THE ENEMY OF FAITH

 

The World, is the Enemy of Faith.

Under the control of the Evil One,

It does everything in its power

To prevent Faith in God from occurring,

And to Destroy it when it comes into being.

REALITY

 

Our God is Perfect, He lives in a State of Perfection;

His greatness cannot be measured;

Nothing is impossible for Him.

As for God His Way is Perfect, His Word is Flawless;

He shields all who take refuge in Him.

(Psalm 18:30, 2 Samuel 22:331)

Reality resides in God alone.

It is a Supernatural Reality; an Eternal Reality.

In this natural life:

Our Struggle is not against Flesh and Blood,

But against the Rulers, against the Authorities,

Against the Powers of this Dark World

And against the Spiritual Forces of Evil in the Heavenly realms.

(Ephesians 6:12)

Yet, the Saved are Born Again; Born of the Spirit of God,

And in this Supernatural Condition,

They Love God’s Way, His Truth and His Life

And this Enables them to Overcome the god of this World

And his demonic hoard.

The Unbelieving Perish because they do not Love the Truth.

(2 Thessalonians 2:10)

The god of this World has blinded their minds. 

(2 Corinthians 4:4)

The Saved, live, because they Love the Truth,

And the Truth is Christ Jesus, His Way and His Life.

Life only exists in Christ, all else is Death.

Life only exists in the Born Again State of Being.

To be Born Again is to be Justified and Sanctified

In Christ Jesus, before the Living God;

It is Christ living in and through us,

And all of this by Faith, which God counts as Righteousness.

Faith gives us a Vision of Reality;

This Reality, enables us to see Christ’s Way, His Truth and His Life,

And by the Power of His Spirit living in us,

To Live His Way, His Truth and His Life.

Two-Thirds of Voters Now Concerned Biden Doesn’t Have the ‘Necessary Mental and Physical Health’ to Run the Country

Two-Thirds of Voters Now Concerned Biden Doesn’t Have the ‘Necessary Mental and Physical Health’ to Run the Country

An increasing number of registered voters are anxious about President Joe Biden’s mental and physical fitness to be president, results of a new NBC…

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ALL OF CREATION SPEAKS OF GOD AND FOR GOD

All of Creation speaks of God and For God.

So that no one has an Excuse for Unbelief.

(Romans 1:20)

Every created thing is a miracle, including our very selves,

And it was all spoke into existence from that which could not be seen.

Pride is the flag of American occupation

 June 27, 2023

Pride is the flag of American occupation

Symbol of an attempted regime change

THE FEDERALIST — The United States is undergoing an attempted regime change, and the pride flag is its emblem. This regime change has been more than a century in the making. Initially, it flew under the Stars and Bars while hollowing out its meaning. Now it has its own emblem, the pride flag. This year we witnessed the American government’s elevation of that pride flag to a place of competition and sometimes dominance over the American flag. Notoriously, the White House participated earlier this month.... (more)

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IRS whistleblower emails suggest David Weiss misled Congress in letter claiming charging authority

 June 27, 2023

IRS whistleblower emails suggest David Weiss misled Congress in letter claiming charging authority

MARGOT CLEVELAND — Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss told the House Judiciary Committee he had “been granted ultimate authority” over prosecutorial decisions related to the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden in a June 7, 2023, letter obtained by The Federalist. However, Weiss’s letter to Congress — and Attorney General Merrick Garland’s earlier testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee that Weiss had “full authority” to charge Hunter Biden — directly conflicts with statements Weiss made to senior members of the team investigating the Biden son.... (more)

Trump promises nationwide ban on child sex mutilations

 June 27, 2023

Trump promises nationwide ban on child sex mutilations

If elected, would reverse Biden administration's transgender advocacy

BOB UNRUH — President Donald Trump, in an appearance at the Faith & Freedom Coalition meeting in Georgia, promised a nationwide ban on child sex mutilations, if he is elected in 2024. "Something else I find hard to believe that I have to even say. It's so ridiculous. It's so horrible and so ridiculous. I will keep men out of women's sports. And I will sign a law prohibiting child sexual mutilation in all 50 states. Prohibited," he said.... (more)

Transgender cyclist wins bike race against female competition by nearly 5 minutes! (WorldNetDaily)

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The shocking TRUE history of Barack Obama's presidency

Exclusive excerpt from bestselling exposé of America's most subversive leader

Editor’s note: Following is Daniel Greenfield’s introduction to Jamie Glazov’s highly acclaimed new bestseller, “Barack Obama’s True Legacy: How He Transformed America.”

