Governments

"And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people" (Daniel 2:44).

In this section, find out more about the governments of the world, their prophesied role in future events and the final government that will supersede them all.

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World News and Trends: The real significance of Hong Kong

The Hong Kong handover is being interpreted in at least two ways.
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World News and Trends: European Army or NATO?

Romano Prodi, nominated for president of the European Commission, has called for the creation of a European army as the next logical step in Europe's integration.
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World News and Trends: German-American ties unraveling?

The relationship between Germany and America that held the Atlantic alliance together for nearly 50 years is in a sad state of disrepair, according to diplomats and politicians.
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World News and Trends- The British election: What next?

Many were stunned at the magnitude of the Labour Party victory in the British national election May 1.
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Africa: Still the Heart of Darkness?

Why is Africa, an enormous continent blessed with great wealth, plagued with such pervasive problems? When will it find solutions?
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Small Can Be Dangerous!

Small nations sometimes must be dependent on large nations but that isn't the only path.
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Behind the Headlines... Israel: Small but Significant

"This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries all around her"- (Ezekiel 5:5, New Revised Standard Version).
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World News and Trends: Soviet fall hits population hard

The collapse of the U.S.S.R. has led to major social changes and a potentially major population decline, according to observers.
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World News and Trends: Monarchy under fire

As we approach Century 21 we see a world exceedingly troubled by national strife and political instability. Long-standing institutions come under increasingly severe scrutiny by entertainers and journalists.
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World News and Trends: Peace in whose time?

The Stockholm Institute for Peace Research is celebrating a world without war between sovereign nations.
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World News and Trends: Pope discusses evolution

Nearly 140 years after the publication of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, the pope has recently written about the theory of evolution.
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World News and Trends: British rule over Gibraltar threatened

At the beginning of 1947 most of the British Empire was still intact, but the next 40 years saw a rapid unraveling of the empire on which it once could be said the sun never set. Threatened now are its...
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World News and Trends: Conflict sharpens over European Middle East role

In the first half of this century European involvement figured heavily in the Middle East during both world wars and their aftermath.
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World News and Trends: Bacteria, parasites, viruses threatening U.S. water

Microscopic waterborne organisms are replacing potential cancer-causing chemicals as the primary threat to drinking water in some U.S. cities, according to health officials.
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World News and Trends: Northern Irish peace also in jeopardy

The situation in Northern Ireland fares no better than that of the Middle East.
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World News and Trends: Middle East peace process in deep trouble

Arab-Israeli dispute continues to grow, leaving little room for peace talks.
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England's Growing Isolation

As the nations of mainland Europe become tightly bound together politically, economically and militarily, what are the consequences of England's more-independent path?
Close up of daisies in the grass - How World Peace Will Come
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How World Peace Will Come

God has promised us 1,000 years of peace. Yet human efforts to achieve enduring peace have always failed. Here is the amazing story of how God will usher in a golden age of lasting peace for all mankind.
Men holding guns in a row - World News and Trends: New Three-Pronged Axis on the
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World News and Trends: New Three-Pronged Axis on the Rise in Europe?

From Europe to the environment, here's a look at the latest headlines and their significance from a Biblical standpoint.
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World News and Trends: The Environment in Retreat

In spite of some notable successes here and there in the world, the public often has the uneasy, even unspoken, feeling that we are gradually losing ground in the war against pollution and environmental damage to our precious planet.
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