The Fourth Beast: Part I

The Club of Rome's proposed map for a new world order

Nearly 2,600 years ago, the prophet Daniel received an incredible allegorical vision concerning four major world empires that would rise and fall throughout the course of human history. (Daniel 7)

Daniel described these kingdoms as beasts because they possessed the attributes of wild animals. However, Daniel described the final kingdom as the most ferocious and violent of the four.

Here's how the prophet described the last kingdom: "After that in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast--terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the other beasts and it had ten horns." (Daniel 7:7)

Now compare Daniel's vision to the vision the apostle John received about six centuries later. John, who was in exile from Rome on the desolate island of Patmos, recorded this: "And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name." (Revelation 13:1)

Both Daniel and John saw a ferocious beast with ten horns. However, John also saw seven heads on this beast in his vision. What do the ten horns and seven heads represent? They represent 10 nation groups that belong to a world government that will be ruled by seven kings. And these kings will be under the authority of a supreme ruler.

Though Daniel didn't initially mention the seven heads in his vision, he later revealed that a powerful world ruler would arise and eventually remove three of the kings who will govern these 10 regional kingdoms. (Daniel 7:24) And so, both visions are in agreement.

Some skeptics claim that the visions are so similar that they suspect John may have copied Daniel. But that's unlikely given that John's vision contains additional information not revealed by Daniel. 

For example, John revealed that this world government will be empowered by Satan (Revelation 13:4), and that one of its rulers will be mortally wounded and return to life. (Revelation 13:3)

Unlike Daniel, John also revealed that this world government will be a partnership of religion and politics. (Revelation 17) And John revealed that this government will institute an elaborate marking system to keep track of every person on earth. (Revelation 13:16) 

John also mentioned that this tracking system will enable people to transact all of their personal and financial business. And he stated that in order for a person to receive this mark, he or she will have to swear allegiance to this world government and its supreme leader. (Revelation 13:17)

Up until the 20th century, many bible scholars and prophecy experts doubted the Revelation. To them, John's use of apocalyptic symbols combined with his description of a world united under a single, powerful government seemed too far-fetched to be even remotely believable.

But look what happened in the 20th century. Technology enabled the world to communicate and travel to remote distances in a fraction of the time it once took. The League of Nations formed and was later succeeded by the United Nations in an attempt to unify a fractured and sectarian world. And the world developed destructive weapons that could kill millions of people in an instant.

And of course, technology also enabled the world to spy on and intrude into the lives of people as never before in world history. Suddenly, the prophecies contained in the Revelation began to sound very real and make a lot of sense. And many folks who had previously dismissed the Revelation as mythology began to take notice.

In Part II, why the southern borders of the United States and Europe are being erased.