Hey there, friends. Just felt like going on if anyone cares about my view about what happened last night. Phone centered there. I'm on a gorgeous morning here out for a walk in my part of the country, United States, where we don't have to worry about Iranian missiles At any moment or jihadists well not that bad at this point My feeling is obviously what you saw last night was Per the Iranians they felt like they had to do something and so this is I they're doing something clearly 100% ineffective. Some folks want to say that's the Lord protecting Israel, and I don't want to deny that. But at the same time, I think we're missing the point if that's all we think happened. We are not seeing prophecy fulfillment yet. We might be getting close to that Persian invasion of the Middle East, which is not this. This was a spectacular failure. And part of the reason why was, yes, Israel has lots of weapons and defenses to do this with, but they did not do it all. We don't know exactly the percentage or whatever, and we might never know, but The United States and Great Britain, at least, and possibly France, actually took down many of these missiles. There were drones and missiles last night. A lot. Apparently 300 of some combination of those things. So America and Great Britain at least helped a lot. Now, who else helped? Jordan. jordan um the military of jordan actually was defending israel you know they say one thing when they have to say things but then when they have to do things it's another story um and of course now I don't didn't hear about saudi arabia actually doing any connect things in other words shooting at iranian weapons or whatever but it was clear that they were um 100% ready to do anything they needed to to stop Iran. So the big takeaway for me was the fact that this is exposing not just the mullah, the government of Iran and the crazy leadership they have, their hatred for Israel. We know they hate Israel. They want it to disappear. They've said it for decades. But so does the Sunni world. They just might take a different approach. But the point is, what this is doing is exposing the Sunni and Shia rift in the Middle East. That Iran is completely alone in this. They might have... Hey guys, I see your questions. I'll get to them in a second if I can see it. It's very bright out here today. They had very weak support just in words from, what was it, Kuwait and Qatar, I think. Maybe UAE. I think it was Qatar. Probably Qatar. And Kuwait said, yeah, we're not going to allow any... defense basically from our from our territory big deal and um Turkey put a little token support out there saying you can't use our airspace to attack Iran with or through okay fine whatever none of that was needed because clearly that's where the weapons weren't going in those directions right it was going over Iraq and Jordan and But not from Lebanon. From Lebanon is Hezbollah. They're not Iran. They're separate. I understand they're connected, but they're not Iran. And that's what you saw. So you're seeing a very isolated, no one's willing to shoot at Israel except for Iran. And they only did it because they were embarrassed. They didn't really want to do this, I don't think. It's not in their plans to conquer Israel first. You're seeing that very clearly. That there's a rift being opened up that the world does not want to acknowledge. In that even Arabs, the Jordanians, and the Saudis are against Iran. Your average person doesn't even understand that Islam is divided. The Sunni and the Shia don't get along, and they're going to have a major war to settle the differences soon among themselves, not Israel, not America, not Europe. That's what the Bible says, and that's what common sense tells us and shows us. That's what's happening right now. Anyway, those are my thoughts. I think that's about all that I had in the brain. Let's see what you guys are saying. Imran Khan, how are you? Hey, Imran, I am from India. Well, praise God. All followers of Jesus Christ are my brothers, no matter where you're from. Mary Nan says, before I go to church, I just wanted to say I've learned a little bit about Israel from this horrible war. A friend of mine keeps showing me anti-Israel propaganda, but I should pray for him. Yes, you should. Certainly. That's one of the things God is doing. Yeah. Pray for all those who hate Israel, including those in your country, because there are a lot of them. Whether you know it or not, they're going to come out of the woodwork. And this is just one of the ways that they will do that. You saw it after October 7th. You see every time Israel does anything to defend itself, you see it now after this. And when the Sunni world actually goes and defeats Iran, that's going to shock everyone. And that's why we should be scripturally educated and not just, you know, see what the breaking news of the