By Reverend Mark
Hunnemann
Energy…what is it? Some would answer, “E=mc
squared”. Don’t want a
mathematical equation… “Okay, energy is the ability to do work.” That is only a
functional definition of what it can do—I
want to know what it IS. Do you
realize that physicists cannot even explain what energy is, and yet a growing
number of people believe that energy is ultimate reality, instead of a personal
God? The basis of a 1,001 self-help books, wellness techniques and therapies, is this undefined concept, and it is
re-shaping our perception of what under-girds both the natural and the supernatural
realms.
“Sending prayers and positive energy”…gosh, how many
times have I heard, or read on Facebook, a comment similar to that? How many times have you? The sending of positive
energy has equaled, and in many cases eclipsed, the pledge of praying to the
Living God from a friend to someone experiencing a trauma. Clearly, energy has
taken on such a profound and practical significance for countless numbers of
people—nothing reveals more about a
person’s real, basic spiritual convictions
than how they pray—that it has become THE central organizing principle in
their worldviews. Hence, it is incumbent for Christians that we understand this
issue and sift it through a biblical worldview grid…pulling down strongholds and arguments… that are raised against the
knowledge of God (2 Cor.10:5).
Those who research and investigate the supernatural
realm—from quantum jumping to spirit hunting—are increasingly seeing ultimate
reality in terms of energy. Again, how many times have you heard, or said
yourself, that trapped spirits are made of energy? EMF gauges certainly seem to
verify that whatever is out there is emitting energy…that much is certain.
However, it is a huge leap to go from energy
to Energy, where the ultimate source
of all reality is this Energy or cosmic consciousness. It has become not only
personified but deified as well. This impersonal stuff that we call energy has
now become our new god…our new reference point for defining the cosmos,
mankind, and our relationship to the cosmos. In the beginning God created (bara—act of personal creating)…,has
been replaced by… In the beginning, Energy has
always been there and is evolving….It has become commonplace to believe
that we are currently experiencing a quantum leap into a higher form of
consciousness or energy, and it is often stated that we are spirit energy in a
body, and NOT vice versa. Welcome to Halloween 2012…
As I alluded to, this is no mere
dry as dust academic theory, because it has become a paradigm or worldview
shift in how one understands who they are,
and how to become better at living and being human. Watch the plethora of energy healers attempting to
adjust folk’s vibrational levels to harmonize with the vibrations of primal Energy.
And what must be noted with tears, is
that often these energy therapies seem to work in terms of affecting vibrational
change(what is really happening is not within our scope). May I suggest,
though, that we are playing god in this respect, and are opening ourselves to
deep demonic intervention. They (demons) are clever, and all it takes is openness
to this Energy to potentially begin
the possession process. Usually, at some opportune time, the demonic will find
some imaginative way to gain permission for entry. We should have known better
than to reject God and begin to call energy ultimate reality/god--Energy.
Romans 1:18f speaks of the endarkenment,
instead of the desired enlightenment, which comes when we deify, make ultimate,
or worship any aspect of the Creator’s creation—including one of His greatest
creations, which is energy.
To define human beings primarily in terms of energy
clustering is to commit the reductionist fallacy. In other words, just because, in some sense, we are
made of energy, it does not follow that we ARE energy. Consider a poem which is
written in a book. There are levels of defining what that poem is, but we know
instinctively that, saying that the poem is a collection of chemicals on a
piece of paper, hardly does justice to explaining what a poem IS. Reducing a
poem to ink on paper shows the absurdity of reductionism. Though at the most basic level, this is
technically correct, it hardly is the best, and certainly not the most
comprehensive definition of a poem. What has happened to the distinctly human
aspect of poetry—the expression of deep emotion, with an artistic, metric
economy of wordsmithing, which is meant to communicate on a visceral level with
others? You may define poetry differently, and much better, than I just have,
but certainly this is much closer to the reality of what poetry is, rather than
chemicals on paper. How much more horrible to take God’s image bearers and
reduce them to matter/energy in motion? And if you are consistent, by rejecting
an infinite/personal God, then this nihilistic definition of man is all you are
left with.
It is not being intellectually consistent or honest
to spell energy as Energy, because the bottom line is that this notion (energy
is ultimate reality) implies that there was an impersonal beginning, and by adding upper-case you have imported
personality—creating it out of thin air.
The only reason why we sense or detect personality with the energy entities, is because they ARE personal beings—demons. Like
humans, demons and Satan have a will, intelligence, and emotions. We have not
dealt with ghosts per se, in this newsletter, but the concept of ultimate
reality that often accompanies the belief in ghosts. In coming blogs we will
look at specific examples of this Energy-centric worldview, as well as
philosophical, scientific, and biblical problems it encounters. In the meantime,
be wary of any talk of tapping into primal Energy or cosmic consciousness. In
our weakness, let us cling to the God who was manifested through the burning
bush—the infinite-personal God of the bible who has inexhaustible, omnipotent
energy and power. The Lord is good…all the time.
