After this I saw in the night visions and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible \u2026 and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns \u2026 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. <\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014Dan. 7:7, Rev. 17:12, 13<\/i><\/p>\n
1386<\/b> Europe\u2019s Call For A Leader<\/b><\/p>\n
Several years ago, Belgium\u2019s Premier, P. H. Spock made a statement in the newspaper:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe truth is that the method of international committees has failed. What we need is a person, someone of the highest order of great energy. <\/p>\n
\u201cLet him come and let him come quickly. Either a civilian or a military man, no matter what his nationality, who will cut all the red tape, shove out of the way all the committees, wake up all the people and galvanize all governments into action. Let him come quickly. This man we need and for whom we wait will take charge of the defense of the West. Once more I say, it is not too late, but it is high time.\u201d<\/p>\n
1387<\/b> Prophecy of European Union<\/b><\/p>\n
Dr. Walter Hallstein, former president of the European Economic Community said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThree phases of the European unification are to be noted. First, the customs union, second, the economic union, third, the political union \u2026 what we have created on the way to uniting Europe is a mighty economic-political union of which nothing may be sacrificed for any reason. Its value exists not only in what it is, but more in what it promises to become \u2026 We may fully expect the great fusion of all economic military, and political communities together into the United States of Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n
1388<\/b> Past Attempts At Union<\/b><\/p>\n
It is interesting to see in history how men have attempted to put together the Old Roman Empire. Charlemagne tried to do this in A. D. 800. His \u201cRoman Empire\u201d included what are now the countries of France, Germany, Italy, Holland and Belgium. Charlemagne was crowned by the Pope as Emperor Charles Augustus. But his empire was not the ten nation confederacy of the Scriptures. <\/p>\n
Napoleon tried his strutting best to establish his own Roman Empire. Another Pope, Pius VII, made a tedious trip across the Alps to Notre Dame cathedral in Paris to place an imperial crown on Napoleon, but the new little Caesar snatched the crown from the Pope and put it on himself. His empire was not the revived Roman Empire, either. <\/p>\n
And then there was Hitler. Does anyone doubt that he attempted to put Rome together again? He said his Third Reich would last a thousand years. God had other plans and Hitler lost. <\/p>\n
\u2014Hal Lindsay <\/p>\n
1389<\/b> Fear of the North<\/b><\/p>\n
Warsaw Pact has a reported 1,000,000 troops in Europe. NATO puts its ground troops at 800,000, of which 340,000 are West Germans. <\/p>\n
The 5th year of \u201cMutual and Balanced Forces Reduction\u201d talks between NATO and the Warsaw Pact ended in 1978 without progress. The main obstacles had been an agreement on each side\u2019s troop strength and on how to verify reduction compliance. <\/p>\n
1390<\/b> Communist Armed Advantages<\/b><\/p>\n
In Europe, the Soviet Union and its allies boast an advantage of more than 150,000 ground troops and 10,000 tank over NATO forces. Communists forces in northern and central sectors of the European front out-number NATO forces in manpower between 600,000 to 900,000. The Communists have a 3-to-1 advantage in warplanes, a 2-to-1 edge in tanks. <\/p>\n
Also, geography favors the Communists. Russian forces would be closer to their homeland, whereas US deterrent forces would have to be flown across 3,000 miles of ocean. Some strategists claim that NATO barely has enough military strength to hold off an all-out Soviet attack for only a few days. <\/p>\n
1391<\/b> More Soviet Dangers<\/b><\/p>\n
Of serious concern also to the Europeans is the expansion of Soviet military forces away from Europe\u2019s central region\u2014where both NATO and Communist forces are heavily concentrated\u2014toward NATO\u2019s flanks, north and south. <\/p>\n
In the north, growing Soviet naval power imperils the approaches to the Baltic Sea and presents a danger to valuable North Sea oil fields. Trouble in the south is with NATO\u2019s own weakness and disarray, centering chiefly on the conflict between Turkey and Greece. Italy\u2019s surging Communist Party is also a worry. <\/p>\n
1392<\/b> Most Militarized Region<\/b><\/p>\n
The European continent is one of the world\u2019s most heavily militarized regions. The Western allies have 1,175,000 men under arms, including 208,500 Americans in West Germany. The Warsaw Pact has 1,305,000 troops, of whom 775,000 are Russians. Both sides have ultramodern weapons, including nuclear weapons. <\/p>\n
1393<\/b> Basic De-Stabilizer Of Europe<\/b><\/p>\n
