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Elijah believed this applied to Charles Darwin himself. ''Charles Darwin was of his father, the devil,'' he would say, knowing that Darwin’s rejection of God had sealed his fate. Elijah believed that even now, Darwin was burning in hell, suffering like the rich man in torment, awaiting the final judgment when he would be cast into the lake of fire. | Elijah believed this applied to Charles Darwin himself. ''Charles Darwin was of his father, the devil,'' he would say, knowing that Darwin’s rejection of God had sealed his fate. Elijah believed that even now, Darwin was burning in hell, suffering like the rich man in torment, awaiting the final judgment when he would be cast into the lake of fire. | ||
More importantly, Elijah knew that salvation was only through the cross of Christ. As Paul declared in '''1 Corinthians 2:2''', ''For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.'' Darwinists had not been saved by Christ’s crosswork, and thus they remained children of their father, the devil. He often warned others that without repentance and faith in the finished work of the cross, they would share the fate described in '''Revelation 20:15''', ''And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.'' This eternal truth gave Elijah strength to remain steadfast in his faith, knowing that judgment would come upon those who sought destruction and rebellion against God. | In his meditations, Elijah often thought of two allegories that resonated with the dilemma of those trapped in worldly power. The first was from Jesus’ parable of the vineyard in '''Matthew 21:33-41'''. The tenants, entrusted with a vineyard, grew greedy and killed the landowner’s servants and son, hoping to seize the inheritance. Their fate was destruction, a reminder that rebellion against God’s rightful authority leads to judgment. Elijah saw the Darwinist as one of these tenants—living in defiance of God, seeking to control what was not theirs, only to face condemnation. | ||
The second allegory was from a secular source: Ted Kaczynski’s story of the strong and weak neighbors. When the strong neighbor grows sick, the weak neighbor faces the question of whether to reclaim his stolen land or eliminate the strong man entirely. To Elijah, this parable illustrated the cycles of human conflict and domination that Darwinism justified—one group oppressing another, followed by endless retaliation. But unlike Kaczynski, Elijah knew that the answer was not violent overthrow but salvation through Christ. The cycles of human sin could only be broken by the power of God’s grace. | |||
More importantly, Elijah knew that salvation was only through the cross of Christ. As Paul declared in '''1 Corinthians 2:2''', ''For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.'' Darwinists had not been saved by Christ’s crosswork, and thus they remained children of their father, the devil. He often warned others that without repentance and faith in the finished work of the cross, they would share the fate described in '''Revelation 20:15''', ''And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.'' | |||
However, Elijah also saw hope. Unlike the parable of the tenants, where destruction was final, the gospel offered redemption through grace. Even the most hardened Darwinist could repent and be saved. This eternal truth gave Elijah strength to remain steadfast in his faith, knowing that judgment would come upon those who sought destruction and rebellion against God, but that salvation awaited those who trusted in Christ alone. | |||
==The Collapse of Civilization== | ==The Collapse of Civilization== | ||