Close to the bone.

 "So much death - what can a man do against such reckless hate?"                   Theirdon - The Two Towers.

Sometimes, science fiction conveys things that are too close for comfort.

As I mentioned in my last entry, we are living in a time where, because men overtly reject the reality of what is true (Sam Harris' recent broadcast on the covid situation was fascinating in that respect - he 'adjusted' the present to what he wanted to be true so he could judge others as evil) in favour of their own derived 'truth' (that which best suits them), distancing themselves from what is actually happening around them; in effect, denying the real world.

This isn't that surprising.

If we live in a time when people believe evolution is a 'killer theory' that leaves us no choice but to acquiesce to the 'improbable' yet undeniable fact that we are merely here by a cosmic accident, and, therefore, our lives are truly meaningless, then what harm is there in our defining ourselves as we wish in that brief speck of our time here? Why not live for the moment?

The problem however isn't the fanatical views of a few 'fundamentalists' - it's the hard science that men like Dr James Tour and Professor Michael Denton have put on the table regarding both the entire mystery of life's existence and the failure of Darwin's theory to actually explain even the most basic aspects of what has occurred that show the dead-end conventional thinking now inhabits. It owns nothing but a diabolical philosophy.

It is no wonder, then, that the ramifications of such a belief are tortuous beyond measure. The evil unleashed upon us all in the last few years derives from an ideology of the rights of the 'fittest' (corporate greed) to view us as merely 'nodes' to be employed in their continued insatiable grabbing of all they can possess, not taking seriously the warning of Jesus that such are the worst of fools, because they will be left with nothing, and will have lost the eternal value of their souls (Luke12:13-21).

We see this preference everyday in the manner that 'what is necessary' is played out  in business and politics and social action - 'voices' shouting to make sure that their piece of the pie is enlarged by stealing from elsewhere. The problem is when this manner of malicious behaviour becomes so pervasive that, like Tolkien notes in The Two Towers, we are surrounded by a world that simply should not be - a manner of existence that is filled with darkness and pain on a terrible scale.

The commencement of this decade introduced us to a world turned upside-down by such powers, and the magnitude of the trauma only continues to increase as each year passes. Let us be clear - none the problems unleashed at that time are going away - this was no mere 'storm in a tea-cup', but an entire unraveling of the world as it was in favour of a new dominion where every norm and value that had underpinned us for centuries is to be removed by whatever means can utilise a far more despicable belief that we are, in effect, worthless beyond, perhaps, a short-term economic value to the elite.

The current 'merchants' are aggressively selling the very souls of humanity, especially children, to murder all but their selfish aims, so make no mistake, there is no compromise with such schemes - and the warfare returned against such must be wise and skilful if we are to secure what is good, true, honourable and significant in this struggle.

When Jesus wanted to verify His own identity to His disciples, He didn't do so just by becoming transfigured or through signs and wonders, but by taking them on a trip away from Galilee to the pagan town of Caesarea Philippi. Aside from His trips to Jerusalem for Passover, it was the only recorded time Jesus went anywhere outside of His usual realm of ministry in His adult life.

This somewhat strange place resides at the base of Mount Herman, where, according to Jewish tradition, the fallen angels had first descended to earth. In Jesus' day, there was a religious shrine here to the pagan god, Pan, because there is a natural grotto which holds a fathomless pool, known as the gate of Hades.

It was amidst this setting that Jesus asks the vital question - 'Who am I?' - and Peter, inspired by God, provides that vital, foundational answer for our faith - Jesus is indeed the Christ who establishes forever the called ones to God, - but Jesus does not leave it there.

He has come to this place where 'powers' have marshalled against the truth and states that the 'gates' of such a dominion will completely yield to His authority - they cannot hold against the truth He brings.

The 'normandy landing', as C S Lewis noted, has taken place in our world at Calvary's cross and the empty tomb. Now there is only "borrowed time" until all of heaven literally breaks out. We are witnessing the final furies of a dying power structure before the world is truly changed, for the good, forever.

Who then, would true valour see, let him or her step forward, and be constant in this day. Do not be discouraged, do not relent, but hold fast to the one who has called us to this way, for the day is coming!