For years people have speculted why the United States does not seam to appear anywhere in the Bible, especially when it comes to prophecies surrounding the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For sure, there are many Americans who are mentioned in the Bible (see Psalms 14:1, Psalms 9:17, Psalms 11:5, etc.). But especially when it comes to what the Bible says about the end times, many have wondered why the United States is not mentioned.
When the disciples of John the Baptists complained that the people were going to Jesus instead of him, John said: "He must increase but I must decrease." - John 3:30. I think the same thing could be said about America and China today: They must increase and we must decrease.
I think one of the reasons that America does not seam to be mentioned in the Bible is because America is going to cease to play a major role in world events as time gets closer to the end. For example, many people see an obvious reference to China in in the book of Revelation.
In Revelation 9:13-16 were are told about 4 angels which were bound in the river Euphrates and how that after they were loosed an army of 2 million were set free to 'slay the third part of men.' (vs. 9:16):
"And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a mounth and a year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand (2 million)."
And in Revelation 16:12 we read "And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water therof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared."
There is only one nation on the planet that could field an army of 2 million soldiers - and they just happended to be 'east' of the Eurphrates. Coincidence, huh?
