REVIEW: Global Reset by Mark Hitchcock and Jeff Kinley

Global Reset: Do Current Events Point to the Antichrist and His Worldwide Empire? 

“The only true Global Resetter is God. Only the Creator can be the Re-Creator. Only the One who set the world in motion can reset it back to its original condition. God is the ‘Great Resetter,’ and the work of total transformation will commence on the day when He sends Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, back to planet Earth just as He promised 2.000 years ago when Jesus ascended back to heaven.” (p. 154)

    I’m a big fan of Kinley’s books and his approach to Biblical prophecy. I’ve also been hearing a ton about the Great Reset, all of it majorly concerning, and was looking for a book featuring Biblical approach to view what by all accounts is a domineering plot from a nefarious organization.

“WEF’s real agenda: to transform free people into servants of government…and to globalism itself” (p. 6)

“They do not hide the fact that the globalism they propose is rooted in democratic socialism and world citizenship. That in itself is alarming enough, as the socialist experiment has been a dismal failure in every country where it has been applied. History records the degree of economic disaster and human genocide lef it its wake is almost incalculable.” (p. 9)

  
 The authors provide brief background on the World Economic Forum (WEF), which has apparently been holding clandestine meetings for decades. Among the attendants of these meetings have been world leaders, including those in the American government. From here, the book covers how Satan is at work in the world today, using Scripture to illustrate each point. The developments thus far to move the world to becoming cashless are featured, leading to a discussion of the Mark of the Beast.

“While the strategies of the global reset are coordinated and complex, the aim of it all is simple, yet sinister. Control. Total control. Global control. Iron-fisted control. Global authoritarianism is their intended goal. But harnessing total sway over the planet requires more than governmental and political control. To put their plan into place, the global resetters must seize control over the economy as well” (p. 55)

    

    Hitchcock and Kinney then look at current and emerging policies propelling the world in a more authoritarian direction. One of which is a social credit system, implemented in China that will likely spread throughout the world. Under this form of what amounts to control, people must go along with whatever the government has deemed as “socially acceptable” or truth in order to conduct business, participate in activities and more. The concept is straight out of Orwell’s 1984. The focus then shifts to examining Israel in light of prophecy, including the history of the nation. The recent peace agreements and hostilities of Anti-Semitic terrorist groups shed further light on yet unfulfilled prophecy. I enjoyed the concluding chapters, which focused heavily on Scripture and provide both an explanation for the current climate for Christians in America and foreshadowing for the persecution to come as we get closer to the return of Jesus. 

 My one criticism is that the chapter on the rapture seems to be out of place. I enjoy studying Revelation and the different views of the rapture- like the authors, I hold a pre-tribulation view, as it’s the conclusion taken from reading the Scriptures literally. I enjoyed this chapter, but am not sure how it’s relevant to the focus of the book, especially when the Bible is clear that no one knows, or should speculate, the hour or the day Christ will return. The authors certainly do not partake in speculation, but rather continue to aim of the book to show where the world is in light of prophecy. I would have rather an entire chapter be structured around something currently occurring in the world, or something that looks to be on the precipice. 

Thank you to the publisher, Thomas Nelson, for providing an e-ARC for review via Netgalley; all opinions are my own.