Discerning Trends of Significance - Kari
Lake I Am Going To Win This - Will Nazis Ideology Return to Europe - Beginning
of the Golden Age - Have 'Satanists' struck again - Evil Walks Among Us - Deep
State Has Lost The Narrative and more.
Researched & Comments by Pastor
Gary Boyd
Jan. 26th 2023
Situation Update - Trump Return - Q+
White Hats Intel - Juan O Savin - SGAnon - Must See Video - Thursday, January
12, 2023 12:13 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/01/situation-update-11223-trump-return-q-white-hats-intel-juan-o-savin-sganon-must-video-3651988.html
4 STAR EXPOSES THE UKRAINIAN REAL
SITUATION - THE UKRAINE HAS LOST UP TO 500,000 MEN, RUSSIA 16,000 - Thursday,
January 26, 2023 14:00 - https://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2023/01/4-star-exposes-the-ukrainian-real-situation-the-ukraine-has-lost-up-to-500000-men-russia-1600-3282568.html
MAIL ONLINE: 'I'm going to win this':
Kari Lake dismisses Senate speculation as she says she plans to fight on with
lawsuit and become Arizona governor - Kari Lake on Wednesday dismissed
speculation of an Arizona Senate run - A string of Republicans has been linked
with next year's race - But she said planned to fight on with her legal
challenge to last year's election - By ROB CRILLY, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL
REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA - PUBLISHED: 00:00 EST, 26
January 2023 - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11678127/Kari-Lake-dismisses-Senate-speculation-says-plans-fight-win-lawsuit.html
ATLAS SHRUGS: Insider Trading Bill
Returns To Congress Under New Title ‘PELOSI Act’ - By Pamela Geller - on
January 25, 2023 - Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and
Investments (PELOSI) Act. Brilliant. Pelosi got obscenely wealthy trading
on insider government intel. She’s not
the only one…. https://gellerreport.com/2023/01/insider-trading-bill-returns-to-congress-under-new-title-pelosi-act.html/?lctg=87791646
Will the Nazis Ideology Return to
Europe? Would You Trust Germany Not To Return to Fascism? – Jan. 26th
2023 - We should be wary of any new government leadership in Germany, after all
they started two world wars and in bible prophecy another dictator comes out of
one of the ten regions on the earth and all indicators point to the old
continent Europe. The new Germany leadership does not want to depend on the US
or NATO for a rapid response military force. They want their own. https://garyboyd2244.substack.com/p/will-the-nazis-ideology-return-to
College Board Backs Down After
Florida Rejects AP Black History Course Designed To ‘Shoehorn In Queer Theory’
- By Bo Banks - Jan 25, 2023 - The College Board has reportedly backed down
after Florida rejected a High School advanced placement (AP) African American
Studies course. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defended the Florida Department of
Education’s (FDOE) rejection on Monday, because its content contained sections
on intersectionality, abolishing prisons, and “queer theory.” https://bigleaguepolitics.com/college-board-backs-down-after-florida-rejects-ap-black-history-course-designed-to-shoehorn-in-queer-theory/
This Guy is Exactly Right - Visuals
Help - Thursday, January 26, 2023 8:51 - “Political language — and with
variations this is true of all political parties, from conservatives to
anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful…” - https://beforeitsnews.com/u-s-politics/2023/01/this-guy-is-exactly-right-visuals-help-2600663.html
New Benjamin Fulford January Special
Intel: End of Rockefeller Rule and the Beginning of the Golden Age of Hydrogen
- Thursday, January 26, 2023 6:54 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/01/new-benjamin-fulford-january-special-intel-end-of-rockefeller-rule-and-the-beginning-of-the-golden-age-of-hydrogen-2537872.html
Situation Update, Jan 26, 2023 -
Germany & USA Push Russia Toward Nuclear Escalation With BATTLE TANK
Armaments Of Ukraine! - Mike Adams Must Video - Thursday, January 26, 2023
10:04 - Unless the airspace is controlled by western Ukraine, all those fancy
tanks will be garbage in a week – hope the tax payers of the US and EU and NATO
countries don’t mind seeing all these very expensive tanks burn. In all the
conflicts the US or NATO were involved with before, their tanks were protected
by superior air power – that won’t happen this time and all these tank
supplying countries know it. All I care about is Putin kicks some Neo Nazi
western backed Ukrainian ass…and soon!!! Or this mess will end up in a nuclear
exchange that no one wins – watch the movie “The Road” that will be our future
people because we have a bunch of WEF traitors leading us, you won’t have to
worry about CO2 (plant food) killing us, it we’ll be something a little
stronger! (Comment: The Neo Nazis in Ukraine have been totally destroyed,
underground DUMBs history, over 35,000 children rescued from the tunnels by the
Russian military, and once the elites who benefitted by this are brought to
justice the better off humanity will be.) https://beforeitsnews.com/war-and-conflict/2023/01/situation-update-jan-26-2023-germany-usa-push-russia-toward-nuclear-escalation-with-battle-tank-armaments-of-ukraine-mike-adams-must-video-2477121.html
ISRAEL 365 NEWS: Nine Palestinians
killed in heavy clashes with IDF in Jenin – “They encircle me with words of
