Keep in mind: This is from a non-Christian viewpoint. It rests on worldly concerns. In fact, it's a bit New Age, even trans-humanist, especially at the end. However, it is an accurate portrayal of manipulation used by the elite to control the human population. It includes a large amount of psychology and sociology theory behind the use of manipulation. It's rather long, so don't click the link if you haven't got a couple hours to devote to it: 2030 Unmasked

I've run into a fairly consistent doctrine on the Net regarding Satanic movements. Typical of anything Satan does, it's a diversion, something meant to get you chasing things that don't matter.

It goes like this: There is a semi-secret cultic movement of Satanism that has begun more openly manifesting in the West. Here in the US, it shows up in stuff that has been been published rather quietly up to now. It doesn't register in the MSM. These Satanists have said that Christians have abandoned institutional control over parts of our daily life as humans. Thus, the Satanists have organized to move in and take control of government, the arts, education, etc. They will control those things so that they promote Satanism and snuff out the Christian way of life on the earth. In particular, there's always this threat of snuffing out Western Civilization. Satanism will be the culture of the future.

It sounds true to a lot of folks. And it is consistent with what some folks who call themselves Satanists have said all along throughout history. But as I've noted already, this is not what matters to God. What matters to God is not that we worry much about this world and it's affairs. We pour our energy into leaving this world and all its concerns. What matters to God is that we denounce this world as permanently broken and impossible to redeem. It is the fallen mortal existence, and not what God made us for.

We do not conquer this world by seizing control. We conquer this world by making it inconsequential.

As you might expect me to say, I am especially unconcerned about preserving Western Civilization. One of the biggest lies Satan has told mainstream Christians is that the West is the product of God working through His people to construct a better world. Somehow, Western Civilization has become the sacred blessing of God on this earth, as if it were the earthly manifestation of the Kingdom of Heaven. So these activists have fallen for this lie that Satan is trying to destroy the West and take away God's marvelous gift to humanity.

God help us -- what an awful lie. It's true that the institutional church of that time did more or less give birth to Western Civilization, by weaving together the remnants of the pagan Greco-Roman Civilization with the Germanic pagan culture to give birth to the Middle Ages. Oh, and let's not forget how that institutional church led the war to stop the Muslims taking over Europe and the rest of the world. That was what the church leadership did after they abandoned the ancient Hebraic viewpoint of Christ. The West is inherently anti-Christian.

So the biggest problem we have with Satanism today is that it has convinced mainstream Christians to chase this lie about what Satan actually wants to destroy. He's not after the West; the West is dying because God is pouring out His wrath on it. Satan wants to take credit for that, but to the degree he has the power to destroy the West, it's because God has commissioned him to do so as the agent of divine wrath. Meanwhile, a bunch of church folks are going to invest all kinds of resources into saving the West against God's plans.

There's no denying that Satan has seize control of Hollywood, along with government and much of Big Tech and Big Pharma. And it's true that Satan has his servants chasing all of that stuff, believing that they are rightfully predatory on American society. So much is published, if only obscurely. This is how Satan works in this world. But this has nothing to do with what God proclaims of interest to Him. Jesus was distinctly otherworldly when it comes to such concerns. The Bible says that human civilization and governments will come and go under His guidance without anyone involved in those things ever noticing His hands. That includes Islam. While the institutional church can take some credit for stopping the advance of Islam in Europe, they did so without any direct commission from God. They did so by leaving behind the Covenant of Christ and engaging in the things of this world.

And none of these worldly events matter much to His people, whose primary mission is to point out the path back to Eden, which was never in this world. The bulk of what God has for us in outside this world and this life. We leave in His hands what men do at large in this world; it's not our concern.

This is the  way I came upon Radixfidem : Owen Benjamin, Vox Day, Bruce Charlton, Synlogos, then one day last week radixfidem popped up on the Synlogos site. I really overlap with your heart-led thinking, Ed.  I have been reading through the archives and books of Ed at smashwords. It is a huge morale booster to find you guys, since I have  been on the hunt for serious Christians. It’s been only since 2014 Jesus revealed Himself to me. Many times I wanted to abandon the internet but I see He has me here for awhile longer.
Our home church consists of my oldest daughter and myself. Good thing that where two or more are gathered He is. 
I work as a delivery person and try to improve at gardening daily. I will, Lord willing, be checking in here daily and at the blog.

The other day someone made a feeble attempt to castigate me for not clinging to Luther's teachings. I told them Luther was not relevant to me. Up to the last writing of the Apostles, everything applies to us. After that, everything is optional.

Scripture is binding on us. Irenaeus, Origen and Augustine are not binding on us. None of the Church Fathers are binding on us. Thomas Acquinas is irrelevant. Martin Luther is irrelevant, as is John Calvin and everyone since those days. Sure, I've read their works. Their teachings were not Scripture. They don't apply to us; they are merely suggestions.

Someday, the stuff I write will become irrelevant. How hard is that to understand?

We are participating in our weekly prayer time at 5pm EST. Check out the prayer request forum for some prayer topics, but feel free to lift up your own.

You may also fast. There's no obligation or guidelines to how you should do it, or if you should do it at all. Just fast as the Lord leads and speaks to your convictions.

God bless you, bro! Enjoy the day.

We are participating in our weekly prayer time at 5pm EST. Check out the prayer request forum for some prayer topics, but feel free to lift up your own.

You may also fast. There's no obligation or guidelines to how you should do it, or if you should do it at all. Just fast as the Lord leads and speaks to your convictions.

I contend that churches have radically departed from the Word, and have led the people astray. But I felt burdened to confess my part in this awful thing. So rather like Isaiah in his prophetic word, I confessed how I participated at times in this terrible thing of misleading the people of God and keeping them from their promised blessings. I didn't see the visions Isaiah saw regarding the coal from the altar, but I believe it's the same way God handles things today. I can say with reverence before Him that we have unclean lips, that our confession has been defiled. So now I'm praying that He will correct me, and allow me to participate in the restoration of that lost heritage.

For now, the only mission field I have is church folks. I'm in a similar position as some of the Apostles, in that I'm not sent off to a foreign field for starting evangelism from zero. Rather, I have a very heavy burden for the people of God among American churches who aren't free to stand in the Covenant shalom. If I did like Paul and went to the worship houses already standing, I'd probably get run out in short order. That has already happened a couple of times. But then, we don't have an equivalent of the open market square where preaching is the norm.

So I'm left praying for the Lord to move a few here and there to be open to something more. And then it needs His miracle hand to bring them to me. I have no idea how we are going to cross paths, but I'm trusting Him to make this happen. None of this is new or shocking, only that it moves from the Internet to the real world. I'm waiting for some word to tell me how to go about this, or for Him to hit me with opportunities that currently don't exist.


But this is more than a prayer request. This is more like declaring a shift in emphasis. You will likely hear more about this on the blog, either directly or as the background for things I need to write about. This is the path that will provoke future teaching.

Tomorrow morning (Friday), I will be picking up a dear friend and taking her for surgery at a hospital in Raleigh. The surgery is quite complicated and because of other conditions that she suffers from, it can be a dangerous one. I will stay with her through the night if necessary to help her feel comfortable and safe. I pray that Father will give the doctors and nurses and other medical staff compassion, His wisdom and skills to ensure a successful surgery and recovery from sedation. She has had problems before waking up from anesthesia so we will need all the prayers we can get please.  Hopefully she will be able to be discharged on Saturday because typically this particular surgery does not require a stay longer than overnight. There will be some home healthcare involved and thankfully I do have experience with that and she only lives three houses away.  

Thank you, my precious family!