Denying Wisdom: Egypt 2.0 in 2025
“With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.” – Job 12:12 (KJV)
We live in a time when wisdom is cheapened, and age is mocked. A man in his eighties could stand up and say, “If you listen and follow me, I will lead you out of bondage.” And instead of respect, he would be laughed at, dismissed, or told he is out of touch.
Living long does not automatically make someone wise, but the sum total of a long life—its trials, its victories, its scars, its roads taken and mistakes endured—should demand our attention. Elders do not merely give advice; more often, they offer wisdom, usually framed in the simple but powerful phrase: “I’ve been there, done that, and here’s why you may want to take another path.”
Yet, we are a generation that will not hear.
The Crisis of a Generation Without Wisdom
I hear political leaders say, “America is strong again. Great jobs are coming back. The future looks bright.” But I ask—who will build that future? The young are glued to phones and apps, unable to lift a hand without technology to guide them. Skills are lost. Trades are abandoned. And the voice of the elders crying out, “We are in trouble!” is drowned out by noise, entertainment, and distraction.
Men like Gerald Celente—now in his late seventies—have been warning for decades about the trends that would shape our collapse. He has more years of study in financial and political forecasting than most of us have been alive. And yet, even voices like his are pushed aside, ignored, or canceled because they don’t fit the narrative, or because younger, flashier voices draw more attention.
It is the same pattern seen in the Bible. When Israel forgot the wisdom of the elders, when they turned from their heritage, they slipped into bondage. They traded the wisdom of their fathers for the “new way”—the “better way.” That “better way” ended in slavery under Egypt.
And here we stand in 2025, with AI and apps promising us a “better way.” Welcome to Egypt 2.0.
A Generation That Despises Respect
I am Gen X, yet I’m called “Boomer” daily—as if it is an insult, as if my years of work, skill, and experience amount to nothing. Few today can do the things I’ve done—not because I am great, but because I respected those who went before me.
I learned from an old woman next door as a child. I learned from the older woman living beside the first duplex I bought at 19. I learned from my hard-nosed shipyard foreman named Red, who nearly fired me my second day on the job. When I asked him to show me what I was doing wrong, he discovered it wasn’t even my mistake—it was a man fifteen years older. From that day forward, Red called on me personally, and I learned a trade most seventeen-year-olds would never dream of.
That shipyard experience opened doors. By nineteen, I was the youngest hire in Boeing’s Tooling division, building the largest tools in the world for the B2, F-22, 747, 767, and 777. I was leading crews of men twice my age. And I succeeded—not because I “knew it all,” but because I listened to those who did.
I showed respect.
And maybe that is the real crisis of our age: Respect has vanished.
The Ancient Paths
The Bible tells us:
“Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.” – Jeremiah 6:16 (KJV)
Today, we no longer ask for the “old paths.” We believe Google knows better. We think ChatGPT is our teacher. We discard the wisdom of elders as outdated, irrelevant, and useless. But what we are really doing is enslaving ourselves again—walking willingly into bondage, the very thing our fathers warned us about.
And so I say—just as Israel once discarded the voices of the aged and fell into slavery—America is doing the same. We are already there. Egypt 2.0 has arrived.
The tragedy? This time, Moses is not coming.
Final Word of Advice
Respect the elders while they are still here. Listen while they still speak. Learn while their hands can still show you. Because when wisdom is gone, you will discover too late that what you dismissed as “old and outdated” was the very thing that could have saved you.
“Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:20–21 (KJV)
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