Cottage Views
Potter or Potter's clay?
By: Paul Cottage - Still being written Seperating Fiction from Reality Preface It has been my goal, and probably the goal of a great many people, to separate out what is fiction and what is reality when it comes to western theology. This is still being written - Comments are welcome here:- Table of Content Daniel Most people will not be aware of the above passage in scripture. Some theologians will be aware, and a good number of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Zionists will be aware of this passage. It is significant to their ideology. Now, what I think (I am an atheist), and what the great majority of the ignorant masses thing, is not important - BUT what Zionists think is important, because wealthy Zionists have been shaping geo-politics for quite some time now. Jeremiah There is a great deal to unpack in both of these biblical passages - which I will do in the fullness of this essay, BUT for now, I want to discern (for this writing) what potter's clay represents and what the potter represents. Potter's clay represents everything that falls under the umbrella of the 'Laws of physics' or the 'Laws of Nature'. Now, you might be thinking, logically, everything falls under the 'Laws of physics' or the 'Laws of Nature'. - That is what we're going to explore in this essay. We will eventually have to separate out the 'Laws of Nature' from the 'Laws of Physics' because the 'Laws of Nature' are completely implausible with the 'Laws of Physics'. The Potter represents everything that does NOT falls under the umbrella of the 'Laws of physics' or the 'Laws of Nature'. You may be asking what is that? - And that is the question we're asking in this essay too. For our purpose here, we can consider things that we believe are not possible - such as time travel - travelling faster than the speed of light - or knowingly and correctly predicting the future. A more generally accepted way of expressing it may be 'devine creation' or 'divine intervention' or 'devine beings'. We explore the history of our planet through sciences such as Geology, Palaeontology, and Archaeology. We study the history of the Universe through the sciences such as Cosmology and Astronomy. From these sciences we know that there is infinity more that we do not know than what we know. And what we do know, more often than not, is questionable. In this chapter, we're going to highlight some archaeological wonders. TURKEY - GOBEKLI TEPE AND KARAHAN TEPE SOUTH AMERICA - SACSAYHUAMAN AND TIWANAKU Tiwanaku (Bolivia) Is known for its massive, precisely carved stone structures (some weighing over 130 tons) and its high-altitude location near Lake Titicaca. Key features include the stepped pyramid Akapana, the rectangular temple complex Kalasaya, the monolithic Gateway of the Sun, and the pumapunku complex with its massive stone platforms. The site is characterized by a grid-like layout and a sophisticated water drainage system. INDONESIA - GUNUNG PADANG EGYPT - PYRAMIDS AT GIZA ENGLAND - STONE HENGE Numerous other sites exist too, but this is enough to show that, from before the dawn of history, large megalithic structures were built globally. These structures have lasted thousands of years (and perhaps a good bit longer) - We do not know because we cannot date stones. Modern humans, generally, build structures that last in the hundreds of years. Most of the, very impressive, Cathedrals across Europe (which were built to last), are significantly less than a thousand years old. Most have been destroyed. Many are now in complete disrepair. Those that remain have undergone extensive rebuilding as well as requiring constant maintenance. Roman and Greek archaeological site have also disappeared or have under-gone massive renovations and maintenance activities. If people do not destroy architecture nature will. Without humans, and within a few decades, most modern buildings would begin to collapse due to neglect, and vegetation would cover roads. Within a few centuries, the steel and glass skyscrapers would be gone, replaced by rubble. After a millennium, most cities would be covered by sediment and vegetation. Only massive stone structures, like the pyramids would remain. So, in objectively trying to understand these ancient megalithic structures, we can summarize as follows: We just don't know - Archaeologists and researchers can only speculate. Do these structures fall under the category of 'indicators of a Potter' or are they 'Potter Clay'? We may not know the minds of the entities that build these structures or the technologies that they used, but the constructions were done physically, and the entities that did the building were mindful physical beings - they were not constructed by non-corporeal entities Just as there are numerous megalithic archaeological sites, so too, there are numerous myths about creation. Here are just a few:- HINDU CREATION STORY Hindu creation stories begins with Vishnu sleeping on the cosmic ocean. A lotus flower emerges from his navel, and Brahma is born on it to create the universe. Brahma splits the lotus to form the heavens, sky, and earth, then creates life and the world through various methods, including dividing himself into male and female to reproduce, or creating beings through austerity and sacrifice. GREAK CREATION STORY NORSE CREATION STORY EGYPTIAN CREATION STORY SUMERIAN CREATION STORY The Sumerian creation story explains that the gods created humans from clay to serve as their laborers. The story begins with the primeval waters giving birth to the sky and earth, who then produce the god Enlil, who separates them. Humans were created to relieve the gods of their work. GENESIS CREATION STORY So the Genesis creation suggests that a single God created the world in seven days, starting with creating light and separating the waters on the first day, and ending with humans on the sixth. The story begins with a formless, dark earth and progresses through the creation of the sky, land, plants, sun, moon, stars, and sea creatures before culminating in the creation of land animals and finally, humans. Genesis does allude to other deities such as in: The Book of Enoch (Not included in the orthodox Bible) gives a significantly more comprehensive story of angels, called the Watchers, and giant human/angel hybrids called the Nephilim. The point that I am suggesting here is that these are stories created in the minds of people, and that these stories have evolved (or died) over millennia's. I'll explain further as we go on. I have demonstrated that there are numerous creationist stories from across the globe (most - are now lost to history). I am going to mention here a specific 'pantheon of gods' because it's most relevant to this essay. Mesopotamia covered a large geographical area roughly from where Kuwait is now, up the east coast of the Mediterranean and much of Syria. The Sumerian civilization was one of the oldest in this area and this civilization influenced many other civilizations for thousands of years. Many empires and city kingdoms sprang up over Millennia with their own pantheon of gods - invariably a renaming and casting of already existing gods. The relatively modern word Semite (1770's) refers to the people originating from this area - historically known as Mesopotamia. The more specific area we are interested in is known as Levant and the pantheon of gods associated with the Canaanites. Like all people, pretty much across the globe, the Canaanites believed in countless number of gods, but their primary deities were headed by a god called El, and his wife Asherah. - El was the supreme deity and the 'father of the gods' - Asherah was the mother goddess, and Queen of heaven - They had at least 70 children gods. The two we are most interested in is Baal and