by Voice_du_More » Sat 24 Jan 2009, 12:52:58
I'll give you guys the best advice your are ever gonna hear, repent and believe in Jesus, submit to the teachings of the Bible and learn from Him.
Few people understand what the early Christians actualy believed about Christianity so I will lay it out for you here in an exclusive behind the scenes look.
In his sermon on Mars Hill the Apostle Paul confronted the Greek world and he included this statement,
'He made from one blood, every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times, and the boundaries of theri habitation, that they should seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His offspring.' Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man. Therefore hvaing overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to all men everywhere that they should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.'
Acts 17:26-31
Now, let me be clear, true Christianity is about sending that warning and that call. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof. It is about world revolution, but in it is an inherant warning. God will not forever strive with man. Now are the days written about in the Book of Revelation, we are watching the fourth seal opening (Revelation 6:7,8.) Today is the day of salvation, and salvation is free to all who call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Understand this also,
(Revelation 11:17) "We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign. The nations were enraged, and Your wrath came..."
also,
(Revelation 11:15) "And the seventh angel sounded; and there arose loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever."
and,
(Revelation 19:15) "from His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may smite the nations; and He will rule them with a rod of iron"
You see the Bible ends with that Book because it 'reveals' the intention of God. Jesus will subdue all the nations and rule from Jerusalem. Christianity is profoundly revolutionary regarding the current order, or the new one, and teaches that every nation will submit to Christ in the end. This is part of why the book also speaks of great persecutions arising against the true church in the end times, because the peoples of the world view the idea of Jesus returning and subjecting them to His rule as a vile thing to believe, a hateful and undemocratic thing. Really, what an undemocratic notion, that Christ will be a self-imposed world dictator (the spin I am sure will be given to it by His enemies.) But in fact this is what the Apostles preached and believed and died for. That the Church would make the invitation to come to the feast because the time was very short, and when the time was up in God's time, there would remain no excuse that could be offered. When the Lord arises to take His place, and to destroy the kingdom of the antichrist (who will appear to be very democratic by the way), there will be no time for excuses.
So I hope I have enlightened you all a little bit about what the Bible actually teaches about Christianity. I hope that by some chance some of you might actually read the Book of Revelation and understand it.
God bless.