The Road to Paganism

If logic prevailed, then Christianity should prevail throughout the world based upon the irrefutable, historic and prophetic evidence of the Bible. Instead, it wanes; in danger of becoming extinct in the eastern world and in full retreat in the western world.

And so, logic doesn't prevail. Ironically, a modern world that congratulates itself for technological wonders such as iPhones, iPads, satellite communications and space travel continues to embrace pagan myths such as astrology and science fiction such as evolution.

More people throughout the western world consult horoscopes than they do the Bible. More people continue to embrace false prophets such as Nostradamus and St. Malachy, and false prophecies such as Mayan apocalypses than they do the Bible's proven prophets such as Isaiah, Micah and Zechariah.

For example, the ancient Hebrew prophet Isaiah, who lived during the 8th century B.C., prophesied the virgin birth of the Jewish Messiah Jesus Christ (Isaiah 7:14) as well as His life, ministry, sacrifice for the sin of mankind, death by crucifixion and resurrection. (Isaiah 53)

Micah, who lived during the 6th century B.C., prophesied Christ's birthplace of Bethlehem (Micah 5:2) while Zechariah, who also lived during the 6th century B.C. prophesied that the Jews would finally recognize Jesus Christ as their messiah immediately upon His return by the nail marks that would be visible on his hands from his crucifixion. (Zechariah 13:6)

And yet Nostradamus is considered a genuine prophet by multitudes while Isaiah, Micah and Zechariah are virtually unknown throughout the world except by those who study and read the Bible.

The Bible isn't merely a book of prophecies. It also contains God's 10 Commandments along with His transcendent moral laws that Moses recorded to guide human beings toward righteousness and away from sin. And despite the fact that the Bible has a flawless prophetic track record that validates God's commandments and laws, many people now see the Bible as nothing more than an ancient relic written by ignorant men.

Without the fear of God and knowledge of His laws in their hearts, billions of people no longer believe that they're morally accountable to Him for their thoughts, actions and words. And the rise in violent crime and moral depravity throughout the world underscores that.

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the apostle Paul revealed this grim prophecy concerning the last days on earth preceding Christ's return: "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--having a form of godliness but denying its power." (2 Timothy 3:1-5)

Paul described a pagan world. That's our modern world. In a pagan world, evil, debauchery, narcissism, nihilism and hedonism prevail while the fear of God and knowledge of His laws are scarce. And it surely shows, doesn't it?