New World Order: General introduction
Introduction and mandate
As we mention in our resource hub our research is designed to help Christians understand the times we're living in, and challenge them to focus on the eschatological hope as part of an End-time community of faith. You'll find a number of specific issues, trends and developments which form the focus of our research.
The emerging New World Order is the overarching development or umbrella under which all the other issues and trends sit - it's the 'bigger picture'. As we move ever closer to the end of the age the New World Order will manifest as the Antichrist's One World Government and Religion (Rev 13). Indeed, with the growing realisation that we're living at the end of the Last Days, it's vital to look at these global issues through an eschatological lens. Their importance is amplified as we appreciate the significance of the trends we highlight on these pages in the light of end time events mentioned in the scriptures.
In this series we'll also deal with what could be described as subplots in the emerging New World Order such as Environmentalism and the Surveillance society. Increasingly, global environmental problems are used as the main justification in support of global governance. We'll also cover the campaign against the Christian faith, Judaeo-Christian values etc., which is at the very heart of the New World Order.
Utopian dream or dystopian nightmare?
The New World Order is directly related to, or can at least be inferred from, a number of biblical prophecies linked to the end of the age (Rev 13). From man's first unsuccessful attempt at the Tower of Babel to establish One World Government and Religion in defiance of God, he has never given up the fight to control his own destiny. Finding himself in a chaotic universe of flux he seeks to construct his own Utopian dream, the New World Order, the perfect society as an alternative source of security to God. This is both an individual and collective endeavour. See also our series on Transhumanism.
No one person, group, international organisation, movement or nation could orchestrate something of this magnitude on their own and hope to be successful. We live in a world with over 6 billion people made up of around 24,000 identifiable people groups, each with their own cultural heritage, values and language. Since most nations will not willingly let go of their sovereignty, it will take time for a New World Order to become fully established - but the day is drawing closer.
The concept will first need to be rooted in individuals, national and international organisations, societies, cultures and subcultures. The strategy however, as we will show, is clearly working; we already see an emerging New World Order taking shape. It begs the question therefore as to who ultimately is the driving force behind it.
The Bible gives us the answer. It tells us that there is a being capable of masterminding and orchestrating such an undertaking and his name is Lucifer (Satan). Lucifer is the hidden conductor behind the scenes, as he was in the building of the Tower of Babel.
Identified with the serpent in the Garden of Eden (Gen 3:1) and the rebellious angel (Isa 14:12-14; Eze 28:12-15), he is also described as the god of this age (2 Cor 4:4); the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient (Eph 2:2) and the prince of this world (Jn 12:31). The whole world is said to be under the control of the evil one (1 Jn 5:19). The Bible reminds us that:
. . . our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (Eph 6:12)
As individuals, organisations and nations turn their back on the God of the Bible they, knowingly or unknowingly, transfer allegiance and devolve power to Lucifer. He is then able to use them in his devilish scheme, which ultimately is to draw worship to himself (Rev 13).
Those who are ignorant of his devices only see the efforts of man, a world of ever-changing ideas and philosophies, of unplanned and unrelated events, but with the mind of Christ we are able to see a discernible pattern, a slow moving forward of human history toward a climactic event - the emergence of the dystopian nightmare, the New World Order, the Great Harlot Babylon manifesting itself as the Antichrist's One World Government and Religion (Rev 13, 17 and 18).
In all of this however, we need to keep in mind that Satan can only do what he is permitted to do by God the Father - in a very real sense Satan becomes the servant of God. God never loses ultimate or overall control; his purposes are still being outworked.
Keep watch
Many Christians believe that the world is evolving and getting better and so these issues are given very little priority in their lives, and they are rarely addressed in the Church. As a consequence of this, these global issues are rarely, if ever, considered from a Christian perspective in the public arena. Whilst political leaders fail to interpret the signs or indeed find lasting solutions to the many problems faced globally, the Church, in the main, sleeps. At best it engages in any debate on these issues at a rational level, whilst ignoring the prophetic scriptures.
A loss of confidence
The Church no longer has confidence to promote a biblical worldview in the public square, despite the fact that global events are increasingly lining up with what the prophetic scriptures have to say. We are in the main failing to heed the apostle Peter's injunction to pay attention to prophecy, 'as a light shining in a dark place' (2 Peter 1:19-21). We ignore Proverbs 25:2 which tells us that 'it is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings'.
Intimidated
Truth is, we've become intimidated. A steady stream of anti-Christian, left-wing, vitriol and marginalisation, by both secular and pagan progressive elites, has left us discouraged. It feels like the ground beneath us has shifted and our traditional points of reference (authority of the Bible, exclusivity of Christ, biblical worldview, our ability to read the times like the Men of Issachar, etc) are being challenged to the n'th degree, including by some within the Church.
It's no exaggeration to say that in recent times Christian confidence in the West has been shaken to the core. We're undergoing a painful paradigm shift both in how the world views us, but more importantly, in how we view ourselves.
As the New World Order takes hold globally, eschatological communities become a necessity - to keep focused on the future hope, for mutual support and encouragement, and to delve together into the prophetic scriptures in order to understand what is happening around us and their significance in God's purposes.
. . . together we need to rediscover our national identity and Christian heritage when the laws of God were the foundation of our society. We must reject the irrational, prejudiced and intolerant positions of so-called progressive elites (who in reality are regressive) who, amongst other things, are seeking to hijack the truth in favour of so-called minority victim groups, whilst victimising Christians. We must return to reason and logic and the values espoused by the mainly silent majority . . .
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