The Christian salvation is moral transformation, not eternal residence in the spirit Paradise in a marvelous mansion of gold.

We have not as yet completed the process of transformation and union. Therefore it is premature for us to attempt to force Christian values on an unregenerate population. They will turn and tear us to pieces because the Lord is not with us in the endeavor to bring in the Kingdom apart from His Divine intervention.

Redemption is not a change from one place to another but from one type of personality to another.

Internal conquest must precede external conquest. Before God brought the Jews to the point of capturing Jericho He taught them numerous lessons in the wilderness. The various aspects of the Law of Moses revealed to the Hebrews the holiness of the Lord. Many experiences, such as the daily supply of manna and the harsh punishment of Korah and his followers, gave the Jews insight into the Person of God.

Before the Israelites were led to invade the external enemies of Canaan they themselves had to be conquered internally, that is, they had to learn obedience to God's holy commandments and ways.

We Christians still are in a period of internal conquest. When we go to the Lord He speaks about the internal conquest of our own personality and the bringing of godliness and peace to our own family. The Lord is not speaking today concerning the conquest of the nations of the earth. It is well-intentioned, spiritually-assertive leaders operating under the impulses of the fleshly mind and fleshly soul who are striving to put a stop to Satan's activities in the earth.

The Charismatic people in numerous instances are involved in prosperity and supernatural-faith schemes designed to make them prosperous and successful in this world. Many of them are spiritually immature and often silly in their behavior. They are in no spiritual condition to bind the strong man.

We are to put on the whole armor of God in order that we may stand in the evil day that is upon us. The attack will take place when the Lord appears.

We cannot change the world until we ourselves are changed.

Any movement inspired by Satan will always view the Jews and Judaism as despised enemies. It is noteworthy that some of the leaders of the Reconstruction movement, the modern attempt to set up the Kingdom of God apart from the Lord Jesus, are hostile toward Israel and Judaism. If these leaders were of the Spirit of God they would do all in their power to assist the Jews as God's Spirit brings His chosen people from the four corners to the earth to their home in Israel.

The Lord Jesus will govern the earth from Jerusalem, from nowhere else. As Satan cunningly works through the Charismatic leaders he puts in their hearts and minds his own hatred for the Jews and His fear of them, just as he influenced Adolf Hitler.

If we had no other means of discerning the spirit of the Reconstruction movement, the attitude of the leaders toward God's chosen people would inform us clearly that it is the great deceiver who is guiding them in their attempts to force Christian values on the world before the appearing of the true King of the Kingdom.

To be continued.