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Nothing is more
important in this world than
Christian Anarchism
and destroying the myth of "The Divine Right of
Archists"
When people think of "anarchists"
they think of bomb-throwing assassins and anti-property criminals. This is exactly what
"archists" want people to think.
In fact, more bombs are thrown by "archists"
than "anarchists," and more crimes
against property are committed by "archists"
than common "private sector" criminals. "Archists"
have deliberately murdered an average of 10,000 per day in the 20th century. They are
planning to murder an additional 15,000 per hour
in the next century. |
The opposite of an
"anarchist" must be an "archist."
An "archist" believes that violence is morally wrong, but
violence committed by "the State" is morally acceptable. |
| In 1994 "criminals" committed 7,885 bank robberies,
taking $28 million. That same year, "government agencies" seized $2.1 Billion in "asset
forfeiture proceedings," often without "probable cause," and often not
returned when innocence was proven. Theft by any other name . . . would be called "taxation." |
The crimes committed by those who are called "criminals"
cannot come close in number or intensity to the crimes committed by "organized
government."
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Why did God decide
to judge the world by flood at the time of Noah? What do you think God hates so much that
He would destroy the earth because of it?
In a word, the answer is "archism."
Find out more. |
1. Jesus Commanded His Followers to Be Anarchists
| Anarchy Defined |
"Anarchy" comes from two Greek words: |
A + archy
(the "n" is added to bridge the two vowels).
"A" means "not" or "without," as in
"amoral" (which Christian Anarchists are not).
"Archy" means "head" or "ruler."
"Monarchy"
means one king rules over all. |
"Oligarchy"
means a small group rules over all. |
"Rule"
classically means to "tax," "imprison," "conscript" and
"declare war."
"Anarchists" believe that no human or group of humans should
"rule" over other humans.
For Further Study: "Anarchism" Defined and Dissected
"Anarchism:
What Is This Word Our Rulers Hate?"
by Patricia Neill
The Impossibility of Secular Anarchy
Some who call themselves "anarchists" say they believe in no law at all. From
a Christian perspective, this is an
impossibility. In a group of 50 such "anarchists" there will be 50
law-makers and (at least) 50 codes of law. Every such "anarchist" is really just
a nascent archist.
When everyone is his own god, his own law, you have multi-archy, or poly-archy.
You may have chaos.
You may have terror.
But you do not have the absence of archism, which is
what "anarchy" literally means.
"Anarchy" is best defined as the absence of a
"State," a "political" system, or a "civil
government."
Christian Anarchism
"Christian Anarchism" is the view that Jesus should be our Law-giver,
Christian anarchists believe that society is more orderly, harmonious, and prosperous
when people are committed to Jesus Christ and His Word, rather than to the arbitrary,
shifting decrees of Secular Humanism and fiat law.
- The Christian believes that
Jesus Christ is the only legitimate "Archist"
- (Colossians 1:18; cf. Acts 3:15; 5:31; Romans 15:12; Hebrews 2:10; 12:2;
Revelation 1:5)
- and His Word is our "Archy"
- (He is the Word; John 1:1; I John 1:1; Revelation
19:13; cf. also Hebrews 3:14; 5:12).
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- Christians are heaven-bent on the non-violent overthrow of all Secular Humanist Archies,
and the proclamation of the right of Christ to be the world's sole Archist.
- This is The Christmas Conspiracy.
A Christian is commanded to love his enemies, not "bomb them back to the Stone
Age." A Christian is commanded to obtain life's necessities by voluntary exchange,
not by levying a "tax." A Christian cannot be a part of "the State." A Christian cannot become an American citizen.
The classic passage in which Jesus forbids us to be "archists" (and thereby commands us to be
"anarchists") is Mark 10:42-45
But Jesus called them to Himself and said to them, "You know that those who are
considered rulers over the Gentiles lord
it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. {43} Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become
great among you shall be your servant. {44} And whoever of you desires to be first shall
be slave of all. {45} "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to
serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."
The word translated "rulers"
comes from the Greek word from which we derive our word "anarchist." Jesus
clearly says His followers are not to be "archists," and that means we are to be
"an-archists." In fact, God hates archists.
2. God Hates Archism
Who Are "Archists?"
You're bound to find the word "archist" from
time to time in Vine & Fig Tree web pages.
But it's not a word you're likely to find in any dictionary. It was a word that was
created to make a point.
People sometimes criticize Vine & Fig Tree
for being "anarchist." What they fail to realize is
that Jesus commanded His followers to be "anarchists." He did this when He told
them not to be "archists," but since no one knows what an
"archist" is, they don't understand why true Christians are
"an-archists."
Here are some more verses which use the word "archist."
Do YOU want to be an archist?
Ephesians 2:2 in which you once walked
according to the course of this world, according to the prince
of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
1 Corinthians 2:6-8 However, we speak wisdom among those
who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers
of this age, who are coming to nothing. {7} But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery,
the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, {8} which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would
not have crucified the Lord of glory.
| Romans 13:1-3 Let every soul be subject unto
the higher exousiai [pl.]. For
there is no exousia but of God: the
exousiai that be are ordained of
God. {2} Whosoever therefore resisteth the exousia,
resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves
damnation. {3} For archists are not
a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the exousia? do that which is good, and thou shalt
have praise of the same: |
Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against exousiai, against the rulers of the darkness of
this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Colossians 2:15
And having spoiled archists and exousiai, He made a show of them openly,
triumphing over them in Him. |
Acts 4:26 The kings of the earth stood up, and
the archists were gathered together
against the Lord, and against His Christ.
John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world:
now shall the archist of this world
be cast out.
What Do "Archists" Do?
