European Union putting in more totalitarian rules–yes 666 is coming

The European Union is implementing more totalitarian rules, which are impacting the freedom of the internet. EU regulations on copyright and digital services are leading to increased censorship and control on social media platforms. The EU is also investing in artificial intelligence to tackle disinformation. These regulations have global implications, and there are concerns about the loss of privacy and individual rights. The Bible predicts a future famine of hearing the word of the Lord and the rise of a totalitarian system. The EU's actions align with the prophecy of the Roman Empire's revival, represented by the number 666. There are also political and economic changes happening in Europe, with calls for reorganization and concerns about financial controls. Overall, Europe is striving to lead a centralized and controlled system. This is the Bible News Prophecy Program, bringing you news and analysis of world events in the light of Bible prophecy. The following program is brought to you by the Continuing Church of God. Greetings, friends and brethren around the world. This is James Martinette for the Bible News Prophecy Program. European Union putting in more totalitarian rules. Yes, 666 is coming. The European Union keeps making new rules in its attempt to be the lead in setting standards for the world related to control of the Internet and other matters. How the EU law has made the Internet less free for everyone else. April 30th, 2024. If you have been using the Internet for longer than a couple of years, you might have noticed that it used to be much freer. What freer means in this context is that there was less censorship and less stringent rules regarding copyright violations on social media websites. EU regulations played a part in bringing it about. The first important piece of regulation we will deal with is the directive on copyright in the digital single market that came out in 2019. Article 17 of this directive states that online content sharing service platforms are liable for the copyrighted content that is posted on their websites if they do not have a license for said content. To be exempt from liability, the websites must show that they exerted their best efforts to ensure that copyrighted content does not get posted on their sites, cooperated expeditiously to take content down if posted, and took measures to make sure the content does not get uploaded again. If these websites were ever in a place to be liable for even a significant minority of the content uploaded to them, the financial ramifications would be immense. Due to this regulation, around the same period, YouTube and many other sites strengthened their policy regarding copyrighted content. And ever since then, sometimes rightfully, sometimes wrongfully, content creators have been complaining about their videos getting flagged for copyright violations. Another EU regulation that is of note for our topic is the Digital Services Act that came out in 2023. The Digital Services Act is a regulation that defines very large online platforms and search engines as platform sites with more than 45 million active monthly users and places specific burdens on these sites, along with a regulatory burden that is eligible for all online platforms. The vagueness of terms such as hate speech and disinformation allows the EU to influence the recommendation algorithms and terms of service of these websites and to keep any content that goes against their ideals away from the spotlight or away from these websites entirely. Supranational bodies such as the EU and the EU Commission have vested political incentives and are influenced by many lobbies, which may render their decisions regarding what is the truth and what is disinformation to be faulty at best and deliberately harmful at worst. Another important thing to note is that just because it is the EU that makes these regulations does not change the fact that it affects everyone in the world. One final issue of importance is the fact that the EU is investing in new technologies such as artificial intelligence programs to tackle disinformation and to check the veracity of content posted online. An important example of this is an InVID project, which is in its own words a knowledge verification platform to detect emerging stories and assess the reliability of newsworthy video files and content spread via social media. If you are at all worried about the state of the internet as explained in this article, know that this potential development may lead to the EU doing all of the things described here in an even more effective manner in the future. From www.zerohedge.com, last month the EU went for regulation of artificial intelligence, see CNBC world's first major act to regulate AI passed by European lawmakers. Since from at least as far back as 2007, Bob Thiele has warned that the EU wants to set the standards for the world. See EU-USA trade deal feared to result in loss of USA sovereignty, but end result will be worse. What it has just done related to artificial intelligence is another step towards that. While European Union leaders want to project the idea that their new rules will enable innovation, while safeguarding fundamental rights, they will tend to have the opposite effect. Regulations tend to stifle innovation, governments tend to override fundamental rights, and can change the rules, ignore the rules, and or interpret them differently than their intent. Whereas AI will help governments be able to increase surveillance over society as well as individuals. What the new rules really are look to be another prelude to 666. Do not believe that human rights will be properly protected, no matter what the promoters of these rules may indicate. The Bible shows that more improper incensorship is coming. Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord God, that I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east. They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord, but shall not find it. Amos 8, verses 11-12. As far as totalitarian steps in Europe go, notice also the following. European Union grabs more power. Are we heading back to a communist future? On April 29, 2024, the Spanish government will expropriate beachfront real estate and let the owners use it for 30 years. Owning property in Spain at this point is, in my opinion, irresponsible. And to anyone who responds with, oh, but I don't own beachfront real estate, you are completely missing the point. You really think they're going to stop there? Good luck to you if you do. The PM signaled that his administration would start the procedure to eliminate the granting of the so-called Golden Visa, which allows access to the residence regime when more than half a million euros are invested in real estate. We are going to take the necessary measures to guarantee that housing is a right, not a mere speculative business. That last reference to housing being a right is straight out of the Idiot's Guide to Marxism. Imagine a country run as a business, and in this country you invite boatloads, literally, of uneducated folks, almost exclusively men of military age from cultures drastically different and in many cases entirely antithetical to those of the society they now live in. They come predominantly for social benefits. We know this based on the numbers of those still on welfare checks many years after arriving. While this is going on, you then begin eliminating the incentives to attract capital. What could possibly go wrong? What could go wrong? Well, according to the Bible, Europe will reorganize to become a dictatorship. The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. Revelation 17, 12-13. Related to change coming to Europe, notice also the following. 25th of April, 2024, Western liberal hegemony has failed and must be destroyed. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on Thursday, suggesting it could end as soon as this year. He accused liberal politicians of building hegemonic ideological control to which everyone must submit, instead of actually governing, while turning state bodies into tools of oppression. Such forces are a dangerous enemy whose time is coming to an end, Orban claimed. The progressive liberals sense the danger. The end of this era also means their end, the Prime Minister argued. Their dominance could be overcome as soon as this year, Orban predicted, citing the upcoming EU Parliament and US Presidential elections. From www.rt.com, notice that Viktor Orban is calling for Europe to reorganize. And he is not alone. See also European Union Parliament election sentiment shifting to the right, setting the stage for the coming reorganizations of Revelation 17, verses 12-13. Europe will reorganize, but it will end up with a totalitarian dictator. Much is happening in privacy, financial and otherwise, is being lost. Europe is trying to rise up. We also know that financial controls are coming to Europe. Related to 666 and controls, the Apostle John was told by Jesus to write the following. He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on the right hand or on the foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666. Revelation 13, verses 15-18. 666 is the final revival of the Roman Empire. Hence, 666 is a European power. When Jesus had the Apostle John penned this 1900 plus years ago, there was no way to monitor most buying and selling. With computer software, including AI, much is already being done, and more will be done. A totalitarian system is being put in place. Europe wants to lead it. As far as 666 pointing to the Roman Empire, the first writing that has been found that suggests that a Roman, or Roman Empire, is 666 was by Irenaeus, who claimed to have listened to Polycarp when he, Irenaeus, was a young man. Irenaeus wrote, and also, Latinos has the number 666, and it is a very probable solution, this being the name of the last kingdom of the four seen by Daniel. For the Latins are they who at present bear rule. The New Testament was written in Greek, and John penned the book of Revelation on the Greek-speaking island of Patmos. They still speak Greek there. Anyway, adding up the values of the Greek letters for the word Latinos brings you to 666. This is consistent with what the old worldwide Church of God taught. In the 2nd century AD, Irenaeus, the disciple of Polycarp, the Apostle John's disciple, explained that in Greek the word Latinos, meaning Latin man or Roman, ends up to 666. L equals 30, A equals 1, T equals 300, E equals 5, I equals 10, N equals 50, 0 equals 70, S equals 200. Thus, he stated, was the intent of the scripture. The number 666 is thus anciently branded on the old Roman Empire and its revivals. Stump, K.W., just what do you mean, Antichrist? Plain truth, September, 1981. Specifically, 666 is the number of the first beast in Revelation 13 as distinguished from the Antichrist who is the second, the two-horned beast, in the same chapter. And as Revelation 13 shows, the two-horned beast works with and promotes the seven-headed and ten-horned first beast in that chapter. While some have tried to state that the number is actually 616 and not 666, the earliest extant Greek manuscripts of Revelation visually represented the number 666 either in longhand number words, hexakosiae, hexakontahex, or in alphabetic shorthand. Twinkle, R.E., recalculating the number of the beast in Revelation 13, verses 18, 2019, SPL International Meeting Abstracts, July 2nd, 2019. Yes, the number is 666, a number of imperfect humankind. That said, please understand that the leader of the ten-horned beast of Revelation 13, verses 1-10, see Ropa, Beast, and the Book of Revelation, and the one called 666 in Revelation 13, verse 10, is also the one who is the final king of the North. He is also called the Man of Sin in 2 Thessalonians 2. See also who is the Man of Sin of 2 Thessalonians 2. Steps toward 666 in Europe are taking place. Are you paying attention? Things are changing and will not remain as they have. Remember to pray, as Jesus said, Matthew 6, verse 10, for God's kingdom to come. This is James Martinette. Bible News Prophecy Program was sponsored by the Continuing Church of God. For more information, including access to our free literature, visit BibleNewsProphecy.net or www.ccog.org.