There is lots
of consternation these days about Europe,
About whether
‘Brexit’ may lead to its formal breakup.
Will the
European Union survive
The pullout of
the U.K. and still thrive?
Or will Brexit
only serve as a draft - a model,
For others who
from Europe may wish to uncouple?
And what of the
ubiquitous issues of trade?
Will the
current strings of world trade become frayed?
From the ashes
of World War II, this Union was born.
Through
integration, could regional peace be shoehorned?
Was this the
first time the concept had been incubated?
Nope! Over
eons, this notion has been iterated.
Rome, Napoleon,
Mussolini and Hitler come to mind,
Each having his
own European integration design.
Some came
close, but they all eventually failed.
They all
had ignored what The Bible had unveiled.
Long ago, in a
bizarre dream... very mysterious,
God showed
Nebuchadnezzar something quite precarious.
A statue of
gold, silver, bronze, iron and clay conglomerate,
That would
speak of world powers to come,
and of the
odd penultimate.1
Gold head,
silver chest/arms, bronze belly/thighs,
iron legs, then
a gimmick --
A conundrum in
the feet where iron and clay
would try to
mix!
The iron
represents the ancient Roman Empire,
The feet
represent today’s European quagmire.2
From
Babylon-to-Rome, world powers would rise
and then fall.
Then after
Rome, attempts to integrate would always stall,
Though many
try, iron and clay really shall never mix,
But from these
tries, one will arise with a deceiving shtick.
From Europe’s
hodgepodge, a most cunning man will
at once arise,
Deceiving all
nations to give him the world leadership prize!
He’ll be greatly
honored when he conceives a plot,
To untie
the Jerusalem Gordian knot! 3
But after a few
years, over him many will NOT be awed,
When, in the
new Jewish temple,
he declares
himself... as God!
This will start
the run-up to the global war, Armageddon,
When Christ
returns to govern...
without human approbation.
For decades,
there’ve been calls for a European president,
One on whose
shoulders the integration quagmire
can be pent.
But just as
many around the world now are learning,
A strongman you
will get, if strongman you are yearning!
So as you
ponder the evolving story of Europe,
Study what The
Bible reveals of its final breakup.
It’s the
penultimate attempt in human governments,
That signals the coming devilish one Christ shall silence!
That signals the coming devilish one Christ shall silence!
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1 The Book of Daniel, chapter 2
2 In many respects, Europe represents remnants of the Roman Empire, nations with significantly mixed political and economic strengths. As related to Nebuchadnezzar’s statue dream, it is interesting that the human foot has 26 bones and 10 toes, compared to the current 28 nations in the European Union, of which only about 10 are generally considered economically/politically strong. See for example: The Top 10 Most Competitive Economies in Europe and also Financial and Social Rankings of Sovereign States in Europe.
3 The anti-Christ. See Daniel chapters 7, 8, 9; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4; and Revelation 13:5.
4 ‘We do not want another committee. We have too
many already. What we want is a man of sufficient stature to hold the
allegiance of all people, and to lift us out of the economic morass in which we
are sinking. Send us such a man and, be
he God or the devil, we will receive him.’ (Paul-Henri
Spaak, former Belgian Prime Minister and President of the Consultative Assembly
of the Council of Europe nearly 50 years ago. Europe
in Prophecy)
