The Tower of Babel
By Dutch painter Pieter Bruegel (1525-1569)
THE NEW
WORLD ORDER
AND THE
END-TIME
SAINTS.

A study by Gavin Finley MD
endtimepilgrim.org


THE NEW WORLD ORDER IS PROPHESIED
TO UNFOLD DURING THE COMING 70TH
WEEK OF DANIEL, THOSE CLIMACTIC
FINAL SEVEN YEARS OF THIS AGE.

The proof of the coming of a New World Order will not be attempted in this article. It has already been abundantly documented in a plethora of holy, religious, nationalistic, and secular sources’. The coming of the New World Order was announced by President George Bush Sr. He heralded the coming New World Order twice in this speech he gave during the Desert Storm campaign in in March of 1991. Broadband users may view it on this short YouTube Video.

A host of prominent and powerful people have been backing and working towards the establishment of this New World Order, and a for a long time. President Clinton's mentor, Professor Carrol Quigley, has been another who has proclaimed the coming of a New World Order. Indeed he has come right out in the open with details of the plan and how it will be brought into being. Professor Quigley has written a book in which he tells us all about it. The title of the book is, "Tragedy and Hope". It was published back in 1975. So we are bound to conclude that the coming New World Order, just like End Time Bible Prophecy, is very much an open secret.

So why are people not more aware of the coming New World Order if all sorts of information about its planning and its prominence in the unfolding of world history is sitting right there in front of us? Well, it is just that people are busy. We are preoccupied pursuing our own personal happiness. Events of great consequence are quietly unfolding on the world scene around us. But like the proverbial frog in the pan of water being slowly heated up we are not noticing the slow unfolding of new realities. Many of us have a Pollyanna mindset, believing that people who set the agenda really mean well and have the best of intentions and that "everything is beautiful in its own way". Most Christians are not paying attention and tend to say, "whatever will be, will be". Many younger evangelicals nowadays have been programmed in school and in the popular culture to be relativists. We are as lukewarm Laodiceans in our attitude to Bible prophecy. We do not read the Holy Scriptures or walk in devotion in submission to God. So we are as sheep, subject to peer pressure, and going with the crowd. We engage in "groupspeak" and take our guidance from gurus who are careful to please the masses. Not surprisingly the agenda is set for the lowest common denominator among the masses and this is not always good. The Hegelian dialectic in America, as well as the rest of the West, is an agreeable mixture of secular humanism and religious humanism. This is the spirit and the ideology that pushes the people as a group from one crisis of judgment to another, all the while carefully avoiding the main issue. And what is that main issue? It is God's call to His people to return to Him personally and nationally.

So "we the people", the civilization that was once known as "Western Christendom" are being "overcome by events". We are scarcely aware that in forgetting our God we are being manipulated and pushed down the low road. In slow subtle Fabian fashion we are being enticed into a deeper collusion with the unseen realms of darkness. So the enemy is not advancing upon our national sovereignty and slowly dismantling our freedoms because of the spirits of darkness "out there" but because of spiritual lassitude "sin within the camp". The West is as Sleeping Beauty and the poisoned apple of godless selfism is still in her mouth as she slumbers on. The world says, "Shhhh". Leave her be." And so the conspiracy of silence spawned by the fathers goes on. It is right in there with the greatest sins of all, the sins of omission. The wise ones in the jostled and hassled crowds are beginning to stir and to wake up to all this. Many Bible believing Christians are beginning to get a bit disturbed and concerned. They are beginning to wonder why there is no word about what is going on from the watchmen at the gates. They are also beginning to recognize that the enemy is not "out there" as they have been led to believe. The darkness of that goes along with a grievous spiritual disconnect is nestled within their own hearts. As Pogo said.

"We have found the enemy.
    And he is us!"
So the people of the West are as sheep without a shepherd. They engage in "groupspeak" fostered by a massaging media which operates based upon a craven faith and dependence on the continuance of the status quo. As Hitler knew, masses of people are easily manipulated by the repetition of disinformation purportedly coming from "authorities". And so in the absence of anything better the people are inclined to accept a low grade man-centered consensus from among their own voices. The voices of our own humanistic media are as the bleating of sheep echoing back and forth in the valley of decision. There is no true and genuine prophetic Biblical voice coming from outside of this humanistic politico-religious matrix. So the semi-committed people in Christendom are not given a "heads up". They are ill-informed about what is to come and how they as Christian believers are being called by God to respond to these events.

And so in their histories and circumstances the people of Western Christendom are "OBE". They continue to be "overcome by events". They do not look to anyone greater than themselves or their peers. Nor do they get on their knees and seek the face of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who is YHVH-God Almighty, the Sovereign Ruler over all Creation. The Book of revelation is a divine court case with the Ancient of Days presiding. The Holy One of Israel is overseeing the unfolding of holy history. And He will do so right up until the climax of this age.

The media establishments of this world are of little help here. They talk round and around the main issue but never seem to come to the main point. And why not? Because the central problem we have is a spiritual one. It is related to our turning away from the God of Israel. Bringing this matter up into the discussion is "politically incorrect". And why? Because it might offend the pagans and others in this "pluralistic" all-inclusive society that Western Christendom is gradually being pushed into. And here is that main issue. Our God is not the God of the Gnostic Deists or the Isamists. He is the God who is righteous and holy. And He can be known personally. He is "the God is there". He is alive and well. And at the close of this age He is coming back to this earth. And when He does so He will set things straight!

But right now He is calling us, wooing us, back to Him.
Here is what He told us many years ago.

"If my people, who are called by my Name,
will humble themselves and pray
and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways,
then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin
and will heal their land."
2Chronicles 7:14
The talking heads from the left and from the right drone on, seeking to moderate the discussion for the sake of "peace". Religious leaders go along with the groupspeak. They carefully direct the Hegelian dialectic into the well worn channels where important and germane spiritual matters are avoided and not addressed.

But there is good information to be found in the prophetic Word of God as laid out in the Bible. Above all, there is a God who is closer than a brother, and a very present help in time of trouble. The Holy Scriptures, brought to us at great cost in lives, is now readily accessible to all. The people of Western Christendom can open their Bibles and seek the face of God in repentance and in prayer. They can be still and allow God to tell them some things through the pages of His Holy Message. When they come to know God in a personal way and when they commit themselves to the Way of the cross they will receive "clearance" for Kingdom Intelligence in these matters. A clear view of what is really happening will then emerge for them. As usual, it is based upon a Biblical world view. Only then will they understand why these things are happening in the nations of the West and what their proper role in all this is going to be.

But here is the unfortunate truth. Christian believers have been told by their religious leaders that Bible Prophecy is "negative" or "too confusing" or even 'none of your business!' And nominal Christians are not looking to the Bible for answers. They consider themselves too sophisticated for that. They are usually satisfied with a scant humanistic evaluation of current events with a few novel twists here and there as presented by their media favorites or their religious champions. Sadly, Christians today are not inclined to look up to heaven and to ask God for His assessment on these critically important issues. Nor do they ask what God is doing with them in all this unfolding history and how He is calling them to respond to all this.

So the people of God, who are meant to be His agents and should be acting as His witnesses for Him, are asleep at the switch and indolent in the Covenant. Without the Bible Christians are as travelers without a chart. If things do not change and the godlessness continues the people of the West will soon become like the manipulated frenzied masses we saw in the French Revolution. They will be lost, as sheep without a Shepherd. If they continue to be mislead by political princes and a host of money making hirelings and false shepherds they will not get the good solid information to understand what is really happening now. Nor will they be getting a "heads up" on what is going to be coming in their future. Because of this spiritual blindsiding many who today call themselves Christians will fall away from the faith in the coming Great Apostasy that will unfold in the 70th Week of Daniel, the final seven years of this age. In the Book of Proverbs chapter 1 we discover that Wisdom, is as a woman crying out in the street and at the city gates. She says,

"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?"
But very few are listening or giving her heed.

The consequences of this apostasy from "the God who is there" are severe. Allowing themselves to remain willingly ignorant the crowds continue on down the broadway. It is the pathway that leads to destruction. And so in their histories the people of the West stumble from one crisis to the next. Their pragmatic political and religious decisions and their compromising resolutions to problems are getting more and more profane and twisted. Humanistic wizards behind the scenes monitor events and direct the conversation and the decision-making as the world churns. They seek to manipulate the Hegelian dialectic and thereby direct and regulate the information process along the lines they want it to go. The "man behind the curtain", like the Wizard of Oz, is aware of what is happening in the world. But his radar screen just gives him a low angle of view. It cannot show him what is going on in heaven. And so the present Western colossus of social engineering, greatly aided by online digitized information, is being built. It is now rising up like Nimrod's Tower of Babel did on the plains of Shinar. Unseen hands at the flat top of the pyramid await the Antichrist. He will cap it all off as He must do. Christ has already come as Emmanuel, God in the flesh. The gnostic powers hate that. They hate any thought of His second coming even more. And they have their humanistic answer to God coming down Jacob's ladder and into their cosmos of Nature with a capital "N". And they will eventually present their man to be deified. After all, the powers of darkness must have their god-man too. Humanistic leadership pulls the levers at the tops of the hierarchies according to a man-centered agenda. The principalities and powers, angelic and human, cunningly put their own spin on the news. They then serve it up the huddled waiting spiritually ignorant masses who generally receive the information as it was presented to them. Without God there is no other option.

This is our current situation. The people of the West are in the passing parade, presently a mixed group of "saints and strangers". The covenant people of the God of Israel, find themselves being herded along with all the others. In most cases the Judeo-Christian people are indistinguishable from the pagan masses. Most of them have forgotten the covenant and are going to need to be reminded of this in their histories. They are not seeking the face of God right now. And so they wander upon the mountains and nations as sheep without a shepherd. They find themselves being pushed by events, many of which have come out of their own compromises. And so they stumble down the mountain towards that eventual prophesied crisis in the valley of decision. Western Christendom along with Israel's Jewish House of Judah have for the most part forgotten their Messiah. They have left the Ancient Paths. Like Gomer, the wayward wife of Hosea, they have forgotten their true Husband. They keep chasing and choosing other politico-religious messiahs. Christians of the West are no longer identified with Christ the Head and our Jewish brethren are not considering the coming of their Messiah. And so that is why they are now the tail wagging the dog. Their own neglect of true and faithful Blood Covenant Faith is setting them on an inexorable course toward a New World Order.

