The Future is Christian Nationalism
THE EVIL OF GLOBALISM AND WHY IT WILL FAIL
"Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?" – Psalm 2:1
Since the fateful day in Eden, Satan has been in the business of hostile takeovers. Subjugating King Adam and Queen Eve, he sought to hijack the dominion of the earth and replace God's glorious kingdom with a sinister counterfeit: a global empire of sin, a one-world government of rebellion, with himself as the unholy emperor. His ambition is nothing short of global domination, an empire where every knee bows to him in defiance of the true King, Jesus Christ.
SATAN'S FIRST ATTEMPT: THE PRE-FLOOD WORLD
From the moment humanity fell, Satan began his campaign for a global, godless empire. The pre-flood world was his first laboratory, a place where "every intent of the thoughts of man's heart was only evil continually" (Genesis 6:5). Unified in language, culture, and rebellion, the world spiraled into a cesspool of sin. Violence, perversion, and wickedness were not isolated; they were universal.
This was Satan's globalism 1.0—a world without borders, where humanity served the dragon, not the Creator. God, in His justice, swept this rebellious empire away with the flood. But even in His judgment, He preserved a remnant in Noah's family. Satan's first attempt at a global kingdom ended not with glory but with destruction, as God Himself thwarted the devil's designs.
SATAN'S SECOND ATTEMPT: BABEL
The next chapter of this unholy saga unfolded in the plains of Shinar. There, humanity united once again, this time to build a city and a tower "with its top in the heavens." This was not a monument to human ingenuity but a rallying cry for rebellion. The Tower of Babel was the prototype for every World Economic Forum and Davos summit to come—an effort to centralize power, erase God's authority, and elevate man's will as supreme.
God's response was swift and decisive. He scattered the nations and confused their language, bringing the satanic project of Babel to a grinding halt. He also made it much more difficult for Satan to capture large swaths of people and unite them together since differing languages would breed national differentiations, strong borders, the slowing of information, and natural skepticism among peoples. What Satan envisioned as a global empire was fractured into nation-states, each with its own language, culture, and identity. This division was not a punishment but a blessing. It was God's safeguard against humanity's collective sin spiraling out of control.
With Babel shattered, Satan was forced to retreat to smaller-scale operations. His two-pronged mission persisted: to unite the world in evil and to crush God's covenant people. His attacks on Yahweh's people came from neighboring nations like Egypt, Canaan, Edom, and Philistia—regional powers bent on destroying the righteous remnant. In Egypt, he sought to enslave and annihilate God's chosen nation. In Canaan, he filled the land with wickedness and idolatry, hoping to snuff out Israel's light and lead them into the kind of perverse sins that the Canaanites were perpetrating. In Philistia, his champions like Goliath symbolized the attempt to crush the righteous and halt God's redemptive plan.
These localized assaults, while devastating, were a far cry from the unified global rebellion Satan had orchestrated before the flood and at Babel. God's scattering of nations frustrated Satan's broader ambition of creating a singular empire of evil with himself at the center.
This division among nations served as both a restraint on evil and a protection for God's people. When one nation descended into wickedness, others could rise to oppose it. Without a singular global government under Satan's thumb, his power remained fragmented, his armies divided, and his influence restrained. God continued to wage war against the satanic scheme, ensuring that His covenant people endured, even as Satan's global ambitions crumbled time and again.
SATAN'S THIRD ATTEMPT: THE FOUR KINGDOMS
The scattering at Babel crippled Satan’s plans for global domination, but it did not extinguish his ambition. With his ability to unify humanity thwarted, Satan regrouped and adapted, crafting a new strategy. He empowered successive empires to carry forward his rebellion against God, as vividly described in Daniel 7. These empires—Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome—were represented as four beasts, chaotic and monstrous, embodying the unholy inversion of God’s created order. Together, they carried the seven heads and ten horns of the beast later described in Revelation 13, Satan’s ultimate counterfeit of God’s sovereign design for the nations.
In Daniel 7, the four beasts collectively have seven heads, representing Satan’s unified attempt to dominate the earth through these empires. Each beast’s rise signaled a stage in Satan’s relentless effort to establish his counterfeit kingdom:
Babylon is depicted as a lion with eagle’s wings (Daniel 7:4). It exalts itself as an idolized kingdom, demanding worship of its rulers and glorying in its rebellion.
