God makes the land of the river monster uninhabited. 

Ezekiel 29:11-12

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“Neither foot of man shall pass through it nor foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be uninhabited forty years. I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and among the cities that are laid waste, her cities shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries.” Ezekiel 29:11-12

“40” is a familiar number in the Bible and corresponds to the wilderness. For example, the Israelites were in the wilderness for “forty years” and our Lord Jesus Christ was in the wilderness for “40 days” being tempted by Satan. The homeland of the “monster in the midst of the rivers” will be made desolate and unpopulated for “40 years” and will be among the other countries that are desolate. The inhabitants of the homeland of the “monster” will be dispersed among the countries across the globe.

In this chapter of Ezekiel, the “monster in the midst of the rivers” is revealed to be America who supplies military aid to Israel and countries around the world. God brings His judgment against America for making Israel more dependent on guns and bombs than on faith in Him through Jesus Christ.

For “40 years”, America will be depopulated with neither man nor beast passing through it. These “40 years” of uninhabited territory of America could be because of some type of contamination making it unfit for sustaining life. We could envision nuclear contamination, some type of chemical contamination, maybe biological substances causing disease, sickness, and a deadly epidemic, or even something that the public is not aware of to this date. Whatever the cause of the desolation, America’s military and economic global power will be wiped out within those “40 years”.

When the Chinese spy balloon crossed over America, about three years ago, people were envisioning the worse. Could the spy balloons be carrying some type of nuclear device, or biological chemicals, or other type of “dirty bomb”? If so, the detonation of one of those ballons could contaminate everything that the substance fell on. It is no stretch of the imagination to envision the contamination of America to the point that people would need to be evacuated and leaving America uninhabitable.

The picture below is a Chinese spy balloon that crossed from one coast of America to another. Click this link for an article on the Chinese spy balloon over America.

People living in the territory of America around the time of America’s desolation will be scattered and transferred to other countries. They are scattered into small numbers then dispersed to various different countries around the world. After “40 years”, America will be repopulated and revitalized as a “third world country” or “lowly country” as described in the next verses.

America will be among other countries that are also desolated, which no doubt will include those countries that were America’s allies and receiving military support from America. Those other desolated countries could include Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, NATO countries, etc.

“For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the Lord. So the Lord vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.” Joshua 5:6

“Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.” Hebrews 3:17-19

Belief in God through Jesus the Christ is necessary to receive Salvation to enter into eternal life in the New Jerusalem. Guns and bombs are not the path leading to eternal life. The nations of this world are headed for some tough times, but whoever calls on the name of Jesus the Christ will be saved. “…if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11