His Generation

“On my way to work a few weeks ago, God began to speak to my heart about a class system in Christianity. I began to have ideas that I couldn’t find the words to describe. By the time I got to work, my heart was heavy. I needed to find some way to write about these thoughts, but I couldn’t find the words to describe them. At my desk, I bowed my head and prayed, ‘Lord, give me some real world example to explain these ideas You’ve given me.’ Almost immediately, I heard the words, ‘poly’ and ‘morphic.’ ‘Poly morphic,’ I repeated out loud. ‘There are no such words,’ I said to myself. So I went to the website dictionary.com and typed the words as one word, ‘polymorphic.’ I felt that perhaps it would recommend a real word. To my surprise, it was a real word. Not only that, but the definition was the exact description of the ideas that God was speaking to my heart.” --Ron Schwartz, November 2007.

From the English dictionary, polymorphic is “an organism having more than one adult form, as the different castes in social ants.” Polymorphic is the term used to describe how a single species can have several strikingly different physical characteristics in its adult form which allow them to fulfill different functions in their social order. For instance, the Honey Bee (though a single species) has three different castes: the Queen, the Drone, and the Worker.


A Queen Bee	A Drone Bee	A Worker Bee

These three castes are physically different and provide completely different functions but are nevertheless all the same species. Perhaps the most striking differences can be seen in termites.

Winged Reproductive Termite	Wingless Termite Worker	Wingless Termite Soldier

If you saw the three pictures above without an explanation, what would you think they were? Perhaps the first picture you would identify as some form of wasp, and the last, some type of ant. They are, as you can see, all the same species of termite. They exist in a polymorphic system that allows them to develop differently in order to accomplish different tasks.

There are many different examples of polymorphic insects found in nature. Incredibly, each of the different castes in each species comes from larvae laid by the same queen. Though each larva may appear the same, the type of adult they will become is predetermined before they came into existence as a result of environmental factors such as the need for food, workers, or protection. In this type of social system, the function of a particular insect is predetermined, and they can never be anything different. Humans and other mammals are not polymorphic and are thus not limited in their social capacity. They are not predestined to have a single social function. Instead, humans have the ability to grow, learn, adapt, and expand themselves to become anything that they are physically and intellectually capable of becoming. In keeping with the old adage, “The sky is the limit,” humans have the ability to grow from one social function into another, even to succeed at many different social functions. They can breed and give birth like the Drone and Queen, they can work to provide for their families like the Worker, and they can fight to protect the freedom of their society like the Soldier. They are not “pre-caste” into a single immutable social function.

At this point, we have to ask: “If humanity is really the crowning achievement of God’s work in nature, why would God pattern Christianity after insects rather than mankind?”

Contemporary Christianity teaches that there is a leadership caste called “ministry.” There are Christians who are “caste” as ministers, and there those who are not. It is an immutable fact. Within the caste of ministers, there are those who are caste as pastors, or teachers, or evangelists. They can never be anything more than this. It is an immutable fact. You will find this same teaching in regard to spiritual gifts and church functions. It is all designed as a “caste system” that does not allow or tolerate change. From this standpoint, we forced to conclude that contemporary Christianity as practiced is a polymorphic system.

Each contemporary church is an almost exact replica of the polymorphic society of a beehive. The pastor is obviously the Queen. His function is to be charismatic and entertaining so as to draw Drones and Workers from other church-hives. The Drones are, in effect, church committees, the pastoral staff, church boards, etc., that surround the pastor-Queen but provide no useful function other than keeping the pastor busy so that he feels significant and important. Unless the ego of the pastor-Queen is constantly stroked, he could get bored and leave to find another church-hive. The Soldier caste is made up of religious pew-sitters who are blind and incapable of seeing. It’s not that they do not have eyes: they do. But because pages of dogma and doctrine drape over their eyes, they are prevented from seeing. They have no useful function other than to hang around Christian forums and other places that allow them the opportunity to argue and fight. Finally, there is the Worker caste made up of, essentially, “pew-sitter cattle.” Their function is to be milked by the other castes.

