The establishment of nations, governments, and the shaping of our world system evolved around historical incidents of good and evil. Roots of the Kingdom is a captivating chronology about humans, heavenly hosts, and supernatural phenomena that unveils the spiritual network. Revealed is the chain of rebellious episodes that undermined the pinnacle of creation–Yahweh’s beloved humans. Unfortunately, modern Biblical teachings usually omit or gloss over these insights.
The violence on Earth cannot be gleaned by simply observing contemporary happenings. Author Glenn L. Marx divulges the unseen realm to widen our worldview and our understanding of God’s benevolent character. When this narrative is left untold, the residue of past sinister events causes doubts about God. Be inspired by gaining perception into our ancient beginnings. Knowing our spiritual roots builds a rock-solid restoration and renewal in our hearts.
As we draw upon the roots of the Kingdom of God, we can achieve a more abundant life. And, those who know Him can take hold of eternal life.
John 10:10b, 28a I (Jesus) came so that they (His sheep) would have life, and have it abundantly. …and I give them eternal life, and they will never perish;
To learn more, visit www.GlennLMarx.com
The establishment of nations, governments, and the shaping of our world system evolved around historical incidents of good and evil. Roots of the Kingdom is a captivating chronology about humans, heavenly hosts, and supernatural phenomena that unveils the spiritual network. Revealed is the chain of rebellious episodes that undermined the pinnacle of creation–Yahweh’s beloved humans. Unfortunately, modern Biblical teachings usually omit or gloss over these insights.
The violence on Earth cannot be gleaned by simply observing contemporary happenings. Author Glenn L. Marx divulges the unseen realm to widen our worldview and our understanding of God’s benevolent character. When this narrative is left untold, the residue of past sinister events causes doubts about God. Be inspired by gaining perception into our ancient beginnings. Knowing our spiritual roots builds a rock-solid restoration and renewal in our hearts.
As we draw upon the roots of the Kingdom of God, we can achieve a more abundant life. And, those who know Him can take hold of eternal life.
John 10:10b, 28a I (Jesus) came so that they (His sheep) would have life, and have it abundantly. …and I give them eternal life, and they will never perish;
To learn more, visit www.GlennLMarx.com
Introduction
The Matrix is a science fiction action film with a convoluted world system that enslaves humans. Neo is the protagonist of the story who senses something wrong, but the root problem eludes him. He longs to uncover the inside story, which is crucial if human liberty is to be won. Morpheus has insight into the situation and offers Neo a red pill that will reveal the truth to him about the matrix. He swallows it, which allows Neo to see the abhorrent state of the world clearly. In the past, self-aware machines took control of the minds of humans. People are now slaves in a world that appears normal while the machines harvest human energy in an elaborate electrical system.
The world in The Matrix is somewhat like our own. Similar to Neo’s dilemma, humans have difficulty seeing the reality of the matrix of our world. If only it were as easy as taking a red pill! But the only way to comprehend the actual state of our world is by studying what the Bible divulges. It reveals that the domains of Heaven and Earth are an increasingly complex setting where humans and unseen divine beings influence world events. Like the wicked robots in The Matrix who sought to cause human surrender, some entities in Heaven have great wrath toward us and seek to make us their slaves.
Revelation 12:12b Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you with great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.
Our Lord Jesus Christ fully understands the war raging in the real matrix. He has a wide-angle, comprehensive perspective of it all because He created and allowed our world situation. Although He understands the entire picture, He does not expose it unless we dig into the Scriptures. For that reason, the Apostle Paul instructed Timothy to accurately handle the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.” This book does not provide easy answers or half-baked solutions. Rather, it presents concepts with which thinking women and men can engage. Your efforts to connect with the Scriptures for fresh discernment will be rewarded. You will gain new inspirations beneficial to your spiritual growth and strengthen your character and resolve.
Overview of this Book
The Bible reveals some teachings that are sorely lacking in our modern Christianity. For instance, churches today seem to rarely teach about Watchers, giants (Nephilim), and demons. Without knowledge of these entities, our matrix cannot be fully understood. Therefore, one of my goals for this book is to disclose those beings and the events they’ve participated in over millennia.
On the other hand, most books that teach of giants, fallen angels, and evil spirits ignore (maybe not intentionally) the importance of us building each other’s faith in God and growth in maturity. Our matrix is not fully understood unless these elements of God’s best plan are accurately communicated alongside the spiritual entities in the kingdom of darkness with whom we war against. An appreciative perception of Yahweh’s creation of humankind, a view of human potential, our mission, and the work of creatures faithful to God must also be unpackaged to get a better grip on our matrix. Accordingly, my first goal for this book is to lift up humans–people who are made in God’s image.
