Ted Noel has an article today at the American Thinker that is quite explicit in telling the truth about the unseen realm and its influence on the material world around us, entitled Evil Is Real And Has Embedded Itself In the American Left. I was especially happy to note that Noel cites Michael Heiser's Supernatural. One can read the Bible from cover to cover, as I do each year, but without some guidance, such as Michael Heiser, there are parts you will not understand. The people for whom the Bible was originally written knew this background material and had this worldview. We do not and need additional help. But once it is explained, you can read it with more understanding, and it really does make sense. Of course, to truly makes sense, one needs to read it with the eyes of faith.
Noel begins by noting that a number of people seem to be throwing around the term "evil" with reference to Charlie Kirk's murder without understanding what evil really is. Many may be, for all I know. I have not tossed it out lightly, but I haven't defined it either. It seemed obvious, but maybe not be so.
With the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the word “evil” is being tossed around. It seems to be little more than a verbal equivalent to “fascist,” “racist,” and a handful of other words that are used without a second thought for what they actually mean. We are appropriately repulsed by the act, so we call it evil. But few of us truly understand that these “horrific” acts have a fundamental connection to the realm we cannot see. Yes, I’m going to discuss theology, because there is no other proper explanation for the acts of the assassin and any co-conspirators. Argue all you want, but it is the truth, and the truth remains the truth, whether you agree or not.
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If you steal my stuff, I’ll get upset. But it’s the state statute that makes it criminal, and that law was created by a legislative body that has the right to make laws governing our behavior. It has the higher authority required for law-making. The law against theft echoes “Thou shalt not steal” from the Ten Commandments for a good reason. Good laws follow God’s moral commandments.
Good and evil are actually descriptions of loyalty to God or rebellion against God. It’s just that simple, and evil’s as old as creation. We all know the story of the snake in the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The “shining one” (literal Hebrew) tempted Adam and Eve, and the rest is history. But this doesn’t tell us the back story. (Bible geeks can read Ezekiel 28:1-19 and Isaiah 14:1-20. Just don’t let theologians tell you those are just metaphorical. They’re real.)
Noel, better than I have, makes the point that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, YHWH is real, the Devil is real, the unseen realm is real. The war that goes on in the unseen realm has become obvious to us in the material world.
“Evil,” in the simplest public sense, is service to fallen elohim. They operate to destroy, while YHWH creates and enhances. Every left-wing politician, commentator, and useful idiot is in open rebellion against YHWH, and thus in league with the fallen elohim. They ridicule the two divinely created genders. Christian values are belittled as repressive. Simply failing to bow to the evil ones is an “aggression.” Free speech that disagrees is “violence.”
Many are coming to realize that the Left has fully sold out to evil. The sequence is simple. Some of God’s celestial created beings rebelled. They were given a chance to straighten up and fly right, but instead subverted the humans they were tasked with protecting. YHWH declared their death sentence if they did not repent, but they doubled down. Huge numbers of gullible people have followed their lead, not recognizing that that choice is the source of their troubles.
Peace and fulfillment are good and come from serving YHWH, not the fallen gods. The war has now broken out into the open. The only real question is in the details, but the outcome is certain. As my wife’s license plate frame says, “I know the future. God wins.” Our allegiance will determine our ultimate fate.
Please read Ted Noel's article. The late Michael Heiser can be found at a number of places on Youtube. Additionally you can read an excellent book by Heiser called The Unseen Realm which explains much of what Noel writes. Even if you don't believe, it is good to know this understanding of Christianity.
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