Calls for a World Government: Granting the Eighth King Greater Authority

[Friends just call me Ross]

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*** re chap. 35 pp. 253-254 Executing Babylon the Great ***
Why Called an Eighth King?
8 The angel further explains to John: “And the wild beast that was but is not, it is also itself an eighth king, but springs from the seven, and it goes off into destruction.” (Revelation 17:11) The symbolic scarlet-colored wild beast “springs from” the seven heads; that is, it is born from, or owes its existence to, those heads of the original “wild beast . . . out of the sea,” of which the scarlet-colored wild beast is an image. In what way? Well, in 1919 the Anglo-American power was the ascendant head. The previous six heads had fallen, and the position of dominant world power had passed to this dual head and was now centered in it. This seventh head, as the current representative of the line of world powers, was the moving force in establishing the League of Nations and is still the major promoter and financial support of the United Nations. Thus, in symbol, the scarlet-colored wild beast—the eighth king—“springs from” the original seven heads. Viewed in this way, the statement that it sprang from the seven harmonizes well with the earlier revelation that the wild beast with two horns like a lamb (the Anglo-American World Power, the seventh head of that original wild beast) urged the making of the image and gave it life.—Revelation 13:1, 11, 14, 15.

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Notice that the scarlet-colored wild beast “is also itself an 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 it 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 leader of the former Soviet Union in 1987 joined the popes of Rome in expressing support for the UN. He even called for “a comprehensive system of international security” based on 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.”
 

I am seeing more and more articles in which granting the United Nations (The Eighth King) is being urged.

Sister Barbara posted one in the Coronavirus thread:

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/mar/26/gordon-brown-calls-for-global-government-to-tackle-coronavirus?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Here is one from Israel’s Ambassador to the U.N. :

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https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/03/25/a-surprising-message-from-israels-ambassador-we-need-the-united-nations-on-coronavirus/

As the world adjusts to life during a global pandemic, with nations implementing lockdown measures and citizens trying to cope with life in this new reality, it’s worth considering — and leveraging — the valuable role of the United Nations.

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Yet today, we must all look past the world body’s weaknesses, inefficiencies, and shortcomings, and focus on what it can do right. The UN Secretary-General and its institutions, in particular the World Health Organization, are proving that the United Nations is just the organization that the world needs to address the global nature of the coronavirus pandemic.

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In short, this global crisis requires a global response. We must leverage the capabilities of the United Nations, including the relationships between diplomatic colleagues, to ensure that everyone gets the help they need.

Can't wait for similar calls from other sources around the globe to be cited. 

[Friends just call me Ross]

Another sovereign state is heard from:

 

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pope-ceasefire-idUSKBN21G0FD

 

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Pope backs U.N. chief's call for global ceasefire to focus on coronavirus

MARCH 29, 2020 / 6:47 AM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO

 

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday backed a call by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a global ceasefire so the world can focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Speaking at his weekly blessing, Francis appealed to everyone to “stop every form of bellicose hostility and to favor the creation of corridors for humanitarian help, diplomatic efforts and attention to those who find themselves in situations of great vulnerability”.

 

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[BenJepthah]

Well looking at it as it stands :

   1. On the recommendation of the WHO ( UN) .

    2. Many of the worlds Governments effectively suspend  Active Ground wars ( peace) and for the sake of ( security ) their constitutional governments.    And.   
      3. Order all houses of worship shuddered. 
                 Not quite the cry of peace and security but tantalizingly close. 

[Friends just call me Ross]

More news on the UN' role taking on greater importance:

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https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/03/30/covid-19-diplomacy-and-the-role-of-the-united-nations-security-council/

DIPLOMACY

COVID-19 Diplomacy and the Role of the United Nations Security Council

The primary inter-governmental body in global health coordination and cooperation is the World Health Organisation but the ongoing crisis has made it clear that the world has to look beyond WHO and there is a need for intervention of the UN Security Council as it did before during the Ebola crisis.

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Looking at all the developments concerning COVID-19, the United Nations Security Council must step in and take control of the situation to repost faith of nations in it.

