Christ was hated. The prophets foretold Christ’s rejection and death as part of God’s plan for our redemption. He declared, “My kingdom is not of this world” (John:18:36Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
See All...). He came to call out of this world disciples for heavenly citizenship: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt…but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven…. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matthew:6:19-21 [19] Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
[20] But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
[21] For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
See All...). But Antichrist, Satan’s false messiah, will be worshiped by the world.