Heathens will be purged.
I couldn't resist
Seriously though, it is true. I stand with Forgiven in his statements. I believe the Bible is the testimony of the creator to his creation (as it claims to be). I base this belief on the evidence of things unseen (faith), as well as the evidence presented in the Bible. The God of the Bible claims that his calling card, his proof of authenticity, is the ability to foretell events. The two primary events foretold are the coming of Jesus Christ to Earth, one past and one still future. A secondary, and more contemporary event, involves the nation of Israel in the times immediately proceeding the second coming. The primary focus of the Bible, and of creation itself, is Jesus Christ. Everything is made by him and for him.
Mankind is too proud and too foolish to properly consider himself in the light of a being so vastly superior, good and pure. So he rebells against the God that is so self evident. We are created, there is a creator. In his folly, man imagines himself the god of his own life and fate. This rebellion is the transgression punishable by death, the specific sin, lying for instance, is simply a symptom of the rebellion.
As foretold, the nation of Israel was destroyed and its people scattered among the nations. No other people in written or verbal history have been scattered thus without being assimilated into the various host cultures. In spite of horrific persecution everywhere as motive to assimilate, as foretold they remained a discreet and peculiar people over centuries.
As foretold, the nations of the world divided up the land that God declared he had decreed to Israel, most of the national borders in the ME were simply created by international fiat.
As foretold, the nation of Israel was restored and returned to Jerusalem. No other nation has returned from the ashes of history in like manner. As foretold, she would be surrounded by enemies.
As foretold, the focus of the nations is upon Jerusalem. Since its inception, roughly two thirds of the United Nations business has been directed against or critical of Israel. The economics of oil guarantee the focus to intensify, and inevitably, every nation in the world will align itself with the Arabs against Israel.
As foretold, the final solution decided upon by man will be the destruction of Israel, Jerusalem, and the Jewish people. When all hope for Israel is gone, the Jesus Christ will appear on the Earth for the second time, this time as a lion rather than a lamb.
As foretold, he will establish his kingdom in Jerusalem for 1000 years, and the knowledge of God will cover the earth like water. This earthly kingdom is simply an example to humanity of how life would have been had his laws been obeyed.
Of course all this could be coincidence, and we could simply be losing the OMG Lottery on a daily basis in spades.
Anyone who peeps into a microscope or looks at a rock, and presumes to tell me what happened 50 million years ago gets very little of my serious attention. ANY narrative of the past that precedes written history is inherently unprovable, and has to be accepted on a basis of faith if at all. On this basis alone, evolution deserves no intellectual attention, beyond its use as a tool by atheists.
So, I will choose to believe the testimony of the one who has demonstrated the ability to foretell the future, rather that those who have to constantly rewrite their contemporary history...
And for Forgiven, and any interested, the reason for the 6 (plus one) days of creation ? It is a picture of the history of man. Days are prophetically related to thousands of years. It has been approximately 6000 years since creation, which will be followed by the 1000 years ruled by the Price of Peace. (the day of rest).
The creator is still creating. As foretold, there will be a perfect world, with no death or SIN. This fallen world we now live in is to select the inhabitants of the future perfect world.
Heathens will be purged. Be wise and repent.
For thus says Jehovah who Created the heavens, God who has formed the earth and made it; who has established it, who has not created it void, but has formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah, and there is no other. I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. I did not say to the seed of Jacob (Israel), Seek me in vain. I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. Those who set up the wood of their graven image, and those that pray to a god that cannot save, they know nothing. Declare and approach; yea, let them take counsel together. Who has declared this from antiquity? Who has told it since then? Is it not I, Jehovah. And there is no other God besides Me; a just Mighty God and a Savior; there is no one besides Me. Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am the Mighty God, and there is no other. I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
(Isaiah 45:18-23)
