Orchestrated Chaos

I'm sure that most thinking people are troubled over the violence and disorder that plagues our nation in this season.  Our Government leaders are leaders in name only, as they do very little to stop the angry mob of anarchists.  Perhaps there's more going on behind the scenes than is apparent, for we know the media is dishonest and would not report it if there was.

Conditions me of Paul's letter to the Roman Christians when he wrote in the first chapter," For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened." I believe the turmoil we're experiencing is the result of just such a condition.  Our nation was founded on the biblical principles of the Christian faith. We knew and generally acknowledged Jesus Christ as the Son of God. Our culture reflected that belief and in spite of our mistakes and errors that, like any nation, are many, Christianity was the basis for law and order. It gave the culture a cohesiveness and a consistent view of ourselves, the world and reality. We as a nation have been gradually turning away from that view, and the more we turn from it, the more lawlessness, wrong doing, sin and perversions increase.  The condition of a culture in chaos that Paul describes in the rest of chapter one, is sadly reminiscent of ours today.

I'm just one person with one opinion, but I don't think we as a nation or as the church of Jesus Christ have a true grasp of the danger we are in. There is more to this than "tough politics," or political differences that are better left unspoken at dinner. The Covid pandemic in spite of it's 99% recovery rate, and with the great progress our nation has made in identifying and fighting it, is being used to sustain fear, create instability and exert manipulation. The overwhelming of our hospitals and health care system didn't happen. The death rate is high, but not as high as other illnesses that we live with each season. The numbers we're given in many cases have been exposed as being falsified and inflated. 

Black Lives Matter, that supposedly exists for the worthy goal of justice for blacks and others, has been hijacked by avowed Marxists who declare their affiliation to that doctrine openly. They've threatened to,"burn down," the system and our American way of life. Many blacks are, once again, being duped and played by leftists who have instigated and fought for their enslavement throughout our history.

There is an orchestrated chaos that is fueled by the promised spirit of anti-christ, that has been active and identified by the Apostles from the beginning. This activity is expressed into our nation via wicked government people at federal and state and local levels, vomited into our homes via the media and a fake patriotism reminding us that,"We're all in this together." Even denominational leaders seem to buy into the machinery and write articles and give talks that parrot the prevailing narrative, rather than being the prophetic voice that is our real need.

N.T Wright, a theologian and professor, wrote of the need to "lament."   That is, the church should weep and grieve over the sins that have brought on the darkened cultural conditions that prevail currently. We should confess our own sins, intercede for the sins of our nation, and call upon Christ Jesus to bring healing in the form of a true Holy Spirit awakening. I appreciate his perspective and take his admonition seriously. Nations, ours included, have been in similar chaotic conditions before. Destruction seemed imminent. Yet, when the followers of Jesus assembled to pray,{ it didn't take a big crowd often times it was only a handful of awakened souls},  Jesus answered.

The Assemblies of God began with just such a small group of people seeking the Lord. Led by an black pastor, William Seymour, it soon grew into a great Pentecostal movement that is still impacting the world for the cause of Christ.  Sadly, and to our shame, in those early days we succumbed to the racist narrative prevailing in that day and segregated ourselves. I'm glad to write that we have confessed that, and have and continue to take steps to make that wrong right, and to stand for justice for everyone.  All lives matter to Christ.  My hope is that we will seek our Lord Jesus Christ and hear His word of truth. I pray we will be the prophetic voice we were called to be in the days of Pastor Seymour. I pray we will not succumb to the prevailing narrative in our day.