In an October blog, The Genuine Article, I made mention of the fact that we in this world tend to think we control the happenings and progress of this country by virtue of democracy and the rule of the people, so that the government is in office by the will of the people, and operates with the people's wellbeing in mind. I questioned that assumption, and offered the possibility that the government in office operates by virtue of the real, underlying ‘powers’ that be, regardless of the ruling party's stripe. Those people control the money, the media, and all that underlies life as we know it in our ‘free’ world.

A friend sent me the following article, written by a financial mind. Please read it. It speaks to this issue, and may open our minds a bit more to this possibility.

Please also make note of the writer’s use of the word 'dominion' in it's various forms ('dominate', etc.).

I am not of the conspiracy-theory mind, and in fact eschew that thinking because I believe that the world's system(s) operate under spiritual rather than this-worldly powers, and that, ultimately, our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (Eph 6.13).

The link:   http://www.yolohub.com/economy/who-runs-the-world

shalom .. .