For Christian Pilgrims this time of trial and transition is to be expected. It has been written about extensively in Holy Scripture. They know that the end of this age will come with the long awaited return of Messiah. But this crisis of change, no matter how severe, is not the end of the world. It is the end of the "eon". The Greek word "eon" means "age", and not "world". So we are being informed about the end of the age. We are not looking at the end of the world and the destruction of the planet at all. Although that will happen if Messiah does not intervene to "destroy those who would destroy the earth". The Apocalypse is a revelation, an unfolding of a great mystery, even the unveiling of Messiah. Jesus/Yeshua laid this out clearly in the Olivet Discourse. One of the reasons Messiah comes, (and in a nick of time), is to shorten and terminate the time of trial and tribulation. He comes to save His people and His creation from the end-time humanistic Utopian global government and its false messiah. He comes to save His Holy People and His Holy City and this world from the Luciferian humanism that will actually bring this world to the brink of total and absolute nuclear and ecological disaster. See Matthew 24:22.

So this end-time drama is supposed to happen. It has to happen. It is prophesied to happen. Christian Dominionists and other Utopians who fancy themselves on a cakewalk to world dominion in the current compromised Church will have a rude awakening one day. The God of Israel is the Ancient of Days. He sits in the heavens. He is "the One". He is presiding over events here below.

God is not surprised nor perturbed about this final contest at all. In fact He is amused by it. And, very importantly, He has His agenda to fulfill in it.

The broad masses are deliberately being kept in the dark about the coming New World Order.
Perhaps this is for the best. Why give the crowds information if they are going to rise up and cause bloody mayhem? Was it not the anti-Christian crowds, 'the people of the prince who is to come' who destroyed the Hebrew Temple against the direct and explicit orders of Titus and the other two Roman generals? Carnal Christians are wont to live on the carnal side of their nature and to act out accordingly when things don't turn out the way they like it. But for Biblical Christians the New World Order will come as no surprise. And they will be prepared for it. Like the wise virgins they will have made it a priority to prepare themselves in God. Their extra resources outside of themselves will come in the Holy Scriptures and and with the Presence of God by His Holy Spirit. And they will have with them the extra cruse of oil for their lamps against the coming night.

Of course the saints of the God of Israel have been aware of the coming of this end-time world government for some time. They have known about it for at least 2500 years. Moses warned the children of Israel that they would depart from the devotion to YHVH-God and compromise themselves. And he said that in the latter days they would enter into Tribulation as a consequence to this. The prophet Daniel has given us accurate details of the ten horned beast rising up from the sea of nations at the end of the age. (Dan.7 - 12) John the Beloved saw the same ten horned beast. He picks up the very same story giving additional details in Revelation ch. 13. Jesus Himself gave His disciples some inside information on this in the Olivet Discourse.

So what do we know so far? Most evangelicals in America have been taught, (and have been led to believe), that the New World Order will arise out of Europe. They have been paying particular attention to the EEC and counting the member nations as they join. But that interpretation is now beginning to wear a bit thin. The number of member nations in the EEC has now gone way beyond ten. It is now over twenty.

Let us get down to basics. A horn in Biblical symbolism represents a power. So another interpretation that fits the prophecy of the ten horns or ten powers may be worthy of consideration here. There exists across the world at the present time a number of global banking regions. In a future time these could very easily turn out to be ten global economic and political regions. So the ten horns the prophet Daniel and the Apostle John both saw may represent ten future geo-political zones of influence into which the planet has been divided. These have also been called bio-regions.

The ten crowns upon these horns that John saw add a further perspective on this. In one vision the crowns are there. In another, (the vision of the beast when the harlot is riding), there are no crowns on the horns. The crowns may represent ten sovereign leaderships or the "ten kings" who arise later. These "ten kings" the prophet Daniel is told about in Daniel 2 would be rulers who have not yet appeared upon the stage of history. Apparently these ten regional world leaders will eventually get sovereignty, indicated by the ten crowns or diadems. Then they will preside over these ten global areas under the auspices of the 666 Antichrist.

These ten political regions may have been named and marked out on a map. But the people who actually live in those areas may not be aware of these new emerging economic geographic divisions. Still fewer realize that theses ten global bio-regions will become ten future geo-political realities. The new borders and regions are strange to us. They are not the countries and borders we recognize today. The citizens living in those areas are still largely in the dark about their future significance. But they are looking at the future United States of the World.

Of course this sort of awakening to newly sovereign regions and new borders has happened before. The individual members colonies of the 13 original colonies who came to the New World were living in the English colonies. It was a New World, and they did not know for sure what would happen. They had no idea that unfolding history would see them unite into a new nation, the United States of America. Some wrenching adjustments had to be made to make this happen. But with the concerted action of 5-10% of the citizenry the unification occurred. Will this political evolution in the New World continue on into a New World Order?

Unification of member states into larger political entities have occurred in history many times before. Garibaldi united the Duchies of Italy. Frederick the Great united Germany. Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans united England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland into Great Britain. This unification of Great Britain was in progress even as the Puritans and the Pilgrims sailed for America. The idea of the 13 English colonies becoming united into a new sovereign nation was something that had not even entered the minds of most of the citizens living at the time. But that didn't matter. It happened anyway. Some didn't even realize what was happening until after the nation had been born. Like Rip Van Winkle, they "slept through the revolution".

A SECRET NEW WORLD ORDER MAP

In some cases the global bio-regions have actually have been named and marked out. The people living in the new borders are beginning to vaguely realize that their borders are becoming porous. In spite of nationalistic protests the old boundaries are beginning to fade away. One case in point is NAFTA. People in the U.S.A. are becoming aware of this new reality. But NAFTA was laid out at least as far back as World War 2. See the secret New World Order map below.

The NEW WORLD ORDER MAP of TEN FUTURE (?EMERGING) GLOBAL 
BIO-REGIONS
Click on the image above to go to a bigger verion of this map.

The map above was on a website associated with the Pennsylvania Crier newspaper. It had some accompanying articles with some very telling information about the New World Order. The map has in interesting story associated with it. It was discovered in the window of a store during World War 2 by a certain named individual. He recognized its significance and purchased a number of copies. This colorful map, which was made in 1942, was up on a website for a number of years. Recently the author noticed that it was no longer there. Some Google searching revealed that it had disappeared off the Internet.

THE EMERGING GLOBAL REALITY
FOR GOOD AND FOR EVIL
AND A SLEEPING WESTERN CHURCH.

This world map is astounding. Quite clearly humanistic globalist elites have been busy. They have been thinking about a New World Order and mapping out new political realities for the world for a long time. This New World Order map was created over 68 years ago before the United States even entered World War 2. The ensuing world upheaval would establish the United States as the new superpower. We might call it the Pax Americana. Many Americans still do not realize that their country has this critically important international role. Some global power must keep the peace and ensure that goods cross borders to ensure that peace. They must see to it that the earth, as God's creation, is protected against a nuclear holocaust and that the earth and seas are husbanded responsibly.

Citizens in the west are fed bread by Mammon and circus by the media. Most Christians are preoccupied with parochial ecclesiastic issues of the corner church. They are not aware of the wider global reality of which they are to become a vital player. They are beholden to their secular princes who enforce the status quo. Christians for the most part are nationalists first and Christians second. They do not realize that they are part of a global company of people and have been since Pentecost 2,000 years ago. Nor do born-again Christians understand that they have two passports. The second passport came to them when they were baptised into Christ. The are now in the Commonwealth of Israel and a citizen in the Kingdom of God. Ah yes, here we have another emerging political reality.

AN EMERGING NEW WORLD ORDER CRAFTED BY MEN.
AND AN EMERGING COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL DECREED BY GOD,
EVEN THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB.

Christians who know Christ and have come into blood covenant with Him now possess dual citizenship. This has been set forth in Holy Scripture. They need take good care to preserve that second passport. They will need it in some future time for their ongoing pilgrim travels beyond their present national encampment.

For born-again Christians their identity in the Commonwealth of Israel should not be hidden information. It should be be basic knowledge. Christ is the promised the Seed of Abraham. When they are born again He comes inside them, making them new creatures. This new identity in Christ supercedes their racial or national identity. So when that happens these new Christian believers are no longer Gentiles, (or heathen). (See Galations 3:29) Our Apostle Paul clearly states that they now belong to the Commonwealth of Israel. (See Ephesians 2:12-13.)


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But Sleeping Beauty is resting at ease,
Dreaming about her "best life now".
The poisoned apple is still in her mouth
And her lips confess her fantasy.

I AM, she says, a "little God".
Even as I AM right now,
I will see no sorrow, I will name and claim!
See I have His ring of authority!

But where is the Bridegroom she has left behind?
His memory fades as she turns down the Light.
And why did she leave the ancient paths
To become a runaway bride?

She drifts down the river, asleep in her boat
On her sad dark journey to Camelot
A cold chill begins to grip her heart
The Lady of Shalott.

From Olympus to Camelot to the plasma screen
Her earthy dreams remain the same.
Sex and violence at the windows of her heart
As Lancelot rides on by.

The die is cast and written in stone
And upon the tablets of her heart.
A prince will come and with a kiss
Awaken her to things not seen.

But who will she love, which prince will she choose?
The Prince of Peace or the prince of darkness.
Whom will she seek and follow?
And who will bring her true love?

Wayward Gomer will make her "choice"
A final affair? Or a final decision?
The prince of evil is already in the house.
But Someone is knocking at the door.

The Book of Revelation can be read as a story of two women. John saw the Woman of Wonder in Revelation chapter 12. And he saw the earlier Harlot in Revelation 17. John was absolutely amazed and astounded by what he saw.

How does ecumenical church history end? John saw the harlot riding the beast. And he saw her fiery destruction. (See Revelation 17) But the Apocalyptic crucible will bring forth the gold. And the the woman of wonder will emerge.

