Many who believe Germany to be modern Assyria have waited a long time for Germany to rise again. Signs in Europe point in that direction.

Germany, predominantly pacifist since WWII, is beginning to show its strength, not only in economic area but also in political and military ones.

Germany is an industrial powerhouse, the richest economy in Europe, but it must prop up several poor-performing economies throughout the rest of the EU.

A little-known town in Eastern Europe has given its name to a newly formed battle group consisting of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

World news, events, and trends highlighting biblical prophecy for March-April 2005: Franco-German Divergence.

Birth rates, defense expenditures, welfare spending vs. wealth creation — everything we use to gauge the health of empires suggests that Europe's fire has gone out.

The International Criminal Court is not a globally-approved institution, with only the 'unilateralist' United States standing outside.

Having failed to keep the Russians out and the Germans down, NATO is struggling to remain relevant in a changing world.

America and Europe have been moving away from each other politically, economically, and culturally. How does this affect our understanding of prophecy?

Europe is not uniting as we once thought it would. How does this affect our interpretation of the prophecies?

What are the ramifications of an EU with the power and authority to act as a cohesive whole? Will the members choose to act in a united fashion?

Russia seems like a nation—an empire—in deep decline. But is it? We would be wise to keep an eye on the Russian bear!

If our speculations about a military might emerging from the European Union (assuming the Beast rises out of Europe) are correct, it won't be anytime soon.

Analysts have been ready to file the EU's obituary, as Europe's demographics, Constitution, and economy have languished. Can the Beast arise from Europe?

It only takes one nation to reject a European Union treaty, even one as significant as the Lisbon Treaty. How likely is a federal Europe now?

Currently, Europe is not looking very Beastly. Babylon is the world's anti-God system, and Roman institutions inspire Israelite culture even today.

The societal and generational cycles of America, Europe, and Russia are converging, and the result will prove to be devastating.

The bombing of Hiroshima highlights the sobering consequences of eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Human solutions always fall short.

The nations of Europe are currently in no position to take advantage of the global financial crisis and become a world superpower.

Karl Theodore zu Guttenberg seems to be preparing to be a Fuhrer of Europe with just as much alacrity as some formerly attributed to Franz Josef Strauss.

Why has anti-Semitism remained a part of this world's way of thinking? Recent history shows that anti-Semitism has morphed into new expressions of an old evil.

Is the Woman depicted in Revelation 12 the church, as the church has dogmatically taught? Or is she another prophetic entity that is active today?

Unlike Europe and the United States, God ensures that all His potential citizens will conform to His culture.

Prophecy has many purposes, but it is never intended to open the future to mere curiosity. Its higher purpose is to give guidance to the heirs of salvation.

John the Baptist fulfilled the prophecy of the 'Elijah to come.' We must apply duality of prophecy carefully and cautiously rather than indiscriminately.