The Walking Dead (Part 2)

Zombie horror is in a way revealing what we truly are – the walking dead. Unable to see, hear, or think properly. Mindlessly shambling through the world consuming everything upon our lust. But like the horror genre in general, it presents a world of fantastic events without the presence and power of God.

Zombie horror has a false gospel embedded in its core. In zombie films, people begin alive and when they are infected by a zombie bite they turn into a zombie. And once they die there is no hope. They will become a walker/zombie/undead thing no matter what and there is no curing them once bitten. So in zombie horror we begin originally alive and good and then become dead and evil.

This is all law without grace. In some zombie stories like The Walking Dead for example, victims can stave off the infection if they amputate a bitten limb quickly enough. Does this not remind you of Jesus’ words in Matthew 5?

“And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell…”

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But the Bible says the opposite, that we all begin spiritually dead, and by grace some of us are regenerated into eternal life.

Here lies the paradox: all that seek God shall find him when they turn to him with their whole heart (Jeremiah 29:13, Matthew 7:7-8). And yet…none seek after God. (Rom 3:11, Ps 14:2-3).

So how does anyone find that which no one ever seeks?

The Lord asks Ezekiel: Can these bones live?

Can these bones live? Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17)…

Look at what God shows us in Ezekiel 37. In verse 4 he commands Ezekiel to prophesy (which is to say, preach) to the dry bones.

“Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.” (Ezek 37:5-6)

Hallelujah, what a Savior!

The whole world lies in wickedness, and yet these sleepwalking corpses can live and breathe and sing praises to Lord and inquire in his temple forever.

"For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.”

-1st Corinthians 1:-21

Can these bones live?

O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

Selah.

The Walking Dead (Part 1)

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I’ve been obsessed with the zombie horror genre since my teens. Zombies serve are an apt metaphor for our materialistic culture. A zombie shambles around mindlessly, consuming everything in its path. Without pity, without thought, reacting on instinct to base impulses and stimuli.

The Bible likens our unregenerate state to this living death. We were dead in sins and then raised up together and made to sit in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:1-6).

Ephesians 2:1-2

“And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.”

1st Timothy 5:

“Now she that is a widow indeed and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.” (5-6)

Luke 15:

“And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the Father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him...…For this my son was dead, and is alive again…” (21-24).

By default we are all walking according to the prince of the power of the air. The children of the flesh will always persecute the children of the spirit as Cain did to Abel. And so, the zombie genre illustrates albeit in a skewed and unbiblical way that “the whole world lieth in wickedness” (1st John 5:19), and only a small remnant on earth has the spirit of life in them, and their days are full of tribulation.

Selah.

The Snare

The snares are laid daily by "chief executives", who believe they were ordained in some way to save humanity. They promise protection from disease, salvation from terrorism, and forgiveness for our carbon footprints. All of this by any means necessary.

We regard these mortal saviors so highly, that at their command we would willingly inject pharmaceutical poison into our own blood. If they say we are sick, then so it is.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

-Psalm 64:5

The staged pandemic continues today with inappropriate PCR tests and made-up ailments like “long-covid”. The theatre is fueled by fearful responses to media reports and blind obedience to chief executive orders. Our dear leaders prey on our innate desire to be virtuous through our outward works.

For many there is no cross-check with the Word of God and no prayer or supplication to Jesus Christ. The CEO-types know this.

They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

-Psalm 64:6

Will you stop participating in the anti-Christian medical theatre? Will you realize there are no works you could do for atonement? No injections you could take to cure ailments or heal the world? No politicians that could save America?

There is nothing you could possibly do in this life that would be good enough to please God.

“…all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags…”

-Isaiah 64:6

If you say you are a Christian, then salvation is only through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone. God hath not given us the spirit of fear. (2 Tim 1:7)

They need you constantly scared:

Viruses, nuclear bombs, earth sized meteors. You must live in fear of death.

To justify constant control:

CEOs say, injections and fake respirators are harmless tools for managing people.

He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare…

-Jeramiah 48:44

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