Hi.
I found your Web Site by Google
And I wish you the best you can get,
the peace of God through Jesus Christ.

Welcome to visit my Site.
Allan Svensson, Sweden
www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/INDEX.HTM

The Bridegroom comes, Come out to meet him. Matt. 25:6.
From where shall we go out? We shall go out of the great
Babylon, the great whore. Rev. Chapter 17 and 18. This
command of the Lord in Rev. 18:4 is now highly topical.

Never before we have been so nearly Jesus' coming as we
are now, but how are God's people prepared? How is the
unity in the faith? Sorry, very bad! God's people are more
divided now than ever before. Instead of following what
the Bible teaches about the Assembly of God, they have
followed Satan's false assembly doctrine. They believe
that the Assembly of God is constituted of church systems
and many religious organizations.

Most Christians have not yet begun to prepare for Jesus'
coming. They can speak and write that Jesus shall come,
and about the signs of the time, yet they do not make any
preparation to meet Jesus. How can we make a preparation?
To make preparation and be ready for Jesus' coming, God's
people must get the knowledge of the Assembly of God.

All God's people must in the first hand begin to study what
the Bible teaches about the Assembly of God. What we
need now before the restoration of the Assembly of God,
it is humility before God's word and a forgivable disposition
to each other.

The Assembly of God is no Pentecostal church. Please,
consider what this expression "the Assembly of God" in the
reality implies. The Assembly of God must be the same as
the Greek word "ekklesia", and the Body of Christ. 1 Cor.
12:12-31. Then it is easy to understand that this has nothing
to do with the Pentecostal Movement. Pentecostal churches
have existed about 100 years, but the Assembly of God has
ever existed since Jesus baptized his first disciples by the
Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit gave them the new life in Christ
so that they became born anew. Then the Assembly of God
was born.

The Bridegroom comes, Come out to meet him
www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/CRY.HTM

Evil spirits in the churches
www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/SPIRITS.HTM

The great falling away
www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/MESSAGE.HTM

What does hinder the Antichrist to appear?
What is the Restrainer?
www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/MESSAGE.HTM#Antichrist

KJV, "the best English Bible" but not perfect
www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/KING.HTM

Why did the Pentecostal Revival take an end?
www.algonet.se/~allan-sv/CRISIS.HTM

"I don't know whether Jesus, if he were to appear on earth today, would shop at Asda rather than M&S, as the Bishop of Reading said in September."

Firstly, I really like your down-to-earth and heartfelt thoughts on this issue. I agree. If the church has been relegated the position of discountable antiquity, then it is because of the abuse of religion by the elite as opposed to the abuse that is hence thought to naturally issue from it. Paradoxically, the bad reputation accorded religion by the elite in the past has enabled the elite to mutate into more untouchables form today.

As for ASDA vs. M&S, I would say that if Jesus was here today, he would push for ASDA giving us M&S quality goods at ASDA prices.

Thanks for the perspective.

ed
a2ed.com

Interestingly two leading Socialists in the UK -George Galloway and Tony Benn are both practising Christians.

There is also however, a strong movement against organised religion amongst many left-wing institutions one example being the IPPR.

These comments are so boring and time wasting. The weaning should be nigh over by now. Common sense and the needs of society are paramount and all problems will be solved by ourselves - or, rather, the more capable and intelligent of us and not by elves and pixies.

I feel ashamed of these bloggers. In the rest of the civilised world, people have grown rational. Concepts of religion are almost extinct and science and rationality do prevail for the betterment of society.

I do not want my grandchildren to hear of traditional tales or need to confront them. I wish that my grandchildren are able to grow in a loving, caring and enabling environment thus giving them the tools necessary for success in their life and careers.

There is simply no room today for quoting tired and ragged old sayings from ancient texts. There isn't an ounce of credibility in them.

The last comment is objectionable. This is a respectable journal. It is perfectly legitimate to express the advantages of rationality over unprovable texts.

While I respect all beliefs and believers, it is perfectly reasonable to say that there are respectable theories today - expounded by eminent scholars and nobel prize winners that, conceivably, Jesus did not exist. This was a common name at the time and there are ample scholarly documents questioning the Life of Jesus as told in the 4 Gospels.

I have no wish to enter this argument but respect those who find the research interesting or even vital for humanity and the world and for the interests of the world. Spirituality and spiritual life are in the realms of the individual's thinking and in his private domain but to belabour these texts and exigencies on humanity in search for the needs of continued life and progress is arrogant and regressive.

The European Court was right to declare that religious symbols were not acceptable in the classroom today. This ruling is based on just this human right - the right for children to learn and develop their minds based on scientific and secular mores.

Why drag Jesus into a political debate? What about Judas? He would qualify much more readily for the label of a leftie. Doesn't he sit on the picture of the Last Supper on Jesus's left side?A strong hit, that. A T-shirt displaying Judas may be stimulating, and I wonder why no entrepreneur has yet thought of it.

Let's not confuse the historical character of Jesus (that is, if he really existed) and the established religions claiming his legacy.

Jesus may very well have been a revolutionary in his time, wanting social justice and equality and if he came back today he would be horrified by the level of greed the capitalistic system has caused in the world and he would probably still want to chase he merchants out of the temples.

