In Ten minutes of your time, I can demonstrate that the manmade Doctrines of the Church Have totally alienated the believer community from The True Gospel Message Thereby, Rendering The Christian World Spiritually Sterile
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The Fate Of Most Christians Worse Than
That Of The Unbelievers: Christians have been programmed
by the counterfeit shepherds of the Church to think in a pagan and
subjective manner -- sinners remain in subjection to their sinful lower
natures, and utilize pagan sacrifices to justify their sinfulness.
From the pagan sacrificial perspective, there simply is no place in
their dogmatic thinking for the words: "For it
is impossible to restore again to repentance those who ...then commit
apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and
hold him up to contempt.. For if we sin deliberately after receiving the
knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will
consume the adversaries." (Heb 6:4-6;10:26-27 RSV).
That the statement by Paul and the other biblical authors that the fate of most Christians is worse than that of the unbelievers, simply cannot even be imagined from the Church's pagan dogmatic perspective. Why? Because the original Gospel focus became so altered under the domain of Pagan Rome -- and the original Gospel objectives became suppressed and even portrayed as heresy -- that the modern Christian is simply spiritually disenfranchised to the degree that the present Gospel teachings can no longer support the original intended purpose of the very core principles of the New Covenant. Yet, what we see portrayed in these important words is the original meaning of the doctrine that Jesus made himself a sacrifice for sinners -- i.e., "...that they might return to the truth and sin no more"!!! On the other hand, the great truth that is clearly presented in the reality that those who continue to sin after coming to the knowledge of the Gospel, "...commit apostasy" [and] "...crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt"!!! And contrary to the pagan doctrines adopted by the fourth century Church, Paul warns that "...there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries." And while Peter warns in the above that the fate of complacent believers who continue to sin after coming to the knowledge of the Gospel is worse off than before they learned of the Good News, the modern Christian world has become so spiritually disenfranchised, that they are incapable of understanding these original foundational Gospel teachings and concepts. Why? Because what is preached in the Churches today, has relatively little in common with what Jesus actually taught. And in truth, modern Christian doctrine is founded upon the religious principles of Pagan Rome (see The Christian Judas), than what Jesus actually taught. How can this be? A person will ask? Quite contrary to modern Christian doctrine where all believers are saved, it is very clearly demonstrated in the scriptures that believers who do not live in accordance with the Commandments of the Lord will be punished more severely than the non-believer. This truth is demonstrated in the words: “That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked” (Luke 12:47-48 NIV). What Jesus is stating to the reader is that believer’s who do not fulfill the Commandments, will be punished more than those who do not know the will of God. This whole line of teaching simply has no place in the dogma of the modern Church.
Sin No More:
Once properly understood it is
seen that an important aspect of the original Gospel teachings is
founded upon the foundational construct of Jesus' statement to the
person he healed and made whole:
"...sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto
thee" (John 5:14 KJV). These words never would
have been spoken, if there was any validity to modern Christian dogma
that Jesus is the sacrifice for the sins of fallen mankind.
And once understood, the
whole of the Gospel message has become perverted in the worship of the
pagan Jesus-god (see
The Ten Words). In the subheading
The
Solution To Man's Dilemma are two important quotations that modern
Christianity can't even begin to come to terms with:
"Therefore 'Come out from among them and be
separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will
receive you. I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and
daughters, says the Lord Almighty'" (2 Cor 6:17-18 NKJ).
If Jesus was the one time sacrifice for the sins of mankind -- and
salvation is founded upon faith and belief apart from one's own actions
-- then there would have been absolutely no reason for Paul to express
the need for the follower of Jesus to be separate from those who can be
portrayed as being unclean and of this world. Further, with
respect to the need of maintaining this wall of separation, Paul went as
far as to command believers to have nothing to do with sinners -- i.e.,
"I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral
people... But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone
named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater,
or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner -- not even to eat with
such a person. For what have I to do with judging those also who are
outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? But those who are
outside God judges. Therefore 'put away from yourselves the evil
person'" (1 Cor 5:9-13 NKJ).
The Key To The Commandment To Sin No More: While many in the Christian world have perpetually made excuses for their sinful actions -- promoting the dogma of St. Augustine that fallen man is a congenital sinner. The problem was that the carnal Christians who portrayed themselves as Orthodox were incapable of understanding the Apostles words when he wrote: “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” (Rom 6:1-2 KJV). The ideas they developed that man was genetically incapable of not being a sinner, and that even after becoming a Christian continued to sin, negated the words of Paul when he wrote: “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” (Rom 6:16 KJV). One of their paramount errors was their failure to perceive the words of Paul in their true spiritual sense -- i.e., when Paul spoke of death he was not indicating the death of the body, but more appropriately, the severing of the natural man from his spiritual nature. Thus, as sinners, and men of the flesh, the essence of New Covenant theology -- which was the spiritual perfection of the believer -- was simply beyond their comprehension. The political leaders of the church -- men such as Augustine -- waged great battles with those of an opposing viewpoint such as Pelagius, who championed the cause that “Man is able, if he likes, to live without sin and keep the commandments of God, in as much as God gives him this ability”. Before we become offended by the early Christian idea that man can live a life free of sin, it is important for us to recognize in the words of Pelagius that he did not say that man has the power to live without sin -- but rather, “God gives him [man] this ability”. What believer today would disagree with this statement?
With respect to the folly of Augustine in his doctrine of Original Sin, there is another element to the equation that remains totally ignored by the post-Nicene Church. Quoting from the subheading Original Sin: In what was allegorically portrayed as the Fall of Man, part of the soul became lost and entangled in the lower worlds which correspond to the lower aspects and realities of mind and being. This was not due to any fault of our own -- but was a natural exploration of self as both God through us, began to explore the reality of Self. An important statement of Paul remains ignored, because the whole Christian understanding of Creation, the concept of original sin, and the need for salvation, simply does not fit into the picture that Paul presents when he writes: "For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now" (Rom 8:19-22 NKJ). Notice that when Paul portrays the Fall of Man, he states that this fall was forced upon the soul by Creator God -- i.e., "...For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it". In the beginning Gnosis did not exist, because no experiential knowledge existed -- and the void in the Laws acting upon the souls like a great vacuum, drew part of our souls into the void, and that part of us became lost in the lower worlds in an attempt to begin to know self -- and God is Knowing Self through our higher soul-selves -- and our higher soul-selves is coming to know self through us.
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Collective Salvation/Social Justice:
In the article,
Marriage: America's Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty, it is
demonstrated that those who live in poverty are in fact poor, because
under the Secular Progressive domain, they have abandoned biblical
morality and marriage. Thus, their poverty and the conditions under
which they live, are the direct result of their own choices and actions.
Yet, in this culture of entitlement, they expect others to provide for
them, regardless of the fact that they have brought their lifestyle upon
themselves by the choices they have made and the leaders they have
elected to follow (see The
Folly Of Social Justice - The Counterfeit Dogma Of Jim Wallis And The
Marxist Left). Yet, Paul correctly states:
"But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a
brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a
reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner — not
even to eat with such a person" (1 Cor 5:11 NKJV) -- and the
Gospels present the cause of their poverty and turmoil in the words of
Jesus: "...sin no more, lest a worse thing come
unto thee" (John 5:14).
What Paul is stating is that it is of course a sin to support the immorality and sinfulness of those who choose to dwell in sin. If Christians are commanded by Paul to have no part in the sin of those who have abandoned biblical morality -- to the degree that a Christian should "...not even to eat with such a person" -- and Jesus warns the person who he healed to cease from sin, lest a worse thing such as even greater poverty come upon them -- then when Christians use their money and resources to indiscriminately support and promote lives of sin, then they have in fact cast themselves in the role of the servant who squandered away his God-Given Talents on the things of this world -- which is in reverse of Barack Obama's interpretation -- i.e., quoting The Abomination Of Obama's Prayer - The Folly Of Social Justice: At this years National Prayer Breakfast, Barack Obama confirmed to the American People why the First Amendment inhibits a secular interpretation of religion (see Washington Post). In his typical ideological promoting of Socialism under the banner of Marxist Social Justice, Obama quoted the parable of the talents and stated: “But for me, as a Christian, it also coincides with Jesus’s teaching that ‘for unto whom much is given, much shall be required’” -- but is Obama's rendition of this parable valid? What Obama is preaching from the bully pulpit of the presidency, is that Jesus wants you to support those who have reaped the rewards and effects of a sinful life.
Paul writes at 1 Timothy 5:20: "But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove before everyone, so that the others may take warning." Which of course means that the complacency of Christians to ignore the sin of the people in their congregations, is a bogus spiritual fraud. In the Epistle of James it is written: "My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back, 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins" (James 5:19-20) -- which of course confirms the teaching that the price of sin is death. And again Paul writes: “The Lord knows those who are His, and Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity” (2 Timothy 2:19). From a biblical perspective, people are slaves to sin, because they are of this world -- and they are therefore subject to the disease of sin as seen in the words: "Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?" (Rom 6:16). Paul never would have written these words if he took the position that believing in Jesus exempted the person from sin -- i.e., "...whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death" -- or, that one's actions should not be the words of righteousness: "or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?"
The solution to the dilemma is found in the words of Benjamin Franklin who correctly stated: "I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer."
The poor and disenfranchised in this country is the direct result of the failed Secular Progressive agenda they have embraced. Author, and one time welfare mom Star Parker, portrays the poor as the victims of Uncle Sam's Plantation. God-fearing people are in no manner obligated to support the lifestyle of those who abandon morality and biblical standards. While it is good to provide food and clothing to those in need, to take away from those who are living by spiritual standards, to give to those who have abandoned spiritual standards, is in and of itself sin. The objective of Marxism and their doctrine of Social Justice, is to make the whole of the population dependent upon the government. The idea that Jesus wants Christians to support those who have abandoned Gospel First Principles, and have openly embraced lives of immorality -- those who have rejected the institution of marriage and brought forth children out of wedlock -- those who have squandered away their lives on alcohol, drug abuse and addictions -- is so adverse to the Gospel teachings, that Barack Obama should be embarrassed to promote his doctrine of Social Justice as being biblically ordained. But then again, when it is realized that Obama's idea of the balance of church and state is to give the Catholic Church an extra year to abandon their teachings on reproduction and abortion, the whole idea of Obama as a constitutional law professor must be questioned. If the state can enact a law that inhibits the religious positions of the Church, then the whole concept of First Amendment Religious Protection is a bogus fraud. The history of what has been portrayed as the War on Poverty, has proven the wisdom of Benjamin Franklin to be correct. And just as important is the fact that if you use your God-Given resources to make those who have abandoned the biblical teachings comfortable in their sin, then you are in fact yourself promoting a life of sin which is portrayed as unforgivable apostasy to the Gospel in the scriptures (see The Lie). While you should provide food and necessities to those in need, when you give indiscriminately -- and make lives of sin easy and comfortable -- then you make yourself a proponent of sin. A wise servant will provide greater assistance to those who sincerely strive to embrace and live in accord with Gospel teachings and a biblical lifestyle. Therefore, to even promote the idea that Jesus wants you to reward those who have abandoned the Gospel teachings -- providing them comfort in lives where the Laws of God has brought tribulation upon them -- i.e., "...sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee" -- is to make yourself an instrument of sin. While it is good to feed the hungry, your greater assistance should be reserved for those who repent, and seek to change their ways.
While it is fine to donate food and clothing to the poor people of this world -- but by Paul's reasoning, anything more than this will cause you to be unclean -- and this is especially true of women and children. And as can be seen in the second quotation, you are to have nothing to do with a sexually immoral or carnally bound people -- not even to break bread and sit at the same table with them. Yet, in this time-frame when man's very limited understanding of the Gospel has been reduced to supporting government social programs under the counterfeit cloak of Social Justice and the doctrine of Collective Salvation promoted by the modern Marxist Church, the whole of the Gospel message has become perverted and rendered worthless.
What is the primary obligation of the believer and community? The resources of the family should be used in the proper rearing of the children -- creating a consecrated environment within the immediate community -- and bringing about the higher spiritual objectives. To use family resources in order to support drug addicts -- those who live a sexually and otherwise immoral lifestyle -- to squander away family resources to the degree that your own children are enrolled in government schools where they learn to engage in every form and variety of abject immorality -- an environment where higher and spiritual standards are totally rejected -- from the perspective of Paul and the disciples of Jesus, renders such a parent as being unworthy of the obligation of serving the needs of the children/souls who have been placed in the parents care and dependent upon the parent to raise up their children in TheWay. Which means that the quasi-Marxism and the redistribution of the wealth in order to provide for the lifestyle of the degenerate and immoral, is in and of itself a sin against God. And this is especially true when you are funding their abortions. While from a Constitutional perspective there should be school choice (see Reply: Public Schoolers - How's That Indoctrination Working Out For You?), it is the absolute apostasy of the Church that inhibits the freedom of choice (see Separation Of Church & State - School Choice).
There is absolutely no concept in the Gospels where you give your money to the government so that you are directly supporting a degenerate and immoral lifestyle -- while depriving your own family and (spiritual) community of the necessary resources to raise children and the people to their highest spiritual standards and potential. The modern Christian dogma that evolved out of the Reformation and Martin Luther and later promoted by Billy Graham that a believer is saved from the moment that call upon the Lord, is not only contrary to all the above New Covenant quotations, but is in direct conflict with the statement of Paul that the Gentile believer should "...be afraid” (Rom 11:20 ) of being cut off from their path of salvation. In speaking of the relationship of the Jews and the Gentile believers in Jesus, Paul warns: “For if God did not spare the natural Jewish branches, he will not spare you either… Otherwise, you also will be cut off” (Rom 11:21-22). Thus, there is simply no basis for the modern Christian dogma that is prevalent in the Church that salvation is the free gift of proclaiming one's faith and belief in the one time sacrifice of Jesus. And that one's actions after this proclamation of faith does not in any measure impact what Christians see as the free gift of salvation, is totally rejected by Paul himself.
The True and Original Gospel message has been in a downward spiral as it has been passed through the hands of each group of believers into the present. While the Key of Knowledge and the important esoteric Truth that was revealed to the inner core of disciples was thrown away by the early Gentile Church -- and then paganized under Imperial Rome -- in the Reformation the need for spiritual actions became negated, and the dogma of faith became the only requirement for salvation. Then, under Billy Graham, the requirement for eternal salvation was to repent and call upon the name of Jesus -- i.e., "A born-again Christian is someone who has repented of their sins and turned to Christ for their salvation, and as a result has become part of God's family forever. All this takes place as God's Spirit works in our lives" (see Billy Graham's My Answer). Yet, such modern commonplace statements ignore the statement of Paul that if the Gentile Christians violate the terms of their own covenant, that they should "...be afraid” because "...he will not spare you either [and] …Otherwise, you also will be cut off”. And while there are many New Testament statements in the above that are totally ignored in the dogmatic position of Billy Graham and the modern clergy, the bottom line of Gospel reality is found in the statements of Paul: "For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who ...then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt.. For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries." (Heb 6:4-6;10:26-27 RSV).
In the degenerating spiral downward, in the same way that Martin Luther opened the door for Billy Graham, what Paul himself portrays as dogmatic apostasy that was preached by Billy Graham, opened the door for the modern quasi-Marxist dogma of promoting socialist government programs as the fulfillment of the Gospel message. And this has further degenerated the Gospel Message in the very Marxist philosophical doctrine of Collective Salvation and Social Justice -- which is not only being preached by many Mainline Churches today, but is also being promoted as the foundation of Pres. Barack Obama's hope and change agenda. Thus, under the heading of Collective Salvation the Wikipedia states: "Collective salvation is a quasi-contract religious concept that is the antithesis of individual or personal salvation. It is a mandate of social justice which projects rights not normally given by the laws of a country or state. Its premises are based on dialogue, not accepted doctrine. It supports the perpetual Marxist class struggle for the self-claimed 'divine' purpose of a socialist nirvana under the concept of progressive millennialism. Those that believe in collective salvation often claim Christianity and other religions as their base religion, but see all religions as one of many paths toward salvation. They stress that any form of salvation must be first a collective action of society becoming one in equality by overturning the past sins of human society and the pillage of the environment."
In essence what we have is Marxism adopting Christianity in order to promote its own agenda which is neither supported by the Gospels, and is in fact the antithesis of what Jesus taught. In the same way that the Church has been co-opted by Marxist adversaries who have taken the dogma of Evangelists such as Billy Graham and created an entirely new religion, there merely parallels the takeover of the Church by the Emperor Constantine in order to promote the Imperial Pagan Rome. What is important to understand is the fact that the universal religion of the Roman Empire was Mithraism -- and in the third century, Mithraism was failing in its purpose as a means for the government to control the people. In the fourth century Christianity was adopted by the Roman Imperial Government as the official religion of the empire. Why? Certainly not because the Roman Emperors and politicians wanted to become Christ-like! ”When artificial religions have thus failed to provide the imperial regime with the effective religious sanction that it needs”, writes Arnold Toynbee in his An Historians Approach to Religion, ”there is only one alternative left to an Imperial Government. It must place itself under the aegis of some living religion that has arisen spontaneously and cannot be discounted by the Imperial Government’s subjects as being a cult manufactured by the imperial authorities. In the Roman Empire both these necessary conditions were filled conspicuously by Christianity...” The Empire was not converted over to the religion of Jesus -- but rather, the Gospels were corrupted (see http://BibleCorruption.com ) and the true Christians hunted down as heretics in order to convert the religion of Jesus to an acceptable version of quasi-Mithraism. At its essence, Mithraism was the worship of the sun-god that was born on Dec. 25, and resurrected on Easter. The day of religious observance was changed from the Sabbath, to Sunday which is the day of the sun -- i.e., sun-worship. The Mass was an integral part of Mithraism.
Quoting the
article Christianity, a
Plagiarised Version of Mithraism: The
worship of the God Mithra became common throughout the Roman Empire,
particularly among the Roman civil service and military. Indeed,
Mithraism and Christianity were competitors until the 4th century.
Mithra was believed to have been born on the 25th of December, whose
birth was witnessed by shepherds and Magi bearing gifts, the Three Wise
Men. His Birthday was celebrated as the Dies Natalis Solis
Invicti (The Birth of the Unconquered Sun). Followers
believed that Mithra was born of a virgin. During his life,
Mithra performed miracles, cured illnesses and cast out demons.
Mithra celebrated a Last Supper with his 12 Disciples. He
ascended to heaven at the time of the Spring Equinox, around March the
21st.
1. Mithra was sent down by the Father, God, to confirm his contract with
Mankind. The Persian word Mithra literally means 'Contract'.
2. Mithra was born of a virgin, called Anahita.
3. Mithra was born in a stable on December 25th.
4. Mithra was visited by wise men bearing gifts.
5. Mithra had 12 disciples.
6. Mithra was worshipped by Darius, conqueror of Babylon .
7. Mithra celebrated a last supper with his disciples before his death.
8. Mithra died to atone for the sins of Mankind.
9. Mithra was resurrected on a Sunday.
10. Mithra ascended to Heaven to rejoin his Father.
11. On Judgment Day, the dead will be resurrected and judged by Mithra.
12. Mithra will send sinners to Hell and the faithful to Heaven.
13. On Judgment Day there will be a final conflict between Good and
Evil. The forces of Evil will be destroyed.
14. Mithra is part of a Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) that
took human form.
15. Mithra is depicted as having a halo.
16. Mithra’s followers ate bread and drank wine, representing his flesh
and blood.
17. Mithra’s followers were baptised.
18. Saturday and Sunday were days of rest.
The stories of Mithra and Jesus are very much alike. Even the gifts brought by the wise men were the same. Christianity appears to be a plagiarisation of the much earlier cult of Mithraism. Even the bread disks that the worshipers of Mithra ate during their Mass, symbolizing the flesh of their God, was marked with a cross hundreds of years before it became a Christian symbol.
Who is the author of the dogma that is promoted by the modern Church -- a dogma that Paul portrays as apathetic to the True Gospel Message? Thus, Gibbon writes in the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: ”Constantine easily believed that the heretics, who presumed to dispute his opinions or to oppose his commands, were guilty of the most absurd and criminal obstinancy... Not a moment was lost in excluding the ministers and teachers of the separated congregations from any share of the rewards and immunities which the emperor had so liberally bestowed on the orthodox clergy. But as the sectaries might still exist under the cloud of royal disgrace, the conquest of the East was immediately followed by an edict which announced their total destruction”. Thus, in the same way that whoever did not embrace the religion of the emperor met with the sentence of death, whatever scriptures did not conform to the approved version, was immediately destroyed (see http://BibleCorruption.com ). Whoever rejected the religion of the emperor, became a part of the sweep of those who Constantine declared to be heretics -- i.e., e, the conquest of the East was immediately followed by an edict which announced their total destruction”. After that, genuine Christian doctrine became whatever Constantine and a series of Roman Emperors declared were valid. While there are countless examples, the easiest to prove beyond all doubt is the corruption of the Gospels to re-create Jesus from a man who became the Anointed (Messiah/Christ) at his baptism, into the Trinitarian god of Mithraism (see The Ten Words). Yet, modern clergy has perpetually ignored the reality that all the pre-Nicene Church authorities all quoted their scriptures which all confirm the original Ebionite Nazirene position that Jesus was a man who became one with the indwelling Logos/Son of God, by fulfilling the Law within himself.
It is important to recognize the fact that if a person bases their thinking on a counterfeit foundational doctrine of belief, then it will be virtually impossible to move beyond that self-imposed obstruction that the person has imbued their thinking with. As an example: The original Ebionite Nazirene disciples of Jesus stated that he became the Messiah/Christ and adopted Son of God at his baptism in the Jordan -- and he achieved this Enlightened state by fulfilling the Laws within himself. Originally, prior to the take-over of the Church by Pagan Rome in the fourth century, the Gospels confirmed the position of the Ebionites in the words spoken to Jesus: "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee" (see The Ten Words). In recognizing the differences between the doctrine of the Trinity which was imposed upon the Church by the Roman Emperor Constantine, The Adam Clark Commentary stated that if the above words which represents the original text of the Gospels is true, that the Christian religion is “vain and baseless” (see The Ten Words). Why? Because the doctrines that were imposed upon the Church by Pagan Rome, corrupts the foundational teachings of Jesus, and causes the Gospels to be spiritually impotent and unable to fulfill their intended spiritual objectives. If Jesus was indeed God in the flesh -- and mankind is sinful flesh -- then the idea that sinful and carnal man can imitate God would be the epitome of human folly. But, if Jesus was as portrayed by the original uncorrupted Gospels, a man who fulfilled the Law within himself and became the Anointed (Messiah/Christ) adopted Son of God, then the dogma of the Church is not only “vain and baseless” -- but is a diabolical obstruction to the seeking of Truth and the Kingdom.
In the annuls of time, apathetic error has continued to give birth to even greater error -- arriving at the doorsteps of the modern Church in the form of Marxist-Christianity that preaches the dogma of Collective Salvation and Social Justice. These very Marxist ideas has evolved out of the Jesus-god doctrine that once you say your prayer accepting the Lord as your personal savoir, that you are saved regardless of your own actions and lifestyle. The idea is that, since you are guaranteed salvation, then you ought to use your resources to support government programs which provide for the poor and those in need -- even when those in need are representative of the absolute epitome of immoral degeneracy and a wholesale rejection of the Gospel Message.
The Church has taken a couple of statements by Paul -- most either corruptions or totally out of context -- and they have built an institution of immorality upon there dogmatic perversion of the Gospel, where Jesus has been cast in the role of a license to live in a state of perpetual sin and immorality in any manner of the people's choosing. Yet, when the Bible is actually consulted, it would be impossible to promote the idea that Paul stated that you are saved from the moment you say your Jesus-prayer regardless of your actions, when you recognize that it was the same Paul who commanded believers to "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry" (Col 3:5). And as apostate counterfeit believers, the Church ignores the statements that their fate will in fact be worse than the unbelievers (see The Ten Minute Test).
