Art as expression – NOT as market campaigns, will still capture our Imaginations
In this post, we shall classify some of the Scriptures relating to the kingship of Jesus Christ, inquire as to his credentials for such authority, explore the extent and duration of his kingdom and examine some of the symbols under which that kingship is presented in the Bible.
The central ordinance of Christianity is the Lord’s Supper, standing in a metaphor as a summary of the whole Christian religion: “Except ye eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of man ye have no life in you” (John 6:53).
The kingdom of the heavens is also always viewed in Matthew’s gospel as something future, i.e. beginning after the Lord’s ascension to heaven, whereas the kingdom of God, also in Matthew, is seen as being present already now (Matthew 12:28).
And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting
The empty, extravagant, and pretentious words of apostate teachers is a phenomenon by no means absent from the earth at the present time. These false teachers are alive and working overtime here in 2022!
The Scriptures do not provide any hard information enabling a fuller identification of this creature which was used by Satan as an instrument in the temptation.
