Expanding the Security Council
World leaders continue to debate plans to expand the U.N. Security Council, the world body charged with preserving peace and security after World War II. Since the organizational structure of the council represents the victors of that world war, there have been calls to expand the council to reflect the geopolitical realities of the 21st Century. The council has five permanent members who have veto power and ten nonpermanent members. In this update from Reuters (Veto dropped in draft for new UN Council members) we learn that, "Germany, Japan, Brazil and India on Wednesday dropped the right to a veto for new permanent U.N. Security Council members in their revised draft resolution to expand the 15-member prestigious body. The four nations, contenders for permanent council seats, want the U.N. General Assembly to adopt a framework resolution as early as this month that would add 10 new members to the council, six permanent members and four nonpermanent ones." We will continue to watch as these negotiations continue. The Security Council remains one of several potential fulfillments of the Ten Kings prophecy (Rev 17:12-14), though it is a bit eerie the way the number 10 keeps showing up in these news reports.