Essays in Apocalypse by Terry James

Author:Terry James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL006140, POL062000
ISBN: 9781614586807
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group, Inc.
Published: 2018-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

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51. Tovah Lazaroff, “Arab League Supportive of French Peace Initiative,” Jerusalem Post, May 29, 2016.

52. William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act IV, Scene 1.

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July 2016: Somebody Needs to Cause Craft to Prosper

Europe and the world continue to reel economically from the fallout of Brexit, the British pulling out of the European Union. Fear of financial freefall into the abyss of global depression is igniting fires of protests that something must be done. One such protest comes from the very heart of Europe, the area most associated with Bible prophecy and the reviving Roman Empire.

Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan warned that “the unthinkable is happening. A double reaction to Brexit is under way, one financial, one political. The financial one, at least until now, is limited. I am more worried about the political one. There is a cocktail of factors that can lead to various outcomes, including a further push towards disintegration.”53

Padoan lectured that those in authority in Europe must begin to listen to the people and their worries over out-of-control immigration, unemployment, and increasing inequality. Austerity measures, he said, exacerbate the problems, and something must be done to change those budget rules Rome considers to be fueling the crisis.

He said, “Inequality is growing in Europe because growth is weak.” Further, he said, “We have had proposals on the table for months that say employment, growth, well-being and equality have to be the priorities . . . the situation we are in now is exceptional. We have to change.”54

There is a sense that Mr. Padoan’s call for new leadership is rising among the common people not only of Europe, but of the whole Western world. The message, it is equally observable, is being missed by those who hold the financial reins at the highest echelons of power. Rebellion seems to be building among the common folk against the elite who display a wanton disregard for the rest of us.

When thinking on what Bible prophecy has to say about the ultimate outcome of all the machinations going on in the arena of international power politics these days, the prophet Daniel comes to mind. He was given some very specific information to pass along to us by the messenger sent from the throne room of God. The message had at its heart a directly pertinent point regarding world economic conditions that will produce history’s most all-controlling leader.

Daniel was given a profile of the one who will be Antichrist. That beastof Revelation 13, Daniel was told, will be a “king of fierce countenance” who will prosper greatly:

And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand (Daniel 8:25).

The first part of the prophecy is most notable for our purposes. This last and most powerful political/military leader will “cause craft to prosper.” He will apparently take a terrible economic situation that exists on a worldwide scale and turn it around in a mighty way.

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