
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the United Nations could run out of money by July 2026, after the US refused to pay its contributions and dozens of other member states fell into arrears. The weakening of a centralised global governing body is a significant marker in end-times frameworks — Scripture describes a future world system in which international power consolidates under a single authority, a shift that requires the dismantling or transformation of existing institutions like the UN. Daniel 7 and Revelation 13 both describe a coming global power structure that replaces the current fragmented order of nations.