Sunday Strip

Messiah Complexes

Matthew 24:5

4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Messiah,' and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.”

I’ve noticed a shift in this election cycle. My brother, for example, was a Trump voter in 2016 and 2020. He claims he still is planning to vote for him, but he couched it in a lukewarm lesser of two evils at least Trump is better than Harris type of way. The shine of Trump the savior miraculously saved by God from assasination seems to be losing its luster already. From a neurolinguistic programming point of view constant attempts to martyr the former president should associate subconsciously with the savior among those of Christian faith. They’ve even done something similar among many of the better known conspiracy theorists, such as Alex Jones.

Then Donald Trump opens his mouth and takes credit for some aspect of the pandemic response that destroyed so many lives and livelihoods. Or he cozies up with the wrong political group and trips over his ego. War on all fronts is not a popular thing right now, especially as costs are soaring for average people. Immigration, especially when paid for on the taxpayers dole, is equally despised by native populations. The scriptwriters have got to be scrambling for gimmicks to keep this ship afloat.

Psst: It’s probably related to the boosters more than anything else…

I’ve been considering the Biblical end times prophecies in terms of Christ’s return. Many believers perhaps assume that this would be a physical person, in the flesh, who would be the embodiment of Christ. How would you know that this person is the return of Jesus? I’d have to assume that several hundred thousand actors have the physical looks to pull off the part as many have done in movies.

Will Jesus have cool special effects like walking on water with lightning flashes in the background that help you know it’s him? Those types of projections could be hoaxes. Perhaps the world really seems to be ending so you know it’s true? That’s a possibility.

But could it be that the return of Christ represents the Christ consciousness rising within all of us, individually? Perhaps this consciousness shift will be aided by the astrological happenings that are occurring right now. Such a shift would take down the messiah complex altogether. There would be no chosen one, no chosen race, and no chosen people. Instead it would be about a complex, interconnected entity unifying as one all chosen by God.

It’s a thought anyways. Perhaps my life coach training is coming up.

I’ve had this song going through my head for the last several days. Does this play for people?

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