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| <blockquote>'' “For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)” ([[1 Corinthians 8]]:5)''</blockquote>
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| In the days of Jacob and Egypt, Joseph's brothers delivered their brother into bondage as a result of their own selfishness, envy and covetous hearts. Had they not done this, Joseph's relationship with God would have revealed to them the coming events and they, not [[Egypt]] would have prepared for the famine. The sons of Jacob would have become wealthy among nations. Instead, they cast the source of their own salvation into a pit.
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| Because of their straying from the righteousness of God they were delivered into [[bondage]]. This bondage grew until the powers of Egypt through the subtleties of the ot ''gods'' of other men or our neighbors. We should not rule over men, nor should we make men rulers over us, but we should remain free souls under God, The [[Father]] who is in Heaven. We should only be praying to our Father in heaven for "our daily bread" and not the ''[[Fathers]] of the earth'' who exercise authority and take from our neighbor and [[curse children]] with our debt.
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| [[File:Wantonwelfare.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The [[Wantonness]] of [[Welfare]] is the [[covetous practices|covetous practice]] of desiring [[benefits]] at your neighbors' expense through men who [[exercise authority]]. If [[religion]] was how you took care of the needy of [[society]] which it was then [[welfare]] through the state is [[public religion]].]]
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| If we do the things Jesus says and obey God’s commandments, then we shalt have no other gods ruling over us.<Ref>“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3) </Ref> But, if we make covenants, <Ref>“Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their [[gods]].” (Exodus 23:32) and [[Deuteronomy 7]]:2</Ref>swear oaths,<Ref>[[Matthew 5]]:34... :[[James 5]]:12</Ref> pray to other fathers on earth to obtain benefits<Ref>After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” ([[Matthew 6]]:9). “And call no [man] your [[father]] upon the earth: for one is your [[Father]], which is in heaven.” ([[Matthew 23]]:9)
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| </Ref> or break God� ''gods'' of other men or our neighbors. We should not rule over men, nor should we make men rulers over us, but we should remain free souls under God, The [[Father]] who is in Heaven. We should only be praying to our Father in heaven for "our daily bread" and not the ''[[Fathers]] of the earth'' who exercise authority and take from our neighbor and [[curse children]] with our debt.
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| [[File:Wantonwelfare.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The [[Wantonness]] of [[Welfare]] is the [[covetous practices|covetous practice]] of desiring [[benefits]] at your neighbors' expense through men who [[exercise authority]]. If [[religion]] was how you took care of the needy of [[society]] which it was then [[welfare]] through the state is [[public religion]].]]
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| If we do the things Jesus says and obey God’s commandments, then we shalt have no other gods ruling over us.<Ref>“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3) </Ref> But, if we make covenants, <Ref>“Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their [[gods]].” (Exodus 23:32) and [[Deuteronomy 7]]:2</Ref>swear oaths,<Ref>[[Matthew 5]]:34... :[[James 5]]:12</Ref> pray to other fathers on earth to obtain benefits<Ref>After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” ([[Matthew 6]]:9). “And call no [man] your [[father]] upon the earth: for one is your [[Father]], which is in heaven.” ([[Matthew 23]]:9)
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| </Ref> or break God’s laws,<Ref>“If ye love me, keep my commandments.” (John 14:15) </Ref> then we will go under the powers<Ref>“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” ([[Romans 13]]:1) “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.” ([[1 Corinthians 6]]:12)</Ref> of the gods of men and their rulers.
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| [[File:godsmany.jpg|300px|thumb|left|These [[Supreme being]]s have the right to decide good and evil for the people. They are chosen by the [[Apotheos]] of Washington DC.]]
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| <blockquote>'' “For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)” ([[1 Corinthians 8]]:5)''</blockquote>
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| In the days of Jacob and Egypt, Joseph's brothers delivered their brother into bondage as a result of their own selfishness, envy and covetous hearts. Had they not done this, Joseph's relationship with God would have revealed to them the coming events and they, not [[Egypt]] would have prepared for the famine. The sons of Jacob would have become wealthy among nations. Instead, they cast the source of their own salvation into a pit.
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| Because of their straying from the righteousness of God they were delivered into [[bondage]]. This bondage grew until the powers of Egypt through the subtleties of the ot ''gods'' of other men or our neighbors. We should not rule over men, nor should we make men rulers over us, but we should remain free souls under God, The [[Father]] who is in Heaven. We should only be praying to our Father in heaven for "our daily bread" and not the ''[[Fathers]] of the earth'' who exercise authority and take from our neighbor and [[curse children]] with our debt.
