The War Against God
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Science has continued to provide the necessary evidence to deny a supernatural God's existence. It is for that reason Paul ended his first letter to Timothy with these words of warning: “O Timothy, keep that [Faith] which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and the oppositions of science falsely so called: which some professing have erred concerning the faith” (1 Timothy 6:20–21, KJV). Even in Paul’s day, science was causing people to lose faith.
From
my early school days, Darwin and his Theory of Evolution challenged God's
creative work. While Darwin’s
ideas initially challenged long-held scientific and religious belief systems,
opposition to much of Darwin’s thinking among the scientific communities of the
English-speaking world essentially collapsed in the decades following the
publication of On the Origin of Species. Yet evolution continued to
be vigorously rejected by British and American churches because, religious
leaders publicly argued, the theory directly contradicted the Word of God and many
of the core teachings of the Christian faith.
Many agree that the teaching of Science was representative
in the Garden of Eve as the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. God cautioned
Adam and Eve to refrain from partaking in the fruit and relying on the
knowledge he gave them.
Genesis 1:1 says, “In the beginning, God created
the heavens and earth.” The Big Bang Theory is a new-age
explanation of how the universe began. It came with the exploration of
space. It says the universe as we know it started with an infinitely hot and
dense single point that inflated and stretched — first at unimaginable speeds
and then at a more measurable rate — over the next 13.7 billion years to the
still-expanding cosmos that we know today.
These
and other theories seek to explain the creation and how the universe
began. These theories rely upon the world's
knowledge, good and evil. God warned
Adam of it when he warned him not to partake of the Tree of the Knowledge of
Good and Evil. In preparation for his
next war, the Devil informed Eve that she would become like God if she partook
of the tree's fruit. The cumulative
effect of humanity's thirst for knowledge has enabled God's creation to challenge
the throne of God.
In this age of wokeness and political correctness,
it is not inconceivable that humanity would have the audacity to cast aside their
belief in the Bible and declare war on the Word of God. The
insolent charlatan priests practicing their quackery and confidence tricks to
obtain money, power, fame, and other advantages through pretense or deception
assured the masses that a war with God was unthinkable and impossible. Their reason is that God is a God of love, and
regardless of how we turn away from Him, he will never turn his back on us.
There is a non-sanction war going on. What I
mean by that phrase is there is a war against God, but no one has openly
declared this war because to do so is to admit God exists. This war is not between two countries trying
to solve their petty grievous. It is not
about cultural differences or social justice. It is a war that pits man’s order
against God’s order. The thought of a war against God does not appeal to the
masses because our subconscious teaches us that a war against God will not end well.
Science has created a level of deniability;
the world can speculate what it would be like without God. World leaders search for solutions for overpopulation,
crime, and climate change, to no avail. Our once-prosperous cities and
communities are becoming crime-ridden, and hope and common sense are fading.
In 2nd Chronicles 7:14, The Lord
spoke unto the prophet and said, “ If my people,
which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my
face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will
forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” This verse, which many have
been quoting without context and sharing on social media since the pandemic,
has become the anchor of the faithful.
Prayer warriors have taken to the street, imploring God to move mightily. Too often, we wonder,” Did God hear my prayer?”
In the
Old Testament, God made many promises to the children of Israel. There is an
unspoken truth; those promises do not apply to the New Testament Church. Too many of God’s people are standing by,
waiting for God to part the Red Sea, and we are about to get overrun by
Pharoh’s army.
There
is no more powerful message than to speak of how God is moving. It is akin to the message of the Emperor’s
new clothes. When I look out over the
landscape, I see God's silence. When the heat wave parches the land, the thunder
roll, and the lightning flashing, I can feel the anger of God, but to me, God
is silent. If God was silent between the
law and the dispensation of grace for at least four hundred years, then maybe
we should respect his silence.
In the
Old Testament, the children of Israel were encouraged to stand still and see
the salvation of God. In the New Testament, Paul stated, “Put on the whole armor of God,” a phrase from the Bible found
in Ephesians 6:11-18. The phrase is a metaphor for Christians' spiritual warfare
and protection
as they fight against evil. The armor of God includes the belt of truth,
the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of peace, the shield of faith, the
helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit. Christians today demand that God solve our problems, and it seems he
fails to act. In the eyes of the world,
we are shaming the God of our salvation. Under the dispensation of the Law, God’s
justice would have prevailed, and the fear of God would have healed the land.
Now I
have used the word “dispensations,” which creates confusion for some. 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 and spend wasted moments debating the issue. When Christians
argue with other Christians, the Word of God suffers. Churches have split
because they could not agree if there were three, five, or seven. Confusion is a tactic of war. Winning the
battle is easy if the enemy can get the collation [church] members arguing.
My
focus is not on the number of dispositions, whether seven, five, or three are
even none, but on how and when God punishes those who sin against him. In the ancient days, in the Old Testament, we
know God’s judgment against sin was swift. In the New Testament, we learned
that judgment will occur when Christ returns.
Because of this anomaly, I 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.
