The System

Everything you see and hear in any kind of media today, between social media (X/Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, etc.), the news, articles, talk shows, the web, music, movies, podcasts, books, everything; all tend to talk about the same things at the same time in a massive wave until it blows over to make way for the next. This is not just humans being creative as you will be told. This is exactly what Ephesians 6:12 was talking about!

Ephesians 6:12- For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

The world is not influenced by the human nature that which is good (Genesis 1:31), as we are constantly deceived into believing (which is why some people believe that sin is a construct that the religious made up). The human condition is the flesh, and the flesh is corrupt and evil as the result of the curse in Genesis. Although we were originally intended to be good, once Adam and Eve sinned, the rest of the world from start to finish is cursed. Every human being is born into sin. This means that everything humans create, if it is not direct inspiration from God, is inspired by hell (the devil), and will be used for his benefit; that is, the ultimate destruction of mankind. And in order to do so for him, we will be tried and deceived into believing that it benefits us with him, that it is not leading to our destruction (because logically, what makes us feel good and happy should make peace, right?). Whatever we believe to be good, we will dismiss as a red flag. This is why gratifications such as sex, money, and fame/attention are the framework of our modern world. This is also why normalization has become our culture. We must normalize everything so that we can identify it as good, so that we can do whatever we want, and thus hope to create an ideal society. But this is impossible. The reality is, everything we strive to normalize is not good, because it is all inspired by our flesh, which is naturally controlled by evil. Rather than create an ideal society, it will lead to our downfall, which is where Jesus returns. True good only comes from God and His original intended design for creation. Everything else will gratify our flesh and ultimately destroy it.

Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Just as God is always doing something new (Isaiah 43:19), Satan will always try to keep up with it, manipulating it, and creating a counterfeit in which to deceive God’s children; to distract them; to have them worship/idolize what looks like God, but is not. Satan is the king of spiritual knockoffs; what looks like the real thing but is actually fake. Satan cannot create like God can. He is not omnipotent, omniscient, or omnipresent. Satan does not have his own Trinity (which is why he has demons). Keep in mind that God created Satan before he betrayed his Father. Satan can only manipulate what God his Father has already created. And because God’s ultimate creation is mankind after His own image and likeness, we are Satan’s top priority to manipulate.

John 10:10The thief [Satan] comes only to steal and kill and destroy [all forms of manipulation].

Social media is the master tool of any country’s government. It influences every single part of a country; economically, politically, financially, mentally, physically, socially, and even spiritually. It’s job? Mass manipulation. How? Fear. Because they (the powers of darkness) know that large-scale fear causes people to perform out of it. It is how Satan was able to deceive an entire third of the angels of heaven to betray God and follow him into darkness; because they were afraid they would miss out on becoming like God if and when Satan succeeded. They too wanted fame, to be lifted up, and idolized, for the other angels to put their faith and trust in them instead of God. They didn’t think they were enough where God had placed them. Here on earth is no different and those same fallen angels and their master, Satan, are doing the exact same thing to God’s children, mankind. A third of the angels isn’t enough. He wants to take advantage of our cursed nature after Adam and Eve, whom he deceived the same way. He wants us to believe that we are not enough where God has placed us. He wants us to crave attention, to be lifted up, to have wealth and possessions that people below us will praise us over, to have such an influence that people put their faith and trust in us as mere mortals with physical power instead of God who is all powerful.

2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline [self-control, a sound mind].

The strategy is easy. It’s what we call “the system.” The more fear instilled, the more people act, and the more the people causing it to make physical profit, while the devil makes spiritual profit. Everything you see in media is a form of propaganda down to the Dubai chocolate trends; in fact, trends is what they are counting on to keep the public distracted (each oncoming trend is a perfectly timed wave of distraction so that when one ends, the other begins, an ongoing loop); and to think their impulsivity is normal, healthy even: “Good for the environment. Good for me.” They pose as doctors, scientists, professionals, people who think we are to put our trust in a degree, wealth, and popularity; and even the real ones are paid and manipulated to give you information that may or may not be true. They want us to put our faith in everything that is shoved down our throats without a choice so that we will embrace it. And once we’ve embraced it, they keep us there with false optimism, security, and encouragement, all unbiblical. They even turn the negatives into trends and aesthetics and celebrate them to appeal to the human condition. And with things like relative truth, opinion, and false religion, the more groups pinned against each other, the more fuel for the media fire. They are counting on us to create the drama for them, to viralize their information, no matter if it is good or bad. And worst of all, they take advantage of our flesh to the point of sin. It revolves around our flesh’s strongest weak points to keep us trapped: self-gratification. Everything is sexualized. Everything is worshipped and idolized to make you want it. Everything is in it for you, to help you, to make you fit in, to make you life a long and happy life; and all of it is based on nothing but perpetual darkness disguised as light. And the root of it all: Pride. Everything is about you, every man for himself. Even virtue has hidden evil motives, and we manipulate just like Satan taught us. And when your spirit has been stuffed full of everything the world has to offer from Satan, there isn’t any room left for God. In fact, “God doesn’t even exist.” And for those of us who are so enthroned by what the world tells us that we’ve become our own God, we will then accuse any form of self-restraint and glory to real truth as pure evil. We will accuse them of what we ourselves are doing: Controllist, occultist, sexist, racist, fascist, bigots, misogynist, supremist, anarchist, hater, selfish, etc. Sound familiar? And what does the system call it? Liberty, freedom, self-care, self-priority, and the bookend of them all: IDENTITY. Because once you place your identity in the world, that’s it. It will take a miracle for you to discover God’s real truth. And this alone is the reason why more people will wind up in hell than heaven; because they put their identity in the pride of their “forced” situation of flesh gratification, instead of accepting that it’s wrong. Pride cannot admit they are wrong. And individuals such as those involved in the lgbt+ community (who’s entire movement revolves around placing their identity in pride through sex) are in spiritual grave danger.

