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Denominational Empires become Worldly Kingdoms: Worldly Church Empires
Jesus when asked by the
Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, answered; The kingdom of
God is not coming in a way that can be observed, (seen with the physical
eyes); (21) nor will they say, Look, here it is! or there it is! For,
in fact, the kingdom of God is among you. It was "religion" that caused reformations and counter reformations to occur. Wars of rival religious groups destroyed tens of thousands. During the centuries of the Roman Catholic inquisition, men and women could be accused of heresy, tryed and tortured at any whim. These were pronounced heretic and imprisoned in chains, or executed by fire or ax! Christ's kingdom was never intended to be maintained by armies and generals. As Jesus told Pontius Pilate, "My kingdom is not of this world, if it were of this world my people would fight, but NOW it is not of this world." Worldly power and dominion were absolutely NOT what Jesus endorsed to actualize his kingdom. Christ's apostles and disciples were sent out as sheep among wolves. Jesus clearly stated to Pilate the Roman governor, just before he was crucified, "my kingdom is not of this world, if it were my followers would fight." However it is clear that a future time is coming when the perfect will have come. In that day the perfect will include the personal physical rule of Christ over an earthly kingdom. Jesus reiterated to Pilate, "Now, my kingdom is Not Of This World!" Yet,
earthly kingdoms have usurped the purposes and desires of the Lord. The
growth of institutional Christianity as a political, economic and social
power began soon after the earliest years of the faith. The life of God
expressed with truth and simplicity began to dissolve. Individual centers
of fellowship were once Spirit led and non formalistic. The immediacy
of first hand Holy Spirit revelation and Spiritual fellowship gave way
to religious protocols and formalism. The power described in the Book
of Acts church faded from existence. When religion becomes bereft of spiritual
understanding and becomes a political force, it does its ugliest, most
evil work. The
spiritual house became divided. The Spiritual became in conflict with
the secular. "The Spirit of Truth eventually is exchanged for a lie.
The 'Right Spirit' which is self denial or selflessness is exchanged for
the spirit of pride and supremacy. The final fruit of worldly power is
domination, control, vengeance, and retribution. The
institutional church affords little if any freedom to interact with the
teacher or pastor during the time of public meeting. E
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