You will know them by their fruits! One look at the modern culture that the Church has brought forth makes a mockery of Paul's words that the sincere believer must flee "...sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed". Sexual immorality, impurity and lust not only permeates every aspect of our culture, but is actually taught in government schools that the majority of people who claim to be believers, send their children to. In recent surveys it was concluded that up to 25% of Evangelical Christian men are addicted to pornography -- and yet, it was Jesus who warned that even looking upon a woman with lust, constituted the act of adultery -- i.e., "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Matt 5:27-28 NKJ - see Divine Pattern). And to the woman who was caught in adultery Jesus stated: "...go and sin no more" (John 8:3-11 NKJ). He did not say: Profess your belief in me, and your sins will be perpetually forgiven. In complete opposition to Church dogma, he told the woman: "...go and sin no more". And when this command is understood to the degree that those who continue to sin after professing their belief, that it will then be "...impossible to restore again to repentance those who ...then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt.. For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries." (Heb 6:4-6;10:26-27 RSV), then it must be recognized that the whole foundation of modern Church dogma is a total fraud.
One of the many original teachings that became suppressed by the sect of Christians who portrayed themselves as Orthodox and entered into a covenant relation with Pagan Rome, was the important teachings on Preordination and Predestination (see The Early Church On Predestination). And it is the suppression of this most important original teaching and higher soul-reality, that causes modern Christians to remain totally ignorant of the application of the Laws that invoke the biblical teachings on Predestination and Preordination -- which in turn causes the modern believer to remain totally ignorant with respect to the Conditions of Birth that affect each and every man who has ever walked the face of the earth (see Conditions of Birth). Quoting at this link:
The God of the Old Testament proclaims with respect to the source of what man calls evil: "I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these things.'" (Isa 45:7 NKJ). And in his ignorance of the Laws, man condemns what he does not understand, and fails to understand the true source of what to his own demise he proclaims to be evil -- i.e., "Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?" (Amos 3:6 KJV). Thus, there is nothing that exists in this world, that has not been orchestrated by the Laws of God -- i.e., "The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, "Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass, and as I have purposed, so it shall stand" (Isa 14:24 NKJ). And until a man begins to understand the true source and purpose of what he calls evil, he cannot know anything of any true substance.
If, as Jesus confirms, that not even a single sparrow can fall to the earth apart from the Will of God, then the source and calamities of evil that befall mankind, are the result of the Laws that return to each person the fruit of their own previous actions. Thus, Jesus warns the man who he previously healed by making him whole: "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee" (John 5:14 KJV). We must therefore ask: If our own actions can and do cause "...a worse thing [to] come unto [us]", how is this tribulation brought about? The answer is that there were Laws put into action at the very beginning of Creation which returns to each person the fruit of their own actions -- “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows” (Gal 6:7 NIV).
Without an enlightened understanding of the Laws that orchestrate and bring all events about in this world, man continues to dwell in the abyss of profound ignorance. Further, it is because the people follow their religious, political and philosophical leaders into Hell (see Why Is There Evil In The World? ), that they continue to invoke the very Laws that bring great suffering upon them.
The Gospels proclaim that the believer must pick up their own cross and travail in TheWay in imitation of the example and pattern of Jesus. This factual Gospel teaching can only come to pass in the life of the believer, if the original Gospel narrative was correct, and Jesus became the Anointed who was One with the Indwelling Logos (Logos Means Mind of God) at his baptism in the Jordan (see The Ten Words). Which confirms the original teaching that Jesus was a man who had so perfectly fulfilled the Law within himself, that he became the Anointed (see How Jesus Became The Son Of God). Which confirms the assertion by the pre-Nicene Church authority Origen when he stated that “Every soul... comes into this world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of its previous life” (Origen, De Principiis). Which confirms the factual position of the Ebionite Nazirenes that Jesus was able to manifest a condition of Absolute Godliness, by virtue of the victories achieved in his own previous lifetimes. Which reality is presented in the many verses that proclaims: “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows” -- i.e., “Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same” (Job 4:8 NKJ); “Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled to the full with their own fancies” (Prov 1:31 NKJ); “But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception” (Hosea 10:13 NIV); “God will give to each person according to what he has done” (Rom 2:6 NIV); “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life” (Gal 6:7-8 NIV); “If anyone has an ear, let him hear. He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints” (Rev 13:9-10 NKJ); “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man” (Gen 9:6 NIV); “His disciples asked him [Jesus], Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” (Jn 9:2 NIV).
In the subheading The Chickens Come Home To Roost, it is demonstrated that the very people who the are poor and suffering in this life, have been born to those conditions because of their own past actions (see Conditions of Birth). That the historical man Jesus inherited a life of great spiritual potential that enabled him to arise to the absolute pinnacle of human accomplishment, was brought about by the countless victories where he prevailed over the course of many previous lifetimes. And the fact that the original Gospels all confirm that Jesus was a man who became the Anointed Son of God, means that he became the pattern of salvation for all those who desire to enter into Life.
It was impossible for the original Gospel teachings of Jesus to support the Mithraic dogma on the Trinity and the proverbial sun-god that is reborn on December 25th. So, not only were the Gospels sanitized in order to make them support Mithraic dogma, but so too were the Spiritual Christians and Ebionites who refused to accept the religion of the Emperor. Quoting http://BibleCorruption.com : The truth and the facts to the matter is very clearly expressed in the words of Prof. Bart D. Ehrman in his book, The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture, where he warns us that: "...theological disputes, specifically disputes over Christology, prompted Christian scribes to alter the words of scripture in order to make them more serviceable for the polemical task. Scribes modified their manuscripts to make them more patently ‘orthodox’ and less susceptible to ‘abuse’ by the opponents of orthodoxy" -- which orthodoxy was to bring the text of the Bible into conformity with the doctrines and tenets of the Church of the Roman Emperor Constantine. To close our hearts and minds to the facts, and ignore the truth, is from a New Covenant perspective synonymous with relinquishing any claim whatsoever with respect to being a follower of Jesus. With regard to the condition of the Bible we presently use: The surviving Greek texts of the book of Acts are so radically different from each other, that it has been suggested that perhaps there were multiple versions written. In his book The Text of the New Testament, Dr. Vincent Taylor writes that "The manuscripts of the New Testament preserve traces of two kinds of dogmatic alterations: those which involve the elimination or alteration of what was regarded as doctrinally unacceptable or inconvenient, and those which introduce into the Scriptures proof for a favorite theological tenet or practice". To put Dr. Taylor's words in perspective: What Dr. Taylor is stating is that, whatever doctrine Jesus taught which the Church of the Roman Empire did not agree with, there is overwhelming evidence that the church corrupters removed what was objectionable from their perspective. In like manner, whatever doctrines the Church regarded as being true, regardless of whether that belief was supported in the scriptures, the Church inserted this belief into the Bible in an attempt to make it authentic. What Dr. Taylor is warning us is there is good reason to conclude that our scriptures have been rewritten by the Church of Constantine. Now the question that is being posed here is whether you believe the theological tenets of Rome, or the disciples of Christ -- because the two are not the same. And this is why the Church remains in absolute denial with respect to the many warnings pertaining to continuing in sin that are presented throughout the above, that are rejected by the modern Church. With respect to that part of the Revelation that is known as the Epistles Of Christ, it was stated and confessed by the Archbishop of the Church of England that “...it is impossible, if the canons of the Church be followed, for these epistles ever to be read in the public services” (see Epistles Of Christ ). Why? For the very same reason that the dogma of the Church which was forced upon Christianity by the emperors of Pagan Rome, cannot be rectified with the original Gospel teachings as presented in the forgoing verses -- including the teaching in direct opposition that is presented in the words that the fate of the complacent believer is worse off than that of the unbeliever -- i.e., that it is "...impossible to restore again to repentance those who ...then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt.. For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries."
With respect to the modern Marxist version of Christianity which promotes the dogma of Collective Salvation and Social Justice, it is the offspring of error born from error, which gave birth to even greater error under a long succession of errors that brought forth the modern Franken-Gospel promoted by Marxism. And in this respect, if you are wildly successful and rich, then there is nothing wrong with using your money in a beneficial way to free the poor from despotic government control that immerses the people in a new version of the traditional slavery (see Uncle Sam's Plantation). In the words of Pres. John Adams: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” By destroying the family foundation (see Marriage: America's Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty), the Secular Progressives in our modern society who are Marxist to the core of their thinking, are merely forcing the people into subjugation to the elitists in the world. By destroying the moral fiber and framework of the people, dependency upon government is then maintained. That the Church has made the people virtual slaves to what Paul portrayed as the god of this world, is seen in the reality that first the very moral and spiritual foundation of the Church was undermined, and then the congregations of believers were made indentured servants to the very forces of immorality, perversion and depravity that has shackled the people to lives of suffering, hardship and ignorance. And this, those who Jesus warned were wolves in sheep's attire who would fool and seduce the very elect, have instituted this perversion of the Gospel message in order to undermine the whole spiritual fabric of both the Church and the Constitutional government that was instituted to provide essential God-Given Rights to all the lost prodigal sons and daughters of the Most High.
Peter writes to the Gentile believers: "I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul" (1 Peter 2:11 NIV). Thus, while these words totally support the commandment of Jesus to "...go and sin no more" (John 8:3-11), they also reject the Marxist ideology that Christians should integrate their children with a culture of immorality, and they should hand their family resources over to a government that not only supports this culture of immorality, but promotes the death and destruction of the unborn as a means of birth control. One of the earliest of writings known as the Didache (a.k.a. The Teaching of the Apostles), which is said to have been written by the hands of the Apostles of Jesus where it states at Section 2:2 states: "...thou shalt not murder a child by abortion nor kill them when born..." -- and at 5:2 it states: "The Way of Death is filled with people who are...murderers of children and abortionists of God's creatures." When it is recognized that abortion is merely the fruit of ungodliness -- i.e., "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry" (Col 3:5) -- then to support the ungodly who reap the fruit of their own idolatry that has immersed them in lives of hardship and suffering of reaping what they have previously sown, is in and of itself supporting what is diabolical. @@@
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The Gravely Flawed Serf/Peasant/Subject
Mindset: One of the most important elements to the core
New Covenant Gospel teachings is the brotherhood of all of mankind --
not in a philosophical manner -- but rather, that each and every one of
us are equally the prodigal sons of our Heavenly Father.
But because of the great void that existed in the manmade dogma of Pagan
Rome which controlled what Christians were permitted to believe, the
folly of the doctrine of Original Sin had to be invented by the man
known as St. Augustine (see
Folly
Of Original Sin). From a pagan perspective, Jesus
represented the eternal sacrifice for what Augustine portrayed as the
Fall of Man. And it is the adoption of this redemptive
mindset that has so alienated the Christian world from the true
spiritual objectives of the teachings of Jesus and TheWay, that they
remain spiritually sterile and bound by their own self-imposed
ignorance.
With respect to the doctrine of the
Fall of Man that is presented by Paul -- he confirms that it was God
that forced mankind to wander in an almost lost state of mind in order
to bring about the next stage of birth: "For
the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing
of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not
willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the
creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption
into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the
whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now"
(Rom 8:19-22 NKJ) -- i.e., all of mankind is equally the offspring or
children of God as seen in the words:
"...because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage
of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God."
And this is why after completing the journey from the Alpha to the
Omega, the historical Jesus portrayed all of mankind as his brothers in
the words: “Go instead to my
brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to
my God and your God’” (John 20:17 NIV). The original Gospel
message teaches that the historical person of Jesus was a man, just like
all of mankind, who overcame and fulfilled the Law of God within himself
to the degree that he became One with God -- or, the First Prodigal Son
to return to the Edenic Kingdom of Origination (see
Gate Of Eden).
What does the scriptures state: "Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, 'I said, You are gods '?" (John 10:34 NKJ). If Jesus confirmed the Law which declared that we are gods, then what is our true nature? When the first century Christian Justin Martyr quoted the 82nd chapter of Psalms from his scriptures, the sacred writings that he used did not read as ours does today. “God standeth in the congregation of gods”, Justin wrote, "I said, Ye are gods, and are all children of the Most High...” (Dialogue of Justin). In addition to Justin, this verse is also found translated in this same manner in the works of Tertullian, Origen and Cyprian. Thus, we have the witness of four of the earliest of Christians that “God standeth in the congregation of gods”, when the scriptures are speaking about us. Justin then goes on to explain that all men were made like God, “free from suffering and death, provided that they kept His commandments, and were deemed deserving of the name of His sons, and yet they, becoming like Adam and Eve, work out death for themselves... thereby it is demonstrated that all men are deemed worthy of becoming ‘gods’, and of having power to become sons of the Highest; and shall be each by himself judged and condemned like Adam and Eve”.
Even our very own Bibles at one time more clearly taught this same concept. In the third century 1 John 3:2 read somewhat differently than it does in our present translations. Quoting from Origen’s Contra Celsum we read that “it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like God, and shall see Him as He is”. With regard to our becoming like God, Origen then writes regarding Matthew 5:48 that “...the virtue of man and of God is identical. And therefore we are taught to become ‘perfect,’ as our Father in heaven is perfect”.
The great truth that has been continually expressed by both Jewish and Christian visionaries is that the knowledge of the mysteries of God and the Divine Plan begins with the knowledge of ourselves as the Prodigal Sons of our Heavenly Father. It is for this reason that the second-century Church Father Clement of Alexandria said that it is “…the greatest of all lessons to know one's self. For if one knows himself, he will know God; and knowing God, he will be made like God… and that man becomes God, since God so wills”. In his treaties on The Soul and the Resurrection, St Gregory writes that “the Resurrection is no other thing than 'the re-constitution of our nature in its original form’”, and states that there will come a time “…when the complete whole of our race shall have been perfected from the first man to the last”. This statement should provoke great thought in the reader who is under the misconception that our Heavenly Father would destroy or forever cut off one of his sons or daughters who are lost in this world. If the whole of our race will one day be perfected from the first man to the last, then there are many grave misconceptions on the part of believers today.
The reason these great truths are no longer the focus of the modern church is best captured in the words of A. Powell Davies: “Biblical scholars”, he writes, ”were not disturbed by what they found in the Dead Sea Scrolls because they had known all along that the origin of Christianity was not what was commonly supposed to have been” (quoted by Millar Burrows in More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls). What Davies was referring to was the fact that in the fourth century, the Church of Constantine so altered the focus of the teachings of the New Covenant, that what we call Christianity today has its doctrinal legacy of birth in Pagan Rome, and has little in common with the religion that the Son of God revealed to man at the beginning of our Common Era.
Unlike
the 4th century church of Constantine that declared Jesus to be God, the
original disciples and first followers of Jesus saw him as a man who
lived such a holy and consecrated life (see
Ebionite HomePage),
that he became At-One with God -- and thus became the Divine Pattern
that all men must emulate. Their view of him was that he was the
firstborn -- or the first resurrected to the Kingdom -- the first of the
prodigal sons to return home from among us, his brothers. This is
especially seen in the words of the Lord where he said:
“For whosoever shall
do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and
sister, and mother”
(Matt 12:50 KJV).
It is plain in the scriptures that Jesus is “a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting” (1 Tim 1:16 KJV). A pattern is not something that you casually believe in -- but rather, something that you mold your life after. Moreover, if Jesus is the pattern, then Jesus is the very standard by which all men are to be judged. Why? Because if Jesus was a man who was able to perfect himself by fulfilling the Royal Law within himself, and be resurrected into the Kingdom, then all our excuses for leading carnal and immoral lives are without merit -- i.e., because this same standard would then be expected of us -- the Lord's brothers and sisters.
The
Apostle tells us:
“Therefore be
imitators of God, as beloved children”
(Eph 5:1 NAS). If we were created as
inferior beings who were nothing more than the natural offspring of Adam
and Eve, as Christians believe today, then the Apostle would never have
told a race of inferior beings to imitate God. The basis of Paul's
words is seen in the fact that man is created in the image and likeness
of God, and is God's own offspring. If we were inferior beings,
neither would God command us:
“ye shall therefore
be holy, for I am holy”
(Lev 11:45 KJV), if we did not possess
this innate ability. What is written here is no different than what
St. Gregory said when he wrote that we must walk the
“path of an exact
imitation of Him Who leads the way to salvation”
-- which path in the words of St.
Nazianzen, reveals to us our true nature and makes
“us like God”.
When
a child becomes an adult, is he inferior to his parent? In like
manner, when the prodigal son returns home to the Edenic Kingdom of
Origination, and matures to his full spiritual potential and stature, is
he inferior to his father? What is important is for us to realize that
we do not know our true potential, and neither do we understand the
process that gives us the ability to
“imitate God”,
and makes us
“like God”.
The undeniable Christian Truth that no one who claims to be a believer
should deny, is that we don't know the answer to these questions. How
can we? As Christians, we have faith that Jesus meant what he said
when he promised that he would teach us -- and reveal to us all the
Mysteries of God -- if we become his faithful disciple.
This great truth is seen in Origen's reply to Celsus where he wrote: “By participation in the Son of God one is adopted as a son… by participation in the Holy Spirit is a man rendered holy and spiritual…”. The problem is seen in the fact that the Church totally alienated themselves from the knowledge and awareness of that principle called the Son of God that dwells within each of us (see The Logos). Neither can the Church comprehend the reality that this Indwelling Logos or Mind of God, is the One Teacher that Jesus commanded to seek out and learn from (see The Search For The True Prophet). And that this innate ability to seek out and learn directly from the Indwelling Logos/Son of God/True Prophet, is the only means for the lost prodigal sons and daughters to acquire the knowledge of TheWay -- which will free them from enslavement to the ignorance of what Jesus portrayed as the Citizen of this, the Far Country -- which Paul portrayed as the god of this world.
The power of the Citizen of the Far Country which totally controls the organic people of the earth, is in his ability to shackle the individual in the abyss of ignorance -- portrayed by Jesus as the "outer darkness" of mind and being (see Outer Darkness) -- also portrayed as Plato's Cave (see Cave) -- and the means to escape the shackles of ignorance can only be revealed to those who seek to learn directly from the True Prophet (see The Spiritual Disenfranchisement Of The Mind). Paul makes reference to the wisdom of the wise of this world coming to naught -- and this is because man's own higher soul and spiritual reality is simply inconceivable to his "natural" organic physical consciousness (see Mystery Of The Gospel).
The Gospel of Thomas declares: "But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty... Whoever finds himself is superior to the world". It does not say to Know God -- because it is impossible to Know God, without first knowing one's self. Those who have not themselves yet uncovered their true spiritual nature as the Sons and Daughters of God, perceive sacred truths in forms, types, and allegories -- because they, being carnal, “cannot comprehend” the mysteries of God that awaits them. When God, in the words of St. Nazianzen, no longer is an “object of wonder”, but rather an “object of desire” -- and we, desiring to be purified from the defilements of this world, make ourselves fit vessels for the Lord to indwell, the Spirit, according to St. Nazianzen, reveals to us our true nature, and the revelation of this manifest Sacred Knowledge makes “us like God; so that when we have thus become like Himself, God may, to use a bold expression, hold converse with us as Gods, being united to us, and that perhaps to the same extent as He already knows those who are known to Him”. St. Nazianzen then writes that “the Divine Nature then is boundless and hard to understand” by those who are yet carnal and think as natural beings of this world.
Who among us has attained to such a level of Godliness that God will “converse with us as Gods”? It is for this reason that Origen admits that the disciple of Christ knows full well that growing to spiritual maturity is not a simple chore. In the same way that a fetus and infant cannot grow to maturity in the cycle of a day, neither can the soul grow to its Godly potential in the cycle of one lifetime. In the same way that a child grows to a man in steps, Jesus taught (see The Unanswerable Question) the soul has transmigrated and inhabited many bodies of flesh in its quest for this necessary level of Godliness. It is also the true disciple of Christ who knows that the Lord Jesus came to save us from our fate of being lost in this world -- in subjection to the Law, ever reincarnating in useless lives of suffering and spiritual depravation -- but carnal man, refusing to follow in Jesus' footsteps, continually chooses the darkness of this world over the Light of the kingdom.
The question the modern believer must ask is this: Do you truly believe the words of our Lord when He said: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6 NIV)? Yet, because the Church has spiritually castrated itself by its adherence to (pagan) manmade doctrines of imperial emperors and priests of the shadow church of Pagan Rome, the people are incapable of comprehending that while their brother the historical Jesus is representative of the pattern, it is the Indwelling Logos/Son of God that is the Source of both all Truth and Life. That this fact was declared in the original Gospel message, is proven in The Ten Words.
If you believe these words, then you have only one option: You must be ready to cast off the manmade doctrines of error that have become infused into modern Christianity, and become a genuine disciple of the Light. If you truly believe, then you must begin your search for the real Jesus. The true Christians are not those who believe in the antichrist of Constantine or the very carnal and Pagan doctrines of the Roman Church -- but rather, those who realize that they must have Jesus the Nazirene, and no other. True Christians know that it is not enough to believe, they must believe the Truth -- which Truth can only be received directly from the Lord. Further, you must receive and become your true self -- i.e., the Being of Light, while you are still alive in the physical body -- as demonstrated in the words from the Gospel Of Philip: "If anyone becomes a child of the bridal chamber, he will receive the light. If anyone does not receive it while he is here, he will not be able to receive it in the other place. He who will receive that light will not be seen, nor can he be detained. And none shall be able to torment a person like this, even while he dwells in the world. And again when he leaves the world, he has already received the truth in the images. The world has become the Aeon (eternal realm), for the Aeon is fullness for him. This is the way it is: it is revealed to him alone, not hidden in the darkness and the night but hidden in a perfect day and a holy light."
It is impossible for most Christians to
succeed in the manifestation of the pattern (of Jesus) within
themselves, because they are of a peasant/serf/subject mindset. They
attempt to worship God as if he were a worldly ego-driven king --
telling him how wonderful he is. Thus, they see themselves as subjects
that must appease and glorify the king -- in contradistinction to
imitating the pattern that that the historical man Jesus perfected in
his own life and return as the first prodigal son to totally fulfill the
Law within himself -- which fulfilling of the Law enables each prodigal
son and daughter to learn directly from the Indwelling Son of God, and
grow to their own full maturity in Messiah/Christ. Thus, Paul writes
to the congregation at Galatians: "My dear
children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is
formed in you" (Gal 4:19-20 NIV) -- and if a believer
fulfilled the requirements of second birth by the mere profession of
words as Christians believe and practice today, then Paul never would
have stated these words to the Galatians. And that because of the
modern Church's subject/peasant mindset of appeasement with their lips,
that fails to embrace the necessary pattern that enables them to fulfill
the Law within themselves, they fail to understand and bring about the
Spiritual Birth from the Virgin (see
Virgin
Birth). Thus, they fail to understand that both the wives of
Abraham are an allegory -- as well as the account of the Virgin Birth of
Jesus -- and they remain totally ignorant of the meaning of Paul's words
when he wrote: "Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not
hear the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by
a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman
was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which
things are an allegory..." (Gal 4:21-24 KJV) -- an allegory which
portrays the first stage of birth which is of the flesh, and the second
stage of birth which is of the promise and the Spirit -- and is
presented in the allegory of the Virgin Birth (see
Virgin
Birth). Further, it is impossible to bring about this next stage
of birth apart from what is portrayed in the name of Joseph (see
Joseph - The Generative Power Of The Kingdom). And because the
Church as in their adoption of pagan dogma and systems of belief totally
alienated themselves from the spiritual meaning of the Gospels, the
words of the Gospel of
Philip presents their spiritually disenfranchised fate -- i.e.,
"Those who say that first they shall die and
(then) they shall arise are
confused. If they do not first receive the resurrection (while) they
live, they will not receive anything (when)
they die"
(see Gospel Of Philip).
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In not understanding how the ancients
used the term Demiurge, modern man has fallen into the trap of
worshipping false gods. While the term Demiurge was
used by Plato and the Gnostics, its most well known usage was in the
portrayal of the Jews as worshipping a Demiurge instead of the true
Creator-God. But in the failure to apply what Jesus
portrayed as the Key of Knowledge
-- and that each person or group of believers fashion the world in which
they dwell through the filter of their mindset and doctrines of belief
-- modern man remains both ignorant of who and what he worships.
The meaning of the word Demuirge which is often portrayed as a lesser
god, indicates "one who fashions, shapes, and
models" -- and when the
Key of Knowledge is applied, it is understood that each person of
group of likeminded people all ascribe to a vision of the world that is
perceived through the filter of their system of beliefs.
When the Church was converted over to a system of redemption under Pagan
Rome, Jesus ceased to be the example and pattern for all of mankind to
follow and imitate -- and began the role of a pagan mojo that was a
perpetual sacrifice for sin -- which transitioned the believer into the
subject (see Subject Mindset) which was common
among the heathen population of the Roman Empire.
