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The term [[welfare]] may refer to government programs that provides financial or substantive aid to individuals who claim a need or warrant assistance and [[care]]. | The term [[welfare]] may refer to government programs that provides financial or substantive aid to individuals who claim a need or warrant assistance and [[care]]. | ||
[[Social welfare]] today is often funded by taxpayers collected by men who [ | [[Social welfare]] today is often funded by taxpayers collected by men who [[exercise authority]] one over the other. Such systems have been common among the first [[city-state]]s. | ||
The use of [[force]] removes the need for the true purpose of religious rituals and is the antitheses of "[[pure Religion]]". | The use of [[force]] alters the means and the method producing a different outcome. Coveting the [[reward of unrighteousness|rewards and wages]] of such systems removes the need for the true purpose of religious rituals and is the antitheses of "[[pure Religion]]". | ||
When the state provides [[welfare]] through [[legal charity]] the ritual becomes a political tool used for the purpose of empowering one party over another. "Rather than providing effective service, social welfare programs are rituals of social values, expressing, proselytizing, reaffirming, and strengthening factional preferences."<Ref>Abstract citation, Epstein, W. M. (2002). American policy making: Welfare as ritual. Rowman & Littlefield.</Ref> | When the state provides [[welfare]] through [[legal charity]] the ritual becomes a political tool used for the purpose of empowering one party over another. "Rather than providing effective service, social welfare programs are rituals of social values, expressing, proselytizing, reaffirming, and strengthening factional preferences."<Ref>Abstract citation, Epstein, W. M. (2002). American policy making: Welfare as ritual. Rowman & Littlefield.</Ref> | ||
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Rituals and ceremonies
"A ritual is a religious service or other ceremony which involves a series of actions performed in a fixed order."[1]
But if we do not understand that a religious service is "the performance of all known duties to God and our fellow men” and not just chants and chattering we may be led away from the righteousness rituals and ceremonies of God.
Rituals and Rites
The word ritual does not appear in the King James version of the Bible. But we do see the words 'ceremonies' in Numbers and we find the word 'rites' in the same verse:
- Numbers 9:3 "In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites[2] of it, and according to all the ceremonies[3] thereof, shall ye keep it."
The Hebrew word translated into "rite" appears in the text in a unique form and commonly translated "his statutes". Instead of cḥuqqah (חֻקֹּה) ChetKufHey it appears in the text as cḥuqqōtāw (חֻקֹּתָ֥יו) ChetKufTavYodVav.
The addition of letters is not only a matter of syntax but also meaning.
The appearance of cḥuqqōtā (חֻקֹּתַי֙) ChetKufTavYod is commonly translated "my statutes".
What is the author trying to tell us and how will we know we got the right meaning?
God is spirit and we will only know His meaning and intent when we walk in His Holy Spirit.
Whatever His rituals or rites are the need to be in one accord with His character, His Name.
Social rituals
Social rituals may include sharing meals together, bringing gifts to people in the midst of major life events, like baby showers and housewarmings, and yes—doing what all our ancestors have done since the language of community and friendship was conceived.
The Social rituals of the creator may include much more fundamental and practical duties which not only includes the duty and the deed but the means and the method.
The term welfare may refer to government programs that provides financial or substantive aid to individuals who claim a need or warrant assistance and care.
Social welfare today is often funded by taxpayers collected by men who exercise authority one over the other. Such systems have been common among the first city-states.
The use of force alters the means and the method producing a different outcome. Coveting the rewards and wages of such systems removes the need for the true purpose of religious rituals and is the antitheses of "pure Religion".
When the state provides welfare through legal charity the ritual becomes a political tool used for the purpose of empowering one party over another. "Rather than providing effective service, social welfare programs are rituals of social values, expressing, proselytizing, reaffirming, and strengthening factional preferences."[4]
Church RITUALS AND CEREMONIES
The Polity, Explained
ARTICLE VII - Church RITUALS AND CEREMONIES
- There are two aspects of rituals: service and sacrifice in charity and love. The Church established by Jesus Christ sacrifices all its resources in the service of mankind according to the Word, Way and Will of the Most High God the Father and His obedient Son. Services as acts of worship include but are not limited to any activity that is a true service to the people: Healing and caring for the sick; teaching the truth; distributing knowledge; cleansing the soul, body and minds of the congregation of envy, hate, ignorance, apathy, avarice...; Baptism and the washing of feet. Distribution of Charity; breaking of bread. The unification of the brotherhood of man into one accord through arbitration and a holy kiss of love and patience with the nature of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Assisting in the daily administration of the fatherless and homeless.
These two aspects of rituals:[5] include both service and sacrifice in charity and love.
