that in the days and hours around that date nothing significant happened. However, significant events don’t have to hit us in the face. After all, Saddam’s opening salvos happening that first hour would have been lost if not researched.

And by looking deeper into the events around September 25, 2022, it seems there was a potentially significant triggering event for the Second Signpost. This would suggest the Second Signpost will begin sometime during this seventh cycle (2022-2029), and sooner rather than later in those seven years. (The First Signpost started only 18 months after its trigger at 9/11.)

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which started in February 2022, took a more dramatic turn around the start of the seventh cycle which was on September 25, 2022. The invasion had been escalating into a war all along, but the events around that day require one to understand what it means to be Russia and Russian. (This will be the topic of an upcoming post.) This Ukraine war, if allowed to further escalate, could also be the trigger for the Second Signpost.

On September 21, Putin announced a mobilization of 300,000 Russian troops, a clear military sign of Russia’s escalation. On September 23, the four regions (“oblasts”) of Ukraine with a Russian majority held votes as to whether to join Russia. Finally, on September 30, Putin announced the annexation of these Russian-populated territories.

Whether or not the votes were real or staged doesn’t matter. The point is Russia’s government proceeded with the annexation of the four territories with majority Russian populations so they became an integral part of Russian territory. At some point, an attack on these regions becomes an attack on Russia proper. This will touch a historic Russian nerve.

The government of the United States, having inherited a long 1,000-year history of the West hating Russia, continues to do so as shown by its policies and the media. The US government is needlessly antagonizing Russia.

Conclusion

It seems to me that, just as the First Signpost trigger had a global source, so, too, the trigger of the Second Signpost may also very well be from far away from the Middle East.

There are rumblings in the conservative news sites of a possible World War 3 with Russia and China attacking the United States. There are many reasons that seem to lead to this conclusion.

Of course, we won’t know until it happens. If there is a nuclear attack on the mainland United States, Americans may not even see the Second Signpost unfold in real time, though the rest of the world will.

China’s activities around the world and what may unfold in the near term is the topic of yet another upcoming post.

In summary, we (Americans) may not see the Second Signpost begin on this side of a nuclear war. That Signpost may be triggered by global events.

As Hidden Babylon will show, knowledge of the Signposts coupled with knowledge of the three parts of the real great city, yield a global picture of the phases of the times leading up to the Tribulation. It is this global picture that is driving these agreements between Iran and Turkey, and Iran and Saudi Arabia (these certainly are not permanent, erasing centuries of warfare and mutual hatred). These will fade when the Second Signpost begins.

And this is only my opinion, but I believe there is a strong chance of the triggering of the Second Signpost occurring before the next presidential election in 2024.

We will see. Stay tuned. And remember, it’s not about times, but about the signs.

(Book news, 24 April 2024: The release of Hidden Babylon and God’s Last Warning should be less than one month away. More news coming.)

Categories: China in the End Times, Russia in the End Times, Signpost #2: Iran, The Four Signposts, World in the End Times

Tags: China, First Signpost, Russia, Second Signpost, The Great City, three parts, Ukraine