Slaying Sacred Cows

Wild Kingdom Truths, Humble Leadership & A Golden Cube in the Sky

There is a Pastor in Texas who often uses the phrase, “Going to kill some sacred cows.” The phrase often gets used whenever he is bringing truth to cultural or religious beliefs that seem biblical, but are not.

So today I don’t have a single themed post, but one that is a collection of various topics and generally cool facts. Let’s go.

What are we?🤔

The traditional response is, “The Church.” This is a fairly large topic, especially depending on what Christian flavor you come from. So I will only be dealing with part of the topic, but a big part. In today’s world, where clergy abuse and heavy-handed leadership exist, is the argument is that all authority belongs in the church because the church is the kingdom of God. This statement is then twisted into various forms so that it is seen as evil and sinful to question the authority structure and actions within the Church.

But here is the reality: the church is NOT the kingdom of God. It is a by-product of the Kingdom, and it MAY contain kingdom elements within its walls and services. But the Kingdom of God, like God himself, is often unpredictable and wild.

As a by-product, the organization serves multiple purposes for the benefit of the followers of Jesus, both present and yet to come. It is the people who ARE the ministry in action, who do the works of the Kingdom, NOT the organizational system.

Leadership models that fail to comprehend this will always lean towards a top-down authority structure as their biblical reason why you must follow “their rules.” I will answer this error in the next part.

Leadership

Jesus set the pattern for everything. By abolishing the old system, he created a new one where the relationship becomes key to everything. No longer did you know God from a distance, but up close and personal. The veil was ripped, and we can get as close as we want; there is NO priest, old Saint, or dog and pony system🐩🎠 to work through, it’s all gone.

This is the pattern Jesus laid down for his followers to follow, and a model for all generations. What that means is, if someone claims a title. Well, it does not mean much without a relationship. Or, let me say it another way, “This or that person has no voice in you unless you know them.” Does that sound radical? Let’s take a look at a strange statement from the Apostle Paul.

“Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 1 Cor 9:2 Paul wrote this in his defence as an Apostle. But there are a couple of things to notice here.

#1 There were people who did not acknowledge him as an Apostle.

#2 Paul did not rebuke those people and demand that they follow him.😱

Jesus did the same thing when he called his followers. He offered, he did not demand. What this means is that following certain leaders comes down to you. It is up to you to open your eyes and determine the integrity, wisdom, and godly characteristics. Blind following for any other reason is dangerous.

Godly Nature

Yep, this is the spot where everyone fails. However, there is a big difference between trying to live a godly life and pretending. I’ve heard a few people over the years say, “I will never trust a leader who does not have a limp!” Leaders who walk with a limp are more aware of their personal need for repentance and the blood of Jesus. Leaders who pretend perfection unknowingly turn themselves into idols and thouse that follow, spiritually adopt the same bad behavior. Because perfect only makes you crazy, unstable, and just plain weird.

The reality is, we have had so few believers demonstrate a Godly Nature that we don’t know what it looks like when it shows up, so we walk away. Here is a quote from a now-famous song by Todd Agnew called “My Jesus” to think about.

“Cause my Jesus would never be accepted in my church, the blood and dirt on his feet might stain the carpet. But He reaches for the hurting and despises the proud, I think He’d prefer Beale ST. to the stained glass crowd.” Todd Agnew “My Jesus.”

You see, it’s not about what a leader takes from the room, but what he adds. Does he bring Joy to the room? How about Righteousness when he comes in? Or does he bring Peace with him? And did you know he can do that with very few words? (Romans 14:17)

The Two Witnesses

Did you know that there are thousands of Christian denominations and movements in the world, and they all think everyone else’s understanding of scripture is not right? Did you know that two thousand years ago, when Jesus came, all the top religious leaders misunderstood his coming? If the top guys, who memorized whole books of the Bible, got it wrong, what makes us think we will do better today?

