Never before have we had an environment that facilitates the growth of Globalism like we have today. Technologies that have brought us affordable global travel and global communications have enabled us to understand more about the world and to trade with other nations with greater ease. The benefits of a global outlook are many. Global trade for example has brought economic prosperity, leading to the lifting of hundreds of millions out of poverty. There have of course been some causalities such as the moving of manufacturing away from the West towards the lower-wage economies of the East. On the flip side, this shift has kept a lid on inflation for decades leading to better value for our disposable incomes. However, from a human-centric perspective, global trade and interconnectedness many would say has been an overall positive. What in the World is Going On would not disagree.
Rather, our concern are the globalist authority structures that have risen in tandem with Globalism. These intranational authority structures have not instigated global trade and interconnectedness (political or public bodies seldom do), but they have sought to capitalise on the phenomena with the objective of centralising power bit by bit, over time. In their assumed power they promise, “global solutions to global solutions” and denigrate those who challenge their centralised authority. Such as example was their creation and use of the term, “vaccine nationalism” during the 2020 Covid pandemic.
At the centre of our concern is that these authority structures are unelected and are elitist in nature. Their elitism means that they have decided what is best and that populations should therefore be subject to their ideologies and values. These structures are not God-aligned and have many of the hallmarks of the empires that have gone before them. In particular, what is promised is seldom delivered and the price for what is delivered is a varying measure of tyranny.
Prior to the arrival of Christianity, the norm was governance by elite cabals. The elites came first, their populations, a very distant second. These could be kings, tribal leaders, religious figures, war mongers etc. Christianity challenged the dominance of these elites because it taught rulers only have authority delegated by God and their role is to enact God’s laws and ideals in servitude to the people. I.E. the people were not to serve them.
It is only fair that we declare the What in the World is Going On bias as we observe and comment on the rise of the globalists. Multiple Biblical authors over thousands of years, writing in different cultural and historical contexts point to the rise of a global government that coincides with the closing of the current chapter of history. These writers point to a global government that has the following features:
We shall leave it to the reader to make up his or her mind as to whether we’re projecting our bias onto our observations or whether the uncanny resemblance of all these features to the events of today point to the authenticity of the Bible and therefore indicate the current chapter of history is closing.
In this Insight we seek to lay the foundation for how man-centred empires arise, their nature, their output, and highlight some of the common incarnations today.
The Quest for Empire Building
History is littered with empire building. Often at the heart of these empires are beliefs of superiority. This superiority leads to conquest of other lands and enforced subservience to the values of the enlightened elites governing the empire. Subjects of the empire are made to believe that the empire has their best interests at heart. Over time, the subjects themselves swallow the medicine and can become ambassadors of the empire. Controlling belief systems is mission-critical in achieving such outcomes.
The book of Genesis is a book of beginnings (Hebrew lit: “In the beginning”) that highlights how the post-fall world came into being. It explains the very nature of our new struggle as independents from God and the penalties that were self-inflicted on us (death, disease, strife, futility of purpose, poverty or lack, hatred etc.), how the nations were formed, the root spiritual issues behind the Arab Israeli conflict and a multitude of other topics. It sets out the blueprint for everything we see in the world today. Most importantly, the central theme is God’s plan of salvation for mankind – to bring back into relationship individuals who seek God and for the effects of the fall to be reversed. In Genesis 3 we have a promise of a saviour (Jesus). In Genesis 5 we have a coded message detailing the Gospel narrative wrapped up in a list of genealogies. In Genesis 12-17 we start to see the relevance of a son (Abraham’s son) and the need for faith in God’s provision (not our own works or good deeds) as necessities for the plan of salvation to be enacted. Many other hints at God’s full plan of salvation, yet to be fully realised are also included. The book of Genesis is supernatural. It is inspired from a perspective outside of our timeline that sees the start and end of time all at once.
Babel – The First Socialist State?
In Genesis 11 we can learn about the construction of Babel. The building of the Babel empire can be considered as the first socialist state referenced in the Bible whereby man is to be the chief provider and authority. It was a system in essence set up against God. Man, not God, was the theme of this empire.
The Tower of Babel
1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
Genesis 11 : 1-7
Insight from Flavius Josephus on the Babel project
A second insightful source about the Babel project is Chapter 4 of Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews, Book I. Flavius Josephus was a Jewish historian and scholar, born in Jerusalem in AD37 or AD38 and wrote about Jewish history and the Roman-Jewish Wars. Chapter 4 references the account of the tower of Babel:
Chapter 4 Concerning the Tower of Babylon, and the confusion of Tongues.