day is. You have to look at it in the light of what God has already said. That doesn't mean anyone knows at all. I certainly don't. But certain things are pretty clear. Plato Monster. Hello, Plato Monster on YouTube. Imran says, end of time, all world. Well, I don't know about that. This world is not going anywhere. The age will change. Jesus will return and establish the millennial kingdom. It's going to be a lot of changes. And before that, it's going to be a lot of hard changes, like a woman giving birth. A lot of shaking, a lot of pain. And yes, suffering. But as Christians, we should be ready for that. Not to go to war and fight, but to endure suffering for Christ. In India, for example, you guys... Assuming you're a believer. I'm wrong. Know all about this. Anyways, that's my two cents. I do just want to direct you if you haven't caught either the Wings of the Eagle. It's my ministry. And End Time Church. We've taught a lot. I've taught a lot about this over the years. A lot. and it's never changed at all, in that my view has always been that there's only one successful attack of Persia or Iran against Israel, and that's not when they're alone, but when they're together as one nation with Turkey, Iraq, etc., what we call the beast, Ezekiel 38, Revelation 13, Daniel 7, etc. That is the only time that Iran is going to attack Israel, in any meaningful way. That's the scripture. So we can trust it. And we're not there yet, clearly. We're not there yet. We don't have a united Middle Eastern Islamic kingdom. We have a very divided one, and there are enemies right now. Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, That whole situation in Egypt, that whole situation is not beast ready. The 10 kings are not going to pop out of this, okay? We've got to have a major war between the two powers of Sunni and Shia Islam. Iran and Turkey are the two ones that will be the combatants or the main ones, okay? That's what the Bible says. Don't be impatient. We're not there yet. We might be nearer. Might be a little ways off still. Have patience in God. Okay? Obviously, if this is a blessing to you, please go to Wings of the Eagle Patreon page. Yes, we have a Patreon page. You can support us there. We've got some awesome things coming up that you can, if you're not into donation, that you can get something for your giving and your support. And that's okay. Or if you're at End Time Church, we'll see you Monday. Get our free app, endtime.app. And, of course, that's brought to you by your tithes and offerings 100%. just because it's the right thing to do. Oops, I got some other things here, maybe before we go. Imran says, these GeoNext are mentioned in our Quran. Our Quran is a lie. The Quran is a false word. It is not from God. Allah is not the true God. The God of Israel, Jesus the Messiah, is your God. Follow him. Reject Islam. The Quran is full of lies. Shem says, what is keeping with Iran, a country financing all these terrorist organizations around the world, that should starve the terrorists of fire, power, food, health care, etc., and eventually make them stop? To cut them off from supply? Sure, I mean, in theory, yes, but... It's not just Iran. This is Sunni and Shia. If Iran disappeared from the world tomorrow and didn't support another act of terrorism, there would still be terrorism against Israel. The Sunni caliphate wants to take over. There's a caliphate rising regardless of Iran. And that's why they're viewed as a problem in the Sunni world. They're an obstacle. They're not a help. So when Iran goes, it's because the Sunni world defeats them. But I mean, I see what you're saying, but it's not the answer. It's a spiritual problem. It's a supernatural, satanic issue. No one country or one people group are responsible. It's a hatred that settles in your heart that you want to kill Jews and erase Israel from the map. That's not an Iranian problem. Specifically. And by the way, many Iranians, of course, are opposed to this and hate their government and hate that they're doing this. But guess what? As we've heard now for months and years, that, oh, at any moment, the Ayatollahs are going to lose power because of protests in the streets. Well, you saw yesterday, there's no way that that's happening. They are not. They are not there. The population of Iran is not ready for a revolution. Yeah. Aditya, Bobby, hey, Sunday law enforced is the mark of the beast. No, it's not. Stop it. Stop it. There is no mark of the beast until the false prophet arrives, and that's only three and a half years long, friend. Read Revelation 13. Come on. We've got to get serious here. Enough of this nonsense. All right. Love y'all. If you need to contact me, X is the best way in public to do it, or the End Time Church app. Get away from the insect in Jesus' name. And I bless you in Jesus' name. Talk soon. Love you. Bye.
