Whenever nations are dominated by either political or religious empires, the people of those nations suffer immense pain and poverty because of oppressive, ungodly dictatorships.
For under dictatorships, the people lose. The people lose everything. They lose their dignity and self-worth. They have no human rights, nor freedoms of any kind. They have no freedom of speech, freedom of expression, nor the freedom to think for themselves. They lose everything they have ever worked for, they have nothing to gain for themselves for the future, and they lose their ability to even dream about a better life, leaving them hopeless and helpless.
When dictatorships rule nations, people are no more than subjects and slaves. They do not own anything because the state owns everything. Over time, people become no more than robots: living and working for the state, then dying without as much as a headstone or a marker over graves. Names for the days of the week and names of months are meaningless.
Dictatorships bankrupt people; and, if you will examine human history over the past five thousand years, you will see the truth of the suffering of people, all across planet earth.
Dictatorships---no matter if they are political or religious---arise from the minds of bad people: people who want to control and dominate others, to enslave them, abuse them, steal their possessions, take the wives and children, and destroy families, communities, cities, and nations.
Political empires arise by the power of a strong military; religious empires arise by the power of deception. And neither is concerned for your welfare, nor your health. Neither is concerned about the increase of diseases and plagues, or the lack of food and starvation. The one common ground that both political and religious empires stand on is the fact that they want people to die.
The danger we are watching upon the earth today is the change in religion, which is more powerful than the change in politics. Religions are beginning to merge and blend as if enemies can be friends and peaceably co-exist while keeping their own identities. This is like two snakes in a box and you know one snake will arise to dominate the other.
When Christ came to earth 2000 years ago, He faced the same situation we face today: bad people in politics and bad people in religion.
As the disciples and apostles of Christ departed Jerusalem to take the Good News of Christ to the world, they also faced bad people in politics and bad people in religion.
And as we move closer to the return of the Lord, true believers of Christ face the same situation of bad people in politics and bad people in religion.
For now, the two snakes in a box are politics and religion; but one will arise and dominate the other. Religion will rise to the top and become a global power, and the military of politics will bring death and destruction all around the world.
That day is quickly approaching. This is not a pretty picture, but this is the truth.
Christ said our days would be like this, and our days are just as He said they would be.
What Christ brought to this world, which religion and politics do not have, is love. And this love of Christ is what the world needs today.
For under dictatorships, the people lose. The people lose everything. They lose their dignity and self-worth. They have no human rights, nor freedoms of any kind. They have no freedom of speech, freedom of expression, nor the freedom to think for themselves. They lose everything they have ever worked for, they have nothing to gain for themselves for the future, and they lose their ability to even dream about a better life, leaving them hopeless and helpless.
When dictatorships rule nations, people are no more than subjects and slaves. They do not own anything because the state owns everything. Over time, people become no more than robots: living and working for the state, then dying without as much as a headstone or a marker over graves. Names for the days of the week and names of months are meaningless.
Dictatorships bankrupt people; and, if you will examine human history over the past five thousand years, you will see the truth of the suffering of people, all across planet earth.
Dictatorships---no matter if they are political or religious---arise from the minds of bad people: people who want to control and dominate others, to enslave them, abuse them, steal their possessions, take the wives and children, and destroy families, communities, cities, and nations.
Political empires arise by the power of a strong military; religious empires arise by the power of deception. And neither is concerned for your welfare, nor your health. Neither is concerned about the increase of diseases and plagues, or the lack of food and starvation. The one common ground that both political and religious empires stand on is the fact that they want people to die.
The danger we are watching upon the earth today is the change in religion, which is more powerful than the change in politics. Religions are beginning to merge and blend as if enemies can be friends and peaceably co-exist while keeping their own identities. This is like two snakes in a box and you know one snake will arise to dominate the other.
When Christ came to earth 2000 years ago, He faced the same situation we face today: bad people in politics and bad people in religion.
As the disciples and apostles of Christ departed Jerusalem to take the Good News of Christ to the world, they also faced bad people in politics and bad people in religion.
And as we move closer to the return of the Lord, true believers of Christ face the same situation of bad people in politics and bad people in religion.
For now, the two snakes in a box are politics and religion; but one will arise and dominate the other. Religion will rise to the top and become a global power, and the military of politics will bring death and destruction all around the world.
That day is quickly approaching. This is not a pretty picture, but this is the truth.
Christ said our days would be like this, and our days are just as He said they would be.
What Christ brought to this world, which religion and politics do not have, is love. And this love of Christ is what the world needs today.
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