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| Could Michael Jackson Be God? |
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
 As they wheeled MJ's coffin into the Staple Center today, the great old classic gospel song "Soon And Very Soon, We Are Going To See The King" was played....a clear reference to the king of pop. Trouble is, the song was written about the return of Christ, not the career of Michael Jackson. To me, this was the icing on the cake, capping off a week of unparalleled idol worship and resurrection -- secular style. The only thing that's come close in my lifetime was Princess Diana's death. Let me explain.
Diana, as we all know, was ridiculed and mocked by the press for years until she died -- then, suddenly, she was a goddess. The same is true of MJ. Until he died a few days ago, Michael Jackson had been largely forgotten by most of this planet. Mocked and ridiculed, scorned and hated by many, he fled to the Middle East to escape the persecution for several years. Even when he announced a "London Comeback" he was laughed at by most.
Then he died. And all of a sudden we've seen a resurrection that almost rival's Christ's. Whipped and crucified by the press and popular culture, like Princess Diana his reputation has been magically raised from the dead, as the same press who mocked him, now milks him for every dollar they can squeeze out of this. Now, all of a sudden, like a phoenix rising from the ashes he's a hero....a god of extraordinary proportions, full of mystery and intrigue.
And in the most distasteful of blasphemies, a song that was composed to celebrate the return of Jesus Christ was used today to celebrate the king of pop and his newly minted reputation. The profanity of this event is now complete, it seems to me.
"Forgive them Lord, for they know not what they do."
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posted by Alan @ 6:15 PM   |
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What an interesting post! I taught a Sunday School lesson about this last week (or maybe it was the week before.) We talked about the "worship" of idols, the use of that hymn for the "king of pop" and more.
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Thanks for the comment. I looked up your profile, and am very honoured (I'm Canadian...that's why the "u" is in there) that you stopped by.
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I think many find that it is easier to make an icon out of a human being, who is so accessible to us, than to follow God, who expects something from us, not just lip service. A relationship with a human idol is not real and not work. A relationship with God is both real and work. Few choose the harder path, the road less travelled by -- but it does make all the difference!
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One thing i am feeling sorry for Mj
is that God may say to him that this not the original Michel He ceated.
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I expect He's been saying a whole lot more than that to him (I'd hate to be in Michael's shoes right now), but I hear ya. The person he became certainly wasn't what God had intended for him when He created him.
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You have no way of knowing what God intended for Michael when he created him.
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Actually I do, anonymous.
"This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” - 1 Tim 2: 3, 4
When God created Micheal it was to be forgiven for his sin through faith in Christ and the cross, to be saved from God's judgment against his sin, and to reflect God's glory in him by living righteously in the midst of a crooked and depraved generation.
That's God's desire for ALL men. Sadly, Michael, like so many others, rejected that.
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What an interesting post! I taught a Sunday School lesson about this last week (or maybe it was the week before.) We talked about the "worship" of idols, the use of that hymn for the "king of pop" and more.