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To think like Christ, you may need to change the way you think. That changing of the mind is called repentance.
We are warned about a strong delusion that will deceive many.
Jesus, according to his own words, came to take the kingdom[1] from those who were teaching something different from what Moses told the people to do.
Their Corban was an error that God hates[2] and was making the word of God to none effect.
Jesus appointed a kingdom[3] to His Apostles so that they would bear witness and through the Holy Spirit so the people could repent and bear fruit.
Through Christ, the world might be saved[4] if the people would repent and seek the kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
Many modern Christians do not practice "pure Religion".[5]
In fact, they often engage in "covetous practices' going to the Fathers of the earth[6] who call themselves benefactors but exercise authority one over the other[7] to set the table[8] of which early Christians would not eat because they were a snare[9] and idolatry.[10]


Apostolos

The word Apostolos is from the Greek word apostello meaning to send, to order (one) to go to a place appointed. An ambassador from Greece would be called an Apostolos and certainly the Apostles were ambassadors from the kingdom of God to the world. It appears 78 times as apostle but twice as messenger. It could include anyone who is a delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders.

While it might be "specifically applied to the twelve apostles of Christ," in a broader sense it is also applied to others who are spiritually sent or delegated by God as prophets or teachers or any task based on the righteousness and Will of God.

The kingdom of God is one form of government where its ministers are servants with no offices where men exercise authority one over another because Jesus said it was not to be that way with us.

There is only one denomination of His Church because Christ and His doctrine is the only common denominator.

Only God delegates men to be His Apostles. If any man preach a doctrine other than that which Jesus taught, he is clearly not an apostle of Jesus.

An apostle may have authority over things that by their nature and circumstance belong to God. This would be things freely given to men who actually are separate from the world and actually belong to God.

The apostles seemed to actually have belonged to God as they considered themselves to be His bondservants saying there is another king, often doing contrary to the decrees of Caesar.[11]


Ambassadors of Christ

An ambassador of Christ could certainly be called an apostle if he or she was truly sent from the kingdom of God to the world by way of the Holy Spirit.

The term Apostolos clearly appears 78 times as apostle in the Bible, but the real question is how would you know if someone was truly sent by God?

And what would that look like?

They would be doing what Christ commanded and conforming to the directives of Christ to His Disciples and the Doctrine of Jesus concerning his ministers.

Christ was the king of Judea and took the kingdom from the false ministers of Moses and appointed it to His trained disciples.

What the early Church did can give us insight into what an ambassador did.

Ambassadors of others

Many people claiming to be ambassador of Christ fail to meet the guidelines for Christ's ministers.

If men calling themselves apostles or bishops are not conforming to the instructions of Christ, they may be some other King's apostle.

There are lots of things that can give us insight into what a bishop was expected to do and be. And there are examples of what they should not be doing.

Ambrose was a bishop of a church overseen and funded by Constantine. But many of these new bishops who oversaw that daily ministration of free bread which included covetous practices with an appetite for the dainties of Constantine or other.

The people who chose to at the tables of rulers should have put a knife to their throat because what should have been for their welfare was a snare.


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Audio notes

Was Christ really King? Structure of government in Christ's time,

Why did the pharisees ask permission from Rome to kill Christ?

Making covenants

What is "faithfulness"?

Herod the Great's method,

Dead stones vs. living stones,

A word or two on oaths

Hosanna in the highest!

The "palm" tradition,

Christ in the treasury,

Apostles = ambassadors,

Church is a government,

"This Rock",

Who has the Keys of the Kingdom?


Poor Apostles

Were the apostles poor?

We addressed this question in an article about Jesus."Was Jesus rich?"

But what about the apostles?

Peter, along with Andrew, John and James, were fishermen.

Fishing was a major occupation for Galileans but a poor fisherman would only have a net. That does not seem to be the case with the apostles. They had a large boat and nets that required several men to manage. They seem to have more than one boat. [12]. Peter also had a large house and he had a family.[13] These would make him upper middle class at that time.

Tax collectors were well off. They needed to have considerable education and specific training and needed to be trustworthy from an honorable family. Matthew was a tax collector.[14]

Luke was an educated healer or what we might call a doctor.[15] Luke 8:3

What the apostles were unregistered or what might be called idiotes.



Joseph of Arimathea

Who was Joseph of Arimathea?[16]

Joseph of Arimathæa[17] was identified as having taken charge of the body of Jesus in order to give Him decent burial.

Besides being a disciple of Jesus[18] and providing a tomb for the body of Jesus[19] Joseph is mentioned in all four gospels not only as a righteous man but also as a member of the Council (Sanhedrin) and a secret supporter of Jesus.

According to the Talmud, Joseph of Arimathea "[20] was the younger brother of Joachim the father of Mary and therefore Jesus' Great uncle.[21]

Joseph of Arimathea, son of Matthat (Mathat) ben Levi of Arimathea, was also the "Nobilis Decurio" (Minister of Mines) of the Roman Empire, among other titles, as stated by Jerome and earlier sources. This would have meant he was charged with overseeing the mining operations of the Roman Empire which were extensive and profitable.

Romans recognized talent and Joseph was talented, learning by 16 what many men might take a lifetime to master. His parentage, positions, and holdings would have been one of the richest men in the known world. The Patriarch of Constantinople wrote that Joseph was one of the Seventy Apostles appointed in Luke 10. So he was a member of the original Sanhedrin appointed by Jesus as the king and high priest for all who followed His way.

Joseph of Arimathea was also the "Nobilis Decurio" (Minister of Mines) of the Roman Empire, among other titles, as stated by Jerome and earlier sources. This would have meant he was charged with overseeing the mining operations of the Roman Empire and would have been one of the richest men in the known world.

Joseph as one of the richest men in the Roman Empire, he supported Jesus as the Christ. He was bold in his support of Jesus. [22] And he believed the kingdom at hand message.[23]

That kingdom of God was expected by the Essenes who were familiar with the prophet Menahem the Essene.


Nicodemus

While Joseph of Arimathea appears in all the Gospels Nicodemus only appears in John.[24]

Some say Simon the Leper and Simon the Pharisee was identical to the Talmudical Nicodemus ben Gorion who was reported to have miraculous powers and two daughters Mary[25] and Martha[26]. This is also said to be the same Nicodemus in John and had access to very expensive oil which would have almost been a kings ransom in value at a hundred Roman pounds.

Simon the Leper does not appear in John or Luke although their is a Simon who is also a pharisee in Luke.

We know there is an event of a woman at the feet of Jesus anointing him at the house of Mary[25] and Martha,[26] and Lazarus[27].

There is no mention of the head of the house as Simon in John. So the gospel of John seems to make no mention of either Simon the Leper and Simon the Pharisee but is the only Gospel that mentions this Nicodemus.

Are all these people the same?