1. Now the sons of Noah were three, Shem and Japhet, and Ham, born one hundred years before the deluge.2 These first of all descended from the mountains into the plains, and fixed their habitation there; and persuaded others, who were greatly afraid of the lower grounds on account of the flood, and so were very loth to come down from the higher places, to venture to follow their examples. Now the plain, in which they first dwelt, was called Shinar. God also commanded them to send colonies abroad, for the through peopling of the earth; that they might not raise seditions among themselves, but might cultivate a great part of the earth, and enjoy its fruits after a plentiful manner. But they were so ill instructed, that they did not obey God. For which reason they fell into calamities, and were made sensible by experience of what sin they had been guilty of. For when they flourished with a numerous youth, God admonished them again to send out colonies. But they imagining the prosperity they enjoyed was not derived from the favour of God, but supposing that their own power was the proper cause of the plentiful condition they were in, did not obey him. Nay they added to this their disobedience to the divine will, the suspicion that they were therefore ordered to send out separate colonies, that, being divided asunder, they might the more easily be oppressed.
2. Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such an affront and contempt of God. He was the grand-son of Ham, the son of Noah: a bold man, and of great strength of hand. He persuaded them not to ascribe it to God, as if it was through his means that they were happy; but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness. He also gradually changed the government into tyranny; seeing no other way of turning men from the fear of God, but to bring them into a constant dependence on his own power. He also said, “He would be revenged on God, if he should have a mind to drown the world again: for that he would build a Tower too high for the waters to be able to reach; and that he would avenge himself on God for destroying their fore-fathers.”
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[About AD 2520] Now the multitude were very ready to follow the determination of Nimrod, and to esteem it a piece of cowardice to submit to God: and they built a Tower; neither sparing any pains, nor being in any degree negligent about the work. And, by reason of the multitude of hands employed in it, it grew very high, sooner than anyone could expect. But the thickness of it was so great, and it was so strongly built, that thereby its great height seemed, upon the view, to be less than it really was. It was built of burnt brick, cemented together with mortar, made of bitumen; that it might not be liable to admit water. When God saw that they acted so madly, he did not resolve to destroy them utterly; since they were not grown wiser by the destruction of the former sinners: but he caused a tumult among them, by producing in them diverse languages; and causing, that through the multitude of those languages, they should not be able to understand one another. The place wherein they built the Tower is now called Babylon: because of the confusion of that language which they readily understood before: for the Hebrews mean by the word Babel, Confusion. The Sibyll [The Sibylline Oracles were a collection of prophetic and religious texts in ancient Greece and Rome that were attributed to a legendary figure known as the Sibyl] also makes mention of this tower, and of the confusion of the language when she says thus: “When all men were of one language, some of them built an high tower, as if they would thereby ascend up to heaven. But the Gods sent storms of wind, and overthrew the tower, and gave everyone his peculiar language. And for this reason it was that the city was called Babylon.” But as to the plan of Shinar, in the country of Babylonia, Hestiæus mentions it, when he says thus, “Such of the Priests as were saved took the sacred vessels of Jupiter Enyalius, and came to Shinar of Babylonia.”
Antiquities of the Jews, Book I. Chapter 4.
From both sources we will now summarise the key characteristics of the Babel project.
Characterisations of the Babel Project
The Root Cause – Eve’s Mistake
“But they were so ill instructed, that they did not obey God“.
Eve’s mistake was to listen to the serpent speaking a lie; to choose to feel aggrieved [“God doesn’t want His best for me”] and to act on that. The people of the Plain of Sinar (modern day Iraq, 53 mi / 85km south of Bagdad) had neglected to consider or truly believe that God had promised a flood would never again be used to judge the Earth. And, that their prosperity was a result of their own actions, – “He persuaded them not to ascribe it to God, as if it was through his means that they were happy; but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness”. Likewise, just like Eve, the people of Sinar, believed God didn’t want His best for them and that their own (not God’s) understanding should be trusted.
Having ditched the truth of God (refer to the Apostle Paul’s explanation for the decay of a society in Romans Chapter 1) they then cemented their rebellion against God – “Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such an affront and contempt of God”.
The motivation – international fame and self-preservation
“Let us make a name for ourselves” shows that they wanted popularity, to be recognised for their greatness and achievements. Self-promotion was baked into the project so that fame could be granted for the elites.
They also feared being oppressed if they ventured out to form new colonies. Self-preservation was therefore a concern.
Hedging against God
The fact that Nimrod used tar for mortar signified they wanted to hedge against God using another flood to wipe them out (tar is waterproof). Notice, they weren’t necessarily denying the existence of God, but they did plan to rebel from God and were quite open about this.
Expansionist, intranational, globalist
They sought to export the project to other peoples, outside of their initial region. They planned a far-reaching empire.
Forced coercion
Tyranny and military might facilitated the project.
Elitist
It was elitist. Nimrod was a cult personality who desired fame. The leadership weren’t public servants in any respect, no matter what definition of servitude is alluded to.
The state as ultimate guardian
“He persuaded them not to ascribe it to God, as if it was through his means that they were happy; but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness. He also gradually changed the government into tyranny; seeing no other way of turning men from the fear of God, but to bring them into a constant dependence on his own power”.
Slowly, slowly wins the race
He also gradually changed the government into tyranny.
