“The Alliance of Civilizations is a special project of the UN Secretary-General which seeks to counter the cultural and religious forces which can lead to extremism and polarization in society, and works to actively engage governments in support of civil society projects that help bring communities together. The Alliance has already developed a number of partnerships with US-based organizations, and the entry of the US government into the Alliance is expected to lead to greater participation by US-based academic and research institutions, NGOs, businesses, religious and media groups.”
News article: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00300.htm
Here is a quote from the website for the upcoming AoC forum in Rio:
“The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations seeks to address widening rifts between communities and societies by reaffirming a paradigm of mutual respect among peoples of different cultural and religious backgrounds and by helping to mobilize concerted action towards this end.”
Here is a pdf of the High Level Group Report. Pages 47-48 contain some goals.
Here’s the government announcement: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/05/141812.htm
Please check out Paul Latour’s analysis and commentary in the comments section.
Witnessing Encouragement 
Coming soon to a planet near you…New World Order.
Why does this not surprise me?
Maybe the extremely high percentage of professing Christians who do NOT actively share their faith outside the four walls of their churches has something to do with it.
Just a thought.
hi Paul,
Please expound on your comment about professing Christians and what they have to do with the US joining the AoC.
Coming to an AoC country near you: Laws and “strategies” in accordance with the AoC goals!
I’ve been watching the development of the AoC since 2005 and I believe this is a mechanism by which the new world order/ Beast /world /flesh/ devil /666/unregenerate man/ system will make war against the saints & those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus, as per Daniel, and Revelation.
Comments from the James the Just post added here:
The satanic world system (government and religion) will be outraged when we break the idolatry & blasphemy parts of their satanic/UN/Pharisee/Sanhedrin/ Talmud/Noahide Laws and Christians will be condemned to death for idolatry and blasphemy for confessing that Jesus Christ is God. It is just like what happened to Jesus. It shall be just as it happened to Him. It shall so be for us, just as He described in the Gospels and just as it was for the first century Roman empire Christians, the dark ages Christians, the Reformation Christians and the Christians currently in Muslim and Communist countries.
Declaring/confessing Jesus’ Divinity, Truth, Power and Authority, and devotion and worship to Him= death penalty under these Noahide laws. Look it up.
Praise to Lord Jesus! Stay close to Him, beloved brethren.
There is a reason why when we Christians are encouraged to go out and share our faith with the lost, the call to do so is usually extended with the words “while we still can”.
Why is that? Because we know our days to freely live out, publicly profess and promote our faith are numbered. In the name of “tolerance and peace”, the days of zero tolerance and war against our faith are making their way toward us.
The writing is on the wall. And how do we know that? The Bible tells us so. The process has been on a roll for a few decades now, slowly but surely, with God being removed from here, there and everywhere. And the pace seems to be quickening.
The recent act of the US government joining the UN founded so-called “Alliance of Civilizations” is yet another nut added to hold this monster machine together and keep it rolling.
It seems that the agenda and actions of the AoC are “initiatives” that will help pave the way toward the reality of a future one world government, with Christians being steamrolled under the asphalt along the way.
Based on the past history of God being shoved out of popular US culture, it should come as no surprise that the US government now wants to be a part of the paving crew, working on a road they believe will lead to “peace”, as defined by man, without the need, want or help of the God they are trying so desperately to rid of.
The UN statement is ambiguous gobbledegook:
“The Alliance of Civilizations is a special project of the UN Secretary-General which seeks to counter the cultural and religious forces which can lead to extremism and works to actively engage governments in support of civil society projects that help bring communities together.”
Here is how I read it:
“The Alliance of Uncivilized Nations is a special initiative of the UN Secretary-General and Satan which seeks to annihilate biblical Christian culture which can lead to submission under God, through Christ, and works to aggressively engage governments in support of forced initiatives that will help religious fence-sitters unify with those who are already eager to bow down and pay homage to the glory of man and the global leader to come.”
Just what does the UN mean by “special project”? Hitler’s plan to completely annihilate the Jewish race was deemed a “special project” as well.
How do they intend to “counter” the so-called cultural and religious “forces”? Is that a whiff of injustice and violence I smell in the air?
Will these hypocrites fight what they call “extremism” with extremism of their own?
You hit the nail on the head, Loretta, when you stated in your comment:
“I believe this is a mechanism by which the new world order/ Beast /world /flesh/ devil /666/unregenerate man/ system will make war against the saints & those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus, as per Daniel, and Revelation.”
That is exactly what this is all about! A coming new world order that will usher in the last of the last days with all that has been prophesied in God’s Word taking place, just as it has been written.