Yahweh. There is some debate if Yahweh belongs to this pantheon, but for here, we'll say that he does. - Other gods include, Anat, Astarte, Dagan, Mot, Shapesh, Yam and many others. knowledge of these gods come from a 1929 discovery of over 1000 clay tablets in Ugarit, in modern day Syria dated between 1800 BCE and 1200 BCE. To understand why there was so many gods we will have to explore, and separate out, the 'laws of physics' and the 'laws of nature' which we will do now. Let's imagine a time, before any civilization, when people formed small family units or clans. Archaeological research suggests people ingested psychedelic plant and were involved in psychedelic enhanced rituals. People told stories (sometimes from the pychedelic experiences) , not just to entertain, but to remember long dead relatives, to pass down significant events, such as earth-quakes and thunder-storms, and to explain how these events took place. The more fantastic, or interesting, the stories the more likely the stories would survive and be passed down from generation to generation. People distinguished between inanimate objects such as rocks and mountains, and animated objects that could move autonomously and impact the environment. People and animals were alive. What about the plants, the oceans, the wind, the sun, the moon, and the star? These too were animate. They moved, by what seemed at the time, of their own volition and with devastating effects sometimes. People were trying to understand - so they invented stories that described these events. They imbued physical phenomena with living character. These characters were significantly more powerful than themselves, and they were immortal. They created gods in otherwords. A different god for pretty much every aspect of their lives. It would be incorrect to think of these gods as benign. In fact, for the most part, they were malignant because the world was brutal - we had to appease the 'god of the volcano' if we didn't want our home destroyed for example. All of these gods must have come from somewhere so people often imagined a creator god too. Just as today, we do not go to a mechanic to get our computer fixed, in pre-history, we would not go to the adherents of the fertility god if we were concerned about a health issue. These gods often required rituals or sacrifice to appease them or to invoke some kind of support. For example, to ensure migratory herds returned. As small groups formed into larger groups, primarily made possible because of the advent of farming, the stories of gods and their rituals became more formal and theatrical. Child sacrifices was common ( I suspect because of a preference for lamb as-opposed to mutton ). Also, virgin sacrifices was a thing too. As a side note, farming probably came about because of ritualized reverence and care for certain plants that helped sustain small communities through winter months. Giving thanks for our 'daily bread' ("Lord's Prayer") may be a remnant of these pre-historic distant rituals. We can see how physical phenomena can be imbued with living character. We should also appreciate that living nature needed to be understood too. People invented gods to explain the cyclical movement of dear or the spawning habits of salmon. The survival of whole communities often depended on the cyclical consistency of these events so nature had to be respected and often feared.. In nature, Animals are wild, which is a form of psychosis, not because they want to be, but because it is necessary for their survival. AND, it is not a learned psychosis. It is genetic. If you have ever brought a feral kitten home (even though it has no real world experience) it is wild, and its nature is significantly different to a domesticated kitten. It can take several generations to domesticate animals, but in the case of cats, and other predatory animals, they can revert to a wild psychotic state almost immediately. Of all the creatures on the planet, no creature is more depraved or psychotic than humans. Without the checks and balances of society, people torture and murder on a scale unimaginable to other creatures. If you have doubts about this consider modern day Israel and Gaza. Research, by Richard Dawkins - 'The Selfish Gene', and by Lyall Watson 'Dark Nature', and others demonstrate that we naturally have an empathy span that includes primarily our-self, and perhaps our immediate family. Domesticated humans may increase their empathy span to perhaps their immediate community. Luckily, people were able to create reasonably civilized societies, in which there was an implied covenant between governing authorities and the community whereby the people could live in relative safety so long as they met their end of the covenant (which was based on their status). Obviously, we cannot get into the minds of people that lived thousands of years ago. We can get a little idea, maybe, from very religious communities of today. The daily activities of people, in these communities, is invariably always in relation to their god(s). 'It's god's will that I do this'. 'It would not happen if god did not let it happen.' etc. We can assume that people thought similarly thousands of years ago. So, someone might say 'I walked with god' we can surmise this means he was in deep contemplation. Or if someone said 'I walked with the god of fertility', the individual was thinking about how to get pregnant. Often people had to resolve complex issues or predict what was going to happen in the future, and when a solution came to mind, they might say 'and god spoke to me'. Some people were better at doing this than others, and these people were labelled profits. Let's explore how the mind works. Why am I mentioning this? Because imagination affects psychological (emotional) and physiological (physical) well-being. We have limited control over how our imagination affects our emotions and in turn our well-being and actions. Through imagination (often pure fantasy) people can be manipulated for good or bad. We should consider this when exploring history, and more importantly when considering current events. As we go through our day our conscious mind is handling our current awareness. It is handling any logical reasoning or immediate thoughts. It is focused on our current activity. If we get stressed, our ability to focus on the immediate diminishes substantially (we process the event that is causing the stress), and our subconscious mind is jumping in. Our subconscious mind takes in much more information and stores it much faster in memory throughout the day than our conscious mind. We are not even slightly aware this is happening. It manages our automatic functions, triggers emotions (sometimes for no obvious reason), and will respond much faster than our conscious mind if we are threatened. When we're in danger, it is often our subconscious mind that reacts long before our conscious mind is even aware. Often, periods of time can be blanked out because our subconscious is running the show - terrible things may have happened and we don't know. Our subconscious mind also replays the day's events and events from the pasts when we sleep. Sometimes, when we wake up, we're aware of the dreams we've had. Often we are not. When we're daydreaming we're playing out events from our subconscious mind and imagination. Inner Truth Inner truth is not our genes. Our genes are selfish. They have a self-serving agenda which is often in conflict with what we know would be best. Inner truth is a knowing that comes after our subconscious mind has had the ability to work on a problem we could not solve with our conscious logical mind. It often happens when we are asleep and we wake up with the answer. Or go for a walk, and while our conscious mind is distracted, the answer just appears. Neither our