A change in law here and there, a continual dripping of state-sponsored new values, ridicule, cancelling and exclusion for those not on the journey etc. A reference to the “Frog in Boiling Water” apologue seems appropriate here. The need for Nimrod to roll out the new order gradually suggests an overnight implementation could have caused too much resistance from the populous and hence he took his time to get them onboard. There are many modern-day parallels.
Modern Day Institutions Mirroring Babel-Style Political Projects
Without doubt, there are a number of modern-day political groupings that resonate with the characteristics of the Babel project. Examples include:
Globalist Instruments of Influence
Many of these modern-day equivalents were founded to solve genuine problems e.g. the establishment of the United Nations to prevent future global conflict in the aftermath of World War II. This in itself is a noble cause that we would not disagree with. However, to propagate their existence and to gain increasing influence, other “global challenges” have been incorporated from which they can prove their worth. “Global Solutions to Global Solutions” is recited as a mission.
These challenges include:
Global Solutions for Global Problems – isn’t a Coordinated Approach to be Welcomed?
What’s the issue here – shouldn’t we be working together to solve common problems? Such is the proposition of intranational governance structures. Well, on the face of it that’s hard to argue against. Cooperation with others when solving problems is undoubtedly the most effective method for producing resourceful outcomes. Successful organisations that pioneer innovative technologies and better ways of working have normally learnt how to harness this important synergy. So, whenever we are presented with this approach the odds are we will want to jump on board. Why wouldn’t we?
Angels of light. Buyer beware!
The Biblical warns its readers about the “angel of light” principal. The Apostle Paul, writing to the Church in Corinth in the first century discusses the matter of those who are seeking to infiltrate the church with false teaching and behaviours:
13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
2 Corinthians 11: 13-15
Paul makes the point that even, the Devil himself transforms himself into an angel of light to deceive and convince others. Typically, what you don’t get is a metaphorical appearance of an ugly demonic figure using force and coercion to get you to take this or that action, although that can manifest in human form down the line especially if there is resistance (e.g. cancel culture, imprisonment for descent in socialist societies etc.). Normally, what you get is a sugar-coated approach, a trojan horse…smoke and mirrors. You are presented with something whose wrapping is appealing, seemingly harmless. What’s inside however may be very different.
How to judge the motivations and intentions of an organisation?
A key litmus test to determine, “what’s under the hood” is again found in the Bible. Jesus used a common analogy that His ordinary, everyday listeners could relate to:
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
Matthew 7:15-20
By their fruits you will know them – meaning, you can truly discern what an individual or organisation is about by monitoring their output.
Examples of Atheistic Authority Structures that Promised One Thing (Propaganda) but Delivered Another
National Socialism
Promised Fruit: Economic reform, job creation, infrastructure investment, the righting of previous wrongs (Treaty of Versailles) and the restoration of Germany to its former glory, unification of the German people
Fruit Delivered: Mass murder and hatred on an industrial scale, values and actions that were pitted against Germany’s Christian tradition, the devastation of Europe, Global chaos, division of Germany into two states (East and West).
Chairman Mao – People’s Republic of China
Chairman Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People’s Republic of China and the leader of the Chinese Communist Party made several promises to the Chinese people during his leadership. Mao’s promises were framed within the context of the Chinese Communist Party’s ideology and its goal of achieving a socialist society.
Promised Fruit: An enactment of the tenants of Marxism; cultural reform, industrialisation, a program to create self-reliance (no need for reliance on foreign powers), land reform for the redistribution of wealth, a socialised more equal society.
Fruit Delivered: brutal repression of those who didn’t comply with the communist ideals (persecution, imprisonment, torture, and execution), mass starvation and impoverishment leading to the death of millions, shockingly low farming productivity, the death of tens or hundreds of millions of unborn children, and from the industrialisation program – isolation from the outside world that led to a general stalling of technological progress.
The Russian Revolution and Marxist-Leninist ideology
Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik Party and the architect of the October Revolution in Russia in 1917, made a series of promises and pledges as part of the platform for the Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, sought to establish a socialist state and implement policies that aligned with Marxist ideology.
Promised Fruit: Redistribution of land, alleviation of food shortages, an end to war, an end to imperialism and colonial exploitation, political power in the hands of the Proletariat (the working class), nationalisation of industry and a centrally controlled economy for economic advancement.
Fruit Delivered: food shortages leading to mass starvation and the death of millions, political power in the hands of the Marxist Elites and a complete disregard for the rights of individuals (including oppression, torture, and execution) and later on, one of the largest imperialistic and colonial exploitation projects on a global scale ever seen following World War II. Became the first state to legalise abortion. Economic impoverishment, inhibition of technological progress, the Cold War and several proxy wars around the world.
In conclusion
Note that in all these cases, the root ideology is non-Judeo Christian, often including values that set themselves up in direct contradiction. They embody a rejection of God and His truth. Power is always centralised into the hands of the elites. The promise and the reality (fruit delivered) are opposites.