I remember somebody asking an expert on Revelations what the book said about the United States. The expert said nothing. It made me wonder whether the United States would be destroyed before the end times. You are correct, we need to always be prepared.
I also agree with dp0622 in that we should do our best to win.
I find ‘experts’ in this area are saturated with historical dogma. They digress into such abstract details which mischaracterize the nature of prophecy - that it is all written in the abstract for a reason. They couldn’t understand it.
What I see today - it’s all way beyond anything that could be intelligently described by a vision or ‘experience’ given to them. The reality is, imo, everything that is happening now is global in nature, instantly connected 24/7 real-time with everyone else, with instant reach and influence, and the globalists want to control it all for ever and ever - at the expense of Judeo-Christian beliefs. It’s for all the marbles now.
Isn’t it obvious this is all inevitable and predictable? We are already in the end-war - however you translate it.