Returning to the sources of Christianity in the modern 21st century through the holy spirit of the god
Thesis: Christianity, as faith in the one living god, begins with the ministry of Jesus called the anointed, from Nazareth about 2000 years ago. He trains 12 men to be his witnesses, but not only them, even though they are the main ones, but also a great multitude of disciples, Jews from the different tribes of Israel. From them the god’s word spreads throughout the whole world. Jesus of Nazareth always speaks of the writings preserved by the Jewish people as the god’s word; he also speaks the god’s word, and his disciples, after they receive the spirit of the god, speak the god’s word, and to some of them it is given to record these words/speeches and deeds, as well as part of the history of the early Christians, especially focused on the life of Simon Stone, and afterward of Paulos. But of course, not only on them, though mainly. One of the chief problems at that time is Judaizing, as most Christians in Israel keep the law, and nevertheless write a letter that the Christians from the nations have no need to keep it, except for certain specific things, such as keeping themselves from fornication, things sacrificed to idols, and blood. This does not mean that Christians may steal or kill, as we shall see in the later letters to different Christians or their assemblies around the world (mainly from Paulos; we also have two letters from Simon, and from Judas and Ioannes, as well as from an unknown disciple working together with Paulos, whose writings are traditionally considered to be from Lukas, the latter being the one who describes the life of the Christians not only in Jerusalem, but also in the Roman Empire. Note that there are no letters from and to Alexandria, or Egypt, or Persia, even though one letter says that it was written from Babylon, which may even mean Jerusalem in a figurative context.)
Antithesis: Christianity through the centuries goes through many transformations in order to reach the present “perfected” form, which corresponds to both “everything” biblical, and to everything for appearances before people. Since the gathering of Christians is commanded to us, they say, we therefore have organized churches in which we may legally gather, receive help, or collect donations, as well as raise up a leader/leaders for ourselves who will teach us, for our good.
Examination of the case: At first the Christians simply follow Jesus wherever he goes, but he never leaves the territories of ancient Israel, even though in his time these are territories occupied by the Roman Empire, which inherits the territories of the Macedonian Empire (which is divided into four parts, though the Romans do not reach India), and even though he could travel freely throughout the whole empire (or wherever he wants, since he is the lord). His purpose is for Israel to see and hear its salvation.
“And he answered and said: ‘I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’”
And those who have believed in him while he is on the earth walk after him, while he travels around doing his great works of the god and speaks his great words of the god. Neither more nor less. Because of this it can be said that Christianity at that time is to follow Jesus wherever he goes.
“And as they were walking on the road, someone said to him, 'lord, I will follow you wherever you go.' Jesus said to him. ‘The foxes have dens, and the birds of the sky nests; but the son of the man has nowhere to shelter his head.’”
This may have been a challenge for many people, since each of them had different affairs in his life at that moment: one is married, for another one work is waiting, or career, someone has three children to feed, someone else's roof is leaking, or the car needs repairs and they cost two grand, or a good deal comes your way and you have to take a loan so that you can afford it, and who knows what else—the affairs of people have no end until their very death. But if at that time you start following Jesus, you receive salvation and are a learner of the god’s word, which is eternal:
"The sky and the earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away", says the lord Jesus to his disciples.
Besides this, you see his great deeds, which the earth had never seen until then, and these are not miracles for exterminating nations, but miracles for healing, liberation from demons/deities, bringing back to life from the dead, all greatnesses of the god’s love and compassion toward any person on earth who believes in his son Jesus.
“Then in answer he said to them: ‘Go, and tell John what you saw and heard, that blind people receive sight, lame people walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf people hear; dead people are brought to life, and to the poor the joyful news is proclaimed.’”
But he travels around, and they travel around, and some of the women help him, it is said, and a varied multitude of people walk after him in order to listen to him and be healed from their diseases and weaknesses. This was a grand picture, exceedingly majestic, and precisely it is described in the writings that today we call the Bible. And the disciples absorb everything that he says and teaches them, and does, and he commands them to speak and do the same. And this is the teaching of the lord Jesus. There is nothing else. We must of course necessarily say that all his deeds and words are described prophetically in the Old Testament/covenant, where all the prophets speak about him, and foretell his death, burial, and being brought to life from the dead on the third day. Therefore during his time on earth he fulfills, one by one, all the things spoken about him in the law and the prophets, and the psalms/songs. For example: “And not one of his bones will be broken” is fulfilled on the cross. And this is everything that his disciples see, nothing else.