Regarding the creation of our cosmos, I realize that many theories endure about how God made it happen. There are also ideas that the universe evolved. In this book, I will not get into a lot of detail about this subject. However, since I’ll be painting all around it, here I’ll provide some basic thoughts about how our current world came into being.
I believe there were six literal 24-hour days of creation. The Bible narrative is all about this glorious but frightful age since Adam was born. It seems that our history has so far been about 6,000 years in the making. That being said, the universe outside of Earth, or maybe certain components of it, could be extremely old. Since God is eternal, it’s preposterous to think He did not have any other activity until He formed our Earth. In an upcoming chapter, we’ll acquire knowledge that heavenly beings watched God create the foundations of our world (Job 38:4,7). Yes, we have Biblical insight that some of God’s heavenly creations existed before Adam.
My thought on the typical evolution theories is that they assume too much and demand enormous faith in the unknown. How can there be such assuredness about what supposedly transpired millions or billions of years ago? Granted, the six-day creation was a supernatural event that some find difficult to believe. However, I suggest it’s worth considering because creation makes more sense with an intelligent design that can readily be seen in our world. Many supernatural events must be carefully examined if we are to grasp an accurate picture of history.
God’s creation degenerated from the ideal life Adam and Eve had in the Garden of Eden. He did not intend a corrupted life on Earth, but rebellions by spiritual forces had entered the earthly realms. These celestial insurrections created a world of chaos, treachery, and slavery. Dark forces in ancient times combatted God and manipulated His beloved humans.
These episodes were unprecedented developments that brought on a paradigm shift in the connection between Heaven and Earth. They caused the greater spiritual war the Bible describes, where the coercive nature of evil events continues to influence our world today. All the Apostles confirmed these truths in their writings. In the matrix of this world, there’s a war going on between faith in God’s way or the rejection of it. We can choose Yahweh’s law of liberty or slavery to oppressive dark spiritual forces that sometimes manifest. Initially, that may sound a bit farfetched, but those are the options for which I’ll make a case.
Before I describe the various rebellions that define the war, I will first demystify the foundation of our knowledge about the Kingdom of God: the Bible. I’ll provide reasons why we can believe Biblical perspectives and will include rationale that the Scriptures can be relied upon. Their accounts will enable us to grasp how God is building a kingdom in the midst of warfare.
As we journey on this Bible narrative, we will establish and recognize that God has a deep and unwavering love for humans. There are many strong aspects to His character that makes His personality so attractive to the members of His kingdom. One example is that He seeks to provide eternal life for His friends on Earth. Yahweh is waiting for His people to arrive in His presence to lavish them with custom-built dwellings He has prepared for them. (John 14:2-3)
After all, we are His children, made in His image. We are imagers of God , made for a relationship with Him, and called to be stewards of the earth. Each of us has the capacity to love other people and to eventually know and cherish our heavenly family. I will describe the heavenly hosts in detail, using different Greek and Hebrew words to determine their original meanings. We’ll gain insight into the Lord’s management of heavenly hosts and His likes and dislikes. Finally, we’ll learn about those who are currently laboring with Him, helping to develop His kingdom. For instance, God works with a council of creatures in Heaven. They supervise, influence, and even control events without taking away free will, as The Ahab Factor and other examples will show.
But what about the rebellions against God? Satan, one of Yahweh’s prime enemies, was once a high-level heavenly host. He vacated his exalted position in an attempt to usurp the leadership of God’s kingdom. He wanted to be above the Most-High God. When God introduced His human family to the world in the Garden of Eden, the devil was there to tempt them into rebellion against Him. A struggle began between the evil father of lies and those made in God’s image. The struggle is a Seed War between good and evil that continues to this day, but God pledged He would keep humans in a winning position. I call His commitment “The First Promise.”
With Satan at the helm of an evil enclave, fighting between heavenly hosts had already become part of two opposing kingdoms. After the ancient events in the Garden, the world was never the same. Humans had become mortals, and murder began to occur, even between brothers, like when Cain killed Abel. As if that was not enough turmoil, some fallen angels (Watchers) mixed their seed with humans. Their act is referenced by dedicated stalwarts like Peter and Jude. For this major insurrection, God cast the Watcher angels into the underworld.
2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment.
By mating with women, the Watchers created hybrid children, which corrupted the gene pool in creation. The hybrid race is called Nephilim and was of gigantic proportions. Because of this undermining of humanity, Yahweh needed to start again. The Flood was God’s solution to an evil world that brought humankind to the brink of extinction because of adulterated DNA.
The Flood was not a complete overhaul to the Nephilim problem, however. Giants and evil spirits continued victimizing humanity and fighting the Seed War against us. But God continued with love for humanity, honoring and keeping The First Promise to help our race thrive in the midst of a chaotic, corrupted earth.