conscious nor subconscious mind can produce something that is not already there stored away. In other words, we cannot imagine the unimaginable, or imagine something that is not framed within the limitations of what we already know. We cannot start talking in a foreign language unless that language is stored somewhere in our subconscious. Obviously, the more we learn, the more we know, and the more we can imagine as plausible or rule out as implausible. A fisherman's scope of imagination and inner truth is moulded and limited by his fishing and life experiences. A healer by his life experiences. In otherwords, people speak within the predetermined limits of their history. If we led a life of 'lying and murdering' our 'imagination and inner truth' would be moulded by this too. There was a god for this type of inner truth - commonly refered to as Satan. Writing made the communication truth Across the ancient world, writing things down, on papyrus, or carved into stone, or architecture made the communication truth, - as if from the gods (rather than just stories, hear-say, rumour, or simple fabrication). Since all things happened in relationship to the gods, even writing about mundane things became truth. This archaic idea of legitimacy through writing carries through to today when we use the word scripture to describe writing. So, in the coming chapters, I am going to use the word story instead of scripture when referring to the books of the bible. I'm not going to do a deep-dive into the bible. Theologians have been doing that for the past two thousand+ years. Something that we would recognise as the Old Testament part of the bible has been around for a little over two thousand years. What we would recognise as the New Testament has been around for a little over sixteen hundred years. From around the time of the Council of Nicaea (AD 325) to around the time of Martin Luther (1517) very few have questioned the orthodox narrative of the bible. We are very lucky to have the bible. It is the only quasi record of a time between two thousand to three thousand years ago. For westerners, it is really the beginning of our recorded history. Pretty much all other writings have been destroyed - this is the way of our human nature - we destroy what we do not understand or does not fit our cultural narrative. The Bible exists primarily because of Jesus, or more appropriately, because of Christianity and the Roman Empire. In this chapter I'm going to summarize, in my own words, a little of some of the significant stories of the Old Testament as they relate to the Jewish religion. Since I'm talking about a story here. It seems right I should start in the time honoured way. Moses Moses lived in the best Kingdom in all the land - it was called Egypt. Moses had all his needs met by servants; he ate the best food; he had the best education - especially in the affairs of State; and he had extensive training in military matters too. The king (Pharaoh) loved Moses very much, but Moses was not as special, in the eyes of Pharaoh, as his not adopted siblings. As with all kingdoms, Egypt had an awful lot of slaves (or labourers). They came from all around the region. Some came to Egypt so they could eat - the surrounding desert was very harsh. Some were sold into slavery. Many were captured during wars. The men slaves often did heavy manual labour that know-one else wanted to do, and the women slaves were mainly useful for having babies - so there would be more slaves to do manual labour. Every few years, the slave population would become too great, and too troublesome so Pharaoh would order a culling ( 'mowing the lawn' as modern day Israelis would say ). Moses was rescued from one of these cullings, and because Moses lived a comfortable life and was aware of his own story, he felt some empathy towards the slaves. The Egyptians had their own 'pantheon of gods' which directed and ordered their everyday lives. The slaves were from many regions, so amongst the slaves or labourers, there were a number of 'pantheon of gods'. For the most part it was not important. People attended to the gods that seemed most appropriate to themselves. It is like us deciding if we want to shop at Tesco's or Morrison's. Pharaoh and the Egyptians did not mind so long as the slaves did not become too troublesome with their gods. For the slaves, there was no future so they were haunted by a nostalgic past, and because they had nothing except a harsh life, they looked for some form of revenge or a means of escape - (The natives were restless) And as it is the way of people - especially with no hope - they told stories about their ancestors. Only the fantastic or inspiring stories survived and were perhaps embellished from generation to generation. One such story was about a slave, called Joseph, who became advisor (profit) to Pharaoh. Joseph fed the slaves, in a time of famine, and eventually became second-in-command of the whole of Egypt. How great a story was that? Or the story of Abram, later called Abraham, whose nomadic travels took him from the most distant part of the Semite world (Ur), through places like Canaan, and eventually onto Egypt ( thousands of kilometres away ). Abram prostituted out his wife to Pharaoh to gain favour. The status of women, across the semite world, was little better than the status of animals. Abraham, like the slaves, was nostalgic about the past and a home-land - Abraham 'walked with El', his head god, and El promised him, and his descendants, a home-land. Or Jacob, who was perhaps not amongst the most straight forward of characters, he wrestled with El and was subsequently called Israel (translated - he who struggled with El). He went on to Luz, in Canaan, and built an alter and called the place El Beth (translated - House of El). (Jacob 35: 6,7). This is a very small taster of the stories commonly known from the bible (and relevant to where I am going with this essay). Significantly, because of Christianity, we can still read about and bonder on today. EXODUS To my mind, Moses was very close and loyal to Pharaoh. Probably closer than anyone, and because Moses was adopted, he did not have to conform to the normal protocols that applied to the rest of the royal family. He could move around between various political interests and be a bit of a fixer - a go between - A bit of an Epstein character in other-words. Now Pharaoh wanted 'something or someone' secretively taken out of Egypt - perhaps for safety. Or Pharaoh was concerned about events outside of Egypt and wanted some kind of insurance policy (or buffer) He did not want this information getting into the hands of other kingdoms either. If the Egyptian people knew about this 'person or thing or concern' then Pharaoh wanted it ghosted or quashed. If the Egyptian people did not know about this 'person or thing or concern' then Pharaoh did not want the people to ever know about it. So Pharaoh and Moses concocted a story whereby Moses would have to 'plausibly' leave the kingdom - something along the lines of Moses murdering an overseers. Now, the 'Shasu of Yahweh' was a Nomadic tribe known by the Egyptians. They are referenced on temples walls. The Egyptians actually kept pretty good records of whom they had dealings with - more and more is coming to light as further discoveries are made. The 'Shasu of Yahweh' were a nomadic tribe that lived down to the southern-most part of ancient Levant near the Red Sea. Moses went out to this group of Nomads to gain their trust and learn their ways. The ways of Yahweh, in other-words, because all activities are in relationship to one god or another. When trust was gained, and Moses was sufficiently knowledgeable, he returned to Egypt to implement the agreed plan - which was to take the secret 'object or person or concern' out of Egypt