 

 

[Qapla]

If one reads between the lines many ideas and suppositions can be seen ..... however, there is still no actual pronouncement

[BenJepthah]

Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown calls for global government to tackle coronavirus

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/un-chief-says-covid-19-is-worst-crisis-since-world-war-ii/2020/03/31/595bca30-7391-11ea-ad9b-254ec99993bc_story.html

UN chief says COVID-19 is worst crisis since World War II

March 31, 2020 at 4:51 p.m. EDT

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that the world faces the most challenging crisis since World War II, confronting a pandemic threatening people in every country, one that will bring a recession “that probably has no parallel in the recent past.”

 

There is also a risk that the combination of the disease and its economic impact will contribute to “enhanced instability, enhanced unrest, and enhanced conflict,” the U.N. chief said at the launch of a report on the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19.

 

Guterres called for a much stronger and more effective global response to the coronavirus pandemic and to the social and economic devastation that COVID-19 is causing.

 

He stressed that this will only be possible “if everybody comes together and if we forget political games and understand that it is humankind that is at stake.”

 

Another plea from the United Nations Secretary General

calling for global unity to combat a common enemy.

[Friends just call me Ross]

United Nations presents more points for a need for a global government:

 

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The new report, "Shared responsibility, global solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19",  describes the speed and scale of the outbreak, the severity of cases, and the societal and economic disruption of the coronavirus.

 

“COVID-19 is the greatest test that we have faced together since the formation of the United Nations,” underscored the UN chief.

 

“This human crisis demands coordinated, decisive, inclusive and innovative policy action from the world’s leading economies – and maximum financial and technical support for the poorest and most vulnerable people and countries.”

 

He underscored that developed countries must assist those less developed, or potentially “face the nightmare of the disease spreading like wildfire in the global South with millions of deaths and the prospect of the disease re-emerging where it was previously suppressed”.

 

“Let us remember that we are only as strong as the weakest health system in our interconnected world”, he stressed. 

 

“When we get past this crisis, which we will, we will face a choice”, said the UN chief, “we can go back to the world as it was before or deal decisively with those issues that make us all unnecessarily vulnerable to crises”. 

 

“What the world needs now is solidarity,” stressed the Secretary-General. “With solidarity we can defeat the virus and build a better world."

 

In closing, Mr. Guterres called the pandemic “a defining moment for modern society”, saying the “history will judge the efficacy of the response not by the actions of any single set of government actors taken in isolation, but by the degree to which the response is coordinated globally across all sectors for the benefit of our human family”.

 

“With the right actions, the COVID-19pandemic can mark the beginning of a new type of global and societal cooperation”, concluded the Secretary-General.

 

https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/03/1060702

 

Edited April 2, 2020 by Friends just call me Ross

[Barbllm]

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/02/un-secretary-general-coronavirus-crisis-world-pandemic-response?fbclid=IwAR0sn0ySljUjtjNW9taU3_xBVOC2mdF7wJA_iTocRARRJEYt6OsFraQHO58

 

Op-ed piece written by the UN Secretary-General, who advocates for "a better world" post-COVID-19.  "We must ensure a sufficiently global and coordinated response to the pandemic, then build resilience for the future."

 

 

[rolypoly]

 

Russian-drafted coronavirus resolution that swiped at US fails at UN

 

But:

"Instead, countries rallied behind a more neutral resolution put forward by Singapore and other countries that calls on “the United Nations system under the leadership of the United Nations Secretary-General to work with all relevant actors in order to mobilize a coordinated global response to the pandemic and its adverse social, economic and financial impact on all societies.”"

 

I feel its shaping up...

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/russian-coronavirus-resolution-fails-united-nations

[Friends just call me Ross]

If we can video-conference, why can't the UN?  

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/decide-month-holding-world-leaders-meeting-69973678

UN to decide in a month on holding world leaders' meeting

The president of the U.N. General Assembly says the 193-member world body will take a decision in the coming month on whether to delay the annual gathering of world leaders in New York in late September because of the coronavirus pandemic

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EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press

April 4, 2020, 1:49 AM

 

UNITED NATIONS -- The president of the U.N. General Assembly says the 193-member world body will take a decision in the coming month on whether to delay the annual gathering of world leaders in New York in late September because of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Tijjani Muhammad-Bande said in an interview with The Associated Press that “this is not something that has so far been an issue of serious consultation,” and for now the calendar of events remains. It calls for the General Debate — the official name of the high-level meeting — to open on Sept. 22, with a kickoff event for world leaders the previous day to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations.