The faithful remnant Church will cry out to God in their travail. And the ensuing End Time Revival will see the faithful remnant emerge. The birth of the man-child, even as Jacob's final son Benjamin, "Son of My right hand" will bring in the final witness of the Church. It is against this future certainty that the nations are raging. The climactic blood covenant witness of the Bride will break through all the covering conspiracies. And our Messiah will return to change history and establish His Millennial rule upon earth for a thousand years and beyond. King David wrote a song about this epic final drama. We can read it in Psalm 2.

TEN TOES ON THE IMAGE OF DANIEL 2.
TEN HORNS ON THE BEAST OF DANIEL 7 AND REVELATION 13.
TEN FUTURE GLOBAL BIO-REGIONS FOR A NEW WORLD ORDER.

So the ten future global powers and their eventual leaders have not yet emerged into history. (Dan 7) But they most certainly will. Daniel said that these ten powers would rise up in the latter days of this age. Eventually they would be ruled over by one man, a certain "prince". (See Dan.9:24-27)

The ten horns also relate to the ten toes on the image Nebuchadnezzar saw. The image was struck and destroyed by the smiting stone. This was Nebuchadnezzar's dream which his preconscious mind refused to acknowledge. The emotional impact of the king's dream was enormous but content of the dream was hidden from him. Quite understandably it was his worst nightmare. The prophet Daniel, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, retrieved the deleted dream. Then he interpreted it for the king. (See Daniel chapter 2)

John the Apostle saw the very same ten horned beast that Daniel saw. He saw it in two separate visions. The ten horned beast apparently operates in two different time frames. In Revelation 17 John saw the ten horned beast being ridden by a harlot. This would appear to be in the earlier half of the 70th Week of Daniel.

In Revelation 13 John saw the ten-horned beast come up out of the sea, representing an emergence of a political entity from out of the nations. There is no mention at all of a riding ruling harlot in this vision. At this stage John is seeing the beast alone and with the ten horns now crowned with ten diadems. The crowns represent sovereignty. So as John saw the beast in Revelation 13 the ten horns have the sovereignty. They have the power of rule. The harlot is not featured here in this vision. So at this time we may conclude that she is no longer holding the reins of political power. In Revelation 13 John is seeing the ten horned beast in the very same time period that Daniel saw it in Daniel 7. The harlot is no longer in the picture. This would be during the second half of the 70th week.

The ten horned beast in the later view has ten diadems. From what the Holy Scriptures tell us about the character of the Harlot we know that she would not have relinquished power by her own choice. He "choice" has always been to please herself. So we may consider it most probable that the rising beast with the ten horns has thrown off the harlot. These ten horns crowned with ten diadems would therefore represent rulers who exercise sovereign power in their own right and in their own respective geo-political area.

Revelation 13 describes the beast when he is no longer under harlot moderation or control. When John sees him in Revelation 13 and when Daniel sees him in Daniel 7 the thing is truly fearsome. Midway through the seven years the Antichrist rises up to commit the Abomination of Desolation. After that outrage he is no longer the peacemaking "Mr. Nice-guy". Now the Kraken wakes and the Antichrist has changed. He is now a man possessed. The Antichrist has been taken over by the beast-demon from the bottomless pit/Abyss. (Rev.17:8) He is now revealed as the Beast of 666 and the Great Tribulation.

The character change here is striking. Both Daniel (Dan.7) and John (Rev.13) saw the beast heading up this global system. Daniel tells of him behaving in an abominable and unprecedented way. He is given power for the space of three and a half (Biblical 360 day) years (Dan.7:25) or 42 (Biblical 30 day) months (Rev.13:5. Both Daniel and John saw him blaspheming God, persecuting the saints, and winning politically and militarily over those who come against him. (Dan.7:11&25, Rev.13:5-7)

Since the time given in Revelation 13 is 42 months we are bound to conclude that the 666 Beast we see here is in a 3.5 year time frame which follows after the midweek "abomination of desolation". (Dan.9:27) We are looking here at the ten horned beast during the 666 system. This is the second half of the 70th week. This of course matches up with the period of the Great Tribulation Jesus spoke about in the Olivet Discourse. (Mat.24:15-21) This coincides as well with the 1260 day trampling of Jerusalem by the Gentiles (Rev.11:2) along with the flight of the woman and the Bozrah exile involving the covenant people of God. The prophet Micah gives a further perspective on this in Micah 2:12-13.

The raging of nations against the coming of Messiah is a key to our understanding of what is happening in the end-time drama. It also gives us an insight into the outrageous genocidal acts against Jews and Biblical Christians seen in medieval and modern history. Biblically speaking "the nations" are the heathen. Humanistic mankind, whether they be secular humanists or religious humanists, have one thing in common. Both of them are subject to dark spirits that are anti-Messianic or anti-Christian. Humanists do not like the idea of the Second Coming of Christ as Messiah one bit! In most cases they are deceived and quite unaware of how they are being used. The spirits pulling their strings are not deceived. They know full well what they are doing. They are out to block the Biblical message, stop the 5th seal end time witness of the saints, and stop Messiah from returning.

Of course they will fail. This raging of nations against the coming rule of Messiah is in vain. It is a futile exercise. King David wrote a song about this end-time conspiracy against the Second Coming of Messiah way back in about 1,000 B.C. It is sitting there in Psalm 2. There is a campaign of disinformation and force against the coming Messiah. But in this song of David the God of Israel does not seem too concerned about this at all. In fact He is laughing.

But history must unfold and the chronicles of God's people written. There will be compromises and sovereignty give-aways. The final world system will rise up, supposedly to try and deal with this political turmoil. Strange to say, it will be during this time of chaos that the beast, under a covering harlot religious system, will sneak in and come to assume enormous powers. Apparently he will be quite an impressive and persuasive orator when he comes on the scene. He will be a credible crisis manager on a global scale. He will pull strings and get things done by treaty in the key places of conflict in the world, not least of which is Israel and Jerusalem.

This sounds impossible to us right now. But in a time of crisis crisis managers rise up. They take the media, declare an "emergency", and proceed to rule dictatorially. This is what Oliver Cromwell, the Puritan leader did in England. After the defeat and beheading of the King Parliamentary rule continued. But it was lacking a visible executive leadership. Eventually Parliamentary rule compromised itself and collapsed into near anarchy. Into this crisis stepped Oliver Cromwell. It was a crisis. And he was a crisis manager. Thus he became the Puritan dictator of England. See the articles on the Anglo-American Puritans.

Typically political crisis managers, (given the necessary crisis), are given enormous political power to "set things right". This is why German leader Hindenburg gave the chancellorship to Adolf Hitler back in the early 1930's. There were riots between communists and fascists. Someone had to "take charge". Often, as was the case with Hitler, these pretenders just end up seizing the power themselves anyway.

The Biblical prophecy in Daniel 9:27 is clear. All the powers of the world will give this man significant and telling sovereignty over their own realms. They will do this by treaty or covenant. The deal will be for a period of seven years. - Dan.9:27

From what the prophet Daniel tells us the New World Order will emerge initially as a peacemaking entity. Supposedly it will be attempting to ensure peace and security on earth. An epic peace treaty with Israel will be in the works. The deal will call for Israel to give up her sovereignty to some or all of the Holy Land. The Holy City of Jerusalem may be there in the deal as well. The covenant will be time limited to 7 years.

At the midpoint of the agreed on seven years the character of the New World Order and its leader will change. - Dan.9:27b The false messiah or peacemaking Antichrist, will then assume a new more beastly and malignant identity. This will be a case of "no more Mr. Nice guy". At that time, the midpoint of the seven years, the New World Order will become tyrannical. - Dan.9:27 At the midpoint of the 7 years the NWO will come under under direct Luciferian 666 rule. By that time the raging of nations will be well underway. - Psalm 2 John the beloved saw the flight of the woman during this very same time period. See Revelation Chapter 12.

THE END TIME DRAMA IS A STORY OF TWO WOMEN.
ONE IS THE WOMAN OF WONDER JOHN SAW IN REV. 12.
THE OTHER IS THE HARLOT HE SAW IN REV. 17 & 18.
THE 70TH WEEK IS USHERED IN BY THIS HARLOT.
SHE RIDES THE BEAST FOR THE FIRST 3.5 YEARS
UNTIL THE MID-WEEK ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
BRINGS IN THE BEAST OF 666, THE TRAMPLING OF
JERUSALEM AND THE THE GREAT TRIBULATION.


John sees a vision of the harlot church in the end-time.
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Pat Marvenko Smith, copyright 1992.
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As the end-time drama unfolds it will be plainly seen to be a story of two women. One of them is true and faithful. The other is not. Even in the midst of her trials the true Bride is more precious than rubies. She is quite a bit different from that other woman, the partially committed two-timing harlot. John saw the harlot emerge riding a beast of ten horns. (Revelation 17). Then he saw her destroyed by fire. (Revelation 18)

And so it must come to pass that Christian history will eventually cross a new threshold. Those future days will call for a level of commitment we in the modern or post-modern western church have never seen before.

The scriptures bear witness to this ten horned end-time global entity. According to the vision that John saw in Revelation 17 the global regime will initially be controlled by a harlot system. During those first 3.5 years the Antichrist will be operating behind the scenes in his early peacemaking mode. He will use his influence over the harlot from the sidelines. Quite clearly the two will be in cahoots during the first half of the 70th Week of Daniel.


Image from the TV series 'Beauty and the Beast'. Click on the image to go to the article.

We have seen this story before, and told in a myriad of ways. It is endemic in the literature, music, and theater of the West. And the prophet Hosea showcased the story with his wayward wife Gomer. This will be the quintessential case of 'Beauty and the Beast'.

The harlot will be up front in this time period. She will be the one everyone sees. During the first half of the 70th week the peacemaking Antichrist will be on the sidelines, hovering in the wings. He will not assume power in any direct sort of a way during the first half of the seven years. So we must expect that the New World Order will come in initially with the 7 year mega deal forged by this "prince" and then, wonder of wonders, surrender it to be administered by the harlot system. The prophet Daniel lays out this seven year treaty in that all-important critical scripture of Daniel 9:27.

Here below is Daniel 9:27 in a composite of King James Version, the New Living Translation, and New King James Version. This will help us to see the picture accurately and in a way that the true sense of what is happening comes across clearly. KJV is navy blue, the New King James is purple, and the New Living Translation is in teal.

