![\"\"](\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Babel..European.Parliament-45678.jpg\")
During His ministry on earth, Jesus\u2019 message from beginning to end was the Kingdom of God. He went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, healing every disease and sickness. Matthew 9:35. Before His crucifixion, He taught His dis-ciples, \u201cThis Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.\u201d Matthew 24:14.<\/p>\n
Crucified as King \u2013 in the 40 days between His resurrection and ascen-sion into Heaven, Jesus spoke to His apostles \u2018of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God\u2019 so that they asked him, \u201cWill You at this time restore the Kingdom to Israel?\u201d (Acts 1:3-6).<\/p>\n
Even the devil understood Christ\u2019s mission on earth \u2013 and sought to subvert it: \u2018Jesus, being full of the Holy Spirit\u2026was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being 40 days tempted of the devil\u2026And the devil, taking Him up into a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.<\/p>\n
And the devil said to Him, \u201cAll this power will I give You, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will, I give it. If You therefore will worship me, all shall be Yours.\u201d And Jesus answered and said to him, \u201cGet behind me, Satan: for it is written, \u2018You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.\u201d\u2019 (Luke 4:1-2, 5-8).<\/p>\n
Notice, Jesus did not say to Satan, \u201cYou do not have the power over the king-doms of the earth.\u201d Why? Because He Himself called Satan the \u2018prince of this world\u2019.<\/p>\n
Speaking the night before His crucifix-ion, Jesus said, \u201cNow shall the prince of this world be cast out!\u201d (John 12:31). But only when the third woe of the Book of Revelation is come and the seventh angel sounds, then there will be a sound of great voices in Heaven say-ing, \u201cThe kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign forever and ever.\u201d (Revelation 11:15).<\/p>\n
The whole world we live in today is under attack from Satan whom Jesus saw cast out of Heaven and fall like lightning to the earth. <\/strong>(Luke 10:18). It was this same Satan who deceived Adam and Eve and so became \u2018prince of this world\u2019 instead of God, with Adam now ruling under him, instead of under God. Satan is still seeking to keep control of this world and this world\u2019s systems, and to destroy faith in Jesus Christ. Satan\u2019s name, Lucifer, means \u2018light-bearer\u2019.<\/p>\n One of the three Archangels, Gabriel, Michael and Lucifer \u2013 beautiful heav-enly beings \u2013 closest to God Himself, he was created to worship and serve God. But, through ambition, he want-ed to be equal with God, rebelled against God, and was cast out of Heaven \u2013 to earth \u2013 falling as a great dragon, sweeping with him one third of all the heavenly hosts of angels! Revelation 12:3-4 tells us this. The Old Testament also gives witness to the rebellion of Lucifer in Heaven and his fall to earth.<\/p>\n Isaiah 14:12-14 shows that, controlling Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, was Lucifer himself \u2013 and these verses describe, not Nebuchadnezzar the man, but Lucifer<\/em> in him, his<\/em> rebellion against God and his<\/em> fall: \u2018How art thou fallen from heav-en, O Lucifer, son of the morn-ing! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.\u2019 So controlling the ancient king-dom of Babylon and its king, was Lucifer, the prince of this world and of this world\u2019s kingdoms and empires.<\/p>\n God gave Daniel the clearest picture and understanding of this world\u2019s king-doms in Daniel 2. <\/strong>Whilst serving the King of Babylon during the Jewish exile there, God gave Daniel the gift both to tell Nebuchadnezzar the details of the dream that had troubled him, and give him a clear interpretation. In the dream, Nebuchadnezzar had seen an image representing succeeding world empires, beginning with himself, the King of Babylon, the head of gold, then the chest and arms of silver (the Medo-Persian Empire), the belly and thighs of bronze (the Greek Empire), then the legs of iron (the Roman Empire \u2013 fulfilled in the days of Christ on earth). By the third century after Christ, the Roman Emperor declared Christianity as the \u2018official religion\u2019 of the Roman Empire, Church and State became inseparable! And after the collapse of the Roman Empire, the power of the Roman Empire entered into the Church, \u2018two legs\u2019, the Roman Catholic Church in the West, and the Orthodox Church in the East! Both these Churches exist today.<\/p>\n The Babylonian Empire (the head of gold) was FIRST defeated by the Medo-Persian Empire \u2013 in Babylon. The Medo-Persian Empire (the chest and arms of silver) was defeated by the Greek Empire \u2013 in Babylon. The Greek Empire (the thighs of bronze) was defeated by the Roman Empire \u2013 in Babylon. The Roman Empire (the legs of iron) was defeated by the Germanic tribes \u2013 in Europe. The spirit of Babylon that was in the Medo-Persian Empire, then the Greek Empire, then the Roman Empire \u2013 is now in Europe. So what about the feet of iron and clay? The FINAL Empire?<\/p>\n Linking the EU with the Roman Empire that Daniel saw, it is significant that it was the \u2018Treaty of Rome\u2019 which brought the EU into existence in 1958; <\/strong>the goal, following two world wars in quick suc-cession \u2013 to bring a final end to war. Archbishop Welby on June 6 2018 eulo-gised the EU, himself linking it with Rome, calling it the greatest dream realised for human beings since the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD \u2013 a perfect restoration of the Roman Empire!<\/p>\n Further evidence that the European Union is the direct descendent of the Babylonian Empire via the Roman Empire, as revealed to Daniel, is the EU\u2019s own choice of symbols. See my film, \u2018The Rape of Europe\u2019. <\/strong>Years ago, when the European politicians wanted to advertise the purpose behind the European Union they produced a pro-motional poster based on the painting of the Tower of Babel by the famous 16th century painter Peter Brueghel. The prestigious EU parliament building in Strasbourg is actually modelled on Brueghel\u2019s painting! But looking at the poster, it shows the tower with the slo-gan in French, \u2018many tongues, one voice\u2019, inverting God\u2019s judgment on Babel!