
SIGNIFICANT
21st CENTURY PEOPLE & ORGANISATIONS.
A list of prominent
people & organisations affecting the world’s direction
~
and your future!
FIRST;
A NOTE ABOUT WELL-KNOWN LEADERS, FROM THE BIBLICAL VIEW.
All
leaders, good & bad only have their position of leadership &
some ‘power’ because the God of Heaven, has allowed them
this honour. We learn this from the Bible in the stories of many
kings or leaders of what we now call the Middle East. From Egyptian
Pharaohs, to kings of Assyria, Babylon, Persia and of course many
leaders & kings of Israel.
One
day they will ALL have to give account to the Sovereign LORD
God.
Leaders, only have their position because God has
permitted it.
Psalm 75; verses 1 - 7 remind us, "We
give thanks to You O GOD,
We give thanks for Your Name is near.
[Available to all who want to know Him.]
“Men tell
of Your wonderful deeds.
You say, ‘I choose the appointed
time. It is I Who judge uprightly’.
When the Earth &
all its people quake, it is I Who hold its pillars firm.
To the
arrogant I say, ‘’Boast no more!’
And to the
wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.’ [‘Antlers’
of sheer arrogance.]
“No one from the East, or
from the West, or from the desert can exalt a man.
But it is
God who judges; HE brings one down, HE exalts another."
These
days, with fast and frequent news items at our finger-tips we know
more about the leaders of the world, (that in many cases), have
enormous influence over millions of people!
We
would suggest that rather than pray for some Leaders, who we know are
bent on evil plans, perhaps we should pray for the people who are
affected by their decisions.
This
especially means Christians under persecution, & vulnerable women
& children.
But also, it is clear that plans &
decisions of Leaders &
Groups of leaders are already
fulfilling
Biblical Prophecy by relying on human wisdom
in their own serious & subtle ways.
Please
note; we have listed names (only) of the most prominent Leaders
in this article, but have written longer profiles of some of the most
influential Leaders and ‘One
World Groups’ (which are significant
organisations) in separate articles, in this section of ‘Dates
& People.’ Please read them!
LEADERS
OF SOME WORLD WIDE ORGANISATIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE GLOBE.
In
this connection, we can think of:
A.
Religious Leaders.
POPE BENEDICT; leader of the Roman Catholic Church, with millions of members.
THE DALAI LAMA; defacto Leader of many branches of Humanistic/new Age religions, such as Buddhism, Shintoism, Hinduism, Animism, etc.
Bishop SWING & Sir James LOVELOCK & Others promoting an ‘Interfaith’ One World Religion, such as the ‘Gaia Hypothesis’. [See more notes below.]
PAT ROBERTSON & MANY CHURCH/ CHRISTIAN PREACHERS; often-representing evangelical, protestant Christians of many denominations.
ORTHODOX CHURCH LEADERS, of Greek, Russian, Armenian, Assyrian Churches.
Rev. Dr. Samuel KOBIA, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.
IMAMS & SHIEKS of the sections of ISLAM, with 1 billion followers.
Prominent leaders of CHRISTIAN CULTS, such as Sun Myung MOON, Etc.
B. Political Leaders of NATIONS in World Organisations. [See details of these below.]
U.N.O. United Nations Organisation, Secretary General, 1.1.2007. BAN Ki-MOON.
[British] Commonwealth of Nations, (53), General Secretary, Don McKINNON.
WTO, World Trade Organisation, (est. 1999), Director-General, Pascal LAMY.
IMF, International Monetary Fund, Managing Director, Dominique Straus-Kahn.
WBG, World Bank Group, President Robert Zoellick.
W.E.F. World Economic Forum, under supervision of Swiss Federal Government.
OIC, Organisation if Islamic Conferences, Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU.
C. Non-Religious, Non-Governmental Leaders of (new) Cultural/ civilization-saving Groups, with the aim of improving & ‘saving’ this Planet Earth from disaster.
Maurice Strong – Formerly an official in the UNO & confidant of Former General- Secretary, Kofi Anan. He is the initiator of the programme called ‘Agenda 21’ and the specific launch of the ‘Earth Charter’ in 1992 at the Earth Summit attended by 179 nations. From this was established ‘The Earth Council’ of 23 representatives. He is the author of ‘Our Global neighbourhood’. [See web site here.]