Barack Obama’s presidency was historic. Pundits said it, celebrities tweeted it, and the community organizer from Chicago was not shy about constantly bringing it up.

And it was true.

Over a decade after his inauguration, we are still living in his shadow. His history of economic decline, racial division, and terrorist appeasement is our present. 

The third term of his presidency under Biden makes him inescapable even long after leaving office. 

The Biden administration is extending his fundamental transformation of America. 

Its open borders, woke military, critical race theory, terrorist appeasement, and wealth redistribution are a continuation of Obama’s war on our national sovereignty, on the middle class, on the family, and on free enterprise. 

From a new administration staffed with all his old people to the familiar economic misery that Americans thought they had left behind, it is as if the Obama administration never ended. 

And, as the nation endures a third term of Obama, many wonder if it will ever end.

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His legacy of defeat abroad and division at home is all around us. From race riots to defeat in Afghanistan, from the war on the middle class to massive power grabs, we are not only still living out his history, but it’s clear that we will go on living there until we break free. 

Obama made history, but not the way that the mainstream media would have it. The truly historic elements of his presidency were not his accident of birth and choice of racial identification, which a political establishment obsessed with identity politics told Americans would serve as a national atonement for racism. 

Now that his third term is taking place under an old, white male figurehead, it is clearer than ever that identity is not history. The true legacy of Obama and Biden lies in the impact of their destructive radicalism on the country, not what box they checked on their census form. 

The community organizer from Chicago did not heal our racial wounds. Instead, he presided over a historically divisive era that reversed generations of improvements in race relations.

But Obama did not just divide Americans by race (“Punish your enemies”), but by gender (“You know, there’s a reason we haven’t had a woman president before”), by faith (“They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion”), by all the flavors of sexual identity, and by every sort of identity politics. He broke America, and the fractures of our time are the aftershocks of his destruction.

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Obama powered a historic economic shift that took power away from workers and gave it to Big Tech, that took American jobs and shipped them to China, and that took jobs from black teenagers and gave them to illegal aliens. 

He oversaw a historic power slide away from America and to China, Russia, and the Islamic terrorists of the world laboring to build their caliphates. 

And under Biden, in Obama’s third term, all of this is worse than ever. To understand the crisis of the Biden administration, we have to go back to its origins in the Obama administration. And that is exactly what “Barack Obama’s True Legacy” does.

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“Barack Obama’s True Legacy” grapples with the true history of a man who has produced multiple autobiographies, along with an unending stream of articles and interviews without actually telling us his true goals and the true history that is driving him. 

That’s why “Barack Obama’s True Legacy” meticulously traces his ideological origins with John Drew’s “Obama: The Young Communist I Knew” and that of his signature policy with Trevor Loudon’s “The Marxist Origins and Goals of Obamacare.”

“Barack Obama’s True Legacy” draws on experts and researchers who lay out and break down the insidious means by which Obama’s ideological affinity for radicals and contempt for America led him to betray our national security and Christians and Jews, while making allies of Islamic terrorists. 

The book delves into the Islamic alliances that created a historical realignment with America’s worst enemies while betraying our national security in Stephen Coughlin’s “Muslim Brotherhood’s Penetration of U.S. Under Obama,” how Obama abandoned persecuted Christians in the Muslim world in Raymond Ibrahim’s “How Obama Enabled Persecution of Christians,” and how he abandoned and betrayed Israel and Jews in Daniel Greenfield’s “Obama’s Betrayal of Israel and How Obama Funded the Murder of Israelis.”

