The move towards One World Government: Part 1 (General introduction)
Introduction and our prophetic Mandate
The articles within the 'New World Order' part of our Resource Hub have been written to make readers aware of the global trends which have shaped, and are shaping, our world. All have their part to play in the formation of the One World Government and Religion which will emerge at the end of the age.
Part of our Mandate is to call for, support and encourage eschatological communities of faith, which are longing for the return of Jesus and focused on their future hope when Jesus reigns over the whole earth. Through this series of articles we endeavour to raise awareness amongst Christians of the developing and advanced trends, whilst at the same time encouraging them to join with other like-minded believers in creating eschatological communities of faith so they can be prepared for what is coming and strengthened in their faith.
The second of the overarching global trends that we monitor relates to the drive toward One World Government.
Qualification
Interpreting the signs of the times can lead to an accusation that we're simply conspiracy theorists looking for overarching worldviews or answers for why things are like they are. And whilst we endeavour to give evidence for the assertions we make in any article, there are times when the prophetic scriptures or the person of the Holy Spirit leads us to a specific conclusion that appears contrary to the evidence.
Having said that by way of qualification, we nevertheless think it indisputable that there is a concerted effort amongst the world's elite to create a One World Government; the only real issue at stake is who are they exactly, what methods are they using to achieve their objective, what is their real intent and purpose, is there demonic activity involved and what does God have to say about it. These are the issues we will seek to address in this series of articles.
Recent evidence
Before looking in more detail at the history of this development however, we thought we should give a brief overview of some recent evidence.
In 1970 following a call by Nelson Rockefeller for the creation of a New World Order, presidential candidate Jimmy Carter campaigned, saying:
We must replace balance of power politics with world order politics.
Following Desert Storm, President Bush said that the effort was:
To forge for ourselves and for future generations a New World Order . . . in which a credible United Nations can use its . . . role to fulfill the promise and vision of the UN's founders.
Later, when addressing Congress he added:
What is at stake is more than one small country (Kuwait), it is a big idea - a New World Order, where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind . . . Such is a world worthy of our struggle, and worthy of our children's future . . . the long-held promise of a New World Order.
In 1995 the United Nations published a 420 page report: ‘Our Global Neighbourhood’, which outlined a plan for global governance, advancing the view that nations are interdependent and calling for a strengthened UN. The Report said:
It is our firm conclusion that the United Nations must continue to play a central role in global governance. With its universality, it is the only forum where the governments of the world come together on an equal footing and on a regular basis to try to resolve the world's most pressing problems. Every effort must be made to give it the credibility and resources it requires to fulfil its responsibilities . . . it may serve as the principal mechanism through which governments collaboratively engage each other and other sectors of society in the multilateral management of global affairs.
The Report was vigorously criticized by a number of bodies advocating national sovereignty. By 1996 the term ‘global governance’ had replaced ‘New World Order’ in many communications. The thesis advocated not just global governance, but also One World Religion.
In 1999 Tony Blair said:
We are all internationalists now, whether we like it or not.
In 2008 The Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist Gideon Rachman (who attended the 2003 and 2004 Bilderberg meetings - more on this later) said:
I have never believed there is a secret UN plot to take over the United States . . .but for the first time in my life, I think the formation of some sort of world government is plausible.
In 2009 in the Sunday Times Gordon Brown said it was time:
For all countries of the world to renounce protectionism and to participate in a new international system of banking and regulations to shape the twenty-first century as the first century of a truly global society.
In 2009 in an article in the International Herald Tribune Mikhail Gorbachev said:
Throughout the world there is a clamour for change . . . If current ideas for reforming the world's financial and economic institutions are consistently implemented, that would suggest we are finally beginning to understand the importance of global governance.
Gorbachev’s world peace initiatives won him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. He's committed to seeing a world government in this century, brought about by manipulating us all into accepting a New World Order in the guise of saving the planet from environmental catastrophe.
In 1994 he unveiled his plans for his Global Security Programme to the US Council on Foreign Relations. These included a tax on conventional arms production and empowering the UN to fund new UN agencies and authorities which would be part of a New World System. The launch of his programme was basically a world government planning session which was so successful it’s now an annual event.
In 2009 former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (a Rockefeller functionary, member of the Bilderberg group and Trilateral Commission - more on these later) called Obama's election:
An important element in shaping a New World Order.
In an earlier speech he made at a Bilderberg meeting in 1991 in describing how the world could be manipulated into willingly embracing global government he had this to say:
Today Americans would be outraged if UN troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful. This is especially true if they were told there was an outside threat from beyond, whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will plead with world leaders to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well being granted them by their world government.
If the world will not embrace Kissinger's Utopian dream rest assured there is another way - he and his elite entourage will impose it. Slowly but surely they will limit personal freedoms and outlaw opposition. For them, the will to control is all that matters. When you reject God's way and refuse to trust him for the future you have to develop your own peace and security, whereby you remain in control of your own destiny.
