Minister of the Church

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"Feed my sheep!"
Pastors should be like shepherds who tend to all the welfare needs of the people in a daily ministration of faith, hope, and charity, so that none of the sheep of Christ have to eat at the tables of legal charity provided by the exercising authority of the Fathers of the earth.[1]
Before Jesus was able to provide the people with loaves and fishes in Mark 6:39 He "commanded" His disciples to "make" the people sit down in Tens. And then those groups were to organize in companies upon companies in divisions and "ranks" of "fifties and hundreds".
Christ also told His disciples not to be like the rulers and princes of the Gentiles who provided benefits by exercising authority one over the other.
Everyone who got the Baptism of Christ was "put out" by the ordinance of the Pharisees of the Jewish synagogue system which was also composed of ten families through which they provided welfare with the "Corban" of the people.
Christ appointed a kingdom to His "called out" group He called His "little flock" to be ministers or servants to the people in "free assemblies" not rulers like the "benefactors" of the "world" who "exercise authority". Every man should be led by the Holy Spirit to gather in order to love one another. The minister is supposed to be serving by making or requiring the people voluntarily organize themselves in Companies of tens, fifties and hundreds, and thousands so that people may love one another through daily ministration in the practice of Pure Religion as we see the early Church doing in history for centuries.
If all the people who say they are Christians were actually doing what Christ commanded, socialism would be obsolete and no one could be or would be exploited. Socialism is the religion you get when you refuse to do what Christ commanded and have no Pure Religion.

MINISTER

The noun minister in the testaments means servant because the verb minister meant to serve.

The Old Testament uses the Hebrew word Sharath[2] which we translate minister. Those minsters served the tabernacle of the congregation through a system of altars.

Many modern Religions including many in modern Israel do not understand that the ministers and priests of Israel performed all the functions of modern government but funded those services by freewill offerings.[3] through a network of synagogues of the people where those ministers did not go up by steps nor exercise authority[4] one over the other.

When the masses[5] strayed from that voluntary system of self government advocated by Moses they would again go under tribute through "one purse" systems of social welfare offered the "dainties of rulers" through civil tables became a snare and a trap.

In the New Testament the use the Greek word for minister is diakonos[6] which also mean servant. There are other Greek words like huperetes[7] and leitourgos[8], both of which can mean a public servant of the governments of the world, are also referred to as the ministers of Christ.[9]

The purpose of joining the networks of tens set up by Moses and by Christ is to create an environment to help teach the people the way of sacrifice. John the Baptist and Jesus called the people to repent. That prosses incudes Fasting from their appetite and desire for those benefits and dainties coming from the tables of the unrighteous mammon which may allow them to seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness through that sacrifice and love.

The people and ministers of the modern Churches must confess to God and men that they have often chose to tickle the ears in their gatherings and justify eating at those tables of the princes of the world, men who call themselves benefactors but who exercise authority[4] one over the other until the whole world has returned to the bondage of Egypt, which is Mystery Babylon.

We must seek righteousness of God because the people have not been doing what Christ said for at least a hundred years and more. Preachers have not been teaching the way of the Corban of Christ but have remained blind guides[10] far to long.

Christ commanded that His disciples make the people gather in tens, hundreds, and thousands like the Early Church, like early Israel and love one another in the practice Pure Religion. They provided a daily ministration and rightly divide bread from house to house. When there were disasters and famines they sent aid all over the world to those within that network of followers of the way. The Church was to provide tables of welfare that were not a snare, did not make people human resources and curse children through covetousness which is idolatry.

But the failure of the masses and the apostate churches to follow the way has made them both subject. They are again entangled in the yoke of bondage and curse children as surety for debt to the unrighteous mammon. Those who feel the sting of the whips and scorpions of that bondage may want to get out of Egypt but should more earnestly seek the kingdom.

Both Moses and Jesus taught the people to care for one another before they were free. They taught them to walk in faith first as the first steps toward the kingdom as they learned what it meant to repent. The purpose of the network was and is not to give you sense of belonging or feelings of security, nor comfort on the road to destruction nor escape your existing civil obligations of Egypt but to return to your duties and responsibilities willingly and seek righteousness.

You were not to covet the social welfare of governments that exercise authority[4] but instead gather to provide a daily ministration for society through charity by personal sacrifice.