In “Benghazi Betrayal and the Brotherhood Link,” Claire Lopez reveals the ideological agenda behind the infamous abandonment of our people in Libya. Jeff Nyquist’s “Obama’s Russian Collusion” tells the story of who was really colluding with Russia, and in three stunning essays, Robert Spencer expertly chronicles Obama’s treasonous collusion with the forces of the Jihad in “Obama’s Enabling of Jihad and Stealth Jihad,” “Obama’s Enabling of ISIS” and “The Iran Deal.”

Turning to the war on our border, Trevor Loudon’s “Obama’s Illegal Marxist Immigrant Amnesty Movement” and Matthew Vadum’s “Obama’s Damage to Border Security” expose Obama’s role in the historic invasion of America. Joseph Klein’s “ObamaGate: The Coup Attempt Against President Trump” zeroes in on the historically unprecedented abuse of national security by Obama, while Daniel Greenfield’s “Obama’s Enabling of Racial Strife and Domestic Terror” digs into his role in the racist movements and race riots that tore apart America’s body and soul.

In “An Ex-President’s Post-Presidential War on America” and “Why Obama Should Have Been Impeached and Removed from Office,” Joseph Klein sums up Obama’s post-election plots and his abuses in office. And finally, Dov Lipman, a member of Israel’s Knesset, takes on “Obama’s Revisionist ‘Promised Land,’” the dishonest manipulations of Israel’s story and its ideological poison.

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These experts, researchers, thinkers, journalists, scholars and leaders have assembled a compelling history of Barack Obama’s true impact on America, on Israel and on the world.

That impact is not past tense. It is present tense.

Every one of Biden’s executive orders, every illegal alien who crosses the border, every humiliating defeat on the world stage, every assault on the middle class and every betrayal of our allies is a reminder that we are still living through the Obama nightmare.

Obama’s presidency was historic. This is its true history.

“Barack Obama’s True Legacy: How He Transformed America,” edited by Jamie Glazov, is available at the WND Superstore at a discounted price.

Daniel Greenfield is an investigative journalist and Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Jamie Glazov is the editor of FrontpageMag.com, is the author of “United in Hate” and “Jihadist Psychopath,” and the host of the web-tv show, “The Glazov Gang.”

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7 Miraculous Benefits of Praying in Tongues

 6:00AM EDT 6/29/2023 JAMES LASHER - CHARISMA NEWS

In a world full of uncertainties and challenges, believers seek ways to strengthen their faith, connect with God on a deeper level and engage in effective prayer.

One practice that holds profound significance within Christian communities is praying in tongues.

Rooted in biblical teachings and embraced by many believers, this spiritual gift offers a range of benefits that enhance prayer lives and contribute to spiritual growth.

Isaiah Saldivar discusses seven spiritual benefits to praying in tongues:

Spirit-Led Prayer for Uncertain Times

Praying in tongues allows believers to engage in spirit-led prayer, even when they struggle to find the right words. According to Romans 8:26, the Holy Spirit intercedes on their behalf, aligning their prayers with God's perfect will. This supernatural language becomes a conduit for expressing the deepest needs and desires, enabling believers to seek guidance and strength during times of uncertainty.

Edification and Strengthening of Faith

First Corinthians 14:4 highlights that speaking in tongues edifies the individual believer. Similar to how physical exercise strengthens the body, praying in tongues serves as spiritual exercise. It builds up the inner self, fortifies faith and deepens the believer's spiritual connection, creating a firm foundation for navigating life's challenges.

Deepening Intimacy with God

Praying in tongues fosters a profound and intimate relationship with God. As believers communicate with Him through this supernatural language, they experience a closeness that surpasses human understanding. Jude 1:20 encourages believers to build themselves up in their most holy faith and engage in prayer through the Holy Spirit, which includes the powerful practice of praying in tongues.

Empowering Spiritual Warfare

Drawing inspiration from Ephesians 6:18, praying in tongues becomes a potent weapon in the spiritual battles believers face. By engaging in strategic prayer under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, believers can intercede for others, counteract the schemes of the enemy and contribute to the spiritual well-being of both themselves and those around them.

