There are variations on this "living dead" theme. It is ever a popular creature in horror flicks, although often upstaged by what actually are its children, the vampire and werewolf, as these latter appear more "lively" — energetic — than mom and dad. But this is a false perception.
The zombie theme has recently been making the rounds. In I Am Legend genetic engineering leads to a virus being loosed that turns 95% of humankind into zombies of some sort, ghoulish cannibals — darkseekers — attacking those few living left on earth. It was also touted as a possible future in a recent Supernatural episode, a virus loosed by the devil that "turned people into monsters" ravaging those unaffected.
The zombie is more generic a monster than its flamboyant offspring. It is the first of the monster line — in the human sphere — and its nature is the essence of those begotten by it, vampire and werewolf. This was spoken of a couple of posts before this.
A baseline for discernment is: if one does not possess eternal life, and the glory of union with the divine nature, now, in this life then one is of the eternally dead, even though temporarily possessed of an animate human body. Further, there are imitations — counterfeits — of life / divine union which deceive multitudes. Union with Christ — according to the Biblical pattern — is the only authentic life. But there are counterfeits in that realm also — is it not clear that we are a species under horrific assault? — and deception is a prime weapon in the vast warfare.
The actual "zombie virus" is not a virus (though that is a good analogy), but a state of being we as a species were brought into by our primordial ancestors. It is a fait accompli, a done thing. The task is to find the antidote, the cure! And there is one.
It is often written about in these posts and elsewhere on this site.
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