A good note: when you disrupt people’s personal theology, they’re going to get angry. I listened to one guy who was asked to speak at a seminary in the early 1990s. He literally got bruises from Bibles hitting him. However, once the anger fades, some wise up and see the error of their own thinking, but some don’t.

The two witnesses will speak for three and a half years in the religious capital of the world. How many Christian pastors do you think will challenge them for offending their doctrine? How many will demand that they (the witnesses) follow them because of their self-proclaimed Apostolic position? How many will get burned? Revelation 11:5.🌩️

These guys are coming to correct EVERYONE’s theology, because I would submit that if the Lord feels he needs to send them, then there is a big problem on Earth with His People.

Kingdom CON fusion

I assume everyone knows what a con man is. This could be any snake oil salesman or politician trying to get something out of you in nefarious ways. Well, kindom CON fusion is the ability to break down and destroy the fusion of love and trust in the body. One area where this is taking place, in a big way, is over the issue of power and character. A LOT of people are confusing the power as evidence of a godly life, it’s not. A lot of things in the spiritual world have power; a demon could technically heal you. But that does not make the demon holy. Jesus commands us to judge by the fruit of the tree, not the tree itself.

In defending people like Shawn Bolz, I have heard people say that “Shawn must be a godly man because I got healed at his meetings.” Really? Do you not know how healing works? Did you not know that biblically it could have been YOUR FAITH that got you healed?

1. The woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5:34),

2. Blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:52)

3. The thankful leper (Luke 17:19)

Sometimes miracles happen in a place simply because the desire is so great in the room, it pulls on the Lord’s heart. In that case, it becomes a sovereign action between you and him. Not the room, speaker, or music, they DO NOT have the power to do anything.

Don’t elevate the fallen out of a misguided understanding of healing or grace. The Lord can deal with them; you just need to thank Jesus for the healing.

Something Fun to Think About

So I got thinking about the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven in the book of Revelation. For the fun of it, I asked Grok, the AI program, a few questions. “What will this look like, and what will be the effect on Earth?”

It answered this question with two answers: Jerusalem resting on the earth and hovering just above it. It gave me a LOT of technical information that I will avoid, so I will just give you the summary.

Hovering Above

It is described as a large golden cube and a foundation of precious stones of approximately 1400 miles on each side. The reflectivity of all that gold sitting high would produce sunlight on the dark side of the Earth. Whenever the earth rotated to night, a golden glow would take over, and it would never get fully dark. During the day, when the sunlight strikes the foundation, a two-hundred-mile-wide rainbow of colors would be seen in the sky, in the direction of the cube.

All this extra light, shifted into various color spectrums (depending on location), would affect plantlife and possible migration paths of local wildlife. Part of this would happen because the extra sunlight would help to regulate the temperature; possibly, with no ice caps, Antarctica would be ice-free.

Also, that big a surface of reflective Gold would be seen a long way out into space. It would be obvious from anywhere in the inner solar system. And it could be mistaken as a tiny sun by any neighboring star systems looking through a telescope.

Resting On the Earth

This is where it gets dangerous, so unless the power of god performs a miracle to keep us all safe, I think it will NOT be resting on the earth.

If resting, then it would be attached. That much Gold in one location would cause the Earth to start to wobble. This wobble effect would start becoming a real problem in a couple of hundred years, as the general rotation around the sun would be affected, which would in turn affect the rotation of the next closest planets.

The air patterns of the earth would all changed. Our atmosphere is thin, and only a small portion of the cube would actually be in the atmosphere. Extream airpressure would take place along its sides as the air pushed to get around the cube. The result would be a horrific, permanent storm behind the cube where nothing can live. An undending hurricane, measured in perhaps 400+ mile perhour speeds.

Because the length of the day (from the wobble) would change, wind speed increases. Deserts and tropical forests would be created in places that do not have them now. In effect, a major portion of the Earth would be uninhabitable.

So, I’m voting for hovering above the earth.

One More Fun Thing 😉

I have always considered this song from Amy Grant to be prophetic. Add your thoughts to the comment below.