Early Nicodemus

"Nicodemus" was not a normal Jewish name and its popularity varied over time. There had been a man years before who called himself Nicodemus but was one of the ambassadors sent by Aristobulus to request help from Pompey to oppose Hyrcanus and brought Rome to Judea.[28] With the coming of Rome there was the coming of the ideas of Rome at that time. Rome at that time was already degenerating from a free Republic into an indirect democracy and eventually the Imperial Cult of Rome.

Nakedimon

"The Talmud mentions a Nakedimon, so called from a miracle performed by him, who was the son of Gorion, and whose real name was Bonai.[29] It also gives the name Bonai as one of the disciples of Jesus. He was one of the three richest Jews when Titus besieged Jerusalem, but his family was reduced to the most abject poverty. So far the Talmud. The inference is that this change of fortune is connected with his becoming a Christian and with the persecution which followed, and he is himself identified with the Nicodemus of the Gospel. We can only say this may be so. The reader who cares for more on the subject will find full references in Lampe, and the extracts from the Talmud translated in Lightfoot. Others may be content to accept this latter writer’s conclusion. “It is not worth while to take great pains in a question which is very involved, if we may not also call it useless.”" Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

Traditions and the Talmud suggests that Nicodemus and his family, including a Mary and a Martha were arrested because of their involvement with a false Messiah. They were exiled to Gaul a few years after the crucifixion but Nicodemus had to remain because of his wealth. While the Pharisees wanted to murder him and confiscated his wealth the Romans seemed to show him favor.

Nick name

Why would the Gospel of John not mention Simon the Leper nor Simon the Pharisee but be the only one of the Gospels that mentions Nicodemus?

Is there a clue in the name?

There could be several reasons someone would be given such a name such as Nicodemus or Nicodemos.[30] It is said according to the Holman Bible Dictionary that Nicodemus means "innocent of blood"[31] while others translate it from the Greek components as “victory of the people.”

The author of the Gospel may have called this member of the Sanhedrin "innocent of blood" because he was innocent of the blood of Christ.

With a Greek origin the name Nikodemos, may be translated into “victory of the people.” But the name Nicolaitan can mean "conquered people" or "victory over the people" like the term "Balaam".

If we consider the Doctrine of Jesus which sets the captive free and is in opposition to the doctrines of men and their tables of welfare which are a snare and a trap entangling the people as merchandise in the cities of blood and the bondage of Egypt then the meaning of "innocent of blood" makes more sense. Those engaged in covetous practices are not innocent of blood which is why they become merchandise becoming entangled again in the yoke of bondage.

He is also mentioned by Josephus in The Jewish War. 2.17.10. and others[32]

Paul the Apostle came from an area where tent making was a major trade. His Father was wealthy enough to provide him with the best education and his stepfather was also wealthy and a prominent man in Rome. He joined Aquila and Priscilla in a tent-making enterprise which more than likely provided employment for many people because he was of “the same trade” (Acts 18:1–3).

But in another sense, the apostles were poor because they were to give up their personal estates and own "All things common".

The statement about owning all things common was not about the people who gathered in free assemblies but about those ministers of the kingdom of God who were appointed a kingdom as the little flock as Jesus promised. There should be no lone apostles, but only those who come into one accord with Christ and his appointed ministers as we see the apostles at Pentecost in the early Church. Their purpose was to set the captive free and return every man to his possessions and to his family and provide service to the congregations of the people because that is what the true levites did and Jesus was one who came to serve.


Unlearned

Were Peter and John unlearned and ignorant or is Acts 4:13[33] talking about something else? The Greek word used in the verse is agrammatos[34] which is only used once.
The English word unlearned appears numerous times in the New Testament Bible.[33]

We also see the word unlearned in 1 Corinthians 14[33] but it is the Greek word we see three times is idiotes[35].

There are two more Greek words translated unlearned in the New Testament. There is the negative word apaideutos[36] which appears one time in 2 Timothy 2:23[33].

The other is another negative Greek word amathes[37] from the Greek word manthano[38] translated unlearned in the New Testament. There is the negative word apaideutoswhich appears one time in 2 Timothy 2:23[33]. amathes[37] only appears in 2 Peter 3:16.[33]

Are there really so many different words meaning specifically unlearned or can the context within the text and the Gospel of the kingdom tell us more?


Early Christians and the early Church worked in harmony according to the character of Christ, which is to say they came together in the name of Christ. They did this so that they were able to provide for one another in charity through a daily ministration and in the hard times that swept across the Roman Empire in what the testament calls "dearths".

They were all under the commandment to love one another from the time of Moses through Christ but they did not participate in the free bread or welfare offered by Rome nor as we see the Pharisees doing with their Corban which Jesus had condemned.

The Pharisees had chosen Caesar's ways to care for the needy of society and depended upon that government and its rulers who called themselves Benefactors but exercise authority one over the other. Christ had forbid such covetous practices and the apostles and their testaments were full of similar warnings and admonitions.

Even the Old Testaments had warned us about the dainties and benefits of rulers becoming a trap and a snare. David was quoted by Paul concerning the tables of those men being offered as welfare and Peter told us they would make us "merchandise"and eventually curse children.

The Christians were not involved in the public affairs of welfare of the Pharisees nor of the public religion of Rome. Early Christians were persecuted by Marcus Aurelius because they did not register the birth of their children. There were generations by that time that were never registered with Caesar to get the benefits of his world. Christians were involved in public affairs of Christ working daily in the temple which we explain in detail.

The temple in Jerusalem, the same as those temples of Rome, were the center of their social welfare systems. There has always been two types of welfare systems which lead the people in opposite directions.

Those first souls to repent and begin to seek the government of God got the Baptism of John and eventually the Baptism of Christ's apostles. These people would eventually be called Christians because they had opted out of a social welfare system that had snared the people under the authority of Herod's welfare state and the Corban of the Pharisees which was making the word of God to none effect.

But far more important because the repented and did what Christ commanded they had become a part of the network of Tens that reached across the Roman Empire and beyond.

Christians had another king, one Jesus, and were standing fast in the perfect law of liberty instituted by Christ through His apostles whom had appointed a kingdom to.

But that kingdom was not like the kingdoms of the gentiles who exercised authority one over the other. Christ made it clear that his kingdom was at hand and it was not a part of the world of Pontius Pilate.

The persecution of Christians by public magistrates was often based on their refusal to participate in the temples' welfare systems of Rome. They did not apply for the "legal charity" of the Imperial Cult of Rome but practiced Pure Religion by faith, hope, and charity as God has always intended.

