Why Does It Seem Everyone Is Talking About Global Governance?

     When I first became interested in Biblical prophecy, I always took comfort that those cataclysmic things the Bible said would happen were so far off into the distant future because there would be no global government in my lifetime. If you don’t watch the news, and you don’t live in Europe, it would be hard to even imagine it as a reality today. In fact, I really don’t even feel comfortable writing about such things as a global government because it just seems way too sci-fi and conspiratorial to be taken seriously.

     However, all one has to do is pay a little attention to the news or even to the modern history of Europe, and you will get the distinct feeling that you are turning into a conspiracy theory “new world order” nut! Well, I hate to admit it, but I’ve become one of those loons myself. Several times a week, I see news stories from reputable agencies and organizations discussing the economic, security or environmental need for a global governmental system. We have also seen it in Europe. Over the past couple of decades, Europe has morphed from a continent of nations to an amalgamation of united nations, which now since November 2009 with the Lisbon Treaty has its own political president. See Europa: Treaty of Lisbon, The Treaty at a Glance, http://europa.eu/lisbon_treaty/glance/index_en.htm (giving an overview of the Treaty of Lisbon and its goals of creating a single European voice on the global stage).

     Now, even though many presumably reputable media and governmental agencies around the world are currently talking very serious about this issue, I do completely understand that it still sounds crazy. Furthermore, there is absolutely no way possible to truly know that we are at this moment in time heading into the global governmental system described in Scripture.  Even Jesus, God in the flesh, said concerning the end of our history, “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.”  Matthew 24:36 (NKJV). 

     Let me show you what I know to be true future reality from Scripture. Then I want you to consider the fact that there is a spiritual war pushing for the time when Satan will be released to control the entire world in a physical way through Antichrist. I believe that the world has always been moving in that direction, but I also believe that it is rapidly moving closer and closer towards a global government today. I believe it will first take shape around trying to stabilize our economy. Then it will be expanded to save our world from climate change. Then it will be used to suppress “hateful” elements of society, such as Bible believing Christians who disagree with the socially liberal agendas much of the world adheres to.

     We in the United States of America don’t think it could ever happen because we are so used to the freedoms our great country has afforded us, but we have already lost so much of our freedoms at the hands of both Republicans and Democrats. I believe confidently because of the word of God that one day the freedoms we enjoy will absolutely not exist. And on that point, please let me warn you not to ever take my word for what I think is happening. Be confident only on what the word of God says, and not on what I say on this blog. Always compare things you see and hear with Scripture, which is the only word that can be trusted for absolute accuracy.

     I cannot say with certainty when these things will happen, but the Bible unequivocally states that there is coming a time when the entire world will be under one single global government. We first see a depiction of this human world power system through its different stages in the Book of Daniel, and his prophecy regarding the famous dream of the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar:

You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

Daniel 2:31—35 (NKJV).

     We later learn from both Scripture as well as history what these four sections of the statue represent. See Daniel 7—9. They are the four nations that would dominate the Jewish People from the time of Daniel forward. See Zechariah 1:18—21. The gold section is the Babylonian Empire, followed by Medo-Persia, followed by Alexander the Great’s Greek Empire, and ending with Rome. These man-made kingdoms are then completely destroyed by a God-made kingdom through the Lord Jesus Christ, the stone cut out without hands. See also Revelation 19 (providing a clear description of the stone, Jesus Christ, coming with power to destroy man and Satan’s final rebellion against Him).

     It’s important to notice that Rome is divided up into subsections. There are the two legs, which represent the way ancient Rome divided into Eastern and Western halves. Then there are the ten toes mixed with clay, which we learn from the Apostle John are ten future kings appointed to rule the world, “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.” Revelation 17:12, 13 (NKJV). Those same ten toes spoken of by Daniel are described by John as ten horns on the great beast, which itself represents all of the global governments that have dominated the Jews throughout history.

