Thursday, February 23, 2012

Serious Deception of Falling in the Spirit!

Serious Deception of Falling in the Spirit by Prof. Johan Malan, South Africa

The phenomenon of falling (being slain) in the Spirit is an unbiblical practice which surfaced in the charismatic movement for the first time during the second half of the 20th century. Since then it has spread all over the world and become an instrument in the hands of the devil to establish a false kind of mystical spirituality in the lives of millions of people. This practice still continues, and it is imperative that young believers should be warned against its dangers.

Falling in the Spirit (or slain in the Spirit) was originally popularized by preachers such as Kathryn Kuhlman, Kenneth Hagin and William Branham, who were later followed by Gordon Lindsay, Jim Spilman, Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn, Rodney Howard Browne, Reinhardt Bonke and others.

Since then, the movement has spread widely and been accepted by many Pentecostal churches. The pastors who have the ability to bring about falling in the Spirit are regarded by their followers as specially anointed men of God who function on a higher level than ordinary pastors. For many of them, this manifestation of supernatural power brought instant fame and wealth.

The prophecy of Joel 2:28 is generally applied to falling in the Spirit. It is alleged that this is the Holy Spirit’s special way of manifesting Himself in the last days, and for that reason it was unknown to earlier generations. Critics of the movement are warned that they should not resist the work of the Spirit – that is why many of them hesitate to even apply a basic scriptural test to this strange phenomenon.

Forms of falling in the Spirit

This ‘touch of power’ can be bestowed upon individuals or large groups. The persons are usually prayed for, sometimes they are blown upon, or they may be pushed over or only touched; the preacher may sweep his hand or merely snap his fingers, after which the person(s) will fall down backwards. When it only happens to one person at a time, an assistant will catch the falling person and lay him or her down on the floor. Towels are often used to cover the legs of women who have fainted and fallen backwards after being slain in the Spirit.

But there is also a chaotic way of falling in the Spirit which happens to a whole audience, or part of it. When certain words are uttered by the preacher, or when he sweeps his hand, the entire group of people will fall over backwards and cause a chaotic situation. Chairs are pushed over or displaced and people are falling on each other. Some of them bump against the chairs or pews and may even sustain serious bruises or cuts for which medical treatment might be needed. Groans, babbling, laughter and other strange noises intermingle to underscore the chaos.

Experiences during falling in the Spirit

An investigation of this phenomenon has revealed that those who have fallen down all experienced a certain degree of absence of their mind. They may be placed in the following three categories:

Firstly, there are those who almost immediately recover again. They had no desire to fall, but were pushed over by other people and yielded to group pressure by falling down. They do not have any specific experience while lying on the floor.

Secondly, there are those who lie down for 10 to 15 minutes. They go off in a light trance during which they are still conscious of voices around them. They have nice feelings of peace and joy which they describe as the presence of God. They are convinced that these feelings originated from a spiritual realm outside their bodies.

Thirdly, there are those who remain in a trance for up to six hours. During this time they are not conscious of anything. Many of them attach great significance to the length of their trance since they are under the impression that God conducts His work of inner healing during this time. Benny Hinn calls it “God’s operation table.” The ‘inner healing’ is done while the person is unconscious and is therefore not dependent upon repentance or the confession of sins.

Significance of falling in the Spirit

The significance of this experience is described in various ways. The view is held that this is an overwhelming experience of God’s power and glory. Human beings cannot resist it and fall down unconscious when a current of this power flows through them. Kathryn Kuhlman said: “All I can believe is that our spiritual beings are not wired for God’s full power and when we plug into that power we just cannot survive it.” They are strongly convinced that they are spiritually uplifted by it, of which there is no concrete evidence.

In certain groups falling in the Spirit is equated with salvation since unsaved people are also stricken by it. Ezra Coppin said: “I have seen many people so slain who were not Christians, and the experience had the fabulously glorious result of making believers out of them! They rose to a new life.”

The view is also held that falling in the Spirit is an initiation to holiness for beginners. Such people were spiritually immature and need an experience of this nature to get going. Morton Kelsey said: “An experience of going down under the power may give just the push that is needed to start an individual – like a car with a dead battery – moving towards growth in the Spirit.”

Apart from the general need for spiritual growth, falling in the Spirit is also associated with a baptizing or anointing with the Holy Spirit. In this way, gifts are imparted to believers. Various manifestations and gifts of the Spirit may follow this experience. It is also said that during these times the Lord Jesus appears to believers to make promises to them or to give specific commands.

New manifestations

Various other phenomena, such as laughing in the spirit, prophesying in the spirit and dancing in the spirit, which result from falling in the Spirit, are also attributed to the Holy Spirit. Many people blindly accept these phenomena without testing the spirits, despite the danger of spurious satanic imitation in such manifestations.

Most of the Word of Faith preachers create strong expectations of powerful manifestations of the Holy Spirit. However, there is no scriptural basis for the signs that allegedly occur at their meetings. Apart from the signs already mentioned, one of the more recent phenomena is the so-called “New Wine” meetings where people stagger like drunks. This is accompanied by falling, dancing and laughing in the spirit, also pogo stick jumping and making a wide range of animal noises such as barking like dogs, bleating like sheep, crowing like roosters and roaring like lions.

Physical symptoms that accompany these experiences are severe shaking, electric-like surges, the loss of physical strength, labored breathing, fluttering eyelids, trembling lips, the seeming appearance of oil or gold dust on parts of the body, uncontrolled laughter, a feeling of drunkenness, nausea, vomiting, complete disorientation, mystical visions, audible voices from the spirit world, the absence of pain, a feeling of weightlessness which makes you jump up and down, a feeling of heaviness which causes a person to reel to and fro and fall down on the floor, shouting and the making of various animal noises.

Some of these manifestations also occur at the services of TB Joshua in Lagos, Nigeria. One of them is vomiting in the Spirit. He teaches that the evil and spiritual impurities hide in a person’s stomach, and that vomiting during a service can remove it. Some of the objects that come out resemble pieces of stone, shells, worms and blood.

A very common manifestation of the anointing associated with falling in the Spirit is the ability to prophesy in the Spirit. Such people claim that God speaks to them directly, not through His written Word, and that they conduct dialogue with one another on various matters. It is very obvious that these people entertain a serious misconception about God speaking to them as they merely project their own thoughts in the second person to God and then mistake it to be His voice. They often distort biblical truths and always have personal messages from the Lord to other people. Because they elevate themselves to a level where God speaks to them personally, they do not have a teachable spirit to heed other people’s Bible-based correction of their views. They also attach great significance to other extra-biblical experiences such as dreams, visions, and angels who appear to them. It is obvious that they are caught up in a strange reality which has been created by their own imagination. Deceiving spirits may also play a role in deluding them to believe what they do.

There are many examples of self-appointed prophets who proclaim false prophecies derived from unbiblical sources. The Berean Call of November 2006 says: “There are so many false prophets on radio and TV (most of them on TBN) that we couldn’t begin to name them all. The most popular today is Benny Hinn... His false prophecies are too many to recite. One is enough: On December 31, 1989, claiming that he was in the very throne room of God, Hinn declared: ‘The Lord also tells me about ’94 or ’95, no later than that, God will destroy the homosexual community of America by fire.’ It didn’t happen. Yet the more false prophecies he utters, the larger Hinn’s following grows and the louder do Paul Crouch and his TBN dupes praise him.” Benny Hinn is a big supporter and practitioner of falling in the Spirit.

Evaluation

The following discussion and evaluation of falling in the Spirit was done by Rev. Denzel Dick of South Africa:

The only true test for falling in the Spirit is God’s Word. The common argument that, in terms of the prophecies of Joel, God is doing something new, amounts to reading meanings into Scripture which were never implied by it. In this way, the devil can give any new experience to open, naive people who will accept it without testing the spirits. Paul says, “Beware lest anyone should cheat you through... empty deceit” (Col. 2:8).
During falling in the Spirit in meetings people always fall backward to have a positive experience with the Holy Spirit. The Bible, however, mentions four instances where people fell down backward as examples of God’s judgment and rejection because of their infidelity and sin:

1. “Dan shall be a serpent by the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider shall fall backward” (Gen. 49:17).

2. “Then it happened... that Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died” (1 Sam. 4:18).

3. “But the word of the Lord was to them, precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little, that they might go and fall backward, and be broken and snared and caught” (Isa. 28:13).

