Eat Right for Your Age

Eat Right for Your Age

There is power in your choices!

By Jorg Mardian • May 13, 2025

Our journey through life is marked by perpetual change. As we traverse its different stages, our bodies’ nutritional requirements change. What is suitable for you today might not necessarily be suitable tomorrow.

Our bodies undergo significant physiological changes as we age, from bone density to muscle mass to cardiovascular and metabolic function to immunity to nutrient absorption to cognitive function. Let’s examine the effects of age-related changes and how to tailor your nutrition and physical activity to these realities.

From your 50s onward, expect some stiff joints and maybe some muscle loss. Women experience menopause, and men might see a decrease in testosterone. By your 60s, you will experience some joint pain, as well as vision and hearing changes. You might also start to see some health concerns emerge. In your 70s, keeping your mind sharp and maintaining strength becomes extra important. Entering your 80s, mobility can become more of a factor, and health needs often increase. The 90s may bring a need for more support with daily tasks, and centenarians typically require significant care and assistance with daily living.

America’s population is aging rapidly. By 2060, about 1 out of every 4 people will be 65 or older. The National Center for Health Statistics estimates that about 85 percent of people this age are dealing with at least one chronic health issue, such as arthritis, cancer, dementia, heart disease or Type 2 diabetes. They are also more susceptible to severe illness from infections such as flu and pneumonia.

Such health problems are common, but they don’t have to be the whole story. No matter how old you are, realize: Your future health is shaped by your current actions.

When you age, you have lower calorie needs, but you require equal or higher amounts of certain nutrients. Unfortunately, older adults tend to eat less nutrient-dense foods, while decreasing physical activity exactly at the time they need these most.

As the old saying goes, you are what you eat. That is why it’s important to eat whole foods, while avoiding those with empty calories high in added sugars and unhealthy fats that contribute to common degenerative diseases. One good example is eating a large proportion of veggies, fruits and dairy, a diet that has been linked to a lower risk of colorectal cancer. Focus on high-nutrient, low-calorie foods now, such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, dairy, seafood, lean meats, poultry, eggs, beans, nuts and seeds. For strong bones, load up on calcium and vitamin D from dairy, leafy greens and fatty fish. Need a boost for your nerves? Vitamin B12, plentiful in fish and meat, is your friend.

What you eat also plays a big role in metabolic diseases like non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Studies of people with this disease found that a Mediterranean diet (cucumbers, fish, olives, tomato, etc) plus exercise for a year helped improve blood sugar markers—and they saw these results rather quickly.

Fiber-rich foods like whole grains, legumes and fruits keep things moving smoothly and support overall health. Potassium, which helps keep your blood pressure in check, is found in beans, veggies, fruits and dairy. And don’t forget: Good fats from seeds, nuts, avocados, red meat and fish are fantastic for your heart and brain.

Time and again, physical activity has proved to be a cornerstone of healthy aging. Not only will you live longer, but you will live better—without pain or disability. The World Health Organization says physical inactivity causes approximately 2 million deaths annually across the world. You can offset this problem and gain health benefits with moderate amounts of physical activity, especially of the moderate to vigorous type.

The National Institute on Aging says exercise is key for keeping a healthy weight and staying independent. Regular exercise can help keep muscles strong, prevent or slow a number of chronic diseases, lengthen your lifespan, and even prevent or slow down a slew of chronic diseases.

While some effects of aging are just in our dna and endemic to being human, the things we can control do have real power. Making intentional changes to your lifestyle can really make an impact. If you want to stay healthy and vibrant as you age, then it’s time to go on the attack with some positive lifestyle changes and reap those benefits. There’s no better time to act than now.

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Why Friedrich Merz Can’t Rule Europe

Why Friedrich Merz Can’t Rule Europe

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during the handover of office in the chancellery on May 6

 

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Perhaps a king but not an emperor

By Josué Michels • May 6, 2025

Germany narrowly averted a national crisis. For the first time in its postwar history, a designated chancellor failed to secure the necessary parliamentary support in the first round of voting. Stock markets quivered; weeks of political uncertainty loomed. Within parliament, suspicion simmered as lawmakers sensed rebels among their own ranks. What should have been a triumphant day for Friedrich Merz appeared to be a calamity.

Merz didn’t want to wait to end the uncertainty, so he demanded that a second vote be held the same day. After all, his schedule was already full for the week with plans to visit the leaders of Poland and France.

