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These are the type of pillars seen all over throughout the world, pillars that are about to collapse. That is simply because their ‘cornerstones’ are not Christ at all!
Did not God say that everything He made to be GOOD? How on earth can one appreciate the good, without experiencing evil at all? The evil done by Joseph’s brothers led to Israel’s rescue from famine, just to mention one example. Knowing this makes one look at others with a forgiving heart, through CHRIST alone!
Nobody can blame another, simply because GOD is the One behind everything (including evil)! Moreover, one mostly experiences evil through people, including oneself, not so? But, since God is just and fair, in Christ at Golgotha He PAID the price for all the evil He created!
Tradition is giving its members a forced identity in the crowd, making them clones, stripping them of authenticity. Within [true] Christ everyone is unique, having freedom to be himself and herself alike.
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Does any religious decree give true peace? NO. Only fake peace. It enslaves with false promises.
Glittering lights give temporary relief- and an escape from inner stress, only as long as they are on. The true Jesus Christ IS the LIGHT who is always shining, giving constant solace and joy.
Love doesn’t need a symbol to represent it. Love never sees another as ‘less than’. Symbols divide, the cross being no exception at all. Love unites! The cross divides! The cross does NOT represent Christ. ONLY LOVE does! It’s disgusting to use the cross as a representation of Christ’s death, while at the SAME time degrading the power of His Blood, by subordinating it to the so-called ‘free will’ and ‘free choice’ of man!
Communion with the risen Christ is an ongoing Affair 24/7 and every second. It is a non-stop intimate LOVE AFFAIR with Him, who IS the Bread of Life ! He is our Spiritual Nourishment. With every meal we have to take a moment and ponder with gratitude, paying reverence to Him for the nutrition He gives, as well as for His sacrificial death and the salvation He bestowed upon ALL mankind! Thus every daily meal being a CONSTANT reminder of HIM! Holy means “set aside for”. To be holy is not an occasional affair with Christ within a building, but a CONSTANT affair with Him day and night within the HEART ! COMMUNION WITH CHRIST IS NOT a synodal decree through force, but a SPONTANEOUS relationship with Him through LOVE !
Just remember that Jesus was strictly following the law of Moses while He was still alive. The evening passover meal was no exception. However, He who was to be the sacrificial Lamb the next day, was also to abolish the law of Moses. His words at that dining table were solely to remind His disciples (i.e. His followers) to regard the bread and wine in future also as being the symbolic tokens of His broken Body and shed Blood, to venerate this daily custom of nourishment in remembrance of His death. Eating bread and drinking wine was an everyday custom in Israel, let alone daily nourishment. Eating and drinking are an intimate affair where the body becomes closely connected with these ingested items to be subsequently digested as nourishment. Notice Jesus said whenever on both occasions.. Being spiritually intimate with Christ is a continuous Affair, NEVER EVER serving as a ritual!
Since God the Son, Jesus Christ, was the Portrayal of God the Father on earth, HE is our Role Model . HE has NO favourites. Are we to have any? NO! Symbols are representative of division , of exclusivity .
How many atrocities had been done- and how much pain and suffering was caused behind the plethora of different vestments all around the world since time immemorial? Not even mentioning the less obvious ones caused by those on pulpits towards their fellow ‘believers’. Subtle violence of condescendence is but one. Religion is a manmade mechanism for the sake of power, control and money!
Jesus was inconspicuous, so much so that Judas had to even use a sign to identify Him to the mob. Can you imagine, Jesus Christ, the Creator of the universe, of you and me, having had NO special garment to identify Him! No, His charisma was enough to have drawn crowds while He was on earth. He spoke with Authority whenever He talked. He never gave a show to captivate His audiences. His WHOLE BEING radiated LOVE and assertiveness which drew people to Him!
