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To: mdmathis6
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This is a huge misreading of the word.
Matthew 10

[16] Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
[17] But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
[18] And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
[19] But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
[20] For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
[21] And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
[22] And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
[23] But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
[24] The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
[25] It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
[26] Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
[27] What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
[28] And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
[29] Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
[30] But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
[31] Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
[32] Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
[33] But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
[34] Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
[35] For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
[36] And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
[37] He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
[38] And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
[39] He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
[40] He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
[41] He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
[42] And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

10 posted on 07/17/2016 2:22:18 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

I’m not disputing your macro points from scripture as it relates to the eventual tribulation of the world as well as the effects of Jesus’(or Yeshua if you like) death and resurrection upon the evil spiritual powers both in the Earth as well as the principalities and powers of the air! Satan will continue to fight until he is bound for a 1000 yesrs then released for a season to deceive the nations until thrown directly into the lake of Fire.

Galatians 3 speaks of the unity that should exist between believers and in sufficient numbers could effect the course of individual nations. It is a vastly different vision of unity then what the Marxist social justice warriors speak of! You are right that the general course of history and God’s judgment is set and this world eventually along with the heavens will be dissolved by “fervent heat” then remade. Until the time, God will still raise up the nations in righteousness and will bring them down when they fall into sin and chaos. God spared Nineveh for a time when they repented under the preaching of Jonah...yet eventually after a generation or 2 they again fell into sin, and troubled the nation of Israel and God brought wrath upon them as Nahum had prophesied prior to Jonah. Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty and that only through the blood of Jesus Christ(or Yeshua if you prefer).
So we must act and pray; encouraging the unity of Christ between Christians first and then, hopefully as the world sees our love for one another, will encourage others to want that same faith. And that is how Godly nations can only be birthed into being(line upon line precept upon precept, here a little there a little)...with Christ being the mortar as well as the straw with which the bricks are made!


13 posted on 07/17/2016 3:00:33 PM PDT by mdmathis6 (BEWARE THE ABORTION POLITICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX!)
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