If you’ve stuck with me since the beginning of our mini study on the three social platforms that rule our planet…
By now, it should be clear that one of the Lord’s primary missions was to introduce a guilt-and-innocence framework based on His Torah that would eliminate, or completely transform, shame-and-honor- or fear-and-power-based societies.
This was the challenge the Lord faced when He handed down His laws to the Israelites at Sinai.
He had to transform the ancient Hebrews from a typical Middle Eastern shame-and-honor-based society into a guilt-and-innocence-based nation.
Yeshua also faced the same challenge when he came to his people.
Two things should instantly click at what I just said.
First, it should be pretty damn apparent why Israel clashes with and will NEVER harmonize with Islam.
Israel’s core social philosophy is Torah, which is based on a guilt-and-innocence framework.
And Islam is at its core rooted in a shame-and-honor framework.
The two frameworks are utterly irreconcilable at their very molten core.
Second, it should be clear why mankind will forever be immersed in utter darkness minus the Lord’s Torah.
When I say Torah, I’m referring to ALL of the Lord’s instructions, commands, and Laws.
I’m talking about the very wisdom of the Creator of Himself.
Until every nation understands there is only ONE God and ONE set of rules that has been established for all of mankind…
How one lives one’s life will be subject to marijuana-induced subjectivity.
I’ve just gotta quote Tom Bradford here:
“Until humans could see that doing wrong brought guilt to them just as it did to Adam; until these chosen people understood that God’s principles were unchangeable and that their status of shame or honor was bestowed upon them by God according to their standing with Him and NOT by some fuzzy set of tribal traditions, then they could never see their own sin no matter how deeply they were wallowing in it.”
This also brings us to another set of New Testament verses most homies are totally clueless about.
“Therefore, just as sin entered
the world through one man,
and death through sin,
and in this way death came
to all people, because all sinned—
To be sure, sin was in the world
before the law was given,
but sin is not charged against
anyone’s account where there is no law.
Nevertheless, death reigned
from the time of Adam
to the time of Moses,
even over those who did not sin
by breaking a command,
as did Adam, who is a
pattern of the one to come.”
-Romans 5:12-14
Paul is essentially explaining how God’s Law is the basis for a guilt-and-innocence-based society.
But there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell you’d understand that minus the knowledge I’ve given you over the past ten days.
Ya feeling me here?
Paul is basically saying that, minus God’s laws, mankind has no awareness of sin.
However, just because mankind has no awareness of sin doesn’t mean sin doesn’t exist.
Are you getting me here?
I have a feeling you’re not.
So lemme try to explain with a clear example.
Unless a man raised in a Muslim society understands that killing his daughter for marrying someone he considers to be an infidel is OBJECTIVELY wrong, he is never gonna understand he is guilty of the crime of murder in the eyes of his Creator.
“Objectively wrong,” with a strong emphasis on the word “objectively,” is the key point in that last statement.
There is one God who created all human beings on planet Earth.
And this one God has created a set of rules for mankind to obey in order to live in harmony with Him and with each other.
Without God’s Torah, there are only two types of societies possible:
A fear-power-based society…
Or a guilt-innocence-based society.
And that’s it.
A guilt-innocence society simply cannot exist if there are no laws.
Why?
Because if there ain’t any laws to break, there ain’t nothing to be guilty of.
That’s what Paul meant when he said…
“…sin is not charged against
anyone’s account where
there is no law.“
That’s why the idea of right and wrong is so freakin’ fuzzy in lawless shame-and-honor or power-and-fear societies.
In a fear-and-power-based society, behavior is based on not offending a bunch of spirits and gods who themselves are whimsical as all heck.
In a shame-and-honor-based society, behavior is based solely on avoiding shame and keeping honor based on the traditions and customs of that nation.
If honor is lost, anything goes in terms of what you can do to get it back, even if it means killing your daughter or slapping your wife upside the head for removing her hijab.
I know I’m being redundant here.
But this point is so important…
I gotta reiterate it.
Where there is no law, the idea of right and wrong doesn’t exist.
Sin literally has no meaning.
Because it hasn’t been defined.
That’s what Paul was saying.
Men cannot see their behavior as sin without God’s laws.
But Paul didn’t stop there.
Paul also made it clear that just because someone doesn’t recognize their sin doesn’t mean they’re not guilty before a holy God.
The man who kills his daughter for marrying someone he considers an infidel is still guilty of murder before the Creator of the universe, whether he accepts his behavior as sin or not.
That’s why that man needs salvation…as we all do.
He needs to be made aware of his sin.
Once he is made aware of his sin…
Hopefully that will lead to the realization that he is guilty of a crime.
And this hopefully leads to repentance.
And seeking a remedy for his transgression.
Alrighty, let’s bring today’s post to a close.
If you really understand what I’ve explained over the past couple of weeks…
You now possess the power to grasp Scripture at a level practically no pastor or Bible teacher on planet Earth has…
I’m dead serious about what I just said.
You can now see things in Scripture your average believer is utterly blind to…especially adherents to lawless Christianity.
Additionally, you now possess the insight to really understand the struggles Western governments have wth Islamic nations.
Most politicians, even those working at the highest levels of government, are absolutely clueless.
I agree with Bradford that the West’s violent confrontation with Islam is gonna result in the war to end all wars at Armageddon.
However, pat yourself on the back.
Because you have stuck with me through this mini-study…
You are now capable of seeing that any given nation’s goals and agendas are rooted in whatever dominant social platform undergirds their society.
And more importantly…
You can also now apply God’s promises, commandments, and prophecies to modern-day events…
And be reassured that despite all the chaos you are witnessing…
Our Father in Heaven is ultimately in control.
See ya all next time.
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