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The peaceful, law abiding and authentic cry for justice and righteous conduct by our law enforcement officers on the streets of our nation at this hour is good (Matthew 5:6)--if long overdue and finally, in the end, futile where this world is concerned. The effort in the end is futile from a biblical worldview for two important reasons. First, this world is governed by one who cares nothing about justice (Matthew 6:13; Ephesians 6:12; 1 John 5:19) and second, apart from the renewing work of God through the Gospel, the human heart is thoroughly wicked (Jeremiah 17:9; Romans 3:9-18, 23); incapable of producing lasting justice as only the living God can and will through His Anointed (Psalm 89:11-18; Isaiah 9:6-7, 11:1-10)! He has come and is coming again; we who have looked to Him, wait for Him to bring in our everlasting triumph over evil (Luke 2:1-14, 24:44-51; Acts 1:10-11; Revelation 1:4-8) as I celebrate in the following 2012 blog re-post!
Originally Posted December 9, 2012
Faithful Christians are sheep for the slaughter because we live in a world that is under the rule of Satan who has never ceased to hate and oppose God who loves us (John 14:30, 15:18-25). As a result, just as the Jews throughout history, so, Christians have been the target of this world’s oppressing, harassing and murderous persecuting activity. In fact, today is Hanukkah, the Jewish Feast of Dedication.
It commemorates the end of a foretold three year time of intense persecution in 165 BC by Antiochus Epiphanes, the ruler of the Syrian division of the former Hellenistic Empire of Alexander the Great (Daniel 11:21-35). Many were slaughtered during this period. Finally, a group of Jewish guerrilla fighters called the Maccabees prevailed and came to Jerusalem where they began purifying the Temple. Tradition has it that a small jar of oil miraculously was enough to keep the golden lamp stand in the Temple burning for eight days.
God’s historical permission allowing the Jews to take up arms against their worldly persecutors was temporarily withdrawn after Jesus of Nazareth their Messiah came on the scene and purposely took on the demeanor of a defenseless Lamb. Though as the “Lion of the tribe of Judah” He had Heaven’s might at His disposal and authority to bring it if He chose (Matthew 26:51-54), He declined to do so that He might allow the Father to pour out the fullness of His wrath against human sin upon Himself.
This He did on a Roman cross to save Jew and Gentile that believes in Him and receives God’s forgiveness and reconciliation obtained through His substitionary atonement (Romans 5:6-11). Those who believe He invites to walk by faith in the example and power of His own world overcoming victory to include loving our enemies (Matthew 5:43-48; Luke 23:32-34; John 16:33; 1 John 5:4-5). This means no Christian at any time has God’s blessing to take up weapons and war against the world in His cause or self-defense (Matthew 26:52; Romans 8:33-36; Revelation 13:10).
And so, many born again followers of Jesus Christ have died since the first century, do and will die at the murderous hands of sinful, satanically controlled men following His example of non-violent submission to and love for evil enemies as sheep for the slaughter until the Lord returns. Those who have suffered and been martyred in living out biblical Christianity include the strong men and great women of God among my slave and free forefathers.
Professing black American Christians do not talk enough about them because of satanically inspired deception and shame that these saints were somehow weak and cowardly sell outs. Many professing white American Christians out of shame, others out of continuing unrepentant haughtiness refuse to talk about them or acknowledge the historic black experience at their hands under the guise of Christianity as ranking among the world’s greatest historic evils. Yet, my Christian forefathers then and we who love the Lord now forgive our white brothers in the instruction and example of Christ (Luke 17:3-4, 23:34).
Faithful saints have endured suffering and death at the hands of this evil world system understanding as I have already written in this blog and write in my book, The Strong Man Of God, that it is first and foremost, the way of Christ we have been called to follow (Matthew 16:24-25; Philippians 1:29). Second, they have understood God has ordained that all the tribulation His children endure is part of His faith and character building program leading to the salvation we have hoped for (Romans 5:1-5, James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 1:3-9).
Finally, faithful saints understand in all of their trials they are “more than conquerors” through Christ who loves us (Romans 8:37-39). A conqueror conquers the thing he pursued and after enjoys it for only a short time before someone stronger takes it or he dies. But we in Christ are more than conquerors because of the overwhelming greatness of our conquest over evil in that not only do we rise again from the dead after being killed (or dying) once, but we live thereafter in immortal glory and the eternal riches of God’s love and grace (Romans 8:31-32; Ephesians 2:1-7)!
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