Not to be confused with established religions which were organised to strengthen the political powers of the rulers and to suppress any revolt from the oppressed masses with the threat of Hell after death.
For centuries tyrants have justified their absolute powers as ordered by God! Something no-one could argue with.

Today the Vatican represents the rotting corpse of organised religion and there is definitely nothing leftist in that obscene and anachronistic institution.The Vatican even helped Nazi criminals to escape, showing great charity to fascist murderers.

But how can anyone call themselves "Christian" and hold right-wing political views baffles me. They must make the man Jesus turn in his grave wherever that may be.

In fact Jesus was a conservative because he was for keeping the Jewish Faith but modifying it slightly to be more tolerant, but then fell into that classic trap that if you want to bring about change then you have to be ruthless if you want to establish your faith above that of others. His Twelve Deciples took that on board and especially Paul with energy giving no quarter to doubters. His followers took over that religion after him and Jesus in true tradition sacrificed himself for his beliefs, the only way that martyrs got noticed. It was all planned out, he says ordained, but planned out, to create the greatest impact.. Analogies can be drawn with todays martyrs.

Just thought I’d point out that the instruction "Sell all you have, give the money to the poor" is very different from the instruction “use the state to steal what others have, give the money to those that will vote for you.” The first is, of course, perfectly compatible with being right wing, the second is the very essence of what we right wingers find so abhorrent about leftism. In addition selling all your things kinda presupposes you have a right to own and sell them i.e. private property.

Interestingly enough there is a good book called ‘Who Really Cares?” which is about the fact that conservatives (at least in the US) tend to give a lot more to charity than leftists. I guess that’s just because you lefties get your moral satisfaction from spending other people’s money and thus feel less inclined to spend your own, we on the right however understand you first have to earn some money before you can do anything charitable with it; spending other people’s money is not acting charitably!

Maresa Elliot says: “The European Court was right to declare that religious symbols were not acceptable in the classroom today. This ruling is based on just this human right - the right for children to learn and develop their minds based on scientific and secular mores.”

Could you possible explain that complete non-sequitur, for I cannot possibly understand how the right to learn science entails anything to do with religious symbols. Only someone completely incapable of subtlety could possibly think that a right to learn based on science is equivalent to a right to ban other people from using religious symbols. For a start religion and science are not necessarily incompatible. But more importantly rights entail only negative duties e.g. the right to life entails only a duty not to kill, not a duty to keep others alive. Likewise a right to learn science cannot possibly entail a right to deprive others of their right to have religious symbols. Are you seriously suggesting that a right to learn science amounts to a right to ban anything that is unrelated to science i.e. are you a fascist? Or are you suggesting that somehow (perhaps by an act of divine intervention?), if someone were to wear a cross to school, all the other children would thereby become incapable of learning science i.e. are you a moron?

i am pretty sure a real revolution involves some kind of spirituality, and that jesus was undoutedly a leftie with revolutionary ideas who was determined to actually exercise them in his own life. it's just too obvious if you ever read the new testament carefully.. i've never encountered a deeper biography of a leftist thinker/activist. it's the churches and their parasites that distorted his life and ideas that created the unholy alliance between the conservative elites and jesus-citing folks.

Nick Kaplan: I really object to the way you think it is all right to insult contributors on this site with "are you a fascist? and Are you a moron?" to M.Elliot. Who the hell do you think you are to be so rude and arrogant??

Especially when , in my humble opinion you talk absolute rubbish yourself!

First of all charity should no longer be needed, It is an out-dated mode of redistribution which belongs to under developed and unequal societies such as Victorian and Edwardian societies,which haven't quite worked out how to establish a fair society through a tax system.

But of course the rich give more to charity!! They are the ones who have the money! It is also a good way to relieve their conscience if they have any.

Today I heard of a group of wealthy people in Germany who started a political movement entitled "Wealthy people for more tax on wealthy people". Can you believe that ?These were people who considered themselves lucky to be rich and who felt they wanted to contribute more to facilitate more social justice and to help their country out of recession.Some rich people with a conscience, and who think that fair taxation, not bloody charity, is the way to establish a fairer society. I can't imagine this happening in this country somehow with people like you ,N.Kaplan, selfish individuals who think that the poor deserve to be poor and that social aid is theft from the hard- working rich. You mean like the bankers who have led the country to ruin while filling their pockets? you mean like the aristocrats and members of the Royal family who have been privileged and rolling in money for centuries? You actually believe that all the rich have worked so hard that they deserve to keep every penny they have and the poor deserve to be poor because they are just lazy losers? Is that your view of society??

It must be said that such a childish view of society can only come from a very simple-minded person, Mr. Kaplan.

Furthermore I don't think Jesus would look kindly on your opinions, and I am not even a Christian.

'"If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also," still appears a clear command to pacifism.'

I always thought "turn the other cheek" was a load of bollocks until I learned its historical context. Firstly, it was taboo to hit anyone with your left hand. Secondly, if you struck someone with a closed fist, you were acknowledging them as your equal, whereas slaves could be struck with the back of your hand. If you use your right hand back-handed, you naturally would hit a slave on the right cheek. Now suppose he turns his left cheek to you - the only way to hit him again (without breaking the taboo) is to hit with a closed fist, thereby treating him as an equal. So turning the other cheek was a slave's way of standing up to his master, and forcing him to either treat the slave as an equal or back down. What Jesus was advocating was quite subversive.