Christian Wars against Evil Forces, for Salvation.
(1) Salvation means forgiveness of all past sins (with decision not to commit sin till death). Why one needs forgiveness of sins? Bible insists – For one to be considered righteous in the sight of God.
(2) Salvation means change in life on earth - Turning away from sinning life style in the world and living the righteous life style as advised in the Bible. Why?.....
So that God will hear ones prayers heal ones sicknesses and will give one good health, God will help one during difficulties and problems. God will give one joy, peace, riches or prosperities etc.
(3) Salvation means uplifting. – form bad things to good things, from lower levels to higher levels.Spiritually, uplift from kingdom of earth to kingdom of heaven, lastly from earth to heaven up (above the hell).
(4) Salvation means access to spiritual victory. – God will give one spiritual victory over evil things of the world. Victory on evil spiritual powers called satanic powers in the world. To keep one safe from evils things, sicknesses, and spiritual attacks from satanic powers etc.
God will also giveauthority to spread God's kingdom on earth; that is God's church in the real sense. God wants to spread churches on the planet earth through his chosen people. Why? ........
God wishes to save rest of the people on earth. God wants them to know that he is the only true living God, genuine creator of entire universe. God has created the only one way for spiritual saving. To spread this truth and the good news in every corner of earth till the end of age, Jesus told to spread churches on earth.
Actual kingdom of God and the actual rule of God are not on the earth but it is in Heaven.
* God has given all rule of earth and every kingdom on earth only to mankind (Genesis 1:28).
* Jesus, in his reply to Pilate made it clear that, his rule is not on earth but is in heaven (John 18: 33- 37).
* In Lord's Prayer, Jesus taught disciples to pray "…Let God's kingdom come on earth" (Matthew 6: 9-10).
(Jesus never commissioned Christian to wage wars (crusades) to capture all the countries in the world then
God will come from heaven to establish his kingdom on the earth. God Jesus alone is capable to do that).
(5) Salvation means citizenship of Heaven. Only after the death, saved one's spirit will go to heaven. After the days of resurrection and judgement; only saved ones, with their resurrected bodies along with saved spirits within, will stay permanently with God and angels in heaven forever, with this faith Christians burry dead.
(6) Salvation means saving from hell. – Bible says, every person commits sin none is righteous. So, if one is not saved, after the day of resurrection and day of judgement one will have to go to hell forever. Why so? ….
Suppose, if one decides not to become righteous to go and live in heaven, but prefers to remain in sin and live on earth forever, why such person is forced to live in hell forever? Why hell is created for sinners? ……. Hell is created for Satan and his evil spirit army, but sinners who worship or obey Satan will also put in hell.
(i) These are the heavenly laws of God the creator. He made with respect to his plans and his times.
(ii) The earth is going to pass away at the end of the times. Only heaven and hell (lake of fire) will remain. There won't be third option of place for resurrected but unsaved humans to live in.
(iii) Sins and sinners can never enter heaven. Hell becomes the remaining optional place for them.
Therefore, salvation means saving from hell. This is the only perfect, number one meaning of salvation or saving. This is the main reason why Jesus Christ had to suffer on the cross, shed his sinless blood for the forgiveness of sins of mankind and share their physical deaths too, so that through Jesus' resurrection they also will be resurrected and saved from hell by believing Jesus' sacrifice is made for their personal sins. All above meaning of salvation are secondary or temporary.
After accepting Jesus' church one becomes member of Jesus' kingdom on earth. Only after the days of resurrection and judgement, one actually will enter Jesus' heavenly kingdom, gets saved from hell.
Jesus neither came to establish any apparent kingdom on earth nor came to establish Christian religion on earth. Jesus came on earth to build up the broken relationship of mankind with God the creator of universe and earth. Also, to save sinful mankind from the punishment of hell, by establishing true spiritual kingdom of creator, in the form of God's church, against the false spiritual kingdom of Satan.
Jesus Christ (Masaya) was supposed to be a King of Jews (King of Israel). Jesus - The Masaya took birth in God's chosen nation of Israel. When foreigners (Roman kingdom), ruled over Israel. After the sacrificial death on the cross, Jesus arose victoriously from the death and ascended to heaven. Even without bothering to overthrow the foreign Roman government's kingdom ruling over his chosen nation of Israel. Why?
