The Prophesied Global Government and The Return of Christ

Increased centralization of world financial andgovernment will consist of ten nations, once he
political power is a prelude to the soon-cominghas disposed of three from an original coalition.
world power system seen by John the Apostle inThat the European Union has roots in Rome is a
vision around 80 A.D. and recorded by him in thefact of history. Jean Monnet founded the
book of Revelation. "And I saw a beast comingEuropean Economic Community (EEC), with its
out of the sea. He had ten horns and sevenheadquarters in Brussels, Belgium on January 1,
heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each1958, with the signing of the Treaty of Rome. Its
head a blasphemous name" (Rev. 13:1).successor - the European Union - was
Two things we notice, in particular, about thissubsequently brought into being in November
"beast" is that it has ten horns and seven heads.1993, with the ratification of the Maasatricht
Each horn has a crown, symbolizing ten kingdomsTreaty.
or nations in an end-time coalition. Seven headsThis political union will effectively become a United
are closely connected. Could they be the "brains"States of Europe, with its own currency and
directing the nations?government. Forbes magazine (April 1988) said:
We are watching a coalition of nations form in our"By the year 2010, the entity that is Europe will
generation that should make every thinkingbe number one in the world economy. The U.S.
person sit up and take notice. Called the Europeanwill be second, China third, and Japan fourth."
Union or Common Market, it is currently made upIt is not surprising, therefore, that we read
of a number of nations, including Austria, Finland,headlines like "New EC currency unit poses
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,challenge to mighty US dollar" (South African
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the UnitedMercury dated 6/12/91) or "Europe poised to
Kingdom, and Benelux (comprising Belgium,take economic control of the world".
Denmark and Luxembourg)."Future historians", says George Gordon of the
And right behind the scenes, the extremelyLondon Daily Mail, "will record that the 21st
powerful and influential "Group of Seven" directscentury belonged to Europe."
the finances of the world. These are the leadersLeon Trotsky, the Russian Communist leader,
of the seven biggest industrial democracies of thewrote something very interesting comment in
world and they have a finger in every pie.1918. He said: "The task of the proletariat is to
The book of Daniel gives us some morecreate a United States of Europe, as a foundation
information concerning this end-time coalition.for the United States of the World." (Bolshevism
Chapter two tells us about a dream Kingand World Peace)
Nebuchadnezzar, of Babylon, had concerning aMikhail Gorbachev foretold a global government in
very large statue. Daniel was called upon to1992. He told an outdoor crowd of thousands in
interpret the dream and the Lord told him what itAmerica that an awareness of the need for
was all about.some kind of global government is gaining ground
The dream referred to four kingdoms, he told"one in which all members of the world
Nebuchadnezzar - his own Babylonian kingdomcommunity would take part".
(head of gold), followed by three more worldWorld government thinking is not foreign to us
empires. History tells us who they are - theand we are familiar with the term "New World
Persian/Median (chest and arms of silver), theOrder". In May 1992, one South African
Greek (bronze belly and thigh), and the Romannewspaper carried an article entitled "Africa lags
(iron legs).behind new world order". The President at that
A fifth kingdom, closely aligned to the fourth - atime, F.W. de Klerk, was quoted as saying that
revived Roman Empire in the last days - would beAfrica was lagging behind the current global
made up of ten kingdoms ... some weak andeconomic realignment and still largely lacked a
some very strong (ten toes of iron and bakedsense of common destiny.
clay).South African President Nelson Mandela told a joint
In confirmation of this, God gave Daniel twositting of the United States Congress on October
personal visions and explained their contents. The6, 1994, that: "It is our deeply held belief that the
first is recorded in Daniel chapter seven. He sawNew World Order that is in the making must
four great beasts, again representing four worldfocus on the creation of a world of democracy,
empires. He was particularly fascinated by thepeace and prosperity for all humanity".
fourth because it had ten horns. While he wasAmerican President George Bush, speaking of the
thinking about these horns, he noticed "anotherPersian Gulf crisis, said on September 11, 1990:
horn, a little one" with "eyes like the eyes of a"Out of these troubled times, a New World Order
man and a mouth that spoke boastfully" (7:8).can emerge, under a United Nations that
This horn destroyed three of the original tenperforms as envisioned by its founders".
horns and dominated the others.Two weeks later Soviet Foreign Minister, Eduard
Daniel recorded the explanation the Lord gave himShevardnadze, speaking at the United Nations,
in 7:23-27: "The ten horns are ten kings who willsaid: "Iraq has committed an unprovoked act of
come from this kingdom. After them another kingaggression ... an act of terrorism which has been
will arise, different from the earlier ones; he willperpetrated against the emerging New World
subdue three kings. he will speak against the MostOrder."
High and oppress his saints and try to change theThe New World Order is an attempt to create a
set times and the laws. The saints will be handedworld government, which unites capitalists and
to him for a time, times and half a time"communists, and has the ability to over-rule the
(footnote: "for a year, two years and half adecisions of duly elected governments. It is
year").actively promoted by a loose network of
This end-time coalition of nations will, we are told,organizations motivated by a similar system of
persecute God's people (the Jewish nation) forbeliefs, known as the New Age Movement. Their
three-and-a-half years. We have already takenFourth Provisional World Parliament met in
note that midway through the seven year period,Innsbruck, Austria, from June 26 to July 6, 1996,
known as the Great Tribulation, the Antichrist willand claims to represent nearly 600 organizations
reveal his true colours and all of hell will be letfrom 95 countries, comprising approximately 20
loose against Israel. Daniel's second vision ismillion individuals. Planning for a world government
recorded in chapter eight of his book. It has theis well under way.
same basic elements, but this time he is given theThe South African Mercury (February 20, 1992)
names of the future empires and he writes themposed the question: "Sounds neat and tidy, but
down hundreds of years before they came intowho's in charge?"
existence! (verses 19-25). "Son of man", the angelBible lovers can tell them who is going to take
said to him, "Understand that the vision concernscharge!
the time of the end" (Dan. 8:17).The revived Roman Empire is already here. How
Are we watching the revived Roman Empirelong before the World Government takes control?
beginning to take shape in preparation for the finalWe are watching it happen in our generation!
world government? Keep in mind that Antichrist's