The media loves to report
that there is coming a potential GREXIT meaning that Greece will leave the euro. This is
such a hot topic that Wikipedia gave the idea of Greece leaving the Eurozone
its own entry. The term “Greece leaving EU” yields 28 search pages as does
Greece leaving euro, and there are a list of search phrases that follow. The phrases have even made it into Google’s
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Will Greece leave the Euro or
leave the EU based on Bible Prophecy?
The answer is no, Greece will remain in the EU and remain in the
Eurozone.
Prophetic Reasons Greece Will Remain in the EU and the
Eurozone
In Bible Prophecy Greece is
an integral part, in Daniel’s vision of the overview of the four world empires
that will have rule over Israel we see that Greece is the third empire the precedes
the fourth which is the Roman.
In Daniel 8:8-10 we see
something interesting, it appears as if the Antichrist rises from Greek empire,
but we know that he will rise from the Revived Roman Empire.
Daniel 8: 8-10
8 Therefore the male goat
grew very great; but when he became strong, the large horn was broken, and in
place of it four notable ones came up toward the four winds of heaven.9 And out
of one of them came a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward the
south, toward the east, and toward the Glorious Land.10 And it
grew up to the host of heaven; and it cast downsomeof the host andsomeof the stars to the ground, and trampled
them.
As Daniel Bible Prophecy points out, this
leader comes from the four winds which are north, south, east, west and
represent the directions of the compass.
According to Daniel Bible Prophecy the four notable ones:
Initially
the entire kingdom went to Alexander’s natural brother Phillip Aridaeus, and then
to his two infant sons Alexander Aegus, and Hercules. Within a very short time
these were all killed so there was no natural heir to the throne, and the
battle ensued between the 36 generals for control of the kingdom. Eventually it
was divided between four— exactly as the prophecy stated. These were Cassander
who had Macedonia and Greece in the west, Lysimachus who had Thrace and a large
part of Asia Minor in the north, Ptolemy who had Egypt and a part of Syria in
the south, Seleucus who had the bulk of the Persian Empire from Syria eastward.
This
verse is talking about Cassander who ruled over Macedonia and came under Roman
rule in 146 BC. Macedonia , which later became the area that was the heart of
the Christianity. West of Macedonia is
the Continent of Europe as it stands today and also during the time of Christ.
While this lets us know that the Antichrist will come from the area of the
Revived Roman Empire, it provides a glimpse to Greece’s in the Roman Empire at
the time of the early church and also hints that it will be part of the Revived
Roman Empire in the latter days. The New
Testament is written in Greek because while Latin was prevalent in the Roman
Empire, Greek dominated the Eastern Empire where Paul concentrated his
ministry. Greek was one of the dominant languages of the Roman Empire at the
time of Christ. While the book of Daniel Chapter 8:8-10 provides an overview of
the end of the Greek Empire, it immediately takes us to the Revived Roman
Empire as an affirmation that the final world empire is in fact a revival of
the Roman. This is specified in Daniel
9:26-27, which predicts the destruction of the Second Jewish Temple in AD
70 as being destroyed by “The Prince who is to come,” and we know this is the
Antichrist because verse 27 describes this prince as confirming “a covenant
with many for one week; But in the middle of the week, He shall bring an end to
sacrifice and offering.” The verse further elaborates “And on the wing of
abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation,
which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate.” This aligns with Jesus’s prediction of the
Antichrist.
Thus
we see a connection of Greece in the Roman Empire during the time of Christ and
of its revival in the latter days. This
is not to be misunderstood that Greece will have a major part, but a part
none-the-less.
There
is also the Throne
of Satan at Pergamus, which is in modern Turkey, but which according to the article written by CBN:
The
people of Pergamum were known as the "Temple-keepers of Asia." The
city had three temples dedicated to the worship of the Roman emperor, another
for the goddess Athena, and the Great Altar of Zeus, the king of the Greek
gods. Many scholars believe this altar is the “Throne of Satan” mentioned in
the book of Revelation.
The
Greek Gods and their symbolism are celebrated throughout the EU starting with
Europa, the name of the EU online database after the Phoenician woman of high
lineage in Greek mythology, for whom the continent of Europe was named. She was
abducted by Zeus who came in the form of a white bull.
At
this moment of change, the picture on the Greek coin provides the reassurance
of continuity: new Europe is still old Europe, with a long tradition that goes
back to ancient Greece. Looking at these coins, it is hard not to be struck by
the similarity of the iconography. Nor has its function changed: it is still
used, as it was back then, to symbolize a region.
Bible
Prophecy in Daniel 8: 8-10 is providing elaboration on the revived Roman Empire
and it becomes obvious that Greece is a part of it.
Clogg (1992) points out that
during the debate in the British Parliament in 1980 over ratification of Greek
membership in the EC, a foreign office minister stated that Greece’s entry
would be “a fitting repayment by the Europe of today as the cultural and
political debt that we all owe to a Greek heritage almost three thousand years
old.”
Geopolitically and Economically
Why Greece Will Not Leave The EU or the Eurozone
IF
Greece were to leave the Eurozone and return to the drachma, it would be
economic suicide.
