CHAPTER II/The Victorious Fighters of Armageddon - Continue

 But that was nineteen centuries ago. Now in order to fulfill other prophecies that foretold the future work he had to do, Jesus comes in royal heavenly glory, no more as a self-sacrificing Son of man, but as mighty unconquerable Fighter accompanied by many legions of angels, to rid the universe of all the enemies of Jehovah God and his universal sovereignty. Christendom may no expect to escape. All the hypocritical Cristians in her will be executed along with all those who openly defy the universal sovereignty of the most High God. Christendom does not like to think of God and Christ from the standpoint of divine justice, which requires that the enemy and the hypocrite be executed. She prefers to view God and Christ his Son only from the standpoint of her favorite Bible verses: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn this world; but the world through him might be saved." (John 3:16, 17) But God is just even as he is loving, and his love does not overstep or set aside his justice. He must be just with himself as well as his loving to undeserving sinners. "He cannot deny himself." (2 Timothy 2:13) He cannot be untrue to the eternal facts about himself. He cannot deny or renounce the fact that he is Sovereign of all the universe of which he is the Creator. He cannot let any of his creatures to forever deny that all-important fact without finally being called to account for such willful denial.

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