Jesus warned His disciples to keep an eye on political agitation in Jerusalem. Sooner or later, it would provoke Rome to lay siege to the city. He told His followers to get out of town when they see it coming, because it would be the pinnacle of tribulation for all of human history. He also said it would not be a brief time of sorrow, but quite long. He warned that by the time a Roman official dared to enter the Temple building, it was too late.
Our tribulation won’t be that bad, but bad enough. We have a more subtle clue for which to watch: the collapse of the petrodollar system. I’m not suggesting it’s a sure thing, but if it does happen, the storm of chaos will be highly unpleasant.
The petrodollar is how the US government manages to keep borrowing. Everyone must have dollars to buy oil from OPEC, and those dollars are in turn used to purchase US Treasuries. If Iran and their friends can break the petrodollar system, there’s no way the US can keep selling those Treasuries. The government would default on the massive debt.
By the way, if you ignore Social Security, but add in all the unacknowledged real obligations of the US government funding that currently exist, it’s more like $50 trillion.
A default would hand the bankers the leverage they have always wanted. They will force through a CBDC for the entire western world. That would be a risky gambit, but for the US government to continue existing, it would be forced to accept such a deal. That kind of deal would include likely confiscation of all precious metals physically available in the US territory, among other things.
For example, it would likely be tied to a mandatory federal ID for the Internet. The bankers are on record favoring censorship of popular public expressions of opinion. Remember the “debanking” scandal? They would demand an end to any form of privacy, including encryption.
If the US fractures, some of the states will no doubt repudiate the federal debt. However, given what we’ve seen lately, nothing prevents state governments from implementing some of these same horrors on their own, including so-called “Red States”.
I just imagine we are in for a rough ride.