Greece
would lose out on the lower transactions costs and the inward investment to
Greece. With the euro the second most used currency in the world and the EU
market of 508 million citizens, which is the world’s largest single market.
Given that the EU is Greece’s largest trading partner, and Greek exports are now driving its economy it
makes no sense for Greece to Grexit.
Greece’s
financial shortcomings were not a surprise to the Eurozone because they have
existed during the entire history of Greece in the euro.
Contrary
to the message given to the world by the election of Alexis Tsipras head of the
left wing Syriza party, brought to power by disgruntled citizens effected by
austerity and Eurosceptics, the Greek economy has steadily been improving since
the onset of the financial crisis. Yannis Stournarus , a Greek Economist, who is
also the Governor of the Bank of Greece, and former Greek minister of finance,
and board member of the IMF, stated
at a Lecture on the Greece’s Economy at the London School of Economics concerning
a Grexit:
“ after six years of severe recession and five
years of fiscal adjustment, the economy has now stabilized and is showing signs
of improvement, if this momentum is maintained the economy is likely to return
to a steady growth path in the next few years, Grexit is not an option for
Greece for the simple reason that the competitiveness of the Greek economy has
now been restored over the past five years through internal devaluation and bold
reforms in the labor market and less in the product markets, hence Grexit would
deliver no benefit, but a lot of pain.
Yannis
Stournarus highlighted that, “In case of Grexit the Greek economy would enter
another depreciation characterized by extremely tight financial liquidity conditions
on account of massive deposit outflows and a dramatic fall in confidence and
living standards”
He
predicted:
A
rise in unemployment
A
reduction in government revenues generating fiscal and financial gaps
Imposed
capital controls and a freeze of capital
A
rapid depreciation of the new currency, which would cause higher inflation
A
rise in import prices
The
elimination of EU budget inflows to Greece from Cohesion and Structural Funds
and Agricultural Subsidies.
IMF
and official debt would run in arrears forcing Greece into lengthy renegotiation
processes with an uncertain time before Greece can re enter financial markets
Negative
contagion effect on euro area by introducing instability risk factor into sovereign
bond yields
Geopolitical
risks
Yannis
Stournarus concluded that, “Overall Grexit would imply huge costs for the Greek
people.
Other
signs that Greece is not going to Grexit is that EU Commission President Jean
Claude Juncker
made it clear his intent on keeping Greece in by staring that
he ruled out failure and stated that Greece is a permanent member of the
Euro and he
expects Greece to remain in the Eurozone. Juncker holds considerable
weight., He not only leads the European
Union but has formerly has held key posts. He chaired ECOFIN, (Council on
Economic and Financial Affairs) helped draft monetary union within the Maastricht
treaty. In Juncker's early days he was on the board of governors of the World
Bank for Luxembourg, and served as Luxembourg's finance minister. He was handpicked
by former PM Jacques Santer to replace him. Santer went onto to become the EU
Commission President who launched the euro and until his Commission was sacked
for corruption. He went onto serve as an
MEP for the next five years and he leads a member section of the Union of
European Federalists. Jacques Santer and
Jean Claude Juncker are out of the same club. These men are brilliant and
underestimated by the US financiers and they are EU federalists who share the
same aims and they promote each other much like our Republican and Democratic
Party members endorse each other. More importantly if anyone understands the
euro its strengths and pit falls and has an understanding of the situation it
is Jean Claude Juncker.
Finally Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakisstated that Greece
pledged to meet all of its obligations. Even more telling Varoufakis libertarian Marxist
is also a federalist. European politics
is not governed by left and right as it is in the United States, but rather federalist
and nationalist. The federalists are the liberals and the nationalists are the
conservatives. Varoufakis stated:
"I
believe we have to put an end to the divided eurozone and aim towards greater
consolidation. We must change this process of pitting one nation against
another, and renew the momentum of integration and unification," the new
minister said. He added that he would not be there talking about the Greek
crisis if the EU had been federalised.
Yanis Varoufakis blames the EU’s incomplete federal
integration on the fact that its founding fathers, including the pillars of
European politics François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl, did not believe in their
power to create a United States of Europe. They established an economic and
monetary union in the hope that cooperation between the states would get closer
over time, and they thought the political union would come about naturally in a
time of crisis.
This means that Varoufakis is committed to
the same aims as the Federalists despite Syriza’s EU skepticism and earlier proclamations
of not
cooperating with the troika. What
this means is that he is committed to the euro because the success of the euro
is a key component of the European Project. European federalists are committed to ensuring its success.
One has to think of European
federalists as building a United States of Europe and the Nationalists as pulling
the building apart. In finance charts are used to help determine the movement
of a stock. The premise is that that future behavior is based on past behavior.
If we were to place the EU on a chart we would see its steady movement forward
into a United States of Europe. Yes, there are spikes upward and some downward,
but never below the base line of upward forward
movement. For some reason the media’s
favorite headline is how the EU or euro will disband. People really believe the EU is fragmented
when currently it is a giant that is not punching up to its weight.
In conclusion, when
examining the forecasts in Bible Prophecy and the geopolitical
support for Greece staying in the euro, adding both together, I can tell you that Greece will not exit the
euro.
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