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Updated: Apr 14
Much has been made of the idea of a coming one-world government with a one-world religion and a one-world currency from students of end-time Bible prophecy over the decades. This idea has so permeated the minds of many who love Bible prophecy to the point where it doesn’t seem possible for some to think outside of this one-world box in order to examine certain Scriptural evidence like a Berean (Acts 17:11).
I’ve been pondering this one-world idea, lately, and a question comes to mind. Is it even possible for humankind to reach its goal of creating a one-world government and religion considering what happened the last time we tried it?
Genesis 11: The First One-World
Some may not realize, but there was time in the past when this very thing was attempted. Long ago, all the peoples of the earth attempted to create a one-world government with a one-world religion.
Genesis 11:1-5 (NET) The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary. [2] When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. [3] Then they said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." (They had brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.) [4] Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth." [5] But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.
What happened? They began it but could not finish it because God interrupted them by scattering them across the earth as nations.
Genesis 11:6-9 (NET) And the LORD said, "If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them. [7] Come, let's go down and confuse their language so they won't be able to understand each other." [8] So the LORD scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city. [9] That is why its name was called Babel — because there the LORD confused the language of the entire world, and from there the LORD scattered them across the face of the entire earth.
The people shared one language, as in they all spoke the same language, as in it was the only language for them to speak. Achieving this one-world goal was contingent upon this. Because they shared a common language, it’s reasonable to conclude they shared a common culture. Even though all the nations of the world can, today, communicate with each other by learning the languages of other nations, our cultural differences that have developed down through the millennia as a result of God dispersing us into nations at Babel hinders us from achieving the goal of a one-world government as evidenced by the simple fact that nations have foreign policy, never mind go to war with each other over disagreements.
Permanently Un-Babeled: Never United Again
Dispersion by Divine Judgment
Surely, there is a scramble to get back to Babel—we can all see it—but I’m not convinced it will be realized. What happened in Genesis 11 was an act of God’s divine judgment against humanity for our one-world attempt by confusing our language so we would separate into nations and never achieve our goal. But His judgment didn’t end there. There’s another part to it we are less familiar with.
The Sons of God Appointed to Govern the Nations
As part of God’s divine judgment on humanity at Babel, God also appointed lesser divine beings, who He created as part of the angelic hierarchy of His heavenly host, as divine governors of the new nations on His behalf while keeping Israel for Himself (1 Ch 17:20-22).
Deuteronomy 32:8-9 (NET) When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples, according to the number of the heavenly assembly. [9] For the LORD's allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.
Dr. Michael S. Heiser sums it up for us:
“We learn from Genesis 11:1-9 that humanity was divided up into the nations at the Tower of Babel event. Yahweh’s division of humanity into the nations listed in Genesis 10, which descended from Noah’s sons after the flood, was a punitive act. God had decided to put his relationship with humanity as a whole on hiatus. After the nations were divided and allotted to lesser divine beings (“sons of God”), God called Abraham to form a new people—his “inheritance” as described in Deuteronomy 32:9.Through this new people, God planned to bless the nations in the future (Gen 12:3; cf. Acts 17:26).” ~ Michael S. Heiser, Angels, p. 45
From this, we can know the push for Babel was a human endeavor because the allotment of divine beings to the nations happened afterward as part of the judgment of humanity for our one-world attempt. This is important as we will see.
Death of the Sons of God by Divine Judgment
God removed Himself from all the peoples to focus on Israel (Zec 2:8). Psalm 82 tells us these lesser divine beings failed to live up to God’s standards and so will also receive judgment. They are the “gods” in the Psalm.
Psalms 82:1-8 (LEB) A psalm of Asaph. God stands in the divine assembly; he administers judgment in the midst of the gods. [2] "How long will you judge unjustly and show favoritism to the wicked? Selah. [3] Judge on behalf of the helpless and the orphan; provide justice to the afflicted and the poor. [4] Rescue the helpless and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked." [5] They do not know or consider. They go about in the darkness, so that all the foundations of the earth are shaken. [6] I have said, "You are gods, and sons of the Most High, all of you. [7] However, you will die like men, and you will fall like one of the princes." [8] Rise up, O God, judge the earth, because you shall inherit all the nations.
