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with in Poland is the firs t authentic
upheaval on a national scale in a
Soviet bloc country. The Kremlin
finds itself in a " no-win s ituation."
To send troops against Poland
would be extremely costly. The
Potes, Soviet leaders are convinced,
would fight. Moscow would end up
respons ible for the resulting eco–
nomic calamity- and, very impor–
tantly, the Sovie t " peace offensive"
in Western Europe would g rind to
a halt.
Ye t, the c hanges underway in
Poland-a free trade unio n cou–
pled with greater democracy with–
in the par t y- could produce a
domino ripple throughout Eastern
Europe and even the Soviet Union
itself.
lndeed it is already spreading.
There have been reports in recent
months of labor unres t in Romanía.
Demands for economic and políti–
ca! reform also were heard this past
summer in East Germany, up until
now Moscow's most trusted satel–
lite.
And Sovie t citizens in Lithuania
a nd the Ukraine are watching
events in Poland very closely.
What Can Moscow Do?
The present Soviet leaders seem–
ingly do not know what todo with
Poland. lt wi ll likely be up to a
future generation of Soviet leader–
ship, less personally identified with
t he traumas of the Second World
War, to think t heir own revolu–
tionary thoughts about Eastern
Europe.
Moscow's overriding concern is
that of national secur ity, coupled
with maintaining t he balance of
power in Europe. Future leaders of
the Kremlin might be forced to
risk a partía/ release of these cap–
tive states,
believing t hat, in a con–
dition more like that of fin land,
the East Europeans would prove to
be better guarantors of Soviet secu–
rity than they are as res tless cap–
tives.
Such a tra nsformatio n would
completely alter the political map
of Europe. Notes political affairs
analyst William Pfaff:
"No fundamental c hange in the
si tuation of Poland , or of the
region, is imaginable without a
realignment of secur ity arrange–
ments in all E urope. Tf Poland were
October/ November 1981
REAGAN administration's tougher
line toward communism has fueled
le ftist protests in Westem world.
to become internally autonomous,
albeit communist,
its ability to
guarantee Russia's securi ty would
have to be underwritten by the
other s tates of Central and Western
Europe. Even a qualified Soviet
military withdrawal from Poland
wo uld bave to be matched by
American withdrawals in Western
Europe o r changes in NATO
deployment."
The Soviets cannot have it both
ways. Tbey cannot "win" Western
Europe, without giving in some–
what in Eastern Europe.
But where would such a dramat–
ic reshuffling o f Europe- with
America dealt out- lead?
A " New Europe" Prophesled
Bible prophecy foretell s tha t there
is yet to come the final end- time
restoration of the Roman Empire.
Jt wi ll be composed of a prophetic
" ten horns," meaning
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nat ions or
ruling entities (Revelation 17: 12).
The second chapter of the book
of Daniel tells of the same time–
not far in the future- when the .
Kingdom of God, pictured as a
g reat stone "cut out without [hu–
man] hands," will crush this final
system of human government to
domínate the world. Here this
10-
nation system is pictured as a giant
human figu re, having feet "part of
iron, and part of clay" (Daniel
2:33).
Its toes-obviously 10--cor–
respond to the
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national units of
Revelation 17.
The original Roman Empi re was
broken into two "legs"-the East–
ern empire in Byzantium (later
Constantinople, today l stanbul)
and the empire in the West in
Rome. Thus it is very possible that
the res tored end-time system will
be composed of two distinct yet
cooperative parts: the first " leg"
comprising nations o f Western
Eu rope, tbe second incorporating
ria tions freed from Soviet domi–
nance in C e ntra l a nd Easte rn
... Europe.
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What is transpir ing on both
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sides of the lron Curtain today is
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the fi rs t step in the refashioning
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of West ern, Central and much of
Eastern Europe into a new, yet
anc ie nt , alignment. Out of the
ashes of history wi ll arise a new,
end-time world power- to the
cons ternation of both Washington
and Moscow. o
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It
is
generally considered by per form–
ing artis t celebrities as the fi nest
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by cubic inch . What is even more
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know Jesus Christ is pleased.
Quality and character cost a lit–
tle more. Jt's the same in SPIRITUAL
CHARACTER- the primary purpose
of human life. The way to hig h
spirit ual character is not easy. Such
character cannot be bought cheap–
ly. One has
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PAY THE PRICE!
Jesus spoke of the EASY way, the
road most people travel. "for the
gate is narrow and the way is hard,
that leads to life, and those who
find it are few" (Matthew 7:14,
RSV) .
A life of overcoming and building
righteous, spiritual character is not
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TRUE RICHES- FOR ETERNITY!
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