The Slow Destruction of the Dollar Will Turn Into a Fast Collapse
I should say what will happen even before the commencement of the construction of the 3rd Temple is US Dollar Index will collapse to less than 10% of its 120 handle back in 2002.
The reference in Rev. 18 where ship merchants weep because they can no longer sell their goods to such a rich nation though can be applied to USA with their collapsing Dollar it's directed at Rome (with its 7 hills) which is centered in Italy as representative of the entire European Union of 27+ countries, the largest and most powerful one nation state on the planet with GDP far exceeding even that of USA.
Revelation 8 and 17.16 talks about how the Vatican (political Rome) will be nuked in the first half of the 7 year Tribulation. And political Rome (Rev. 18) will be destroyed in the last 1260 days of the Tribulation.
Religious Rome Destroyed in the First Half of the 7 Year Tribulation
"And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore [Roman Church], and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire" (Rev. 17.16) for she makes drunk the nations with the wine of the wrath of her fornications (Rev. 14.8). The only solution to her is destruction. She is a Jezebel. As it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea" (Rev. 8.8). Rome is near the sea. "There fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp [nuclear missile]" (Rev. 8.10).
Political Rome Destroyed in the 2nd Half of the 7 year Tribulation
"And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate" (Rev. 18.19). The EUR/USD will continue to rise to such exceeding levels the Euro countries can buy any goods very cheaply. She is very rich but when that nuke hits Rome all bets are off. The world will never be the same.
And in one hour the US Dollar would collapse into worthlessness as hard as they have tried to produce a controlled decline the past decade. The collapse of the US Dollar precedes by some years the nuclear bomb over the Vatican. Iran has the capability even now to send a nuclear missile to blow up the Vatican. The president of Iran believes he is the one who must usher in Armageddon in order to bring about their 12th Imam their Mahdi or Messiah. He won't nuke Israel because Jerusalem contains their 3rd most holiest site, but of course, Israel will tear down the Dome on the Rock to begin construction on the 3rd Temple.
