Christianity

Wolf.J, Interesting Questions. I am not fully sure on those questions, but this is my best shot. Why is God waiting until the last minute to save mankind? God is not waiting till the last minute to save mankind. He already has, through the death, burial, and resurrection of the perfect sacrifice Jesus. All mankind must do is receive the gift of God (salvation) Romans 10:8-13 (Please refer to my past posts). A somewhat better question would be, Why has not God ended everything already? There are a couple of reason. There are prophesies that were written thousands of years before Jesus, and those in the book of Revelation, that must come to fruition before the end of the world. God gave his word in those prophesies that they will happen, and since God cannot lie, they must occur. God has his own timeline of events, but only God knows the time and the hour that is the end of the world. (Matthew 24:36-44) God is allowing mankind a chance to respond to his free gift of salvation. Romans 1:16-24 (I am posting this in full for context. Also, it is in the English Standard Version b/c it is easier to understand in terms of modern English) "16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith." 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So, they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen." In this passage it says that God has revealed himself to all mankind (Past, Present, and Future) so that they are without excuse when God's judgement of sin comes. If God reveals himself to all, then he must allow them, of their free will, to decide how they will respond to his gift. This can get a lot more theologistic, but in simple terms God is giving everybody the same chance to respond to his salvation through Jesus. Something interesting on this topic, but not fully on topic is some of the History of the Native Americans. If you YouTube Chief Joseph Riverwind, in many of his interviews he goes over the Native's history of God in Native American tribes. (A lot of these interviews are on the channel Now You See TV. Overall this channel has a lot of conspiracy theories on it and is a weird channel. I do not condone the channel.) However, Chief Riverwind knows the history well, and I do believe he tries to present that history truthfully in these interviews, even if it is on a strange platform. I hope this answers your question on this. What's Christianity's stance on the meaning of life? I cannot answer this question for all Christians out there as it is different for every individual. There is no one size fits all stance on this. For me though, the meaning of life means how can I live each day to be more and more like Jesus and impact someone for the better and for the kingdom of God. Meaning of life often leads to the question of what is my purpose/why am I here. It might seem a bit cliche, but the Bible says to be doers of the word of God (James 1:22-27) and to follow after Jesus, and how he lived his life (Luke 9:23-27). Therefore, as a follower of Christ it is my purpose to strive to be more like him in actions, character, and in word. That is my meaning of life. As this is the last post in the discussion for me, I thought I would give you a couple of people to check out that might help answer some of your questions. Disclaimer: I do not agree with everything they say. Planetshakers (Definitely check them out, they have some amazing music) Todd White Lawson Perdue David Barton (He is a historian that specializes on American History, so I'm not sure how relevant he would be to you, but he goes over how religion has impacted American history and politics.) Feel free to DM me with any other questions. Have a great rest of your day, CJ193