Comments on: How to Spot a Rising Superpower http://socyberty.com/history/how-to-spot-a-rising-superpower/ Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:26:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Keith http://socyberty.com/history/how-to-spot-a-rising-superpower/comment-page-1/#comment-111923 Keith Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:28:39 +0000 http://socyberty.com/history/how-to-spot-a-rising-superpower/#comment-111923 I agree. The next "World Power" will be out of this world... Jesus Christ will reign over the entire world and take His place on the throne into the milleneum I agree. The next “World Power” will be out of this world… Jesus Christ will reign over the entire world and take His place on the throne into the milleneum

]]> By: Justin http://socyberty.com/history/how-to-spot-a-rising-superpower/comment-page-1/#comment-111921 Justin Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:05:42 +0000 http://socyberty.com/history/how-to-spot-a-rising-superpower/#comment-111921 I would argue that the first super power was Egipt, not Rome, and that Babylon, Persia, and Greece also achieved that status at some point. Interestingly, this was all documented in advanced in the Bible. The prophet Daniel lived during the time in which Babylon was the dominant world power. He was able to correctly interpret a prophetic dream that explained what would be the world powers that would come after that, until the end of the Jewish nation. (Daniel Chapter 8)<br /> But that is not all that the Bible offers. In the 7 chapter of Daniel, a prophesy is given that reaches much further into the future, to the time in which human government ends. (Daniel 7:22) In that prophesy, the Roman power is looked at in more detail. (Daniel 7:19, 20, 23-25) The prophesy mentions that this last world power would be made up of several kings or kingdoms(horns) that would take their turns at being dominant. We can see that in fact that is what we see in the Roman Empire, which even after many centuries, and even after its official end at the hand of the vikings, in reality continued to exist in one form or another, and that many rulers tried in fact to lay claim to the title of "Roman Emperor". From one of the provinces of the once vast Roman Empire, one horn lifted itself above the others, Britain. It eventually humiliated three competing nations to achieve undisputed prominence, Spain, the Netherlands, and France, just as Daniel foretold. (Daniel 7:24)<br /> <br /> But, why is it then that no other world power is mentioned after that one when clearly Britain is no longer the dominant world power? Or is it? Well, in a sense it still is. You see, the United States is really an offshoot of Britain and it is its closest ally. The book of Revelation mentions this partnership when describing the last human world power as a dual power entity. (Rev 13:11)<br /> <br /> There are a lot of details on those prophesies that I do not have time to explain here. But, my point is that we are living under the rule of the last world power mentioned in the Bible before their replacement by the Kingdom of God in the hands of the Christ (Greek) or Messiah (Hebrew). There won't be another one. I would argue that the first super power was Egipt, not Rome, and that Babylon, Persia, and Greece also achieved that status at some point. Interestingly, this was all documented in advanced in the Bible. The prophet Daniel lived during the time in which Babylon was the dominant world power. He was able to correctly interpret a prophetic dream that explained what would be the world powers that would come after that, until the end of the Jewish nation. (Daniel Chapter 8)
But that is not all that the Bible offers. In the 7 chapter of Daniel, a prophesy is given that reaches much further into the future, to the time in which human government ends. (Daniel 7:22) In that prophesy, the Roman power is looked at in more detail. (Daniel 7:19, 20, 23-25) The prophesy mentions that this last world power would be made up of several kings or kingdoms(horns) that would take their turns at being dominant. We can see that in fact that is what we see in the Roman Empire, which even after many centuries, and even after its official end at the hand of the vikings, in reality continued to exist in one form or another, and that many rulers tried in fact to lay claim to the title of “Roman Emperor”. From one of the provinces of the once vast Roman Empire, one horn lifted itself above the others, Britain. It eventually humiliated three competing nations to achieve undisputed prominence, Spain, the Netherlands, and France, just as Daniel foretold. (Daniel 7:24)

But, why is it then that no other world power is mentioned after that one when clearly Britain is no longer the dominant world power? Or is it? Well, in a sense it still is. You see, the United States is really an offshoot of Britain and it is its closest ally. The book of Revelation mentions this partnership when describing the last human world power as a dual power entity. (Rev 13:11)

There are a lot of details on those prophesies that I do not have time to explain here. But, my point is that we are living under the rule of the last world power mentioned in the Bible before their replacement by the Kingdom of God in the hands of the Christ (Greek) or Messiah (Hebrew). There won’t be another one.

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