Every Felt Fear?

That's your lack of surrender. To will to maintain control.

Think of Superman.

Alien.

All-powerful.

Raised on a farm.

Could sneeze a crater into the moon, but instead?

He slouches at the Daily Planet in oversized glasses,

pretending to be Clark.

Why?

“To protect people”

Sure. Sweet. Noble.

But also… kinda depressing.

Because no matter how much he dims his light,

no matter how many people he saves,

they still fear him.

(Hmmm...Maybe there's a connection to why depression runs in the family? People dimming their light for others?)

Not for what he does.

But for what he could do.

Because that’s the perception:

Real Power, especially when it doesn’t ask for permission, can terrify people.

Even when it’s kind.

Especially when it doesn’t beg.

“You Should Fear Anything That Is New and Powerful”

Superman may be fiction, but the fear is real.

You’ve felt it.

Maybe you’ve even been it:

That person who walks into a room, and everything shifts.

Not because they speak louder, but because they don’t have to.

They don’t beg for respect.

They just are.

And people either lean in…or squirm for fear of losing control

Why?

Because sovereignty feels like danger to those who rely on control and fear.

And feels like safety to those who rely on independence and freedom.

Why People Fear Superman?

He has unlimited power and answers to no one.

That kind of sovereignty terrifies people — because they can't control it.

What Does His Surrender Signal?

Superman chooses to limit himself.

He lets humans question him, restrains his power, and follows their laws.

Not because he has to, but because he wants to.

Why That’s Powerful?

True sovereignty is the ability to act freely and still choose restraint.

Superman isn’t weak.

He’s dangerous, but merciful.

The Core?

People don’t fear what he does.

They fear what he could do if he ever stopped holding back.

Who do you respect more?

• The person who hides to keep others comfortable?
• Or the one who shines anyway, even if it makes people flinch?

We say we admire authenticity.

But some people only like it when it’s watered down, softly lit, and softly spoken.

The truth?

If you're thinking:

“No we don’t! We don’t demonize people who refuse to dim! That’s outrageous...”

A Few things:

1. I can smell your fear on your lips through the screen.
2. Take a deep breath. Hold the fuck up. You're in the right place.
3. I got a Lil' sum sum for you.

But first...

What is Sovereignty?

Sovereignty is the power to govern yourself, without needing permission.

1. You choose your actions.
2. You set your boundaries.
3. You answer to your own damn conscience.

Crazzyyyyy concept, I know.

It’s not about dominating others.

It’s about not being dominated.

Okay, let’s play a game. Lil(ith)-Sum-Sum

Try and find just one person in all of human history

who was demonized simply for choosing themselves.

For refusing to bow, bend, or break.

Go ahead. I’ll wait.

…

Wait....

What the fuck?

Lilith?

“Demon of the Night”?

You mean the very first woman?

The one made from the same earth as Adam?

Not his rib?

Not his helper?

His equal?

Lilith.

And what did she do?

Before Eve ever debuted with her fig-leaf couture, in the Garden of Eden.

Equal.

Unapologetic.

Unbothered.

When Adam The Violent Aggressor tried to dominate her sexually and spiritually, she said:

"No"

No to domination.

No to hierarchy.

No to a role she didn’t choose.

Adam tattled to God.

Lilith invoked the secret name of YHWH (a divine power move),

literally grew fairy wings,

became ethereal

and left Eden by choice.

She chose herself.

God’s response?

Patch the error.

Roll out Eve 2.0.

A more “submissive” partner, sculpted from Adam’s rib.

Spoiler: still didn’t work.

She didn’t eat the fruit.

Didn’t deceive anyone.

Didn’t destroy paradise.

She just… refused to be beneath him.

And for that?

She didn’t get written into the love story.

She got written into the shadows.

Demonized.

Literally.

The first woman in human history,

and she’s remembered not as powerful,

but as dangerous.

Not as free,

but as evil.

Huh.

Interesting.

So let’s get this straight:

The very first being who dared to own her sovereignty,

to walk away instead of bow down,

was turned into a bedtime monster?

That’s not just myth.

That’s a blueprint.

A warning label slapped on every woman who ever dared to say:

“I won’t lie beneath you, either.”

So next time you hear someone say:

“We don’t demonize people who won’t dim…”

Ask them why the first woman with a voice

got wings and a scarlet label

instead of a story arc.

Ask them what kind of power we’re still afraid of

when it doesn’t apologize.

And then ask yourself:

Who benefits from a world where Lilith had to go?

Because let’s be honest —

Lilith doesn’t sound like the villain.

She sounds like the dream.

Someone to stand beside, not beneath.

Not a curse, a mirror to reflect the beast inside man. Control.

Not a demon, a doorway to self respect.

So maybe the real question isn’t why she left Eden.

Maybe it’s:

Why didn’t we follow her?

I know I would.

Did She Look Like This?

Or Like This?

The Rashomon Effect: It’s Not the Story, It’s Who’s Telling It

The Rashomon Effect is when multiple people see the same thing, but walk away with wildly different versions of the truth.

Like Lois Lane believed in Safety through Freedom, like Lilith.

Vs the people who believed in Danger through Fear

They thought "He could be violent".

It’s not about what happened.

It’s about how they felt about it.

Hero? Villain? Violent Threat? Savior?

Same story.

Different narrator.

Our next forbidden celestial guest? Lucifer Morning Star!

Lucifer, the light-bringer

Too radiant to control.

Rewritten as monsters.

Lucifer: The Original Power User

Before Hell had branding and horns became edgy, there was Lucifer,

Helel, son of the dawn. The morning star.

