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 />
By such action it will give the lie to those liberal and peaceful pr<strong>in</strong>ciples which<br />
it has put forth as the foundation of its policy. <strong>The</strong> prediction that it will speak "as a<br />
dragon" and exercise "all the power of the first beast" pla<strong>in</strong>ly foretells a development<br />
of the spirit of <strong>in</strong>tolerance and persecution that was manifested <strong>by</strong> the nations<br />
represented <strong>by</strong> the dragon and the leopardlike beast. And the statement that the<br />
beast with two horns "causeth the earth and them which dwell there<strong>in</strong> to worship the<br />
first beast" <strong>in</strong>dicates that the authority of this nation is to be exercised <strong>in</strong> enforc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
some observance which shall be an act of homage to the papacy.<br />
Such action would be directly contrary to the pr<strong>in</strong>ciples of this government, to<br />
the genius of its free <strong>in</strong>stitutions, to the direct and solemn avowals of the Declaration<br />
of Independence, and to the Constitution. <strong>The</strong> founders of the nation wisely sought to<br />
guard aga<strong>in</strong>st the employment of secular power on the part of the church, with its<br />
<strong>in</strong>evitable result-- <strong>in</strong>tolerance and persecution. <strong>The</strong> Constitution provides that<br />
"Congress shall make no law respect<strong>in</strong>g an establishment of religion, or prohibit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the free exercise thereof," and that "no religious test shall ever be required as a<br />
qualification to any office of public trust under the United States." Only <strong>in</strong> flagrant<br />
violation of these safeguards to the nation's liberty, can any religious observance be<br />
enforced <strong>by</strong> civil authority. But the <strong>in</strong>consistency of such action is no greater than is<br />
represented <strong>in</strong> the symbol. It is the beast with lamblike horns--<strong>in</strong> profession pure,<br />
gentle, and harmless--that speaks as a dragon. "Say<strong>in</strong>g to them that dwell on the<br />
earth, that they should make an image to the beast." Here is clearly presented a form<br />
of government <strong>in</strong> which the legislative power rests with the people, a most strik<strong>in</strong>g<br />
evidence that the United States is the nation denoted <strong>in</strong> the prophecy.<br />
But what is the "image to the beast"? and how is it to be formed? <strong>The</strong> image is<br />
made <strong>by</strong> the twohorned beast, and is an image to the beast. It is also called an image<br />
of the beast. <strong>The</strong>n to learn what the image is like and how it is to be formed we must<br />
study the characteristics of the beast itself--the papacy. When the early church<br />
became corrupted <strong>by</strong> depart<strong>in</strong>g from the simplicity of the gospel and accept<strong>in</strong>g<br />
heathen rites and customs, she lost the Spirit and power of God; and <strong>in</strong> order to control<br />
the consciences of the people, she sought the support of the secular power. <strong>The</strong> result<br />
was the papacy, a church that controlled the power of the state and employed it to<br />
further her own ends, especially for the punishment of "heresy." In order for the<br />
United States to form an image of the beast, the religious power must so control the<br />
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