"We are to pray in the spirit on all occasions," says Saldivar. "So when we pray in tongues we engage in strategic warfare and we can intercede, the Holy Spirit can come against those schemes of the enemy's in our life and other people's lives."

Receiving Divine Wisdom and Revelation

Praying in tongues opens the door to receiving divine wisdom and revelation. First Corinthians 2:10-11 teaches that the Holy Spirit searches the deep things of God, imparting insights and understanding that surpass human comprehension. Through this supernatural language, believers gain access to hidden truths and experience personal growth in their spiritual journeys.

Promoting Unity and Edifying Others

Praying in tongues promotes unity and edification within the body of Christ. First Corinthians 14:26 emphasizes the importance of believers coming together, each bringing their unique spiritual gifts, including tongues and interpretation, for the purpose of building up the church and fostering spiritual growth among its members. This practice creates a sense of shared purpose and community within the faith.

Obedience to the Word of God

The Bible encourages believers not to despise or forbid speaking in tongues. By embracing and allowing this spiritual gift, believers demonstrate their obedience to the Word of God. This obedience deepens their connection with God, aligns them with His plans and opens doors to greater spiritual blessings and experiences.

"We don't forbid speaking in tongues," explains Saldivar, "as we are speaking in tongues and praying in tongues we're being obedient to the Word of God."

By understanding and practicing the gift of praying in tongues within the context of biblical teachings, believers can tap into its transformative power. As they embrace the supernatural language of the Spirit, believers are equipped to navigate life's challenges and experience the abundant blessings God has in store for them. 

James Lasher is Staff Writer for Charisma Media.

Mario Murillo Ministries Makes All-Out Assault on Satan and Our Woke Culture

 7:00AM EDT 6/29/2023 MARIO MURILLO - CHARISMA NEWS

Building equipment for Murillo's tent crusades. (Mario Murillo Ministries)

This is supposed to be the worst of times for mass soul winning in America. Experts armed with statistics paint a dire picture.

They label the gospel hate speech, and they say, "No one wants to hear the gospel!" They also point to widespread abuse of signs and wonders, and say that miracles have fallen into disrepute. Yet these are the two things we emphasize.

The threats levelled at us and other outreach ministries are at an all-time high. Woke outlets—in no uncertain terms—tell us to shut up and stay out of their cities.

The picture Christian experts paint is just as gloomy as what is coming from the secular media. These "experts" recommend that the church should just hunker down and ride out the storm. They warn against straight and clear gospel preaching. Woke churches take it a step further and publicly oppose soul winning.

How then can you explain what God is doing in our midst? God is doing everything they say cannot be done. The Holy Spirit—like a sniper—is picking off every lie of the experts and exposing the false limitations that that hinder the modern church.

The general public—the real people—want to hear the Word of God. They come early and in large numbers to hear it. Miracles flow in divine order and solely for the glory of God. Praise the Lord.

Because of those false limitations, some local churches are reluctant to join our efforts. But that does not stop the crowds from coming. And the churches who do join us are discovering what happens after a tent crusade is over.

The fire remains. The fruit remains. The fervor to win souls continues, and two additional sacred cows of Woke have been slain:

• They claim Christians are too lukewarm to volunteer. But as of today, 1,000 volunteers are making their way to Colorado Springs—at their own expense.
• They claim that young people are not interested. But Radiant church just reserved 250 seats for teenagers.

The great joy in life is serving God and doing what others say is impossible. We are glorifying God for this amazing moment.

Speaking of false limits: in the last 45 days we invested half a million dollars in soul winning equipment. No one does that unless they expect to win a massive harvest for years to come. We believe in the future of soul winning in America and so do our partners.

Not only did we get a 40,000 square foot tent that is 40 feet high—we also bought an arena sound system that can easily handle a crowd of 7,000. We purchased a video trailer and truck, tower lights; thousands of square feet of AstroTurf; 2,000 additional chairs; generators; three LED walls; and a 40-foot stage.

Some see gloom and doom. We believe in the Great Commission. We believe in the future of soul winning in America and so do our partners.

