The pattern of this world belongs to Satan, and it has ever since Adam fell to temptation. Because of this, we are born into sin, and so we sin, along with the rest of the world. The world, or “the dominion of darkness” has particular ways and goes round by certain means. Every Christian who is saved is saved out of that dominion, that pattern, and that way of thinking and doing things.

As followers of Jesus, we are taught that everything is exactly the opposite of what we once thought. Our renewed spirit is totally different and agrees with the ways of Heaven, but our flesh is not yet renewed, therefore it has planted within it old habits that run according to the “elementary principles of the world.” In order for our old flesh to fall into line with our new spirit, and the Holy Spirit within us, our minds must be transformed by renewal.

Only then will God’s ways, higher than our own (Isaiah 55:9), truly begin to look as lovely as they are. The mind is renewed by hope and feeding it the truth.

The New World Order is the belief that a selected group has taken or is near takeover of the entire world. This conspiracy explanation is usually associated with belief in a one-world government that seeks to control those who oppose its ways. Further, this New World Order will work to usher in a time of great prosperity, freeing the world from wars, disease, hunger, and poverty.

From a biblical perspective, many have attempted to make an association between the New World Order and the one-world government that the Antichrist is predicted to lead in the book of Revelation. Revelation 13:7-8 shares, "And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, and all who dwell on earth will worship it [the Antichrist, or first beast], everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain."

Because of these similarities, some have connected the Antichrist and his reign with the New World Order. However, while the Antichrist and his rule are clearly noted in Bible prophecy, the New World Order is a conspiracy explanation.

Further, the current evidence for a New World Order is lacking. Though global groups such as the United Nations and World Bank do exist, their global authority currently falls far below the claims made in conspiracy explanation about the New World Order. As a look at daily headlines shows, no government can create global peace or remove all poverty or disease.

Christians need not fear a New World Order, but instead can look forward to our heavenly home, where we will be with the Lord and all things will be new.

In order to understand what the truth is really about, we must begin by defining truth.  Truth, according to the dictionary, is “conformity to fact or actuality; a statement proven to be or accepted as true.” In short, truth is simply telling it like it is; it is the way things really are, and any other viewpoint is wrong.  If truth is knowable, then it should follow that there would be more than enough evidence of truth in and around our universe.  The world today is looking for truth.  This is a reminder for everyone that ignoring the truth always leads to undesired consequences.