If the people will repent and seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness which is the way of Christ they will turn from the way of Cain, Nimrod, Pharaohs and Caesars that brought the bondage of Egypt. To accept the idea that it is okay to force one another to contribute to your personal welfare is to accept the idea that it is okay to bite one another is an appetite for the gifts gratuities and grants which destroy liberty. The which we should avoid even if we must put a "knife" to your own throat. This idea of us all having one purse has always caused the people to run toward death. When the "masses continue with an appetite for benefits and the habit of receiving them by way of a rule of force]]" the tyrants will rise up and the people and the social bonds needed to restrain them will be weakened like in the days of Sodom.

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Audio file answering the question "Are Christians Idiots" from Blog Talk Radio
http://hisholychurch.net/audio/2011btr-christianidiots2241435.mp3


Unregistered

There are several words in the New Testament that are translated "world" and most of them do not mean the planet. Knowing what words meant at the time they were used in the writing of scriptures can be important to understanding the true meaning of the message intended in the text.
In John 17:5 There is a request by Jesus that the Father glorify[39] Him as it was before the world. In the next verse Jesus talks about the men which thou (God) gavest me out of the world: (ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, ek tou kosmou)? Could this have to do with the apostles being idiotes?

Are Christians Idiots

When Christ spoke of the Kingdom there was a revolution going on in Judea and the world. Rome was dead as a Republic and the Caesars as emperors had seized power from the masses. Those who refused to participate in the welfare schemes of the temple of Jupiter were seen as idiotes.

Herod had followed some of the same political patterns that we saw in the day of a Julius Caesar and his free bread, festivals, and feasts. With these new systems of social welfare provided by the rulers of the governments of Rome introduced new elements to society and culture.

When the people developed an appetite for benefits of free bread at the expence of their neighbor they forfeted the own rights. They, the masses, were wooed to sell their allegiance, their inheritance, and their liberty by their appetite for the reward of unrighteousness provided at the tables of public religion which was idolatry.[10]

The policies and practices of these politicians and the appetite of the people had the world on a one-way road to social and economic destruction. John the Baptist and Jesus were going to be turning the world upside down with an alternative to a dependance upon their tables of social welfare which had in the past been a snare. They were clearly shaming[40] the hypocrites who claimed to be following Moses but did not know him nor the God who sent him to set the captive free.

A private person

"Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus." Acts 4:13

The word translated ignorant is not the normal Greek word agnoeo meaning ignorant or unlearned[41] but it is the Greek word idiōtēs (ἰδιώτης) from idios meaning as 'pertaining to one's self, one's own, belonging to one's self'.[42]

This Greek noun ἰδιώτης idiōtēs is said to mean 'a private person, individual' (as opposed to the state), 'a private citizen' (as opposed to someone with a political office). Hence is said to be 'a common man'. A "common man" could be "natural man" before his natural rights were compromised by contracts, oaths, and the gifts, gratuities, and benefits.

It was only later it began to suggested to be the 'unskilled', 'ignorant', derived from the adjective ἴδιος idios 'personal' (not public, not shared).

One of the reason this evolution of the meaning of this word and many others has taken place is because of the dependence of the citizens of a civil society upon the welfare provided by rulers at civic tables which David and Paul called a snare and a trap.

During the growth of this dependence of the citizens" upon those social welfare tables as a civil society a corresponding degenerative phenomena takes place within the hearts and minds of the masses spoken of by all the prophets.

If the Word of God is the Logos of Christ which includes the doctrine of Jesus then understanding all that in accordance with the Will of God which is the Law of Nature then how do we reach an understanding of all these different sources we may wish to believe. As an example, the bible states that is not given to private interpretation.[43] It requires the inspiration of the source of Life which is God which evidently comes by way of the Holy Spirit which is called the Comforter.

We know that the Corban of the Pharisees and Herod makes the Word of God and therefore the Logos of Christ is also made to none effect and the Comforter will not come to us if we do nor repent and seek the Corban of Christ which provides the daily ministration of the kingdom of God. So, those who are engaged in the covetous practices of the civil welfare of the unrighteous mammon will have their hearts and minds of the masses degenerated into darkness so that they will not be able to truly interpret nor understand the scriptures.

The new woke crowd who lives in this darkness will imagine those who don't to be idiots.

The English word “idiot” comes from the Latin idiōta which was used to refer to an ignorant person. Romans in their arrogance at that time in their own civil history evolved, the Republic long being dead, and believed that everyone should submit to their rule. That rule had expanded under the free bread of the emperators as predicted by Polybius with the people's ever increasing appetite for benefits.

But in the Greek idiōtēs as used in Acts may have meant simply a private "person not involved in public affairs" of the Roman State which was degenerating away the liberty from what it once was in the Libera res publica. This descent into a darkness also made the people little more than merchandise because it allows the people to bite one another through the teeth of civil authority.

An unregistered person

Even the word translated unlearned in this text is not the Greek agnoeo nor amathes which can mean ignorant but it is the word agrammatoi[34] which only appears once in the Bible and according to Professor Markus Nikolaus Andreas Bockmuehl, a biblical scholar specializing in Early Christianity, “should not be rendered ‘unlearned'”[44] He goes on to say "To be an idiotes is to be outside of the guild, or outside of the group..."[44]

Of course, all the apostles as a part of the called out of Christ were not to be a part of the world which is detailed in John 17.[45]

Timothy writes[46] that we should not be unlearned using a term () which can mean ignorant.

This word agrammatoi'[34]' is rare in any Greek text. Its meaning may depend on the period and use in context. I have found it describing the muster rolls of a battalion or a registry of members kept by scribes.

A point of Seperation

Christians provided for one another in charity and did not participate in the free bread and welfare of Rome as we see the Pharisees doing.[47]

The Pharisees had chosen Caesar's ways and form of government as their benefactor. The Christians were not involved in the public affairs of the Pharisees and Herod with their civil law system of social welfare run through their temples.

Christians were involved in public affairs of Christ working daily in the temple.[48]

The temple in Jerusalem, the same as those of Rome, was the center of their social welfare. With the baptism of John and Christ's followers, who were eventually called Christians, had opted out of a social welfare system that had snared the people under the authority of Herod's welfare state.[49]

Christians had another king, one Jesus, and were standing fast in the liberty of Christ. The persecution of Christians by public magistrates was often based on their refusal to participate in the temple welfare systems of Rome where the Fathers of the earth exercise authority one over the other to provide the benefits of their civil welfare.

The word translated marvelled in Acts is “thaumazo” which is also translated in the Bible as "have in admiration" and "admire" . They were impressed and yet they did not like what they were hearing. Many modern Christians would not want to hear the truth of what the early Church was doing either.

The Pharisees had been teaching things that were contrary to God, Moses and now Jesus. They professed God with their lips in vain. The people were going back into the bondage of Egypt under the imperial powers of Rome[50] contrary to the command of God.[51]

They had been running their government and leading the people in a way that violated the Spirit of the Law established by God and His precepts upon precepts. They were making the word of God to none effect with their social welfare programs.

