Needed: A Viable Plan to Rescue the World

Fifty years from the end of World War II, not only Europe but the whole world still needs to be rescued from numerous evil influences. How and from where will that deliverance come? by John Meakin

The Marshall Plan, inaugurated 50 years ago this April, provided a necessary impetus toward integrating the free nations of Western Europe. It did this by providing massive aid, conditioned only on Europe planning her own collective recovery. With the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the nations of Eastern Europe can now also pursue their destiny. Several of them have applied to join an enlarged North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Community. In doing so they are returning to their roots. The vision of a free, undivided and peaceful Europe remains a cornerstone of American foreign policy. Many observers believe prospects for peace and widespread prosperity have never held more promise. But could events and circumstances yet derail this rosy world vision? Does Bible prophecy provide any clues? What can we expect for America and Europe in the years ahead? The answers are shocking and sobering. They deserve our urgent attention. The danger within On June 5, 1997, 50 years to the day after George Marshall's speech at Harvard University's commencement exercises outlined a visionary plan to rebuild a shattered and divided Europe, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright delivered a visionary and comprehensive commencement address of her own on that campus. It was a speech worthy of her predecessor. In her address Secretary Albright appealed for a wider vision than just focusing on Western Europe, as George Marshall had done (see "Excerpts" to the right). The world is an interconnected community facing more-diverse threats than those that occupied Secretary Marshall's generation. Mrs. Albright attempted to galvanize American leadership to complete the Marshall vision on a grander scale-the whole of Europe and every continent. She reminded America that it must heed the lessons of the past to provide adequate world leadership. She said America must invest the resources to keep itself economically, militarily and politically strong. She also referred to threats to that vision. Read the full article at www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn15/rescueworld.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Table of Contents that includes "Needed: A Viable Plan to Rescue the World" Other Articles by John Meakin Kingdom of God - need for: _Chaotic Start to a New Century _Praying More Than Ever _Making Sense of a Fragmenting World _A Knock at the Door _Restoration: Will We Heed the Warning? _How Close Are We to the End of This Age? _No More Tears _Choosing a Future Over Fear _Waiting to Be Picked _Refreshing News: God's Government Is Coming! _A Return to Eden: When Hunger and Disease Disappear _What the World Tomorrow Will Be Like _A 45-Year-Old Dream With Shades of Eternity _'Even So, Come, Lord Jesus!' _Crisis on the World Scene _First the Good News _Threats to Physical Survival _'One of the Lucky Ones' _Coming: An End to Suffering _The Coming Age of Grace _Coming: God's Solutions to the World's Problems _Know Jesus, Know Peace _"Waiting on the World to Change" _The End of War, Terror and Other Bad Stuff _A Return to Eden: An End to Hunger and Disease _Good Government and Politics _Man is a Wolf to Man _The Wonderful World Beyond Today! Part 3, Refreshing News: God's Government Is Coming! _The Wonderful World Beyond Today! Part 5, The End of Hunger and Disease: Return to Eden _What's Wrong With Our Governments? _Searching for a New Global Order Search Our Site Key Subjects Index General Topics Index Biblical References Index Good News Magazine Index Booklets and All Literature Index Home Page of this site