Right, in Revelation 13:14 it tells us who it is that makes the image of the Beast, i.e. those who dwell on the earth. So the people who dwell on the earth are those who make that image and worship it. They do it by their own will and not by the will of God. God is foretelling what they will do and that the Dragon is who is behind it not Him(God) which is why he punishes them for it. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation 13&version=KJV
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Right, in Revelation 13:14 it tells us who it is that makes the image of the Beast, i.e. those who dwell on the earth. So the people who dwell on the earth are those who make that image and worship it. They do it by their own will and not by the will of God. God is foretelling what they will do and that the Dragon is who is behind it not Him(God) which is why he punishes them for it. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation 13&version=KJV
God has ordained that there is a broad way that leads to destruction and a narrow way that leads to life. Which road you take, that is your free will. But God is completely fair and transparent, He tells us where each road leads and what will happen if you take each road. One road leads to a reward, one to punishment and destruction. God has ordained this because this is how you learn.
Look at the writers of the books of the New Testament, they all write from their personal salvation experience.
Matthew was a tax collector, considered a traitor by the Jews. He gives the gospel of how traitors can be saved, which is the Jews as a nation after betraying Jesus Christ, the Messiah.
Mark abandoned the ministry of Paul, gets mentored by Peter and together they write the gospel to those left behind after denying the Lord.
Luke Chronicles the ministry of Paul. He is a physician. He writes the gospel of Luke to those raptured before the tribulation and he writes the book of Acts which is a shadow of the tribulation with the two witnesses. It is a comprehensive view of Christian salvation.
John was saved while mending nets and his writings fix the holes in the New Testament caused by the gnostics.
Paul was a man who thought he was serving God by killing Christians. His writings are his repentance sharing the solid doctrinal basis for the church to stand on.
James was the brother of Jesus and the leader of the church in Jerusalem when Paul called them the "concision" a self righteous religious cult. His epistle is the way to escape from a cult which most of Christianity has become
Jude was another brother of Jesus. He saw first hand all the false teachers that attacked Jesus, how to identify them, and how they damage the church.
God leads us through these trials so that we can learn from them and so that we can be comforted by the Holy Spirit and in turn share the comfort we received with those who are going through the same trials.
Just like God told Job, "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth". This is the best way to learn and creates a solid foundation for your Christian life.
Matthew 13:24-30
24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
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I was hopingyou were going to give your interpretation of those scriptures.
The interpretation of the parable of the seeds, their times, and the harvest they are even written in the same chapter, The whole chapter is worthy of investigation to this point, but I'll give the relevant portion. Praise Jesus, Lord of the Harvest, Defender of the Rightful Sons. Ther will be an Apocalypse, but not yet, the wheat must grow up that the harvest be full, praise Jesus.
Matthew 13:36-43
36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
You are one creative individual in what you post graphically. Please continue to do so. Digital power for human creativity can be quite the thing done right. What does a non-fallen creation look like... What is too great for Him to do...
NKJ 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
We really don't have a clue, but we do have a mind that can try to imagine. Some are talented at doing so.
Yes, the tares in 1930s Germany wanted leadership like hitler so the Lord allowed them to have that.
It was God's will they they all turn away from the false gospel they were living in and desire righteous leadership, but they would not so the Lord turned them over to reprobate leadership.
You do error in believing God does evil such as putting evil men in to power.
The office of authority is established by the Lord, but He is not the One who decides to put evil people in charge.
When he allows evil people to come in to power it's due to the people rejecting the Lord and reaping what they sow which is corruption. see Gal 6:7,8
This smells like calvinism which believes all that happens is not just allowed by God, but God is the One that causes all that happens to happen such as the false demonic claim that when a perverts rapes a child God caused the pervert to do what they did.
Some folks need to meet and get antiquated with Jesus Christ Who said:
John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
It was not God's will thjat hitler come in to power and murder millions of people
Those claiming it was are scripture twisters who are speaking for the devil
I'm a child of the Most High God, so of course I'm OK.
I'm more than OK, I'm doing GREAT!