But it is not without intense warfare. You cannot encroach on the devil's territory without retaliation. We are truly experiencing what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 16:9:

"For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries."

I have never needed your prayers more than right now. But above all, we must thank and glorify God for the amazing work He is doing among us. We did not earn this. We do not deserve it. But we fall before God in total gratitude and adoration.

Hallelujah!

For the original article, visit our content partner at mariomurillo.org. 

Mario Murillo rose from poverty in the Mission District of San Francisco. After being revolutionized by Christ, he felt a call to evangelize at the University of California at Berkeley. The students rejected his efforts until a desperate prayer led to an unprecedented supernatural outpouring. Students started to report miraculous healings. After a four-day conference in San Jose, California, extended to six months, with nearly 250,000 people in attendance, he launched his international ministry. Since then Murillo's voice has been heard by millions around the world, bringing a message that zeroes in on the hurts of society and Christ's power to end addiction, racism, violence and disease.

Could This Move of God Reach 'Biblical Proportions?'

 10:00AM EDT 6/29/2023 DAVID HOFFMAN - CHARISMA NEWS

Revival in Guinea Bissau, a northwest African country. (Photo provided by David Hoffman)

In February 2023, the Asbury Revival made breaking news. It lasted close to two and a half weeks and was attended by over 70,000 people.

Now there is something that far exceeds what occurred in Asbury, and it could be argued that it is a move of God that borders on "biblical proportions."

This move of God is taking place in Guinea Bissau, a northwest African country. Somewhere near 70% of the population is Muslim. Only 11.7% of the country identifies as Christian. Right now, Islam is making a strong push for religious and cultural dominance, but at the same time God is moving powerfully.

Very recently, World Harvest, led by Evangelist Jacob Ebersole, held several outreach meetings across Guinea Bissau. I became aware of this recently through social media where I saw a video of thousands of young people storming the streets and singing praises to Jesus.

The most noteworthy testimony had to do with the president of the country, who is also a Muslim. When World Harvest's crusade stage was stuck at a neighboring country's border, the president of Guinea Bissau personally arranged for border security to make sure the stage equipment arrived safely to the capital city in time for the gospel crusade meetings.

It is truly a testament to the power of God that the Muslim president of the country personally saw to it that the crusade would begin on time. And if that was not shocking enough, he attended the first night of the gospel crusade.

With the current "Islamic evangelization" push into Guinea Bissau, Christianity could begin to diminish. Christians in the nation are taking this very seriously and are beginning to rise up in boldness to proclaim the gospel like never before. One example of this occurred after a simple prayer meeting on the crusade field when thousands of teenagers spontaneously began to take to the streets in the capital city of Bissau proclaiming the gospel and praising God from one end of the city to the other.

The first night of the crusade was a massive success.

"Thousands came far and wide to hear the gospel," Ebersole says. "Some even traveled in canoes and boats on rough waters from islands off the coast to be a part of this. I've never seen anything like it before. We've had the privilege of being on the front row witnessing a move of God that seemed impossible at every turn. ... God is writing a story and it's not stopping."

Night after night, tens of thousands cried out to Jesus in repentance and faith at this crusade. There were over 18,477 documented decisions for Christ. There were thousands more that occurred in the day-to-day evangelization by local Christians.

After the first crusade, hundreds of young people spontaneously traveled to the next town for the next crusade. Many of them had no food or housing arranged, but they felt compelled by the Lord to go on a whim to help in the evangelization efforts. The next meeting was in a heavily Muslim city.

Many thought a gospel crusade in the Muslim city of Gabu during Ramadan would receive no attention from the locals, but people were shocked as hundreds of Muslims attended and cried out to Jesus.

How remarkable! In the West, our media and news consumption generally center around bad news. The gospel is good news. In our nation, it is easy to get excited about anything that seems to be even a spark of God moving. However, we should be ecstatic to see the Lord moving in other nations, especially nations that are unreached and dominated by other religions.

Immediately after Guinea Bissau, World Harvest did back-to-back campaigns in Zambia and Peru. Each campaign had powerful testimonies as well.

