07 June 2024
The basic shape of human history has always been in the hands of God and His elohim councilors. It serves no purpose to blame this or that generation, aside from noting that we are all being tempted 24/7 with things that will only hurt us. No generation is immune; each falls on its own brand of failure.
Do we need to trace it out in detail? I'll let others do that. My point is that humans are fallen and wholly incapable of even grasping what is in our best interest, what we could and should aim to do in this life. The ambition to build civilizations is part of the Fall, not a good thing. To be civilized is not the problem, but that stands just fine without building a civilization. Without hubris there is no such ambition, and that is morally fatal.
Do you understand that Satan and his allies are responsible for that ambition? Do you understand that God does not build civilizations, but a culture of humility and service? It is only in the hand of God to grant stability and security against threats. When man reaches for those things on his own terms, he cannot avoid failure.
It's all part of the wider scheme that human desire for self-rule is an impulse from the Fall; it is sin. God designed us to be ruled, to be in subjection to a higher authority. If we do not choose the good one, then we shall serve the wicked one, regardless of our awareness. When humans believe they are pursuing self-interest, they are serving the Devil. He is the one who offers that false idol; it's a temptation to reject God.
So, the dream of democratic self-rule is a lie from Hell. The dream of philosophical anarchy -- no government at all -- is sold by Satan. The only government God ever promoted was biblical feudalism. The only flaws in biblical feudalism are rooted in fallen human nature, not in the system itself. Life here is supposed to suck. We are supposed to long for a departure from here, so crafting a sweet peace among men is a lie from the Devil. He's the only one who claims to offer it.
What did Christ say about bringing a sword into human relations?
The ongoing collapse of the West is the natural fate of civilizations. The particular means of failure are based on which of Satan's lies are the foundation of the West. Western Civilization is his creature. It was never good and right and beautiful and true. It was always false. The DNA was poisoned, so the fruit must inevitably be failure.
It is failing because it violates God's divine moral character. Satan delights in the destruction of all things human, so he gleefully carries out the sentence as God's Punisher. When you accept his false offer, you have left behind the familial protection of God as your Father. You have placed yourself under God's wrath.
Don't buy into the lies about how sad it is to see our civilization fall. It was fallen from inception.
Comments
Fun and Prophet
If I understand the Genesis passage, one of the sins of Babel apparently was building with tar and composite bricks, not mortared natural stone or wood. That's literally foundational. There's also an implication that forged metal tools to ease agricultural and other labor, are tainted by Cain's lineage. And perhaps musical instruments; and tent shelter; and cities. Though, eventually, music and an eternal city reveal a great plan.
CatRez
The real issue is not the fruits of civilization, but that the fruits were tainted by process. They were gained in pursuit of moral injustice, fleeing God's hand. You are correct that the same fruits are redeemed by taking them from God's hand.
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