the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom

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This 4th of July, I can honestly say, I’m not proud to be an American. We may be one of the last “free” countries but we’ve already sold that freedom. We’ve sold out our strongest ally in Israel, we’ve made deals with a terrorist state in Iran, we’ve capitulated to cultish ideologies under the lgbtq umbrella, daily we’re letting child sacrifice go unchecked through abortion and we’ve signed on to unholy amounts of surveillance in the name of “convenience”, all effectively making way for the beast system and the anti-Christ. It’s disgusting given all that God blessed this country with. Everyone saying “look, we’ve made it to 250 years, look how awesome a nation we are” doesn’t get how pathetic it actually is that 250 years is all it has taken for us to systematically destroy ourselves. Rome, the Aztecs and many others lasted far longer when they had far less than we ever have (not that I’m lifting up those cultures as any sort of moral paragon either, their destruction just took longer). Whether the problems were introduced from without or accepted from within at this point doesn’t matter, every single person played a part in what will be the collapse of one of the greatest nations on earth. All the while people are still celebrating as if the house isn’t on fire.

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” - Ephesians 6:10-12

If you’re not aware of what they’re doing with the Disclosure Day film and the whole “alien” narrative in general, you need to be. As Christians this is important to be informed about because they’re not being quiet about it. Spielberg and Coleman Domingo gave an interview with Fandango where they basically said the quiet part out loud. They talked about becoming something else by inviting in this new knowledge and Spielberg setting his film in the modern day because it was a “central part of creating a belief system.” They’re not just here to entertain you. They’re here to undermine and change your belief, your faith, the reality of God’s existence and his authority. Even the interviewer said “you’re preaching to somebody.”

This feels like a push and pull between one side and the other. Trump releases files and then seemingly trolls everyone with the aliens.gov website being about illegal immigrants. Yet the ufo-ologists aren’t giving up on disclosure. You have Spielberg who appears to be revving up the idea that someone will disclose with or without the government’s approval. The message reads aggressive: reality is coming whether you welcome it or don’t. This truth will be revealed to you and they believe it will usher in some utopia, that’s why their fervor grows ever stronger.

In another interview done with some of the cast and Spielberg he’s making it clear this has a theological element. That likely is in the third act he’s concealing and he plans to completely undermine faith in God. He reveals that Jane’s character says at one point in the film “I was raised to believe in a supreme being, and now you’re going to show us actual supreme beings.” She says, “The world can’t handle both.” He’s created a narrative where Christian faith is based solely on how you’re raised and that aliens are potentially the creator, the supreme being, the god. It’s disgusting heretical nonsense.

Watch the final trailer. This is the devil’s lie from the beginning. God didn’t create you. Your purpose isn’t to know him and make him known but you were potentially made by something else, for something else and for the advancement of your own desires. Doubt God. Think God is withholding knowledge from you and you have to seek it for yourself. Satan can give it to you because he’s kind, he’s generous where God isn’t. Don’t buy the lie of the garden. They want you to invite in demons, to think it’s harmless, good even. That this is the next step in human evolution. But it isn’t. It will lead to your eternal destruction.

We need to educate ourselves and know the biblical refutations for these things now because after disclosure isn’t the time to know them, the lies will be too prolific by then. People already buy it now. We can’t be the Christians who deny the devil and his ability to control this world and lie to the degree of producing bodies and proof that will seem convincing to those who want to believe it. Continue to draw close to God and rebuke this deception from the pits of hell. Even as we pray he calls the church home soon, that doesn’t give us an excuse to not be wise in the time we have left.

Anyone who says they “deconstructed” their religion and stopped believing in Jesus because of it, did not believe in the first place. Don’t buy the lie that you could ever truly come to Christ, know what He’s done for you in saving you from your sins and then walk away. Once you’ve understood the complete guilt and weight of your sin, how unable you are to reconcile yourself, that God was exceedingly merciful to send Jesus, who came in obedience to the Father and paid that debt in full on the cross so you could spend eternity in heaven upon repentance…yeah, no false, easily de-throned argument will ever wrench that person from God’s hand. Because they’ve tasted and seen what God has saved them from and what little the world can offer.