There is a dark side of the story in which those Jews who did not believe in him participate. Let me explain. Israel constantly turns away from the truth, but at one point entirely, and not by openly worshiping different gods, which it does for a long time anyway, but it began to pretend that it worships the god, while meanwhile inventing its own system of worship. What is the purpose? The usual one: one group of people want to take power and benefit in every possible way from the people. And their advance begins long before the coming of the lord to the earth: they already have synagogues throughout the whole planet (as much of it as they knew). And what is the synagogue except a departure from the truth? Because in the law of Moses it is defined exactly: the priests teach the people, not someone else (the Pharisees, scribes, or Herodians). The priests are to teach the people the god’s word, while the Pharisees begin teaching in the Talmud, Mishnah, and other human inventions (these ideas were written down later, but had already existed orally among the Jews). So when the lord comes to them and bears witness about himself to them, they are furious and want to kill him (see Luke chapter 4) and this remains their condition even to this day, even though there were truly many Jews who believed in Jesus at that time, as well as throughout all the centuries even to today. And therefore, the synagogue, as the Jewish religious organization, denies Jesus even to this day. And they have some form of authority then, even though they are enslaved, and from there begins the plotting against the lord for his murder through the hand of the Romans. And they kill him according to what was foretold in the writings, but he comes to life on the third day according to the same word, and appears to many people, instructing them to keep his teaching and carry it throughout the whole world. The disciples suffer many persecutions in Jerusalem, and quite a few of them scatter throughout the surrounding countries, where they bear witness about Jesus and the bringing to life from the dead. Note that they know nothing else except what was said by Jesus and the law, and the prophets, while afterward some of them are given to write inspired words, as was already mentioned. This is the only thing that we have even to this day—the Bible. Regardless of the fact that it is not one book, but 66 books, they are not kept separately but together, and all Christians are aware that this is the god’s word.
And precisely here the repetition of history happens: Christianity adopts the system of the synagogue: a religious organization that has a special building, for some a temple, sanctuary, for most simply a house of prayer, or whatever they call it; they try to lure Christians into participating in these organizations. And they flock there in masses. This type of organized “going to church” is not what is written in the Bible, in which relationships are placed in the spotlight, not the organizing. And by relationships the writings teach us that we are sons and daughters of the almighty god, and because “the god is love,” we are called to live in faith and love. In the Christian churches, however, lawlessness reigns: from fleeting smiles and “glory to the god,” to complete indifference, while in Orthodoxy and in the other organizations it may reach complete unfamiliarity with one another and unwillingness to know anyone. Now, this is normal for a temple of gods. Since they are not gods, a person chooses how to serve that which he has made for himself. It is possible that the founder of a given worship of some demon, as the Bible says, also invented the worship itself. That is why all the ideas resemble one another: processions through the streets, candles, and various fruits of the earth, and of course incense, a lot of incense. And naturally a temple, golden, majestic, sculptures, paintings, precious stones—palaces for worship. But we Christians are not permitted to have temples, because we are the temple of the living god and the god’s spirit lives in us, therefore the temple cannot go into the temple of worship; this is stupid and even blasphemous. Something similar, however, happened in Jerusalem during the time of the disciples, who were Jews and worshiped the god wherever they were, but this also included the god’s own temple there. This temple, first built by King Solomon, was the only one in the whole world, and if anyone wanted to come to worship, he had to come to Jerusalem anyway. When Jesus is on the earth, he also enters the temple (rebuilt by Herod), but says that if they destroy this temple—that is, his body—he will build/raise it in three days. And following his example the Christians enter the god’s temple in Jerusalem while it exists. Afterward it is destroyed to the foundations and even until now it is not there. And no one has the right to build a temple of the god wherever he wants, because in the law of Moses it is clearly indicated where and how it must be built. (Тhe Jews/Israelites today are trying to build the third temple, but that is another subject.) This destruction happened in the year 71 after the birth of the anointed, and leads to the