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The European Union in Prophecy
Christ they have accepted the rule of the rebel leader. They are ready to receive his
suggestions and to do his bidding. Yet, true to his early cunning, he does not
acknowledge himself to be Satan. He claims to be the prince who is the rightful owner
of the world and whose inheritance has been unlawfully wrested from him. He
represents himself to his deluded subjects as a redeemer, assuring them that his
power has brought them forth from their graves and that he is about to rescue them
from the most cruel tyranny. The presence of Christ having been removed, Satan
works wonders to support his claims. He makes the weak strong and inspires all with
his own spirit and energy. He proposes to lead them against the camp of the saints
and to take possession of the City of God. With fiendish exultation he points to the
unnumbered millions who have been raised from the dead and declares that as their
leader he is well able to overthrow the city and regain his throne and his kingdom.
In that vast throng are multitudes of the long-lived race that existed before the
Flood; men of lofty stature and giant intellect, who, yielding to the control of fallen
angels, devoted all their skill and knowledge to