According to the will of God, man from the very beginning was destined to live in fellowship with Him. Therefore, regardless of religion or race, all have a longing in their souls to adore some higher being. All feel the unexplainable urge to worship, no matter how this is being done. If someone does not find any religious object to worship, then it can be the mammon, it can be many things: habits, sports, different hobbies, and even idols, etc. The deep longing in every human soul, whether rich or poor, in actuality can only be satisfied with a divine substance.

The believing Jews pray to God who personally revealed Himself to them at the time of Moses as the »God of Israel« with the name Elohim-Yahweh (Ex. 6). A real Jew can only believe in the one true God, for He Himself said, “Hear, o Israel: The Eternal, our God, the Eternal is ONE ...” (Deut. 6). About 6,700 times we find the expression “Lord God” — »Elohim-Yahweh« in the singular form in the Old Testament.

The Muslims also pray to one god whom they call “Allah”. Until September 11^th, 2001, we all believed, due to pure ignorance, that Allah could be compared to Elohim of the Bible. Now we have learned from an abundance of sources, especially from several different encyclopedias, that Allah was the ancient Babylonian moon god. At the time of Mohammed he was worshipped in Arabia as the god who gave the entire vegetation on earth its fertility. This is why the Islam has chosen the symbol of the half moon. Only after Mohammed conquered all the tribes that worshipped other gods on the Arabian peninsula, did he proclaim the god of his tribe to be the only Allah. He then attributed even the creation to Allah. Mohammed then proceeded to preach his own adaptation of monotheism – not according to the Holy Scriptures. Mohammed’s Allah is not the one true God of Abraham and Moses. He is absolutely not and will never be the God of the Bible. In all Islamic countries the word “Allah” for “God” is being used in the Bibles and song-books and “Allah” is worshipped as God by all the Christians there. What a deception and tragedy, being misled in ignorance! What will they do now, after the truth has finally come to light?

The Hindus believe in their main trinity, which is Brahma, the creator, Vishnu, the sustainer, and Shiva, the destroyer, and also in many other gods which outnumber the Hindus themselves. They place their hopes into the doctrine that man in future lives will return perhaps as an animal and continue in a purifying-process until he reaches the final goal. The Buddhists believe in a similar manner in the reincarnation, and they emphasise meditation. Their highest goal is the Nirvana – a state of bliss, the suspension from karma, attained by the extinction of their individuality, to “be” no more. As with Hinduism, so with Islam and other religions, also here one searches in vain to find the real divine message, salvation and hope for eternity. In these religions the victory over death and eternal life are not included.Is it not true then, that a religion without salvation and eternal hope is only a hope-less and salvation-less religion? What really matters is the revealed and confirmed “Will of God”, to which man has to subordinate himself.

Taking into consideration that Christianity in general believes in the dogma of the “tri-unity”, meaning that three persons eternally co-exist in heaven, it actually is also not a monotheistic religion in the true sense of the word. The legitimate question is: “If there are three divine persons who are eternal and who are almighty, then it rules out the existence of one, eternal, almighty God.” When taking these convincing facts into consideration, then only the belief of the Jews truly fits the definition of “monotheism”. The one true God certainly has the ability to reveal and manifest Himself in many different ways, as the Holy Scripture Itself testifies to that effect. In the Old Testament the invisible God, Who is spirit, revealed Himself as Lord in visible form. In the New Testament the same God revealed Himself for our salvation as Father in heaven and in His only begotten Son, who is the Lord, on earth. In the Old Testament it happened in a spirit body, in the New Testament in a body of flesh, for the sake of our redemption and in order to re-instate us by divine adoption as children of God (Gal. 4:4 a. o.).

There was a time period when the first human beings lived directly in fellowship with God in paradise. In this original state of innocence they knew nothing about sorrow, pain, sickness or death. As creatures of the Eternal One they were predestined to live eternally. God made them a free moral agency, so they were able to make their own decisions, which could mean life or death. They could choose between good and evil, obedience and disobedience, belief and unbelief. That is still the case with us, even until today. Right at the very beginning God required obedience. That is where at first Eve and then Adam did not stand the test. She listened to the arguments and the »lie« of Satan in the serpent, was beguiled, fell in sin and pulled Adam into it. The first human beings overstepped God’s commandment, came under the influence of the evil one and had to die. God our Lord followed through with His threat and drove them out of paradise. The fellowship with Him was broken, and suffering, sickness and death came upon all humanity.

