“He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.”
— John 1:11“You will hear of wars and rumors of wars… but see that you are not troubled.”
— Matthew 24:6“If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.”
— Mark 3:25
When Truth Becomes Treason
We live in a strange age—one where:
- Truth sounds like hate
- Courage is labeled extremism
- Conscience is mistaken for rebellion
- And neighbors become enemies, not because truth changed—but because the Overton Window moved
This isn’t just politics—it’s prophecy, psychology, and history converging.
The war that never ends—wars on terror, misinformation, disease, poverty, racism—has replaced our constitutional inheritance with a state of managed crisis. These perpetual wars have redefined liberty as compliance, and citizenship as obedience.
The Overton Window: Why the Familiar Feels Foreign
The Overton Window is the range of “acceptable” beliefs in a society. It can move slowly or swiftly—depending on media, fear, and cultural manipulation.
As the window shifts:
- What was once noble (faith, family, freedom) becomes radical
- What was once extreme (censorship, tyranny, gender confusion) becomes tolerated, then celebrated
- And those who hold to timeless truth become strangers in their own land
Jesus experienced this firsthand.
Jesus: Rejected in His Hometown
“A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.” — Mark 6:4
“He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.” — John 1:11
Though Jesus was the very embodiment of truth, He was rejected by:
- His own people
- His own town
- Even His own family
Why?
Because the people had redefined righteousness. They had become so immersed in cultural legalism, political compromise, and religious conformity that when Truth Himself stood before them—they could not recognize Him.
This is the Overton Window of the soul: when what is right feels wrong, and what is false feels safe.
We now live in a society where:
- Parents are afraid of their children
- Preachers are censored by their congregations
- Truth-speakers are called dangerous
- And faithful citizens are seen as threats to democracy
Wars and Rumors of Wars: Prophecy in Real-Time
Jesus predicted the times in which we now live:
“You will hear of wars and rumors of wars… Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.” — Matthew 24:6–7
These aren’t just military conflicts. They are psychological wars, ideological wars, and cultural wars designed to:
- Keep people in fear
- Eliminate rest and reflection
- Justify authoritarian expansion
- Fragment society along emotional fault lines
Today, we face:
- The war on terror
- The war on misinformation
- The war on disease
- The war on climate
- The war on domestic extremism
- The war on normalcy
Each new crisis—whether real or manufactured—shifts the Overton Window, making room for more surveillance, more control, and more division.
National Amnesia and Fragmented Identity
A divided house cannot stand—but a forgetful house cannot even see it falling.
As Orwell warned:
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
Through manipulated education, media, and language:
- The past is erased or rewritten
- Heroes are vilified, and villains are honored
- Citizens lose their moral compass, and therefore their resistance
With history gone and truth demonized, people become strangers to their own culture. They no longer know who they are, what they believe, or why it matters. And in that vacuum, tyranny is born.
The War That Never Ends: From Crisis to Control
In The War That Never Ends, we showed how modern crises have:
- Replaced constitutional boundaries with emergency powers
- Trained people to accept fear as virtue and freedom as recklessness
- Created a permanent battlefield of the mind
The result?
Truth-tellers feel like strangers.
Families are split by ideology.
Citizens are enemies not of the state, but of one another.
Not because the Constitution failed.
Not because faith is wrong.
But because the Window moved, and perpetual war keeps it moving.
Final Reflection: Strangers in the World—But Not Without Hope
Jesus promised:
“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart—I have overcome the world.” — John 16:33
To follow Christ—and to stand for truth, liberty, and conscience—is to be a stranger in a world that has lost its way.
But we are not alone:
- The prophets were strangers.
- The early Christians were strangers.
- The Founders, the reformers, the awakeners—all strangers in their generation.
And yet they stood firm, not because it was easy—but because it was true.
Call to Action: Restore the Ground Beneath Us
To overcome the war that never ends, we must:
- Restore moral intelligence (Kohlberg Stage 6)
- Reclaim our history and reject indoctrination
- Refuse to accept false peace built on lies
- Recenter our lives on character, not popularity
- Expect to be strangers—and speak truth anyway
The Overton Window has moved. But so can we—back toward faith, back toward freedom, and back toward truth.
Even if we are strangers in this age, we are citizens of a higher Kingdom—one that cannot be shaken.