Medo-Persia, the bear with three ribs in its mouth (Daniel 7:5), devours the nations with its unyielding laws and oppressive rule. Satan’s influence is evident in the Prince of Persia (Daniel 10:13), a demonic force resisting God’s plans.
Greece, the leopard with four wings and four heads (Daniel 7:6), spreads its influence rapidly, promoting a culture of human exaltation, philosophy, and idolatry under Alexander the Great.
Rome, the most terrifying beast, has iron teeth and ten horns (Daniel 7:7). It crushes all opposition, combining brute force with sophisticated governance, and represents Satan’s closest attempt at a one-world empire.
These beasts symbolize the empires through which Satan sought to unify humanity under his dark dominion. Each was an intensification of Babel’s rebellion, yet each failed under God’s sovereign judgment.
The seven heads and ten horns of the beast dragon (Revelation 12) and the beast satan empowered (Revelation 13) trace their origins back to Daniel 7. They represent a satanic inversion of God’s table of nations in Genesis 10, where 70 nations were scattered after Babel. Where God established nations to restrain evil, Satan seeks to erase those distinctions, consolidating power into a unified rebellion against God.
Rome, as the final beast, epitomized this ambition. With its iron grip and intermingling of peoples, including Judah (the clay in Daniel 2:41-43), it brought Satan’s dream of global dominion closer than ever before. Yet even Rome, the iron-toothed monster, could not withstand the power of the true King.
In Daniel 7:13-14 and in Revelation 12:5, the Son of Man is presented before the Ancient of Days and given dominion, glory, and a kingdom that will never end. Jesus Himself referenced this passage when speaking to Caiaphas (Matthew 26:64), proclaiming that His ascension would inaugurate the crushing of the final beast. The iron-and-clay feet of the statue in Daniel 2—representing Rome intermingled with Judah—were struck by the rock of ages , the stone cut without human hands, who rose from the grave, ascended into heaven, and began the expansion of His eternal kingdom.
The beast was wounded when Christ ascended, disarming Satan and his demonic rulers (Colossians 2:15). The kingdom of Christ, like the stone in Daniel 2, grew to conquer apostate Judah (AD 70). It grew to topple Rome by the 400’s AD. And is still growing into a mountain that fills the entire earth. This mountain will crush all resistance, obliterating the rebellious kingdoms of Satan and establishing Christ’s dominion forever (Daniel 2:44).
The beasts of Daniel and the seven-headed dragon of Revelation are bound to fail because their power is ultimately limited by God. While Satan’s kingdoms roar with ferocity, their globalistic ambitions will crumble under the weight of God’s sovereign plan. Rome, the most fearsome of them all, fell not through human rebellion but through the unstoppable advance of Christ’s kingdom.
A PITIFUL MODERN ATTEMPT
Fast-forward to the 20th and 21st centuries, and Satan's globalist agenda is alive and well. The League of Nations, the United Nations, the European Union, and organizations like the World Economic Forum all echo the spirit of Babel. They promise peace and unity but deliver control and rebellion.
Davos elites gather to plot a world without borders, where national sovereignty is a relic and humanity is united—not under God, but under the godless vision of secular humanism. The push for a one-world currency, a homogenized culture, and centralized power is nothing more than Satan's Babel 2.0. Yet, for all its pretension and ambition, modern globalism is a pathetic imitation of the empires of old.
One key reason for this impotence is that Satan is currently bound. Revelation 20:2-3 describes how Christ has chained the great dragon, preventing him from deceiving the nations as he once did. While Satan still inspires rebellion, he no longer has the ability to directly organize and energize the unified rebellion of old. Without the devil orchestrating their efforts, modern globalism is a rabble of self-serving elites, each vying for control but lacking the unifying power of past empires like Rome.
Compared to the world-dominating might of Rome or the unified wickedness of the pre-flood empire, modern globalism is like a rabid dog growling in the corner just before the silver bullet puts it down. It barks loudly, but it is a pale shadow of the beasts of Daniel 7. This is a house divided, destined to collapse under its own weight.
Christ is on the throne, His kingdom is expanding, and the laughable attempts of modern globalists to resist His reign are pitifully weak. Psalm 2 reminds us that God "sits in the heavens and laughs" as the nations rage in vain. What may appear to be a formidable rebellion is nothing more than a chaotic attempt to revive Babel without the central unifying force of Satan himself.
The pebble that struck the statue of Satan's empires in Daniel 2 has already begun growing into a mountain, and that mountain will crush 21st-century globalism under the weight of Christ's pulverizing, expanding, heavy, glory. The laughable schemes of the League of Nations, the United Nations, and the European Union will crumble like dust beneath the feet of the King of kings.
