Israel spent 430 year in Egyptian exile; Zerubbable, as found in Zechariah, means, born in Babylon. 5 generations were born in Egypt, people were born in Babylon, they only knew exile, they only knew captivity. These people have ancient history, oral tradition and so much experience. America is not even 300 years old yet, and we think we know more than they do. We think we understand millennia of history about a people because they created a state of Israel in 1948. Oh friends, we need to employ humility.

Religion is a matrix and is very hard to get out of. Some of the reasons it is so challenging to escape is because many have been born into religion, which is why Jesus says in John 2, we need to be born again. Religion is hard to escape because when you break free from its matrix, people you love who are in it, think you are a heretic, crazy or rebellious. But Jesus said, you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free (John 8:32). The challenge is people in the religious matrix have been programmed to believe they are free and you are not.

The cure for humanity called Christianity is humility. Jesus said in Mark 10:45, for the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many. His humility was obvious, but His truth was never compromised. The religious matrix in Jerusalem was so deeply entrenched that when He healed on the Sabbath they called him a lawbreaker; when He spoke truth they called Him a liar; and when He cast out demons they called Him Beelzebub, the chief of demons. Religion hates freedom, which is why it keeps people held captive and calls them free.

For those who have broken out of the religious matrix, keep preaching truth and remember if you are persecuted from righteousness sake, you are blessed 1 Peter says. There is a breaking of the matrix happening, just like there was a Passover which led to freeing people from Egypt. There is an end date for Babylonian captivity, at least that is what Jeremiah said, and we are in this time frame on God’s calendar. We are about to see a massive awakening to the truth of the matrix, that is breaking and setting people free. These are truly biblical times. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org