As the 19-country Vienna conference of NATO allies broke up in April 1975, Netherlands delegate Willem do vos van Steenwijk affirmed that communist superiority remains the \u201cbasic destabilizing factor in the security situation in Central Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n
1394<\/b> Advantages In European Unity<\/b><\/p>\n
If the Europeans should unite, the federation will:<\/p>\n
\u2022 have 253 million people<\/p>\n
\u2022 be 23% more populous than the U. S. <\/p>\n
\u2022 be more productive than the USSR<\/p>\n
\u2022 have control over more of the world\u2019s trade than the US and Japan combined<\/p>\n
\u2022 have 2,450,000 men under arms\u2014almost as many as China. <\/p>\n
1395<\/b> Enter The Common Market<\/b><\/p>\n
On June 8, 1948, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands signed the Benelux Agreement that became the foundation for the European Economic Community. The 6-nation Common Market (EEC) came into being following the signing of the Treaty of Rome on March 25, 1957. Great Britain, Denmark and Ireland joined the Common Market in Jan. 1, 1971, increasing it to 9 nations. <\/p>\n
On June 12, 1975, Greece asked the European Common Market to admit it as a full-fledge member \u201cto coordinate democracy in Greece.\u201d Brendan Dillon, current chairman of the Committee of Permanent Representatives of Market Countries, called the request \u201ca new event of great historical significance.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 9 nations in the EEC are: Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, West Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, and Luxembourg. <\/p>\n
1396<\/b> Goal Of 10-Nation Bloc<\/b><\/p>\n
The Common Market, officially known as the European Economic Community is established upon the premise of a 10th-nation entity. When the Common Market Six was expanded Jan. 1, 1973, 10 nations were to be included, but Norway rejected the application. Only Britain, Ireland and Denmark were added. <\/p>\n
Austria has applied for membership in the Common Market. It could become a buffer zone between the Soviet bloc and Western Europe. It is oddly enough the only nation originally under Soviet control which was allowed to become independent after World War II. <\/p>\n
1397<\/b> Other States Interested In Bloc<\/b><\/p>\n
The surging economy of the European market is attracting other nations. Even Israel has applied for membership. This interest in the European market has led some observers to believe that \u201cA United States of Europe is now on the horizon.\u201d And they are right. <\/p>\n
A poll of citizens of the Common Market countries showed that 65% favored a United States of Europe, 10%, says \u201cno,\u201d and 25% were undecided. <\/p>\n
1398<\/b> Even The Tombstones<\/b><\/p>\n
Under pressure from the European Common Market, the Church of England will revise its Churchyard Handbook. Last published in 1962, the handbook specified that tombstones and graveyard monuments \u201cshall be of English oak or natural stone quarried in Great Britain.\u201d The forthcoming edition will merely recommend \u201cteak or oak or natural stone\u201d with no mention of country of origin. \u201cWe had a visit from the EEC,\u201d explained editor David Williams. <\/p>\n
\u2014Christianity Today<\/i><\/p>\n
1399<\/b> Three \u201cRebelling\u201d Nations<\/b><\/p>\n
Within the boundaries of the Old Roman Empire there are now three or four countries which do not have the power of self-determination. They belong to a foreign power. Perhaps these countries would have to be pulled up by the roots (Dan. 7:8). <\/p>\n
1400<\/b> \u201cRebelling\u201d Nations (2)<\/b><\/p>\n
Yugoslavia, under Tito and successors, has virtually declared its independence from Russian dominion. <\/p>\n
Albania, in 1961, broke ties with Russia and sided with China. <\/p>\n
Austria, in 1955, was declared independent and neutral. It has increasingly vital ties with EEC. <\/p>\n
Romania is the only member in the Warsaw Pact to chart a foreign policy independent of Moscow. In 1980, it refused to side with Russia on the Afghanistan issue at the UN. <\/p>\n
1401<\/b> Yugoslavia\u2019s Tito<\/b><\/p>\n
During the first postwar years, Tito applied a Stalin-like terror to \u201cClass enemies,\u201d with mass arrests, concentration camps and executions. But then in l948, he and Stalin parted ways, not because Tito wished to reform communism but because he refused to take orders from his old boss. Out in the cold and almost flat broke, Tito turned to the West. The United States provided $2.5 billion in economic and military assistance between 1950 and 1956, and Tito survived, thus dealing the first blow to the monolith of world communism that led to its present disarray. Tito, 87, died in 1980. <\/p>\n
1402<\/b> The Helsinki Agreement<\/b><\/p>\n
The Helsinki Agreement was signed by 35 countries in Europe, including the United States and the Soviet Union, and provided for European security. Among other things, the 96-page document virtually stated that no European nation will have an excuse in the future to intervene in the internal affairs of others. This would contravene the so called \u201cBrezhnev doctrine\u201d which claimed the right for the Soviet to intervene in any East European country. The Agreement also implied Western endorsement of the Eastern status quo, where 105 million people lived in East Europe under Russian domination. <\/p>\n
