The Cry of the Desperate

Then the king will do whatever he wants. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will say outrageous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, because what has been decreed will be accomplished. He will not show regard for the gods of his fathers, the god longed for by women, or for any other god, because he will magnify himself above all. Instead, he will honor a god of fortresses--a god his fathers did not know--with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches. He will deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. He will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing land as a reward. - Daniel 11:36-39 HCSB

British historian Arnold Toynbee (1889-1975) affirmed, “The nations are ready to give the kingdoms of the world to any one man who will offer us a solution to our world’s problems.”[1]

Dr. Paul Henri Spaak, one of the organizational leaders of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications, former Secretary General of NATO, first president of the United Nations General Assembly, prime minister of Belgium, one of the early planners of the European Common Market, and President of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe from 1949 to 1951, made the following statement to the United European Community in 1957: "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, to lift us out of the economic morass into which we are sinking. Send us such a man, and whether he be god or devil, we will receive him."

Council on Foreign relations member James Warburg said, “We shall have world government whether or not you like it – by conquest or consent.”[2]

Jack Lang, then president of the French National Assembly’s foreign affairs committee, said that the EU “needs a single figure at the helm.” According to Mr. Lang, Europe needs a strong central government with a single “personality” in control.[3]

In July of 2000, German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer called for a single European currency as a first step toward a federation that needed to be controlled by a “powerful president”. He welcomed the demolition of the sovereign rights of nations which he viewed as a necessary precursor to this new “uber” nation’s control of currency, as well as its internal and external security.[4]

What they don’t realize that such a man, such a powerful and charismatic man who is willing to take the helm of an entire continent is not likely to be particularly empathetic. Such a “king” will do whatever he wants. He will exalt and magnify himself and say outrageous things. His need for dominance will necessitate a fascination with military power and security. It will start with defense but will quickly move to the offense. This is intrinsic to the nature of such a man.

These are the pathetic cries of spiritually wounded and desperate men. And as usual, there is a lion prowling about,[5] just waiting to cull the weak.

[1] A Study of History; Vol. IX The Prospects of Western Civilization; Oxford University Press, 1954
[2] 1967 testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
[3] The London Times, August 19, 1997, quoting a speech by Jack Lang which he gave in Paris.
[4] “German Foreign Minister floats idea of elected EU president,” The Financial Times, July 7, 2000.
[5] 1 Peter 5:8