And while the whole belief system of Jesus the redeemer that permits the
body of believers to dwell in what can be an environment of perpetual
sin is openly condemned and rejected by the biblical authors (see
The Fallacy Of Salvation By Faith Alone), the
great void in Church dogma and the flawed foundation of modern Christian
doctrine of belief has so alienated the body of believers from the core
Gospel teachings and spiritual objectives, that the Church has exiled
itself to a condition of profound blind ignorance in a Spiritual
Diaspora. Worshipping a manmade god which they
call Jesus.
If it was Paul's intention to create a religion where salvation is by faith apart from the person's actions, then he would not have warned that if the believer sins after coming to the knowledge of TheWay, that there is no longer a sacrifice for them -- and they are very much an abomination and apostate to the Kingdom of God (see Fate Of Christians Worse Than Unbelievers). But because Roman (pagan) philosophy which was Mithraic in its core concepts, was built upon the foundation of sacrifice for perpetual sin -- which philosophy has little in common with the original Gospel teachings of TheWay -- the prediction of Paul has come to pass in his vision that the Church which called itself Christian, would worship the Anti-Christ as God (see Church of the AntiChrist).
You Will Know Them By Their Fruit: The Christian today dwells under the illusion that because of their belief in Jesus, they are exempt having to live in accord with the Law and the Commandments of God. thus, they are themselves a lawless people who claim to possess a license to live in any manner of their choosing. Thus, they have exempted themselves from the Gospel requirements that declares: “But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46 NKJ). And, they wrongly believe that the very words of the Gospel do not apply to them: “Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Matt 7:21 NIV).
The modern mindset and culture of the western world which has become associated with the Church, has in practice taken the abomination and immorality of Sodom and Gomorrah to a new level. In a world where young girls and boys casually hook-up, marriage has become virtually null and void. And with statistics demonstrating that over 25% of Evangelical Christians are addicted to pornography, does the words of Jesus have any meaning to the modern believer -- i.e., "...But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matt 5:28 NIV). That the modern Christian remains totally ignorant of the true purpose of sex and marriage with respect to the Divine Pattern with the environment of a Spiritual Marriage. There is a reason for every spiritual precept in the scriptures -- and thus, the article Lilith - The Demonic Reality Of Feminism, opens with the statement:
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To engage in a behavior that you are totally ignorant of the consequences -- is to walk blindfolded into freeway traffic -- to play Russian Roulette with a fully loaded revolver -- is to walk barefoot in a pit of poisonous vipers. While this present article (Lilith) was written many years ago, there is a section in the newly authored article The Three Lies entitled Man And Woman as the Cosmic Ovum And Sperm, that will present to the reader important knowledge that has been censored -- and that is generally unknown to our modern culture. Why does the Bible reject unmarried sex? Why did Jesus even condemn visual lust played out in one's mind? Why is casual sex prohibited in the scriptures? Not to know the answers to these questions, is to walk blindfolded into heavy freeway traffic. Knowledge is Power -- and when proper knowledge is applied to one's life, the person becomes empowered to prevail over all forces in opposition to one's success. The informed mind can succeed, where the uninformed and ignorant will fail.
Not only does modern man not understand the underlying reasons that the scriptures reject casual sex, but our modern culture which is based upon junk science -- a junk science that is not only easily demonstrated to be counterfeit -- but is also the cause of the suppression of scientific findings of fact that would force informed people to immediately reject the folly and tenets of our modern culture which enslaves the ignorant. While freedom and choice is good -- anytime that we act blindly without knowing the consequences of our actions, we are putting ourselves in great danger. And in many ways the prevailing ignorance of most young women in our modern culture, can very much be likened to a blind date with a serial killer who is in search of his next victim. Not to understand the scientific and spiritual principles presented at the link which holographically demonstrates that man and woman is very much a Cosmic Ovum And Sperm that is endeavoring to bring about the next level of birth within the mind and being of the individual -- is to remain in the abyss of self-ignorance. |
The worship of the Jesus Demiurge of Pagan Rome has not only spiritually disenfranchised the modern believer from the core and objectives of the Gospels, but has so spiritually castrated the congregation of believers, that they have been rendered impotent with respect to bringing about the necessary spiritual maturity that would enable them to even begin to understand the essence of the Gospel purpose with any depth in their lives.
The Biblical
Foundational Mindset: Christians are faith-based, simply
because both the essence of the Gospel and the objectives and higher
realities of life make absolutely no sense to their limited thinking
which is inhibited by a foundational mindset that is pagan and
manmade. It is impossible for them to comprehend the reality of the
foregoing Gospel teachings that they continually ignore -- and how these
important teachings can possibly apply to them in the manner that they
appear to -- because the very foundation of their thinking is manmade
and counterfeit. And this fact is especially seen in the question
asked by the disciples:
"Now as Jesus passed by,
He saw a man who was blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him,
saying, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born
blind?'" (John
9:1-2 NKJ). Thus,
what Christian today would ask the forgoing question? Not a single one
would. Why? Because modern Christians have been totally alienated
from the biblical foundational mindset, by the very doctrines adopted
while the Church was ruled over by Pagan Rome. Thus, we must pose the
question: What prompted the disciples of Jesus to even ask such a
question? Turning to the historian, this ultra important element to the
equation of life is made reference to by Edward Gibbon in the footnote
regarding the question of the disciples at John 9:2:
"The disciples of Jesus were
persuaded that a man might have sinned before he was born, (John, ix.
2,) and the Pharisees held the transmigration [reincarnation] of
virtuous souls, (Joseph. de Bell. Judaico, l. ii. c. 7;) and a modern
Rabbi is modestly assured, that Hermes, Pythagoras, Plato, etc., derived
their metaphysics from his illustrious countrymen"
(Gibbon; Decline & Fall) -- metaphysics that
embraced the concept of the pre-existence and transmigration of the
soul.
Again, let me pose the question as to what this statement means to us from a modern-day perspective? It means that the mindset and doctrinal thinking of the modern believer is so alienated from the original biblical foundational mindset and thinking, that the modern believer has been rendered spiritually sterile. The original mindset and thinking with respect to the events of life from the perception of the disciples is explored in the Wycliffe Commentary where it is written: "The question of the disciples (v. 2) was grounded in the belief that bodily infirmity or suffering was due to sin, whether of parents (Exo 20:5) or of the man himself, presumably on the basis of the soul’s pre-existence, which some Jews held". Thus we must ask: Is this some Jewish fable that the disciples of Christ conjured up themselves? Or is this belief a foundational element of the Gospel that Jesus taught to them? Once properly understood the position of the disciples is founded upon the construct of Jesus' statement to the person he healed and made whole: "...sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee" (John 5:14 KJV). And what this means is that those who sin -- especially after coming to the knowledge of the Gospel message -- inherit a fate even worse than before they were healed from their sin. To the degree that Paul warned the congregation of believers: , “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows” (Gal 6:7 NIV).
What does it mean that "...God cannot be mocked -- [and that each person] reaps what he sows”? To the degree that Jesus warned the man: "...sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." Yet, to their own spiritual demise, the vast majority of Christians promote the belief that they are exempt from having their own sin and misdeeds come back upon them in the manner that is portrayed in these verses -- and that somehow they have been exempted from the fruit of their own ways, while everyone else is held in judgment. In fact, Christians promote the doctrine that because they attempt to appease the Lord with their lips, they virtually have a license to live in sin. And they cling to this doctrine even though the Gospel warns that their fate will be worse than the unbelievers (see Fate) -- and that because of their infidelity to the Gospel wherein they crucify the Son of God afresh, even the opportunity of salvation by virtue of the sacrifice on the cross has been denied to them (see Sacrifice). And because of their infidelity to the Gospel, they have been rendered spiritually blind to the degree that they fail to perceive that they are dwelling in what Jesus portrayed as The Prison and the "outer darkness" of mind and being (see Blindness) -- incapable of understanding the core meaning of the Gospel and the scriptures.
When Jesus warned the man "...sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee" -- he confirmed the doctrine that all the calamities of life is caused by man's sin and disobedience to the Royal Law of God. On the question itself that the disciples of Jesus asked -- i.e., Master, who did sin? -- the commentary Barnes’ Notes writes that: "It was a universal opinion among the Jews that calamities of all kinds were the effects of sin. The case, however, of this man was that of one that was blind from his birth, and it was a question which the disciples could not determine whether it was his fault or that of his parents. Many of the Jews, as it appears from their writings (see Lightfoot), believed in the doctrine of the transmigration of souls; or that the soul of a man, in consequence of sin, might be compelled to pass into other bodies, and be punished there. They also believed that an infant might sin before it was born (see Lightfoot), and that consequently this blindness might have come upon the child as a consequence of that".
On the question of who did sin, this man, or his parents, and the pre-existence and reincarnation of the soul, the Adam Clarke Commentary tells us: "The doctrine of the transmigration of souls appears to have been an article in the creed of the Pharisees, and it was pretty general both among the Greeks and the Asiatics. The Pythagoreans believed the souls of men were sent into other bodies for the punishment of some sin which they had committed in a pre-existent state. This seems to have been the foundation of the disciples’ question to our Lord. Did this man sin in a pre-existent state, that he is punished in this body with blindness? Or, did his parents commit some sin, for which they are thus plagued in their offspring!... The Jewish rabbis have had the same belief from the very remotest antiquity. Origen cites an apocryphal book of the Hebrews, in which the patriarch Jacob is made to speak thus: I am an angel of God; one of the first order of spirits. Men call me Jacob, but my true name, which God has given me, is Israel: Orat. Joseph. apud ORIG. Many of the Jewish doctors have believed that the souls of Adam, Abraham, and Phineas, have successively animated the great men of their nation. Philo says that the air is full of spirits, and that some, through their natural propensity, join themselves to bodies; and that others have an aversion from such a union. See several other things relative to this point in his treatises, De Plant. Noe-- De Gigantibus-- De Confus. Ling.-- De Somniis, etc.; and see Calmet, where he is pretty largely quoted".
It is important in our assessment of genuine biblical foundations of thought to recognize the fact that the pre-existence and what some call the reincarnation of the soul was a universally accepted belief among the people who Jesus taught the Gospel Precepts -- and in the case of the Disciples, the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God. Once this fact is acknowledged, then we are forced to conclude that if this belief about the nature of life was in error, and the journey of the pre-existent soul is not a viable part of the teachings of Jesus, then Jesus would have had to condemn it -- or, we must recognize that it was removed by the later Gentile Church.
That the Pharisees understood that a man is born blind from the misdeeds of a previous life is seen in their words to the man: "You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?" (Jn 9:34 NAS). Moreover, it is well documented that the Essenes -- who with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls are now understood to be the foundation of New Covenant teachings -- also believed in the pre-existence and transmigration of the soul. In his Antiquity of the Jews, the Jewish historian Josephus, who had lived among the Essenes, and was a contemporary of the man Jesus, stated that the Essenes: “…resigned up their souls with great alacrity, as expecting to receive them again. For their doctrine is this, that bodies are corruptible, and that the matter they are made of is not permanent; but that the souls are immortal, and continue for ever; and that they came out of the most subtle air, and are united to their bodies as to prisons, into which they are drawn by a certain natural enticement; but that when they are set free from the bonds of flesh, they then, as released from a long bondage, rejoice and mount upward...”.
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Modern Christians fail to realize that their religion evolved out of Judaism, and Spiritual Jews have always founded their system of beliefs upon the concept of the pre-existent soul that evolves to perfection over the course of many lifetimes. The following quotation is taken from The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, under the heading of Souls, Transmigration of: “The doctrine of transmigration of souls, which was especially accepted by the Karaites… is generally attacked by Jewish philosophers, but is defended by Isaac Abravanel and Manasseh ben Israel. It appears often in Cabala; it is found in organized form in the Zohar, it is further developed in the teachings of Isaac Luria (1534-1572), and in Hasidism it becomes a universal belief. According to these teachings, all human souls have a common origin in the spiritual unity of the primordial man, sparks of which form the individual souls... The sin of Adam brought higher and lower souls into confusion; as a result, every soul has to pass through a series of incarnations... The soul itself has no sex, which is determined by the body and may vary from incarnation to incarnation”.
In the Zohar, the foundational doctrine of Jewish Mysticism, it is written that: “All souls are subject to the trials of transmigration; and men do not know the designs of the Most High with regard to them… The souls must re-enter the absolute substance whence they have emerged. But to accomplish this end they must develop all the perfections, the germ of which is planted in them; and if they have not fulfilled this condition during one life, they must commence another, a third, and so forth, until they have acquired the condition which fits them for reunion with God”. This reunion with God is the rebirth that was spoken of by Jesus to the Pharisee Nicodemus, “a ruler of the Jews”.
While Christians attempt to interpret the parable of the Prodigal Son in fragmented piecemeal, when taken as a whole, and understood as a universal reality common to all of mankind in the manner it was intended to be understood, it is recognized to be in total conflict with modern Christian doctrine. Once it is understood that each of us is the Prodigal Son/Daughter of our Heavenly Father, then it must also be recognized that each of us at one time dwelled in the Kingdom prior to journeying out into this, the "far country". Thus, we see this parallel concept in the above quotation from the Zohar where it states that each of us, like the Prodigal Son that we are, must return to our Source -- i.e., "The souls must re-enter the absolute substance whence they have emerged...."
In the parable of the Wedding Feast, those who come to TheCall, must have put on the required Wedding Garment -- and thus, we see the parallel concept in the Zohar in the words with respect to the required perfection of each soul: "But to accomplish this end they must develop all the perfections, the germ of which is planted in them..." To the degree that Jesus stated in the Sermon on the Mount at Matthew 5:48 that each soul must be as perfect as their Heavenly Father -- i.e., again parallel to the Zohar: "...and if they have not fulfilled this condition during one life, they must commence another, a third, and so forth, until they have acquired the condition which fits them for reunion with God”.
To even begin
to comprehend this higher reality of the perfection of the soul over the
course of many lifetimes, the person must understand the cycle of the
Prodigal Son/Daughter as presented in the words:
"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,"
says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My
ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. For as
the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there,
but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give
seed to the sower and bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes
forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall
accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I
sent it" (Isa 55:8-11 NKJ). God cannot fail -- and nothing
in Creation can be void -- and as the Prodigal Sons of the Most High,
each of us emanated from the Edenic Kingdom of Origination -- and each
us us must fulfill the requirement of perfection as presented at Matt
5:48 -- and if this required perfection is
"...not fulfilled this condition during one
life, [we] must commence another, a third, and so forth, until [our
souls] have acquired the condition which fits them for reunion with God”
And as the Prodigal Sons/Daughters of the Most High, each of us was
forced to leave the Kingdom and venture out into this world which is
portrayed in the parable as the "far country"
-- not by our own choosing, but by the Will of God who brought this
world which is a realm where each of us is able to grow and evolve to
perfection -- i.e.,
“For the
creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the
will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will
be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious
freedom of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been
groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time”
(Rom 8:20-22 NIV).
What the Apostle states in the above quotation is that it was the
Creator God that subjected mankind to the frustration of what we
perceive as the fall of man, in order that “the
creation itself will be liberated from its bondage” through
the process of the soul-evolution in this world which is God's Spiritual
University that perfects and brings about our eventual spiritual rebirth
into the Kingdom -- i.e., “We know that the
whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up
to the present time”.
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While The Teachings Of Yeshua/Jesus Are The TruthThe Way Of The Churches Bring Spiritual Death
Because They Share A Common Doctrinal Flaw Liberal And Conservative Churches Are Merely Opposite Polarities Of The Same Flaw
It is not a sin to have been misled by the god of this worldYeshua warned that even the elect would be seducedIt is only a sin not to seek Truth, when it has been presented to you
These words mean absolutely nothing to the leaders of the Churches, because to them religion is a commercial business which they peddle -- and for them to remain in business, the prevailing spiritual sickness must remain fully in effect. While ignorance and spiritual disenfranchisement is the cause of the disease, sin is the outward effect of the spiritual sickness that Jesus came to cure. The disciple who was healed of this congenital sickness, by virtue of the blood of the Lamb, was granted the Power to be healed from this sickness. Once cured he did not remain sick -- but was healed from the malady that was the cause of his ignorance, suffering and spiritual disenfranchisement. The Church, on the other hand, thrives by promoting the disease that afflicts mankind -- and it is necessary to keep the people ignorant for the prodigal sons and daughters to remain shackled to lives of suffering in this, the "far country" where they are bound to the "outer darkness" of consciousness, mind and being. As the Gospel became corrupted by the pagans who called themselves Christian, the degeneracy of the Church was opposed by men such as Pelagius who wrote that: “Man is able, if he likes, to live without sin and keep the commandments of God, in as much as God gives him this ability”. It is important to recognize that Pelagius did not say that man has this inherent ability -- but rather, God grants him this ability -- but this ability can only be bestowed upon those disciples who are truly faithful to the very spiritual essence of the teachings of Jesus and TheWay. Pelagius vehemently opposed the corruption of the clergy and priests of the Roman Church -- the idolatry of the Pagan Christians -- and this statement was written against the dreadful moral standards of the church which had thoroughly embraced the doctrine of St. Augustine that all events of life was totally controlled by Divine Providence. To the reasoning of Augustine, it made no difference if man committed sin, because he did not possess freewill. Under the doctrine of predestination promoted by Augustine, man could do nothing on his own -- and whether he was saved or not, was predestined from before the world was created. This doctrine was of course used by the Roman Church because it conveniently established the Church in the role of the singular determining factor in man’s search for salvation. Being a member of the church was the only qualifier that saved mankind -- and since man was morally challenged because of the Original Sin of Adam and Eve, it did not matter how defiled or sinful a life he lived. From a doctrinal perspective, all of mankind was morally challenged -- man was a congenital sinner, and could do nothing on his own -- and since no deeds either good or bad could save him -- it was doctrinally reasoned that mankind could therefore live in accordance with any moral standard he desired, so long as he lived under the protective umbrella of the Roman Church. That Christians are in fact required to test what they believe is seen in the commandment of the Apostle to “prove and test all things” -- and it is the claim of the original teachings of Jesus that we have this ability -- not by virtue of our own powers of carnal reasoning, but because God has given us the ability to carry out the commandment of the Apostle. But Christians remain shackled to ignorance, because they choose to blindly believe in the carnal doctrines of men. The very name Christian conveys a person who is of an Anointed and Illumined mind and understanding -- a state of mind that our modern-day faith-based doctrines represent only a very incomplete understanding of the true depth of the original Gospel message. In the process of what is known as reverse osmosis, man has the power to purify contaminated water -- and he does so through the process of removing the impurities that became infused into the water as it flowed from its source to the point where he is able to receive it. In the case of what we believe today, the filter that we use to purify what we have received is knowledge -- and that knowledge can only be realized when it is built upon the same foundation as that which was found at the waters source. History easily demonstrates that under the rule of Roman Authority, the church fell into such carnal degeneracy that it embraced every sort of political and materialistic corruption -- a corruption that brought the level of the church so low, that it even ordained sexual orgies for the priests. To further “illustrate the condition and character of the times”, Gibbon writes in the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire, that “Simony”, or the buying and selling of ecclesiastic positions within the church, “was not unknown in those times; and the clergy sometimes bought what they intended to sell. It appears that the bishopric of Carthage was purchased by a wealthy matron, named Lucilla, for her servant Majorinus”. Regarding the wholesale immorality and depravity of the churches, Gibbon writes that: “Fraud, envy, and malice prevailed in every congregation. The presbyters aspired to the episcopal office, which every day became an object more worthy of their ambitions”. This morally bankrupt lifestyle was justified under the Augustinian doctrine that, by nature, man is incapable of doing good, and he is saved by virtue of his membership in the church. Those who opposed the Pagan Church of Rome, were condemned as heretics -- hunted down and murdered (see The Death Of The Teachings Of Jesus). Because Constantine was not only carnal, but in every way a ruthless conscienceless despot who embraced evil in everything he did, the Church that he formed was born in the image of its creator. The question that every believer must ask today is how corrupted and contaminated has the message of Christ become after it had been placed in the hands of mankind? In a letter to Pope Leo X on September 6th, 1520, Martin Luther wrote of the Christianity of his day, that the church, “…once the holiest of all, has become the most licentious den of thieves, the most shameless of all brothels, the kingdom of sin, death, and hell. It is so bad that even Antichrist himself, if he should come, could think of nothing to add to its wickedness” (Quoted in: The Great Thoughts; compiled by George Seldes). That many Christians who remained carnal in their understanding twisted the doctrine of faith over the rituals of the Law which Paul promoted among the Gentiles, is readily seen in the statement of Peter where it is written: "Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; and account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation -- as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen" (2 Pet 3:13-18 NKJ). If all that was necessary was to call upon the name of Jesus and be saved, then Peter never would have made notice that "...as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures." If all that was necessary was to have faith and call upon the name of the Lord -- saying a prayer accepting Jesus as the believers personal Lord and Savior -- then Peter never would have stated that many of the believers who were reading Paul's Epistles were ignorant of the essence of the teachings of Yeshua who were "...untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures." It is their flawed foundational doctrines of belief that not only cause all the opposing opinions that consume and divide the Christian and ultimately the religious world, but causes each group to remain alienated from the Truth. Fix the foundation and restore Wholeness, and the Living Vine which the Church once was, will again be able to supply the spiritual manna that will heal the Nations. Yet, if that power that Paul refers to as the god of this world, can continue to invoke disputes and factional polarizations -- seducing people into lives of blind belief in the carnal doctrines or men -- to the degree where fragments of truth are mistaken for the Whole Truth -- then the Truth as it is manifest in this world will continue to be overcome by the power of darkness. Yeshua warned that a House that is divided, cannot stand -- and Christianity remains a religion of mass confusion and opposing opinions, because the god of this world has prevailed in his endeavor to induce Christians to ignore the warning of Paul on the sin of sects (see No Sects). Yeshua did not come to promote doctrines of opinion and belief -- but rather, he came to teach TheWay that each person must live, think and walk in this life, to Know The Truth and manifest the Kingdom within them. In the parable of the good seed and the field, the enemy sowed tares among the good seed -- and it has been these tares that has divided believers and alienated them from being nourished by the Sacred Manna of the Kingdom that can only be received by those who pick up their own cross and follow in the footsteps of Yeshua and TheWay. Fix the flawed foundation -- restore Wholeness -- and all the opposing opinions will disperse. And while Christian's claim to rely upon the New Testament -- it is the very scriptures they champion that rejects their doctrines of belief as being turned out of TheWay. Why do they fail to see this fact? Because they are blinded by their flawed foundation which causes them to perceive in error. Truth can only be revealed and received in accord with the disciples sincere willingness to live the Truth that has been imparted to them from the Holy Spirit in word, thought, desire and deed. In refusing to live in the Life and Light of TheWay, the Christian world has been conquered, and they dwell in the abyss of darkness and confusion. But what is truly pitiful and sad, is the fact that the people choose lives of suffering and ignorance, when it is within their power to Know the Truth that breaks the shackles of the god of this world. The twisting of the scriptures by a vast multitude in the modern Church is demonstrated in a recent Christian's condemnation of someone in a forum who used the name Eternal Seeker -- and the Christian bases his allegations of heresy, on the belief that Eternal Seeker is in error. Why? Why was the person using the name Eternal Seeker condemned by the Christian? Because from his doctrinal Church perspective, Christians dwell under the deceptive belief that they have found Jesus -- and their belief is all that is required. So from his very limited reasoning, the Christian proclaims: What is there to seek? You simply believe, and that is the end of it. The fact that a man would call himself the Eternal Seeker, in the limited understanding of the Christian, proves to him that such a man is lost and of Satan. Yet, the Bible states that just the opposite is true -- and it is in fact this very mindset that keeps Christians spiritually ignorant, and destroys even their opportunity to become a Disciple of Yeshua and TheWay. Speaking of the false shepherds who had been twisting both the Epistles of Paul and the scriptures to their own destruction, Peter writes: "These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity -- for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him" (2 Pet 2:17-19 NIV). When Peter makes reference to the "...people who are just escaping from those who live in error", he is speaking of those who are trying to escape the clutches of the culture of this world, by becoming what Paul called "babes in Christ". And yet, what Peter is stating is the fact that the very doctrines of the false shepherds who they are following, are conveying to these entry-level believers that they have found freedom in the Gospel, when in fact they have only just begun their walk in TheWay. The depravity that Peter speaks of is in fact parallel to the warning in the Epistle of James that "faith without works is dead" -- i.e., without the works of the spirit, "...they themselves are slaves of depravity -- for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him". We must ask: Why would the counterfeit clergy-shepherds promise the people "freedom" in the Gospel and the Good News -- and yet, Peter warns that they "...themselves are slaves of depravity"??? Because these shepherds of the simple faith do not understand the words that Yeshua said to the man who he had healed: "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee" (John 5:14 KJV). Having themselves never been "WHOLE" -- or even remotely understand the reality of Wholeness -- the shepherds of the simple faith attempt to use Jesus as a sacrifice to live in a state of perpetual sin. And thus, these blind guides are not only disenfranchised from the very spiritual essence of the teachings of Yeshua and TheWay, but they have themselves never experienced Wholeness -- or even understand the reality that is conveyed in these words. Perhaps the key to understanding the false shepherds of the Church is found in the words: "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matt 5:17-20 NKJ). Thus, while Yeshua and his Ebionite ( http://Ebionite.com ) disciples condemned the rituals and traditions of the Pharisees, they openly acknowledged the Royal Law that remains completely in effect and binding upon all people's of the earth. Peter's next statement is not only in direct opposition -- and runs contrary to what is preached in the Churches today -- but should literally haunt every person who calls themselves a Christian believer: "If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: A dog returns to its vomit, and, A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud" (2 Pet 2:20-22 NIV) Where the modern Church promotes the doctrine that they are saved by Grace regardless of the manner they live their lives -- and they have made Jesus into a Pagan idolatrous sacrifice as a cloak for immorality and spiritual depravity -- Peter not only states that this doctrine is in grave error, but correctly states that: "It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them." Every Christian should ask themselves: How Can This Be??? Christians promote the doctrine that only those who believe can be saved -- and here Peter is stating the opposite is true, and that those people who claim to believe, may be worse off after they have come to believe, than before they began to believe. The shepherds and blind guides that Peter is making reference to, are those who preach the modern doctrine of perpetual sin that is promoted in churches today -- i.e., "This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature..." (2 Peter 2:10 NIV). Because these false shepherds fail to understand the reality of what Yeshua meant when he used the terms Whole, and Complete, they preach the "...promise [of] freedom [in their doctrine of salvation by faith and grace alone], while they themselves are slaves of depravity." In what can only be in total opposition to what Christians today believe, Peter states that it would have been better for the entry-level believers to have never heard of the Good News of the Gospel message, than to have heard, and then fall prey to the false shepherds who promise freedom but blindly lead the believers into the proverbial ditch. And there is simply no means for the modern Christian who believes the doctrines of the Church, to even begin to understand what Peter is making reference to. Why? Because what is preached in the Churches today, has relatively little in common with what Yeshua actually taught. And in truth, modern Christian doctrine is founded upon the religious principles of Pagan Rome (see The Christian Judas), than what Yeshua actually taught. How can this be? A person will ask? Quite contrary to modern Christian doctrine where all believers are saved, it is very clearly demonstrated in the scriptures that believers who do not live in accordance with the Commandments of the Lord will be punished even more severely than the non-believer. This truth is demonstrated in the words: “That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked” (Luke 12:47-48 NIV). What Yeshua is stating to us is that believer’s who do not fulfill the Commandments, will be punished more severely, than those who do not know the will of God. That many Christians who remained carnal in their understanding twisted the doctrine of faith over the rituals of the Law which Paul promoted among the Gentiles -- as they continue to do today -- is readily seen in the statement of Peter where it is written: "Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; and account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation-- as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen" (2 Pet 3:13-18 NKJ). If all that was necessary was to call upon the name of Jesus and be saved, then Peter never would have made notice that "...as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures." If all that was necessary was to have faith and call upon the name of the Lord -- saying a prayer accepting Jesus as the believer's personal Lord and Savior -- then Peter never would have stated that many of the believers who were reading Paul's Epistles were ignorant of the essence of the teachings of Yeshua who were "...untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures." Proof of the above -- and proof that when Paul was speaking of faith, he was not speaking of a faith that permits the believer to continue to sin after embracing the Gospel -- is confirmed in the words in the Epistle to the Hebrews where it is warned that if a believer sins willfully after becoming a believer, that they have crucified the Christ afresh, and no sacrifice (Jesus/Grace) can have any effect on their destiny of judgment as an apostate to the teachings of Yeshua and TheWay: "For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt.. For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries." (Heb 6:4-6;10:26-27 RSV).
