America was founded as a Republic, with checks and balances through the 3 branches of government, and with the founding fathers knowing from history and warning of what was to come. As the great empire of the last 50+ years, it has since exported it’s ‘brand’ to the whole world while all the time in the hands of the globalists. What a coup for them!
Certainly, we all know to a large extent this has come home to roost as things continue to disintegrate at an alarming pace around the world.
So, will “democracy” actually usher in the final leader? You must be the judge and act according to your beliefs. Not to decide is to decide.
Mary Miller, a key staff member at Koinonia House, Chuck Missler’s effective ministry, has hit the nail on the head here. She has given us permission to republish this piece. Other than a faulty pre-trib orientation, in our opinion, this will curl your toes…
If it doesn’t, please check your pulse, pray, and read it again!
But first, a few historical quotes to set the scene for those of you who are 1) still convinced America the Beautiful will pull out of the free fall into tyranny, and 2) in the know that time is getting very, very short to prepare.
“Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.” Plato (428 BC-348 BC)
“Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.” Aristotle (384-322 BC)
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)
“When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), and just after the completion and signing of the Constitution, in reply to a woman’s inquiry as to the type of government the Founders had created, Franklin said, “A Republic, if you can keep it.”
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage.” Alexander Tytler (1747-1813) (On the fall of Athenian republic)
“The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.” Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)
“Democracy is a form of government that cannot long survive, for as soon as the people learn that they have a voice in the fiscal policies of the government, they will move to vote for themselves all the money in the treasury, and bankrupt the nation.” Karl Marx, 1848, author of “The Communist Manifesto”
“Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men’s views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the Field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.” Woodrow Wilson, The New Freedom (1913)
“I have unwittingly ruined my country.” – Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, upon passage of Federal Reserve Act, 1913
A definition:
A Republic is representative government ruled by law (like the Constitution of the USA). A democracy is direct government ruled by the majority (mob rule).
REPUBLIC:
- Authority is derived through the election by the people of public officials best fitted to represent them.
- Attitude toward law is the administration of justice in accord with fixed principles and established evidence, with a strict regard to consequences.
- A greater number of citizens and extent of territory may be brought within its compass.
- Avoids the dangerous extreme of either tyranny or ‘mobocracy.’
- Results in statesmanship, liberty, reason, justice, contentment, and progress.
- Is the “standard form” of government throughout the world.
DEMOCRACY:
- A government of the masses.
- Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of “direct” expression.
- Results in ‘mobocracy.’
- Attitude toward property is communistic–negating property rights.
- Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether it be based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences.
- Results in demogogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy.
Democracy and the Final World Leader
[This article recently appeared in the April 2011 issue of The News Journal of Koinonia House. It is reprinted in its entirety with permission of the author.]
Mary Miller, Executive Analyst, Koinonia Institute, www.khouse.org
“Democracy” is a word heralded via many media venues these days. It makes sense as “we the people” have been engaging in angry uprisings in various spots around the globe for a host of reasons. For our discussion, the reasons behind the uprisings are not as important as the one key commonality – change in leadership.
Democracy is considered a form of political organization in which all people, through consensus, direct referendum, or elected representatives exercise equal control over the matters which affect their interests.
Even though there is not a specific, universally accepted definition of “democracy,” equality and freedom have been identified as foundational characteristics since ancient times. There are a wide variety of democracies that span the globe, some of which provide better representation and freedoms for their citizens than others.
However, it is clear that without carefully legislated distribution of political power, a branch of the democratic system of rule could accumulate power, and thus become undemocratic.
As I have been scanning the headlines in past weeks and listening to people demand the oust of dictatorial regimes, the words of Winston Churchill came to mind: “Democracy is the worst form of government, but it’s the best we have.”
America’s Role
The United States government would agree with that statement. In an excerpt from their website, the U.S. State Department affirms the criticality of promoting democracy as the foundation of foreign policy.
“Democracy and respect for human rights have long been central components of U.S. foreign policy. Supporting democracy not only promotes such fundamental American values as religious freedom and worker rights, but also helps create a more secure, stable, and prosperous global arena in which the United States can advance its national interests. In addition, democracy is the one national interest that helps to secure all the others.
“Democratically governed nations are more likely to secure the peace, deter aggression, expand open markets, promote economic development, protect American citizens, combat international terrorism and crime, uphold human and worker rights, avoid humanitarian crises and refugee flows, improve the global environment, and protect human health.
“With these goals in mind, the United States seeks to:
- Promote democracy as a means to achieve security, stability, and prosperity for the entire world;
- Assist newly formed democracies in implementing democratic principles;
- Assist democracy advocates around the world to establish vibrant democracies in their own countries; and
- Identify and denounce regimes that deny their citizens the right to choose their leaders in elections that are free, fair, and transparent.”
