A one World Government…

1. A One-worldgovernment…? –8th
March2017
“It was givenpower to wagewar againstGod’sholypeopleand to conquerthem. And it was given
authorityover every tribe, people,languageand nation.” (Revelation13:7).
The Bible doesnotuse the phrase “one-worldgovernment”or“one-worldcurrency”inreferringtothe
endtimes.Itdoes,however,provide ample evidence toenable ustodraw the conclusionthatbothwill
existunderthe rule of the Antichristinthe lastdays.
In hisapocalypticvisioninthe Bookof Revelation,the Apostle Johnseesthe “beast,”alsocalledthe
Antichrist, aswe can readfrom Revelation13:1, “The dragon[a]
stoodon the shore of the sea. And I saw
a beast comingout of the sea. It had ten horns andseven heads, withten crownson its horns,and on
each head a blasphemousname.” CombiningthisvisionwithDaniel’ssimilar visionaswe see in Daniel
7:16-24, we can conclude thatsome sort of worldsystemwill be inauguratedbythe beast, referred
there as the mostpowerful “horn,”whowill defeatthe othernine andwill begintowage waragainst
Christians.
The ten-nationconfederacyisalsoseeninDaniel’simage of the statue statedinDaniel 2,where he
picturesthe final worldgovernmentconsistingof tenentitiesrepresentedbythe tentoesof the statue.
We can readthisfrom Daniel 2:41-42, “Justas you saw that the feet and toes were partlyof baked clay
and partlyof iron,so this will be a dividedkingdom;yet it will have some of the strength ofiron in it,
even as you saw ironmixed withclay. 42
Asthe toes were partlyiron andpartly clay,so this kingdom
will be partly strongand partly brittle.”Whoeverthe tenare and howevertheycome topower,
Scripture isclearthat the beastwill eitherdestroythemorreduce theirpowertonothingmore than
figureheads.Inthe end,theywill dohisbidding.
Apostle Johngoesontodescribe the rulerof thisvast empire ashavingpowerandgreatauthority,given
to himby Satanhimself aswe can learnfrom Revelation 13:2, “The beast I saw resembled a leopard,
but hadfeet like those ofa bear and a mouth likethat of a lion.The dragon gave the beast hispower
and histhrone and great authority.” We can alsoread that thiswill be followedbyandreceiving
worshipfrom“the entire world”asstatedin Revelation 13:3-4, “One of the heads of the beast seemed
to have had a fatal wound,but the fatal woundhad been healed. The whole worldwas filledwith
wonder andfollowedthe beast. 4
People worshipedthe dragonbecause he had givenauthorityto the
beast, andthey also worshipedthe beast andasked, “Whoislike the beast? Whocan wage war
againstit?”
We can alsolearnBeast havingauthorityover“everytribe,people,language andnation” asstatedin
Revelation13:7, “It wasgiven power to wage war againstGod’sholypeople andto conquer them.
And it wasgiven authorityover every tribe, people,languageandnation.” Fromthisdescription,itis
logical toassume that thispersonisthe leaderof a one-worldgovernmentwhichisrecognizedas
sovereignoverall othergovernments.It’shardtoimagine how suchdiverse systemsof governmentas
are inpowertodaywouldwillinglysubjugatethemselvestoa single ruler,andthere are manytheories
on the subject.A logical conclusionisthatthe disastersandplaguesdescribedinRevelationasthe seal
and trumpetjudgments(Revelationchapters 6-11) will be sodevastatingandcreate sucha
monumental global crisisthatpeople will embrace anythingandanyone whopromisestogive them
relief.

2. Once entrenchedinpower,the beast(Antichrist)andthe powerbehindhim whichis Satan, will move to
establishabsolute control overall peoplesof the earthto accomplishtheirend,the worshipSatanhas
beenseekingeversince beingthrownoutof heaven aswe can readfrom Isaiah14:12-14, “ How you
have fallenfromheaven, morningstar, sonof the dawn! Youhave been cast down to the earth, you
who once laidlowthe nations!13
Yousaidinyour heart, “I will ascendto the heavens;I will raise my
throne above the stars of God;I will sit enthroned onthe mountof assembly, onthe utmostheightsof
MountZaphon. 14
I will ascend abovethe tops ofthe clouds; I will make myselflike the Most High.”
One way theywill accomplish absolutecontrol overall peoplesof the earth isthoughtas by controlling
all commerce,andthisis where the ideaof a one-worldcurrencycomesin. We canlearnfrom
Revelation13that describessome sortof satanicmark whichwill be requiredinordertobuyand sell.
“It alsoforced all people,great andsmall,rich andpoor, free and slave,to receive a mark on their
right handsor on their foreheads, 17
sothat they couldnot buyor sell unlessthey had the mark, which
is the name of the beast or the number of its name.”(Revelation13:16-17). This meansanyone who
refusesthe markwill be unable tobuyfood,clothingorothernecessitiesof life.Nodoubtthe vast
majorityof people inthe worldwill succumbtothe marksimplytosurvive.Again,verse16 above makes
it clearthat thiswill be auniversal systemof control where everyone,richandpoor,greatand small,will
bearthe mark ontheirhand or forehead.There isagreatdeal of speculationastohow exactlythismark
will be affixed,butthe technologiesthatare available rightnow couldaccomplishitveryeasily.
Those whoare leftbehindafterthe Rapture of the Churchwill be facedwithanexcruciatingchoice—
accept the mark of the beastinorderto survive orface starvationandhorrificpersecutionbythe
Antichristandhisfollowers.Butthose whocome toChristduringthistime,those whose namesare
writteninthe Lamb’sbookof life,willchoose toendure,eventomartyrdom. “All inhabitantsofthe
earth will worshipthe beast—all whosenameshave not been written in the Lamb’s bookof life,the
Lamb who wasslainfrom the creation ofthe world.”(Revelation13:8).