Archists attempt to convince us that when things don't go the way we would like them to
go, we can resort to violence to change
matters. Even if nothing will be changed by violence, that's OK, because making them
suffer who made us suffer is called "justice." Archists thus believe in
institutionalized vengeance.
The Bible clearly links violence and
rulership. The Bible says Israel rejected God when they opted for archism (1 Samuel 8). Much of the Old Testament
Scriptures describe this archist rebellion, denounce the violence and death it caused, and
record the prophets' message of judgment from an anti-archist God. Whole books in the
Bible chronicle the violence of the kings. God hates this violence-archism nexus, and when
His patience is crossed, He will destroy all those involved in this
"patriotism."
| Genesis 6 Now it came to pass, that the sons of God saw
the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all
whom they chose. {4} There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward,
when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those
were the mighty men who were of old, men of
renown. {5} Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that
every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. {11} The earth also
was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
{12} So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted
their way on the earth. {13} And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come
before Me, for the earth is filled with violence
through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. |
Above all previous centuries, the 20th century is characterized by:
- Secular Humanism: Rebellion Against Christ
the True Archist
- Leviathan: Huge, centralized governments
- Violence: More murders than any previous
century. "Legal" murders.
But most Christians don't care about violence. Most Christians don't care about archism. They only care about "personal peace
and affluence." They're just waiting around for the rapture, and if they can skim a
little pork off the top of the archist barrel before they go, all the better. Their
archist apathy makes God puke (Revelation 3:16).
Death by Government: The Chilling Statistics of Archist
Democide in the 20th Century
Since Christ is the Prince of Peace, it follows that Christians are Pacifists (from the Latin word for "peace").
And since the State is institutionalized violence, it follows that Christians are anarchists.
| The most important reason for being a Christian Anarchist is not merely
to point a finger at the bad things archists do, like killing, stealing, kidnapping, and
committing other acts of violence. The most important reason for being an anarchist is the
effect archism has on us. We hear the philosophers and theologians praise
Jesus as a "great teacher," and everyone gives lip-service to the Sermon on the
Mount. But when a pagan dictator threatens to raise our gas prices, Jesus takes a backseat
to realpolitik. And everyone learns a subtle lesson: loving your
enemies and forgiving one another is all well and good for our "private lives," but for public
matters -- the "really important stuff" in "the real world" -- "national security" takes precedence over "the Great
Teacher." Thus when someone wrongs us, we don't think twice before saying "I'll
sue his pants off!" (See 1 Corinthians 6.) From a
Christian perspective, two things characterize pure religion. They can be summed up in the
words of the Apostle James:
Pure religion and undefiled before God and
the Father is this,
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and
to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
James 1:27
Christian Anarchism is the "one pure religion." If you want to be the kind of
person who spontaneously and from the heart has the compassion of Jesus, and visits the
weak and afflicted, you must become a "Christian anarchist."
Your success at treating the most despised members of society with love and compassion
is a divine indicator of your allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ. If you treat the
"marginalized" and your "enemies" with contempt, those acts will be
imputed to your account as though you had personally treated Christ that way (Matthew 25:31ff.).
For this reason, it is absolutely vital that you remain "unspotted"
by the agenda, mythology, and weltänschauüng of the world of archism. The world-and-life
view of archist culture is summed up in these phrases:
- "Survival of the fittest,"
- "Looking out for number one,"
- "I'm not going to let him get away with that!"
- "You can't tell me what to do!"
- "Take this job and shove it!"
- "I'll sue his pants off."
It is an impure religion of the worship of self, and the denial of Christ. It is the
refusal to love even your enemy, and to follow Jesus to the Cross. It is the religion of
Secular Humanism. As a product of government media and schools, this religion has left
your spirit spotted and impure. You must get these ideas out of your head if you
are to find yourself at Christ's right hand (Matthew 25:34). You must become
"unspotted." You must become a Christian anarchist. |
3. Aren't Anarchists Lawless and Disorderly?
No. Archists are. Archists are in rebellion against the True Source of Law and Order,
Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. The history of the world and especially the history of
America makes clear this correlation:
More "government" = more disorder and lawlessness
Here is what a Christian Anarchist looks like
after he has joined The
Christmas Conspiracy.
4. What about Romans 13?
This question is often asked after one becomes acquainted with the responsibilities and
duties of a Christian Anarchist (like forgiving enemies rather than declaring war on
them). We don't want to have to take Christ's Sermon on the Mount "too literally,"
and we want to justify our vengeance against our enemies by saying "we must be practical,"
and we usually turn to Romans 13 to do that. Read the chapter in its context (Romans 12).
Romans 13 is no obstacle to Christian Anarchism. In fact, Romans 13 proves
Christian Anarchism:
- Romans 13 says "the powers" are "ordained" by God.
- "Powers" are evil. Christians "wrestle against them."
- Not everything God ordains is good. God
ordains evil. The State is evil. The State is God's judgment on archist disobedience.
Saddam Hussein does not bear weapons of mass destruction in vain. He is God's
"minister." (Proverbs 21:1) Are you afraid of Saddam Hussein? Then you
must be an archist (Romans 13:4).
- If you really want to obey Romans 13, pray to God; ask
Him to make you an anarchist.
Do you really want to know what Romans 12 and 13 are about?
Then see our
This page is no joke. The 21st century will be an incomparable blood-bath if Christians
do not repudiate the political mythology of institutionalized vengeance. Christians
brought liberty to the Western world by questioning the universally-accepted belief in
"the divine right of kings." Now is the time for a "paradigm-shift" of equal magnitude. Our
concept of social order should depend on Godly families, not institutionalized political
violence.
Interrogatory in Federal Court by
Christian Anarchist
For
Further Study
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