You’re a nice, friendly, hard-working person – a decent person.
You pay your taxes, never steal, love your children, and seem to never harm anyone.
And you’re condemned to eternal damnation.
Why? Unfortunately, you just don’t fit in.
2 Corinthians 4:18
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
You might have noticed that the world has a habit of falling apart.
Societies rise and fall.
Human misery reappears with sickness, the pains of war, depression, and hardships of all kinds.
Why? Generally speaking, it is called ‘sin’. We are simply not living as we should.
Why are we sinful?
Simply stated: we are evil. Genesis 6:5
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Micah 7:2
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Who we are: 2 Timothy 3:2-4
For people shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
In short, we are dangerous to all we contact. We really shouldn’t be around.
The nature of humans means that even seemingly nice, decent, harmless, hard-working people will, in the long-term, deteriorate surroundings (the proverbial slippery slope of corruption where we sow the wind and reap the whirlwind) and become worthy of eternal condemnation. Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind
Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
2 Timothy 4:3-4
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
1 Timothy 1:4
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. Luke 6:24-26
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. Matthew 8:12
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
We shouldn’t be around just like the rest of the problematic: 2 Peter 2:4
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Fallen angels and the demonic cannot admit that Christ came in the flesh. 1 John 4:1-3
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist…
Why?
Because this admission would be too painful, as it acknowledges their eternal damnation. John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God sent his only Son. God does not have any other Son to send to save other sinful entities such as fallen angels and the demonic.
By admitting that Jesus Christ came in the flesh, the fallen would have to admit that Christ became a man – a human being, to save humans and not them.
Christ is no longer available for demonic’s salvation. 1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Romans 1:3
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
The demonic want to partake of the salvation available to mankind.
In the movie: Blade Runner (from 1982, the Final Cut), Roy Batty (the chief enemy and the lead Artificial Intelligence replicant) plainly expresses the desires of his alter-ego, the Devil.
Roy Batty meets his Creator: Dr. Eldon Tyrell.
Roy asks Tyrell for more life, just like the Devil wants to extend his time to delay his condemnation.
In this twisted version, after Roy calls Tyrell “Father,” then Tyrell calls Roy the “prodigal son” – a reference to the story of the wasteful son who was welcomed back into the family. Luke 15:21-22
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet
Roy pleads for salvation: “Nothing the god of biomechanics wouldn't let you in heaven for.”
…right before Roy/Devil engages in his fantasy of killing Father God.
(2 minutes, 38 seconds in length)
But what exactly does ‘God giving us his only begotten Son’ mean?
How does this stop Christians, followers of Christ, from being thrown into the trash with Roy Batty?
Imagine all of Creation watching the problematic beings of the world. 1 Corinthians 4:9
…for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
All of Creation would expect that the problematic (the sinful) would be cast into the lake of fire… to prevent further misery for Creation. Revelation 20:10
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are…
This is the world to be created, a world without misery and the problematic: Revelation 21:4
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
But God had a different plan for problematic mankind.
His only Son would take responsibility for humans who would agree to his leadership.
He would become human and shepherd humans to not being problematic. Psalm 23:1-3
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. Goats have a tenancy to wander, whereas sheep will follow. Matthew 25:32-33,46
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
…And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
We have to obey like sheep, rather than goats. Jeremiah 7:23
Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
1 Samuel 15:22
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Why is obedience so critical? We might think it’s not cool or sexy.
If we are only 99.99% obedient, then we effectively have a veto (in eternity) over Christ’s leadership.
And in eternity, one act of disobedience would lead to another and another and another (the proverbial slippery slope). Galatians 5:9
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Christ has to orchestrate quite a multitude of people and their actions.
If one is trying to move the mountain east and another tries to move the mountain west, there would be chaos. Matthew 17:20
…ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
We have to get to know Christ and trust his judgement (in this life to fit into the resurrection), so that we avoid causing problems – even when we don’t quite understand the bigger picture. Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Psalm 62:8
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Professing Christians who only submit to parts of the Word of God (example: the worship of false god 'hippie Jesus') do not fit in.
