The Times of the
Gentiles are coming to and end and we are entering the Time of
Distress.
Daniel and
Revelation describe a Beasts (or empire) that emerges during this
time. The general
consensus among Christians is that the Beast of is a European political organisation.
It is generally
accepted that a political power called "antichrist" will
start a "world church" and force every person in the world
to have a credit number tattooed on their wrist.
On these pages, I present an
alternative view. In the last century, the United States has
emerged as the dominant power in the world. Its military
capability and economic strength is unmatched and
unprecedented. The United States is the Beast that John and
Daniel prophesied.
The coming of this beast is not a sign that the second coming is
close Revelation and Daniel have very little to do do with the
second coming.
The primary purpose of Daniel and Revelation is to describe the
collapse of human political power. For all of human history, the
people of the world have been controlled by various kings, emperors
and sundry political power. Over the last few centuries, various
democratic demagogues have taken over this controlling role.
Before the Kingdom of God can come to fullness on earth, human
political power must be swept away. Daniel and Revelation describe
how God will accomplish this great change. God raises up first three
beasts to accomplish this purpose. The fourth beast is the “last
hurrah” of political power. Enormous political power will be
accumulated in order to resist God’s shaking of the world. This
terrible human empire will collapse into such a mess that the people
of the world will never trust human political power again.
Confidence in politics and democracy will crumble. Once human
political power is smashed, the Kingdom of God will be able to
emerge. This is what we are all seeking.
Christians do not need to fight human political power. God will
sweep human political power before us, as he comes against it in
judgment. When political power is chopped up, pushed down and spread
around to ordinary people who trust and obey Jesus, the Kingdom of
God has come.