Is it possible that Jesus has been created as an image in the imaginations of many people, so that the Lord has no more value to them than the images of Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny? After all, who gets the most attention at Christmas and at Easter?
Please do no underestimate the power of human imagination!
To some degree, Christmas and Easter are the most humanistic times of the year; for the focus of these seasons are not on Christ, but rather on people---and on the imaginary characters, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.
The focus is also on parties, vacations, eating and drinking, having fun, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.
The focus is on decorating green trees, manger scenes, hanging Christmas lights, and Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, and getting new clothes for Easter church services.
The focus of Christmas is on giving and receiving presents; and the greater the giving of presents, the greater the love.
For retail stores, Christmas and Easter represent money, and in stores is the presence of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.
At Christmas and Easter, Jesus has been reduced and even erased from the minds of many people, in the United States and in other nations throughout the world: as if Jesus is simply an image in their imaginations.
Therefore, when we arrive at the Biblical teaching of the return to Christ to the earth, how many people view this as a religious myth, or as a Biblical fairytale? People see this as unreal because they do not believe that His birth, nor His resurrection, ever happened in real life.
In truth, the return of Christ to the earth is written from the same Bible that tells the story of His birth and His resurrection. Thus, people look forward to the festival seasons of Christmas and Easter, but they do not look forward to the return of Christ because they do not believe it.
What, then, does this tell us about the hearts of people?
It tells us that many people have accepted Christ as an image in their imaginations, but not in their hearts; therefore Christ, to them, is not a real person. For they get excited about Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, but they have no thrill about the Lord.
Which means that the real Jesus is hidden from the minds of people at Christmas and at Easter because of the power of deception, working in the power of human imagination.
Which also means that Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny are replacement gods from the world of human mythology.
Please do no underestimate the power of human imagination!
To some degree, Christmas and Easter are the most humanistic times of the year; for the focus of these seasons are not on Christ, but rather on people---and on the imaginary characters, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.
The focus is also on parties, vacations, eating and drinking, having fun, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.
The focus is on decorating green trees, manger scenes, hanging Christmas lights, and Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, and getting new clothes for Easter church services.
The focus of Christmas is on giving and receiving presents; and the greater the giving of presents, the greater the love.
For retail stores, Christmas and Easter represent money, and in stores is the presence of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.
At Christmas and Easter, Jesus has been reduced and even erased from the minds of many people, in the United States and in other nations throughout the world: as if Jesus is simply an image in their imaginations.
Therefore, when we arrive at the Biblical teaching of the return to Christ to the earth, how many people view this as a religious myth, or as a Biblical fairytale? People see this as unreal because they do not believe that His birth, nor His resurrection, ever happened in real life.
In truth, the return of Christ to the earth is written from the same Bible that tells the story of His birth and His resurrection. Thus, people look forward to the festival seasons of Christmas and Easter, but they do not look forward to the return of Christ because they do not believe it.
What, then, does this tell us about the hearts of people?
It tells us that many people have accepted Christ as an image in their imaginations, but not in their hearts; therefore Christ, to them, is not a real person. For they get excited about Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, but they have no thrill about the Lord.
Which means that the real Jesus is hidden from the minds of people at Christmas and at Easter because of the power of deception, working in the power of human imagination.
Which also means that Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny are replacement gods from the world of human mythology.
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