Category: Nations

Gospel Hope, Gospel Mission, Nations, Salvation

One Message for All Men

David R Maas

Jesus calls us to proclaim the Good News of his Kingdom to every nation and inhabited part of the Earth.

The Message proclaimed by Jesus Christ is not about reforming civil society or governments. He summons all men to repent and join a radically new social order and a very different political reality, namely, the Kingdom of God. His message is contrary to the political ideologies of this world. We must respond positively to his invitation since the end of the age is approaching when the existing order will disappear forever.

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Kings of the Earth, Nations, New Jerusalem, Shepherd

Shepherding Kings and Nations

David R Maas

The Nations and the Kings of the Earth are found in the City of New Jerusalem because of the redeeming work of the Lamb.

The Book of Revelation presents us with paradoxical images and visions that do not conform to our expectations about how God works. Christ’s purpose in subjugating His enemies and judging the nations differs radically from so-called “human wisdom.” Just as his contemporaries did not understand Jesus, so we too often fail to comprehend the “Slain Lamb” and how he is “shepherding the nations,” present tense, from the Messianic Throne.

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Abraham, Nations, New Creation, New Jerusalem

Multitudes from the Nations

David R Maas

The promise to bless all nations in Abraham culminates in the innumerable multitude of the Redeemed inhabiting New Jerusalem.

The foundation of the doctrine of redemption is the Covenant with Abraham. It includes the promises that “all the nations of the Earth will be blessed in Abraham” and innumerable descendants of the Patriarch. “I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore <…> and in your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed” – (Genesis 22:17).

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Gospel Hope, Nations, Salvation

Salvation for the Nations

David R Maas

The Good News announced by Jesus of Nazareth offers salvation and true life to men and women of every nation and nationality.

Jesus claimed that “all authority in Heaven and on Earth is given to me, therefore, go and make disciples of all nations!” He sent his disciples to announce his Lordship and Salvation to the “ends of the Earth,” to every nation. With Christ’s Death and Resurrection, the Era of Salvation commenced, therefore, his life-giving message must be announced to all men and every people. The Son of God has achieved salvation for humanity!

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Empires, Kingdom, Nations, Politics

An Idolatrous Conceit

David R Maas

‘Christendom’ is the idolatrous term used to invoke God to support national and political institutions, programs, agendas, and ideologies.

The English term ‘Christendom’ in popular usage refers to “that part of the world in which Christianity prevails,” either because most of the nation’s citizens claim to be “Christian,” or because a specific church is recognized by the State as its official religion. That nation becomes identified as “Christian,” it is one of the “Christian nations” of the world as opposed to the less enlightened peoples and cultures of the planet.

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