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“Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in
awareness." James
Thurber
We as the human race are in the beginning of a new millennium.
There are several theories relating to our destination or our future as a
species here on Earth. In theology primarily there is a belief expressed in some
Christian denominations, and
literature , that there will be a Age or Paradise on Earth
where "Christ will reign" prior to the final judgment and future eternal state,
primarily derived from the book of Revelation 20: 1-6.
Millennialism as such is a specific form of Millenniums
Among Christians who hold this belief, this is not the
"end of the world", but the penultimate age, (one before last) prior to
when it is believed that the world will end. Some believe that between the
millennium and the final end of the world there will be a brief period to allow
a final battle with Satan, or a time of the Anti-Christ, followed by the last
judgment.
Although I was raised in a Christian home and with strong
religious beliefs, My family seldom read the Bible we lived by the rules set
forth by the government and we all worked at jobs to raise our
families.
Of course, we were not blind to the conditions in society. We
were aware of the greed, corruption, and chaos all around us. According to the
book of revelations 20: 1-6 before the end of the world there will be a brief
period to allow a final battle with Satan, or a time of the Anti Christ,
followed by the last judgment.
A personal belief of mine is the battle with Satan has already
been fought and Satan has been defeated. As far as the last judgment, again this
is only a personal belief of mine I may be wrong there may be a judgment
day however; I don’t believe there will be. Now some may say this is the
view of the Anti Christ. Again, I believe in the Lord as the Son of God
and although I believe, he has an equal an abundance of love for all of us
regardless of our religion I don’t believe in all of what is written in
the Bible. I don’t believe we can all enter into the kingdom of heaven.
“Truth comes as conqueror only to those who have lost the art of receiving it
as friend." Rabindranath Tagore
If I am wrong which I just may be, does that mean we go about
our daily lives indifferent to what is happening in the world thinking only
about ourselves and relying on the teachings of the Bible to deal with those
whom are responsible for all the troubles occurring in the world?
I don’t think so “The good we secure for ourselves is
precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into
our common life. Jane Addams
I believe we are in the millennium were the peace and
love that is professed in the Bible is here. The Lord is presiding over us what
else do we need a false ideology to live by. We should begin living our lives
with an appreciation of God’s creation and looking at each other with common
views. We are all siblings of the same heavenly father. Our religions may hold
different philosophies, however the foundations that all religions are built on
is love.
Our home
“I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the
kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life
upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels." Pearl S Buck
“Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find
it." Andre
Gide
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