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Armodoxy for Today: Religious Scams & the Weakest Link

We have all become familiar – too familiar – with this word, scam. We have heard of Internet scams, financial scams, email and telephone scams, and try to exercise some degree of caution against them. Banks, financial institutions, even health care foundations issue warning about the threat of being scammed. But when it comes to religious scams, we are certain that it could never happen to us. After all, we think, I’m a Christian, born and raised a Christian, and I know what I believe to be true. In that statement we find the weakest link in what protects us from religious scams.

Hoy en día, todo el mundo se siente con autoridad para hablar sobre Cristo, la fe cristiana y el cristianismo. Basta con citar algunos versículos de la Biblia y decirlos con suficiente fuerza en una red social para que cualquiera pueda proclamar casi cualquier cosa con cierto grado de autoridad gracias a la plataforma. Las noticias falsas son marcadas, pero todo vale cuando se trata de religión, especialmente del cristianismo. Con la escalada de guerras y rumores de guerra, el terreno está listo para predicciones sobre el fin del mundo relacionadas con una batalla llamada Armagedón.

Debido a que la religión es un asunto personal, a la gente realmente no le interesa conocer el trasfondo. Por ejemplo, la Iglesia Armenia, al ser una Iglesia Apostólica, es decir, desde la época de los Apóstoles, ocupa un lugar único en el mundo cristiano y habla con autoridad cuando se trata de conceptos y dogmas cristianos. Aun así, es más fácil para las personas creer lo que quieren, por muy absurdo que sea, en lugar de educarse a sí mismas.

So, in the interest of passing along some information which you may not know, here are a few things to keep in mind as you read through the scary predictions which are being made in the name of Christ and Christianity.

1 The Old Testament is not salvific. Jesus Christ is the fulfilment of the law and the prophets.

2 Jesus is the Son of God and therefore His ethnicity transcends our understanding of ethnicity. He belongs equally to everyone and to all ethnic groups.

3 The word Israel means the “people of God.” After baptism in the Armenian Church, we proclaim the person a member of the “New Israel” which is not to say they belong to the Jewish state in the Middle East.

4 Jesus will return. His return is imminent, but it has been imminent since the 1^st century. For this reason, Jesus says, “About that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Matthew 24:36)

5 The location of Jesus’ return is not disclosed. It’s his business. He asks us to love and care, not to predict places. Despite what you have read or heard, if Jesus decides he wants to come back in Puerto Rico or in Armenia, you can site all the pages in the Bible and all the preachers that you’ve heard, he doesn’t have to go by those rules. Again, He asks us to love and care, not to predict places.

6 Anyone who predicts Jesus’ return on a specific date or place is running a scam.

7 The Book of Revelation was written by St. John, one of the 12 disciples. He was imprisoned on an island writing to the Christian’s of the time. He wrote in a code that they, the people of the time, would understand. The message is simply: endure the sufferings and persecution, God’s victory is guaranteed in the end.

8 Who goes to Heaven is God’s business. Ours is to love and care for one another and leave the rest to God. Our prayer – your prayer – should be: Lord have mercy.

These are just a few items I wanted to share with you considering all the scary religious misinformation that’s being pumped out in the name of Christianity. There’s much more and that’s why we created Epostle and hope you follow the ancient teachings.

Reza la oración que nuestro Señor Jesús nos enseñó: Padre nuestro, que estás en el cielo, santificado sea tu nombre. Venga tu reino. Hágase tu voluntad en la tierra como en el cielo. Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada día. Perdona nuestras ofensas, como también nosotros perdonamos a los que nos ofenden. No nos dejes caer en tentación y líbranos del mal. Porque tuyo es el reino, el poder y la gloria, por siempre y para siempre. Amén.