1403<\/b> Document For All Seasons<\/b><\/p>\n
A news report: Thirty-five national leaders completed a three-day conference in Helsinki, Finland. After delivering a 20-minute speech, each representative signed a 25,000-word document worked out by the conference negotiators during the previous 22 months, when they haggled over the text, sometimes bogging down in disagreement over the placement of commas. <\/p>\n
The National Observer<\/i> says, \u201cThe result of their labor is something akin to what 35 gourmet cooks might create if each contributed to the brewing of the broth: \u201cNone would achieve the taste he sought, but neither would he be wholly displeased by the flavor.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 96-page document which was finally signed is the quintessence of compromise. The language is studded with ambiguities. Some clauses apparently contradict others. Jabberwockian sentences puzzled even many of the negotiators. Moreover, the document exacts no legal obligations from any of the signatory nations. In the end, it is a document for all seasons, nothing more nor less than what any of the 35 nations interpret it to be. <\/p>\n
American officials see value in the agreement; though not legally binding it will carry considerable \u201cmoral\u201d force. \u2026 U. S. officials readily concede that the agreement contains no machinery for enforcement. Nations are free to comply with those provisions they favour, ignore those they object to. <\/p>\n
1404<\/b> British Support For Israel<\/b><\/p>\n
The British Foreign Minister said in August 1975:<\/p>\n
\u201cI have made it utterly clear that I am not going to ask the British Government\u2019s representative at the UN to support a motion to expel or to suspend Israel \u2026 The consequences would have a serious effect on the UN. I have argued in much more unpopular cases than this that the universality of the UN is an important principle for us all to observe.\u201d<\/p>\n
1405<\/b> Swedish Support For Israel<\/b><\/p>\n
The Swedish prime minister said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe UN is based upon the principle of universality, which means that all countries in the world shall be members. A suggestion to exclude Israel is at variance with UN\u2019s spirit and Charter. It will lead to great consequences for the further work of the world organization and also harm work for peace in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n
1406<\/b> Pro-Israel Stance In Europe<\/b><\/p>\n
Fearing Arab oil embargo, the 9 Common Market nations boycotted shipment of arms to Israel. <\/p>\n
But on Nov. 16, 1973, ministers of the parliaments of 11 of Western Europe nations held a special conference in Paris (9 nations plus Sweden, Switzerland and Austria). The 50 ministers condemned the 9 Common Market nations\u2019 pro-Arab statement in Brussels; and decided to act together in order to back Israel against pressure from Arab and Soviet countries and also from Western Europe. <\/p>\n
Less than one week later the military arm of the Common Market, known as the Western European Union also held a meeting in Paris. The French pledge nuclear weapons in defence of West Europe and said the Western European Union (W.E.U.) was best suited to harmonize defense needs. <\/p>\n
1407<\/b> Guarantee From United States<\/b><\/p>\n
President Harry S. Truman was the first man to sign the papers recognizing the State of Israel in order that she could become a member of the United Nations. <\/p>\n
Every president or spokesman reiterated his promise to see that Israel is protected and remains independent. <\/p>\n
Truman in 1948 said, \u201cIsrael must be large enough, free enough, and strong enough to make its people self-supporting and secure.\u201d John Foster Dulles, secretary of state under Eisenhower, declared that \u201cthe preservation of Israel is one of the essential goals of U. S. foreign policy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kennedy in 1963 said that U. S. Policy in the Mideast was to halt all aggression, because \u201cwe support the security of both Israel and her neighbors.\u201d Johnson repeated his pledge. Both Vice President Humphrey and President Nixon said that the U. S. is committed to the integrity of Israel as a free and independent state. <\/p>\n
The U. S. Congress, by joint resolution of both houses in 1957, affirmed \u201cthe preservation and of the independence and integrity\u201d of all Mideast nations, Arab and Israel alike, to be \u201cvital to the national interest\u201d of the United States. Presidents Ford and Carter have also reassured the public about support for the existence and independence of the State of Israel. <\/p>\n
See also:<\/b> Antichrist ; Israel; Dan. 2:33; 7:8; 9:27; Rev. 6:2; 7:24; 13:1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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