Gorbachev thought he could be a champion of freedom and still cling to Communist tenets. His attempt to combine tenets of two opposing systems led to his political downfall.

According to the prophet Daniel, the coming foretold New World Order will consist of elements that will not be compatible with one another and thus make it unstable within itself (Dan. 2:33, 42-43) Could this be in part due to clashing ideologies? If that is the case, any one world government that arises before the anti-Christ is revealed will never succeed in completely uniting the entire world. The only one who will succeed at this will be the anti-Christ but he and his kingdom will only persist for but a short time until both are overthrown by Christ Jesus who will set up a Kingdom that will never end and whose government will be without corruption because it will not contain corruptible rulers, but only those who are incorruptible.

On a side note, the ending paragraph of the following item should give us insight as to what gave rise to Vladimir Putin and why Russia and Ukraine are at war with one another:


“Gorbachev made a profound contribution by accepting that the Soviet Union had to change. His failure to fight for a full transition to democracy, however, left Russia to carry out the transition from state ownership to capitalism without the rule of law. The consequence was bandit capitalism, terror and dictatorial rule in a new form.”

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Mikhail Gorbachev’s Undoing Was His Devotion to Soviet Ideas | Victims of Communism
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Mikhail Gorbachev’s Undoing Was His Devotion to Soviet Ideas | Victims of Communism

He was unable to preserve the Soviet ideological structure, but it wasn’t from lack of trying, writes David Satter.