VCY's Lamech Solution

https://www.vcyamerica.org/crosstalk/2023/04/13/growing-violence-in-society/

I'm not going to waste a great deal of time interacting with what is effectively John Birch Radio – or at least its Fundamentalist-Evangelical arm. It is spiritually bankrupt and while there are bits of gospel truth to be found on CrossTalk, the deception and error far outweigh it and expose the show as a dangerous font of heresy and disinformation.

Generally speaking, Christian radio has played a large role in disseminating disinformation regarding questions such as immigration and crime and their economic ramifications. Taking their cues from outlets like FOX, they traffic in fear and anger.

This however was a bit too much I thought.

My eyes fell upon this lead-in:

Yes, our society is becoming more lawless and more violent. We shouldn’t be totally surprised by this. We are told that as it was in the days of Noah, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be. How were those days of Noah? Genesis 6:11-13 reveals, “The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.”

A great deal could be said about their use (and misuse) of Genesis 6, and the Evangelical sanction and promotion of violence in this society in the form of militarism and gun culture – not to mention their championing of an economic system that promotes destructive cycles of boom and bust, that exploits people, and destroys family and communities. Yes, these cycles lead to violence to be sure. But this show has an agenda – one set and established for them by the Right-wing political forces they would ally with. And in this case they want to promote the narrative that society is becoming chaotic – it is to some degree, but once again these people are just as much to blame for it as their 'soft on crime' antagonists.

How should a Christian respond to all of this? Well, you certainly won't find the answer with VCY or CrossTalk. Do we respond with grace or mercy? How about wisdom and re-assessment? No, CrossTalk's answer is to invite on some kind Christian charlatan and give a platform to hawk his wares.

I visited the linked website and what did I find?

It was a basket of Right-wing filth including reams of police propaganda, along with the marketing of bulletproof vests (and gun culture). This was heavily supplemented by anti-China disinformation, anti-immigrant narratives and much more.

Basically it's another group of hucksters who found a Right-wing angle someone hadn't exploited yet and they're using it to build their profile, make money, and engage in activism. The organisation's IRS-990 doesn't reveal salaries and yet there are many ways to 'cash in' on a non-profit and hide what's happening – internal loans and secondary companies are common enough, along with all the other ministry or charity 'perks' which can be utilised to pay for a lot of day-to-day expenses.

And we're supposed to be impressed or convinced by these people appealing to Genesis 6? The New Testament evokes this episode and ties it in with Sodom – whose sexual sins were rooted in mammonism and decadence (as per Ezekiel 16), and when run through the covenant filter it is always associated with apostasy.

Apostasy is often not outright but functional – the tree being known by its fruit. The Northern Kingdom of Israel was apostate even while it retained a corrupted and syncretistic form of Jehovah worship.

That same kind of apostasy is with us today and thus Genesis 6 would apply far less to society at large (which is certainly wicked) but more specifically to the false and ungodly men crept in unawares (Jude). By that reckoning the demonic activity present in the Church must be identified with those who would corrupt the teaching of the New Testament, replacing the gospel of grace with one of cheap (or false) grace, exchanging the Kingdom ethics of Christ with the mammonism, pride, and violence of the world, and those who have fallen into idolatry – confusing and replacing the Kingdom of Zion with that of America or some mythological permutation of it.

The Church does not look to the sword of the state for vengeance. These people would know this if they would bother to read Romans 12 and then ignore the false chapter division that separates it from Romans 13 – the latter must be read in light of the former as it's all part of the same discourse.

These people do not represent Christ or the teachings of his apostles but instead represent the heritage of Nimrod and Lamech. Like their spiritual forebears they are those who despise the weak and would promote themselves as the masters of all – those who are not subject to the laws of God but as the lawless, they make their own rules and ethics. And to no one's surprise these offspring of Balaam strengthen the hands of those who do evil and form alliances with the Beast powers of the world.

It must be stated and understood they don't actually have faith in anything other than their own strength and the power of the sword and coin. They don't believe in prayer. They don't believe in Providence. They don't believe God ordains the powers that be. They believe in their idols which are expressions of self-deification and as such they will fight to the death in order to protect them.

CrossTalk is a form of apostasy as are the affiliates it promotes.

See also:

InVestUSA.org