Paul rejects the change of court venue to the lower Jewish courts.

Acts 25:6-10

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“And when he had remained among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, he commanded Paul to be brought.” Acts 25:6

In the previous post on Acts 25:1-5, Governor Festus conspired with the Jewish leaders to allow them to open up a new trial against Paul. Festus spent ten days with the most powerful leaders of the Jewish people, setting up Paul’s retrial. The trial began the next day.

The conspiracy against Christianity between today’s culture and the governing authorities is plain to see. Judgment has already been arranged against the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That’s because today’s culture and the governing authorities have already agreed that the foundation of society must be built on the entity that governs through thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors. In contrast, Christianity is to devote our body as the home of the Holy Spirit. “…what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God.” 2 Corinthians 6:16

“When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood about and laid many serious complaints against Paul, which they could not prove…” Acts 25:7

When Paul entered the courtroom, the high-powered Jewish leaders and prosecutors brought many serious charges against Paul. The intent was to find Paul guilty of an offense serious enough to imprison and execute him. This was also the hope of Govenor Festus, appointed by the Roman Emperor Nero [who brutally persecuted and killed Christians]. There was no evidence backing up the accusations against Paul.

The serious charge brought up against Christianity today is that the Gospel of Jesus Christ sabotages today’s atheistic society. In the future, living for Jesus Christ would amount to an imprisonable offense. The born-again experience through Jesus Christ gives life to the Holy Spirit within our heart, mind, and soul. That opposes today’s culture that has given their heart, mind, and soul to the entity that gives them what to speak, do, think, and feel. There will never ever be any evidence of this because the governing authorities of today do not want it to come to the light. They do not want it to come to light that their culture, which is global, is the government of the beast as prophesied about in the Bible.

“And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” John 3:19-21

“…while he answered for himself, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I offended in anything at all.” Acts 25:8

Paul’s defense speaks for Christians in every city across the globe. As followers of Jesus Christ, we do not speak against the laws of today’s culture, nor against the temple of the human body, nor against the governing authorities. We follow the Holy Spirit who says, “…be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.” Titus 3:1-2

“But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and there be judged before me concerning these things?” Acts 25:9

Festus replied to Paul’s defense by trying to influence Paul to move his trial to a local court in Jerusalem. Festus knew this would lead to Paul’s imprisonment and death, and he wanted to please the Jewish powerbrokers [and Nero who appointed him Governor]. This is like a state’s supreme court refusing to hear a case and returning it to a local jurisdiction, for political reasons. In today’s atheistic culture, Christianity doesn’t stand a chance at the grassroots level of the courts. And the courts at the state level do not want to be seen as giving life to a “religion” that they see as being on the extinction list. Christians and the Gospel of Jesus Christ are being driven into extinction, as described in the post on Revelation 12.

“So Paul said, “I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you very well know.” Acts 25:10

Paul knew he didn’t stand a chance in a Jewish courtroom, and the request of Festus to move his trial to Jerusalem was bonkers to Paul. As a Roman citizen, Paul held the legal right to be tried in a Roman courtroom, and Festus couldn’t legally coerce a Roman citizen to be tried by the Jewish laws. Paul said very plainly that Festus knew he did no wrong to the Jewish people. It was only because of the conspiracy of Festus with the Jewish people that Festus wanted to move Paul’s trial to Jerusalem.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we know if there is any hope for the legal rights of Christianity in this world, it will come through the higher courts, not the local courts. The higher courts are nearer to constitutional law, and the Supreme Court decides cases based solely on the constitution of the United States. The constitution is known for being founded on God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. The old saying goes that there is a church built on just about every street corner of America. Unfortunately, we no longer have a Christian nation, nor a Christian congress. The values of the Bible are no longer integrated into laws and policies. Constitutions of nations across the globe are being “reinterpreted” to favor the agenda and goals of the United Nations [the global government of the beast].

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1