I didn't see any video, and I'm not concerned one way or the other.
Jesus is my Lord and Savior not any politician.
That's false on it's face.
There's a lot of things that happen that God never wanted to happen such as Adam and Eve committing high treason
God created man in His Image which is where man got free will from which is evident because the Lord says man reaps what he sows (Gal 6:7,8) God built His entire creation upon seedtime harvest and He is not the One sowing to the flesh causing bad tyhings to happen which is what satan claims.
The devil is a liar and many now have departed from sound doctrine and are following doctrines of demons having departed from the Lord as they put forth a form of godliness without the Power of the Lord due to having departed from Him.
God never authorized satan and his demons to rebel and to do evil.
Only the masons and the satanists claim that lie.
That does not mean the Lord caused Judas to do what he did.
Scripture tells us that satan entered in to Judas which was Judas' fault for falling away from the Lord.
Just because the Lord knows in advance what's going to happen does not mean it's His will for it to happen.
It's really sad that some claiming to be Christians accuse the Lord of being evil and doing evil
That's how a person gets rejected by the Lord and spends eternity in hell right there. That's really slow.
No, God is not responsible for evil and darkness.
Those that know the Lord and His Word know that lucifer perverted righteousness by choosing to be in opposition to God.... anybody that thinks God created evil does not know the Lord or His Word.
James 1:13
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
1 John 1:5
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Ezekiel 28:15 (speaking of lucifer)
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
God created lucifer perfect... until lucifer decided to be in opposition to God:
Isaiah 14:13 (speaking of lucifer)
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isaiah 45:7 has been badly butchered and is not reflective of what the Lord says in 1 John 1:5 - This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
It's sad that some folks accept the devil's lies about God which are designed by satan to make them believe God puts evil on His own people tricking them to lay down under satanic attack and receive defeat having become convinced it's the Lord doing it but it's actually bowing down to darkness allowing devils to bring defeat upon them.
This is a classic tactic used in times of war to hit your enemy in such a way they they don't know they just got hit by their enemy.
This is how satan makes a fool out of Christians!
He'll turn Trump in to a communist just wait.
Trump has the need for people to like him and celebrate him so since many want communism it's only logical that Trump eventually turns communist so people will like him.
You do realize that the Bible verse you gave us proved my point. You reap what you sow, that is a righteous judgement of God. If you sow to the flesh you will get an evil leadership.
As you have done, it will be done unto you. The Jews crucified Jesus, a third of the Godhead and in return a third of the Jews were killed in the holocaust. Righteous judgement
I did not say that God is tempting any man. But there is temptation of evil and God ordained that you have a free will. The path that leads to destruction is broad, and you have a free will to choose that path.
You are giving Satan too much credit, he is a pawn. He cannot touch one who is anointed by God unless God allows it and the only way God would allow it is if you opened the door.
So what are you saying that tares were created by Satan? Is he the creator of the tares or is he only the one who sows them?
God created tares, they have a purpose, they are not evil, but sow them in a wheat field and it is going to cause chaos.
You quoted Galatians 6, man can sow to the Spirit or they can sow to the flesh. They have a free will. However, God is not mocked, whatever you sow is what you reap.
Which does not prove this is what God wanted.
Does not prove that it was the will of God for them to reject Him and reap destruction as some claim
And God is not the One tempting anybody with evil.
That's false doctrine as we see with Job.
Job got in to walking in fear which is what brought down the hedge of protection God had put around Job.
So, Job reap what he sowed which opened the door for satan to attack him.
That's false doctrine.
God did not deceive people to reject Him and to live in opposition to Him.
Now you have stepped in it!
Claiming tares, children of the devil are not evil
You still have not shared any Bible verses at all to prove your point. On the contrary I could go through the prophecies of the OT and show that all these things were precisely prophesied in the word of God.
Who did bad things to Job? Yes, it was Satan, but he could not have done anything had not God allowed it. You give Satan way too much credit. Yes, he is the one who sows the tares, but God is the one who created Tares, and who allows Satan to do what he does.
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