2 Corinthians 11:14But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

Today, the “big deal” is human health: Food dyes, processed food, poisons in all food, microplastics, radiation, etc. Essentially no food anywhere in the US is safe. The media is making such a big deal out of it, that people are making drastic decisions out of fear, even unpractical ones. There are microplastics in basically everything and they are claiming to cause sickness, disease, and early death. There is poison in everything, even health food, even whole foods that God made. There is radiation in appliances and telephone poles. All of a sudden, natural foods that came directly from the earth aren’t good enough for us and can even cause the same issues as the “bad food.” Every form of research from every person with an opinion, both professional and unprofessional alike are scrambled into one big argument that has pinned everyone against each other. And for what? Immortality??? Credibility???

Satan is counting on us to follow the world, to put our faith in anything besides God, to keep us afraid so that we will act on it, to remain distracted with trends and fears, and obsess over our looks, and our mental health, and our physical health. He wants us to put our faith in what the media says, because he is the designer and leader of it. He wants us distracted with things that don’t matter so that he can continue to work on things that actually do matter; and he will do whatever it takes to make sure those pointless things seem like they matter!

When some of us get to heaven (and I hope and pray you do), Jesus isn’t going to say, “Well done, My good and faithful servant. You stayed away from microplastics and food dyes, processed foods, and pesticides. You stayed within twenty yards of an internet tower. You wore a mask and strictly ate nothing but organic foods you grew yourself in your back yard. You became vegan. You fought the patriarchy. And most importantly, you told everyone who didn’t live like you that they were wrong and that everything you did was what I would have done.” Do you read how absolutely ridiculous that sounds?

Matthew 25:21His master replied, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”

The truth is that none of what the media says matters! Only what God says matters! We’re treating what the media warns us against like they’re sins, and if you don’t obey them, you’re sinning. If you decide not to get married or have children, you’re selfish. If you decide not to wash your fruits and veggies of the pesticides before you eat them, you’re sinning against your body, and you don’t care about cancer. If you eat meat, you’re going to hell (not an exaggeration).

We need to stop caring about what the world says, and that isn’t even tied to the media. We hear that phrase “stop caring about what the world says,” so often and we sound like we agree with it; but then we’re struggling with crippling depression and anxiety to the point of suicide, some of us; meanwhile we scroll on our phones all day, and for some reason, we don’t put two and two together. God didn’t design us to be stupid; Satan did, and we let him.

The full counsel of God is the only thing we need as our source of information in this life. The Holy Spirit was God’s original intended design after Jesus’ died for us, for us to turn to for Truth.

Acts 20:27- For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will [counsel, Truth, original intended design] of God.

The full will of God is not just the Bible. It is every word that comes out of God’s mouth, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It is the Holy Spirit.

John 14:15-17-“If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate [Helper], who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.”

The Holy Spirit will tell you literally everything you need (and some want) to know, so long as it is His will for you to know. Now, this doesn’t mean we are to be impractical with what we ask of Him and also what He asks of us. We are to give our requests to God in faith by His name and give all of our concerns to Him (John 14:13-14 and Philippians 4:6), but communication with God isn’t a one-way street. When He speaks to us, we are to listen and obey even when we don’t want to!

When my sister contracted Hepatitis A, we didn’t abandon reason, fall on our knees, and beg Him to heal her. Yes, of course we prayed for her healing, but we still brought her to the hospital as per God Himself’s request! Even with the large medical bill, and even with the incompetence of most medical visits (I won’t go any further than that on that topic). That’s right! God works practically against Satan’s manipulation! He works everything for our good (Romans 8:28). Not only did He miraculously heal my sister, but the supernatural readings on her medical charts gave witness to the doctors. Her bilirubin count was so high in her blood, that she was supposed to be in a hepatic coma, yet was fully conscious and walking and talking as if she simply had the flu. The doctors gave our mom a comparison to give us perspective: As if the optic nerve in a human eye was completely severed, yet the eye was still fully operational and could still see. I had a teacher who told us another time God was practical to the world’s system. On a weekday when she was supposed to be at work, she told God she wanted to stay home and just worship Him all day. It sounds perfectly acceptable for a Christian, and she expected God to be proud of her for her level of surrender. But to her surprise, God told her to go to work. She even argued with Him, and He reminded her that her surrender was in her obedience, not her works; that true worship is obedience (John 14:15) and if she really wanted to worship Him all day, she would go to work like He asked.

