1 Samuel 6:13-19. Golden tumors and golden rats mixed with service to God
Author: R New
I'm a 1959 Baby Boomer which has allowed me to see drastic changes in the Christian landscape. I grew up going to Church every Sunday, in those days the Bible still had strong roots in America. In my 20's, I participated with the Church in public meetings. There were about eight of us who would go out to a street corner or public park to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There were horns, a bass drum, singing, and a short Salvation message from the Bible. Suddenly, that all changed. The city passed ordinances to prohibit that type of public "solicitation." Today, it seems almost illegal to mention the Gospel to the younger generation.
I retired at the age of 62. As a person living for the testimony of Jesus Christ, I always felt like a salmon swimming against the current. Work was always a struggle between trying to be a decent individual while dealing with "progressive" and "left wing" changes at the workplace.
It's clear that there is a force in the world that is quietly eliminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ while making Christians look like enemies of humanity. At the same time, there is a force in the world that has power over physiology and is able to form thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It is definitely against Jesus Christ.
John 3:16 is something I always want to cling to, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." I know the suffering of spiritual assault that hinders a constructive lifestyle & when frustration & anger seems to be the sole option - I know we can survive through the Cross of Christ. We have a home in the Kingdom of Heaven waiting for us.
Today’s culture habitually works to rid themselves of the presence of God.
1 Samuel 6:1-2. Golden tumors and golden rats are put beside the presence of God {Ark of God}
Today’s culture and nations want nothing to do with the sufferings that happen by associating with Jesus Christ
1 Samuel 5:6-12
Jesus Christ brings down the entity that gives people what to think, feel, say, and do
1 Samuel 5:1-5 False god of Dagon falls down at the Ark of God [Presence of God]
Oath of God came with the requirement to turn from sin and false gods.
Ezekiel 20:7
Oath of God to bring Israel out of bondage into a land of milk and honey.
Ezekiel 20:6
God wants us to make others aware of their need for the remission of sin through Jesus Christ
Ezekiel 20:4-5
God does not cater to the inquiries of the spiritually wicked
Ezekiel 20:1-3
The New Covenant only requires a remorseful spirit and repentance through Jesus Christ
Ezekiel 16:62-63
We are made daughters of Israel but not through the Old Testament covenant.
Ezekiel 16:61