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You asked — “Can you please elaborate ? Thanks and have a great Christmas and New Year..”

My statement was (that you asked me to elaborate on) — “Yeah, it’s really apparent that this author did not really understand the “Gospel” that he was referring to.” [in post #4]

In the article, the author is framing the “Gospel” in terms of Caesar, government, oppression, leaders, and even the burning of books. He even tries to frame the Gospel in terms of Jesus’ famous statement, which was given in response to certain Pharisees who were trying to trap him into saying something against the government of Caesar or face the wrath of the people, instead. Jesus’ words are quoted as — “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s.”

And then the author says, “And he sent this gospel of the Kingdom of Man into the uttermost ends of the earth.”

Well, look up the phrase, “Kingdom of Man” in the Bible. Nowhere does it occur. But, this author has appropriately named what he is talking about as “the gospel of the Kingdom of Man”. That’s most appropriate, because it’s not the Kingdom of God that Jesus talks about and it’s not the Kingdom of Heaven that is referred to, and it’s not the Kingdom that Jesus says He is king over (and not one on earth, at that time). The author makes up a totally foreign “Gospel of the Kingdom of Man”. No such thing exists in the Bible.

That is not the Gospel.

The Gospel is what we are told in the Bible —

1 Corinthians 15:1-8

1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,

2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,

5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.

6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.

7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.

8 Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.

The Gospel was first introduced in the Garden of Eden, immediately at the sin (and judgment of the same) of mankind. The Gospel was initially given there, looking forward to the coming Messiah and the salvation that He offers to the bondage of “sin” under the evil one (Satan). It is expanded and further explained through what we are given through Israel, God’s chosen people and from whom the Messiah will come (for the salvation of the world).

We see that Abraham is saved by faith, in that He believed the promises of God (of the coming Messiah and the payment for sins) and God counted that as righteousness to him. In the same way, we are told we are counted as righteous (the same as Abraham) and also by our further knowledge and understanding after the coming of Jesus and his crucifixion, death, burial and resurrection, having accomplished in full all that God required.

All “according to Scripture” as the Apostle Paul tells us. This is the Gospel, as we are told. It’s not the “gospel of the Kingdom of Man” and neither does it have to do with Caesars or governments or any of those other things in the article.

So, no, the author does not understand the “gospel” he is referring to. He makes up a “different gospel” — one that is not mentioned in the Bible or one that Paul says even if an angel were to tell you different, to ignore him. In this case, we ignore this author as not knowing what he is talking about.

Regards,
Star Traveler