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This message is primarily directed to all “peoples of the earth” who are preparing to arm themselves with weapons of mass destruction, so they can force everyone to worship God exactly as they do.
Through the Hebrew Prophet, Isaiah, the Almighty Lord God warned the world: “…behold, darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the peoples…(Isa. 60:2).
Much later, Jesus spoke of a time when: “…the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light…” (Matt. 24:29). And “...unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved.” But he immediately promised, “…those days will be shortened” (Matt. 24:22).
Today, we can strongly suspect that those prophesied days of “gross darkness” could be the aftermath of a full-scale nuclear war, when mushrooming smoke would deprive the earth of sunlight and moonlight, and a “nuclear winter” would envelop the world.
Yet, the Hebrew Scriptures also tell us that we do not have to endure “those days.” According to the Prophet Malachi, the Lord God has promised: “Behold I will send you Elijah the Prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. And he will turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the land with utter destruction” (Mal. 3:24/4:6).
The “fathers” of monotheism were the Hebrews and their descendants, the Jews. The “children” of monotheism are the Christians and Muslims. Moreover, we’re told that all human beings, regardless of their religious beliefs or unbelief, are the “children” of the Lord God revealed by the Prophets. And unless something happens that will “turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers,” nuclear armed Muslims could soon act to fulfill the worst of all prophecies. Or, as the leader of Iran recently described their intentions: they will “wipe Israel (the land of the fathers) off the map.” And, ultimately, “darkness shall cover the earth.”
To be sure, the “something” that could “happen,” to spare us a nuclear winter, would be Elijah’s arrival. But, in this worldwide age of religious cynicism and “know it all intellectualism,” too many people might easily fail to recognize him and heed his teachings. So, it could immeasurably help us, if we prepare to better understand Elijah by enlarging our knowledge of the Prophets’ teachings.
To enlarge our knowledge, we only need to listen to the COMBINED teachings of ALL the Prophets, from Abraham through Muhammad. TOGETHER, they revealed the Lord God and the Messiah He promised to send us, without once contradicting each other! But that means, we must listen to the PROPHETS instead of the CLERGIES of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, who have never ceased contradicting each other, in their arrogant crusade to declare their own understanding “right” and all others “false or obsolete!”
1 comment:
Hello there,
I do not know how I stumbled on your blog, "Some urgent "Talk" to Iran & Co.". I just have a point of clarification and question for you. Well your blog seems to stress a commonality in the message of peace between all three monotheistic religions (Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. However, you use the phrase "nuclear armed Muslims" to refer to people, that you should know are loosely linked to the religion of Islam. I mean, you could use the phrase "nuclear armed Christians", to refer to the Bush administration, who have not only threatened to kill Arabs, but have killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi's. Also, you could use the term "nuclear armed Jews", to refer to the Israeli "army", who have killed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. I think that it is important to disassociate religion, from politics, as most politicians’ agendas have little to do with religion.
The point of clarification I wish to make, the Iranian president did not say that he wishes to “wipe Israel (the land of the fathers) off the map.” this was a poor translations. What he said is that he wishes to wipe Zionism off the map. I do not in any way side with the actions of Iran. However, it is necessary to do some independent thinking and reasoning, instead of blindly accepting what CNN tells us.
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