Dan.9:27 is an extremely important verse of scripture. It spotlights the Antichrist as the main peacemaker who confirms or finalizes this coming climactic middle east peace deal. Daniel 9:27 also lays out a very informative timeline for end-time eschatology. We simply must get it right. There is a huge swirl of religious disinformation spinning off and twisting the facts related to this scripture in Dan.9:27. Mark this passage well, dear saints. Because most of your Christian fellow-believers who are taken into custody at the beginning of the seven years when the trumpets sound for the opening of Daniel's 70th week will be imprisoned because of their witness to this very verse of scripture right here.

DANIEL 9:27
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week, one group of seven,
and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, ... he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings. Then as a climax to all his terrible deeds, he will set up a sacrilegious object that causes desecration ... and on the wing of abominations, shall be one who makes desolate, .. and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, until the end that has been decreed is poured out on this defiler."
This coming peacemaker, who ends up being a defiler of the future Jewish Temple will draw political power to himself by the brokering of an epic international treaty. This treaty will involve the sovereignty of Israel. The prophet Daniel said that this peacemaker would carve up the land of Eretz Israel for profit. (Dan.11:39) The time period of this treaty, (or covenant), will be a period of seven years. This will be the unfolding of the long awaited 70th week of Daniel.

THE COMING OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND THE SEVEN YEAR TREATY OF DAN. 9:27
THIS MAY COME IN THE WAKE OF A VERY SERIOUS FUTURE WAR.
IT MIGHT POSSIBLY INVOLVE THE DESTRUCTION OF DAMASCUS.

As the New World Order comes online its main agenda, (at least outwardly), will be 'world peace'. Perhaps it will be after a future war in the Middle East that the global mega dealer and peacemaker will finally succeed in hammering out an agreement between the warring parties. (Dan.9:27) This seems to be the historical pattern. World War 1 gave us the League of Nations. After World War 2 we saw the United Nations spring up.

Peace treaties cause almost as many wars as they prevent. Many are not sincere treaties at all. Some can actually be seen as attempts at appeasement of an aggressor. They are a waste of time. All they accomplish is to forestall the inevitable and to broker a short period for the deluded party to either prepare for war or enjoy living a bit longer in a fool's paradise. Many such treaties are in fact early warnings of an impending war. This was the case with the treaty between British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Hitler in 1939. Similarly Hitler's pact with Stalin was a sham. These peace treaties weren't worth the paper they were written on.

False peace treaties are often counterproductive. That is, they tend to precede wars. Peace treaties that are not genuine can even ignite war as well. It has been said that the most dangerous and explosive material on planet earth is the ink on the paper in which peace treaties have been written. Treaties which are diplomatically forced and not based on reality are often counterproductive. These treaties can be political bombshells just waiting for something or someone to set them off.

Treaties that mean anything are often seen to follow wars. These covenants often do accomplish something. The spoils of war must be divided. New political boundaries are drawn up. And new balances of power are then set in place. A new array of nations, and perhaps even a new superpower, comes to the fore. So true and lasting peace treaties often follow on the heels of terrible wars. After these awful outrages people are ready to sit down and make peace.

So might the future Middle East Peace Treaty come after a future war in the Middle East? This would seem quite possible. There is a war prophesied to break out in the future that will almost certainly involve Israel. It is a war in which the city of Damascus is destroyed. - Isa.17

Damascus is an ancient city dating back to Abraham. It is the oldest continually inhabited city in the world. It has never been destroyed. Now we hear that it is a city which harbors terrorists such as Hamas and Hezbollah. Damascus is very close to the borders of Israel. This city is now being viewed by Israel as a very real threat. What is going to happen?

The prophet Isaiah says that a futur history will see Damascus destroyed. It will become "a heap of rubble". (Isa.17:1) What will have precipitated this war? Will a nuke be sent towards Israel by terrorists operating out of Damascus? Is this how Israel might respond?

From what we have seen in past history Israel is not a nation to be fooled around with. They do hesitate to take pre-emptive action when they are threatened. Now we see that pressure is building up once again. As current events are unfolding right now such a war would seem quite possible. The next time Israeli commando forces will not stop at the wailing wall. They will go all the way to the temple mount!

Will this be significant? It certainly will be! After the ensuing peace deal is worked out it would seem that the temple mount could be secured and in international hands. A future Temple Mount area may well see both an Arab/Muslim shrine and a rebuilt Jewish Temple.

As we have seen, the all important verse of prophecy relating to the commencement of the New World Order as it comes into in its final climactic phases are laid out for us in Daniel 9:27. Daniel says that the future world leader will "come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries." (Dan.11:21) 'Peace' is given as the main agenda and the shoe-in for the coming global leader. This is a very important fact to have established. Only later, when the New World Order is no longer subject to government by a harlot system will it step forward in its own sovereignty and power. Daniel saw ten crowns upon the ten horns. At that time it will have become a 'beast' regime. It will have become openly hostile towards Israel, the Judeo-Christian God, and His Christian and Messianic witnesses upon this earth. The 666 economic system will have started. And the Great Tribulation will have begun.

THE NEW WORLD ORDER IS A CONTROLLED OPPOSITION FRONT AGAINST
THE RETURN OF MESSIAH. IT IS A RELIGIOUS CONSPIRACY BY A HARLOT
RELIGIOUS SYSTEM SPAWNING A WEB OF DISINFORMATION AND A
CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE AGAINST THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
THE CONSPIRACY IS ANTI_SEMITIC AND LOATHES THE COMING RULE
OF THE THRONE OF DAVID. IT ALSO SEEKS TO GET ISRAEL TO
COMPROMISE HERSELF BY SELLING OFF GOD'S HOLY LAND FOR
A PROMISE OF "PEACE AND SAFETY/PEACE AND SECURITY".

The New World Order has been a long time in the making. It is the grand climax of a broad and longstanding conspiracy going all the way back to Nimrod and the Tower of Babel. For those who know holy history as revealed in the Bible it is quite evident that this plot has been in the planning stages for a long long time. The fact is this conspiracy has been going on since the serpent entered the Garden of Eden and tempted Eve.

King David was a man after God's own heart. He wrote a song about the end-time conspiracy of nations against his kingdom, the Kingdom of prophesied coming Messiah who is the Son of David. King David composed the song 3,000 years ago. We can read the lyrics in Psalm 2.

The Holy Scriptures are not silent regarding the end-time conspiracy against the Rule of Christ/Messiah. It is through the Bible that God has revealed all these hidden things to His saints.
So it is no secret to them.

The conspiracy, at its heart, is not primarily against the present superpower or dismantling the U.S. Constitution. Nor is it against fundamentalist Christianity, fundamentalist Judaism or fundamentalist Islam. These may be singled out for domination this is true. But they are not the main target. The New World Order in it final post-Christian era will have one main target. The regime will be set against Christ/Messiah, His Christian and Messianic witnesses in the world, and against the Holy City of Jerusalem.

Messiah/Christ is the key to Israel. And Christ/Messiah the key to the true Church. He is anointed as Messiah under the dual offices of Melchizedek. He rules in human hearts now in this era. And at His Second Coming He will rule upon this earth. He will establish His Millennial Kingdom for a literal 1,000 years. This is our coming Messiah, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

The world system, the angelic principalities and powers, and many human agents in liberal human government and liberal human religion hate all this. They hate the coming of Messiah with a passion. They are into pagan gnosticism in a big way. They are sophisticated secular and religious humanists. Like the Deists of the 18th Century they want to keep their "religion" lite and manageable and their "god" fully under their limitations and control. The gnostic desire is to see to it that "the God who is there" remains locked up in heaven and kept well away from their secular earthly affairs. The angelic rulers, the principalities and powers of this world system, like the present humanistic man-centered hierarchies over which they rule have the very same agenda. They are trolls at the gate between heaven and earth. All these rebels, both angelic and human, are anti-Christ, that is in full rebellion against Christ. They do everything they can to block or twist the message of God's Holy Word concerning His Second Coming and His His future Millennial Kingdom.

This hatred of God's rule is the real basis for hatred of the Jews. This has been termed, (rather inadequately and misleadingly), as Anti-Semitism. But Anti-Semitism is not racial. In fact it is not really a hatred of Semitic people at all. If this were so then the persecution would be aimed at Arabs, Edomites, and other Semitic peoples. We all know that Anti-Semitism is anti-Jew and anti-Israel. But more specifically the hatred is against the royal Jewish Tribe of Judah. Even more specifically it is a conspiracy against the coming Millennial rule which will come from the Jewish Messiah who sits upon the 'Throne of David'.

So why all this fear and loathing of those who bring to remembrance the royal House of Judah? Why all this malevolent denunciation of the Throne of David? The answer is simple. It is because this Throne of David is the place of Christ's future rule. And rebels hate and loathe the coming rule of Messiah. They know that when the Son of David returns they will face the "final curtain". The judgment of the wicked will be the first order of business when Messiah returns. (Mat 13:30) Upon the Jewish Throne of David our coming Messiah will open the Books and take names. The wicked know that this will mean their doom. The angels of wrath will come and carry them off as weeds to burn in the Lake of Fire in Hell. This is what Antisemitism and the seething hatred of the Throne of David is really all about.

THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND THE HIDDEN HAND OF ANTISEMITISM.
AT ITS ROOT IS A SEETHING HATRED AND DREAD OF THE THRONE
OF DAVID IN THE ROYAL JEWISH HOUSE OF JUDAH. IT CONDUCTS
A CAMPAIGN OF DISINFORMATION SEEKING TO BLOCK OR TWIST
THE MESSAGE CONCERNING THE COMING MILLENNIUM OF MESSIAH.

Antisemitism is not just a racial thing as we have been told. There is much more to it than that. King David sat upon the throne he had established, the Throne of David. David was of the Jewish tribe of Judah which even back during his reign saw a vitriolic anti-Throne of David/anti-Semitism flash out against it. At that time this hatred did not come from the heathen Gentile nations. The hatred King David saw back in his day actually came from another tribe within Israel itself. (1Sam.20:1-2, 1Kings12:16) This raging against the One who will come to sit and rule from the Throne of David is orchestrated by angelic principalities and powers in the lower heaven. This is the main spiritual dimension to the drama that will be expressed internationally in the latter days of this age.

