There has been a lot of talk lately about the Great Reset (resetting the economic and geopolitical aspects of the world with one group overseeing it). Those of us who are concerned about freedom, religious expression, morality and more are not fans of a Great Reset.
Leading up to Jan. 20, let’s look at two scenarios regarding the presidency and how they could affect the church. By considering both outcomes, I’m not abandoning my hope that God will reveal the massive voter fraud that took place. (Review this evidence released by Sidney Powell.)
In either case—Biden or Trump, something monumental will occur: The church will reset. It’s painfully obvious that most churches do not model themselves after the church that Christ commissioned. Often, God must break us down to build us up.
A Biden Presidency
Looking past the heavily contested election results, a Biden win will prove that antifa accomplished its goal of instilling fear in citizens, courts and politicians to not challenge voter fraud. Gone are the days of true patriots such as Patrick Henry, who said, “I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.”
A Biden presidency will no doubt usher in a great “reset” that leads to greater financial collapse. We are seeing signs of this already.
The shutdowns are killing small businesses while major corporations thrive. Although COVID-19 is real, it is being used as a political weapon. America, as we knew it, has been forever changed.
As in the Old Testament, a Biden presidency may mean that God used foreign enemies to judge America. In the church, a Biden win will divide us even more as the true church is forced to go underground, just like what has happened to the church in China. Although it may take time, it’s inevitable.
Churches with rainbow flags and positive messages will stay open and may even be sanctioned by the government. Those that compromise God’s Word will become irrelevant social clubs. Lives will not be radically changed because the false prophet is not God’s prophet.
Under Biden, social media will censor the truth—churches that talk about sin, the inerrancy of the Word, Christ as the only way, repentance and so on will be marginalized and silenced.
The government will clamp down on what it deems “hate speech” and will attempt to silence pastors who don’t conform. All of this, however, can be the fuel that sparks a powerful revival … a powerful reset: That God may grant us a little reviving in our bondage (Ezra 9:8).
A Trump Presidency
A Trump presidency would mean that God is giving us another season of grace and mercy in order to expose the unfruitful works of darkness. A Trump administration will confront social media giants and other corruption, but it will not come without a heavy price—there will be massive civil unrest and a huge attack from the media and the left, designed to foster confusion and chaos. This is what many call the “new civil war,” where we are reminded that freedom is never free.
A Trump presidency will also bring division to the church. Christians will be forced to make a decision—will they stay silent about civil unrest and, thus, back it?
Will they have more in common with antifa than with God’s agenda?
Will they apologize for being white, or will they articulate the biblical view of unity under which we can all unite?
Will Christians continue to support ungodly organizations that divide us, or will they denounce them?
Will “woke” Christians finally realize that they also need to wake up?
All of this, however, can also be the fuel that sparks a powerful revival: “Wilt thou not revive us again that thy people may rejoice in thee?” (Ps. 85:6, KJV).
Why Does the Church Need a Great Reset?
In the same way that Jesus warned the lukewarm church in Laodicea, He warns us today: “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot …. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.” He concludes, “Do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked” (Rev. 3:15-17, MEV).
The church today in America resembles the Laodicean church more than at any other time in our history. Sadly, conviction is replaced with complacency, and God’s glory is often replaced with gimmicks and marketing ploys.
Just look at the top sermons viewed on social media today. The preachers are motivational speakers, not voices “crying in the wilderness.” They encourage the Laodicean lifestyle of being lukewarm instead of lovingly challenging it.
In most cases, these pastors only talk about having your best life now, positive emotions and taking control of your mind. Granted, we need to be encouraged, but if that’s all we talk about, the church will inevitably drift in the lukewarm direction.
The lukewarm church disdains the heat of conviction; they will label bold churches as “legalistic, rigid and arrogant.”
Like many Christians today, the Laodiceans thought they were in the center of God’s will. The Laodicean church was large, wealthy and involved in the community. It looked at numbers, but Jesus looked at the heart and said they were “wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked.”
His strong words were meant to convict and challenge, not coddle and comfort. Be encouraged: God often breaks us down in order to build us up.
One thing is certain, on Jan. 20, we will know what God’s will is, and it will separate the wheat from the chaff. This will be the great reset for the church in 2021.{eoa}
For more teaching, go to ShaneIdleman.com or choose from these free downloads.
See an error in this article?
To contact us or to submit an article