     Because these iron and clay toes are part of the same section of King Nebuchadnezzar’s statue, they must be part of the same Roman Empire that replaced Greece over 2,000 years ago. However, they must also still be future because Rome was never ruled by a united ten king government. Very interestingly, we see the precise borders of ancient Rome forming together again through the Union for the Mediterranean, a mega conglomerate of nations largely created and controlled by the European Union (hereafter “EU”). See Centre for Research on Globalization, The Mediterranean Union: Dividing the Middle East and North Africa, http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6879 (explaining the history and goals of this mega Union). I firmly believe that this Union for the Mediterranean, with the EU at the lead, will in fact become the basis for what will someday be the revival of that final form of Rome described by Daniel and the Apostle John.

     Regarding these ten kings, however, we cannot now know who they are or where they are precisely from. Nevertheless, we do see the basis for their “thrones” slowly coming into focus. Many international and global organizations, like the EU and the Club of Rome (a very influential global governance think-tank), have in fact divided the globe up into ten regions of political, economic and environmental influence. See Europa: European Commission: EU in the World, Where, http://ec.europa.eu/world/where/index_en.htm; Club of Rome Report: Regionalized and Adaptive Model of the Global World System, http://oneheartbooks.com/resources/revealed/club_of_rome.pdf (purporting to be the actual Club of Rome report, though I have to admit that I cannot verify its authenticity on the Club of Rome website, regardless of its authenticity however, it does appear well established from other sources that the Club of Rome did in fact divide the globe into the ten regions discussed in the document).

     Also an interesting thing to look at is that the Western European Union (hereafter “WEU”), which is the defense organization within the EU, is led by only ten nations. See Western European Union, Delegations, http://www.weu.int/Delegations.htm (listing the ten full membership nations that make up the WEU). There are good arguments for the ten horns quoted above from Revelation 17 actually being ten military leaders, because the horn has traditionally been a symbol of military power. What really caught my attention about this theory is that the document establishing the WEU’s ten nation military alliance as the independent military wing of the entire EU was an agreement entitled Recommendation 666. See European Security and Defence Assembly:  Assembly of WEU, Recommendation 666, http://www.assembly-weu.org/en/documents/sessions_ordinaires/txt/2000/jun00_txts_adopted.php#P51_3072; see also Fulfilled Prophecy, The Ten Nations, http://www.fulfilledprophecy.com/page/the-10-nations/ (explaining their theory of the WEU serving the basis for the ten kings).

     However, I must point out that the WEU announced in early 2010 that it would turn over all authority to the entire EU governing body by June 2011. See Western European Union, Statement of the Presidency of WEU of 31.03.2010, http://www.weu.int/Declaration_E.pdf.  Regardless, the coincidence of the ten nation military alliance being created as the defense for the EU under a document entitled “666” calls for making it something to watch. In case you don’t know the significance to that number, the Bible says that the number “666” will be the clue to identifying Antichrist, the meaning of which will be truly knowable only to those alive when he comes, “Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.” Revelation 13:18 (NKJV). I know it sounds like I just made this up, but it is real. I gave you the site above to look it up and read it yourself.

     Whoever these ten kings are and wherever they come from, they are clearly ten real people who are appointed as some sort of governors having influence over the entire globe, and somehow representing different nation-states and their individual agendas. The angel speaking to Daniel described this when he explained the strange mixture of iron and clay:

And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

Daniel 2:42—44 (NKJV).

     To add another layer of complexity to this revived Roman Empire, the Apostle John explained that it would eventually form into a separate global government controlled totally by Antichrist alone. John saw a vision in which all the powerful nations that have dominated the Jewish People were represented on a monstrous beast which rose up out of the sea:

     Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”

Revelation 13:1—4 (NKJV).

     The beast itself represents the satanic nature of all the nations that ruled over the Jewish People throughout all of history. The seven heads are the specific nations: Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Medo-Persia, Greece, Ancient Rome, and Revived Rome controlled by ten leaders (represented by the horns and crowns). We know that the last two are Rome because of King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream as well as the explanation John received later in the book (the woman represents the false religion that will deceive the unrepentant world during the last days of our history – that’s a subject for another day):

     But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

     “Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.

     “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.”

Revelation 17:7—13 (NKJV).

     The description of the beast that was, and is not, and yet is, could have two separate meanings, both of which could be true simultaneously. In the quote from Chapter 13 of Revelation above, we see that the beast received some sort of mortal wound. It very well could be that Antichrist suffers some sort of wound that appears to be fatal, and then appears to resurrect from that wound, all in an attempt by Satan to claim this man to the world as messiah. Satan has always wanted to be worshiped, and in fact to replace God. It would make perfect sense that he tries to imitate the true God, and the true Messiah.