hate; they attack me without cause.” PSALMS 109:3 (THE ISRAEL BIBLE) – JNS - IDF,
JUDEA AND SAMARIA, MIDDLE EAST - JANUARY 26, 2023 - Nine Palestinians were
killed during heavy clashes between gunmen and Israeli troops in Jenin on
Thursday morning, according to Israeli media reports. The Israel Defense Forces
said in a statement that troops were engaged while attempting to detain
Palestinian Islamic Jihad members planning a major terrorist attack. “During an
attempt to arrest them, the wanted men opened fire and were killed in an
exchange of fire,” said the IDF. “Three members of the PIJ cell were killed and
a fourth was arrested. The wanted men, PIJ operatives, have been involved in
recent extensive terror activity, are suspected of carrying out several
shooting attacks against IDF forces, and planning other significant attacks,”
the statement continued. https://www.israel365news.com/365967/nine-palestinians-killed-in-heavy-clashes-with-idf-in-jenin/
MAIL ONLINE: Have 'Satanists' struck
again? Animal hearts surrounded by candles are found at stone landmark in
apparent occult ritual – in village plagued by 'sinister goings on' - Five
hearts were found in the New Forest after a vicar warned of 'witchcraft' - Sheep
killings happened nearby in 2019 by a church in Bramshaw, Hampshire - By MATT
POWELL FOR MAILONLINE - PUBLISHED: 05:01 EST, 24 January 2023 - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11669995/Have-Satanists-struck-Animal-hearts-surrounded-candles-stone-landmark.html
WORLD NET DAILY: Major states teaming
up with U.S. Justice Department to sue Google - Online giant accused of
illegally monopolizing the market for internet ads - By Bob Unruh - Published
January 24, 2023 at 3:03pm - Several states including New York, Colorado,
Virginia and California have joined with the Department of Justice to sue
Google, charging that the online giant is illegally monopolizing the market for
online ads. Claims include “self-dealing, anticompetitive acquisitions, and
forcing businesses to use multiple products and services that it offers,”
according to a new report in Politico. The report noted that the legal fight
“could lead to a breakup of Google’s massive advertising business.” - https://www.wnd.com/2023/01/major-states-team-u-s-justice-department-sue-google/?ats_es=7ed3ab1f1a7bbeb2c843e9aa8d4bd787
WATCHERS: Tropical Cyclone “Cheneso”
rapidly intensifies after leaving a trail of death and destruction in
Madagascar - Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - Tropical Cyclone “Cheneso” rapidly
intensified after spending 5 days over Madagascar, bringing death and
destruction. The system is expected to further intensify as it moves near the
SW coast of the country over the next few days, bringing more heavy rainfall.
Parts of northern Madagascar have already received more than 1 000 mm (40
inches) of rain. https://watchers.news/2023/01/25/tropical-cyclone-cheneso-rapidly-intensifies-after-leaving-a-trail-of-death-and-destruction-in-madagascar/
Evil Walks Among Us: Child
Trafficking Has Become Big Business in America - By John & Nisha Whitehead
- January 23, 2023 - “Children are being targeted and sold for sex in America
every day.”—John Ryan, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - It
takes a special kind of evil to prostitute and traffick a child for sex, and
yet this evil walks among us every minute of every day. https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/evil_walks_among_us_child_trafficking_has_become_big_business_in_america
X22 Report - Deep State Has Lost The
Narrative! They Are Fighting For Their Lives! There Is Panic In DC! - Must
Video - Wednesday, January 25, 2023 20:21 - The [DS] has lost the narrative,
every fake event they created is falling apart and the people are learning the
truth. The D’s have been kicked off committees and they are panicking, they
don’t have the ability to get the intel. The [DS] is now moving towards the
scare event they are pushing war with Russia. Trump is exposing the [DS] and
puts out a message that is now time to clean out the rot, we need to remove the
infiltration. The [DS] is now fighting for their lives. - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/01/x22-report-deep-state-has-lost-the-narrative-they-are-fighting-for-their-lives-there-is-panic-in-dc-must-video-3653168.html
MAIL ONLINE - KENNY XU: The
hate-filled far left are punishing thousands of hard-working students - because
they are the 'wrong' race. Yes, progressives really are the true racists they
claim to loathe - By KENNY XU FOR DAILYMAIL.COM - PUBLISHED: 09:28 EST, 26
January 2023 - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11679613/KENNY-XU-hate-filled-hard-left-punish-thousands-hard-working-students-wrong-race.html
Ripening Times – Part II: Discerning
Trends of Significance
By Wilfred Hahn
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
Jan. 26th 2023
We are chronicling the world’s most
significant trend of the present world season. The previous column defined the
term significant trend as anything that has to do with the Bible’s prophetic
time-line and the Lord’s promises. These might be considered among the “signs
of the times” that Jesus implored us to discern (Matthew 16:3). Moreover, we
had laid out a set of seven criteria serving as a diagnostic screen of
sorts—the objective being to qualify and identify trends that are a significant
trend.
