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Response to Assyrianism

May-18-2001 at 03:21 PM (UTC+3 Nineveh, Assyria)

Last edited by j_sorisho on May-18-2001 at 03:25 PM (CT)

Last edited by j_sorisho on May-18-2001 at 03:24 PM (CT)

There is no room for exorbitant
Assyrian Nationalism in Christianity. Christianity is first and foremost in our lives. We are members of Christ's church and his body. This is our first citizenry. Our second citizenry is in governmental institutions, and this second citizenry is no where near as important as the first. Being in the community of Christ saves the entirety of our being, whereas being in the community of a nation (with its religion subservient to it) cannot grant us an eternal life or eternal damnation. Nationality is never as important as the love one has for the Triune Godhead, including the person of Christ and the Holy Spirit. Assyrianism is never superior to our Holy God. A working understanding our Assyrianism can never facilitate our belief in Christ.

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1. RE: Response to Assyrianism

Nov-28-2001 at 09:59 PM (UTC+3 Nineveh, Assyria)

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J Sorisho:

I want to comment on this post you have written.

I myself am not an Assyrian, but rather Syriac/Maronite. However, I love my Assyrian cousins dearly, and am a dogged defender of their right to exist as a people. Though you are correct in saying that Assyrianism is never superior to a holy God - no "ism" is, actually - I want to clarify a very important aspect here of why the Assyrian national issue is important to our Christian faith. You see, throughout the annals of time, God has raised up many nations and peoples to fulfill his sovereign purpose. The most important of these are the Jewish people, through whom the heritage of our salvation comes. God is not through with Israel yet at all, and they are still His people - the Bible is full of prophecies, covenants, etc., dealing with Israel. Likewise, there are prophecies pertaining to the Assyrians, Lebanon, the Copts, Ethiopia, and other nations that God has, and will still, use to fulfill what He wants to do. My answer to your question then is YES, God DOES deal with nations and He uses them to bring to pass what He has ordained. However, I will also hasten to say that His will is that ALL nations come to a saving knowledge of His Son, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. These seemingly contradictory concepts actually are not contradictory at all - God uses different peoples and nations to carry out His will, which ultimately is the redemption of sinful mankind.
Assyrianism and Christianity are not mutually exclusive my friend - on the contrary, it is necessary for the Assyrian national identity to be kept alive, for prophecies are to be fulfilled that will lead up to the Glorious Appearing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, when He wil crush Satan forever and establish His reign on the earth. The Assyrians, as well as the Jews, have a special role in all this. That is why I truly believe radical Islam and fascist pan-Arabism are of the devil himself, for Satan knows God has called Assyria to greatness, and thus he wants to destroy God's people any way he can. The greatest weapon Satan has against the Assyrian people now is pan-Arabism; it's an ideology from the pits of hell that seeks to blot out of existence the very nations God wants to use. So yes, Assyrianism, if taken in its proper context, DOES facilitate a belief in Christ, and so does Zionism - both have a greater purpose, my friend, and I challenge you to study Bible prophecy more so you can see God at work. Shlomo.

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Assyria \ã-'sir-é-ä\ n (1998)   1:  an ancient empire of Ashur   2:  a democratic state in Bet-Nahren, Assyria (northern Iraq, northwestern Iran, southeastern Turkey and eastern Syria.)   3:  a democratic state that fosters the social and political rights to all of its inhabitants irrespective of their religion, race, or gender   4:  a democratic state that believes in the freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture in faithfulness to the principles of the United Nations Charter — Atour synonym

Ethnicity, Religion, Language
» Israeli, Jewish, Hebrew
» Assyrian, Christian, Aramaic
» Saudi Arabian, Muslim, Arabic
Assyrian \ã-'sir-é-an\ adj or n (1998)   1:  descendants of the ancient empire of Ashur   2:  the Assyrians, although representing but one single nation as the direct heirs of the ancient Assyrian Empire, are now doctrinally divided, inter sese, into five principle ecclesiastically designated religious sects with their corresponding hierarchies and distinct church governments, namely, Church of the East, Chaldean, Maronite, Syriac Orthodox and Syriac Catholic.  These formal divisions had their origin in the 5th century of the Christian Era.  No one can coherently understand the Assyrians as a whole until he can distinguish that which is religion or church from that which is nation -- a matter which is particularly difficult for the people from the western world to understand; for in the East, by force of circumstances beyond their control, religion has been made, from time immemorial, virtually into a criterion of nationality.   3:  the Assyrians have been referred to as Aramaean, Aramaye, Ashuraya, Ashureen, Ashuri, Ashuroyo, Assyrio-Chaldean, Aturaya, Chaldean, Chaldo, ChaldoAssyrian, ChaldoAssyrio, Jacobite, Kaldany, Kaldu, Kasdu, Malabar, Maronite, Maronaya, Nestorian, Nestornaye, Oromoye, Suraya, Syriac, Syrian, Syriani, Suryoye, Suryoyo and Telkeffee. — Assyrianism verb

Aramaic \ar-é-'máik\ n (1998)   1:  a Semitic language which became the lingua franca of the Middle East during the ancient Assyrian empire.   2:  has been referred to as Neo-Aramaic, Neo-Syriac, Classical Syriac, Syriac, Suryoyo, Swadaya and Turoyo.

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