Why Christians reject the Good News

Several factors contribute to explaining why people, including Christians, still reject the Good News of God’s Kingdom today. As introduction we should define what the Scriptures mean by “the Good News.” The ancient Hebrew and Greek texts of the Scriptures are correctly translated “God’s Reign” not “the Kingdom of God.” This means God’s promised and expected Reign on earth in the next age.

“God did not send his Son into this civilization to condemn this civilization but to liberate this civilization through him.” John 3:17

God’s appointed Liberator, Israel’s Messiah, declared: “God anointed me to announce Good News to the poor, to liberate captives and release those in prison.” Luke 4:18

“The Son of Man came to seek and to liberate the lost.” Luke 19:11

“I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” Matthew 15:24

“I am the Good Shepherd. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.” John 10:10-11

“Do not think I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfil them.” Matthew 5:17

For God’s appointed Liberator to fulfil the Law and the Prophets, He and His Ambassadors were required to prepare the Chosen Nation for the coming of God’s promised Judgment and subsequent Reign on earth. By announcing the Good News of God’s Reign, they anticipated His expected Judgment and Reign; but their promise failed to materialize! Only the Judean (Jewish) nation were judged by God and destroyed by Roman armies.

Several factors contribute to explaining why people, including Christians, still reject the Good News of God’s Reign today.

1. An elite and financially powerful group controls educational institutions, mainstream media and most publishing companies and this group has been indoctrinating the public into believing that there is no such thing as Ultimate Truth and meaningfulness and that all religious institutions and beliefs only comprise personal sets of convictions and rules for life but nothing absolute nor grounded in objective reality. In other words, the public, including Christians, have generally been convinced that there’s no need to spend much time and effort studying the original messages delivered by God’s Prophets and His Son, no need to go searching for and trying to discover objective Truth and meaningfulness. Christians don’t think it necessary for their personal faith and subjective feelings to be grounded in objective reality. Instead, Christians generally believe that everyone is encouraged to establish their own personal value priorities, rules and guidelines for pursuing a comfortable life as directed by their own almost non-negotiable interpretations of the Scriptures and then find and collaborate with others if possible who support their own belief system.

2. The elite group has indoctrinated the public into believing that the technocratic and so-called “democratic” system of government for social, political and economic control is the best we can have and that any idea of creating a near perfect society is only a dream or religious fantasy. Most people, including Christians, don’t believe a near perfect society is possible nor practically achievable and so they adopt the present system of government and support it as if it’s their own or they tolerate the system and the rest of society as far as it suits them and they dismiss the possibility of a near perfect society. In other words, they in fact deny the Good News of God’s Kingdom and substitute another Heavenly place or dimension as the only place where a near perfect society can exist.

3. Most people have been accustomed to enjoying a relatively comfortable life at the expense of other less privileged people and they are not interested in God’s call to listen to what He demands of them, to change their lives by sacrificing what they now enjoy for the sake of a much better life when God’s reign on earth begins. Everyone prefers to keep doing what they have been doing all their lives, namely, to pursue a comfortable life here and now and support those who support them in their pursuits.

4. God’s Prophets and His Son instructed members of His Chosen Nation to accept instruction from them, to confess their short-comings, mistaken beliefs and faulty convictions and then correct themselves. Even if they were interested in God’s call to listen to what He demands of them and to obey His commands, the great majority of people, including Christians, don’t have enough humility to accept instruction and make such humble confessions.

5. God’s Prophets and His Son instructed those who seek His Kingdom as their first priority to separate themselves socially, emotionally, financially and commercially from the rest of society. Even if they had enough humility to admit to their short-comings, mistaken beliefs and faulty convictions and were interested in God’s call to listen to what He demands of them, the great majority of people, including Christians, don’t have enough strength of character to break away from friends and family who have traditionally supported and affirmed them in their current lifestyle. Therefore, they compromise their convictions, decisions and value priorities to avoid being rejected by friends and family who disagree with them.

These five factors combine to form a massive collective obstacle which prevents people believing the Good News of God’s Kingdom. Unless these obstacles are addressed and eliminated we will never see a change of heart, mind and action. Even addressing and mitigating some of these factors and leaving others unchanged will not be good enough.

How will we ever see God’s Chosen Nation come to accept instruction from His Prophets and His Son? That will only take place when this civilization collapses into chaos and ruin. Then the technocratic system which traditionally controlled the public will no longer support them and win their support. Then they will no longer have a relatively comfortable lifestyle to enjoy until God’s Reign begins and restores the earth and mankind to it’s former glory called the Garden of Eden. In the coming  chaotic situation, their short-comings, mistaken beliefs and faulty convictions will be obvious and impossible to deny. Then the elite group will no longer indoctrinate the public. In this chaotic situation, those who begin to change their hearts, minds and actions will be forced to break away from friends and family who traditionally supported and affirmed them in their previous comfortable lifestyles.

CONCLUSION: God’s Chosen Nation will not accept instruction from His Prophets and His Son until this civilization collapses into chaos and ruin. That’s exactly what God’s Prophets and His Son predicted. Those who don’t prepare for the coming chaos and ruin as Israel’s Messiah and the Prophets instructed will not survive.