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| [[File:Wantonwelfare.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The [[Wantonness]] of [[Welfare]] is the [[covetous practices|covetous practice]] of desiring [[benefits]] at your neighbors' expense through men who [[exercise authority]]. If [[religion]] was how you took care of the needy of [[society]] which it was then [[welfare]] through the state is [[public religion]].]]
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| If we do the things Jesus says and obey God’s commandments, then we shalt have no other gods ruling over us.<Ref>“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3) </Ref> But, if we make covenants, <Ref>“Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their [[gods]].” (Exodus 23:32) and [[Deuteronomy 7]]:2</Ref>swear oaths,<Ref>[[Matthew 5]]:34... :[[James 5]]:12</Ref> pray to other fathers on earth to obtain benefits<Ref>After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” ([[Matthew 6]]:9). “And call no [man] your [[father]] upon the earth: for one is your [[Father]], which is in heaven.” ([[Matthew 23]]:9)
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| </Ref> or break God’s laws,<Ref>“If ye love me, keep my commandments.” (John 14:15) </Ref> then we will go under the powers<Ref>“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” ([[Romans 13]]:1) “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.” ([[1 Corinthians 6]]:12)</Ref> of the gods of men and their rulers.
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| [[File:godsmany.jpg|300px|thumb|left|These [[Supreme being]]s have the right to decide good and evil for the people. They are chosen by the [[Apotheos]] of Washington DC.]]
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| <blockquote>'' “For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)” ([[1 Corinthians 8]]:5)''</blockquote>
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| In the days of Jacob and Egypt, Joseph's brothers delivered their brother into bondage as a result of their own selfishness, envy and covetous hearts. Had they not done this, Joseph's relationship with God would have revealed to them the coming events and they, not [[Egypt]] would have prepared for the famine. The sons of Jacob would have become wealthy among nations. Instead, they cast the source of their own salvation into a pit.
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| Because of their straying from the righteousness of God they were delivered into [[bondage]]. This bondage grew until the powers of Egypt through the subtleties of the state brought heavy burdens on their bondage.
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| They weren't slaves as we often think of slavery but 2.5 months out of the year they labored for the government of Pharaoh. This would be called a corvee system of statutory labor. It was an excise or tribute tax upon the sweat of men's brows. All the gold and silver was in the treasuries of the government which meddled heavily into the family life of Israel, abortion was encouraged. The people only had a legal title to their land, animals and labor.
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| God eventually arranged that Moses was able to redeem the people and bring them out of this bondage. They were given the gold and silver [an honest money system] replacing their interest bearing scarabs. They got their animals and families back and once they learned the ways of the God they obtained some land of their own.
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| Today, the average laborer in the United States works to pay off his [[corvee]] obligation to the government. Through the graduated income tax, crafts of state, this amounts to more than 5 months of labor out of each year. The people no longer actually own their land, having a mere legal title, and pay a annual use tax just to remain in their homes. All the gold and silver is in the hands of the civil and commercial powers and the people use a fluctuating system of interest bearing notes.
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| <blockquote>'' “Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.” (Jeremiah 11:12)''</blockquote>
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| *How did all this happen and what is the hope of our redemption?
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| *Can we learn anything from history of [[Rome]] at the time of [[Jesus]]?
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| They were very good at borrowing from other nations, including [[Egypt]].
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| [[Rome]] had been a [[Republic]], it also had strong commercial interests which had come to power after their major civil war.
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| [[Rome]] was doing much the same as [[Egypt]] after it had been invited into Judea by two brothers fighting over the kingdom. [[Rome]] had not conquered Judea, not yet, but they were spreading their commercial influence, civil methodology and system of [[corvee]] through commerce and trade. Rome had formed sort of an international peace keeping force to maintain order. Their presence in Judea was mainly to resolve civil and political disputes concerning who would be King. Their strong commercial interest, which always requires stable government and a compliant population, supplied their incentive to keep order.
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| [[Rome]] recognized Jesus as King. Those who called Him Christ were calling Him the Messiah and rightful King as the ''highest son of David''. Jesus as king of that government, which was not a part of the "[[world]]" of [[Rome]], redeemed the people who received His [[Baptism]] from the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] and from their Roman involvement.They would have to [[repent]] and learn [[The Way|His ways]].
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| Jews and others who prescribed to the [[perfect law of liberty]] established by this [[Church|government of servants]] appointed by [[Jesus]] became known in history as [[Christians]]. While those who denounced Jesus as King saying they had no king but [[Caesar]] and continued in apostasy were conquered and destroyed at the fall of Jerusalem. An exodus took place at the destruction of Jerusalem. The followers of Christ who became known as Christians would eventually be persecuded when they refused to sign up with the [[public religion|systems of welfare]] run through the [[temples]] of [[Rome]].