Mikhail Gorbachev – Founder of ‘Green Cross’ Int’l, & ‘The Gorbachev Foundation’ to raise money for various causes. He also helped Maurice Strong write ‘The Earth Charter’. [For more info. see web sites here.]
Robert Muller, An Assistant Gen. Sec of the UNO & Chancellor of the ‘UNO University of Peace’.
Kofi Anan – Former Gen. Sec of UNO, & now involved with the ‘AoC’. [More details here.]
Ex-President William J. Clinton, Founder of the ‘Clinton Global Initiative’. [More here.]
Al Gore – Author of influential book & film about the imagined danger to the Planet of ‘Global Warming’, called ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ which has influenced thousands.
Sir James Lovelock – Initiator of the ‘Gaia Hypothesis’ – a Humanistic, religious concept inspiring a large proportion of environmentalists.
Rt. Rev. Bishop William E. Swing – Bishop for 25 years as the 7th Bishop of California, USA, & minister of Grace Cathedral. Initiator of the ‘United Religions Initiative’. See web site here.
Steven Rochefeller – influential member of the Club of Rome.
Prince Al Bin Talal Hassan of Jordan – A prominent ‘Inter-Faith’ advocate.
A
list of the influential members of ‘The Club of Rome’ can
be seen here.
[It
is worth noting that there are secular groups such as PGA, (Peoples’
Global Action) that do not agree with globalisation, &
organisations such as the IMF, WTO, G8, etc.
These are the ones
who organise large protests at various regional or Int’l
meetings.]
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MOST
PROMINENT GROUPS of NATIONS.
‘G8’
Most Industrialised Nations, Britain, Canada, France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, United States & Russia.
Non-aligned
Nations, a group of nations that feel they are left outside the
influence of the above nations, & other groupings. Many are in
Africa & South America.
African Union of the 53
greater & smaller nations of this war ravaged, but potentially
wealthy continent. A part of the world not to be ignored!
Commonwealth of Nations, is a global grouping of 52
Nations with allegiance to the Queen of England. Most are
democracies, previously part of the British ‘Empire’.
Organisation of American States. Mainly trading
association of North & South Americas.
Shanghai
Co-operation Organisation. A relatively new (’96)
emerging power bloc, led by China & Russia & some Central
Asian States; with Iran & some others, being given only ‘Observer
Status’ at present. Just by size & population very
significant! Is anti-USA in theory.
Arab League, a
grouping of 22 Arab nations, in the Middle East. (Part only of the
OIC).
Organisation
of Islamic Conferences is a voluntary
coming together of 57 Islamic Nations. [For more detail on this
powerful organisation, see www.oic.oci.org] They number 1.5 billion.
Association of South East Asian Nations, [ASEAN]
Significant leader is Lee Kuan Yew, ex-president of Singapore, a
very capable politician. Ten Countries involved; Australia, N.Z.,
China, South Korea, Indonesia [World’s largest Muslim nation],
Philippines, Japan, & other Island nations. Linked at present by
Trade.
A powerful grouping as it includes China, with a
population of over 1 Bln!
Europe
Union. A gradual re-uniting of
the many nations in this continent, which was once unified by
religious affiliation to the Catholic Empire, then disintegrated into
many separate nation states, before and after the Second World War.
It is now emerging as a counter to the United States of America, with
its own currency & partially accepted Constitution.
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European Union LEADER, Javier SOLANA,
[27 countries are now part of the E.U.]
1. The
General Secretary of the ‘Council of Europe’ (& main
architect over many years.)
2. E.U’s 1st High Representative
for Common Foreign Policy. This gives him the power to act on behalf
of all the E.U. nations - & in an emergency - without
consultation…
3. Secretary of the ‘Neighbourhood
Partnership Policy’ whereby M.E. Nations are involved with the
E.U. This includes 11 M.E. nations adjacent to Europe, including
Israel for Trade.
E.U.Commissioner for External Relations, is (Ms)
Benita Ferrero-Waldner.
Presidency of the E.U. is on a rotating
basis of different nations out of the 27+.
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MOST
PROMINENT LEADERS OF INDIVIDUAL NATIONS.
