Out of Sight—Out of Mind!

What is the European Union (EU)? This is not such a strange question when you realize that many, if not most, Americans are largely unaware of vitally important EU activities such as the signing of the new Treaty of Rome. Yet Bible prophecy shows that future events in Europe will shock America and the world—perhaps in the not-too-distant future.

by John Ross Schroeder

"The European Union does not exist on the American political landscape" (International Herald Tribune, Oct. 19, 2004). These are the stark words of Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University.

A previous Associated Press report from Brussels stated that "most Americans... acknowledged that they did not know much about the 25-nation European Union with 77% saying [in a Gallup Poll] they knew little or nothing" (International Herald Tribune, June 8, 2004).

However, as we shall soon discover in this article, ignorance of European affairs will not be bliss for any nation or its citizens.

Signing a new Treaty of Rome

By the time you read these words, leaders of the EU nations will have signed a brand-new Treaty of Rome (still to be ratified by individual members). You may recall the original Treaty of Rome created the six-nation European Economic Community; that has now grown into the 25-nation European Union.

Senior journalist Quentin Peel remarked that "the solemn ceremony is taking place in the Italian capital [Rome], where the founding treaty was signed in 1957" (The Financial Times, Oct. 14, 2004). The symbolic significance will not be lost on those who have watched the unfolding of events in Europe over four decades and more.

And we must not underestimate the Italian role in the European Union for the last five years. It was under Romano "Prodi's presidency that the EU has acquired a single currency, drawn up a constitution and picked up 10 new states" (The Sunday Times, Oct. 17, 2004).

Bible prophecy strongly indicates that the city of Rome will play a decisive future role in a European combine known in Scripture as "the beast." The book of Revelation tells us of the emergence of a vast end-time empire governed from a great city God labels "Babylon the Great" (Revelation 17:5,18).

Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0411/sightmind.htm

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