New World Order in KJV Bible
The King James Version (KJV) of the Bible does not explicitly use the phrase "New World Order." However, the concept of a renewed world or a new age is present in various biblical texts, interpreted by theologians as referring to future divine arrangements or transformations. This concept often relates to eschatological expectations concerning God's ultimate reign and the establishment of a new creation.
One significant theme is the "world to come," which is mentioned in Hebrews 2:5. This phrase is understood to refer to a future dispensation, distinct from the present world order that was, in part, subjected to angels under the Old Testament [3]. The present world order is sometimes described in the New Testament as being under the limited rule of Satan [5].
Prophetic passages in the Old Testament speak of a future transformation. Isaiah 65:17 declares, "For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth." John Gill interprets this as having begun its fulfillment with the preaching of the Gospel, leading to a "new face of things" in both Jewish and Gentile worlds, forming a new church state [6]. Similarly, Joel 3:18 describes a future time after judgment when the land will overflow with divine blessing, contrasting with the desolation of opposing world powers like Egypt and Edom [7].
The New Testament further develops this idea, particularly in relation to the reign of Christ and the spiritual transformation of believers. Colossians 3:11 speaks of a renewed humanity "wherein" distinctions such as Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, bondman and freeman are abolished, indicating a new spiritual reality that transcends previous societal and religious divisions [2]. This new reality is not merely a social restructuring but a fundamental change in the "sphere of the renewed man" [2].
Early Christian writers also engaged with the concept of a renewed world. Lactantius, for instance, describes a future time when the Son of God will come to judge the living and the dead, destroy unrighteousness, and recall the righteous to life, ushering in a renewed world [4]. Augustine, in City of God, discusses the divine judgment at the "end of the world," where Jesus will judge alongside his disciples [8].
The idea of a "new city" or "Neapolis" (from Greek neos meaning "new" and polis meaning "city") also appears in biblical names, though not directly as a "New World Order" [1]. This linguistic root reflects the broader biblical theme of newness and renewal.
Sources
- Hitchcock's Bible Names “Hitchcock's Bible Names: Neapolis — the new city”
- Colossians (Presbyterian) “Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Colossians 3:11: Where--Translate, "Wherein," namely, in the sphere of the renewed man. neither . . . nor . . . nor . . . nor--Translate as Greek, "There is no such thing as Greek and Jew (the difference of privilege between those born of the natural seed of Abraham and those not, is abolished), circumcision and uncircumcision (the difference of legal standing between the circumcised and uncircumcised is done away, Gal 6:15) --bondman, freeman." The present Church is one called out of the flesh, and the present world-course (Eph 2:2), wherein such distinctions ex”
- Hebrews (Presbyterian) “Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Hebrews 2:5: For--confirming the assertion, Heb 2:2-3, that the new covenant was spoken by One higher than the mediators of the old covenant, namely, angels. Translate in the Greek order, to bring out the proper emphasis, "Not the angels hath He," &c. the world to come--implying, He has subjected to angels the existing world, the Old Testament dispensation (then still partly existing as to its framework), Heb 2:2, the political kingdom of the earth (Dan 4:13; Dan 10:13, Dan 10:20-21; Dan 12:1), and the natural elements (Rev 9:11; Rev 16:4). and even individuals (”
- Schaff ANF/NPNF (Patristic) “ANF Vol 7: Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus, Dionysius — CHAP. XXIV.--OF THE RENEWED WORLD. (part 1): Now I will subjoin the rest. Therefore the Son of the most high and mighty God shall come to judge the quick and the dead, as the Sibyl testifies and says:-- "For then there shall be confusion of mortals throughout the whole earth, when the Almighty Himself shall come on His judgment-seat to judge the souls of the quick and dead, and all the world." But He, when He shall have destroyed unrighteousness, and executed His great judgment, and shall have recalled to life the righteous, w”
- Luke (Protestant academic) “Tyndale House on Luke 4:6: 4:6 they are mine to give: The New Testament elsewhere describes Satan’s limited rule over the present world order (John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11; Eph 2:2; 1 Jn 5:19).”
- Isaiah (Baptist/Reformed) “John Gill on Isaiah 65:17: For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth,.... This prophecy began to have its accomplishment in the first times of the Gospel, when through the preaching of it there was a new face of things appeared in Judea, and in the Gentile world, so that the whole looked like a new world; and this was all the effect of creating power, of the mighty, powerful, and efficacious grace of God attending the word, to the conversion of many souls; a new church state was formed, consisting of persons gathered out of the world, the old national church of the Jews being dissolved”
- Joel (Lutheran) “Keil & Delitzsch on Joel 3:18: After the judgment upon all nations, the land of the Lord will overflow with streams of divine blessing; but the seat of the world-power will become a barren waste. Joe 3:18. "And it comes to pass in that day, the mountains will trickle down with new wine, and the hills flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah flow with water; and a fountain will issue from the house of Jehovah, and water the Acacia valley. Joe 3:19. Egypt will become a desolation, and Edom a barren waste, for the sin upon the sons of Judah, that they have shed innocent blood in their land. Jo”
- Schaff ANF/NPNF (Patristic) “NPNF1 Vol 2: Augustine — City of God, Christian Doctrine — CHAP. 5.--THE PASSAGES IN WHICH THE SAVIOUR DECLARES THAT THERE SHALL BE A DIVINE JUDGMENT IN THE END OF THE WORLD. (part 2): ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."(3) Here we learn that Jesus shall judge with His disciples. And therefore He said elsewhere to the Jews, "If I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges."(4) Neither ought we to suppose that only twelve men shall judge along with Him, though He says that they shall sit upon twe”