Recently, I wrote about something called, "global governance." Instead of talking about forming a world government, internationalists are talking about world governance.

The idea is to establish a new global ethic. That's where everybody -- governments, NGO's, religious organizations, business, educational institutions, willing accept a new world view that is compatible to the globalization process.

With this idea in mind, think about what happened to Hal Lindsey's TV show. As you know, it has been reported that Trinity Broadcasting Network canceled Hal's show because, in TBN's mind, it was too pro Israel and too anti Palestinian. Is this that new global ethic at work in TBN?

There are also reports that a war against Christmas has been declared. Suddenly, almost everywhere at once in America, the Christmas tree has become the Holiday tree. Again: Could this be global governance at work?

If you recall, I also said the concept of global governance really scared me. The reason was, we could be much further along than we thought. While we Christians have been waiting around for a world government to appear, world governance may already be upon us. And, in the case of Hal Lindsey's TV show being canceled and America's sudden war against Christmas, it does appear that new global ethic could be lifting it's ugly head.

It's not only these two instances mentioned above why I believe we could be farther down that prophetic road than some of our evangelical leaders may like to admit. Take a good look at this article about Javier Solana and an organization called the Council of Europe Read about it here.

Did you know that the Council of Europe is older than the European Community -- the organization that later became known as the European Union (EU)? Did you know that the Council of Europe is made up of 49 nations? Did you know that, before any nation became a member of the EU, it first became a member of the Council of Europe?

Think about those little, wooden Russian dolls -- the ones where one is inside another, that's inside another. That's kind of the way it is with today's revival of the Roman Empire. On the outside we have the 49-nation Council of Europe. Inside that we have the 25-nation EU. And, guess what? Inside that we find the 10-nation Western European Union. Makes me wonder what's inside that.

One more thing. Did you know that the Council of Europe and the EU share the very same flag? Did you know that, on the Council of Europe's Website, it is stated that the 12 stars on the flag represent the twelve months of the year and the twelve signs of the zodiac?

Friends, we may be much, much further along than we thought.

Stay tuned!