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What is the source of the modern
day Christian Apostasy? While it was
initiated by a misunderstanding of
Paul's faith over the rituals of the
Law as practiced by the Pharisees, in many
respects the doctrines which were
born under the umbrella of
Protestantism took the doctrine of
faith irrespective of one's actions
to a new level of ungodliness --
which were in fact reactionary
doctrines to the corruption of the
Church of Rome. But that
the Church would be ruled over by
the AntiChrist was predicted in the
Bible (see
The Church Of The AntiChrist). By embracing the
doctrine of faith regardless of
actions which was instituted by
Martin Luther, the Christians have
totally failed to maintain the
necessary biblical standards which
are required. And while Christians
are critical of the thinking and
lifestyle of others, Christians
continue to promote the doctrines of
Martin Luther -- a Roman priest who
embraced the Augustinian doctrine of
Original Sin who failed to understand the doctrine of
Divine Providence, and Luther went
as far as to actually promote a
life of sin as evidence of faith. Luther rejected over half of the New
Testament -- and in total opposition
to the teachings of Yeshua, Martin
Luther actually promoted sin as
proof of salvation. In Luther's own
words:
"Be a sinner, and let
your sins be strong, but let your
trust in Christ be stronger, and
rejoice in Christ who is the victor
over sin, death, and the world. We
will commit sins while we are here,
for this life is not a place where
justice resides... No sin can
separate us from Him, even if we
were to kill or commit adultery
thousands of times each day."
('Let Your Sins Be Strong, from 'The
Wittenberg Project;' 'The Wartburg
Segment', translated by Erika
Flores, from Dr. Martin Luther's
Saemmtliche Schriften, Letter No.
99, 1 Aug. 1521.) Luther believed
that man is a congenital sinner
because of the Original Sin of Adam
and Eve, and that only those who God
saves, will receive salvation. This
void in Christian thinking which
seduced both Luther and Calvin to
embrace the doctrine of Original Sin
and Divine Providence, was the
result of the corruption of the
scriptures (see
http://BibleCorruption.com ) --
and was directly caused by the
removal of the doctrine of the
Journey of the soul over the course
of many lifetimes (
http://Ebionite.com/reincarnation.htm
). And only when this fact is
understood, can the above words be
understood that a complacent
believer is worse off, than someone
who has never at all believed the
Gospel message. And thus, Christians
today remain ignorant of this fact,
because the teachings on the journey
of the soul was condemned by a
circus prostitute who gained
political power (
http://ChristianReincarnation.org
), and the Church no longer has the
doctrinal means to understand why
some people are created vessels of
honor, while others are created
vessels of dishonor (Rom 9:21-22).
Thus, because of the corruption of
the scriptures, modern Christians
totally lack an understanding of the
words of the Church Father Origen:
“For God the Creator makes a certain
vessel unto honor, and other vessels
to dishonor; but that vessel which
has cleansed itself from all
impurity He makes a vessel unto
honor, while that which has stained
itself with the filth of vice He
makes a vessel unto dishonor. The
conclusion from which, accordingly,
is this, that the cause of each
one's actions is a pre-existing one;
and then every one, according to his
deserts, is made by God either a
vessel unto honor or dishonor.
Therefore every individual vessel
has furnished to its Creator out of
itself the causes and occasions of
its being formed by Him to be either
a vessel unto honor or one unto
dishonor. And if the assertion
appear correct, as it certainly is,
and in harmony with all piety, that
it is due to previous causes that
every vessel be prepared by God
either to honor or to dishonor, it
does not appear absurd that, in
discussing remoter causes in the
same order, and in the same method,
we should come to the same
conclusion respecting the nature of
souls, and (believe) that this was
the reason why Jacob was beloved
before he was born into this world,
and Esau hated, while he still was
contained in the womb of his mother”.
The only means for a person to have "...cleansed [themselves] from all impurity" is to seek to live a pious and Consecrated Life in TheWay that Yeshua/Jesus taught and ordained. Yet, Luther went as far as to state that those who attempt to live a pious life, have themselves rejected Christ: "Those pious souls who do good to gain the Kingdom of Heaven not only will never succeed, but they must even be reckoned among the impious; and it is more important to guard them against good works than against sin." (Wittenberg, VI, 160, quoted by O'Hare, in 'The Facts About Luther, TAN Books, 1987, p. 122.). Like Calvin, Luther did not understand the doctrine of Divine Providence because key teachings had been removed from the scriptures by the Church (see Bible Corruption), and in their reactionary doctrine to the corruption of the Roman Church, the fathers of the Reformation plunged Christianity into an even greater apostasy to the true teachings of Yeshua and TheWay. Thus, Christians condemn the Knowledge of TheWay, in order to remain apostates to the Kingdom by holding fast to the doctrines of Martin Luther. In the same way that Luther condemned those who attempted to live a pious life to be sinners, someone who is an Eternal Seeker from their perspective, rejects the free gift of salvation in the Jesus-god of Constantine.
Christians claim that Jesus was God, because the claim was made that he was One with God. Yet, they fail to even consider the fact that "being One with God", is not the same as being God. This reality is parallel to that of a Divine Marriage ( http://DivineMarriage.org ) where the husband and wife are "one flesh"-- yet, that does not mean that the wife is the husband, and the husband is the wife. It means that they dwell in oneness and perfect harmony in the Higher Third-Force Soul reality that causes the vital life-force of each to flow freely through both bodies -- and it is the manifestation of this is spiritual Etheric reality that makes the "two one flesh". Further, the Gospel of John also states that the Disciples were One with both Yeshua, and the Father -- so does that make them God also? Thus, what we have is the prevailing Christian ignorance preached by a clergy who "...promise [of] freedom [in their doctrine of salvation by faith and grace alone], while they themselves are slaves of depravity"
In order to be a believer and follower of Yeshua/Jesus and TheWay, the person must make themselves the "good ground" in which the Living Word has been implanted (see http://SowerAndSeed.com ) -- Christians promote the doctrine that they attribute to Paul with respect to being saved by faith apart from one's actions. And if Paul had meant this in the manner that they imagine, he never would have told them to "be afraid" that if they are unfaithful to their Covenant, that they will be cast away (see http://ebionite.com/#purescriptures ). Thus, Paul warns the Christians: “Do not be arrogant, but be afraid” (Rom 11:20 NIV). Why? Why would the Apostle warn the Christian they should be afraid? Evidently he didn't know anything about the modern Christian doctrine attributed to him that once you say your prayer accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, you are saved regardless of the manner in which you live your life. And this warning is an important question for the modern believer to understand. They should be afraid because of the violation of the covenant with God when the Gentile converts ignored the warning of the Apostle: “For if God did not spare the natural Jewish branches, he will not spare you either… Otherwise, you also will be cut off” (Rom 11:21-22 NIV). And cut off they were -- and cut off and in bondage they have remained to this very day! And when they open their Bibles, their hearts and minds are hardened, and they remain spiritually blind to the true meaning of the scriptures. Moreover, because they have never repented from teaching others the doctrines of men in place of the Truths of the Gospel, they remain forever apostates to the Inner Kingdom.
In the same way that Yeshua taught that with respect to the teachings on the sin of adultery that his followers would be held to a higher standard than the Jews, this is confirmed in Paul's warning to "Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body" (1 Cor 6:18 NKJ). If the author of these words agreed with the doctrine that man is saved by faith apart from his actions, then he would have said that once you accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savoir, sexual immorality no longer matters. Yet, it is clear that Paul did not promote the doctrine of faith which was championed by Martin Luther and the modern Church. Paul never once espoused the doctrine of Luther to "Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong..." -- because a life of sin is a total rejection of Messiah/Christ. When Paul wrote that man cannot be saved by the works of the Law, he was making reference to the outward rituals of the Jews -- something which even modern Judaism has rejected (see http://TheThreeLies.com ). Christians are blind to the true meaning of their own scriptures, because to even begin to walk in TheWay, one must Repent. Yet, as Paul himself warned, there can be no repentance, so long as Christians continue to embrace the culture and mindset of this world. Moreover, without true repentance, there can be no Law of Grace -- only the disillusion of being possessed by the Powers of the Left Hand (see http://DivineManna.org ) -- which possession by the god of this world was confirmed in the alternative ending of Mark where it wars that those who continue to sin lie "...under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God". Thus, it is impossible for Christians who promote the doctrine of perpetual sin and redemption to understand the true meaning of the Gospel, because they are ruled over by satanic forces which Yeshua portrayed as the "citizen of the far country".
If the beginning of one's walk in TheWay is initiated with repentance, then there must be a total severing with the sins of one's past in order to be faithful to the teachings of Yeshua and TheWay. To have compassion and make excuses for the ways of this world -- attempting to portray the path of ignorance as being OK from the perspective of the teachings of Yeshua and TheWay -- is merely the product of a defiled mind that Satan whispers to -- often telling you his name is Jesus Christ. So long as you keep following counterfeit shepherds who promote the doctrine that you are saved by Grace regardless of your actions, mindset and lifestyle, then you will continue to be apostates to the Kingdom and the Living Word of God.
Complacent Believers Worse Off Than
Unbelievers: Until the believer is able to come to terms
with why Jesus and his disciples openly warned of the reality that the
fate of the complacent believer is worse than the unbelievers, they will
remain spiritually impotent and unable to grasp the very First
Principles of the Gospel and the Good News to mankind that Jesus taught.
And while Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformers who instituted the
exodus from Rome in the Reformation may have been sincere, there were a
number of truly important teachings that had been suppressed by the
Church of Rome that totally inhibited their understanding of the
original spiritual essence of the Gospel message. And for
the most part the error of their thinking, remains an integral flaw in
the doctrines of the Church to this very day.
Before a person can go beyond this point, they must first come to the realization that they do not understand why the unbelievers who have sinned and deserving of much judgment, will receive less judgment than the complacent believer. In the Revelation it is warned: "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth" (Rev 3:15-16 NKJ). What works are being made reference to? Someone who is cold to the Gospel, is an unbeliever -- while someone who is hot, is on fire as a true Disciple of TheWay. But someone who is lukewarm, is very clearly a member of the Church who is complacent, and fails to bring about the works of the spirit that is required to walk in TheWay. Thus, Jesus warned: "And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more" (Luke 12:47-48 KJV). Thus, the modern Christian simply has no means to understand why and how the lukewarm believer will be beaten with the stripes of greater judgment, than the unbeliever. So what is the fate of those who "...did commit things worthy of stripes" -- but they shall clearly receive far less than those who knew the masters will, but did not properly prepare themselves? This is in opposition to everything that modern Christians believe.
When Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders that the “…tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you” (Matt 21:31 RSV), such a statement simply has no place within the present day understanding of Christian doctrine. Because we are without a means to explain Jesus' words, most Bible commentaries simply ignore the implications of this passage of scripture. One widely used commentary attempts to correct the text by changing the words to “instead of” -- which would then make the meaning doctrinally correct and read: “The tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God instead of you”. But this is not what Jesus stated. And this reality is further confirmed in the case of sinners and those who have been judged by the Law are portrayed as having been cast into a type of prison, Jesus stated: "Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny" (Matt 5:26 NKJ).
All three synoptic Gospels contain the passage of scripture which states: “And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:16 KJV). The more we consider the reply of Jesus to this question, the more we comprehend that his answer undermines our whole modern-day understanding of the Gospel: “And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments” (Matt 19:17 KJV). Why would Jesus tell the man seeking eternal life to go and "...keep the commandments” ? If, as modern Church doctrine proclaims, there is no salvation apart from faith and belief in Jesus -- and no works or actions are a part of the equation -- then why wouldn't Jesus simply tell the man to believe?
In the modern Christian’s search for a higher understanding of the Gospel message, what is presented in this passage of scripture is of the greatest importance, as seen in the Adam Clarke Commentary which writes:
“Much instruction may be had from seriously attending to the conduct, spirit, and question of this person.
1. He came running (Mark 10:17), for he was deeply convinced of the importance of his business, and seriously determined to seek so as to find.
2. He kneeled, or caught him by the knees, thus evidencing his humility, and addressing himself only to mercy. (See Matt. 17:14).
3. He came in the spirit of a disciple, or scholar, desiring to be taught a matter of the utmost importance to him -- Good teacher.
4. He came in the spirit of obedience; he had worked hard to no purpose, and he is still willing to work, provided he can have a prospect of succeeding -- What good thing shall I do?
5. His question was the most interesting and important that any soul can ask of God -- How shall I be saved?”
As was the case then, the question that was asked by this person remains valid in our own time -- i.e., in the words of the Adam Clark Commentary, the most “...important that any soul can ask of God -- How shall I be saved?” In fact, the question is so important to us in our present time that it could be said that if we do not possess the genuine answer, it is as if we are playing Russian roulette with our lives. When each of us stands before the judgment seat of the Lord, our ability to answer this question will be of a paramount importance. The problem is that the nature of the question itself demands our utmost attention, and cannot be answered in a casual manner. At stake is your very life and future existence. Why? Because a true understanding of life and the Gospel is dependent upon what you see, perceive and comprehend in this all-important story that is contained in each of the three synoptic gospels.
The time will come -- the event is imminent -- regardless of what you do, you cannot evade your destiny -- everyone must come to terms with the question that this man asked the Lord. If you have listened to the wrong people or religious authority -- believed the wrong doctrine -- or squandered your opportunity in life -- then everything that you have labored to acquire and achieve will be forever lost. Regardless of how religious you are -- how often you attend church -- how much money you donate to the church -- if you fail to answer this single question correctly, the result of your life could be as spiritually stagnant as the Sadducees and Pharisees who worshiped the Lord in vain!
From the perspective of the Gospel message, it is of the greatest importance that we understand what is being presented here. Moreover, it is important to recognize that from our modern day perception of the Gospel message, we would conclude that the person who approached Jesus would be saved, and he would be counted as being faithful by today’s concepts of New Covenant teachings. In fact, by today’s standards, this man could be a pillar of the church. He came to Jesus -- falling on his knees -- declaring his faith -- calling upon the name of the “good master” -- desiring to be saved.
Yet, in total opposition to our understanding of what we believe is the preaching of Paul and the doctrine of the modern church, Jesus replied that the man has to do more than believe and have faith, fall on his knees to Jesus, and acknowledge him as the “good master”. Not only did the man have to observe the Commandments of God, but he had to relinquish all that he owned in this world, and follow the Lord: “Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me” (Matt 19:21 KJV).
If our modern-day perception of the gospel was correct, and the good news that is presently being preached from the pulpits of our churches represents the true revelation of the Lord to mankind, then Jesus would have told the man that his faith (in Jesus) has saved him. In opposition to what is commonly believed today, we can see clearly demonstrated here that belief and faith in Jesus, without the observance of the Commandments as found in the Law, and without the relinquishing of the things of this world, cannot save us -- as expressed in the words of the Matthew Henry’s Commentary which concludes: “Though many that call themselves Christians, do not act as if they believed it; it is certain, that, when we embrace Christ, we must let go the world, for we cannot serve God and mammon... we must devote ourselves entirely to the conduct and government of our Lord Jesus; Come, and follow me. It seems here to be meant of a close and constant attendance upon his person, such as the selling of what he had in the world was as necessary as it was to the other disciples to quit their callings; but of us it is required that we follow Christ, that we duly attend upon his ordinances, strictly conform to his pattern, and cheerfully submit to his disposals, and by upright and universal obedience observe his statutes, and keep his laws, and all this from a principle of love to him, and dependence on him, and with a holy contempt of every thing else in comparison of him, and much more in competition with him. This is to follow Christ fully”.
What was the fate of this man? When he asked about eternal life, Jesus did not tell him to believe and be saved -- but rather, Jesus told him to go and keep the commandments. How can one be saved by keeping the commandments? And when the man stated that he had kept the commandments, and he desired to become a follower, Jesus would not find him acceptable unless he gave up all his worldly possessions. Further, another element of this biblical account that the modern believer must seriously consider is the rebuke of Jesus when the man called him “good master”. In our churches today we can observe people who feel they are right with the Lord by praising His name. What Jesus said to the man is that what you say with your lips means absolutely nothing -- and it is what you do with your life with respect to fulfilling the Commandments, and being in the world and not of it, that will save you. And it is important that we be continually cognizant of the words of the Lord when he warned: “For many are called, but few are chosen” (Matt 22:14 KJV)! And when we ask who are those who are called? The answer can only be: Those who have had the Gospel preached to them -- and those who are complacent or lukewarm, will clearly receive the greater judgment than those who are not even believers. Yet, by today's doctrinal teachings, Christians simply have no means to answer the many questions that these many ignored verses of the New Testament raise? And when it is realized that the true test of belief is to the degree that each person picks up their own cross and imitates the pattern of the life of Jesus, then a great number of Christians today will despise those who call themselves teachers and shepherds today. Thus, the words of the Brother of Jesus: "Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly" (James 3:1 NIV).
The Void In Modern Church Doctrine:
Using the Bible I have demonstrated a great void in modern Church
dogma that is the result of the doctrines of Constantine and other
emperors imposing their will upon the Church when a body of carnal
Christians entered into a covenant with Rome. In their
typical pagan mindset, they promoted a doctrine and lifestyle where
Jesus was used as a perpetual sacrifice and crucified daily, so that
people who called themselves believers could live in accord with the way
of the heathen. And to insure compliance with their form of
Christian Paganism, these emperors and their armies then murdered all
believers who refused to accept the approved doctrines of the religion
of the Roman Empire. Yet, contrary to Church doctrine, in
the above it has been demonstrated that the fate of a complacent
lukewarm believer, is worse off and brings greater judgment than that
received by those who were never at all believers.
And if we add into the equation the clearly defined biblical doctrine of
predestination and Divine Providence, the void very quickly becomes an
expansive abyss of unanswered questions that inhibits all thought and
reasoning beyond a very limited certain doctrinal point. And
when Martin Luther was confronted by this abyss of doctrinal limitations
and ignorance, he simply condemned the use of the mind and the God-Given
Gift of reason that sets man apart from the beasts and brutes of the
earth -- i.e.,
“Reason”,
writes Luther, “is the greatest enemy
that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but -
more frequently than not - struggles against the divine Word, treating
with contempt all that emanates from God” (Quoted in: The
Great Thoughts; compiled by George Seldes).
From a strictly dogmatic perspective, the only option open to modern
believers is to embrace what has been called blind faith and belief.
Regardless of the facts and realities that are presented to the faithful
flock of believers, they perceive it as necessary to as Luther states,
reject both reason and the use of man's intellectual facilities of mind.
History easily demonstrates that under the rule of Roman Authority, the church fell into such carnal degeneracy that it embraced every sort of political and materialistic corruption -- a corruption that brought the level of the church so low, that it even ordained sexual orgies for the priests. This morally bankrupt lifestyle was justified under their doctrine that, by nature, man is incapable of doing good, and he is saved by virtue of his membership in the church. Because Constantine was not only carnal, but in every way a ruthless conscienceless despot who embraced evil in everything he did, the church that he formed was born in the image of its creator. The question that every believer must ask today is how corrupted and contaminated has the message of Christ become after it had been placed in the hands of mankind? In a letter to Pope Leo X on September 6th, 1520, Martin Luther wrote of the Christianity of his day, that the church, “…once the holiest of all, has become the most licentious den of thieves, the most shameless of all brothels, the kingdom of sin, death, and hell. It is so bad that even Antichrist himself, if he should come, could think of nothing to add to its wickedness” (Quoted in: The Great Thoughts; compiled by George Seldes).
In total disregard of the admonition of the scriptures themselves, the greater majority of Christians believe that the church is beyond the reach of Satan -- that God somehow drew a line that Satan cannot cross over -- that God intervened when man by virtue of his gift of freewill, chose evil over the good. And while God did not in any manner save the Jews from their own iniquity, Christians arrogantly believe that they are exempt from the judgment. Thus, Christians totally reject the warning of Paul who stated: “Do not be arrogant, but be afraid” (Rom 11:20 NIV) -- stating that if they failed to keep the foundational requirements of the Covenant, that they would be cast away in the manner of the Jews -- i.e., “For if God did not spare the natural Jewish branches, he will not spare you either… Otherwise, you also will be cut off” (Rom 11:21-22 NIV). And naively, Christians choose to ignore the most important lessons of both history and the Bible, and they reason that because of this force of Divine protection, Satan has not immersed himself in every aspect of their lives! Yet, to their own detriment, the leaders of the modern church ignore the warning of the Apostle: “let no man beguile you in any wise: for (it will not be,) except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God” (2 Thes 2:3-4 ASV).
