How Will The Anti-Christ Gain Control Over The World?

Growing up and sitting through hours of preaching and seemingly unlimited discussions about “the last days”, there was always talk of the Anti-Christ, that someone who would rise up to rule the world and only through him would you be allowed to work, buy, sell and trade – more accurately described as surviving.

That was many years ago and during those many times I still had the same question. How can one person just one day command his will over the billions of people on this planet? From my perspective and lifestyle, it made little sense.

As we fast forward a few decades, we are catching glimpses of just how this might be accomplished. Presently the world is facing what is being called a pandemic. A disease of pandemic proportions is one that will spread throughout the world, potentially affecting every person living on earth. The present pandemic is the H1N1 virus or more commonly called the swine flu virus, some odd multi-viral strain that has mutated into one that can be contracted by humans.

At this stage we know little about the virus but deaths have occurred. The World Health Organization has issued a level 5 pandemic alert, (there are 6 levels) meaning a full blown pandemic is going to happen. What does this mean actually?

Of course we as susceptible humans don’t want to get sick and especially die and so we want to stop this dreaded disease. We are scared. We rely on the doctors to make us better. We also think that our government needs to protect us. And in this case the World Health Organization should play an important role, one some believe to be the lead role.

To better be equipped to deal with pandemics, WHO and countries have worked together to formulate plans. WHO has devised a general plan and check list that will help countries around the world deal with a pandemic. This plan points out some legal and human rights issues that might be at stake during a full-blown pandemic.

1.5.1 Legal issues
Rationale
During a pandemic, it may be necessary to overrule existing legislation or (individual) human rights. Examples are the enforcement of quarantine (overruling individual freedom of movement), use of privately owned buildings for hospitals, off-license use of drugs, compulsory vaccination or implementation of emergency shifts in essential services. These decisions need a legal framework to ensure transparent assessment and justification of the measures that are being considered, and to ensure coherence with
international legislation (International Health Regulations).

Essentially this is declaring martial law but if you read carefully you’ll see that this declaration is suggesting that this martial law needs to be implemented at a more local level, by local governments but certainly fully supported and encouraged by WHO.

Some of us, particularly here in the United States, having lived in a country that we choose to believe wouldn’t implement martial law, trampling over rights, in hopes of stopping an outbreak of the flu, will have a hard time believing this would happen.

Massachusetts, being only one of several states, just recently after hearing of this swine flu pandemic, rushed a bill through their legislature that would extend power to the “authorities” to do whatever is necessary to stop or limit the spread of disease.

(1) to require the owner or occupier of premises to permit entry into and investigation of the premises;
(2) to close, direct, and compel the evacuation of, or to decontaminate or cause to be decontaminated any building or facility, and to allow the reopening of the building or facility when the danger has ended;
(3) to decontaminate or cause to be decontaminated, or to destroy any material;
(4) to restrict or prohibit assemblages of persons;
(5) to require a health care facility to provide services or the use of its facility, or to transfer the management and supervision of the health care facility to the department or to a local public health authority;
(6) to control ingress to and egress from any stricken or threatened public area, and the movement of persons and materials within the area;
(7) to adopt and enforce measures to provide for the safe disposal of infectious waste and human remains, provided that religious, cultural, family, and individual beliefs of the deceased person shall be followed to the extent possible when disposing of human remains, whenever that may be done without endangering the public health;
(8) to procure, take immediate possession from any source, store, or distribute any anti-toxins, serums, vaccines, immunizing agents, antibiotics, and other pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies located within the commonwealth as may be necessary to respond to the emergency;
(9) to require in-state health care providers to assist in the performance of vaccination, treatment, examination, or testing of any individual as a condition of licensure, authorization, or the ability to continue to function as a health care provider in the commonwealth

Setting aside for a moment if you will, the idea that this legislation is intended to deal with a pandemic and consider if you can the implications onto free human beings. This bill is martial law, granting power to the government to control every aspect of your life. By declaring a pandemic, they can allow you to work, travel, move about, eat, sleep and everything in your life they can control. They will have been granted that authority.

That’s pretty scary, yes, but it does answer my original question, one that I had a long time ago. How can one man, simply one day just gain full control over the world?

Of course I have no idea that this is at all a part of God’s plan for us and the world. What this does do is allow us to realize that what once might have seemed an insurmountable task, has become a reality. If people are frightened enough, they will concede a lot of things and look to someone to lead them to safety.

Tom Remington