There’s a new gospel being preached – not from pulpits, but from screens. Not by prophets, but by programmers. And it comes with its own god: Big Tech. A god that promises omniscience, omnipresence, and even eternal life – digitized, optimized, and centralized. But like every false god in history, its power doesn’t lift man up. It enslaves him.
And there’s no denying the blessings of technology today. Medical breakthroughs save lives. Families separated by oceans can speak face to face. The Bible can be read in nearly every language on Earth through a device you hold in your hand. These are miracles of access. But access without wisdom is a recipe for ruin.
To be clear, this isn’t a blind condemnation of innovation. Fire isn’t evil – until it burns the village down. Technology, like all tools, reflects the heart of the one who wields it. Scripture shows us this clearly. When God commanded the building of the Tabernacle, He didn’t drop it from heaven. He filled a man with divine craftsmanship.
“You will not surely die… you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” – Genesis 3:4-5
The original lie. And it’s been rebranded with slick interfaces and startup jargon. Today we have AI that learns faster than human minds can track. We have Neuralink and gene-editing technologies playing chess with the blueprint of life. We have billionaires declaring war on death and preaching a transhumanist gospel where machines will make us eternal. But there’s a pattern here: they’re not pursuing excellence – they’re pursuing divinity.
This isn’t just rebellion. It’s reenactment.
What was the Tower of Babel if not the first technological utopia? A manmade structure, built “to reach the heavens” and “make a name for ourselves.” They weren’t building for God. They were building over Him. The result? God scattered them – not because He feared their bricks, but because of what centralized power does to the human heart.
That same tower is rising again. Only now, it’s made of code.
Big Tech isn’t simply a marketplace of tools. It’s become a monolith of control. A small group of corporations – unelected, unaccountable, ideologically aligned – now mediate nearly every word, image, and interaction on earth. Their power is bigger than many governments. They decide what you’re allowed to say, see, question, or protest. And if you step outside their orthodoxy, you’re not debated. You’re deleted.
Like Nebuchadnezzar’s golden statue, the pressure to bow is not symbolic. It’s enforced.
“…whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into the midst of a blazing furnace.” – Daniel 3:6
In this case, the furnace is digital exile. Deplatforming. Demonetization. Dehumanization. Your dissent becomes “misinformation.” Your faith becomes “extremism.” Your facts are shadow-banned before they ever reach another set of eyes.
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