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A one world system.
The need for a one world system is not as far fetched as many would like to believe. If we are all going to be on the earth at the same time in a peaceful environment then we must have a common set of guidelines. Imagine if baseball and football tried to play together on the same field at the same time, or how about hockey and basketball at the same time? Life's not a game you say? How about driving on the right side or left side of the road. How about a Father based on learning and a god based on chopping off heads? These superficial examples are a lot deeper than you might think. The actions we take are based on rules. Sports are a competition over the ability to work within the rules. Driving on one side or the other only works when everyone on the road follows the same rules. A one world system can only function smoothly if the people's gods are subordinate to the Father's protection.
In the eternity we are "all" going to be here. That means it's going to be twice as crowded, and it is going to be a peaceful planet. The only way for the diversity of culture as we see it today to be able to live together in peace forever is if they were all within an established standard. That doesn't mean individuality and cultural heritage is gone, or that everyone today will be a cookie cutter Christian in the eternity. That would be a generic existence for sure. Just as when we are born flesh in this earth age our physical body basically looks like we do in our spiritual body. A person that is black now was black in heaven before they came to be born and they will be black in the eternity when we all are back together. Heritage/family ties are the same. That goes for every race and every blend of race. Nobody is something here and something else there.
Each of the nations will have their lot. They will even have their royalty and other cultural nuances. When Jesus was born, who brought gifts? Three wise men from other nations. Do you think this would have made it into the scriptures if it wasn't an example being set forth? They knew who Christ was just as they will know who Christ is in the eternity. In the 21st chapter of Revelation we see a clear example of this:
Revelation 21: 1
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
We're reading about during the third earth age, which is after the 1,000 year Lord's Day I keep writing is upon us, so this is still quite future. The 21st chapter gives a wonderful description of what's to come but I want you to see for yourself that there are kings of the earth even at that future time so here's the 24th verse:
Revelation 21: 24
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
The nations are there and they have kings. This level of royalty is what enables groups of individuals to cultivate their heritage and culture. They are still subordinate to the laws of God and everyone that gets there knows that, but eternal souls are free to separate their baseball and football players if you will. Personal preference is how we pursue happiness for eternity. It's what we do as we tend our earthly garden. It just can't go unchecked or we will have the same condition we have today. However when managed with wisdom the beauty and depth of life is so vast that it takes all the different souls to show the true diversity. From the best chess player to the martial artist, from the educator to the hungry student, it is our ability to pursue life that makes us. There is space for us all to be here and to enjoy the depth of our heritage over the span of eternity, but only if we have a common authority to ensure justice reigns. Each country today has laws in place and the authority to enforce them. It is very natural for people of every society to have recognized law and that common bond has enabled distant nations to intermingle on any level they desire. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. We all see what happens then?
If the nations had an umbrella that granted them their national rights but held other nations to a common law then a peace could be enforceable… on paper. America is a good model for this concept. It is comprised of many states, and the states of counties, and cities, and communities. There is enough variety within the rules for people to pursue happiness. They can move around freely and enjoy what other communities have to offer. Without a common law then the differences would become inflammatory. This happens a lot on an individual basis as people and families move around the country. Sometimes it happens on a larger scale. If a state wanders from the group to the point that they declare independence from the rest then the overruling laws of common accountability are non-enforceable. In today's global climate most of the friction we see is due to a lack of governing rules that would enable interaction to take place smoothly.
The United Nations would like to be the governing body for a set of universal enforceable law. If we could get every nation to be accountable to a common set of laws then we would have a system that could possibly facilitate peace for all. An engine if you will. It won't run by itself. It still needs a driver and the lubrication to keep friction down. In the eternity it will be Christ that drives and His doctrine will be the lubrication. That much has already been determined. In this life the people of the world wrestle with how that compares to their perspective of reality, which is primarily why we have thousands of years where people have lost lives shedding blood. With time the divisions between nations, races, and any personal preference you want to state become a viable reason to challenge what someone presents. It can go to any extreme. Something has to trump those scars. This is where the different religions come in. They allow men to defer personal desire to the betterment of being. Unfortunately the religions of the world have dramatic differences and they have leveraged those differences to wage war with each other. Every generation piling more scars on top of another. Every religion is subject to this because each thinks they trump the other and each is living for a cause that they believe is bigger than them selves.
