World News and Prophecy

World News and Prophecy was published from 1998 to 2011 by the United Church of God. It was created to look at world events from a Biblical perspective and give insight on what is happening in the world. If you're interested in these back issues, you should also check out the World News and Prophecy section of the Beyond Today magazine.

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Europe and the Church, Part 6: The First of the Seven Mountains on Which the Woman Sits

After the uprooting of the three little horns (Daniel 7:8), with the growing power of the papacy, Europe was now set to witness the first attempted restoration of imperial Rome under the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian. This was to be...

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Compromising With Morality

Even more serious and dangerous than our financial shortcomings is the American attitude of compromise toward sexual morality.

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Is America Living Up to God's Standards?

The Bible is clear about basic morality. How is the United States doing?

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Restoration: The Wealth of a Nation

Pray for a restoration of true thanksgiving toward God, the source of every nation's wealth.

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What Will the Next President Face? - Part 1

In the days of biblical Israel a king had various advisers in his court to advise him how to run the nation based on the Word of God. Samuel guided Saul. Nathan counseled David. The prophet Isaiah brought God's will...

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World News and Prophecy: November 2008

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The Bible and Joe the Plumber

Are you "Joe the Plumber"?

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What Makes This Crisis Different?

For America, the handwriting is on the wall. It may soon no longer be the leader of the global economy that it has been since the end of World War II.

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What's Behind America's Economic Crisis?

It is a long and complicated trail backwards to understand the source and cause of this present crisis.

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What Have We Learned From 9/11?

No one knew the day or hour when terrorists would strike at the heart of America. Christ, the revelator, is telling us no one will know the exact time of His return.

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World News and Prophecy: September - October 2008

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Lessons from President Lincoln

It takes vision to see beyond the moment and focus clearly on the promise of the future.

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Sin Has a High Price, Part 2

Most people today, even those who attend a weekly church service, do not want to be told their personal behavior violates a higher spiritual law that is unbending in its expectations.

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The Rapture: A Popular but False Doctrine

The rapture, often called "the blessed hope," is sadly more hoax than hope, even though the man who started it had no intention of deceiving anyone. You need to know what the Bible actually says!

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Not by Might or by Power

The ideal of a "peaceable kingdom" has held men's imaginations for centuries. Many efforts have been made to create this perfect utopia. How will it come—by human effort or by the power of God?

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Georgia on Moscow's Mind

The August miniwar between Russia and Georgia was not simply a local conflict about ethnic groups. It has huge implications for the NATO alliance and Europe's future energy security.

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Europe and the Church, Part 5: The Identity of the Little Horn

Who is the little horn of Daniel 7:8, the horn with "eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words"? Since this article is the fifth in a series that began in the May 2008 issue...

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Three of the First Horns Plucked Out by the Roots

In Daniel 7:8 the prophet Daniel writes: "I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots."

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This Is The Way Walk in It: Immanuel 'God Is With Us'

It is in the words of Michael Card's "Immanuel" that footsteps of "this is the way, walk in it" (Isaiah 30:21) guide us through life's joys or sorrows.

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Restoration: Enduring Words

This is the season in America for political speeches. But will the ideas match the times in which we live? Global economic uncertainty coupled with the changing perception of America's leadership role are threatening to create a world order quite...

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