What the Apostle is herein very clearly predicting is that there would come a time when the god of the Christian Church will be a false god. Historically speaking, it has been almost universally recognized that the period in time that the Apostle could have been referring to was in the fourth century when the church made a covenant with the Roman Emperor Constantine. With regard to this falling away, the Adam Clark Commentary writes of this passage of Paul's Epistle: “[Except there come a falling away first] We have the original word apostasia in our word apostasy; and by this term we understand a dereliction of the essential principles of religious truth, either a total abandonment of Christianity itself, or such a corruption of its doctrines as renders the whole system completely inefficient to salvation. But what this apostasy means is a question which has not yet, and perhaps never will be, answered to general satisfaction” (from the Adam Clarke Commentary).
Not to depreciate or make less the significance of any one of the individual statements presented in the above words, what the modern believer must recognized is the far-reaching totality of the statement: “But what this apostasy means is a question which has not yet, and perhaps never will be, answered to general satisfaction”. Ultimately, what this means to the modern believer is that each and every church authority from the fourth-century to the present, as well as every single preacher of the gospel, speaks from the position of concession -- which concession is that there is a great void in their knowledge of the truth. Thus, one of the core presumptions upon which our present-day doctrine of faith is based, is that these words of the Apostle Paul are not true. One of the major causes of the present state of doctrinal chaos is the failure of modern pastors and church authorities to recognize that the key to their dilemma is found in the prediction of the Apostle that there would come a time of total abandonment of the Gospel with respect to the desolation of all genuine spiritual Christian ideas and concepts.
What this means is that the Apostle predicts that in the near future, the true religion of Jesus would cease to exist in this world. In this respect, the words of the Apostle are quite clear in their assertion -- i.e., from the time period of the first century of our Common Era when it was written by the hand of Paul, it prophetically speaks of a time in the near future when the teachings that Jesus placed in the hands of mankind would cease to exist -- and it is the correct assertion of many Christians that this in fact took place in the establishment of an institutionalized church under the control of Pagan Rome in the fourth century. What the modern Christian fails to realize is that the total corruption of the doctrine of the church which the Apostle speaks of was in fact brought about by the adoption of the AntiChrist of Constantine, which resulted in the rejection of the Messiah Yeshua/Jesus of Nazareth. While it is true that believers use the name Jesus, and call themselves his followers, what Christians have lost sight of is that the essence of the religion of the New Covenant is spiritual -- and where the physical body of Messiah/Christ was crucified by the carnal Jews in the first century, the spiritual body of Messiah/Christ was crucified by those who called themselves Christians in the fourth century.
In further explanation with regard to this crucial prediction of the Apostle, the Adam Clark Commentary then goes on to provide us a vivid description of Constantine and the formation of his new church: “[Who opposeth and exalteth] He stands against and exalts himself above all divine authority, and above every object of adoration, and every institution, relative to divine worship, sebasma, himself being the source, whence must originate all the doctrines of religion, and all its rites and ceremonies; so that sitting in the temple of God -- having the highest place and authority in the Christian church, he acts as God -- taking upon himself God's titles and attributes, and arrogating to himself the authority that belongs to the Most High” (from the Adam Clarke Commentary). That these events came to pass is well documented from a historical perspective -- i.e., the church was ruled by Satanic forces that dictated every aspect of Christian doctrine. And while it is true that many faithful believers, clergy, pastors and religious authorities today have recognized the defilement of the church that took place beginning in the fourth century, what could not be revealed until now was the absolute certainty that, because the Church has never fully recovered from the darkness and corruption that was imposed upon the teachings of the church by the ruthless political despots of the past, essential foundational principles, as well as indispensable elements of New Covenant knowledge of what is constantly referred to in the Bible as the Mysteries of God, is presently absent from the thinking of the body of the faithful believers to this very day.
Many Protestants -- or non-Roman Catholics -- will readily admit that the Church had become thoroughly corrupted during its long residence upon the earth. One of the problems is that, even though Luther and the reformers knew this fact, this knowledge alone did not mean they possessed a clear and pure vision of the essence of the original teachings of Jesus. In fact, it can easily be demonstrated that they did not, and this was the true reason why Luther rejected over half the New Testament as being inferior and even spurious. For Luther to call the Epistle of James -- the Brother of Jesus who was the first leader of the New Covenant Congregation -- a man who was known as the James the Just -- the Righteous one who communed with the Holy Spirit in all matters -- who Luther condemned his Epistle as one of straw -- demonstrates Luther's inability to even understand the First Principles of the teachings of Jesus and TheWay. Moreover, every quotation in the above by both Peter and Paul, confirms the position of James who Luther rejected.
In acknowledgement of the massive corruption of the Church under Pagan Rome, many church authorities today will counter that these things do not really matter, because they have the Bible -- God's Word -- as a foundation for their beliefs. Fundamentally, their doctrine is that, even though God did not protect the Church from becoming corrupt, He somehow stood vigilant guard over the scriptures in order to insure their purity. Yet, in contradistinction to what Christians want to believe by virtue of blind faith and the suspension of reason, what we must also recognize is the fact that the Bible also flowed down into our present time through the same cultural streams and byways as did the doctrines of the Church itself. Thus, none of the present-day religious authorities who proclaim the purity of the Bible have the slightest idea as to what the scriptures looked like in their original form. They have never seen the original scriptures, and they reject many of the oldest copies of the scriptures that we possess today. What they say, then, must be understood as a profession of faith -- blind faith -- rather than what is factual. As a statement of faith, they confess to us that they believe God stood sentinel over the scriptures in order to safeguard them from the most corrupt church known to modern man. It is a statement of faith when they affirm that this church which Luther calls the church of the antichrist, did not also defile the written word in the manner that it corrupted every other aspect of Jesus’ teachings. What they fail to tell you is that in making this profession of faith, they ignore the warning of many biblical scholars who openly claim that the original text of the Bible was lost in what appears to be a conspiracy which coincidently took place in the fourth century -- which is the era in history when the Church became institutionalized, and came under the direct control of the Roman Imperial Government.
Is it true that God stood sentinel over the scriptures? Based upon what we do know regarding the purity of the Bible, Christians today should be greatly alarmed. Quoting Prof. Millar Burrows in More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Prof. Burrows writes: “There are those who believe or assume that the Greek and Hebrew texts from which our translations are made are infallible. No person who has studied textual criticism at all could believe that. The most conservative scholars in the most conservative churches recognize that the text has become corrupt at many points in the course of its transmission. If that were not already well known and universally admitted, the Dead Sea Scrolls would demonstrate it conclusively.” And to take this rather profound statement one step further, these same Dead Sea Scrolls have forced many biblical scholars to totally re-examine what they at one time accepted as factual and historical truths. Thus the of biblical scholar A. Powell Davies takes on a whole new meaning when we begin to understand what truly happened: “Biblical scholars were not disturbed by what they found in the Dead Sea Scrolls because they had known all along that the origin of Christianity was not what was commonly supposed to have been”.
If our scriptures that we depend upon as
the foundation of our beliefs have many points where they are
“corrupt”, -- and the origin of
Christianity is
"...not what was commonly supposed to have
been” -- then we
had better be concerned! Why? Because if the Bible has been altered
from its original form, then it was altered to support the tenets of
belief of a very Pagan and corrupt Roman Church. What this means is
the most essential points of the scripture that support the foundation
of a Spiritual Church, rather than a secular institutionalized church
under Roman pagan rule, were the first to be removed or edited out of
the scriptures we possess today. Moreover, the implications from a
religious perspective are horrific -- i.e., if this is true, then the
Jesus that we believe in today might not be the same Jesus whose
revealed teaching of The Way could save the soul of man.
The Answer To The Doctrinal Dilemma:
If the Lord was to raise up a prophet in our time and send him forth to
speak to the people, and this prophet attempted to convey to believers
what biblical scholars already know -- i.e.,
“that the text has become corrupt at many points in the course of its
transmission” -- and that
"...the origin of Christianity was not what was
commonly supposed to have been”
-- his message would be rejected and condemned by the greater number of
believers today. Why? Because such a thing would be incomprehensible
to them. They would reason that God would never permit this to happen
to them! After all, from their very limited three-dimensional
perception of life, if God permitted both the Church and then the
scriptures to become corrupt, then man would have no means of knowing
the truth. They would then reason that mankind would therefore not
know what to believe, and he would possess no means of salvation. From
their very limited perspective of both the Gospel and the higher reality
of man's soul and spiritual natures, they of course have a valid
argument -- but this is only because they lack a fundamental
understanding of the spiritual reality beyond our three-dimensional
limitations. Yet, the answer to their spiritual and doctrinal dilemma,
is found in the very biblical verses which they ignore -- biblical
verses some of which are explored above. When the man
approached Jesus and asked him about eternal life, Jesus replied that he
should keep the Commandments -- and if the modern believer would begin
to keep the Commandments and observe the Royal Spiritual Law throughout
every aspect of their lives, they would begin to find their way out of
the abyss of the doctrinal quagmire within which they are presently
immersed. If these same people were to in fact totally
surrender to the Word in all its fullness, and pick up their own cross
and travail in TheWay as Jesus Commanded, they would know by virtue of
their own experiences that their reasoning and rational is in grave
error.
From the perspective of life itself, it is
also easily confirmed that in the greater vision of man's existence upon
this earth it can be demonstrated that God ordains a life that is rarely
fair from our point of view. When we ask why God permits bad things to
happen to good and faithful believers, and our clergy can only answer
with the words: “You have to have faith”
-- this is an acknowledgement that the Church does not understand the
manner in which God moves. Yet, the truth lies in the fact that part
of our inability to understand why God would permit such horrendous
things as is commonplace in our world today to happen, lies in the
differences in the core beliefs and perceptions of life that we
presently hold, in relation to the spiritual foundational environmental
thinking from which our New Testament scriptures originally emerged.
Yet, like the prodigal son, anytime that we desire truth over accepted
doctrines of belief -- and we are willing to re-examine our dogmatic
positions in light of the biblical verses that are presented in the above
-- then we will begin to find the answer to the dilemma of blind faith
in mysteries we do not understand, and the suspension of reason when we
are confronted by the facts which the vast majority of modern Christians
simply refuse to examine and seek the truth.
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The Spiritual Church vs The
Institutionalized Shadow Church: It was a promise of the Lord
regarding the New Covenant Church: “And I say
also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my
church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it”
(Matt 16:18 KJV). Is the promise of Jesus correct? In view of the
fact that the church became one of the most corrupt institutions known
to man -- and in the words of Luther
"...It is so bad that even Antichrist himself,
if he should come, could think of nothing to add to its wickedness”
-- and those men known as
priests and bishops were seen in the role of apostles of the Devil,
rather than Christ, we would be forced to acknowledge the fact that the
“gates of hell” did indeed
“prevail against it”! We must then
conclude that either Jesus was wrong, or the fault is our own vision of
the Church. This would indicate the existence of still another
possibility that few people today would understand -- i.e., the first
century vision of the Church of Christ was very different than our idea
of a church today. If this is true, then Jesus was not wrong, and the
genuine Church remained pure throughout all time regardless of the
corruption that the church of this world was immersed in.
Moreover, this same reality also applies to the scriptures -- and while
the Bible that was given to the modern believer by the hands of the
Roman Church has been corrupted, it is also true that pure scriptures do
exist, and they can only be accessed by believers who embrace the
teachings of Jesus and TheWay in the purity that was intended.
A great truth we must come to terms with is the fact that because man says a certain thing, that does not make his assertion valid. In the same way that anyone can proclaim they are followers of Christ, and claim to be Christian -- unless Christ is in agreement, our assertion is invalid. We can call ourselves the people of the New Covenant, but if in our application of the Word it is found that we have rejected the very essence of New Covenant thought, then our assertion is again invalid. In this respect, the first century followers of Jesus were of Christ, and a New Covenant Church unto themselves, because the Lord himself affirmed these things to be true, and they maintained the spiritual essence of the teachings of TheWay. The very fact that later Pagan Christians of the fourth century condemned the Church that Jesus himself ordained -- and the fact that our thinking is alien to the original Disciples of Christ, while we hold many beliefs in common with the fourth century Church of Pagan Rome, should be sufficient reason for us to question many of our own foundational concepts of religion which we have received directly from the hands of the fourth century church.
The Church that Jesus Ordained and stated that "...the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” -- is not of this world, and can only be accessed through the inner "narrow gate" within us. As the prodigal sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father, the vast majority of mankind dwells in the "far country" which Jesus portrayed as being controled by the "citizen" of this world -- i.e., the fallen angel we call Lucifer. The Book of the Revelation when properly understood, portrays the Kingdom coming within the body, mind and life of the Disciple of TheWay. And only those who live in the manner that Jesus taught and ordained, can enter therein -- i.e., "Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful" (Rev 21:27 NIV). This same truth was expressed by Isaiah where it is written: "And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it" (Isa 35:8 NIV). And this same truth is expressed in the words of Yeshua/Jesus when he warned: "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it" (Matt 7:13-14 NIV). The "narrow gate" that Jesus speaks that we must open in order for us to be born into the Kingdom, has its parallels in the birth canal that serves as the gate that each of us has emerged through when we physically entered into this present world. That the next stage of birth has its similarities, is merely the result that all realities are designed in accordance with the same Divine Pattern of Creation.
What is truly important for us to see in these solemn words spoken by the Lord, is that only those who "enter through the narrow gate" will enter into Life -- i.e., it is not those who believe, but those who follow in the footsteps who are the Genuine Christians. In order to enter into the Kingdom, the disciple must be bathed in the healing waters of consecration that cleanses them of all defilements of this world. Thus, there are countless commandments in the New Testament that Christians close a blind eye to and ignore. Jesus said: "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment" (Matt 12:36 KJV). And what words are not considered idle? Paul tells us to "Pray without ceasing" (1Thes 5:17 KJV).
Why? Why would Jesus warn us that we will be judged for merely speaking an "idle word"? It must be understood that to be consciously aware of "every idle word" requires one to be in total control of their mind. That this total control of one’s words begins with a total control of one’s mind can further be seen in the commandment of the Apostle to "…take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ" (2 Cor 10:5 NIV). Moreover, how can the same Apostle who states that we are saved by faith, rather than works, expect those who call themselves Christians to "…take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ"? Thus, we begin to see that in the religion that was preached by both Jesus and Paul, there can be no meaningless idle expressions that are easily seen plaguing the lives of the modern Christian.
As Jacob/James, the brother of Yeshua/Jesus, the man who was the first leader of the New Covenant Church and was known as a true holy man, wrote that in order to fulfill the vision of the Gospel, one had to "…bridle the whole body" (James 3:2 KJV). While this may appear totally alien from the perspective of the modern Christian who fully indulges in the unbounded excesses of our present-day cultural lifestyle, the Apostle Paul confirmed the validity of these words from a New Covenant perspective when he wrote of the necessity to "…beat my body and make it my slave..." (1 Cor 9:27 NIV). Moreover, that faith meant an entirely different thing to the Apostle Paul than what is being preached from our pulpits today, can be seen in Paul’s commandment to all who would call themselves a Christian to "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature" (Col 3:5 NIV). To the degree that Paul warned: “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live” (Rom 8:13 KJV). To mortify the deeds of the body takes work -- a great amount of work -- and this work cannot be accomplished through a static faith. The problem is that these biblical commandments have absolutely nothing in common with the doctrine of faith that was developed by Martin Luther in the Middle-ages.
These biblical verses are rarely used today because they represent concepts that would be considered extreme and fanatical from the perspective of both believers and non-believers in our modern-day culture. In fact, everything in our present-day society has been engineered by what the Apostle calls the god of this world, to inhibit the fulfilling of these necessary ingredients in the process of the next stage of birth that the Bible states is absolutely necessary if we are to enter into Life.
Therefore, the people who embrace the culture and thinking of this world, even when they call themselves Christian, are those who walk the "broad… road that leads to destruction". What Jesus warns us is that we cannot walk two paths -- it is either the one or the other -- and philosophical complacent Christians will neither go to Heaven, to Glory, or inherit eternal life -- without entering through the narrow gate that is the entrance to the Kingdom. Moreover, if this is not accomplished while we are alive in the physical body in which we presently dwell, then we will have failed.
The Bible continually warns us that the path or the second birth and entrance into the Kingdom is not easy. The strife of the inner war within ourselves as embodied in the symbols of Armageddon is seen in the words: "We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God" (Acts 14:22 NKJ). Thus, in the same way that a woman travails in labor to bring a child into this world, we must ourselves endure the "…many tribulations" of spiritual labor to be born into the Kingdom of God. Since the Kingdom is within us, and Armageddon is therefore not an historical event -- but more factually, a spiritual event in the life of the disciple in search of Truth -- we must then totally re-evaluate everything we think we know about both the Gospel Message, and the life we are presently living. In fully comprehending these biblical statements in relation to the whole purpose of the teachings of The Way, let us again examine the definitive statement which conveys to us the very essence of the Gospel -- and especially the Revelation of John: "Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie" (Rev 22:14-15 NKJ).
If the text of the Revelation represented the end of the world, as is commonly believed by the majority of Christians today, then why are those who remain outside the city portrayed as "dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie"? Armageddon, then, indicates the disciples personal tribulation described as the "pangs of birth", as he endeavors to overcome his own lower carnal nature through the crucifixion of what is symbolized by the flesh, in order that he can possess the Knowledge of the fruit of the Tree of Life, transcend the natural barriers of this world, and "enter through the gates into the city".
This is the return from this, the "far country... outer darkness", by the prodigal sons and daughters who arise from the thinking, mindset, culture and ways of this world, and are able to enter the Inner Kingdom (Luke 17:20-21). And it is this Living Temple within -- where the scriptures have been preserved in absolute purity -- that is the Church that Jesus Ordained and stated that "...the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
Fortunately, for the complacent Christians who Paul portrays as "apostates... who crucifies the Son of God afresh -- holding him up to contempt" -- the word translated destruction with respect to the broad-way, does not mean what most people think it does. Thus, the footnote on this word in the Schofield Reference Bible reads: “There is no thought in these various words of annihilation but of something that is ruined and thus unsuitable or unable to fulfill its original purpose”. But to understand the reality of what is truly being portrayed, you must also understand why complacent and lukewarm Christians receive the greater judgment than those who never knew of the Gospel message.
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The Christian Diaspora: Because
the Church has made itself the Christian Judas -- i.e., the betrayer of
Messiah/Christ who crucifies the Lord daily in the abomination of their
thinking, mindset and lifestyle -- the Church itself has been cast into
the "outer darkness" (Matt 22:11-13 NKJ)
of mind and being. Because the Church worships in a
Pagan mindset born out of Rome, where they crucify Messiah/Christ daily
on their altars of sin -- making the Gospel an abomination -- they have
been driven by the very Hand of God into the abyss of ignorance.
Thus, their eyes have been blinded to the higher realities of the soul
-- and they know not the Kingdom which can never come upon the earth in
the carnal manner they predict -- because they make a mockery of the
Lord, their minds have been hardened so they cannot understand the true
meaning of the scriptures -- and they are an abomination who is the
blind, leading the blind.
Contrary to what Christians want to believe, it has already been demonstrated in the above that the complacent lukewarm believer will suffer a greater fate and judgment than even the unbeliever. Thus, what is portrayed in the allegory of hell, the Bible itself warns will be the fate of the Christians, even more so than the unbelievers who the Christians condemn as sinners who have been turned out of TheWay. And one of the realities which few believers are willing to face, is the fact that if the Christians had a Covenant with God, then it has been revoked. In the same way that it was said that the Jews were exiled from the Promised Land -- their temple despoiled -- taken captive -- and made slaves in the cultural Babylon of the "outer darkness" -- and all this was orchestrated by the Hand of God against the Jews -- the same fate has befallen the Christians. And in a similar manner as the Jews who rejected Jesus, because the hearts and minds of the vast majority of Christians has been hardened by the very Hand of God -- blinding them and inhibiting them from the Truth, the Light, and the Kingdom -- they will remain incapable of embracing the True Teachings of Jesus and TheWay regardless of the facts that are set before them.
The Hand of God has taken away the freewill of Christians in the same manner as the fate that befell the Jews at the time of Jesus. The Bible does not state that the Jews rejected Jesus -- but rather, that God forced them to reject Jesus. In the same way that it was said of the Jews who rejected Jesus: “Even after Jesus had done all these miraculous signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him…”, because the Christians rejected God in a parallel manner as when the Jews were carried off and made slaves in ancient Babylon, the hearts and minds of the mainstream Christians have been hardened and blinded to the Word of God and the Kingdom. Why did many of the Jews reject Jesus? Because their hearts were hardened, and their eyes blinded, and the Hand of God working upon them did not permitted them to see and understand the Truth. And this is easily demonstrated in the words: “For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: ‘He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts’” (John 12:37-40 NIV). Paul warned the Christians to be afraid -- i.e., “Do not be arrogant, but be afraid” (Rom 11:20 NIV) -- stating that if they failed to keep the foundational requirements of the Covenant, that they would be cast away in the manner of the Jews -- i.e., “For if God did not spare the natural Jewish branches, he will not spare you either… Otherwise, you also will be cut off” (Rom 11:21-22 NIV).
In the above part of this article it was demonstrated using the Bible that the complacent lukewarm Christians will receive the greater judgment than even the unbelievers -- that the Church under Rome became the Synagogue of Satan -- that the prediction of Paul came to pass, and the AntiChrist was worshiped where it is written that "...the son of perdition, he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God” -- that the scriptures were corrupted and edited to make them support the doctrines of Pagan Rome (see Bible Corruption) -- but these facts mean absolutely nothing to the flock of blind believers. Why? Regardless of what I write -- or the Truths that are revealed -- the mainstream of Christians will not be able to embrace these Truths, because the Laws of God working upon their hearts and minds, will not permit them to perceive and understand -- as was the case with the Jews before them when Jesus walked the earth. And in the same way that the leaders of the Jews vehemently opposed Jesus -- condemning him as a heretic and demon possessed -- the leaders of the mainstream Christians have done the same -- and will continue to condemn and oppose the Truth and the teachings of TheWay. Why? Because their Covenant has been revoked -- and like the salt that lost its taste and power to preserve, the Church has been cast out to be trodden under the feet of the Nations (Mt 5:13).
TheCall:
In the same way that there is
always a forerunner who is sent to warn the people -- and even John the
Baptist was said by Jesus to be Elijah who returned to sound TheCall --
Jacob who is known as James, the Brother of Yeshua who is known as
Jesus, has been sent into the world to make TheCall to those who have
the ears to hear, and the eyes to see that the Kingdom is at hand. And
as a servant of the Kingdom, a shepherd of TheWay, and an emissary of
what is to come, those who are predestined to hear the Living Word at
this time, will experiencing an opening of their hearts and minds to the
Truth, TheWay, and the coming of the Kingdom. In the same way that
Jesus taught "that no man can come unto me,
except it were given unto him of my Father" (Jn 6:65), the
same truth and reality remains in effect in our own time.
If you want to know the Messiah/Christ who cannot be known by the people
of this world, then you must live and embrace the Truth and TheWay in
the manner that Jesus taught -- letting go of the doctrines of men that
lead the people astray -- and setting one's self apart from the
lifestyle of the people who are servants to the god of this world. Only those
who the Father permits to hear the Living Word, can come to TheCall.
Why Jacob/James? Peter is quoted as saying with respect to James: "Our lord and prophet, who has sent us, declared to us that the Evil One, having disputed with him for forty days, but failing to prevail against him, promised that he would send Apostles from among his subjects to deceive them. Therefore, above all, remember to shun ANY APOSTLE, TEACHER OR PROPHET WHO DOES NOT ACCURATELY COMPARE HIS TEACHING WITH JAMES...the brother of our Lord...and this, even if he comes to you with recommendations" (Clementine Homilies 11.35). Thus, we are able to see where the present-day doctrines and lifestyle associated with the Christian Church today, is merely the work of the apostles of the Evil One.
