For if God spared not the angels that sinned,
but cast them down to hell, and delievered
them into chains of darkness, to be reserved
unto judgment; and spared not the old world,
but saved Noah the eighth persons, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon
the world of the ungodly; and turning the
cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes
condemned them with an overthrow,
making them an example unto those that
after should live ungodly; and delivered just Lot,
vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked;
(for that righteous man dwelling among them,
in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul
from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly
out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust
unto the day of judgment to be punished; but
chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous
are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak
evil of dignities.
2Peter 2: 4-10
In the world of Peter, those days when Rome ruled the world with a heavy hand at times and not allowing for the freedom of religion unless that religion also included the religion of Rome and the Ceasars, those who claimed allegience to Christianity were often killed for their beliefs. The forcing of people to adhere to one religion or the other is not only a problem today with Islam, but it was also a problem with Christianity based on Catholic Rome, and even with kings of England where people were forced to be one religion or the other. The Church of God (that is you and all came before you claiming faith in Jesus Christ) have faced persecution of one type or the other. False teachers and prophets clouded the Gospel witht their theology filled with their ideologies that are and were contradictory to Scripture. God sees the ungodly, those who have killed in the name of God or a god (Allah in the case of Islam) and will reserve them to the day of judgment when their works, their beliefs will be shown to them to be what they are: Heresies in opposition to the True God Jehovah. God destroyed the Old Word with a flood that encompassed the earth destroying everything on the earth. God saw the faithful, Noah and his family and saved them from destruction. God will save the faithful when He come to call them to be with Him forever, when the Son of God, Jesus Christ, comes for His bride: you if you are an Authentic Christian. Are you tempted? God can deliver you from that temptation: that is, if you allow Him to do so.
In the wake of the killing in Orlando, Florida Sunday night must be addressed because many have already begun to spin this horror to fit their socialistic and hedonistic to their beliefs. I disagree with the homosexual lifestyle but I vehemently disagree with sensless killing, that to kill when not facing mortality to you or to family or even someone else. I disagree with homosexuality first from Scripture then from good critical thinking: i.e., the CDC reports that homosexual men are the largest group to have sexual transmitted diseases, not just more, but much more. That is one thing that causes my disagreement for the probability factor is great that I might, or anyone else be faced with syphyliss or gonnorhea, etc.. Now, Those people were killed by a man who believes in the Koran. This killer is one who knows the Koran and the Koran does teach to kill those who are in opposition to the teachings of the Koran. A citing from one of Islam's leaders:
On September 11, 2004, the three-year anniversary of 9/11, al-Zarqawi assumes
that spreading Islam around the world is difficult, but that the holy warriors
should not give up: As for you, fighters who came from afar, by Allah, missions of da'wa [the
propagation of Islam] have never been a road lined with roses and sweet basil;
the price of da'wa missions is heavy, and the price of bringing principles to
the land of reality is a lot of torn limbs and blood. The light of dawn shall
not be lit in this darkness save by Jihad fighters and shahids.Thus, in the words of these two visible terrorists the ultimate goal of Islam is to spread the message and ways of Allah around the world because Islam is the gift of God, the greatest seal and capstone of inferior Judaism and Christianity. How is this goal best manifested and carried out? In following the Quran and sharia (Islamic law), which expresses God’s will and ways in a pristine form. Muslims are taught that they can lie if it benits them in some way. This the Bible never teaches and when a Christian does lie to benefit themselves they will be judged by God to be ungodly. But this is not the case for Islam. Here is what they teach with references:
In 2004, Lebanese Druze scholar Sami Makarem published the monograph Al Taqiyya Fi Al Islam ("Dissimulation in Islam"), arguing that the concept should be considered "mainstream" and ubiquitous in modern Islamic politics,
"Taqiyya is of fundamental
importance in Islam. Practically every Islamic sect agrees to it and practices
it. We can go so far as to say that the practice of taqiyya is mainstream in
Islam, and that those few sects not practicing it diverge from the
mainstream...Taqiyya is very prevalent in Islamic politics, especially in the
modern era." (p. 7, trans. Raymond
Ibrahim).
