Sentences with phrase «power over the nations»

In squeezing the Church and other mediating institutions out of the public square, government naturally assumes more power over the nation's economic and social life.

First Corinthians 15:24 - 25 says Satan will be destroyed and Revelation 2:26 says we will rule: «And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations.»

In KJV Rev 2:26 nations participate in the Messianic Reign, And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: In KJV Rev 7:9 it is stated, After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

As far as I can see, all the criticism of the veto is empty rhetoric, ignoring the true question: do you wish to have fiscal union, with the EU having powers over nation budgets?

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared much of President Donald Trump's travel ban to take effect this week and agreed to hear arguments in the fall, giving the president at least partial vindication for his claims of sweeping power over the nation's borders.

Holding absolute power over the nation's nuclear reserve and Internet communications, the technical behemoth houses GW, the master AI controlling The Patriots and their rule over the States.

Recent EPA actions on climate, air quality, human experiments, the Clean Power Plan, the war on coal, and «waters of the United States» were used to expand its budget, personnel, and powers over the nation's environment, energy, and economy.

Not exact matches

«Russia has violated the borders of nearby nations and pursues veto power over the economic, diplomatic, and security decisions of its neighbors.»

Yet, just months ago, a Jokowi victory appeared almost a sure thing — holding an almost 40 % lead over Prabowo, a candidate not allowed in the U.S. for past human rights violations and who, as the former son - in - law of Suharto, the Indonesian dictator overthrown 16 years ago, is certainly among the nation's entrenched powers.

With the right policies, these nations are likely to blow away expectations over time and become leading powers in their regions.

There is a fascinating battle under way over states» rights and taxation, with federal Treasurer Peter Costello wielding his new - found power as chieftain of the biggest pot of gold the nation has ever seen — the GST.

Russian overtures to Pakistan offer a badly needed diplomatic lifeline for the South Asian nation as it faces growing friction with Western powers over its alleged links to militants.

Le Maire's call for G20 nations to join together in comprehensive talks over bitcoin, and cryptocurrency more broadly, echoed recent sentiments from Joachim Wuermeling, a board member at Bundesbank in Germany, who had previously stated, «Effective regulation of virtual currencies would therefore only be achievable through the greatest possible international cooperation, because the regulatory power of nation states is obviously limited.»

In the meantime, the government could implement the spirit and intent of its commitment in the power sharing agreement by instructing the staff reviewing Kinder Morgan's permits to bend over backwards to engage affected First Nations on any issue, even if they tangentially involved.

The B.C. Liberals abdicated their responsibility and ignored the voices of B.C. communities, First Nations and businesses by handing over decision - making power for the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project to the federal government.

Solar power, which now generates almost 2 percent of the nation's electricity, has become popular among Democrats and Republicans alike, as people consider ways to have more control over their energy use and to reduce pollution as well as create jobs.

Hailemariam rose to power in the southern region, becoming the Ethiopian equivalent of a U.S. governor over the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples» Region in 2002 before advancing to the national government.

I assume, from my limited understanding, Empire is not the nation state, but it is the essence of triumphalism and systems of oppression that create power structures for the said empire over an OTHER / S.

What many Christians in this country celebrate as «interdependence» is recognized there as the increasing one - sided dependence of whole nations on distant centers of economic power over which they have no control.

Paul's encouragement to Timothy to pray for his nation's leaders came at a time when no one had any control over who was in power.

Fromm sees clearly that for many people Christianity is a thin veneer over the idolatrous worship of power, success, and the authority of the marketplace; or it is a cover masking their idolatrous fixation on their clan, religious or ethnic group, or nation - state.

This is because, as Greg Boyd points out in his book, The Myth of a Christian Nation, Christianity was never intended to have «power over» others, but is based upon «power under» others.

These corporate middlemen have as much power over the small farmers of America as they do over sovereign nations in the market to purchase grain.

In his Attack upon «Christendom» Soren Kierkegaard suggested that «the illusion of a Christian nation is due... to the power which number exercises over the imagination... It is said, that [an innkeeper] sold his beer by the bottle for a cent less than he paid for it; and when a certain man said to him, «How does that balance the account?

Niebuhr found in Western history a recurring pattern in which strong nations exercised power over weaker nations.

Certainly, such a bankruptcy would mean a drastic lowering of our standard of living, a further loss of control over international affairs, a sudden need to adjust to the rise of other powers, including China and India, and a further discrediting of the notion that the United States is somehow exceptional compared to other nations.

