The Devil.

Those who obstruct God and turn to the devil do so because they believe that the devil can bring them riches and pleasure.

And that's what they want.

And so they do evil in the world in order to gain favor with the Lord of Evil.

(NB: The devil may not be real but they believe he is real and so the evil they do in his name remains.)

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The Kingdom of God.

Generation X and their allies in the corporations and conservative political parties and Evangelical Christian Churches actively oppose the Will of God.

They do this by demonizing ideals and social activism and promoting pragmatic materialism.

The excuse they use is that these things get in the way of making a living and surviving in this world.

And they wink at corruption because they think you have to be corrupt to have enough.

And so they crucify the Baby-Boomers and left-wing politicians who promote social justice and fairer taxes.

They don't want God interfering with their pursuit of money and pleasure.

And so they actively obstruct the coming of the Kingdom of God on Earth.

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The Unrighteous.

"Seek the Lord while he may be found,

call upon him while he is near;

let the wicked forsake their way,

and the unrighteous their thoughts;

let them return to the Lord,

that he may have mercy on them,

and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon,"

Isaiah 55:6.7 (NRSV) 

This is God's hope for the unrighteous - those who ignore the goodness of God and His Commandments.

These are those of little faith.

Those who do not trust in God and His promise.

Their lives are ruled by existential fears.

And their hopes by worldly desires.

But if they turn to God He will pardon and redeem their souls from the world.

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]  

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An Evil Generation.

You cannot practise cupidity, greed, vice, violence, and hate and claim to be good people.

You cannot be blasphemous and claim divine favor.

This is the case with those who call themselves bad.

But Narcissism covers their evil and their egos covet goodness.

This is enforced by intimidation and threat.

And a pragmatic hypocrisy that is truly shocking.

But nothing lasts forever.

Their fragile facade will crumble and fall.

And they will be seen for what they are:

An evil generation.

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God's Will.

How can those who purport to represent God on Earth actively oppose God's Will?

The answer to that is that long ago the powers of this world - the rich and elites - manipulated the theology of the Church to suit themselves.

They ignored the "good news to the poor" and made Christianity about obedience to authority - namely them.  

They reinstated Original Sin and Universal Condemnation.

And they imposed Judgement and punishment for sins.

This is the carrot and stick approach of the earthly elites and its purpose is to keep the masses down. 

God's message of glad tidings and forgiveness of sins was lost.

And God's Love was compromise by fear.

But there is no fear in God.

He says: "Fear not!"

And: "Your sins are forgiven."

God's face is Mercy.

And His heart is Love.

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Fear Not!

As with all things scripture is inspired by love or fear.

But God says: "Fear not!"

For there is no fear in God.

And so we are to disregard those passages in the Bible or the Koran which are inspired by fear or inspire fear in the reader.

This is a simple way of approaching scripture.

And it will lead directly to the real God.

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Suffering.

If you follow rock stars and popular culture you will continue to suffer.

This is because covert Satanism and black magic preach sin and death.

They encourage sin in the hope that you will become dead to God and your soul will be damned to hell.

But this is not immediately apparent.

Satanism in pop culture wears a mask of glamour and heroism.

They are dogs* and divas.

But their message is sabotage and their example is subterfuge.

They are false messiahs and false gods.

Leave them behind.

(*Gods backwards.)

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