Hebrews 9:13-14 13  For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, 14  how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.” - English Standard Version 2 Corinthians 3:14 “But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.” - Berean Standard Bible 2 Corinthians 3:16 “But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.,” - Berean Standard Bible Isaiah 25:7 “And on this mountain He will swallow up the covering which is over all peoples, Even the veil which is stretched over all nations.” - NASB 1995 Revelation 21:5 “He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”” - New International Version Ezekiel 8:6-16 ““ And he said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing—the utterly detestable things the Israelites are doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see things that are even more detestable.” Then he brought me to the entrance to the court. I looked, and I saw a hole in the wall. He said to me, “Son of man, now dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there. And he said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here.” 10  So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and unclean animals and all the idols of Israel. 11  In front of them stood seventy elders of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising. 12  He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’ 13  Again, he said, “You will see them doing things that are even more detestable.” 14  Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and I saw women sitting there, mourning the god Tammuz . 15  He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this.” 16  He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east .” - New International Version Jeremiah 31:31-33 31  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 32  This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the LORD. 33  “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.” - Berean Standard Bible Romans 2:11 “For there is no partiality with God.” - Berean Literal Bible 1 Corinthians 11:23-28 23  For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24  and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25  In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26  For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 27  So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28  Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. ” - New International Version 1 Corinthians 10:31 “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” - New International Version Colossians 2:8 “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.” - NASB 1995 Ephesians 2:14-15 14  For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility 15  by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees . He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace” - Berean Standard Bible Hosea 2:11 ““I will also put an end to all her gaiety , Her feasts, her new moons, her sabbaths And all her festal assemblies.” - NASB 1995 Amos 5:21 ““I hate, I reject your festivals , Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.” - NASB 1995 Matthew 6:16 ““When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.” - New International Version Matthew 26:47-48 47  While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people. 48  Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him.”” - New International Version Psalm 73:6 “Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.” - NASB 1995 Exodus 34:13 ““But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their Asherim” - NASB 1995 2 Peter 2:3 “and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.” - NASB 1995 Matthew 7:15 ““Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.” - NASB 1995 Mark 5:26 “She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.” - New International Version Philippians 3:13 “Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing indeed: Forgetting the things behind and reaching forward to the things ahead,” - Berean Literal Bible Ephesians 1:11 “In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will ,” - NASB 1995 Proverbs 16:9 “The mind of man plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps.” - NASB 1995 Revelation 21:4 “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”” - New International Version Isaiah 45:7 “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil : I the LORD do all these things.” - King James Bible Ephesians 3:11-12 11  This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12  in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him. ” - NASB 1995
What forest? The global concrete jungle of deception that reflects homogeneous architecture seen in every city (even the smallest towns) around the world, especially in temples, churches, academic institutions and government buildings. Globally, higher and higher skyscrapers depict the ‘power of the masonic Great Architect’ of Babylon. Veneration, such as? Humanism, paganism, gnosticism, Torah, artefacts, relics, statues, shrines, obelisks, domes, triangles, columns, sun, moon, geometry, crowned eagles, vestments, rituals, solemnity, feasts, special days, and of course first and foremost - MONEY . Neuromarketing? The brilliant stunt of Satan to exploit human egocentric nature by manipulating the human brain plasticity in changing its neural responses to extrinsic stimuli. The brain being in a milieu of constant rhetorical stimuli, [such as the oh so familiar Renaissance structures below all over the show], becomes accustomed to it and accepts it as default, even AS being ‘beautiful’ on top of it… sadly! Neuromarketing, using what? Primarily the Bible itself (especially 1 Kings 5-7 ), architecture, alchemy (a.k.a. drugs), rituals, music, ambience and vestments, not forgetting the sanctimonious voice btw. But, sticking to architecture, what’s Satan’s prime focus here? Solomon’s temple and the ark of the covenant of course. Who wants to be worshiped here? The father of lies, who else? By the way, who created the ancient gods? God! Satan just exploits paganism to fit his agenda. He keeps the ‘manmade temple’ alive and rejects the Spiritual Temple, JESUS CHRIST! The New Jerusalem, i. e. Christ, will BE the Temple! Please read Revelation 21:22 .
