World Government & the Revived Roman Empire

Prophecy of the coming
World Government

The prophet Daniel had a vision of a great statue:


Daniel's Vision
  • Its feet of iron and clay represent the last form of world government before Christ comes again.
  • This government will be a revived form of the historic Roman Empire, with similar characteristics - controlling and brutal.
  • It will adhere to humanistic rather than biblical law, and hate Christians and Jews.
  • It will eventually control all financial transactions through an electronically readable 'mark' on the individual.
  • It will be ruled by a godless and ruthless world dictator.
  • It will gather all nations against Israel for war.
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  • And it will be defeated by Christ at His Second Coming

The Seat of World Government?

Revelation 18 points to an end time political and commercial Babylon. Babel, one of the great cities of ancient Babylonia had a partly-built multi-storeyed tower - a monument to men not God. It seems no accident that the EU Parliament building in Strasbourg has a similar, part-finished appearance. It appears to be modelled on the unfinished tower of Babel in Genesis 11.

The end time world system is symbolised by a woman sitting on a seven-headed beast (Rev 17.3). This precise symbol is clearly portrayed in both the Brussels and Strasbourg buildings of the EU Parliament! A statue of a woman riding a beast is also found at the building of the Council of Europe in Brussels.


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A New World Order

Winston Churchill, Jimmy Carter, Gorbachev, George Bush, George W. Bush and Gordon Brown have all called for a "New World Order" or "World Government". This is in line with biblical prophecy as we near the end of the present age. What sort of world government will it be?

Biblical Basis

In order to understand the end time world government we need to look at biblical prophecy. The prophet Daniel saw a vision of a great statue (Dan 2.31-35) and was told its interpretation (Dan 2.36-43). The statue symbolised four great empires that would reign over Israel. These were the historic Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek and Roman empires, the Roman Empire being symbolised by the statue's legs of iron and its feet of iron mixed with clay. Some see the iron legs symbolising the eastern and western empires of ancient Rome. Daniel also had a vision of 'four great beasts' representing four great kingdoms (Dan 7.1-8), and again these can be identifed as the Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek and Roman Empires. The important point here is that the fourth and final empire in Daniel 2 and Daniel 7 refers both to historic Rome and to an end time world empire or world government. The visions extend to an empire that rules the world! Consider Daniel's first vision:

"... a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them." (Dan 2.34)

This refers to the destruction of the final form of world government at the Second Coming of Christ. The stone (Christ) crushes not only the final empire but also all trace of previous world empires. The kingdom of Christ then 'fills the whole earth' (Dan 2.35). The important point here is that Christ strikes the statue 'on its feet' - and those feet are part of the Roman Empire in the statue symbolism. The Roman Empire must therefore exist in some form at the end of the age such that it can be struck and destroyed! Many see this latter day empire as a 'revived Roman Empire'. The New Testament confirms this concept by referring to seven major empires or kingdoms (Rev 17.10). These can be identified as the Egyption, Assyrian, Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek and Roman empires, with one to come. Taken with Daniel 2 this suggests that the one to come must be a revived form of the historic Roman Empire.

In his second vision, Daniel again sees the historic Roman Empire but especially this final form of Rome:

"The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth ... and (it) will devour the whole earth ..." (Dan 7.23)

This cannot simply be historic Rome since the beast Daniel sees has ten horns (a horn symbolising a king or political ruler) - and a similar ten-horned, seven-headed beast is seen in Rev 13.1. This final world empire will be an alliance with ten other world authorities or governments (Rev 17.12,13). In fact, Daniel sees a 'world dictator' associated with this final kingdom (Dan 7.24,25).

To summarise, the prophet Daniel sees beyond the historic Roman Empire in both of his visions. He sees only four empires before Christ comes again and the final form of the fourth is mysteriously linked to historic Rome whilst at the same time being universal. This empire or final world government is seen symbolically as the feet of Nebuchadnezzar’s statue (Dan 2.33), the terrifying iron-toothed beast of Dan 7.7, and the seventh (healed) head of the beast in Rev 13.1-3,17.3.


Characteristics of the coming World Government

Prophetically, the world government is linked to previous world empires, and particularly to the Roman Empire:

  • A seven-headed beast (Rev 13.1) implies that the final world system or government (the 'seventh') embodies the royalty, learning, brutality, godlessness, and corruption of the six previous world systems, from Egypt to historic Rome. In particular, the fourth beast 'speaks like a lion' (Babylon), tramples with 'the feet of a bear' (Medo-Persia) and moves fast 'like a leopard' (Greece) - see Rev 13.2.
  • Prophetically, the world government is tightly linked to historic Rome. This implies it will have the strength and brutality of Rome, as symbolised by the crushing and shattering 'iron' of Dan 2 and Dan 7. It is interesting to observe that the EU Constitution claims 'absolute power' over member states, and that the EU is creating a European army. The Roman Empire was also known for its strongly centralized government and massive public works, such as roads.
  • Whilst having the strength of iron, the world government will also have great weakness. This is symbolised by the 'feet of iron and clay' (Dan 2.41-43). Just as iron does not combine with clay, the member states of this government will never readily combine with each other. Such disunity is apparent between member states of the EU.
  • The Roman Empire adopted Christianity under Constantine in the early 4th century. Prophecy indicates that the coming world government will also embrace a form of Christianity. A Roman revival and 'Christianised' empire (the Holy Roman Empire) has been at the heart of Europe's leaders and aristocracy for well over 1,000 years. However, this religious system will be a corrupt (apostate) church (Rev 17).
  • Roman society was organised on a strict hierarchy; citizens, provincials and slaves. Full citizenship was granted to provincials en masse as a way of securing their loyalty to Rome. It is interesting to note that the 1992 EU Maastricht Treaty forced all citizens of member states to become citizens of the EU.

Signs of the coming World Government

The move to create a New World Order (NWO) probably started in America during the early 1900's. Significant milestones are:

  • 1935: a NWO symbol appears on the back of the US dollar bill
  • 1940: H. G. Wells publishes a book entitled 'The New World Order'
  • 1945: UN is founded
  • 1948: World Council of Churches (WCC) is formed
  • 1954: Bilderberg Group is formed
  • 1957: EEC is formed under 'The Treaties of Rome'
  • 1973: Trilateral Commission is formed
  • 1974: Universal Product Code (UPC) introduced in retail stores
  • 1990: George H.W.Bush spoke on 'Toward a New World Order'
  • 1995: World Trade Organization (WTO) formed
  • 2002: American FDA approved the 'VeriChip' (human implanted microchip for electronic ID)

For more details see New World Order (conspiracy)

Other major players in the NWO are international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Illuminati and NATO. At present there are three major economic areas in the world: Europe, North America and the 'Pacific Rim' nations (Japan, S. Korea, Taiwan etc.). An objective of the Trilateral Commission is to harmonize these three regions. In turn, each region is being harmonized by merging nations into a superstate. This process is virtually complete in Europe and economic union is being pursued in the Americas. Who will lead this World Government? Prophecy points to ten world leaders and a world dictator associated with the fourth beast of Dan 7. This beast is strongly linked to Rome, suggesting that world leadership comes from Europe, not America.

World government is clearly happening. Outwardly it may seem to be beneficial, but according to prophecy it will exercise the control, intolerance and brutality of ancient Rome. Other events that characterise the end of this age are the emergence of a world dictator, the emergence of Israel, world-wide persecution of the true church, the emergence of an apostate church, forced electronic ID of individuals, and God's judgements upon the earth.
The good news is that you can escape God's judgements by putting your trust in Jesus Christ.


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