Why is humanity so divided?

 

Why is humanity so divided?

Humanity as everyone can clearly see is grossly divided, whether it is racial, ethnical, political, religious, and denominational or whatever the case may be, but the logical question we all should be asking ourselves is why! Why all this divisions when it is clearly stated that, “God has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,”

Now, not only has He pre-appointed the boundaries of their dwellings but has also given them the identical purpose for their existence which is, “ so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring” (Acts 17:26-28).

In order to resolve this global issue one has to find the root cause of the problem and deal with it from the roots and not merely dealing with the effects. Now the root cause of this global situation that is causing so much contentions and divisions among human beings is Satan who has deceived the whole world.

For we have been admonished saying, “And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him” (Revelation 12:7-9).

Let us note carefully the manner by which we are to seek the Lord in order to find Him, the way we will find the Lord is by groping for Him although He is not far from anyone one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our existence, He is the vine and we are the branches, nevertheless, in order to find Him we are to grope for Him, the question is why?

The fact that we are to grope for the Lord in order to find Him signifies that we are blind or we are walking in darkness or both and there is no light in us. Therefore, our first duty is to seek for the light and find it. This light as proclaimed and witnessed by John the Baptist is Jesus Christ and His kingdom, for it is written; “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was thetrue Light which gives light to every man coming into the world” (John 1:6-9).

Thus signifying that, before the arrival of Jesus Christ the world was in darkness and was under the control and dominion of the kingdom of darkness, as eluded to by Jesus Christ who said, “And this is the condemnation that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God" (John 3:19-21).

Light and truth are synonymous and therefore, signifies that before the advent of Jesus Christ the whole world was living in lies and in complete darkness under the sway of the devil and humanity were by nature children of the devil as we have been admonished saying; “You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me” (John 8:44-45).

The sad reality is, from the time Adam surrendered his authority and dominion to Satan in the Garden of Eden by partaking of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and was sent out from the garden, Satan has been the god of this world and mankind has been living under his dominion.

 Hence the reason why Satan was able to take Jesus to a high mountain and, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time and said to Him, "All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours" (Luke: 5-7).

Jesus Christ Himself in consoling His disciples said to them; “You have heard Me say to you, 'I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for My Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.” (John 14:28-30).

Therefore, the worse cloud of deception that is hovering over planet earth which is causing much chaos and confusions is the false belief and perception that we are all children of God when in truth and in fact we were all citizens of the kingdom of darkness and were by nature children of wrath.

To be continued

With brotherly love 

Lucius Joseph