That requires what was called repentance so that the individual learns The Way of Christ which is the way of sacrifice and doing your duty to God and your fellow man. Even when doing what is righteous does not produces desired benefit for you you accept the consequences and do the will of the Father.

If you truly did that you would create the social bonds of a free society and by the grace of God you might have the power to be competitive with and even overcome the corporation states of the world, those cities of blood.

Types of living Altars

In the Church there are two types of altars, Clay and Stone.[11]

These terms like altars of stones or earth are metaphors for elements of a system by which men may remain free souls under God the Father in Heaven with no other gods before them.

While reading the Old Testament we may believe that we are being told to pile up stones and kill sheep and oxen as if by doing so we will create the loyalty and honor required to maintain and protect a free society. The truth is much simpler and far more practical once we understand the Sophistry of false teachers.

We know the Pharisees had strayed from the teachings of Moses. We know that Jesus, as the Christ came preaching the Kingdom of God at hand and appointed that Kingdom to His titular servants.

Have Modern Christians and their ministers also been led astray into a state of apostasy and under a strong delusion?

Moses and Christ were in agreement.[12]

Every man is an altar of earth. The Hebrew word for earth when talking about altars of earth is "adamah". We are the Adamah. We are all sons of Adam. Each man plays his part in the kingdom of God by being a conduit for the sacrifices of his family in the practice of "pure religion".

If the ministers called out by God the Father will gather the people in companies as Jesus "commanded" in Mark 6:39 and "make" them sit down in companies upon companies in divisions and "ranks" of "in fifties and hundreds so that they may love one another in the practice of Pure Religion the Holy Spirit will come and bless His peculiar people.


Christ appointed His ministers to do a job and provide the services of Pure Religion through charitable practices, freely giving what was freely received like the Levites who were the Church in the Wilderness. They were public servants of a free government of, for, and by the virtue of the people and the ministries of His Church. Providing welfare through the state where men may call themselves benefactors creates a social compact with a corporate body that exercises authority which makes the word of God to none effect and snares the people as surety for debt. They gave up personal wealth being "called out" and relied upon charity. They were not mendicant which would be contrary to the early Church. They were to be in one accord, One Body, as the true Church. 1000 years later in the days of Lady Godiva the Church would look to the Benefactors who exercise authority and the Fathers of the earth becoming entangled in the elements of the world. It is time to repent!
  • "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 the world." James 1:27

The Elder of each family chooses how his family is to serve his congregation and the whole community.

Religion is the performance of our duty to God and our fellow man. Everyone in the kingdom or seeking the kingdom must realize that they are ministers to each other. Ministers of the Kingdom are those who gather together to facilitate that ministry on a national and world-wide basis.[13]

The stone altars are also men, lively stones. The living ministers of the Church chosen by men, and ordained of God are the living altars of stone of the kingdom[14]. They are titular leaders and benefactors who do not exercise authority[4] over the contributing of the people but minister their offerings for the good of those they serve with Freewill offerings in a system of Daily ministration according to the Perfect law of liberty.

The church is an alternative government form[15] based on "the perfect law of liberty" composed of families in congregations, and ordained ministers who are servants of servants facilitating a system of welfare through faith, hope, and charity that sets men free.

To find out more join the Living Network.

It is the mission of His Holy Church to teach The Way of Christ and document the boundaries of the Church, congregations, and the families as a witness of the world of the Kingdom of God at hand.

For more about clergy and the Ministers of Record and the network of COREs:

Why Minister

The predominant form of government throughout history has been based on voluntary Networks often called the tens, hundreds, and thousands. We must not only ask, "Why ministers?", but also must ask, "What kind of ministers should we be seeking?"
Most modern Christians have a distorted view of religion. They also have a false view of what the role of a minister is meant to be.

Ministers are first servants of God but also servants of the people.

The Ministers of Christ are forbidden to exercise authority one over the other and therefore they are titular leaders like those of the early Church.

They were to aid the people in the practice of Pure Religion according to The Way of Christ.

While the minister who formed the ekklesia sought to conform to the commands of Christ and meet the other requirements for his disciples.

The free assemblies or congregation also assembled as Christ commanded in patterns of tens.

Together they functioned as the pure Republics of more ancient history and were "one form of government" where the leaders of the people were titular, they did not rule over the bodies and minds of the people.