under the cover of a mass exodus of slaves. Because of Moses' exceptional political skills, he had agreed with a significant number of the slaves that he would take them out of Egypt and to the land promised to Abraham. - A slight of hand which is common with people of this nature - promise one thing with the intent of delivering another The story of the 'parting of the Red-Sea' was an allegorical story representing a cover-up that took place. (Book of Exodus, chapter 14) Now, I'm not saying what the 'thing or person' was, but let me be a little imaginative. The Great Pyramid of Giza should not exist. Everything about the structure is impossible. Just focusing on what is now called the Grand Gallery and Kings Chambers alone - the walls and ceilings of these rooms are made of large granite stones weighing up to 80 tons each. Inside of the kings chamber is an empty granite box which some label as a sarcophagus. How the sarcophagus got into the chamber or even how it was sculpted is beyond our imagination. This sarcophagus is empty, and coincidentally, it is roughly the dimensions of the 'Ark of the Covenant' (Exodus 25:10). IN THE DESERT Many think that the Jews believed themselves to be 'God's chosen people' because of their relationship to Abraham, but this is completely implausible. Primarily, because there is at least a thousand+ years between Abraham and Moses (if Abraham ever existed). And secondly, because, at this time, the stories of the Old Testament had not been chosen orchestrated and woven together yet - AND also, not everyone would have been on board with the story of Abraham. What is more reasonable, is that the Jews thought of themselves as 'God's chosen people' because of their role in protecting the secret that, we are going to image, was housed in the 'Ark of the Covenant', and when the 'Ark of the Covenant' was lost, so too was their status as 'God's chosen people'. We'll get more into this in the fullness of this essay. If Moses' plan was to take the Slaves to Canaan then he would have done that. It was probably about a month's hike away. No, Moses' mission was to stay away from civilization and to stay in the desert. To do this, the slaves had to learn how to survive in the desert. In other words, they had to follow the ways of the god 'Yahweh'. Now Yahweh was a jealous god (Exodus 20:5) - in other-words the desert was a harsh and unforgiving place. Moses ( and Yahweh ) had two immediate objectives with the Jews: The second of these was pretty easy. It is basic human nature to have an empathy span of just one and perhaps just to the immediate family - this would have been especially true given the depraved state they were currently in - Keep in mind child sacrifice and virgin sacrifice was still a thing It was the first requirement that was hard - Everyone was mistrusting of everyone - and murder, steeling, lying are all natural survival traits. * Amalek is in reference to the 'book of the Wars of Yahweh' which no longer exists, but Moses was obviously aware of it. It is referenced in Numbers 21,14 So now, to cut a long story short, Moses went up (Mount Sinai) to have a chin wag with Yahweh, and came back down again with two stone tablets containing the ten commandments (he had to do this a couple of times). The commandments were on stone tablets so they had to be from the gods. (Exodus 20:2-17) Moses is also credited with writing the 'Book of the Covenant' ( Exodus 24:4,7 ) , and the 'Book of Yahweh's Law' ( Deuteronomy 31:9 ) - both lost along with 'The Ark of the Covenant'. Moses appointed elders to help him judge disputes (Exodus 18), and bring about a semblance of order and the ability of the people to trust their Jewish neighbours. This would be one of the earliest recorded judicial systems which lasted well into the creation of the 'State of Israel' - which was initially ruled by Judged (Book of Judges). The authority of the Judges was undermined with the creation of kings which we'll get to. Now, as we know, the desert was brutal, and so were the laws of Yahweh. The entire adult population that left Egypt died because of their disobedience (Joshua: 5,6) - - in other words, the adults that followed Moses out of Egypt, dreaming of a better life, died probably a horrible death in the desert. Finally, Moses commanded the men age twenty to sixty to serve as soldiers and to form hosts ('the twelve tribes of Israel' - or we can think of the Roman legions too) - these hosts did not swear loyalty to the commander or the high priest but to yahweh - they were 'Yahweh's hosts' - Moses was called 'the Lord of hosts' (Numbers 1:1). To his followers, Moses was already positioned as 'Yahweh in human form' (Exodus 7,1) - Incidentally, this is just as the orthodox Christians positions Jesus as 'God in human form' - And as the Pharaohs were thought of as 'gods in human form' by the Egyptians. And for completeness, we had the Levites who were responsible for enforcing Yahweh's judgement. They had the responsibilities for the Tabernacle (Yahweh's dwelling place while traveling in the desert). They had sacred priestly duties and rituals to perform. They were NOT entitled to own land - unlike the 12 tribes mentioned above (i.e. when they reached Cananite - the spoils of war - stolen land - did not go to the Levites). Given the above short summary of the story of Moses, how plausible is it that Moses led the slaves out of Egypt because of a sense of empathy towards them? How plausible it is that he led the slaves out of Egypt because of a story of a promise, made by a god, to a fictitious character (Abraham) over a thousand years earlier? Regarding the second point, do not underestimate the veracity of religious and cultural dogma. It's suggested (Joshua: 5,6) that they were in the desert for 40 years wandering - perhaps a few miles yearly - why? - We do not know! Keep in mind if/when you read these stories that the 'mind of Yahweh' was the 'mind of Moses' - Moses was Yahweh persona - the 'Lord of Hosts' (Numbers 1:1). Speculatively, perhaps they spent 40 years in the desert because Pharaoh wanted some kind of, low profile, military buffer between Egypt and the Levant region because of shifting geo-politics in the region. The Pentateuch are first five books of the Old Testament attributed to Moses. (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). There are countless discrepancies indicating that this cannot be true. High amongst these is that these books were written in 'the third person'. Also, as another example - statements like 'Beyond the Jordan' and references to Israel - (in Deuteronomy 1:1-5 for example) - at the time of Moses, the Jews had not yet crossed the Jordan - and Israel did not exist. The earliest the Pentateuch could have been written was after the establishment of a 'united Israel' roughly around the time of David ( hundreds of years later ) - and it was compiled and embellished from thousands of stories. It was probably compiled much later than that too. It was written for geo-political reasons and to establish legitimacy in the minds of the Jews. I'm not going to go into the conquest of the Canaanites by the Jews to establish the kingdom of Israel. Needless to say after brutal genocidal murders ( on both sides ) they eventually established a means of co-existence and assimilation ( in both directions ). It is noteworthy that the areas was named 'Israel' in honour of the head god of the Canaanites 'El' and the head-god of the forefathers, of the Jews, that came out of Egypt as slaves. KING SAUL and KING DAVID and the merger of El and Yahweh
2 Samuel In Deuteronomy, we are given the impression that Yahweh's lot, or inheritance, or divine portion, from the Most High (El) was the nation of Israel. - Remember, Jacob was called Israel by El ( Genesis 32:28 and Genesis 35:10 ).
