And in the days of these kings the God of Heaven
will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed…
(Daniel 2:44)
See the series here
What is the UN for? If the UN cannot achieve Article 1 of its charter,
it cannot possibly achieve other articles.
An option is to ...dissolve yourselves altogether.
In the midst of his nation being aggressively attacked by Russia, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, credentialed with a law degree and years of experience as an accomplished actor, squarely challenged the UN Security Council to reform or dissolve, rather than continue its role as primarily a ‘talk shop’ that lacked power to achieve its stated objectives. Major wOw!! 1
Interestingly, his address was on April 5, 2022, approximately 7 months before the UN will celebrate its 77th year on October 24, 2022. It was established to help regulate inter-nations affairs following WWII, with a focus on establishing peace, prosperity and human-rights. While it has had some successes, in many ways, it has since become stagnant, and risks becoming moribund as an increasing number of nations gain clout to challenge its structure and operational mandates. Over the years, many attempts at reforms have been made, with some progress, yet much more is needed.
The biggest existential challenges to the UN are:
- The impotence of the Security Council to make and enforce policies supportive of its Article 1 of its charter, given its unchangeable policy that gives to a few powerful nations coveted, permanent seats on the Council, with unchallenged veto power over any policy initiative they don’t like;
- The unchangeable policy that decisions of the main UN body of nations cannot be vetoed, nor be enforced, thus these approved decisions are dismissed by the targeted nations at their whim; and
- The rise of autocratic governments, led by powerful dictators who maneuver to remain in power for life, and who defy any unwanted external influences in their nations’ affairs.
While many analysts focus on how to fix the UN, I believe the more pertinent question is,
‘What’s next?!’
To this question, please leave your opinions in the comments section below. Here’s my take:
What if...
77 + 3 = 77
‘Ok, J!, into what mystical, mathematical world are you peering?’, I can hear you asking.
President Zelenskyy’s speech to the UN Security Council was made approximately 7 months before the 77th anniversary of the UN - October 24, 2022. On May 14, 2022, the modern nation of Israel celebrated its 74th anniversary, and in another 3 years, it will celebrate its 77th anniversary. While I am generally not one who is ‘into’ the complex topic of Biblical numerology, this confluence of 7s did not escape my gaze. Bible scholars opine the number, 7, has special spiritual significance, and groups and multiples of 7, enhance the significance of such events. (For example, principles and prophecies mentioned 7 times in The Bible, 7 and 70 years of blessings or judgments, etc.)
So I ask, what if/IF the answer to the question, What’s next?!, might be …exactly what The Lord has been promising and predicting for eons on so many pages of His Bible book, namely…
1. The Lord resurrecting and catching-away (rapturing) His church and future, global government, The (true, not fake!) Church; 2
2. Then ‘the man of sin’, the anti-Christ, son of satan, revealing himself to the world; 3
3. Later, tribulation plagues reigning down across Earth, with massive environmental destructions and the deaths of the majority of human, animal and plant life; 4
4. Then Jews the world over hastily migrating to Israel, even spilling over into parts of Lebanon and Jordan, in their efforts to escape rising anti-Semitism as folks the world over do what folks in Egypt did pre-exodus, and folks across Europe did before WWI and WWII – blame Jews for all their problems; 5
5. Followed by a mysterious Goshen-effect, protecting the nation of Israel, while the rest of the world sinks in inescapable despair from the plagues, and from the anti-Christ’s beheading crusade against folks who refuse his ‘mark of the beast’ and who convert to Christianity based on the testimonies of 144,000 Jewish witnesses who will replace The Church in spreading The Gospel of Salvation in Jesus Christ; 6
6. Then 7 years after the rapture, the land ‘in the far north’ (presumably of Israel which is currently The Federation of Russia), desperately launching a multi-nation invasion of Israel (1st War of Gog and Magog) to seize food and wealth, while the rest of the remaining world looks on, only asking, ‘Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’ 7
7. And finally, Heaven launching its long-promised invasion of Earth – The Lord Jesus returning with His first-resurrection immortal saints. He'll... (a) put a sudden, shocking end to Armageddon, (b) declare and install Himself as an iron-rod, global Monarch for 1,000 years, (c) install His immortal saints in governing roles across the world, and (d) ‘seek to destroy’ the nations whose soldiers engaged in the 1st War of Gog and Magog. 8
Whew! What a clear, succinct list of the many topics explored and exposited throughout this blog. And did you noticed the number – 7?? Well, for now, my formula and what it could possibly signify is ‘…just my imagination’ of course! Mindful that Matthew 24:36 and Mark 13:32 exclude any reference to ‘the year’, I leave you to ponder deeply this question:
What if…?!
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1 See: President Zelenskyy's UN Address. See also: UN Reform: What to Change and What to Keep? And Withdrawal from the UN
2 See: Bible Raptures (Q&A), The Rapture – When?, both in Bible Q&A (Series) See also: Don’t Be Left Behind (Poem) and other posts that discuss the rapture.
3 See: Anti-Christ (Series), A One-World Order and Government and Satan’s Preliminary Acts (Poem).
4 See: Then They Will Know (Series) and Tribulation Precursors: Lawlessness (Poem). Also see other posts that discuss tribulation plagues. NB, ponder how what The Lord says in Isaiah 23:11-13 fits the numerous, predictive Bible verses on the great tribulation plagues.
5 See: The Coming Lame Blame (Poem) and Anti-Semitism (Poem).
6 See: The Goshen Effect (Series), Mark of the Beast (Q&A), Fresh Troops, Incoming (Poem) and Hup, 2, 3, 4! (Poem). Also Isaiah 26:20-21 paints a picture of such protection for Israel.
7 See: Armageddon (Series), Booty, Pre/Post Millennial Reign (Series), A People, Un-walled (Series) and In the Days of These Kings (Series). The quote is from Ezekiel 38:13.
8 See: Occupying Forces (Series), First and Second Comings (Poem), Reservists, In Service (Poem), The 4th DoA (Part 6, Poem - Millennial Job Description), Millennial Parallelisms (Series), and Revelation - Future Attacks in Israel
Lots of homework for serious students of The Holy Bible.
Are you one??