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| These people who we call Christians were mostly Jews and Israelites as well as others who formed the political Kingdom of Jesus and therefore God on earth. His Kingdom was unique in history because it is not like the Kingdoms of the Gentiles or Nations. It is often over-looked because few know what the Kingdom of Heaven looks like. And there are factions that would not want you to truly understand God's Kingdom on earth and therefore they choose to keep it a “Mystery”.
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| In Gibbon's Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, he praised ''"the union and discipline of the Christian republic."'' He also pointed out that, ''"it gradually formed an independent and increasing state in the heart of the Roman Empire."''
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| Romans knew what a [[republic]] was having formed one in 500 BC after they drove our the Tarquinian Kings. They fashioned it after the early patriarch of Israel. The word [[Republic]] comes from the Latin idiom Libera Res Public, ''''Free from Things Public''''.
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| ===Republic vs. Democracy===
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| But alas as history repeats itself they too eventual went under a king type dominion.
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| In 29 B.C. Gaius Octavianus marched into Rome as the savior of the [[Republic]] and was given the title of Augustus by the Senate. He was then legally granted the position [[Emperator]], under constitutional forms and limitations by an electoral college composed of the Senate, the
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| , or Conscripti Patres. [[Emperator]] means the 'commander in chief' [Emperator, emperatoris m. commander in chief Collins L.E. Dict. '62.] of all military and naval forces, for a period of ten years. He could set foreign policy and establish treaties. Each year he could also be elected consul (chief executive officer, Principas Civitas, the First Citizen or President, His wife was Principa Femina, the first lady). By this office Britannica calls him the President of Rome ["Thus the republic was restored under the presidency of its 'first citizen' (princeps civitatis)." <Ref>Encyclopedia Britannica Vol 2, p. 687, '53.. </Ref>
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| The third office he requested was ApoTheos (literally the beginner of gods which means the appointor of magistrate ). Each of these offices required swearing another binding oath of office.
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| Augustus as [[Emperator]] had dropped his position of Consul of Rome for almost 18 years while he settled disputes as a sort of combination N.A.T.O, U.N. and U.S. military force all rolled into one. He kept banking, trade and commerce prospering throughout the world and received great praise and adoration for the accomplishment.
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| Today, the president of the US is the Commander in Chief of the military, the [[Emporator|Emperor]]. As first citizen he is the chief executive officer called the President. He also can appoint federal justices throughout the federal empire, who then sits as theos or judges or gods of its citizenry.
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| <blockquote>'' “'Civil Law,' 'Roman Law' and 'Roman Civil Law' are convertible phrases, meaning the same system of jurisprudence.” <Ref>Black's 3rd p 332.</Ref>''</blockquote>
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| == The gods of the US ==
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| '''Welcome to [[Rome]], again.'''
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| In the Old Testament the words ''"gods"'' and ''"God"'' are translated from the single word '''elohiym'' in the plural. '''Elohiym'' is defined ''"rulers, judges"'' and ''"occasionally applied as deference to magistrates"'' while in the New Testament the word God is translated from the Greek word theos which figuratively means ''"a magistrate"''. Check your concordance.
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| [[File:apotheosis.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The gods of the US are like the [[Gods|gods]] of '''[[Rome]]''' who were elected by the '''[[Apotheos|appointor gods]]'''. ]]
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| To realize that at the time of Christ you would address a '''judge''' in a Hebrew, Roman, or Greek court as '''god''' should change the entire way you read your modern [[Bible]]s.
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| The emperors were often referred to as ''gods'' using the words [[Apotheos|Apo Theos]]. This was not because any one believed that they created heaven and earth but because they were the chief magistracy and ruler of the people appointing judges throughout the empire.
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| The president of the United States is also granted this office or title. We do not always read it in its Greek form but we can.
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| It is not so strange to think of the Roman Emperors as ''gods'' when you realize that George Washington himself was deified in the ceiling of the Capital dome. "Across the Dome's eye, 180 feet above the floor, spreads a gigantic allegorical painting by the Italian artist Constantino Brumidi. The painting depicts the ''Apotheosis,'' or ''glorification'', of George Washington. Surrounding Washington in sweeping circles are delicately colored figures--some 15 feet tall. They include ''gods'' and ''goddesses'' [among them Ceres, Vulcan, Mercury, Neptune, Minerva and 13 State ''goddesses''] pictured as protectors of American ideals and progress."<Ref>"We, the People" "The Story of the United States Capitol" by the United States Capitol Historical Society, Washington D.C., Library of Congress catalog number 65-20721.</Ref>
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| Even a government website references this painting as raising Washington to the ''"rank of god"''.<Ref>http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/murals/apotheosis-washington</Ref> The statues of Augustus honored him as a national icon but it was when they gave him the power to appoint the ruling judges in imperial courts that he became a ''god'' over the ''gods many''.
