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Originally Posted by pelathais
Now, I'm no fan of Nimrod, but could you help me out? Just where does the Bible tell us that "Satan" was behind the building of the Tower of Babel? (See Genesis 11:3-6).
No we don't!  You've said that the Bible tells us NOW that "an evil one world government is prophesied." Show me NOW!
uhm... yeah. (See NotForSale's " Noah and the Ark" thread).
My take is that folks have seen the attempts at political consolidation since the time of WW1 and have tried to force these political movements into what the Bible has to say. This followed a new pattern of Bible interpretation that was developing in the previous century. The horrors of a World War, made possible by the new technology of the industrial revolution had a tremendous impact upon the minds of the people in the West. This coincided with the rise of fundamentalism in America and the two became intertwined along with the newfangled Dispensational method of Bible interpretation.
This whole program of trying to force current events into the Bible's prophecies was first developed by the Millerites (Seventh Day Adventists) and the Jehovah Witnesses. Trailing along behind them came the Darbyists who had founded Dispensationalism in the first place as an adjutant to the new enthusiasm for Bible literalism that was brought on by the Enlightenment. The Niagara Bible Conferences worked out just how to make all of this palatable for American mass consumption.
But throughout most of church history, believers actually looked with anticipation upon the idea of a one world ruler who would do away with the evils of war, poverty and the other ailments of mankind (See Psalm 2:7-12; Revelation 2:25-29; Revelation 12:5; Revelation 19:15). |
God stopped the tower of Babel from being finished so it was not of God, it should be obvious Satan was motivating mankind to go against what God wanted.
Revelation 13 is just one example of an evil global system that is prophesied.
http://kenraggio.com/KRPN-Superpower.htm
The scriptures you quoted don't happen unitl after Jesus defeats the Antichrist at the battle of Armgeddon.
It is obvious that you probally won't believe the evil global government is forming until it actually is in full force, maybe when the Antichrist enters the (to be) rebuilt temple and proclaims to be God you might be convinced :-)
Wow bro, if you're saying you can't even accept the story of Noah as being real then we don't have much basis for discussion if you look at such things in the Bible as myths.
No offense bro, but people not believing we are moving towards the fulfillment of end time prophecy reminded me of this verse:
2 Peter 3:4
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.