The Church established by Jesus Christ sacrifices all its resources in the service of mankind according to the Word, Way and Will of the Most High God the Father and His obedient Son. Services as acts of worship include but are not limited to any activity that is a true service to the people: Healing and caring for the sick; teaching the truth; distributing knowledge; cleansing the soul, body and minds of the congregation of envy, hate, ignorance, apathy, avarice...; Baptism and the washing of feet. Distribution of Charity; breaking of bread. The unification of the brotherhood of man into one accord through arbitration and a holy kiss of love and patience with the nature of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Assisting in the daily administration of the fatherless and homeless.
- Our ceremonies are also a part of the services and are often symbolical as prescribed by law, custom, or authority established by the lineal consanguinity of the ancient forefathers from Adam to Noah and Shem to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph... the Children of Israel unto David and the highest son of David, the Messiah, Lord and King. Those ceremonies guide the members of the body in their outward conduct concerning important matters, as in the performance of duties, transaction of affairs of state, including but not limited to Letters or documents of recognition and identification, and the celebration, recording and recognition of notable events, including but not limited to birth, rebirths, adoptions, marriages and deaths, as well as the anointing of ministers, bishops and archbishops.[6]
Our ceremonies[7] are also a part of the services are actually in the form of service and are merely symbolic but include a daily ministration and pure Religion which form the bonds of a free society, building trust through hope and the perfect law of liberty.
The people through the bonds of love are then able to attend to the weightier matters as prescribed by law, custom, or authority established by the lineal consanguinity of the ancient forefathers from Adam to Noah and Shem to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph...
The Children of Israel and even the Gentiles who would follow the Way of the highest son of David, the Messiah, Lord and King would receive the blessings of His Kingdom of God.
Those ceremonies or practices would guide the members of the body in their outward conduct concerning important matters or weightier matters , as in the performance of duties, transaction of affairs of state, including but not limited to the recording of witnesses through Letters or documents of recognition.
Through the practice of the Polity of the kingdom appointed by Christ a record of identity can be authenticated and celebrated by record and recognition in truth and in Spirit.
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Collins English Dictionary
- ↑ 02708 ^הקח^ chuqqah ChetKufHey \@khook-kaw’\@. Same as 02707 חָקָה to cut, carve or portray; from 02706ChetKuf (חֹק) choq; n f; AV-statute 77, ordinance 22, custom 2, appointed 1, manners 1, rites 1; 104
- ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
- ק Kuf or Kof Omnipresence - Redemption of Fallen Sparks The paradoxical union Reish and a Zayin holiness or separateness omnipresence of God [Cord and needle 𐤒 ... back of head neck... the last or least] (Numeric value: 100)
- ה Hey Expression, Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
- See 02710 חָקַק chaqaq Chet + double Kuf to cut out, decree, inscribe, translated lawgiver.
- 02707 חָקָה chaqah "to cut, carve, cut in"
- 02710 חָקַק chaqaq "to cut out, decree," translated AV-lawgiver, governor, decree, even appoint.
- ↑ 04941 ^טפשׁמ^ MemShinPeiTet mishpat \@mish-pawt’\@ מִשְׁפָּט has 50 different variations and appears some 420 times and is from the three letter Hebrew word 08199 טפשׁ; n m; {See TWOT on 2443 @@ "2443c"} AV-judgment 296, manner 38, right 18, cause 12, ordinance 11, lawful 7, order 5, worthy 3, fashion 3, custom 2, discretion 2, law 2, measure 2, sentence 2, misc 18; 421
- 1) judgment, justice, ordinance
- 1a) judgment
- 1a1) act of deciding a case
- 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment
- 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges)
- 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment)
- 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment)
- 1a6) execution (of judgment)
- 1a7) time (of judgment)
- 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man)
- 1c) ordinance
- 1d) decision (in law)
- 1e) right, privilege, due (legal)
- 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan
- 1a) judgment
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
- ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
- פ ף Pei Communication: The Oral Torah The mouth, blow, edge. [Mouth speak open word] (Numeric value: 80)
- ט Tet Introversion - The Concealed power of good or paradoxically evil [to twist a snake... wheel To surround (gestation)] (Numeric value: 9)
- 1) judgment, justice, ordinance
- ↑ Abstract citation, Epstein, W. M. (2002). American policy making: Welfare as ritual. Rowman & Littlefield.
- ↑ Rituals and Ceremonies are the simplest aspect of the outward manifestation of the Church but often the least understood. This is because attention is often focused upon the form or appearance letting the Spirit die. As with the law it is not the letter that is important but the Spirit. These outward signs should be uniform to the point where the Church may be visible but never at the expense of the Spirit.
- "And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him." Matthew 3:15
- ↑ Rituals and Ceremonies are the simplest aspect of the outward manifestation of the Church but often the least understood. This is because attention is often focused upon the form or appearance letting the Spirit die. As with the law it is not the letter that is important but the Spirit. These outward signs should be uniform to the point where the Church may be visible but never at the expense of the Spirit.
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. Matthew 3:15 - ↑ Numbers 9:3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies<04941> thereof, shall ye keep it.
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