Too late for Religious Christendom?
That's a very odd statement to make isn't it? Anyone that really was a True Christian would love the message of the Bible, you would think, wouldn't you? Why is the converse to that really true though? The answer to that goes back a very long way! Right back to the Garden of Eden, surprisingly enough.
Hatred, persecution, and murder has been inflicted on the Prophets of Jehovah all down throughout the days of the Israelite Nation, has gone on! Right up until the time of the Christ and even beyond that. In fact it was to occurr right up to the coming of Christ in Kingdom Power. But Why? There must have been a reason behind that hatred, surely.
The reason can be found in Jehovah's Words to satan the devil as he setenced him for his vile actions in that garden, misleading the Woman Eve as he did, and causing Adam's Fall into sin, as a result murdering all Mankind. Listen in to that conversation now:
15"And I will put enmity Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel."{Genesis 3:215 NASB}
We know the principle or main seed of the Woman was the Christ, who at his crucifiction received a mere heel wound, but later he would deliver a fatal head wound to satan the devil, by throwing him into the lake of fire. {Galatians 3:16} {Revelation 20:7-10} But as long as satan, would be god of this World, earths population would knowingly or unknowingly be worshipping him and doing his bidding. Worshipping the demons and not Jehovah God. Although they would make profession they were true worshippers of the God of the Bible. In similar fashion, as the ancient Israelites. They would be blinded by satan, held in his power, and misled by him. {2 Corinthians 4:3,4} {1 John 5:19} {Revelation 12:9} {1 Corinthians 10:20-22}
satan, today, still being God of this World uses his minions to persecute the true followers of the Christ today, but like the Israelite Nation will soon find themselves in the same predicament the Israelites ended up in with Jehovah patience, running out, as we see in this next scripture in 2 Chronicles, to wit:
15"The LORD, {JEHOVAH} the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place; 16 but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, until there was no remedy." {2 Chronicles 36:15,16 NASB}
Jehovah gave them ample time to correct the bad course they were on, but time ran out for them, as we see. As it will for Religious Christendom. It will happen the same way! They will continue until there is no remedy for them. No Possible healing.
Jesus laid a scathing denunciation on those early Jews, that revealed exactly what they had turned out to be. What the entire realm of Religious Christendom is now:
3"Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna? 34`Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city; 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar: 36 verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation." {Matthew 23:33-36 YLT| {Revelation 18:24}
Although at one time the Israelite Nation was Jehovah's favored people, was the one true Religion, they had gravitated over to satan's side, and as Jesus had called them, had become Children of satan the devil, seen by the words of Jesus to them: "Serpents! Brood of Vipers! Of course, applied now to Religious Christendom. Who are all, now, the seed of satan the devil. Walking in the footsteps of the Israelite Nation. Following after satan the devil.
When you tell them what the Bible says on various matters; will they listen to you? Or do they end up throwing out sarcastic remarks, slurs, and insults, snide innuendo's, laughing and jeering at you? That is exactly what they do, forgetting what happened to the Jews for doing that type of persecuting.
They forget! Jehovah foretold the presence of individuals such as these! He, right now, would be monitoring them very closely, as he sits in his heavenly court with the books open. Something they are not aware of, because of being Bible illiterate, although professing to be Christian's. They haven't learned even yet that a True Christian would know his Bible. Not being true Christian's of course, they do not know their Bible. {Daniel 7:10} {Psalm 2:1-12} Probably because they refuse to listen to it when someone does try to teach it to them.
What does Jehovah have to say to Religious Christendom? Perhaps the following:
41"Look, you scoffers and scorners, and marvel and perish and vanish away; for I am doing a deed in your days, a deed which you will never have confidence in or believe, [even] if someone clearly describing it in detail] declares it to you." {Acts 13:41 AB}
I have been coming on these Boards now for many years! I've received nothing but sarcastic remarks, slurs, insults, snide innuendo's skoffing scorning, you name the abuse. All from so-called Christian's! Jehovah has a few words for all of you now. Call it a little skoffing and scorning in his own style: You see! He knew you'd all be here, and he's left a little message for all of you: But you won't believe this either, will you? Of course this conduct is typical of this Worlds so called Christian's isn't it? Once more for emphasis.
41"Look, you scoffers and scorners, and marvel and perish and vanish away; for I am doing a deed in your days, a deed which you will never have confidence in or believe, [even] if someone clearly describing it in detail] declares it to you."{Acts 13:41 AB}
I do believe I clearly described many things to you, in detail, didn't I? No Matter! It was only a rhetorical question anyway. I cannot, and do not, expect any answers from those who do not know their Bible! Of course slurs, skoffing, jeering, snide innuendo's, I expect, and you've never let me down in those areas, have you? You never have! Don't start now! It's very probably too late to worry about it now anyway. There's no healing when its too late! Wannabe