Your observations are correct.
There are three stages to all religions that correspond to the level of spiritual development a soul is experiencing at that moment. Every soul eventually goes through all three stages.
1. Dependency... people at this stage tend to be legalistic, rule/consequences oriented and cling to their own religious interpretation as though it is the only and complete truth. They are prone to black and white thinking.
2. Self or Ego Identity... these people use their religion as part of their individual identity, much like one would wear a new suit or drive a fancy new car. They rely on peers to validate their identity, thus allowing them to feel good about themselves.
3. Transcendent Identity... These people tend to not attend church or religious services, but talk with God every day. They can wear plaid pants with a striped shirt and care less what other people think. Their identity is as a servant, dependent upon God. Their religion is experiential. These people often are considered the mystics and others don’t understand them, and that does not bother them. They begin to perceive directly with their consciousness beyond the physical body senses.
These three stages exist within all the world’s religions. The stages of spiritual development exist individually and at a society level.
As a whole, USA is just finishing stage two and about to experience a mid life crisis or tribulation to crush the ego identity and create despair as they let go of the old stage #2 to make room for the new stage #3. The Dark Night of the Soul experience divides these two stages.
As people begin to experience this dying daily or no-self in this tribulation transition, the fear will become very great.
Before people surrender within to God in a higher level of consciousness, they will surrender externally and give their free will to another human being, going all the way back to stage #1. People do this when the fear becomes great causing emotional irrational consciousness that is easily manipulated. This sets the stage for the anti-messiah.
When I observe individuals going through this, it appears as though they are in a hypnotic trance.
They will swear on a Bible that they are “Born Again” in Christ. It is the false process that imitates the real. It is temporary.
The real process can only be attained by surrendering within to a higher level of consciousness or God. The false process is an external surrender.
Everyone is going through this and it will be chaotic and both emotionally and physically painful. Those who turn to God for their strength will rise above the turmoil. Those who don’t will just experience increasing despair until they do the same.
God is in control and everything is unfolding exactly as it is supposed to happen. Even satan is under God’s control and is being used as a tool to assist in the diminishing process to facilitate transcendence.
It’s all good, just some difficult learning experiences.
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Dear tired&retired,
The Jesus of the scriptures is the one that Moses wrote about (John 5:47), the great “I AM” (John 8:58), who is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6), who lived a perfect life — and paid the dreadful debt — by giving his life a ransom for many (Matthew 20:28), so that he might seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10), for all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Him (Matthew 28:18).
The Jesus you proclaim is not the Jesus of the scriptures, but is someone you have conjured up in your mind by twisting the scriptures. Your Jesus does not exist. You are being deceived by the evil one, and will die in your sins as Jesus has warned (John 8:24).
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.” (Isaiah 55:1)
“He said to me: ‘It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.’ ... ‘I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star. The Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let the one who hears say, Come! Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.’” (Revelation 21 & 22)
Turn away from your false Christ.
Turn to the real Jesus of the scriptures. He will give you true life in this world and in the world that is to come.