PEACE IS BETTER THAN WAR!

So deeply ingrained in the fabric of Western civilization is the basic Christian concept of peace being better than war, that there are many who are seemingly unaware of its origin and of the Christian roots that sustain it.

“TIME” AND THE ANTICHRIST – Daniel 7

The whole dispensation of the kingdom of Christ until the final judgment, embracing all of the time between the First Advent of Christ and the Second Advent of Christ culminating in the Final Judgment of all men, is repeatedly mentioned in Revelation.

WHAT WILL BE THE SIGN OF YOUR COMING AND OF THE CLOSE OF THE AGE? – Matthew 24

Jesus answered all three questions, giving the sign of his coming, outlining the salient features of the destruction of Jerusalem, making that event a type of his second coming, and setting forth a number of details applicable to both events.

THE NINTH COMMANDMENT –
THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOR – Exodus 20

The imagination of men is involved in the violation of this commandment, because, if one does not tell the truth, the imagination is the only source of what he does tell.

THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT –
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL – Exodus 20

Frequently, the human family have attempted to get rid of private property and to inaugurate some form of communal living, but thousands of years of experience have demonstrated invariably the futility and failure of all such systems.

THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT –
THOU SHALT NOT KILL – Exodus 20

The violation of it by self-styled liberal societies has already drowned the world in blood and may yet deliver the whole earth into the hands of ruthless murderers.

THE CHRISTIAN VIEW OF THE STATE

There are two kinds of states; and, besides that, the same principles of submission are enjoined upon Christians with reference to both kinds, as plainly indicated in Revelation 13:10 where John implied the very fullest consonance with all that Paul and Peter wrote.

WHO SHALL DELIVER ME OUT OF THE BODY OF THIS DEATH? Romans 7

This is the cry of every man who is not saved. In the large view, it is the agonizing cry of all the world, especially of the benighted populations of the pre-Christian ages.

WHEN THE WICKED RISE, MEN HIDE THEMSELVES! – Proverbs 28

It is always a sad day for humanity when an evil man procures great authority. Joseph Stalin, for example is credited with murdering over thirty million people!

A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF SHALL NOT STAND – Matthew 12

The argument in these verses is simple, but profound. If Satan was really casting out Satan, a ridiculous absurdity on the face of it, then Satan’s kingdom was being destroyed.

WHY THE 4TH OF JULY? 2022 EDITION

The Declaration of Independence! On this, Our day of Independence, July 4th 1776

We honor of the wise and brilliant men who, with the power of words and inspired writing, broke the inhumane shackles of Tyranny! – ELGardner

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”