John, the Baptist, proclaimed to the people of Israel, saying “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
When he said this, this does not mean actually that we have to dealing with our own sins and sinful life. What this meant was that we must turn to God from the way of life being without God and being ourselves as our life’s owner to acknowledge of God is owner of our life and acceptance of being united with God again. This is to change of the relationship with God if we were apart from God into the close relationship with God.
When he said this, he was talking about how God has done his work to save mankinds from the separation with him. In that sense, his proclamation is revealing how it is wonderful and grandeous to see that God has been prepared the way of salvation and now he send his one and only son Jesus to die on the cross.
This is an amazing and wonderful message to hear for all. God made his own highway for men to save from the eternal destruction derived by the separation from God and make men as his own children to be with Him forever.
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linzeebinzee // July 17, 2009 at 1:51 PM |
What would really be wonderful is if God let everyone into heaven regardless of the mistakes they made on Earth…mistakes he knew they were going to make. I don’t see anything amazing about God letting a few lucky people into his VIP club.
Luckily it’s all mythology.