Deuteronomy A factor bringing Jews and Canaanites together would have been warring with the Philistines ( or the Sea People ) from the Aegean region. Fierce genocidal battles were fought between the 'now Israelites' and the Philistines. Eventually these cultures merge too. Now, let's be clear about the nature of Yahweh (Which is, in reality, the nature of humanity (plural) without the checks and balances of society - (if in doubt see Israel right now - doing god's work).) - King Saul was deposed, and replaced by King David, because he was not vicious enough. Here is what Yahweh wanted him to do:
1 Samuel If we continue reading '1 Samuel 15' we see that King Saul did not murder all the children and animals as commanded by Yahweh; his act of selectively sparing them was an act of disobedience that led to his rejection as king. David's path to becoming king was not plain sailing though. David took the foreskin from 200 Philistinian men in order to win the hand of Saul's daughter Michal, and thereby legitimizing his claim to the thrown as part of the Royal family. ( 1 Samuel 18:25-27 ) - we can see why Yahweh favored David. KING SOLOMON King Solomon loved many foreign women - in addition to Pharaoh's daughter - he loved Hittite women and women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon. We can say he was liberal in respect to other gods and cultures. Solomon reigned for an estimated forty years. So 'god's chosen people' had about forty years of peace and prosperity in their 'promised land' ( after hundreds of years of genocidal wars and murders ) before things started to fall apart. I'm not going to go into the details, but effectively, Israel divided into two Kingdoms. Israel and Judah (Judah Includes 10 of the 12 tribes of Israel). These two Kingdoms warred against each other and against the dominating Kingdoms of the Assyrians and the Babylonians. In one battle, the men of Judah killed 500,000 men of Israel ( 2 Chronicles 13,7), and of course Israel reciprocated ( 2 Chronicles 28:5-15 ). Now, the Jews had periods of peace when they lived as a tribal society and were ruled by Judges ( Judges 3,11 or 8,28 ), and this can then lead into a debate of the merits of a Republic over the merits of a Monarchy. The devoted followers of Yahweh wanted rule by Judges, and hence the fall of Israel is blamed on the introduction of Monarchy by the Jewish people - against Yahweh's wishes. Regardless, the Kingdom of Israel was wiped off the map (by the Assyrians (722 and 720 BCE) ), AND 100+ years later the 'Temple in Jerusalem' ( and Judah ) was destroyed by a Babylonian army - Led by 'King Nebuchadnezzar II' ( 587/586 BCE ) - tens of thousands (of mainly Artisans, Scholars, and the urban Elites) were taken into captivity, into Assyria and Babylon, over this period - most never to return. What happened to the 'Ark of the Covenant'? That information is not available. Some suggest that its last known location was the First Temple in Jerusalem, and that it was destroyed, by the Babylonians, along with the destruction of the Temple. The last mention of 'Ark of the Covenant' is King Josiah ( of Judah ) asking the priestly class ( the Levites ) to return the 'Ark of the Covenant' to the Temple as part of project of returning to a more purified 'Yahwehist' religion ( Which could not happen under a Monarchy - and Josiah was at war with the Egyptian army too - why? - Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt warned King Josiah that he was on a 'mission from God' and that he should not interfere. His military goal was to assist the Assyrian Empire against the Babylonian empire, But, King Josiah (Judah) was mainly fighting against the Assyrians - the Babylonian empire later conquered Judah). - Josiah did remove the idolatrous items from the temple (2 Kings 23) - and removed idols and the worship sites, of other gods, throughout Judah. I would speculate that with the death of Moses, so too died the status of being 'god's chosen people' for the Jews. AND so too, the 'Ark of the Covenant' was ghosted - except perhaps to a very small group of people. The captive Jews (Judah) eventually settled into the Babylonian culture creating their own communities and even having significant political influence which is evident by the number of Jewish profits ( advisors ) to the Kings - such as Daniel - as referenced in this introduction. If you are interested, 'The Book of Daniel' chronicles a good part of the Jewish exile in Babylon As predicted by Daniel, ( see introduction above ) the Babylonian Empire fell to the Persian Empire, and Ezra ( See the Book of Ezra ) led a group of exiles back to Jerusalem from Babylon to re-establish a Jewish community. This was facilitated by Esther ( See the book of Esther ) - She was a young Jewish woman who becames queen after King Ahasuerus ( Persian Empire ) banishes his previous queen. Sometime later, under the authorization of the Persian King 'Cyrus', construction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem began. Missing from the Protestant Bibles, but included in the Catholic Bible, are the 'Books of Maccabees' which covers a period from about 300 - 100 years before Jesus. It's a story of how the Jews revolted against what was a remnant of 'Alexander the Greats' empire called the Seleucid Empire. This empire tried to ban Jewish practices, and banned and destroyed as much Jewish literature as possible. There was some kind of alliance between Rome and the Maccabees which is probably why the Maccabees were able to secure the existence of the 'province of Judaea' as part of a client-state of Rome. ( renamed to Syria Palaestina in 135 CE ). Through all the turmoil, various Jewish sects came into existence such as the Pharisees; the Sadducees; the Essenes; the Zealots; the Samaritans. Biblically, the main sects were the Pharisees; the Sadducees; and the Samaritans. The Sadducees were a Jewish sect active from the 2nd century BCE until the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. They were primarily an aristocratic and priestly group associated with the Temple and wealthy landowners who held political power, often working with Roman rulers. They are known for their conservative theology, accepting only the written Torah and rejecting the belief in an after-life, angels, and resurrection, which put them in opposition to other groups like the Pharisees. The Pharisees were a Jewish religious party that existed from the 165-160-BCE until the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD. They are known for their belief in the authority of both the written Torah and oral tradition, their emphasis on ritual purity, and their role in developing the foundation for modern Rabbinic Judaism. The Samaritans were feared and despised by the mainstream sects (the Pharisees and Sadducees). They recognized only the first five books of the Bible (The Pentateuch) and worshipped on Mount Gerizim instead of Jerusalem. They claimed to be the descendants of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh which were the sons of Joseph, and his Egyptian wife, Asenath.
