Ozwitness

I understood the picture God provides of marriage almost 50 years ago, but only in the last few months after the loss of my wife of 52 years, have I maybe fully realised the meaning and deep significance of the scriptures in the Bible about the sacred institution of marriage, eg. Genesis 2:24, ‘Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.’

The words are simple enough, and we thank God for the creative act that perpetuates the human race, but its deeper significance eluded me until I experienced overwhelming grief. (See the last but one blog). The nearest thing I could compare it to would perhaps be a ‘panic attack’, where I felt such loss that it seemed a huge part of me had been torn away, leaving me gasping for breath, with rapid panting.

Truly, we had become one flesh in a much deeper way than I could possibly have imagined, as I tried to adjust to the loss and seeming emptiness.

The realisation that a man and a woman can become ‘one’ like that, is important, for Jesus Christ said He and His Father are similarly ‘one’, and that He will marry those who have been true Christians after their resurrection, before His Father’s Throne in heaven.

Then,  Christ and His Bride all also become  ‘one’,  with all that that means for mankind’s awesome future.  The results  will reveal the complex nature of God’s Plan for mankind, making my previous understanding of marriage seem very shallow indeed, and I look forward to writing about its detail in an article for this website.

What is the purpose of this blog?  Well, basically it is to survey the news and then use it to help people see that God is working out His plan for humanity, whether they be Christians, Muslims or whatever.

The fact is that for almost 6000 years God has allowed Satan to be the ‘god of this world’ so that we can learn, if necessary the hard way, that His Way is the only way to bring peace, prosperity and happiness to all mankind, ‘2 Corinthians 4:4, ‘In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.’

Satan has the whole world deceived, including virtually all ‘Christianity’, so it is hardly surprising that his most successful diversion, Islam, destroys more human lives, causes more war, famine and suffering children, than any other religion.

As they watch the news, do Muslims not wonder why their own countries are so plagued with violence, murder, starvation and destruction that their people set out to migrate to ‘Christian’ lands? Do they not wonder why they must hide from the Koran’s violent instructions, so enjoyed by the ‘extremists’, when all they desire is a peaceful, God fearing life?   Ah – but which God?

Some claim that they have learned the whole Koran off by heart. If so, they especially will be without excuse when, on Judgement Day, which we will all face, they are told by Satan, Surah 14:22, “”Satan  will [then] say God gave you a true promise. I too made promises but they were false ones: I had no power over you except to call you, and you responded to my call, so do not blame me yourselves.  I cannot help you  nor can you help me. I reject the way you associated me with God before. For wrongdoers there must be a Grievous Penalty.””

Such is Satan’s arrogance and pride in his successful deception of the Muslims to worship him, that he brags about it in his own false book! Why don’t they see it?  But then, why don’t most ‘Christians’ follow the teaching  of Jesus Christ?”