Kingdom Come

Key precept: The law of sin and death is an immutable force of nature because humans are not action figures, what we do impacts our world.

“For when we were yet without strength, in due time The Chosen One/ Messiah/ Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, The Chosen One/ Messiah/ Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.” (Ro 5:6-9)

To understand how Messiah’s death saves us from sin, we need to understand what sin is, and what it had to do with death being imposed on humanity just because they ate the fruit.

Continue reading “7) Forgiveness of Sin”

Key precept: Freedom isn’t free.

Remission and atonement allows us to re-establish a relationship with God.  But what about that relationship humanity established with Satan when our ancestors chose to follow his lead into rebellion against God? Human freedom, ownership and dominion had to be bought back, or redeemed, from the one to whom it was sold.

“Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us…And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. ” (Heb 9:12-15)

Continue reading “8) Redemption and Restoration”

Key precept: Natality explains how a little child shall lead them to freedom.

“And the Lord God said unto the serpent…I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise [slam down on] thy head [therefore destroy you], and thou shalt bruise his heel [slow down progress but not destroy].” (Gen 3:15)

The Seed of the Woman became the serpent’s nemesis. Destroying it, his obsession.

“…and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born…that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan...” (Rev 12:4,9)

Satan did, in fact, destroy Eve’s first two children – by turning Cain to the dark side and inciting him to murder Abel. No doubt Satan thought, once again, that he had gotten the victory.  Not so.

“And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.” (Gen 4:25)

Continue reading “9) The Seed of the Woman”

Key concept: Reproduction of immortals.

Since the seed of the serpent is made in the likeness of his father, let’s start with the original. The best way to know any character in literature is to start at his introduction and proceed through the story as his actions reveal his character.

Continue reading “10) The Seed of the Serpent”

Key precept: Freedom is the right to choose, not the right to escape consequences.

People are quick to blame God when things go bad, even faulting him for having the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden because, being omniscient, he knew full well that human beings would eat the fruit and become captive to sin. The reality is that the tree gave gave us freedom – defined as “the power to determine action without restraint.” Without the opportunity to choose, humans would have been drones, always controlled by an outside authority.  There is always the most basic toggle option to every decision we face. 1) Submit to the Creator’s authority and be right-eous, 2) or not.

What pro-choice doesn’t mean is freedom from the consequences of breaking unchangeable laws.  Knowing and following spiritual laws that define right vs wrong, like knowing and following the laws of physics, prevents chaos and saves lives.

“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: that thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life…” (Deu 30:19-20)

Continue reading “11) God is Pro-Choice”

Key precept: The law is good, and just, and holy, so don’t forsake it.

“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.  Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.” (Letter to the Romans 3:10-19)

Continue reading “12) Sin City”

Key precept: Aliens and hybrids are real.

Noah 1056 AM – 2006 AM (in later years contemporary with Abraham)

“And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.” (Gen 6:12-13)

It didn’t take long for humanity to come to the brink of extinction. Just six chapters covering roughly 1,500 years record human history from Creation to the Flood.  There has been roughly 4,500 years since the flood, i.e. triple the amount of time of the pre-flood civilization. Despite numerous empires demonstrating appalling evil against mankind, we have not yet reached the utter depths of depravity of Noah’s days or the end of God’s patience.

What characteristics of the pre-flood human society brought about the end of that era?  We need to know, because the end of our era will be brought about by the same set of circumstances.

“But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be…” (Mat 24:37)

Continue reading “13) Days of Noah”