No one could say, “I am not guilty, I wash my hands in innocence. What do I have to do with it?” Every man and every woman, every girl and every boy would have acted and done as Adam and Eve did. In fact, they are still doing it today. We are all born into the original sin through fleshly conception and thereby destined for death. Therefore we all have to be begotten by the Spirit, like the Son of God was, and receive eternal life. God knows us all. HE knew that no one by himself would be able to obey His commandments. In His righteousness He gave the commandments, so that we might know our transgressions and realise our disobedience towards Him. If there was no divine law, we could never be convicted of our guilt and would never comprehend the necessity of forgiveness and redemption. We were born into this world as those separated from God, lost, without hope; therefore we do need redemption and reconciliation with Him. The conscience will speak to each and everyone, even to those who have never heard the divine message or have never read the Bible. Everyone knows when he is lying, when he is cheating, stealing or doing whatever is wrong and therefore prohibited. Our conscience bothers us immediately. All, rich or poor, good or bad, are guilty before God and are surely in need of salvation. No one should say, “I have not killed anybody, or otherwise committed any crime, so it cannot be all that bad.” The righteous judgement of God has come upon all of us and therefore we all must die. Nothing in life is as certain as death. Thus it is written, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement.” (Heb. 9:27).

Due to the fall the fellowship with God was broken. Nevertheless, He thought of us and made a way to Himself through the One Who could say, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (Jn. 14:6). The Lord in His infinite love and mercy came to us, that we might be able come to Him.

Since we sinned in this earthly body and became guilty, He had to come into a body of flesh and blood, and therein could vicariously as the innocent one take all our guilt and die for us and reconcile us with God. This happened in Jesus Christ, our Lord, Who cries out even today, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Mt. 11:28). The people who have come to Him in this way can, when their last hour arrives, commit their spirit into His hands and are assured that He will always give the same answer, “Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” (Lk. 23:43). Of course, whosoever purposely lives without Him will certainly die without Him. Only those who live and die in Christ will be saved (Rom. 14:7; Rev. 14:13).

According to the will of God, man from the very beginning was destined to live in fellowship with Him. Therefore, regardless of religion or race, all have a longing in their souls to adore some higher being. All feel the unexplainable urge to worship, no matter how this is being done. If someone does not find any religious object to worship, then it can be the mammon, it can be many things: habits, sports, different hobbies, and even idols, etc. The deep longing in every human soul, whether rich or poor, in actuality can only be satisfied with a divine substance.

The believing Jews pray to God who personally revealed Himself to them at the time of Moses as the »God of Israel« with the name Elohim-Yahweh (Ex. 6). A real Jew can only believe in the one true God, for He Himself said, “Hear, o Israel: The Eternal, our God, the Eternal is ONE ...” (Deut. 6). About 6,700 times we find the expression “Lord God” — »Elohim-Yahweh« in the singular form in the Old Testament.

The Muslims also pray to one god whom they call “Allah”. Until September 11th, 2001, we all believed, due to pure ignorance, that Allah could be compared to Elohim of the Bible. Now we have learned from an abundance of sources, especially from several different encyclopedias, that Allah was the ancient Babylonian moon god. At the time of Mohammed he was worshipped in Arabia as the god who gave the entire vegetation on earth its fertility. This is why the Islam has chosen the symbol of the half moon. Only after Mohammed conquered all the tribes that worshipped other gods on the Arabian peninsula, did he proclaim the god of his tribe to be the only Allah. He then attributed even the creation to Allah. Mohammed then proceeded to preach his own adaptation of monotheism – not according to the Holy Scriptures. Mohammed’s Allah is not the one true God of Abraham and Moses. He is absolutely not and will never be the God of the Bible. In all Islamic countries the word “Allah” for “God” is being used in the Bibles and song-books and “Allah” is worshipped as God by all the Christians there. What a deception and tragedy, being misled in ignorance! What will they do now, after the truth has finally come to light?

