Bruderhof wrote:
> But people say, “Christ kept his distance from all such revolutionary
> ideas, having in view only the spiritual uplift of mankind.” Yet, when
> he looked upon the temple of the Jews, when he came in touch with the
> false gods of nationalism and culture which stand opposed to the
> kingdom of God, he gave warning about the greatest sort of overthrow.
> “Not one stone shall remain standing upon another” is what he said
> about the proud national shrine of the Jews; and he saw destruction
> fast coming upon the capitalistic social system of that time.
>
He considered that the immediate result of his advent would be the
greatest
of revolutions; and he warned his disciples that things would be very
violent. Of course, he went on to say that this was not the true end. At
the very end, things shall proceed without violence. The Son of Man, the
Man of Men, will come as a bolt of lightning lighting up the whole world.
That suggests that God’s thought and will shall drive universally and with
power into human hearts, creating the people that God would have. And at
that point we will be ready for a new heaven and a new earth.
--
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt
www.blumhardts.com
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