During the interview with Ebersole, he told me that World Harvest is planning their first ever American gospel crusade that will be taking place in 2024 in South Carolina.

For more information about this event, connect with World Harvest at https://worldharvest.global/. 

David Hoffman is an evangelist and the director of Kingdom Enterprises, an outreach and evangelism ministry in Tucson, Arizona. His passions are to reach the lost with the gospel of Jesus Christ, ignite a passion for evangelism within the lives of believers and help equip them to live Spirit-filled and Spirit-empowered lives.

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TODAY'S HEADLINES

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL – JUNE 29, 2023 We Are Fully Persuaded By David Wilkerson

Abraham didn’t stagger in his faith. Rather, he was “fully convinced that what he had promised he was also able to perform” (Romans 4:21, NKJV).  He recognized that God is able to work with nothing. Indeed, our Lord created the world from a void. With just a single word, he creates. In the same way, he can create miracles for us out of nothing. When all else fails, when your every plan and scheme has been exhausted, that is the time for you to cast everything on God. It is the time for you to give up all confidence in finding deliverance anywhere else. When you are ready to believe you will see God not as a potter who needs clay, but as a creator who works from nothing. Out of nothing that is of this world or its materials, God will work in ways you could never have conceived. How serious is the Lord about our believing him in the face of impossibility? We find the answer to this question in the story of Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist. Zacharias was visited by an angel who told him that his wife, Elisabeth, would give birth to a special child. Zacharias, well advanced in years, refused to believe it. God’s promise alone was not enough for him. Zacharias answered the angel,  “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years” (Luke 1:18).  Simply put, he considered the impossibilities. He was saying, “This isn’t possible. You’ve got to prove to me how it will happen.” It didn’t sound reasonable. Zacharias’ doubts displeased the Lord. The angel told him,  “But behold, you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time” (Luke 1:20). The message is clear. God expects us to believe him when he speaks. Likewise, Peter wrote,  “Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to him in doing good, as to a faithful creator” (1 Peter 4:19).

"THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE"

 Today's devotional reading for:

Thursday, Jun 29, 2023

Henry Drummond

“… but the greatest of these is love.”

— 1 Corinthians 13:13

How is your love life? Or put differently, is yours a life of love? Today I’d like to focus on a man who exemplified Christian love. Henry Drummond, a nineteenth-century Scottish evangelist and writer, influenced lives wherever he went. He’s perhaps best known for his book entitled The Greatest Thing in the World, an exposition on the Love Chapter of 1 Corinthians.

Drummond discovered that the most important thing he could do in life was to learn to love. He set his heart and mind and soul on this goal. In learning to love, he became one of the most influential men of his time. He always kept company with a myriad of people, from well-known citizens to unconventional, vagrant bohemians. Everyone was his type of person. Dwight L. Moody said that most Christians make an occasional sojourn into the thirteenth chapter of 1 Corinthians, but Henry Drummond seemed to live in that chapter all his life, and it poured out from his pores. His love for others radiated from his face.

Have you made the joyful discovery that the greatest thing in the world is to give love (not to get it)? When we look back on our lives, we will see that in our moments of selfless giving, our lives took on their truest significance. Compared with all other things, love stands out as the greatest. But we cannot share this love on our own; we must receive it from Him who is love. Ask God to fill you with His love so that you might share it with others. Pray that His love would flow from you in all that you do.

“Love is life, and lovelessness is death.”
Frances Paget

Elimination Of Nation State Veto Takes EU Closer To United States Of Europe

In what may be the beginning of the end for European nations, Germany and France are determined to reform national rights, including the EU right of veto, this year. The debate has caused a stir in recent months, and in recent weeks, the measure has been put back on the agenda.

France and Germany are convinced that a large-scale institutional reform of the European Union, including the abolition of the veto on European Council votes, could be achieved this year, French EU Affairs Minister Laurence Boone and German Minister of State Anna Lührmann told Euractiv.

"This is one of the options we want to explore in order to maintain our position as a global player with the EU's common foreign and security policy," Lührmann said. He added that "it would be an important signal in other policy areas if we were to move to qualified majority voting already this year" and expressed confidence that this would happen.

