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[[File:path2.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Early Christianity was called [[The Way]].]]
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* Genesis 18:19 "For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him."
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The way of Jesus was different than the way of the [[World|world]]. It did not depend on [[Covetous Practices]] that made [[Merchandise]] of people and cursed their children. Though they promised them liberty their [[Welfare|welfare]] was a snare and a trap.
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Jesus took the kingdom from the pharisees because the way they were going was not attending to the {{Template:Weightier matters}}.
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Jesus condemned their system of [[Corban]]. Once you understand these things and terms like [[Religion]] and [[Gospel of the kingdom]] as they were meant to be used and why His [[Kingdom of God|kingdom]] was ''not of'' the [[World|world]] we can read these same quotes below in a new light and seek His ways by gathering with others in a [[Network]] of people who seek to love their neighbor as themselves.
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How people bind themselves together often determines not only their success as a society but the nature of their government and therefore their society. When the people chose to have a ruler over them [[1_Samuel_8#1_Samuel_8:10|Samuel]] warned them of the [[Saul Syndrome]] and what kind of society and government the people would have if they chose that way. This [[Mark of Cain]] which people accept alters them and their society.
* Malachi 2:8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
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* Malachi 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
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* Matthew 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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* Matthew 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
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* Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
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* Matthew 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
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* Matthew 21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
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* Matthew 22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
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* Mark 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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* Mark 10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
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* Mark 12:14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
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* Luke 1:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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* Luke 3:4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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* Luke 20:21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
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* John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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* Acts 16:17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
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* Acts 18:25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
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* Acts 18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
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* Acts 24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
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* Romans 3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
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* Romans 3:17 And the way of peace have they not known:
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* Colossians 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, [[Nailing it to His cross|nailing it to his cross]];
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* 2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
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* Hebrews 5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
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* Hebrews 9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
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* Hebrews 12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
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* 2 Peter 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
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* 2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of [[Nicolaitan|Balaam]] the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
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* 2 Peter 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
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* Jude 1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
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* Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
All the followers of Jesus and what they were doing was not called Church nor was it originally called Christianity.[2]
What they were doing was called "the way". "The Way" that they sought and followed was different than the way of the Pharisees and their Corban which made the word of God to none effect. One was a way of righteousness and the other was the way of error.[3]
"For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him." (Genesis 18:19)
The systems of welfare the world now offers could be called public religion. The people have been led back into the bondage of a welfare state that depends upon the instituted rule of force, fear, and fealty. Jesus said we were not to be like those governments of the other nations because if people become accustomed to living at the expense of others, depending for their livelihood on the property of others we would be changed.
It has always been the covetous practices of the "world" like the "corban" of the Pharisees which forced the offerings of the people "making the word of God to none effect" and condemned by Jesus because it did not bear fruit of the love taught by Christ.
Though they promised them liberty but serve corruption because their welfare was a snare and a trap that entangled the people into the elements of bondage.[7]
Rome had once been a Republic after its own revolution when they opposed the Tarquinian kings for their usurpation and abuses. Over time their new found success allowed the people to slowly become apathetic. Polybius and Plutarch write of their degeneration first into an indirect democracy and then a socialist state. Socialism is the religion you get when you loose sight of Pure Religion.
Israel as a nation was also a Republic after Moses led the people out of the bondage of Egypt where they were employed by the Pharaoh. They were told by God to never go back that way again. In Israel taxes in the form of tithings were voluntarily paid to the public minister/Levite of your choice according to his service providing a Corban through freewill offerings that made the word of God to effect. The voice of the people failed to abide by the instructions of Deuteronomy 17 and rejected God in 1 Samuel 8 bringing in the foolishness of rulers through taxation.
At first John thought Jesus, his cousin, would take his place preaching and baptizing people into this alternative way to the benefits by force of government offered by Herod and the rest of the world. But while he was in prison he began to realize that Jesus was to be both priest and king.[13]
Jesus was hailed as the highest son of David by the people and as king he fired the moneychangers who were the porters of the temple. By Pentecost the people would traditionally reorganize their national government which was supported by freewill offerings in patterns of tens according to the perfect law of liberty.
The Modern Christian sometimes seems oblivious to the Christian conflict with governments like Rome. What the early Church was persecuted for the modern Church does daily. What Christians did daily the modern Christian does not do. Instead they look to Benefactors who exercise authority to provide what Christ told us to do. As Jesus and the Apostles said men will bring in damnable heresies and people would be caused to stray from God's way. That actually means that many people who think they are Christians and Believers are actually Not, instead they are under a strong delusion and workers of iniquity, they are not saved but instead will be cast away.
Luke 13:22-30 KJV - And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all [ye] workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you [yourselves] thrust out. And they shall come from the east, and [from] the west, and from the north, and [from] the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
Jesus condemned their system of Corban. Once you understand things like what Corban had become under Herod along with the meanings of terms like Religion, Baptism and Gospel of the kingdom as they were meant to be used and why His kingdom was not of the world a clearer understanding of the Bible may reveal itself. We can read these same words of Christ in a new light and seek His ways by gathering with others in a Network of people who seek to love their neighbor as themselves through Faith, Hope and Charity and the Perfect law of liberty.
How people bind themselves together often determines not only their success as a society but the nature of their government and therefore their society. When the people chose to have a ruler over them Samuel warned them of the Saul Syndrome and what kind of society and government the people would have if they chose that way. This Mark of Cain which people accept alters them and their society.
Seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness is seeking a living Network of people gathering to serve out of love through charity in hope. If we will return to His way to govern ourselves He will hear our cries.
The choice between these two Welfare types will determine the fate of you, your family and your society but that choice is made deep within your heart and mind. We cannot save ourselves through our own proud effort but will only be saved by the Grace of God.[15] The way a society cares for their needy forewarns by which spirit they will be governed.
Those who seek the righteousness of God do not seek the wages of unrighteousness but neither and they save themselves. They can only repent. They can come together to serve and to save others as Christ came with giving and forgiving. Governments of the world today exercise authority over their subjects and compel the offerings of the people through fear and force through men who call themselves Benefactors, but Christ said it was not to be that way with us.
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matthew 6:33
The chaos
Many want to blame the Governments of the world for the chaos, corruption, an the cabals, corporations, and the conspirators of history.
It is not just foolish men in governments that are catapulting events to destruction and doom.[16]
This is an agenda professed and published by those possessed of evil.
The enemy has bought your leaders and probably your elections.
The US baited Russia into the war as it did many of the Arab countries before because corrupt corporate interest who wanted the war and others who thrive on conflicts.
They are destroying America with open borders and over spending, with [[schools as tools|public schools and legal charity, with toxins in our food, our water, and drugs both legal and illegal.