We continue with the first trend of
this series—corporations—no doubt a significant trend development that will
seem rather mundane. We will further explain.
According to Martin Wolf, the
well-known economics editor of the Financial Times of London (Dec 12, 2018):
“The business corporation is one of the most remarkable of all human
innovations. Corporations are warring armies battling for supremacy in markets
[…].”
As we see here, some will be inclined
to view corporations as a benign force. And indeed, many corporations engage in
beneficial activities. The corporate structure (it being considered a legal
“person” and offering “limited liability”) is not necessarily evil and is a
useful legal invention.
Actually, however, we are on the
trail of the actions of an associated type of entity—the multinational
corporation (MNC). These are companies that operate across sovereign borders—in
fact, around the world. And, so, the conglomerations of related corporations
have become very large. What catches our eye here as a potential significant
trend is that multinational companies have become very powerful and large
rather recently and suddenly.
We discern that the “multinational
company” (also named transnational company or TNC) has emerged upon the world
as a significant trend only as of the early 1950s. That is very recent when
viewed against the human cosmological time-line. While indeed many corporations
existed before that time, it was not until the middle of the 20th century or so
that corporations’ share of global economic activity began to rise very
sharply.
This trend was noticed by several
economists at the time. Famously, Dr. Joseph Nye Jr. wrote a seminal article on
this significant trend in 1974. His major observation and concern was that
multinational firms were getting so large and influential that they had become
a potential geopolitical force to contend with.
As it was, these multinationals were
the very “seed bed” of globalization, a rapid development that also cannot be
underemphasized in terms of global importance (this being a significant trend
that we will yet cover). These past decades, incorporated organizations were
the very henchmen of “globalization” … the attacking phalanx on the front lines
of global trade and cross-border capital flows. Seen collectively, the
multinational phenomenon has done much to commercialize the entire world and
establish common materialistic values and powerful behavioral systems.
Already in the early 1970s, some
economists were predicting that perhaps 300 companies would, in time, run the
entirety of human commerce. In fact, a “think piece” published by a respected
international accounting firm (Deloitte LLP) speculated that perhaps 10 to 20
large “megaglots” would run all economic activity in the world. To be sure, this
prediction has not yet played out. They may have been too sensationalist in
their predictions. Nonetheless, the trend cannot be denied.
The number “10,” of course, will
pique the interest of those who are familiar with Bible prophecy—particularly,
the topic of the “ten” last-day kings. We will yet examine whether there are
some prophetic connections.
Just what kind of force is
represented by TNCs? Consider the following general factoids about the
emergence of “significantly” important multinational corporations.
While TNCs were estimated to account
for only about 2% of world economic activity in the early 1950s, 60 years
later, this share is now estimated to be as much as 50%. Imagine that today,
only some 6,000 companies control 50% and more of world economic activity.
However, in recent decades, according to this writer’s experiences, it has
become more difficult to compile data on TNC activities, as these became harder
to access by UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development).
In recent years, publicly-listed
corporations have declined significantly in number. On the other hand, what is
notable here is that the share and size of private companies is increasing
rapidly. In Europe, key families control 40% of the big listed companies. What
to make of this trend? It is too early to say; however, it should be noted that
these companies are much more secretive and inaccessible.
· Even at this late date in the
supposedly modern and transparent state of world financial affairs, it can be
very difficult to ascertain the ownership of private corporations. The World
Bank issued a report called “The Puppet Masters: How the Corrupt Use Legal
Structures to Hide Stolen Assets and What to Do About It” (2011). This revealed
just how concentrated and murky is the state of global corporate affairs.