Of interest, is that the Samaritans are still a religious movement surviving to today with about a thousand members. They are also amongst a very small number of Jews that can legitimately claim any genetic heritage to the ancient Jews of ancient Israel/Judah. They hold unique dual Israeli-Palestinian citizenship. Most modern day Israeli's have European genetic heritage. It is probably during this time and with a concerted effort between the sects that the Canons of the Old Testament ( the Torah etc ) - something we would recognise today - was crafted ( books/stories were selected, rejected, stories weaved together and edited for the audience of the period - and the different sects probably had varying elucidations on what they wanted emphasized removed or added ). Of course, what was selected survived, most of the other material is now lost to history. The same is true for the New Testament. The books for the New Testament were canonised three to four hundred years after the death of Jesus and with the Geo-political interests of the Roman Empire and legitimising the Old Testament in mind. A lot of writings were not selected and are now lost forever. Jesus brought three seismic concepts to the western world which I am going to cover here. Jesus was special. The Catholic Church dogmatically proclaimed, as church doctrine, that he was conceived through Immaculate Conception and that has been Christian doctrine ever since. I prefer Spinoza's thesis that the biological father of Jesus was a Roman soldier. This would have been very humiliating for Mary, and Joseph ran cover for her. So, like Moses, Jesus grew up differently. We know very little about the early years of Jesus. He was not afraid to stand-out though, and he was very knowledgeable of the doctrines of the Pharisees and the stories of the Old Testament, and he was not afraid to debate in public - ( A little like Charlie Kirk ) He became known ( popular ) at around the age of thirty ( Luke 3,23 ) and he caught the eye of the Pharisees as a potential political leader ( maybe the next King of the Jews ). Now the legitimacy for this ( or a royal linage if you like ) is given in Luke 3,24 onwards - BUT this linage could not be true if Jesus was born of Immaculate Conception or if his father was a Roman Soldier. It's completely implausible anyway - but mentioned here for completeness and reference. Jesus was aware of this so he had a chin-wag with Satan on the subject - Satan offered him everything - and after much contemplation Jesus rejected Satan ( Luke 4 ). Now, why not a chin-wag with Yahweh you may ask. Yahweh is a narrow-minded, mean-spirited, selfish god, so perhaps a good choice - BUT Yahweh laid down the laws ( ten-commands ) for the Jews - lying, steeling, cheating, or murdering fellow Jews was not on the cards with Yahweh - AND let's say the Pharisees wanted Jesus to be less than honest with the Jewish people - So the right god was Satan. So, after rejecting what was on offer, Jesus came out on the offensive against the Pharisees with the first seismic and blasphemous concept LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR Now you can imagine how this statement impacted the Pharisees ( and Zealots ) that wanted a holy war and to re-establish the Kingdom of Israel. It was a little like 'Charlie Kirk' suggesting that perhaps brutally murdering women and children in Gaza might not be a good thing. Now there are a number of stories in the New Testament highlighting where Jesus offends the Pharisees, but the next one I want to bring up is: John When Jesus is using the word 'father' here he is talking about Jacob, the symbolic father, of the twelve tribes of Israel - And he is linking the true nature of Yahweh to Satan - A liar and a murderer - So he is really hitting them in the gonads - We explore morality and continue with the question of 'Potter or Potter's clay' in the next chapter. INNER TRUTH "The Kingdom of God is within you" ( Luke 17:21 ) - It isn't a distant place, but is found internally through introspection - connection with your inner-truth. This was aimed at the Jewish community. The second is the 'Holy Spirit' of which Jesus spoke extensively ( example: John 14-16 ) - and again this is about connecting with your inner-truth, but it's aimed more towards the gentiles. What Jesus is saying here is 'don't look to imaginary external gods for truth'. The truth is within. Now, we can picture how the Pharisees took this. Jesus was making them redundant, and challenging the fixed psychotic 'Pomised Land' compulsion entrenched in the Jewish minds.. Pragmatically, I should suggest that a majority of us, at least in the west, still seem to exhibit an empathy span of about one (perhaps slightly larger). So, these first two 'seismic concepts' are perhaps like 'pearls before swine' ( Matthew 7:6 ).. Maybe, we still 'genetically' need gods and we still need the 10 commandments. Jesus may have understood this too ( Matthew 24 ) In Matthew 24, Jesus also references the prophecy, from Daniel, at the beginning of this essay. We'll explore further in the next chapter JESUS DYING FOR THE SINS OF HUMANITY John This seismic concept became the corner-stone of Christianity. And yes, at the time of Jesus, that was probably true, But Christians, today, really do not understand it. Most believe in a metaphysical relationship between 'Adam and Eve' sinning and the death of Christ. It was a lot more practical and profound concept at the time of Jesus. What was being said here, by the apostles of Jesus, was that we no longer had to sacrifice our loved ones and animals to the gods in compensation for our daily transgressions. Jesus was the final sacrifice. 'Love your neighbour even though he's a foreigner' was a plausible sell to much of the Hellenic and Roman world - especially amongst intellectuals that could comprehend that a stable empire required people from diverse backgrounds getting along - This concept was the corner stone of 'Alexander the Greats' empire. Even those with limited intellectual capacity were developing meaningful relationships with people from other parts of the world. They too needed permission to internally justify and defend these feelings. 'INNER TRUTH' and 'JESUS DYING FOR THE SINS OF HUMANITY' were an absolute no-no. Leading authorities everywhere justified their rule and existence through their relationship and representation of the gods. So how did the Jesus movement survive? Intellectuals could understand what Jesus was saying, and they wrote about it. They argued amongst themselves and expressed their views in writing. They even went out and preached what Jesus was saying in the form of the apostles. The apostles were not 'ordering people' or 'giving commands' - they were informing people of a different way of thinking - Ordering came later with Catholicism. BUT an intellectual ( conscious ) argument is not enough. The strength of the concepts of Jesus were at an emotional ( subconscious ) level. 'Bird of a feather flock together' - people that understood what Jesus was saying began to congregate together. They kept a low profile away from authorities, but they knew each other and they knew of other congregations in other parts of the world. So even if people did not buy into what Christians were selling, people who needed to travel, often travelled between Christian communities - especially if there was any chance of ending up as a sacrificial victim - which was often probable. SAINT PATRICK Ireland is a harsh bleak place and about as removed from the civilized Roman world as was possible. It was awash with small chiefdoms warring against each other and maintaining as much isolation from Roman influence as was possible. At around the time of the fall of the Roman Empire, Irish chieftains ran raiding parties into England and Wales to steel people and goods as they could. One person stolen from a roman home and forced into slavery was Patrick. Luckily, he was not offered up as a sacrificial offering to any number of Irish gods. His role, as a slave, was as a shepherd, and his value was similar to a sheep. He was Roman educated, but his life now was really bleak. Now in the minds of everyone, there was nothing wrong with this. This was the way of the world. Obviously, Patrick was not too happy about it, and eventually he escaped. He connected up with Christian communities where he found safety, and eventually returned to Ireland as a Christian missionary. He felt, deep within himself, the need to change the way the Irish people thought. Not so much to turn them away from their gods, but the change the way they thought about each other. AND that is why Christianity took root. Put more simply, the Jesus movement encouraged a state of being or awareness. It was not an intellectual exercise, AND did not require adherence to the rules or even the belief in god(s). A lot of people, today, have a deeply imbedded emotional belief in the integrity of the Bible ( or the Torah or the Koran ). BUT for most of human history people have not even been aware of the bible or Christianity. For example, for the ancient Chinese, Confucianism has been the dominating philosophical system. Confucianism emphasizes social harmony, loyalty, and moral virtues, such as benevolence, through principled relationships based on hierarchy and a family-based society. Confucianism has been around for well over two thousand years with no gods as part of the philosophy. So, for me, given what we know about the characters and the dubious nature of the stories in the bible, the bible is 'Potters clay'. BUT as I said in the beginning of this essay, what I believe, and what the ignorant masses believe, is not important. What is important is the beliefs of the oligarch Zionists that control the western world. Let's be clear, this is a deeply imbedded subconscious emotional as well as conscious conviction. So here we're going to explore what Zionists believe. The corner stone of what they believe is Daniel's prophecy given at the beginning of this essay. I should point out that many Christians, Muslims and Jews are not Zionists and many do not hold with Zionist ideologies. Zionists would argue that Jews, Christians, and Muslims that do not hold with Zionism are not real believers - It's a dead-end debate to me because its all Potter's Clay. There is a pseudo-science to this though - it's called 'eschatology' - which is the study of prophecy and the 'the end times' ( which many believe is now - and many have believed its now for the past two thousand years ). Zionism is the ideology that manipulates humanity towards the fulfilment of these prophecies. The internet is awash with, often conflicting, stories about this, so, as above, I'm not doing a deep dive - just enough to get my point across.