At Babel, Nimrod dominated a totalitarian government that tyrannized humankind. Yahweh had great concern over coercive leadership. God stopped this revolution with an entirely unique phenomenon – different languages. After Babel, the Lord relinquished responsibility for the nations to other elohim (gods) that are supposed to be loyal to Him but who often lead nations astray.
A fresh perspective will also be gained when we attend to the ancient history found beyond the Bible’s pages that remain complimentary to the Scriptures. World events from the past will reveal Yahweh's commitment toward all humans even when things have fallen apart. We will browse unconventional but proven historical episodes that expose how other parts of the world are included in the unfolding of the vast chronicle of the nations.
To its readers, the Bible divulges the foundational choice God made to forge a new nation, one that He would manage according to His ways. We’ll gain insight into the groundwork Abraham laid and how Yahweh worked with him to begin the wonderful and unique nation of Israel.
The Unknown Matrix
As a person gains knowledge and perspective from study and life experience, should not their worldview continue to develop? Shouldn’t it become more in line with truth and love? We’re all in the matrix; why not become more cognizant of the activities between the physical world and spiritual realm, which most people are blind to?
While a young man in my twenties and even into my thirties, I tended to be somewhat dogmatic about the doctrines I first learned in church. In time, I realized that coming to complete conclusions about ideas or concepts other than God exists and loves us is dangerous for our growth as thinking people. I found there are circumstances and phenomena happening in our world for which some church doctrines do not provide answers. My scope had to expand and allow for new truths.
Judiciously, I began to see my views as “under construction” instead of unchangeable. Doing my best to cross-reference concepts and correct or prevent contradictions, I have adjusted or revised my worldview. After a decades-long journey to find the foundational truths in Christianity and our world, I’m more settled on my core beliefs. But while I’ve become firm enough in my beliefs to write this book, I don’t intend to be unbending or overly opinionated. There’s still room to consider some modified construction in concept for improvement.
Perhaps you are in a similar situation in life; maybe you too find yourself adjusting. Feasibly, today’s Christian doctrines are not providing the answers you seek. With what I’m about to state, I do not intend to conflict with God’s true church; that would be counterproductive. But sometimes, long-held church doctrines can be a stumbling block to finding the truth. Purposeful ignorance of important Biblical events by religious leaders can leave a believer stripped of discernment into the matrix. Popular errors or omissions can make a significant difference in how we perceive God’s character and kingdom.
It’s essential to dig deep into the Bible to grasp how God has worked in the world for millennia. My goal is to assist readers in sorting out which dogmas, precepts, or creeds are really valid. Throughout my writings, I’ll use Scripture, historical facts, and sound reasoning to reveal truths about the fallen world we live in. I will share the research you’ve probably not heard before to expose both the natural and supernatural aspects of the matrix. I’ll end with a summary of the major Seed War events that the Bible describes. I’m devoted to expanding your horizons with critical information to clarify our mission as God’s children.
Granted, it’s not possible for any individual to know the complete, true state of affairs between Heaven and Earth. No one human is all-knowing, omniscient. But people can at least understand the unknown matrix of our world in a general way and with ever-increasing insight. In the search, consider that true science happens with the willingness to admit we don’t know. It makes sense for each of us to have a readiness to learn new concepts. Discovery leads to a closer relationship with our Creator and a more accurate worldview, which provides a much more fulfilling life.
I have a degree in theology and I learned SO much from this book! I was taught nothing about Seraphim, Cherubim, and other giants in my academic studies, but what I had gleaned from the church and Christian culture was not at all what this book revealed.
I also really appreciated his unique take on the story of God calling Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. I'd struggled to understand why God would call Abraham to child sacrifice and had decided that it was about a heart posture toward promises: even what God gives us we must be willing to give back to him. The idea that Abraham would know God's character so well that he trusted God wasn't really going to allow Abraham to sacrifice Isaac is interesting - still problematic, though, because it seems like God is a liar, then.
The use of extra-canonical texts is somewhat problematic when those are the ONLY texts being used to support a point, but it provoked interesting thoughts nonetheless.
One thing I found unique and really appreciated about this book was the discussion about transhumanism, the centralization of human power and the fact that God is against both. I have only heard one other Christian warn against the coming threats of transhumanism even as its threats are rapidly approaching/are already here. This and the discussion about the centralization of power are so timely for these times and I found it so helpful that this book called that out explicitly as one-world government efforts are multiplying around the world under the guise of a pandemic.
This is just the beginning of such violations of liberties, which this book also addresses, and Christians are woefully ill-equipped to stand as the Bible calls us to stand. This book not only helps equip Christians to stand against the massive threats of our day but also builds our faith and leads us closer to the Lord - and that is the only measure of success for any work of theology!