Bullet Point 8 (of 12) - Christianity Missed the Mark!

2/7/2022

Bullet Point 8 (of 12): Christianity asserts that John the Baptist succeeded and completely fulfilled the purpose that God had for him. I have even seen churches dedicated to St. John the Baptist.

But, he couldn't have failed more completely if he had tried!

The Chosen People of 2000 years ago did not know when the Messiah would come. But they did know that Elijah would come first because God had told them so - in the prophecy in Malachi 4:5. There was a deafening silence for 400 years after this final word from the Old Testament era, which only served to emphasize its importance.

“See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes ..." (NIV)

Yet, there is no record of John the Baptist actually following and attending Jesus. For those who are OK with John the Baptist not being the chief disciple of Jesus (instead of Peter) then there's no hope of reasoning with you. You may leave the room . . .

It gets worse though. John the Baptist denied that he was the Elijah (Jn.1:21) even though Jesus asserted that he was (Matt.11:14). Even if he denied that he was the Elijah before he was aware of what Jesus said regarding this, there is no record of him rescinding this false statement. From the point of view of the then chosen people if there was no Elijah (as per Mal.4:5) then there was no Messiah. John the Baptist, son of a High Priest, must have been aware of the significance of this singular prophecy.

How did Jesus sum up the position of John? "He who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he." (Matt.11:11)

John was beheaded due to the wishes of a dancing girl, even though Herod did not want to do that. John's life became a thing that was worthless as trash because he refused to attend Jesus as Messiah, and so his life ended that way.

John the Baptist who should have made straight the way of the Lord (Mal.3:1; Isa.40:3) thus became, instead, a major stumbling block and was the main reason why people were reluctant to follow Jesus as the One chosen by God.

Bullet point 8, thus, missed the mark completely, right? clearly showing that Christianity needs an overhaul.

Forthcoming workshop in Spring (March 18, 19 and 20). 'Mission of the Messiah' and 'True Parents and the Completed Testament Age' among the topics. (link here)

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Andrew & Marie Derricutt

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I came to Christ through the Lord at His Second Coming. I have been connected with what some would regard as a ‘New Age cult’ for more than 40 years. I want, through this website, to share what I’ve come to understand, and show that it stands up to scrutiny, and criticism.

Until quite recently I had regarded Christians as the enemy of the Lord of the Second Advent! But then, through Rev. Moon’s successor, Hyung Jin Moon, after his ‘Breaking the Silence’ (2015 January) where he emphasized the Bible (KJV) and spoke almost exclusively of Jesus, grace and faith I decided to connect with a Christian church (Belmont Church in Harrow, London, UK) to find out about these aspects of faith and grace which I had no idea about.

My strength was the words of truth, as I saw it, that were contained in the ‘Exposition of the Divine Principle’. This is the basic teaching of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon that, for me, made sense of the Bible.

That Hyung Jin Moon (aka Sean Moon) has since become irrelevant is regrettable but should not become a stumbling block. The 8 Great Sacred Texts (available on the Resources page) constitute the New Age Truth that we need to connect with (from the Lord of the Second Coming) and, I believe, these are absolute.

So began a journey that opened up the teaching of Rev Moon to an understanding where I came to realize that I am a Christian, Jesus IS the Messiah (as opposed to was the Messiah) and a complete reappraisal of this teaching which is what I want to share through this means.

OK; there are abridged explanations and sudden conclusions already but I will deal with those if you write to me; let us reason together - and test all things and hold fast to what is good! Also a lot of these can be overcome by reading, "The Exposition of the Divine Principle".

Thanks for engaging with this and I hope to hear from you so that we can share together as brothers and sisters in Christ and arrive at an understanding of the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven that is more to do with 1 Corinthians 3:16 than John 3:16 Thank You for visiting this website.

Let us reason together . . .

Andrew Derricutt

Andrew Derricutt link

2/7/2022 14:45:10

Jesus' disciples were bombarded with the question, "If your master is the Messiah, where is the prophet Elijah?" (referring to Mal.4:5) and the disciples didn't know how to answer this. This is related in 2 gospels: Matt. 17:10-13 and Mark 9:11-13. If John the Baptist had said that he was the Elijah, in line with Jesus, then the Scribes and Pharisees would have had their answer.

Richard Urban link

2/7/2022 15:33:27

I agree. It does not make sense that John would testify to Jesus, but then later say that "He must increase and I must decrease". No, Jesus and John would have increased together. We need to examine the role of John the Baptist with a fresh viewpoint.

Leila Johnson

2/8/2022 03:36:43

You explained it so clearly that John was Elijah and his mission was to make way of the lord.But at the end his ego wins and he didn't support Jesus.He ended up beheaded.

Bullet Point 8 (of 12) - Christianity Missed the Mark!

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