The superpowers vie for our worship and over-allegiance. How do they compare to each other? One has a tremendous ability to rapidly extend is influence worldwide, which mirrors the rapid expansion of the Ancient Greeks and Macedonians under Alexander. A second has fierceness and vocal reach in media, combined with shock and awe in battle, and can extend the influence of the rapid superpower by backing it up militarily and with fearsome propaganda. This mirrors the fierce, worship-demanding rule of the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar. The third has a history of diplomatically fostering the coexistence of various nations, ethnicities, and religions, over a vast territory, with tremendous stability, such that it can form a solid standing for all three superpowers once they combine as one. This mirrors the Medes and Persians under Cyrus. If it is a correct reading of Revelation to see these as a future Beast, it would be reasonable to think that they will gain in decades ahead a single ruler over them, who will be the Beast’s monarch we call the Antichrist. Beware, in that what allegiances we are tempted to give to the superpowers today, might be serving the Beast tomorrow, and its terrible combined leader.
