John
Randell and I have a question about these verses, from Revelation 18:
18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Does “all nations” really mean all nations in those verse? If so, how how has Christianity deceived the people of Buddhist, Muslim and Hindu religions?
Wendell and Randell
===================
Hi, brothers!
Satan has deceived all nations just as he has deceived most of God’s own people by persuading them all to believe that if one believes in Christ Jesus, then he is a part of the religion of Christianity and should join one of Christianity’s churches. Satan’s most successful lie, to this point, believed by us all at one time or another, is that Christianity is the body of Christ and that it represents Christ to the nations of earth.
jdc
===================
Pastor John:
Good Morning,
Sorry, I failed to get the point I was wondering about across in my question. I was thinking of Muslim nations whose government denounce Christianity? How does this fit into all Nations? Does all Nations mean all Nations? In my thinking it can’t if Christianity is Babylon and a government of the country denounces Christianity, how can that government be part of all Nations? Should I be thinking earthly government?
Brother Wendell
===================
I understood your question, I think. Maybe I didn’t make my answer clear enough.
Even when earthly governments despise and condemn Christianity, they all believe that everyone belongs to Christianity who believes Jesus is the Son of God and the Savior of the world. Therefore, Satan has deceived even them. Thinking that is the lie. It makes no difference about religion. It is not a matter of whether it is spiritual or natural, whether a religious “nation” or a worldly nation. If they think that all who believe in Jesus are part of the religion of Christianity, Satan has deceived them. And the whole world does believe that lie, until Jesus sets them free as he has done us. Sop, yes, “all nations” means “all nations”.
Hope that helps.
jdc
===================
John,
I had always been narrow minded when looking at Satan’s deception or lie about Christianity representing what Christ came here and suffered and died for. I had always looked at God’s people in Christianity as the ones being deceived. Your reply opened the door for me to see how the whole world is deceived. All a person has to do is say they believe in Jesus and the whole world regardless of their beliefs, religious or not automatically associates you as being a Christian and a part of the religion of Christianity. That is something to stand back and see what a masterful job Satan has done of planting this seed.
Thank you for this eye opener,
Randell