As leaders of the world's 20 largest economies, dubbed the G-20, gather in Washington, some European leaders are pushing for global financial regulation.Not that many years ago, I could not have imagine the world's economies being so interlinked that the hiccups in the U.S. would ripple across the planet, nor that we would be impacted by the crises of other nations.
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius (a day's wage); and do not harm the oil and the wine.”Who would have thought that they would get together to try and determine how to stabilize the world markets? It doesn't require the imagination of Aldous Huxley anymore to see the international financial web growing stronger and then requiring some form of user ID to access the financial market.- Revelation 6:6
...and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark...It's not just finance, either. National identities were so strong when I was a kid, you couldn't imagine an international figure that would hold sway across the oceans. Mao? Loved in China, hated everywhere else. Brezhnev? Loved in the USSR, hated everywhere else. Nixon? Hated pretty much everywhere (too bad, really). Even the most loved leaders were loathed by a good 50% of the nations.- Revelation 13:17
It seems that things have changed. Notice the international fawning over Vlad Putin. Good grief, he was Time's Person of the Year! The press can't get enough of his beefcake, stud-islav persona. He fishes mountain streams (sans shirt), hunts tiger (with shirt), and knows the martial arts. And he invades former Socialist states without a care knowing that the neutered international community and ham-strung US won't bat anything beyond the diplomatic protest eye-lash. Who is like (this one)? Who is able to make war with him?Putin is not the only man with which the world has fallen in love. Our very own president-elect has smitten the world-wide community. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the majority of nations ached for his election. Before he has done anything of substance, the image of Barack Obama and the eloquence of his rhetoric has earned him international superstardom.- Revelation 13:4
The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.Am I saying Putin is the Antichrist? No. I'm not saying it about the president-elect, either. But both men use biblical language with great panache to advance their cause, but when you delve into their deeds and what they espouse, those positions run contrary to God's word or are just a little bit "off." Note Putin's polish- 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10
Time Magazine: What role does faith play in your leadership?The rise of such men shows to skeptics and affirms to the saints the truth of God's word. Such prophecies that even a generation ago seemed beyond imagination today are headlines.
Putin: First and foremost, we should be governed by common sense. But common sense should be based on moral principles first. And it is not possible today to have morality separated from religious values...
T: Earlier you used the phrase Thou shalt not steal. Have you read the Bible?
P: Yes, I have. And the Bible is on my plane.
Christ will return to this earth in body. The Bible does not equivocate on that. Much will take place before that occurs and most of it will not be pretty. Again, the Bible is clear.
The increased fragility of international economics and the rise of international supermen portend an imminence to all these events.
Stay tuned.
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