The Last holdout to revived Roman Empire signed on

Well! The last holdout among the 27 EU nations on signing the Lisbon Treaty has now signed. I reported a month ago that the Lisbon Treaty had been ratified by 26 of the 27 nations, with Ireland having voted for it in Oct, and that only the Czech Republic balked but indicated they would cave in if Ireland voted yes. Now the Czechs have signed it as well. Above, Roman Empire at its height. Source: Missler

 The Lisbon Treaty is the document that will create a governmental entity out of the European Union, complete with a constitution and two new offices, a President and his Foreign Minister. Hmmm... Antichrist and False Prophet?? Time will tell.

The Czech Republic had been holding out because their parliament had asked whether the Lisbon Treaty is unconstitutional. This week their High Court judged that it is not, and then the Prime Minister signed. How this fits in with prophecy is:

In the last days, Daniel said, the antichrist will emerge suddenly out of a revived Roman Empire (Daniel 25:40; Daniel 9:26). The last empire Daniel saw in his vision, the Roman Empire was never defeated. It simply collapsed. The European Union has been the forerunner to the final re-emergence to this empire and now that the Union is now a constitutional governmental body, it is officially an empire once again. With the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU can now move ahead with uniting the 27 EU member states into an even greater major economic and political power as has been these past thirty years ... as we read in Bible prophecy for the last days. The treaty is set to go into effect on December 1. Though this is not a fulfillment yet of the Revived Roman Empire as seen by Daniel is his vision, it sets the stage for it to come to fruition, in God's timing.

The following news article is excerpted at the second paragraph. The fact of the new European entity is known, but the impact and reality of that fact is yet to be felt. This article's second paragraph describes what could happen to Christianity in Europe, with all 27 EU nations now being one under a constitution:

Czech Republic Leader Signs Lisbon - No More Barriers to New European Superstate
Today the anti-Christian, secularist leanings of the EU's institutions were illustrated when the European Court of Human Rights ruled that crucifixes must be removed from Italian state schools. In response to a complaint from an Italian woman in Padua, the Strasburg court ruled, "The presence of the crucifix ... could easily be interpreted by pupils of all ages as a religious sign and they would feel that they were being educated in a school environment bearing the stamp of a given religion." The court ruled that the Italian state is to "refrain from imposing beliefs in premises where individuals were dependent on it." Campaigners have warned that this type of ruling under Lisbon's terms would become binding on all member states, ushering in the effective repression in all of Europe of public expressions of Christianity or any other belief that opposes the prevailing official European secularism.

And who will lead the new Europe? This is prophetically interesting in a speculative way, because Daniel also tells us that the antichrist will emerge from the revived Roman Empire (Daniel 7:24-25; Revelation 17:7). Though the emergence of this evil leader could arise from the top position newly created by this European Constitution, it certainly doesn't have to be. And keep in mind that for many years, the Roman Empire had an eastern leg to it (think of the statue in Daniel's dream). The eastern leg was Constantinople, known now as Istanbul, in Turkey. Turkey is Muslim country.

FMI on the antichrist's origins, Chuck Missler has a good series based in scripture, here

EXTRA:EU to call extra summit on top jobs
The European Union is to call an extraordinary summit in the coming days to discuss who should be the bloc's first-ever president, the EU's Swedish presidency said Tuesday after the Czech president signed the reforming Lisbon Treaty. "To finalize the treaty preparations, I will now begin name consultations. As soon as possible, I will also call for an EU summit," Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said in a statement.