4. “Then – when He said to them, I am He – they drew back and fell to the ground” (John 18:6).

John 18:6 is commonly used by supporters of falling in the Spirit. However, the following needs to be said about this practice from a biblical point of view:

Firstly, the people who allegedly fell in the Spirit in John 18:6 were the enemies of Christ, including Judas Iscariot.

Secondly, the falling backward was not a condition of unconsciousness or fainting. It was rather a reaction of shock by lost people after meeting the Lord. John 18:6 can, therefore, not be used as justification for the present practice of falling in the Spirit, because it clearly suggests that those who fell down were lost sinners.

Thirdly, in the Bible people fell forward on their knees or face. Every time when that happened (about 30 times) the results were good and profitable.

The following Scriptures are used in defense of falling in the Spirit: Gen. 17:3; Num. 16:4; 24:4; Lev. 9:24; Jos. 5:14; Jud. 13:20; 1 Kings 18:39; 1 Chron. 21:16; Ezek. 1:28; 2:1-2; 3:23; 43:4; 44:4; Dan. 8:17; 10:9; Matt. 2:11; 17:6; 28:1-4; Mark 5:33; Luke 5:8; 8:47; 17:16; Acts 9:4 or 26:14; 16:29; 1 Cor. 14:25; 2 Cor. 12:2-4; Rev. 1:17; 4:10; 5:8; 19:4.

Although supporters of falling in the Spirit use these scriptures to justify their practice, the contrary is true. These verses explicitly refer to a falling forward on the knees or face. That was mostly a conscious act: “Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him” (Gen. 17:3).
It was also a traditional way of greeting and a form of showing respect when people bowed down before their king, or slaves subjected themselves to their lords. It was also a sign of humbling and showing respect and fear to a holy God – cf. Peter who fell down at the knees of Jesus (Luke 5:8), Paul’s conversion in Acts 9:4, and John humbling himself on Patmos when he fell down at the feet of Jesus (Rev. 1:17).

In ancient times it was the most natural thing to fall on your knees or face to take on a position of prayer or honoring someone. It was in no way associated with fainting or incoherent talk. In Matt. 2:11, the wise men “fell down and worshipped [the Child]”. 1 Cor. 14:25 refers to a member of a congregation, “falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among [us].”

The reason for the falling down was not, as some people say, that the person was stricken down by the Spirit of God. The Bible never says that the Holy Spirit struck people down. They fell because of one the following human reactions:

Fear (Num. 16:4; Jos. 5:14; Jud. 13:20; Dan. 8:17; 10:9; Matt. 17:6; 28:1-4; Luke 8:47; Acts 9:4).
Joy and thanksgiving for blessings (Lev. 9:24; Matt. 2:11; Mark 5:33; Luke 17:16).
Honor, humbling and worship in the presence of God (1 Kings 18:39; 1 Chron. 21:16; Ezek. 1:28; 2:1-2; 3:23; 43:4; 44:4; Luke 5:8; 1 Cor. 14:25; Rev. 1:17; 4:10, 5:8; 19:4).

The Spirit of God rather set people on their feet than striking them down. When people have fallen down because of one of the reactions mentioned above, it is often said that the Spirit of God raises them to stand upright. Ezekiel says, “...the glory of the Lord stood there... and I fell on my face. Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet” (Ezek. 3:23-24).

Even the falling forward gets little Scriptural support or encouragement because God, Jesus or an angel often tells people to stand up (Ezek. 2:1-2; 43:3; Dan. 8:17-18; 10:9-10; Matt. 17:6-7). In Matt. 17:7 Jesus said to His disciples who fell on their faces because of fear: “Arise, and do not be afraid.” The Holy Spirit is rather associated with the act of rising than with falling.

There is indeed a spirit that makes people fall down, but that is not the Spirit of God – that is an evil spirit. There are various examples of this in the Bible. Mark says, “For [Jesus] healed many, so that as many as had afflictions pressed about Him to touch Him. And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried...” (Mark 3:10-11). In another case a boy with a mute spirit was brought to Jesus, “and wherever [the spirit] seizes him, he throws him down... Then they brought him to [Jesus]. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and he wallowed” (Mark 9:18,20). After Jesus rebuked the spirit and commanded him to leave He assisted the boy to get up: “Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose” (Mark. 9:27). A case has also been recorded in Capernaum where Jesus delivered a man who was possessed by an unclean spirit: “Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be quiet and come out of him! And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him” (Luke 4:35).

The supporters of falling in the Spirit also have a big problem to prove from the Bible that this experience may be linked to a baptizing (or anointing) with the Holy Spirit. Except for cases where people had problems with demons and fell down during the process of deliverance, there is no relationship in the Bible between healing or anointing with the Spirit and falling in the Spirit. The supporters of this strange experience have a double problem: firstly, to find a similar phenomenon in the Bible, and secondly, to connect this experience to baptizing with the Holy Spirit.

Easy salvation

The normal way in which God deals with sinners – i.e. through repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus – is brushed aside and substituted by a strange experience such as falling in the Spirit. In this way, biblical truths are ignored or wrongly applied. In this way salvation is made easier and cheaper, i.e. without repentance and counting the cost by those involved.

Falling in the Spirit is used as a crush-pen for salvation through which people are forced or manipulated; consequently, they are not confronted with a choice whether they wish to repent or not. The experience of falling in the Spirit replaces a conscious decision that sinners must make when they are convicted of their sins. Suddenly, they find themselves in a mystical trance. After recovering their consciousness, they regard themselves as believers who were changed by the power of God.
Because of this way of dealing with lost people, preaching the gospel of salvation has virtually become redundant – unbelievers only need to fall in the Spirit. But the problem is that such people’s lives are not built upon the foundation of Christ but upon a mystical experience. In this way, the biblical message of repentance is bypassed. That is one of the reasons why preaching on sin has become such a rare feature of modern evangelization.

It obviously does not trouble the leaders of this movement that the basis of salvation through falling in the Spirit is unbiblical. Coppin says, “Even if there were no biblical basis for the phenomenon, it might be contended that since many are strengthened through the experience, it is worth entertaining.” The general approach is: “Be open to new ways in which God by His Spirit may be speaking to the Church.”
The distorted view that unsaved people, who are still in bondage of sin, may have certain experiences with the Holy Spirit is completely foreign to Scripture. The biblical way of salvation is that the Holy Spirit first convicts people of their sins. Only after they have confessed and forsaken their sins and put their trust in the Lord Jesus to save their souls by virtue of His work of atonement on the cross, are they regenerated by the Holy Spirit who will then establish His presence in these persons’ hearts.

After the experience of being born again they must continuously be filled with the Spirit.
It also does not make any sense that people can have many experiences of falling in the Spirit. Some people refer to the new experiences as a recharge. It is obvious that a deeply-rooted discontentment and opportunism lies at the basis of falling in the Spirit. Sinners are looking for an easy and physically tangible way to become Christians without really changing their lifestyles. Many Christians are not content with the normal views about spiritual growth and are looking for extraordinary experiences in their spiritual lives. They want to be baptized in the Spirit in one dramatic moment and also obtain special gifts to enhance their boring lives. This approach opens the way to various forms of deception.

In this way, the door is opened to the sensual and the spectacular, thereby enthroning the flesh. A humanistic self-image is stimulated which may have an outward appearance of the person being Christian, but in reality he/she has no inclination towards true spirituality. The new gifts and strange manifestations are used to glorify the self, and are practiced for entertainment rather than the promotion and extension of God’s kingdom on earth.

The Holy Spirit warned us that in the last days the devil will succeed in even seducing believers to accept wrong doctrines which are propagated by deceiving spirits: “Now the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons” (1 Tim. 4:1). John says, “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1).

