Can you imagine this:
You are in Washington, D.C. You walk down Pennsylvania Avenue and stoll into the white house. You walk into the oval office, sit down in President Biden’s chair……and make yourself at home.
How’s that for equality?
It is also unthinkable……absurd……impossible. Even if you could pull it off…….it would just be wrong.
The simple fact is that we live in a two (or more) tiered society. And we are OK with that. We recognize that there is a hierarchy…….that the hierarchy is essential to the function of our world. We recognize that when a large group of people ignore, defy, or even attack the hierarchy…….chaos ensues. Sometimes, out of the chaos, a new and better hierarchy arises. But, society cannot exist without a hierarchy. Society without hierarchy is anarchy. And there are organized groups in our society who want just that. Portland, Oregon……and many of our other cities are victims of this anarchy. They are emblematic of what happens to a society when the hierarchy fails.
We call this “the rule of law”. And the vast majority of us accept and follow the rules set up by the hierarchy……even when we disagree with them…….because we know that, taken as a whole, the rules of the hierarchy are essential to our well being.
Where we come into conflict is the extent of the hierarchy. Who is at the top of the pyramid?
Mom and Dad……the Mayor……the Governor……the President……….God.
We accept the reality of the hierarchy. But, what if our focus is too narrow? I propose that the true and most essential hierarchy is two tiered. The most essential hierarchy is not the multiple levels of human government.
The most essential hierarchy is the physical world and the spiritual realm. The consequence of defying, ignoring or attacking this hierarchy is the same as with our earthly hierarchy………..chaos. And it is hard to argue that the chaos in our world is not increasing. The chaos in our world is a direct result of the widespread denial of the spiritual realm…….of our creator, God……..of his two essential rules…….Love God and love your fellow man.
So……there is your choice…….our choice as a society:
Deny the spiritual realm……and enjoy chaos
Or
Accept the spiritual realm and our creator……and enjoy love.
“”You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Jesus……explaining Christianity in 3 sentences.
Matthew 22: 37-39, ESV