The sons of God who were allotted to the other nations became corrupted. They “judg[ed] unjustly” and “show[ed] favoritism to the wicked.” Part of this corruption involved allowing themselves to become objects of worship by their nations’ inhabitants (Deut 4:19-20). This eventually led to the persecution of Israel, God’s allotment or portion, by these nations, because they were in competition with the one, true God. However, this persecution was often a judgment for Israel’s disobedience to God as well (Deut 17:2-5, 29:21-25, 32:15–18). We read about this throughout the entire Old Testament. The people of these other nations and Humanity in general is not off the hook, though. We often chose their ways.
The point is this: God’s decree of judgment upon these divine beings is still future. It will happen at the end of the age at the Day of the Lord (Psa 82:6-8; Isa 24:21; 34:1-4). This biblical fact is key in my argument that humankind is permanently un-Babeled—will never again unite as one—as we will see going forward.
A First Review
So far, we’ve learned that the push for Babel was a human endeavor. God’s judgment on humanity included the confusion of our language and the allotment of divine beings as rulers (judges) over the nations. They failed and led the nations astray, and so they will also be judged. Because this judgment takes place in the future, they are still ruling over the nations.
Ephesians 6:12 tells us how these divine beings affect us.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens. (NET)
The Princes of Daniel 10
We get a battlefield-level glimpse of these angelic judges in action in Daniel 10 where these divine beings are called “princes.” An angel arrived to explain a vision to Daniel, but the angel had first been delayed by “the prince of the kingdom of Persia.” Michael, “one of the leading princes,” came to help him.
Daniel 10:11-13 (NASB) He said to me, "O Daniel, man of high esteem, understand the words that I am about to tell you and stand upright, for I have now been sent to you." And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling. [12] Then he said to me, "Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to your words. [13] "But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was withstanding me for twenty-one days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.
When the angel was finished visiting with Daniel, he was to “return to fight against the prince of Persia” after which “the prince of Greece” would come.
Daniel 10:20-21 (NASB) Then he said, "Do you understand why I came to you? But I shall now return to fight against the prince of Persia; so I am going forth, and behold, the prince of Greece is about to come. [21] "However, I will tell you what is inscribed in the writing of truth. Yet there is no one who stands firmly with me against these forces except Michael your prince.
Michael is described as Daniel’s “prince” and “the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people.” He is the prince of the nation of Israel.
Daniel 12:1 (NASB) "Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.
God assigned divine beings to rule over the nations (“principalities” of Col 1:16; Eph 6:12). Some of these beings opposed Yahweh and His people (Dan 10:13-20; see also 2 Ki 18:35; Isa 36:20). From these passages in Daniel, we also see they oppose one another as it was Greece who conquered Persia after this.
The Nations Will Remain Divided
Has any of this changed, somehow, so that a one-world government, or world super-nation, is possible today? No, it hasn’t. Because we know these divine beings and their respective nations will not be judged until the Day of the Lord, we can know they are still overseeing them. And they do the same things they’ve always done. They war with one another. They war with Israel. We even see this division in this description of the Antichrist’s kingdom at the time of the end.
Daniel 2:42-43 (NET) In that the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, the latter stages of this kingdom will be partly strong and partly fragile. [43] And in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay, so people will be mixed with one another without adhering to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.
Daniel 11 clarifies this passage in Daniel 2 by telling us he will be engaged in wars with other nations throughout his entire reign until the very end. This is one reason why Jesus described “wars and rumors of wars” as happening during this time (Mat 24:6).
Beware the King of the North in Daniel 11
In Daniel 11, the Antichrist is known as the “king of the north” (verse 21) because he is described as rising to power in and ruling from this north kingdom. A good Study Bible will tell you this area is historically the Seleucid Empire, as a trial fulfillment of prophecy. Go and look it up. This empire ruled in the Middle East. Plug the modern-day nations into this area. See what you get.
The pattern and geography are important. Previous kings of the north rose to power in and ruled this area; the last king of the north will do the same.