     I believe though that this also refers to the resurrection of Rome, and how the world is in absolute awe of this empire that is coming to save us from economic, social, political, and environmental collapse. I think there is no question that these heads represent separate empires that have been controlled by Satan himself to dominate God’s people in an attempt to stop God’s plan for redemption from being fulfilled. The angel speaking to John explains that of the seven kings, five have fallen. Those five kingdoms, which no longer had power at the time John received his vision, were Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Medo-Persia and Greece. The angel continued to say that one is, and the other has not yet come, which meant that the sixth was in power at the moment, Ancient Rome, and the seventh was still to come, the Revived Roman Empire.

     Notice that no single power has ever ruled over the entire Jewish Nation since the Romans dispersed the Jews from Israel in 70 A.D., and thus there is no mention of countries like Nazi Germany. Jews have lived across the world without a nation ever since then and until 1948 with the reemergence of the nation Israel. However, Israel is today a member of the Union for the Mediterranean. See Europa: Euromed, The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, http://eeas.europa.eu/euromed/index_en.htm. If the Union for the Mediterranean does in fact form the basis of the Revived Roman Empire, the Jewish Nation would easily be dominated by that future governmental body.

     Very interesting and often overlooked, however, is that this new Rome does not appear to be the final world power. The angel interpreting things for John said that the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven. I firmly believe that this reference is to Antichrist, who is part of the seven world empires because he is uniquely possessed by Satan himself, having been “fatally wounded” and then falsely “resurrected.” When the ten kings of the Revived Roman Empire give their power and authority to the beast, they will be allowing Antichrist, who has mesmerized the world by his charisma and having supposedly defeated death, to create the eighth world empire that will be a true global government, and will embody the full strength of Satan himself.

     None of these other empires actually controlled the entire world. When Antichrist comes, we are told that every person on the face of the earth whom God knows will never repent from sin and put their trust in Christ alone will be sadly devoted to him, “And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:7b, 8 (NKJV).

     This final world empire will in effect be a resurrection of the first world empire at the Land of Shinar surrounding the Tower of Babel, which was in or near the modern day Iraqi city of Babylon, for the purpose of God destroying man’s government-based rebellion where it began. See Genesis 11:1—9. When this empire is in its final stage of destruction by the stone cut out without hands, John tells us:

     After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!”

Revelation 18:1, 2 (NKJV); see also Daniel 2:34, 35 (regarding the stone cut out without hands quoted above at the beginning).

     Some people believe that this only refers to the satanic universalist religion that will be embraced by the world at that time. Babylon does in fact refer to that wicked idolatrous religion. See Revelation 17; see also Zechariah 5:5—11. However, it also clearly refers to an actual city. After it is destroyed by God, we are told that the leaders of the world under Antichrist are lamenting over the destruction of their great city Babylon:

The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, “Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.”

Revelation 18:9, 10 (NKJV).

     I don’t know whether this city will be located where the ancient Tower of Babel was, and I don’t know whether we will wake up one day to see ten EU kings handing over control to a single European leader forming a new Babylonia. It certainly does seem though that we are indeed racing towards a global economic governing system. Notice that the European Economic Community began as a united market system, but the EU today is far more than that. It really is an easy leap to go from economic governance to governing everything in the name of economic security. The EU is about to start imposing its own tax on the European nations, it is seeking its own voting rights seat in the United Nations, it is increasingly becoming more active in the Middle East crisis regarding Israel, and there is a major push within the EU to build its own military.

     We are without a doubt seeing the emergence of a global market system that will one day allow Antichrist to control the economic activity of every person alive, “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Revelation 13:16, 17 (NKJV). Just as happened in Europe, that global market will evolve into a single governing power over all things, not just finances. We know this will happen because Scripture says it will. Furthermore, we are seeing it begin to form.

