The reason I asked these questions, from what I understand Satan's plan, there is no one world order, except he wants one world worship under him through his puppet Anti Christ. I used to have a thread titled "The rise and fall of Anti Christ" based on Daniel 11:21 to 45. It listed all AC's major moves during the tribulation. I didn't find one world order under him, but I do find how he aids Israel to rebuild their third temple, and later on, tramples it. At the end, Satan's plan is to defile God's temple, blasphemy God's name. He has no interest in ruling the world. Rather, his final plan is to cause conflict of the world, which leads to world war three, to destroy all the human race, which leaves nothing for Jesus to come back for. Of course, that should include annihilation of all the Jews. At least this is how I understand Satan's plan by reading Daniel 11:21-45, assisted by other scriptures. I wouldn’t worry too much about it. A lot of people interject conjecture into prophecy. The Antichrist is not an Emperor. He needs the ten kings of the ten nations. In fact 3 of them rebel and it doesn’t seem he can do much about it. I don’t think a world government/religion will be as obvious as many think it will be. Although I think it will be loosely unified amongst the ten. IMHO, the globalists desire a one world government with as they put it, "full spectrum dominance. " plagues are not new and have been used throughout time. This is all very foundational, speculation. Epidemics have been known to wipe out large segments of people — the Bubonic plague in Europe, wiped out most of the poor and ill, 50 million people between 1346-53. A.D. 165-180 - The Antonine Plague, which may have been smallpox, laid waste to the army and may have killed over 5 million people in the Roman empire, wrote April Pudsey, a senior lecturer in Roman History at Manchester Metropolitan University, in a paper published in the book "Disability in Antiquity," Routledge, 2017). 1545-1548 - the cocoliztli epidemic was a form of viral hemorrhagic fever that killed 15 million inhabitants of Mexico and Central America. Among a population already weakened by extreme drought, the disease proved to be utterly catastrophic. "Cocoliztli" is the Aztec word for "pest." 1889-1890 - Pandemic flu - the disease spanned the globe, killing 1 million people. It took just five weeks for this to reach peak mortality. 1918-1920 - Spanish flu - estimated 500 million people from the South Seas to the North Pole fell victim. One-fifth of those died, with some indigenous communities pushed to the brink of extinction. 1957-1958 - The Asian Flu pandemic was another global showing for influenza. With its roots in China, the disease claimed more than 1 million lives. The virus that caused the pandemic was a blend of avian flu viruses. Aids, H1N1, Ebola—— pick a century, pick a war, you will find it had a wide spread disease that killed lots of people. The more modern ones seem to be more virulent, so much speculation on their development. A nationalist, will work hard to protect country and economy! A globalist will work hard to destroy nationalism in the name of a Central peace. Bringing it back to one common language, one common economy, one common religion... sounds like Babel to me, wonder who started that for Nimrod? Just like in scripture, there are many levels at work here. It’s never just one dimensional - you have to see the past, present, and future as a continuum, created by an everlasting, almighty God, who cannot be placed to fit in a finite minds box. Here is a paradox, I understood many years ago, with God, who is outside of time, it’s already done! Now that is so cool! How do I know this you ask, glad you asked :good: Just a few years ago a good friend of mine had a young son (9years old) who was killed tragically in an accident. Weeks went by, grief started to heal the pain and one day, she says to me, “I really miss him” —- flash back to the night before, I woke up to my name being called (it’s happened a few times —- :yes: ) Like young Samuel, I laid very still and said “yes Lord”, in my thoughts appeared “He doesn’t miss you, with him, we are already there”. I fell back to sleep, wondering, what does that mean.... the next day when she made her statement to me, I connected the dots and knew and told her, she would always miss him on earth but her son didn’t miss her, because with him, we were already there, talk about mind blowing! I could only hug her, get in my car and start to drive home. Had to pull over as the full impact hit me and believe me when I say, a great feeling of awe, Peace, praise, and worship came over me for the God who is in charge of it all. Fair Use of research articles on plagues; small amount of Gods amazingness included and very simplified, according to the finite knowledge of humanity. :mdrmdr: :yahoo: :popcorn I do believe our loved ones can look down and see us (Great Cloud of Witnesses) and are cheering us to the finished line. I’ve often wondered though if our loved ones in heaven miss us ... thank you Tammie for confirming they don’t. :mdrmdr: They are in such tranquil peace and no matter how many years have gone by ... its probably only like a minute to them. I often pondered what it will be like meeting my loved ones in heaven again. I picture myself shouting “finally we meet again!!!” and doing a happy dance. And them replying “huh, what do you mean ... it was only yesterday since we last spoke”. :wacko: Geri, so true! I believe we will be so incredibly amazed at the awesomeness of our Lord’s presence, the beauty, peace, and righteousness that will surround us. Seeing the great cloud of witnesses will be just the icing on the heavenly cake, so to speak. I’m really looking forward to seeing the crystal sea with the emerald bow that surrounds God’s throne, if I get to go that close. Can you just imagine being in the presence of pure love and righteousness— beyond current comprehension for sure! Can’t wait! :prayer-hands: The already but not yet. It’s very comforting for me. This is why the eternal security of the believer is true. Anyone who says you can lose your salvation is totally wrong. Song of Solomon 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV) :amen: I was just talking about this the other day ... the Apostle John was brought up to heaven and saw us already up in heaven waaay before we were even born and the future events that will occur on the earth for the tribulation and the millennium kingdom. WOW ... talk about virtual reality ... I wonder if he was given special goggles to wear to see the future? Or perhaps there are movie theaters up there and he saw everything on film? Or did the Lord just fast forward time (like some time travel machine) and John witnessed everything actually happening right then?! I think that is classified as a trade secret for now! TR Report: One Dead, Dozens Wounded in Clashes as Lebanese Currency Crashes, Food Prices Soar Get ready for more of this. Could lead to a war in the summer.
Won't happen, though. They are not ready and God is letting them know that it is nearly show time. So, they'll cobble things together as best they can. Clay with iron, as it is written.
The Greek historian Thucydides (460-400 B.C.) wrote that "people in good health were all of a sudden attacked by violent heats in the head, and redness and inflammation in the eyes, the inward parts, such as the throat or tongue, becoming bloody and emitting an unnatural and fetid breath" (translation by Richard Crawley from the book "The History of the Peloponnesian War," London Dent, 1914). 100,000 estimated died.
Follow the money, always..... it’s, money (gold, oil, etc....), power, domination and not necessarily in that order. Hitler didn’t have economy, he sought domination and power, plus his unusual extreme hatred of the Jew (if Satan can wipe out the Jew, he thinks he will end Gods covenant with them, wrong on all counts). Napoleon the same, power and world domination, Mussolini wanted power and economy .... war and plague close kinsmen and used thru time.
I just am so excited to see all of the minute things I have studied coming into play —- it is just so cool to see the expanse of Gods logic on a very tiny scale (not sure I could grasp it all). He thought of everything to the detail, we are to trust Him, He has it all under control and nothing surprises Him.
So my thought, stop trying to make God fit into our finite box and realize, He is far greater than we can even begin to imagine and His way is perfect. Let man (satan included) play his games, soon it won’t matter to us who have been born of the Spirit, washed in the blood, and adopted as sons!
Rest in Him, Pray, and Watch! It is happening as he said! :prayer-hands: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: :flyup:
Since God is outside of time, having created time, all believers are already with Him eternally.
3 I am my beloved’s,
And my beloved is mine.
He feeds his flock among the lilies.