Events like these prove just what matters and what doesn’t. Take the microplastic epidemic for example. Are they real and are they in our food like the fancy scientists with PhDs say they are and did heavy research on? Probably (and I personally don’t doubt it). But even if they are, will they affect our quality of life the same way living an intentionally unhealthy lifestyle would? NO. Some might say, they’re making a mountain out of a molehill, yet their media tactics are working. People are so afraid, they’re actually decreasing their quality of life by obeying the fear instead of ignoring it. They actually believe that ditching all plastic (including rumors where plastic exists where it doesn’t), will somehow give them a longer, higher quality, and happier life. And the vast majority of these people who put their trust in the media are already living unhealthy lives, so the few days they maybe feel better, they blame it on the absence of microplastics instead of the one day of the week they didn’t eat junk food. And mind you, this “groundbreaking” information is coming from the same people with degrees, who are telling us that whole foods (aka, the foods God designed for us to eat) are bad for us and the real health food will be made in labs. Unironically, the people who are actually listening to this and ditching whole foods for these lab-grown foods and alternatives are getting diseases and dying. Does that mean the media will backtrack and realize something might be wrong with their research being paid millions of dollars? NO. They’ll make something else up to cover it up and move on! And to think we actually listen to them as if it matters! If anything, they're being paid by the rich who advocate for population control (yes, I'm a conspiracy theorist, but only when it makes sense).

A long, healthy life of good quality will never be achieved by following the media. It will only be achieved by doing what the Bible says and listening to God.

We had a woman of God in the ministry I attend. Her name was Miss. Iru. She died at the ripe old age of 101. And she didn’t obey a single media fad, even the ones that claimed would make her life better. She consumed all the microplastics, and all the food dyes. She ate fast food and diet soda; and the majority of her life was lived before medical research even discovered the poison in the American food system. She alone is proof enough for me that today’s science is driven by money and not truth, and that living a life for Jesus and obeying God will have me outlive the wicked more than veganism. In fact, my philosophy is simple in the way that I live through food. Generally consuming “government poison” isn’t a sin (unless it becomes gluttony, but you can even be gluttonous in healthy eating). Moderation is key in every consummate on the planet, including real healthy food, and it’s in the Bible. Proverbs 25:16 says that too much of anything will make you sick, even good things. If I know that God made it, I’m going to eat it, and I don’t care what the media says about it. Most of them are not living for God nor do they listen or obey Him, so I shouldn’t care about what they say. Satan can’t tell me how to live my life, so I won’t listen to people who are clearly deceived by him.

Ephesians 6:3 tells us what will give us long life on the earth and it doesn't say anything about avoiding certain foods, and microplastics, and everything modern science tells us to avoid.

"If you honor your father and mother, things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth."

By the way, when He says to honor your father, He isn't just talking about your earthly father; He is also telling you to honor your Father in Heaven, Father God. You must honor BOTH to have this long life promised, because HE is the one who promised it, not your earthly father.

It's quite refreshing to discover that living a life following God and moderately eating junk food will still have me live a longer life than an unbelieving vegan. With God, you really can have your cake and eat it too.

God even had people write about this in the Bible to tell us and we’ve thrown it under the bus, because we assume it’s “not specific enough.” Remember when I said that God will only tell you something if it’s His will for you to know? Maybe because if He tells us a secret that we don’t like, we’ll do as best we can to avoid it, even if it has to happen. Enter the New Testament!

Matthew 24:6-13You will hear of wars and rumors of wars [WW3?] but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom [Israel and Palestine? Russia and Ukraine?]. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places [no kidding].All these are the beginning of birth pains [it’s gonna get worse].Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me [this has already started in more than 10 countries and over 360 million Christians].At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people [you have no idea].Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:37When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day [we’re there].

2 Timothy 3:1-5You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times.For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. They will be unloving and unforgiving. They will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!

Isaiah 5:20-21Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

1 Timothy 4:3They will say it is wrong to be married and wrong to eat certain foods [vegans?]. But God created those foods to be eaten with thanks by faithful people who know the truth!

The best part about all of this, is that we don’t have to worry about it when we put our trust in God and obey Him instead of the media. The only thing we have to worry about it not getting distracted by it even as we refrain!

All of what you've just read, Christians are NOT exempt from! Even in living a life for Jesus, we can and ARE just as susceptible to the world system as unbelievers. This is why the Holy Spirit is so important!