When Christ, who saved all mankind already, has taken away the veil from one’s eyes, then ocular clarity, as a result, reveals the ugliness of that which Satan has painted over with a sugar veneer of ‘beauty’. Then the ugliness of the ‘beauty’ becomes unbearable. Then the disgust of rituals and their incense becomes nauseating. Then iconography, easter eggs, christmas trees, steeples and spires, kudu horn shofars, sanctimonious voice tones and hypocrisy becomes intolerable. Then the Sanctuary of Christ within one’s heart becomes the hiding place for one’s soul. The place where His rest resides. The haven where one is healed and restored. Then one embraces the verse below with JOY! Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” - New International Version If you call yourself a ‘Christian’, do you get emotional when you think about Jesus, who suffered for all, died for ALL and saved ALL ? Or, do you experience anger because of the mere thought that He had done that even for the so-called ‘wicked’? If you have an intimate relationship with the Jesus above, then you will never condemn the perpetrators of this world to eternal damnation. Jesus doesn’t do that. Why should you? God is in control of ALL . Can you stay unbiased when it comes to the push, even around wars for that matter? Surely not, if the bias Heidelberg Catechism is a foundational document in your life, the paper that directly stemmed from the inquisition. But, NO aggressor, or perpetrator will EVER evade God’s painful [yet temporary] discipline. No one actually. Inner peace is only possible when unveiled eyes have perspective, have awareness, and are fixed on CHRIST! Inner peace wards off war
John 14:30 “No longer will I speak much with you; for the ruler of this world comes, and in Me he has nothing.” - Berean Literal Bible Isaiah 14:13-14 ““ 13  But you said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. 14  ‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High .’” - NASB 1995 This obsession Satan transfers to billions of oblivious people over millennia, sustaining these structures not only as places of worship, but also as governmental- and academic institutions as well. How else will his ruling presence be made visible? God has destroyed BOTH Solomon’s temple and the second temple as well FOR A REASON ! Through the TORN VEIL Christ has given the whole world access to the God of the universe, making ANY building of worship OBSOLETE ! Making the HEART of man the residence of GOD through CHRIST ! But, alas, the tangible food is what’s on the plate, the golden calf of way back! What better strategy is there to control people than with academic-, fraternity-, and religious institutions alike? What is freemasonry other than a religion, using rituals and symbols as a means to control? To have the carrot of progression in front, ‘pursuing the “LIGHT”’ of enlightenment by way of ascending the masonic ‘7 rungs of a ladder’, the ladder that leads to ‘divinity’, sating the hunger for power, -for supremacy? Satan is the “angel of Light” ( 2 Corinthians 11:14 ).
J ohn 2:19 “Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”” - NASB 1995 With Jesus’ resurrection’ His mission of global salvation was accomplished and the temple curtain that separated the world from God was torn in two, giving everyone access to the living God Almighty of the universe! At that moment God reconciled EVERYONE to Himself! He’s done His part! 2 Corinthians 5:19-20 19  that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. 20  And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God . ” - Berean Standard Bible What about you, ‘Christian’, who believes the lie of eternal damnation? Have YOU reconciled yourself to THIS Christ, whose Blood saved ALL people? To this Christ who reconciled ALL people to Himself? Christ did AWAY with the temple at Golgotha, as He infinitely BECAME the Spiritual Temple ! Revelation 21:9-10 9  Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10  And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem , coming down out of heaven from God, ” - NASB 1995 There was, however, NO temple in the city! Revelation 21:22 “I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.”” - NASB 1995
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The so-called ‘living icons of Christ’? – Catholic priests! An icon is the manifestation of what it represents. What an abomination to Christ!
Since God has ALSO chosen Paul and the Ephesian believers, who then are the others? The unbelievers. Who else? Paul believes in the living God who saves ALL people ( 1 Timothy 4:10 ).
God PREDESTINED EVERYTHING to conform with HIS plan , His purpose and His WILL ! The mere fact that someone would even go into lengths, trying to defend the free will dogma, speaks of arrogance. Casuistry just doesn’t work!
