Multicultural Baloney

John Lennon's imaginary world isn't working out so well these days, is it? The late rocker was inspired to write his legendary hit Imagine based upon a utopian fantasy he had which called for a unified world sans certain things:

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

Lennon got the idea for the song during the turbulent 1960s when the Vietnam war was raging and thousands of American soldiers were coming home in wooden boxes. Whether Lennon truly cared about those soldiers is debatable. But what isn't debatable is the impact his song's had on over two generations since its release in 1971.

Imagine has become the international anthem of the multicultural movement that dreams of uniting a diverse world by validating all cultures as equal. That's a difficult task considering that some cultures don't want to be equal with others, particularly the Islamic world that disdains all cultures that aren't Islamic.

And of course, the secular world particularly loathes Christianity and conservatism. Secularists and gays condemn bible-believing Christians and conservatives as intolerant bigots. They want absolutely nothing to do with those people or their values.

However if that shoe fits your adversaries, then you've also got to wear it. You can't be tolerant if you're unwilling to accept those you despise, no matter how sincerely you promote yourself as open and accommodating. Tolerance is a two-way street that means tolerance for everything and everybody, including your enemies.

Thus, multiculturalism only works in the minds of dreamers such as Lennon who imagine this:

You may say I'm a dreamer. But I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will be as one.

Indeed, the world will be as one at some point in the future. The Bible informs us that for 3-1/2 years, the world will believe that it's truly achieved peace and unity. (Daniel 9:27) And then the all-proverbial hell will break loose. The apostle Paul gives us a prophetic heads up:

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)

Paul's warning alerts us that the world will live in harmony for 3-1/2 years under the dreaded Antichrist and his world government. But that false unity will break down and war will explode across the planet, necessitating the return of Jesus Christ. Until that time however, the world will continue to seek its own multicultural paradise.

Obviously, that's not going so well. In the United Kingdom for example, the Muslims have been extremely reluctant to go along with the multiculti program: 

Last October, Andrew Parker, the director general of Britain’s Security Service, said that "the scale and tempo" of the danger to the UK is now at a level he has not seen in his 32-year career. British police are monitoring over 3,000 homegrown Islamist extremists willing to carry out attacks on the UK.  

It's not going so well in Germany either where Muslims have resisted the invitation to jump on the world-as-one bandwagon:

Reports that women in Cologne, Germany, have been groped and robbed by men described by authorities as having "a North African or Arabic" appearance should be warning enough, but there are other and more ominous warnings that suggest worse lies ahead, unless the problem receives immediate attention and action. And it’s not just Cologne.

That "North African or Arabic appearance" is a euphemism for Muslims. It's unsurprising that they're reluctant to assimilate into a secular, multicultural society because their holy book the Koran condemns multiculturalism.

The world will never have true peace and unity until the Prince of Peace Jesus Christ lives in the hearts of all people. True unity begins when people stop living for themselves and begin living for God by being born-again in Christ. Paul explained it eloquently:

There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:28)

That's true unity that can't be manufactured or legislated by an oppressive, totalitarian government. That unity comes from heaven above rather than from the foolish minds of utopian dreamers such as John Lennon.

When the World Will Be as One

The Interfaith Movement: Unity without truth

Though the late rocker John Lennon never considered himself to be a prophet, his song, Imagine that was released in 1971 has since turned out to be quite prophetic.

Like many agnostics and atheists, Lennon attributed much of the world's ills to organized religion. He believed that global peace and tranquility would never be achieved until the world did away with religion. 

That belief was reflected in the lyrics of his song: "Imagine there's no heaven. It's easy if you try. No hell below us. Above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today. Imagine there's no countries. It isn't hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for. And no religion too."

And of course, Lennon's creative imagination dreamed that a world without religion would beat its swords into plowshares and live together as one. Certainly, with Islam causing serious trouble throughout the world, many people would love to see Lennon's prophetic song fulfilled.

And indeed, it will be fulfilled--to an extent. The world will live as one, but with only one religion instead of the myriad of religions that currently encompass the planet. What will that religion be? It certainly won't be Islam because Islam is eventually going away. And for good. 

Many nations are finally realizing that there will never be peace in the world as long as Islam exists. Islam is a violent religion that can't coexist peacefully with anyone, anywhere. Thus, either Islam goes, or the free world will eventually be subjugated to Islam. Since we can find no reference to Islam and the coming one-world government in the last days preceding the return of Jesus Christ, we have to conclude that Islam will be going away for good.

For many folks, that sounds like good news. However, what comes after Islam is going to be much worse than Islam ever was. Why? Because it will be partnered with a global government. That means that everyone will either follow the one-world religion, or they'll be going away. But to where? To the graveyard.

What is this coming religion? It will be a counterfeit form of Christianity that will be headed by the Antichrist himself. The Antichrist will be an elaborate counterfeit of Jesus Christ who will gain the world's attention through the supernatural. The apostle Paul wrote: "The coming of the lawless one (Antichrist) will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing." (2 Thessalonians 2:9-10)

When this begins happening, the world will embrace this man as divine. However, he will be backed by Satan and he will be invincible. The apostle John wrote: "The dragon (Satan) gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority." (Revelation 13:2) And then John revealed this: "He was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb (Jesus Christ) who was slain from the creation of the world." (Revelation 13:7-8)

John revealed that this man will force the world to worship him as God. Those who refuse will be killed. John wrote: "He also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name." (Revelation 13:16-17)

When the Antichrist appears and begins performing incredible miracles, the world will be convinced that it's finally achieved global peace and tranquility, just as Lennon dreamed of with Imagine back in 1971. However, it won't last long. Paul warned: "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)

Concerning that dreaded time, Christ issued this caveat: "For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened." (Matthew 24:21-22)

There will never be true peace and unity on earth until the real Prince of Peace Jesus Christ lives in the hearts of all human beings. That's the only way peace will come. It'll never come through political alliances, interfaith movements or the utopian dreams of songwriters such as John Lennon.