To repeat the vote required the approval of two thirds of parliament. This meant Merz’s conservatives had to rely on the votes of the far left—the heirs of East Germany’s Communist regime—with whom they had sworn never to cooperate. The toad had to be swallowed. Yet even then, it remained unclear whether the dissidents merely sought to humiliate Merz or were prepared to plunge Germany into deeper uncertainty by rejecting him again in a second vote.

The hours that followed may have been the most agonizing of Merz’s political career. His lifelong ambition to become chancellor had never been so near, yet so uncertain.

The vote was repeated, the mutiny dissolved, and Friedrich Merz was confirmed as Germany’s new chancellor. His relief must now be mixed with the fear that another political defeat could be around the corner.

Germany’s new chancellor has fought through countless setbacks. The timing of his election, the makeup of his government and the character of the man himself may offer valuable insight into where we stand in Bible prophecy.

Not an Emperor

In April, Britain’s Telegraph was hopeful that Merz could fill Europe’s leadership void, writing an article titled  “Friedrich Merz: The Man Europe Has Been Waiting For.“Friedrich Merz: The Man Europe Has Been Waiting For.” After the debacle, it published  “Friedrich Merz Was Supposed to Lead Europe. Now He’s Fallen Flat on His Face,”  concluding, “Germany’s Mr. Tough has become Mr. Trousers-round-his-ankles.”

EuroIntelligence believes that his time in office is numbered: “There is a material risk that this coalition won’t last to the end. Next year and 2027, there will be five state elections each, a massive concentration of elections to happen in the first half-term of this government, with plenty of opportunities for voters to register their discontent.”

Politico wrote, “Merz Is Weakened From Day 1. Europe Will Pay the Price.” Jana Puglierin, head of the Berlin office of the European Council on Foreign Relations, noted: “The whole of Europe looked to Berlin today in the hope that Germany would reassert itself as an anchor of stability and a pro-European powerhouse. That hope has been dashed. With consequences way beyond our borders.”

Even many Germans are skeptical. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote,  “This Setback Will Hurt Merz for a Long Time to Come.”  

Europe was looking to Germany for a savior amid great crises. While many hoped for a leader akin to an emperor of old who could give directions to the whole continent, they found a man who may barely be able to hold his own coalition government together.

People rightfully ask, How can a man lead Europe if he can’t rule his own household?

This is exactly what Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry foretold in his Trumpet Brief last week:  “Europe Needs Someone Greater Than a German Chancellor.” He wrote:

Friedrich Merz will become Germany’s next chancellor on Tuesday. For years, Europe has suffered a leadership vacuum. Growing threats in the world demand stronger leadership, especially from Germany. Many people hope Merz will help fill that vacuum. …

However, based on Bible prophecy, the late Herbert W. Armstrong believed it would take an office greater than that of a German chancellor to provide the leadership Europe is yearning for. End-time prophecy speaks of one overarching strongman who rules over 10 kings governing a European superstate.

If anyone had any doubts before this, it is now clear that Merz won’t be able to provide this overarching leadership. But could he be one of the prophesied 10 kings?

The Rise of 10 Kings

Approximately one third of the Bible is dedicated to prophecy, the vast majority of which has an end-time focus. But even though the Bible is the most-read book in the world, few pay attention to these passages.

As the late Herbert W. Armstrong explained in The Proof of the Bible, Daniel 2 prophesies of four successive world-ruling empires, starting with Babylon and followed by the Persian, Greek and Roman empires.

Rome entered a church-state union with the Roman Catholic Church forming the “Holy Roman Empire.” Daniel 2 and 7 and Revelation 13 and 17 show this empire would be resurrected multiple times, with the final resurrection ruled by 10 kings.

“And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast” (Revelation 17:12-13).

Commenting on this passage, Mr. Armstrong wrote in the October 1962 Plain Truth: “The beast, then, is the leader, or ruler, over all—and 10 other dictator-kings, or lesser rulers over 10 European nations or nation-groups.” In 1951, he wrote: “These 10 lesser dictators over the 10 European nations are to unite with the supreme fuhrer and with the pope to reestablish the Roman Empire—but only for a very short duration.”

These 10 kings will be fed up with democracy and set themselves up as dictators, ignoring democratic norms. But their power will be limited: They will submit to an overarching leader. Merz’s recent struggle and weak coalition may pave the way for this overarching leader to rise. But there are also indications that Merz could be one of these prophesied 10 kings. Mr. Flurry further  explained in our April 2025 issue:

We believe there will be one supreme king over 10 kings. (There is a slight possibility that there could be just 10 kings total and that the leadership would come out of Germany.) Given that Revelation 17 is a prophecy of a church-state combine known as the Holy Roman Empire, Mr. Armstrong strongly believed that those leaders would be Catholic.