Introduction
2,37 "You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;
2,38 and wherever the sons of men dwell, He has put the beasts of the field and the birds of the air into your hand, and has given you power over all of them: you are the head of gold.
2,39 After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
2,40 And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron; for as iron breaks everything to pieces and beats all things down, so shall it break in pieces and crush all peoples.
2,41 Yet as you saw the feet and toes were partly of potters' clay, and part of iron - it shall be a divided kingdom; there shall be in it something of the firmness of the iron, for as you saw, the toes were party of iron and party of clay.
2,42 So the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly brittle.
2,43 As you saw the iron and clay mixed, so shall they be mixed in marriage; but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay.
2,44 But in the days of those kings, the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people; a kingdom which shall break in pieces and completely destroy all these kingdoms - it shall stand sovereign forever.
2,45 And just as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain by no human hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold of the image; so the great God has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.
18,1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord
18,2 "Arise, go down to the potter's house, and there I will help you to understand My words"
18,3 So I went down to the potter's house, and look, he was doing a piece of work on the wheel.
18,4 The vessel he was making of the clay was misformed in the hands of the potter. So he remade it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.
18,5 Then the word of the Lord came to me:
18,6 "O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter did? says the Lord. Take notice, just as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand O house of Israel.."Top - Table of Content
Chapter 1: Pre-History - Archaeological Marvels
Starting in Turkey, and with some of the most recent archaeological investigations, we have Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe. These sites share a similar megalithic architecture, characterized by large, round-oval and rectangular communal enclosures built with thick walls and supported by monumental T-shaped pillars. The most distinctive feature is a ring of large, monolithic T-shaped pillars that are set into the walls. Some of the stone pillar, at Gobekil Tepe, are (18 feet) tall and weigh as much as 50 tons.
GOBEKLI TEPE - The latest
Sacsayhuaman (Peru) has massive, mortarless stone walls built in a distinctive zigzag pattern, with some stones weighing over 125 tons. The site features towering ramparts up to 20 meters high, along with terraces, towers, and other structures such as residential buildings, shrines, and an aqueduct system, all harmoniously integrated into the natural landscape
Gunung Padang features five terraces with retaining walls made of volcanic stones, accessed by a series of steps. The site is covered in naturally hexagonal stone columns formed by volcanic activity, but the terraces are constructed in a stepped formation, with each level getting smaller as it rises to the summit. The heaviest stone is a massive 120-ton lintel stone at the entrance.
The Pyramids of Giza are a complex of three main pyramids, originally covered in smooth white limestone, that have since lost their casing due to quarrying over the centuries. The Great Pyramid is the largest, with a base of about 13 acres and a current height of 450 feet. The middle pyramid is recognizable by the remaining casing at its peak, while the third and smallest. All three are accurately oriented to the four cardinal points and sit on a vast plateau along with other structures like the Great Sphinx and smaller pyramids. Some of the heaviest stones, are made of granite, and weigh up to 80 tons.
Features large sarsen stones arranged in a circle and a central horseshoe, alongside smaller bluestones. The heaviest stones are the sarsens, which average about 25 tons, while the single heaviest stone is the Heel Stone, weighing approximately 30 tons
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Mythology - Creationism
Hinduism is one of the oldest religions. It extends back over 4000 year to the 'Indus Vallet Civilization' and before.
The Greek creation story begins with Chaos, a void from which the primordial deities Gaia (Earth), Tartarus (underworld), and Eros (Love) emerged. Gaia then gave birth to Uranus (sky), and they became mates, fathering the first generation of gods - Titans, Cyclopes, Hecatoncheires etc.
The Norse creation story begins with the void Ginnungagap, where the realms of ice (Niflheim) and fire (Muspelheim) met, and the primordial giant Ymir was formed. Odin and his brothers, Vili and Ve, then killed Ymir and used his body to create the world: his flesh became the earth, blood the oceans, bones the mountains, and skull the sky. They used his hair for trees, his eyebrows for a protective wall around human's realm (Midgard), and his brain for the clouds. To fill the sky, they used sparks from Muspelheim to create stars, the sun, and the moon.
The Egyptian creation story is of the world emerging from a chaotic, primordial ocean called Nun. The first land, a sacred mound known as the ben-ben, rose from the waters, and from it, the self-created god Atum (or Ra) emerged. Atum then created the first pair of gods, Shu and Tefnut, and they, in turn, gave birth to Geb and Nut, from whom the next generation of gods, including Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephthys, were born
The Sumerian civilization, was one of the oldest. I want to include it here because it is the foundation of western civilization, and the basis for the Genesis creation story.
The Genesis creation story is comparatively recent compared to other creation stories. The stories, in Genesis, were written between 2,000 and 2,500 years ago. They were crafted by a people that wanted their own monotheist god to justify their own closeted existence and historical credibility in a very hostile environment. So, although different because of it monotheist slant, the stories, in genesis, are influenced by the macro-environment in-which they were written.
- Genesis 1:26 ("Let us make man in our image")
- Genesis 6,2 (... God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose)
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Chapter 3: Mythology - The gods
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Chapter 4: The Laws of Nature - Human Nature
Also for further insight, Prehistoric War
Spinoza (1632 to 1677 - Dutch philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin) suggested that there is an inverse relationship between intellect and imagination. And from my personal experience, I think this might well be true. The statement draws me back to a time, in my childhood and in school, when I was looking out the window and day-dreaming. The teacher grabbed my attention scolding me that I should be paying attention to her class and not day-dreaming. I thought, at the time, day-dreaming was significantly more interesting than anything she had to say. Sadly, as I grew up, I became more and more educated and my capacity for day-dreaming diminished.