It seems, for Jesus freedom of whole world from the false spiritual influence of Satan was more important than the freedom of God's chosen nation of Israel alone from another human rule from the foreign nation of Roman's. Therefore, on his first arrival on earth, Jesus gave preference to create the way for the salvation of mankind on earth and for their freedom from Satan and the hell. This was Jesus' actual mission by which Jesus also opened the door of salvation for the dying spirits of future human generations through churches established on earth. In order to save many more, as maximum as possible human spirits from hell, till the God's decided secrete days of resurrection and judgement comes. Bible clearly states about spiritual war fare in (Eph. 6:12) that, (i) Our war is not against flesh and blood (means not against any human body) (ii) It is against rulers, authorities and powers of the dark world (iii) And against the spiritual forces or evil in the heavenly realms. (Satan's powers which provoke above powers of the world)
These genuine intentions of Jesus and churches are greatly misunderstood by some people in few nations of the world. Such people hate Jesus the saviour and attack churches. They have fear, if Christian population increases and achieves majority then elected Christian government will destroy their religions and force Christianity on them.
Many nations, politicians and religious leaders believe in the growth of their population to achive majority in order to spread their kingdoms or religions on the earth by which they dream to become powers and super powers in the world. Thinking they will make the world peaceful and prosperous. But more they try to push these wrong human ideologies; badly they lose their own internal peace of mind, destroy external peace in their own nations and disturb the worldwide peace too! Instead of prosperity they bring poverty, destructions, sufferings and struggles on their own people and on their own nations since they are not aware of destructive powers of invisible Satan's false kingdom's presence on earth, it's working through wrong human ideologies and wrong interpretations of theologies.
The Bible teaches that – God the creator has given free will to every individual. True creator is not and can never be a dictator. But enemy Satan is the actual dictator, liar and deceiver. Every person being God's loved child, Satan wants every person must commit sins and go to hell with Satan, at the end of the world. That is why prior to end times, Jesus had to come down from heaven to earth, sacrifice himself and die on behalf of mankind, in order to share his resurrection from death with mankind. Thus Jesus gives people one chance to avail their personal saving from hell before they die on earth. This offer of salvation from Jesus too is on one's free will and not a forced saving!
Though Jesus Christ being son of God (a God in trinity); Jesus too abides by the heavenly laws. Therefore, while he was on the earth he practiced everything personally what he preached to people. Jesus commanded people – (i) Do not judge others (spiritually). (ii) Do not to take revenge. (iii) Do not kill others. Why?.... Jesus knew people sometimes may judge wrongly. Sometimes judge falsely with bad intentions. After taking revenge and by killing others, God the creator will throw them in hell permanently. Therefore, final powers of Judgements, taking of revenge and giving punishments etc. Jesus did not give in human hands. As an ultimate judge, king and being God himself; Jesus reserved every right to judge every person. Right to take the revenges of all injustices happened in a world. Right to kill every killer and right to save or throw the sinner, in hell. Will anybody dare to ask any question to God the creator about God's authority? God alone can question, judge, punish, even destroy people in hell whom he has created; only if they are wrong or guilty. God the creator alone is the final judge of all mankind. So people have no rights what so ever to judge or force one another in the aspect of one's spiritual faith.
Only governments have powers to judge one, when one breaks nation's legal laws. Religions in the world also believe in judgement of people after death or even in the day of judgement of mankind. Then by whose authority some people acquire the spiritual Judgment throne of God? Therefore, all nations made many sensible laws on such issues. If every citizen, all politicians and every religious authority give honour, respect and obey their respective national laws! If Governments become watchful and strict about the justified implementations of the laws. Then every person will be able to enjoy total spiritual and religious freedom with peaceful life in the world.
