THOUGHTS ABOUT THE FAITH
This world is a battlefield where adherents of different ideologies (more or less religious world-views, FAITHS) fight against each other.
These devil's invented "doctrines how to make the world a better place" secular or religious will leave man alone trying to cure world and himself without our Saviour. If you look at past history you can see the success rate.
Even Hitler attempted to make the world better place by purification of the race and did try to to help the natural selection by exterminating "inferior races"(Jews et z) . He was consistent with the idea of the scientific Darwinism of survival of the fittest according to his own estimates and faith. For Christians the cruelty of natural / animal world is the result of the curse and it to be under the Evil one. It is too to remind us from the difference of God's world and Devil's realm.
Both natsism and communism did fiercely clash with each other in the second World War. The leading ideology in the Western Hemisphere is now Secular Humanism and Globalism. Oscillation in the World pendulum is now in the opposite side of Hitler's Nationalism ideas. All cultures and religions are equal and should be treated as such by free borders,emigration and blending of ideas.
"Who are you to decide that your outlook on life is better than one of your neighbour's." Christian outlook is that our Creator knows better and He wrote the instructions for us in the Bible.
"Trŭmp'ism" is anathema for those who resist the pendulum movement back to Patriotism or even to the centre position of putting the nation’s well- being first say for example against the climate- change ideology with the idea to eliminate fossil fuels, lower our living standards for greater good. Other idea of opponents is to reduce world population and by it to preserve environment and resources.
I did read that the hidden agenda of globalist elite is to displace Christianity as it's adherents are not easy to control? That might be the case as it matches with Satan’s agenda and his twisted emotions. Hate and jealousy are the factors motivating the arch enemy's plans.
The Idea of Globalism seems not to be so bad but it is impossible as long as devil still rules in this world and divides peoples minds. Even if we have only one religion , it is a lie and delusion if it is not consistent with reality. In the coming realm of God we will have only one "ideology"meaning the truth of Gospel. Devil is bound because Truth is visible. Have the proper mind-set is to have the Tree of Life with it's fruits planted into our brains. The Devil is still in power because God emotionally put tremendous value on those who are seeking after His truth. God doesn't like to condemn them to the everlasting agony (hell) by coming too early (2 Pet.3:9). First hell is the result of ever increasing mental sickness of humankind resulting from the Fall (Rev.22:11) and second it is the result of wrath of God when people chose to select evil instead of good. (John 3:36)
Those Christians of the church of the Laodikeans will be vomited (not purposely spatted) out of God's mouth because they "have need of nothing" ( proud) especially to test opposing Christian point of view. "Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh "(Pro. 16:5).
I did once follow the discussion between two flat-earth believers on the Internet. They did believe that they know the truth and the others were a bit simple by believing otherwise. It is hard to find a person who doesn't think that he is right and others more or less in error.
"All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs (measures out) the spirits".
(Pro.16:2) Denominational spirit and spirit of stupidity are quite easy to recognise; even secular folks notice them, only that they don't attribute them to the deceiving spirits but mental deficiency.God normally redress our grievances and rectify us by His physical members meaning our brothers. God made us from one ( or One) that we should seek Him and find Him (understand His nature)
(Acts 17:26,27). Purpose of our pilgrimage is to have God's nature implanted into us by repeating and studying His word and promises (2 Pet.1:4) Our hearts need to be knit together in love and attain all riches of the full assurance of understanding and of the knowledge of the mystery of God. Col.2:2) According to the Spirit we are already complete ( One Spirit with God) starting from the born-again experience but renewal of our mind is a slow process. When compared to the mind and understanding of Christ we are just babies or a bit older.One can think that the other reasons of Satan’s allowed mischief are the existence of free will in our current system and the present world-order working as an exemplary model where parting of God's will can lead us. However these two are only extra benefits and not mentioned as reasons for Christ to delay His coming. The same you can say about the belief that the purpose of our existence is to collect new residents into the heavenly Jerusalem to worship God (to replace those who God lost in Devil's rebellion) Note that devil lost his feet when he deceived Eve. When Adam and Eve were created Lucifer was still standing before God.
To have the pride and establish family is man’s natural ( not perverted) desire. Without doubt Christ have the same longing as we with our emotions are created according to the image of God. Unless a grain of wheat (Christ) falls into the ground and dies, it remains ALONE, but if it dies, it produces much grain ("reproduced imitations" of Christ 2Cor.3:18) John 12: 24 NKJ.