Many will decry this interpretation of agrammatoi eisin kai idiōtai[35].[52] Christians need to be willing to know the whole truth and look at all things anew. If you will not learn the context in history when the Bible was written you will fail to understand the meaning of the authors. Simple misinterpretations by private souls can take the people a long way off course in their quest for the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.

Early Rome and America

Early Rome, like the Americans of the 17th century, had learned to govern themselves according to the ideals of the earliest republics. But maintaining that form of government requires great diligence and virtue.[53]

The Roman people had begun to look to their elected officials and then the office of Caesar for every social benefit which was called legal charity in early America but free bread in Rome. The more they neglected individual responsibility the more their liberty, their right to choose, declined.[54]

With each new benefit, the government became more and more powerful and the people became more self-indulgent, apathetic and weak. Rome had become the peacekeepers of the world and soon offered themselves as benefactors to other nations, but not without a heavy price.

They would exercise authority over the people who were slothful in the practices of honor and virtue taught by the prophets of God. The masses of people did not heed the prophetic warnings of their own prophets like Polybius.

"The masses continue with an appetite for benefits and the habit of receiving them by way of a rule of force and violence. The people, having grown accustomed to feed at the expense of others and to depend for their livelihood on the property of others... institute the rule of violence; [55] and now uniting their forces massacre, banish, and plunder,[56] until they degenerate again into perfect savages and find once more a master and monarch." [57] [58]

Polybius saw the downfall of the republic by way of their free bread and welfare a 150 years before the first Emperor of Rome and 175 years before the birth of John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ who opposed these same systems of free bread at your neighbor's expense.
The authoritarian State often uses force and violence to become the Benefactors of the people if the covet what is their neighbors'. They make a social contract where one class of citizen is forced to provide for another class through "legal charity" which is not true charity. The writings of the Apostles warned along with countless passages of ancient writings of the prophets including Proverbs 23 which warned them about what Christ forbid which was the covetous practices of socialist forms of government.

Rome like the United States[59] began exacting tribute[60] from its subjects citizens to obtain the funds needed to supply those new benefits.[61]

The more power the people granted by vote, appetite, or negligence and sloth the more the government became empowered, corrupt, and self-serving.

The practice of expanding government power through offering to care for the people and shower them with benefits[62] the more the people and the social bonds of a free society would degenerate. It is a pattern repeated in history and is as old as Cain and Nimrod Sodom and the bondage of Egypt.[63]

The move from a [Republic]] to a Democracy is often a move from liberty to slavery when the heart of the people are greedy for gain.

The way of covetousness

From the beginning we were not to covet our neighbor's goods nor were we to make covenants with the people round about us to take from our neighbor. If you choose to eat with a ruler you were to put a knife to your throat for your own protection.[64]

You were not to consent with people to obtain benefits where there is one purse.[65] If people failed to listen to these warnings then what should have been for their welfare would become that snare.[66]

Many of the people were entangled in the yoke of bondage and were snare under the elements of the world both legally and emotionally because of these false teachings that had crept into their eschatology.

Lawyers, Senates, and Sanhedrin bound the people through the establishment of a social welfare scheme they labeled Qorban and Corban. In 78 BC[67] the Pharisees and eventually Herod would expanded that social welfare system.

Jesus said through those ordinances they made the word of God to none effect.[68]

The original Corban, a form of social assurance, under Moses was based on free will offerings or sacrifice given through a living network of ministers who sought to serve the people. Herod's system included Rabbinical Baptism, contributions, a temple treasury to store them, scribes to keep track of the mandatory contribution of members [the temple tax], and a network of ministers and synagogues to distribute the benefits according to statutory limitations.

The Words and the way

The sacred texts should have been clear enough, but the Pharisees were able to twist the meaning of the words to justify themselves. The pride of the scholar strangles the hope of repentance. What part of freewill offering and charity do they not understand?

History of the Pharisees has repeated itself in the modern religions and they have all betrayed their founders.[69]

John the Baptist offered an alternative system. It also included a Baptism ritual but it operated much differently. His network of congregations and ministers provided for their needy in pure religion[70] through free will contributions – charity.[71] They did not have entitlements but lived by hope. They did not give allegiance but lived by faith. They did not force their neighbor to contribute but lived by charity. There is no more revolutionary gospel than Christ's.

Modern Christians are ignorant of the full “Gospel of the Kingdom” preached by Christ and the early Church. Some have even claimed that Jesus was a socialist. Modern socialism requires a social contract and the point of a sword to force the contributions of the people. Those who covet their neighbor's goods through the agency of these so-called state benefactors have become nothing more than human resources according to prophecy of Peter.[72]

They have more in common with the Pharisees than they do John or Jesus. That and their lack of knowledge is why they are back in bondage of the world.[73]

Christ preached a welfare system based on faith, hope, and charity which required social virtues and love for one another. The religious practice establishes the social bonds of righteousness through the Corban of Christ.

The ministers of their society were servants of the people in an alternative system that set men free who would practice Pure Religion. Jesus told many parables on how His government of righteousness must operate.

He talked about forgiving debt rather than arresting people and forcing them to pay for their desires.

He talked about the offering of a poor widow being of more value than that of the rich man. He fired the moneychangers and instructed the ministers in the royal treasury.[74]

He refused to appoint captains and princes to rule over the people but commanded the organize in free assemblies of tens.

He taught his minister that they were there to serve only.

This New Way was called the perfect law of liberty.[75] It was a system of individual responsibility and honor. It had congregations and ministers. It was organized from the bottom of the hearts of men who loved the way of Christ according to the precepts of God. It divided the goats and sheep.

Some of the people of Judea and the world went the way of Herod, Caesar, and Pharaoh and some went the way of Abraham, Moses, John the Baptist and Jesus. The former denounced David and embraced the ways of Caesar and the latter embraced the highest son of David, the rightful king of Judea according to Rome.[76]

The Pharisees at the time of Christ were socialist. Christians simply would not participate in socialist schemes that compelled the contributions of their neighbor because Jesus said “But it shall not be so among you.”[77]

The strong delusion

People are under a strong delusion set forward by the Modern Pharisees of today posing as the Church established by Christ. They profess God and Jesus with their mouths, but they fall short of following His “Way”.

You cannot be a follower of Christ and seek to force your neighbor to contribute to your welfare at the point of a sword or gun. You cannot be a modern socialist and a Christian. Those who think they can may be considered idiots. They are certainly non-participators in the Gospel of the Kingdom preached by Christ.

We should all be striving to participate in the ways of Christ by serving one another in love and not coveting our neighbor's goods. If we are to be free we must set our neighbor free. If we are to be [forgive]n we must forgive our neighbor's debt.

There is no reason to opt-out of the world or its systems until you are ready to opt into the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. This would include sitting down in the Tens as Christ commanded and earnestly setting up a daily ministration of faith, hope, and Charity through the perfect law of liberty rather than by force, fear, and fealty and the covetous practices of the world which are a snare, makes you merchandise and curse children.

