North Korea wants military equilibrium with the USA, while USA looking at military options against North Korea
North Korea expressed its determination to continue to arm:
September 16, 2017
SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea said on Saturday it aims to reach an “equilibrium” of military force with the United States, which earlier signaled its patience for diplomacy is wearing thin after Pyongyang fired a missile over Japan for the second time in under a month.
“Our final goal is to establish the equilibrium of real force with the U.S. and make the U.S. rulers dare not talk about military option,” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was quoted as saying by the state news agency, KCNA.
Kim was shown beaming as he watched the missile fly from a moving launcher in photos released by the agency, surrounded by several officials.
“The combat efficiency and reliability of Hwasong-12 were thoroughly verified,” said Kim as quoted by KCNA. Kim added the North’s goal of completing its nuclear force had “nearly reached the terminal”. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles/north-korea-says-seeking-military-equilibrium-with-u-s-idUSKCN1BP35B
September 16, 2017
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country is nearing its goal of “equilibrium” in military force with the United States …
Under Kim’s watch, North Korea has maintained a torrid pace in weapons tests, including its most powerful nuclear test to date on Sept. 3 and two July flight tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles that could strike deep into the U.S. mainland when perfected.
The increasingly frequent and aggressive tests have added to outside fears that the North is closer than ever to building a military arsenal that could viably target the U.S. and its allies in Asia. …
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, a liberal who initially pushed for talks with North Korea, said its tests currently make dialogue “impossible.”
“If North Korea provokes us or our allies, we have the strength to smash the attempt at an early stage and inflict a level of damage it would be impossible to recover from,” said Moon, who ordered his military to conduct a live-fire ballistic missile drill in response to the North Korean launch. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_KOREAS_TENSION_ASOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-09-16-06-21-18
The Korean statements bring to mind the following from the Book of Joel:
9 Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near,
Let them come up.
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.'” (Joel 3:9-10)
CNN reported the following related to the USA and North Korea:
September 16, 2017
(CNN) North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test has renewed discussion at the highest levels of the Trump administration about how military force could be used to stop Kim Jong Un’s development of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles.
“For those who have said, and been commenting about a lack of an military option, there is a military option,” national security adviser H.R. McMaster told reporters Friday, adding: “Now, it is not what we would prefer to do.”
At the same press briefing, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley acknowledged that if sanctions and diplomatic pressure don’t work, the UN may not be able to do much more.
“So, having said that, I have no problem with kicking it to (Defense Secretary) Gen. James Mattis because I think he has plenty of options,” she said.
Speaking Friday at Joint Base Andrews, the Air Force installation outside Washington, President Donald Trump emphasized the robustness of US military options. “After seeing your capabilities and commitment here today, I am more confident than ever that our options in addressing this threat are both effective and overwhelming,” he said. http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/16/politics/north-korea-missile-test/index.html
Another scripture for all parties to consider is the following:
‘Let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.’ (1 Kings 20:11)
A Korean war will be harmful.
As mentioned here before, I strongly suspect that US President Trump is looking at what some call ‘surgical strikes’ while also preparing for other military responses to North Korea.
While the USA could obliterate North Korea, it is at risk of severe damage from North Korea. South Korea is directly in harm’s way from North Korea and Japan is also at risk.
Jesus spoke of a time of wars, rumors of war, and troubles prior to the Great Tribulation:
5 And Jesus, answering them, began to say: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 6 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and will deceive many. 7 But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for such things must happen, but the end is not yet. 8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows. (Mark 13:5-8)
We are in the beginning of sorrows.
Red Horseman of War
Notice also what Jesus had the Apostle John record:
3 When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” 4 Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword. (Revelation 6:3-4)
The specter of war is haunting the world right now.
Here is something that the old Worldwide Church of God published back in 1975 (with me making one part bold italics):
4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse – The Red Horse – War
John writes: “And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword” (Rev. 6:4). … John is referring to a time yet ahead of us when “peaceful coexistence” will be a thing of the past. But specifically what is it that leads to this intensified period of global wars and conflicts?
In the twelfth chapter of Revelation, John gets right to the heart of the problem. He describes the fall of a great archangel, Satan the Devil: “And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him” (Rev. 12:7-9). …
As John writes: “Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come
down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time” (Rev. 12:12).
As I mentioned before, we could be at or near the time of the ride of the red horse of the apocalypse. It could start this month or next month or? We will see.
Yet, despite wars and rumors of war, as Jesus said, “the end is not yet” (Mark 13:7). But we are getting closer to the time of the Great Tribulation (Mark 13:19-20, Matthew 24:21; see also When Will the Great Tribulation Begin?).
Ultimately, there is good news as the Kingdom of God will come and those issues will be gone (Revelation 7:16).
Until then, we will hear of troubles, rumors of wars, wars, and the Great Tribulation. The situation with North Korea has the potential to weaken the USA in various ways many have not seriously considered.
Again remember, ‘Let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off’ (1 Kings 20:11).
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