[We only list some
as they relate to the fulfilments of Scripture, & the destiny of
the Middle East & Israel.] These* are members of the
permanent Security Council of the UNO.
China *, President HU Jintao.
France *: President SARKOZY [Elected 2007.]
Russia *: President Dmitry MEDVEDEV. Prime Minister Vladimir PUTIN.
United Kingdom *: Prime Minister, Gordon BROWN
United States of America *, President George W. BUSH
Germany, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Angela MERKEL; Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Some Other Prominent Leaders as given below.
REGIONAL
GROUPS OF NATIONS.
North America
U.S.A.
-
President George W. BUSH., Secretary of State; Dr Condoleeza
RICE.; U.S. Secretary of Defence, Robert
GATES.
Canada
-
Prime
Minister, Stephen Harper; Foreign Minister, Peter MacKay.
Asia
China
- President HU Jintao; P.M. Wen Jiabo
Pakistan
- President General Pervez MUSHARRAF.
India
- President, Pratibha PATIL, [1st woman President.], Prime Minister,
Manmohan SINGH.
South
Korea - President ROH MUU HYUN.
North
Korea - Kim Jong- Ill –
(Called, ‘Dear Leader.”)
Japan
- P.M. Shinzo ABE.
Also a number of other Asian
nations you will know - we cannot list all of them here.
Middle
East most prominent Leaders:
Jordan
- KING
ABDULLAH II. [Became Monarch on his Father’s death.]
Saudi
Arabia - KING ABDULLAH. [By
family succession.]
Palestine Liberation
Organisation (PLO) - Politburo Head, Khaled MASHAAL.
Palestine Authority -
PRESIDENT ABBAS. [Elected by Palestinians.]
[Other people involved
in leadership roles are not settled, in 2007.]
Egypt
- PRESIDENT
Muhammed Hosni MUBARAK. [Elected, but has held
office tenaciously, son may follow as next President.]
Syria
- PRESIDENT Bashar al-ASSAD. [Took office on the death of his
father.]; Foreign Minister, Mualem, Deputy President, Farouk
al-SHAR’A
Libya -
PRESIDENT, Coln. Ahmed Gadafi al-Dam.
Iran
- PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD. But, Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali
KHAMENEI.
Iraq - PRESIDENT
NOURI- al- MALAKI.
Lebanon -
PRESIDENT Emile LAHOUD, PRIME MINISTER, Fouad SINIORI.
Africa
Some
53 nations, in the largest continent, & 3rd largest population
with great wealth, often mismanaged, plus wars, AIDs & famines
resulting in millions of deaths, poverty & persecution of
Christians. A continent, which cannot be ignored.
President
of the African Union - Olusegun OBASINJO.
South
America, another continent with
natural resources, but conflicts of many kinds.
President
of the Organisation of American States
[Nth & Sth] - Jose Miguel INSULZA.
Oceania/
South East Asia
Australia
- Prime Minister Kevin RUDD.
Philippines
- President Gloria ARROYO.
Indonesia
- President Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO.
New
Zealand - Prime Minister Helen Clark
Many
smaller Island Nations - Papua N.G, Solomon
Islands, Fiji, Tonga, & others.
North American
Alliance: Canada, USA & Mexico.
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POSSIBLE
FUTURE GROUPINGS OF NATIONS, [‘POWER BLOCS’],
Who’s
LEADERS maybe/could be - THE
‘TEN KINGS/ HORNS’
written about in REVELATION 17:
3,12,16, & chapter 18,
that will support A ONE WORLD SUPREME
LEADER, ‘THE ANTI-CHRIST’,
who will be TOTALLY AGAINST
THE ETERNAL GOD’S MESSIAH, JESUS CHRIST.
[These are only
our suggestions based on the
emerging groups of nations, even now.]
1.
Africa, the continent of many different
nations & ethnic groups.
2. ‘Arabia’,
might include all ‘Arab’ nations,
(plus other large ethnic groups), Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran,
Saudi Arabia, Gulf States, [Kuwait, U.A.E. Qatar, Bahrain,] and
Yemen.
3. North America, [USA
& Canada], & Mexico.
4.South America, Argentina,
Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.
5.
Central Asia, Afghanistan, Burma, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India,
Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, & Vietnam. (Also well over 1.5 billion
people).