Not only does the Antichrist go to war with other nations throughout his reign (nations from the south in 11:25 and many other verses, nations from the east in 11:44, and nations from farther north in 11:44), Daniel suggests one of the areas of the world which is a popular candidate for the area from which he comes goes to war against him—the West.
The ships of Kittim will come against him, leaving him disheartened. He will turn back and direct his indignation against the holy covenant. He will return and honor those who forsake the holy covenant. Daniel 11:30 NET
“Kittim” in this verse can be interpreted as “Cyprus,” an island-nation to the west of his kingdom. It can also be interpreted as “Romans” or the West in general. From Strong’s:
Ships of the western coastlands will oppose him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and vent his fury against the holy covenant. He will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant. Daniel 11:30 NIV
For warships from western coastlands will scare him off, and he will withdraw and return home. But he will vent his anger against the people of the holy covenant and reward those who forsake the covenant. Daniel 11:30 NLT
See also LXX, DRB, TEV, NCV and CEV.
This leaves us with questions too few are willing to examine. If the Antichrist is the leader of a one-world government, then who are these other governments and nations he’s warring with? If he comes from the West why is the West warring against him?
Here’s a simpler way to look at it. Because this end-time north kingdom has geographic boundaries and, therefore, its own authority, neither it nor any other opposing government on the earth at the time will rule the whole world with a one-world government.
These divine beings overseeing these nations are still warring with one another, and these wars keep the nations divided, specifically the nations around Israel where all the biblical action has always taken place.
A Second Review
So far, we’ve learned that the push for Babel was a human endeavor. God’s judgment on humanity included the confusion of our language and the allotment of divine beings as rulers (judges) over the nations. They failed and led the nations astray, and so they will also be judged. Because this judgment takes place in the future, they are still ruling over the nations.
One judgment has already taken place—the dispersion of peoples at Babel directed toward humanity. The other judgment has yet to take place—the death of these divine judges over the nations at the Day of the Lord. These divine beings and their respective nations carry on as usual. And so the nations will remain divided until then.
"Modern" Nations
It’s important to address the idea of “modern” nations having divine begins allotted to them. We can know from Genesis 10 that, originally, there were 70 nations after Babel and so 70 divine beings allotted. We know these people-groups spread out across the earth. The Bible doesn’t explicitly say any “new” nations that have arisen out of them have divine beings assigned to them. In other words, it’s not that a new nation has been established and so, therefore, they must be assigned one, and so this is the origin of all wars, because even if we say that “new,’ or “modern” nations don’t have divine beings as judges over them, we forget that humankind has its own sinful ambitions and is capable of waging war with itself on its own. This would be an extension of God’s divine control and the free will of created beings (in which we know He works all of these things for the good of those who love Him). Even if we want to remove the allotting of the divine beings from the “modern” nations, the judgment of God confusing our language still remains and hinders us from achieving a one-world goal.
But surely the modern nations outside this area do not have princes over them, right? Surely the West could create a one-world government, right?
Three Points of Conflation That Muddy the End-Time Waters
One: We conflate world government with one-world government. A world government is not necessarily a one-world government. If successful, there’s no doubt the WEF would call it’s governing body a world government, but it couldn’t call it a one-world government with any legitimacy because other nations will exist in the Middle East at least at the time if the end.
Two: We conflate one-world government with one government attempting to rule the world. Knowing what we know about prophetic geography, you can make a better case for the latter as it is an accurate description of Islamic ambition. And, again, the fact that this end-time kingdom will have boundaries and war with other nations tells us neither of these ambitions will be realized (Daniel 11).
Three: We conflate one-world religion with one religion attempting to rule the world. This is important because the religion that “sits” on the area of the world we’ve described (Rev 17:3, 7) has declared this ambition. To reiterate once more, this kingdom will have boundaries and so this ambition, also, won’t be realized. Though, I do expect the religion of Islam to contribute greatly to the coming chaos around the world because, as I said previous, Islam is being exported to nearly every nation.