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Friday, February 3, 2012

THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL

THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL: Lessons from Daniel chapter 5 not only for the future of America but also for all the churches who call Jesus as Lord and the coming war in the Middle East

Lessons from Daniel Chapter 5 on the future of America and the coming war in the Middle East

“Is America in a ‘Nebuchadnezzar moment’ (where we still have an opportunity to repent and be restored), or a ‘Belshazzar moment’ (where God removes His favor from us and turns out the lights)?”
by Joel C. Rosenberg, Jacksonville Pastors Conference, January 29, 2012

“The Pastor and the Future” — that’s what I’ve been asked to speak about tonight, and I cannot think of a more important subject to close this conference. You and I are living in one of the most dangerous moments in the history of the United States….in the history of Israel and the Middle East….in the history of the Church. Yet at this very moment when so many people are so anxious about the future, too many pastors are shying away from teaching Bible prophecy.
  • Some, because prophecy has been sensationalized in the past and they rightly resist such cheapening of God’s Holy Word.
  • Some, because they’ve never really carefully studied Bible prophecy and feel unprepared to teach it to their congregations.
  • Some, because they’ve lost sight of the power of prophecyprophecy is an intercept from the mind of the all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful God….prophecies are storm warnings from the future….not to frighten us but to motivate us – to get us ready for what is coming, and to help get others ready…..prophecy is given to encourage and exhort the Church to repentance….to holiness and purity….to prayer and fasting….to sharing the Gospel and making disciples….to pastor training and church planting….prophecy tells us we are going to be shaken….why?….to wake up the Church….to wake up the nations….to wake up Israel….because the Day of the Lord is coming, and surely it is near….and God love us and He wants us to be ready.
In Luke 12:54-56, Jesus rebuked His disciples for not understanding the Word of God and not analyzing the times in which they lived….which is why it is so important that we close this conference by considering “The Pastor and the Future.” So, turn with me, if you would, to Daniel chapter 5. [Read the entire chapter]

What do we see in Daniel chapter 5?
5:1-2 – A pagan nation at the height of its power, and corruption.
5:3-4 – A pagan government and high society drunk with power and consumed with seeking pleasure of all kinds….worshipping the gods of gold and silver and all things material….what do we see in the king’s court?
  • Sexual immorality.
  • Drunkness.
  • Greed and materialism.
  • Idolatry
  • Blasphemy.
  • No care or concern for their history of sin and God’s judgment.
  • No remembrance of God’s grace and mercy for those who repent.
King Belshazzar doesn’t seem to remember or care about the testimony of his forefather, Nebuchadnezzar. Once an evil and terrible king, one of the worst in the Bible, Nebuchadnezzar had then faced the judgment of God. He’d been driven out of the king’s palace, into the wilderness, driven mad and eating grass like a beast. Yet after a time, God relented. The Lord gave Nebuchadnezzar a second chance, and Nebuchadnezzar repented of his horrific sins and gave his life to the One True God. What’s more, Nebuchadnezzar praised the Lord before the entire nation ofBabylon.
Nebuchadnezzar testified before his people:
“At that time my reason returned to me. And my majesty and splendor were restored to me for the glory of my kingdom, and my counselors and my nobles began seeking me out; so I was reestablished in my sovereignty, and surpassing greatness was added to me. Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.” (Daniel 4:36-37).

5:5-6 – So God begins to shake them.

5:7-9 – A mysterious hand appears out of nowhere in the king’s court….mysterious fingers begin supernaturally writing on the wall of the king’s palace….everyone in that room could see the handwriting on the wall….they could all see the hand of God at work…..it terrified them, but it certainly got their attention…..they knew it was important, but they had no idea what is said, or what it meant….so because they were pagans they turned to the so-called “wise men” of the age, but the wise men had no answers.
  • 5:7 – King Belshazzar has two reactions:
    • A physical reaction – he gets physically ill.
    • An emotion reaction – he becomes desperate….he suddenly becomes willing to give massive wealth and power to whoever can help him understand the handwriting on the wall.
5:10-12 – Frightened, desperate, and having run out of all other options, Belshazzar turns to a man with a reputation for being completely different than they….a man described as having an “extraordinary spirit”….a man described as having “knowledge and insight”…a man “in whom is a spirit of the holy gods”…..the man, of course, was Daniel….he hadn’t been invited to the party, mind you…he wasn’t part of their culture….he wasn’t part of their religion….he wasn’t a member of the “in crowd”….and that was the point….in their fear and trembling, they were looking for someone completely different….someone who had a completely different perspective and just might be able to help them.

5:13-16 – Enter Daniel….he is brought into the upper echelons of power and wealth and offered a great reward if he can solve the mystery.

5:17-28 – Daniel doesn’t ignore or resist the king’s request….he doesn’t claim separation of Church and State….he doesn’t self-righteously declare he won’t “dirty his hands” by speaking to government leaders….but Daniel makes clear that he’s not interested in money, power or prestige….he’s not trying to be in their club….he certainly doesn’t want to be part of their pagan culture or corruption….rather, he knows he holds citizenship in another kingdom, yet he also knows that he is God’s ambassador….so he agrees to explain the hand of God to the king and his court….giving all glory and honor to the Lord, Daniel fearlessly makes known the word of the Lord, even at great risk to his own life.
Many in ministry look at Daniel with admiration and want to be like him:
  • He’s handsome (Daniel 1:4)
  • Brilliant (Daniel 1:4)
  • Wise (Daniel 1:4)
  • Sterling reputation (Daniel chapters 1 through 5)
  • Invited into the highest courts of power (the entire book of Daniel)
  • Given great accolades, wealth and authority (Daniel 2:46-49 and 5:29)
Yet let’s be clear: Daniel didn’t seek any of these things….moreover, he knew he could take no credit for these things.
That said, let’s take another look….are you really willing to be a Daniel? Consider the high price of his service to the Lord:
  • He was taken captive from his homeland (Daniel chapter 1)
  • Forcibly given a new home, new name, new diet, new education, new job in a brutal pagan empire (Daniel chapter 1)
  • Arrested, convicted, imprisoned, sentenced to death (Daniel chapter 6)
  • Yet he never faltered….he never wavered….he clung to the Lord….he knew His God….he listened to His God….he was a man of prayer….he understand the Word….he studied God’s Word diligently and carefully (chapter 9 he’s studying Jeremiah!)…..and when God told him to speak, he spoke boldly and without reservation…..he didn’t pull any punches….he did so at great risk, but with great faith and courage.
  • In Matthew 24:15, Jesus calls Daniel “the prophet”….for that is what he was.
How about you?….are you clinging to Christ?….are you on you knees repeatedly throughout the day in prayer?….are you fasting?…..are you listening carefully to the voice of God?…..are you willing to teach God’s Word – all of it, including the prophecies of a future that is coming fast upon us?…..are you ready to stripped of all our worldly possessions…stripped of our identity….arrested…. convicted….imprisoned…. sentenced to death….all for being men faithful to pray and faithful to speak the Word of God in our pagan, corrupt culture? Let us not answer too quickly – let us consider the gravity of this calling in this moment…for these tests may be coming soon.
Now, what was the Lord’s message to Belshazzar via Daniel?
  • 5:18-21 — Belshazzar should have known better…he had seen the sins of his father, and God’s judgment
  • 5:22 – “Yet you…have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this,” Daniel says to the king. “You have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven.”
  • 5:26 – Mene,God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it.”
  • 5:27 – Tekel, You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.”
  • 5:28 – Peres, Your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
  • Why was God judging Belshazzar? Because of Belshazzar’s pride…his vanity….his insolence….his hubris….Proverbs 16:18 – “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
Yes, the God of the Bible is a God of grace and mercy and forgiveness. He gives us one opportunity after another in life here on earth to say “Yes” to the Lord Jesus Christ and receive His free gift of forgiveness and eternal life by putting our faith in Christ’s death on the cross and His resurrection from the dead. But eventually there is a point of no return. There is a point in which you defy God too long….go too far….cross a line….and at that point you no longer have the opportunity to repent and receive God’s mercy. At that point, when you least expect it, you have sealed your own fate by rejecting the Most High God…by exalting yourself against the Lord, and you will stand condemned to the fires of hell for all of eternity with no way of escape.
Thus, the Scriptures are clear: Say “Yes” to Jesus Christ now, before it is too late.
  • “And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.” (I John 5:11-12)
  • “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish (die and go to hell forever and ever), but shall have eternal life….he who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” (John 3:16,18)
  • Jesus said, “Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell….Everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 10:28,32-33)
  • Don’t do what Belshazzar did. Don’t keep defying the Most High God. Don’t wait too long to repent and give your life to the Lord. Otherwise there will come a point of no return. You will be weighed in God’s balances and found deficient, and the Kingdom of God will be ripped away from you and you won’t have another opportunity to be saved. The Apostle Paul put it clearly: “Now is the acceptable time [to get right with God],” he wrote. “Behold, now is the day of salvation.” (2 Corinthians 6:2)
5:29-31 – For some unknown reason Belshazzar kept his word to Daniel and rewarded him for his insight….and God kept His word and before the night was finished, Belshazzar was dead.