The priests and preachers who say it is okay to covet your neighbor's goods through the agency of governments are not preaching the Gospel of Christ. To say it is okay to bite one another will get the people devoured and is the gospel of the "brutish pastor". It is time to repent and seek the Kingdom of God and His righteousness by striving to do the will of the Father.


Audio file answering the question "Are Christians Idiotes" from Blog Talk Radio

http://hisholychurch.net/audio/2011btr-christianidiots2241435.mp3


Follow up note:


Christians were idiotes[35], unregistered and not involved in public affairs of welfare of the Roman government nor the Pharisees. The welfare of those governments who forced the contributions of the people were off limits by the directives of Christ. This refusal to register for those benefits is why they were commonly persecuted.

Early Christians were persecuted by Marcus Aurelius because they did not register the birth of their children with the government temples of Caesar to get the benefits of his world. Christians were involved in public affairs of Christ working daily in the temple which we explain in detail.

The Modern Christian thinks it is okay to do so even though it is clearly coveting their neighbor's goods through the power and the agency of government that are often called benefactors but force the contributions of the people. This is a “damnable heresies... and bring upon themselves swift destruction.”[78] The word destruction[79] can mean the destruction of money or even the whole economy.

Peter goes on to say, in 2 Peter 2:2 “And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.”

Unfortunately, it is often the modern Churches that are leading the people in these pernicious ways.

What are those destructive ways?

Peter tells you in the very next verse.

  • “And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.” 2 Peter 2:3

It is a great delusion to think you are following Christ when you are doing like those who rule over the other nations.[80]

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."

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."</Ref>

What part of it shall not be so with you don't they understand.

We offer volumes of research and resources to take the scales off your eyes.[81] We have put it all together over many decades. If your heart does not show you the truth of charity and love vs. force in forming a viable society no fact, no research, no expert opinion will undue your bondage.

“For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)”
“The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.” 2 Peter 2:4...

The word translated government is kuriotes[82] meaning “dominion”.

God gave men Dominion. When men give that dominion to other men they are neglecting the personal obligation to exercise that God given responsibility... Why does the modern Church speak evil of dignities...


  • "For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth -- to know the worst and to provide for it." Patrick Henry

