THE GRADUAL DECLINE OF MONARCHIES

The Decline of Monarchies: Introduction

Before I proceed, I want to clarify this as a disclaimer: I am not endorsing Mormonism simply because Glenn Beck identifies as a Mormon. I am posting this YouTube video to demonstrate how history repeats itself in light of the advancement of the One World Order.

Some of you might be familiar with Katie Hopkins. She is a British far-right political commentator recognized for her outspoken views on Islamist immigration. In 2017, she lost the libel case, Monroe v. Hopkins, and was ordered to pay damages to a Muslim family she accused of extremism. Isn’t it strange how the Qur’an’s teachings on the treatment of women and the concept of the 72 virgins’ reward in heaven are not judged as extremism? Although she was permanently banned from Twitter in 2020, she made her return in 2023.

In the current climate, appeasement has emerged as a political alternative to democracy in the Western world, particularly in relation to Islamism. Christians who pray in public are deemed disrespectful to Muslims, while it is permissible for them to bow down with their buttocks facing each other while praying to Allah in public. Christians are being arrested and even imprisoned for sharing the Gospel in public, all in the name of appeasement and not to offend Muslims.

“I don’t understand King Charles”

There is nothing much to understand about King Charles III when his endorsement of and admiration for Islam takes a front row seat in his religious endeavors to appease his Islamic friends. Indeed, we merely need to open our Bibles at Psalm 2 to understand his insanity.

Why are the nations in an uproar [in turmoil against God],
And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?
The kings of the earth take their stand;
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the Lord and His Anointed (the Davidic King, the Messiah, the Christ), saying,
“Let us break apart their [divine] bands [of restraint]
And cast away their cords [of control] from us.”
He who sits [enthroned] in the heavens laughs [at their rebellion];
The [Sovereign] Lord scoffs at them [and in supreme contempt He mocks them].
Then He will speak to them in His [profound] anger
And terrify them with His displeasure, saying,
“Yet as for Me, I have anointed and firmly installed My King
Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
“I will declare the decree of the Lord:
He said to Me, ‘You are My Son;
This day [I proclaim] I have begotten You.
‘Ask of Me, and I will assuredly give [You] the nations as Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth as Your possession.
‘You shall break them with a rod of iron;
You shall shatter them [in pieces] like earthenware.’”
Now therefore, O kings, act wisely;
Be instructed and take warning, O leaders (judges, rulers) of the earth.
Worship the Lord and serve Him with reverence [with awe-inspired fear and submissive wonder];
Rejoice [yet do so] with trembling.
Kiss (pay respect to) the Son, so that He does not become angry, and you perish in the way,
For His wrath may soon be kindled and set aflame.
How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] are all those who take refuge in Him!

Defender of offender of the faith

Lawrence III of Arabia

In 1521, Pope Leo X granted Henry VIII the Latin title Fidei Defensor (“Defender of the Faith”) for his book Assertio Septem Sacramentorum, which defended Catholic doctrine against Martin Luther. When Henry VIII broke from Rome in 1534, the Pope revoked the title — but Parliament re‑granted it in 1543, now tied to the English (later Anglican) Church. Every British monarch since has used it, including King Charles III today.

Fast forward to Pope Leo XIV, who, in complete alignment with the late Pope Francis, has extended the title “Defender of the Faith” to other faiths, particularly Islam, through his ongoing ecumenical outreach to Muslims.

Pope Francis said this in his message for the World Day of Peace (2025)

Relations between the Catholic Church and Muslims have been marked by a growing commitment to dialogue and fraternity, fostered by esteem for these our brothers and sisters who ‘worship God, who is one, living and subsistence, merciful and almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has also spoken to humanity.’ This approach, based on mutual respect and freedom of conscience, is a solid foundation for building bridges between our communities.

In harmony with Pope Francis’s views on Islam, Pope Leo XIV explicitly states that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. This statement aligns with Catholic teaching and emphasises the importance of fostering interreligious respect and cooperation. Vatican II explicitly teaches that Muslims “adore the one God” together with Christians.

The Second Vatican Council addressed this directly. In its Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, it said that the plan of salvation includes the Muslims, “who, professing to hold the faith of Abraham, along with us adore the one and merciful God, who on the last day will judge mankind” (Lumen Gentium 16; CCC 841). These exact same words are repeated in Nostra Aetate (1965):

The Church regards with esteem also the Muslims. They adore the one God, living and subsisting in Himself; merciful and all-powerful, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to men.