We conflate all of these ideas to the detriment of accurate interpretation of end-time Bible prophecy. We must be more exact with the words we use. The Bible allows us to be. We create confusion because we are not thinking about what we are saying. And when we throw biblical hyperbole in with watching the wrong area of the world, it’s easy to see how we have arrived at one-world government and world government conclusions.
Furthermore, I don’t think the Bible describes any of the above as the Antichrist’s ambition, anyway. He only wants to destroy Israel and any nation that gets in his way (Dan 11).
A Possible Scenario
Let’s take our earlier scenario regarding geographic boundaries and insert more detail for illustrating these conflations compared to end-time Bible prophecy. If the World Economic Forum (a popular candidate for end-time Bible prophecy fulfillment) establishes a world government, and there is a kingdom out of its reach, let’s say, in the Middle East (according to end-time Bible prophecy), then neither the WEF nor this out-of-reach kingdom rule the whole world. Neither are a one-world government. If this scenario were to happen, Old Testament prophetic geography tells us which kingdom is the correct fulfillment of end-time Bible prophecy—the one that resides in the Middle East.
Since we know this end-time beast kingdom won’t be destroyed until the return of Christ (Dan 2:35, 2:44-45, 7:9-14, 7:26-27; Rev 18-19), we can know it will be on the earth to the end, which means any WEF or other effort there may be to destroy it won’t succeed, which means the whole world won’t be under the rule of a single governmental entity before the return of Christ.
None of this means, by the way, the area outside this 10-king kingdom won’t be ruled by a world government. Again, prophetic geography tells us where to watch, and that area is the Middle East. If you take me up on my challenge to do a Bible study to identify these nations, you can actually find their names.
One Hour with the Beast
I said above that the antichrist-nations will remain divided until the end. There is, in fact, a time when they will unite. This is when the ten kings give their power to the beast (Rev 17:12-13) for “one hour." Whether this is an actual hour or not is debatable. The use of the word “hour” may also denote a very short amount of time. In either case, this is hardly a one-world government or even a world government, so says the prophetic geography and the constant wars.
The Prophetic Geography in Psalm 83
Here’s the last bit to close the loop, which is entirely interesting to me. Right after God’s decree of judgment in Psalm 82 against the “sons of God” he allotted to the nations as divine rulers/judges in Deuteronomy 32, Psalm 83 then goes on to name some of the nations/peoples comprising the end-time beast kingdom. Many of these nations are named as going down to the pit in Ezekiel 32. Then those who are left of these nations who took the mark will go up to worship Jesus in Jerusalem (Zech 14:16).
Interestingly, Psalm 83 includes the names of Zebah and Zalmunna from Judges 8:21 who were wearing crescent ornaments when Gideon struck them down (see also Judges 8:26 and Isa 3:18).
Driving the above point home, the Old Testament Prophets name the nations God judges at Christ’s return. These nations are judged for their repeated violation of God’s foreign policy (Gen 12:1-3) which is chronicled for us throughout the Old Testament. When these “surrounding nations” (Joel 3:11-12; Zech 12:2, 6; 14:14) decide to march upon Israel for her final destruction, God intervenes via the return of Christ and judgment ensues.
Identifying these judged nations makes a great Bible study as this is the heaviest weight of the evidence, and so I won’t give it all away here but instead encourage you to find them (I’ve written several articles on this already). What I have shown in the past is some of the evidence for a regional kingdom, or powerbase, from Daniel 11 that flies directly in the one-world government’s face. You should read through Daniel 11. It is the current understanding that the Antichrist makes his appearance in verse 21.
Summary
The push for Babel is a human endeavor. It was started before God allotted divine beings to rule over the nations as part of His judgment on humanity for disobeying His decree to spread out over the earth (Gen 9:7, 11:1-9). These beings incited their respective nations to war with Israel and each other and this continues to this very day. It seems it is the ambition of Man to unite the world under one ruler which now cannot take place since the nations were given over to the rule of divine beings who’s ambition is the destruction of Israel. God’s ultimate eschatological judgment of these nations and beings has not yet been fulfilled. These divine beings and their respective nations carry on as usual leading their nations astray and warring with each other and with Israel. Therefore, the nations will remain divided until then.