Inner truth is not our conscious mind. Our conscious mind is very limited and slow.
In the past, stories were passed from generation to generation orally. Most people could not read of write. As civilizations came into existence so did writing and reading for a minority of people.Top - Table of Content
Chapter 5: - The Old Testament - Moses
Once upon a time there was an adopted Prince. His name was Moses.
I'm going to go off script here with the story of Moses. This is because I want to get closer to what I think probably could have happened.
We can label the slaves that came out of Egypt, with Moses, as the Jews (For the first time). They were an ethnically diverse group of people knowledgeable and believing in at least two pantheon of gods - The Egyptian and the pantheon of gods from the Levant region.
Some examples of Yahweh's attitude to other nations (this is some time later):- Haggai 2,22 I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations - Also, remember Danials prophecy: Daniel's 2,44 in the preface above Top - Table of Content
Chapter 6: The Old Testament - Israel
The books of Samuel (a profit - or advisor) describes the Jews transition from a tribal society led by judges to a unified Monarchy ( which included the native Canaanites ). Samuel anoints the first two kings ( against his better judgement ) King Saul and King David. We have a subtle indicator to the merger of the two gods ( El and Yahweh ) in 2 Samuel 22:32
22,32 For who is God, except Yahweh?
Who is a rock, besides our God?
Which should read:
22,32 For who is 'El except Yahweh?
Who is a rock, besides our God?
32,8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
32,9 For Yahweh's portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
15,1 Samuel said to Saul, "Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel. Now therefore listen to the voice of the words of Yahweh. 15,2 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt. 15,3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don't spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'"
Next we had King Solomon whose reign was an era of unprecedented peace, prosperity, and stability for Israel - a stark contrast to his father (David and his wars). This opened the door for massive building projects like the Temple, and a flourishing culture. Solomon established vast trade networks, notably with 'Hiram of Tyre' for materials and with "ships of Tarshish" for gold, ivory, apes, and peacocks - making himself and Israel very wealthy.Top - Table of Content
Chapter 7: The Old Testament - Babylon and Assyria
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Chapter 8: The New Testament - Jesus - Three Concepts
Matthew:
5,43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. 5,44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, 5,45 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. 5,46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same? 5,47 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same? 5,48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
8,42 Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me. 8,43 Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word. 8,44 You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father. 8,45 But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me. 8,46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 8,47 He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don't hear, because you are not of God."
The next two expressions below are actually the same concept, but the statements are aimed at different audiences.
1,29 ..., "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!..."Top - Table of Content
Chapter 9: Why did the story and concepts of Jesus survive?
I think looking at how Christianity impacted the most distant parts of the Roman Empire would be helpful.
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Chapter 10: The Bible - Potter or Potters Clay?
The stories from the time of Moses ( and before ) up through today have been told to little children throughout. Children have grown up with these stories ingrained deep into their psyche, and some of these have gone forward and written about their own experiences usually in light of the stories they already know - AND let's be clear these stories are great stories written by brilliant minds. These are stories often on par with stories written by Shakespeare or Tolstoy - AND they record historical events and real people - so from that perspective they are very valuable and contain a lot of truth. AND where there is deception - at least there is insight into the mind of humanity two thousand and more years ago. AND an insight into the minds of a lot of people today.
A common expression is that 'history may not repeat but it rhymes', and this is very much true for all of our recorded history - Our history is a series of cyclical rise and fall and replacement of empires, and the devastating consequences as a result.
There is a lot of collusion between the book of Daniel and the Gospels, and the 'book of Revelations'.
Let's start with Daniel - Scholars suggest that the current version of Daniel was written during the Maccabean period and with knowledge of the revolt against the Seleucid Empire - So when the Pharisees were transcribing the story of Daniel they wrote in a way that re-enforced their own mantras and political objectives - And hence the interpretation of the dream, by Daniel, is explained as the four metals representing the four empires starting with the Babylonian, then the Persian Empire, then the Greek Empire, and then, ( by what would have been their current oppressors ), the Roman Empire - And because it's written down it becomes 'truth' ( especially in the minds of children ) and that is now 'prophetic truth' - confirmed with the history from Daniel to the Roman empire.
The same with the four gospels. They were written after the death of Jesus, and by people that did not personally know Jesus. So the words ascribed to Jesus may well reflect much of what Jesus said, but they also reflect the prejudices and objectives of the writers.
The Bible and Religious Politics
One thing that comes out, both in the writing ascribed to Daniel and in Matthew 24, is the expression 'kingdom will rise against kingdom' and 'nation against nation' and 'mixing in marriage' - these are reoccurring themes. It reminds me of the infamous "Rivers of Blood" speech delivered by British Conservative politician, Enoch Powell, in 1968 - in response to foreigners coming into Britain. Almost 60 years later and this has not happened. In fact, foreigners have contributed greatly to Britain, BUT many still push the Enoch Powell narrative.
On 'the book of Revelations', Personally, I think that it is a narrative about the dreams of someone called John. John is someone that has been heavily indoctrinated into the 'Pharisee narrative' and was fully aware of the stories and predictions of Daniel and Jesus - If he was Chinese he would not have had these dreams.
We've talked about the four metals leading down to the feet and toes - The feet and toes represent the latter days - which, as I've mentioned above, has been 'now' for pretty much the past two thousand years. The toes are all the kingdoms that will bow down and serve the beast. American Zionists have been suggesting this is the European Union for decades - Zionists are always ego-centric.
But today:-
I do not think anyone can argue against the reality that Israel has the mind of the beast.
I do not think anyone can argue against the reality that the United States, Britain, Germany and many other European countries are all vassal States of Israel.
I do not think anyone can argue against the reality that the beast has deeply corrupted the United States, Britain, Germany, and the rest of Europe.
Let's be clear. The beast has always been there. As I said earlier - 'Of all the creatures on the planet, no creature is more depraved or psychotic than humans. Without the checks and balances of society, people torture and murder on a scale unimaginable to other creatures. If you have doubts about this consider modern day Israel and Gaza.'
The question is - What happens next?
This essay, so far, represents the backbone of what I want to say, but I'll be adding additional chapters exploring the 'Laws of Physics', 'The Laws of Nature', 'What happened to Christianity over the past two thousand years', 'what happened to the Jews over the past two thousand years', Islam and the mixing of seed psychosis (Zionism/Fascism) which has been with us for thousands of years too'
I will add this - These two people below are the children of Jesus. Neither hold with the values of the Beast ( Zionism ) - Neither one identify as Christian
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