Why this venom against Israel? This is all so very intriguing. The power of this world in government and ecumenical religion would rather sit down and wine and dine a Palestinian terrorist who wants to destroy Israel than have any good things to say about Israel or their coming Messiah who will sit upon the Throne of David. Nor do the powers in the New World Order have any love for evangelicals. Most of them uphold Israel and the agenda of the Lion of Judah, our coming and future Messiah. He is the One who will rule upon this earth. But the powers of this world, governmental and religious, don't want to know Him. They hate Him.

From what John saw (Rev.17) it is quite clear that humanistic global governance of the last days will initially be very religious. Therein will be its cover. But hidden within it will be its real agenda. And that agenda is rebellion against Messiah. It is a rejection of the coming Christ and a rebellion of His coming righteous Millennial rule.

The apex of all this godless iniquity is quite clearly an event known as 'the abomination of desolation'. This was spoken of by Daniel. (Dan.9:27b)(See the table above) This blasphemous event does not happen until three and a half years into the seven year treaty. Half way through those seven years the world leader breaks the covenant. The abomination of desolation follows soon after. This key event was also referred to by our Lord Jesus Christ. (Mat.24:15-28) The Antichrist will set himself up as god and call for respect/adulation/worship. Then he will attempt to number and mark all mankind in a mass blood covenant initiation into the worship of self, himself, and the angel of self, Lucifer. Debased harlot Christianity is well into this self-worship religion already. It will also be a blood covenant initiation into his 666 economic system. God allows him to rule for 42 months, (or 1260 days) (Revelation 13:5). This time of "Great Tribulation prevails for the last 3.5 years of this age.

The final attempt by a totally humanistic man to prevent the coming rule of Messiah upon this earth will end in cataclysmic failure. His armies will face the Master of the Universe at a place called Armageddon. And right there, at that place, their feeble attempt to thwart the plans of God by taking over Jerusalem will draw the laughter and derision of God Almighty. Then He will terrify them with His fierce rebuke and wrath. (Psalm 2)

John the Apostle saw the ten horned beast system throughout its seven year history. He saw it when it was initially being ruled over by the harlot. (Revelation 17) He also saw the destruction of the harlot system. (Revelation 18) After that he saw the doom of the beast's world order at Armageddon, not by human hand but by the sword of God's Word. (Revelation 19:11-21) For those who have rejected Christ and who have opposed Him it will be a terrifying spectacle. (Isaiah 63) The blood that flows that day in the Valley of Jezreel will be up to the horses bridles. (Revelation 14:14-20

The New World Order is not yet officially recognized. Nor has it yet been given sovereignty by the nations. But it seems that behind the scenes the G-7/G-8 ruling powers are preparing for it. It is being quietly set up in readiness to swing into place should the strong light of the current Pax Americana go dim. Will the light of the American superpower fragment into those "dim and flaring lamps" the hymn writer saw in that vision of the apocalypse, the 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'? If so then pray God it will not be in our lifetime. America has no great Christian superpower to hand the baton over to like the British had after World War 2. So we must have our souls prepared for this possibility. We should make it a priority to seek the face of God. And like the five wise virgins let us seek and find the oil for our lamps against the coming night. History does have a habit of coming knocking at our door at the most inopportune times.

THE NEW WORLD ORDER WILL COME AT THE END OF A STRING OF WESTERN
SUPERPOWERS TO EMERGE OUT OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN CHRISTENDOM.

We take our current peace for granted. But let us take a longer historic view. The United States looks like being the last in a long line of western Christian superpowers. Each took their turn in leading the way throughout the centuries. Now what might well be the last remaining superpower is trying to provide covering for a just and prosperous peace in the world. But let us take a trip back through the centuries. Let us trace the rise and fall of the dominoes of the western nations that have been shining lights in their time.

Our story begins with the Portuguese navigators and chart makers. Henry the Navigator was a guiding light in his day. Seven hundred years ago the Portuguese led Christendom beyond the shores of Europe with seafaring explorations out into the Atlantic. Ferdinand Magellan and his crew were the first to sail around the world. This Portuguese leadership unshackled the hearts and minds in western Christendom. They began to awaken from the dark ages and look out beyond their own coasts.

Then came the Spanish Pax Espaniol in the 1500's. With fiery zeal for missions and the glory of God (and also for conquest and gold) they lead the way in colonizing the Americas. The glorious Renaissance Italiano provided wonderful inspiration from the arts and music during the same timeframe and indeed Christopher Columbus was from Genoa. The Dutch led on in the 1600's with a peaceful sea trade extending into the orient. In the 1700's the Pax Francais under Napoleon sought to take over all of Christendom. To this day the French still affirm that all the world should speak French. Early in the 1800's the British then rose up and put a stop to the French European domination. The Battle of Trafalgar at sea and at the Battle of Waterloo on the continent opened the Pax Brittannia. The British Empire colonized 25% of the planet and became fabulously wealthy in the process. Under men like Cecil Rhodes the British planned to take over the whole world. Under the Victorians it was said that "the sun never set on the British Empire". When the Titanic sailed out of Southampton in April of 1912 it was said that, "not even God Himself could sink her!" The ensuing disaster was God's warning that British arrogance had come to a peak. Two years later World War 1 broke out sending the British Empire into decline. Kaiser Wilhem and later Adolf Hitler sought to bring "Teutonic order" and a Pax Germanica into the world.

After World War 2 saw the defeat of the Germans and after the two A-bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki the current Pax Americana came into power. A half century of peace has been maintained by the American dominance of free enterprise, the multinationals and global business. The huge American military has a part in keeping the peace as well. Just as the British Empire used "gunboat diplomacy" in the 19th century so today the Pax Americana uses its powerful fleet of aircraft carriers and "tomahawk missile diplomacy" to try to maintain a measure of peace in the world. The rule of English speaking people has generally been benevolent and has offered protection for Christian witness. 90% of current mission activity originates in the USA. With the future New World order that will most certainly not be the case. See the article on the coming harlot system. So the time for us to support missionary activity is now. We just don't know how much time we have left.

OUR ATTITUDE AS EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS
TO THE COMING NEW WORLD ORDER.

So as we look at our role as saints of the end time just how important is it that we be found blameless before God and before men? Just what is our chief duty and burden as Christian men and women? Has it not been laid out by our Lord Jesus in the Great Commission?

Does our Great Commission mention anything at all about compromising this holy calling by seeking political protection and making or maintaining alliances with earthly kings and rulers? Does it mention anything about God's people embracing political/military alliances with secular sword wielding princes? Does it mention anything about the church gathering unto herself worldly lovers?

What if the New World Order should draw out for itself a harlot religious system which goes on to alienate, even persecute true Christians? - Rev.17:6 What if this harlot system actually manages to ride on the back of the end time ten-horned global 4th beast power for a time before she is gored? This very vision was seen by John in Rev. 17 & 18. Well if that should happen, (and it has in past church history and will again), then we can be sure of this. We shall have a parting of the ways. God will 'call out' and separate His true ecclesia/church from the false harlot church. This is history. And it happens to people who cannot imagine that the status quo will ever change in their lifetime.

As we consider these possibilities we inevitably begin to ask ourselves what we as Christians are supposed to do about it if these things appear before our eyes in our lifetime? Just how shall we respond? Do we enlist nationalist political/military support and fight this harlot system and her lover, the ten horned global beast system she rides? She is prophesied to ride and John saw her dominating the world in Revelation 17. Can we change that?

THE PROPHET DANIEL AND THE APOSTLE JOHN SPEAK OF THE
DOOMED CAMPAIGN BY AN ARMED CHRISTIAN OPPOSITION
AGAINST THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER.

How about the Christian response to the New World Order both in the initial 3.5 year Harlot regime and the 666 Beast system of the final 3.5 years? Can Christian evangelicals wage a successful war against the Harlot system or the Antichrist? He will emerge as the ultimate Beast at midweek. What if hard bitten hard pressed evangelicals do indeed take up arms and try to wage a war against the New World Order in its final beast phase? What does the scripture say will be the outcome? Who would win out if such power struggle should open up? Would God be with us in this? Or not?

We are not left to speculate here. The Word of God has already been spoken and written down the details for us concerning this matter of the end time saints versus the New World Order. Daniel was told that end time Christian 'mighty men' would indeed fight in the flesh against the final world dictator. These 'saints and mighty men' will apparently fight with the wrong weapons; weapons that are carnal. -2Cor.10:4. And they will lose!

This is a huge lesson for us as fundamentalist Christians to learn. We need to be forewarned here. The sad result of this doomed final campaign has already been pre-determined. The sovereign God of Israel, the Ancient of Days has already spoken concerning this. Here is what the Gabriel, the angel of God's throne, told Daniel two and a half millennia ago about the coming New World Order.

Daniel 7 (NKJV)
19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; 20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. 21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; 22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

Gabriel gave very specific details concerning God's people and the outcome of that final struggle with the hostile world politic that will be prevailing in the latter days. As we see in the verses following, the picture our dear prophet Daniel was given is not a pretty one.

Daniel 8 (NKJV)
8:23 "And in the latter time of their kingdom,
When the transgressors have reached their fullness,
A king shall arise, Having fierce features,
Who understands sinister schemes.

8:24 His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power;
He shall destroy fearfully, And shall prosper and thrive;
He shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

8:25 Through his cunning He shall cause deceit to prosper under his rule;
And he shall exalt himself in his heart. He shall destroy many in their prosperity.
He shall even rise against the Prince of princes;
But he shall be broken without human means.

8:26 And the vision of the evenings and mornings Which was told is true;
Therefore seal up the vision, For it refers to many days in the future.

8:27 And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for days;
afterward I arose and went about the king's business.
I was astonished by the vision, but no one understood it."

Daniel fainted when he received this Word from Gabriel the angel of God's throne. It is a sober word and I entreat all who seek to follow God in holiness to mark well what the scriptures clearly say will happen. When the saints of the end time take up weapons that are carnal to fight for a holy cause those campaigns will end in total and absolute disaster.

This is also a warning for Puritans, for Dominionists, and for Christians of the "Kingdom Now".
There will be wars against the Antichrist in the latter days. But they will all fail.

God is not a mean and unjust God here. He will share His glory with no earthly prince. Even if Gandalf himself should turn up and call carnal Christians to the sword for that 'last crusade' it will have a different ending than the movie.
They will be defeated!

