The Cage of Engagement

 

John 6:26-66; Psa 110; Mat 22:41-46

People don't understand Lord Jesus Christ! They think they know, how Jesus Saves; how His Miracles work, not comprehending, how they look like the contemporaries of Jesus, who there happy, that He was capable of feeding many with Five loathes and 2 fish. They wanted Him as a King, who would bring the Maccabees back, then the last time of Jewish Glory was apparent. Jews always like Samson, their “Hammer of Justice” who would be called a Terrorist in today's standards, conscripted by Hamas or Hezbollah! Because of His refusal, people got upset and turned their backs and had him crucified. How dare you not be Bar Kokhba nor Bar Abbas, Jesus and bring seven legions of angels down from Heaven, to wipe the Romans out, if you can? It is a good thing, that the Musical “Jesus Christ, Superstar” exists, Because it makes it obvious, what people expected, and what they got! Why wasn't Jesus a Zealoth nor a Essene, as John the Baptist, a relative of Jesus is pinned by the Theologians. People don't understand, how the cage of Engagement works. They don't even know, how priority works, so how can you even be surprised. People engage with too many things, so your stack becomes bloated and certain things start fizzling out, because they have no viable target to execute their effect. I needed to fall in love with Magic the Gathering and Yugioh, in order to understand this. And be disenchanted from those mediums, who had the same problems as my church.

People believe in symbols and stories, which makes their faith rigid. If they actually meet the Son of God, who is the Messiah; Melchizedek; Emmanuel; I'm not offended, that the first Porn video, what was ever made in America, because back then you could only make educational videos to lecture students, to do that. This name suits it. Because Emmanuel made so many youths in Soviet Union get over their anxieties. People don't understand, how many ships there made or children birthed from this and how far it stooped, then its sequels came in, what there made, because the vultures saw, there is money to be earned. The exorcist had the same issue, there the first was great, the second was meh, and the third was diluting agent washing the keg, which held the Root-Beer, because there was no flavour left! Now the Moral Zealoth hates both, because sex and Witch-Craft, not understanding the genuine curiosity of the youths, who desperately want to know Christ, but cannot reach, thanks to Establishment.

Then Jesus talks about eating his flesh or drinking his blood and about David sitting on the Throne of God, while He puts the enemies of David under his feet – how can the Messiah, then be the Son of David!! Then this reality becomes in the minds of the faithful, who have established themselves, they get mad, because their renown is in check. They can't be Serious people in the Community anymore, because this word is too Thick! People want to have their grind, or like Jephthah told, who was exiled from his tribe for not being of Israel, for his Mother was a Prostitute, probably an Ammonite, and later was asked to lead the army, then the Ammonites attacked. When he went to walk like Jesus Christ in the wilderness, he had only worthless men with him, and probably had to send some back, for not wanting to hear their voice in the desert, then the journey is too hard. Because you don't want Mark to accompany you, like Happened to Paul and Barnabas, and have him turn back, for not accounting his true current abilities, making those two Great Christians come to odds. Too many Christians are better off sitting at the meat-pots of Egypt than going out in the desert of Matrix, where Agent Smith can corrupt you. 1Pe 5:8; Pro 26:13If you're more Engaged with your fears and anxieties, than Jesus can't do much for you or your Prayer Life. You couldn't even scream like a Man of Israel: “I believe Help my unfaith!” Mark 9:14-29; Mat 17:14-21; Luke 9:37-42 because your Pride and Ego would stop it. In order to receive anything, you should become like a woman or a child, who interacts with Jesus Message – only then can it bear its fruit in your heart and become discipline, which becomes Mission, which becomes Faith! People jump to faith immediately and then wonder, how they didn't get their black belt in Kung Fu with Chinese Symbols on it! I mean Prof. Quirrell did the same mistake in front of the Mirror of Erised (Desire backwards) He could only see him holding the Philosopher Stone, and give it to Voldemort, but not really find it inside his pocket. Its deeply ironic, that Bilbo Baggins “found” the ring in his pocket too, when he was exchanging riddles with Gollum. “What's in my pocket?” People Engage the wrong way, and then are mad, that their Sorcery dost work!

