Globalism Rising!

Should the world fear moving towards a global government?

Nathan Jones: We posed this question to Bible prophecy expert Jeff Kinley of Main Things Ministries. Jeff hosts the television programs “Jeff Kinley Live” and “The King Is Coming” and co-hosts the Prophecy Pros Podcast.

The Rise of Globalism

Tim Moore: Living in this current culture, a lot of Christians want to know, what exactly is the greatest prophetic sign that points to the soon return of Jesus Christ?

Jeff Kinley: I believe we are living in the era of globalism coming of age. The Bible says that in the last days, there’s going to be a one-world government headed up by the Antichrist. This will be in fulfillment of Satan’s long ambition that he’s held for over 6,000 years to be in charge of the entire earth.

We know according to Bible prophecy that’s exactly what will happen. The rise of technology, the way the world has shrunk due to communications, governments cooperating over global crises, and the nations laying aside their nationalist rights to join together more as one — that’s all pushing towards globalism.

We’re seeing globalism being championed by the World Economic Forum, the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the G20 nations. These organizations are all coming together and pushing the nations towards uniting under one overarching government.

Isn’t it interesting that the world is getting on board with the pre-scripted prophecies that God has foretold in His Word?

We saw how the COVID-19 pandemic got the whole world talking about one thing. We’ve never had that before in human history, where literally every nation to every neighborhood was talking about one single subject. The pandemic made globalism much easier for the Antichrist’s kingdom to happen. Global crisis brings about chaos, and chaos causes people to demand peace and calm by their governments. The endgame for controlled global crises is all about control by a one-world government.

Tim Moore: What’s crazy is how some people who consider themselves liberals, which in a classic sense would have meant they they were for individual liberty, are now praising the Chinese communist government for its ability to control its people. They celebrate how the Chinese government has enacted “protections” that squelch individual rights. In truth, Communist governments really are only ever looking out for keeping their statist power. They believe we need more of that kind of controlled government in our own country and over other democracies around the world. How China handled the pandemic was a crises that only fed into that globalist mentality.

Jeff Kinley: It really did. In fact, Klaus Schwab, who has been the head of the World Economic Forum, has been called a fanboy of China. He loves the way that China controls its people. China makes their people servile. Schwab’s son is even the head of the field office there for the WEF in China.

I read there are over 100 million cameras in China! The social credit score China assigns to each of its citizens regulates how many privileges and restrictions each person is granted, all based on their behavior and loyalty to the state. Our own country is moving towards enacting a social credit score, though in different ways. All that to say is that people are looking to China as the model of how to properly run a country. And of course, the more control you have over a populace, the more you become dictatorial.

The executive orders that the Biden administration has been mandating so enthusiastically are really quite frightening. They prove how globalism has been seeping into many once-democratic governments as their leaders desire to shift their countries to act more like China and then unite them on a global scale.

Overcoming the Objections of Nationalists

Nathan Jones: President Xi in China and President Putin in Russia have claimed the war in Ukraine is actually a war against the globalist West. So, it looks like both China and Russia are trying to buck the growing globalist system by becoming more ultra-nationalistic. Therefore, where does nationalism fit into end-time Bible prophecy? If the whole world is moving towards globalism then what do we do about these rogue superpowers?

Jeff Kinley: According to Ezekiel 38-39, Scripture says that Russia will move south in the latter days when Israel is living securely. God will set a hook in Russia’s jaw and bring Russia down to invade Israel. But, here’s the thing. Those Islamic nations that ally themselves with Russia as part of that great Gog-Magog War, well God is going to annihilate the armies of those invading nations.

The nearly total destruction of Russia and Islam need to happen for the Antichrist to be able to take charge. Once the Russian army is annihilated, which I believe coincidentally enough includes many of the invading Islamic nations, that may grant Israel the opportunity to rebuild their temple on the Temple Mount. If the Islamic forces were wiped away by God’s intervention in the Gog-Magog War, and this war occurred somewhere around the Rapture, then only the European Union would remain the sole superpower. When the Antichrist rises out of Europe, his peace covenant could include Israel being free to rebuild the Temple on the Temple Mount.