Question: Why did God write on the wall?
It was too late for that king — and that kingdom — to repent. Why, then, did God sent the message? To warn to those Babylonians who were in the room with Belshazzar, and to warn the entire nation of Babylon….and to warn us down through the centuries: Listen to the voice of God….read the Word of God….don’t harden your heart….understand the “handwriting on the wall”….understand that God is trying to wake you up….get your attention….draw you to Him….motivate you to serve Him….don’t wait too long….repent of your sins and receive Christ as your Savior while there is still time.
Today, we can see the handwriting on the wall once again….in Israel and the Middle East….and here in the United States….God is trying to get our attention….will we listen, or harden our hearts?

The Future of Israel and the Middle East
As followers of Jesus Christ, we can see the handwriting on the wall in the Middle East. We know what it says, and we know what it means: a terrible war is coming to the epicenter. God is going to shake the people of the Middle East. He wants them to wake up and realize their real and desperate and urgent need to receive Jesus as their Messiah, Savior and Lord. Jesus doesn’t want anyone in the epicenter to perish and go to hell. He wants them to all to be saved.
The Good News is that more Muslims and more Jews are coming to faith in Jesus than ever before in history. But it’s not enough for the Lord. Too many people are still resisting Him. So in His mercy He will continue shaking them in hopes that they will listen and repent like Nebuchadnezzar, not rejecting Him to the very end like Belshazzar.
Will the coming war be a prophetic war (like Ezekiel 38-39, the “War of God and Magog”), or just a really terrible geopolitical war? Of that we cannot yet be certain. But clearly the most dangerous corridor in the world is between Tel Aviv and Tehran. The leaders of the free world say Iran could have the Bomb by the end of 2012. Yet the nations of the world refuse to take decisive action to neutralize the Iranian threat. But make no mistake: if Iran’s mullahs get the Bomb, they could do in six minutes what it took Adolf Hitler six years to do – kill six million Jews.
Today’s Sunday New York Times magazine story suggests Israel and Iran may very well go to war in 2012.
The handwriting on the wall is clear – the question is: What will we as believers do about it?
  • Will the Church demonstrate the love and courage necessary to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the Middle East with clarity and compassion before it’s too late? If we really love the people of the epicenter, that’s exactly what we should do.
  • Will the Church do everything possible to encourage our brothers and sisters in Christ who live in theMiddle East– to pray for them, to visit them, to equip them, to assist them, to stand with them, come what may? Will we help the persecuted believers in the region? Will we train the pastors and help them plant new churches? Or will we ignore them, abandon them, refuse them in their hour of need? Again, if we love them, we will serve them.
  • Time is short, and the handwriting on the wall is clear.
The Future of America
The handwriting on the wall is also clear here in the United States. We as followers of Jesus Christ know full well that Americais in grave danger — not just at risk of decline but of outright collapse.
  • We now have more than $15 trillion in debt….100% of our GDP….but we are facing $65 trillion in unfunded liabilities…..we are on the Titanic, heading for the icebergs, and too many inWashington are saying, “Speed up!” not, “Turn around!”
  • The Bible warns us not to go into debt, yet we continue to defy Him.
  • We are defying God in other areas, too.
  • 53 million abortions
  • Legalized homosexual marriage
  • A pornography industry that makes more than ABC, CBS and NBC combined.
How much longer will the Lord wait before He lets us reap what we’ve sown?
Is God going to give us another chance, or is He finished with us?
Is America in a “Nebuchadnezzar moment” (where we still have an opportunity to repent and be restored), or a “Belshazzar moment” (where God removes His favor from us and turns out the lights)? Honestly, I’m not certain.
The good news is that God moved powerfully in this land in the early 1700s with the first “Great Awakening,” a series of amazing spiritual revivals that woke up the Church and rescuedAmerica. God moved powerfully again in the early 1800s with the “Second Great Awakening” that was even more transformative.
The question now is: Will God give us a Third Great Awakening? I don’t know, but I hope so. That’s why I’ve written the book, Implosion. But I can’t wait until June when it releases. I feel compelled to start talking about these issues now because they are so important. We need to be on our knees praying and fasting and pleading with God to have mercy on us. Yes, Washington and Wall Street and Hollywood bear much blame for the mess we’re in. But so does the Church.
There are 340,000 churches in the United States. They are all supposed to be shining cities on a hill. They are supposed to be lights in the darkness. But in too many American churches, the light is growing dim. In some churches, there is no light at all. We desperately need a revival of the Church to save this country. Nothing less will do.
Even if we elect godly, principled, wise and courageous leaders to the presidency, the Senate and the House in 2012, this won’t be enough to keep us from implosion. It’s still important, don’t get me wrong. But won’t be enough. We need a supernatural movement of God to rescue us, or this nation will collapse economically, morally and culturally.
On Saturday, June 16th, we will host the national “Implosion” simulcast….a three-hour program for churches all across the country….I’ll teach for about an hour on these issues, and then take 2 hours of questions in a live format…we’ll talk about how much trouble we’re in, and we’ll talk more about the Great Awakening and the Second Great Awakening and see if there are lessons we can learn and apply to our own time….I hope you and your churches will consider joining us for this.

Conclusion
The world is fearful and confused. Millions across the globe can see the handwriting on the wall. They know something is terribly wrong. They sense something terrible is coming. But they cannot read the handwriting or understand what it means. That’s your job. That the mission of the pastor, the man of God who knows the Word of God and is charged with teaching the Word of God. It is your job to analyze these present times in the light of God’s Word, in the light of Bible prophecy, and help the Church and the pagan world understand what God is saying….before it’s too late.
Too many pastors, however, are asleep to the trend lines. They are unable – or unwilling – to see how much danger the people of the Middle East are in, and how much danger the people of the United States are in. But now is precisely the time to call the Church, and the nations, and Israel, back to the God of the Bible…..now, while we still can.

See also:
Who will left behind?

Rapture Alert! Make Sure You don't Left Behind

What Will You Do If You Are Left Behind?

After the Rapture

The Tribulation

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

New World Order


10 Kingdoms – The Abolition of Sovereignty

Rationalization

Did you know that the European Union was an experiment that had long been planned by those behind a one world government. The idea being that if the European Union
proved the success of political and economic integration then this model could be repeated across other world regions. Now we have the Africa Union and the coming North American Union. Other regions are still at the economic union only
stage but it is much easier to start off with economic union followed by political union rather than the other way around. One should also not be fooled by the present chaos in Europe as this is part of the agenda for tightening political and economic unity known as the Hegelian concept, the principle of creating
the chaos necessary to justify the changes needed for a required end.
This weeks report takes a look at the ongoing progression of what is known as the Club of Rome
Model. A plot to destroy the sovereignty of individual and independent nations and replace it with
a form of governance in which the power to create and enforce laws across all of the countries in
the world will reside with just ten committees. If those committees elect a leader then one could
take this further and say ten leaders.

The relevance of this is because of the prophecy of John in Revelation 17.
“The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour
will receive authority as kings along with the beast. They have one purpose and will give their
power and authority to the beast. They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph
over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen
and faithful followers.”
Revelation 17:12-13
  • THE SEEDS OF REGIONALIZATION
  • A SPIRITUAL MOTIVATION FOR CHANGE
  • THE CLUB OF ROME REGIONAL MODEL
  • THE PROPHETICAL MEANING OF TEN
  • THE NEW WORLD ORDER WILL FAIL
  • ADDITIONAL SUPPORT MATERIAL

THE SEEDS OF REGIONALIZATION

The Outline of the Post-War New World Map was a map created and self-published by Maurice Gomberg of Philadelphia PA, on February 25, 1942 after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the U.S.A. into World War II.
It shows a proposed political division of the world after World War II in the event of an Allied victory in which the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union would rule. The map includes a manifesto describing a “New World Moral Order”, along with quotes from Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech.

Gomberg created the map as a personal project, and little else is known of him. The map has been
highlighted by scholars as the initial beginning of the world community regionalization model in which the world would be divided up into bioregions with an economic and political association.
After the Axis powers would have been destroyed, the Soviet Union, U.S.A. and United Kingdom would assure the institution of a new world order that would lead to a permanent peace (pax Americana) and the freedom would be a result of the war led by the allies.