The Promise of Democracy
Indeed, as we once watched communism sweep westward, we now see democracy sweeping eastward. With it comes the salve of the promise of peace, prosperity, and success.
The rapid expansion of democracy is visible in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index which is based on 60 indicators grouped in five categories: electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, functioning of government, political participation, and political culture. The Index was first produced in 2006 with updates every two years.
According to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index published in December 2010, 67% of the countries operate within a form of democratic government which controls 63.5% of the world’s population.
A map of the world, highlighted on a scale from light blue to black, based on the score each country received for 2010, from a scale of 10 to 1, with 10 being the most democratic, and 0 being the least democratic.
Norway scored the highest with 9.80, and not surprisingly, North Korea scored the lowest with 1.08.
The leadership of the countries represented in black are beginning to feel the wrath of “we the people” as they clamor for their voices to be heard in Egypt, Tunisia, Lybia, Bahrain, Jordon, and elsewhere. The people believe in the promise of a better life and want a say in how they are governed.
Be Careful What You Ask For
There was a time when I would have cheered for the people – stand up against tyranny in all forms. That was before I truly understood the prophecies that proclaim the Final World Leader, and gained a different perspective from Arno Froese as presented in “How Democracy Will Elect the Antichrist”.
Americans are freedom-loving people. This country stood as a beacon of freedom for decades, and as stated by our State Department, we will continue to promote democracy around the world. Unfortunately, we are not establishing freedom to worship the one true God, but we are creating the “god of freedom.”
Each country that embraces democracy becomes a paving stone along the road to the Final World Leader. Each dictatorial regime that fails is one less road block to unity – Unity in Diversity.
The speed with which democracy spread following the fall of the Berlin Wall took the communist world by surprise. To quote Mr. Frose:
The danger of democracy lies in the ironic fact that it will ultimately not tolerate any opposition. The new world democracy of the last days will become, in effect, a world dictatorship.
In a foreshadowing of the possibilities, it is important to remember that Adolph Hitler was brought to power by popular vote in pre-World War II Germany.
As Europe rebuilt after the devastation of World War II, Unity in Diversity became the standard. Individuals became associated with the company they work for instead of their country of residence. A common currency meant greater economic freedom and prosperity.
Reminiscent of religious freedom during the Roman Empire in which any god could be worshipped so long as Caesar was supreme, religious freedom meant everyone worshipped the same “god,” even if that god was yourself.
All of Europe embraced democracy and the European Union was possible.
The Apple of His Eye
When Israel attained statehood on May 14, 1948, it became the barometer of world events. In the decades that passed since, the focus of all geopolitical events gradually zeroed in on the Middle East.
Peace became the mantra. Peace at all costs became the goal of negotiations.
Israel was the only true functioning democracy in the Middle East and her people demand peace.
It is not the first time Israelis chose for themselves who will rule them. In 1 Samuel 8, the people cried, “Make us a king to judge us like all the nations.” God allowed the “democratic process” and replied to Samuel, “Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not rule over them.”
Israel continued to reject God’s theocracy until the time they cried against Jesus in John 19:15, “We have no king but Caesar.”
At this time in history, as Israel continues in its attempts to be like other nations, it is important to remember Jesus’ prophesy in John 5:43, “If another comes in his own name, him ye will receive.”
A State of Mind
Revelation 17:13-14 portrays the mindset of the last days’ government: “These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb.”
Representatives of every political system believe they have the ability to solve all of the world’s problems. Today, for the first time in history, people believe that democracy is the savior of the world.
God has been removed from education and public debate. Even in professing Christianity, society is being taught to over-emphasize man’s nobility, to think positive, and to build self-esteem. The majority of society now believes that sinful and corrupt men can be changed by analysis of self and through behavior modification programs.
As society realizes it cannot “fix” the world by elevating itself as god and creating a great rule of the people, it will be easily deceived when that one person comes along with what appears to be the “answers.”
The utopia is short-lived, however. 1 Thessalonians 5:3 states: “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.”
The Sign of the End
In a time when conspiracy theories abound, it behooves us to remember the two examples Jesus gave of Noah and Lot. Jesus listed the normal activities of daily life when He emphasized, “Thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.”
Rather than focus on hidden political agendas or conspiracies by the world bankers and political leaders, we are instructed to look at the normal daily activities in which people place their hope on a better world, more righteousness, peace, and prosperity – without the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ.
We are indeed in those times as the panacea of democracy fills the hearts of the people.
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Sources:
Frose, Arno. How Democracy Will Elect The Antichrist. The Olive Press, A Division of The Midnight Call, West Columbia, SC, 1997, 2007
http.//www.graphics.eiu.com/PDF/Democracy_Index_2010_web.pdf
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/democ/
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Marc
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