REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Thirty Five - Why Called an Eighth King? - Conclusion

 Notice that the scarlet-colored wild beast "is also itself and eighth king." Thus, the United Nations today is designed to look like a world government. At times it has even acted like one, sending armies into the field to resolve international disputes, as in Korea, the Sinai Peninsula, some african countries, and Lebanon. But is is only the image of a king. Like a religious image, it has no real influence or power apart from what is invested in it by those who brought it into existence and worship it. On occasion, this symbolic wild beast  looks weak; but it has never experienced the kind of wholesale abandonment by dictator-oriented members that sent the League of Nations reeling into the abyss. (Revelation 17:8) Though holding radically different opinions in other areas, a prominent Soviety leader in 1987 joined the popes of Rome in expressing support for the UN. As John soon learns, the time will come when the UN will act with considerable authority.  Then it, in its turn "goes off into destruction." 

Next time: REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HANDD!/Chapter Thirty Three - Ten Kings for One Hour

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