     Back in April 2009, World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick said, “that those [nations] who had recognised the scale of today's crisis were calling for new global governance regimes.” The Financial Express, Growth to Slow Down Hitting Hard the Poor Countries (April 1, 2009), http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=62661. Zoellick went on to say something truly startling, “If leaders are serious about creating new global responsibilities or governance, let them start by modernising multilateralism to empower the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank Group to monitor national policies.” Id. If you didn’t catch it, he’s saying that if a nation wants to have a voice in the upcoming global governing body, that nation must allow the global banks to have a say in that nation’s policies. For us, this would mean that these banks could affect the decisions of the United States of America, concerning ourselves! See also Prison Planet, World Bank President Admits Agenda for Global Government (April 1, 2009), http://www.prisonplanet.com/world-bank-president-admits-agenda-for-global-government.html (commenting on Zoellick’s statements).

     Well, you might dismiss this because that’s a radical statement from only one person at only one major global financial institution. Hold on, there’s more. Speaking of global economic governance, “The Jewish President of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, told Forbes that global governance is extremely necessary if we want to prevent another financial crisis.” The European Union Times, European Central Bank Calls for One World Government to Prevent Another Crisis (May 3, 2010), http://www.eutimes.net/2010/05/european-central-bank-calls-for-one-world-government-to-prevent-another-crisis/. I have no idea why they needed to point out that he’s Jewish.

     There is also a current push to create a global democratic parliament within the United Nations. The organization is called the United Nations Parliamentary Assembly or “UNPA,” and seeks to solve the world’s problems through global government:

The great problems of our times – such as war, disease, poverty and climate change – cannot be solved by individual nations acting alone. Direct citizen representation could help the world develop a greater understanding of itself as a global community. At the highest levels of the United Nations, a UNPA could function as a world conscience and watchdog, and a catalyst for further reforms.

Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, About the UNPA Proposal, http://en.unpacampaign.org/about/unpa/index.php.

     In March 2009, they announced:

A global research programme facilitated and coordinated through a convening group of ten persons based in ten world regions was established last year with core funding from the Ford Foundation. … The BGD Programme brings together academic researchers, civil society activists, entrepreneurs, journalists and officials to “explore how ‘rule by and for the people’ can be understood and practiced in relation to global issues”. One of the programme's lead questions is how affected people can participate in and control the governance of global concerns.

Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, New Research Programme on Global Democracy Established (March 11, 2009), http://en.unpacampaign.org/news/354.php?PHPSESSID=ef201b4c234f45b52cca29d10646b119 (underlined emphasis added).

     The Club of Rome has indicated its goal when it described their history saying, “Building on the work of the eighties, the Club of Rome continued its work in the nineties by focusing on major issues such as the Digital Divide between North and South, global governance and cultural diversity.” The Club of Rome, The Story of the Club of Rome, http://www.clubofrome.org/eng/about/4/. If that’s not clear enough for you, during a Club of Rome meeting in April 2009, it was posited, “The world needs a better global governance system, rule-based: a global contract, aimed at a global eco social market economy, climate justice, the perspective of worldwide citizen rights and a worldwide democracy.” The Club of Rome, How to Deal with the Global Crisis (April 2009), Page 2, http://www.clubofrome.org/eng/meetings/vienna_2009/presentations/Franz.Josef.Radermacher.Vienna.Apr09.pdf. They are saying that we need a global government to police the world, according to their agenda.

     These are only a few random quotes. I could never keep up if I were to post every quote I hear through the week. All of these things are indeed coming. Listen to God’s last plea for repentance to a rebellious mankind, right before He comes to utterly destroy the final world government system:

     And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her. In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’ Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.”

Revelation 18:4—8 (NKJV) (underlined emphasis added).

     If you have never repented from your sin by humbling yourself before almighty God and grieving over your own rebellion against Him, and turned to God through faith in His Son Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, please do so before it’s too late. These things are coming. Nothing we could ever do can stop them from coming. This is God’s plan to finally put an end to all rebellion against Him. You may die long before it comes, but either way, you will face Him.

     The question is, will you face Him as a rebel, and receive an eternal punishment worse than that which is coming upon the final world government? Or will you be embraced by Him as a forgiven sinner? Don’t go to sleep tonight before answering that question. No matter what sins you have committed in your life, God will forgive you if you repent from rebellion and turn to the Savior in faith. Turn to Him today. If you hear His voice, do as Jesus commanded, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15b (NKJV).