2017 was meant to be a glorious year, filled with the manifest power of God bringing together all the nations in the greatest peace. Instead, it will be a year of terror, pain and death. The core of this bitterness will be Putin, constantly scheming to regain Russia’s lost glory in a new configuration of powers. China will come onto the world scene, believing that it must act soon to gain its goals and break out of its current restraints.
Iran will move quickly to claim Mideast superiority. Syria, backed by Putin, will continue to maintain control even though confronted by the rebels. Europe will continue to break open under all of its burdens weakened by its past decisions. America will experience many new divisions as the differences between the two political parties increase.