The Jerusalem that twice apostatized, and that Jehovah punished by bringing against it, first, the Babylonian invaders, and, later, the Roman legions, well pictures another apostate systemthe organized religion of Christendom.
Just as the hypocritical rulers of Jerusalem gave lip worship to Jehovahs Law, so the clergy of Christendom claim to speak for the God of the Bible. But, says Jesus Christ, "by their fruits you will recognize those men." (Matthew 7:20) And what kind of "fruits" has modern-day Christendom produced? i think the facts speak for them selves
It is in Christendom today that we find a bumper crop of immorality, divorce, broken families, drug abuse and crime of every kind. Christendoms religion has proved powerless to stay the growth of lawlessness. (Matthew 24:11, 12)
How well Jesus words apply to its religious clergy! He said"Isaiah aptly prophesied about you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far removed from me. It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach as doctrines commands of men. Letting go the commandment of God, you hold fast the tradition of men." Thus Christendom, the modern-day apostate "Jerusalem," together with all other "antichrists," faces "tribulation" from God when the Lord Jesus Christ is revealed from heaven to bring vengeance upon disobedient ones.Mark 7:6-8; 1 John 2:18, 19; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9 yes they claim to worship the God of the bible ............. but i dont think they do they make their own rules up as they go along ...............unfaithfulness to God leads to destruction :tsk:
Just as the hypocritical rulers of Jerusalem gave lip worship to Jehovahs Law, so the clergy of Christendom claim to speak for the God of the Bible. But, says Jesus Christ, "by their fruits you will recognize those men." (Matthew 7:20) And what kind of "fruits" has modern-day Christendom produced? i think the facts speak for them selves
It is in Christendom today that we find a bumper crop of immorality, divorce, broken families, drug abuse and crime of every kind. Christendoms religion has proved powerless to stay the growth of lawlessness. (Matthew 24:11, 12)
How well Jesus words apply to its religious clergy! He said"Isaiah aptly prophesied about you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far removed from me. It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach as doctrines commands of men. Letting go the commandment of God, you hold fast the tradition of men." Thus Christendom, the modern-day apostate "Jerusalem," together with all other "antichrists," faces "tribulation" from God when the Lord Jesus Christ is revealed from heaven to bring vengeance upon disobedient ones.Mark 7:6-8; 1 John 2:18, 19; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9 yes they claim to worship the God of the bible ............. but i dont think they do they make their own rules up as they go along ...............unfaithfulness to God leads to destruction :tsk: