Douglas S. Winnail

As the German nation moves to the forefront of European politics, many are wondering whether history will soon repeat itself. The pages of history and your Bible agree on the answer!

Why is the Bible a mystery to so many people today? Why do professing Christians who read the same Bible develop so many different ideas about doctrine? Why do ministers fail to preach what the Bible plainly states? Why is modern "Christianity" so dramatically different from apostolic Christianity? The answers to these important questions are found in a series of biblical prophecies that are coming alive today!

Everyone has heard of Harry Potter. You may even know a few Wiccans who worship "the goddess." Yet few realize that a pagan revival is extending to where you might least expect it—to churches calling themselves "Christian"!

The "primacy of Peter" doctrine asserts that Jesus gave Peter, and Peter's successors, authority to function as the sole custodians of true Christian teaching—and as Pope Benedict asserted, "This primacy is for all time" (ibid.). Supporters of this doctrine point to one key passage of scripture, in which Jesus said, "you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church… I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven" (Matthew 16:18–19). A careful study of this passage and other scriptures, however, reveals something very different from what Benedict has in mind.

Does a united Europe sound plausible to you? It did to the ancient Romans, whose empire provides a model that many Europeans appreciate even today. A look at ancient Rome's techniques can help us understand Europe's very near future.