Fellow_Human, I see I have been rounded up, labelled, and put in my place.
Looks like the paradoxical qualities of Agape Love are confounding the wise, as ever.

Was that Leviticus you meant to spell ?
(Or are you livered, embittered, and cussing in one word - "Liviticus" ?)

If it is the first, were you seeking an exposition of a verse?
Or a theological justification for its place in the received canon of Scripture?
Is it a smooth stone, carefully aimed, designed to demolish the Christian house of cards - in an instant?

tennyson's_one_far-off_divine_event
There is nothing more you can do or say.
You are knowledgeable and wise, so you will realize what I mean.
The key to unlock the answer, after all this time, it was easy to decipher.

Hi Sheree, Please read and understand the words of Jesus:

Jesus said:

" My kingship is not of this world; if my kingship were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might not be handed over to the Jews; but my kingship is not from the world. "

As a follower of Christ, My Land is the Land of Christ;I am a foreigner on this Earth; I am a citizen of Heaven; My abode, My eyes are on Jesus Kingdom.

"If God is for us, who is against us?.

He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not also give us all things with him"

Michael, I'd like to understand what you're implying, but the meaning is unequivocal - it could be interpreted in a number of ways and appears to have little meaning other than asking a series of questions.

Tennyson,

My comment was to mirror the behaviour of disrespect of someone else scripture and faith. Obviousley you didn’t like, so why do it to others?

All religions are simply ‘way of worship’ and best practices are the most accepting to others. So far you and your mob are failing that test..Yet for some reason you seem to advocate love and acceptance of other.

“Or a theological justification for its place in the received canon of Scripture?
Is it a smooth stone, carefully aimed, designed to demolish the Christian house of cards - in an instant? “

A sophisticated comment: my point was much simpler: religions can’t be polarised into religions of war and peace. Hitler thought of himself as a good devout Chrisitian and he was practising and quoting from the Bible. Religions mirror the inside of people who are good or bad.

Take it easy,

Hi Michael,

Jesus also said that the Kingdom of Heaven is not something that cannot be attained here on earth. In fact he challenged previous Old Testament-esque beliefs which restricted most people into believing that the Kingdom of Heaven was something in the sky, something only seen in the after life. Many of his parables illustrate this point.

(off the top of my head there are all those parables about the seeds and the sower etc.) Basically Jesus used language ingrained into earthly and material things in order to describe a truth about the Kingdom of Heaven - that it can in fact be found on earth. That was what he was all about!

Jesus may not be from this world but he was God manifested in human form (incarnate) in order to illustrate that God is not an almighty and distant being but rather a compassionate and loving God. He also said that Loving one another was the most important commandment.

So the article only aims to incorporate the above points so that aimless killing and fighting will not continue in the name of religion - or that people will not continue to think that religion is really responsible for the current conflicts.