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2011
W W W . T H E G O S P E L M I S S I O N . N E T
Preach Report
WRESTLE MANIA XXVII
DOWNTOWN ATLANTA
GEORGIA DOME & PHILLIPS ARENA….3 NIGHTS OF OPEN AIR PREACHING
Saturday, Sunday & Monday Night
April 2-4, 2011
Bro. Zach Baxter standing next to a WWE devotee and Joshua Christensen (on right)
The wrestling fan is in a class of his own…a dedicated, sold out devotee of his “hero” in the ring. Imagine
this for a minute… grown men, white adult males for the most part, being swept away by their
emotional attachment to and personal identification with a wrestling character. Their hearts and minds
have been captured by a fabricated persona, a carefully crafted image, a comic book style super hero or
super villain... The wrestling fan is so completely and blindly devoted to their “champion” that they
actually make up signs and proudly display them in support and adoration of the one they love. Men
proudly and boldly wearing T-shirts with slogans emblazoned across the front and back of the shirt that
say things like: AUSTIN 3:16, SHOW NO MERCY, BRING IT! And other such slogans…
Now imagine these men fighting traffic, paying for gas, parking and a ticket in order to attend a sold out
venue at the Georgia Dome where additional seating had to be installed to accommodate over 75,000
rabid devotees of this charade? Am I crazy or is it shear madness that seemingly “normal” adult males
would layout hard earned cash for fake gold reproductions of gigantic “championship” belts and then
strut down the sidewalk proudly displaying these phony and gaudy belts as if they had personally won
them in a legitimate contest? This is a world where reality has been exchanged for the make believe. It
does not matter to these men that the winner has been decided in advance and that the entire show is
nothing more than a choreographed or scripted charade. Reality does not matter in the mind of the
WWE fan. He is able to set aside “logic” and rational thinking, he readily suspends rational thought and
judgment in order to embrace the fantasy world created to cater to his base, banal, depraved desire and
lust for violence cloaked in the guise of entertainment and sport. The whole enterprise is make believe
and that is exactly what these seemingly “normal” men are doing when they attend a WWE event like
this...they are embracing a fantasy world of make believe. They are calling that which is NOT a sport, a
sport as they exchange the TRUTH for a LIE. All of this is done for the satisfaction of the most base,
vulgar, depraved, banal and violent behavior that men are capable of…it is RAW CARNALITY on
display…and the sheer number of so-called “Christians”
attending this kind of event would simply shock you!
Many of the same guys attending a WWE event like this
are also BULLDOG fans, Braves fans and Falcons fans…so
it’s not like there is any difference between a WWE event
and the Super bowl with these guys…it’s all the same to
them. You may know the difference between a legitimate
sporting event but these people do not or they simply
choose to ignore the fact that there is any difference. It’s
all entertainment to them at the end of the day. Some
might suggest that no self respecting, authentic, genuine
sports aficionado would dare associate a WWE event
with the Super bowl but that is simply not the case with
the tens of thousands that descended upon the Georgia
Dome today…It does not matter if you “the
evangelist/preacher” know that this is not a legitimate
sporting event, the fact is that in their minds and hearts,
it’s just like the Masters Championship at Augusta. They
are held captive by a LIE in more ways than one, they are deceived and they are LOST but the problem is
that they do not see themselves as being LOST and they certainly do not see their need to repent of
anything.
On Sunday evening we took up a position at a critical Street corner enabling us to literally reach
thousands of WWE fans making their way to the Georgia Dome. We gave away every Gospel Tract in our
possession and could have easily handed out three times that amount with additional laborers. The
evening consisted of open air preaching on the Truth Horn until the batteries actually ran out upon
which time we simply raised our natural God given voices and gave the people a sample of what they
should expect when our Savior returns in Glory… 1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God…
As warning was given to the passersby with unction from the Holy Ghost we modified our message to
resonate with the mindset of the WWE devotees…One of their great super villains goes by the name of
The Undertaker. In the photo above you can see the man holding a sign with RIP HHH (Triple H) 19-0
TAKER (Undertaker) (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqB4c-NS4d8 ) for additional info.
We used the word UNDERTAKER repeatedly throughout the evening as a key word in warning the WWE
devotees that before the Undertaker comes to get them they better be prepared to meet their MAKER
and JUDGE…JUDGE JESUS, and added that if they thought that Judge Judy was tough on crime they will
be really shocked when they meet JUDGE JESUS. And then we took one of the WWE slogans: NO MERCY,
which also happens to be the title of a WWE Nintendo game…and continued the message declaring that:
The sinner will receive NO MERCY on Judgment Day when they appear before the Great White Throne
unprepared, unsaved, uncovered, undone and in their unholy state of being without Christ and the
forgiveness of sins that only Christ can give…
We utilized another of their infamous slogans which can be seen on the T-shirts that many of the WWE
fans like to wear which reads AUSTIN 3:16 and is a reference to a phrase created by "The Most Popular
Superstar in WWE History" Cold Stone Steve Austin…which carries the meaning "Austin 3:16 says: I
just whooped you’re *#& !” So, with all of these Austin 3:16 slogans in view we admonished the
crowd that while they may know the meaning of Austin 3:16 do they actually know the meaning
of JOHN 3:16? We then proceeded to quote that verse and remind people of its INVERSE
meaning…that if they do not repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ they will PERISH and
instead of everlasting life they will receive damnation and everlasting DEATH in a devil’s Hell!
We had Catholics claiming that they were not counting on going to Heaven or Hell but rather
PURGATORY! Yes, we actually had Catholic WWE fans declaring out loud that they were
expecting to do time in
purgatory upon their
departure from this life. To
which we responded that
there are not enough
candles that could be
burned or prayers that could
be said on their behalf to bail
them out of the mythical
purgatory…and furthermore,
the fact remains that Jesus
never spoke of a place
called purgatory but of only
Heaven and Hell. We had
Jews claiming that they were
already “saved”? A
completely new claim based
upon what I know
not…these were rebuked for
trusting in their own good
deeds for justification before
a Holy God who demands
perfection in righteousness.
We had a gaggle of sodomites, dressed in some of the most bizarre wrestling attire that I have
ever seen with the exception of a Sodomite parade, stop dead in their tracks whereupon they
physically assaulted us while they mocked and jeered as they made their way towards the GA
Dome. We rebuked them soundly and warned them of the horrendous Judgements and Wrath
that shall come upon them for their many abominations and crimes against God.
We shall continue with the public preaching of the Word of God again this third evening of the
WWE events taking place here in Atlanta and with God’s help we shall warn the wicked to flee
from the wrath to come…to flee to the Cross of Christ where they may be sparred and saved
from eternal damnation. Please pray for us!