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Hebrews 9:13-14 13  For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, 14  how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.” - English Standard Version 2 Corinthians 3:14 “But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.” - Berean Standard Bible 2 Corinthians 3:16 “But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.,” - Berean Standard Bible Isaiah 25:7 “And on this mountain He will swallow up the covering which is over all peoples, Even the veil which is stretched over all nations.” - NASB 1995 Revelation 21:5 “He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”” - New International Version Ezekiel 8:6-16 ““ And he said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing—the utterly detestable things the Israelites are doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see things that are even more detestable.” Then he brought me to the entrance to the court. I looked, and I saw a hole in the wall. He said to me, “Son of man, now dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there. And he said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here.” 10  So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and unclean animals and all the idols of Israel. 11  In front of them stood seventy elders of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising. 12  He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’ 13  Again, he said, “You will see them doing things that are even more detestable.” 14  Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and I saw women sitting there, mourning the god Tammuz . 15  He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this.” 16  He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east .” - New International Version Jeremiah 31:31-33 31  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 32  This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the LORD. 33  “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.” - Berean Standard Bible Romans 2:11 “For there is no partiality with God.” - Berean Literal Bible 1 Corinthians 11:23-28 23  For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24  and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25  In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26  For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 27  So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28  Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. ” - New International Version 1 Corinthians 10:31 “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” - New International Version Colossians 2:8 “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.” - NASB 1995 Ephesians 2:14-15 14  For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility 15  by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees . He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace” - Berean Standard Bible Hosea 2:11 ““I will also put an end to all her gaiety , Her feasts, her new moons, her sabbaths And all her festal assemblies.” - NASB 1995 Amos 5:21 ““I hate, I reject your festivals , Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.” - NASB 1995 Matthew 6:16 ““When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.” - New International Version Matthew 26:47-48 47  While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people. 48  Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him.”” - New International Version Psalm 73:6 “Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.” - NASB 1995 Exodus 34:13 ““But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their Asherim” - NASB 1995 2 Peter 2:3 “and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.” - NASB 1995 Matthew 7:15 ““Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.” - NASB 1995 Mark 5:26 “She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.” - New International Version Philippians 3:13 “Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing indeed: Forgetting the things behind and reaching forward to the things ahead,” - Berean Literal Bible Ephesians 1:11 “In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will ,” - NASB 1995 Proverbs 16:9 “The mind of man plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps.” - NASB 1995 Revelation 21:4 “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”” - New International Version Isaiah 45:7 “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil : I the LORD do all these things.” - King James Bible Ephesians 3:11-12 11  This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12  in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him. ” - NASB 1995
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These are the type of pillars seen all over throughout the world, pillars that are about to collapse. That is simply because their c o r n e r s t o n e s are not Christ at all!
Did not God say that everything He made to be GOOD? How on earth can one appreciate the good, without experiencing evil at all? The evil done by Joseph’s brothers led to Israel’s rescue from famine, just to mention one example. Knowing this makes one look at others with a forgiving heart, through CHRIST alone!
Nobody can blame another, simply because GOD is the One behind everything (including evil)! Moreover, one mostly experiences evil through people, including oneself, not so? But, since God is just and fair, in Christ at Golgotha He PAID the price for all the evil He created!
Love doesn’t need a symbol to represent it. Love never sees another as ‘less than’. Symbols divide, the cross being no exception at all. Love unites! The cross divides! The cross does NOT represent Christ. ONLY LOVE does! It’s disgusting to use the cross as a representation of Christ’s death, while at the SAME time degrading the power of His Blood, by subordinating it to the so-called ‘free will’ and ‘free choice’ of man!
Tradition is giving its members a forced identity in the crowd, making them clones, stripping them of authenticity. Within [true] Christ everyone is unique, having freedom to be himself and herself alike.
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Does any religious decree give true peace? NO. Only fake peace. It enslaves with false promises.
Glittering lights give temporary relief- and an escape from inner stress, only as long as they are on. The true Jesus Christ IS the LIGHT who is always shining, giving constant solace and joy.