Dear saints, this history that has to happen. There must be a 'final witness' in the end-time. This is 'blood covenant Christianity'. We cannot fight our way out of the witness. The true church will be called to bring their testimony before the nations in time for them to make a response before we come to the end of this age. The pathway ahead is difficult. It is a strait and narrow gate which leads onto the Paradise Road. It is a Highway of Holiness. The saints will move on into that witness. They will surrender their lives for their faith in Jesus Christ if they are called upon to do so. Our brothers and sisters are already doing this now in places abroad. At the end of this age God will be calling His people to a mission which is far beyond fighting for God and country. There is to be a climactic and epic fifth seal witness of all the saints worldwide. -Rev.6:9-11 And then Messiah will come and straighten things out.

This final witness of the saints will lead on to the opening of the 6th seal. - Rev.6:12-17 Then the sign of the Son of Man will be seen in the heavens and Messiah's return will be imminent. - Mat.24:30

It is exceedingly difficult for our flesh/ego life to accept these truths. Our Lord Jesus Christ has already won the victory for us at the cross. But we are the covenant people of God. The witness of the church is an essential part of the New Covenant and we have an essential role in the unfolding of holy history. The Bride of Christ will indeed co-sign the covenant alongside the signature of the Bridegroom. This is the means by which the kingdoms of darkness will fall. And this is the way this evil age will come to a close.

THE SHATTERING OF THE POWER OF THE HOLY PEOPLE

Here is a further scripture passage from Daniel 12 which further confirms the final collapse of Christian temporal, political, and military power.
Daniel 12 (NKJV)
12:5 Then I, Daniel, looked; and there stood two others,
one on this riverbank and the other on that riverbank.

12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen,
who was above the waters of the river,
"How long shall the fulfillment of these wonders be?

12:7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen,
who was above the waters of the river,
when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven,
and swore by Him who lives forever,
that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and
when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered
all these things shall be finished.

12:8 Although I heard, I did not understand.
Then I said, 'My lord, what shall be the end of these things?'

12:9 And he said, "Go your way, Daniel,
for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

12:10 Many shall be purified, made white, and refined,
but the wicked shall do wickedly;
and none of the wicked shall understand,
but the wise shall understand."

SO IF WE CANNOT PREVENT OR DEFEAT THE COMING NEW WORLD ORDER
CAN WE AT LEAST MAKE A DEAL WITH THEM? MAYBE WIN THEM OVER?

The enormous temporal power of the Antichrist is not lost on most evangelicals. They are well aware of just how powerful the coming Antichrist and the coming New World Order is. This is why the pre-tribulation rapture escape fantasy has been crafted and why it is so enormously popular. Evangelicals also have some understanding as to why the ecumenical movement is all too willing to compromise whatever is necessary in order to make a deal with the emerging secular global powers. Fear is the key. And it is in their fear that they compromise.

Unfortunately evangelicals are not aware of the far greater danger of spiritual compromise within their own family. The Bible prophesies that a harlot religious system will bear rule for the first half of the 70th week, (the final seven years of this age). Their focus is on the emerging Antichrist in his beast 666 role. They do not realize that 3.5 years will pass before they even see a beast version Antichrist. He will not be possessed by the hideous demon spirit (Rev.17:11) until midway through the seven years. when he will set up the 'abomination that makes desolate'. He will not be taking over absolute power until he stops the temple sacrifices and commits these monstrous abominable deeds midway through the seven years. The beginning of those seven years will see him acclaimed as global peacemaker. Later, at the 'abomination of desolation' when he is possessed by the ultimate beast antichrist he will set up his 666 system.

Is compromise an option for true saints? Did ancient Israel ever win by making "white knight" or "godfather" deals with the gentile nations? Never! That is how they became morally compromised, lost the favor of YHVH/God and lost the sovereignty of the land they lived in! But compromise by a significant number of God's own covenant people is apparently what happens at the beginning of the 70th week. (John 5:43) And that, dear saints, is what brings us into the tribulation. God does not bring tribulation and calamity on us. We bring it on ourselves!

The end time drama begins when God's Judeo-Christian people sign on the dotted line with the emerging Antichrist in his early Peacemaker/global powerbroker role. -Dan.9:27 This is the classic story of 'Beauty and the Beast'. The world at that time will be divided into ten global bio-regions and ruled over by a harlot system. See the article on the ten horned kingdom of the end-time. For the first half of these 7 years it will be ruled over by a harlot system.

A PLEA FOR GRACE AND PATIENCE
DURING THE COMING TRIALS OF OUR FAITH

Those who name the name of Christ are wise to be patient in this. Holy history is ultimately under God's sovereign control. Nothing happens that He does not allow. There are bounds to how far the enemy can go. We are called to be the people of His grace and the people of His peace.

We can also take comfort in this fact. Globalism is not our enemy. Christian believers are a global company! Our coming Messiah will come to rule over a global Kingdom. The Church went global 2,000 years ago, right on the day it was born! It was on the Feast of Pentecost in the summer of 32 A.D that the Congregation of Israel, which was then predominantly Jewish, began its expansion into a heathen Gentile world. On the very day the Church began it went global. Right there on day 1 the Gospel message was being translated into the languages of the surrounding nations. The Gospel went out from Jerusalem to Judea and Samaria. From there it went on to the ends of the earth.

The throne of Christ's Kingdom is right now in the hearts of His people, a Congregation that is scattered around the world. And our Messiah, as King of Kings, will literally return to this earth establish His glorious Millennial Kingdom. A growing global company of saints is destined to join this international company. Our Messiah has prepared a place for each one of them. They are destined to become joint-heirs with Him. - Rom.8:17, Rev. 7:9-17 This is a truly magnificent inheritance! This is just the sort of Messiah we have.

SOME OF THE CHURCH WILL BAULK AT THE END_TIME WITNESS.
THEY WILL SIGN ON WITH THE NEW WORLD ORDER PEACEMAKER.
THESE WILL BECOME PART OF THE HARLOT SYSTEM WHO WILL
GO ON TO PERSECUTE THE SAINTS DURING THE 70TH WEEK.

Will established Christianity make a deal with the emerging humanistic global powers? Will the church at large join National Israel/Judah in signing the seven year comprehensive global peace treaty with a global peacemaker as prophesied in Dan.9:27? Will established Christianity sign themselves over to the false messiah?

If we are to believe the Holy Scriptures it would seem that a harlot church will indeed sign on. They will join Israel, who will compromise by handing over God's sovereign Holy Land to this peacemaking Antichrist. And how do we know this?
Moses said that they would. The prophet Daniel lays it out quite specifically in Daniel 9:27. And Jesus Himself said that His people would end rejecting Him and accepting someone who comes in their own name. See this article. And see this scripture John 5:43.

THE COMING DAY OF THE BLOWING OF TRUMPETS
TO INITIATE THE FINAL 7 YEARS OF THIS AGE.

For centuries Bible students have known about the end time harlot church. Many established churches are already beginning to compromise the holy things of the God of Israel through their collusion with the World Council of Churches and the United Religions Initiative. These Christians do not have a Biblical world view. Being beholden to the world with its governmental and ecclesiastical systems they have long since abandoned the Holy Scriptures. Their eyes are on their earthly princes. Gomer is ready for a final fling with her princely Gentile lovers.

But here is the shocking truth. Even our evangelical and charismatic leaders are joining the dialogue on politico-religious unity. Huge amounts of money seem to be involved. We are in grave danger of being seduced and drawn into collusion with the world of Mammon. We need to pray diligently concerning this that we may not enter into temptation.

"But surely we must DO something!" some will say. And yes, we certainly should so something. But in the Great Commission are we not already called to be Christ's witnesses unto the end of the age? Let us pause to check out our commissioning papers.

Christian believers are on the stage and on the spot here. We cannot go the way of compromise? And we as individuals cannot allow the Name of Christ to be degraded. If the people vote and decide to sell off our national sovereignty to a global power that does not recognize our Judeo-Christian God then we are in a bit of a bind. So what can we as individual Christians do about that?

These are quite valid concerns. At some future point there may be a terrible nuclear exchange in the Middle East. It will probably be initiated by a rogue state against Israel. The Lion of Judah will roar. And Israel will respond in kind. A nuclear exchange would be dreadful beyond belief. There would be a hue and cry for world disarmament such as has never been heard before. Enter the peacemaking Antichrist.

Now, what if the consensus of the citizens of the nations is to surrender their sovereignty through treaty and join a New World Order. Say it is presented as a short-gap temporary emergency arrangement. Israel and the G7 enter into a 7 year treaty with some "trusted" peacemaker? Christians know what is going on and its significance. But they are in a small dwindling minority. So what can they really do about that?

Well, the answer is "not much". They know that all the patriot movements will be crushed before they start. But what has just happened is an event of Biblical proportions. The prophesied 7 year covenant of Daniel 9:27 has just opened up the 70th Week. The final seven years of this age has just begun!

Most people will not really understand what is going on, except to "feel" that they want to join. The saints are not ignorant of the devices. Biblical Christians can certainly recognize the signs of the times. But there IS something they can do. And they can reach for the shofar and sound the warning. They can blow the trumpet in Zion!

THE CHURCH MUST NOT BE DRAWN IN TO THE VIOLENT WAYS OF ESAU.

For the saints there is no other option. The true and genuine Kingdom of God is not a crusade. God's Kingdom does not advance with men and swords and guns and missiles. It does not advance using the methods of a "god of forces". Esau is the one who lives by force of the sword. And he will be there. (See Gen.27:40) If we take up arms it could be bad. We might be in danger of actually joining the Edomites ourselves.

Our brother Esau, who lives among us in the rich places of the earth, is forever angry and full of wrath. He never repents. We are in the spiritual flow of Abraham,(-Gal.3:29) Isaac and Jacob. Our flesh wants to wrestle with Esau even as Jacob wrestled with Esau in the womb of their mother Rebecca four millennia ago.-Gen.25:23-27

But we must be careful to conduct our warfare in the Spirit and in holiness. We are called to prayer and a gracious witness. This IS doing something! Our witness alongside that of our Bridegroom is what brings down the evil principalities and powers and defeats Satan! And this witness is what confirms the emergence of true bride. This final witness will be called for from the church? Are we listening?
How shall we respond?