"The fullness of the Gentiles (or the Nations) has to come in first" (Rom.11:25) is translated by some Christians that the full number of worshippers need to be in before the end of this age. If fullness of Christians is Christ with his nature (Eph.3:19, 4:13), then the opposite is truth with the fullness of unbelievers. When the transgressors have reached their fullness ( apostates have fulfilled the measure of their sins / Finnish translation ) Antichrist shall arise. Dan. 8: 23
God did destroy the ancient Canaanite because the measure of their sins was too big for Him to tolerate it any longer. Common cultural practise of them was to sacrifice children to Moloch. Nowadays we have practise of abortions where body-parts are used for medical purpose.
According to the Bible the start of human life is when one is conceived and not by being delivered from mothers womb.
This existence is not a game God is playing with us but an accident resulting of the free will: "Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall NOT eat." Anybody is NOT willing to be crucified just for the game. Jesus laid down His life for us because of His love. 1John 3:16 and John 3:16 He took us into Himself so "that we might live trough Him". 1John 4:9, 1John 5:11
Pray then that "Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven." (Matt. 6:10 ) indicates that other wills ( of devil and humans) are working against God's plan ( to save us from our sinful nature). It indicates too that God's will has not always be done here on earth or how we otherwise have a need to pray for that. "The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective." (James 5:16) Sinful person need of course first be cleansed by the blood of Jesus.
I think that Christians harbouring the wrong image of God (Truth Himself) can not endure to the end. We need to proceed on the way (or proceed to understand the Way) to learn to love Him.
"Rise, take up your bed and walk." means spiritually: Collect your way of thinking (opinions) and proceed further. Spiritually we need to beat Og, king of Bashan, remnant of giants, whose bedstead was an iron bedstead (Deut.3:11). It is: even strong, deep rooted "Christian " denominational opinions need to be changed if they do not match with the word of God.
Jesus ask us to look the fig tree ( meaning natural and spiritual Israel) as the mark of the times. Leaves in the fig tree represent (apart of forming the natural state of Jews and prevalent hypocrisy without real fruits among the Christians) the idea that I am saved because I belong to the proper church. It is to cover oneself with the membership and the doctrine of ones church as a saving factor.
By constantly rejecting the corrective word of God is the same as rejecting the Word Himself, Jesus Christ. That is what the end time members of Laodicean Church do and did. God is greatly distressed about the situation (Col.2: 1) and is standing at the door of their hearts and knocking to be allowed to go into.(Rev.3:20) ( Not only according of His Spirit but according to His life, love, fruits and mind as well.)
I like to translate Paul's comments about Lord’s Supper ( 1 Cor.11:18...22) on the basis that " the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit and life" (John 6:63 NKJ).
For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you,... It is not the Lord's super (holy communion of brothers) like it should be that you eat. For in your eating (listening God's word) each one takes his own super first ahead of others. It is: one is quick to speak (stuck with his opinions) and slow to listen to others.
It is like a competition of dominant position and opinions living one hungry lacking the life giving word and other drunk with his own excellency and "understanding of God's word". It is to despise the house of Lord and shame those who have nothing, to promote himself at the expense of others. I (God) do not praise you about that. Jesus reprimand His disciples when they had a dispute who can sit on the right hand of Jesus.
Other model of home meetings is to imitate the church service where free speech and communication is completely prohibited by fixed program and only leader can speak. This was not the model of Paul’s time so he didn’t comment it.
Purpose of assembly is to edify and promote one's brother in love; drink the spiritual blood of Jesus, His LIFE. It is too to lift up those who are under inside condemnation lacking peace (wholeness and health), security and life which we have inside Christ. Many times (even 7 times 70 if possible) Christian will fall into the world where he has distress lacking the life of Christ being spiritually naked. But he will rise again usually with the help of the brothers. Repentant mind and "sin-offerings" belong to the Holy please but inside the Holy of Holies we are free of condemnation (Rom.8:1).
Before the crucifixion of Jesus believers had no access to the saving FAITH (Ark of Covenant ) inside the Holiest place. They did need to stay in the better part of Hades, it is in the bosom of Abraham until Jesus made alive by the Spirit "went and preached to the spirits in prison" (inhabitants in Paradise not yet in heaven) (1Peter 3:18,19) the "Word of life":
I am, sinless, holy, righteous and acceptable to God inside Jesus Christ being united with Him on the Cross. I Am God and Christ because He is God and I am part of Him, One with Him. Jesus did it on the cross and immediately after when He took back His previous life. That faith together with the knowledge of His nature is the Ark of covenant including it's contents.
