Woke means “awakened”, fool!

The battle has come to my front door. In the course of the time that’s passed between my last blog post and this one, personal attacks on my character, name, and reputation have continued unabated and now I find myself in a position where those who are sworn to help such people are too afraid to help. Why? Because those who consider themselves “awakened” have made it their mission to prevent such things happening anymore. Far from the river of justice that they’ve promised to their acolytes, the only thing possible now is a river of injustice. And while they’ve got me to blame they are content (and quite obviously utterly complacent), to let me take the blame.

Why are they so complacent? Why, indeed! You only need to read the bible with anything resembling an open and unbiased mind to find example after example where God himself points directly to their behaviour and condemns it. Do you really need me to show you such examples? Are you also so utterly deluded that your version of the truth only includes the sound bites of scripture that these so-called “woke” individuals have made their truth? Do you read the bible and read that “we are all sons of God” and then consequently spend your life swanning through the corridors of power which you infest, without ever considering that the scriptures actually say, “we are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus”? Do you consider yourself to be an ambassador of Christ, without adhering to any of the eternal truths that he makes clear in his word, for example?

Where do we start with such people. “I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices” – mercy!? And have you seen these people in their churches on Sundays, swinging their arms around wildly, singing how much they love God!? Indeed you should go to church but my advice would be not to stay – not if you require any kind of mercy, at any rate! They consider one person of importance in their lives and it is by no means God! Yes the first commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your strength but the second (given by their own Jesus the Christ!) is to love their neighbour as themself! The two things are in fact the same thing! Which bit don’t they understand? Would they want to be lied about and ridiculed, and isolated that the devil may destroy them? Not by any means, although unfortunately they are now destined to be so treated!

The current machinations against me in the world are cruel and unyielding but fortunately for me they’re also extremely crude, ill-informed, and unthinkably stupid and as such I’ve got more than a fighting chance of fending off these demonic attacks, not least because along with their other delusions my enemies have convinced themselves of two utterly mendacious “truths”. Firstly that they are inerrantly and morally superior to me and ineffably correct in everything they do; and secondly that I am without any level of skill, spiritual or otherwise, in the world we live in. And as they are pursuing any means, foul or fair, in order to “bring me to justice in the world”, they have also gravely misjudged yet another of the solemn truths their God left them with in the world that they assume to govern so expertly: “Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.” Evidently and quite predictably they only heard the first part of this verse: “And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.” Isn’t it great to have such knowledgeable leaders?

Now because we are clearly at war (if not in the local community, then certainly in the world at large), let me expound this verse by way of another pithy example from a more practical treatise: “Therefore, in your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise: – 1) Which of the two sovereigns is imbued with the Moral law? 2) Which of the two general has the most ability? 3) With whom lie the advantages derived from Heaven and Earth? 4) On which side is discipline most rigorously enforced? 5) Which army is stronger? 6) On which side are officers and men more highly trained? 7) In which army is there the greater constancy both in reward and punishment? By means of these seven considerations I can forecast victory or defeat.”

If you have to take it by faith then do so but believe me when I say that in their naïve ignorance, they’ve thrown away a great tactical advantage! Not to mention that “if you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court”, (yes, it seems that they’ve understood this bit), and “if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell” – quite clearly, not this bit!

I could go on and on about how the scriptural truth has been distorted and misunderstood (often deliberately) but really what’s the point? No one is listening anyway. But the fact remains that the world is going to hell in a handbag exactly because no one is listening to the direction of God. Are we really so blind and we can’t see this great tribulation coming? Are the signs not written in the stars and heavens themselves? Can’t you see in the growing discontent and anger of the silent majority that your inability to show any level of compassion until you’ve destroyed the lives that you consider blameworthy for failing to uphold your ridiculous ideals in the world; that your hypocrisy in not feeding the hungry until you’ve made them homeless and on the streets; in your mad insistence that everyone should be as insipid and banally uninteresting as you are; that you yourselves, and not the predominantly white male population of so-called “undeserved privilege”, are to blame for the wars and conflicts that arise in the world?

“If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil, cover your mouth in shame. As the beating of cream yields butter and the striking the nose causes bleeding, so stirring up anger causes quarrels.” Oh you can see it when what I say or “do” causes anger (and how easily you are angered!), but when your malicious hate and pernicious schemes have caused the anger in the first place you are completely blind to this obvious fact! How utterly absurd! Can you really see no similarity in what you are trying to do in my life and what evil dictators have declared sacrosanct in the name of their “ideals”? You say in your churches that homosexuality is wrong but look at how you treat people who deliberately repent of such acts! According to you these people are not just unrepentant but also worthy of any level of libel or abuse, in order to “bring them to justice”!

Look around you and see what is happening! I would say look into the Word of God but you’re obviously tried that, and look at where it’s got you! But if you do look around you, you will see people reflecting the truth; people written off by the world but nevertheless holding the truths and promises of scripture in their hearts. Yes, they may be like mirrors reflected inwards (how else can they protect themselves from your ugly intrusion into their lives?) but they are the ones who God has chosen for such a time as this. You won’t believe me even if I tell you (and I have told you, quite clearly):

“Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.”

“Beware that you don’t look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father.”

“God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way.”

And before you quote to me: “God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied”, (even though: “Evil people don’t understand justice, but those who follow the Lord understand completely.”) let me say (shock, the next verse!): “God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy”; not to mention umpteen scriptures which highlight exactly what you do not understand, what you may never understand! And of course the obvious truth that in your blind ignorance you have proved conclusively that you don’t understand even the basics of the Word of God, or his rule of grace, or any other salient fact about the existence of the almighty! If only your spiritual condition was so simple as to be able to blame all of this on your own human dogma – I feel that your true predicament is far worst than that, and the coming years are bound to test you in this fact.

“Because you have obeyed my command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world.” – can you really expect to be absolved from your own existence in light of the fact that you have obeyed not God’s command to persevere but your own perverse insistence on your own sense of right and wrong, not only believing lies that support your “cause” but also deliberately spreading these lies to discredit my witness? You’re nothing if not optimistic, it would seem!

“If they listened to me, they would listen to you.” – and so you will go, in bitterness and turmoil, from the world you created back into exactly the same existence (if you even manage to escape from the boulder you’ve rolled down onto my helpless head) and you will learn from counter-example what you refused to put into place from the revealed word of god. How sad and ultimately avoidable your predicament is!

“Yet even now, be free from your captivity! Leave Babylon and the Babylonians.” (Babylon is often termed in the bible as synonymous with confusion) – but repentance requires a level of understanding that you’ve sacrificed to your “gods” of reason and justice, and it can only really be put back by God. Believe me when I tell you: “You too will perish unless you repent.” And in godly repentance there is hope. You might want to use your “insight” and “understanding” to convince yourselves whether the next scripture is good news for you but let me assure you that if God has stopped disciplining you for your sins it’s anything but good news:

“Let the one who is doing harm continue to do harm; let the one who is vile continue to be vile; let the one who is righteous continue to live righteously; let the one who is holy continue to be holy.”

And guess what? There’s another verse after that!

“Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to their deeds.”