2024/05/13

143. Information and Demons (Unclean Spirits)

When the word 'information' was invented, and information became visible, so to speak, as something that exists outside of man, we finally realised that what is written in Revelation as "And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world -- he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him" (Revelation 12:9), was information. 

All things were created by the Word of God. So, creation can be said to be a mass of information from its very beginning. Furthermore, since the Creator, or God the Parent, is the Trinity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, it is only natural that information is accidentally developed in the relationship between living things of the same species when they interact with each other. 

Therefore, first of all, we, who were created in the image of God and after His likeness, must make it a habit not to immediately regard all kinds of information that comes into our memory through our senses as our knowledge but only to distinguish it as pure information and to keep it separate from ourselves so that we may discover the manner of God appealing to us amidst the information reaching us. 

The Book of Revelation says that John "bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw" (Revelation 1:2). The author wrote Revelation receiving "the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ" "in the Spirit" (cf. Revelation 1:10, 4:2, 17:3, 21:10). All that he described are things from God's perspective. In other words, it portrays God at work in the human information. Here lies the advantage of doing an exercise only Revelation provides in the New Testament. 

Recite Revelation mindlessly like a child, listening to its voice and allowing the "words of the prophecy" of Revelation to come into your memory. Continue this exercise as if you were drinking water, even if only a little each day, and let these "words of the prophecy" pour into your memory and guard it to keep it. That is as Revelation says: "Blessed is he who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written therein; for the time is near" (Revelation 1:3). The words 'the time is near' here tell us that the author foresaw the spectacular evolution of information originating from human interaction. 

Just as the worldview that Jesus Christ had inculcated into his disciples' memory underpinned their humanity when they received the descent of the Holy Spirit, so this exercise pours the worldview of Jesus Christ into the memory of believers every day, supporting their humanity as they collaborate with the Holy Spirit. The humanity of believers, sustained by the worldview of Jesus Christ, will connect with the Holy Spirit, which enables them to understand and hear the words of Jesus. They have become "He who is of God" (John 8:47). 

Information can become either good or bad, depending on the state and circumstances of its recipients. In addition, it can also turn into a disaster as people use it for their own comfort and convenience. Sometimes, 'the work of man' arises from the situation, even driving people to their deaths. 

Jesus is the Word coming from God sent by God. The reason why people do not understand and cannot bear to hear the words of Jesus is because their knowledge is of information, and they want to carry out their desires with that information. Hence, information has been a murderer from the beginning. Information has nothing to do with truth because there is no truth within it. Information is information by its very nature, and so is false information. Thus, many people who take in information without distinction and make it their knowledge will not believe in Jesus because he tells the truth (cf. John 8:42-45). That is sin (cf. John 16:9). 

Information may seem like a spirit because of the effect it causes, but information, which has no spontaneity, is not a spirit. On the contrary, Demons (unclean spirits) are spirits that have spontaneity. A close causal link is between information and demons (unclean spirits). 

To be continued.

Maria K. M.