Synthetic Liturgy

Red. Blue. Pick your poison. Elect your king. Still the serpent. Feel the sting. Welcome to Revelation 20:7

All I’m seeing on my Facebook feed is all this stuff and “churches” posting about pastor appreciation day or month. I think it’s coming up next week or something like that. The position of a “pastor” is a position where I used to think there was honor… but now I’m seeing the other side of it and it’s not pretty. Now, a lot of it seems to be very narcissistic, seeking attention and affirmation; all while getting the whole teaching the scripture thing VERY wrong (or ignoring 50% of the text).  If the church age has already reached its intended end, by what biblical authority does someone today claim the title and authority of a New Testament pastor/shepherd? I do, to some degree, value teachers. I more so value wise believers and brothers and sisters who can have conversations, correct me and sharpen me. I guess what I’m questioning is the modern “church”claim that Christ has placed certain people into an ongoing ecclesiastical office that gives them spiritual authority over us, especially when I now believe the age in which that office was established has already been completed. Man… coming out of deception has been a dooozy 🤣💯.

“Under the Book” is a phrase the church I most recently attended likes to use. Almost as if they are proud of how “closely they stick to and adhere to Scripture.” The truth is, at this church, and I’m assuming much of the modern church, most pastors can make an entire career out of ministry without ever going through 60% of the Bible. Between topical sermons, guest speakers, mission partner Sundays, the obligatory “giving” sermons, holidays, worship-only services, special events, and everything else, each year can become a shallow collection of hand-picked topics packaged into neat little TED Talk series. And somehow, during all of this, they make the entire Bible about us while context is just wrecked. This is one of the reasons short season eschatology has become so vital to my faith and more than something that’s just a side, ancillary belief. You read the Bible differently. Instead of approaching it as a book written directly to us, you begin to understand it as a book written for us. It reads differently when you put it in context. Who was speaking? Who were they speaking to? What was happening at the time? What did those words mean to the people who actually heard them? Context matters. Yet it often seems like context only gets brought up when it helps support the machine that’s been created. “He said “THIS generation” Not some distant simulation Not children yet unborn Not ages stretched and torn The kingdom came in fire Rome choking on its pyre Temple stones ripped apart Exactly from the start But the system can’t survive If prophecy arrived So twist it, delay it Repackage and replay it You fear a nearly finished plan Because then what saves the brand? The countdown keeps them tame The fear sustains the game Under the Book Under the stage lights Under applause Under endless end-times Under ego Under systems built tall But never truly under God at all UNDER THE BOOK With your hands in the air Skipping verses - you don’t even care Removing those who threaten control Build the empire - lost your soul”

I was asked this question by a fellow “believer” after I brought up the scriptural evidence of Christ’s words regarding this little season eschatology. He said…”What does knowing this change on Tuesday?” Meaning what does this change as far as the gospel and our lives. My response was this… “Maybe nothing for some people. But for the person who’s desperately trying to determine whether Scripture is true, whether Jesus meant what He said, whether He kept His promises, and whether Christianity is actually worthy of giving their life to, it could change absolutely everything. I don’t study these things because I want to win theological arguments. I want to know the truth because I want to know Christ. And sometimes knowing more about someone is exactly what causes you to love and trust them more deeply. So what does it change next Tuesday? For the right person, everything.”

Struggling to stay in the room at the modern church, singing songs like this yesterday… Just because God did something historically does not mean that God promises to do it over again or repeat it. Not that He can’t, but I think this song skews the scripture and WORDS MATTER. God doesn’t promise to tear down the walls of the city again, part a large body of water again, and ESPECIALLY roll the stone away again and having the grave letting him go…again. He did it. He completed the work. Once and for all. I don’t understand why we sing songs like this. Oh wait, I do. Revelation 20:7 We’ve been duped by our own “churches.”

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 No galaxies or universe. It takes exactly one verse…the very first verse of the Bible, for us to start disagreeing with what Scripture actually says. That’s what it says. The heavens are the heavens. The earth is the earth. It says nothing about planets, galaxies, solar systems, or an expanding universe. Those ideas come from somewhere else, not from the text itself. Biblical cosmology is very different from the model most of us were taught. Before we read modern ideas into Scripture, we should first let Scripture speak for itself. The “church” needs to stop lying.

Is it just me or does the sunlight seem more natural and yellow than it has been?

God vs. Satan isn’t at ALL like He-Man vs. Skeletor. The modern “church” needs to stop talking about Satan like he’s everywhere at once. That’s an attribute of God… not the devil. Satan is a created being operating only within the limits God allows. Scripture presents a sovereign King and a defeated rebel, not two equal powers locked in an endless battle. Read your Bible. God is allowing Satan to deceive the nations. - Revelation 20:7 Wake up.

It takes EXACTLY one verse into Genesis for most “Christians” to explain away and disagree with scripture. ONE VERSE “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 It doesn’t say planets, galaxies, universes and a bunch of space 🐂💩. When you adhere to what the Bible actually says, you get labeled. That is called, in today’s modern culture and church, someone that believes in “conspiracies.” When you deny His creation, you deny the Creator. You’ve been duped.

Mark 9:1 was fulfilled in the next verse, Mark 9:2❓ Then who died❓ Wake up.

Pastors claim to be under some scriptural authority and yet they ignore and explain away half the book… Living in Revelation 20:7 explains it all. youtu.be/m97rabVQiIA?is=Me4p…

1893 Chicago Worlds Fair. A celebration and eventual destruction of evidence of Christ’s physical, 1000 year reign. You’ve been duped. We’re in Revelation 20:7

People ask why does it matter (the shape of the earth) 👇👇 Her description sums it up perfectly. In His creation, His love for us is EVIDENT.

The “Answers In Genesis Guy” denies the Biblical Genesis account… Wake up. Deception is EVERYWHERE in the little season that we’re living in.