Final Revision For Prophecy Today Radio: Venezuela, China, And The Oil Beneath It All
Prophecy News Watch:
The dramatic events that unfolded in Venezuela over the past few days have stunned the world. The U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro is already being framed as a decisive moment–either a long-overdue intervention against an autocrat or a dangerous act of imperial overreach. But almost everyone is missing the far larger picture.
What just happened in Venezuela is not a regional crisis. It is a geopolitical earthquake. And its shockwaves are already being felt in Beijing and Moscow.
This is not simply about Maduro. It is also about oil, power, precedent–and a global chessboard that just shifted in a way few fully understand.
From Washington’s perspective, Venezuela has long been a strategic prize. It sits atop the largest proven oil reserves on Earth–more than Saudi Arabia–and has spent years drifting into the economic and military orbit of America’s two greatest rivals.
The Trump administration has gambled that by removing Maduro and reshaping Venezuela’s government, it can push both China and Russia out of the Western Hemisphere in one bold stroke. Read More…
Opinion (final revision): The US appears to be on the cusp of controlling the world’s oil and the global economy which does not line up with prophecy.
- Venezuela holds 303 billion barrels of oil
- At $57 per barrel that equates to $17.3 trillion in reserves
- That could give the US control of oil worth more than the GDP of every country except the US and China
(stats are from X posted by crypto trader Ted Pillows)
I’m wondering if Vladimir Putin, who needs a distraction, will use the embarrassment of Venezuela as a basis for attacking Israel to take her oil (plunder) in retaliation (fulfilling Ezekiel 38-39). I’m willing to bet the ranch that China, with an insatiable need for oil, would support the attack.
Exhibit A: UK Express, January 5, 2026
Putin on brink as furious Russians call for ‘regime change’ after Venezuela humiliation
Russian nationalists have furiously criticised the Kremlin for its failure to defend Venezuela, with one calling for Vladimir Putin’s execution.
Exhibit B: CNBC News January 5, 2026
China decries U.S. action in Venezuela — even as it guards billions at stake
Chinese companies, mostly state-owned, have invested $4.8 billion in Venezuela over the last two decades, according to data compiled by the U.S.
The motive for the Gog Magog Russian-led invasion is found in Ezekiel 38:12 NIV:
“I will plunder and loot and turn my hand against the resettled ruins and the people gathered from the nations, rich in livestock and goods, living at the center of the land.”
The nations found in Ezekiel 38:13 are Saudi Arabia, Britain and the USA and appear to be bystanders seemingly unable to fight. Israel braces, as no nation comes to her side, answering the question ‘where is the United States in prophecy’?
“Sheba and Dedan (Saudi Arabia) and the merchants of Tarshish (Britain) and all her villages (USA) will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?””
And it is the Lord God of Israel who will bring an end to the Gog Magog war Ezekiel 38:21 NIV
“I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be against his brother.”
So, it is that plunder, possibly oil, that could be the prophecy of Ezekiel 38-39 that is hiding in plain sight.