(1) It is well known true fact that, most of prophecies written in the Bible became true, even after thousands and hundreds of years spans. Before the first arrival on earth of God's Son Jesus, all the main events of Jesus' life on earth; were predicted in the Bible in the span of 700 years before Jesus' birth. Jesus is the only person in the whole world, who did not create his own history in the world. He just went on fulfilling what was already written about him. Jesus took birth on earth like a common man in the poor family. In the worst circumstances Jesus lived on earth. Worst situations cannot stop work of God. With no any religious authorities' or king's support and without army influence, Jesus started his mission. God doesn't depend on human powers. God provides powers to people to do what God wants them to do. On the contrary Jesus had to stand against all human authorities and fight with spiritual forces of Satan all alone. Yet Jesus defeated them all and establish God's spiritual kingdom on earth in the form of Church. Without being Son of God himself, Jesus could not have done it. For God nothing is impossible. That is how God has to be. Can humans in the world, if united together become capable, to establish God's kingship or God's kingdom on earth? Why some groups attempt to do so?
(2) Remaining end time prophecies in the Bible too will become true in due courses of their times! Bible predicts that prior to Son of God Jesus' second arrival on earth; a human dictator called Son of Satan will rule the world. His name will be revealed by cracking number code (666). He will be growing up in the high class human standards. With the help of human Governments and human militaries his throne to rule the world will be prepared. Bible points out - Satan has no power to create. He has no God given authority to rule over mankind. Satan deceives mankind snatches their God given authorities and then only able to rule over people. Therefore, obviously after everything is ready-made by humans, only thereafter Son of Satan has to appear on his throne.
Under his forceful administration with forced implementation of false spiritual kingdom, natural calamities and disasters will have to occur on the earth.
To eliminate all above forceful attacks on mankind, Son of God Jesus will have to come back on earth for the second time. Again this time Jesus will neither use any human government support nor church assistance. No Christian human military help to shed blood or to kill enemy human soldiers. God does not need all that stuff. Satan and mankind depend upon such stuffs. Jesus had said to mankind, do not kill, what he said he means and remembers. As a king of kings Jesus will be accompanied by his heavenly army of angles. But it seems Jesus himself all alone will fight the war with Satanic military and will shed their blood, kill and destroy all of them in hell for the permanent freedom of saved mankind. Thus should be and in fact is the power of "Living God, the creator". God's actual ways of creation, salvation, judgements and even destruction are expressed and justified with proper reference links, steps and reasons in The Bible.
The Bible indicates, God the creator is the true owner of earth, who himself is quite capable to take the possession of whole earth and can bring all the people on the earth under his kind rule. How come? …
While descending from heaven, every human eye will see Jesus. By viewing his glory understanding his power and experiencing his realness, every human knee will bow down before him and every human tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is God. Jesus' victory over mankind will be in loving, gentle and peaceful manners only. Therefore, no one is to be afraid of Jesus and his actual kingdom while descending from heaven in the future.
In the past and present times, many Christians and even non-Christians around the world had spiritually experienced Jesus' love and kindness therefore, they accepted the way of Jesus' salvation.
Then, as a judge, as king of kings and as Lord of lords; Jesus will take over the total possession of earth. It is prophesised in the Bible; Jesus is going to actually rule the earth for only one day (as per God's calendar) which is equal to one thousand earthly years. Thereafter, the earth will pass away. Therefore, one's saving (from hell) while one is alive on this earth (that is before ones first death) becomes absolutely essential. To be thrown in the hell is called the second death in the Bible.
Summary:
(1) Salvation means saving of a person from Hell (Main meaning).
(2) God made the only one way for mankind's salvation through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross.
(3) Due to the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death, mankind will be resurrected in the end times.
(4) After the day of judgement saved people will be allowed to enter heaven. Unsaved will go to hell.
(5) Jesus commissioned church to preach God's only way of salvation to mankind till his next coming.
(6) Jesus gave free will to every human. Jesus does what he preached. He told church to follow him.
(7) God loves mankind and his all creations. But enemy Satan and his people hate mankind and earth.
(8) God works as per his pre-set plans with respect to pre-set times. His all prophecies come to pass.
(9) Jesus all alone is capable to establish his kingship and kingdom in the world without any human help.
(10) Jesus alone is Spiritual judge, revenge taker and punisher. Humans must not Judge or punish any person.
Author – Mr. Anil Pacharne.
Email address – anilsletterbag@gmail.com
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