The two ministers said that both countries consider it important to abolish unanimous voting in the European Council in areas such as foreign policy and taxation before the enlargement of the European Union. This could mean, for example, that Brussels would be able to implement a flat tax rate across the EU or even involve itself more deeply in the war, both moves that Hungary has rejected and in some cases even deployed its veto to stop.

Paris and Berlin claim abolishing the veto is a change that is possible without amending the EU treaties, a point hotly contested by a number of European parties, as it would not only give Brussels enormous power but also the largest states, such as Germany and France. This would subsequently allow for the EU to enact a liberal immigration policy, green rules and various other progressive goals without any hindrance from Hungary and other smaller, conservative nations.

The introduction of qualified majority voting would remove the veto on foreign policy issues, which would mean that only 15 of the 27 member states -- representing 65 percent of the EU's population -- would have to agree to make particularly important foreign and defense policy decisions affecting the EU as a whole.

Laurence Boone told Euractiv that this would be "an important step toward greater integration and efficiency."

However, the nature of such a system would favor countries with larger populations, such as France or Germany, while smaller states, such as Hungary, would lose the opportunity to have a say in EU decision-making.

Abolishing the principle of unanimity -- in those areas where it still exists -- for votes in the European Council would be tantamount to taking away the sovereignty of Poland and other smaller states. Ryszard Legutko, a member of the European Parliament from Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, has previously spoken about this. 

However, Polish President Andrzej Duda has also been a scathing critic of the proposal. He stated that "it would be wrong for any member state to blackmail the others, including the EU candidate countries, by blocking further enlargement of the community if its hegemonic demands are not met."

The Polish president noted that the founding principle of the EU was brotherhood and cooperation to ensure peace and economic development. For this to be possible, Duda said, "All countries must have a say on key issues affecting the development of the Community so that they feel that there is justice within the Community and that no country imposes its will at the expense of others by using institutional means."

Herbert Kickl, president of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), currently the most popular party in Austria, believes that Brussels' aim is to create a centralist superstate in which member states increasingly lose their importance and self-determination

"They want to take more and more powers away from the nation states and transfer them to Brussels to create a United States of Europe over the heads of its citizens," said Kickl.

Former President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has suggested Europe transform itself into what he called a "superpower" that could act as a "global security power". He went on to say, "the Americans, to whom we owe much... will not ensure the security of the Europeans in the long term. We have to do this ourselves and the only way forward is to combine our forces and strengthen not only our capacity, but also our will to act".

French leader Emmanuel Macron has long championed a greater European political community and has been calling for a "true European army" since he took power. 

Armin Laschet of Germany said recently that Europe must be strengthened "such that we never have to leave it up to Americans.

The idea of an EU army to defend Europe has been around since the days of Churchill and seems to be revived every decade.  While most attempts have failed there are many followers of Bible Prophecy who see the potential for a future 10 nation alliance or 10 leader/council out of Europe to fulfill the prophecies of the Book of Daniel & Revelation (the Beast of Revelation) and become the seat of power for the Antichrist on his way to global domination.

Some have speculated about whether these prophecies in Revelation refer to 10 nations, 10 world regions, or simply 10 leaders. When the European Union first emerged and eventually grew to 10 member nations, prophecy students were sitting up and taking notice, until the EU grew past 10 nations (current EU members total 27 nations). Then the excitement died down considerably as Europe failed to demonstrate any united military capability.

Now with talk of a fresh desire to consolidate European political power into a more united bloc, people are starting to pay attention again.  Especially as it coincides with so many other important prophetic events happening such as the shadow war between Iran & Israel, efforts to rebuild the Third Temple, the advancement of technology that could fulfill the mark of the beast, natural disasters, the global impact of disease, a potential economic crisis/reset and the list goes on and on. 

There are more questions and speculation than anything else at this point regarding the future of the European Union but with so many prophetic events converging at this time it is time to be paying attention more now than ever before.  We know from scripture a final world empire ruled by the Antichrist will emerge.  It is only a matter of how and when.

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