We may be seeing some indications who the dictator-king, or lesser ruler, over Germany could be. Friedrich Merz is a Roman Catholic who has repeatedly called for a guiding culture in Germany based on Christian, or rather Catholic, values. He is also an outspoken advocate for a European army. Since his party won the election, he has been acting with unusual urgency and zeal to create a militarized Germany—even defying democratic norms doing so. Furthermore, he enjoys the support of [Karl-Theodor zu] Guttenberg, who we believe may be the “one supreme king.”

While there is room for plot twists, and it is far from certain, here is what suggests he could fulfill this role.

The German Catholic news agency reported on Monday that at least 10 members of Germany’s new government are Catholic, including Merz. In addition, the new government includes a Chaldean Catholic, three members belonging to Protestant churches, a nonreligious Jew and six more ministers of undisclosed religion.

His first foreign visits to Poland and France the day after his inauguration also give more proof that he wants to strengthen European defense. In France, Merz stated: “We will intensify cooperation at all levels and develop further formats.” This applies in particular to the area of defense and armaments cooperation. “We must further increase defense spending in all member states,” he added.

Merz’s urgency was again on center stage when he demanded the vote be repeated so he could continue with his travel plans.

We have also seen more proof of the fact Merz is enjoying Guttenberg’s support. On April 28, Katherina Reiche was revealed as the next minister for economic affairs. The same day it was publicly confirmed that Reiche is in a relationship with Guttenberg. Through her and his connection to Merz, Guttenberg will likely have considerable influence on the new German government.

For many years, Mr. Flurry has pointed to Guttenberg as the most likely man to fulfill the role of Europe’s overarching king. We may see a growing connection between one of Europe’s 10 kings and the prophesied overarching emperor. To learn more, read Mr. Flurry’s recent article  Europe Needs Someone Greater Than a German Chancellor.”   

Where It Will Lead

World events show we are nearing the fulfillment of the Bible’s most fascinating prophecies. But notice the most exciting part of these prophecies: “And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever” (Daniel 2:44).

Whoever fills the highest offices in Europe’s rising superpower, they are a sign that man’s rule over man is about to be replaced by God’s Kingdom.

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Canada Hates Trump More Than the Trudeau Disaster - Trumpet Daily | Apr. 29, 2025

Canada Hates Trump More Than the Trudeau Disaster - Trumpet Daily | Apr. 29, 2025

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The spirit of hatred for U.S. President Donald Trump dominated the latest Canadian election cycle, leading to the unlikely victory of Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney, who is cut from the same cloth as former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, promised Canadians he would never yield to the United States. Politicians, media personnel and citizens around the world are making critical decisions based on uncontrolled emotion and anti-Trump outrage—a dangerous trend that will lead to crisis.

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Cost of Living for Americans Is About to Rise

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during a “Make America Wealthy Again” event at the White House on April 2.  

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Cost of Living for Americans Is About to Rise

Making America great again will require some big short-term sacrifices.

By Andrew Miiller • April 7, 2025

The United States stock market has lost $9.6 trillion since President Donald Trump took the oath of office as investors fret about the effects of his revolutionary tariff plan. On April 2—a date the president proclaimed “Liberation Day”—the administration announced the most sweeping tariff hikes in nearly a century. Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act as his justification, President Trump slapped a 10 percent tariff on imports from all foreign countries and higher rates on particular economies taking advantage of the United States, including China and the European Union.

Some investors are considering the possibility that President Trump may postpone implementing his controversial tariff plan after the stock market tanked. But if all of President Trump’s proposed tariffs do take effect, the effective U.S. tariff rate will rise to 22.5 percent, the highest since President Theodore Roosevelt.

The Budget Lab at Yale, a nonpartisan policy research center that provides in-depth analysis of federal policy proposals for the U.S. economy, estimates that all the tariffs President Trump has proposed so far would raise prices by 2.3 percent, an average per household consumer loss of roughly $3,800 per year.

Republican lawmakers are working to extend President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts in order to help Americans better afford tariff hikes. If these tax cuts expire, however, the average American family can expect to pay $1,000 more in annual income taxes in addition to $3,800 more in tariff levies. This means the average family should probably budget $400 per month more in various taxes than they spent last year—a considerable sum.

