The Church and Politics (Part 5): How God Allocates Power

Posted on March 4, 2018March 2, 2018 by Leke Alder

We continue the series, The Church and Politics. Last week we looked at the rebel federation of Satan in Axis of Evil. To read past episodes of The Church and Politics, please go to www.myilluminare.com/the -church-and-politics/

When it comes to politics, some Christians view the world as a bipolarity of “saints versus the world”. It’s a completely false paradigm with no pragmatic or strategic value. Such a mind-set betrays lack of understanding about the very nature of politics, portrays lack of sophistication and parades poor scholarship of scriptures. There’s the erroneous belief God allocates power based on human goodness. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Of the 22 kings who ruled the Kingdom of Israel between 1047 BC and 723 BC, only 4.5% were determined good; 86.4% were considered terrible. (9.1% were conflicted). Yet God gave all those people political power, and we shall see why.

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What If Daniel Had Died In The Lion’s Den?

Posted on August 27, 2017August 25, 2017 by Leke Alder

If there’s nothing we learn from Daniel’s story, it’s how treacherous the corridors of power can be. It’s a cloak and dagger world and full of long shadows. In that world, brilliance can be severely punished. But we seem to be getting ahead of ourselves, let us back up a little. Daniel was a gifted Read more about What If Daniel Had Died In The Lion’s Den?[…]

What If Satan Was Not Created?

Posted on July 23, 2017July 21, 2017 by Leke Alder

What if Satan was not created? Well, it’s tempting to say we’ll all breathe a sigh of relief, after all there’ll be no more temptations. But that won’t be true and the reason is because we won’t know any different. If Satan wasn’t created, we won’t know what being tempted by Satan is. But we Read more about What If Satan Was Not Created?[…]

What If King Saul Had Waited For Samuel To Perform The Sacrifice?

Posted on July 16, 2017July 14, 2017 by Leke Alder

Saul has to be one of the most tragic stories in human history. The man blew it big time. He had such a promising start but came to a tragic end. But we seem to be getting ahead of ourselves. Let’s back up a little. King Nahash, king of the Ammonites was a brutal and Read more about What If King Saul Had Waited For Samuel To Perform The Sacrifice?[…]

What If Noah Had Not Built The Ark?

Posted on July 9, 2017July 7, 2017 by Leke Alder

What if Noah had not built the ark? Well, that would have created all sorts of complications leading up to the Antichrist. And God wanted to maintain extant genetic code to jumpstart a new era of humanity. If any ark was ever going to be built it had to be by Noah. He had a Read more about What If Noah Had Not Built The Ark?[…]

What If Jesus Had Died Of Natural Causes?

Posted on June 25, 2017June 23, 2017 by Leke Alder

Oh well, he would have died in vain. He might as well not have come down from heaven! But we seem to be jumping ahead of ourselves, let’s back up a little. The primary problem Jesus came to solve was the problem of sin. How do you secure release from sin for mankind? How do Read more about What If Jesus Had Died Of Natural Causes?[…]

What If Pilate Had Released Jesus?

Posted on June 18, 2017June 16, 2017 by Leke Alder

The killing of Jesus was nothing but judicial murder – a crude political expediency. Jesus was arrested on Friday morning about 2am, in the Garden of Gethsemane. By 3pm he was dead. It was nothing but premeditated murder: “All the high priests and religious leaders met and put finishing touches on their plot to kill Read more about What If Pilate Had Released Jesus?[…]

What If Lucifer Had Not Fomented A Revolution In Heaven?

Posted on June 11, 2017June 9, 2017 by Leke Alder

What if Lucifer had not fomented a revolution in heaven? Well, he wouldn’t then have been cast out and one can thus easily leap to the presumption Eve would not have been tempted; and all the troubles in the world would not have been. But we seem to be jumping ahead of ourselves, let’s back Read more about What If Lucifer Had Not Fomented A Revolution In Heaven?[…]

What If Joseph Had Rejected Mary?

Posted on May 21, 2017June 14, 2017 by Leke Alder

What if Joseph had rejected Mary? There’s a whole lot of consequences to that actually. Big consequences. There’ll be no salvation for mankind for instance. But we seem to be getting ahead of ourselves. Let’s backtrack a little. Joseph has to be the nicest guy we never met. Wonderful fellow. Here was a man whose Read more about What If Joseph Had Rejected Mary?[…]

Destiny Part 2

Posted on September 25, 2016September 23, 2016 by Leke Alder

In my previous post, we began a discussion on one of the most controversial topics in religious philosophy – the doctrine of destiny. If you missed Destiny Part 1, you can read it here. In Part 1, we identified some doctrines of destiny – fatalism and the concept of the mystic head – the “star”. We noted that Read more about Destiny Part 2[…]

Destiny Part 1

Posted on September 18, 2016September 23, 2016 by Leke Alder

RADICAL deals bluntly and frontally with questions about Christianity sent in by readers of Leke Alder’s #Illuminare blog. This is an intellectual exploration on the subject of destiny. It raises issues and challenges appertaining to the subject matter and looks at Biblical responses to the questions raised. Q: What Does The Bible Say About Destiny? One Read more about Destiny Part 1[…]

The Esau Syndrome

Posted on May 10, 2015September 10, 2015 by Leke Alder

There are little decisions we make in life that have powerful consequences. Adam ate a fruit in disobedience and the consequences ripped through the pages of history dooming his descendants. Some consequences of little decisions are that vicious and that powerful. Like a truculent goat, these consequences barge through generations, sometimes altering genealogies. Perhaps no Read more about The Esau Syndrome[…]

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