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Chapter 2 "Peace on Earth"
The earth has in the past experienced varying periods of political and social rest during such world empires as the Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek, and Roman. History has well documented that at the fall of the Roman empire, Europe fragmented into ten separate nations. Over the many centuries, thousands and even millions of persons have perished as different strong-men have attempted without success to put the broken fragments back together again. World War I was fought with the purported purpose "to put an end to war." The futility of that claim was clearly made evident by the conflagration of World War II. This truly global war came to an end only with the discovery and use of the mind-boggling power of nuclear fission. With the dawning of the atomic era mankind developed weapons of destruction so powerful and so fearful that we have been afraid that any conflict might lead to a nuclear holocaust with the strong probability of destruction of life on this planet. Peace as the result of fear of mutual destruction has also proved to be less than ideal. Even with the threat of nuclear annihilation the earth has witnessed a multitude of minor armed conflicts and several major wars, such as those in Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. Both major powers—Russia and the United States—have pulled out in frustration from wars they could not win with conventional weapons alone but in which they were afraid to unleash the nuclear genie. Into this frustrating struggle to bring some form of unity and hope to this earth strode a personage and power offering a solution to the felt needs of mankind for peace and stability. In October of 1978, an obscure Polish archbishop, Karol Wojtyla, was elected as both religious head of the Catholic Church and civil head of the Vatican City. This present pope is apparently utilizing his dual role of leadership in an effort to implement his conviction that he is the pope who will return to the throne of the world, the throne the popes were forced to vacate in 1798 at the end of the Dark Ages. Many consider him to be the first modern-day pope possessing the potential of accomplishing such a goal. The subtitle to the recently published book The Keys of This Blood (paperback edition) announced a series of events destined to change the world forever. It pointed out the main players in these events and their ultimate goal. The book’s subtitle reads thus: "Pope John Paul II versus Russia and the West for control of the New World Order." The author, Malachi Martin, a Jesuit and Vatican insider, takes a pro-papal view of this battle for control of the world. The book makes certain prophecies about the future of the world, and defines much of the Vatican’s strategy to take control of it. One of the prophecies delineates the pope’s strategy to eliminate the USSR. The fulfillment of that prophecy is now well-documented history. The presses of the world have correctly identified the pope’s active role in the disintegration of Communism as symbolized by the downfall of the Berlin Wall November 9, 1989. Now that the former Soviet Union is just a part of history, the players who remain in this battle to influence and to even control the future of mankind are the United States of America, the United Nations and Pope John Paul II. It is yet to be seen whether Communist China will develop or manifest a geopolitical agenda. Just because one Jesuit author predicts that the New World Order is imminent is not enough to warrant undue alarm. The alarming factor about the issues raised in the book The Keys of This Blood is that they so closely parallel the prophecies written in the Bible over 2000 years ago. To what lengths will the pope, the United States and/or the United Nations feel compelled to go to bring calm to the seemingly endless conflicts in the world today? What paths will be taken in attempts to bring peace amid the world’s present social, political, and religious unrest? Will a New World Order or government be established in our day in an attempt to regain the relative stability of bygone world empires? We are not left to mere guesswork regarding these vital questions. History and prophecy combine to provide some most startling and sobering insights into the earth-shaking events which lie just before us and the whole world. |
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"PEACE
on earth"