The big majority was taken by surprise as a "new spring" broke forth in Central Europe. This time the powerful church was behind it, and therefore it could not be stopped. The developments in the Eastern European countries are moving with unbelievable pace. We are overwhelmed, in fact I have foretold these developments for many years, based on Math. 24:14; 1Thess. 5:1-3 and many other Scriptures. "Glasnost" and "perestrojka" – transparency and reconstruction – are moving forward with a terrible speed. The "European House" with open windows and doors is being erected before our very eyes. This is a direct fulfillment of bible prophecy, the reviving of the old Roman empire, described in the Revelation as the beast- power which was, is not, and will be again. It is this beast-power upon which the world church, the great whore of Revelation 17, will ride and exercise her power to reach its long awaited goal. The talk is no more about a divided Europe, East and West, but of one United Europe from the Atlantic to the Ural. General de Gaulle already made the same statement in 1957 when signing the Roman Treaty. Today it is the General Secretary Mr. Gorbatchev who is using the same vocabulary. And now every politician involved in this process speaks the same language. All become part of it, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled before our very eyes.

Peace and safety gain momentum; the European Community – European peace order will have Germany imbedded right in its center. The two blocks, East and West, have already lost their might. All the mighty must "… give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled" (Rev 17:17). Actually the U.S. troops could go home today, and the Soviets also. They are no longer needed. In June this year 1989 Mr. Michael Gorbatchev made the statement in Bonn, the provisional capital of West Germany, while paying a visit as the head of state: "The wall can also disappear." Everyone understood what he meant by that. It's the Berlin-Wall which actually is a memorial of separation of East and West. This wall certainly will come down. In 1944, at the "Jalta conference" the three politicians Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill divided Europe, and now in December 1989 at the "Malta conference" the two heads of state, Mr. George Bush and Mr. Michael Gorbatchev held talks about the united Europe. We certainly have entered the last phase.

The self-appointed experts of bible prophecy do not only bypass the doctrines, they are also caught in the net of their own explaining of the prophetical part. They try to find an empire which has ten horns and seven heads and simply don't get it together. It doesn't mean ten nations here or seven nations there, because it is one and the same beast. The head is not laying here and the tail over there. Certainly not. It simply signifies that the old Roman empire comes into existence again. At this moment we have seven countries in the Warsaw-pact, twelve belong to the EC, fifteen are in the NATO, twenty-three in the European Parliament, thirty-five signed the KSZE document in Helsinki, but all these facts are not as important as some may think. The main object is the coming forth of this "power" in Europe on which the great whore of Revelation 17 rides. The borders between the different nations in the 20^th century are totally different to what they were at other times of the existence of this Roman empire since 31 B.C. But the power itself remains the same and that is what we have to watch. We are not perturbed, in the contrary, we are confident because we see in actuality the fulfillment of bible prophecy in every way at this time. The end is near, very near.

The big majority was taken by surprise as a "new spring" broke forth in Central Europe. This time the powerful church was behind it, and therefore it could not be stopped. The developments in the Eastern European countries are moving with unbelievable pace. We are overwhelmed, in fact I have foretold these developments for many years, based on Math. 24:14; 1Thess. 5:1-3 and many other Scriptures. "Glasnost" and "perestrojka" – transparency and reconstruction – are moving forward with a terrible speed. The "European House" with open windows and doors is being erected before our very eyes. This is a direct fulfillment of bible prophecy, the reviving of the old Roman empire, described in the Revelation as the beast- power which was, is not, and will be again. It is this beast-power upon which the world church, the great whore of Revelation 17, will ride and exercise her power to reach its long awaited goal. The talk is no more about a divided Europe, East and West, but of one United Europe from the Atlantic to the Ural. General de Gaulle already made the same statement in 1957 when signing the Roman Treaty. Today it is the General Secretary Mr. Gorbatchev who is using the same vocabulary. And now every politician involved in this process speaks the same language. All become part of it, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled before our very eyes.

Peace and safety gain momentum; the European Community – European peace order will have Germany imbedded right in its center. The two blocks, East and West, have already lost their might. All the mighty must "… give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled" (Rev 17:17). Actually the U.S. troops could go home today, and the Soviets also. They are no longer needed. In June this year 1989 Mr. Michael Gorbatchev made the statement in Bonn, the provisional capital of West Germany, while paying a visit as the head of state: "The wall can also disappear." Everyone understood what he meant by that. It's the Berlin-Wall which actually is a memorial of separation of East and West. This wall certainly will come down. In 1944, at the "Jalta conference" the three politicians Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill divided Europe, and now in December 1989 at the "Malta conference" the two heads of state, Mr. George Bush and Mr. Michael Gorbatchev held talks about the united Europe. We certainly have entered the last phase.

The self-appointed experts of bible prophecy do not only bypass the doctrines, they are also caught in the net of their own explaining of the prophetical part. They try to find an empire which has ten horns and seven heads and simply don't get it together. It doesn't mean ten nations here or seven nations there, because it is one and the same beast. The head is not laying here and the tail over there. Certainly not. It simply signifies that the old Roman empire comes into existence again. At this moment we have seven countries in the Warsaw-pact, twelve belong to the EC, fifteen are in the NATO, twenty-three in the European Parliament, thirty-five signed the KSZE document in Helsinki, but all these facts are not as important as some may think. The main object is the coming forth of this "power" in Europe on which the great whore of Revelation 17 rides. The borders between the different nations in the 20th century are totally different to what they were at other times of the existence of this Roman empire since 31 B.C. But the power itself remains the same and that is what we have to watch. We are not perturbed, in the contrary, we are confident because we see in actuality the fulfillment of bible prophecy in every way at this time. The end is near, very near.