6. China. [Has the largest population of any
nation in the world, over 1 billion people.]
7. Southeast
Asia, Indonesia/Borneo, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Philippines.
8.
Europe, 27 nations.
9. Oceania, Australia, Fiji,
New Zealand, Polynesia, Micronesia, & all Island states in
Pacific.
10. Russian Federation (includes
nearby States.)
From
a Biblical, Christian perspective future ‘End time’
Leaders will be very significant!
We refer especially to ‘the
False-messiah’ or ‘Antichrist’ & those
who support him, especially a powerful ‘False Prophet’,
as well as “10 kings” or powerful leaders.
Whichever
groups the ‘kings’ or leaders will represent, it is clear
that the entire world will one day, (through their Leaders), give
their allegiance to the False-messiah/Antichrist, so enabling him to
rule the world his evil way. [See Revelation 13 & 17.]
Some
of these Leaders could be alive now, though we do not know who they
are.
We do NOT believe ISRAEL will be represented by any
of the above.
This
is because we believe they will have recognised that ADONAI Yeshua is
their only King, so they will have a separate treaty/covenant with
the False Messiah.
This will be because - at a certain
point of time - as a result of a seemingly final threat of
annihilation from the huge Magog Army, (as described in Ezekiel 36
–39) Israel will become a HOLY NATION before the whole world,
and then refuse to come under the control of the
False-messiah, also called the Antichrist, claiming to be a great
‘saviour’!
(It is the world control of this man
that is being prepared for by the joint efforts of ‘The
Earth Council’ & The Association of Civilisations, &
related Groups.)[See our next study on ‘One World Government
Groups’.]
It is known that the False-messiah will make a
separate treaty/agreement with the renewed nation of
Israel;ordering every Jew to return to a greatly enlarged ‘Holy
Land’, (as originally promised by the God of Israel), &
will agree to them building the third Temple.[Please see our study on
Israel’s
Glorious Future.]
ISRAEL’
LEADERS during the 1st decade of the 21st
Century.
Bible reading
Believers have a special interest in Leaders in Israel,
such
as the President of Israel, Shimon PERES
&
P.M. Ehud OLMERT, & Vice-P.M. (Ms) Tzipi LIVNI,
because they
are the God permitted Leaders at present, of His chosen nation of
Israel.
It is even possible God will allow ‘weak’
leadership to emerge in the next few years of this 21st Century, in
order to facilitate the false peace prior to the Ezekiel War later on
where they will realise they desperately need ADONAI,
alone!
Somehow as Scripture indicates, this tiny nation
will continue to draw the focus of the rest of the world, because of
the SPIRITUAL battle they represent, of who is really the
Supreme God of this world. We can literally see fulfillment of the
words of the Prophet Zechariah, (in chapter 12.)
“This
is the Word of the LORD concerning Israel.
ADONAI, Who stretches
out the Heavens, Who lays the foundation of the Earth,
& Who
forms the spirit of man within him, declares:
I am going to
make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples
reeling.”
God will work out His purposes of
blessing for Israel, in
His way, and in His time, dealing
with any enemies who come against her.
This will be for the
fulfilments of His promises & for the Glory of His own great
Name!
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The
‘pieces’ of final foretold events, Jesus & the
prophets warned us of, and faithfully recorded in the Holy Bible, are
gradually becoming more evident every passing month.
May God
give us wisdom, humility & grace to discern what we need to, as
we turn our ‘watching’ into prayer & holy living for
Jesus/Yeshua our Saviour & God.
One of our favourite
sayings is, "no-one can be better than their source of
information."
This is why we Evangelical Believers have a
concern to understand the trends in our times, preparing ourselves
to discover & live by God’s pure values even when
they are different from the “unwisely tolerant”, yet
often inconsistent ‘values’ of the Humanistic
world view.
For this reason we strongly recommend you view
the articles on
www.green-agenda.com,
also our next article, ‘One
World Groups’.
We
would like to repeat, that the information we share with you,
is
not offered in a dogmatic way, but simply to help us all become
aware of the dangerous times ahead, until the
Glorious Return
of the Prince of Peace, our Lord Jesus/Yeshua/Yasuo, to Earth!
May
we determine more than ever to be on His side, no matter what
the costs.