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“The current situation might have pushed us to postpone events celebrating the 75th anniversary (of World War II) but it illustrates, maybe more than anything else, the absolute need for the U.N. to guide the global efforts and provide much needed support to defeat our common threat,” he said.

 

“The U.N., since its creation, has given a sense of hope to many people in very difficult situations,” Muhammad-Bande said. “The very existence of this organization has the same effect now during a time in which a lot of people go through fear and anxiety.”

 

He said “everything is secondary to COVID right now.”

 

But Muhammad-Bande stressed that other issues are still being discussed in the assembly’s committees, which are meeting by video conference.

 

What has emerged so far from the pandemic, he said, “is greater realization of how interconnected we all are ... and also in my view I can see better relations among nations.”

They are already video conferencing some meetings.

[Nirex]

Maybe they don't think it's professional enough.

[Shawnster]

Lot of politics go into those type of meetings.   Size and shape of table.  Who sits where.  Etc...  Probably giving them diplomatic nightmares trying to coordinate a video stream with a bunch of haughty world leaders.

[Godskingdomrules]

This fits the profile of events leading up to something (maybe). Covid 19 has caused world wide fear and anxiety and which is essentially a lack of security, they are gathering together to try and find a solution to this problem the world is facing. Maybe if they find a vaccine and a sustainable way of solving this problem they might say a false claim of peace and security. Jeremiah 10:23.

[pnutts]

On 3/30/2020 at 2:52 PM, BenJepthah said:

Gordon Brown calls for global government to tackle coronavirus

Sorry but my uncle died 30 years ago.  Oh wait. Wrong Gordie and wrong country - however his parents came from over the pond.

[pnutts]

31 minutes ago, Godskingdomrules said:

Maybe if they find a vaccine and a sustainable way of solving this problem they might say a false claim of peace and security.

Just found out from news this evening when various heads of medicine were talking that they Do Not have a vaccine for SARS Nor MERS even after all this time.

[Godskingdomrules]

40 minutes ago, pnutts said:

Just found out from news this evening when various heads of medicine were talking that they Do Not have a vaccine for SARS Nor MERS even after all this time.

Interesting they still have not got a vaccine for those viruses. Although they were not as wide spread as the covid 19 and the world did not shut down when SARS and MERS were out. So I guess added incentive to find a vaccine as well as the world economy at stake. I wonder what happen with the Spanish flu did they find a vaccine or did people just become immune to it? 

[pnutts]

2 minutes ago, Godskingdomrules said:

Although they were not as wide spread as the covid 19 and the world did not shut down when SARS and MERS were out. S

You weren't in Canada during the outbreak. It did shut down large areas of Canada - mainly the big cities and hospitals were in lock down.

[Godskingdomrules]

2 hours ago, pnutts said:

You weren't in Canada during the outbreak. It did shut down large areas of Canada - mainly the big cities and hospitals were in lock down.

Really! I didn't know that. What I was saying is you cannot compare covid 19 with SARs and MERs although the latter had higher fatality rate, covid 19 has spread on a global scale. So it will be a big accomplishment if they found a vaccine.

[pnutts]

True. You cannot compare the two. Covid is far worse than Sars however both are Corona viruses. Covid is a form of Sars just much worse.

[Friends just call me Ross]

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/chief-warns-covid-19-threatens-global-peace-security-70076937

 

UN chief warns COVID-19 threatens global peace and security

The United Nations secretary-general is warning that the coronavirus pandemic is threatening international peace and security

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EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press

April 10, 2020, 12:35 AM

 

UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic is threatening international peace and security — “potentially leading to an increase in social unrest and violence that would greatly undermine our ability to fight the disease.”

He urged the U.N.’s most powerful body, which has been silent on COVID-19 since it started circling the globe sickening and killing tens of thousands, to unite on tackling the virus, saying its engagement will be “critical to mitigate the peace and security implications of the COVID-19 pandemic” and “would count for a lot at this anxious time.”

 

Guterres, who called for a cease-fire for all global conflicts on March 23, said the crisis has “hindered international, regional and national conflict resolution efforts, exactly when they are needed most.”

 

He cited other pressing risks to global security from the pandemic: militants seeing an opportunity to strike, potentially with a biological attack, the erosion of trust in public institutions, economic instability, political tensions from postponing elections, uncertainty sparking further division and turmoil in some countries, and COVID-19 “triggering or exacerbating various human rights challenges.”