For reasons regarding historical matters, economic organizing and geographic (continental)
neighbourhood, the U.S.A. should have taken the deliberate role of world leader and establish the new
democratic world order.
The project regarded the demilitarization of several countries, the submission of those countries to an
international control and including them into political unions and international organizations.
All of the states would have to obey common economical (global) rules, but the U.S.A. would
oversee the adherence to political freedoms. The plan would consist of:

Controlling at a global level the world’s natural wealth for the purpose of assuring equal access and
distribution for all the countries;

Controlling at a global level the bank institutions, the financial international organizations and the
foreign investments;

Controlling at a federal and regional level the external relations and the international trade
practiced by the member states.


The countries all over the world would have to become part of the regional or continental forms of
association, political unions of states, mostly federations. The states or union of states would
become also members of the United Nations Organization. This Organization would have to have
social, economic and military institutions of its own, with the help of which it would be able to intervene anywhere in the world to re-establish peace and democracy.
The shocking matter regarding this map is that it appears to anticipate with about seven decades the
phenomena of a state association trend that is happening in the present days or are planned at a
political level to happen in 10-20 years. In fact, the project regards the creation of a world map of
political union states that are to be organized at a continental level (continental unions). In Asia, where
the civilization diversity is greater that average, the organization is to be done at a sub continental level(regional).

There would have been the following structures:
A North American Union of States as a dominant world power that would include the US, Canada,
all Central American and Caribbean states, most Atlantic islands (including Greenland and Iceland),
most Pacific islands, Taiwan, Hainan, the Philippines and several now Indonesian islands,
including Sulawesi. This was to be the dominant power in the world, military and otherwise.
A union of socialist republics led by Russia. The Soviet Union was to be rewarded with Persia (Iran),
Mongolia, Manchuria, Finland, and all of Eastern Europe, which subsequently would form part of the
Eastern Bloc (excluding Albania, but including the real-life maverick state of Yugoslavia, socialist but
anti-Soviet) . All of theses states were simply to become member-states of the USSR. Austria and
most of Germany, although ‘quarantined’ are shown within the Soviet sphere.

The United States of South America (USSA): including all South American states, as a single
constituent state and the Falkland Islands as part of the USSA.
The Union of African Republics (UAR): All of Africa as a federation of republics.
The Arabian Federated Republics (AFR): covering Saudi and all other states now occupying
the Arabian Peninsula, plus present-day Iraq and Syria.
The Federated Republics of India (FRI): Present day Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan,
Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar).
The United Republics of China (URC): A federation including all parts of present-day China,
Korea, the erstwhile French colony of Indochina (now Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia), Thailand and Malaya.
The United States of Scandinavia (USS): Norway, Sweden, Denmark.
The United States of Europe (USE): the Benelux countries, the German Rhineland, France,
Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and Italy.
And finally the British Commonwealth of Nations(BCN), including Great Britain,
Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Madagascar and most of Indonesia.
Smaller entities include Eire (the whole of Ireland), Greece (including Albania), Turkey (excluding
European Turkey), Hebrewland (the Holy Land plus Jordan) and Japan. The three axis states
(Germany, Italy and Japan) were to be ‘quarantined’ until they could be readmitted in the family of
nations.

“As the USA with the cooperation of the Democracies of Latin-America, the British
Commonwealth of Nations and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, assumes world leadership for
the establishment of a New World Moral Order for permanent peace, justice, security and world
reconstruction.”
This proposal regarding a division of the world after the end of world War II was not immediately put into practice as the suggestion was considered to be contrary to the interest of U.S.A), the Soviet Union and against the wishes of United Kingdom, France, Portugal, Netherlands and others to keep their colonial domains.

A SPIRITUAL MOTIVATION FOR CHANGE

Whilst writing in her book, “The Externalisation of the Hierarchy”, in
November, 1939 – Alice Bailey’s Guiding Spirit supposedly began to address
to her the ‘Economic Problem’.
“There are adequate resources for the sustenance of human life, and  these science can increase and develop… Man is the controller of it all,  and they belong to everyone and are the property of no one group, nation, or race. It is solely due to man’s selfishness that…thousands are  starving whilst food is rotting or destroyed; it is solely due to the  grasping schemes and the financial injustices of man’s making that the  resources of the planet are not universally available under some wise
system of distribution.”


In 1981, New Age leader Jeremy Rifkin proposed a new level of wealth redistribution in a book entitled, “Entropy: A New World View”. In this book, Rifkin argues that the world is using too many resources to create too many material things. Even though the New Age believes no energy is ever lost, that it is merely converted from one form of energy into another, Rifkin is proposing that when the energy is used the first time, it is weakened so that its subsequent use is less effective than its original
use. Rifkin explains his view. “A human being, a skyscraper, an automobile, and a blade of grass all
represent energy transformed from one state to another…the energy they embody doesn’t disappear. It
is merely transferred back somewhere else into the environment.”

However, Rifkin says that this transferred energy is weakened each time it is transferred, so that, finally, it is “no longer capable of conversion into work…Energy can only be transferred to a dissipated state.”
Therefore, Rifkin believes the world is currently producing too many material things that originally use too many resources. If the world is not to soon find itself in a position of running out of usable energy, Rifkin proposes that we must change our lifestyle dramatically. We must move into a State run economy that would regulate the production of all material things so the world will not run out of usable energy. This lifestyle is called “Low Entropy”. This change, says Rifkin, will require a radical “new world view”, and he urges draconian measures to achieve this new thinking. He says,
“The radical change in world view required to make this transition will have to be accomplished overnight.
There will be no time for polite debate, subtle compromise, or monetary equivocation. To succeed will  require a zealous determination, a militancy, if you will, of Herculean proportions.” (Ibid, p.186, Emphasis  added)
“Avatars [World Teachers, like Antichrist will be] frequently create crises in order to bring an end to the old and the undesirable and make way for new and more suitable forms for the evolving life of God Immanent in Nature.”
“Today, in the midst of this devastated, chaotic, and unhappy world, mankind has a fresh opportunity to  reject selfish, materialistic living and to begin to tread the Lighted Way. The moment that humanity shows  its willingness to do this, then the Christ will come …Before Christ could come with his disciples, our  present civilization had to die.” ["Reappearance of the Christ", by Foster Bailey, p. 21-23]
The key statement? They “frequently create crises in order to bring an end to the old and the undesirable”.
This is the ultimate goal of the Illuminati as they attempt to use the weapon of “regionalization” to strip countries of their own autonomy destroying the idea of sovereign states paving the way for a world map where the boundaries are blurred and where the rights to change and enforce laws on countries are reserved for heads of geographical regional blocs.
This thus leads us to the Club of Rome one of the  secret deadly weapons being used to bring about this change. [Emphasis added]

THE CLUB OF ROME REGIONAL MODEL


The Club of Rome is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues.
It was founded in April 1968 and raised considerable public attention in 1972 with its report
Limits to Growth. The Club is composed of “scientists, economists, businessmen, international high civil servants, heads of state and former heads of state from all five continents who are convinced that the future of humankind is not determined once and for all and that each human being can contribute to the improvement of our societies.”
The Club of Rome consists of members of the so called Black Nobility of Europe, old families which lived in Venice and Genoa. These people have ruled vast financial empires for the past fifteen hundred years.
‘They are called the ‘Black’ nobility because of their constant use of dirty tricks, terrorism and unethical methods.
On September 17, 1973, they released a Report called the “Regionalized and Adaptive Model of the Global World System” which was prepared by Directors Mihajlo Mesarovic and Eduard Pestel as part of the “Strategy for Survival Project”. This revealed the Club’s goal of dividing the world into ten political/economic (both) regions restructured drastically into a ‘horizontal system’ which would
involve interdependent ‘world regions’. The ten regions would unite the entire world under a single form of government.

The idea is now coming to life in the United Nations as regions begin to form economic
blocks loosely modelled after the European Union. Since the time of this map, Mexico
has been added to the North American region (1) as part of the coming creation of the controversial American Union and Israel is supposed to be aligned with region number (4). These regions are: North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Japan,
Rest of Developed World, Latin America, Middle East, Rest of Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and China. The same plan was published in a Club of Rome book called Mankind at the Turning Point.

As part of this concept provisions would be made to investigate any individual country or sub region in the context of regional global development. The model has been developed up to the stage where it can be used for policy analysis related to a number of critical issues such as: energy resources utilization and technology assessment; food demand and production; population growth and the affect of timing of birth control programs;
reduction of inequities in regional economic developments; depletion dynamics of certain
resources, particularly oil reserves; phosphorus use as fertilizer; regional unemployment; constraints on growth due to labor, energy export limitation.

