A War Against God.
Part 1
"We have forsaken our God for baubles
and chosen the path of hate. Now the eve of destruction is upon us, and we have
no hope for tomorrow, for we have cast aside our God and are staring into the
abyss."
The greatest weapon employed by the Devil is
the “Confusion of Christianity.” This weapon is of the Devil, but Christians engage
it from within. This confusion erodes the weak's faith from within, leaving
those standing on the outside bewildered. That being said, for consideration, I
submit the number of dispensations in the Bible varies according to
different theologians, but usually, seven are the accepted number. These
are Innocence, Conscience, Human Government, Promise, Law, Grace, and Kingdom. Some
will disagree with that statement and spend wasted moments debating the issue. When Christians
argue with other Christians, the Word of God suffers. My focus is not on whether seven, five, or
three are even none but on how and when God punishes those who sin against him. We know that God’s judgment against sin was
swift in the Old Testament. In the New Testament, judgment will take place when
Christ returns. Because of this anomaly,
we use the dispensations of Law and Grace to separate how God deals with his
creation. Because God seemly no longer
reacts violently to sin, the fear of God has diminished, and God’s order has
been declared irrelevant.
Who has counted the cost and instituted plans
for war with God's order? What nation has accepted the role of leadership and
dared to declare God irrelevant in modern-day society? What race, what culture
has taken the lead in debasing themselves, their country, and the will of God?
Some will consider these questions foolish, rhetorical, or even racist, but
whether you believe in God or not, this is a declaration of war with God. A war
with God does not end well.
With all the knowledge and examples available
to humanity, Christian theologians, minority cultures, and groups that once
existed on the fringes of society have decided to go to war against God, not a
face-to-face confrontation but a fight to change the Word of God. That old Satan
has learned that the perfect war is not to attack God but to change or
reinterpret God's words. The use of the phrase reinterpretation of the Bible
carries a bad connotation. It usually means dissatisfaction with the accepted
interpretation, and someone is seeking to change the meaning of the scripture. Some will argue that God’s word will never
change because the Bible validates that his word will stand forever.
At first, it was adapting the scripture to a
native language, but good intentions opened the door of abuse. Now we are adapting the Word of God to accommodate
different lifestyles, even defining the color of a supernatural God. If we can
change the Word of God, can the God of old still exist?
The
Bible has provided a recorded history of God's involvement with his
creation. From the day of conception, The
Word of God was a thorn in the side of those seeking control and power. This desire for control was not limited to
politicians and worldly leaders. It manifested itself in the churches also. For this reason, many attempted to rewrite or
even destroy the Bible. Leaders sought
ways to shred the image of a God in control of the universe, a God that demanded
total obedience from his subjects.
The
Bible has significantly impacted our court systems, schools, and home and has
existed as a protected book in most Western cultures. There was a time when taking a stand against
the Bible would lead to condemnation, banishment, and even execution.
We
can trace the origin of the war against the Bible in the United States
back to the early days of the public school movement when socialists, atheists,
and other fringe groups vehemently rejected the God-centered worldview of the
Founding Fathers and sought to secularize education and substitute salvation
through scientific education than by redemption through Christ, proclaiming
that humanity was in control of its destiny.
However, it wasn’t until the turn of the
last century and the rise of the progressive education movement that the war on
God in many developed nations took on the militancy that characterizes it
today. The progressives were primarily members of the Protestant academic elite
and gullible depressed groups who no longer believed in the religion of their
fathers and transferred their faith to science, evolution, and psychology.
The scientific method provided the means
to acquire complete knowledge of the material world, evolution explained the
origin of life and man, and psychology provided the scientific standards for
studying man’s nature and programming his behavior. In the progressive scheme
of things, there was no need for a supernatural religion.
With the providential gate now open,
depressed groups who felt forsaken by God and the country were quick to join
the march to freedom from a religion they considered depressive and irrelevant.
Leading the parade were those who had
become dissatisfied with the presentation of Christ.
Several
things had to take place for the war against God to proceed. Because of America's
position and arrogance, she had to prove to the world that she was a color-blind
society, and the church had to accept God as a God of love and not a God of vengeance.
No longer would the churches embrace hate
messages, and God’s anger would be tempered with love. The
final act was when the president's subsequent call to arms was for those dissatisfied
with the power of the police.
Early in the 21st century, the
progressives embarked on a mission to change America from a capitalist,
individualistic, and believing society into a socialist, collectivist, atheist,
or humanist society. They were motivated by the need to prove God's
nonexistence or irrelevance and deal with the age-old problem of evil. What was it, what caused it, and how humanity
could eliminate it became a subject of academic speculation.
A proxy war is an armed conflict
between two states or non-state actors, one or both acting
at the instigation or on behalf of other parties not directly involved in the
hostilities. For a conflict to be considered a proxy war, there must be a
direct, long-term relationship between external actors and the belligerents. The previous relationship usually involves
funding, training, arms, or other forms of material assistance which assist a
belligerent party in sustaining its war effort.
The
primary purpose of a proxy war is to avoid direct conflict and its
consequences for the two main sides. However, this may
not always be effective or beneficial. For example, the
United States supports worldwide groups under the banner of BLM and LGBT+,
fighting for culture and gender equality.
When the president of the United
States of America went on national television and declared that America was not
a Christian Nation, the blowback was minimal.
The speaker of these words identified himself as Afro-American. Leaders,
vocal pundits, and even preachers scrambled to justify his remarks. Those shocked at his comments became a
part of the silent majority.
One of the significant factors that
contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire was the rise of the new religion,
Christianity. One would think that the rise of Christianity would have ensured
the prolonged existence of the Empire because they were aligning their values
with the one God concept, but this was not the case.
The monotheistic Christian religion
ran counter to the traditional Roman belief, which was polytheistic (many
gods). Therefore, at different times, the Romans persecuted the Christians. As a side note, The persecution of Christians was a favorite pastime.
to be continued
