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 />
to the most holy place, for the cleans<strong>in</strong>g of the sanctuary, brought to view <strong>in</strong> Daniel<br />
8:14; the com<strong>in</strong>g of the Son of man to the Ancient of Days, as presented <strong>in</strong> Daniel 7:13;<br />
and the com<strong>in</strong>g of the Lord to His temple, foretold <strong>by</strong> Malachi, are descriptions of the<br />
same event; and this is also represented <strong>by</strong> the com<strong>in</strong>g of the bridegroom to the<br />
marriage, described <strong>by</strong> Christ <strong>in</strong> the parable of the ten virg<strong>in</strong>s, of Matthew 25.<br />
In the summer and autumn of 1844 the proclamation, "Behold, the Bridegroom<br />
cometh," was given. <strong>The</strong> two classes represented <strong>by</strong> the wise and foolish virg<strong>in</strong>s were<br />
then developed--one class who looked with joy to the Lord's appear<strong>in</strong>g, and who had<br />
been diligently prepar<strong>in</strong>g to meet Him; another class that, <strong>in</strong>fluenced <strong>by</strong> fear and<br />
act<strong>in</strong>g from impulse, had been satisfied with a theory of the truth, but were destitute<br />
of the grace of God. In the parable, when the bridegroom came, "they that were ready<br />
went <strong>in</strong> with him to the marriage." <strong>The</strong> com<strong>in</strong>g of the bridegroom, here brought to<br />
view, takes place before the marriage. <strong>The</strong> marriage represents the reception <strong>by</strong><br />
Christ of His k<strong>in</strong>gdom. <strong>The</strong> Holy City, the New Jerusalem, which is the capital and<br />
representative of the k<strong>in</strong>gdom, is called "the bride, the Lamb's wife."<br />
Said the angel to John: "Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's<br />
wife." "He carried me away <strong>in</strong> the spirit," says the prophet, "and showed me that great<br />
city, the holy Jerusalem, descend<strong>in</strong>g out of heaven from God." Revelation 21:9, 10.<br />
Clearly, then, the bride represents the Holy City, and the virg<strong>in</strong>s that go out to meet<br />
the bridegroom are a symbol of the church. In the Revelation the people of God are<br />
said to be the guests at the marriage supper. Revelation 19:9. If guests, they cannot<br />
be represented also as the bride . Christ, as stated <strong>by</strong> the prophet Daniel, will receive<br />
from the Ancient of Days <strong>in</strong> heaven, "dom<strong>in</strong>ion, and glory, and a k<strong>in</strong>gdom;" He will<br />
receive the New Jerusalem, the capital of His k<strong>in</strong>gdom, "prepared as a bride adorned<br />
for her husband." Daniel 7:14; Revelation 21:2. Hav<strong>in</strong>g received the k<strong>in</strong>gdom, He will<br />
come <strong>in</strong> His glory, as K<strong>in</strong>g of k<strong>in</strong>gs and Lord of lords, for the redemption of His people,<br />
who are to "sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob," at His table <strong>in</strong> His<br />
k<strong>in</strong>gdom (Matthew 8:11; Luke 22:30), to partake of the marriage supper of the Lamb.<br />
<strong>The</strong> proclamation, "Behold, the Bridegroom cometh," <strong>in</strong> the summer of 1844, led<br />
thousands to expect the immediate advent of the Lord. At the appo<strong>in</strong>ted time the<br />
Bridegroom came, not to the earth, as the people expected, but to the Ancient of Days<br />
<strong>in</strong> heaven, to the marriage, the reception of His k<strong>in</strong>gdom. "<strong>The</strong>y that were ready went<br />
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