The United Nations Organization is already playing that crucial role, but it has not been very effective when major national powers or consortium of powers take the issues in their own hands over the wish and aspiration of others, especially those who disagree with them and their methods of settling disputes.

Just as there are laws within a nation that forbid a person to misuse his liberty, so there should be laws under which the irresponsible use of a nation's powers over its own citizens could be judged; that is to say, the rights of self - determination by the nation should be subordinate to the fundamental rights of man.

The Dun Commission of Christian scholars in 1950 in their report on The Christian Conscience and Weapons of Mass Destruction stated that «to accept general war as inevitable is to treat ourselves as helpless objects carried by a fated tide of events rather than as responsible men,» and went on to say, «One reason why fascism and Naziism gained their dread power over great nations was because otherwise decent people bowed before what they regarded as «inevitable» and allowed a «wave of the future» to inundate them.»

The United Nations defines modern slavery, or human trafficking, thus: «the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.

Until a little over a century ago the papacy was itself a temporal power, one of the major states of Italy, and it remains to this day a sovereign state recognized diplomatically by many nations.

Rev 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

One man, or one group, or one nation, or one race assumes arrogant power over the life of another; and God, also violated, must act in judgment.

We need to remember that Germany was the most literate nation in the world when I Hitler took over and used an uncritical literacy as a means for maintaining his power.

The competition regulator has vowed to push ahead with its twin investigations into the power of the supermarket chains over allegations of bullying suppliers and the misuse of petrol shopper dockets, despite the release on Monday of a draft voluntary code of conduct agreed to by the retailers and the nation's grocery and food suppliers.

As you might have seen written in this space and elsewhere at SB Nation over the past few weeks, MLB's owners are engaging in what we've dubbed a «legalized» form of collusion: The cartoonish villainy of the collusion of the»80s has been replaced by a far more subtle force that has given nearly all power to the owners over the past couple of decades.

SB Nation compiled the recruiting classes for each of the Power 5 schools over the last four seasons and determined that Alabama, USC, Ohio State, LSU, Notre Dame, Florida State, Michigan, Auburn, UCLA, Texas A&M, Georgia, Clemson, and Texas — can win it all.

The nation's leader in three - point field goals this season (148) went off for 27 points in a 79 — 75 win that represented the program's first triumph over a Top 25 opponent as well as the season's second - largest upset at that point, according to ESPN's Basketball Power Index.

Alexander, who includes adviser to U2 singer Bono on global poverty among his portfolio of jobs, also called for EU powers over fisheries and agriculture to be handed to Holyrood post-Brexit and backed Gordon Brown's call for a constitutional convention to consider further devolution to the nations and regions of the UK.

The Freedom House Nations in Transit 2011 report called this «an alarming concentration of political power over the media».

They are creating their own collective bank, have appointed think tanks and established research hubs — all activities which precipitate the prediction that BRICS nations will eclipse the power and influence of the G7 summit over the next decade.

President Obama chose confrontation over conciliation as he asserted the powers of the Oval Office to reshape the nation's immigration system and all but dared members of next year's Republican - controlled Congress to reverse his actions on behalf of millions of immigrants.

Emmanuel Kofi Buah has indicated that the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant is expected to save the nation over $ 500million a year from importing light crude to power the thermal plants.

Ghanaians have battled severe power cuts over the last three years with the nation's power distributors sometimes shedding as much 650 megawatts during peak times.

The proposal comes as the mayor and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, both Democrats, continued to squabble over responsibility for paying for repairs to the nation's largest transit system that has seen growing delays, mechanical failures, power outages and even derailments.

Scotland's party leaders have clashed over increasing the nation's financial powers, in another election campaign discussion.

Scotland's party leaders have clashed over the subject of increasing the nation's financial powers, in another election campaign discussion.

The Scotland Act will give Holyrood the power over 15 % of the taxes raised in the nation, but that was «not nearly enough» said John Swinney.

Common Core effectively destroys local control of our schools, transferring community educational initiatives to the vast and faceless federal bureaucracy, shifting yet more power from the local community to Washington so that it can impose continental control over the education of our nation's children.

The most efficient over long distances is high - voltage DC (HVDC), which employs converter stations analogous to the transfer stations that mediate power flow among the nation's Eastern, Western, and Texas grids today.