Read something quite amazing on the blog of Walid Shoebat, an ex-Palestinian terrorist who came to Jesus.
http://www.shoebat.com/blog/archives/753
This passage from the bible specifically mentions current events in Egypt:
Isaiah 19:2-4 “I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian— brother will fight against brother, neighbour against neighbour, city against city, kingdom against kingdom. The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will bring their plans to nothing; they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists. I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
Something not mentioned on the news at all, is the Suez Canal. This man made water highway through Egypt is a shortcut to get goods in from Asia to Europe and North America. That includes oil just in case it wasn’t expensive enough already. A new Egyptian administration could chose to tax this route higher or close it altogether. Obviously this affects everywhere meaning more inflation could be on the way.
Reading this part and making my own conclusions:
Daniel 11:43 He (the AntiChrist) will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and all the riches of Egypt, with the Libyans and Cushites in submission.
This also has great significance, as I read today (16th February 2011) not only has historical items been looted from a museum in Cairo in recent weeks.
Libya is on the news today here.
Cush refers to a nation in north east Africa, possibly Ethiopia, or, in this case today on the news there has been the birth of a new nation, South Sudan which breaks away from the main part of Sudan, this is a place where Christians have suffered one of the highest rates of persecution in the world. South Sudan will become autonomous in July 2011.
I do pray that Egypt gets a better leader and a government, but I am not optimistic. A likely side effect of all the trouble in many middle east nations at the moment as this scripture says is lots of Arab people come to Christ as they get disenchanted with Islam and their government.