THE EUROPEAN UNION
The European Union is a political, social and economic regional organization, having 27 member
states as it consist in a form of pan European unity. The result from its political and economical treaties reflects, through its structure, the democratic principle of the state power separation in: legislative power, executive power and juridical power, and regarding the legislative process, it following the principles of subsidiary and proportionality. According to Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union, as it has been revised by the other treaties, the integrative organization has communitarian institutions. These are:

The European Parliament that represents the European Union citizens, at they elect its members
trough direct vote.
The Council of the European Union (Council of Ministers) that represents each member state.
The European Commission, that represents the general interests of the E.U.
The Court of Justice for the European community, that watches over the abidance of the European
legislation.
Currently, the Union is in an expanding process as other three countries — Croatia, The Republic of
Macedonia, and Turkey are candidate in acceding at the membership of the European Union
Because of the religious and cultural differences in comparison with the rest of the Europe, Turkey
confronts itself with a powerful opposition from the conservatory and religious E.U. governments.
Croatia is another candidate state for adhering at the Union. This process has delayed by the non
cooperation of Croatia with The International Criminal Tribunal in Hague. At 9l of November
2005, The European Commission recommended the provision of the candidate state for Macedonia
that became the third ex-Yugoslavic country to receive this statute.
Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway are members of the European Economic Space (SEE/EEA) and this allows them to participate in most of the aspects regarding the single market of the E.U., without the obligation to adhere.
Switzerland, which is the forth EFTA state has rejected the participation at EEA trough a
referendum, yet it has signed several bilateral treaties with similar effects.


THE EDITERRANEAN UNION
Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is a multilateral partnership that encompasses 43 countries from
Europe and the Mediterranean Basin: the 27 member states of the European Union and 16
Mediterranean partner countries from North Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans. It was created in July 2008 as a re-launched Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (the Barcelona Process), when a plan to create an autonomous Mediterranean Union was dropped. The Union has the aim of promoting stability and prosperity throughout the Mediterranean region. Nevertheless, its 2009 and 2010 Summits could not be held due to the stalemate of the Arab-Israeli peace process after the Gaza war. The Union for the Mediterranean introduced new institutions into the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership with the aim of increasing its visibility such as the creation of a Secretariat. The commercial connections between the European countries and the African ones are very important. They have created the premises for a future economic union between the Mediterranean non European states and the communitarian countries. The Mediterranean Union reunites countries from Europe, Middle Est. and North Africa countries that have access to the Mediterranean Sea, forming an economic community by taking the model of the early European Union. As it would be formed by the E.U. states and the Mediterranean countries, the Mediterranean Union would have a State President Council, an executive council, ministerial councils, a Permanent
Commission that would act like a Secretary Department, a consolidated Parliament reunion and
its own bank. Such an organization could have a big role in the area in solving diverse problems, form
ecological issues to immigration.
From the European Union side: the 27 European Union member states (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom.)
From the side of the Mediterranean Partner countries: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria (self suspended on 22 June 2011), Tunisia and Turkey.
Libya as an observer state.

De-pollution of the Mediterranean. This broad project encompasses many initiatives that target
good environmental governance, access to drinkable water, water management, pollution
reduction and protection of the Mediterranean biodiversity.
Maritime and land highways. The purpose of this project is to increase and improve the circulation of  commodities and people throughout the Euro-Mediterranean region by improving its ports, and
building highways and railways. Specifically, the Paris and Marseilles Declarations refer to the
construction of both a Trans-Maghrebi railway and highway systems, connecting Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

Civil protection. The civil protection project aims at improving the prevention, preparedness and
response to both natural and man-made disasters. The ultimate goal is to “bring the Mediterranean
Partner Countries progressively closer to the European Civil Protection Mechanism.
Alternative energies: Mediterranean solar plan. The goal of this project is to promote the production
and use of renewable energies. More specifically, it aims at turning the Mediterranean partner countries into producers of solar energy and then circulating the resulting electricity through the Euro-
Mediterranean region.
Higher education and research: On June 2008 the Euro-Mediterranean University was inaugurated
in Piran (Slovenia), which offers graduate studies programs. The Foreign Ministers gathered at
Marseilles on 2008 also called for the creation of another Euro-Mediterranean University in Fes,
Morocco. At the Paris summit, the 43 Heads of State and Government agreed that the goal of this
project is to promote higher education and scientific research in the Mediterranean, as well as to
establish in the future a “Euro-Mediterranean Higher Education, Science and Research Area.”

THE AFRICAN UNION
This is the organization that follows The Union of African Unity. Founded in July 2002, the entity was
created after the E.U. model, having the promotion of democracy, human right and development of
Africa as goals, especially increasing the level of foreign investments trough The New Partnership for
Africa Development programme (NEPAD) .
Elected in 2004, The Pan African Parliament opened in March 2004, initially having its
headquarters in Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia. It is currently having its headquarters in Midland, South
Africa.
Initially, the Pan African Parliament only had a consultative role, but now it also has legislative
powers. It has 265 members that are also members of the national Parliament of the 53 African states.

The African Union has its own army (that has intervened as a peace force in the regional conflicts,
like the one in Darfur or the one in Somalia), a single Bank (The African Development Bank), a
Court of Justice (The African Court of Justice). The Union’s institutions are currently planning upon
issuing a unique currency named AFRO.
Several African leaders are sustaining the idea of creating out of the African Union a state federation
called The United States of Africa.
During a speech at Accra-Ghana in 2007, the president of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Robert
Mugabe stated that the African countries should help each other, instead of relying on the
international aids.
“If we don’t organize in putting our resources together, and we do have many resources, we will  never prosper, no matter the external help”,
One of the main supporters of the African union, the now deceased ex Libyan leader Muammar al-
Gaddafi along with Laurent Gbagbo, the president of Ivory Coast and Guillaume Soro, the Ivorian
prime minister, launched in 2007, during a meeting, a call for the African people to unite in one single
state and to put an end to civil wars, a call that was quoted by AFP.
“We have to build a strong state, with a single government, a single 2 million soldiers army, a  single currency, a single African identity, a single passport”, stated Ghaddafi in front in 5000  persons gathered in a hall in Abidjan.
The African leaders summit in Ghana ended only with the creation of a Committee mend to establish
a project and a calendar for the future Continental Union Government that should be established by
2015.
The idea dates back 50 years ago, as it has originally been issued by Kwame Nkrumak after the
gaining of Ghana’s independence.

THE UNION OF SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS
The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) formerly known as the South American Community Nations (until April 2007), is a political-economic regional organization, founded by 12 states from South America. It was created on the 8th of December 2004 in Cuzco, Peru, during the Third Meeting of the South American presidents.

The forming treaty of U.N.A.S.U.R. was signed on 23 of May 2008. It provides the creation of a unique currency, the creation of a central bank (the Bank of South) and of a South American Parliament in a new union capital, Quito, Ecuador. The former secretary general of The Andes Community, Allan Wagner Tizon, announced that the deadline for the integration process to be finalized is 2019.
The Union of South American Nations begun the integration plans by:
Constructing an access way between Brazil and Peru via Bolivia. As a result, Brazil will have access to the Pacific Ocean and Peru to Atlantic Ocean.
The construction begun in September 2005, being financed by Brazil 60% and Peru 40%.
Constructing The South American Energy Ring, a pipeline trough which Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Paraguay and Uruguay will receive natural Peruvian gas. The Proposal was approved and the
construction begun in 2006.
Constructing bi-national gas product, a project designed for the energetic integration of Columbia
and Venezuela. The construction begun in mid 2006. The beneficiary of the project will be PDVSA
The national oil company from Venezuela. This project will cost over 300,000,000 USD.
The South American nations will also form a single military alliance for the first time. This new institution of The Union of South American Nations, The Council of Defense, is designed as an integration dialog and defense cooperation mechanism for the 12 Union states. Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva insisted upon creating this institution after the conflict between Columbia and Ecuador. Among the objectives of this new military institutions will be the increasing of military cooperation; humanitarian missions and peace operation coordonance.

