This week I've been thinking about controversy, and just plain arguing. One reason is, I've been studying John 4 + 5 for tonight's meeting - a portion that includes a lot of controversy. Another reason is the tragic and highly divisive events of this last week that have been in the news, dividing this nation I live in into angry factions. The truth is, I'm not hearing a lot of reason, but there is a lot of inflammatory rhetoric. We've always had some of that, of course, but it is now getting more ugly than ever. What is really going on, from a Biblical perspective?

I think there is something to be learned from the controversy Yeshua was involved in, as we find it in John 4 + 5. One thing that jumps out of the Biblical narrative is that Yeshua simply did what was right. In His case that involved healing people on the Sabbath, which happened to be contrary to the rules of the religious and ruling elite. This brought on controversy, but that was not why He did it. He simply did the right thing and let the chips fall where they may. This boldness for righteous behavior was in marked contrast to the crowd, most of whom would never risk bringing the disfavor of the powerful against themselves. The timid acquiescence and suppression of righteousness by the crowd didn't really help them, since it simply emboldened the overlords to become ever-more oppressive and corrupt, eroding the underpinnings of that society, eventually bringing it to the point of catastrophic collapse. Yeshua did not think the good He was doing would save the nation from that inevitable outcome. On the contrary, He warned of that certain end many times. He would save only a remnant who would respond to the Kingdom message. He had a higher purpose, and that is what governed His behavior.

In these last days we have a similar situation. The factions we see forming in this world, though in many cases hating each other, are not really the cause of the controversy. As in Yeshua's day, it is the agenda of a corrupt and oppressive elite that is actually driving the pressures on society that are making all of this discord happen. We already know from Scripture where this is going, and where it will end. As with Yeshua, we too need to be concerned with simply doing the right thing - what YHWH says is right, and let the chips fall where they may. Yeshua did not join violent factions, or even political factions, as a supposed solution. He knew that whole system was in its death-throws and could not be saved. He walked and lived in the Kingdom, not in the darkness of this world. He expressed the love of YHWH to everyone who would receive it, and meant harm to nobody. He told us to do the same, saying; "Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves." This still works, and needs to be who we are in this world. Why? Consider this:

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s. The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does Elohim’s will remains forever.  1 John 2:15-17

"The world is passing away." The world can't be saved. America is part of the world, so America can't be saved either. America had an honored role in the world for a time, but that was then and this is now. America is not the Savior. America is just as lost, maybe even more lost, than those it has sought to lead. Face the facts. Don't get embroiled in arguments about how to arrange the deck furniture on a sinking ship. Don't waste your time polishing the brass on a doomed Titanic. What you are witnessing all around you is the end of the world as you have known it, unfolding before your eyes. It's taking water fast. Nothing can stop the flooding of selfishness and evil. It's going under, and it will inevitably sink to the bottom. Like Yeshua did, you will just have to let it sink, because reality will have it's way. We who are truly His are not about this world - we are about His Kingdom. let us be busy saving a remnant who still can be saved out of this reeling world, before that nauseating sucking sound you are hearing comes to its last belch, taking this old world to the bottom! The time for action is now! Man the lifeboats and get to work saving whomever you can! Do it now, because the soul you save may be your own.

Yeshua coming into the world was a sign of doom for the wicked, but a beacon of hope for the humble and the righteous. This is still true. Yeshua and His Kingdom has always been, and still is, the only real hope of mankind. If we've proven anything in the last 6,000 years it is this: we can't rule ourselves, we need His Kingdom. Come quickly Yeshua. We long for your Kingdom to cover the globe with your righteousness and truth! Help us rise above the fray, to stand solidly for you and with you in these last days!

Eliyahu
Tsiyon.Org

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