The Omega Letter Intelligence Digest
 

Vol: 33 Issue: 1 - Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - Plain Text

EU: In God We Don't Trust
 -Jack Kinsella

Although it is due to be adopted by the middle of this month, members of
the EU continue to fight over the wording of the new constitution for the
newly-enlarged political bloc. Specifically, the fight is over Jesus
Christ.

The new EU Constitution makes no mention of Europe's Christian roots and
heritage, instead giving credit for Europe's development to its 'cultural,
religious and humanist' heritage. It then goes on to list Europe's common
values (most of which are rooted in Christianity), like respect for human
rights, etc.

Last week, the foreign ministers of seven countries wrote a letter to the
current EU president, urging a 'reference to the Christian roots of
Europe" in the preamble of the constitution.  What is most fascinating is
the identity of the nations desiring God.

In their letter, new members Poland, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia, and the
Czech Republic - which joined the EU on May 1 -- along with two older
members, Italy and Portugal, said "this issue remains a priority" for
their governments and "for millions of European citizens."

While Italy and Portugal are bastions of European Roman Catholicism, it is
the other nations that catch the eye -- like the former godless Soviet
Republics of Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.  Having
lived under a godless, secular humanist regime for a generation, they know
what a government with no responsibility before God is capable of, and
they want no part of it.

Leading the charge against including Christianity -- or even a generic
mention of God in the EU Constitution -- are the French.

Spain, which originally argued for a mention of God in the preamble, is
now also siding with the secular group after al-Qaeda helped get the
Socialist government elected in March by bombing a train in Madrid.

French Foreign Affairs Minister Michel Barnier, who contributed to the
original wording of the text, defended the French position on Wednesday in
Parliament.

"Each person is represented in this text, whatever his belief, his
conviction or his philosophy," he said.

The French, (who are supported by the Germans and British) in their
arguments opposing including Christianity in the constitution, say that to
mention only Christianity in the preamble is to ignore millions of Jews
and Muslims who make up a large part of Europe.

Isin't it interesting the way that the French, Germans and British are
suddenly concerned with offending the religious sensibilities of the six
million or so European Jews who just as suddenly "make up a large part of"
Europe's three hundred and fifty-five MILLION people?

The Jews were just included to cover Europe's appeasement of is growing
Muslim population.  (Using Jews as political pawns is a European tradition
as old as Europe's Christian heritage itself. It is ok in the EU to offend
Jews any other time, for even the slightest reason.  Europe proves that
every single day.)

In any case, as the Polish representative to the EU argued;

"We want to talk about Christian tradition or Christian heritage because
that is something that actually exists, something you can see around you.
You can look around at the architecture and see churches all over Europe.
Using the word 'values' makes it sound like something we want to impose."

There are two important things to note about Europe's catfight; the Topic
of the fight and it's timing, historically speaking.  The old Europeans
oppose any mention of Christianity, because old Europe is well into its
post-Christian era.

What does 'post-Christian era mean, exactly?  Pretty much, it means what
it sounds like it means. Christianity, as a dominant and driving force in
European life, is not just on the decline, it has devolved into little
more than just another religious sect, like Buddhism, Islam or secular
humanism.

And, as we've noted in past Omega Letter briefings, Old Europe is a unique
political animal, diverse from the Greater European Union, now numbering
twenty-five countries.

Note this list from the Western European Union's official home page.

http://www.weu.int/Delegations.htm

You will see that the EU is divided into three separate classes of
membership, known as 'delegations'.  Twenty-eight in all, they are
subdivided as follows:

1) Modified Brussels Treaty Member States (1954) -- These are the only
FULL members of the EU -- listed simply as "10 Member States".

The remaining eighteen are broken up into:

2) Six Associate Members (Rome -1992);

3) Five Observers (Rome - 1992)

4) Seven Associate Partners (Kirchberg - 1994)

Two things should have jumped out at you by now.  The unique membership
status of Old Europe (The Ten) and the role played by Rome in excluding
subsequent members from similar status.

In October, 1984, the WEU met in Rome to 'adopt the founding text of the
WEU's reactivation' (according to the WEU website) which was then accepted
as the "Rome Declaration."

In October, 1987, the WEU adopted a "Platform on European Security
Interests" which envisioned the creation of the Greater European
Community, (with the WEU at the helm).

"We recall our commitment to build a European Union in accordance with the
Single European Act, which we all signed as Members of the European
Community. We are convinced that the construction of an integrated Europe
will remain incomplete as long as it does not include security and
defense."

The same meeting decided to open negotiations with Portugal and Spain
regarding their accession to the modified Brussels Treaty. Those countries
formally became full Members of WEU on 27 March 1990, bringing the number
of 'inner circle' European nations to ten, before closing the circle.

While the Europeans argue over Christianity, the Israelis continue to do
battle over the Gaza disengagement plan.  Stay with me, the two are
related.

In a new poll, Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan is now backed by a majority
of Israelis, but is overwhelmingly opposed by Sharon's own political
party. Signs of Sharon's growing political weakness have fueled talk about
early elections.

Sharon himself has threatened to reshape his coalition, including firing
ministers, to create a Cabinet majority for the Gaza plan.

Assessment:

Central to the prophetic outline of the Book of Daniel for the last days
are the existence of two particular scenarios.  The first is that Israel
must exist, and her existence must be universally opposed by her
surrounding neighbors.

The second is that there must be a revival of the political power that
destroyed 'the city and the sanctuary' [Jerusalem and the Temple] (Daniel
9:26). Daniel writes: "and the people of the prince that shall come shall
destroy the city and the sanctuary."

The 'people' that sacked Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple were the Roman
legions under the command of Titus, future emperor of Rome.  Daniel
identifies the 'prince' of a revived Roman Empire as the antichrist who
will confirm a seven-year peace agreement between Israel and her enemies.
(Daniel: 9:27)

In Daniel 2:31-44, the prophet relates interpreting a dream for King
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.  In his dream, the king saw a statue of a
figure with a head of gold, chest and arms of silver, belly and thighs of
brass, two legs of iron, and on the feet, ten toes, 'partly strong and
partly weak, like iron, mixed with clay'.

Daniel's interpretation was that it was a vision of five world empires;
Babylon [head]; Medo-Persia [chest and arms]; Alexander the Great's Greek
Empire [belly and thighs]; and, the Roman Empire. [legs of iron].

The fifth, and final empire, is represented by the TEN toes of iron and
clay.

Of them, Daniel says, "And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay,
they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not
cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay." (Daniel 2:41)

So, we have Israel on the brink of annihilation, facing off against
essentially the whole world, its government and social order in chaos, the
ten-nation Old Europe infighting with itself and with New Europe over the
inclusion of Christianity in its constitution, while the Great Religious
War of the 21st century continues to rage around the globe.

Daniel says, "And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set
up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be
left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these
kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever." (Daniel 2:44)

Taken together with the Words of Jesus, we have a pretty comprehensive
picture of the signs of the times and the nearness of His coming.

"And when these things BEGIN to come to pass, then look up, and lift up
your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh." (Luke 21:28)