Consider that some states in the U.S. continue to allow corporations to
register without requiring them to provide the identity of their owners. To
what advantage is this? Obviously, secretiveness, concealment and diversion
must be key motives.
MNCs are masterful users of tax
havens. Some MNCs may have hundreds of associated companies registered in tax
havens. The main reason for this is to avoid taxes and, in some instances, to
cover up the trail of various global transactions. It was once estimated by
Global Financial Integrity, that some 50% of all global merchandise exports in
the world are booked through foreign tax havens.
Corporate concentration has risen
across almost every industry sector. This is a form of monopoly. Concentration
is also happening on a global scale. This allows these companies to more
effectively impose their prices. To provide just one example, did you know that
only two corporations today control 90% of the beer that Americans consume?1
Many more industry examples like this could be provided, showing that
concentration is an accelerating trend.
The interconnectedness of global
economic activity has accelerated rapidly in recent decades. Consider this:
According to three professors at a Swiss university, 80 percent of world
profits are now being earned by a core group of 1,318 corporations. These are
mostly run by super entities coming from 147 countries. These companies are
interlocked … 755 of them are financial institutions. They found that 737 of
the largest holders accumulated 80% of the control over the value of all TNCs.
Deception abounds, most certainly
also involving the actions of MNCs. According to one survey, corporate
motivation to cheat on their accounting performance was high. 93.5% of CFOs
(Chief Financial Officers) acknowledge that the objective of cheating is to
influence the stock price, and secondly, 88.6% would do so in order to increase
their own compensation.
In recent decades, researchers have
discovered the increase in “monopsony.” This term refers to the condition where
one or more companies are the largest employers in a region. That allows them
to dictate wages and the price of other inputs. This is a deliberate strategy to
boost profit … but also depressing wages for others.
It is the board of directors of a
corporation (usually, their compensation committee) that makes the decisions on
how much to pay senior executives. The compensation of many senior executives
today is truly obscene … 200 times and more than the average income of
employees working on the factory floor.
Some large multinational firms have
more employees than many nations have citizens. Of the top 100 economic
entities in the world today, corporations make up 37 of these, the rest being
nations according to a report by the Transnational Institute.
In August of 2018, for example, two
companies for the first time in history were valued at over $1 trillion (Apple
and Amazon).
There are many more factoids that we
could mention. What these collectively reveal is that the multinational company
is indeed a powerful global force that has benefited from much favoritism. (For
instance, corporations attract much lower taxation rates than do individuals.)
As is popularly said: Money talks.
Without question, the prime objective of multinational firms is “profits.”
Their senior executives are brutally incentivized to expand the size and
profitability of these firms.
Many may be unaware of these trends
and their future implications. Nevertheless: “[…] Let us drink our fill of
beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even far better” (Isaiah 56:12). To
the contrary: We cannot see any trend here that indicates that these trends
will become “even far better.”
Thoughts to Ponder
Corporations have a big and growing
footprint in the economic arenas of the world. Most certainly, the phenomenon
of the rise of the multinational is a significant trend. It is a development
that fits into the season and times of the “last days.”
Not only that, they also hold
implications and challenges for Christians (as we will yet review in Part III).
Their influence is evident in many ways, as we have already mentioned. The
cultural and workplace values that are promoted, the development of a systemic
world financial and economic power structure, and a rapid convergence of
materialistic beliefs around the globe are all processes that MNCs have either
enabled or endorsed.
Above all, MNCs figure prominently in
an endtime boom in wealth and in the emergence of an all-encompassing global
commercial order.
Therefore, the rise of the MNC could
even be prefigured in the Bible. How so? While they are not mentioned in
specific, their role in bringing about the prophesied world conditions of the
last days cannot be easily dismissed. Nonetheless, the Bible does mention four
different groups of elites that do play a role in the last days.
For example, could the top industry
bosses of the world even qualify as the ten kings of the last days, as spoken
about in Revelations 12, 13 and 17? If the world continues its path toward
rampant materialism and economic centralization, these managers of large
industry-dominating MNCs—global economic kingdoms—could indeed number among the
modern world’s equivalent of kings.
While that is clearly a speculation,
it is a possibility deserving some examination. In the next and final Part III,
we will consider this possibility, and will also examine three other elite
groups that may be endtime actors.
Whether or not these interpretations
and speculations will prove to be correct, one thing is clear: the rapid
emergence of the MNC is not a random event of human history. It must be seen as
a “significant trend” of the ripening times. Maranatha
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