Global government expends much effort to rule over world’s wealth and economy. 

Ezekiel 29:17-18

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“And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder rubbed raw; yet neither he nor his army received wages from Tyre, for the labor which they expended on it.” Ezekiel 29:17-18

Tyre was an economic powerhouse that had trade routes spanning along the coast and enabled prosperity, luxury, and wealth to blossom in various countries. King Nebuchadnezzar wanted to conquer the economic network of Tyre so that he could dominate the “world’s” trade. His armies worked strenuously to overcome Tyre, to the point that they made themselves bald in the effort to do so. This is like the saying of today that we worry ourselves bald. For shoulders to be rubbed raw is the result of constant friction in the confrontation over wealth and free trade. However, king Nebuchadnezzar was not able to profit in a way that would make the effort expended worth what he gained from it.

Today, the world government and its global culture is coming against the wealth, luxury, and prosperity of America. America has global economic influence as one of the wealthiest nations in the world. America, as an economic powerhouse, is described in Ezekiel chapters 26, 27, and 28. However, the goal of the United Nations is to be the one world government which requires being the center of the world’s economy, which requires subduing the economic power of America. This also corresponds to the implementation of the global digital currency. As it stands, subduing America’s global economic influence is a strenuous and stressful endeavor that makes the head go bald. Fighting against America’s powerful world economy also causes the shoulders to be rubbed raw in the constant friction over excesses, luxury, and abundance of wealth.

The strenuous effort in subduing America’s economy has much less profit for all the work being put into it. As we see in the next verse, God decides to give the world government and its global culture, not just the economy of America, but all of America. That is the reward to the world government for the effort put into whittling away America’s global economic power.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we set ourselves apart from the ways of this world and put aside the desire for wealth, prosperity, and luxuries. As our Lord Jesus says to us and to government leaders, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:19-21

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11