Conspiracy theories appear to agree with what the Bible says about the Antichrist, as they also speak of a coming world dictatorship. If we consider the prophetic Word more closely, however, I am not so sure that these two views agree with one another. Why is this?

Christian representatives of the conspiracy theories point to the fact that ultimately God allows these events to take place, allegedly over hundreds or thousands of years. But does such a thesis agree with the testimony of the Scriptures? In Romans 1, we read how the Lord abandons the people to their sinful desires. In Matthew 24:12, Christ speaks of an increase of iniquity: “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” In 2 Thessalonians 2:3, the great apostasy is spoken of which precedes the appearing of the man of sin: “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.” This has little to do with the world conspiracy theories, however, but makes it clear that ultimately God allows sin and godlessness to develop.

As far as the events are concerned which will shake this world to its foundations, we read in no other place that God allows things to happen or abandons man to himself. He is the One who is active, and not some kind of brotherhood or world conspiracy. He is dictating the rhythm, to quote a teacher of mine. We read in Isaiah 44:24-27, “Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers.”

God is and remains the active One in a special way in everything connected with man—not the Freemasons, the White House, the Pentagon or anyone else. He does not leave things to take their course, but brings human, anti-godly plans to nought, as well as the oracles of the fortune tellers, occult conspiracies and intrigues.

We have two prophetic books in which the end-times lines leading to the Antichrist are clear. We must ask ourselves, therefore, whether we find world conspiracy theories or traces of them in these. If this is not the case, there are two possibilities:

1. All the world conspiracy theories do not come from the testimony of the Scriptures, but the father of lies.

2. All the world conspiracy theories are so irrelevant and unimportant in God’s eyes that He does not waste one word on them in His Word.

In the next two articles, we will concern ourselves with the prophet Daniel and the testimony of the Revelation.       (MR0611/456)