 

The secretary-general reiterated that the United Nations faces “its gravest test” since the organization was founded 75 years ago from the pandemic and concluded saying: “This is the fight of a generation — and the raison d’être of (the reason for) the United Nations itself.”

 

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Russia tries again to win UN approval for virus resolution

By EDITH M. LEDERER
Updated: April 18, 2020 01:01 AM
Created: April 18, 2020 12:52 AM 

 

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia is trying again to win U.N. General Assembly approval for a resolution on the coronavirus pandemic, dropping a call to end unilateral sanctions without U.N. Security Council approval but still calling for an end to protectionist practices.

 

The 193-member world body has until noon EDT on Wednesday to consider the revised Russian draft resolution, which is called a "Declaration of solidarity of the United Nations in the face of the challenges posed by the coronavirus disease."

 

https://www.kaaltv.com/national-news/russia-tries-again-to-win-un-approval-for-virus-resolution/5703649/?cat=10159

 

[BenJepthah]

[BenJepthah]

WFP Chief warns of hunger pandemic as COVID-19 spreads (Statement to UN Security Council) 

Transcript as delivered of remarks by David Beasley, UN World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director to today’s virtual session of the UN Security Council on the Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Protecting Civilians Affected by Conflict-Induced Hunger 

NEW YORK – Forgive me for speaking bluntly, but I’d like to lay out for you very clearly what the world is facing at this very moment. At the same time while dealing with a COVID-19 pandemic, we are also on the brink of a hunger pandemic. 

In my conversations with world leaders over the past many months, before the Coronavirus even became an issue, I was saying that 2020 would be facing the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II for a number of reasons.  

Such as the wars in Syria and Yemen. The deepening crises in places like South Sudan and, as Jan Egeland will no doubt set out, Burkina Faso and the Central Sahel region. The desert locust swarms in Africa, as Director General Qu highlighted in his remarks. And more frequent natural disasters and changing weather patterns. The economic crisis in Lebanon affecting millions of Syrian refugees. DRC, Sudan, Ethiopia. And the list goes on. We’re already facing a perfect storm.  

So today, with COVID-19, I want to stress that we are not only facing a global health pandemic but also a global humanitarian catastrophe. Millions of civilians living in conflict-scarred nations, including many women and children, face being pushed to the brink of starvation, with the spectre of famine a very real and dangerous possibility. 

This sounds truly shocking but let me give you the numbers: 821 million people go to bed hungry every night all over the world, chronically hungry, and as the new Global Report on Food Crisis published today shows, there are a further 135 million people facing crisis levels of hunger or worse. That means 135 million people on earth are marching towards the brink of starvation. But now the World Food Programme analysis shows that, due to the Coronavirus, an additional 130 million people could be pushed to the brink of starvation by the end of 2020.  That’s a total of 265 million people.  

On any given day now, WFP offers a lifeline to nearly 100 million people, up from about 80 million just a few years ago. This includes about 30 million people who literally depend on us to stay alive. If we can’t reach these people with the life-saving assistance they need, our analysis shows that 300,000 people could starve to death every single day over a three-month period.  This does not include the increase of starvation due to COVID-19. 

In a worst-case scenario, we could be looking at famine in about three dozen countries, and in fact, in 10 of these countries we already have more than one million people per country who are on the verge of starvation. In many places, this human suffering is the heavy price of conflict.  

At WFP, we are proud that this Council made the historic decision to pass Resolution 2417 in May 2018. It was amazing to see the council come together. Now we have to live up to our pledge to protect the most vulnerable and act immediately to save lives.  

But this is only in my opinion only the first part of the strategy needed to protect conflict-riven countries from a hunger pandemic caused by the Coronavirus. There is also a real danger that more people could potentially die from the economic impact of COVID-19 than from the virus itself.  

This is why I am talking about a hunger pandemic. It is critical we come together as one united global community to defeat this disease, and protect the most vulnerable nations and communities from its potentially devastating effects.