THE WAY OF THE CROSS.
FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT IN THE SPIRIT
VS. FIGHTING IN THE FLESH.

A word to Christian gun lovers. Remember when Jesus was about to be arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane? Peter rose up and struck the servant of the high priest cutting off his ear. What did Jesus say to Peter?

"Put your sword back in it's proper place.
For all who take the sword shall perish by the sword".
-Mat. 26:52
The example we are to follow is the one our Savior set forth in the Garden of Gethsemane. And the way of the cross was demonstrated in the lives of our Apostle Paul and all of the other 11 disciples/apostles. The covenant calls for our witness, even unto our own death. Death is the last enemy to be conquered by Christ.-1Cor.15:26 We are called to stand as a witness to His victory over death. He bought that victory for us at the cross. He has promised to cover us in, through and out of our hour of trial. -Rev.3:10 And He will.
"The weapons of our warfare are not carnal.
But they are mighty in God for the pulling down of strongholds".
-2Cor.10:4
Unlike Christian Crusaders and also unlike our Puritan brethren, most of us of Pilgrim persuasion will agree that there is nothing to be gained from struggling in the flesh against the coming New World Order. Nothing other than perhaps to bring shame to the name of Christ or perhaps to open the door for the end time Edomites, those ultimate sword wielders, to rise up in our midst and cause Christians to be targeted as troublemakers or heaven help us, "terrorists". The New World Order would then hammer us on the pretext of "upholding law and order". Do we want this?

Could God use the sons of Esau to break down our own exuberant carnality? Perhaps a lot of that subjugating of the flesh-life is bound to happen to us anyway. It would not be the first time that God has used the enemies of His people to bring judgment and thus to purify them and restore them to Him. We, along with our returning and saved Jewish brethren,(-Zech12:7-13:1) are the end time Judeo-Christian people of Jacob. There is only one Elect and Chosen people. The true church is a part of that people of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. -Gal.3:29;Eph 2:12&13 The tribulation we shall face in the coming 70th week is what Jacob's trouble is about. It is every bit our trouble as Christians as well as the trouble of our Jewish brethren. Dan. 9:27 is our story of Christian compromise and apostasy as well as that of the nation of Israel. This is an untold story too dreadful to tell from pulpits and too painful for us to face. But face it we must.

THE LATTER DAY RISE OF THE SONS OF ESAU,
AND THE EDOMITES, IN THE END-TIME DRAMA

Here is another element. Will the end time see red Esau rising up again? We know that this is prophesied. (Gen.27:39-40) Will this involve us? Most assuredly it will. Many supposed Christians have and will sell their spiritual inheritance for a mess of earthly pottage. They may claim to be Christians but They are Edomites at heart. In the upheavals to come they will depart from the pathways of grace in bitterness, inner anger and wrath.

These people, the end time Edomites, will be angry. They will be be walking powder kegs. Oh yes, Esau is still among us. He is still camped out near Jacob as he was in the former times. According to Isaac's prophecy over his firstborn Esau is to be found in the rich nations of the earth. Isaac prophesied that the time would come when he would become restless. The children of Esau, male and female, are full of anger and wrath just as they have always been. Esau is also capable of genocide just as Doeg (1Sam.22:18) and the Herod's were. And whenever he acts out in violence Rachel is found weeping for her children.

So then. Should we provoke him? Not if we are wise. We might discover that we are a bit like him. Perhaps like our patriarch Jacob the goatskins of Esau are still on our forearms? Perhaps Esau's hairy coverings are causing us as Christian believers to do cruel things as well. No, we had best treat him the same way our patriarch Jacob treated him. Give him respect as someone who understands something at least of God's covenant with Abraham. God will do the rest, and in His good time. (Obadiah)

THE COMING NEW WORLD ORDER AND THE SUBSEQUENT GREAT TRIBULATION
HAVE BEEN SET BY GOD AND WILL SURELY COME TO PASS. OUR FINAL
WITNESS WILL LEAD ON TO THE VICTORIOUS SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.

It is a bitter pill to swallow, but like the earlier captivities of the saints in Egypt, Assyria, Babylon etc. this coming subjection and this great tribulation has been determined and set by the sovereign will of God Almighty. He means for us to go through it. His holy purposes will be accomplished in it. By the time it is all over the saints of this age and of previous ages will be glorified, the heavens will be cleared of dark angelic ruling powers, the wicked as tares will be destroyed by angels of wrath (Mat.13:36-43), the Antichrist and false prophet will be in the Lake of Fire, (Rev.19:20), Satan will be bound in the bottomless pit (Rev.20:2), and Messiah will be judging the nations on the earth below (Mat.25:31-46). Daniel saw this great victory snatched from the jaws of the apparent defeat of the saints. But he was totally mystified as to how it happened. He asked the angelic messenger but was given no answer. (Dan.12:7-13) The answer can not be conveyed in words. It will only be seen in deeds. And will only be known by those who know the covenant of our Lord Jesus Christ, and who in loving obedience and joy proceed to walk it out in His Holy Spirit power.

Is there an end time conspiracy against the people of God? Of course there is! It is no secret. It started in the garden of Eden. The only people who don't know about it are those human ostriches with their heads in the sand. The conspiracy has been going on for millennia. The "vain thing", that David wrote the song about, that awful conspiracy against Messiah, is recorded in Psalm 2. Yes there is a plot to prevent the Messiah from ruling. It is spearheaded by both secular humanism and religious humanism. Both are man centered. Religious humanism promoted by religious double agents has been around since Simon Magus who tried to buy Christian power from the Apostle Paul. He was preceded in ancient Israel by Balaam who pointed out the way to corrupt God's people away from their everlasting covenant with YHVH/God. The first item on the humanistic agenda is to deny that God has come to earth in the flesh and to prevent the ruling of Messiah in the hearts of men. It is to deny Him His rightful place on the throne and altar of human hearts. It is to deny He created us and the universe and has a right to us. Then secondly, the plot is to deny the future second coming of Messiah back to this earth. It is to deny His future coming to tabernacle or camp out with His people for a thousand years. This 'conspiracy of silence' seeks to shut down the heralding of Christ's soon return. The conspirators, both the godless secular rulers and their paid churchmen seek to deny and to prevent Messiah's coming to rule upon this earth ffom the Throne of David.

King David wrote about the end time conspiracy against Messiah 3,000 years ago. He put the lyrics to music in Psalm 2. In the song does God look particularly worried about the end time plot against Him? Apparently not. In fact He laughs!

Dear saints, the "Lamb slain from the foundation of the earth" is in control here below. -Rev.5:6 Neither the Bilderbergers, nor the UN, nor "black helicopters", nor those ruling the "power of the air" with "fire from heaven" nor any other rulership will be able to stand in "that day".-Ps.24:3 This earth and its inhabitants has been purchased by the blood of God Almighty. He came here in the flesh, paid the penalty for sin by laying down His life and conquered death in His glorious resurrection! The scepter of Israel is in Judah's hand "until Shiloh come".-Gen.49:10. It will not be taken away! As for Jerusalem well it is His holy city! The Messiah, as the Lion of Judah. He will rule this world from the throne of David as priest/king after the Order of Melchizedek. As Emmanuel, God with us, He will rule upon this earth for a literal thousand years. (Rev.20:4 & 20:6). All this will indeed happen in spite of what is decreed by the Millennium denying dignitaries of the United Religions Organization, the World Council of Churches or their coming champion, the peacemaking Antichrist. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob sets the end time agenda! HE is the One that has opened the seals. (Rev.ch.5) The Apocalypse is all about the unveiling of CHRIST. It is for Him and His coming kingdom that the trumpets will sound. (Rev.8-11) And God is not slack concerning His promises. He will exonerate and deliver His covenant people. He will step into history Himself to do it! He will see to it personally on behalf of his hard pressed saints. And He will do so with jealous anger and with vials of His "wrath poured out".(Rev.14:10). Jesus Christ is in control. Those who hate Him will surely be found at the last day hiding in caves and crying out for the rocks to fall down and cover them from the face of the Lamb! (Rev.6:15-16) May God help any would-be enemies of Him to turn from their wickedness while there is still time!

So, all that being understood, why should we spend one second worrying about the future? God has determined to guarantee the eternal destiny of those who keep covenant with Him. That is all that really matters. Our security will not depend on our political or gun slinging talents either. Should we perhaps re-route the survivalist energies and monies we have been expending to a better cause? Can we really change the political climate of the world system to favor Christianity? Can the church as "damsel in distress" we go to bed with her worldly sword wielding Sir Lancelot without becoming corrupted? Should we not turn from our pre-occupation with politics and attend to the Great Commission and concentrate on our missionary outreach instead? Missionary work will produce a more lasting and eternal reward. And Christian missionaries will probably be less likely to two time us as politicians are wont to do. Even godly politicians can be outvoted and outmaneuvered in the dark back halls of earthly power. And they will be!

So what shall be our response as Christians to this emerging New World Order? Well history moves on. Praise be to God! Instead of dying in bed after a dreary life of self serving emptiness, of tending one's stock portfolio, of watching spectator sports and the harlots of Hollywood on the screen, and eating gluttonous quantities of dainties we are it seems to go out in a blaze of glory! Yes the saints are being tapped to take the stage for a far more wonderful calling and destiny. So why struggle against it? By surrendering ourselves to the cup of Christ we shall overcome. This is the 'mystery of godliness'. It is a race to the finish line. And we shall demonstrate it to the angels and the watching world. -Heb 12:1

OK, so we may have a police state.
Wasn't there a police state under the Roman Empire in the time of Christ?

So the 4th horseman on a pale horse may be seen riding down main street and hovering above in Apache and Hind helicopter gunships picking off "runners".
So what? Our Chinese brethren have no freedom. Does that stop them from witness? Not at all. The Chinese church doubles its numbers every 7 years.

So they want your guns.
OK. Give them your guns when they come asking for them! And while you are at it hand over your your anti-tank weapons and stinger missiles as well! Sell that cave in Idaho, give the money to missions, and prepare your heart for witness.

