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Europe United
As 2002 A.D. comes to a close, this year’s most important prophetic development would have to be European integration. In the past 12 months, there has been a continuous flood of treaties and agreements that will all lead to a more unified Europe.
The Bible predicts that one of the leading signs of the end times will be the rebuilding of the Roman Empire. The Antichrist, who everyone seems to has some level of familiarity with, will someday head this organization.
After examining several end time components, I’ve concluded that the revival of the Roman Empire is one of the best indicators of the rapture’s nearness. Because the Antichrist will be one of the leaders of the EU at the start of the tribulation, the church needs to be removed ahead of the point where he confirms the peace covenant with Israel.
“And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate” (Dan 9:27).
If the speed of European integration remains unchanged, the tribulation hour can not be too far away. In just the past three days, there has been two stunning developments related to Europe.
Friday, the EU reached a financial deal with 10 candidate members, paving the way for the largest expansion in its history. The agreement at the summit in Copenhagen was reached after the EU pledged to make 1 billion euros available to Poland - the largest of the candidate countries - almost immediately after it joins.
The other nine leading candidates in this first wave of expansion were offered up to 300m euros in extra aid, a deal readily accepted by the majority. The 10 candidates - eight former Communist states from Central and Eastern Europe plus Cyprus and Malta - are now preparing for entry into the bloc in 2004.
"For the first time in history Europe will become one because unification is the free will of its people," said Romano Prodi, the President of the European Commission, the EU's executive arm. "Accession of 10 new member states will bring an end to the divisions in Europe."
On Sunday, the European Union announced it will for the first time deploy its own soldiers, in the Balkan republic of Macedonia, possibly by February, following a landmark agreement at the weekend between NATO and the EU.
Launched in 1999 at the Helsinki summit, ESDP was set up to complement the EU's economic and political powers. It was also a response to the 1999 Kosovo war, which exposed the EU's lack of defense instruments. The military dimension of ESDP was stalled from the beginning because of Turkish and Greek haggling over the terms of Berlin Plus.
The EU's first police mission will start on January 1 in Bosnia, when more than 500 officers, wearing their national uniforms but with an EU insignia, will take over the operation today led by the United Nations.
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God bless,
Kindgo
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