Isaiah 21: 1, 15 KJV

v.1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

v.15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

The whirlwind of war is about to settle upon the "desert of the sea [Middle East]" even the "grievousness of war."

Isaiah 21: 2, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17 KJV

v.2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

v.7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels...

v.8 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen...

v.13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge...

v.16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail.

v.17 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.

"Go up, O Elam [Iran]", "besiege, O Media [northwestern Iran]", where there is "a chariot with a couple of horsemen [inferior forces], a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels [in a developing region or area]", for there the "treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth." The "treacherous dealer" comes with "a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen [superior forces]", yet Apocalyptic "Babylon is fallen, is fallen." God will make "all the sighing" of war to cease.

The power behind Apocalyptic Babylon that wages war in northwestern Iran is "the treacherous dealer [that] dealeth treacherously."

Protestant America, home to the greatest dominating influence of Protestant Christianity in our world, represents foremost the despotic power behind Apocalyptic Babylon. It is Protestant America, the power behind Apocalyptic Babylon, which is the "treacherous dealer" that will wage war in northwestern Iran when Turkey, America's NATO partner, is threatened. "In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge." Many will seek safety in northern Arabia and America will give protection to Saudi Arabia because "the mighty men of the children of Kedar [Saudi Arabia], shall be diminished." As pay back for the military protection that the United States gives Saudi Arabia, America as "the treacherous dealer [that] dealeth treacherously and the spoiler [that] spoileth" will bargain for control of the rich resource of oil in that land when "all the glory of Kedar [Saudi Arabia] shall fail."

Oil is still the single most important commodity that controls the world's global economy. As nations jostle for supremacy by controlling oil, there is war and people die. Jesus said there would be "wars and rumours of wars" at the end of time. [Matthew 24:6.] This war is not the first and won't be the last. However, it is pivotal, a precursor, to great and sudden changes in the earth. God will interrupt this evil of power and greed. God is about to wake the world up from this madness of war by great earthquakes. The Creator is the owner of everything in the earth. "For the world is mine, and the fullness thereof." [Psalm 50:12.] "The earth is the Lord's... the world, and they that dwell therein." [Psalm 24:1.]

God sees all. God will cause "all the sighing" of war in the Middle East to cease when America begins to feel terrible shocks of the earth because of its treacherous dealing. God will halt the "grievousness of war" by Protestant America with unprecedented earthquakes. These numerous earthquakes in America catapult the formation of the "image of the beast" (union of church and state). Americans and United States lawmakers turn to Evangelical Protestants for biblical solutions to stop "the great shaking" and then create laws to punish religious dissent to Sunday observance. A great back to God movement will occur in America with the emphasis on Sunday worship as a day to seek the mercy of God because of great quakes. But Sunday observance is the "mark of the beast." Sunday observance defies the Creator's authority given in the fourth commandment to "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." This blatant disregard of God's fourth commandment by professed Christians in America and then around the world will bring a great time of trouble and the seven last plagues on those who disregard the seventh-day Sabbath.

Sadly, it is Protestant America that leads the world toward this great apostasy—toward breaking God's law by exalting Sunday observance over keeping the seventh-day Sabbath holy. The United States will give power to the Evangelical Protestant churches in America when earthquakes begin "a great shaking." These terrifying earthquakes will startle the world. With the full support of the United States government—Protestantism, Catholicism, and Spiritualism will join forces to push for Sunday observance. This spiritual alliance represents Apocalyptic Babylon, fallen. The freedom to worship God according to the dictates of individual conscience will be violated and finally withdrawn.

"Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication [forced acceptance of her false biblical teachings]. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, if any man worship the beast and his image [the false doctrines of the church enforced by the laws of the land], and receive his mark [the false sabbath or Sunday allegiance] in his forehead [intellectual acceptance], or in his hand [for convenience to escape ridicule and persecution], the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God [the horrible seven last plagues]." [Revelation 14:8-10.]

According to the exact timing of God ("the years of an hireling"), God will begin to shake this earth with earthquakes to get our full attention. Fear of earthquakes will spread universally around our globe. Men will appear to seek universal peace from war because of earthquakes and natural calamities. But when the winds of Revelation seven are let loose, there will be a time of trouble in this world, the likes of which no pen can describe!

"The kingdom of God cometh not with observation." [Luke 17:20.] God is about to bring the Christian world to the test of His Ten Commandments and punish those who break the seventh-day Sabbath. No one will see it coming. These earthquakes will shock the world with fear. When God's mighty hand begins to shake this earth, when natural calamities and tempests begin to fall on the despisers of God's mercy, the Bible says, "look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh." [Luke 21:28.]

"Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night." [Isaiah 21:11-12.]