Endtime Magazine Jan-Feb 2013 | Page 14

Is it Time for a World Tax? Article: UN Urges Countries to Impose Global Taxes to Boost Aid Reuters - July 5, 2012 The United Nations on Thursday urged countries to impose international taxes to raise more than $400 billion a year, such as a carbon tax, a currency transaction tax and a billionaires tax, to offset cutbacks in aid by many countries amid global economic turmoil. The United Nations has no authority or mechanisms to enforce an international tax and can only urge its 193 members to do so. Proponents of world government know that a system of global taxation is necessary if the United Nations is to become the one-world government that they envision. Putin Makes Prophecy-Fulfilling Suggestion Article: Putin Makes Global Proposition to Europe Pravda.Ru – October 7, 2012 President Vladimir Putin believes that the level of cooperation between Russia and the EU does not correspond to the potential of the parties. Putin invites the Europeans to create a joint 14 www.endtime.com JAN/FEB 2013 market that would stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Putin said during a session at the Foreign Ministry, “We could put an ambitious goal with Europe - to build the joint market from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean in the amount of 140trillions of euros,” Interfax reports. Putin’s proposal is particularly interesting when we remember that the Bible prophesies the very union that he is suggesting. In Revelation 13:1-2, a beast is depicted symbolizing the world government of the endtime. This beast has the mouth of the lion (Great Britain), the body of the leopard (Germany), the feet of the bear (Russia) and the ten horns of a ten-nation alliance from Europe that has not yet manifest itself. The prophecy depicts this world government alliance of the last days dominating the world. We’d better pay close attention to what Putin is saying! Russia, China—Don’t Ignore International Law Article: Russia, China Warn West Against Syria Intervention Reuters – August 21, 2012 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday warned the West not to take unilateral action on Syria, saying that Russia and China agree that violations of international law and the United Nations charter are impermissible. Russia and China have opposed military intervention in Syria throughout 17 months of bloodshed and have vetoed three UN Security Council resolutions backed by Western and Arab states that would raise pressure on Damascus to end violence. Lavrov, cited by Russian news agencies at a meeting with China’s top diplomat, was speaking a day after US President Barack Obama said US forces could move against President Bashar Assad if he deploys chemical weapons against rebels trying to overthrow him. Russia and China base their diplomatic cooperation on “the need to strictly adhere to the norms of international law and the principles contained in the UN Charter, and not to allow their violation,” Interfax quoted Lavrov as saying at a meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo. “I think this is the only correct path in today’s conditions,” Lavrov said.