Appearances of the word apostle

Matthew 10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles <652> are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Mark 6:30 And the apostles <652> gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
Luke 6:13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles <652>;
Luke 9:10 And the apostles <652>, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
Luke 11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles <652>, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
Luke 17:5 And the apostles <652> said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
Luke 22:14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles <652> with him.
Luke 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles <652>.
John 13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent <652> greater than he that sent him.
Acts 1:2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles <652> whom he had chosen:
Acts 1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles <652>.
Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles <652>, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Acts 2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles <652>’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Acts 2:43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles <652>.
Acts 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles <652> witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Acts 4:35 And laid them down at the apostles <652>’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
Acts 4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles <652> was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
Acts 4:37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles <652>’ feet.
Acts 5:2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles <652>’ feet.
Acts 5:12 And by the hands of the apostles <652> were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
Acts 5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles <652>, and put them in the common prison.
Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles <652> answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Acts 5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles <652> forth a little space;
Acts 5:40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles <652>, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Acts 6:6 Whom they set before the apostles <652>: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
Acts 8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles <652>.
Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles <652> which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
Acts 8:18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles <652>’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
Acts 9:27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles <652>, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
Acts 11:1 And the apostles <652> and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
Acts 14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles <652>.
Acts 14:14 Which when the apostles <652>, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
Acts 15:2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles <652> and elders about this question.
Acts 15:4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles <652> and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
Acts 15:6 And the apostles <652> and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
Acts 15:22 Then pleased it the apostles <652> and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
Acts 15:23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles <652> and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
Acts 15:33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles <652>.
Acts 16:4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles <652> and elders which were at Jerusalem.
Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle <652>, separated unto the gospel of God,
Romans 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle <652> of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
Romans 16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles <652>, who also were in Christ before me.
1 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle <652> of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
1 Corinthians 4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles <652> last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
1 Corinthians 9:1 Am I not an apostle <652>? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:2 If I be not an apostle <652> unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 9:5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles <652>, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
1 Corinthians 12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles <652>, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:29 Are all apostles <652>? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
1 Corinthians 15:7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles <652>.
1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles <652>, that am not meet to be called an apostle <652>, because I persecuted the church of God.
2 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, an apostle <652> of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
2 Corinthians 8:23 Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers <652> of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles <652>.
2 Corinthians 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles <652> of Christ.
2 Corinthians 12:11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles <652>, though I be nothing.
2 Corinthians 12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle <652> were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle <652>, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
Galatians 1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles <652> before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Galatians 1:19 But other of the apostles <652> saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.
Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle <652> of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles <652> and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Ephesians 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles <652> and prophets by the Spirit;
Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles <652>; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Philippians 2:25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger <652>, and he that ministered to my wants.
Colossians 1:1 Paul, an apostle <652> of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
1 Thessalonians 2:6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles <652> of Christ.
1 Timothy 1:1 Paul, an apostle <652> of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
1 Timothy 2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle <652>, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
2 Timothy 1:1 Paul, an apostle <652> of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
2 Timothy 1:11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle <652>, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle <652> of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
Hebrews 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle <652> and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
1 Peter 1:1 Peter, an apostle <652> of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle <652> of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Peter 3:2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles <652> of the Lord and Saviour:
Jude 1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles <652> of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Revelation 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles <652>, and are not, and hast found them liars:
Revelation 18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles <652> and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
Revelation 21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles <652> of the Lamb.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Kingdom Taken
    Matthew 2:6 "And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor(2233), that shall rule my people Israel."
    Matthew 9:16  "No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.  17  Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved." Jesus did not just reform the kingdom.
    Matthew 21:43 "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof." Jesus would take it as priest and king.
    Luke 13:9 "And if it bear fruit, [well]: and if not, [then] after that thou shalt cut it down." The Corbans of the world were covetous practices
    John 19:15...19 "But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar." The kingdom taken by the words of their own mouth.
    John 15:4 "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me." The people must seek The Way.
    John 15:8 "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples."
    Luke 12:32 "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
    Luke 22:29 "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;"
    Mark 15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
    Acts 17:7 "Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus."
    1 Peter 2:9 "But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:"
    See Taking and Giving the Kingdom
  2. ↑ The way of error
    2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
    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. 12 These are spots(not "unspotted" like Pure Religion) in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;"
    Revelation 2:14-17 "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication ("to permit one’s self to be drawn away by another into idolatry"). 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it]."
    Ezekiel 16:49 "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."
  3. ↑ Appoint a kingdom
    Matthew 21:43 "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof."
    Luke 12:32 "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
    Luke 22:29 "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;"
    John 19:15 But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
  4. ↑ Might be saved
    John 3:17 “‭17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”
    John 5:34 “‭34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.”
    Romans 10:1 “‭1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.”
    1 Thessalonians 2:16 “‭16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.”
    2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 “‭10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. ‭11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: ‭12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
  5. ↑ Religious
    Acts 13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious(sebomai Worship) proselytes(a newcomer) followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
    Acts 26:5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion (threskeia) I lived a Pharisee.
    Galatians 1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion(Ioudaismos), how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: 14 And profited in the Jews’ religion(Ioudaismos) above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
    James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious(thresko), and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion(threskeia) [is] vain. 27 Pure religion(katharosthreskeia) and undefiled(amiantos-not defiled) before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted (undefiled-free from vice) from the world.
  6. ↑ Fathers of the earth
    Matthew 23:9 "And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."
    Matthew 6:8 "Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen."
    Matthew 7:21 "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 12:50 "For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother."
    John 14:26 "But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."
    Romans 8:15 "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father."
    2 Corinthians 6:18 "And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."
