2. Watchfulness Jesus repeatedly urges his followers to watch
for the signs of his coming.
3. Mark 13:37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: 'Watch!
-Jesus Christ
4. Matthew 24:32-33 "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree:
As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know
that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you
know that it is near, right at the door. -Jesus
5. Daniel 2 & 7 both describe four empires that will rise
to power, one after another.
6. The Kingdoms of Daniel 2 & 7 (1) The Kingdoms that Fall
1. Babylonian Empire 2. Medo-Persian Empire 3. Greek Empire 4.
Roman Empire The 5th and Final Kingdom 5. The Eternal Empire of
Messiah
7. The Fourth Kingdom Daniel sees a vision of these four
empires as four wild beasts. He was particularly intrigued and
frightened by the fourth beast.
8. Daniel 7:7 After that, in my vision at night I looked, and
there before me was a fourth beastterrifying and frightening and
very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its
victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different
from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.
9. Daniel 7:23 He gave me this explanation: The fourth beast is
a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different
from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth,
trampling it down and crushing it.
10. Christian scholars agree that the 4th kingdom is the Roman
Empire.
11. Roman Empire - 117 A.D.(2)
12. The fourth kingdom is destroyed by God at his coming to set
up an eternal kingdom.
13. Daniel 7:27 Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of
all the kingdoms under heaven will be handed over to the holy
people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting
kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.
14. The Revival of the Roman Empire But how can God destroy the
Roman Empire in the end times, if it doesnt exist anymore?!
15. Since the 4th kingdom is destroyed by God at his coming, it
is required for the Roman Empire to come back into existence before
the second coming of Christ. The Revival of the Roman Empire
16. Many students of prophecy believe the Roman Empire has
already made its return. (3)
17. The European Union The European Union is one of the largest
economies in the world and is under one currency. It is rapidly
moving towards federalization, so much so that nearly a majority UK
citizens want to exit the union. (4) (5)
18. The European Union The EU consists of many unelected
leaders who make half of the laws of each member country. In 2012,
the EU Commission President recommended that the EU become a
"federation of nation states." (6) (7) (10) (8) (9)
19. In Daniel 2, it states that the last part of the fourth
kingdom will have trouble staying united and will be a divided
kingdom.
20. Daniel 2:41 Just as you saw that the feet and toes were
partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided
kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even
as you saw iron mixed with clay.
21. Eurozone Crisis In 2012, the Euro countries were on the
verge of breaking up, due to a very serious debt crisis. Many
financial analysts recommended the only way to save the euro was to
make a United States of Europe. (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
22. Eurozone Crisis However, making the EU into one giant
country is politically unacceptable to the voters of many European
countries. There are lots of people groups in Europe, who all
retain their loyalty to their own nation. (16) (16)
23. Daniel 2:43 And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked
clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united,
any more than iron mixes with clay.
24. A major element of the end times Roman Empire will be a
group of 10 kings.
25. Daniel 7:24a The ten horns are ten kings who will come from
this kingdom.
26. Because the Bible predicts a group of ten kings as part of
the end times Roman empire, many Bible teachers have expected the
rise of a ten- nation confederacy in Europe.
27. Bible Teacher Quotes Hal Lindsey believed in a ten nation
confederacy of European nations (Late Great Planet Earth, 1970)
(17) (18)
28. Eminent prophecy scholar John Walvoord anticipated the
formation of the revived Roman Empire composed of a ten-nation
confederacy. (1967)(19) (20)
29. Brussels Treaty Powers In 1995, the Western European Union
military alliance became 10 member states. The WEU was an alliance
separate from the European Union but yet worked closely with it.
(21) (22) (23)
30. WEU Military Alliance (10 Full Members in Red) (24)
31. The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this
kingdom." -Dan. 7:24a "It was different from all the former beasts,
and it had ten horns." - Dan. 7:7b
32. Daniel 7:8a While I was thinking about the horns, there
before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them;
...
33. Daniel 7:8b ...and three of the first horns were uprooted
before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being and a
mouth that spoke boastfully.