Wokeness could never in million years be able to corrupt the Church of Lord Jesus Christ, which is built on the Foundation of Peter and the Other Disciples and Saints. If it there not for the Christians, who tickle their ears with chosen Sermons, 2Tim 4:3; Mat 16:18 Because Christians rather listen to Schleiermacher and Lohse, how to be Savvy and cool, to appeal to the contemporary Post-Modern mind. Its not a surprise, that Nietzsche got radicalized by Arthur Schopenhauer, being disenchanted, travel through, Theology; Philosophy and Philology or then Kierkegaard couldn't buy that a dead Bishop was a stalwart Martyr while being just another Established Corporate leader, who did his trick and got replaced by yet another one from the assembly line. Why should you be “tossed” into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit, like happened to Lord Jesus Christ. What are you? Are you Possessed?! Do you want to be a raving lunatic, like King David in front of the Arc or then the Holy Spirit fell down from Heaven in tongues of fire and made the disciples speak in foreign tongues, which those who there around, could understand. Its deeply important to understand, what is it, what interacts and engages with you, and what you do, not what you acclaim. A Shroud (Der Schleier), you can make and put on your eyes is indeed better!! Perhaps I should call it burka, and people get me moe? There is no R in the previous word,.

In order to understand, how engagement works, let us see the Shielders in Estonia. Because Estonian's never say directly but use parables, like Jesus did, in order to tell you, what beef they have with you. After all, Estonia is like Israel of Old (Juhan Liiv) In the first parable, the Farmer is the gentle giant, who loves the chirping of the birds, and has a song contest with one, climbing a tall tree. Before that, he locks his horse to the tree, lest somebody steal it. While he is chirping with the bird, while his voice is as Good as Florence Foster Jenkins was at singing Opera! Blue would have had something to say to that Dutchess... Anyway. The bird saw, that a pack of wolves there closing in to the tree, the horse was locked down, but the farmer didn't see. He was too busy performing to the bird. So the bird pitied the horse being eaten and flies away. The farmer satisfied, that he got his message through, comes down from the tall tree. And Lo behold, the horse is eaten, but a skeleton left behind. Only a black cat is on top of that. It must have surely eaten it. So the angry farmer rallies the village, they capture the cat and lock down in the House, which they set on fire – but the black cat escapes through a narrow crevice, and the village dances around the fire and their Victory! Now lets tally the losses, what the Farmer got, while He was Engaging with His way of life and values! The Bird, The Horse; The House and the Cat! But he could sing with the birds; avenge an Injustice and be Somebody!!

The next Parable runs the same. In it a Farmer has put his field under the corn, but lo and behold, a hog is rummaging on it. The Farmer calls the villagers, but they cannot step on the field - they forgot to leave room for the dirty foot to step on. How to get rid of the Hog, who is eating the fruit of their labour? They take a table and put the Shielder on top of it so that He dost not have to step on the field – Now they can smite the hog and have roast pig. But the servants of the idea still trample the field! Or the tale of the farmer who wanted to look through the Window, so he cut one out. He didn't want to have the house around – just the engagement with the window, he could look through! That's what is wrong with Christians, and Jesus dost not know, whether to laugh out loud or weep in the corner...

How do you engage with people, who are like a person in the Air Port holding the sign “Messiah” up and Jesus Christ comes to them, and they flinch, “You don't look like that guy, we're looking for!” You can't make this shit up, see the passages in the start. People are engaging, but not with Lord Jesus Christ. In order to make it imminent, what to do with it, and how to help, so it would not just be a diss, how things are wrong. Lao Zi talked through Tao Te Ching, that in order to understand Tao, one must “Practice not doing and everything will fall into place!” It should have read: “Practice Non-performance and everything will execute. The problem comes, which can be seen the best when you try so calculate the weight of a Chimney. Everybody has made that mistake and seen a big number because they forgot to subtract the space inside the chimney from the formula, what makes it usable. People only see the stone outside. That's our performance like. We don't know, how to become like water, who becomes the cup! (Bruce Lee) We don't understand why Teachers in the east keep filling up the cup of tea, until it overflows, then the student talks about his aspirations, like Professor Quirrell in front of the Mirror. Because we don't understand, just like in the Matrix, that we are empty and there is no spoon!! The Arrow od Zenon is still, and only our imagination moves forward, based on the idea of the arrow! And each next stereoscopic image can be intercepted and replaced. Even Neo struggled fighting Morpheos, when he had too much air to breathe! Or then Tom Cruise was the Last Samurai, then he was advised to consider less, so it wouldn't scatter his focus! The more you consider, the less you have room for the thing you came to do. Or why does Jesus say, be like children, who don't think twice!! Mat 18:3 Because then a child wants something, only that thing exists in him, and nothing else. Free your mind and stop engaging with Jesus Christ, and Jesus can engage with You, because you're engaging with your Ego and Self-Worth and not with Jesus Christ and His Gospel! You're still trying to bend the spoon between your fingers, as though it exists as a tangible object... Yes, we're engaged to Lord Jesus Christ, like a freshly wedded virgin! But we act like the woman who eats, cleans her mouth and claims she had not eaten. People have probably seen those in the Supermarket eating “Free grapes”. Pro 30:20 Performance matters. Less performance, more Jesus! Halleluyah!