On July 4th, while our nation was celebrating her independence, a special meeting was taking place in Brussels (link 1, link 2). Russian and EU leaders met for the first of three strategic meetings to bring about a stronger pact between the nations. This alliance appears to have already been foretold in the scriptures. If you recall from my first posting "Urgent Initial Message," Russia and the EU were prophesied to arise in the end of days in Daniel 7, along with the United States and what appears to be the United Nations. Revelation 13 shows these "beast nations" forming an alliance at the time of the end, creating the vehicle in which the antichrist would rise to power. This strategic partnership would be part of what Daniel 2 describes as a loosely united group of nation states at the end of days, run by 10 kings. Although the United Nations is not run by kings per se, she does have a Security Council with 5 permanent members (Britain, the U.S., China, France , & Russia). There has been a push, however, to extend that number to 10! Back in January, PM Gordan Brown proposed the expansion of the permanent members to the Security Council to include India, Germany, Japan, Brazil, & an African nation (link). Notice the 10 proposed nations would be split 50-50 in regards to east-west just as Daniel 2 describes. An even more important feature is that when the antichrist (the little horn) in Daniel 7, he uproots 3 kings but when we see the rise of the antichrist beast in Revelation 13, all 10 horns are present. If the 10 permanent member Security Council were to come about as PM Brown has suggested, 3 of those members ("kings") would belong to the European Union and thus could be uprooted and replaced by one individual!We are much farther along than most realize - it is all coming together - what are you waiting for?
"And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh." Luke 21:28
Over the weekend, Iran has vowed to continue their pursuit of uranium enrichment, one day after giving what appeared to be a positive response to the incentives package drawn up by the world powers (link). As of today (6/7/2008) the Telegraph, one of Britain's leading newspapers, has reported that Iran has restarted their work on 'highly sophisticated equipment' that is used primarily for the construction of atomic weapons (link). Also on Sunday, an Iranian military leader has reiterated that they will close the Strait of Hormuz (link) and created blitzkrieg in the Gulf if provoked (link). With the increased sword rattling, and given that President Mahmud Ahmadinejad of Iran has repeatedly threatened the U.S. and Israel with destruction (link), how much longer will it be before someone forcefully reacts??? I believe it may be sooner than later! We need to watch and pray.
(My apologies for those of you receiving multiple e-mails for the posting. There has been a slight problem I needed to fix.)
Over 2600 years ago, a Gentile king by the name of Nebuchadnezzar had a dream that troubled him. Although he didn't remember the dream, a man called Daniel, one of the king's wisemen and a Jewish prophet, was able to tell the king the dream and the interpretation. Daniel informed Nebuchadnezzar that the God of heaven was making known to the king what would be in the last days (link).
Daniel describe a succession of Gentile kingdoms, starting with Babylon of Nebuchadnezzar, that would rule over the earth until the Lord would return to set up His kingdom. The empires that were being described were Babylon, the Mede-Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. Daniel even described the split of the Roman empire into two parts - the east and west. All of this, most Bible prophecy teachers will agree. It is the last portion, the feet and toes of iron and clay, that there seems to be discrepancies.
Some will describe this as the Holy Roman Empire while others describe it as a revived Roman Empire. One thing one needs to notice is that this statue that Nebuchadnezzar dreamed of was contiguous, one empire/kingdom butted right up against another - there was no break in time from one being in power until the next was in power. Daniel described the split of the Roman empire into east and west then into a complete fragmentation. Out of this break-up we see the rise of nation states.
The nations that arose were also split between the east and west - and they are even til this day. And just how Daniel described in Daniel 2:43 (NASV), "And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery." As the nations came to power, the very iron principles of the Roman Empire (the republic, democracy, code-of-law, taxation, etc) did not mix well with the various cultures and peoples. Daniel described this last empire/kingdom as a loose union of nation states.
Today, we might want to call it a United Nations. The United Nations that we are familiar with a loosely organized of nations that, in it's own right, is a world empire. Of course, Daniel described 10 kings that would be in power. The United Nations is made up of 192 nations. There is, however, a security council that makes the final decisions on how the global body will act. There are 5 permanent members: U.S., Britain, France, China, and Russia. Except for that, we could be witnessing the "empire" that will be in power when the Lord returns!
One last point to ponder. At the start of 2008, British Prime Minster Gordon Brown has called for security council reforms that include taking the number of permanent members to 10 (link). Those 5 new members would be India, Japan Brazil, Germany, and an African nation. This would give a world power, with 10 'kings', that are split evenly between the east and west! We are truly living in the last days! With seeing how late the hour truly is, what are you waiting for?