Martin Luther, founder of the Protestant Reformation, referred to the Epistle of James as an "epistle of straw." Frustrated by religious leaders who claimed this book supported their mistaken ideas that people could buy their salvation through monetary gifts to the church, Luther uttered his ill-advised phrase. Consumed in the debate, he went beyond a proper understanding of the Scriptures and dismissed James's statements that works are a necessary evidence of faith. Christians today misapply Luther's words, not understanding the circumstances behind them, and his words and arguments are promoted by a Church which often use saved by faith to condone a spiritually undisciplined lifestyle that denigrates the Gospel Message. Jesus warned: "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven" (Matthew 7:21). To do the Will of the Father, we must seek Truth and the Kingdom, and live in the manner that Jesus taught -- i.e., to be in the world and not of it!!! At the same time Jesus is also described as our merciful High Priest (Hebrews 2:17). Works and grace go together. Jacob/James, the Brother of Yeshua/Jesus, wrote his epistle in harmony with Jesus' teachings and instructions. He not only wrote about works (James 2:14-26) but addressed grace (James 4:6) and Christ's "compassionate and merciful" nature (James 5:11). The Bible is consistent and plain in its teaching that salvation is a gift from God. But, even though it is a gift, something we cannot earn, we are expected to obey God if we are to receive that gift. Paul wrote, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith," and we are "created in Christ Jesus to do good works" (Ephesians 2:8 NIV). James summarized this concept simply and concisely, telling us that "faith without works is dead" (James 2:20).
By embracing the doctrine of faith regardless of actions which was instituted by Martin Luther, the Christians have totally failed to maintain biblical standards. While they are critical of the thinking and lifestyle of others, Christians continue to promote the doctrines of Martin Luther -- a Roman priest who failed to understand the doctrine of Divine Providence, and promoted a life of sin as evidence of faith. In Luther's own words: "Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong, but let your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world. We will commit sins while we are here, for this life is not a place where justice resides... No sin can separate us from Him, even if we were to kill or commit adultery thousands of times each day." ('Let Your Sins Be Strong, from 'The Wittenberg Project;' 'The Wartburg Segment', translated by Erika Flores, from Dr. Martin Luther's Saemmtliche Schriften, Letter No. 99, 1 Aug. 1521.) Luther believed that man is a congenital sinner, because of the Original Sin of Adam and Eve, and that only those who God saves, will receive salvation.
Luther went as far as to state that those who attempt to live a pious life, have themselves rejected Christ: "Those pious souls who do good to gain the Kingdom of Heaven not only will never succeed, but they must even be reckoned among the impious; and it is more important to guard them against good works than against sin." (Wittenberg, VI, 160, quoted by O'Hare, in 'The Facts About Luther, TAN Books, 1987, p. 122.). Like Calvin, Luther did not understand the doctrine of Divine Providence because key teachings had been removed from the scriptures by the Church (see Bible Corruption), and in their reactionary doctrine to the corruption of the Roman Church, the fathers of the Reformation plunged Christianity into an even greater apostasy to the true teachings of Jesus and TheWay. Thus, Luther writes:
"...with regard to God, and in all that bears on salvation or damnation, (man) has no 'free-will', but is a captive, prisoner and bondslave, either to the will of God, or to the will of Satan." (From the essay, 'Bondage of the Will,' 'Martin Luther: Selections From His Writings, ed. by Dillenberger, Anchor Books, 1962 p. 190.)
"...we do everything of necessity, and nothing by 'free-will'; for the power of 'free-will' is nil..." (Ibid., p. 188.)
"Man is like a horse. Does God leap into the saddle? The horse is obedient and accommodates itself to every movement of the rider and goes whither he wills it. Does God throw down the reins? Then Satan leaps upon the back of the animal, which bends, goes and submits to the spurs and caprices of its new rider... Therefore, necessity, not free will, is the controlling principle of our conduct. God is the author of what is evil as well as of what is good, and, as He bestows happiness on those who merit it not, so also does He damn others who deserve not their fate." ('De Servo Arbitrio', 7, 113 seq., quoted by O'Hare, in 'The Facts About Luther, TAN Books, 1987, pp. 266-267.)
All these passages come from a tract Luther penned, titled, 'De Servo Arbitrio ,' or 'Bondage of the Will,' in which the father of the Reformation works hard to present the case that free will does not exist.
In many respects, Luther was as diabolical as the despots in the Church he opposed. In fact, his prescribed treatment of the common man closely resembles that of the Islamic terrorists who torture those who oppose their religious tents of belief. Thus Luther writes: "Like the mules who will not move unless you perpetually whip them with rods, so the civil powers must drive the common people, whip, choke, hang, burn, behead and torture them, that they may learn to fear the powers that be." (El. ed. 15, 276, quoted by O'Hare, in 'The Facts About Luther, TAN Books, 1987, p. 235.) Further stating: "A peasant is a hog, for when a hog is slaughtered it is dead, and in the same way the peasant does not think about the next life, for otherwise he would behave very differently." ('Schlaginhaufen,' 'Aufzeichnungen,' p. 118, quoted ibid., p. 241)
Luther even permitted polygamy: "I confess that I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict the Scripture. If a man wishes to marry more than one wife he should be asked whether he is satisfied in his conscience that he may do so in accordance with the word of God. In such a case the civil authority has nothing to do in the matter." (De Wette II, 459, El. ed. 15, 276, quoted by O'Hare, in 'The Facts About Luther, TAN Books, 1987, pp. 329-330.). And in his spiritually disenfranchised ignorance of the true meaning of the scriptures, Luther blamed women for the fall of mankind: “God created Adam master and lord of living creatures”, Luther writes, “but Eve spoilt all, when she persuaded him to set himself above God's will. Tis you women, with your tricks and artifices, that lead men into error” (Quoted in: The Great Thoughts; compiled by George Seldes).
His hatred of the Jews is legendary: "Jews are young devils damned to hell." ('Luther's Works,' Pelikan, Vol. XX, pp. 2230.) Even condoning Islamic type violence against them: "Burn their synagogues. Forbid them all that I have mentioned above. Force them to work and treat them with every kind of severity, as Moses did in the desert and slew three thousand... If that is no use, we must drive them away like mad dogs, in order that we may not be partakers of their abominable blasphemy and of all their vices, and in order that we may not deserve the anger of God and be damned with them. I have done my duty. Let everyone see how he does his. I am excused." ('About the Jews and Their Lies,' quoted by O'Hare, in 'The Facts About Luther, TAN Books, 1987, p. 290.)
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Both Luther and Calvin -- as well as modern-day Christians -- remain thoroughly confused about the doctrine of Divine Providence and Predestination, because one half of the necessary equation was removed from the New Testament. Luther believed that man is a congenital sinner because of what he perceived to be the Original Sin of Adam and Eve -- and that only those who God saves irrespective of their actions in this life, will receive salvation. This void in Christian thinking which seduced both Luther and Calvin to embrace the Augustinian doctrine of Original Sin, was manifest in their total failure to understand Divine Providence which is a paramount theme throughout the scriptures, and was the direct result of the corruption of the scriptures (see Bible Corruption ). And the prevailing ignorance which continues to this day, is directly caused by the removal of the doctrine of the Journey of the soul over the course of many lifetimes (see Journey Of The Soul ).
What is perhaps even more confusing is the fact that the Eastern and New Age belief in reincarnation, is no more factual than the common Christian belief that man only lives one life and is judged -- and thus, because of the paradoxical nature of the two doctrines where both possess a degree of truth, while reality is manifest in the higher third-force that merges the conflicting paradoxes into a single abiding higher truth and reality -- few people understand this reality that is absolutely necessary to comprehend what Jesus called the Mysteries of God and the Kingdom.
While it is true that many of the more straightforward teachings were removed from the New Testament -- others such as why the complacent lukewarm believer is subject to the greater judgment which have been explored in the above, were retained because the scribes and correctors of the Church did not understand what was being presented with any depth. And only when this fact is understood, can the above teachings be understood that a complacent believer is worse off, than someone who has never at all believed the Gospel message. And thus, Christians today remain ignorant of this fact, because the teachings on the journey of the soul was condemned by a circus prostitute who gained political power (see Journey Of The Soul ) over the doctrines that Christians were permitted what to believe.
Without understanding the pre-existent causes of not only all the events of life, but the very lives that people are bound to live based upon the Law that each of us reaps what we have ourselves sown in the past, it was impossible for Luther and Calvin to understand the doctrine of Predestination which is paramount throughout the scriptures. Because many important teachings were removed from the scriptures, the reader is only getting one part of the picture that is almost impossible to understand with and depth or clarity. Like the remaining verses which present the reality that the complacent Christian will receive the greater judgment than the unbeliever.
When the question of Divine Providence and good and evil was set before Paul, he answered in a manner that would be shocking to the average believer -- i.e., the question is asked: “You will say to me then, Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?” (Rom 9:19). Calving wrote that the only difference between an evil man, and a good man, is that God causes the man to be evil by virtue of withholding His Light. And if evil men are evil, because God, in the words of Calvin, withholds “the communication of his light”, and good men are good ONLY because God bestows upon them the “communication of his light”, then it would appear that we are nothing more than play people -- mere playthings -- in the hands of God, in much the same fashion as a child playing with his toys?
The Apostle affirms this when he states in response to the question of “For who resists His will?” and writes: “On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, Why did you make me like this, will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use, and another for common use? What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?” (Rom 9:19-22 NAS).
When the question is asked: “Who resists His will?” It is important for us to recognize the fact that the Paul does not reply in the manner that our present-day church authorities would, and respond that each of us has choices to make in our lives. From the mindset and perspective of the Paul, it is easily observed that choices are not even part of the equation -- but rather: “O man, who answers back to God?” The Apostle then goes on to explain that, in the manner of a child playing with his toys, it is God's right to make some people “vessels of wrath prepared for destruction”, while He makes other people a “vessel for honorable use”. In other words, there are some people who were created for the express purpose of destruction -- not because they chose such a fate -- not because they had done anything wrong -- but because in God's predestination, this fate was chosen for them prior to even the creation of the world. Therefore, what the Apostle very clearly conveys to us is that the role in life they lived, was not by their own choice, but was brought about solely by the Hand of God.
Regarding these very controversial verses and the teaching on predestination, the Apostle writes: “It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy” (Rom 9:16 NIV). If you desire Christ, it is because God has permitted you to be a believer, and has ignited within you the desire for Christ. The Bible affirms the position that the choice was not yours to make.
As an example of this Divine Providence in the life of the individual, the Apostle gives the example of Jacob and Esau, and writes: “For though the twins were not yet born, and had not done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose according to His choice might stand, not because of works, but because of Him who calls, it was said to her, The older will serve the younger. Just as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated” (Rom 9:11-13 NAS).
What the Apostle is stating here is that before either of the twins had been born, before either had “done anything good or bad”, God not only decided their fate in life, but for no apparent reason, He hated Esau and loved Jacob. Why? Paul offers no explanation other than God does what he wants to do -- and man does not have the right to question God's choices in these matters. This is especially seen in the words: “Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?” (Rom 9:21 NKJ).
In the Epistle to the Romans the Apostle confirms that we are as mere toys in the hands of God -- and like a child playing with his toy people -- God will have “…mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires” (Rom 9:18 NAS). Mankind is subject to this reality without any reason other than the fact that God wants to create and sit back and observe the dramas of life that we experience -- and ultimately, have fun with His play toys in any manner that He chooses. Moreover, it would appear that those who are destined to what has been described as the eternal sufferings and tortures of Hell, have received such a fate only because God enjoys watching such carnage and suffering.
As toys, then, the Apostle tells us that we have no rights -- and this is confirmed in the words of the Paul when he wrote: “On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, Why did you make me like this, will it?” (Rom 9:20 NAS). Thus, the Apostle states to the believer that whether we are saved or judged to eternal damnation, it is not of our own doing -- our fate was decided prior to the creation of the world -- and we have no right to question the motives of God -- which motives include the total annihilation of innocent women and children for no other reason than God desires the carnage to come upon those who have done nothing to deserve such a fate.
From a modern Christian perspective, the doctrine of Divine Providence and predestination gets really scary when it is realized that God chose who would believe and who would disbelieve prior to the creation of the universe: “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will” (Eph 1:4-5 NIV). What is being stated is that when God was still in the stages of contemplating Creation -- prior to what we would relate to the events written in the very first verse of Genesis 1:1 -- God decided that He would make a certain group of people who would inherit all the good that He could imagine, and another group would be plunged into eternal suffering. Why? Because God wanted all people to know that He was superior to them -- that they were weak and inferior beings -- and He wanted them to know that there was absolutely nothing they could do in order to alter their destiny. Thus, God created Satan as an instrument to bring about the defilement of Creation. Why? In order that all mankind would equally be drowning in a sea of inequity. In this way God could choose from among the race of sinful man -- “in accordance with his pleasure and will” -- those who He would permit to inherit the good.
With the corruption of the scriptures, the the Church no longer has the doctrinal means to understand why some people are created vessels of honor, while others are created vessels of dishonor (Rom 9:21-22). Thus, because of the corruption of the scriptures, modern Christians totally lack an understanding of the words of the Church Father Origen: “For God the Creator makes a certain vessel unto honor, and other vessels to dishonor; but that vessel which has cleansed itself from all impurity He makes a vessel unto honor, while that which has stained itself with the filth of vice He makes a vessel unto dishonor. The conclusion from which, accordingly, is this, that the cause of each one's actions is a pre-existing one; and then every one, according to his deserts, is made by God either a vessel unto honor or dishonor. Therefore every individual vessel has furnished to its Creator out of itself the causes and occasions of its being formed by Him to be either a vessel unto honor or one unto dishonor. And if the assertion appear correct, as it certainly is, and in harmony with all piety, that it is due to previous causes that every vessel be prepared by God either to honor or to dishonor, it does not appear absurd that, in discussing remoter causes in the same order, and in the same method, we should come to the same conclusion respecting the nature of souls, and (believe) that this was the reason why Jacob was beloved before he was born into this world, and Esau hated, while he still was contained in the womb of his mother”.
The only means for a person to have "...cleansed [themselves] from all impurity" is to seek to live a pious and Consecrated Life in TheWay that Yeshua/Jesus taught and ordained. Yet, Luther went as far as to state that those who attempt to live a pious life, have themselves rejected Christ: "Those pious souls who do good to gain the Kingdom of Heaven not only will never succeed, but they must even be reckoned among the impious; and it is more important to guard them against good works than against sin." (Wittenberg, VI, 160, quoted by O'Hare, in 'The Facts About Luther, TAN Books, 1987, p. 122.). Like Calvin, Luther did not understand the doctrine of Divine Providence because key teachings had been removed from the scriptures by the Church (see Bible Corruption), and in their reactionary doctrine to the corruption of the Roman Church, the fathers of the Reformation plunged Christianity into an even greater apostasy to the true teachings of Jesus and TheWay. Thus, Christians condemn the Knowledge of TheWay, in order to remain apostates to the Kingdom by holding fast to the doctrines of Martin Luther. In the same way that Luther condemned those who attempted to live a pious life to be sinners, someone who is an Eternal Seeker from their perspective, rejects the free gift of salvation in the Jesus-god of Constantine.
Christians claim that Jesus was God, because the claim was made that he was One with God. Yet, they fail to even consider the fact that "being One with God", is not the same as being God. This reality is parallel to that of a Divine Marriage where the husband and wife are "one flesh"-- yet, that does not mean that the wife is the husband, and the husband is the wife. It means that they dwell in oneness and perfect harmony in the Higher Third-Force Soul reality that causes the vital life-force of each to flow freely through both bodies -- and it is the manifestation of this is spiritual Etheric reality that makes the "two one flesh". Further, the Gospel of John also states that the Disciples were One with both Jesus, and the Father -- so does that make them God also? Thus, what we have is the prevailing Christian ignorance preached by a clergy who "...promise [of] freedom [in their doctrine of salvation by faith and grace alone], while they themselves are slaves of depravity"
In order to be a believer and follower of Jesus and TheWay, the person must make themselves the "good ground" in which the Living Word has been implanted (see Sower And Seed ) -- Christians promote the doctrine that they attribute to Paul with respect to being saved by faith apart from one's actions. And if Paul had meant this in the manner that they imagine, he never would have told them to "be afraid" that if they are unfaithful to their Covenant, that they will be cast away. Thus, Paul warns the Christians: “Do not be arrogant, but be afraid” (Rom 11:20 NIV). Why? Why would the Apostle warn the Christian they should be afraid? Evidently he didn't know anything about the modern Christian doctrine attributed to him that once you say your prayer accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, you are saved regardless of the manner in which you live your life. And this warning is an important question for the modern believer to understand. They should be afraid because of the violation of the covenant with God when the Gentile converts ignored the warning of the Apostle: “For if God did not spare the natural Jewish branches, he will not spare you either… Otherwise, you also will be cut off” (Rom 11:21-22 NIV). And cut off they were -- and cut off and in bondage they have remained to this very day! And when they open their Bibles, their hearts and minds are hardened, and they remain spiritually blind to the true meaning of the scriptures. Moreover, because they have never repented from teachings others the doctrines of men in place of the Truths of the Gospel, they remain forever apostates to the Inner Kingdom.
In the same way that Jesus taught that with respect to the teachings on the sin of adultery that his followers would be held to a higher standard than the Jews, this is confirmed in Paul's warning to "Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body" (1 Cor 6:18 NKJ). If the author of these words agreed with the doctrine that man is saved by faith apart from his actions, then he would have said that once you accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savoir, sexual immorality no longer matters. Yet, it is clear that Paul did not promote the doctrine of faith which was championed by Martin Luther and the modern Church. When Paul wrote that man cannot be saved by the works of the Law, he was making reference to the outward rituals of the Jews. Christians are blind to the true meaning of their own scriptures, because to even begin to walk in TheWay, one must Repent. Yet, as Paul himself warned, there can be no repentance, so long as Christians continue to embrace the culture and mindset of this world. Moreover, without true repentance, there can be no Law of Grace -- only the disillusion of being possessed by the Powers of the Left Hand -- which possession by the god of this world was confirmed in the alternative ending of Mark where it wars that those who continue to sin lie "...under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God". Thus, it is impossible for Christians who promote the doctrine of perpetual sin and redemption to understand the true meaning of the Gospel, because they are ruled over by satanic forces which Jesus portrayed as the "citizen of the far country".
If the beginning of one's walk in TheWay is
initiated with repentance, then there must be a total severing with the
sins of one's past in order to be faithful to the teachings of Jesus and
TheWay. To have compassion and make excuses for the ways of this world
-- attempting to portray the path of ignorance as being OK from the
perspective of the teachings of Jesus and TheWay -- is merely the
product of a defiled mind that Satan whispers to -- often telling you
his name is Jesus Christ. So long as you keep following counterfeit
shepherds who promote the doctrine that you are saved by Grace
regardless of your actions, mindset and lifestyle, then you will
continue to be apostates to the Kingdom and the Living Word of God.
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"Be not deceived; God
is not mocked:
for whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap.
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption;
but he that soweth to the
Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting"
(Gal 6:7-8 KJV)
These words represent the Universal Laws that bring about every experience in the trials and lives of the prodigal sons and daughters of the Most High, while they are struggling in what Jesus portrayed as this, the "far country". Every event in the life of mankind, is initiated and brought about by pre-existent causes. This world is God's School House where his Offspring mature and evolve to fulfill the required maturity that Jesus noted in the words: "You, must therefore, be Perfect, as your Heavenly Father is Perfect" (Matt 5:48). And the parable of the prodigal son portrays the journey of the soul as he travails in this, the "far country" -- and it is impossible for him to return to the Edenic Kingdom of Origination, until he has put on the required "Wedding Garment" that is required in the parable of TheCall: "But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment. So he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth'" (Matt 22:11-13 NKJ)
While the prodigal sons and daughters of the Most High are travailing in their struggles in this, the "far country", they are bound hand and foot by the Laws which immerse them in the lives that they are living in this world. They are mentally and spiritually shackled to the limitations of the organic flesh -- blind to not only their own higher soul and spiritual natures and realities -- but incapable of perceiving anything beyond the lessons of life that has been initiated by their own past actions -- and this is the meaning of being cast "...into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'" And Jesus portrayed the judgment of the Laws as being cast into a prision, and warned: "Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny" (Matt 5:26 NKJ). And this is why Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders that the “…tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you” (Matt 21:31 RSV). He did not say that they will never enter the Kingdom -- only that because they failed to pick up their own cross and follow in TheWay, that they will remain bound in this, the "far country" -- struggling with the Laws that must be overcome, in order to enter into Life.
Thus, Jesus warned: "And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more" (Luke 12:47-48 KJV). The stripes with which each person is beaten, is in direct relation to their own past actions. That those who know the Masters Will, as in the case of the Christians, will receive the greater judgment of the Law and beaten with many more stripes than the common sinners who do not know the Lord's Will, is because they failed to live in accord with the knowledge that was given unto them. Thus, Peter warns the complacent Christians: "If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: A dog returns to its vomit, and, A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud" (2 Pet 2:20-22 NIV).
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught the multitudes the mindset and lifestyle necessary to begin the process of breaking the shackles of imprisonment -- the lifestyle necessary to reverse the Laws -- and permit the prodigal sons and daughters the freewill to seek the Kingdom. Thus, Jacob who people call James, the Brother of Yeshua who people call Jesus, warns the believers: "If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless... The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell... With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water" (James 1:26;3:5-6;3:9-12 NIV). With the tongue we invoke Laws that imprison us. And thus, Jesus warned that "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment" (Matt 12:36 KJV). Yet, Christians treat these words as an anomaly that does not apply to them -- when in fact, it applies to them even moreso than the unbelievers.
While Paul correctly states that there is no salvation in the outward rituals and traditions of the written Law of the Jews, he warns the believers of the need to "…take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ" (2 Cor 10:5 NIV). Why? Because the Laws which control this world are imbued with the power to interact and respond to our every word, thought, desire and deed. And thus, every idle word invokes the Laws -- as does "...every thought... [that is not] obedient to Christ." To prevail over the Laws, the Brother of Yeshua tells us to "…bridle the whole body" (James 3:2 KJV). Paul commands that each believer must "…beat my body and make it my slave..." (1 Cor 9:27 NIV). Moreover, that faith meant an entirely different thing to the Apostle Paul than what is being preached from our pulpits today, can be seen in Paul’s commandment to all who would call themselves a Christian to "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature" (Col 3:5 NIV). To the degree that Paul warned: “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live” (Rom 8:13 KJV).
By virtue of the Laws which return to each of us the fruit of our words, thoughts, desires and deeds, Peter warned the flock of believers about the counterfeit shepherds who are wolves in sheep clothing: "These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity -- for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him" (2 Pet 2:17-19 NIV). The depravity that Peter speaks of is in fact parallel to the warning in the Epistle of James that "faith without works is dead" -- i.e., without the works of the spirit, "...they themselves are slaves of depravity -- for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him". Because of their own ignorance of the Laws that respond correctively to each of us, the counterfeit clergy-shepherds promise the people "freedom" in the Gospel and the Good News -- and yet, Peter warns that they "...themselves are slaves of depravity"??? Because these shepherds of the simple faith do not understand the words that Jesus said to the man who he had healed: "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee" (John 5:14 KJV). The counterfeit shepherds attempt to use Jesus as a sacrifice to live in a state of perpetual sin. And thus, these blind guides are not only disenfranchised from the very spiritual essence of the teachings of Jesus and TheWay, but they have themselves never been imprisoned by the very Laws that they preach to the flock of believers that they are exempt from observing. Perhaps the key to understanding what Peter portrayed as the false shepherds of the Church is found in the words: "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matt 5:17-20 NKJ). Thus, while Jesus condemned the rituals and traditions of the Pharisees which used animal sacrifice to promote the doctrine of perpetual sin, Jesus openly acknowledged that he was the one time sacrifice, and the Royal Law remains completely in effect and binding upon all people's of the earth.
One only has to open the pages of the Bible to see that the whole of the New Testament teachings is concerned with ethics, morality, and the manner in which each of us treats our brothers and sisters. The requirement is that we must be perfect, as our Heavenly Father is perfect (Mt 5:48). This state of perfection is referred to as the fulfillment of the Royal Law of God, and is measured in our forgiveness, acceptance and love of our fellow man. From a New Covenant perspective, whatever is divisive, and not in accord with the Royal Law, is of this world, and is an obstacle to our birth into the Kingdom. It is from this perspective that the requirement in the Book of the Revelation is set before us in the words: "Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful" (Rev 21:27 NIV). This same truth was expressed by Isaiah where it is written: "And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it" (Isa 35:8 NIV). And this same truth is expressed in the words of Yeshua/Jesus when he warned: "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it" (Matt 7:13-14 NIV). The "narrow gate" that Yeshua speaks that we must open in order for us to be born into the Kingdom, has its parallels in the birth canal that serves as the gate that each of us has emerged through when we physically entered into this present world. That the next stage of birth has its similarities, is merely the result that all realities are designed in accordance with the same Divine Pattern of Creation.