These two castes (ministry and pew-sitters) together have yet another type of relationship together referred to as “symbiotic.” The English dictionary defines symbiosis as “two dissimilar organisms [that] live together in a state of interdependence.” Symbiosis can be found in the social relationship that exists between the Queen bee and her Worker bees. The Worker bees depend on the Queen bee to create more workers and the Queen depends on the Workers to gather food. Each caste is uniquely designed to fulfill a specific function.

Once again, the contemporary church provides us with a real world example of symbiosis. The “pew-sitter cattle”-Worker caste needs the pastor-Queen caste in order to grow the church-hive. The pastor-Queen caste on the other hand needs the “pew-sitter cattle”-Workers caste to “milk.” The “pew-sitter cattle”-Workers as well as the “church committee, deacon board, pastoral staff”-Drones are also responsible for stroking the ego of the pastor-Queen. If they fail to give the pastor-Queen a big enough ego, the pastor-Queen will eventually think God has forsaken them, get bored, and leave.

The polymorphic system is reflected in the way Christians learn. The pew-sitter castes must go to church and listen to the pastor-Queen caste pontificate concerning all the things the pew-sitter castes must do and how they must change. The pastor-Queen caste, however, is incapable of sitting in a pew with the pew-sitter and learning. Instead, the pastor-Queen caste claims to learn by hearing directly from God. The pew-sitters are told by the pastor-Queens that they should not attempt to hear from God because they could end up in deception. However, the pastor-Queen is immune from deception. They claim to routinely listen to God without any problem with deception. How is it that the pastor-Queen can learn by listening to God but the pew-sitters cannot? Why is it safe for pastor-Queens to listen to God but dangerous for the pew-sitters? The answer is simple: Christianity as practiced today does not function as it did in His Generation. Contemporary Christianity has become a polymorphic social system with the pastor-Queens deciding who the Drones are and who the cattle pew-sitters are.

The dilemma faced by many pew-sitter Christians is that they aspire to be pastor-Queens, but being a pastor-Queen requires them to say they hear from God. So how can they ever be a pastor-Queen if they cannot hear from God? And if they can hear from God, why do they need to be a pew-sitter? Why can’t they just hear from God and never sit in the pews of a contemporary church as the pastor-Queens do? The reason is because pastor-Queens keep their Drones and Workers in line by convincing them that God patterned Christianity after beehives instead of Himself. And so we come to understand the reason for the pathetic nature of modern Christianity: pastor-Queens have recreated the church in the image of bees rather than in the image of God.

The scriptures tell us that there is a caste system: a fleshly caste and a spiritual caste. Furthermore, “that which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit (John 3:6).” In other words, those of the fleshly caste can never be of the spiritual caste. They exist in different universes. It is an immutable fact. At a glance, it would seem to suggest that God, the Father of both mankind and the heavenly host, has created a polymorphic society. However, humanity was not designed after bees. It was designed in the image of God. We find in the scripture that we are not limited to the earthly caste of which we were born. For those of us who have been redeemed by the blood of Christ, the power of God’s Spirit “delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son (Colossians 1:13).” In other words, the Spirit of God allows us to translate from one caste to another.

If God’s Spirit is powerful enough to translate us from natural to the supernatural, from the flesh to spirit, from sinner to saint, why would we believe that as saints we are incapable of becoming ministers and/or hearing from God for ourselves?

Christian leaders will admit that, through faith, even the lowest of Christians can move mountains. They will concede that God is able to hear the prayers and to provide answers to all Christians no matter their rank in the church. At least in theory. But they will not admit that “laity” can ever become “clergy.”

