There is no better revelation of God to us than the Bible. And one of the themes that consistently runs through the scriptures from Genesis to Revelation is that God LOVES division. That might be a hard pill to swallow for those bathing in the coexistence philosophy.

Starting in the third verse of the first chapter, God separated light from darkness to make evening and morning. He divided the Earth from the sky and the sea from dry land. God created the sun and the moon to divide the day from the night.

The Hebrew word translated into English as “divide” means to separate, sever, set apart, or make a distinction. And it is used five times in the first chapter of the Bible alone.

Chapter three gets good when God separated the seventh day from the other six, making it distinct or holy. He made male and female two different creations and separated one tree in the Garden of Eden from all the others. And (brace yourself), He put hostility between the serpent’s lineage and Eve’s lineage. Not only did He not want them to coexist, but He wanted their relationship to be adversarial.

The entire Hebrew scriptures are filled with division. God called Abram to separate from the Chaldeans, and He called Moses to lead his people out of Egypt. Joshua gets clear instructions to stay separate from the people of Canaan and NOT ASSIMILATE with them or their evil ways of worship.

For thousands of years, God has decreed Israel to be distinct, or separated, from the other nations. And the Jews have been, are now, and always will be God’s chosen people. Regardless of how much we Christians try to convince ourselves that He loves us more.

“Issachar, enough of this Old Testament stuff. Get to the part where Jesus prayed that the world would be one.”

Did he?

Did the one who ignored a woman because she was Greek and commanded us not to be like the Pharisees pray that we should get together with the entire world in a soft, warm bro-hug? It is clear from the lips of Jesus himself that when He returns, He will personally separate sheep from goats and divide those who serve God from those who do not.

Here’s what Jesus prayed about being united:

“that they may be one as We are.” John 17:11

And he went further to say: “I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one — as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me. 22 “I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. 23 I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.” John 17: 21–23

Who Is “They” and “Them”?

The answer is clear: “My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you.” He wants his believers, his kingdom, and his family to be one — but not the entire world.

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I speak with myriads of people who believe in Jesus’s return to this world. But they sincerely believe He will come back to gather everyone and unite the world. The only ones he gathers are the lost sheep. He doesn’t gather sheep with wolves. He divides and separates. The only ones wanting the entire world to unite are Nimrod and the Antichrist.

Heck, even the New Jerusalem mentioned in Revelation 21 has walls and gates separating those who live inside from those who live without.

Christians, we are called to be a holy nation. That means we must be set apart and separate. We don’t isolate, but we also don’t assimilate. We should pick a team.

You Also Love Division. Yes, YOU DO.

Don’t be fooled by pseudo-loving rhetoric or brainwashed by the constant drumming of the coexistence message.

Should weeds and flowers be one? Nope. No woman ever wanted her wedding ring to have pure gold coexist with dross. Sports teams separate those who score points from those who do not. Do sales managers build a team where those who meet quotas coexist with those who consistently do not? We don’t want to be “at one” with rats and roaches that might infest our house. And don’t we separate ourselves from a malignant tumor? We divide lint from a sports coat, and a strange hair from the entrée just served in a restaurant.

Why are their dating apps? So we can separate the keeper from the fish we want to throw back into the sea.

It might be gargantuan if we made a list of things and people we don’t want to coexist with.

Let’s Start Dividing.

*Let’s separate ourselves from those people and things that negatively influence us. Who wants to coexist with a ‘Debbie Downer?’ Right?

*Let’s divide the media cosmos into two camps: that which makes us better and that which pulls us down and wastes our time.

*Let’s put away our addictions and insecurities, flee the appearance of evil, and conquer fear and doubt. Do you need to leave a toxic church or a false body of believers? Hit the road! Stop coexisting.

*Does your boss emotionally beat you like a pinata on Cinco De Mayo? Hit the bricks and find a place where you are appreciated. Coexistence with that kind of a company is dysfunctional.

Divide yourself from that which hinders your destiny like dark from light.

Separate yourself from your past. Quit being a victim. Look ahead. And move forward.

“Be one” with wise, encouraging counselors. Be equally yoked with like-minded people of faith who pray strong prayers and exude peace.

If you have made it this far, think about what day of the week you take out the trash. Nobody coexists with empty cans and brown banana peels. Today is the day of division. Today is a great day to take out your trash. Today is the day to be one with your Father. Clean out the spiritual garage so the Holy Spirit can park in your home. Your best days are ahead.