“I don’t want anything to go down but, sometimes, you have to take medicine to fix something,” Trump told reporters asking about the market. “We have been treated so badly by other countries because we had stupid leadership that allowed this to happen. They took our businesses; they took our money; they took our jobs.”

The problem that President Trump is prescribing strong medicine to fix is the U.S. trade deficit. The last time America sold more goods to other countries than it bought was 1975. In the 50 years since, America has become so addicted to cheap foreign goods that it now imports an astounding $1.1 trillion more than it exports.

“We allowed ourselves to be transformed from a cast iron economy that made things into a largely paper economy that depends on the good graces of foreign nations for its survival,” wrote Sean Davis at the Federalist. “This is a recipe for civilizational suicide. We don’t make our own weapons, food, machines, vehicles, plastics, medicines, or computers. The whole covid insanity, with its shutdowns and shortages and supply-chain chaos, was a blaring alarm warning us that the economy we thought was so strong was shockingly fragile.”

Alongside the national debt, the trade deficit is perhaps America’s biggest domestic national security crisis. President Trump is taking bold action to solve both problems. He is working with Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency to balance the budget and cancel out America’s $1.8 trillion budget deficit. Yet since the U.S. government’s total discretionary budget is $1.8 trillion, it is highly unlikely that Trump and Musk will be able to balance the budget with spending cuts alone. Without major cuts to Medicare and Social Security, the government will have to increase taxes. And the only type of tax that helps fix a trade deficit is a tariff.

By charging the average American family $3,800 per year in tariff levies, President Trump’s tariff proposals would raise $3.1 trillion in additional revenue over the next decade. This revenue should drop the budget deficit from $1.8 trillion per year to $1.5 trillion per year while simultaneously incentivizing American citizens to buy goods produced in their own country instead of sending their hard-earned money to the Chinese Communist Party.

The catch is that the average American family will have to reduce its standard of living by about $3,800 to $4,800 per year to make their country more self-sufficient, better able to survive without foreign goods and deficit spending. When financial advisers like Dave Ramsey help heavily indebted people achieve financial independence, they usually prescribe two to three years of severe financial austerity. This is basically what President Trump is prescribing to Americans. It may take a few years for America to rebuild its industry and balance its budget. The responsible thing to do until then is to raise taxes on foreign imports.

In many ways, President Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement is a test of America’s character. Will Americans keep running up their national debt to buy cheap merchandise from nations that hate them? Or will they make the sacrifices necessary to balance their budget and rebuild their industrial base?

Regarding finances, Dave Ramsey teaches: “Almost all long-term thinking has short-term pain. Almost all short-term thinking has long-term pain and short-term relief.” Americans can either suffer a little bit now to create a nation capable of withstanding a future, prophesied trade war. Or they can take the easy way out now, only to suffer later.

In 1980, Herbert W. Armstrong wrote an article titled “Prepare to Greatly Reduce Your Standard of Living.” It warned that inflation and other economic woes were about to greatly reduce Americans’ purchasing power in the next year or two. Mr. Armstrong was right. The Crisis of 1982 was the worst downturn in the U.S. since the Great Depression. Then the 2008 recession surpassed it. Millions of people had to reduce their standard of living. But most forgot about Mr. Armstrong’s warning after President Ronald Reagan stabilized the nation’s economy. But the Crisis of 1982 was not the ultimate fulfillment of the prophecies Mr. Armstrong referred to in his article.

Mr. Armstrong explained that God had blessed America with the world’s highest per capita income because of a promise He had made to the patriarch Abraham. He warned that God would take away America’s blessing if it rebelled against Him.

As recently as 1950, two fifths of U.S. households did not own an automobile, one third did not own a television, and only a small minority of families enjoyed luxuries like air conditioning or a water heater. Yet those households were able to make it on one income and avoid consumer debt because they were less entitled than Americans today and did not buy things they could not afford. What they called “middle class” in the 1950s is now called “poverty.” Unless Americans start making some short-term sacrifices now, they will likely become acquainted with their great-grandparents’ standard of living before America’s economic collapse has run its course. You cannot run up both consumer and government debt for decades without consequences.

The fact is, the U.S. has been living beyond its means for decades and is now entering a period referred to as “Jacob’s trouble” (Jeremiah 30:7). God has raised up President Trump to give the American people a chance to repent and turn their nation around. Yet true repentance means change. We have to change our approach to finance if we want to avoid bankruptcy and foreign enslavement.

