Jesus' loving exhortation to the Laodiceans has great significance for the remaining anointed Christians today. Some of these remember that, as the Lord's day began, Christendom's religionists were lukewarm to an appalling degree. Instead of welcoming our Lord's return in 1914, her clergy got embroiled in the slaughter of World War I, in which 24 of the 28 contending nations claimed to be Christian. How great their bloodguilt! During World War II, which was also fought largely in Christendom, false religions sins again "massed together clear up to heaven." (Revelation 18:5) Further, the clergy have turned their back on Jehovah's incoming Kingdom by supporting the League of Nations, the United States, and nationalistic, revolutionary movements, none of which can solve mankind's problems. Jesus has long since rejected the clery. Judging them adversely and throwing them away, just as fishermen disposes of unsuitable fish caught in his dragnet. The miserable plight of Christendom's churches today testifies to that judgment of her. May her eventual fate serve as a warning to us! - MATTHEW 13:47-50.
Next time: Chapter Thirteen/Buy Gold Refined by Fire - 'Taking the Evening Meal - Conclusion
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