Back in January I put the following as a ‘postscript’ on a post with a focus on India:
Separate to the above and I might post on this separately at some point. Around 3-4 years ago I was praying and had in my vision a map of the world. It looked standard the same as one could buy. There are 3 major land masses on the bottom side of a map – South America, Africa and India. In one instant South America relocated underneath Europe; Africa under China – that surprised me as it happened simultaneously. But India did not move. India is the dark horse of this next era (through to 2040). An old world order is not going back – Mark Carney spoke of a rupture. The importance of the ekklesia is in focus. It is a governmental word but NOT to be understood as governing over (as per seven mountains of influence) but taking responsibility for a shape to be held so that what is healthy can grow up within it. It is not about discerning where the next trade deal can be done… they might give us signs but I am convinced we are to look for a new economy and Scripture is full of it. No need to fear ‘not allowed to buy and sell’ as that is part of an economy that is collapsing… We bumble along in Sicily, the centre of ‘middle earth’ hoping we will cluelessly contribute to the future, and staying here in Avola is underlining for me that we have to step away from being locked in what has been.
(https://3generations.eu/posts/2026/01/time-for-an-update/).
So for those interested in the world order playing out someone sent me the youtube link below of the Finnish PM giving a speech that highlights India. A very balanced and thoughtful speech:
My first thought is that the speaker neglects that the position we find ourselves today is a product of leaders – some elected, some not – who find it useful to them to abuse the power they have; mostly military but also economic. These leaders can take significant parts if their populations with them, but only temporarily. If leaders change then policies can change whether back to a liberal, law abiding order or something else.
Of course it may be a fallacy to think that just changing leaders will change policies. What has been loosed in the world currently may take a long time to change with a lot of heartache in its wake. Here is our spiritual role.
But I fear that much of the global south will take centuries to provide any kind of stable leadership to the rest of the world.