What does Anathema Maranatha mean?

1 Corinthians 16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.

1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.


maranatha means...LORD COME QUICKLY.

Anathema means....Separated; set apart

I love that the LORD, has set us apart, and that we desire HIS PRESENCE! I often find myself praying, that "not my will, LORD, but YOUR WILL." And I usually follow this by, "LORD, come quickly!" We need the LORD in all things! And we need to be in HIS PRESENCE. Being seperated from the world, yet, we live in the world. GOD has thought of everything, for us! HE has made us to be set apart from the world, while we live in it. I Peter 2 goes on to call us a pecular people. But before that, it calls us chosen, royal priesthood and a holy nation! GOD thinks highly of us, that are HIS.

1 Peter 2, verses 9-10 (KJV)

9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.