Theocentric Musings

American Christianity™ has to cling to the belief that Revelation and Jesus, speak about a future event and not the events of AD70. The reason being is that if they learned it relates to AD70 most of their theology falls apart and the Western Church would implode. Almost all of the supposed "prophets" would be found to be sham artists, all their hatred towards others could not be blamed on God, they would have to admit it's their own dark hearts, they would have to take responsi bility for their exclusionary behavior, one more sign of the darkness in their hearts, and they would have to admit that the "word from God" they always talk about is the cries of their own demented hearts wanting to murder billions and watch the suffering of those they don't like. So no, learning that the events relate to AD70 will never catch on in the Western Church or American Christianity™... It cant.

  I've figured out the real reason John Piper of Desiring God doesn't like Game of Thrones .   Although it is fantasy, historically many of the dark themes and events of the show and books have happened in past times. The past ages of this world have been filled with a kind of sickness, disease, killing, raping, abuses, slavery, etc. that our events pale in comparison to.   Mr. Piper knows that if people actually realize how dark and full of death the middle ages and other times in  history were they would have no choice but to abandon using events in the modern age to defend their "the sky is falling, every hiccup is God's judgment" eschatology because they'd see how much better the world is now than at any other time in history.   The secondary fallout from this revelation, excuse the pun, would be that it would take $$$ out of the pockets of these doom and gloom end times harbinger writers and preachers. People could actually use the money...

Yes, what about all the wrath in Revelation? My friend, Richard Murray , answers your questions, please take the time to read and learn. The search for Truth should always be worth a few minutes of your time: WHAT ABOUT ALL THE WRATH IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION? by Richard Murray The purpose of this discussion is not to explain ALL the mysteries of Revelation. Rather, I want to highlight the key dynamics of how to read, interpret and understand the book in light of what we now know about God's goodness. Revelation is the "final exam" for understanding the goodness of God. If we don't already know the nature of God, we will never understand the book of Revelation. As Revelation 5 clearly shows, ONLY the divine nature and wisdom of Jesus is WORTHY and ABLE to unseal and open the mysteries of the book. People usually advertise Revelation as revealing a God who is incredibly violent, wrathful and destructive. Yet, is this true? Is this violent image the true ...

I've always found it interesting that those who believe God kills, steals, and destroys to teach us or train us, wont practice what they preach and teach or train their children that way. Hmmmmmmm... Prove me wrong... I dare ya... Or... Be humble enough to realize and admit that those negative things were attributed to God by a people that didn't have a full revelation of who He is and Christ showed with crystal clarity the character of God and His desire to heal, set free, and give life to the world, not a chosen few, and His manner of doing that was through love.