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64 THE SIGNS OF THE END

There is also a sinister connection between the Chinese and the
radical Muslim countries, such as Iraq. It is no secret that China's
assistance has enabled Iraq to have missiles capable of threatening
Israel with much greater accuracy than the "scud" missiles used
during the Gulf War at the beginning of the decade of the 90s. It
should be remembered that there are more Moslems in China than
ethnic Chinese!

While China has had a significant economic transition to limit­
ed capitalism, there is still great repression of the people political­
ly, as evidenced by the Tiananmen Square massacre that occurred
several years ago. The question of sanctions against China comes
up every year, as Congress considers renewing trade agreements,
but the politicians consistently decide that China is too important
a nation not to have maximum trade. Thus, the Communist
regime appears to be rewarded for its repression of the people. It
all seems to be working toward the prominence of the kings of the
east in the end times, with a potential for a massive and well-
equipped army.

THE MOTHER CHURCH IN ISRAEL

Co-author Dr. McCall interviewed Israeli Messianic believer
and guide, Zvi Rivai, concerning the church in Israel. The follow­
ing is from a January 1999 Levitt Letter article:

Modem Israel fs a miracle, the beginning of the fulfillment of
the Dry Bones prophecy in Ezekiel 37. For those of us who
believe the Scriptures, the revived Israel is an astonishing pre­
cursor of the Tribulation, the Second Coming of Christ, and the
Rapture of the Church (which must precede those apocalyptic
events). The re-emergence of Israel has been well chronicled
among those who continue to cling to the "faith once delivered
to the saints."

However, there is another development that has been less well
covered by evangelical observers, even though, in some ways, it is
just as remarkable as the restoration of the Chosen Nation. That
development is the renewal of the Israeli church. For perhaps as
many as 19 centuries, there had not been a recognizable church of