Once Adam and Eve lost the garden, and rulership of the earth to Satan, there have always been only 2 groups of people.
Those who chose to follow God, and everyone else. Believers and unbelievers.Unbelievers have always put themselves squarely under the control of Satan who promises such sweetness, such riches, before he destroys you.His only goal is to destroy every good work of God. Humans were meant to be the crowning glory of God's creation. From Adam to Noah, only a few followed God, One term for them is preachers of righteousness.Enoch and Noah are two examples. The reason the lineage of Seth is followed by the Genesis account, is this seems to be the only group that ever produced believers. Cain's lineage decided they, as humans, could indeed do whatever they wished, in their own power. And you thought humanism was new.... After the flood, God again looked for people who would follow Him, Job is one early believer (I know that my redeemer liveth) .He knew he was imperfect, that sacrifice was necessary. and that one would come to save us from sin.Most of humanity flocked to Nimrod's banner. Here we see a substitute religion, defiance of the commandments of God, and a necessary correction..destruction of the Tower of Babel, and yet, Nimrod's family stayed right there (persistent unbelievers!) and later formed Babylon. God found one man, a pagan also in the Middle East, who believed, and followed Him.He changed his name from Abram to Abraham, Spent decades training him, making covenants, showing His will, before allowing the child of the promise to be born. And the grandson Jacob, also called Israel, would be the founder of a new people. God said this family, this nation, belonged to Him, and the term Jew comes from the large tribe Judah. They were just Hebrews or Israelites for a long time! Placed by famine sort of out of the way of the middle east, for 400 years, a mighty nation emerged from Egypt. Their claim to the land of Israel did not go uncontested; they rejected Gods plan to use hornets to gradually move the people out,so He told them, after 40 years (a new generation) they needed to cleanse the lands of all the Canaanites. They did not, and became involved in idolatry and sexual sin with their unbelieving neighbors.Jews and gentiles...the 2 divisions of mankind. Gentiles can also be called heathen and pagans. Very very few of them ever sought the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. Rahab did. And Ruth. The Jews were to keep the Law, and the sacrifices at the Temple. You know how often they did not and that they lost the Temple (twice), were put under gentile subjection,were dispersed and even though they are a nation again, still must answer to gentile authorities.( UN , etc).Their story is not finished God will complete every act, every necessary thing, every curse,every blessing. God cannot lie. It is His will and it will be done. Back to the gentiles, the unbelievers One group was allowed to experience the blessings of God..after the Jews rejected Jesus as Messiah. This did not start at the Resurrection, but with the apostleship of Paul. Jesus called for himself "a peculiar people" in that. although pagan, we could accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Both plans have unfolded for 2,000 years. Believers, both Jewish and Gentile. That's right, Israel still awaits Messiah/King. Gentile believers ( though some Jews have come to believe) are part of the Kingdom of Heaven. SO we now have believer/unbeliever...saved and unsaved.One race, equally guilty , equally carrying the sin nature. Acts 17 And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings…” (Acts 17:24-26). The majority of the human race is still in unbelief. still pagan, still heathen.Muslim and Buddhist, those who follow tribal gods and those who insist there is no god. Christians who just want to be part of " a good mans teachings." We still persist in the unbelief, and therefore the same error, as Cain and Nimrod. that our human edifices, human thoughts, human achievements are so important, we don;t need God.We will advance ourselves through war and trade and forcing our beliefs on others Doesn;t matter which one, as long as it gives us control over others.That allows us to feel good about ourselves. We still want what Eve thought she bought...to be gods. What is my point? Believers have always been rare compared to unbelievers. To call every christian a Nazi, when we cannot by our own belief in the sin nature and being saved only through grace, our own scriptures telling us God made man, one race, for His pleasure...we cannot possibly ascribe to a racist world view. By their fruits....any person who claims to be a white supremacist, has by their own words denied Jesus Christ. That includes racism towards Jews..anti semitism. Of such people. BEWARE, because of you think the average ( pagan) world view is ugly, false teachers are far uglier.The preaching against righteousness (we are to live holy , consecrated, after salvation. Sanctification is worked out over a lifetime..it is not license to sin) the people who put a hierarchy between you and Jesus. Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith, our high priest.. those that claim to be Apostles, ( there were only ever 14. Mathias replaced Judas, Paul was made one later by Jesus Christ) with special messages or supposed miracles.. Those that put you back under the Law, when the debt was paid, in full, by Jesus. Cults are nothing more than pagans with Christian window dressing. those that profess to be Christian but deny the power of the blood, are called apostate. That is a huge portion of our "organized" churches at this point. All the protesting in this country is violent, and all of it is anti christian that is, not one of these groups, can claim to be standing on the promises of Jesus Christ. that individual Christians might be enticed to one group or another, yes, it happens. The Body of Christ needs to wake up. Pray against the satanically driven agendas.. be it neo nazis, Isis, BLM, Antifa, or anyone else that denies the sovereignty of God. and for heaven;s sake, resist ye not evil, that is, get.. out... of... the... way. you do not need to be a target.Stop playing into the drama. We have a government, and police officers, etc, that are supposed to handle it. we can vote for different leaders if ours fail us. If you are going to resist, do it knowing you may pay with your freedom or your life. why do that for silly children playing at mayhem and murder.That is where hate lives. You know the truth of the love of God, that he gave His only begotten Son, that we would not perish but have eternal life. Truth matters, loving Jesus,putting Him first, matters.Reaching others with the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ matters. Being a good neighbor does not mean bowing down to agendas which condemn people. Or being afraid to speak. It is an outflowing of God;s love for you. In that mindset, caring for others becomes easy. in spite of their actions. There are believers, and there are unbelievers. Just as it has been from the beginning. God is still in control, even if things look so terribly dark right now, Look to the author and finisher of your faith, pray, study. and be ready to show the way to other souls. |
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