34. "After them another king will arise, different from the
earlier ones;" -Dan. 7:24b "there before me was another horn, a
little one, which came up among them;" -Dan. 7:8b
35. The High Representative The EU appointed Javier Solana as
the first High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security
Policy. They also appointed him as the Secretary General of the 10
nation Western European Union. (4)
36. The High Representative This position did not have much
legal power, but depended greatly on the personality of the
officeholder (4)
37. (25) (26) Appointed as the new EU High Representative
(EUHR) Appointed as Secretary General of the 10-Nation WEU Javier
Solana
38. " and three of the first horns were uprooted before it."
-Dan. 7:8b " he will subdue three kings." -Dan. 7:24b
39. (27) (28) (29) EU High Representative comes into conflict
with group known as the EU3 on a major foreign policy issue: Irans
nuclear program The EU3
40. EU High Representative with the EU3 Foreign Ministers
41. The High Representative & EU3 Initially, the EU Big
Three represented Europe to the Iranians, leaving the High
Representative at home. However, due to the demands of the smaller
member states, they started bringing along the High
Representative.
42. The High Representative & EU3 Before long, the High
Representative started bringing them along, instead of the other
way around. Eventually, he became the primary negotiator of the EU
to Iran, humbling and subduing the EU Big Threes attempt to dictate
EU foreign policy.
43. The High Representative & EU3 From EUObserver The "big
three plus Solana" construction used by the EU in the Iran dispute
is seen by many experts and diplomats as having produced a rare
success story for EU foreign policy.
44. The High Representative & EU3 From EUObserver Not only
has the EU so far largely spoken with one voice on Iran as opposed
to for example on the Middle East but the bloc has also taken up a
leading international role on the issue, with UN veto powers, the
US, Russia and China, allowing Mr Solana to talk to Tehran on their
behalf.
45. On 06/06/06, Javier Solana was shown on national news
presenting a nuclear deal to the Iranians, that the UN Security
Council could agree with.
46. EU High Representative
47. Recommendation 666 The document that recommended emergency
powers to the High Representative is called Recommendation 666.
(38)
48. Revelation 17:12-13 (NASB) The ten horns which you saw are
ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive
authority as kings with the beast for one hour. These have one
purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
49. EU and Western European Union In the 1992 Treaty of
Maastricht, the EU agreed to use the WEU as its defence component.
Though a completely separate organization from the EU, the EU
leaders agree to strengthen the role of the WEU.
50. Revelation 17:12-13 (NASB) The ten horns which you saw are
ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive
authority as kings with the beast for one hour. These have one
purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
51. At the Treaty of Lisbon, all 27 members agreed to give some
of their national sovereignty to the EU, in what the EU calls
sharing sovereignty.
52. Rev. 17:17 NASB For God has put it in their hearts to
execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their
kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled
.
53. (31) In 2010, the WEU abolished itself in response to the
Treaty of Lisbon, which has its own mutual defence clause.
54. Revelation 17:13 (NASB) These have one purpose, and they
give their power and authority to the beast.
55. WEU Official Statement "The WEU has therefore accomplished
its historical role. In this light we the States Parties to the
Modified Brussels Treaty have collectively decided to terminate the
Treaty..." (31)
56. Rev. 17:17 NASB For God has put it in their hearts to
execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their
kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled
.
57. The Common Purpose Common Security and Defence Policy
58. Screenshot from Official Website. (Common Security and
Defence Policy)
59. The EU is some kind of laboratory of what a world
government system could be -Javier Solana, 2010
60. Javier is I think a personal incarnation of the worlds most
effective institution of global governance, namely himself. -Carlos
Pascual
61. "I will put all of the energies that I have left to push
forward this process" of European defence integration -Javier
Solana March 09, 2015 (via CEPS Twitter page)
62. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. (Revelation 22:20b)
63. Credits Research for this end times theory was originally
done by the late Herbert L. Peters, author of the book
Recommendation 666. This video presentation was created by
Eschologizer of euprophecynews.blogspot.com