THE SLAVIC UNION
The Slavic Union (Rusia-Belarus State Union) is an interstate form of association that has been
established by 2 treaties: Russia — Belarus Treaty (signed in Minsk, on in April 1997) and The Slave
Union Treaty (signed in Moscow on 8th of December 1999). The component countries keep
their suveranity Serbia is also part of this structure since 1999 and its participation was confirmed in 2003 and 2006.
South Osetia and Adhazia are part of this Union, even though they aren’t well known countries at an
international level. Both states have adhered in 2008 — 2009. Among other candidates there are
Transnistria, Kazakhstan in 2010 and Kyrgyzstan.

THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL
This is an international organization that formed a commercial community counting 6 Arab states:
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. The state community hardly
receives any new members. Still, Yemen is expected to join the Arab community in 2016.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) consists of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. It is generally dominated by Saudi Arabia, which is the largest and most prominent member-state with the biggest oil reserves. As part of globalisation, the GCC is a form of economic integration on the Arab Peninsula. Since 1981 it has moved to a customs union with
joint-armed forces and there is now talk of a monetary union. The GCC being the heart of
capitalism in the Middle East, itself a huge investor in the global economy with a prominent place in global finance as well as the oil trade. All of these states have a tacit alliance with Israel. Gaddafi has
dubbed the council the “Gulf Uncooperative Council” as it recently sided with the US against
him. The GCC is actively involved in the exportation of oil from the rebel-controlled east of the country.
The GCC organised the recent summit in Qatar and has been supplying the Libyan rebels with arms.
US interests in the region rely on the ability of the GCC to repress opposition in countries like Bahrain.
With Saudi Arabia in the lead, the Peninsula Shield Force, the military wing of the GCC has intervened against the uprising in Bahrain with the supposed aim of protecting the country and it’s military infrastructure from “foreign interference”. Officially, the fear is that the Shi’ite population might be trying to establish an Islamic state in the Gulf modelled on Iran. Interestingly, the GCC was formed in an effort by these countries to insulate themselves from the conflict between Iran and Iraq. Though the GCC supported Saddam Hussein against Ayatollah Khomeini for fear of that the “Islamic Revolution” could spread. In such a scenario the precious oil fields could be threatened, as the people living on the land are predominantly Shi’ite Muslim. When Iraq attempted to annex Kuwait in 1990 the GCC immediately made moves to ostracise Iraq and went on to participate in the Persian Gulf War against Iraq.

THE SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is a political economic
organization that had in 1995, 7 Asian members: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal,
Maldives and Bhutan. Since 2007, at the 14th Organization Summit, Afghanistan became the
eighth member.

For the past 63 years – the life span of most countries of this region, South Asia has remained in
a state of tension. The eight SAARC countries* that make up this geopolitically sensitive region, where a
major chunk of the humanity lives, do not enjoy the kind of friendly and harmonious relationship with
each other, as one would have expected. This despite efforts of some well meaning leaders like
General Irshad, former Bangladeshi president, who tried to bring the people and the countries together
on a single platform of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation on the pattern of the
European Union to help develop the region into a major economic and political bloc.
The organization’s cohesion and its role in Asia are questioned by the military rivalry between India and Pakistan.
This conflict represents the cause for which an Asian Union is impossible to conceive in the area, in
spite of the existing dream regarding one big India. Still, the Trade Agreement came into force on the
1st of January 2006.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIA
This association known as ASEAN is a geopolitical and economic organization composed of ten
countries in South East Asia. It was originally formed in August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia,
Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

The Organization is supporting the economic development of the member countries and also their social development. ASEAN as an economic community is planned for creation in 2020 and is supposed to have some resemblance to the European Union, because it should have the three
fundamentals of freedom of movement between countries regarding goods, people and capital.
The single market should number over 530 million persons from the ten states: Malaysia, Indonesia,
Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar (Burma) and Cambodia.

THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION
The North American Union (NAU) is a proposed international government encompassing the nations
of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. It could be considered the North American analogue of the European Union. The blueprint for this governing body was laid out in a 2005 report entitled “Building a North American Community” published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), an American foreign policy think tank, with input from the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and the Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales.

The belief that a North American Union with a single currency known as the Amero was being planned and implemented in secret became widespread, so much so that the NAU was a topic of debate during the 2008 American presidential campaigns and the subject of various U.S. Congressional resolutions designed to thwart its implementation.
Prominent critics such as CNN’s Lou Dobbs and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul
denounced the concept, joined by left-wing nationalist groups in Canada, Internet blogs, and
widely viewed videos and films such as Zeitgeist”.
Jerome Corsi’s 2007 book “The Late Great USA: The Coming Merger with Mexico and Canada” also helped bring the NAU discussion into the mainstream. Others who dismiss these beliefs
maintain they are the latest example of a long line of erroneous conspiracy theories which suggest that the United States’ sovereignty is being eroded by a secret cabal of foreign and domestic players.

ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Development of the Asia Pacific Union has also begun in earnest. In December 2008, then
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd suggested that Asia and Pacific countries, including the
region’s heavyweights such as China, India and Japan, form a regional bloc similar to the European
Union.
“The key thing is to enhance security and regional co-operation, which at present is fragmented,”He argued that an “Asia-Pacific Community” could be founded by 2020 as a forum for tackling climate change and terrorism, as well as settling territorial conflicts, such as over Kashmir, the Taiwan Straits and the Korean peninsula. Furthermore, it could serve as a trade platform to help exploit the benefits of the looming economic power of the region, which he thinks will be “at the centre of global affairs” throughout this century. He says,
“Put simply, global economic and strategic weight is shifting to Asia,”
Before Rudd left office in 2010 he has experienced a number of challenges because of the fact that
many of the asian countries already belong to their own regional unions of which many do not facilitate close facilitate close integration with the U.S as Rudd has been pushing.
For now Australia has to be content with being a part of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
which is a far looser arrangement.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim countries (formally Member Economies) that seeks to promote free trade and economic cooperation throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Established in 1989 in response to the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacific economies and the
advent of regional economic blocs (such as the European Union) in other parts of the world, APEC
works to raise living standards and education levels through sustainable economic growth and to foster
a sense of community and an appreciation of shared interests among Asia-Pacific countries.
Members account for approximately 40% of the world’s population, approximately 54% of the
world’s gross domestic product and about 44% of world trade.
An annual APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting is attended by the heads of government of all APEC
members except the Republic of China (Taiwan), which is represented under the name Chinese
Taipei by a ministerial-level official.

THE CARRIBEAN COMMUNITY

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is an organisation of 15 Caribbean nations and
dependencies. CARICOM’s main purposes are to promote economic integration and cooperation
among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate
foreign policy.
Its major activities involve coordinating economic policies and development planning; devising and
instituting special projects for the less-developed countries within its jurisdiction; operating as a
regional single market for many of its members (Caricom Single Market); and handling regional
trade disputes. The secretariat headquarters is based in Georgetown, Guyana.

THE ARAB LEAGUE
The Arab league unlike all the previous unions is not so much a commercial union as one which is
supposed to be more a united political voice.

Founded in March 1945, the League of Arab States (or Arab League) is a loose confederation of twenty-two Arab nations, including Palestine, whose broad mission is to improve coordination among its members on matters of common interest while preserving the sovereignty of its individual states.
The League was chartered in response to concerns about postwar colonial divisions of territory as well as strong opposition to the emergence of a Jewish state in Palestine. But it has long been criticized for ineffectiveness, disunity, and poor governance.
Critics also say it has traditionally been more representative of its various autocratic regimes than of Arab citizens.
Unrest across the Arab world in 2011 and a push for Palestinian statehood at the UN have presented the Arab League with fresh tests of relevance. Some critics see positive developments in the League’s actions in Libya, where it supported a no-fly zone and the ouster of Muammar al-Qaddafi and in Syria, where it called for an end to the crackdown of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Shadi Hamid of the Brookings Institution says the Libya precedent shows the Arab League does have a role to play.
“Before that,” he adds, “No one was really sure what its raison d’être was. Now there is a need for a
collective body to address the various changes that are going on the in the region.”
Still others say the
League’s actions represent little more than a gesture of public appeasement.