Taqiya (تقیة taqiyyah/taqīyah,
literally "fear, caution")[1]
is a form of Islamic
dissimulation
or a legal dispensation whereby a believing individual can deny their faith or
commit otherwise illegal or blasphemous acts while they are in fear or at risk
of significant persecution.[2]This practice is emphasized in Shia Islam whereby adherents are permitted to conceal their religion when under threat of persecution or compulsion.[3][4] However, it is also permitted in Sunni Islam under certain circumstances.[5][6]
Taqiyya was initially practiced under duress by some of Muhammad's Companions.[7] Later, it became particularly important for Shias due to their experience as a persecuted religious minority.[4][8] According to Shia doctrine, taqiyya is permissible in situations where there is overwhelming danger of loss of life or property and where no danger to religion would occur thereby.[4] Taqiyya has also been politically legitimised, particularly among Twelver Shias, in order to maintain unity among Muslims and fraternity among the Shia clerics.[9][10]
Yarden Mariuma writes: "Taqiyya is an Islamic juridical term whose shifting meaning relates to when a Muslim is allowed, under Sharia law, to lie. A concept whose meaning has varied significantly among Islamic sects, scholars, countries, and political regimes, it nevertheless is one of the key terms useReferences
1. Stewart, Devin (8 January 2014).
"Dissimulation in Sunni Islam and Morisco Taqiyya". Al-Qanṭara 34
(2): 439–490. doi:10.3989/alqantara.2013.016.
2. Stewart, Devin. "Islam
in Spain after the Reconquista". Teaching Materials. The Hagop
Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University. Retrieved 30
September 2015.
3. "Taqiyah".
Oxford Dictionary of Islam. John L. Esposito, Ed. Oxford University
Press. 2003. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
4. Momen, Moojan (1985). An Introduction
to Shi'i Islam. Yale University Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-300-03531-5. Religious
dissimulation (Taqiyya) [...] while maintaining mental reservation is
considered lawful in Shi'ism in situations where there is overwhelming danger
of loss of life or property and where no danger to religioun would occur
thereby. [...] Living as a minority among a frequently-hostile Sunni majority,
the condition of most Shi'is until the rise of the Safavid dynasty, made such a
doctrine important to Shi'is
5. Abdul-Raof, Hussein (2013). Schools of
Qur'anic Exegesis: Genesis and Development. Routledge. p. 75. ISBN 9781135240967.
6. R. Strothmann (2000).
"Takkiyya". In P. J. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C. E. Bosworth; E. van
Donzel; W. P. Heinrichs. Encyclopaedia of Islam 10 (2nd ed.).
Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-90-04-11211-7.
7. "Takiyya".
Encyclopedia of Islam. Edition II (Brill) 10: 134–5. 2000.
8. R.
Strothmann-[Moktar Djebli]. Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd ed, Brill.
"Taḳiyya", Vol. 10, p. 135. Quote: "Taḳiyya is above all of
special significance for the Shī'a [...] The peculiar fate of the Shī'a, that
of a suppressed minority with occasional open but not always unheroic
rebellions, gave them even more than the Khāridjites occasions and examples for
extreme taḳiyya and its very opposite"
9. Maréchal, Brigitte; Zemni, Sami, eds.
(29 May 2013). The Dynamics of Sunni-Shia Relationships: Doctrine,
Transnationalism, Intellectuals and the Media. Hurst Publishers. p. 76. ISBN 9781849042178.(I cannot turn off the italics for some reason but here is my final thoughts). We who claim to be an Authentic Christian have a responsibility to know the truth and to adhere to the truth. We change from the former way of life, of thinking, to think and exercise our faith in Jesus Christ. We do not listen to the spinning of facts except to know what is being spun, why it is being spun. Then we act to oppose that which is in opposition to the Scripture, not in killing, but in bring the truth, the Gospel about Jesus Christ for it is only by Him that a person can be saved. Will you bring the Gospel? Or, will you just sit back and attempt to not be involved? Remember, God is looking at you and will call to remembrance your life. Yes, you may be entering into heaven but as Scripture teaches us: some will enter with scorched clothes.
This is what your Sovereign LORD says,
your God, who defends His people:
"See, I have taken out of your hand
the cup that made you stagger;
from the cup, the goblet of my wrath,
you will never drink again. I will
put it inot the hands of your tormentors,
who said to you, 'Fall prostrate that
we may walk over you.' And you made
your back like the ground, like a street
to be walked over." Awake, awake,
O Zion, clothe yourself with strength.
Put on your garmens of splendor,
O Jerusalem, the holy city.
Isaiah 51: 22-23; 52:1
Wake up! Wake up! The harvest is ripe
Richard L. Crumb
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