So, all of these prophecies dovetail together like pieces to a jigsaw puzzle. Like any puzzle, you don’t really see how the pieces all fit together. But, as we go forward in time, it’s like we get more and more pieces — more prophetic knowledge — and so more clarity about how these prophesied events could shape up.

The Birth Pangs

Tim Moore: So many of the end times signs that we’ve been watching are starting to come together and converge. The signs of the end times are converging in a way that has not been seen for 2,000 years.

For instance, Israel is a nation once more and is now on the scene. Israel is surrounded by hostile nations. The Gentile nations are trying to bring about a one-world government, just as Scripture foretold. Technology is allowing the ability for governments to control their citizens. We’re seeing, even in our country, a devolution from Judeo-Christian values in favor of Secularism. All of these signs are happening at an accelerating pace and are converging into one big super sign.

Jeff Kinley: The key word here is accelerating. Remember how Jesus talked about birth pangs in Matthew 24? He was prophesying what would happen during the Tribulation period in that chapter. As we all know, birth pangs increase in frequency and intensity the closer one gets to the birth. Right now we are on the other side of the Tribulation. We’re not quite yet there. But, we are still seeing this rapid acceleration of all these end times signs coming together that point to the nearness of the Rapture followed by the Tribulation.

Tim Moore: Jeff, you teach that there are different kinds of birth pangs that happen before the birth. What are the false birth pangs called?

Jeff Kinley: Braxton Hicks contractions. Yes, our wives certainly know about those. Braxton Hicks contractions feel like the real thing but they are not. They cause many people to head to the hospital believing the baby is at last coming. But, the doctor tells them that, no, these are not the real contractions. The real ones are going to come later.

When it comes to the Braxton Hicks contractions analogy, right now we are not going through the actual birth pangs. The birth pangs, or signs, of Matthew 24 and Revelation 6-19 that Jesus prophesied, point to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The Braxton Hicks pangs point to Rapture of the Church before the Tribulation begins. We here in this Church Age are feeling those right now. But, you can’t have Braxton Hicks unless you’re actually pregnant and are going to have a baby, so the mother-to-be is getting close to the birth, likely in the late-second or third trimester.

The Two-Minute Warning

Jeff Kinley: The birth pangs analogy is used to point to the fact that we are living in the last days. We don’t know how late we are in the birthing process, but the baby is coming soon. The apostle John declared in 1 John 2:18, “Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.” I don’t know if we are ticking to the very last seconds or not, but knowing the Lord is indeed coming soon does provide Christians with a sense of expectancy for the Lord’s soon return.

It also gives us a sense of what I call Purposeful Urgency. It’s not panic. We’re not running around like Chicken Little. Rather, we possess a sense of, “I’ve got to get this done!” Think, “It’s the two-minute warning. It’s late in the fourth quarter. We need to win this game!”

Tim Moore: What should Christians be doing if we really are at that two-minute warning? Now’s the time to us to get serious about doing what’s right, correct?

Jeff Kinley: Three things Christians should be doing while we wait for the return of Jesus Christ. First of all, for the believers out there — wake up. Jesus called to the Church of Sardis to wake up. They thought they were alive, but they were not. “Wake up! See who I am,” is what Christ calls Christians to do.

The second thing we should do is — stand up. Stand up to this pagan culture! This culture needs salt and light to see Christ. Christians are the restraining influence holding that great tide of evil at bay. If we don’t stand up now then the world is not going to know the difference between right and wrong.

So wake up, stand up, and finally — speak up. Speak up for the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Tell people about how our wonderful Savior can forgive us of our sins. Only Jesus Christ can make a sinner brand new on the inside. Only Jesus Christ can grant us an eternal destiny and hope for the future. That’s the good news that we as Christians need to speak up about.

Tim Moore: Good points, Jeff! Are we waking up, speaking up, and standing up for righteousness and being lights to our culture in our day and age? That is the Christians’ calling.

Nathan Jones: This lost world should fear the rise in globalism. Its institution means the world’s inevitable enslavement and death. But, for the Christian, we don’t fear the Antichrist, because we know from the signs of the end times that Jesus Christ is coming. Our Lord will soon call His children to “Come up here,” and we shall dwell with our Savior forever. For those who have not yet accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord, now’s the time. Do not delay! The King is coming soon.