The Bible tells us that debt is a form of slavery (Proverbs 22:7) and advises us to deliver ourselves from debt “as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler” (Proverb 6:5). This requires individual sacrifice.

Now is the time to put your financial house in order. If you have delayed taking the painful but necessary steps to do this, there is still a small window of opportunity. You can begin right away by reading Solve Your Money Troubles! and The Financial Law You Can’t Afford to Ignore.

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Donald Trump Is Uniting the World Against Him

Donald Trump Is Uniting the World Against Him

By Richard Palmer • April 2, 2025

It’s tariff day. The entire world held its breath to see exactly what taxes United States President Donald Trump would place on goods made around the world.

He announced today that countries will face a range of tariffs, from 10 to 40 percent. The United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore and Brazil get off lightly, with just a 10 percent tariff. The European Union faces tariffs of 20 percent. Details are still being released, but this would presumably come on top of the tariffs already announced, such as the 25 percent tariff on vehicles.

Japan faces tariffs of 24 percent; South Korea, 25 percent; and China, 34 percent. Canada didn’t appear on President Trump’s chart.

While these nations haven’t yet had time to react, they were transforming the planet even before the tariffs were announced.

Just last summer, Japan sailed a destroyer into China’s waters. China responded by sending fighter jets into Japan’s airspace—for the first time in history.

These two nations have decades of bad blood. Japan killed 15 million Chinese in World War ii, many in brutal massacres. Japanese leaders still deny their war crimes, their textbooks glorify those who carried them out, and they’ve refused China’s requests for an official apology from Japan’s emperor. The two both claim the Senkaku Islands. China wants to conquer Taiwan. Japan wants to keep it independent. Japan has often spoken out against China’s human rights abuses and persecution of the Uyghurs. It has led to diplomatic spats, trade sanctions and military threats.

For last decade, around 90 percent of Japan’s inhabitants have told pollsters they have a poor opinion of China. Last year the proportion of Chinese with a poor opinion of Japan shot to the same level.

South Korea has problems with both. It too was brutalized by Japan during World War ii and has received little in the way of apology. And it too has argued with China over parts of the sea, with Chinese ships turning South Korean ships away from what Korea regards as parts of its own territory. It shares Japan’s concerns about Chinese ambitions in Taiwan and human rights abuses.

Getting these three countries to work together, deepen ties, and make symbolic gestures of friendship is a major feat. And it is happening thanks to one man: Donald Trump.

In the face of President Trump’s tariffs, Japan, China and South Korea have been working on their own free trade agreement and deepening the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a trade agreement the three already participate in along with Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, the Philippines and many others. Their three trade ministers met on March 30, just over a week after their foreign ministers met for the first time since 2023.

“It is one of the most striking economic defeats suffered by America that I have witnessed in more than 40 years covering international affairs,” wrote the Telegraph’s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard.

“For all intents and purposes, the U.S. is now a rogue nation when it comes to trade,” said the University of Sussex’s Michael Gasiorek. “I don’t think there is a global trade war going on. The U.S. is fighting a trade war with everybody, but the others are keen to cooperate even more.”

The EU has also pledged closer global ties in response. “Europe already has trade agreements in place with 76 countries,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday. “And we are now growing this network. We just concluded trade deals with mercosur, Mexico and Switzerland. We launched the first-ever Clean Trade and Investment Partnership with South Africa.”

China has reached out to Europe, raising the prospect of this Asian trade bloc joining with Europe and its African and Latin American allies to form a giant conglomerate excluding the U.S. “China is willing to work with the EU to handle economic differences in the proper manner,” said He Lifeng, China’s vice premier. Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping has invited the heads of Mercedes and bmw to meet with him. And EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič visited Beijing, China, on March 27–28 to try to settle the trade disputes between the two power blocs to present a more united front to President Trump.

Perhaps it overdramatizes things to place all of this on the head of Mr. Trump. After all, many of these countries have had tariffs on U.S. goods for decades—while the U.S. had much lower tariff boundaries. It’s understandable that President Trump wants to right that imbalance. It may be more accurate to say he is exposing a global jealousy toward the United States that was there all along. But he is accelerating the unification of these enemies.

