I am writing
a book about how the evil one works, and here is a short excerpt from one section
of my book,
“We also see, particularly because the Bible gives us an
interpretive lens, the patterns of God working and building, the Devil
destroying, and what does and does not benefit us as human beings. History is
the combined catalogue of humanity learning what happens if you put your hand
in the fire, so that those of us reading it can learn without having to put our
hands in the fire. It is the collective version of learning from the mistakes
and wisdom of others.
It is obvious to those of us who read history that there is
an evil hand at work, guiding those who attack God’s people. Think about this,
in the middle of the 19th century multiple forces converged on Western society,
all intersecting with each other, to undermine the Western world: Materialism
or Naturalism, Darwinism, Marxist Socialism, Feminism, Psychology, the
introduction of pagan mysticism into the zeitgeist, and more. And all of these
philosophies and pseudo-sciences were offering to replace the Christian
worldview.”
It was
within the space of a decade or so, that all of these converging forces sprung
into action, or began to rise in credibility for the intelligentsia, in the
Western world. Darwin published the origin of the species in 1859, and both
benefitted from and helped encourage the rise of materialism. Psychology began
to take off in the mid 19th century, but can be traced back earlier,
depending on how you define it. Marx and Engels published the Communist Manifesto in 1848. The first women’s rights convention was held in Seneca Falls
in 1848[1].
And the historian of religion Per Faxneld has documented thoroughly how Luciferian
elements crossed over within the initial stages of the interactions of many of the
movers and shakers in these movements, and in fact predated them and directly inspired
some of them.[2]
The
invisible hand of evil can be seen at work in these and other key moments in
history, especially where the people of God have come under serious and
sustained attack. Of course, if you have a materialist worldview, then this is
all nonsense. But you are left with the inability of explaining why there is such
a consistency with which evil coalesces around the same ideas, sins and actions,
again and again. If you have a Christian worldview, this is not only not surprising
but to be expected.
[2] Per
Faxneld, 2017, Satanic Feminism: Lucifer as Liberator in Nineteenth Century
Culture, Oxford University Press.
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