On the surface it seems a one world system could be economic, but the removal of our Christian faith from American accountability is providing the perfect example of what happens when an heavenly model removes the lubrication of God. Our God, not each individual favorite god of the day. An economic machine will experience breakdown if the superceding accountability is more than one religious authority because then we are back to nations siding with their individual gods. This is a very natural thing and isn't intended to point out good and bad guys. I say it's natural because heaven has a global government. There is a leader and a doctrine that ensures no other nation may leverage their personal beliefs above and beyond the governing Authority. Humanity is just trying to create a system that would enable us to do the same. It's instinctual. The problem is that we don't all agree on what the governing law should be.
Part of the latter days in this second earth age is to see what would happen if we all lived how we wanted. Each culture is allowed to pursue their own deity and to administer their own justice. That is what perpetuates the meandering of the United Nations. The engine may be in coming together but it's not running very well is it? That's okay. It's part of the lesson. It's also part of the set up. What set up? Something has to happen on a pretty large scale in order for the world to participate in the fulfillment of scriptures as they are described. It's not going to be something that happens in the corner of some town and we all read about it? It's going to be something on a global scale that sets a hook in the jaw of every nation. World wars one and two showed how quickly people can take sides and how long ago was that? We are already reporting on a global scale daily so it wouldn't take much to see how things in another place affect things in our place and to take a position on it.
Now comes the set up. Most churches teach there is one beast that we face in the end times (that Satan and the beast are the same). The reality is that there are two beasts described in Revelation. The first one is a system that strives for a global peace, and then when it fails the second beast comes to establish the higher authority and enforce the peace. We are simply waiting on the false governing authority to appear and take charge just as Paul warned the Thessalonians. The biggest problem with a single beast theory is that it staggers the timeline allowing expectations to align with Satan's plan while still appearing to fit scripture. This is one of the ways Satan twists the context of what is written to deceive his followers. Willing followers think they are supporting God but are indeed deceived. If scripture was Satan's tool in the first earth age and when he tempted Christ then you better rest assured it will be his tool when he comes again to tempt you. When he comes this time his charismatic technique will put humanity in the palm of his hand. Will you succumb to peer pressure, family pressure, religious pressure… or will you be wiser than the dragon?
One easy way for Satan to twist scripture is by leveraging the symbolic descriptions that people often argue over. Symbology is a very effective way of communicating analogies. If you have an understanding of the scenario and context then the symbols gives clarification to the points, but if you are not up to speed then the symbols are unsubstantiated or totally taken out of context. Revelation is full of symbolic details. As part of the symbolism used Revelation speaks of a multi-headed beast. Rest assured that when you read about something multi-headed in the Bible you are reading about something political. There are no natural men or animals that have more than one head other than a freak accident. Revelation's multi-headed beast is Satan's political system. This political system has a religious foundation and is pictured as the first beast described rising out of the sea:
Revelation 13: 1
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
How many artist renditions over history have you seen of some monster coming out of the ocean? How can these artists get such a vivid vision of such terror when if they simply kept with the story they would have learned in Revelations 17: 15 that the seas represent people?
Revelation 17: 15
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
The waters (sea) are the people that make up our global presence. There will be a political structure that rises from the people. Is it our quest for peace? What else is written about this first beast?
Revelation 13: 2
And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
- A leopard doesn't change its spots. Meaning we would be able to recognize this structure if we knew of the structure he had in the first earth age. It is described in the Bible and it is revealed to those He is sealing. In fact it's right here in Revelation.
- The feet of a bear addresses Russia. There is a coming time when Russia rises against America just like Ezekiel described (the bear nation coming against us).
- The mouth of a lion is because the system is presenting itself as serving as Judah, meaning in service of God.
But it wasn't God that gave this beast power? It said it was the dragon. It's not a Holy thing even though it is presented as such. What was the seat that Satan wanted to sit in? The mercy seat. With it comes the authority.
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