After nearly two months of silence, North Korea once again fired an ICBM in late November.

“Now we have finally realised the great historic cause of completing the state nuclear force, the cause of building a rocket power,” North Korea declared after the test. They clearly have no intention of stopping their nuclear developments.

The U.S. website 38North analysed the footage and satellite images to conclude that North Korea’s “Hwasong-15 can deliver a 1,000-kg payload to any point on the US mainland”. Analysts think that it would take them 2 or 3 more tests to complete a nuclear missile that can hit the U.S. mainland. Kim is clearly testing Trump’s patience.

In amidst this chaos, the spirit of Hong Xiuquan appeared before Master Ryuho Okawa, founder and CEO of Happy Science, to record a spiritual interview.

Hong Xiuquan was born in 1814 in a poor Hakka village in Guangdong. He awakened to Christianity when he heard the voice of God in his sleep, and founded the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom under the Christian faith in opposition against the corrupt Qing dynasty’s oppression of the poor.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was forced to retreat when the Qing counterattacked, but the struggle spread around the land for 14 years, causing serious blows to the Qing.

China Will Abandon North Korea

Hong began the spiritual interview by explaining that the time in which he lived was an axial age for China, which was falling behind in the rapid modernization of Asia.

He also explained that he truly heard the voice of God. Then he moved on to comments about the current world conditions, and explained the future of the North Korea problem with remarkable insight.

“I think China will abandon North Korea to collapse,” he said. “Evenly the truth of what’s going on inside North Korea will come out into the open; the world will know just how horrible the country was, and that will ripple-effect into China. That would be a good opportunity to start a revolution.”

North Korea is threatening its neighboring countries by abducting civilians and continuing nuclear and missile developments. The problem inside of North Korea is different. Citizens have no human rights or freedom, and those who oppose the totalitarian regime are arrested or executed. Those who obey the regime still suffer from severe poverty.

This abominable situation is not confined to North Korea alone: it can also be seen in the peasant villages of North Korea’s protector, China.

If North Korea collapses and world media begin disclosing the horrors of North Korea, the world will realize that countries dominated by China will be deprived of their freedom and the people will suffer. This will induce China’s administration to change.

“I Have Come to Warn You That War Is Near”

Why did Hong decide to visit Master Okawa now of all times?

“I have come to warn you that war is near,” he explained. “But you must have the blueprint of the post-war situation, so I will tell you: the next main player is China”.

The spirit of Hong prophesied that the Second Korean War is about to begin. The globe currently has its spotlights aimed at North Korea, but North Korea will not stand a chance against the U.S. and its allies. Hong emphasized that what is more crucial is to know what will happen after North Korea collapses.

China is aiming to annex Hong Kong and Taiwan. While Hong Kong was promised sovereign autonomy until 2047, the Chief Executive election was rigged to only elect pro-China leaders, and freedom of opinion and speech are being oppressed. China’s influences have been intensifying year-by-year.

China is also pressuring Taiwan, where anti-China president Tsai Ing-wen was elected. For example, the Republic of Panama cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in exchange for economic ties with China. China will continue to pressure countries into choosing China or Taiwan, which will slowly push Taiwan into a corner.

Life under China’s power, however, will be one of poverty and loss of freedom like it is in North Korea. Democracy movements in resistance to China are becoming more popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong called the world’s attention to how freedom is being jeopardized in Hong Kong.

China, however, will continue to suppress these democratization movements. They are harassing Hong Kong and Taiwan while using their economic power to attract smaller countries and make them pro-China.

As recently as November, China agreed to donate US$22 million to the Philippines as funds to restore the city of Marawi for damaged caused by armed conflict with a radical Islam group. The Philippines is a fast growing power in Asia, and this connection will work to China’s advantage in the future.

The spirit of Hong Xiuquan proposed a way to restrain China on this point.

“Of course China will eventually try to buy the entire Philippines, so the president of the Bank of Japan should print more money and circulate them to the Philippines to make them patrons of Japan,” he suggested.

Whether China will remain a society where only the upper classes devour the benefits, or whether Hong Kong and Taiwan’s democracy movements will spread into the mainland to become a country where each person’s rights are respected, is something we must wait to see.

Beyond the collapse of North Korea lies in limbo the happiness of China’s 1.4 billion people. Major superpowers such as the U.S. and Japan are major players in determining the happiness and prosperity of Asia and the world.