The Superclass behind the drive for global governance
Before us lies great uncertainty and a world in flux. We live in an increasingly global village where global solutions to global problems are deemed to be the way forward. At the same time a great consolidation of power is rising of which most people remain unaware. A self-appointed ruling superclass is emerging with a Utopian dream whether we like it or not.
Postmodern, liberal, secular, religious and ideologically driven individuals and groups within the intelligentsia – those who regard themselves as the ruling elite, progressive, open-minded and intellectually and spiritually enlightened, lead and encourage the movement toward a New World Order with the ultimate aim of One World Government.
This elite group includes politicians, world leaders, international bankers and financial institutions, secret societies/organisations, national and international organisations and foundations, multinational companies, non-governmental organisations (NGO's), collegiate fraternities, gentlemen’s clubs, think tanks, intelligence agencies, former key political leaders, wealthy oligarchs, New Age devotees, religious leaders and the apostate Church, etc.
The Economist newspaper in 2008 pointed to research by academic David Rothkopf, whose book, Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making, documented how only around six thousand people worldwide actually dictate the majority of policies operating at a global level. The Economist described this comparatively small number of elites as being:
. . . groomed in world-spanning institutions . . . (who) meet at global events such as the World Economic Forum at Davos and the Trilateral Commission or . . . the Bilderberg meetings or the Bohemian Grove seminars that take place every July in California.
Until the late 20th century governments of the great powers provided most of the superclass, accompanied by a few heads of international movements (e.g.the Roman Catholic Church) and bankers (e.g. Rothschild and Rockefeller). In the early 21st century however, economic clout began to rule, fueled by the explosive expansion of international trade, travel and communication.
Today, the nation state's power is diminishing and elected politicians are reduced to minority power brokers. Leaders in international business, finance and the defense industry now dominate the superclass. Although diverse in nature, this network is organised relationally.
Shadow government
It is argued by some that this diverse body already functions unofficially as a relational shadow global government. This is not without foundation since it can be shown that collectively they control political power, international finance, international law, world trade, the media, military capability and religious institutions.
Regional power, the forerunner to global power, is now well established. Few would argue that political and economic power no longer resides with publicly elected representatives, but with powerful individuals and entities exercising control from behind the scenes.
Faceless international elites, organisations and bureaucrats whom we didn't elect now set aside values and traditions we've cherished – the nation-state, democracy and Judaeo-Christian values. We'd suggest this article be read in relation to the attack on Judaeo-Christian values.
Planetary Utopia or Antichrist's New World Order?
Many amongst this elite operate with sincerity from a genuine conviction that global governance is the answer to the world's ills and so they promote their Utopian agenda openly. Political leaders openly guide their countries down a path of surrendering national sovereignty believing that earthly, planetary Utopia will be the result of One World Government.
Painful years of international conflict, monetary collapse, social unrest and a desire for peace create a catalyst for unthinking acceptance of these Utopian plans - global solutions to global problems are seen as the only solution. As we have already said, when man stops trusting God for the future he inevitably has to find his own solutions - his own Utopia.
At the other end of the continuum however, as we will show, are those who operate from different motives. The Devil promised Adam and Eve that if they ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil their eyes would be opened and they would become like God (Genesis 3:5). They have bought into this lie hook, line and sinker. They believe they share divinity and give their allegiance to the one who first told them they could be like God. They serve their father the Devil.
With subterfuge and in secret their demonic agenda is nothing less than to make way for the coming Antichrist's One World Government and Religion. From the prophetic scriptures we know that the Antichrist is set to appear as the dominant political, military and religious figure in the world. They believe that they will share in the reign of Lucifer the light bearer. They have developed a hatred of God the Father and his son Jesus Christ.
In between these two extremes are those (both secular and religious) who simply want worldly wealth, power and control for themselves and will do everything in their power to ensure it is they who ultimately run the global government. They're prepared to use manipulation and intimidation in their personal search for world domination.
Today, these three different groups and variations in between, with their diverse agenda, are happily working alongside each other since for now they are seen to be pushing for the same goal.
The Bible, as we have said, makes it clear that those carrying the Luciferic agenda will initially prevail. Through their wealth and power (both worldly and demonic), their hidden strategy will succeed. Their task, for which they work tirelessly day and night, is to persuade and prepare an unsuspecting world to welcome and accept the Antichrist when he appears.
Here at Christian Spectrum we believe that he will appear as an 'angel of light' and initially be seen as the one who can save mankind. When this happens, we'll all be obliged to use a global e-currency, without which we'll not be able to buy or sell. The 'mark of the beast' will be compulsory.
Life will be controlled by a supreme central power operating out of a world capital city. The once proud nation states will have disappeared and Big Brother will have arrived. Welcome to the future.
Whilst in this article we focus on the emerging intellectual, economic and political system, it needs to be understood that this is developing in tandem with the One World Religious system, and that both will be under the control of the Antichrist.