What
is truly important for us to see in these solemn words spoken by the Lord, is
that only those who
"enter through the narrow gate"
will enter into Life -- i.e., it is not those who believe,
but those who follow in the footsteps who are the Genuine Christians. In order
to enter into the Kingdom, the disciple must be bathed in the healing waters of
consecration that cleanses them of all defilements of this world. Therefore,
the people who embrace the culture and thinking of this world, even when they
call themselves Christian, are those who walk the
"broad… road that leads to destruction".
What Yeshua warns us is that we cannot walk two paths --
it is either the one or the other -- and philosophical Christians will neither
go to Heaven, to Glory, or inherit eternal life -- without entering through the
narrow gate that is the entrance to the Kingdom. Moreover, if this is not
accomplished while we are alive in the physical body in which we presently
dwell, then we will have failed.
The Bible continually warns us that the path or the second birth and entrance into the Kingdom is not easy. The strife of the inner war within ourselves as embodied in the symbols of Armageddon is seen in the words: "We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God" (Acts 14:22 NKJ). Thus, in the same way that a woman travails in labor to bring a child into this world, we must ourselves endure the "…many tribulations" of spiritual labor to be born into the Kingdom of God. Since the Kingdom is within us, and Armageddon is therefore not an historical event -- but more factually, a spiritual event in the life of the disciple in search of Truth -- we must then totally re-evaluate everything we think we know about both the Gospel Message, and the life we are presently living. In fully comprehending these biblical statements in relation to the whole purpose of the teachings of The Way, let us again examine the definitive statement which conveys to us the very essence of the Gospel -- and especially the Revelation of John: "Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie" (Rev 22:14-15 NKJ).
If the text of the Revelation represented the end of the world, as is commonly believed by the majority of Christians today, then why are those who remain outside the city portrayed as "dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie"? Armageddon, then, indicates the disciples personal tribulation described as the "pangs of birth", as he endeavors to overcome his own lower carnal nature through the crucifixion of what is symbolized by the flesh, in order that he can possess the Knowledge of the fruit of the Tree of Life, transcend the natural barriers of this world, and "enter through the gates into the city".
In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus taught the people how they must treat their brothers and sisters -- i.e., fellow prodigal sons and daughters who are themselves imprisoned in this the "far country" -- bound by the ignorance of the "outer darkness" of mind, consciousness and being -- and they must be Lights to their brothers and sisters who are imprisoned by the Laws and ruled over by the "citizen... of the far country" which Paul called the god of this world. Jesus had great compassion on the common sinners, because they were being misguided by the false shepherds of the Jews who engaged them in rituals of the written Law which Paul correctly called the "letter that killeth". And in the same way that the carnal Jews promoted animal sacrifice, the Pagan Christians used Jesus in a similar vein as a perpetual sacrifice for the sins of the people.
Proof that when Paul was speaking of faith, he was not speaking of a faith that permits the believer to continue to sin after embracing the Gospel, is confirmed in the words in the Epistle to the Hebrews where it is warned that if a Christian sins willfully after becoming a believer, that they have crucified the Christ afresh, and no sacrifice (Jesus/Grace) can have any effect on their destiny of judgment as an apostate to the teachings of Jesus and TheWay: "For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt.. For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries." (Heb 6:4-6;10:26-27 RSV). Therefore, the Christian who willfully sins after repentance and coming to the knowledge of the teachings of the Lord, is worse off than those who have never at all believed or even heard the Gospel message and the Good News.
The clergy and the shepherds of Jesus and TheWay must guide the faithful flock into a life of spiritual transformation -- and it is this transformation that frees the people from the constraints and shackles of the Law -- releases them from the prision -- opens their minds from the limitations of the "outer darkness" -- and permits them to receive the revelation of the Mysteries of the Kingdom that can only be imparted to those who are true Disciples of TheWay and in picking up their own cross, undergo the Alchemical Spiritual Transformation that permits the prodigal sons and daughter to put on the required Wedding Garment: "Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful" (Rev 21:27 NIV). By living the life ordained by Jesus, this permits the Disciple to walk upon TheWay of Holiness -- i.e., "And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it" (Isa 35:8 NIV). And by manifesting the Light to the lost prodigal sons and daughters, the Disciple will experience the inner narrow gate opening unto them: "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it" (Matt 7:13-14 NIV). Jesus does not say that the Kingdom is entered after you physically die and pass from this life -- but rather, it must be entered while still alive in the body-vessel. And this is why in the recently rediscovered Gospel of Philip which was suppressed by the Pagan Church of Rome, it confirms the above warning and states: "Those who say that first they shall die and (then) they shall arise are confused. If they do not first receive the resurrection (while) they live, they will not receive anything (when) they die." That those who walk what is portrayed as the broad-way reap what they have themselves sown in their own past, is what is expressed in the proper translation of the word destruction as correctly interpreted in a footnote on this word in the Schofield Reference Bible reads: “There is no thought in these various words of annihilation but of something that is ruined and thus unsuitable or unable to fulfill its original purpose”. And thus, those who fail to bring about the next stage of soul-birth while in the body by putting on the required Wedding Garment of purity, are returned to this life in accord with their own past deeds -- i.e., "Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth'" (Matt 22:11-13 NKJ). And Jesus portrayed the judgment of the Laws as being cast into a prison, and warned: "Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny" (Matt 5:26 NKJ). And this is why Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders that the “…tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you” (Matt 21:31 RSV). He did not say that they will never enter the Kingdom -- only that because they failed to pick up their own cross and follow in TheWay, that they will remain bound in this, the "far country" -- struggling with the Laws that must be overcome, in order to enter into Life.
These spiritual realities are all controlled by the Law -- i.e., "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matt 5:17-20 NKJ). And in the same way that the Ebionite Disciples understood that Jesus became the Anointed (Messiah/Christ) by fulfilling the Law, if they are to inherit the Salvation of the Promise, then they must do the same. They asserted that Jesus "was justified by fulfilling the Law. He was the Christ of God, since not one of the rest of mankind had observed the Law completely. Had any one else fulfilled the commandments of the Law, he would have been the Christ." Hence, when the followers and disciples of Jesus in like manner "...thus fulfill the law, they are able to become Christs, for they assert that our Lord Himself was a man in like sense with all humanity." (Hippolytus, Refut. Omn. Haer. vii. 34).
Jesus became the first of the prodigal sons to return to the Kingdom of the Father from which all of us in the beginning left, and traveled into this, the "far country", and that he is the Author of TheWay -- the Only Way -- is because he was the first to complete the Journey of the Soul by totally fulfilling the Law. Thus, each of us must imitate and embrace the Pattern within the construct of our own lives. The Law that evolves each of us, and brings us to a state of Spiritual Maturity and Completion, is a Law of Corrective Action that we ourselves initiate through our words, thoughts, desires and deeds -- i.e., "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting" (Gal 6:7-8 KJV).
Whatever is the conditions of our birth, that is the result of our own past actions. And it is for this reason that when the Apostle writes about the conditions of one's birth, he states in response to the question of “For who resists His will?” and writes: “On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, Why did you make me like this, will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use, and another for common use? What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?” (Rom 9:19-22 NAS).
When the question is asked: “Who resists His will?” It is important for us to recognize the fact that the disciple does not reply in the manner that our present-day church authorities would, and respond that each of us has choices to make in our lives. Your life at the present time, is the result of the choices you made in the past -- and your future will be the result of the limited choices you make in the present. And in the words of the Apostle that are basically not understood and rejected by the modern Church, it is easily observed that choices are not even part of the equation -- but rather: “O man, who answers back to God?” The Apostle then goes on to explain that, many people are born into this life as “vessels of wrath prepared for destruction” -- while other people are born into this life as a “vessel for honorable use”. In other words, because of their own past actions, the Laws returned back to them the fruit of their own past, which Paul portrays as “vessels of wrath prepared for destruction”. -- and they are the author of their own fate by virtue of the choices and actions of their own past. As an example of this Divine Providence in the life of the individual, the Apostle gives the example of Jacob and Esau, and writes: “For though the twins were not yet born, and had not done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose according to His choice might stand, not because of works, but because of Him who calls, it was said to her, The older will serve the younger. Just as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated” (Rom 9:11-13 NAS).
In the words of the third century Church Father Origen -- the man St. Gregory of Nyssa called “the prince of Christian learning in the Third Century” When Origen speaks of the scriptures, he not only used the scriptures before the massive corruption in the fouth century, but he lived among the Ebionites and saw the originals in Hebrew Characters: “We have frequently shown”, writes Origen, “by those declarations which we were able to produce from the holy Scriptures, that God, the Creator of all things, is good, and just, and all-powerful… But since those rational creatures themselves, as we have frequently shown, and will yet show in the proper place, were endowed with the power of free-will, this freedom of will incited each one either to progress by imitation of God, or reduced him to failure through negligence… Now God, who deemed it just to arrange His creatures according to their merit, brought down these different understandings into the harmony of one world, that He might adorn, as it were, one dwelling, in which there ought to be not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay (and some indeed to honor, and others to dishonor), with those different vessels, or souls, or understandings. And these are the causes… why that world presents the aspect of diversity, while Divine Providence continues to regulate each individual according to the variety of his movements, or of his feelings and purpose. On which account the Creator will neither appear to be unjust in distributing (for the causes already mentioned) to every one according to his merits; nor will the happiness or unhappiness of each one's birth, or whatever be the condition that falls to his lot, be deemed accidental; nor will different creators, or souls of different natures, be believed to exist” (De Principiis, Bk 2 Ch 9).
What Origen is stating is that, in the beginning, each soul was created equal and the same, and their place in life is not the result of an accident, or the indiscriminate manifestation of God's Will in the form of Divine Providence -- but rather, each soul's lot in life is the result of the exercise of their own freewill, and consequently is arranged “according to their merit”. This merit is not the result of some unknown condition -- but rather, is imposed upon each individual in accordance with what they have accomplished in their previous lives.
Origen then goes on to demonstrate this truth by using the very example which the Apostle Paul gave with regard to Esau and Jacob, and writes: “‘What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God?' And that he might furnish us with an opportunity of inquiring into these matters, and of ascertaining how these things do not happen without a reason, he answers himself, and says, 'God forbid.' For the same question, as it seems to me, which is raised concerning Jacob and Esau, may be raised regarding all celestial and terrestrial creatures, and even those of the lower world as well. And in like manner it seems to me, that as he there says, 'The children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil,' so it might also be said of all other things, 'When they were not yet' created, 'neither had yet done any good or evil, that the decree of God according to election may stand,' that (as certain think) some things on the one hand were created heavenly, some on the other earthly, and others, again, beneath the earth, 'not of works' (as they think), 'but of Him who calleth,' what shall we say then, if these things are so? 'Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.' As, therefore, when the Scriptures are carefully examined regarding Jacob and Esau, it is not found to be unrighteousness with God that it should be said, before they were born, or had done anything in this life, 'the elder shall serve the younger;' and as it is found not to be unrighteousness that even in the womb Jacob supplanted his brother, if we feel that he was worthily beloved by God, according to the deserts of his previous life, so as to deserve to be preferred before his brother”.
God did not hate Esau and love Jacob for no reason! Neither does God make people who are vessels of wrath fitted for destruction indiscriminately, as Augustine, Calvin and Luther believed. To even believe such a preposterous concept of Divine Wisdom is to affirm Peter's assertion that the Gentiles believe these absurdities because “their minds are accustomed to take in things spoken against God." Respecting the Divine Order of Creation, Origen then continues referring to the Epistle to the Romans, and goes on and explains: “For God must be believed to do and order all things and at all times according to His judgment. For the words which the apostle uses when he says, ‘In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honor and some to dishonor;' and those which he adds, saying, 'If a man purge himself, he will be a vessel unto honor, sanctified and meet for the Master's use, unto every good work,' undoubtedly point out this, that he who shall purge himself when he is in this life, will be prepared for every good work in that which is to come; while he who does not purge himself will be, according to the amount of his impurity, a vessel unto dishonor, i.e., unworthy. It is therefore possible to understand that there have been also formerly rational vessels, whether purged or not, i.e., which either purged themselves or did not do so, and that consequently every vessel, according to the measure of its purity or impurity, received a place, or region, or condition by birth, or an office to discharge, in this world. All of which, down to the humblest, God providing for and distinguishing by the power of His wisdom, arranges all things by His controlling judgment, according to a most impartial retribution, so far as each one ought to be assisted or cared for in conformity with his deserts. In which certainly every principle of equity is shown, while the inequality of circumstances preserves the justice of a retribution according to merit. But the grounds of the merits in each individual case are only recognized truly and clearly by God Himself, along with His only-begotten Word, and His Wisdom, and the Holy Spirit”.
Origen again demonstrates that our lot in life is the result of our own deserts, and writes: “For God the Creator makes a certain vessel unto honor, and other vessels to dishonor; but that vessel which has cleansed itself from all impurity He makes a vessel unto honor, while that which has stained itself with the filth of vice He makes a vessel unto dishonor. The conclusion from which, accordingly, is this, that the cause of each one's actions is a pre-existing one; and then every one, according to his deserts, is made by God either a vessel unto honor or dishonor. Therefore every individual vessel has furnished to its Creator out of itself the causes and occasions of its being formed by Him to be either a vessel unto honor or one unto dishonor. And if the assertion appear correct, as it certainly is, and in harmony with all piety, that it is due to previous causes that every vessel be prepared by God either to honor or to dishonor, it does not appear absurd that, in discussing remoter causes in the same order, and in the same method, we should come to the same conclusion respecting the nature of souls, and (believe) that this was the reason why Jacob was beloved before he was born into this world, and Esau hated, while he still was contained in the womb of his mother”.
In all things, "If anyone has an ear, let him hear. He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints" (Rev 13:9-10 NKJV). Whatever you do unto others, the Laws will bring upon you in the future. Those who inflict harm of any unloving act towards their brothers or sisters, will receive the same in return. As with all condition in life. If a person is poor and destitute, then the life they are living is the result of choices they made in their own past. If a person is born a homosexual, this this is the result of their own past choices and actions. In the Sermon on the Mount the people are told that as they judge their brothers and sisters, they will in turn be judged. An example of someone who has invoked the Laws in his own judgment, and will be born a homosexual in the future when he reaps what he has sown, is the Rev. Fred Phelps (see Wikipedia Article). This is not to say that homosexuality is good -- only that it is a plight that man brings upon himself. In the case of those who persecute homosexuals in the manner of the Rev. Phelps, the Laws make them a vessel of dishonor and they are born into the same conditions in which they judged others.
Every aspect of life that people are born into and experience, is the result of their own past. "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting" (Gal 6:7-8 KJV). Those people who immerse themselves in the thinking, culture and lifestyle of this world, inherit the corruption of the flesh -- i.e., "...For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption" -- while the few who fulfill the mandate to be in the world and not of it, and seek the Truth and the Kingdom over the doctrines and ways of this world, are vessels of honor who having in their past "...soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting."
And that the Christians use the sacrifice of Jesus to live in a state of sin and perpetual redemption, is the reason why Peter warned that "If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: A dog returns to its vomit, and, A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud" (2 Pet 2:20-22 NIV) -- and is the reason why Paul called the apostates to TheWay: "For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt.. For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries." (Heb 6:4-6;10:26-27 RSV). And this is why Jesus warned that the complacent Christian who is lukewarm, will receive the greater judgment than even the common sinners and unbelievers: "And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more" (Luke 12:47-48 KJV).
Thus, in the same way that Jesus spoke of the Mysteries of God only in parables to the people -- allegorical portrayals of Universal Spiritual Truths which concealed the inner meaning from those who in the words of Ignatius were still of a natural mind and were not yet “able to receive their weighty import” -- in order for them to contemplate and permit the Universal Symbols in the parables to begin the process of enlightening the minds of the hearers. And while the believers of the simple faith are under the illusion that they see and understand the meaning, they only perceive to the depth of their own spiritual transformation as presented in the parable of the Sower and the Seed. In Truth, Only those who have become a Disciple -- who have picked up their own cross and walked in TheWay -- are able to comprehend not only the Mysteries of God, but the inner spiritual meaning of the scriptures that Paul correctly called the literal letter of the written word the "letter that killeth... Jewish fables". The key to understanding this reality is seen in the parable of the talents where those who knew not the Truth, were not held to the same standards as those those who did know the Truth -- i.e., "And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more" (Luke 12:47-48 NKJ). What this means is that Christians will be held to a higher standard than non-Christians -- and those who have the capacity to perceive the inner spiritual meaning of the written word, will be held to an even higher spiritual standard. And in part this is the basis of when Jacob/James wrote: "My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment" (James 3:1 NKJ). Why would those who teach "...receive a stricter judgment"? Why would those who know the Master's will be not only held to a higher standard, but be beaten with many stripes, while those who do not know the Master's will who are deserving of many stripes, will be beaten with only a few?
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God Ordains Error For The Good Of
The Prodigal Sons
Quoting from: Why Would God Permit The Gospels To Be Corrupted http://BrotherOfJesus.org#WhyGodPermittedTheCorruptionOfTheGospels
With respect to the statement of reality as to why God would allow the Gospels to be corrupted? If the Gospels had not been corrupted -- thereby making them relevant and applicable to the lives of a much greater number of people -- then this large body of people would never have been converted to a quasi-form of Christianity that they could relate to and embrace, and make spiritual gains as they began to incorporate the basic Gospel teachings into their life. Which provokes the question: Why was it necessary to convert a large number of people to a corrupted form of the Gospel which they could embrace in their carnal condition of mind? In order for a change in consciousness to come upon the earth while preserving mankind's choice and freewill, it was more important to convert a large number of people to a series of Gospel teachings that they could accept and embrace. Paul did this same thing when he taught the Gentiles what he called the "traditions" of the Gospel (see Animal-Soul http://AnInconvenientTruth.org#animal ), but was unable to reveal to them the spiritual meaning of these traditions because of their mental and spiritual immaturity.
Original Gospels Still Exist: The above could work ONLY because when the immature believers were ready, a time would come when the Original Gospel Teachings could be restored. With the corruption of the Gospels that made them both acceptable and useable to a massively larger number of people, in the fourth century important more pure copies of the scriptures were hidden away and preserved for those who were able to make use of them. It was therefore the foundation of the Gospels that was necessary to -- when the time was right -- be in a position to enable a higher level of spiritual maturity to be brought about in the lives of a great number of people (see Can I Get An Original Pure Copy Of The Scriptures http://OriginalGospel.Ebionite.com#PureCopyOfScriptures ). Further, the same Soul who was not only present in the first century and authored the Original Core Gospels, would be able to incarnate again and restore the Original Gospel Teachings that were suppressed by the fourth century Church as has been accomplished at The Reality Of The Original Gospels http://OriginalGospel.Ebionite.com . Which means that when the time was optimum, the large group of people who had been reared on what Paul portrayed as “milk intended for babes in Christ” (1 Cor 3:1), could then be mentally and spiritually nourished with the Divine Manna which enables them to travail on path into Life.
In the writings of Clement, the 2nd
century Bishop of Alexandria, it is
explained that:
“But among the lies, the false
prophets also told some true things.
And in reality they prophesied ‘in
an ecstasy,’ as the servants of the
apostate”.
Using the early Christian writing
known as the Shepherd of Hermas
(see http://nazirene.org/shepherd_of_hermas.htm
), Clement then explains:
“And the Shepherd, the angel of
repentance, says to Hermas, of the
false prophet: ‘For he speaks some
truths. For the devil fills him with
his own spirit, if perchance he may
be able to cast down any one from
what is right.’ All things,
therefore, are dispensed from heaven
for good, ‘that by the Church may be
made known the manifold wisdom of
God, according to the eternal
foreknowledge, which He purposed in
Christ.’ Nothing withstands God:
nothing opposes Him: seeing He is
Lord and omnipotent. Further, the
counsels and activities of those who
have rebelled, being partial,
proceed from a bad disposition, as
bodily diseases from a bad
constitution, but are guided by
universal Providence to a salutary
issue, even though the cause be
productive of disease. It is
accordingly the greatest achievement
of divine Providence, not to allow
the evil, which has sprung from
voluntary apostasy, to remain
useless, and for no good, and not to
become in all respects injurious.
For it is the work of the divine
wisdom, and excellence, and power,
not alone to do good (for this is,
so to speak, the nature of God, as
it is of fire to warm and of light
to illumine), but especially to
ensure that what happens through the
evils hatched by any, may come to a
good and useful issue, and to use to
advantage those things which appear
to be evils, as also the testimony
which accrues from temptation”.
Within these words are contained
a profound truth that all believers
today must realize. The Power of
God is so all-encompassing, that
even the apostate teachers and
prophets still serve the Lord. So
is the present Christian Church the
Church of God? Yes -- But not in
the manner that most Christians
would understand. Is it not
forewarned and written that:
“Many will say to Me on that day,
‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in
Your name, and in Your name cast out
demons, and in Your name perform
many miracles?’ And then I will
declare to them, ‘I never knew you;
depart from Me, you who practice
lawlessness’”
(Matt 7:22-23 NAS). Therefore, it
is established that even among those
who prophesy, cast out demons, and
perform many great miracles in the
name of the Lord, they are as Simon
Magus, and have not part in the
teachings of TheWay and the
Kingdom. This means that from your
perspective as a believer, for you
to be faithful to the scriptures,
you must question everything -- and
that includes every word that myself
or anyone else writes for you to
read. A true disciple of the Light
is one who proves the truth; not one
who believes something because it
sounds good to his carnal mind.
Why would you listen to a man who tells you that you must believe, when the Lord himself told you not to blindly believe even what he taught; as can be seen where it is written: “If any of you really determines to do God’s will, then you will certainly know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own” (John 7:17 TLB). As demonstrated in the above http://TheLie.org , the Christians not only have no part in the teachings of the New Covenant, but in the worship of Jesus as God, they are merely idolatrous pagans who are using Yeshua as an excuse for their heathen mindset and lifestyle. Yet, when you understand that Paganism is the product of an immature and undeveloped mindset, only then can you begin to understand the absolute necessity of the Church.
Because the symbolism of the scriptures are true when turned within self (see The Application Of The Key Of Knowledge http://KeyOfKnowledge.org#ApplicationOfTheKeyOfKnowledge ), the Christians are being used as a vehicle or type of mule that is necessary to preserve these important symbols and concepts. Which means that if anyone seriously embraces the symbols -- and truly begins to do God's Will -- i.e., “If any of you really determines to do God’s will, then you will certainly know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own” (John 7:17) -- that these symbols will act as a catalyst that will begin to bring about the necessary transformation. Like the Pharisees, the Christians have ritualized and worship the symbols, and fail to turn them within and live them. Further, they lack the necessary knowledge of self, and they fail to seek the Inner Kingdom by living a Consecrated life where they make their body-vessel into a Living Temple.
Clement is correct when he states that all people serve the Will of God -- and the evil of man is used by the Left Hand of Correction (see http://DivineManna.org ) to bring about necessary change in the experience of mankind in this world. As stated, because the Pagan Romans and Greeks were incapable of embracing the purity of the teachings of TheWay, it was necessary to corrupt the scriptures in order to improve the condition ( http://BibleCorruption.com ) of the people. In many ways, the Epistles of Paul were themselves an important corruption that made these essential teachings available to the Gentiles. So the Laws raised up Paul for this purpose -- and what evolved into a multitude of Gentiles who wrote under the name of Paul -- not because he knew the Truth, but because he sufficiently corrupted the Truth in order to make it acceptable to the Gentiles. And the same is true of the Church of Constantine.
The key to this higher reality that is far beyond the comprehension of organic man, is found in the words: "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it" (Isa 55:8-11 NKJ). Everything has a purpose beyond man's perception -- every action of mankind is turned by the Laws for the greater good that man can't conceive of -- and nothing can remain void of fail to fulfill it's higher intended purpose as set forth by God through the Laws at the very beginning of Creation.