(It will be seemingly overwhelming when it happens, but thankfully, Christians have Revelation 19:11-21 to look forward to with full confidence.)
I also think it certain that in those times, the goats in sheep’s clothing (unregenerate persons who profess to be Christians) shall turn, run and adhere to the “laws and strategies” of the global governing body. They will actually join forces with the government and do battle against the true body of Christ and still call themselves “Christian”!
The sheep shall stay, face and fight the enemy and, by God’s grace, endure and prevail to the end, remaining faithful and obedient to King Jesus, the LORD, confident that the victory has already been won!
The Great Commission still stands. It always will, even though the squeeze against Christian freedom in this world is getting tighter and tighter.
For those of us who are genuine Christians, we, therefore, MUST continue to be out and about everywhere sharing the good news of the saving gospel of Jesus Christ with as many as people as possible, by whatever means the Holy Spirit gives us…”while we still can”.
That is not to say that when the public practice of Christianity is deemed illegal that the body of Christ will be crushed. No. If anything, as in past persecutions, the norm will be that the church shall grow.
And the spreading of the gospel will still be a priority call for Christians to practice, no matter the cost. It just may have to be done underground.
I’m not sure if this one world government will come to fruition in my lifetime. But if it does, I got my shovel at the ready, along with the company, strength and grace of our Lord who will help me and us all with the digging.
Glory to God! He reigns forever! Amen!
Thank you so much Paul, for your analysis and commentary. You nailed it!
from Mark 13
“But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them. 10“The gospel must first be preached to all the nations. 11“When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit. 12“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. 13“You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.
14“But when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. 15“The one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house; 16and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat. 17“But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 18“But pray that it may not happen in the winter. 19“For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will. 20“Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days. 21“And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ’; or, ‘Behold, He is there’; do not believe him; 22for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect. 23“But take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance.
“BEHOLD, I HAVE TOLD YOU EVERYTHING IN ADVANCE”
I believe with all my heart that it will be CHRISTIANS, that is , visible, professing
Christians, who are goats in sheeps clothing as Paul L. puts it, who are the ones to betray us to the nwo, as ones guilty of breaking the new global (international) hate/ speech/ thought / world peace laws.
I believe they (religious people who are supposedly Christians) will be “Judas” and the “Pharisees” and we will be as Jesus was, playing the role that He did, and we shall suffer the exact suffering
that He did, as far as the betrayal, the false court case, being guilty of treason/ idolatry/ blasphemy, and shall be handed over to the authorities
who shall put us to death (by beheading). That’s the way i see it going down.
Recently I’ve become aware of the Noahide laws. This is held in approval by our Govt, the UN, the Vatican, and it is a Talmudic (satanic- unbelieving) Rabbinical Jewish thing.
wow! We are guilty! These could be the laws by which the AoC is enforced.
check out this quote …
“Additionally, although any form of idolatry is forbidden according to the Noahide Laws, not all acts of idolatry are punishable by death. Any Christians who practice Christianity simply because they love the practices or ideas of Christianity or find them beautiful, or who practice Christianity out of a fear of damnation, or whatever else, are not liable for the death penalty so long as they have not truly accepted within themselves any created thing as the “power/authority” which they serve. Therefore, it would need to be determined within a Noahide court what the intent of the Christian’s service was. Undoubtably, many myriads of Christians throughout the world do not practice Christianity because of a true inward acceptance of the human Jes’us as the the “power/authority” that they devote themselves to serve. If a Christian, or anyone else, did an act considered idolatry according to the Noahide Laws because of a feelings of love or of fear, but not because the individual accepted the object of idolatry as the power/authority over him which he serves as an act of devotion, there is no death penalty” (Avoda Zarah 3:6).
http://sagavyah.tripod.com/id73.html
http://sagavyah.tripod.com/id73.html
I that paragraph, “the object of idolatry” is JESUS.
It is death penalty for breaking these laws.
These will be the laws of the owr that “all religions” , including apostate, fake Christianity, will agree to keeping. This is from the Babylonian religion of satan, the synagogue of satan specifically.
Basically they are saying, for the global one world religion, it is ok to be a cultural Christian who does it for cultural tradition, plays church etc, and who is in agreement with spiritual unity with the world (Universalism). One World Church Christianity is ok as long as it does not involve LOVE for Jesus, or
DEVOTION or OBEDIENCE to Him, or belief in Jesus’ POWER AND AUTHORITY as God.
It is about the Truth of who Jesus is
and who we are, in Him,
and our love and devotion to Him
as our Authority, as our God.
Glory to our Lord Jesus!
