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Monday 8 September 2014

The day you were born...who knew the time and who decided when? It was someone other than yourself. See 2nd Thessalonians 2:11-12.

There are people in the biblical context who were inspired as we were told.  Noah is an example.  There are people who were given a task on behalf of others. David is such a person.  There are people who claimed certain roles such as Absalom.  There are people who were identified by others as being a certain individual such as Jesus. John the baptist identified Him as being a certain individual at a time when the kingdom of Israel was only a historical reality.  Jesus' brother James is not unlike King David's siblings in being a descendant of a certain tribe and the child of a certain individual.  David was identified and given a task. He did not claim anything. We are told that a time will come when a certain individual known as the antichrist will walk into the temple in Israel and make claims like Absalom. We do not know anything else according to the description(Is he a bus driver, scientist, astronaut, school teacher or a taxi driver?) other than that there are many individuals who will appear in history as an antichrist. Who would be so bold to claim such a thing and not be concerned about the consequences? We are told the day shall come. But, to be such a person opposed to Christ you would have to first deny that Christ came in the flesh and that He rose again. See Romans 10:9-10.  This individual or these individuals are antichrist.   It is a dangerous thing to make certain claims. You could be upsetting your brother or distant cousin who was identified by God himself and through His servants; servants like Samuel or he who baptized Christ.  See 2nd Thessalonians 2 and James 2:10.  Lastly, read Luke 14:10. When it comes to a King of Israel it seems clear that the actual descendants of the historical Kings such as James the Apostle acknowledged Christ as brother in the line of
David and joined Christ in the fulfillment of the message to the gentiles as written in Isaiah.  If you claim salvation in accordance with your faith in Christ, then live in the faith and enjoy your time as you share and benefit from the gifts God has given you to serve Him.  If James had children would they not have been in the line of David like Joseph; James' father?      

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