The pseudo-religious bureaucracies of this age have given religion/worship a bad name.Likely many would agree with Indian statesman Jawarlal Nehru when he said that the spectacle of organised religion in India and elsewhere filled his mind with horror,and that it seems almost always to stand for superstition,ignorance,bigotry,exploitation,the vested interest of entrenched elites and the like.But long before Nehru now famous religious leader/teacher Jesus Christ had some choice words for the leaders of the dominant religion of his time and place: Matthew23:13KJV "But woe unto you scribes and pharisees,!For ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men:For ye go in yourselves,neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.Woe unto you,scribes and pharisees,hypocrites!For ye devour widows houses,and for a pretence make long prayer:Therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Two things to note in Jesus censure 1)The hypocrisy of these religious leaders separated them from God 2)Their hypocrisy turned others away from the God's truth.How?The bible suggest two ways 1)Matthew23:15ESV "Woe to you, scribes and pharisees,hypocrites!For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte,and when he becomes a proselyte,you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves."
2)2Peter2:2 "Many will follow their sensuality,and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed."
On account of its bringing his name and kingdom into disrepute pseudo-religion in general and Christendom in particular is in the cross hairs of Jehovah's war machine.The bible tells us that soon pseudo-religion will pay a heavy price for its political meddling, greed and hypocrisy.Revelation19:2"because His judgments are trued and righteous,e
because He has judged the notorious prostitutef
who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality;
and He has avenged the blood of His •slaves
that was on her hands.g"
There are of course those who urge an abandonment of the quest for the creator God.They claim that accepting a status of cosmic orphanhood and making new gods of chance,necessity,matter and self are the only way to free ourselves from the abuses of the past.To begin with militant atheist have been every bit as unsuccessful on liberating their flock from the racism,nationalism,militarism and greed that have always been the main triggers of conflict as theistic pseudo-religionists have.Additionally there are practical reasons that universal justice and peace are simply not possible apart from Jehovah's assertion of his rightful sovereignty over the globe
1)Only Jehovah as creator can claim unimpeachable legitimacy as a global governor,there plain and simply is no man or group of men(or angels for that matter)that can be trusted with that kind of authority,apart from the fact that it is a universally accepted legal principle that the creator be recognised as legal owner of what he has produced.Jehovah is totally independent of his creation and is thus morally incorruptible,What could anyone possibly offer him as a bribe?A new luxury car?Tickets to the big game?A case of champagne perhaps?With him in charge mankind will finally have a ruler worthy of utter confidence and loyalty.
2)Jehovah is not learning on the job the very wisest among us human or superhuman is only just beginning to understand how to get the most out of Jehovah's creation Jehovah has been there and done that so to speak.No more guessing games with people's lives,health and prosperity.
3)Only Jehovah has the might/smarts to bring leviathan and his hordes to heal.There is a reason that the criminal and otherwise sociopathic elements of society always seem ahead of the agencies charged with countering them.Why instead they have consistently succeeding in corrupting the wider society.Some might be prepared to acknowledge behind the scenes influences on the human level.They might be less willing to acknowledge the Bible's warning that the corruption of the main institutions of our global civilisation extends to the realm of the superhuman see Ephesians6:12.Until our civilisation is rid of these malignant minds human and superhuman advances in technology will continue to be more of a curse than a blessing.
4)Only Jehovah can guarantee infallible judgement.Not only is he first hand witness to all wrongdoing and right doing he can read hearts.This means that under his rule not only will we finally have a ruler worthy of our complete trust we will have fellow servants worthy of our complete trust.Picture a society with no need for
police,soldiers,spies,security personnel of any kind,courts,magistrates,judges,jails,locks,keys.Impossible you say?Certainly in the atheistic universe we could entertain no such hope.
5)Justice delayed is Justice denied the saying goes.What about when justice never arrives?The number of unsolved crimes on the files of this world's law enforcement agencies is in the tens of thousands some of these are horrific indeed heartbreaking murders.What about those who have been erroneously convicted crimes they never committed What about past victims of state sponsored injustice.Jehovah is not only mankind's only hope of a just future he ALONE can counter the injustices of the past.
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