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| So, the dog does return to the vomit, the pig to the mire, and history repeats itself. Jesus came to redeem us spiritually '''and''' in truth.
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| <blockquote>'' “Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.” (Matthew 12:45)''</blockquote>
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| History has repeated itself again and you are delivered into bondage. The redemption of Jesus still stands in the world today both in spirit and in truth but one must knock and the door shall be opened.
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| <blockquote>'' "Redemption is deliverance from the power of an alien dominion and the enjoyment of the resulting freedom. It involves the idea of restoration to one who possesses a more fundamental right or interest. The best example of redemption in the Old Testament was the deliverance of the children of Israel from bondage, from the dominion of the alien power in [[Egypt]]." <Ref>Zondervan's Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible.</Ref>''</blockquote>
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| Consider the word ''god'' now that we see it as an office and men can choose whether or not to have other [[gods]] before them.
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| If men make such foolish choices, then God may hold them accountable to the gods they have chosen for themselves.
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| <blockquote>'' “Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.” (Exodus 22:28)''</blockquote>
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| The Greek word for ''god'' may appear as ''Theos'', ''Theon'' and ''Theoi''. Greek and Latin are inflected languages and have different endings depending on how they are used in the sentence. That does not change the meaning of the word. The case of the word or a different grammatical role within a sentence will produce a different ending to the word. ''"The God"'' tells you something, but I could be saying ''"the God"'' of the Amalaks or ''"the God"'' of Abraham. You can add articles or create phrases, but again the word's meaning remains the same which is ''"ruling judge"''. It was used every day in the Bible to denote a person who had the '''power to judge good and evil for you'''.
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| We should not make ''gods'' of men but we often do by making covenants with men and their ''“ruling judges”'' usually for granted benefits or protection, and by application, oath, and participation in schemes of social welfare.
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| ===The “gods of the City"===
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| <blockquote>'' “In which time [[Moses]] was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.” ([[Acts 7]]:20-21)''</blockquote>
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| ''Fair'' is from the word ''asteios'' which in the original form was ''astu'' (a city). Here it is a form that means ''"of the city"'' or ''civil authority of government''. The word is only used in reference to Moses in the Bible, but it is another Greek word found in the text which is a key to understanding the author in this context. ''Exceeding'' is translated from the Greek word ''theos''. Of the over 1300 times it appears in the New Testament this word is translated ''God'' or ''gods''. Yes, Moses was a ''god'' and had the power to rule over his brothers with executorial judgment as a ''god of the city''.
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| All ''god'' or ''[[gods]]'' means is that he had the right to '''judge''' and '''rule''' according. ''Theos'' means ''ruling judge'' and was used every day through out the empire as an address for the appointed judges of Rome. The same can be said of the judges of Israel at the time of Jesus who were addressed also as ''god''.
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| [[Moses]] had the right to judge, but did not want to take it for he despised the force that is required in such power and fled from it as Lemech and Cain should have done. This same rejection of power over others was the way Jesus and Peter taught & walked. When the husband and wife who lied about the land they sold bought the money to Peter, he did not punish them. It was their money, they could have kept it, but they lied and were punished by the Holy Spirit, not Peter, for he could not act as ''the princes of the Gentiles'' would if you cheated on your income taxes. Moses too showed this holy restraint in the case of Dathan and Abiram who could have been judged by Moses but he left judgment to God the Father for vengeance is mine saith the LORD.
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| In ''god'' men may trust, but we must always ask '''''which god''''' for there are ''[[gods]] many''.
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| <blockquote>'' “But to us [there is but] one God, the [[Father]], of whom [are] all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him.” (1 Corinthians 8:6)''</blockquote>
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| We should ''accept no substitute god'' or ''father upon the earth'', but God the Father who is in heaven. Yet, men do pray to other men for their salvation. Those are the men who often rule the people.
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| <blockquote>'' “The people always have some champion whom they set over themselves and nurse into greatness... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.” <Ref>Socrates quoted by Plato from The Republic, bk. 8, sect.. 565: </Ref>''</blockquote>
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| These ''protectors'' often call themselves ''[[benefactors]]'' and by their welfare they snare many back into some form of servitude where the people become human resources to be used up for the whim of the despots and tyrants.
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| These [[Benefactors]] become the ''gods'' of our society where we pray to them for our civil and temporal salvation. Since their benefits are provided at the expense of our neighbor by the exercising authority of these ''gods'' our souls are soon altered by our rejection<Ref>“And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.” ([[1 Samuel 8]]:7) </Ref> of God's way of charity and love and we are returned to the bondage of [[Egypt]].
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| {{#ev:youtube|EMxTbD3s3s8|320|right|Religion ~4 min}}
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| It has been the practice of men to invent religions, surround them with mysterious rituals and complex doctrines for the purpose of justifying our selfishness and sin. While we covet our neighbors goods through the agency of governments we create with our own hands we ourselves are delivered into the net<Ref>“My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not... Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:.. For their feet run to evil... in vain the net is spread ... they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.” (Proverbs 1:10-18) </Ref> of our own making.
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| Salvation is not dependent upon hollow professions of faith, self serving designer doctrines, or dissembling adoration. Our verbal or melodic praises do not impress God.
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| <blockquote>'' “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 7:21)''</blockquote>
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| Christ and His apostles were [[Doers]] of the word. Their faith gave them spiritual motivation. To understand how Christ, His apostles, and His [[Church]] were turning the world upside down, may require us to turn some of our modern religious beliefs upside down---or throw them out all together.
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| <blockquote>'' “...certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Jude 1:4)''</blockquote>
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| What is Proverbs 23 telling us when it says, ''“When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.”?''
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| What did Jesus mean when he told us to pray (apply) to our Father in Heaven and ''call no man father upon the earth''?
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| Why did Paul in [[Romans 11]]:9 repeat David's warning from Psalms 69:22, ''“...Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:”? David knew “that which should have been for their welfare, [would] become a trap.”?''
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| The [[Kingdom of God]] binds men together by faith, hope, and charity.<Ref>“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.” [[1 Corinthians 13]]:13 </Ref> The apostles, like Gideon,<Ref>“And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.” ([[Judges 8]]:23) </Ref> would not rule over the people. Moses led the people out of bondage, to a place where there were '''''no kings''' who exercised authority one over the other''. Ministers of God are titular leaders of a peculiar people. They are not like Nimrod or Caesar.
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| {{#ev:youtube|DDr0nO1hVy0|320|right|A Challenge to Modern Religion: A Strong Delusion ~3 min}}
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| Edward Gibbon praised ''“the union and discipline of the Christian republic”'' in his book The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and explained that the Church ''"gradually formed an independent and increasing state in the heart of the Roman Empire."''<Ref>Rousseau and Revolution, Will et Ariel Durant p.801. fn 83 Heiseler, 85.</Ref> The Christian state was different.
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| If Christians were told to, ''“Obey the government, for God is the one who has put it there. There is no government anywhere that God has not placed in power.”'' then why were Christians persecuted by governments? Why were they accused of saying that there is another king, one Jesus?<Ref>[[Acts 17]]:6, 7</Ref> God instituted the government of the apostles, man instituted the government of Caesar.
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| <blockquote>'' “Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom [[tribute]] [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” (Romans 13:7-8)''</blockquote>
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| Why do you owe [[Caesar]] at all? How is it that you are under [[tribute]], when we are told in Proverbs 12:24, ''“The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the [[slothful]] shall be under tribute”''?
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| Governments of men are created by men. The righteous power of government to tax the people comes from the people by consent. When the voice of the people called for a leader who could rule over them in the days of Samuel, the election of the people was a rejection of God.
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| The people had lived without such authoritarian benefactors for centuries, <Ref>“In those days [there was] no king in Israel, [but] every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.” ([[Judges 17]]:6) </Ref>but they were now doing evil and rejecting God, because they were tired of taking on the responsibility of protecting one another, of loving their neighbor as themselves. When the people called to the prophet Samuel to swear in a ruler to appoint judges, make laws, and to lead them in battle, that was an evil thing because God said they were rejecting Him. Before that the welfare of the people was attended to by the people and for the people through the charity and hope of the people. <Ref>Then John Wycliffe introduced his translation of the Bible in 1382 with the words, “This [[Bible]] is for the [[Government]] of the People, by the People, and for the People</Ref>Churches were a part of this system of [[daily ministration]] to the needy of society. This was the [[Pure Religion|pure religion]]<Ref>.“[[Pure Religion|Pure religion]] and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from t
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