Following Jesus ✝️𓅦𓅦𓅦

Following Jesus ✝️𓅦𓅦𓅦

Self-professed followers of Jesus the Messiah on Nostr. Protestants, Roman Catholics and Orthodox welcome. (No LDS or JWs)

Curated by Marakesh 𓅦

🔒 Paid Article (Sept. 26, 2025): The Resurrection of Civilization: Bitcoin and the Kingdom That Cannot Fall

This essay draws a parallel between the rise of Bitcoin and the resurrection power of the Kingdom of God, framing both as enduring responses to the collapse of corrupt civilizations. It portrays Bitcoin as resurrection economics — restoring honesty, redeeming time, and grounding trust in truth rather than human institutions. Through this lens, the piece calls readers to see both Bitcoin and the Gospel as acts of faith rather than fear, revealing that real civilization is not built through domination but through incorruptible truth. The Kingdom, once buried under empire and deceit, is rising again — and this time, it will not fall.

🔒 Paid Article (Sept. 23, 2025): Chief of War: Sovereignty at the Edge of Empire

Drawing inspiration from the drama and history surrounding island kingdoms and foreign encroachment, this essay examines what sovereignty looks like at the very edge of empire. It considers how chiefs balanced honor and survival, how betrayal hollowed alliances, and why the price of freedom is almost always paid by those who refuse to be assimilated. Finally, it connects these lessons to modern forms of sovereignty—especially monetary and identity sovereignty—in a world of soft coercion.

🔒 Paid Article (Sept. 12, 2025): MLM and Web3: Two Sides of the Same Pyramid

Both multi-level marketing (MLM) and Web3 projects sell the same dream: financial freedom, lifestyle independence, and passive income. I experienced the hype firsthand in 2023–2024 when I briefly joined World Financial Group (WFG). What I saw there helped me recognize the same structural flaws playing out across Web3. The names and technology change. The math doesn’t.

"Where Christ is preached, and His gifts are given, hearts are turned" Advent 2 Midweek 2025

All that judgment that should have burned you to stubble falls on Him instead. The refiner’s fire consumes Him, not because He is impure, but because He has taken your impurity as His own. The wrath that should fall on you for your indifference, compromise, lust, and self-righteousness—that wrath is poured out on Him. He, the Bridegroom, lets Himself be treated like the harlot so that His Bride can wear the white robe. He, the righteous Son, is cut off so that you can be called sons.

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