The Tyranny of the Soul

“Though one may be overpowered, and two defend themselves, a three-strand cord is not easily broken.” (Eccl. 4:12)

While readers might argue about the various threads in these blogs, the pattern of their weaving serves to suggest “that where two or more are gathered together in My name, there I will be also.” (Mat. 18:20) That through our mutual faith and the assistance of the Holy Spirit we will be able to make a significant difference during the times ahead.

While many may argue that my Indigenous predisposition introduces a certain bias regarding the past and prophetic future of America, recent archeological discoveries and Indigenous oral traditions agree that the peopling of the Americas was accomplished by a post-Flood remnant population, which migrated to the Americas seeking refuge, a place to rebuild, and the fulfillment of a vision. And, although scripture confirms that the biblical Flood occurred as a direct result of the universal and irredeemable moral depravity of the human race at that time, it also speaks of a family of survivors, Noah and his sons, whose descendants dispersed globally, becoming the progenitors of humanity today. And yet, while Indigenous traditions within the Americas refer to the flood event, they also carry a cautionary note not to repeat the mistakes of the past. Unfortunately we have and are now on the cusp of “the fourth turning.”

And so America! A nation of comprised of the combined remnants of Indigenous and later European immigrants, interwoven into the tapestry of Indigenous genetics and religious cosmologies of The New World. And through a spirit of adoption and a process of adaptation, this nation’s identity and prophetic future became entwined with that of Native America’. And, although becoming a place of refuge for countless millions from around the world and a democratic singularly among nations, its citizens have departed from that august beginning. Yet the Native people themselves haven’t forgotten that high calling, and it isn’t as if they haven’t warned us. Return to the fold as emissaries of a living God or simply pass into the dust of history like those before them.

Although there have been revolutions and revivals from the beginning of time, none have yet resulted in a utopian transformation. And while the monotheistic faiths provided the model for Western civilization, their religious codification lacked the necessary spiritual reproductive capacity. And as the word itself suggests, revolution tends to be not only circular in motion, sweeping along the debris of history to form some future assemblage, but destructive at the outset. And while revival itself can be defined in terms of a spiritual rebirth, political struggle connotes to simply that of social progress. And while the recurring theme of “cry freedom” may well serve as the initial motivation of both, it will forever remain a Faustian proposition if it attempts to proceed without a spiritual foundation. Consequently, if we are to initiate the truly revolutionary revolution that humanity longs for, we must first address the one thing that we are loath to consider, the tyranny of our own soul and its role as our spiritual jailer.