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The 7 Mountain Mandate Pt2
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Dan 2:34-35 But as you watched, a Rock was cut from the mountainside by supernatural means. It came hurtling toward the statue and crushed the feet of iron and clay, smashing them to bits. Then the whole statue collapsed into a heap of iron, clay, brass, silver, and gold; its pieces were crushed as small as chaff, and the wind blew them all away. But the Rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth. (TLB)
The Holiness movement of the 19th Cent was a genuine movement of God but their teaching on holiness of life and witness tended to an extreme separation from the world; thus when we align this teaching with the 7MM we see the Church on the Religion mountain slowly withdraw and isolate itself from the remaining 6 mountains; and we have left unbelievers to shape and influence culture and society.
We can also add to this the end times teaching that Jesus 2nd return is almost upon us to catch us up out of a world in chaos hence there’s no need to change culture or society. We’ve taken the Kingdom as far as we can therefore we’ll leave the world behind to get on with it’s business.
Jesus did not tell us to cut ourselves off from the world neither did He tell us to sit around doing nothing until He comes. No. He thrust His disciples into the world. Matt 28:19-20 Therefore GO and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. (NIV)
Making disciples of all nations is to live out the life of Christ in word and deed. Therefore our lifestyle is creating an atmosphere that changes our surroundings making them conducive to people accepting the message of Christ. Our mandate is to invade the mountains not withdraw from them. To take the transforming power of God’s Kingdom to people who are lost without God.
Meditation point: Have I withdrawn myself from society for the sake of an easy life?
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