If you are going to even begin to embrace higher Truth and Reality, you are going to have to cease to eat the fruit of the Tree of Duality that brings spiritual death, and eat the fruit of the Tree of Life. The Left and Right Hands of God work in conjunction for the eventual good of mankind ( http://DivineManna.org ). Thus, you must begin to embrace paradoxical thought in order to embrace this higher reality. While on one hand it can be said that the Church is satanic (see http://ebionite.com/AntiChrist.htm ), on the other hand the Church is necessary for the greater good of man (see http://ebionite.com/Necessity.htm ). The prodigal sons and daughters who are lost in this, the "far country... outer darkness", are incapable of knowing the Truth and walking in TheWay -- so it is necessary to fragment and corrupt that Truth in order for carnal man to grasp important teachings and principles, and begin the process of making change and seeking the Knowledge of self and the Inner Kingdom. So while for the masses the Church is a good and positive force, in a forum such as this the Church is the embodiment of evil and spiritual depravity. And both realities are not only true, but are necessary in the experience of mankind. At present the Religious Right in many respects is the epitome of ignorance and evil -- but they are a force for Good that is Ordained by the Laws and the Hand of God, in order to oppose the secular Marxist Left that is attempting to wipe out the belief and knowledge of God. In the same way, while Islam has become diabolical in its murder of innocent people in the name of their satanic god, the evil force of Islam is being used by the (Left Hand of) God in order to balance and oppose the Sodom and Gomorrah of the secular Marxist un-liberal left. And if it weren't for the Sodom and Gomorrah left, I would not be able to publish these web sites that offend the Religious Right. What this means is that all evils are used to balance corresponding opposite evils -- all evils are necessary -- and all evils serve the greater good of mankind and the Will of God.
One of the most important parts of the equation of the perfection of man is freewill -- and in order for man to be both tested and perfected, the illusion of freewill must be maintained. If a man murders another -- or rapes a hundred women -- it must appear to the unenlightened observer that he can get away with it -- i.e., that the Will and Laws of God are a fallacy -- and that man reigns supreme. If immediate action was brought against the evil of man, then this world as God's University would be totally undermined. The aggressor must be in the position of victim -- under similar circumstances of his own victims -- in order for the learning lessons to be effective.
From one paradoxical perspective the Fundamentalist Christians are a necessary force for good -- yet they embody all that is evil from an opposite paradoxical perspective -- which in and of itself serves the forces of both good and evil. And this is why the answer and higher reality of all paradoxes, are always in the third-force that exists on a higher plane in the manner of the point of the triangle that exists on a higher plane than the opposite points which oppose each other. In a recent post I demonstrated where the primary fruit of the Tree of Duality that brings death is organic male and female thoughts and mindset -- and it is this duality that must be overcome in the Divine Marriage. The Divine Pattern of Creation is Male and Female in all realities -- and while on one level this duality is necessary in the evolution and perfection of the soul and the Ultimate Destiny of mankind -- this Duality must be restored to "one flesh" on all levels of being -- i.e., Adam and Eve must be restored to Adam/Eve. And these things represent some of the reasons why the organic mind of man is incapable of perceiving the higher reality of the soul and the Kingdom. All forces of good in this world, are all evil from the opposite reality of the Tree of Duality -- all serve the Higher Will of God -- and because they all are the fruit of the Tree of Duality, they all bring spiritual death. Only when you can evolve the paradoxes into the higher third-force that is not of this world, are you able to eat of the Tree of Life and find Permanence in the Kingdom.
What this means is that while the Evangelical Christians champion the concept of the need to be Born Again, their words are meaningless rhetoric from the perspective of Higher Soul Reality. So are they serving the Higher Will of God? Most definitely!!! But not in the manner that they think they are. And so too is the New Age -- the Sodom and Gomorrah un-liberals -- the diabolical Muslims -- and all movements and realities that are manifest in the earth. And because of his failure to understand this higher reality, this is one of the important lessons of life that inhibits the development of organic man.
Paul, the man known as the Apostle of Faith, commanded the believers: "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature" (Col 3:5 NIV). The vast multitude of believers totally ignore this command, because it is a truly difficult thing to achieve. In like manner, the Apostle of Faith warned: “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live” (Rom 8:13 KJV). What does it mean to mortify the deeds of the body? Is this what Christians are striving to do today? If all that was required was to believe, and call upon the name of the Lord as one's personal savior as taught today, then why did Yeshua/Jesus warn believers: "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment" (Matt 12:36 KJV). How can we be saved by faith apart from our actions, and yet we are commanded to put to death our earthly nature, mortify the deeds of the body, and never to even speak an idle word? Christians attempt to ignore these commandments -- and to their own demise, they attempt to make believe they do not exist.
From a purely elementary perspective, one only has to open the pages of the Bible to see that the whole of the New Testament teachings is concerned with ethics, morality, and the manner in which each of us treats our brothers and sisters. The requirement is that we must be perfect, as our Heavenly Father is perfect (Mt 5:48). This state of perfection is referred to as the fulfillment of the Royal Law of God, and is measured in our forgiveness, acceptance and love of our fellow man. From a New Covenant perspective, whatever is divisive, and not in accord with the Royal Law, is of this world, and is an obstacle to our birth into the Kingdom. It is from this perspective that the requirement in the Book of the Revelation is set before us in the words: "Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful" (Rev 21:27 NIV). This same truth was expressed by Isaiah where it is written: "And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it" (Isa 35:8 NIV). And this same truth is expressed in the words of Yeshua/Jesus when he warned: "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it" (Matt 7:13-14 NIV). The "narrow gate" that Yeshua speaks that we must open in order for us to be born into the Kingdom, has its parallels in the birth canal that serves as the gate that each of us has emerged through when we physically entered into this present world. That the next stage of birth has its similarities, is merely the result that all realities are designed in accordance with the same Divine Pattern of Creation.
What
is truly important for us to see in
these solemn words spoken by the
Lord, is that only those who
"enter through the narrow gate"
will enter into Life -- i.e., it is
not those who believe, but those who
follow in the footsteps who are the
Genuine Christians. In order to
enter into the Kingdom, the disciple
must be bathed in the healing waters
of consecration that cleanses them
of all defilements of this world.
Therefore, the people who embrace
the culture and thinking of this
world, even when they call
themselves Christian, are those who
walk the
"broad… road that leads to
destruction".
What Yeshua warns us is that we
cannot walk two paths -- it is
either the one or the other -- and
philosophical Christians will
neither go to Heaven, to Glory, or
inherit eternal life -- without
entering through the narrow gate
that is the entrance to the
Kingdom. Moreover, if this is not
accomplished while we are alive in
the physical body in which we
presently dwell, then we will have
failed.
The Bible continually warns us that the path or the second birth and entrance into the Kingdom is not easy. The strife of the inner war within ourselves as embodied in the symbols of Armageddon is seen in the words: "We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God" (Acts 14:22 NKJ). Thus, in the same way that a woman travails in labor to bring a child into this world, we must ourselves endure the "…many tribulations" of spiritual labor to be born into the Kingdom of God. Since the Kingdom is within us (Lk 17:20-21), and Armageddon is therefore not an historical event -- but more factually, a spiritual event in the life of the disciple in search of Truth -- we must then totally re-evaluate everything we think we know about both the Gospel Message, and the life we are presently living. In fully comprehending these biblical statements in relation to the whole purpose of the teachings of The Way, let us again examine the definitive statement which conveys to us the very essence of the Gospel -- and especially the Revelation of John: "Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie" (Rev 22:14-15 NKJ).
If the text of the Revelation represented the end of the world, as is commonly believed by the majority of Christians today, then why are those who remain outside the city portrayed as "dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie"? Armageddon, then, indicates the disciples personal tribulation described as the "pangs of birth" (see Gate Of Eden), as he endeavors to overcome his own lower carnal nature through the crucifixion of what is symbolized by the flesh, in order that he can possess the Knowledge of the fruit of the Tree of Life, transcend the natural barriers of this world, and "enter through the gates into the city".
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The profound long-suspected truth about Christianity became an indisputable fact when Dead Sea Scroll expert and biblical scholar A. Powell Davies expressed the immortal words when he said: “Biblical scholars were not disturbed by what they found in the Dead Sea Scrolls because they had known all along that the origin of Christianity was not what was commonly supposed to have been” (quoted by Millar Burrows in More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls). Worse yet, Edmund Wilson, an expert who worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls further raised the question as to what difference it makes if “Jesus... had been trained in the discipline and imbued with the thought of a certain Jewish sect, and that he had learned from it the role that he afterwards lived...” (The Scrolls From The Dead Sea). To the uninformed and unknowing believer, it made all the difference in the world! And when Prof. John Allegro was quoted as saying that what has been revealed in the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls is a great amount of overwhelming evidence that “...may upset a great many basic teachings of the Christian Church. This in turn would greatly upset many Christian Theologians and believers. The heart of the matter is, in fact, the source and originality of Christian doctrine” (August 1966 issue of Harpers Magazine); what he was in fact stating is that, everything that we now know about Christian beginnings demonstrate that the Essene/Ebionites were not the heretics, as they were falsely portrayed by the later Gentile church, but were in fact the body of genuine believers that held fast to the authentic teachings of Yeshua/Jesus and the New Covenant.
In one of the latest assaults upon the Church with the sword of historical facts (The Jesus Papers : Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History), author Michael Baigent poses the question: "What if everything you think you know about Jesus is wrong?" And the basis of his book is in the description: "As a religious historian and a leading expert in the field of arcane knowledge, Baigent has unequaled access to hidden archives, secret societies, Masonic records, and the private collections of antiquities traders and their moneyed clients." But perhaps even more revealing is presented in one of the author's previous books entitled The Dead Sea Scroll Deception, where a Publishers Review states of the book: "For the lay reader, this crystalline, well-documented work offers substantive evidence that for more than 40 years a small coterie of Catholic scholars established a stranglehold on access to the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were discovered in the Qumran caves east of Jerusalem in 1947. Baigent and Leigh ( Holy Blood, Holy Grail ) claim that the elite group had direct links to official Vatican propaganda offices, that at least two among them were outspoken anti-Semites, and that they suppressed material that connects early Christianity to the Qumran community as well as to the zealous defenders of the fortress of Masada. Drawing on the findings of independent Dead Sea Scrolls scholar Robert Eisenman of California State University, the authors advance startling theories that should change the way we view ancient Judaism and nascent Christianity. They argue that the Essenes, Zealots and Nazorenes or early Christians in first-century Palestine weren't different Jewish sects but were, rather, various sobriquets for members of a broad messianic nationalistic movement dedicated to upholding the Law of Moses and determined to violently overthrow the Roman occupiers. The authors also amass evidence that the Habakkuk Commentary and other Dead Sea Scrolls refer to the same events as those recounted in Acts, in Josephus and in the works of early Christian historians; that Paul was sent forth by the hierarchy in Jerusalem for the express purpose of recruiting an army, and by preaching a new religion, he was depoliticizing and emasculating the militant movement; and that Paul might have been a Roman agent or informer. Baigent and Leigh demonstrate the perfidies of clandestine, cliquish scholarship that isn't accountable to the public and make urgent the forthwith publication and translation of all Scrolls material."
As demonstrated on the main Ebionite web site ( http://Ebionite.com ), the present-day doctrines of the Church have very little in common with the original teachings of Yeshua and TheWay. Why? Because they are primarily the concepts of Mithraicism with Jesus installed as the latest incarnation of the pagan sun-god of Constantine (see The Christian Judas). And the facts are beginning to envelop the Church because it falsely believed it could simply ignore one of the first voices of reason -- that of Dead Sea Scroll expert John Allegro, who was at that time a Professor at Manchester University -- who worked extensively on the scrolls, where he was quoted in the August 1966 issue of Harpers Magazine as stating: “The very scholars who should be most capable of working on the documents and interpreting them have displayed a not altogether surprising, but nonetheless curious, reluctance to go to the heart of their matter. The scholars appear to have held back from making discoveries which, there is evidence to believe, may upset a great many basic teachings of the Christian Church. This in turn would greatly upset many Christian Theologians and believers. The heart of the matter is, in fact, the source and originality of Christian doctrine”.
As the Church predicatively attempted to ignore the facts, many other scholars and historians have begun to sound the warning of fraud -- as seen in the review of the book, The Dead Sea Scroll Deception, by the Library Journal: "This emotional account of the events surrounding the discovery and translation of the scrolls attempts to uncover the theological and political efforts by individuals, governments, and religious institutions to keep controversial documents unpublished, ostensibly to preserve orthodox intepretations. The English authors, Baigent and Leigh, base their study on the work of Robert Eisenmen and other religious scholars who maintain that a conspiracy of consensus led to stagnant reinterpretation of old doctrine, rather than true research which would contest preconceived notions with newly discovered evidence. New theories by Eisenmen and others, which challenge the roots of Christianity as well as New Testament doctrine and history, are discussed. Standard works such as John M. Allegro's The Dead Sea Scrolls & the Christian Myth ( LJ 6/1/84), Roland De Vaux's Discoveries in the Judean Desert (Oxford Univ. Pr., 1977), and Geza Vermes's The Dead Sea Scrolls in English (Viking, 1988. rev. ed.), and many others are preferable to this acrid introductory "expose."-- Paula I. Nielson, Loyola Marymount Univ. Lib., Los Angeles"
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The Grim Reaper The Savior Of Those Who Walk the Broad-Way The Grim Reaper Saves Us From The Perpetual Hell Of Our Own Ignorance
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In the recently discovered Gospel of Thomas it is written: (12) The disciples said to Jesus, "We know that you will depart from us. Who is to be our leader?" Jesus said to them, "Wherever you are, you are to go to James the righteous, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being." So to once again restore the teachings of TheWay which is today known as Christianity, the Lord has sent Jacob/James, the Brother of Yeshua/Jesus, back into the world in order to guide the faithful flock into the Truth, the Light, and the Kingdom within (Luke 17:20-21). It is there that my brother Yeshua/Jesus awaits you.
The above warning with respect to the predicted corruption of Yeshua's teachings is further stated in the first century writings known today as the Clementine Recognitions where it is written: "Our Lord and Prophet, who hath sent us, declared to us that the wicked one, having disputed with Him forty days, and having prevailed nothing against Him, promised that he would send apostles from amongst his subjects, to deceive. Wherefore, above all, remember to shun apostle or teacher or prophet who does not first accurately compare his preaching with that of James, who was called the brother of my Lord, and to whom was entrusted to administer the church of the Hebrews in Jerusalem, — and that even though he come to you with witnesses: lest the wickedness which disputed forty days with the Lord, and prevailed nothing, should afterwards, like lightning falling from heaven upon the earth, send a preacher to your injury, as now he has sent Simon upon us, preaching, under pretense of the truth, in the name of the Lord, and sowing error. Wherefore He who hath sent us, said, ‘Many shall come to me in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. By their fruits ye shall know them.’"
Again it is warned by Clement: "Wherefore observe the greatest caution, that you believe no teacher, unless he bring from Jerusalem the testimonial of James the Lord’s brother, or of whosoever may come after him. For no one, unless he has gone up thither, and there has been approved as a fit and faithful teacher for preaching the word of Christ, — unless, I say, he brings a testimonial thence, is by any means to be received. But let neither prophet nor apostle be looked for by you at this time, besides us. For there is one true Prophet, whose words we twelve apostles preach"
As predicted, the ministers of Satan have succeeded in altering the teachings of my brother Yeshua, and continue to lead many into the abyss of darkness. But have no fear my brothers and sisters, for the teachings of TheWay has been restored so that you might be able to overcome the darkness, and enter the Kingdom of Light within you (Luke 17:20-21).
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The Brother Of Yeshua/Jesus: 2000 years ago I lived as Jacob who many all James, and I was known as the Brother of Yeshua and the first leader of the New Covenant movement of TheWay which is today known as Christianity. I was sent back into the world to restore the teachings of my brother Yeshua to their original spiritual essence, and to guide you in TheWay that is "narrow" so you will be able to open the "strait gate" within you and enter the Kingdom that Yeshua declared must be attained through the second birth. | ||
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The Ebionite HomePage: If you call yourself a Christian, Jew, Messianic believer, Evyonim, Nazarene or Muslim, then it is imperative that you learn of the Ebionites who are True Spiritual Israel -- They are the Poor Ones to the ways and thinking of this world -- The Ebionites were the Israelites of the Nazirene Vow They are/were the Genuine Disciples of Yeshua/Jesus who are in the world and not of it! | ||
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The Nazirene HomePage: The original spiritual teachings of Yeshua/Jesus as practiced by the people of The Way who where known historically as the Essenes, Ebionites, and Nazirenes. The teachings of The Way are Spiritual -- and provide a means to open the "strait gate" into the Kingdom while still physically alive in the body/vessel. | ||
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Divine Manna Of The Kingdom And The Gospel Of Thomas: The 114 sayings of the Gospel of Thomas is the Key to entering the Kingdom Within. To know their meaning, you must first explore and Know Thyself. Thus, the sayings are themselves a catalyst for spiritual transformation. One of the most important statements within the sayings is that "But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty... Whoever finds himself is superior to the world". And the finding of self is the primary objective of all scriptures. And when we add to this the statement from the Gospel of Philip that "Those who say that first they shall die and (then) they shall arise are confused. If they do not first receive the resurrection (while) they live,¹ they will not receive anything (when) they die" -- we can begin to understand that the doctrines of the simple faith that Paul called the "milk" of the Gospel of Christ, is truly elementary and only the beginning of entry-level teachings of TheWay. Which means that one of the primary objectives of Jesus' teachings is to become a Disciple of TheWay, and bring about that condition within one's own body-mind Temple, where one can be with the Lord "in the House", and receive the Mysteries of God from the One Teacher of Light. To accomplish this, you must learn to turn the Key of Knowledge -- i.e., the scriptures -- within yourself. The True Meaning of not only the Gospel of Thomas, but also of all genuine scriptures, can only be revealed to those who gain the experiential knowledge through direct revelation of the One Teacher within. Thus, the words: "These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down. And he said, Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not experience death. Jesus said, Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes troubled, he will be astonished, and he will rule over the All." | ||
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The Light Of Yeshua -- The Messianic Nazirene Disciple of TheWay: While many teach that believers are saved by faith, the journey of the disciple of Yeshua is one of absolute dedication to The Way. The disciple who becomes a brother to Yeshua must live as he lived, and become a Nazirene who is consecrated and wholly set apart as they walk the Narrow Way, enter into the Kingdom through the Strait Gate, and learn directly from the L-rd -- the One Rabbi and Teacher of the Mysteries of G-d. | ||
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The Pre-Existent Soul of Mankind: Jesus taught the reality of the pre-existent soul that evolves to perfection over the course of many lifetimes. The Church adheres to the doctrine and theology of a Circus Prostitute and a Roman Emperor who maintained absolute control over what Christians were permitted to believe! Christians continue to cling to the theology of this Circus Prostitute today - rejecting the teachings of Jesus, while adhering to the doctrines of Pagan Rome. The mass confusion of an uncountable number of sects today, is the direct result of the void which was brought about when this foundational concept was removed from both the Bible, as well as Christian doctrine. The doctrinal quagmire which was brought about with the removal of this foundational teaching, obstructs Christians growth and maturity beyond the entry-level simple faith. Because they adhere to the corrupted doctrines of men, modern Christians can't inherit the Biblical Promise of entering the Kingdom and Life. |
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It was said of the Church Father Origen by St. Gregory of Nyssa that he was “the prince of Christian learning in the Third Century” -- and the Encyclopedia Britannica calls him “…the most prominent of all the church fathers”. But how did he become the man that St. Jerome considered to be “the greatest teacher of the Church after the Apostles”? According to the soul who lived as Origen, he had previously lived as the disciple and scribe of Jacob who people call James, who was the Brother of Jesus. And from that life with Jacob, he learned to write scriptures in Hebrew Characters, and he worked on the original source scriptures which has since come to be called the New Testament scriptures of the Bible. On his web site, Emmanuel Pohorecki reveals not only the accounts of the many lifetimes that he has lived, but also his own journey into the presence of his soul-self -- i.e., his true self who is the Being of Light. And once again Emmanuel has demonstrated that you don't need to physically die to communicate with, and enter into the presence of your soul-self who is the Being of Light in the Near Death Experience. And in his soon to be completed article on the Journey of the Soul and Visions from his Higher Self, he will write about what his soul-self has taught him while in the Realm of Souls. Emmanuel provides other important insights in man's higher reality with his account of his life with Fr. Francis, as a Native American, and as one of the Constitutional Founding Fathers of the United States. | ||
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The Gnostic Way is to manifest the Divine Pattern in the Life of the person in every action, word and desire we express, so as to overcome the divisions that exist in the consciousness of the physical reflections of man. In order to accomplish this we must come to see life from a higher perspective that overcomes the apparent paradoxes of the lower perspectives. | ||
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The Long Island Mystic and Nazirene Disciple of TheWay: The Organizational HomePage of The Nazirene -- the Long Island Mystic, Evangelical Minister, and Prophet of TheWay -- who God bestowed upon him the gift of the recall of his previous life as a Disciple and Brother of Messiah/Christ -- and thus has re-entered this world at the present time in order to restore the Spiritual Essence and Teachings of his Master, Yeshua/Jesus. The Kingdom is within! And we must sojourn the narrow path of TheWay, enter the "strait gate" to the Inner Spiritual Temple, while still alive in the physical body. Thus, modern Christians have misunderstood the words of Yeshua -- he never said that we must physically die to enter the Edenic Kingdom of Origination -- but rather, we must die to the culture, mindset and ways of this world in order to enter the Kingdom! | ||
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Being Of Light: Who are we? What are we? From where have we come? What is our destiny? To the demise of those who read these words, only a handful of people today can answer these all-important crucial questions correctly! The rest dwell under the cloud of unknowing -- and if you think you are the person whose reflection you see in the mirror, then you are a stranger to your true self and have made yourself part of the illusion of this world. With great wisdom Yeshua/Jesus is quoted in The Books of the Savior, also known as Pistis Sophia (Faith-Wisdom): "Do not cease seeking day or night, and do not let yourselves relax until you have found all the Mysteries of the Kingdom of Light, which will purify you and make you into Pure Light and lead you into the Kingdom of Light." | ||
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Gospel of the Nazirenes -- Gospel Of Light: What did the Gospels look like before being edited and re-written by the Church of Rome? What were the original beliefs of the first followers of Yeshua? You will be astonished when you read a surviving text of The Gospel of the Nazirenes which was hidden away from the corrupters of the Roman Church. Are you ready for a truly enlightening experience? | ||
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The Gate Of Eden: Why were the Nazirene/Ebionites vegetarian? Why did they live in accordance with the precepts of the Torah/Law? Why did they live separate and apart from both Jews and Christians? The answer is very simple: The Gate of Eden is within us, and if we fail to enter therein while we are still physically alive in the body, we will have failed in our opportunity to enter into Life. And while it can be countered that we are saved by our belief in Messiah/Christ, faith, or the blood of the lamb, the truth is that if we were truly faithful disciples of TheWay, that we would experience the opening of the inner door and the Kingdom coming within us. The GateOfEden article explores all aspects of the need to pick up one's own cross and follow the narrow path that leads to the inner gate to the Edenic Kingdom of Origination. | ||
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Epistle Of Light - Epistle Of James To Pope John Paul II: 2000 years ago I lived as Jacob the brother of Jesus known as James. I was sent back to bring about the restoration of the Church, and the within letter to Pope John Paul is important for you to read and forward. The pope has the power to bring peace on earth if he releases certain early Christian documents that are in his possession. Jesus is calling out to you to help make the truth known! Will you hear the call? |
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Strategery: How God Fools Mankind - Keeping Him Ignorant Of The Truth:
Strategery has become synonymous with when what is portrayed as simple,
simpleminded, or even self-evident, is able to dupe and thwart an
opposing force that perceives itself to be either superior, or to
suppose they know the answers. Divine Strategery is how God fools all
the religious leaders of this world who think they
doctrinally know God -- all
the would-be teachers and philosophers of this world who think they
Know Truth -- all the Atheists
and those who criticize and denounce the existence of God by virtue of
their limited perception and understanding -- and all the people in this
world who think they understand the purpose of life and the world in
which we presently dwell. As prodigal sons and daughters of our
Heavenly Father, if the people in this life knew the answers, then the
learning experience of God's SchoolHouse
of this world would not effectively evolve us to become true Brothers
and Sisters of our Elder Brother Yeshua/Jesus. Therefore, in order to
insure that each of us is immersed in the necessary learning experience
that this life offers, all people are equally fooled into thinking they
know, in order for them to be manipulated into embracing a higher agenda
that is beyond their ability to even imagine. Thus, Divine Strategery!!!
