The USA in Bible Prophecy - 3. 9. Could a government really control buying and selling? Answer: During World War II, buying was controlled for some items (such as sugar, tires, and auto fuel) by requiring ration stamps. Without stamps, money was worthless. In this highly computerized age, a system based on your Social Security number could easily be set up. Unless you agreed to cooperate with the worldwide coalition, your number, when punched in before a purchase, could show you disqualified. We do not know precisely how all this will come about. But we can be positive it will happen because in Revelation 13:16, 17, God says it will. Two Emerging Powers Revelation chapter 13 is clear. Two superpowers will emerge in the end time: the United States of America and the papacy. The United States of America will support the papacy by leading a drive to force the people of the world to worship the beast (papacy) and receive his mark or else face death. The next two questions will evaluate the strengths of these two superpowers. 10. How strong and influential is the papacy today? Answer: She is by far the strongest religio-political power in the world. Virtually every leading country of the world has an official ambassador or state representative at the Vatican. Notice the following facts: A. The papacy is so influential and powerful that nearly every major country consults her before making major policy moves. Her large diplomatic corps maintains relations with more than 100 nations.U.S. News and World Report, October 30, 1978, p. 24. B. She takes the credit for the demise of communism, saying that Mary, Jesus mother, guided the popes strategy that brought down communism. Handmaid or Feminist,Time, December 30, 1991, pp. 64, 65. C. The aim of the pope is to unify the Christian world under the leadership of the papacy by the end of this century. He has made more than 40 world trips to lay the ground work for this goal. Gene H. Hogberg,The Plain Truth, November/December 1989, pp. 24, 25. D. The worldwide response has been almost overwhelming. During the Iraqi crisis, the pope and Americas president sometimes discussed world affairs weekly by phone.U.S. News and World Report, August 13, 1990, p. 18. E. On June 7, 1982, former President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II met for 50 minutes at the Vatican and structured a plan to eliminate communism. The United States shipped tons of modern communication equipment to Poland (the starting place) to help spread necessary information to the masses. The Holy Alliance,Time, February 1992, pp. 28, 31, 35. F. Gorbachev said, Everything which took place in Eastern Europe in recent years would have been impossible without the Popes efforts and the enormous role, including the political role, which he played in the world arena. Mikhail Gorbachev,Toronto Star, March 9, 1992. The papacy, which formerly referred to Protestants as heretics, is now calling them separated brethren and graciously suggesting that all work and pray together for peace and Gods presence. Millions of Protestants are deeply impressed. In fact, several Protestant denominations have had official dialog with the papacy to try to settle the differences that caused the Reformation. 11. How strong and influential is the United States today? Answer: The United States is regarded as the worlds number one military power and center of influence. Note the following: A. [America is] the planets sole remaining superpower. The U.N. Obsession,Time, May 9, 1994, p. 86. B. There is no prospect in the immediate future of any power to rival the United States. Charles Krauthammer, The Lonely Superpower,The New Republic, July 29, 1992, p. 23. C. Yassir Arafat labeled America the new Rome because, as old Rome was the undisputed superpower of its age, America is now number one. Newsweek, August 12, 1991, p. 33. D. Americas power will now determine all major global events. Jim Hoagland, Of Heroes ...,The Washington Post, August 21, 1991, p. A-23. When a Marxist group overthrew the government of Ethiopia, America was asked to negotiate. When Boris Yeltsin took office as president of the newly independent Russia, he visited America first. Former U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev turned to America in his crisis. When Kuwait was invaded, its government called on America. The U.S.-led war against Iraq rallied the support of almost the entire world. A National Public Radio correspondent called the American president the president of the world. We now have a highly unusual world structure with a single power, the United States, at the apex of the international system. Krauthammer,The New Republic, p. 23.
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