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The European Union in Prophecy by Ellen White

The European Union in Prophecy provides insightful perspectives on the E.U. both as a political project in integration and a transformation of an ancient order. One would discern that the aligned and centralised powers, which firmly resolved on unification, conceived and instituted united kingdoms, united states and united nations, still persevere in their efforts for a more robust and resilient E.U. However, unknown to most, the territorial aggrandisement, economic and military supremacy and global dominance of the E.U. have all been foretold in prophecy, millennia before the reign of the first European monarch. Spiritual forces that engineered the rise of the European thrones, also calculated the suppression of dissidence and incited merciless carnage. Although now paraded as an industrialised paragon of progress and self-made sophistication, this book elucidates on the enigmatic and clandestine alliances, decrees and dogmas that consolidated Eurocentricity that moulded modern civilisation. Indeed, despite rooted religiopolitical tensions and divergences, a peculiar one-minded homogenisation facilitates the unification process. Keywords

The European Union in Prophecy provides insightful perspectives on the E.U. both as a political project in integration and a transformation of an ancient order. One would discern that the aligned and centralised powers, which firmly resolved on unification, conceived and instituted united kingdoms, united states and united nations, still persevere in their efforts for a more robust and resilient E.U. However, unknown to most, the territorial aggrandisement, economic and military supremacy and global dominance of the E.U. have all been foretold in prophecy, millennia before the reign of the first European monarch. Spiritual forces that engineered the rise of the European thrones, also calculated the suppression of dissidence and incited merciless carnage. Although now paraded as an industrialised paragon of progress and self-made sophistication, this book elucidates on the enigmatic and clandestine alliances, decrees and dogmas that consolidated Eurocentricity that moulded modern civilisation. Indeed, despite rooted religiopolitical tensions and divergences, a peculiar one-minded homogenisation facilitates the unification process. Keywords

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>European</strong> <strong>Union</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Prophecy</strong><br />

manifested a calmness and trust to which he was a stranger. I had long before," he<br />

says, "observed the great seriousness of their behavior. Of their humility they had<br />

given a cont<strong>in</strong>ual proof, <strong>by</strong> perform<strong>in</strong>g those servile offices for the other passengers<br />

which none of the English would undertake; for which they desired and would receive<br />

no pay, say<strong>in</strong>g it was good for their proud hearts, and their lov<strong>in</strong>g Saviour had done<br />

more for them.<br />

And every day had given them occasion of show<strong>in</strong>g a meekness which no <strong>in</strong>jury<br />

could move. If they were pushed, struck, or thrown about, they rose aga<strong>in</strong> and went<br />

away; but no compla<strong>in</strong>t was found <strong>in</strong> their mouth. <strong>The</strong>re was now an opportunity of<br />

try<strong>in</strong>g whether they were delivered from the spirit of fear, as well as from that of pride,<br />

anger, and revenge. In the midst of the psalm wherewith their service began, the sea<br />

broke over, split the ma<strong>in</strong>sail <strong>in</strong> pieces, covered the ship, and poured <strong>in</strong> between the<br />

decks as if the great deep had already swallowed us up. A terrible scream<strong>in</strong>g began<br />

among the English. <strong>The</strong> Germans calmly sang on. I asked one of them afterwards,<br />

'Were you not afraid?' He answered, 'I thank God, no.' I asked, 'But were not your<br />

women and children afraid?' He replied mildly, 'No; our women and children are not<br />

afraid to die.'"--<strong>White</strong>head, Life of the Rev. John Wesley, page 10.<br />

Upon arriv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Savannah, Wesley for a short time abode with the Moravians,<br />

and was deeply impressed with their Christian deportment. Of one of their religious<br />

services, <strong>in</strong> strik<strong>in</strong>g contrast to the lifeless formalism of the Church of England, he<br />

wrote: "<strong>The</strong> great simplicity as well as solemnity of the whole almost made me forget<br />

the seventeen hundred years between, and imag<strong>in</strong>e myself <strong>in</strong> one of those assemblies<br />

where form and state were not; but Paul, the tentmaker, or Peter, the fisherman,<br />

presided; yet with the demonstration of the Spirit and of power."-- Ibid., pages 11, 12.<br />

On his return to England, Wesley, under the <strong>in</strong>struction of a Moravian preacher,<br />

arrived at a clearer understand<strong>in</strong>g of Bible faith. He was conv<strong>in</strong>ced that he must<br />

renounce all dependence upon his own works for salvation and must trust wholly to<br />

"the Lamb of God, which taketh away the s<strong>in</strong> of the world." At a meet<strong>in</strong>g of the<br />

Moravian society <strong>in</strong> London a statement was read from Luther, describ<strong>in</strong>g the change<br />

which the Spirit of God works <strong>in</strong> the heart of the believer. As Wesley listened, faith<br />

was k<strong>in</strong>dled <strong>in</strong> his soul. "I felt my heart strangely warmed," he says. "I felt I did trust<br />

<strong>in</strong> Christ, Christ alone, for salvation: and an assurance was given me, that He had<br />

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