day no. 16,192: Jesus came to dismantle the death cult

Hebrews 2:14-15

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.

Jesus came to dismantle the death cult 

The fear of death is the kind of slavery that seeks to enslave others. It is the kind of fear that is not afraid to terrify others. It is an anxiety that gladly assuages itself by doing to others what they fear could happen to them. The death cult kills a child because it could ruin his mother's life. The death cult euthanizes the elderly for their own good. The death cult quarantines the healthy so that the sick can roam freely. The death cult is at war with death. They fear it. So much so, in fact, that they are willing to kill you if they think it will help them avoid it. They fear the climate changing so they advocate reducing your emissions by eliminating you. They fear overcrowding so they advocate abortion. They fear a virus so they advocate spreading tyranny. They fear a lack of resources so they take yours just in case. The death cult is predicated upon fear. They fear death and are willing to do whatever it takes to try to avoid it. Their only standard is "we don't want to die." They measure everything against that. If it helps their cause, it is on the table, especially if and when it is you on a coroner's table. 

The death cult is right to be afraid, but they are wrong to fear death more than God. God is inescapable. Death does not keep anyone from Christ, it introduces them. 

Jesus came to crush the death cult. He came to end it. He came to overcome and conquer it. Those who fear God more than death have Him as their standard. So much so that some are even martyred because getting familiar with death is preferable to being disloyal to Christ.

Luke 12:4-5

I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

The death cult has an appointment with the Divine. It can kill the body, but it cannot kill body's Maker. They can cancel you, but they cannot cancel the appointment with the Coroner.