Modern globalism, for all its plots and grandiose schemes, is doomed. Just as God shattered Babel, toppled Babylon, and brought Rome to its knees, He will dismantle today's globalist agenda with ease—perhaps even within this century.
The future belongs to Jesus—not Klaus Schwab, not the United Nations, not the European Union. Every attempt to centralize power under a godless vision will be pulverized by the advancing kingdom of Christ. The enemies of God may mount their resistance, but their end is inevitable. God laughs at their schemes and will destroy them utterly as His kingdom fills the earth with His glory. Modern globalism is not a threat but a fleeting nuisance, a final gasp of rebellion before the full triumph of Christ’s reign.
THE FUTURE IS CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM
The future of the world is not a one-world government ruled by Satan through secular globalism, but a colelction of Christian nations redeemed and transformed by the gospel. Scripture paints a hopeful picture of a world where every nation is brought into obedience to Christ, reflecting His lordship in their cultures, laws, and governance. This is not just a general spiritual triumph but a tangible reality: the nations of the world will be discipled, baptized, and glorify Christ before His return.
This vision is the biblical basis for Christian nationalism—the belief that nations, as nations, are called to submit to Christ, adopting His laws, exalting His name, and ordering their societies according to His righteousness.
THE BIBLICAL PROMISE OF CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM
The Bible consistently declares that Christ will rule over all the nations, as nations, transforming them into His inheritance. Consider the following promises:
Genesis 49:10: “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the peoples.”
Christ is not merely a spiritual king but the King of nations, bringing them into obedience to Him.
Isaiah 2:2-3: “In the last days, the mountain of the house of the Lord will be established as the chief of the mountains. All the nations will stream to it, and many peoples will come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob.’”
This is a picture of nations willingly submitting to Christ’s authority and seeking His law.
Psalm 22:27-28: “All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will worship before You. For the kingdom is the Lord’s, and He rules over the nations.”
Zechariah 9:10: “He will speak peace to the nations; His dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.”
Isaiah 9:7: “Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end.”
Christ’s government is expanding, and its reach will encompass all nations.
Daniel 7:13-14: “To Him was given dominion, glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and men of every language might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away.”
These verses make it clear: the future of the world is not secular globalism but the progressive and unstoppable advance of Christ’s kingdom. Nations will not be erased but redeemed, glorifying God as they reflect His truth, justice, and mercy in their governance and cultures.
Christian nationalism is the antithesis of globalism. Globalism seeks to erase distinctions, remove sovereignty, and elevate humanity’s autonomy. Christian nationalism, however, honors the God-ordained distinctions between nations while calling them to unity in Christ. Revelation 7:9 envisions a multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language worshiping before the throne—not as a homogenized collective but as redeemed and distinct peoples united under Christ’s reign.
In this vision, Christian nations will flourish. They will disciple their people, raise up godly leaders, enact laws rooted in biblical truth, and glorify God in every aspect of life. Nations will stream to Christ not through coercion but through the transformative power of the gospel (Isaiah 2:3).
REJECTING GLOBALISM, EMBRACING CHRIST
The future of the world is not the post-war consensus of secular globalism, nor is it the domination of godless institutions like the UN, the World Economic Forum, or the European Union. These efforts to centralize power and homogenize humanity are nothing more than modern expressions of Babel, destined for failure.
Globalism seeks to erase nations, but Christ will redeem them. It seeks to create one-world governance, but Christ has ordained a world filled with distinct Christian nations. It promises peace but delivers rebellion against God. Yet Psalm 2 reminds us that God laughs at the schemes of the wicked. Their plans will crumble, and their influence will fade as Christ’s kingdom grows like a mustard seed into a mighty tree (Matthew 13:31-32).
The vision of the future is clear: the nations will be discipled and baptized, each glorifying Christ in their own language and culture. The scepter will not depart from Christ, and to Him will be the obedience of the peoples (Genesis 49:10). This is the glorious future that the Bible proclaims—a world of Christian nations filled with worship, justice, and the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea (Habakkuk 2:14).
Let us labor in hope, knowing that Christ has already secured the victory. The enemies of God may rage, but their end is certain. Globalism will fall, and Christ’s kingdom will stand. The nations will become His inheritance, and the future will shine with the glory of redeemed nations, distinct yet united under the reign of Jesus Christ.
