Wow. Those are some serious inflation stats.
Ms feel the squeeze in both directions: inflation and reduction in giving (due to supporters experiencing inflation). 💔
The Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land was originally supposed to take around 11 days based on the direct journey from Egypt to Canaan, but the journey took 40 years due to the Israelites' disobedience and wandering in the wilderness.
We may be the modern day “Moses” (of sorts), but how long we spend in the desert and whether or not we make it into the “Promised Land” is entirely up to us.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.”
-C.S. Lewis
I appreciate the raw and deep note here. 🤝
The Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land was originally supposed to take around 11 days based on the direct journey from Egypt to Canaan, but the journey took 40 years due to the Israelites' disobedience and wandering in the wilderness.
We may be the modern day “Moses” (of sorts), but how long we spend in the desert and whether or not we make it into the “Promised Land” is entirely up to us.
We live in the last days.
We don’t live in the last day.
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
Luke 4:18-19
Jesus quoted Isaiah but left out the last portion of the verse:
“to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,”
Between the favorable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God is thousands of years.
We know that because its been at least 2000 years and there hasn’t been a judgement day yet.
We should carry ourselves as though we live in the year of the Lord’s favor, not the day of vengeance of our God.
To complete the note, I’d add this to follow the last statement:
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
1 Corinthians 10:23-24
🤙❤️
The gates of heaven will be wide open (contrary to popular belief) [Rev. 21:25]
They’re open because there’s no intention of keeping darkness out.
When given the opportunity, it won’t want to enter.
This is the headwind I’ve come up against while trying to orange pill the Church ⛪️
The Church is hopeful with regard to “spiritual”/etherial things, but not necessarily with things that have a “worldly” affiliation (to include the world 🌍 itself).
I think the most significant shortcoming of the Church right now is our inability to SEE the significance in the physical world 🌎
I’ve written on this (geared towards Church leadership) if you’re interested. It’s essentially a parallel between the canonical Exodus story and the “Modern Exodus” we’re in now. 🤝
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BZjJWZqCuvjyRZBQq1fRP1Okddt6_OgusyibCZzHRnc/edit
For anyone else committed to helping the Church get their heads 🧠 and hearts ❤️ around Bitcoin, I’d love some feedback on a piece I’ve been working on for a while now.
It’s essentially a parallel between the canonical Exodus story and what I call “A Modern Exodus” that attempts to make Bitcoin tangible for the Church specifically.
#Bitcoin
#PlebChain
#AModernExodus
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BZjJWZqCuvjyRZBQq1fRP1Okddt6_OgusyibCZzHRnc/edit
We haven’t officially met, but I’m Auxmos 🤝
Long time follower of Jesus here with my 2 sats:
I think the Church’s inability to identify with what you’re describing here is its greatest issue currently. I’ve come to identify the issue as a sacred // real divide. (Or a sacred // physical 🌍 divide). Let me explain:
When I hear you say “…the truth that god is within all of us and makes up all of creation” I hear Ephesians 4:6 “…one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.”
When I hear you say “…we are all parts of the whole…” I hear 1 Corinthians 12:12 “Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.”
With that said, properly orienting yourself in the midst of this God swirl 🌀 is entirely contingent upon your proper orientation with the “head” of the body, namely Jesus.
I believe the churches inability to identify with what you’re feeling in your physical body and in the physical world around you is due to the Church’s emphasis of explicitly spiritual (ethereal) matters unto the neglect of the physical (worldly) matters.
I actually believe this is the chief issue the Church needs to overcome in order to understand the significance of #Bitcoin. I’ve actually written a paper recently tailored for the local Church unpacking this idea to help them understand #Bitcoin.
To take an excerpt from that paper:
“Our physical bodies are now the temple of the Holy Spirit, and in Him the whole world holds together. It’s not obvious that our bodies are simply earthen vessels just as it’s not obvious that the world is just an object. He is in all and through all, and that’s exactly the point. The Lord is concerned with the “physical” order of things, especially as it pertains to the freedom of His people.”
Said differently, the Church has good theology for why Jesus had to come as a man, but we do not have good theology for why he is still a man.
@sourcenode@freeborn | ἐλεύθερος
Hey 👋
Sounds like we’re thinking about very similar ideas 💡
I just finished writing what ended up being something like a working thesis/prophetic word tailored for the Church to understand Bitcoin through the lens of the Exodus.
It’s essentially a parallel between the canonical Exodus story and what I call “A Modern Exodus”.
If you have the time, I’d love some feedback 🤙
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BZjJWZqCuvjyRZBQq1fRP1Okddt6_OgusyibCZzHRnc/edit
Not exactly.
As far as I can tell, they were given a second chance.
I teased out the idea in the following paper I wrote for the Church at large to understand #Bitcoin through the lens of the Exodus story.
Skip to the end of page 32 and top of page 33 for the part referencing the Moses finding the Israelites worshiping the golden calf. 🤙
Lmk what you think 👇
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BZjJWZqCuvjyRZBQq1fRP1Okddt6_OgusyibCZzHRnc/edit
The Google Doc doesn’t have it split into pages, so you’re looking for the section entitled “Building A Dwelling Place” for the reference to Moses and the golden calf
Your post today reminded me of this conversation we started a few months ago. I’ve got some ideas I’d like to run by you.
Jonathan Pageau recently offered a symbolic interpretation of the story of Rahab in an attempt to explain the story of the shrewd manager.
I bring it up here because I think his interpretation of the symbolism in the story of Rahab has some implications on the way we should be thinking about the world 🌍 as it pertains to our eschatology.
If I can bother you for 15min of your time, I’m sure this is a take you aren’t familiar with:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6p9OTngJDpoyZRB3NRNyBR?si=TJl8i0xYR5SzLX_NV9aW6Q&t=727
😂 Sorry about that!
His podcast is one I’m referencing often these days!
If you missed the Exodus seminar he was a part of last year you’re missing out big time.
It was incredible 🤯
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