China agrees to North Korean denuclearization

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An announcement that could have prophetic ramifications was announced a few hours ago:

A top U.S. official says President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, have agreed that North Korea must abandon its nuclear weapons program.

National security adviser Tom Donilon said the leaders also agreed at an informal summit that neither country will accept North Korea as a nuclear state.

Newly-appointed Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi told reporters Saturday that President Xi had told Obama that Beijing and Washington were in agreement on the North Korean nuclear issue.

Both advisers spoke to reporters as the leaders of the world’s two largest economies ended a two-day informal summit in California…

North Korea depends heavily on China for aid and trade, and Beijing maintains close ties with Pyongyang. However, North Korea’s bellicose rhetoric, including threat of nuclear strikes on the United States, has visibly cooled those ties, as have a rocket launch and another nuclear test in the past year.
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-chinese-presidents-wrap-up-california-summit/1678033.html

If this is true, it could be a game-changer for the region.

North Korea needs China’s support and if China really makes this denuclearization a reality, then North Korea may decide that it needs to change some of its ways.

Many of the people in North Korea are suffering and hungry. If North Korea would shift from being a militaristic nuclear power to more of a food and manufacturing producer, this should benefit them as well as ease tensions in the region.

It also could be a step that could possibly lead to some type of reunification with South Korea. Which is something that I believe is consistent with biblical prophecy.

Whether this reunification will be because of a war or peace, or something else (such as waiting until Revelation 9:16; & 16:2), is not clear. But the situation in Korea will change. And maybe this is a step in that direction. The talks that the North Koreans agreed to a few days ago (North Korea says it wants to talk) may also be a step that way.

Sadly, however, North Korea does not always take steps in the right direction, but perhaps China will help.

Some articles of possibly related interest would include the following:

Korea in Prophecy, Any Witness? Does God have a plan for the Koreans? Is Korea mentioned in any prophecies? Will Koreans be among the first in the Kingdom of God? 한국의 언어로 : 한국 예언, 모든 증인에?
Asia in Prophecy What is Ahead for Asia? Who are the “Kings of the East”? What will happen to nearly all the Chinese, Russians, Indians, Koreans, and others of Asia? China in prophecy, where? Who has the 200,000,000 man army related to Armageddon?
Is China THE Threat to the United States of America? China is the world’s most populace nation. China has the world’s largest standing military. China is a major economic power and it holds a lot of U.S. debt. China also has problems with corruption, pollution, and its hukou registration system. Will China face civil unrest? Is China prophesied to be wealthy in the end times? Will China takeover the U.S.A. or will it be another power? What does Bible prophecy reveal?
China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 1: Genesis and Chinese Characters Where did the Chinese people come from? This article provides information showing that the Chinese peoples must have known about various accounts in the Book of Genesis up until their dispersion after the Tower of Babel.
China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 2: The Sabbath and Some of God’s Witness in China When did Christianity first come to China? And is there early evidence that they observed the seventh day sabbath?