Truth Over Tyranny.2: Biblical wisdom for defeating the Technocrats.
These are my insights for defeating the Transhumanist Technocracy movement, based on the teachings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (the Rav,) of blessed memory, on the weekly Bible portion.
The election of Donald Trump to be the 47th President of the United States is certainly a sign of hope, among not only Americans, but with freedom lovers the world over. We are all much more optimistic that we will defeat the vicious and evil attempts of the globalists to depopulate the planet, and enslave the rest of us in an inhuman transhumanist technocracy.
But as President Trump himself has said, our movement is only just beginning. This is not just because it will take a long time to repair all the damage the globalists have caused to our lives and institutions. It is also because these monsters will keep destroying the world in a panicked effort to avoid the justice that is coming for them. They are like cornered rats seeing that sharp shovel heading down, and the most hard-core, evil-hearted among them will not hesitate to take the world down with them.
So we are probably in for rough times ahead. They made our lives hell during the Covid scam, when they thought they had the power; now that we have the momentum, they will certainly try to make us feel as desperate as they are, to make us give up hope.
Fortunately, the Biblical heritage of the West offers much guidance and inspiration for dealing with times of trouble and turmoil. Our forefathers and mothers found God in the midst of much personal and societal hardship, and in the most unlikely places. The Rav gives us some examples in his commentary on the Torah portion Vayeitzei, with insights into the spiritual struggles of the Patriarch Jacob.
The Torah tells us that Jacob fled his home and brother’s wrath, leaving Beer-Sheba and heading to Haran. On the way, he found a “place” that gave him not only physical but spiritual refuge from his woeful journey. It was nowhere special from a “religious” point of view, but it was still “the place:”
“And he encountered the place, and lodged there…” Bereshit 28.10.
How was it “the place?” Jacob is alone, sleeping in the desert with stones as a pillow. Yet God reveals Himself there, in a dream, and Jacob awakens with the surprising realization of His presence:
“Indeed, the Lord is in this place, and I did not know.” Bereshit 28.16.
The Rav explains that we can connect to God out of our spiritual turmoil, and not necessarily in a designated “holy” place:
“God’s revelation at times of crisis, from the depths of despair and distress, is a basic principle of Judaism. Sometimes God does not reveal Himself to the contented soul; He reveals Himself to the mute soul, battered by weariness and exertion. Sometimes God reveals Himself to one who grieves for the ruin of His Temple and the destruction of its alters, while avoiding one who dedicates His Temple and stands at the side of his offering. Sometimes He does not reveal Himself to the rational individual, but to one who is confused about life, who is bankrupt and has lost track of his world. From time to time, man’s salvation comes out of distress.
“Even the most spiritually elevated members of the Jewish people first encountered their Lord at a time of raging fear, helplessness, or distraction, when they were not anticipating such an encounter and were thoroughly surprised by it. Jacob comes close to His God in a nocturnal dream, while sleeping on the cold stones of the place (verse 11.) Moses encounters a burning bush at a time when he is pasturing Jethro’s flock, entirely devoted to this simple everyday occupation (Ex 3.1-2). Ezekiel sees visions of God in exile on the River Kebar, at a time when the appearance of the present — full of quaking and horror — contradicts the vision of a glorious future (Ezek 1.1).
“Judaism has firmly established the halachic principle (Jewish law) that even when a man confronts an unchangeable evil decree coming from God — even when his rejected prayers are thrown back in his face — he must see God and conjoin with Him, in spite of the tragic reality that weighs him down. God reveals Himself through suffering and tragedy, when the individual or the community is in trouble and distress.” Chumash HaRav, Vol Bereshit, pp. 213 – 215.
Indeed, it is when things seem most dark, that God helps us see the light.
I would add this:
None of this is to say that we do not need designated holy places. Even the atheist technocrats know we need a physical focus for our spiritual energies. That is why they attack synagogues, churches, and religious schools. And it is why they are trying to destroy the Jewish state in the Land of Israel — they know that place is at the heart of the Biblical Way of Life.
But as the Rav tells us, we can always count on the fact that God is with us wherever we are.