misinterpretation. let me see if I can rephrase my post, and get both of us passed the language differences, and onto the same page, ok?
My original post:
"What it tells us is that we live in a hostile environment, where the natives are determined to kill both the young and the elderly as quickly as possible. Salvation is indeed our only hope."
from the first part of the first sentence: we as Christians live in a world that is usually hostile to us and to our spiritual beliefs, because in the world today, there is a great resurgence of other political beliefs, which tend to run along the lines of Socialist, Marxist, Atheist, and Communist thinking.
(none of those beliefs are native to either the USA or to Denmark, by the way.).
Those other beliefs which are contrary to Christianity have been gaining ground in the last few centuries, to the point that they have many influential followers who themselves have a great deal of political and economic power.
The reference to the natives means that this world, although created by God, first became the habitation of Satan when he was thrown out of Heaven, and down to Earth as it's first inhabitant, along with his followers, the rebellious angels who followed his ideas in opposition to God.
Adam and Eve, created by God, and intended to rule over the Earth, were tricked by satan into false beliefs that in turn led to their fall from God's grace. So now instead of a beautiful world populated by two perfect people who loved and followed God, we now had satan who tricked everyone (and still does today).
God saw that, and He knew that only an intervention could possibly save mankind and get things back on track the way God always wanted them to go. He is still working on that plan, by the way, but through His grace and His mercy, He stays his hand of retribution until all the evil that can possibly be done by satan has been.
Only then will His retribution be meted out on satan and his followers, who will be locked away forever, and will suffer the wrath of God forever.
Then at last, God will recreate both a new Heaven and a new Earth: free of all taint of sin. And things will finally be as God always intended that they be.
The reference to the natives refers to those who were tricked by satan who planned to overthrow God Himself and rule over this Earth and Heaven, and to those who are still subject to satan and his influences today.
P.S. By God's grace, my own ancestors on my paternal grandmother's side come from Aarhus, Denmark, and they were Christians.
Some of her family went on to become missionaries who served in 3 different countries, teaching and baptizing, while others were Christian ministers and Conference speakers.
I have Christians on both sides of my family. On my father's grandfather's side the Christians go all the way back for more than 12 generations. And on my mother's side of the family I can trace back Christian ancestors who included one of the Pilgrims who sailed to Plymouth Rock.
So yes, by the grace of God, I have huge shoes to fill.