CONCLUSION
A continental union is an inter-governmental, supranational, or a federation of member states located in the same continent, or close to it. Continental unions are a relatively new type of political entity in
the history of human government. Throughout most of human history, political organization has been at the local level (i.e. tribal, city state) and in more recent centuries, the sub-regional (“regional”)/subcontinental level, however, starting with the advent of better transportation, weapons and communication there was for the first time the ability for a union of member states to organize at the continental level.
After the devastation of the first and second world wars in the middle of the 1900s Europe slowly
evolved from its founding as the “Coal and Steel Community” to become a political union covering
much of the European Continent (27 member states as of 2011. Seeking to follow in the foot steps of
the European Union, in 2002 and 2008 the African Union and Union of South American Nations
respectively, set down similar blueprints for integration into political and economic unions at the
continental level.
Other unions as we have seen are purely economic unions only or political unions only however the
concept of regionalization is something which we see at the heart of the Club of Rome model
because through regionalization it is much more easier to pull all countries into a one world
government where nations have given up all or parts of their sovereignty allowing the unions
collective choice to represent all member nations of the union.
And what if a member nations decides to resist going along with the rest of the union. They then
face significant economic disadvantages in terms of free trade and all the commercial benefits that come as part of the economic union with local countries.
The new world order economic system is clearly designed to capture all. [Emphasis added]

THE PROPHETICAL MEANING OF TEN

The Daniel 7:23-25, “He gave me this explanation: ‘The fourth beast  is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from  all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it  down and crushing it. The ten horns are ten kings who will come
from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from  the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. He will speak against  the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set  times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time,
times and half a time.”

The “ten horns” are explained in Daniel 7:23-25 and Revelation 17:12 to be ten kings, and the whole vision is of the last form of Gentile world-power, a confederated ten-kingdom empire, most likely covering the whole Earth. Now, it’s interesting to note, that on the year 1972, the Club of Rome proposed a plan to divide the whole world into 10 Regions. Could these 10 regions be the 10 Horns of the Bible? Now, the question arises is that who will
control these regions? Scholars have suggested that the Anti-Christ (Little Horn) would be in control of such regions. But what does the word of God say? Daniel 7:8, “While I was thinking about the horns, there  before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were  uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully.” Noticed that this ‘little horn’ is a man, and a very proud one. Therefore, could this man have total control of the whole world?
Furthermore, this proposed 10 regions will be divided into countries, or members belonging to their
particular regions. Below, you will find a comparison regarding the proposed 10 regions, and the current unions and proposed union for both political and economic union:

If we were to compare the first map with the newly born Communities (Unions) in the second map, we could find some discrepancies. Nevertheless, the discrepancies aren’t crucial. For example, the coming NAU (North American Union), which is theorized to be implemented in the next five years, started back in the days of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) back in the 90′s, and now the government calls it the SPP (Security Prosperity Partnership), you can see that Mexico is not included in Fig.1, but it’s included in the proposed NAU. The reasons for such discrepancies could be due to the fact, that Fig.1 is a Map that goes back to the Cold War area, and lots of barriers were set in place: Example (Western Europe, Eastern Europe, South Africa). But now, that communism fell in the Soviet Union, the apartheid is over, well it’s full steam ahead for the kingdoms. Moreover, what does the word of God say about such Unions (Kingdoms)?
In Daniel 7:20-22, it speaks of a ‘little horn‘ coming out of the 10 Horns, who will speak boastfully against the Most High God. Moreover, some theologians have stated this ‘little horn’ signifies the Anti-Christ, who will wage war against the Saints. In fact, he was defeating the Saints, until the Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgement in favor of the saints on the Most High God, and thus the saints possessed the everlasting kingdom.
Moreover, in Daniel 7:26,“But the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and completely destroyed  forever. Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be  handed over to the saints, the people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all  rulers will worship and obey him.”
As you can see God will conquered all the kingdoms (10 Horns) under the earth. The question arises, how will God accomplished this? Well, it will not be through peaceful means, but through war. In Revelation 19:11-21, it depicts our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, coming down from heaven with his heavenly Army to wage war against the Beast and his Kingdoms. It states the following: Revelation 19:11-21,“I saw heaven  standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice  he judges and makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a  name written on him that no one knows but he himself. 13He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his  name is the Word of God.
The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine  linen, white and clean. Out of his mouth
comes a sharp sword with which to strike  down the nations.He will rule them with  an iron scepter’.” He treads the winepress  of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
On his robe and on his thigh he has this  name written:

KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all  the birds flying in midair, ‘Come, gather together for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and mighty men, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great.’ Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and his army. But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had  performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received  the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of  burning sulfur. The rest of them were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the rider on the  horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.”
As you can see from the above passage, our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, will come to defeat the Armies of earth in a final conflict, called the Battle of Armageddon. Therefore, the kingdom of God will be established on Earth, as we can see from Daniel 2:44-45,
In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.”
Therefore, the kingdom of God will be an everlasting one, that will never end”. Noticed that it states, in the times of those kings, we are living in such times. The 10 regions are awakening and yet few people realize it. This verse also speaks of a rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands. This ‘Rock’ is our Lord Jesus Christ, cut out of a mountain (God’s Kingdom), but not by human hands (Holy Spirit). Thus, this mountain will fill the whole Earth.

THE NEW WORLD ORDER WILL FAIL!

In previous editions we have seen how man’s attempt to create a global government will be essentially a demonic influenced attempt to establish a New World Order in which the Middle East will become a
significant focal point. There are various schools of thought with some believing that a rebuilt Babylon in Iraq will become the centre of an International United Nations initiative whilst others believe that with the rebuilding of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem that Jerusalem will become the capital of the New World Order.
However the key to understanding Armageddon is that as this New World Order is formed that not all
world regions will fully embrace it. This is one of the reasons why it is important to understand that when we speak of a New World Order we are referring to a political vision which historically rests on the aims and aspirations of the Bavarian Illumunati, ancient families of nobility that were positioned within Britain and mainland Europe who also then infiltrated the United States under the leadership of Albert Pike to ensure the United States also came under the control of powerful Masonic influences during the nineteenth century.
Whilst the Illuminati since the eighteenth century used the vehicle of freemasonry to extend it global
positioning outside of Europe and the United States, the truth remains that the end time vision of the global elite today is one which clearly favours the historical and geographical dominance of world power within networks that are more easily controlled by the Masonic families of power. This is why many prophecy scholars understand the importance of a United States of Europe in bible prophecy with some believing that the vision of the great image in Daniel 2 confirms a refocusing of world power within Europe before the second coming of Christ, hence continual focus on the growing power of the European Union and Mediterranean Union.
However, when it comes to the Islamic world where Islam has a deep hatred and mistrust of freemasonry (Islam clearly associates freemasonry/illuminati as “political Zionism”, a Western attempt to control the world and middle East using Israel as the key) and nations of the far east such as China, North Korea, Thailand whose political and historical ideologies are far different to the west, it should become obvious that trying to create a peaceful world government is filled with significant challenges when trying to pull in nations that have long resented the western world and its political ideals.
Evidence of this conflict of political ideology is one of the reasons why in October 2009 many of the
countries of the Middle East, South America and the Far East began discussions about setting up their
own international currency to compete against the USD as the dominant international currency. On
Tuesday 6th October 2009 a report was published in the UK Independent, confirming that the Arab
States, Russia and China had launched secret moves to stop using US currency for oil trading.
“In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning along with
China, Russia, Japan and France to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies
including the Japanese Yen, Chinese Yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations
in the Gulf Co-operation Council including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar.”
The United States was not party to these discussions in Hong Kong which also influenced Brazil and India to also voice their support for trading in non dollar oil payments. Ever since the Bretton Woods agreements - the accords after World War II which created the financial architecture for the world economy, the United States has dominated the global economy with the US dollar as the global reserve currency. It is now observable that with the global financial collapse of 2008 still being referred to an Anglo Saxon disaster in which Britain and the United States are seen as the culprits has renewed the focus of the emerging markets to seize control of world financial influence.
Once we understand this global dynamic between different world regions it makes it easier understanding why the bible clearly defines four major regional powers at the time of the fulfillment of the New World Order in which three of the regional powers will rebel and facilitate a series of actions that will lead to a major war which the bible terms the “Battle of Armageddon”

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT MATERIAL
Anti federalist groups, civil liberty groups, patriot groups and religious groups are
well aware of the migration to a one world government which will not only strip
countries of their own decision making ability but also drill down to the removal of
personal liberty and freedoms for the population.

Many new age movement advocates talk about the need for bloodshed to bring to
plan the one world government system and this is where the concept of Martial Law
becomes evident. Martial law is the concept used to crush rebellion by the people.
Source: http://www.globalreport2010.com/globalwatch16dec11.pdf


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