Getting Away With It Doesn’t Really Happen
Barbara Henderson
It was Jerusalem 2000 years ago. The people had seen miracles beyond anything
the world had ever seen. The blind were
made to see. The lame were made to
walk. Even the dead were raised to live
again. But, there was a big
problem. The Man doing all these
miracles wasn’t doing what most of the people really wanted done. They wanted Him to overthrow Rome and restore
Israel to the prominence and success it had in the days of King David. In the minds of many they had done everything
right, so there was no need of the repentance this Man was preaching. They obeyed the commandments, and had even
added a lot to them to make their righteousness even more obvious. They saw themselves as completely righteous,
so Jesus was obviously not there for them. He was there for the masses of poor
and sick. Jesus gave no honor to their
righteousness. The zealots saw Jesus as
the way to take on Rome and win their national freedom. The religious ruling class saw Jesus as the
one who was going to mess up their lovely system. No one was really pleased with what Jesus was
doing. No one understood His real purpose in being there. Even those He healed
and fed were not all pleased with Him. One of His own disciples was so fed up
with Jesus that he betrayed Him. So Jesus was crucified. The Pharisees saw the death of Christ a way
to keep them in power and stop the turmoil the zealots of the day were looking
for. Actually, Jesus was crucified by
Rome, but the Jews were behind it. There
is no one without guilt in the matter.
The Innocent Lamb was murdered.
He did rise from the dead under His own power in three days, but that
doesn’t change the fact that he was rejected and murdered. Eventually someone was going to pay a price
for what was done that day.
But, God is merciful. Jesus had warned that the Jewish temple would
be torn down and that not one stone would be left unturned. That is what happened in 70AD. God was merciful in that He gave the Jews
almost 30 years to repent. They didn’t
repent, and judgment fell.
I have been trying to write this article
for some time now. I wanted to tell you
what happened in Jerusalem when judgment finally fell. I just can’t seem to condense it down to
something that I can write. It was
awful. People were slaughtered. There was a war that went on for several
years before Jerusalem fell. Then it
went on after the fall of Jerusalem for several more years as Rome took out
pockets of resistance. One well know
pocket of resistance was Masada. There
the Jews took their own lives rather than surrender to the Roman army. Starvation, murder, slavery, families torn
apart. Yes, judgment fell on Jerusalem
and the people who murdered the Son of God.
I don’t suppose any crime in the history
of mankind would equal the murder of Jesus, but there a lot of terrible crimes
that go on every day. I would say the
collective biggest crime is the murder of the unborn. The most helpless among us is treated like
nothing. Of course that crime could only
come after the rejection of Jesus. A
nation totally sold out to God is not going to murder the unborn. So that must be the biggest crime because it
opens the door to all other crimes. When I see the sonograms of the unborn I know
that no rational person could possibly doubt their humanity. Currently Hillary Clinton nonchalantly says
that the way our laws are written these tiny human beings are not considered
human and have no rights under the constitution. She is talking like the Nazis of last century
who did not see the Jews as people having rights so there was no crime in
murdering them.
The point is that judgment for these
crimes will come. Just because it did
not fall when abortion was legalized does not mean it isn’t coming. Just because judgment did not fall when all
manner of ungodly living was legalized does not mean it isn’t coming. Just because judgment did not come when
prayer was kicked out of schools doesn’t mean it isn’t coming. Any rejection of God’s truth leaves a void
that is filled will lies and evil. The
evil grows with each passing day.
Society is crumbling. Families
are falling apart. The greedy are
gaining in power.
When the Jews were scattered from
Jerusalem God didn’t utterly destroy them.
He kept them a distinct people.
God is not finished with them.
Sadly, their time of the worst punishment is yet to come in the time
called ‘Jacob’s Troubles’. This is what
Christians know as the great tribulation.
That is what it is going to take to get the Jews to finally turn to
Jesus with their whole hearts. The pride
and self righteousness that is keeping them from God will finally break. They will see the truth and turn to Jesus
Christ.
The gentiles are no better than the
Jews. Rejection of Jesus Christ is a
national sport right now. It is more
popular than Pokemon Go. Those who
reject Jesus are searching the world over for any remnant of Jesus worship and
attempting to be sure it is taken out of the public eye and banished to never
see the light of day again. Do they
think judgment will not fall simply because it hasn’t fallen yet? In the Jews we can see what happens when a
people reject God. Years of sorrow and
turmoil are common instead of rare. In
the 2000 years since Jesus came the world has come to know about Jesus Christ,
His death for all mankind, His resurrection, and His instructions to tell the
world about Jesus Christ. The pastime of
the world has been to make up new ways to reject Christ. Does the gentile think they will escape judgment
simply because it hasn’t fallen yet?
Just how great that judgment will be before the return of Christ is not
known. Currently Christians are being
murdered and persecuted around the globe including America. So-called Christians are working hard to avoid
problems with the world system by conforming to the new social norms. They say the church has to change in order to
remain relevant to the people and the time in which we live. They ignore the fact that the Bible says God
doesn’t change.
It is appalling to watch the so-called
church of today water down the Gospel of Jesus Christ to fit the world. Finding Jesus in the Andy Griffith Show
reruns is not going to happen no matter how many churches look for it there. Actually, I enjoy the show so much that Jerry
and I watch the reruns when he gets up to get ready for work. We dropped cable some time back and looked
for something cheerful to start our day instead of the news. Yes, we watch the first five seasons of the
show in order. Then we start over
again. So, you can honestly say that I
definitely have seen all the shows repeatedly.
I can tell you flatly that other than an occasional reference to church
or a rare actual church attendance there is nothing in the show that would lead
anyone to Christ. The actors in the show
do behave in a way that is morally correct most of the time. (There are a few scenes with Barney and Thelma
Lou that are definitely not examples you would want your teenagers to follow.) I thought it was bad enough that churches
were looking for Jesus in The Andy Griffith Show. Now it seems another church is looking for
the Gospel in a Taylor Swift album.
Believe me, it isn’t there. I can tell you that without even listening
to the album. Jesus Christ is found in
the Bible.
While this foolishness goes on there are
many Christians waiting for the judgment of God to fall. Truly,
it is falling already to some extent. Our
national leadership offices are filled by the most ungodly people for the most
part. They are happy to erase any
vestige of Jesus Christ in our society.
Judges are happy to disallow Christians to live their faith. They are happy to throw the words of Christ
by which this nation has lived out of public places. Our borders are open to those who have no
part in this nation. Our money is taxed
out of the hands of the working people and distributed to those who have not
worked a day to earn anything. So, yes,
judgment is falling. To what extent
Christians will see judgment before the return of Christ is unknown. Some believers around the world are already
facing the ultimate decision. They will
either deny Christ or die. God have
mercy on them.
What we have now is an unknown amount of
time to tell the world that Jesus is the only way into heaven. Let us not waste the time that God has given
to us.
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