Prejudice and discrimination need no basis in fact. They belittle, marginalize, and humiliate those of a different class, race, ethnicity, and/or religion based on abstract beliefs, generalizations, and stereotypes. In fact, prejudice is a religion. Prejudice holds certain beliefs with disregard to fact. It believes blindly. Prejudice is rooted into every culture of humanity, and it is almost impossible to be raised to adulthood without being exposed to it in one way or another. Given the prevailing tide of human culture that has framed much of Christianity, it is no wonder that prejudice and discrimination are also at the core of much of our Christian heritage.

The clergy/laity system embraced by the Catholic and (most) Protestant churches is a form of discrimination and prejudice based on humanistic culture, not on scripture.

It is impossible to fully and completely separate ourselves from the culture in which we live without becoming hermits and living in isolation. Furthermore, there is no indication from either Jesus or the men of His Generation that He intended life to be that way. Instead, what we find throughout the New Testament is that the men of His Generation used the culture of the day to change the world (and ultimately the culture) rather than allow the culture to change them. So what do we find today? When we survey the landscape of Christianity, do we find churches using culture to change the world, or is culture what defines them instead?

Most Christians take for granted that the contemporary church structure and form dates back to the beginning of the New Testament and is rooted in scripture. But this is simply not the case. To begin with, Protestant churches date back to the late 1500’s with their roots in Catholicism. They were a product, not of scripture influences, but of the social and religious culture of their day.

The medieval culture (in which the Protestant church was birthed) was a two-class society: the nobility and the peasantry. The word “peasant” had a pejorative meaning and referred to the lowest class of society with an almost sub-human connotation. The peasants were required to swear an oath of allegiance to their lords and were “bound by law and custom to plough the field of their masters, harvest the corn, gather it into barns, and thresh and winnow the grain; they must also mow and carry home the hay, cut and collect wood, and perform all manner of tasks of this kind (Jean Froissart, written in 1395).”

On top of their work load, peasants pay taxes or rent for the land. They also had to pay a tax to the church which was called a tithe. This tax/tithe was 10% of the value of what their farm produced. The tithes were hated by the peasants, who knew also that the church had collected so much tax/tithe that it had to build huge tithe building to store its wealth while the poor were starving. The church also used the threat of divine punishment to force peasants to work the land it owned free of charge.

The society of medieval times was described as feudalistic. A great deal of disagreement exists as to exactly what that means. Karl Marx wrote of it extensively from an economic perspective, whereas noted historian Ganshof defined it from a legal and military perspective as unique to the warring medieval nobility. Feudalism used land and the wealth it generated to force people (vassals) to swear allegiance to their lord. The use of land in this system could not be earned or bought but given only by a lord. The amount of land a lord owned, therefore, defined the scope of his power and the amount of wealth he and his vassals could expect to receive. This created a warlike society where lords were constantly feuding over the control of more and more land.

It is easy to see how the church is rooted in this culture. Like feudalism of medieval times, churches are a two-class culture. First, there is the clergy class (lords) who are believed to be entrusted by God with His authority (the land). To receive from them, the laity (peasant) must give them your allegiance and be willing to fight on their behalf (the lords decided who to fight about what). Additionally, it is easy to see the feuding that goes on between local clergy (lords) over bigger and bigger congregations is the same as that which existed between lords over control of more and more land. Each member of the clergy eventually develops an unquenchable greed for more people to control to satisfy their hunger for more and more power. While it may not start out this way in all churches, it is the inevitable result of the clergy/laity system. We cannot end this discussion without pointing to the 10% church tithe that was imposed on the workers. There was no consideration given for their poverty or loss as long as the church got its fair share. Though the enforcement of this tithe has changed over the centuries what has remained consistent is the threat of eternal punishment for those who go against the church. Churches tell their congregations to “pay” tithes or risk divine retribution. It doesn’t matter in what poverty the congregation lives, the church must receive it’s due.

