“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to Godby thy blood out of every (1)kindred, and (2)tongue, and (3)people, and (4)nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.” ~Revelation 5: 9, 10 (KJV)
The fourth and final of the four carnal or fleshly divisions within both The Harlot Church (called, “Babylon”) and The World, and out of which the blood of the Lamb delivers us, is “every nation”. In the Greek, the word for “nation” is “ethnicity”. And here comes a major sticking point and sore spot, upon which the Gospel does notlightly tread: our exaltation of our nationality, natural citizenship, race and skin color as a means of judging ourselves as being better than others… even, as being “closer to God” than others. There is no such thing as some “superior race”. The Scriptures, prior to Jesus’ all-encompassing Sacrifice, conclude all ethnicities as being “under sin”: “What then? are we [*Jews] better than they [*Gentiles]? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin… [Romans 3: 9 (KJV)]”and,“For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek… [Romans 10: 12a (KJV)],”and,“For God hath concluded them all [*Jews and Gentiles, alike] in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all… [*Romans 11: 32 (KJV)]” and, “But the scripture hath concluded all [*both Jews and Gentiles] under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. [*Galatians 3: 22 (KJV)]” Of all the different names ascribed unto our Heavenly Father, and not a single one of them is “Jehovah-Hitler”. All of the ethnic and racial strife today… comes to an end, at the foot of the Cross of Jesus Christ; where all men and women, regardless of ethnicity, were unconditionally and all-inclusively included, crucified and died together in Him… the Sacrifice to end all sacrifices. Hence, in the words of Apostle Paul: “For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for [*as] all, then were all dead [*when that One Man died, with ALL MEN included in Him]: and that he died for [*as] all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. [2 Corinthians 5: 14-17 (KJV)]”
