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FLEE
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 3, 2026 – Jesus wasn’t a threat the political order of his time, because the Kingdom he was ushering in was, in his own words, “not of this world”. And so the Roman powers-that-be had no interest in Jesus, had no reason to curtail his ministry work, recognizing that he wasn’t fighting against them or trying to rabble-rouse against the Roman forces occupying Judea. Were it not for the machinations of the religious authorities in Jerusalem and elsewhere, Jesus would likely have flown entirely under the radar of the Roman authorities. But to the religious authorities, Jesus was indeed a threat, and one that had to be permanently removed.
The Kingdom is by nature apolitical. From its very founding it’s been apolitical. When Jesus stated that his Kingdom was not of this world, he meant it literally, not metaphorically: Literally. He had no interest in getting involved in politics on any level because politics is a worldly concern, and his Kingdom is not of this world. None of Jesus’ followers should be politically involved or attempt to apply the teachings of the Kingdom to worldly politics, lest they fall into the ‘square peg in a round hole’ trap. The world is the world; the Kingdom is the Kingdom, and the two intersect only in that those who are in the Kingdom must by necessity move through the world during their time on Earth, and they have God’s blessing to do so as long as they remain within God’s guidelines.
Jesus didn’t work against the world. He didn’t preach working against the world. He understood that the way the world is at any given time is the perfect expression of God’s justice. To work against the world or to decry its alleged injustices would be to call into question God’s justice, which is something Jesus would never do (and so is something that we, as his followers, should never do). Still, that doesn’t mean we should actively support the way the world is or laud the corruption and decay. Our job is to see the world for what it is (“watch”), not shy away from seeing it, not hide ourselves away from it.
Jesus came to tell the world about a better place, not to make the world a better place. This distinction is important. You can’t override God’s justice, but you can choose not to make a bad situation worse. You can choose to follow God’s guidance in everything you do, like Jesus did. You can choose to live by Kingdom laws while in the world without imposing those laws on the world. You can choose to move through the world as a walking, talking example of a better way of being that negates the negatives of the world not by fighting against them or, conversely, refusing to see that they exist, but by simply and quietly living simply and quietly. You do this by deferring to God in everything you do. In the realm of chaos and noise, living simply and quietly is revolutionary.
Jesus lived that way during his time here. He didn’t rabble-rouse. He didn’t posture on a soapbox in the middle of the town square, raging against perceived social injustices. He didn’t protest. He didn’t make demands on the powers-that-be. He simply and quietly went through his paces as guided by God. He simply and quietly performed the duties required of him as the Messiah. The only time he raised his voice was against his own followers when they were being thick-headed, or against the religious authorities when they were twisting God’s Word, or against the moneychangers in the temple when their corrupt practices encroached on God’s turf. All of these situations were Kingdom business, not worldly affairs, and Kingdom business needs to be dealt with accordingly, that is, as Jesus dealt with it.
The religious authorities in Jerusalem and elsewhere rightly feared the simple and quiet authority of Jesus far more than the violent rhetoric and acts of Barabbas, because Jesus’ authority was eternal, not temporal, and so superseded theirs, and on some level they knew it. This pattern of religious authorities persecuting genuine prophets of God is not a new phenomenon. It didn’t begin with Jesus and obviously didn’t end with him. Jesus warned his followers that they, too, would be hated and persecuted as he was hated and persecuted, and so we are. Throughout the millennia, genuine followers of Jesus have suffered far more under religious authorities than under political powers-that-be, with the papacy being by far the worst of our persecutors. America was founded in large part by those trying to flee the clutches of the papacy, with the embedding of the notion of freedom of religion into the American constitution being in direct response to centuries-long papal persecutions in Europe.
Being who we are as bornagain believers simply and quietly poses a threat to religious authorities because we stand as a witness to God’s Truth. Our authority doesn’t come from us or from any worldly power, but from God, and they all know it on some level. And so they want us gone, the way the temple elders wanted Jesus gone, or the way the papal inquisitors wanted Bible-believing Christians gone.
Our existence is an affront to them. It exposes them spiritually for who and what they are – members of the synagogue of Satan. Worldly religion in all its guises is the synagogue of Satan, not just those who trace their heritage back to the temple elders. All the world’s religions are denominations of that one synagogue, and Satan lords over them all. The only spiritual turf he cannot claim is the Kingdom, which is why he’s constantly at war with it.