It was up to each individual minister to look out amongst the people and choose a minister to their family but also minister to or serve others.

Steps

Ministers of the people are recognized and accepted by the witness of the people.
Ministers of the Church should then:

Duties =

They should be assisting in the Corban of Christ and aiding the people in their duty of Pure Religion like the early Church who were attending to the Weightier matters as Christ warned.

They should be making it possible for the people of faith who love one another not to have to depend upon any minister of the world who exercises authority one over the other.

Even Polybius warned the people of their "appetite for benefits and the habit of receiving them by way of a rule of force". John the Baptist said the same things encouraging charity among those who received his Baptism.

You cannot covet the property of others to provide your livelihood or you and your society will "degenerate again into perfect savages and find once more a master and monarch."

Authoritarian States use force and violence to become the Benefactors of the people. They force one class of citizen to provide for another. Proverbs 23 warned and Christ forbid that type of government.

Their solution was to not pray to the Fathers of the earth for their free bread and benefits which was a snare, but to set the table of the Lord through the Eucharist of Christ which was a daily ministration established by His Church through faith, hope, charity and the perfect law of liberty.

The same is true of ministers who are not rulers over the faith of true believers.

  • "Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand." 2 Corinthians 1:24

Modern doctrines of men

Many modern doctrines of Churches try to dictate tenets of faith based on private interpretation rather than the actual direct doctrines of Jesus. The true minister of Christ only facilitates the people's practice of Pure Religion by connecting them in a kingdom of God and His righteousness.

The ministers of God are not rulers nor spiritual gurus nor their comforters. Every man should be led by the Holy Spirit.

In Mark 6:39 Christ commanded His called out disciples to make the people organize themselves in small "companies"[16] which are the elders of ten families. Those elders choose a minister, usually another elder. Those elder ministers gather in a congregation of elders or Deacons in "ranks".[17]

A rank of fifty would be 5 "companies" of 10 families which would add up to fifty families.

Two "ranks" of fifties would be a hundred families or 10 "companies" of elders of families which would be 10 groups of 10 families.

This practical network of free assemblies is The Way to practice pure religion in faith, hope and charity according to the perfect law of liberty as free souls under God.

Can the state compel you to accept someone as your "religious" minister?

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Trey Gowdy and the supreme court says the government cannot force you to accept a religious minister. Time 5:05 https://youtu.be/jrC3VER2D28

Is it a violation of religious freedom to do so?

Trey Gowdy and the supreme court say the government cannot force you to accept a religious minister.

What that means depends upon your definition of "religious minister" and even religion? What is a minister and what is he suppose to do?

Does the State already force you to accept the ministers of their choice?

We use words like clerks and clergy but do we understand the difference between public religion and the private religion practiced by the early Church. The early Church was to practice Pure Religion which was unspotted by the "world".

Clergy of the world

Who is the Clergy of the world?

If we use the term world that Jesus said his kingdom was not a part of and that his minsters could be in but not of then the world includes the constitutional orders of men and their governments. That would be the same world that James says spots religion so that it is no longer pure Religion.

If we use clergy as the ministers of what was called public religion then the clergy of the world would include the employees of governments since that Greek word for world meant "a constitutional form of government". It is the the administers of the those systems of State Welfare who may be classified as the clerks or #clergy of the world[18] that provide care for the need of society as well as those who collect the contributions of the people who are the resources of that public welfare system.

Are those who provide the services in modern government which was once the exclusive province of the Christian community in fact the "clergy of the State" providing the administration of welfare to the needy? That would be what is sometimes called "public religion" which is often doing what the early Church used to do. They are the administrators of your social welfare by the governments of the world.


What is the difference between a minister of the world and a minister of the Church?

Is religion what you think about God or how you perform your duty to your fellowman and also to God or the gods of the world?

Who are the ministers of your real religion that take care of the needy of your society?

Cain, Nimrod, Caesar were Rulers who force the people to do what they thought was good. John the Baptist and Jesus were not.

Pure Religion is taking care of the "widows and orphans" of your society unspotted by the ways of the world. The world has ministers who force your neighbor to contribute to your welfare but a minister of the Church established by Christ cannot use force. They are another form of government.

