For several months now I’ve been bringing you the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic and how it’s being used to further different agendas. We saw in April how former Prime Minister of UK Gordon Brown called for a global government to tackle the problems the coronavirus pandemic has created, because after all, a global problem demands a global solution right?
Then in May we saw United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres state his views on the pandemic being an opportunity to “rebuild our world for the better” with the likes of George Soros echoing the sentiment and calling it “the crisis of his lifetime”. I made it clear from scripture that what we see is the world stage being “set” for the fulfillment of what will eventually play out during the tribulation period which is on the horizon.
Things won’t be slowing down but will instead speed up and 2020 has shown this to be true now more than ever. If all of this wasn’t enough, a recent article from the World Economic Forum urged for what they call the Great Reset. Prince Charles is also using the pandemic as an opportunity to speak up as he calls for a reset to the global economy. This is another clear example of what they’re aiming for under the guise of solutions to curb the pandemic.
Now is the time for a ‘great reset’
From the World Economic Forum: COVID-19 lockdowns may be gradually easing, but anxiety about the world’s social and economic prospects is only intensifying. There is good reason to worry: a sharp economic downturn has already begun, and we could be facing the worst depression since the 1930s. But, while this outcome is likely, it is not unavoidable.
To achieve a better outcome, the world must act jointly and swiftly to revamp all aspects of our societies and economies, from education to social contracts and working conditions. Every country, from the United States to China, must participate, and every industry, from oil and gas to tech, must be transformed. In short, we need a “Great Reset” of capitalism.
There are many reasons to pursue a Great Reset, but the most urgent is COVID-19. Having already led to hundreds of thousands of deaths, the pandemic represents one of the worst public-health crises in recent history. And, with casualties still mounting in many parts of the world, it is far from over.
This will have serious long-term consequences for economic growth, public debt, employment, and human wellbeing. According to the Financial Times, global government debt has already reached its highest level in peacetime. Moreover, unemployment is skyrocketing in many countries: in the US, for example, one in four workers have filed for unemployment since mid-March, with new weekly claims far above historic highs. The International Monetary Fund expects the world economy to shrink by 3% this year – a downgrade of 6.3 percentage points in just four months.
All of this will exacerbate the climate and social crises that were already underway. Some countries have already used the COVID-19 crisis as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and enforcement. And frustrations over social ills like rising inequality – US billionaires’ combined wealth has increased during the crisis – are intensifying.
Left unaddressed, these crises, together with COVID-19, will deepen and leave the world even less sustainable, less equal, and more fragile. Incremental measures and ad hoc fixes will not suffice to prevent this scenario. We must build entirely new foundations for our economic and social systems.
The level of cooperation and ambition this implies is unprecedented. But it is not some impossible dream. In fact, one silver lining of the pandemic is that it has shown how quickly we can make radical changes to our lifestyles. Almost instantly, the crisis forced businesses and individuals to abandon practices long claimed to be essential, from frequent air travel to working in an office. Read More
Pandemic is chance to reset global economy, says Prince Charles
From The Guardian: The recovery from the coronavirus crisis represents an opportunity to reset the global economy and prioritise sustainable development without further damaging the planet, Prince Charles said at the opening of a World Economic Forum (WEF) virtual meeting.
Outlining a five-point plan to rebuild economies following a global recession, the 71-year-old prince said the pandemic was the result of a breakdown in the link between humanity and nature that could be corrected by recognising “the interdependence of all living things”. The prince emphasised that the private sector would be the engine of recovery and was heartened by the pledges from business leaders to recognise the damage to the environment that would result from an unfettered dash for growth.
“We have a unique but rapidly shrinking window of opportunity to learn lessons and reset ourselves on a more sustainable path,” said Charles, who himself has recovered after suffering mild symptoms of Covid-19. He said that the pandemic, which has forced governments worldwide to mothball their economies, had showed people that dramatic change was possible. “We have a golden opportunity to seize something good from this crisis. Its unprecedented shockwaves may well make people more receptive to big visions of change,” he added.
The five points he outlined were:
- To capture the imagination and will of humanity – change will only happen if people really want it.
- The economic recovery must put the world on the path to sustainable employment, livelihoods and growth. Longstanding incentive structures that have had perverse effects on our planetary environment and nature herself must be reinvented
- Systems and pathways must be redesigned to advance net zero transitions globally. Carbon pricing can provide a critical pathway to a sustainable market.
- Science, technology and innovation need re-invigorating. Humanity is on the verge of catalytic breakthroughs that will alter our view of what it possible and profitable in the framework of a sustainable future.
- Investment must be rebalanced. Accelerating green investments can offer job opportunities in green energy, the circular and bio-economy, eco-tourism and green public infrastructure.
The WEF, which stages an influential annual gathering of business and political leaders at its annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, has come under fire from anti-poverty groups in recent years for failing to tackle climate change and executive pay. Charles’s speech was part of a launch event for The Great Reset, a project involving the WEF and the Prince of Wales’s Sustainable Markets Initiative, aimed at rebuilding the economic and social system to be more sustainable. Read More
Prophetic Implications
As I’ve stated in previous articles, the bible clearly tells us there’s a coming global governing system that will be put in place during the 7 year tribulation. The bible paints a picture of a totalitarian governing system that will control the citizens of the world allowing those who bow down to its demands to participate while barring those who don’t from the system – even to the point of intense persecution and death.
For the world to go from what we have now – separate nation-state governing bodies – to a global governing framework, there will need to be a “reset” of some kind or transformation to bring this change about. This is the very thing we’re seeing calls for now which should tell us the tribulation isn’t as far off as we think and that our departure – the rapture of the church – is even closer! As believers this news shouldn’t catch us by surprise or scare us. It should put a smile on our faces as it further confirms God’s word and also shows us where we are in God’s prophetic timeline.
Sources
- Now is the time for a ‘great reset’ (June 3rd, 2020) – World Economic Forum
- Pandemic is chance to reset global economy, says Prince Charles (June 3rd, 2020) – The Guardian
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