Brilliant. Beautiful. Heaven’s top-tier creation.

Then one day, he looks at God’s throne and thinks:

“I could probably run this better.”

Cue cosmic HR crisis.

Heaven’s firewall boots up.

Michael pulls the sword.

Lucifer gets the boot.

No rebellion memo.

No exit interview.

Just… cast out.

New patch drops:

“Now introducing: Satan 1.0 — malicious upgrade of Lucifer.

Includes fire, horns, and a lifelong PR problem.”

Did he look like this?

Or Like This?

But plot twist:

In Revelation 22:16, Jesus calls himself…

“The bright morning star.”

What the...F?

Same name.

Different outcome.

Lucifer says it? He’s arrogant.

Jesus says it? He’s divine.

So what changed?

Not the light.

Just the narrative around it.

"Look he wants more"

vs

"Look he wants less"

Get a grip on your perceptions people.

Both Sovereign

One got a fear response

One got a freedom response

Maybe Lilith wasn’t too wild.

Maybe she just couldn’t be tamed.

Maybe Lucifer wasn’t evil.

Maybe he just stopped dimming himself for heaven’s comfort.

Maybe they both said:

“I won’t shrink just to make you feel safe.”

And the system said:

“Yeah… we’re gonna need to call you demons now.”

The Rashomon Effect strikes again.

Tell the same story differently, and suddenly:

• Rebels become saints.
• Devils become light-bringers.
• Walking away becomes liberation, not disgrace.

Your perception doesn’t just shape your story.

It shapes your reality.

Your values.

Your gods.

Your villains.

So next time you hear a name whispered in warning,

Lilith. Lucifer. Any “too much” woman or man who dared to say no,

Ask yourself:

Who told me they were the villain?

And what does that say about the story I’ve chosen to believe?

Because the truth?

It was never about falling.

It was about flying, without asking permission.

So let me get this straight...

God says:

"Do not be afraid of those who threaten you."

Cool. Love that energy.

But then,

if you choose yourself,

If you find happiness,

if you walk away from roles you didn’t audition for,

if you have the audacity to say:

“I answer to my own conscience,”

Suddenly you’re…

A demon?

Yikes.

That’s a twisty little plotline.

Are we really saying that sovereignty is threatening to God?

That self-respect looks like rebellion?

That walking in freedom equals falling from grace?

Weird.

I thought freedom was kind of the whole point.

Unless…

Someone changed the story.

Pulled a few strings.

Swapped out the definitions.

No no. Not possible.

Could they?

No...

Slowly Over time?

If you're thinking:

They can't change the bib....

Dalton... Please no, don't do it again. We like living in fear. Please!

Friendly Reminder: You have full authority to stop reading at any time.

But if you're still with me....Here's a few things to note to kick us off...

• The Bible used to have a dragon in it.
• Jesus never said a word about homosexuality.
• The word “homosexual” was added to the Bible in 1946.
• Mary Magdalene funded Jesus’ ministry.
• Paul never met Jesus in person.
• “Satan” in the Old Testament wasn’t a proper name — it was a job title.
• Hell isn't in the Old Testament.
• There are two creation stories in Genesis.
• God repents in the Bible, multiple times.
• Jesus had four brothers and at least two sisters.
• The Book of Revelation almost didn’t make it into the Bible.
• The Book of Enoch was in the Ethiopian Bible for centuries. Now removed.
• Jesus likely spoke Aramaic, not Hebrew or Greek.
• The Gospels weren’t written by the disciples — they were written decades later.
• Most of the Bible was written by men who couldn’t agree with each other.
• The snake in Genesis is never called Satan.
• Lilith is older than Eve in Jewish tradition.
• The Bible has talking donkeys and giants.
• Jesus was brown.
• “Do not touch me” is the first thing Jesus says to Mary Magdalene after resurrecting.
• God threatens to wipe out all of Israel at one point, Moses talks Him down.
• The Ten Commandments? There are three different versions.
• The oldest copy of the New Testament has no punctuation, no chapters, no verses.
• Jesus was a refugee, not a citizen.
• The Church burned people for owning a Bible.
• The first printed Bible was considered heresy.

Why would someone do this?

No no, Not for control.

Not because they were scared.

Not because of… oh, I dunno… a deadly sin.

Greed? No way!

Pride? *Gasp* How dare you?

Nah.

Surely not to build an empire.

Surely not to centralize power.

Surely not to keep the poor desperate,

the women silent,

and the masses obedient.

Surely not to turn a brown refugee with no possessions

into a poster boy for obedience and nationalism instead of building

Surely not to gatekeep God.

Nah.

Must’ve just… evolved that way.

Right?

Totally unrelated.

Works for me!

Let’s all sing Kumbaya,

light a few guilt-scented candles,

and tithe 10% of our doubts to the nearest institution.

But what we don't do?

Stop pretending God is fragile.

Because if the Divine really is Love,

then choosing yourself,

walking away from control,

owning your light…

shouldn’t be threatening.

It should be holy.

So why would I believe the parts

where my God looks scared of that?

Why would I trust a version of faith

That calls sovereignty a sin?

And why, for the love of God,

would I worship a system

that gets nervous

when I start flying?

What do we do now?

We wait, for his return.

To judge the living and the dead.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.

But Dalton, doesn't Glory mean Fire and Flames?

Yes little sinner, yes.

Thus the name "Morning Star"

But you have nothing to fear!

Remember:

"Everyone will be judged on the basis of their works. For believers, there is nothing to be afraid of, because God works good works into his children by his grace."