    1 John 3:1 ¶ "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not."
  7. ↑ 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:..."
  8. ↑ Two tables
    Psalms 69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents."
    Romans 11:8 "(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. 9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway."
    1 Corinthians 10:20 "But [I say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils." (See the sacrifice of fools in Ecclesiastes 5:1)
    Acts 6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples [unto them], and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. (see "portion to seven" Ecclesiastes 11:2 and Acts 6.)
    Luke 22:30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
    Isaiah 28:8 For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean]. 9 ¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? [them that are] weaned from the milk, [and] drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little:
    Malachi 1:7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD [is] contemptible.
    Malachi 1:12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD [is] polluted; and the fruit thereof, [even] his meat, [is] contemptible.
    Malachi 2:2 "If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings<01293>: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart." See wages of unrighteousness and snare.
    Isaiah 8:14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
    1 Peter 2:8 "And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:" (see merchandise)
  9. ↑ Table as a snare
    Psalms 69:22-23 “Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."”
    Romans 11:9 “And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”
    Proverbs 23:1 "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat."
    Exodus 23:32 "Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee."
    Exodus 34:12 "Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:"
    Deuteronomy 7:16 "And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee."
    Judges 2:2 "And ye shall make no league [covenant] with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?"
    Proverbs 1:10 "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."
    Proverbs 6:2 “Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.” Swear not
    Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."
    1 Timothy 6:9 "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Covetousness is idolatry
    Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
    Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
    1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
  11. ↑ Acts 17:7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
  12. ↑ Luke 5:6-7
  13. ↑ Mark 1:29–30
  14. ↑ Matthew 9:9
  15. ↑ Colossians 4:14
  16. ↑ 707 Ἀριμαθαία Arimathaia [ar-ee-math-ah’-ee-ah] of Hebrew origin 07414 הרמתים‎; n pr loc; AV-Arimathaea 4; 4
    • Arimathaea  = "heights"
    1) the name of several cities in Palestine The one mentioned in Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:51; John 19:38 appears to have been the same as the birthplace of Samuel in Mount Ephraim.
  17. ↑ Matthew 27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:
    Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
    Luke 23:51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) [he was] of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
    John 19:38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave [him] leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
  18. ↑ Matthew 27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:
  19. ↑ Matthew 27:57 "When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:"
  20. ↑
    Joseph of Arimathea, "The Tin Man" (5?BC-80+AD) "de Marmore (Marmorica in Egypt)
    Son of Matthat, Son of Levi ben Melchi and Esthra / Estha
    Husband of Anna bar Simon, of Arimathea and Alyuba bar Eléazar
    Uncle of Mary as the younger brother of Joachim the father of Mary
    Brother of Saint Joachim; Heli ben Matat and Bianca.
    Half brother of JoAnna of Arimathea, Heli ben Matat and Gjora
    Great Uncle to Jesus and to His Brothers and Sisters
    • Brother Joachim/Jacob and Anna/Hannah (Bianca/Anna (Enygeus) The parents of Mary.
    AKA: "Joachin", "Joachim", "Joakhim", "Yoachim", "Yoyakim", "Heli (Prince Alexander III “Helios”) ben Matthan"
  21. ↑ George F. Jowett, "The Drama of the Lost Disciples", (p.18). The "Harlein Manuscripts" (38-59f, 1936) appears to support these claims.
  22. ↑ Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
    John 19:38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
  23. ↑ Luke 23:51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the Kingdom of God.
  24. ↑ John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
    John 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
    John 3:9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
    John 7:50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
    John 19:39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound [weight].
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 3137 Μαρία Maria [mar-ee’-ah] or Μαριάμ Mariam [mar-ee-am’] of Hebrew origin 04813 מִרְיָם‎; n pr f; AV-Mary the mother of Jesus 19, Mary Magdalene 13, Mary the sister of Martha 11, Mary the mother of James 9, Mary the mother of John Mark 1, Mary of Rome 1; 54
    • Mary or Miriam  = "their rebellion"
    1) Mary the mother of Jesus
    2) Mary Magdalene, a women from Magdala
    3) Mary, the sister of Lazarus and Martha
    4) Mary of Cleophas the mother of James the less
    5) Mary the mother of John Mark, a sister of Barnabas
    6) Mary, a Roman Christian who is greeted by Paul in #Ro 16:6
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 3136 Μάρθα Martha [mar’-thah] probably of Chaldean origin (meaning mistress) מָרְתָא‎; n pr f; AV-Martha 13; 13
    • Martha  = "she was rebellious"
    1) was the sister of Lazarus and Mary of Bethany
  27. ↑ 2976 Λάζαρος Lazaros [lad’-zar-os] probably of Hebrew origin 0499 אֶלעָזָר‎; n pr m; AV-Lazarus 11, Lazarus (the poor man) 4; 15
    • Lazarus  = "whom God helps" (a form of the Hebrew name Eleazar)
    1) an inhabitant of Bethany, beloved by Christ and raised from the dead by him
    2) a very poor and wretched person to whom Jesus referred to in #Luke 16:20-25
  28. ↑ Josephus (Ant. of the Jews, XIV, iii, 2)
  29. ↑ "The Nicodemus of the Talmud was also called Bunai, must have survived the destruction of Jerusalem, and was known under this latter name as a disciple of Jesus." Meyer's NT Commentary
    • "Nicodemus" He is mentioned only by S. John. It is impossible to say whether he is identical with the Nicodemus of the Talmud, also called Bunai, who survived the destruction of Jerusalem." Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
  30. ↑ 3530 Νικόδημος Nikodemos [nik-od’-ay-mos] from 3534 nikos victory or to utterly vanquish and 1218 demos people; n pr m; AV-Nicodemus 5; 5
    1) a member of the Sanhedrin who took the part of Jesus
    as a personal name it may mean "innocent of blood".
  31. ↑ Holman Bible Dictionary, published by Broadman & Holman, 1991. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Broadman & Holman.
  32. ↑ Lamentations Rabbah, i. 5; Ecclesiastes Rabbah, vii. 11;
    Babylonian Talmud,
    Talmud - Mas. Ta'anith 19b pdf; Ktubot 65a-b, 66b, 67a; Gittin 56a (cf. Josephus, Jewish War, v. 1, § 4)
    "NAKDIMON BEN GURYON". Encyclopedia Judaica.
    Avot of Rabbi Natan, vi. 3.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 Acts 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned<62> and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
    1 Corinthians 14:16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned<2399> say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
    1 Corinthians 14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in [those that are] unlearned<2399>, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
    1 Corinthians 14:24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or [one] unlearned<2399>, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
    2 Timothy 2:23 But foolish and unlearned<521> questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
    2 Peter 3:16 As also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned<261> and unstable wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 62 ~ἀγράμματος~ agrammatos \@ag-ram-mat-os\@ from 1 (as negative particle) and 1121; ; adj AV-unlearned 1; 1
    1) illiterate, unlearned, without learning, unlettered {#Ac 4:13}
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 2399 ~ἰδιώτης~ idiotes \@id-ee-o’-tace\@ from 2398; TDNT-3:215,348; {See TDNT 322} n m AV-unlearned 3, ignorant 1, rude 1; 5
    1) a private person as opposed to a magistrate, ruler, king
    2) a common soldier, as opposed to a military officer
    3) a writer of prose as opposed to a poet
    4) in the NT, an unlearned, illiterate, man as opposed to the learned and educated: one who is unskilled in any art
  36. ↑ 521 ~ἀπαίδευτος~ apaideutos \@ap-ah’-ee-dyoo-tos\@ from 1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of 3811; TDNT-5:596,753; {See TDNT 579} adj AV-unlearned 1; 1
    1) without instruction, and disciple, uneducated, ignorant, rude
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 261 ~ἀμαθής~ amathes \@am-ath-ace’\@ from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3129; ; adj AV-unlearned 1 (2 Peter 3:16 ) ; 1 1) unlearned, ignorant
  38. ↑ 3129 ~μανθάνω~ manthano \@man-than’-o\@ prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which, matheo, is used as an alternate in certain tenses; TDNT-4:390,552; {See TDNT 464} v AV-learn 24, understand 1; 25
    1) to learn, be appraised
    1a) to increase one’s knowledge, to be increased in knowledge
    1b) to hear, be informed
    1c) to learn by use and practice
    1c1) to be in the habit of, accustomed to
    see also 521 apaideutos, 62 agrammatos, and 2399 idiotes from 2398 idios, [3]
  39. ↑ 1392 δοξάζω doxazo [dox-ad’-zo] from 1391 {opinion, judgment, view); v; TDNT-2:253,178; [{See TDNT 197 }] AV-glorify 54, honour 3, have glory 2, magnify 1, make glorious 1, full of glory 1; 62
    1) to think, suppose, be of opinion
    2) to praise, extol, magnify, celebrate
    3) to honour, do honour to, hold in honour
    4) to make glorious, adorn with lustre, clothe with splendour
    4a) to impart glory to something, render it excellent
    4b) to make renowned, render illustrious
    4b1) to cause the dignity and worth of some person or thing to become manifest and acknowledged
  40. ↑ Shamed
    Matthew 3:7 "But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?"
    Matthew 12:34 "O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."
    Matthew 23:33 "[Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
    Luke 3:7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?"
    Luke 10:13 "Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes."
    Luke 11:42 "But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. 44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] are not aware [of them].45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest <5195> us also. 46 And he said, Woe unto you also, [ye] lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them."
    Luke 11:52 "Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered."
    Luke 13:17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed <2617>: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
    Matthew 11:21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
    Matthew 18:7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
    Matthew 23:13 "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in [yourselves], neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. 16 Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! 17 [Ye] fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 19 [Ye] fools and blind: for whether [is] greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 24 [Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 26 [Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men’s] bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,"
  41. ↑ ἀγράμματος agnoeo meaning to be ignorant, not to know {Acts 13:27, Acts 17:23 Romans 10:3 2 Peter 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:38; Mark 9:32 Luke 9:45; Hebrews 5:2}