"Social Security In America" was originally a private affair but today "widows and orphans" are cared for by public offices. "Social Security Programs Throughout the World" provide for the needy by forced contribution which is contrary to the ways of John the Baptist and Jesus to say nothing of Paul the Apostle and the early Church.


According to the book "Social Security: An Introduction to the Basic Principles", By Danny Pieters,

"The administrative hierarchy will usually be headed by a minister who is politically responsible. This may be the minister of social security, welfare or social affairs. However, the highest responsibility in terms of administration is quite often spread over more than one government member: in addition to the minister of social affairs, there can be a public health minister who is in charge of the health care system and/or a minister of employment who is in charge of the social protection in case of unemployment."

Modern "widows and orphans" are cared for "Under the direction of the Minister of Social Welfare", according to the "Social Security Administration", who are the men who call themselves Benefactors but exercise authority one over the other.

These duties used to be performed by the Church by ministers who were forbidden to exercise authority one over the other.

Is your minister from His Church or is he from the welfare or social security office of the "WORLD" that claims they are Benefactors but exercise authority one over the other?

Social Security is not only a failed system, but it also undermines the fabric of society.

People need to repent.


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." John 15:10
  2. ↑ 08334 שָׁרַת‎ sharath [shaw-rath’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-1058a] [{See TWOT on 2472 }] AV-minister (v) 62, minister (n) 17, serve 8, servant 5, service 3, servitor 1, waited 1; 97
    1) (Piel) to minister, serve, minister to
  3. ↑ A Freewill offering is charity which is love.
    Exodus 25:2 "Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering<08641>: of every man that giveth it willingly<05068> with his heart ye shall take my offering<08641>."
    Exodus 35:5 "Take ye from among you an offering<08641> unto the LORD: whosoever [is] of a willing<05081> heart, let him bring it, an offering<08641> of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,"
    Exodus 35:10 "And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;"
    Exodus 35:21 "And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing<05068>, [and] they brought the LORD’S offering<08641> to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments."
    Exodus 35:29 "The children of Israel brought a willing offering<05071> unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing<05068> to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses."
    Exodus 36:3 "And they received of Moses all the offering<08641>, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it [withal]. And they brought yet unto him free offerings <05071> every morning."
    Leviticus 1:2 "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering <07133-Corban> unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering <07133-Corban> of the cattle, [even] of the herd, and of the flock. 3 If his offering [be] a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will <07522> at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD."
    Leviticus 2:4 "And if thou bring an oblation <07133> of a meat offering baken in the oven, [it shall be] unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. 5 And if thy oblation <07133-Corban> [be] a meat offering [baken] in a pan, it shall be [of] fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil."
    Leviticus 7:16 "But if the sacrifice of his offering [be] a vow, or a voluntary offering <05071>, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:"
    Leviticus 22:18 "Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever [he be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation<07133-Corban> for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings<05071>, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering; 19  Ye shall offer at your own will ..."
    Deuteronomy 16:10 "And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering<05071> of thine hand, which thou shalt give [unto the LORD thy God], according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:"
    Ezra 7:13 "I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and [of] his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill <05069> to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee....15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered <05069> unto the God of Israel, whose habitation [is] in Jerusalem, 16 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering <05069> of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly <05069> for the house of their God which [is] in Jerusalem:"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Not exercise authority
    Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."
    Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."
    Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
  5. ↑ Joel 1:13 "Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers <08334> of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers <08334> of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
  6. ↑ 1249 ~διάκονος~ diakonos \@dee-ak’-on-os\@ probably from an obsolete diako (to run on errands, cf 1377); n m/f AV-minister 20, servant 8, deacon 3; 31
    1) one who executes the commands of another, esp. of a master, a servant, attendant, minister
    1a) the servant of a king
    1b) a deacon, one who, by virtue of the office assigned to him by the church, cares for the poor and has charge of and distributes the money collected for their use
    1c) a waiter, one who serves food and drink
