Christendom, Thou Art Strongly Beloved.

Christendom: World Changer. Indestructible Solid Rock. Giving Hope to mankind, Body of the Lord Jesus, Vehicle of Salvation, comfort for the troubled soul. Precious. Christendom thou art Everything to me. I LOVE you very much.

Christendom, I love your love. Your love for others, helping those who need your help. Showing up. Being there. Helping in Jesus' name. Christendom, I love your Samaritan's Purse, Salvation Army, Catholic Relief Services, and Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital. I love your Gideons International, Joni and Friends, Assemblies Of God Trust, Lutheran World Relief, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, and Nick Vujicic's (voo yi chich) solid gold Evangelical gospel preaching "Life Without Limbs" Christian ministry.

Christendom, I love your literature and your art, your architecture, your magnificent cathedrals, your great books, your Apostles, saints, martyrs, and heros of the faith. I love your great Paul "195 lashes" Paul the Apostle. And your Luke the physician and your magnificent Apostle John who wrote John's Gospel and Revelation. Christendom thou art built to last forever. Christendom the Eternal City ~ the Hope of mankind.

Christendom, I love your traditions, your history, your legacies, your wealth that funds Christ's Great Commission ~ Jesus' command (not a suggestion) to go and make disciples of all the nations (that is, to go and Christianize the world) through the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit blessing simple gospel preaching. And this is going to get done and no Prophet Of Defeatism can prevent it. "I will build My Church" said The Lion Of The Tribe Of Judah, and He will. The Lord Christ shall reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. Jesus NOW has all authority both in Heaven and on Earth to empower His church to successfully carry out His Great commission (Matthew 28:16-20) to go and Christianize the world.

Christendom, I love your The Erwin Brothers (Andrew and Jon) and their excellent Christian movies: October Baby, Mom's Night Out, I can Only Imagine, I Still Believe, and The Cross And The Towers. Christendom, I love your The Kendrick Brothers (Alex, Stephen, Shannon) and their outstanding Christian movies: Facing The Giants, Fireproof, Courageous, War Room, and Overcomer. Christendom, I love your Bethany Hamilton, Joni Eareckeson Tada, and Nick Vujicic, three unstoppable heroes of the Christian faith that do not know how to quit when faced with the seemingly impossible.

Christendom, I LOVE your Strong Indestructible Powerful Pillars: The Cross ~ the Power of the Blood Of The Lamb. The Resurrection ~ the Power of that Empty Tomb. The Ascension ~ the Power of "I am going to My Father." The Exaltation ~ the Power of NOW being being KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS, and NOW being seated at the right hand of Almighty God Maker of Heaven and Earth. Christendom, I love your heroic Founder the Lord Jesus who always leads from the front where the pain is. He who went straight into the pain (of the Cross) because He loved us more than He loved Himself. Thank You Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit. We love You.

Thank you. The greatest thing we can ever know is his great love for us. I believe the way we learn this great love is beginning now and "in the ages to come, He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus" (Eph. 2:7).

Jesus - head of the Church.

IOW, a fine Christian man, like a national personification -- the stylized "everyman" for whichever country he represents.

The Messiah is the one for the peculiar, troublesome types whose laws are different than other peoples so they don't keep the king's laws.

KJV:

Matthew 22

19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

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