January 12...
...is quite an interesting date for Jesus. As the main function of Jesus is to sort out the fate of souls into Heaven (occasionally) or Hell (most of the time), He is principally interested in people and less keen on events. January 12 has provided our Savior some relaxed and easy tasks regarding the fate of sinners, but He has also observed some interesting cases requiring more contemplation.
Let us start with an easy case:
a Hellbound atheist pagan scum. January 12
1876 was the birthday of
Jack London, one of the most disgusting authors ever to have trod on the face of the earth, He was an
atheist. He considered men to be related to
mosquitoes as evidenced by this quote: "I believe that when I am dead, I am dead. I believe that with my death I am just as much obliterated as the last mosquito you and I squashed."
John 3:18
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Mr. London, an atheist in
Hell. Glory!
Mr. London was also a
racist and a
socialist and an "animal-rights" left-wing
activist, but of course the atheism alone would have been enough to send Him into
Hell in 1916. He wrote quite a few books of deplorable quality. Among these the most infamous are probably "The She Wolf", "The Iron Heel" (about shoe fetishes I presume but I certainly am not going to read it) and "Before Adam" (there was
only God and Jesus and Holy Ghost during that time for your information
).
Another easy decision. An uppity woman writer Agatha Christie met her Creator on
January 12, 1976. Her principal sin was adultery, abandoning her husband during her infamous 1926 "disappearance".
Jeremiah 3:9
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Mrs. Christie, the harlot in
Hell. Adultery did not do good to her complexion and composure.
In addition to
harlotry, Mrs. Christie was a
spiritualist who worshiped evil
demons and used the knowledge she had thus gathered as raw material for her fiction (I have not read any and I am proud of that). She also openly discarded all belief in the unchanging God in a quote as follows: "If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody."
Easy cases, routine for Jesus. However,
January 12 1893 saw the birth of
Mr. Hermann Göring, a tough case. When he died in 1946 by his own hand (but there is some controversy about that, see below), there was a
window of opportunity for him between the taking of the poison and actual death that was
more than enough for thorough
repentance,
acceptance of Christ and Spiritual
Rebirth as a True Christian™.
Luke 15:7
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Mr. Göring at the age of 14.
Oh, boy! If someone needed repentance it was Mr. Göring. We must admit that he was a
mass-murderer and a morphin addict that during the last moments of his life probably mistook the cyanide for morphine leading to his premature death. He also received many honors from ungodly nations, the worst of which was the Swiss decoration "Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword of Sweden".
Only Jesus knows where Mr. Göring is currently residing. Some nice quotes by Göring, however, seem to make the alternative of Heaven more likely as suggested by this gentle utterance: "I am a man who is basically opposed to atrocities or ungentlemanly actions." As True Christians™ we must hope for the salvation of
everybody and live in the expectation of meeting also Mr. Göring in Heaven. If he got there, we can be absolutely sure that based on Luke 15:7 he would be o
ne of the most cherished companions of Christ. Jesus is righteous in His Judgment.
Praise Him!
Yours in Christ,
Elmer