  42. ↑ "Etymology. Idiot as a word derived from the Greek idiotes, person lacking professional skill', 'a private citizen', 'individual', from idios, private, one's own." https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Idiot#Etymology
  43. ↑ Interpretation of Scriptures
    2 Peter 1:20 "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation<1955>. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."
    2 Timothy 3:15 "And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."
    Acts 1:16 "Men [and] brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus."
    John 14:26 "But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."
    John 15:26 "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:"
    John 14:16 "And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you."
    John 16:7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you."
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 “The words agrammatoi and idiotai should not be rendered ‘unlearned and ignorant’, as in the King James Version (and ASV).” "The Cambridge Companion to Jesus" by Markus Bockmuehl, University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College. Author of Revelation and mystery in ancient Judaism and Pauline Christianity (1990), This Jesus: martyr, Lord, Messiah (1994), The Epistle to the Philippians (1997), and Jewish law in Gentile churches: halakhah and the beginning of Christian public ethics (2000).
  45. ↑ Not of this world
    John 17:6-18“‭6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: ... ‭9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, ... ‭11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, ... ‭12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. ‭13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. ‭14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. ‭15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. ‭16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. ‭17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. ‭18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.”
    John 18:33 "Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?... 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice."
    John 19:19 "And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS."
  46. ↑ “‭21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. ‭22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. ‭23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.” 2 Timothy 2:21-23
  47. ↑ Departed vs Deported, Chapter 12. of the book The Covenants of the gods
    http://www.hisholychurch.org/study/gods/cog12devde.php
    Audio http://keysofthekingdom.info/COG-12.mp3
  48. ↑ Matthew 26:55 "In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me."
    Mark 14:49 "I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled."
    Luke 19:47 "And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,"
    Luke 22:53 "When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness."
    Acts 2:46 "And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,"
    Acts 5:42 "And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ."
  49. ↑ John 9:19-34 Water Baptism http://www.hisholychurch.org/declarations/baptism/waterbaptism.php
  50. ↑ Employ vs Enslave Chapter 4. of the book The Covenants of the gods http://www.hisholychurch.org/study/gods/cog4eve.php
    Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuz-hFKM_Ts
    Audio http://keysofthekingdom.info/COG-04.mp3
  51. ↑ Deuteronomy 17:16 , Ezekiel 29:14, 1 Samuel 8:7-8
  52. ↑ ἀγράμματοι εἰσιν καὶ ἰδιῶται
  53. ↑ A Pure Republic, The Higher Liberty, Sec. 13 http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/purrepublic.php
  54. ↑ Destroyers of liberty
    "That the man who first ruined the Roman people twas he who first gave them treats and gratuities. But this mischief crept secretly and gradually in, and did not openly make it's appearance in Rome for a considerable time." Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus (c. 100 AD.) This would include Julius Caesar and eventually Augustus Caesar which is why Plutarch also reported, “The real destroyers of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations, and benefits.” This was a major theme of the Bible:
    There were tables of welfare which were both snares and a traps as David and Paul stated and Peter warned would make us merchandise and curse children. Proverbs 23 told us not to not eat the "dainties" offered at those tables of Rulers and Paul says in 1 Corinthians 10 we cannot eat of those tables and the table of the Lord. We are not to consent to their covetous systems of One purse or Corban which makes the word of God to none effect.
    We know when the masses become accustomed to those benefits of legal charity which are the rewards of unrighteousness provided by benefactors who exercise authority and the Fathers of the earth through the covetous practices that makes men merchandise and curse children as a surety for debt.
  55. ↑ Matthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
  56. ↑ Luke 16:16 The law and the prophets [were] until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
  57. ↑ "But when a new generation arises and the democracy falls into the hands of the grandchildren of its founders, they have become so accustomed to freedom and equality that they no longer value them, and begin to aim at pre-eminence; and it is chiefly those of ample fortune who fall into this error. 6 So when they begin to lust for power and cannot attain it through themselves or their own good qualities, they ruin their estates, tempting and corrupting the people in every possible way. 7 And hence when by their foolish thirst for reputation they have created among the masses an appetite for gifts and the habit of receiving them, democracy in its turn is abolished and changes into a rule of force and violence. 8 For the people, having grown accustomed to feed at the expense of others and to depend for their livelihood on the property of others, as soon as they find a leader who is enterprising but is excluded from the houses of office by his penury, institute the rule of violence; 9 and now uniting their forces massacre, banish, and plunder, until they degenerate again into perfect savages and find once more a master and monarch." Polybius: The Histories (composed at Rome around 130 BC)Fragments of Book at Loeb's classic library, or see our comparison of translations at Polybius#Translations_compare
  58. ↑ An alternate translation in context, "9. For no sooner had the knowledge of the jealousy and hatred existing in the citizens against them which is replaced by democracy, emboldened some one to oppose the government by word or deed, than he was sure to find the whole people ready and prepared to take his side. Having then got rid of these rulers by assassination or exile, they do not venture to set up a king again, being still in terror of the injustice to which this led before; nor dare they intrust the common interests again to more than one, considering the recent example of their misconduct: and therefore, as the only sound hope left them is that which depends upon themselves, they are driven to take refuge in that; and so changed the constitution from an oligarchy to a democracy, and took upon themselves the superintendence and charge of the state. And as long as any survive who have had experience of oligarchical supremacy and domination, they regard their present constitution as a blessing, and hold equality and freedom as of the utmost value. But as soon as a new generation has arisen, and the democracy has descended to their children’s children, long association weakens their value for equality and freedom, and some seek to become more powerful than the ordinary citizens; and the most liable to this temptation are the rich. (which degenerates into rule of corruption and violence, only to be stopped by a return to despotism.) So when they begin to be fond of office, and find themselves unable to obtain it by their own unassisted efforts and their own merits, they ruin their estates, while enticing and corrupting the common people in every possible way. By which means when, in their senseless mania for reputation, they have made the populace ready and greedy to receive bribes, the virtue of democracy is destroyed, and it is transformed into a government of violence and the strong hand. For the mob, habituated to feed at the expense of others, and to have its hopes of a livelihood in the property of its neighbours, as soon as it has got a leader sufficiently ambitious and daring, being excluded by poverty from the sweets of civil honours, produces a reign of mere violence. Then come tumultuous assemblies, massacres, banishments, redivisions of land; until, after losing all trace of civilisation, it has once more found a master and a despot." Translator: Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, Release Date: November 8, 2013 [EBook #44126]
  59. ↑ Rome vs US. Does history repeat itself because man does not repent? http://www.hisholychurch.org/news/articles/romeus.php
  60. ↑ Proverbs 12:24 “The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.”
  61. ↑ “He who receives the benefit should also bear the disadvantage.” “Cujus est commodum ejus debet esse incommodum.”
  62. ↑ “The real destroyers of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations, and benefits.” Plutarch, 2000 years ago.
  63. ↑ Nimrod, The Hunter http://www.hisholychurch.org/news/articles/hunter.php
    Nimrod, NN Video Series:1-10 5:32 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ums_7aYcv0c
  64. ↑ Proverbs 23:1 “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.”
    Daniel 1:8 "But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself."
  65. ↑ Proverbs 1: “My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not... Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:... Surely in vain the net is spread... for those greedy for gain...”
  66. ↑ Psalms 69:22 “Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.”
    Romans 11:9 “And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”
  67. ↑ The Corban of the Pharisees http://www.hisholychurch.org/sermon/corban.php
  68. ↑ Mark 7:11 “But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, [It is] Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; [he shall be free]. And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.”
  69. ↑ See Thy Kingdom Comes, Chapter 2. Abraham Uncivilized http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/
  70. ↑ Pure Religion http://www.hisholychurch.org/news/articles/religion.php
  71. ↑ Luke 3:11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
  72. ↑ 2 Peter 2:3 “And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.”
  73. ↑ This World, Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUQlOGyf7to Not of the World? http://www.hisholychurch.org/news/articles/world.php
  74. ↑ Mark 12:41-43. The Greek gazophulakion means the royal or public treasure
  75. ↑ James 1:25 "But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed."
  76. ↑ Matthew 2:2, 27:11-37, Mark 15:26, Luke 23:38, John 19:19-22
  77. ↑ Matthew 20:26 "But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;"
    Mark 10:43 "But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:"
    "But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve." Luke 22:26
  78. ↑ 2 Peter 2:1 “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.”
  79. ↑ 684 ~ἀπώλεια~ apoleia \@ap-o’-li-a\@ from a presumed derivative of 622; n f AV-perdition 8, destruction 5, waste 2, damnable 1, to die + 1519 1, perish + 1498 + 1519 1, pernicious 1; 20
    1) destroying, utter destruction
    1a) of vessels
    2) a perishing, ruin, destruction
    2a) of money
    2b) the destruction which consists of eternal misery in hell
  80. ↑ 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."
  81. ↑ See outline on the Church website: http://www.hisholychurch.org/outline.php
  82. ↑ 2963 ~κυριότης~ kuriotes \@koo-ree-ot’-ace\@ from 2962; TDNT-3:1096,486; {See TDNT 418} n f AV-dominion 3, government 1; 4
    1) dominion, power, lordship
    2) in the NT: one who possesses dominion


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