  7. ↑ 5257 ~ὑπηρέτης~ huperetes \@hoop-ay-ret’-ace\@ from 5259 and a derivative of eresso (to row); n m AV-officer 11, minister 5, servant 4; 20
    1) servant
    1a) an underrower, subordinate rower
    1b) any one who serves with hands: a servant
    1b1) in the NT of the officers and attendants of magistrates as  —  of the officer who executes penalties
    1b2) of the attendants of a king, servants, retinue, the soldiers of a king, of the attendant of a synagogue
    1b3) of any one ministering or rendering service
    1c) any one who aids another in any work
    1c1) an assistant
    1c2) of the preacher of the gospel
    For Synonyms see entry 5834 & 5928
  8. ↑ 3011 ~λειτουργός~ leitourgos \@li-toorg-os’\@ from a derivative of 2992 Laos/people and 2041 ergon work, deed, laborer; TDNT-4:229,526; {See TDNT 434} n m AV-minister 4, he that ministers 1; 5 [see also liturgy, 3008, 3009, 3010, & 3011.]
    1) a public minister, a servant of the state
    2) a minister, servant
    2a) so of military labourers
    2b) of the temple
    2b1) of one busied with holy things
    2b2) of a priest
    2c) of the servants of a king
  9. ↑ Public Servants of Christ
    John 18:36 "Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants <huperetes> fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence."
    Luke 1:2 "Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers <huperetes> of the word;"
    Acts 13:5 "And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to [their] minister <huperetes>."
    Acts 26:16 "But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister <huperetes> and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;"
    1 Corinthians 4:1 "Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers <huperetes> of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God."
    Romans 13:6 "For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers <leitourgos>, attending continually upon this very thing."
    Romans 15:16 "That I should be the minister <leitourgos> of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost."
    Philippians 2:25 "Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered <3011> to my wants."
    Hebrews 1:7 "And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers <leitourgos> a flame of fire."
    Hebrews 8:2 "A minister <leitourgos> of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man."
  10. ↑ False prophets and Guru theories
    Isaiah 42:16 "And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. 17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods. 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see."
    Isaiah 30:20 "And [though] the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed,..."
    Matthew 13:13 "Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand."
    Matthew 15:14 "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
    Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recoveing of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
    John 9:39 ¶ "And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind."
    Luke 6:39 "And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master."
    Acts 13:11 "And now, behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand."
  11. ↑ Exodus 20:24 "An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee."
  12. ↑ Matthew 17:3 "And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him."
  13. ↑ Romans 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
  14. ↑ 1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
  15. ↑ : “Church. In its most general sense, the religious society founded and established by Jesus Christ, to receive, preserve, and propagate his doctrines and ordinances.”
    “A body or community of Christians, united under one form of government by the profession of one faith, and the observance of the same rituals and ceremonies.” Black’s Law Dictionary 3rd ed. Page 325. also 4th, 5th 6th Ed.
  16. ↑ The word companies is repeated twice in original text.
    4849 ~συμπόσιον~ sumposion \@soom-pos’-ee-on\@ from a derivative of the alternate of 4844; ; n n AV-company 1, not tr. 1; Repeated twice in Mark 6:39
    1) a drinking party, entertainment
    1a) of the party itself, the guests
    1b) rows of guests
    "The symposium (or symposion) was an important part of ancient Greek culture from the 7th century BCE and was a party held in a private home where Greek males gathered to drink, eat and sing together. Various topics were also discussed such as philosophy, politics, poetry and the issues of the day."
    " The equivalent of a Greek symposium in Roman society is the Latin convivium."
    A Roman convivium according to Marcus Tullius Cicero for the republican period and Seneca suggest that ten to twelve was the maximum number.
    Plato in his "Laws" endorses the benefits of the symposium as a means to test and promote virtue in citizens.
    This word sumposion is derived in part from the word pino which means "figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen, nourish it unto life eternal"
  17. ↑ ranks is also repeated twice in original text and is from the Greek word prasia which as a Hebrew idiom i.e. they reclined in ranks or divisions, so that several ranks formed, as it were separate plots or divisions.
  18. ↑ "Minister of the world" are often the antitheses of the true Ministers of Christ who are the Clergy_of_Christ. Many posing as the ministers of Christ are actually the prophets or promoters of the Beast for they send the people to the social welfare systems of the world which makes the word of God to none effect, turns the people into human resources and curse children, returning people to the bondage of Egypt. These fake ministers of Christ do not provide the daily ministration or free bread of Christ but send the people to the Fathers of the earth and the benefactors who exercise authority one over the other.
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