“The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.” Rev. 17:8
The beast that was…. that was against Christ
and is not ….mortal wound in 70AD?
and will come…. healed?
Perchance?
Beast…. lying dormant, in secret, in the shadows…. and ascending out of the bottomless pit from whence it came.
The Religious System that Jesus faced and came against when He was here.
What is the religion of MYSTERY BABYLON: Secret Mystical Religious Babylonian-Egyptian Talmudic Masonic Roman Catholic Esoteric Astrological Gnostic Theosophic Kabbalistic Luciferian Occultic Judiasm (and related occult/ new age friends).
There. I just called it out.
Trust in the Lord! Oh Joy in Him! Our Beloved!
Praise to Jesus our Savior and Shepherd forever!
This radio show was just posted.
http://www.worldviewweekend.com/worldview-radio/episode.php?episodeid=16569
“Five stages for establishing persecution. Stage one. Define the opposition. Stage two: Marginalize the opposition. Stage Three: Vilify the Opposition. Stage Four: Pass laws criminalizing the activities of the opposition. Stage Five: Enforce the new laws against the opposition.”
Very intersting topic and comments, Loretta.
BTW: “The Alliance of Civilizations is a special project of the UN Secretary-General which seeks to COUNTER the cultural and religious forces…”
Let’s pinpoint the transitive verb: “counter”…from Webster’s Dictionary = to act in opposition to : oppose, offset, nullify.
I take it then, from your last submission, the way in which the OWG will “counter” us Christians will come in 5 stages.
I guess George Orwell, of “1984” fame, was just off by a few decades.
How timely!
Check out http://stonethepreacher.com/ and scroll down to the May 25th, 2010 (yesterday’s) post titled “God Save The Queen – ILLEGAL”.
View the Christian news video from GBN and see what’s going down and what’s going up in England these days.
PS: Despite the bad news, I hope you’re having a great day in the Lord! As you know, He has already won the battle! 🙂
hi Paul,
“…seeks to counter”….. “mobilize concerted action toward this end”….. yes they make themselves perfectly clear.
Well, I only offered those stages which are suggested by the radio show posted in the link, based on someone’s book, “The Coming Persecution of Christians in the West.” which they discussed on the show.
It’s obvious that we are already in stage 4, which is developing at different levels now.
Whether it is the US Govt, the UN or some forthcoming global government, (or all 3) there will be laws passed that will make the practice, belief and verbalization of our faith, illegal. Because, satan is against Christ, and seeks to make himself the only god openly and publicly worshiped on the earth.
But we can have peace, rejoicing in the glorious promises the Lord gave to us in all of the Bible, and we can give glory to Him, exalting Jesus Christ and pointing others to Him, as we declare that all His Word is/ will be fulfilling, to His glory.
Here is a related issue: US Dept of Peace
https://witnessingencouragement.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/us-dept-of-peace/
Paul, thanks for the info and link from Steve’s site! God bless you!
Keep preaching the gospel!
Related post from Nov. 2008
Source links provided in original post:
https://witnessingencouragement.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/with-jesus/#comments
Here is the latest One World Religion/Beast system news from the UN Interfaith Conference. Threat of terrorism and the quest for world peace are the main reasons given for bringing all religions into interfaith coexistence. I remember back when the “war on terror” was declared and our president said, “Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.” I remember thinking, “Well, I’m not with you, so where does that leave me?”
No longer a political concept only, “terrorism” is now the impetus for religious unity among the nations.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia said this; “Terrorism and criminality are the enemies of every religion and every civilization. They would not have emerged except for the absence of the principle of tolerance.”
Here’s a quote from Ban; “Concerned about serious instances of intolerance, discrimination, hatred expressions, and harassment of minority religious communities of all faiths, participating states underlined the importance of promoting dialogue, understanding, and tolerance among human beings, as well as respect for all their diverse religions, cultures and beliefs.”
Dear saints, this has everything to do with you. This will eventually be about any testifying, witnessing, preaching, or proclaiming of Jesus Christ that you do. That would not be “conducive to world peace”. It simply will not be allowed by the kings of the earth.
These have one purpose and they give their power and authority to the beast. These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful. Rev.17:13-14.
He who is not WITH ME is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters. Matt.12:30.
from November 15, 2008
Update: World invited to help create internet charter for the one world religion:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081114211405.6b9pjnso&show_article=1
“… to combine universal principles of respect and compassion into a charter based on a “golden rule” she believes is at the core of every major religion.”
…” invites people from “all faiths, nationalities, languages and backgrounds” to help draft statements of principles and actions that should be taken.”