LEMMINGS
The lot of lemmings â Martin Zender
âLemmings are rodents that supposedly run
off cliffs together, committing mass suicide.
This is what happens, metaphorically,
to members of religious sects. Because
they are continually surrounded by
each other, and mindlessly accept whatever
they are taught by institutionally
trained âexperts,â they get the sense that
they are âall right.â And yet they are not.
They are simply all wrong at the same
time and in the same place.
One of the largest religious sects, Christianity,
is so deceived that it thinks its members
are the only ones who will be with
God for eternity. This sort of exclusivity
(the eternal variety) is a sure sign of
religious sectarianism.
The common lot of humanity is death.
Butâthanks to Christâthe common lot of
humanity is also eternal life. The difference
between those who believe truth and
those who donât is timing; it is a difference
of when each person emerges from death,
into life. Those who believe now emerge
early; they liveâand some of them reign
with Christâfor two future eons. The rest
of humankind remain dead until the great
white throne judgment. After this judgment,
some go to the new earth as mortals,
some to the second death. When the second
death is abolished, however, all will
have eternal life.
For now, the mass of humanityâreligious
and otherwiseâis rushing over the cliff of
death. The only thing able to stop this tide
is the miracle of God-given faith. For now,
God gives faith to few. Later, He will give
it to all.
If you have escaped lemminghood, thank God.â