//You said the UN World Authority would be in charge. Who are these nations now ruling and what happened to the UN who is supposed to be in charge?//
Okay, here's how it works. There are four beasts, a Lion (Japan), a Bear (Russia) a 4-headed Leopard with 4 wings and "power indeed" (US and Allies), and a fourth beast that is ambiguous. The 4th beast represents Babylon the great that is destroyed by fire before the other nations are. When the 4th beast is killed, then the rulerships of these other nations are taken away and they are given an extension of "life" for "a time and a season."
This reflects when these nations join the UN who then becomes the ruling world authority. That's the interpretation. The 4th beast is not like the others and thus not a political organization it represents the international bankers who manipulate the world through money behind which are those agencies associated with Freemasonry, the Illuminati, etc. Skull and Bones, etc. The CIA is represented as being a horn of this 4th beast, the little horn with the many eyes.
BUT REALLY, it occurs to me that any interpretation is up for acceptance. After all, many false applications by the WTS are rejected by me as well but they think the prophecy is being fulfilled. So all I can do is just share that I see lots and lots of Bible prophecies fulfilled in modern times, but totally understand if you see none. But since this is a JW forum, I'll share one of my favorites that applies to the WTS. It's the parable of the vineyard workers.
Briefly in this parable, workers are hired to work in the vineyard. The first ones hired are told they would get the day's wage which is the penny. That penny comes to represent the invitation to the heavenly class. Then at the third, sixth, ninth and 11th hours, more workers are invited into the work. But they are told they will get "whatever is fair." Thus you have a TWO-CLASS system among the workers. The 1st-hour workers who will get the penny and from the 3rd-hour workers on, those who don't think they will get the penny. Thus the third through the 11th-hour workers represent the "earthly class" within the witness organization, and the 1st-hour workers represent the heavenly class! Everyone was of the anointed when the organization started but then some clearly felt they were not anointed and were identified as the earthly class.
What is fun here is that a half hour in scripture is 3.5 years, so a full hour is 7 years. So the 11 hours of work are assigned to 77 years from 1914 to 1991. But in that case, the third-hour workers at 21 years (3 x 7) should have been recognized in the organization. 21 plus 1914 is 1935! Thus, indeed, in 1935, the "other sheep" or earthly class were recognized! So here I am, jumping up and down, amazed at how accurate this prophetic parable reflected what would go on with the WTS.
But then, after the work is over for those 11 hours from 1914-1991, during the 12th hour, from 1991-1998 the workers are paid. They are paid from the last first. And guess what? ALL the workers are given a penny! This is shocking to the 1st-hour workers who murmur against the 11th hour workers. But the master insists he wants to be generous and gives the 1st-hour worker their penny for their work. So they don't lose their penny, but they are not happy about getting no more than the other workers.
So the bottom line is, all the "other sheep" after 1991 are invited into the heavenly class! The GB and the WTS are not part of that. They are shocked by it, but they don't get paid until the very end. They get paid last. The WTS further doesn't understand this because they think that they are the last of only 144,000 who are invited to heaven. But in fact, per Isa 6:13, the 144,000 are simply the holy root of the kingdom, they make up the natural Jews!
ISA 6:13 "“But there will still be a tenth in it, and it will again be burned, like a big tree and like an oak, which after they are cut down leave a stump; a holy seed* will be its stump.”
In the NT the kingdom is also represented as a tree, an olive tree, where the unfaithful Jewish branches are replaced by gentile branches. But the root is never replaced. That remains a remnant of natural Jews, 12K from each tribe. So in reality, the 144,000 literally are all natural Jews, but only make up the root and thus one-tenth of the whole, meaning the entire number in the kingdom are 1,440,000! So you see, there are a lot more places in the kingdom than the WTS was aware of.
In fact, when you follow the other prophecies, where you have the kingdom represented as a wedding feast, even lots of those invited don't show up, they beg off. Those invited represent JWs and other Christians who are not paying attention. So there are lots of empty seats in the kingdom that are actually filled by non-Christians. The WTS does not understand this because they have now been cast out as the "evil slave."
But even that is interesting. There must be an "evil slave" organization during the end times and guess who fulfills that? The WTS! That is, the GB of the WTS! Now lots of XJWs will be the first to say the WTS is a "false prophet." But they don't want to believe the reference in the Bible to the "evil slave" or in Revelation about the "false prophet" has anything to do with the WTS, when it actually does. I think deep down, they don't believe the WTS is really a legitimate religion at all and so wouldn't have any mention in the Bible. But in fact, they are the "temple" organization, the one that preaches the good news and so many prophecies in the bible are about them.
When I say "temple" organization it reflects that when the Christian covenant was set up Christians became like the 12 tribes of Israel, God's chosen people. Witnesses think they are the only true religion. But like the 12 tribes of Israel, there was one tribe that was set aside to do the temple work, the tribe of Levi. Likewise, within Christendom one religion would be chosen as a temple sect and that sect turns out to be JWs. But whoever is the temple sect, that is, God's "house" organization, would also produce the evil slave and the man of lawlessness. They would be exposed as the man of lawlessness at the very end just before Armageddon, and so that is what is happening now.
So I'm seeing all these prophecies being fulfilled and you are seeing nothing. That simply means, like beauty, prophecy and fulfillment are definitely seen in the eyes of the beholder. What makes my interpretation any better than that of the WTS from your perspective? So all that is left is just to tell you that some of us see tons of Bible prophecies being fulfilled, but understand why others see nothing. God enlightens whom he chooses and maintains darkness for the rest. It's always been that way. The secrets and special meanings have always been for the insiders and others looking on see nothing. Their eyes are open but they see nothing, they hear but have no understanding.