Those who received the word of God (believed according to the message) are called (gods or) Gods. (John 10:35) God stands in the congregation of EL; You are Elohim (Gods) (Ps. 82:1,6 Hymn of Asaph lit.) What is demanded from us is the faith into his deed and promise. It is working even for young baby Christians even though they don't yet have understanding and the clear "I Am" consciousness. (Gal.4:1)
The problem will rise by drinking of contaminated milk and/or "if you live according to the flesh you will die"out of Holiest place and be removed by the Spirit into the desert and into the naked condition. Then is the time of sin- offering and time of the blood of Jesus Christ His Son to cleanse us from all sin.
"By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love for one another." (John13:35) If you are lacking of godly agape love toward you brothers and God, it is better to be listener than the robber of the temple, as you can't give what you don't have. But as is was then so it is now:" As for my people, (spiritual) children are their oppressors and (spiritual) women rule over them." (Is.3:12) and
" Observe the warriors (or the people) among you; they are (spiritually ignorant) women". Nahum 3:13 and Prov.9:13) Let this type of baby Christians be silent and listen to those who have grown up to the manhood of Christ in knowledge, understanding and love. Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether thy are of God because many false "messengers of truth" have gone out into the world. (John 4:1)
I did emigrate into Australia 1981 with my wife and soon after I did have a dream or vision. I was a passenger in a very long aeroplane sleeping among the other travellers in two rows on the floor of the aeroplane foot towards the central corridor. On that middle passage busy air hostesses were running back and forth with their food-carts. I did lift up my head with my elbows to have a better picture of the surroundings. As far as I could see there were few hundred passangers sleeping head against the floor. But in the distance there were three or four passengers standing among the others.
Air hostesses had tidy official uniform at the upper part of the body but to my horror they were complete naked at the bottom from the waist down. The other sleeping travellers were not able to see it from their position head on the floor.
When I did first time hear the message that to say: "I am sinner saved by mercy" is insulting God and nullifying the deed of Christ, I did thought it to be heretical. Now it is clear that the New Creature, One Spirit with Christ, is not sinner because Christ is not sinner. Neither was Christ, being God, never be saved by mercy. We should understand that we are "New Creature" instead of the old sinful one which one was saved by mercy. Let it be with you according to your faith.
When the high priest once in a year did enter into the Holy of Holies he had sleigh-bells and cord on his foot in case there was found sin in him that would result in death. The dead body could then be pulled back when there was no sound of movements. When we fall and sin, that is reversing of our new position in Christ after born again experience.
The sad thing is that nowadays Christians generally thought themselves to be sinners and only humans, not certainly God- brothers of Jesus, even into the heaven no one with sin is allowed to enter. The one without the wedding dress was expelled from the wedding feast. That was one of the reasons Paul urged us to "put on Lord Jesus Christ".We are justified by faith so it is important to understand the difference to believe the truth or to believe delusion; it is: Is our faith according to the message of Bible. So we can say that "renewal of mind" is actually to rectify ones faith.
Jesus stated that when He comes back will He really find faith on the earth (Luke 18:8). I think that He did mean the faith that was found in the Holy of Holies and not any faith in generally.
You have been saved by faith (Eph 2:8) and Your faith has made you well. (Luke8:48) A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways (what to believe).(Pro.14:15) I will show the salvation of God to him who prepares his way (or orders his conduct aright) (Ps.50:23).
You shall make the Temple and it's contents (including the Ark of Covenant) exactly according to the pattern which one I did show you (Ex.25:9). It is our faith needs to be strictly according to God's command and requirement. "Ban to chisel of altar stones" gives us the same idea that you are not allowed to change or modify the words of God which ones form the basis of our faith.
If you believe what I try to explain here you will be automatically categorised as member of a cult by most Bible authorities; But don't care, so were the early Christians as well in their Jewish surroundings and Jesus Himself was recognised as a false messiah.
Woe to those (authorities) who shut up the kingdom of heaven against men, for you don't enter in yourself, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter. (Mat 23:13) Is that word only for Christ’s temporaries or is it for every generation?
Devils realm is based on hierarcy and on competition of positions and sphere of influence (divide and rule). His generals are in constant batle against each other to enlarge their area of "land". Hate your brother like yourself. Unfortunately this same batle rages not only on nations of earth but on the inside of the christian circles as well. Which one do you think: God or Devil or man's ambition (greed of power) had put the pharisees and hypocrites into their authority positions. The only REAL (not false) authority is from God.
"The fear of man proves to be snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe."
(Pro. 29:25)20/07/ 2021 Erno Miettinen
Unless stated otherwise the verses in this bible are referenced from a public domain bible.