This unification is the subject of a powerful prophetic warning. Almost all today reject Bible prophecy—but its warnings to America match exactly what is building right now. Isaiah 23 describes a maritime alliance called the “mart of nations” between “Chittim” (China), “Tyre” (the economic power rising in Europe), “Tarshish” (Japan) and others. This alliance is coming together now.

Our article “Trade Wars Are Here” explains this and other prophecies, and shows how they will quickly affect your world. As that article warns: “President Trump’s focus on sea gates reflects a stronger will and clearer view of the danger in the world. But that is not enough to save America. The nations are preparing for trade war on a level Americans cannot conceive of. If Americans repent now, God can once again bless the nation with protection. If not, God will use the suffering that results to get through to America and all mankind.”

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Canada Aims to Inflict as Much Pain as Possible on Americans - Trumpet Daily | Mar. 28, 2025

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[00:30] U.S.-Canada Trade War (22 minutes)
Canada and the United States are in full-fledged trade war. However, President Donald Trump’s battle is not with Canadians in general but with the nation’s radical-left leadership, which has declared it wants to inflict as much pain as possible on the U.S. because of tariffs.

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Europe Cultivates a Climate of Crisis

Europe Cultivates a Climate of Crisis

By Richard Palmer • March 27, 2025

All European Union residents should stock three days’ worth of emergency supplies, the EU urged its citizens yesterday. Have at least six liters of water per person, tinned food, a flashlight, a radio with batteries and a printed emergency plan, it advised.

The warning comes a week after French media reported the government was planning to mail a 20-page survival booklet to every home before the summer. It will give emergency phone numbers and radio channels, advice on dealing with a nuclear attack, and details on how to sign up for reserve units or local firefighting groups. It will also advise citizens to put together a similar three-day survival pack.

Why the sudden interest in disaster response in Europe?

It is tied to Europe’s efforts to rearm.

Europe wants to embark on a massive military spending spree. But only Germany with its low debt can do so easily. Everyone else is close to maxing out their credit cards.

The only way to substantially boost that spending is to make painful cutbacks, such as fewer unemployment benefits, higher pension ages or less health-care spending.

In France in particular, this debate is toxic. The public likes the sound of a more muscular European military. But it doesn’t want to suffer to pay for it.

European leaders need to cultivate a climate of crisis. This new push toward survivalism helps spread the message that nuclear war is a real danger.

Pointing this out is not saying there is no danger. But without the nudge, Europe’s citizens don’t feel they are in enough danger to make large sacrifices for a military.

Eastern Europe does. It is closer to Russia. Lithuania sent out survival manuals in 2016. Latvia published one five years ago and updated it a year ago. Poland published one in 2022. Denmark sent one out digitally last summer. Finland and Sweden sent them out last November. All of these countries have dramatically increased their defense spending; Poland’s has roughly doubled since 2022.

But the French don’t really fear Russian troops marching down the streets of Paris. If the Russians failed to take Kyiv, Ukraine, in three years, they are not going 1,000 miles further west anytime soon.

Europe genuinely fears Russia and fears facing the world without the United States defending it. But there is clearly something more going on: EU leaders want to encourage a sense of crisis to get the military they want. European remilitarization isn’t driven only by fear. Some are creating an opportunity to do what they’ve wanted to do for years.

In 1978, Herbert W. Armstrong wrote: “Europeans want their own united military power! They know that a political union of Europe would produce a third major world power, as strong as either the United States or the ussr—possibly stronger!”

In that same article, he discussed Europe’s fear of Russia, but he warned, “The United States is not loved in Europe.” Europe wants this military power so it no longer has to play second fiddle to the U.S.

Mr. Armstrong forecast this decades ago because it is prophesied in your Bible. Now Europe is making it happen and the U.S. is cheering it on. Europe has benefited from decades of U.S. taxpayers footing its defense bill. But those in Europe pushing for rearmament aren’t doing it because they want to be good U.S. allies. They resent America.

You need to understand the biblical warning. This European power will catch far too many people unawares.

This rearmament has hit some major obstacles already: Some say it has run out of steam as indebted nations struggle to raise cash for more arms. But Bible prophecy also shows that the rise of a new Holy Roman Empire will not be an easy process. It will happen quickly and suddenly. But what emerges is a 10-nation superpower led by a strongman—not a 27-nation economic union led by three different presidencies and a few committees.

Now is the time to watch the rise of this power and understand those prophecies. Our latest Trumpet issue, “Up in Arms,” has articles explaining Europe’s sudden military rise, how Germany is about to get a strongman, and why it already dominates the Mediterranean Sea. 

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