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Protestants come out with a new tract every few years naming their latest Geo-Political Threat as being the ‘Army of the Antichrist’.
Political convenience aside, shouldn’t the Protestants ever consider the possibility that there might actually be something to Revelations, besides an exploitable avenue for current hate propaganda? Now, I won’t get into the small details and intricate symbolisms in Revelations – I admit that it is way past my ability to make sense of the apocalyptic minutia. But the larger issues deserve reflection.
The Antichrist is to be in command of the Popular Movements of His Time. The Protestants may have been on to something when they were pointing a finger at the Communists, when the Reds were on their upward ascendant. But even then, the Communists were utterly materialistic and shunned the Religiosity that St. John would attribute to the Antichrist and his Movement. The Antichrist will make a big show of being Religious, no?
Now, since 911, the Muslims are Protestantism’s new darlings to be the Army of the Antichrist. But really – the Islamic Struggle is merely a rear-guard action. They aren’t attacking… they’re defending, and they are defending against a Popular Western Culture that is eradicating their identity, and a Protestant Ethic of Greed that is evicting them out of their own economies, and a Zionist/Protestant Militarism that is committing genocide against them. If one were to forget who is ‘us’ and who is ‘them’ for a minute and just think in terms of Revelation’s sense of justice and the Vision that a Greedy Overwhelming Culture of an Antichrist will surround and attack a beleaguered minority of oppressed True Religionists – then it would be easier to see Protestant Western Culture as the Army of the Antichrist.
“But we are on the side of Jesus”. Well, are you? Your doctrines come from Paul and Paul rejects Righteousness as a ‘boast’ and a ‘debt’. Honesty, though, what True Religion would reject Righteousness? Now, a Religion of an Antichrist would certainly reject Righteousness. Wouldn’t that be how one could define the Religion of the Antichrist? Your Easy Salvation may seem personally desirable, as going to Heaven is better than going to Hell, but you can’t call it Religion. You can’t reject Religious Law and still call yourself Religious… oh wait, but you do.
Political convenience aside, shouldn’t the Protestants ever consider the possibility that there might actually be something to Revelations, besides an exploitable avenue for current hate propaganda? Now, I won’t get into the small details and intricate symbolisms in Revelations – I admit that it is way past my ability to make sense of the apocalyptic minutia. But the larger issues deserve reflection.
The Antichrist is to be in command of the Popular Movements of His Time. The Protestants may have been on to something when they were pointing a finger at the Communists, when the Reds were on their upward ascendant. But even then, the Communists were utterly materialistic and shunned the Religiosity that St. John would attribute to the Antichrist and his Movement. The Antichrist will make a big show of being Religious, no?
Now, since 911, the Muslims are Protestantism’s new darlings to be the Army of the Antichrist. But really – the Islamic Struggle is merely a rear-guard action. They aren’t attacking… they’re defending, and they are defending against a Popular Western Culture that is eradicating their identity, and a Protestant Ethic of Greed that is evicting them out of their own economies, and a Zionist/Protestant Militarism that is committing genocide against them. If one were to forget who is ‘us’ and who is ‘them’ for a minute and just think in terms of Revelation’s sense of justice and the Vision that a Greedy Overwhelming Culture of an Antichrist will surround and attack a beleaguered minority of oppressed True Religionists – then it would be easier to see Protestant Western Culture as the Army of the Antichrist.
“But we are on the side of Jesus”. Well, are you? Your doctrines come from Paul and Paul rejects Righteousness as a ‘boast’ and a ‘debt’. Honesty, though, what True Religion would reject Righteousness? Now, a Religion of an Antichrist would certainly reject Righteousness. Wouldn’t that be how one could define the Religion of the Antichrist? Your Easy Salvation may seem personally desirable, as going to Heaven is better than going to Hell, but you can’t call it Religion. You can’t reject Religious Law and still call yourself Religious… oh wait, but you do.