In stark contrast to these infamous decrees, Islam itself says that God has no son. Several early Islamic monuments feature inscriptions of Qur’anic verses that highlight tawḥīd (the oneness of God). A notable example is the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, constructed between 691 and 692 CE. It includes extensive Qur’anic inscriptions, including passages affirming that God is One and stating, “far be it removed from His transcendent majesty that He should have a son.”

The fact that the Roman Catholic Church persistently calls Muslims their brothers and sisters, despite the latter denial of God’s only begotten Son, proves that Roman Catholics are not Christians in the biblical sense of the word but a dangerous heretical cult that is leading millions astray.

He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. — 1 John 5:12

You cannot serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. It is unclear whether King Charles III or any of his siblings would decide to repent and embrace Jesus Christ as their one true master. What we can confidently assert is that the British royal family, along with all other monarchies around the globe, will come to an end to pave the way for the Antichrist and his own handpicked kings.

12 The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but [together] they receive authority as kings for a single hour [for a common purpose] along with the beast. 13 These [kings] have one purpose [one mind, one common goal], and they give their power and authority to the beast. (Revelation 17:12-13; Amplified Bible).

Whether Katie Hopkins realised it or not, her assertion that the British Royal Family is destined for decline, predicting that the next king, Prince William, and Kate will be the last and final representatives of the Windsor Royal House, is spot on. What event triggered the decline of royalty?

The assassination of Tsar Nicholas II and his entire Romanov family.

History in the making often has a predetermined past event that serves as a precedent for what is to come. Bluntly put, dark forces are always ready to manipulate historical events to predict things in the future. The assassination of Tsar Nicholas II and his entire family was one of these events.

The Romanov family — Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, and their five children (Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei) — were shot and stabbed to death by Bolshevik revolutionaries in the basement of the Ipative House in Yekaterinburg in July 1918.

Wikipedia reports:

The family was awakened after midnight and told they were being moved for safety.

  • They were led to a basement room.
  • A firing squad opened fire, but the execution was chaotic — bullets ricocheted, some victims survived initial shots, and bayonets were used to finish the killing.
  • The bodies were transported to the Koptyaki forest, stripped, mutilated with grenades and acid to prevent identification, and buried in secret.

The Romanovs represented the old imperial order and had to be eliminated to usher in a new order – COMMUNISM. Their deaths were intended to prevent any future restoration of monarchy in Russia

The rise of the Phoenix

Europa has fallen

Throughout the traditions of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Persians, Chinese, and early Christians, the phoenix symbolizes rebirth through destruction and chaos. This concept conveys that something must be consumed by fire for something new to arise. The emergence of the Phoenix is clearly a satanic imitation of God’s divine plan to obliterate the old earth and the entire universe with fire before establishing a new earth and new heavens (Revelation 21:1).

Churches are set ablaze

What is it that inspires world leaders to be so complacent in their efforts to address the escalating chaos that threatens their countries, cities, values, and even the very existence of their fellow human beings?

At the forefront, the unyielding and avaricious quest for wealth by those driven solely by greed for financial gain plays a significant role in the emergence of the New World Order. Secondly, globalists around the world are making huge efforts to eliminate the constraints imposed by biblical Christianity, as stated in Psalm 2. This is evident in the media’s intentional silence and cover-ups regarding Islam’s brutal assaults on Christians, while they openly and falsely criticise Israel, accusing it of genocide and humanitarian violations.

For instance, energy billionaires and oil and gas companies generate staggering profits during times of war. In the 2026 Middle East conflict, 41 G7 energy billionaires collectively earned $23.5 billion in a mere 78 days—averaging around $301 million per day. Oil prices surged from $70 to over $118 per barrel, transferring wealth from consumers to energy producers.

Dignified principles have no room in this profit-driven Communist spectacle orchestrated by Mammon. This is where the eggshell metaphor comes into play. In his “Dialectical Notes “of 1914–1915, Vladimir Lenin wrote:

An eggshell cannot be broken gradually. It must be shattered at once.