So they want to carry you into exile?
OK go along with them. If we are scattered to the ends of the earth we shall just spread the gospel that much further. And we shall certainly do it with much more zeal than we have ever known before.

So some of us, (the more spiritually dangerous, like those who write about the Biblical apocalypse for example) may be imprisoned or executed under a future regime or exiled for the faith. What then?
Well God will be glorified! The people will be warned and many will be saved.

What if in times to come many fine believers are persecuted to the nth degree? This is happening to our Chinese and Burmese brethren right now as the dragon puffs out its persecution. What if many saints "fall asleep" as witness/martyrs?
Well then they shall go on to a "better resurrection". -Heb.11:35

THE EXILE TO BOZRAH IN THE END-TIME. AND THE SECOND COMING
OF CHRIST. HE WILL DEFEND JERUSALEM AND VISIT BOZRAH, DELIVERING
HIS ELECT EVEN AS HE POURS OUT HIS WRATH ON HIS ENEMIES.

Going into Exile at Bozrah.
Image by acclaimed Australian photographer Peter Walton.
Click on the image to go to his work at AllPosters.com.
What will become of God's elect people in the end-time? Many will give their lives in witness we know. But we do have scriptural evidence that many of the saints will be sequestered off to a safe place, (or places), to be spiritually nurtured for the last half of the 70th week. (Rev.12) This is the Bozrah story of which we have been told virtually nothing by Bible prophecy teachers. -Mic.2:12-13. This will not happen by survivalist planning. Many will be delivered from the face of the Dragon but it will come by the merciful hand of God. (Ps.91:1-16) This action will be undertaken on 'the wings of a great eagle'.(Rev.12:14)

Whatever happens to the saints physically in their end time witness it matters little in the eternal scheme of things. Why? Because we are

"Looking for that 'BLESSED HOPE'
and the GLORIOUS APPEARING
of the Great God and Saviour,
our Lord Jesus Christ."
-Titus 2:13
Dear brothers and sisters. We serve a God of Love. So we have no reason to be fearful. Perfect love casts out fear. (1John 4:18) We shall have enemies rise up against us in the end-time. But we should feel compassion for them. They are the ones on dangerous ground here. We are safely preserved in blood covenant connection with the Lord of Hosts. He is the returning King of Kings, the Lion of the tribe of Judah. He is the Holy One of Israel, and He sits upon the throne. He is the One who calls the shots. Our enemies are His enemies. When He returns to this planet His feet will touch the Mount of Olives. A mighty earthquake will split the mount in two. He will be seen roaring from Zion. (Joel 3:16) And that is not all.

Our returning Messiah will go out to the ends of the earth to gather his covenant people. His jealous anger will not be abated. Bozrah is a spiritual place belonging to Edom of end time global significance where a lot of end time saints will be penned up. When our Messiah pulls up at Bozrah it will not be a pretty sight. It will be curtains for those who have abused His elect! Truly, "it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God". -Heb.10:31

Here is the lesson in all this. In the end time our God is not absent. He means business! He is going to come back into this cosmos personally! And we can be sure that He will attend to His covenant business with diligence and zeal! He will deliver His covenant people!

The arrival of Messiah at Bozrah will be an awesome scene. He will bring vengeance on His enemies and deliverance of His covenant people. At His return Messiah is seen in many places. He will be seen in the clouds, at the Mount of Olives, at Bozrah and finally at Mount Zion, the political center of Jerusalem. Bozrah may be a spiritual place representing many scattered places of end time tribulation bondage and incarceration across the earth. Bozrah is Edomite territory. This is an important clue to events in the last days. The Edomites will not not be taken under the 666 system of the Antichrist. (Dan. 11:41) The Messiah will return as "the Breaker". His leading of the breakout at Bozrah in which Messiah springs loose His covenant people is among the most electrifying and glorious events in all of scripture. The future breakout at Bozrah was even seen by the ancients in the stars. Few Bible teachers dare to bring out this magnificent story of deliverance. It raises some embarrassing questions which they are not prepared to address or even have aired. The more modern Bible translations seem to have "lost" the word 'Bozrah' (along with its message) somehow. So here below are two non-modern translations. Both of them have preserved the full Bozrah message which Micah has given us.

Young's Literal Translation
Micah 2

12. I do surely gather thee, O Jacob, all of thee, I surely bring together the remnant of Israel, Together I do set it as the flock of BOZRAH, As a drove in the midst of its pasture, It maketh a noise because of man.

13. Gone up hath the breaker before them, They have broken through, Yea, they pass through the gate, Yea, they go out through it,
And pass on doth their king before them, And Jehovah at their head!

The King James Version
Micah 2

12. I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of BOZRAH, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

13. The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them."

So what are we asked to do in all this? Jesus gave us specific details and instructions concerning the end time sequence of events. They are laid out for us in the Olivet Discourse. "Mat. 24-25.

THE FINAL WITNESS AT THE END OF THE AGE AND THE CUP OF CHRIST.

We are asked to be faithful and gracious witnesses to Christ our Messiah through all of this, if necessary unto death. Our relationship as written in scripture is not the language of the contract law of merchants where we wheel and deal and terminate the contract whenever it suits us or whenever it gets too expensive or painful to maintain. Our relationship is typified in the cup of Joseph and Benjamin. It is also the cup of Agape Love which is unconditional. It is the cup of betrothal in the Hebrew tradition and also the communion cup of Christ and His ecclesia/congregation. This is not well known among western Christians but the cup is a covenant unto death. It is the communion cup where He as our Savior has pledged His all to us. In His presence the honest seeking saint will eventually come to realize that this is where we pledge our all to Him. That part of the covenant has been "cloaked" by Laodicean lukewarm religion. But it is the "rest of the story".

Is this cup of Communion a unilateral contractual agreement in which God just gives us things? No it is not. Like the bride in the marriage ceremony we are called to bring our full witness to the everlasting covenant.

Will God cover us as we bear witness to His covenant in our hour of trial? Yes He will. -Rev.3:10

Saints of old discovered and experienced that cup when they were persecuted for the sake of the God of Jacob. David, when he was pursued by King Saul was alone under the threat of death in the wilderness. But in all of this he was not cut off from the Presence of God. He wrote,

23:4 "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil; For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over."
-Ps.23:4&5

THE END OF THE AGE BRINGS THE CONSUMATION OF THE ABRAHAMIC
COVENANT AND THE FINAL GATHERING OF THE MYRIAD COMPANY OF
ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB.

So who will cover us in our hour of "trial"? Will we too lie exhausted in the flesh as Abraham our father did on that dreadful night when the Abrahamic covenant was first cut? (Gen.15) As darkness falls upon the earth and the awesome burden of the Judeo-Christian people of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob comes over us the arm of flesh will surely fail us. Like Abraham the burden we are called to share will be overwhelming. It will be too great for us to handle in our own strength. Under its weight we faint. Daniel fainted under the burden of prayer for the future people of God coming into the end time. (Dan 8:27) And like our father Abraham when he saw the responsibility of the covenant he had entered into with his God, we too are overwhelmed. Like Abraham under the burden of the covenant we find ourselves collapsing in a heap even as the vultures and ravens gather around in the gathering gloom. They seek to make a spoil of the covenant, - and of us. In that hour of trial as the crows caw and the vultures jostle and squabble around us it seems that all the denizens of hell have come against us. Our own strength fails us as we attempt to grapple with the enormity of our witness. The everlasting blood covenant of our God seems too much for us. This is that "dark night of the soul" of which much is written in literature. It is our own personal time of wrestling with our God.-Gen.32:24-28 For the elect of God this passage is unavoidable. It must come to pass in order for the usurping conniving Judeo-Christian people of Jacob to have their character changed. The day will finally come when Jesus will recognize His chosen people. Even as they rest under the fig tree of sweetness and good fruit He will meet them saying " Behold, an Israelite indeed in whom there is no guile!" -John 1:47

So what will happen? Who will preserve and keep us in that hour? The scripture below gives us the answer. And it demonstrates and prophesies for you and I the good news of the eternal agape love of our God. Because He Himself takes responsibility for the covenant on our behalf! As it was with Abraham 4,000 years ago, so it will be with the end time saints. It was God Himself as Abraham's covenant partner who walked down the aisle between those pieces to 'cut' the covenant. As a blazing torch He walks through the blood of the covenant for us! He takes us through it even as we rest in Him.

Genesis 15

1. "After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."

2. Then He brought him outside and said, 'Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.' And He said to him,
'So shall your descendants be.'

9. So He said to him, 'Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.'

Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two.

11. And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

12. Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him.

17. And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces."
-Gen. 15:1,2,9-17.

Dear saints, this is indeed good news. We are the people of Abraham -Gal.3:29 We are identified with Abraham through the indwelling Christ who is Abraham's Seed. The God of Abraham does not change His character. He takes responsibility for the covenant of promise on our behalf! It is He who walks down the aisle between those blood covered pieces. The "footprints in the sand" are there. And they are in bloody endtime sand this time. But there is still just one set of footprints. He is carrying the burden of the covenant for us! Even as we go through our time of testing He is there with us, lifting us up in His strength. By His divine enabling grace and Holy Spirit power we are able to to bear witness to the covenant and thus fulfill it. Our witness to the covenant is as essential as a bride's signature on the marriage covenant. Oh yes, we must be there when the covenant is cut. It is an awesome 'hour of trial'. But He carries us through. Even as a bridegroom sweeps his bride off her feet and bears her in His arms carrying her across the threshold into another realm so it is with our God. He carries His beloved covenant people across the threshold. And so they pass through the gates of splendor. This is the end time story of Christ with His church. It is also the story of the late salvation and deliverance of the Jewish nation. Because the returning Messiah will be seen paying a visit to the world armies mustering in the Valley of Jezreel. There at Armageddon blood will flow in an unprecedented slaughter of those who would come against the holy city of Jerusalem.

The battle of Armageddon will be climactic for this poor abused earth. Every last one of His sheep will be found in that final Day of the Lord. -Ezek.34:12-14 The God of Jacob will re-gather all His called out "ecclesia", His chosen people, the full and complete congregation of Israel. -Eph.2:12&13. The Bozrah story as with the Armageddon story tells of the Messiah coming to reunite both houses of His beloved people at the end of days. It is the final scene of the drama of this age.

And we are there!

Grace and shalom to all the saints,