The Human Beast Seeks Only That Which Perishes
by Sabrina Dawkins
“Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed” (John 6:27).
How can humans, with complex behaviors and languages, be beasts? They use their complex behaviors and languages to only obtain worldly things such as food, shelter, and sex. For example, there are YouTube channels dedicated to teaching males how to use complex behavior patterns in order to procure sex from females. Non-believers become preachers of the gospel because they know they can make money by scaring people with hell and giving them what they believe to be false hope in Christianity.
It doesn’t matter how complex the behavior or form of communication is, if it is used solely to achieve carnal goals, the user of the complex language and behavior tools is still a beast, but with a more advanced, deceptive, complicated method in order to survive in the jungle—a beast disguised as a “civilized” human who can use big words, and walk on twos instead of fours, and wear glasses and perfumes.
Therefore, the thing that separates a child of God from a beast (a person with the mark of the beast) is not civilization or languages, it is motivation. Is one motivated primarily by worldly rewards or spiritual rewards? Basically, a beast wants food, shelter, pleasure, and to reproduce. A child of God, however, wants a relationship with the Holy Spirit, something a beast cannot understand or appreciate.
A person can spend a lifetime perfecting elaborate schemes to trick people out of their resources in order to live in comfort and worldly excess at their expense—the motivation is earthly pleasure. Some beasts use simple tactics to satisfy physical needs, hiding behind tall grass and walking quietly in order to surprise-attack prey. Other beasts developed entire systems to deceive their prey so that the prey is filled with false information and can’t even discern its enemies, let alone find the motivation to escape the mental prison, the false reality it’s been given that makes it easy, continual, and confused prey.
Beasts come in many forms, behaviors, and styles of communication. But the motivation is the same: earthly rewards, which become more important than the idea of a soul. But “what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36). He or she is rewarded with the life experience of a beast.