Just remember that Jesus was strictly following the law of Moses while He was still alive. The evening passover meal was no exception. How- ever, He who was to be the sacrificial Lamb the next day, was also to abolish the law of Moses. His words at that dining table were solely to remind His disciples (i.e. His followers) to regard the bread and wine in future also as being the symbolic tokens of His broken Body and shed Blood, to venerate this daily custom of nourish- ment in remem- brance of His death. Eating bread and drinking wine was an everyday custom in Israel, let alone daily nourish- ment. Eating and drinking are an intimate affair where the body becomes closely connected with these ingested items to be sub- sequently digested as nourishment. Notice Jesus said whenever on both occasions.. Being spiritually intimate with Christ is a continuous Affair, NEVER EVER serving as a ritual!
Communion with the risen Christ is an ongoing Affair 24/7 and every second. It is a non- stop intimate LOVE AFFAIR with Him, who IS the Bread of Life ! He is our S p i r i t u a l Nourishment. With every meal we have to take a moment and ponder with gratitude, paying reverence to Him for the nutrition He gives, as well as for His sacrificial death and the salvation He bestowed upon ALL mankind! Thus every daily meal being a CONSTANT reminder of HIM! Holy means “set aside for”. To be holy is not an occasional affair with Christ within a building, but a CONSTANT affair with Him day and night within the HEART ! COMMUNION WITH CHRIST IS NOT a synodal decree through force, but a SPONTANEOUS relationship with Him through LOVE !
Since God the Son, Jesus Christ, was the Portrayal of God the Father on earth, HE is our Role Model . HE has NO favourites. Are we to have any? NO! Symbols are representative of division , of exclusivity .
How many atroci- ties had been done- and how much pain and suffering was caused behind the plethora of differ- ent vestments all around the world since time im- memorial? Not even mentioning the less obvious ones caused by those on pulpits towards their fellow ‘believers’. Subtle violence of conde- scendence is but one. Religion is a m a n m a d e mechanism for the sake of power, con- trol and money!
Jesus was incon- spic-uous, so much so that Judas had to even use a sign to identify Him to the mob. Can you imagine, Jesus Christ, the Creator of the universe, of you and me, having had NO special garment to identify Him! No, His charis- ma was enough to have drawn crowds while He was on earth. He spoke with Authority whenever He talked. He never gave a show to captivate His audi- ences. His WHOLE BEING radiated LOVE and a s s e r t i v e n e s s which drew people to Him!
When Christ, who saved all mankind already, has taken away the veil from one’s eyes, then ocular clarity, as a result, reveals the ugliness of that which Satan has painted over with a sugar veneer of ‘beauty’. Then the ugliness of the ‘beauty’ be- comes unbearable. Then the disgust of rituals and their incense becomes nauseating. Then iconography, easter eggs, christ- mas trees, steeples and spires, kudu horn shofars, sanc- timonious voice tones and hypocrisy becomes intolerable. Then the Sanctuary of Christ within one’s heart be- comes the hiding place for one’s soul. The place where His rest resides. The haven where one is healed and restored. Then one embraces the verse below with JOY! Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” - New International Version If you call yourself a ‘Christian’, do you get emotional when you think about Jesus, who suffered for all, died for ALL and saved ALL ? Or, do you experience anger because of the mere thought that He had done that even for the so-called ‘wicked’? If you have an intimate relation- ship with the Jesus above, then you will never condemn the perpetrators of this world to eternal damnation. Jesus doesn’t do that. Why should you? God is in control of ALL . Can you stay unbiased when it comes to the push, even around wars for that matter? Surely not, if the bias Heidelberg Cate- chism is a founda- tional document in your life, the paper that directly stemmed from the inquisition. But, NO aggressor, or per- petrator will EVER evade God’s painful [yet temporary] discipline. No one actually. Inner peace is only possible when unveiled eyes have perspective, have awareness, and are fixed on CHRIST! Inner peace wards off war
