Russia going down for the Oil

63 years and one day ago William Branham identified a sign that would occur to show the Church just how near the coming of the Lord really was. That sign would be: Russia going down for the oil.  The conflicts in the Crimean Peninsula as well as in Georgia have both resulted in Russia’s increased control of oil.

An article from the online news source Novinite.com records this about the politics of Russia’s takeover of the Crimean Peninsula.

“Crimean Parliament has approved a bill seizing assets of Ukrainian oil and gas enterprises operating in the region.
…The move was justified with the needs of energy and environmental security….Russian website RBC Daily quotes Crimea’s Parliament Speaker Vladimir Konstantinov as saying that oil and gas deposits in both Black and Azov Sea are already being guarded by Crimean authorities as they are now owned by the republic…He also claimed, however, that issues regarding oil and gas extraction in Crimea must be dealt with by Russia….It is necessary for Russia, Gazprom to take charge of oil and gas extraction. This is not our business,” Konstantinov has said.

http://www.novinite.com/articles/159015/Crimea+Claims+Ownership+to+Ukrainian+Black+Sea+Oil+and+Gas

On May 2^nd of 1951 Reverend Branham said:

“The word of the little lamb that rose up in Revelations 13, a lamb. Two little… Probably a little horn–civil and ecclesiastical power. But after is lamb, freedom of religion and so forth. But after while, he spake like a beast, like the dragon, and exercised all the power the dragon did before him, a bitter religious persecution. We’re nearing that time.
You remember, Church, that you’re living in the best day that you’ve ever will live in, right now, until Jesus comes. It shall gradually… Not gradually, but rapidly get worse and worse.
When Russia goes down there to get that oil, look out. That’s all she needs. That’s what the prophet said it would do. And we’re ready for it then.
So Church, get ready to meet Christ. He’s sending great revivals and meetings, and stirring the full Gospel people. Signs and wonders appearing everywhere, Great wonders to draw His people together. And one day He shall come, the Deliverer. ~Rev. Branham 1951-0502  “The Angel of the Lord”