Soviet political schools frequently referenced this paraphrase while teaching dialectical materialism. This concept fundamentally diverges from Friedrich Hegel’s Dialectical Idealism—Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis—yet remains closely connected. Whereas Hegel’s dialectic manifests as a slow, temporal unfolding because contradictions take time to mature, the eggshell metaphor represents a more direct and faster revolutionary process. Nonetheless, both have the same goal, and that is to change the status quo. In this sense, they complement one another.

While a small elite gains all, the proletariat loses all: They are the:

  • civilians
  • taxpayers
  • small businesses
  • global supply chains
  • humanitarian systems
  • High bank interest payers (Islam excluded)

When the high cost of living pressurises these folk to the brink of total despair, they begin to yearn for a saviour. In 1949, just after the Second World War, Paul-Henri Spaak, former Prime Minister of Belgium and acknowledged as one of the original founders of the EU, was reported to have said:

We do not want another committee. We have too many already. What we want is a man of sufficient stature to hold the allegiance of all people, and to lift us out of the economic morass in which we are sinking. Send us such a man and, be he god or the devil, we will receive him.

This statement by Spaak is quoted by numerous pre-millennialist bible prophecy teachers. For example, (Hilton 2002, p. 22; Jeremiah 2008, p. 65; Grey 2013, p. 95).

Revival of the Crusades?

Historically the Crusades are reckoned to be the best option to overcome radical Islam (if there is such a thing). Katie Hopkins openly says:

There will come a time not too far from now when the British people, true British people, will have to make very difficult choices. Either they will flee eastwards to Eastern Europe with our much more stronger Christian neighbors like Poland and Hungary, or they will seek asylum, flee, try to come to America, or they will stand their ground. But certainly, the time of ‘The Crusades’ will need to come again if we are to save our culture.”

The New Crusaders

The Roman Catholic Church has participated in numerous interfaith rallies, not only with Muslims but also with the Jewish Noahide movement, emphasizing the ethical dimension of these interactions.

Although the Roman Catholic Church does not formally endorse or associate with the Noahide movement, there are certain moral aspects of cooperation and theological commonality. The most notable connection is the assumption that we are all children of Abraham. All three these religions supposedly revere Abraham as their spiritual father (John 8:39).

In 2004, the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (the Lubavitcher Rebbe) was praised in a Vatican message for promoting moral values rooted in the Noahide tradition. However, this was recognition of moral and educational efforts, not an endorsement of the Noahide movement as a religious path for Catholics.

At the heart of this issue is their quest to connect with each other’s religions and world views, not via Jesus Christ and his Word, but through universally recognized laws that apply across all nations. However, this raises the question of Islam and its inhumane and often criticized Sharia laws. This is where the Crusader perspective becomes relevant.

There is some truth in her statement and it will be no surprise if it develops into a full-scale religio-civil war incited by conflicting religious overtones. One of the opposing sides will succumb to the dominance of the other. The timing of this event, whether it occurs before or after the rapture of the saints, remains a matter of speculation. However, it remains true that the prevailing global religion will be centered around a Babylonian-oriented mystery.

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double (Revelation 18:1-6).

It logically follows that, in order to present himself as the Christ, the Antichrist must emerge from a religious system that has represented a false Christianity throughout the centuries. The only institution that fits this description is the Roman Catholic Church.

How do the three major faiths—Judaism, Islam, and Christianity— achieve common ground in this situation? They are all awaiting the return of the false Messiah. The Jews do not believe that their Messiah has already arrived on earth more than two thousand years ago in the Person of Jesus Christ, and they are waiting for a man to bring lasting peace. At first, the Antichrist will be hailed as such a man but will morph into the man of perdition who will destroy many by peace. (aka the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse which are a depiction of the same person but in degrees of horrific escalating consequences).

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. (Daniel 8:23-25).

Muslims widely hold the belief that the Mahdi, known as “the Rightly Guided One,” will emerge before the world’s end to reinstate justice, righteousness, and authentic faith following a time of significant corruption and oppression. The Mahdi plays a crucial role in Islamic eschatology, though the specifics of this belief vary between Sunni and Shia traditions.

“The Mahdi will be of my (Mohammad’s) lineage, with a broad forehead and an aquiline nose (like that of an eagle). He will fill the earth with justice and fairness as it was filled with oppression and injustice, and he will rule for seven years.”