Lockdowns and economic recession are expected to lead to a major loss of income among the working poor. Overseas remittances will also drop sharply - this will hurt countries such as Haiti, Nepal, and Somalia just a name a couple. The loss of tourism receipts will damage countries such as Ethiopia, where it accounts for 47% of total exports. The collapsing oil prices in lower-income countries like South Sudan will have an impact significantly, where oil accounts for 98.8% of total exports. And, of course, when donor countries’ revenues are down, how much impact will this have on life saving foreign aid

The economic and health impacts of COVID-19 are most worrisome for communities in countries across Africa as well as the Middle East, because the virus threatens further damage to the lives and livelihoods of people already put at risk by conflict.  

WFP and our partners are going all-out to help them we’ll do everything we possibly can. For example, we know that children are particularly vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition, so we are prioritizing assistance to them.  

Right now, as you may now 1.6 billion children and young people are currently out of school due to lockdown closures. Nearly 370 million children are missing out on nutritious school meals - you can only imagine when children don’t get the nutrition they need their immunity goes down. Where nutritious school meals have been suspended by school closures, we are working to replace them with take-home rations, wherever possible. 

As you know, WFP is the logistics backbone for the humanitarian world and even more so now for the global effort to beat this pandemic. We have delivered millions upon millions of personal protective equipment, testing kits and face masks to 78 countries on behalf of the World Health Organization. We are also running humanitarian air services to get frontline health professionals doctors nurses, and humanitarian staff into countries that need help, especially while passenger air industry is basically about shut down.

But we need to do so much more, and I urge this Council to lead the way. First and foremost, we need peace. As the Secretary-General recently said very clearly, a global ceasefire is essential.  

Second, we need all parties involved in conflicts to give us swift and unimpeded humanitarian access to all vulnerable communities, so they can get the assistance to them that they need, regardless of who they are or where they are. We also need in a very general sense humanitarian goods and commercial trade to continue flowing across borders, because they are the lifeline of global food systems as well as the global economy. Supply chains have to keep moving if we are going to overcome this pandemic and get food from where it is produced to where it is needed. It also means resisting the temptation to introduce export bans or import subsidies, which can lead to price hikes and almost always backfire. 

WFP is working hand in glove with governments to build and strengthen national safety nets. This is critical right now to ensure fair access to assistance and help maintain peace and prevent rising tensions among communities.  

Third, we need coordinated action to support life-saving humanitarian assistance. For example, WFP is implementing plans to pre-position three months’ worth of food and cash to serve country operations identified as priorities. We are asking donors to accelerate the (US) $1.9 billion in funding that has already been pledged, so we can build stockpiles and create these life-saving buffers, and protect the most vulnerable from the effects of supply chain disruptions, commodity shortages, economic damage and lockdowns. You understand exactly what I’m talking about.

We are also requesting a further USD350 million to set up a network of logistics hubs and transport systems to keep humanitarian supply chains moving around the world. They will also provide field hospitals and medical evacuations to the frontline humanitarian and health workers, as needed and strategically.

Excellencies, two years ago the Security Council took a landmark step when it recognized, and condemned, the devastating human toll of conflict paid in poverty and hunger. Resolution 2417 also highlighted the need for early warning systems, and today I am here to raise that alarm.  

There are no famines yet. But I must warn you that if we don’t prepare and act now – to secure access, avoid funding shortfalls and disruptions to trade - we could be facing multiple famines of biblical proportions within a short few months.  

The actions we take will determine our success, or failure, in building sustainable food systems as the basis of stable and peaceful societies. The truth is, we do not have time on our side, so let’s act wisely – and let’s act fast. I do believe that with our expertise and partnerships, we can bring together the teams and the programs necessary to make certain the COVID-19 pandemic does not become a humanitarian and food crisis catastrophe.  So Mr. President, thank you, thank you very much.

 

                                         #                           #            Take note of the first paragraph. 

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-months-on-sideline-un-security-council-nears-resolution-on-virus/

 

After months on sideline, UN Security Council nears resolution on virus

 

Diplomats and experts express frustration with top global body’s inability to respond to pandemic, though heavily fought-over resolution expected to move forward this week

 

A hopeless task? A wake-up call for multilateralist forces crushed by resurging nationalism? Or perhaps a first step toward a geopolitical reorganization and the recasting of an international body founded in 1945 with the express mission of preventing and containing global crises?

Yet might the permanent members take advantage of this virtual get-together to design a new post-pandemic world order — even placing the UN on a new path?

 

“Never have the world’s seven and a half billion humans felt more strongly such an urgent need for global policy,” said Bertrand Badie, a professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies.