We don’t need another hero,
or do we?
Think back to when you were young, who was your hero? Was it a movie persona, a
comic book hero, a radio personality, or maybe it was good old Dad? In today’s
modern world it is easy to identify with a hero, there are literally hundreds
of thousands of them in the world today.
What heroes were there thousands of years ago? Put yourself back in time, who
would be your hero then? With no TV, radio, or computers, people were limited
to two choices either men of power, and good deed, such as Nimrod the mighty
deceiver, or Sampson a mighty worker of good for the people of Yisra’el, or
mighty ones. Real or imaginary these Mighty Ones were given great honor,
attributed with controlling almost everything in a mans life. There were gods
for every season and every occasion; there were gods for the weather and
planets. These gods were represented by objects of wood, stone, gems, and
metals.
Have you ever wondered where these gods went, or why?
Did these gods just disappear with the growing of knowledge throughout the
world, or did something else happen? We must ask ourselves why people decided
to place their lives in the hands of mysterious powers beyond their
comprehension. Could it be that they were aware of a presence and power that
was beyond them? What else could possibly explain the fact that the people
entrusted their very lives to forces unknown? Why have so many innocent
children been sacrificed to appease these so called gods? Look to the Aztecs,
Mayans, and other civilizations that regularly sacrificed people to their gods.
Can this be attributed to anything other than a real driving force behind their
actions?
Think about how many people were religious, believing in a higher power, or
gods. It was the many and not the few.
Who really rules this world? Is it man or something else? Even today many
people believe in a higher power, or gods. Do you think people today have as
much zeal and faith as those of old? Most people seem to be lackluster in their
worship, preferring to socialize, and maintain man made traditions and beliefs
that have been passed to them from some speculative sources. Could it be that
the force that men feel pulling them towards the knowledge of the higher power
is being drowned out? Drowned out by the attractions and distractions of this
world, television, radio, video games, and music, as well as the multitude of
ads we are subjected to. Ads touting sexual promiscuity, the importance of
drinking alcohol and smoking to our social status, and the value of materialism
to our ”place” in this wonderful world we live in.
We truly live in a world of sensory overload. We have to ask ourselves, who is
the prince of the power of the air, is he alive and well today with his
minions?
Have the gods of old been lost or just replaced? You be the judge. Take a good
look around you today. Do you see people who wash their cars with religious
frequency, spending hours polishing and waxing? Or do you see the young people
spending thousands of dollars fixing up their cars with mega-watt stereo
systems and custom paint jobs? Do you see the office worker going to his high
paying job so he can afford to pay for his twenty-room house with the indoor
pool and four-car garage? Have you seen the woman with the closet full of
expensive clothes and shoes? Do you hear on the news about the rich who keep
getting richer, and the poor who keep getting poorer? Let’s think of the other
examples and ask ourselves, what do these people worship? What is their driving
force? Do you see these same people giving money or their time to the needy?
They have been drawn away from thinking of a higher power. Just like the people
of old, who were drawn away by false gods, the people of today are wrapped up
in materialism, status hounding, greed, and selfishness, too busy to stop and
take a look around, or listen to the calling.
Take a look at yourself, are you like those people, or are you modest,
preferring to live a life of comfort rather than luxury?
Who are the heroes of today’s world? Most people would identify with movie or
comic book heroes. How many men alive today would qualify for this title? How
many men of the past would qualify as our hero?
There are a few people that are not of this world, who haven’t succumbed to the
ceaseless bombardment by the prince of this world. These few people have a
hero, a hero from the past, a hero who will return, and depose the evil ruler
of this world.
Sent
by the Almighty Creator, our hero will restore order to the world. No more
deception, Evil be gone! We look forward to his return, and his rule as King of
Kings.
Is this hero real to you? If not maybe you should take a step back from the
world and see through the smokescreen the adversary has created.
He has the many believing that the things of this world matter, always
preoccupying people’s minds with fluffy and trivial thoughts, which are here
today, gone tomorrow.
Fantasy
or reality, you make the choice. Believe in the things of this world, or
believe in the things of the coming world?
