The People’s Revival

They call it Christianity, but it’s not Christ they follow. It’s the market. It’s the gun. It’s the golden calf with a cross around its neck. They built an empire out of the name of a homeless carpenter, then locked the doors on the poor He died for. They sing about the blood while spilling it. They talk about freedom while serving Pharaoh.

The Herodians of our age wear red hats and designer shoes. They build megachurches beside prisons and call it ministry. They quote Paul like it’s policy, and Christ like it’s branding. They think “blessed” means rich, and “chosen” means white. They want the Kingdom without the cross — power without sacrifice, applause without repentance.

They’ve traded the Gospel for a slogan: God, Guns, and Country. They have rewritten the Beatitudes for the modern Herod:

Blessed are the powerful, for they shall inherit the votes.

Blessed are the loud, for they shall trend.

Blessed are the wealthy, for they shall fund the Kingdom.

Blessed are the warmakers, for they shall be called patriots.

Christ said deny yourself. They say indulge yourself and call it faith.

Christ said love your enemies. They say arm yourself and call it peace.

Christ said blessed are the poor. They say bless me first and call it favor.

The Judas Spirit — Selling Out the Kingdom

Judas didn’t betray Christ because he hated Him. He betrayed Him because he wanted to control Him.

That’s the heart of every false revival — to use the name of Jesus as a political tool, a nationalist mascot, a slogan for the empire. Judas wanted a revolutionary who would burn Rome down. When Christ refused, he sold Him out to Rome instead.

That’s the modern church. They want Christ to serve their politics. They want a Savior who votes their ticket and hates their enemies. They want the Lion of Judah declawed, leashed, and wrapped in a flag. They’ve turned the Prince of Peace into a mascot for militarism.

And they think the Light will not expose them?

The same silver still changes hands — campaign donations, megachurch salaries, “faith-based initiatives,” all stamped with Caesar’s face. And like Judas, they think they’re serving the Kingdom while cashing in.

Stand-Out Truth

You can’t serve the cross and the crown.

You can’t preach love and protect empire.

You can’t call yourself the Body of Christ and ignore His wounds in the streets.

Christ didn’t come to make Rome moral. He came to make people free. And that freedom doesn’t come through ballots or slogans or walls — it comes through dying to the system that built them.

The real revival won’t happen under a spotlight or on a stage. It will happen in the alleys, the food lines, the picket lines, the shelters, the jail cells, and the factory floors — wherever the Light finds the broken and says You still matter.

Call to Action

Refuse the Herodian system.

Refuse their nationalism, their classism, their worship of the wealthy.

If the church will not walk with the poor, walk out. If they preach Caesar’s gospel, turn over their tables.

If they defend violence, call it what it is — blasphemy.

Live the Gospel raw and unfiltered — Mark’s Gospel, the one without the polish, without the spin.

Feed people. Heal people. Stand with the outcasts. Tear down the walls they’ve built between “us” and “them.”

Be the Light that burns their empire down — not with hate, but with truth lived so boldly it cannot be ignored.