— Sunan Abu Dawud 4285 [pantheonica.com]

Where did the Muslims copy this from? The Islamic anticipation of the Mahdi shares similarities with the Jewish and “Christian” aspirations for a future savior or messianic leader. However, the concept of the Mahdi as a unique figure for the end times evolved within Islamic tradition, particularly through hadith literature rather than the Qur’an.

The Roman Catholic Church claims to be waiting for the return of Jesus Christ – not at the Pretribulation Rapture but at the Second Coming. Surely, they cannot be referring to Jesus Christ of the Bible for they have been promoting and worshipping another Jesus with another gospel and another holy spirit for centuries. (2 Corinthians 11:4).

In fact, the false prophet who will cause the nations to worship the Antichrist will proceed from the Roman Catholic Church.

And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. (Revelation 13:12).

The Anglican Church (Anglicanism) and the Roman Catholic Church have rich historical connections, including the early Christian creeds, and similar liturgical practices. However, they diverged during the 16th-century English Reformation when King Henry VIII liberated the Church of England from papal authority after the Roman Catholic Church denied his request to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. She was his first wife, married to him from 1509 until the annulment was granted in 1533.

Ironically, the division between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church was instigated by King Henry VIII’s inclination for multiple marriages. He did not like a woman to inherit his throne and divorced 6 wives because none could present him with a male successor.

He had Ann Boleyn executed for alleged high treason but we know what the real reason was for her murder. He couldn’t use the marriage-annulment excuse twice in a row and simply had his wife executed. He accused her of having an incestual relationship with her brother, George Boleyn, of adultery with several men, and conspiring to kill her husband. By the way King Henry VIII died a terrible death.

The other irony lies in the fact that during Henry VIII’s reign, there was no distinction between the Church of England he established and the Roman Catholic Church. The significant theological shift towards Protestantism took shape more prominently under his son, Edward VI, who was raised by Jane Seymour.

Fast forward to Vatican II. The Anglican Church played a major role in the promotion of ecumenism at Vatican II.

Pope Leo XIV has accepted an honorary title reflecting a “shared desire for Christian unity” between himself and the King, Buckingham Palace has said. The Dean and Canons of Windsor have announced Pope Leo XIV has become Papal Confrater of the College of St George at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. (Source)

What is to be made of this marriage? Prince Charles fancies himself a ‘defender of faiths’ as he invites Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh leaders to his coronation.

The world is growing into one united, happy, and peaceful hodgepodge of religions. Roman Catholicism panders to Islam; the Charismatic, Pentecostal, NAR, Orthodox churches, and the Anglican Church are already fornicating in the same bed; Satanism has entered the church via false prophets and apostles; Mysticism has always been part and parcel of Hinduism; and Reformed Theology and Roman Catholicism moved much closer to each other’s bosoms. Consequently, King Charles may rightfully be called, “The Defender of Faiths” and not specifically “The Faith.”

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons." (1 Timothy 4:1; NKJV).

"Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first  (2 Thessalonians 2:3).

The only and final solution

There can only be perfect peace and prosperity on earth when humanity in toto worships Jesus Christ when He ascends the throne of his father, King David, in Jerusalem with the institution of his Millennial reign on earth.

Jesus Christ’s prophetic words in John 5:43 are much closer to its fulfillment than we may think. The world is in turmoil, politically, economically, and especially spiritually. There is indeed a spiritual famine in the land despite the boasting in church circles that Christianity is going to experience its greatest revival ever seen to usher in the Kingdom of God.

They are being deceived by false apostles an prophets who are leading astay the entire world to receive a false kingdom of God on earth which cannot and will not endure. It is doomed for destruction during the seven-year tribulation, after the glorious rapture when Jesus Christ will appear in the clouds to take home his bride where He is (John 14:1-3).

14 Do not let your heart be troubled (afraid, cowardly). Believe [confidently] in God and trust in Him, [have faith, hold on to it, rely on it, keep going and] believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and I will take you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also. 4 And [to the place] where I am going, you know the way.” (John 14:1-4).

“He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. (Revelation 22:20).

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. (Psalm 9:17).

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Tom Lessing is the author of the above article. Discerning the World is an internet Christian Ministry based in Johannesburg South Africa. Tom Lessing and Deborah Ellish both own Discerning the World. For more information see the About this Website page below the comments section.

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