Jordan will receive €99 million (us$143 million) in economic aid from Germany after German Ambassador Ralf Tarraf and Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Jaafer Hassan signed two agreements August 22.

Deutsche Presse-Agentur reports that Germany is “one of Jordan’s main financial supporters.” Hassan noted that Germany gave Jordan the equivalent of $320 million in economic aid between 2002 and 2010, not including EU grants.

From 2007 to 2010, the European Union gave Jordan €265 million (us$383 million) in aid, and it plans to send it €223 million (us$323 million) between 2011 and 2013.

The United States, by comparison, planned to give $250 million a year between 2007 and 2011, and its annual aid budget is well over twice the size of Germany’s.

In this agreement, Germany will give Jordan a cheap loan of €90 million as well as a €9 million donation.

The Bible prophesies that Germany will ally with a group of Middle Eastern nations, including Jordan. With Syria in turmoil and Saudi Arabia growing fearful of Iran, this alliance is coming together right now. For more information, see Gerald Flurry’s article in the May/June Trumpet, “A Mysterious Prophecy.”