Why The ‘Berlin Ten’ Are Not The Ten!

For 70 years we have declared that Europe is destined to morph into the biblically prophesied 10-nation combine under one overarching politico-economic and military power, spiritually inspired by Rome.

In recent months a group of 10 nations giving themselves the name the “Berlin Group” or “Berlin Club” have been meeting under the leadership of one of Germany’s least-popular and least-successful politicians, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. Perhaps, realizing that his political career is on the skids, this is Westerwelle’s final effort to leave behind some sort of political legacy. Yet it is destined to ultimately fail, at least in its current form.

Despite Westerwelle’s efforts, the one thing that he has highlighted that has gained the attention of students of Bible prophecy is the number of nations involved in his initiative to enact a two-tier Europe. Present at the most recent meeting of the group—once again chaired by Westerwelle—were his counterpart foreign ministers from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

The number ten aligns with the prophecy of Revelation 17. But do the particular nations that comprise the Berlin Club gel with our understanding of the nations that will comprise the ultimate 10 powers that fulfill that prophecy? To answer this question, we must comprehend and accept a key element of interpreting Bible prophecy. Biblical revelation is only delivered by God through the minds of His prophets and apostles (Ephesians 2:19-22).

The understanding of the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation that reveal the rise of a great conquering northern power to dominate the world scene in our time was delivered by God through the mind of His 20th-century apostle, Herbert Armstrong. Those same prophecies are consistently taught, as revealed to Herbert Armstrong, via this website, under the direction of our editor in chief, Gerald Flurry.

What did Herbert Armstrong teach would be the makeup of the final 10 nations comprising the seventh and final resurrection of the Holy Roman Empire?

He began by going to Daniel 2 to explain that the two legs of the great image, representing the world empires prophesied to rule the world from the time of Babylon-Chaldea, were a type of the traditional division of the “iron empire”—the Holy Roman Empire—between east and west, destined to be resurrected seven times. He demonstrated that the 10 toes of the image would be a final 10-nation combine, comprising five powers from Western Europe and five from the Eastern nations of that continent.

Then, if the prophecy that the nations of Israel will be enslaved by this northern power in the future (Daniel 11) is all-embracing—that is, if it includes the Israelite nations of northwestern Europe in addition to Judah and the Anglo-Saxon nations—then, as Mr. Armstrong showed, the final 10 nations which dominate Europe must be drawn from the Gentile nations of East and West Europe!

In a co-worker letter dated Sept. 20, 1979, Mr. Armstrong stated: “Many of the present Pope John Paul ii’s activities point to the fact that he can be the pope that will initiate this European reunion, in a ‘United States of Europe’” (emphasis added throughout).

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