Fundamental to my ministry: Nobody should have to put up with me if they don’t want to. I don’t take myself that seriously. I take my mission seriously. That’s part of why, on the old blog, I made jokes about voices in my head. If the Spirit of the Lord doesn’t call you to heed my message, then it’s not for you. Even the miracles you witness first-hand give you a chance to plausibly deny what you witness. Just so, when the Lord deals with me, you need a chance to say, “That’s not for me.”
In that sense, I still have voices in my head. Someone asked me whether they are saying anything new. Yep. It’s something just as crazy as the other stuff I’ve said in the past. You don’t need to pay attention, but I need to share what they say.
I’ve said that, in order for my sense of mission calling to have meaning, there has to be a logic of what to expect. That’s the fragile part, because it rests on what I’ve seen so far, and my best understanding of what the Bible says about human nature, particularly human nature at large. I’ve been wrong about that stuff in the past, but it’s all I have to go on right now. If you assume nothing, you’ll do nothing. Still the results are always in God’s hands.
You can walk alongside as close as you like, for as long as you like. If God doesn’t convince you, nothing I can add will make it easier to swallow.
My sense of mission calling is to pray and expect a substantial exodus from the mainstream churches. At this point, I see churches as a system, in that they all share certain false assumptions about who Christ is and what He requires of us. Despite the apparent wide variation in doctrine, all of them are closer together than any of them are to what the Lord has given me to follow. Whether my doctrine is any better than theirs remains to be seen, but I know what God requires of me.
In order for that exodus to happen, something will have to expose their true nature and make folks uncomfortable with the system. The leadership would have to compromise with something that just feels wrong, whether folks can verbalize it or not. It’s that thing about the Beast and Harlot Church; people will need to see it in those terms and come out from among the false leaders. Nothing I can do will make that happen; it will be a miracle of God’s own hand.
Given the current situation, I don’t see Biden and company doing that. Their open hostility to churches in the first place isn’t likely to bring about a compromise. And from what I’ve seen — and been praying for — the states are quite willing to resist anything like that. Nothing Biden demands from churches will get anywhere because it’s entirely hostile.
But what if Trump made some kind of comeback? Yeah, I still expect that to happen. My heart still insists that Trump is going to win somehow, though probably not in the way his fans wish. But there’s nobody else on the Republican side who has that stature, so it just about has to be Trump. I can’t see the details in my limited vision of things, but he’s not finished yet, and he’s going to stir things up that will feel like a civil war.
If there’s anyone who can seduce the Harlot Church, it’s Trump. Something in the mixture of backing among Zionists and neocons is very dirty; they will seek to compromise churches.
Side note: There is a big difference between Zionists and neocons. I’ve already linked to an article that explains how Leo Strauss, the father of neocons, was very strong against Zionism. He wanted Jews to remain stateless so they can exercise a far stronger leverage in world politics. It’s that sympathy over the Holocaust thing. His disciples are quite willing to throw Israel under the bus for their own agenda’s sake. But both neocons and Zionists are perfectly willing to seduce the church leadership for their ends.
And most Zionists are actually church folks in the first place. Read the stuff Alan Stang wrote about this. It is the real danger for churches. I’m convinced that some unseen move is coming that will polarize the religious system. It doesn’t even have to be about Israel; it’s a cultural identity at work on a lot of different questions. But something is coming that will shock the consciences of a lot of people. Those that embrace it will continue on with the system, and I suspect that’s the majority. But some folks will not go along with it. That latter group is what I see turning away from the system and looking for a better answer.
That’s the people I seek to serve. I still weep at how God’s people have for centuries left unclaimed the divine heritage of revelation. They don’t know shalom. Satan has bound them to a raft of lies that keeps them under his thumb, and I want to set free as many as I can. From where I stand now, that’s limited to the folks who manage to hit bottom, as it were, and finally become aware of the abuse.
I’m utterly certain the Lord has planned this; His hand has been working toward this for a very long time. I’m just privileged to be a part of it. Yes, I could believe that the Radix Fidem way is the best answer for every human called of God. But human history shows that the majority of those for whom this treasure was given will never see it. I can’t even find, much less rescue, all the lost sheep of the Kingdom. But the way I see it, if I can just share this with a tiny handful, God will use them to spread it farther, to lives I’ll never touch. It’s not about me, but the message.
Yeah, I still have voices in my head.