Just as the church in medieval times used the threat of divine punishment to force servitude upon the masses, the same is true in many churches today. Cults use the threat of divine punishment to control their communities and, if necessary, to force mass suicide. We must, therefore, never underestimate the weight (power) that “speaking for God” gives to a clergy class. It allows them divine appointment. It is no wonder that humanity so easily embraced the idea of a pope. Today, as they would be with the pope, most Christians are afraid to speak openly about their pastors. They often overlook and justify his (or her) sin. He has a perceived divine authority and appointment just like the pope. Protestants and Catholics alike see their leaders standing in the place of God. As a result they revere, honor, and worship them in many respects. All this is rooted in historical medieval religious influences, NOT in scripture.

Martin Luther lived during what is considered the end of the medieval era. It is important to understand that when he posted his “Ninety-Five Theses,” his goal was to bring about reform to the church system of his day. He did not view the church of Rome as a pagan entity but as the church institution which God ordained. He did not set about to overthrow the church of Rome but to reform it.

Similarly, many Christians today live under the same misconceptions that prevented Luther from perusing the transformation God intended: that the current church system can be reformed and salvaged. It cannot.

Many Christian leaders suggest that if people did not like today’s medieval form of church, they would change it. But the same could be said for the peasants of medieval times. Why did they put up with it for so many centuries? There are many reasons the peasants put up with oppression, but mostly it was from culture and fear. They were brought up in a certain environment and did not know anything else, so they resigned themselves to the idea that things were as they were meant to be. Christians today are no different. They belong to a spiritual peasant caste that was (in their minds) created to serve the clergy caste. In many ways, it is safe: they know exactly what is expected of them, and they have plenty of other places to lay blame aside from themselves.

Most people are told that their church either is a New Testament church or is based on New Testament scripture and structure. However, no contemporary church is a New Testament church. Most are little more than social gatherings of Christians that function under medieval social order and polymorphic castes. The contemporary church owes its structure to the influences of the medieval era, NOT to the scripture, and certainly NOT to God. Why, then, would we consider reforming something that is a product of medieval culture? You can’t “fix” goats by trying to make them into sheep, nor can you change tares into wheat. They are what they are.

A study on the roots of Hinduism will produce a wide variety of conclusions. Unlike most religions, which began as the teaching or philosophy of a single man, Hinduism appears to have come about as a culture with its roots (perhaps) in ancient Babylon. We also know that, dating back several centuries before Christ, the Mediterranean nations (especially the Greeks) were interested in this culture.

Hinduism embraces a “caste” system. People who are in the lower castes can be reborn into a higher caste providing they do good works as taught by the Hindu culture. There is, however, a class of people who have no “caste.” They are called the “untouchables.” The “untouchables” are extremely poor and are classed even below the lowest caste in the Hindu caste system. They and their offspring can never be reborn into a higher caste. Their lot in life is to serve those of the caste system. They are called “untouchable” because if someone from the caste system touches them, the caste person becomes defiled and must go through a cleansing ritual.

Christianity today has come to embrace the philosophical teachings of Hinduism. Like Hinduism, Christianity has come to embrace the exact same form of caste system. Instead of “untouchables,” Christianity has “pew-sitters.” These are the rank and file Christians who (like the Hindu “untouchables”) have no caste. Regardless of what this group does, they can never become anything more than “pew-sitters.” It is their lot in life. And like the “untouchables,” their role is to serve those who have a caste.

The “clergy” or “ministry” includes all those in the caste system. They start at the lowest caste as a teacher or lowly pastor in a small church. If they do well, they may leave that church and be reborn into a bigger church, and then an even bigger one. They can eventually work their way up into special speakers, notable authors, or district directors of denominations. In the prophetic circles, pastors can be reborn into evangelists or prophets. Pastors who start several group meetings can also be reborn as apostles. If they continue to do well, they can move up to be prophets or apostles to the nations. Their caste system allows for this.

The untouchable rank-and-file Christians have no such aspirations. They are confined to be nothing more than pew-sitters for the rest of their lives. The difference between them and those in the ministry caste is that the untouchable Christians are not “called” by God. Their lack of calling means that they are not qualified to grow and be reborn into anything greater.

