In the last few months of 2008, the world changed drastically, but it will change far more in the years to come.

 

The first fundamental change is that the world’s banks have increasingly becoming one with their governments. As major banks have failed, governments have “rescued” them, and thus have become their masters.

 

The next and very related fundamental change is that the central banks of major countries are working together in an effort to put an end to the financial crisis.

These central banks and their bankers have been given unprecedented power and authority by their governments, who are desperate to stop the economic tailspin. These are far-reaching and fundamental changes that have happened more quickly than anyone would have thought possible.

 

Furthermore, they have not been voted on by the people; they have just happened speedily and have been accepted by societies around the world that are desperate and willing to accept nearly anything if it helps them to maintain their status quo.

 

Time will tell if these changes can prop things up for a little while longer. But whether or not they keep the world economy stable, these changes have been significant and have shifted the mentality, structure, and mode of operation of the world toward a more controlled worldwide banking system, and one step closer toward an one world government.

 

The time is coming when an even greater economic depression will hit the world, an even greater downturn in economic activity, and more power will be consolidated in the hands of the few, followed by a complete revamp of the financial system.

 

Conflicts across the globe and an international respect for Barack Obama have created the perfect setting for establishment of "a New World Order," according to Henry Kissinger, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Secretary of State under President Nixon.

 

"The president-elect is coming into office at a moment when there is upheaval in many parts of the world simultaneously," Kissinger responded during an interview with CNBC. "You have India, Pakistan; you have the jihadist movement. So he can't really say there is one problem, that it's the most important one. But he can give new impetus to American foreign policy partly because the reception of him is so extraordinary around the world.

"His task will be to develop an overall strategy for America in this period when, really, a new world order can be created. It's a great opportunity, it isn't just a crisis."

 

The phrase “new world order” traces back at least as far as 1940, when author H.G. Wells used it as the title of a book about a socialist, unified, one-world government. The phrase causes alarm for many Americans, particularly those concerned about an international governing body trumping U.S. sovereignty or those that interpret biblical prophecy to foretell the establishment of a one-world government as key to the rise of a dictatorial one-world leader, the Antichrist. And indeed, this upcoming leader will create a credit system that will be the centerpiece of all world commerce and control.

Grant Montgomery: Grant's Rants on the Credit System