Unbelief - The Greatest Sin

Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: (Psalm 78:22 KJV)

Which is a greatest sin, being unfilial, murder, adultery, theft, lies or covetousness? None of these are the greatest sin. The greatest sin is the root of all sins, unbelief.

In the perfect world which Adam was born into, he could not commit any of these sins. He had no parents to be unfilial to, no other human other than his wife to murder, adultery is impossible, everything belonged to him so there is no need to steal or covet. He had not commit any sin so he did not need to lie to cover up. But he committed the greatest of all sin, the sin that caused all the other sins to appear. He did not believe in God.

Unbelief is also the only sin that Jesus cannot save you from.

Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" (John 11:26 CSB)

Righteousness Credited As Gift

After the Lord your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, "The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.” No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is going to drive them out before you. It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the Lord your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Deuteronomy 9:4-5 NIV)

We understand the the Israelites in Moses time were getting what they do not deserve. But are the Israelites blessed because of Abraham's righteousness? But the Bible said that Abraham's righteousness is credited by God. Abraham did not deserve it either.

What does Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness. (Romans 4:3-5 NIV)

Not Of Works

"After the Lord your God has done this for you, don't say in your hearts, 'The Lord has given us this land because we are such good people!' No, it is because of the wickedness of the other nations that he is pushing them out of your way. It is not because you are so good or have such integrity that you are about to occupy their land. The Lord your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Deuteronomy 9:4-5 NLT)

The Word of God always emphasize that our salvation and blessings is never the result of our own righteousness. It is always to fulfil God's promise.

He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we did in righteousness, but in accordance with His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He richly poured out upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:5-7 NASB)

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV)

Salvation, Science And Truth

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who rejects the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him. (John 3:36 CSB)

As I have said many times before, Christianity according to the Bible is the only religion where good people go to hell and wicked people go to heaven.

Other religions teach that good people go to heaven and wicked people go to hell and they ask you to be good but they do not give a specific KPI on what is good.

The law of gravity is true. When a good person decides to defy the law of gravity and jump from 100 storeys, will he die, or will he live because if his good works?

1 + 1 = 2 is true. When a good person decides that 1 + 1 is not 2, will he pass his mathematics because of his good works?

How did I know that Christianity according to the Bible is true? Because the law of salvation is designed in the same manner as the law of gravity and the law of mathematics. The same God created both.

So sinners and wicked people listen here. Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved. You and your household. This is the law of salvation.

Good people listen here. The same law applies to you.

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31 KJV)

And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God's Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT) 

Death Is No More A Mystery

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him." (Jude 1:14-15 NIV)

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4 CSB)

And just as my Father has granted me a Kingdom, I now grant you the right to eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. And you will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Luke 22:29-30 NLT)

Jesus replied, "I assure you that when the world is made new and the Son of Man sits upon his glorious throne, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Matthew 19:28 ESV)

But in the end, the holy people of the Most High will be given the kingdom, and they will rule forever and ever." (Daniel 7:18)

Death is a mystery today. Nobody knows what happen after death. Although Jesus was the only person who came back from the dead in history, He just stick around for 40 days and ascended to heaven, leaving us with just other people's account of His resurrection.

But death will not be a mystery during the millennium because the resurrected Messiah and His resurrected saints will be among the people.

Joseph Will Return

The word of the Lord came to me: "Son of man, take a single stick and write on it: Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him. Then take another stick and write on it: Belonging to Joseph - the stick of Ephraim - and all the house of Israel associated with him. Then join them together into a single stick so that they become one in your hand. When your people ask you, 'Won't you explain to us what you mean by these things?' - tell them, 'This is what the Lord God says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick so that they become one in my hand.'

"When the sticks you have written on are in your hand and in full view of the people, tell them, 'This is what the Lord God says: I am going to take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land. I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. They will no longer be two nations and will no longer be divided into two kingdoms. They will not defile themselves anymore with their idols, their abhorrent things, and all their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.

My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my ordinances, and keep my statutes and obey them. 'They will live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your ancestors lived. They will live in it forever with their children and grandchildren, and my servant David will be their prince forever. I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a permanent covenant with them. I will establish and multiply them and will set my sanctuary among them forever. My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. When my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel.'" (Ezekiel 37:15-27 CSB)

All Israel will return to the Promised Land, not just the tribe of Judah. And it will be done before the seven years of great tribulation. Israel will be able to identify Joseph before the great tribulation.

Then Israel said, "Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go to see him before I die." (Genesis 45:28 CSB)

Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel. (Revelation 7:4 NIV)

The Millennium

They will not harm or destroy each other on my entire holy mountain, for the land will be as full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is filled with water. (Isaiah 11:9 CSB)

A new year has begun and let us look further into the future.

In our time, which the the latter part of the last days, the earth is filled with the knowledge of the material world, that is, science. Everyone is trusting science. Even atheist and communist declare that they trust science, especially when it suited them. Vegetarians, climate changers and environmentalist tried to prove their cause scientifically. While science bring about tremendous changes to our lives, the ideal world cannot be achieved by science.

But after the second coming of the Messiah, during the millennium, the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD. When that day arrive, the carnivores and herbivores will live together and a little child will lead them all. The lion will eat hay like a cow and the baby will play safely near the hole of a cobra. Nothing will hurt or destroy environment (Isaiah 11:6-9). In that day, the hope of the vegetarians, the climate changers and the environmentalist will be fulfilled.