Echoes Of Eden #40
The world is updating. The church is sleeping. And the serpent is coding.
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”
— Colossians 3:2
You were never meant to keep up with the world.
You were meant to come out of it.
But every day, the world updates itself — not just in headlines or tech, but in culture, in language, in what’s acceptable and what’s suddenly off-limits. Morality shifts not over generations anymore, but over weekends. What was once obvious now feels controversial. What used to be perverse is now called progress.
This is not evolution. It’s erosion.
And most people don’t even notice it happening, because it doesn't knock. It whispers.
It’s the same old serpent — just dressed in Wi-Fi.
There’s a quiet war happening behind your eyes.
Not one of bombs or politics, but of attention and affection. The enemy doesn’t need to get you to worship him; he just needs to get you to stop worshipping God. The rest takes care of itself.
He’ll offer distractions that look like productivity.
Entertainment that feels like relief.
Comfort that slowly becomes compromise.
And if you aren’t anchored in truth, you’ll drift — not because you rebelled, but because you relaxed.
The new Tower of Babel isn’t made of bricks. It’s made of code.
AI. Neuralink. Digital twins. Quantum computing.
The same spirit behind the first Babel is animating the second: ascend without God.
And people are lining up for it — not just willingly, but worshipfully.
The serpent’s promise hasn’t changed: “Ye shall be as gods.”
Only now, it’s backed by venture capital and wrapped in convenience. We’re not being offered knowledge anymore — we’re being offered sovereignty. Not just information, but transformation. To transcend biology. To rewrite Genesis. To become the creators.
It’s not sci-fi. It’s spiritual.
And while all of that’s happening, the church sleeps.
Not all of it. But most.
Comfort has replaced urgency. Popularity has replaced preaching. In some places, the Gospel has been traded in for TED Talks with Bible verses sprinkled in. And when the culture collides with Scripture, too many pulpits apologize to the culture.
But truth doesn’t bend.
And Christ doesn’t negotiate.
The world is not neutral, and neither is your silence.
What you feed on forms you.
What you tolerate trains you.
And what you normalize will eventually numb you.
That’s why Scripture doesn’t tell us to keep up with the world — it tells us to overcome it.
“Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind…”
— Romans 12:2
There’s no neutral ground in a war for your mind.
This isn’t fear-mongering.
It’s alertness.
You’re not crazy for feeling like something is off.
You’re not extreme for refusing to celebrate confusion.
That tension you carry? That ache for something higher, purer, eternal?
That’s the echo.
It’s the Spirit reminding you of Eden.
And Eden will return.
But not by vote.
Not by algorithm.
Not by man.
By fire.
By judgment.
By the King Himself.
Until then, stay awake.
Stay armored.
And stay separate.
Because Babylon doesn’t fall quietly.
And you weren’t made to fall with it.
My eyes 👀are open and totally awake. Thanks for the reminder, ya know sometimes…