What forest? The global concrete jungle of deception that reflects homo- geneous architec- ture seen in every city (even the smallest towns) around the world, especially in temples, churches, academic institu- tions and govern- ment buildings. Globally, higher and higher sky- scrapers depict the ‘power of the ma- sonic Great Archi- tect’ of Babylon. Veneration, such as? Humanism, pagan- ism, gnosticism, Torah, artefacts, relics, statues, shrines, obelisks, domes, triangles, columns, sun, moon, geometry, crowned eagles, vestments, rituals, solemnity, feasts, special days, and of course first and foremost - MONEY . Neuromarketing? The brilliant stunt of Satan to exploit human egocentric nature by manip- ulating the human brain plasticity in changing its neural responses to ex- trinsic stimuli. The brain being in a milieu of constant rhetorical stimuli, [such as the oh so familiar Renais- sance structures below all over the show], becomes accustomed to it and accepts it as default, even AS being ‘beautiful’ on top of it… sadly! Neuromarketing, using what? Primarily the Bible itself (especially 1 Kings 5-7 ), archi- tecture, alchemy (a.k.a. drugs), rituals, music, am- bience and vest- ments, not forget- ting the sanctimo- nious voice btw. But, sticking to ar- chitecture, what’s Satan’s prime focus here? Solomon’s temple and the ark of the covenant of course. Who wants to be worshiped here? The father of lies, who else? By the way, who created the ancient gods? God! Satan just exploits paganism to fit his agenda. He keeps the ‘manmade temple’ alive and rejects the Spiritual Temple, JESUS CHRIST! The New Jerusalem, i. e. Christ, will BE the Temple! Please read Revelation 21:22.
J ohn 14:30 “No longer will I speak much with you; for the ruler of this world comes, and in Me he has nothing.” - Berean Literal Bible Isaiah 14:13-14 ““ 13  But you said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. 14  ‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High .’” - NASB 1995 This obsession Satan transfers to billions of oblivious people over m i l l e n n i a , sustaining these structures not only as places of worship, but also as governmental- and academic institutions as well. How else will his ruling presence be made visible? God has destroyed BOTH Solomon’s temple and the second temple as well FOR A REASON ! Through the TORN VEIL Christ has given the whole world access to the God of the universe, making ANY building of worship OBSOLETE ! Making the HEART of man the residence of GOD through CHRIST ! But, alas, the tangible food is what’s on the plate, the golden calf of way back! What better strategy is there to control people than with academic-, fraternity-, and reli- gious institutions alike? What is free- masonry other than a religion, using rituals and symbols as a means to control? To have the carrot of pro-gression in front, ‘pursuing the “LIGHT”’ of enlight- enment by way of ascending the masonic ‘7 rungs of a ladder’, the ladder that leads to ‘divinity’, sating the hunger for power, - for supremacy? Satan is the “angel of Light” (2 Corinthians 11:14).
John 2:19 “Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”” - NASB 1995 With Jesus’ resurrection’ His mission of global salvation was accomplished and the temple curtain that separated the world from God was torn in two, giving everyone access to the living God Almighty of the universe! At that moment God r e c o n c i l e d EVERYONE to Himself! He’s done His part! 2 Corinthians 5:19-20 19  that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. 20  And He has committed to us the message of r e c o n c i l i a t i o n . Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God . ” - Berean Standard Bible What about you, ‘Christian’, who believes the lie of eternal damnation? Have YOU reconciled yourself to THIS Christ, whose Blood saved ALL people? To this Christ who reconciled ALL people to Himself? Christ did AWAY with the temple at Golgotha, as He infinitely BECAME the Spiritual Temple ! Revelation 21:9-10 9  Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10  And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem , coming down out of heaven from God, ” - NASB 1995 There was, however, NO temple in the city! Revelation 21:22 “I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.”” - NASB 1995
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The so- called ‘living icons of Christ’? – Catholic priests! An icon is the mani- festation of what it represents. What an abomina- tion to Christ!
Satan is obsessed with power Satan is obsessed with temple- and church architec- tures, let alone skyscrapers
Since God has ALSO chosen Paul and the Ephesian believers, who then are the others? The unbe- lievers. Who else? Paul believes in the living God who saves ALL people ( 1 Timothy 4:10 ).
God PREDESTINED EVERYTHING to conform with HIS plan , His purpose and His WILL ! The mere fact that someone would even go into lengths, trying to defend the free will dogma, speaks of arrogance. Casu- istry just doesn’t work!