So how, over the past few hundred or thousand years, did Christianity come to embrace Hindu philosophy? Was it from the Greeks, who were fascinated with the Indian culture? Was it from the Romans, who embraced many of the Babylonian gods and religions? We do know that, following the legalization of all religions (including Christianity) by the Roman Empire, both the Greek and the Roman cultures and religions flooded into the Christian churches.

Today, pastors consider the Christianity they practice to be a direct result of scripture, and they ignore the Medieval, pagan, and, yes, even Hindu cultures that have influenced it and formed it into what it has become today. Pastors want their congregations to become like they are and get frustrated when that does not occur. These pastors seem to be unaware that the caste system prevents it. It prevents it because the rank-and-file Christians cannot become like the pastor as long as they are continually treated like children. Pastors don’t sit in pews, they don’t attend church, but they are still expected to have a relationship with God. They don’t have men standing between them and God and, as a result, are able to grow spiritually. But the untouchable rank-and-file Christians are not afforded the same luxury. They must continue to be separated from God by those who pastor them. They can never become (or be reborn) into what their pastor is because they are not allowed to serve God and hear from God in that capacity. They are forever relegated to the “untouchable” ranks without a caste.

The contemporary church structure in which we have been raised is greatly the result of the forgotten influences of the medieval era. It is a caste system derived from the social behavior of insects. It embraces prejudice and discrimination as its religion. And it cannot be salvaged. Those who seek reform eventually end in a compromise that ultimately allows the priesthood-clergy-Queen bee caste to retain its power and position as head of the Body of Christ.

We find it incredible that in a Western culture that promotes competition and rewards ego, most Christians have resigned themselves to the caste system of the Middle Ages. That contemporary Christians have set aside the fact that they were made in the image of God to embrace the limitations of insects. That free people would willingly submit to religious control and oppression. And that Christians would rather be ruled by the greedy and egocentric nature of men rather than the loving self-sacrificing nature of our Savior.

It does not need to remain this way. You are not caste as a Laborer or Drone. You are the sons and daughters of God! You are not created to serve a pastor but the Lord God of the universe!

21 Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done. 22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."

Why would God give you the power and authority to remove mountains but not to baptize?

17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”

19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

Why would God give you power over demons but be incapable of teaching you without a pastor caste?

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Why is God capable of answering any prayer we pray but not capable of being the head of His Church? Why does God require men to stand in His place in our churches? The answer is: He has not. It is a lie.

The reasons for these contradictions are found not in scripture but in the Dark Ages. These inconsistencies exist because Christians have NOT yet thrown off the mantle of Catholicism which they are forever trying to reform. In truth, you, as a child of God, are empowered with the might of His Spirit. You are empowered to preach the gospel and to baptize. You are empowered with God’s Spirit to lay hands on the sick and cast out devils. And yes, you are empowered to teach, to preach, and to operate in spiritual gifts in His Church. When you deny this power and submit to the control of men, you are denying the power of the Holy Spirit. You are allowing men to be your god and in doing so embracing the same type of paganism that birthed the Catholic church. Your contemporary church is nothing more than Catholicism in microcosm.

Contemporary Christianity cannot be salvaged. The current system must be scrapped. We need to start over. The problem we face is what behaviorists (psychologists) and sociologists term “generational behavior.” It is the idea that certain latent social factors have come to exist that influence the behavior and thinking patterns of entire generations. Our generation has been raised in the oppression and apathy of contemporary Christianity. As a result, it can be extremely difficult or next to impossible to participate in a church meeting the way God intended. We are riddled with inhibitions and insecurities, but it does not have to be that way for our children.

Our goal is to raise our children to never experience the reticence and totalitarian influences of contemporary Christianity. If we could all raise our children, the next generation, without the influence of the Dark Ages and Catholic oppression, what kind of Christianity would they know? We must guard ourselves from influencing them with the corrupt form of Christianity that is inbred in this generation. Perhaps then our children will have a chance to experience the life and faith that was once known by the people of His Generation.

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