The Hindus believe in their main trinity, which is Brahma, the creator, Vishnu, the sustainer, and Shiva, the destroyer, and also in many other gods which outnumber the Hindus themselves. They place their hopes into the doctrine that man in future lives will return perhaps as an animal and continue in a purifying-process until he reaches the final goal. The Buddhists believe in a similar manner in the reincarnation, and they emphasise meditation. Their highest goal is the Nirvana – a state of bliss, the suspension from karma, attained by the extinction of their individuality, to “be” no more. As with Hinduism, so with Islam and other religions, also here one searches in vain to find the real divine message, salvation and hope for eternity. In these religions the victory over death and eternal life are not included.  Is it not true then, that a religion without salvation and eternal hope is only a hope-less and salvation-less religion? What really matters is the revealed and confirmed “Will of God”, to which man has to subordinate himself.

Taking into consideration that Christianity in general believes in the dogma of the “tri-unity”, meaning that three persons eternally co-exist in heaven, it actually is also not a monotheistic religion in the true sense of the word. The legitimate question is: “If there are three divine persons who are eternal and who are almighty, then it rules out the existence of one, eternal, almighty God.” When taking these convincing facts into consideration, then only the belief of the Jews truly fits the definition of “monotheism”. The one true God certainly has the ability to reveal and manifest Himself in many different ways, as the Holy Scripture Itself testifies to that effect. In the Old Testament the invisible God, Who is spirit, revealed Himself as Lord in visible form. In the New Testament the same God revealed Himself for our salvation as Father in heaven and in His only begotten Son, who is the Lord, on earth. In the Old Testament it happened in a spirit body, in the New Testament in a body of flesh, for the sake of our redemption and in order to re-instate us by divine adoption as children of God (Gal. 4:4 a. o.).

There was a time period when the first human beings lived directly in fellowship with God in paradise. In this original state of innocence they knew nothing about sorrow, pain, sickness or death. As creatures of the Eternal One they were predestined to live eternally. God made them a free moral agency, so they were able to make their own decisions, which could mean life or death. They could choose between good and evil, obedience and disobedience, belief and unbelief. That is still the case with us, even until today. Right at the very beginning God required obedience. That is where at first Eve and then Adam did not stand the test. She listened to the arguments and the »lie« of Satan in the serpent, was beguiled, fell in sin and pulled Adam into it. The first human beings overstepped God’s commandment, came under the influence of the evil one and had to die. God our Lord followed through with His threat and drove them out of paradise. The fellowship with Him was broken, and suffering, sickness and death came upon all humanity.

No one could say, “I am not guilty, I wash my hands in innocence. What do I have to do with it?” Every man and every woman, every girl and every boy would have acted and done as Adam and Eve did. In fact, they are still doing it today. We are all born into the original sin through fleshly conception and thereby destined for death. Therefore we all have to be begotten by the Spirit, like the Son of God was, and receive eternal life. God knows us all. HE knew that no one by himself would be able to obey His commandments. In His righteousness He gave the commandments, so that we might know our transgressions and realise our disobedience towards Him. If there was no divine law, we could never be convicted of our guilt and would never comprehend the necessity of forgiveness and redemption. We were born into this world as those separated from God, lost, without hope; therefore we do need redemption and reconciliation with Him. The conscience will speak to each and everyone, even to those who have never heard the divine message or have never read the Bible. Everyone knows when he is lying, when he is cheating, stealing or doing whatever is wrong and therefore prohibited. Our conscience bothers us immediately. All, rich or poor, good or bad, are guilty before God and are surely in need of salvation. No one should say, “I have not killed anybody, or otherwise committed any crime, so it cannot be all that bad.” The righteous judgement of God has come upon all of us and therefore we all must die. Nothing in life is as certain as death. Thus it is written, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement.” (Heb. 9:27).

Due to the fall the fellowship with God was broken. Nevertheless, He thought of us and made a way to Himself through the One Who could say, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (Jn. 14:6). The Lord in His infinite love and mercy came to us, that we might be able come to Him.

Since we sinned in this earthly body and became guilty, He had to come into a body of flesh and blood, and therein could vicariously as the innocent one take all our guilt and die for us and reconcile us with God. This happened in Jesus Christ, our Lord, Who cries out even today, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Mt. 11:28). The people who have come to Him in this way can, when their last hour arrives, commit their spirit into His hands and are assured that He will always give the same answer, “Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” (Lk. 23:43). Of course, whosoever purposely lives without Him will certainly die without Him. Only those who live and die in Christ will be saved (Rom. 14:7; Rev. 14:13).