The letters Paul wrote to the Christians in the Early Church were written before the time of his death in AD 65. When he mentioned “the man of lawlessness…the son of destruction,” he was referring to Titus – son of Emperor Vespasian who led the Roman Army in the siege of Jerusalem. He permanently put an end to the practice of the Law of Moses by destroying the Jewish Temple in AD 70 – making it impossible to fully follow its religious customs. Cindye Coates
As long as the Temple remained standing, animal sacrifices were being conducted by the apostate Jewish priesthood. They were going through the religious motions to keep up the appearance of righteousness to deceive the people. The people believed the ark of the covenant was behind the veil in Herod’s Temple, like in the Tabernacle of Moses. Since the destruction of Solomon’s Temple, there had been no ark in the Holy of Holies. This is why it was significant when the veil was torn from the top to the bottom when Jesus died, to reveal the absence of the ark. Cindye Coates
First-century historians, artists, and architects confirm the fulfilled prophecies of Jesus. The Romans took Jews into slavery as they looted Herod’s Temple. Cindye Coates
It is not widely recognized that secularism is a fundamentally political movement, which seeks to remove the remaining Christian restraints on power and the remaining traces of Christian moral law in the civil and criminal codes of the Western nations. Peter Hitchens
Without God, many more actions are possible than are permitted in a Godly order. Atheism is a license for ruthlessness, and it appeals to the ruthless. Peter Gitchens
They hated faith in God so much that they instead destroyed it and supplanted it with a humanist cult that vested all power in themselves and that—unlike true religion—was bound to die. Peter Hitchens
Atheist states have a consistent tendency to commit mass murders in the name of the greater good. Peter Hitchens
Utopia can only ever be approached across a sea of blood. Peter Hitchens
And when it comes to the millions of small and tedious good deeds that are needed for a society to function with charity, honesty, and kindness, a shortage of believing Christians will lead to that society’s decay. Peter Hitchens
Christianity is without doubt difficult and taxing, and all of us fail to emulate the perfection of Christ himself. But we are far better for trying than for not trying, and we know that there is forgiveness available for honest failure. Peter Hitchens
