The Powers.

In his book Engaging the Powers Walter Wink says that the powers of the world are fallen.

This would suggest that there was a time when they were not fallen.

This reflects the myth of Adam and Eve and the Fall of Man.

But I do not believe that the myth of Adam and Eve is true literally or metaphorically.

And I do not believe that the powers are fallen.

Rather I would say that the powers are undeveloped, unenlightened, crude, brutal, and captives of fear.

This is in line with the theory of evolution and the science of anthropology.

There was no time in our past when humans were perfect.

The powers themselves are manifestations of imperfection.

They are captives of existentialist fears.

Fear of poverty, fear of failure, fear of challenge, fear of justice, fear of the masses, fear of loss, fear of death.....

"God has forsaken the Earth" they say.

"We are masters now."

But the powers are not gods.

They are human beings like you and I.

And they are prey to the same fears.

If they had faith they would know that God provides and they need not guard so jealously their wealth.

As if they never had enough.

So pray for them.

Pray that they will overcome their fears and open their hearts to their workers - their sons and daughters.

Only then will the world change. 


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