The end-time beast kingdom has physical boundaries defined for us in the texts of the Old Testament Prophets. Therefore, we have an obligation to be more exact with the words we use concerning the governing reach of the end-time beast kingdom because the Bible allows us to be—even demands it.
What I Am Not Teaching
When talking of these things, I have been accused of teaching things I’m not teaching so please pay attention. This will help eliminate confusion and also disingenuousness such as I have received in the past.
I am not teaching this regional end-time beast kingdom won’t affect the whole world. From Scripture such as Daniel 11 and Revelation 18, and from the massive amount of Islamic migration out of the Middle East, we see that it will. I am simply teaching it won’t rule the whole world.
I am not teaching that any nation not named as part of the end-time beast kingdom will escape God’s judgment. All peoples and all nations will be judged (Isa 13:11; Dan 12:13; Rev 20:4, 11-15).
I am teaching end-time Bible prophecy names nations, specifically, that God will judge at Christ’s return. They are located in the Middle East and North Africa. Any nation not named in Bible prophecy is not part of the ten-king kingdom at the end, and so the Bible doesn’t speak of them. Since the Bible doesn’t speak of them, neither should we. That’s it. It’s not more complicated than that. And so while all peoples and nations will be judged, the final beast, ten-king kingdom is only comprised of those nations named in Scripture.
Do You See It?
Can we now lay aside the nations that are not the focus of end-time Bible prophecy and their respective leaders? This includes America, Britain, Germany, Russia, China, Rome, Europe—any nation not named, any nation not carved out by the prophetic geography the Old Testament Prophets gave us. Are you willing to do this? Imagine the clutter that will be cut away. Imagine how much more focused we can be. You will no longer feel like a little hamster in a gigantic wheel trying to keep up with everything because there will be only one area of the world you are focused on—the right area. And, believe me, you’ll see things you never saw before—the things you so long to see. I know because I used to be in the European-Antichrist-America-Is-Babylon camp until I started examining traditional interpretations in light of the actual words of the prophetic texts.
Even if you don’t see it now, are you willing to study these things further? Be sure you don't want something to be it so badly that you are unwilling to be a Berean about the prophetic geography the Old Testament Prophets gave us. As I said, it makes a great Bible study so gather your friends and go to it!
I lament. If we would just let the prophetic geography they gave us speak, and let the Bible tell us its story, a great deal misconception and confusion could be resolved.
Notes:
Some of you may have never heard these things before. It’s important for you to know this is not a fringe view by any stretch. That God has a heavenly courtroom where He conducts business (Dan 7:9) is well established and known in academia as the divine council. The term elohim, used both of God and of the angels, describes a place of residence, not function, as in beings of the spirit-realm (spirit-beings), which they all are including God. That God (Elohim) created gods (elohim) is not proof of their equality with Him. Plural elohim does not mean polytheism. They are created. They are lesser. They are not all-powerful, all-knowing, or all-present as evidenced by the fact that they can be judged for their rebellion against God (Psa 82:2, 7). God is the only uncreated omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent being. He is greater than all (Psa 89:5-7) and the only One who deserves worship (Psa 29:1). He is unique as Elohim among the elohim (Nehemiah 9:6). We can obviously know God is above all just from reading the Bible even when it mentions other gods. Some translators and editors have made translation decisions that have obscured these things in certain Bibles (e.g. KJV, NASB, LEB in Deut 32:8 but, interestingly, not in Psa 82). The ESV and the NET get it right. I am of the opinion that we do not need to be protected from what the Bible actually says.
We have more than 70 nations today. It cannot be said Scripture teaches that for each nation established, God assigns a divine being. A biblical definition of a nation may also be different. It may be defined as people-groups, some of which have given rise to our more modern nations. 70 nations/people groups came out of Babel. Jesus sends out the 70 in the NT (HCSB). The fact that there is a push for Babel in the geography outside the Middle East persuades me to believe these nations do not have a prince assigned to them because this was originally a human effort. While it’s evident that the divine beings over the nations are inciting war, fallen Man is capable of waging war without the incitement of divine beings.
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