God created everything.
If you follow the logic of this statement, you'll realize that those who choose to rebel against God are living in God's world. Through His laws of physics. In His creation.
Thus, evil has nothing original to bring to the table.
It is impossible to conjure, summon, channel, (etc) anything that can be weaponized against God, because evil itself relies on God-created tools in God's world, no different than a child stealing daddy's toolbox. All evil can do is dream up a perversion of God's creation; it cannot create something new altogether. Since it happens within the scope of reality (created by God), there will always be a speck of God's truth and wisdom, even in pagan works, occult works, luciferian works, and anything else, no matter how much they try to work against Him. This is because it is impossible to separate reality from God. Since God and His creation encompass literally all things, it is impossible to create something perceivable to even the highest transcendent that fully lacks "God". In creating a perversion of something, a certain amount of that "something" is still there. It's basing ones works on something else; how can that "something else" be avoided? Since EVERYTHING is based on God's works, it's impossible to avoid basing other works on them. The mission fails from the outset.
In case this is a little abstract, let's take an example. Wiccans adore nature. Nature is indeed very beautiful, and is good. However, nature is only good because God created it (Gen 1:31). Also, nature is a reflection of, and arrow pointing to, God (Luke 19:40, Romans 1:20). Nature will always serve this purpose no matter what Wiccans teach; I have seen many times how, for example, God will send instructions to me through animals nudging me in a certain direction. Or send inspiration through a beautiful sky. I admittedly don't have concrete proof of this phenomenon happening, but I can tell you with certainty that it happens, and it always ultimately points back to a worldview that matches Christian teaching, not the teachings of any other path. In rejecting Christianity, Wiccans do not avoid God. They reject God, sure, but they do not avoid Him. They merely worship a sign pointing back to Christianity. So it is with all the other things, too. No matter how esoteric you try to get, a sliver of God's truth, which inevitably goes against your teachings, will seep through.
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This is not to be mistaken for things like pantheism or universalism. The fact that godly truth is present in these things serves the purpose of a road sign, or a map. It's just like the angels who refuse our worship. They do God's work and point us in the direction of His righteousness, but they are not to be worshiped. Likewise, the discovery of this inevitability, that God's fingerprint is on all things, is a sign pointing us toward Him, but if we don't follow the signs, we remain lost. If you're lost, and you see your destination in the distance, and you walk away from your destination for some reason, you obviously remain lost. So God points us in the right direction, but we must follow it, or we remain under (justifiable) condemnation. It's not enough to merely exist in a world created by God; we must accept God's role in it, and the only way to accept it is to accept Christ (fulfillment of the law and prophecies).
Previously, a blog based on esoteric occultism (2012-2014). Most of these old posts have been deleted. Now (2014-present), this is a Christian blog, meant to reach out to, and teach, those who are still living in darkness. Note that posts from a couple years ago may not necessarily reflect my thoughts now.
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Painting "Anti-Canvas" Artwork Using a Canvas
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