When Christ was born, Simeon knew he had seen salvation in human form. Luke 2:27-31
…when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
Salvation (Christ) arrived at Zacchaeus’ house. Luke 19:5,9
And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. ...And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham Christ is the only man who can lead humanity. Revelation 5:12
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
John 1:29
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Only Christ can sort us out. Revelation 19:15
...he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
There is no remission of sin without the shedding of blood… Hebrews 9:22
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
…but in a very practical sense, Christ also takes away sin by being our leader, our shepherd who will guide us with his government towards a sinless life.
If we demonstrate in this life that we can submit to human authority (without violating Christianity) – we demonstrate that we can submit to Christ unconditionally, even though we might not understand the bigger picture.
Romans 13:1
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
1 Peter 2:17
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Ezra 6:10
…and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
What is the central truth of the Bible?
It’s not that we are murderers, thieves, or some kind of ‘bad’ people.
It’s that we all went our own way. Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
As long as you run the blade to Christ’s great festivity, God takes the good, the bad and the ugly. Matthew 22:2-10
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Many say: “If God exists, why doesn’t he just appear and show himself?”
That would destroy the point of life on earth.
The whole point of life on earth is to create a people for God who can live in harmony.
The only people who can live in harmony are people who, at some point in their lives, reject this world and fall in love with the beauty of Christ’s righteousness, and seek more of this righteousness.
A harmonious world can only have these people. People who need to be policed and monitored by God would only create problems for true liberty which would tear harmony down. Isaiah 2:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
God appearing and making a spectacle of himself wouldn’t create a people who had sought him and his righteousness (after rejecting this world).
Only those who seek God’s righteousness can one day live in harmony. Psalm 43:3
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
(But when God does appear, the results aren’t pretty.) Amos 5:18
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Revelation 6:16-17
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Isaiah 2:10
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
Rather than some silly fairy-land, where feminist women think that endlessly appeasing selfish women will create a utopia, or ‘intellectuals’ ponder evolution where all life came from randomness and built itself, or technologists have some vague idea that technology eventually can make everyone happy… 2 Timothy 3:6-7
…and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
…Christ has to govern in the real world in a very practical sense. Isaiah 9:6-7
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
Matthew 28:18
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
He will have to appoint leaders, as Moses did. Exodus 18:25
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Wealth will no longer unjustly flow upwards. Isaiah 65:22
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Who will Christ choose as leaders in his government?
Those who truly humble themselves. James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Luke 14:10-11
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
Leaders are those who profit in this life through faith. Luke 19:17-19
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
God appreciated the Rechabites.
Their father told them not to drink alcohol and to live in tents and they obeyed.
These commandments are not part of the Old or New Covenant, but this guidance was all the Rechabites had.
The Rechabites complied with all they had concerning guidance, and God appreciated that. Jeremiah 35:13-14
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the Lord.
The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
God appreciated those who (before Old or New Covenant wisdom) acted in a lawful manner, and will judge them accordingly. Romans 2:14-16
For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
But, in modern times, with widespread literacy, all 66 books of the Bible, and the internet, we are accountable for all this wisdom. Luke 12:48
For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Those who only had lesser wisdom will judge us.
Luke 11:31-32
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Because you have had access to such great wisdom, unlike previous generations, you have no excuses.
Who fits in with Christ’s plans for the resurrection and beyond?
In a word, those who fit in are: servants. Ephesians 5:21
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Galatians 5:13
…only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Philippians 2:3-4 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Feminist women arrogantly balk at the idea of admitting they are dogs.
Feminist women turn their noses up at assuming postures of submission.
They don’t fit in.
But feminist women are really the mirror of who we all are. Proverbs 11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Proverbs 29:23
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
The goal of Christians is not getting to heaven.
The goal of Christians is bringing heaven to earth.
The heavenly can only dwell amongst us after we cleanse our hearts.
God leaves his rebellious people: Ezekiel 10:18
Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
Jeremiah 6:8
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
Those who fit in bring heaven down to earth. Malachi 3:10
…open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
How do we bring heaven to earth? The power of speech.