Christianity is by its very nature apolitical. It is also by nature simple and quiet. It doesn’t need to be ritually complex, loud, or intrusive. It doesn’t impose: It abides. It doesn’t take up material arms to fight a material “enemy”. It doesn’t try to right perceived wrongs. It accepts God’s justice and judgements as absolute but doesn’t work to worsen an already bad situation. (When you take up arms for any reason other than deterrence, you’re worsening an already bad situation.) It rests not on its own authority but on God’s.
We’re a threat to Satan’s synagogue not because of anything we do or say but simply because we are. We were warned it would be this way, and so it is. We were warned we’d be hated and persecuted “without cause”, and so we are. To fight against the persecutions would be to fight against God’s justice. We’re not to fight persecution but to flee it.
We’re not to fight against persecution but to flee it. Jesus told us not to fight but to flee.
You can tell who the real Christians are by how they respond to persecution.
SOAP
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, February 13, 2026 – In the lead-up to the Flood, Noah continued to preach, even while knowing (because God told him) that he and his family would be the only ones spared. Likewise, Moses shepherded the children of Israel through the wilderness for 40 years, all the while knowing (because God told him) that of those who were 20 years or older when they left Egypt, only Joshua and Caleb would make it to the Promised Land. And in the tribulation to come, scripture tells us that two witnesses will preach to the remnant and to a spiritually dead people, the latter who will never turn back to God.
One of the heaviest crosses we bear as bornagain believers is witnessing and ministering to those we know will never turn. In these cases, we don’t witness and minister for their sake, but because God tells us to. It’s our duty as God’s children to witness and minister, even if our efforts bear no visible fruit.
Especially if our efforts bear no visible fruit.
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I live in Canada. I was born here and have lived here most of my life. I was not raised as a believer but I became a believer as an adult. Since then, I’ve watched the percentage of professing believers decline to the point that Canada now is, sadly, minority Christian.
Canada was founded in 1867 as a nation with an overwhelmingly majority Christian population (around 99%). It remained majority Christian until about a decade ago. And, as we know, a nation that is minority Christian is by default majority demon. There’s no third option. There’s no “secular nation”. Secular is yet another euphemism for demonic.
So here I am, living in a majority-demon country that in less than 150 years morphed from nearly 100% Christian to far less than 50%. Most other Western nations have suffered similar fates during the same timeframe. The United States appears to be the last man standing with regard to the rate of decline of its Christian population, but it’s still declining. Just slower.
And yet even amidst this unstoppable (because prophesied) downward spiritual trajectory, we still need to preach – first and foremost to each other, but also as witnesses to unbelieving nations. And we do so knowing that our words (other than those we share among ourselves) will be rejected and cursed and twisted back onto us as a trap. I’ve seen it happen over and over again, the purposely malignant misinterpretation of God’s Word, and still I continue to preach. It’s my job, as a bornagain believer. I cannot not preach.
For the past 11 years, this blog has served as my main witness, not because it’s aimed at unbelievers (it’s very much and solely aimed at bornagain believers) but because unbelievers come here, some out of curiosity and some looking for ammo to use against me when the time is right. I give it to them freely, the ammo, only I call it Truth and God’s Word. Let them call it what they want.
Just like God sends the sun and rain on both the just and unjust, we’re to witness first and foremost to each other, and if unbelievers wander by while we’re witnessing, let them hear. Even better – hand them some soap as the Word washes over them. It may be that some of the grime will be washed from their soul, and their eternity won’t be as bad as it would have been.
We can be under no illusion that the prophesied falling away is reversible. It can be slowed but not reversed. Noah knew that only his family would make it to the ark. Moses knew that only Joshua and Caleb would make it to the Promised Land. We know that only bornagain believers (and not even all bornagain believers) will make it Home. And yet still we preach. And yet still we witness – to each other first and foremost, but also to whomsoever will for whatsoever reason.
Though the general spiritual trajectory is now downward, ours is ever upward. We’re to draw as many upward with us as we can, while there’s still time.
A BORN-AGAIN BELIEVER 