Many students of prophecy and national origins have successfully identified the peoples of northwest Europe with the nations receiving the blessings bestowed by Jacob on his sons in Genesis 49. For instance, Joseph was promised the bulk of the birthright, to be a colonising people and to be largely successful in battle (Genesis 49:22-26).
The two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, received special blessings in Genesis 48:17-20.
“When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.”
But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’” Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.” (Gen 48:17-20)
Of special interest in this context is the promise that Ephraim would be a ‘company of nations’ which we would term a ‘commonwealth’ today. This fits perfectly the English peoples as they set up colonies in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and parts of South Africa (accompanied by Scots, Welsh and Irish representing other tribes). And other non-Israelitish nations which were joined to the imperial realm to form the British Empire.
In addition, the mighty British Empire (basically run by the Scots but the majority of troops and settlers were English) arose and expanded, reaching its peak after World War One. After World War Two the Empire began to disintegrate with only the inner Anglo-Celt core nations (Australia, New Zealand and Canada) remaining as part of the British sphere (plus a few island states).
It seems that the day will come that these core nations may reject the Mother nation (Britain) and become republics, continuing their decline in wealth, power, influence and military might.
Their purpose was originally to be a light of God’s way to the Gentiles and to uplift them. This was partially accomplished by missionaries, the Bible Society, the rule of law, education, hospital system, eschewing of totalitarianism as promoted under the British Empire.
Australia’s Lost Mission
But today these nations have lost their way. The grinding away at Britishness and its civilising mission was slowly but cunningly happening in the educational institutions for years but exploded on the world scene 1967-69 with the student uprisings and subsequent move toward neo-Marxism, political correctness and the undermining of Western institutions. Soon pornography was legalised, as was prostitution, capital punishment was banned, divorce and remarriage liberalised, homosexuality permitted, abortion legalised, and signing over more and more controls to internationalist organisations.
(You can read more about the British sense of mission in the articles The British Sense of Mission and Proposals For a United Kingdom and USA Union.
These and other sins together with compromising the birthright and world leadership granted to them by God Almighty, has led to the ‘white anting’ of the nation which has accelerated ever since.
The past ten years has seen the aggressive acceleration of anti-family and anti-parent policies; legalisation of gay marriage and their being permitted to adopt children; extending abortion; legalisation of euthanasia; and moves to remove the last constitutional links with Britain plus many other evils such as open borders and promotion of a world state.
The Covid Crisis – another step toward Harsh Government
To top it all off, the Australian federal and state governments are getting into enormous debt to fund social engineering programs to enforce the Woke agenda and supposed ‘green’ energy. The federal government debt alone will reach $1.3 trillion soon – and that for a country of just 26 million people! When we factor in state government debt with council, corporate and private, the outlook is gloomy.
To cap off this relentless slide, the government reaction to Covid which included deceit and disgraceful overreach by the police, shocking civil libertarians on both the left and right, has added to the divisions within these countries to widen leaving them without national unity and a sense of purpose.
Some have labelled that period a ‘trial neo-Marxist state.’ In fact, the nations of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Britain were in virtual lockstep with these unnecessary actions during Covid. All major political parties were on side with these ‘temporary’ dictatorships and the shutting down of alternative and legitimate views and solutions. The consequences have been emboldened governments and their allies in the media, to have virtual dictatorships; horrendous mental health issues resulted (especially for children); and the impact of the vaccines on the health of many – all these are key signals of the decline of Ephraim and the gradual withdrawal of our blessings by Almighty God.
Yet, the previous Australian Prime Minister stated to the media in May 2022 that most deaths recorded as due to Covid were in fact with it rather than from it. Something alternative experts were warning about for two years. So, what were the terrible lockdowns all about? Why were police units set up to spy on private citizens? And why the virtual destruction of the economy and the subsequent acceleration of federal and state debts? It was all rather sinister.
Any observer who was knowledgeable of the birthright blessings to Ephraim would be able to clearly see that all these are portends of decline and fall.
Where to now Australia?
Australia is one of the most blessed and freest on earth. Yet it is slowly being led down the road toward a neo-Marxist, Globalist and Woke destination. The ending will not be good because it will not be truly democratic, and it will be ungodly. The combination of these two critical elements to any nation, will result in national calamity.
At least the Australia we knew until the rise of leaders such as Gough Whitlam, Paul Keating and now Anthony Albanese was one that was nominally Christian – that is it had values and morals broadly based on God’s Word.
God warns His people Ephraim:
“Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’
You shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
And if you forget the LORD your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish.
Like the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.” (Deuteronomy 8:17-20)
It behoves us to continue to trumpet a warning message to the peoples of Ephraim and all of Israel, lest we share their fate:
“But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.” (Ezekiel 33:6)
You can read more about Australia’s shocking terrifying destiny and punishment in the article Australia The Fair, Australia The Condemned.
Editor’s Note: World News and Prophecy Review is pleased to share this Guest Editorial from Craig White, of Australia.
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