Ancient Babylon
Here at Christian Spectrum we believe that the origins of the drive for global governance, had its roots in the building of the Tower of Babel, where man made his first abortive attempt at global dominance in defiance of God. Mans first Utopian plan however, proved to be a failure.
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, ‘Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly.’ They used brick instead of stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.’
But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. The Lord said, ‘If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.’ So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel - because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth (Gen 11:1-9)
We believe that it's imperative that we find where we stand within prophetic history. If we can't identify where we are in God's prophetic calender, the events that lie ahead will ambush us, bringing fear and confusion. It's our conviction that this is best ascertained by being in close fellowship with others who share the eschatological hope, and that this must be the backdrop for studying the scriptures.
We believe that there are two major keys to discerning the current prophetic season, one of which is understanding Babylon in the purposes of God both past and future. The other is to understand Jerusalem/Israel in the purposes of God. Israel is said by many to be God's time-clock.
The Bible can be read as the story of two cities - Jerusalem and Babylon. Babylon, both as a city and as a type of society or system, can be found throughout the Bible culminating in End-Time prophecies. We believe that the rebellion led by Nimrod will reach its fulfilment in the coming of the Antichrist. As Babylon rises toward her ultimate expression as Babylon the Great, we can see Satan at work to unify the earth in defiance of God.
The current rise of Postmodernism, sexual immorality and false religion attests that Babylon is soon to reach her final and greatest manifestation. The New World Order comprising One World Government and One World Religion may be closer than we realise.
The Bible refers to Babylon in 18 different books. The longest Old Testament prophecy is the foretelling of Babylon's fall in Jeremiah 50-51. The longest passage of prophecy in the New Testament is John's vision of the great harlot in Revelation 17-18. Babylon is a key biblical theme and according to Peter Herder in his book: 'Babylon,' the Apostle John describes eight characteristics of the coming manifestation:
- She is the originator of false religions
- She is enthroned upon the nations (Rev 17:15)
- She is the centre of global commerce (Rev 18:3)
- She is the ultimate symbol of human rebellion against God (Rev 18:7)
- She intoxicates the nations with sexual immorality (Rev 17:2)
- She persecutes God's saints (Rev 17:6)
- She is empowered by and paves the way for the Antichrist
- Her destruction comes quickly and completely (Rev 18:10)
There are different schools of thought regarding who or what Babylon refers to and we believe that we do not yet have all the information we need to be certain as to how it is all going to pan out. Opinions differ, but most are agreed that Babylon is a symbol of every kind of evil and that it will have demonically-inspired worldwide influence in the areas of politics, economics and religion at the end of the age.
Some Christians consider any connection with the historical city of Babylon to be purely metaphorical. Others however, believe that the ancient city will be rebuilt on its original site on the banks of the Euphrates (some miles away from the modern city of Baghdad) and will become the Antichrist’s headquarters - the capital city of the One World Government.
Maybe it's more than coincidental that Saddam Hussein rebuilt the ancient city and had Baghdad's airport renamed 'Babel.' He worshipped Ishtar, Babylon's favourite goddess.
We believe that as the return of Jesus draws closer, more revelation will flow from the Holy Spirit, hence the need to watch and pray. At one level, we will be dealing with a mystery until Jesus returns. However, we do not believe it's unreasonable to anticipate that the One World Government when fully established, will manifest all of the above characteristics. All the evidence points in this direction.
There are many interpretations of what the New World Order will involve, but any or all of the following, in our view, are possibilities:
- totalitarianism will be the order of the day
- suppression of dissent and suspension of civil liberties, including free speech
- internment and/or death of opponents
- enslavement either overtly or covertly of the majority of humanity
- population control, including a possible culling of the population
- power in the hands of an elite
- Satanic worship
We already begin to experience many of these aspects.
Fresh endeavours
Some within society have never lost their demonic lust for global dominance in defiance of the God of the Bible. Down the centuries there have always been individuals, secret societies, global bankers and organisations with a pantheistic, occult, Luciferian agenda wishing to see the Tower rebuilt.
What was conceived in the city of Babel and continued by the Babylonians was revived in Rome (a type of neo-Babylon with the same characteristics) which epitomised the worst excesses of ancient Babylon. The greatest manifestation however, is still to come . . .
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Part 1 in this series discusses General introduction . . .
Part 2 in this series discusses ancient societies, bankers, organisations, etc . . .
Part 3 in this series discusses modern societies, bankers and organisations, etc . . .
Part 4 in this series discusses spiritual dimensions to global government
Before us lies great uncertainty. We live in an increasingly global village. A great consolidation of power is taking place of which many people remain unaware . . . Postmodern, liberal, secular, religious and ideologically driven individuals and groups within the intelligentsia – those who regard themselves as the ruling elite, progressive, open-minded and intellectually and spiritually enlightened, lead and encourage the movement toward a New World Order with the ultimate aim of One World Government . . . Our individual and national rights and freedoms are being systematically destroyed in the name of globalisation, unity, peace and security . . .