World Government
"And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech." (Genesis 11:4-7)
The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder c.1563AD
Since the construction of the Tower of Babel, many have sought to rule the world.
Today our world has many nations but world government and world unity are becoming topics of discussion. Nations are joining together as seen in the European Union.
We see the Tower of Babel used in promoting the EU and is visibile in the architecture of the EU Parliament.
The Bible describes the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11. It was man's first attempt at world unity but there was a fatal problem. It was a political and religious unity in rebellion against God. The Bible says God stepped in and brought judgment by scattering the people and confounding the language.
In the past hundred years, we see a trend towards global unity. After World War I, the League of Nations was formed and after World War II, the United Nations. Religiously, the Pope's ecumenical movement and United Religions aim to unite all religions into one. This idea is supported by many in the New Age Movement and echoed by prominent world leaders. Its a theme also promoted in movies, music and the olympics.
"I advocate world government because I am convinced that there is no other possible way of eliminating the most terrible danger in which man has ever found himself. The objective of avoiding total destruction must have priority over any other objective." (Albert Einstein, 1947)
"We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent." (James Warburg, 1950, Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations)
Yet what has history taught us about giving absolute power to people?
We also read in the Bible that before the return of Jesus Christ, a final one-world empire will reign. It will take place during a seven-year period of time referred to as the tribulation period.
The Bible describes this final empire as a revived Roman Empire in Daniel 2, Daniel 7, Revelation 13 and Revelation 17. It is a world empire led by one man (Antichrist) who will ultimately persecute and kill God's people. The tribulation period is a time of strong delusion that will deceive those who have rejected the Gospel and a period when God returns his focus on the nation of Israel. There will also be cataclysmic judgments upon the earth.
How this final empire will ultimately come to power is not clear but we do see a trend as our world moves towards political, economic and religious unity. The Bible warns this is not the solution.
The true problem in our world is not disunity between people but sin that has separated us from God.
The unity sought by the world is not peace with God but a rejection of the salvation God offers in Jesus.
"Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us." (Psalm 2:1-3)
It is a return to the Tower of Babel which will end at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." (1 Thessalonians 5:3)
"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war...And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS...And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone." (Revelation 19:11,13,18-19)
For two documentaries on what the Bible says will come to pass before Jesus returns, see the Megiddo films in the Videos section.
True peace can only come through the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ. It is in Him where we find peace with God as He brings us into a loving and eternal fellowship with Himself.
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it
be afraid." (John 14:27)
"All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." (John 6:37)
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"And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech." (Genesis 11:4-7)
The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder c.1563AD
Since the construction of the Tower of Babel, many have sought to rule the world.
Today our world has many nations but world government and world unity are becoming topics of discussion. Nations are joining together as seen in the European Union.
We see the Tower of Babel used in promoting the EU and is visibile in the architecture of the EU Parliament.
The Bible describes the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11. It was man's first attempt at world unity but there was a fatal problem. It was a political and religious unity in rebellion against God. The Bible says God stepped in and brought judgment by scattering the people and confounding the language.
In the past hundred years, we see a trend towards global unity. After World War I, the League of Nations was formed and after World War II, the United Nations. Religiously, the Pope's ecumenical movement and United Religions aim to unite all religions into one. This idea is supported by many in the New Age Movement and echoed by prominent world leaders. Its a theme also promoted in movies, music and the olympics.
"I advocate world government because I am convinced that there is no other possible way of eliminating the most terrible danger in which man has ever found himself. The objective of avoiding total destruction must have priority over any other objective." (Albert Einstein, 1947)
"We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent." (James Warburg, 1950, Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations)
Yet what has history taught us about giving absolute power to people?
We also read in the Bible that before the return of Jesus Christ, a final one-world empire will reign. It will take place during a seven-year period of time referred to as the tribulation period.
The Bible describes this final empire as a revived Roman Empire in Daniel 2, Daniel 7, Revelation 13 and Revelation 17. It is a world empire led by one man (Antichrist) who will ultimately persecute and kill God's people. The tribulation period is a time of strong delusion that will deceive those who have rejected the Gospel and a period when God returns his focus on the nation of Israel. There will also be cataclysmic judgments upon the earth.
How this final empire will ultimately come to power is not clear but we do see a trend as our world moves towards political, economic and religious unity. The Bible warns this is not the solution.
The true problem in our world is not disunity between people but sin that has separated us from God.
The unity sought by the world is not peace with God but a rejection of the salvation God offers in Jesus.
"Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us." (Psalm 2:1-3)
It is a return to the Tower of Babel which will end at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." (1 Thessalonians 5:3)
"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war...And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS...And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone." (Revelation 19:11,13,18-19)
For two documentaries on what the Bible says will come to pass before Jesus returns, see the Megiddo films in the Videos section.
True peace can only come through the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ. It is in Him where we find peace with God as He brings us into a loving and eternal fellowship with Himself.
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it
be afraid." (John 14:27)
"All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." (John 6:37)
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