<\/p>\n What is Babel? The city of Babylon, or Babel, was built shortly after Noah\u2019s flood by Nimrod as the centre of his kingdom. <\/strong>Genesis 10:10. The people joined together in order to make a name for themselves and to increase in power. This tower was an act of rebel-lion against God \u2013 intended to reach Heaven, to be greater than God \u2013 or high enough to escape a second flood \u2013 if punished for their sin.<\/p>\n God destroyed Babel, and Babylon became synonymous with sin and rebellion. Eventually in 586 BC God even allowed the children of Abraham the Jews, to be driven into exile in Babylon because of their sin. And it was here that God revealed to Daniel the secret of the succeeding world empires \u2013 from Babylon, the head of gold, to the \u2018feet of iron and clay\u2019 which will finally be destroyed by Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n The Bible is the past, present and future of 2 cities, 2 kingdoms: Jerusalem from where Christ the Great King will rule the earth, and Babylon which rules the earth today. <\/strong>We must not forget Israel\u2019s unique position as a nation chosen by God, in a world full of a multitude of pagan gods, to demonstrate who the God of Israel is \u2013 He\u2019s the God who created Heaven and earth.<\/p>\n The whole purpose, the whole history of Israel was to demonstrate the existence of God, to show who He is to a rebellious world. In part because Israel as a nation rejected Christ when He came, God has raised up other people, other nations, because His plan, from the beginning, is to save people out of every nation, tribe and tongue \u2013 through Israel, through Israel\u2019s Messiah<\/p>\n There are only 2 nations God has significantly used in world history. I believe, after Israel, Britain is unique. At the time of the collapse of the Roman Empire \u2013 the last Roman troops left Britain in 410 AD \u2013 Celtic Britain was already a Christian country, now facing invasions from Anglo-Saxons and other barbar-ians.<\/p>\n Known as the \u2018Dark Ages\u2019, 400-800 AD, a recent BBC documentary, \u2018How the Celts saved Britain\u2019, showed that after the Romans left, the Northern Kingdom in Northumbria was in fact sending out missionaries to evangelise Europe! Ireland played a very signifi-cant part. St Patrick, 385-461 AD, British origin, but called the \u2018Apostle to Ireland\u2019, was known for his ministry of miracles and healings, just as in the days of the early Apostles. It was in Ireland that 300 years\u2019 non-stop 24-hour prayer \u2013 day and night worship \u2013 began in Bangor Abbey, 550-810 AD. From there also missionaries were sent out in apostolic power across all Europe.<\/p>\n From the 6th century however, southern Britain came under the control of the Holy Roman Empire and a different form of Christianity. It was only the spiritual and political separation of Britain from Rome and from Europe at the time of the Reformation that led to the founding of the British Empire\/ Commonwealth of Nations, independent from Europe and Rome. From there on, wherever the British Empire went, the Gospel of God\u2019s Word was spread by missionaries great and small, and the Bible translated into every language.<\/p>\n If we accept the Truth of the Bible and the Truth of the prophecies of the Bible\u2013 all the empires seen by Daniel have already been terminated \u2013 except the final one. And this final one, the feet of iron and clay, which we believe to be the EU, is destroyed \u2018by a Stone not made with hands\u2019 \u2013 not human \u2013 but we believe is the return of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n Jesus\u2019 entire message was the \u2018Kingdom of God\u2019. <\/strong>The forgotten mes-sage of the Church is that when Christ came, His message was not simply the forgiveness of individual sin as we understand it, but the Kingdom of God \u2013 on earth!<\/p>\n The more you read the four Gospels and the more you read the New Testament, the more you see how strong this message of the Kingdom is. The very reason Jesus was crucified was because of His preaching of the Kingdom \u2013 which the Roman, and the Jewish leaders, couldn\u2019t accept! The Kingdom!<\/p>\n The reason Judas betrayed Jesus was related to this. Being in charge of the purse strings and believing so strongly that Jesus would be King over Israel in his lifetime, Judas thought he would become Minister of Finance!<\/p>\n When Jesus told His disciples that He must first suffer and die, that He was not yet going to set up the Kingdom, Judas was so disappointed, he didn\u2019t just quit, he sold Him to the Chief Priests for 30 shekels of silver!<\/p>\n Not only Judas believed in the immedi-ate Kingdom. After the resurrection, when Jesus appeared to the disciples in Acts 1:4-8, saying, \u201cWait in Jerusalem until you receive the Holy Spirit and power and become My wit-nesses all over the world!\u201d \u2013 their first reaction, v6 was, \u201cWill You at this time<\/em> restore the Kingdom to Israel?\u201d <\/em>Today there is a danger in the Church that too many like Judas are interested in the money and the worldly power now, and so many don\u2019t understand, the<\/em> purpose of the Holy Spirit is to prepare for the coming Kingdom of God on earth. It is not myth, it is fact.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2018 David Hathaway Prophetic Vision<\/a><\/span>-All rights reserved<\/p>\n <\/p>\n During His ministry on earth, Jesus\u2019 message from beginning to end was the Kingdom of God. He went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, healing every disease and sickness. Matthew 9:35. Before His crucifixion, He taught His dis-ciples, \u201cThis Gospel of the Kingdom shall be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":20498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-prophetic-guide","8":"wp-image-borders","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Babel..European.Parliament-45678.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4bgnN-5kc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20472"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20499,"href":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20472\/revisions\/20499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"image_pdf\"](\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" "\\"View")
<\/a>![\"image_print\"](\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" "\\"Print")
<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"