God spoke the world into existence.
Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place…
Psalm 148:4-5
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
The Devil does the same, speaking the world into existence.
The difference is that the Devil’s world is temporary – not eternal.
Lucifer’s speaking of his own rise was temporary. Isaiah 14:13-15
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
The Devil’s accusations (speech) do not last long, as those who speak God’s eternal words (proper Christians) cast him down through Christ. Revelation 12:9-11
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
When the Devil tempted Christ, he spoke of the temporary, but Christ defeated the Devil by speaking of the eternal.
Eating to satisfy temporarily, while the Word of God is eternal: Matthew 4:3-4
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Saving the body is temporary, while God’s favor is permanent. Matthew 4:5-7
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Luke 12:4-5
Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
The kingdoms of this world are temporary – and can be shown in a moment. Luke 4:5-8
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Like God, Christ and the Devil, we can speak the world into existence.
And we have already done the same – right alongside the Devil.
The world that we spoke into existence is temporary, not eternal. Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Have you ever wondered why we have so many fat people?
It’s because we spoke the world of fat people into existence.
We spoke of ‘body acceptance’ and ‘fat pride.’
We said: “all women are beautiful.”
But with obesity-related diseases, strained healthcare systems, and physically fit invaders, this fat acceptance world will fall.
Similarly, we have Islam sweeping the world, as we spoke of accepting all religions and spoke of the dangers of ‘Islamophobia.’
As the world becomes infested with Islam, all countries become like Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, etc. – collapsing countries filled with violence – temporary societies.
When we spoke of capitalism and turned it into an ideology and a religion, we spoke a world of great inequalities into existence which will collapse. Micah 6:15
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
And with promotion of socialism and communism, we spoke temporary worlds into existence, as history has demonstrated. Psalm 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help
And, the promotion of drug culture has repeatedly resulted in overdoses, and societal decay.
Similarly, philosophers are still working on and building their humanism, their feminism, their egalitarian society, their true gender-equality, etc… while Rome burns. 2 Timothy 3:7-9
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
But they shall proceed no further
And, our promotion of the Bitcoin and other digital currencies creates the world where people accept this new international commerce, which results in the fall of those aligned with the enemy's Mark of the Beast. Revelation 14:9-10
If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God
In fact, the collapse of our temporary world, which we spoke into existence, will require direct intervention from God to stop its destruction. Matthew 24:21-22
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. One day our art, our culture won’t promote the temporary, but will speak into existence a permanent, sustainable habitation – not a house of cards. Psalm 68:4-5
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Exodus 15:20-21
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously;
Christ builds a new world, an eternal world.
Christ, rejected by the world, is the head of the cornerstone of this new project. Mark 12:10
The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner
But Christ shares this new project, this new construction, with us.
We can fit in. Ephesians 2:19-21
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord
What are the building materials for this eternal project?
Our speech from the Word of God. Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Peter is our example, and our starting point.
Jesus could have told Peter that he is the Christ, the Messiah.
But Jesus questioned so that Peter would have to say it. Matthew 16:13-18
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Peter spoke the words that would be the start of the building.
And with all 66 books of the Bible – we have an abundance of building materials.
Say it: John 5:30
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
The non-believers in Christ are already condemned to death.
Why?
Because you had it all – widespread literacy, all 66 books of the Bible, Christ and the Holy Spirit… and you still chose and bound yourself to the temporal world.
You still spoke the temporary world into existence. John 3:18
…but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Temporary by definition has an end, a death, a condemnation.
You just don’t fit in.
Those who turn away from the only leadership which will allow humans to live in harmony create an interesting collection. Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Matthew 25:41-43, 45
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
…Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
Christ says: Luke 19:27
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Our regret: Luke 13:28
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
The rich man found himself in hell. Luke 16:22-23
…the rich man also died, and was buried;
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments…
What got him there? His tongue.
What would have saved him? The washing of the water: the spoken Word. Luke 16:24,28-29
…send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
…For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
Ephesians 5:26
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word
