for
the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?"
(Revelation 6:17).
Below
are excerpts from the lyrics to the O'Jays hit “For the Love of
Money.” In the lyrics I've taken the liberty of using the word
processor's search and replace to replace all instances of the word
“money” and the word “love” with the word “fear”. Read
it through with this revision and ask yourself if you have seen or
experienced any of this.
For
the fear of fear
People
will steal from their mother
For
the fear of fear
People
will rob their own brother
For
the fear of fear
People
can't even walk the street
Because
they never know who in the world they're gonna beat...
For
the fear of fear
People
will lie, Lord, they will cheat
For
the fear of fear
People
don't care who they hurt or beat
For
the fear of fear
A
woman will sell her precious body....
I
know fear is the root of all evil
Do
funny things to some people
Give
me a nickel, brother can you spare a dime
Fear
can drive some people out of their minds
How
many things have I heard you say
Lay
down, lay down, a woman will lay down
For
the fear of fear
All
for the fear of fear
Don't
let, don't let, don't let fear rule you
For
the fear of fear
Fear
can change people sometimes
Don't
let, don't let, don't let fear fool you
Fear
can fool people sometimes
People!
Don't let fear, don't let fear change you,
it
will keep on changing, changing up your mind.
Fear
is the root cause of much hurtfulness and unkindness. Those who do
not know love (say as a child) fear existence itself—they feel no
acceptance thus no security. The book of Revelation has a Rorschach
test quality bringing out the worst of best in people depending on
whether they emphasize the horsemen or the New Jerusalem—the God
of wrath (and General Jesus with rolling tanks) or the God of Love
(and Jesus as we know him from the Gospels). Those with unresolved
and unmet pain and fear emphasize wrath, the others though grace
emphasize love: ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There
will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old
order of things has passed away.” (Revelation 21:4).
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