India’s Anna Hazare: The Next Gandhi?

Anna Hazare

An Indian has been fasting to protest corruption there:

20 August 2011

“New Gandhi” emerging in India?

NEW DELHI — An Indian activist on a hunger strike that sparked a popular campaign against corruption said Saturday he was feeling physically weak, but resolved in his demand that the government adopt his version of a bill setting up an anti-graft watchdog.

Hundreds surrounded Anna Hazare on his fifth day of a fast that began Tuesday in jail after his arrest for planning a protest without police approval. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/20/earlyshow/saturday/main20094939.shtml

It is not currently clear to me what role, if any, Anna Hazare, will play in the future of Indian politics. Obviously, all people are better off when there is less corruption.

According to Bible prophecy, the end of the Anglo-dominance of the world is coming (Jeremiah 30:7), and the final age of the Gentiles (Luke 21:24) will be here in a relatively few years. And as a Gentile nation, this suggests that India will be amongst those that will further rise up.

FWIW, India will outlast the USA, though it will have its own major issues a few years after the USA is no more.

Interestingly, Indian prophecy suggests that a strong leader will rise up.

Here are some statements on that from my book 2012 and the Rise of the Secret Sect:

A Hindu from India named Vijay Kumar (he refers to himself as “The Man who Realized God In 1993”) makes the following claims…:

For the society to climb back to its pristine glory of the golden era… even the meek would handle metal (pick arms). Whatever the poor and the downtrodden lay their hands upon would become their weapon. In the last phase of the Kali Yuga we are passing through… the complete society has been taken to ransom by about 6% corrupt population comprising of politicians, bureaucrats, judiciary and police force…people await with abated breath the coming of Bhagwan Kalki…one who delivers the mankind from the existing ills of today. Bhagwan Kalki would be a spiritual master of the highest order with the deadly combination of a wise dictator (Chanakya of the modern era)…

Notice that Vijay Kumar’s writings support a warring power—something the Bible warns against in Revelation 13:3–10. This type of warring power will not bring in a true age of peace, even though many may proclaim that it will (cf. Ezekiel 13:10-16; 1 Thessalonians 5:3).

Also notice the following about the Avatar/Bhagwan Kalki:

Whenever there is a withering of the law
and an uprising of lawlessness on all sides,
then I manifest Myself.

For the salvation of the righteous
and the destruction of such as do evil,
for the firm establishing of the Law,
I come to birth, age after age.—Bhagavad Gita, Book IV, Sutra 5, 7, 8…

In all, the Hindu text of Kalki Purana is comprised of 6100 verses describing … Kalki, who is considered the last Avtar or incarnation of Vishnu or the Supreme Being, who will establish the Age of Truth or Age of Purity on Earth.… As agreed by all the religious prophecies, the Awaited One will not be a man of peace like Jesus Christ or Buddha, but a man of war who will destroy evil and establish righteousness on the earth.

If views like these become predominant in the future, it may be that they will help lead to Hindus at least temporarily accepting a new religion of the coming False Prophet and the authority of the coming militaristic dictator known as Beast that the Bible warns will rise up at the end…

According to Srimad Bhagavatam – Kalki is destined to appear when the Sun, Moon and Jupiter together enters Pushya nakshatra …it then goes to give the description of his birth etc. This astrological phenomenon happens on 26/27th. July 2014 A.D. at 3:10 P. M. on a Sunday…

Hindus look forward to an age of peace, but as the following also suggests, many feel that a strong human leader is needed for it to come to pass:

Kalki Incarnation…shall herald the Golden Age of peace and plenty—the Satyayuga. Since Kalki will be an age making Avatar, he has to be powerful and potent.

New Age Movement is Correct that Peace is Coming, but …

While a new age will temporarily come (and will make many people wealthy for a time (Revelation 18:11–16), this is not the age of the Kingdom of God. The Bible shows that prior to the real age of peace, a warring ecumenical religion will take over much of the world through force and economic blackmail (Revelation 13:2–17). And this is warring age will come to an abrupt end when God orchestrates it (Revelation 18:17–20).

The Bible is also clear that while God wants people to pray for peace (Psalm 122:6), that it is God, and not humankind, who will bring peace to earth.

So, there are prophecies in India expecting a leader to rise up around 2014. And this leader seems to be a militaristic one that some expect people to take up arms to support.

I do not believe that Anna Hazare will be that leader, but his supporters may end up supporting such a leader, at least to a degree for a while (cf. Revelation 13:3-4,8).

True peace will ultimately come, but it will be through the Kingdom of God, not human effort, including any that may be considered to be another Gandhi.

Some articles of possibly related interest may include:

India, Its Biblical Past and Future: Any Witness? The Bible discusses the origins of those of Indian heritage and discusses some of the witness to them (including those in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka).
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, and others of Asia? China in prophecy, where? Who has the 200,000,000 man army related to Armageddon?
Anglo – America in Prophecy & the Lost Tribes of Israel Are the Americans, Canadians, British, Scottish, Welsh, Australians, Anglo (non-Dutch) Southern Africans, and New Zealanders descendants of Joseph? Where are the lost ten-tribes of Israel? Who are the lost tribes of Israel? What will happen to Jerusalem and the Jews in Israel? Will God punish the U.S.A., Canada, United Kingdom, and other Anglo nations? Why might God allow them to be punished first?
The Gospel of the Kingdom of God was the Emphasis of Jesus and the Early Church Did you know that? Do you even know what the gospel of the kingdom is all about? True religion should be based upon the true gospel.
Can the Great Tribulation Begin in 2011, 2012, or 2013? Can the Great Tribulation begin today? When is the earliest that the Great Tribulation can begin? What is the Day of the Lord?
2012 and the Rise of the Secret Sect This is a link related to a book by Bob Thiel (COGwriter). This link also has YouTube videos. This book documents and explains hundreds of prophecies. And since it was published, world events have aligned with at least 15-16 predictions in the book and many more will to come to pass.
2012 y el surgimiento de la secta secreta 2012 libro del Dr. Thiel en Español.
2012 und das Auftreten der geheimen Sekte (German Edition) 2012 Buch von Dr. Thiel in deutscher Sprache.
2012 e o Surgimento da Seita Secreta (Portuguese Edition) 2012 livro do Dr. Thiel em português. Este livro documenta e explica centenas de profecias. E desde que foi publicado pela primeira vez, pelo menos 16 já começaram a acontecer.
2012 e o Surgimento da Seita Secreta (Brazilian Portuguese Edition) 2012 livro do Dr. Thiel. Edição em português do Brasil. Este livro documenta e explica centenas de profecias. E desde que foi publicado pela primeira vez, pelo menos 16 já começaram a acontecer.