The Nightmare on the Horizon

Out of Many: A New Order of the World

Most folks consider the topic of a new world order to be the paranoia of lunatic conspiracy freaks and amillennialists. Few people take that topic seriously because they're convinced that it's never going to happen.

But it's going to happen and in fact, it's been happening for many years. The world is slowly being transitioned from 193 individual nations toward a massive single entity that will have absolute authority over every human being on the planet.

And that's hardly a conspiracy. A world government has been openly discussed for nearly 150 years, going back to the time of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), the 18th president of the United States who said this: Influential individuals and groups are pressing for global economic co-operation, global taxes to support the backward territories, a global army and a world government, even for a world-wide moral consciousness. Whatever the future prospects of these recommendations, there is no doubt that the tactics, the methods, the announced aims, fall under the category of social engineering.

Does that sound like a conspiracy? Only to those who aren't paying attention. Fast forward to the 20th century and President John F. Kennedy who said this during a speech he presented to the Newspapers Publishers Association on April 27, 1961: The very word secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and secret proceedings...For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence--on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice...It is a system which has conscripted to cast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed.

Not so ironically, Kennedy was assassinated two and a half years later. Did that happen because he exposed something that he was told to keep secret? We'll never know. 

However, we do know that biblical prophecy revealed an end time global government nearly 2,800 years ago in an allegorical prophecy recorded by Isaiah in the 8th century B.C. Isaiah used the King of Assyria as a metaphor for the Antichrist and his global government: "By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their kings. As one reaches into a nest, so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations; as people gather abandoned eggs, so I gathered all the countries; not one flapped a wing, or opened its mouth to chirp." (Isaiah 10:13-14)

About two centuries later, the prophet Daniel described an allegorical vision he received from God concerning the rise of global government in the last days. Daniel described this government as the final of four world empires that would rise and fall before the return of Jesus Christ. Here's what he wrote: "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 former beasts, and it had ten horns." (Daniel 7:7)

And the apostle John, who recorded the Bible's final book, the Revelation, in about 90 A.D., described this vision he was given by God concerning an end time world government: "And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority." (Revelation 13:1-2)

The 10 horns or crowns represent the 10 nation-group confederacy of this coming global government. And the seven heads that John saw represent seven rulers or kings who will govern these groups. And of course, they'll be under the authority of the Antichrist.

How close are we to a world government? Michael Snyder of the economiccollapseblog.com writes this: From September 25th to September 27th, the United Nations launched a “new universal agenda” for humanity.  Those are not my words, they actually come directly out of the core document for this new agenda.  The Pope traveled to New York City to give the address that kicked off this conference, thus giving his considerable endorsement to this new plan.  Virtually every nation on the entire planet willingly signed up for the 17 goals that are included in this plan, but this stunning turn of events made very few international headlines.

What is this new agenda? Snyder continues: The UN is not asking permission, but issuing a command that the entire planet will commit to 17 sustainable development goals and 169 sustainable development targets designed to radically transform our world by 2030. The UN 2030 plan promoted by the Pope (Francis) will advance Agenda 21 on steroids. Through a controlled media the mass populations will be told that this is all about saving the environment and “ending poverty.” But that is not the true agenda of Agenda 21. The true agenda of Agenda 21 is to establish a global government, global economic system, and global religion. When UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon spoke of “a dream of a world of peace and dignity for all” this is no different than when the Communists promised the people a “workers paradise.”

Indeed. The apostle Paul wrote this concerning those who will be convinced that they've saved the world and humanity by creating a world government: "While people are saying, 'Peace and safety,' destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape." (1 Thessalonians 5:3)

A world government that possesses absolute authority over every human being will result in tyranny, oppression, persecution and mass murder. And that's coming. The U.N. wants that in place by 2030. That's only 15 years away. It remains to be seen whether that will happen that soon. But it will happen eventually. And God have mercy on those who are around to see it happen.

Kim Davis: Hero or Villain?

Kim Davis

By now, most people are familiar with Kim Davis. She's the Kentucky county clerk who was recently jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.

Though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that same-sex couples cannot be denied the right to marry, some legal experts claim Kentucky law doesn't specify that. Michael Peroutka, a lawyer and founder of the Institute on the Constitution, and a conservative think tank, "The Court," said this: There is no law that requires her to grant a marriage license to people of the same sex. The Court has had many opinions ... but they are not law.   

Jeff Fisher, a Stanford University law professor and expert on Supreme Court practice disagrees: A Supreme Court decision is the law. Full stop. When the Supreme Court interprets the Constitution, the Supreme Court's words become the law.

Steve Vladeck, a professor at the American University Washington College of Law specializing in federal jurisdiction and constitutional law, cited a recent Kentucky court ruling to support Davis's incarceration: But either way, the argument about the Supreme Court is irrelevant. She's being held in contempt because she's refusing to follow a district court decision in a suit to which she is a party, holding that same-sex couples have a right to obtain marriage licenses from her. It's hard to think of any way in which she could be more directly violating a judicial judgment by which she is bound. 

Since Davis was elected to her position, she can't be fired. However, she'll remain in jail until she either agrees to issue same-sex marriage licenses, or a judge or Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear exempts her from issuing same-sex marriage licenses. 

Davis is a professing Born-Again Christian who claims that she would be committing a sin by issuing same-sex marriage licenses. And indeed, she would. 

However, here's the problem. The Bible clearly tells us that we are to obey the civil laws of the nations we reside in. Here's what the apostle Peter wrote: "Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor." (1 Peter 2:13-17)

And here's what the apostle Paul wrote concerning obedience to civil authority: "Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience." (Romans 13:1-5)

And so, should Davis shut her mouth and violate her faith? Of course not. When civil law codifies sin, then a person such as Davis should resign rather than be forced by the law to propagate sin. Some people will say that quitting is cowardice. Some people will say that we need to fight for our rights as Christians, because by quitting, we're allowing ourselves to be defeated.

To that, I say this: If the Christian church in America had done a better job of contending for the faith over the past 100 years, then we wouldn't see people such Kim Davis behind bars and Christian florists and bakers being legislated out of business. 

The Christian church has lost the culture. While the church slept, secularists took over the government, media, entertainment and educational institutions. They filled the spiritual vacuum that the church left and imposed their worldview on the nation. When the church is strong, the nation is morally strong. But when the church is weak, the nation becomes a cesspool of sin and depravity.

Kim Davis may win in the short term. Since Kentucky belongs to what remains of America's Bible Belt, Davis has thousands of supporters who've taken up her cause. Will she become the Rosa Parks of a new Christian revival that rises up against the tyrannical godlessness of secular humanists? She may, but that's doubtful.

Davis, like a lot of Christians in the western world today, is being persecuted for her faith. And that's prophetic. Concerning the end times, Christ said this: "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me." (Matthew 24:9) 

While Kim Davis certainly won't be put to death for her faith, a time is coming when many professing Christians will. When will that happen? We don't know. 

But when you consider that what happened to Davis would've been unthinkable in America even just 20 years ago, the acceleration of Christian persecution in America and the western world is rapidly increasing. And so, for all true professing Christians, here's a warning: Be prepared, because it's coming.