Kingdom of God

Hello good morning Br **..

I finished reading your lengthy reply very late last night at around 3 am. Thank you very much for your enthusiasm to defence for your faith. This is not a sarcastic. Bible what is today was written many years ago and it's been 1900 years since the last chapter was completed. Bible has been interpreted in many ways as well, depending on how to interpret the verses. That's fine if you have some conviction based on faith in your direction of life. That not what others say it's wrong or right.

Yes there is an injunction of fat, pork and blood in Old Testament and blood only in New one. You interpret the prohibition of blood is still in effect over all Christians not only as offering, drinking but also for medical purposes. You can use fractions of red and white blood cells, platelets, plasma and other blood derived medicines such as immuno-globulin, etc. according to conscience of each Christians but you mustn't donate blood or receive blood transfusion.

This is a faith matter. Faith relates to how to live and sometimes heavier than life itself.
I understand and I should like to respect your faith.

In many Christendoms Sunday is called Lord's Day which means the day of Jesus or God.
Sun was an object of worship in many ancient Orient civilisations such as Egypt or Babylonia. Jewish Sabbath is taken from sundown on Friday to Saturday night till three stars are visible. So I confirmed it one day and 40 minutes. (So it was not 1.5 days as I thought before in my previous reading.)

Jewish people experienced Egypt and Seleucid occupation from 323 - 198, 198 - 166 BE respectively. It can easily be guessed that the custom of which day the day of rest is shifted from Saturday to Sunday influenced by the traditions of such occupant countries who believe the God of Sun. I think the resurrection of Jesus and baptism as a ritual also come from Sun worship since the sun is the one that repeat birth and death every day.

But officially yeah it was Constantine who implemented Sunday is the holy day adopting sun worship so common among other orient countries. Cross was also adopted from the sign of Sun god in Babylonia at the same time. And this was the reason you exclude Lord's Day and Cross in your Christian belief.

In several ways you excluded some customs major Christendoms implemented after the death of Jesus. Your belief is similar to original Christianity. In a sense it is a restoration movement to original Christianity in the first century. I myself feel Christianity today has been made through many traditions Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestant put into effects.

You seem to be different from Christianity since you don't use cross, don't celebrate Christmas, don't have church, but that's the very reason of what you are.

No questions? Yes, I have. In Kingdom of God, is the King Jesus, not God? Is there difference between Kingdom of God and that of Heaven? Then where is Heaven located ? Since we see two expressions in Gospels.


Sincerely yours,

Mer