scattering of the Jews throughout the whole world. And of course they go throughout the world with their synagogues, and consider that this is their faith, but do not see that Abraham did not build synagogues. He built altars, but this was so that he could sacrifice sacrificial animals on these altars. But Jesus is the sacrifice for us; he is the lamb slaughtered for us once and forever, so we no longer build altars. Therefore we build in the spiritual, being built together into a spiritual temple of the god. Well yes, but no! Christians stopped doing it a long time ago, abandoned the unity of the faith, each one made some worship of his own, and the aim is always the same: a group of people rise up and want all the power and money, and control over the given group of Christians (as many as possible), but their brains are washed to consider that this is the will of the god. But it cannot be such for the reasons already explained. And Christians do not stop building and collecting taxes from those who come, even though this is not just, nor is it written this way in the writings. There it is written that the collected donations serve those who have nothing, the widows, the orphans, and the ministers, and everyone in need, but not for building castles, or paying salaries, or bonuses. You can always give some minister something, if that is what you want, but he cannot demand anything from you, because “the worker deserves his food,” not his luxury. So buy him a sandwich, but buy one for the other hungry person too, that is it. How much can be given to the pope? He already has; give him nothing, give to the hungry person.
And here we reach the foundation: the writings are to be kept, and this begins from the New Testament/covenant. In the Old Testament/covenant you can see extraordinary stories, instructive, exciting, faith-building, but the fulfillment is in the New Testament, beginning from Matthew and reaching Revelation. Can we add the church fathers to our study? No, is the short answer. The church fathers call Christians to make churches and listen to absurdities instead of the truth. They make wordplay out of the truth and absurdities, and then make you eat it. Do not do it! Eat the writings of the god, not those of men; this is the true food.
Then, am I not contradicting myself? Both “eat the god’s word” and “read what is written by me”?! Here it is explained this way: I do nothing other than return you to the Bible, without telling you that there is this, or that, given to us by this person and that person, even given to us by Martin Luther, or Derek Prince, or the pope, or any person whatsoever including me. No one is worthy to write the god’s word; we can only announce it to people so that they may keep it. But we can announce it only if we know it and understand it from the god; otherwise, no! Because in order to understand the god’s word, you must keep what is written in it. Let me clarify: If we look at the writings, we can see a story about a young man who wanted to follow Jesus, but could not give up his possessions; after that he could no longer understand the word, unless he repented, sold everything, and began to follow Jesus. But this person could be you, or me. The lord, when he shows you something from the word, wants you to begin keeping it. If you refuse, you will never understand anything in depth. But on the other hand, if you struggle with your secret offenses (through the god) but never give up, there is a serious probability that he will continue giving you revelations in order to help you keep the faith. If not, a person becomes two-faced, looks like a Christian, but in reality, even though he believed at the beginning, somewhere along the way he gave up, or never began from the heart; I know not a few people of both kinds.
Finding a way out: This part is of exceptional importance for your soul, because even if you have understood everything up to now, if you do not follow Jesus the lord, then everything will be in vain. No one can help you, neither tons of candles, nor going to Jerusalem, nor going to the pope, nothing except repentance before the god has any meaning. And if you have been told: “Stop doing this and that,” and you have said: “Well, that is not such a big problem,” then you will stand there until you stop; this applies to every one of us. You may be a patriarch, or a pope, or the most famous Protestant leader with a church of tens of thousands; it does not matter. If you see that you cannot find churches in the writings, and this is a fact, there is no way to find them, then you are responsible for the revelation heard. The alternatives are either to remain a famous two-faced person of the flesh, or spiritual, but a former pastor, and now a servant of the god. There is nothing more on planet Earth, because “'The sky and the earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away,' says the lord Jesus.”
In general this will happen: your friends will leave you, the churches will curse you, but the god your father will be with you because of your faith in Jesus the anointed. This is the only way; there are no others, nor will there be. That is why so many people refuse to follow Jesus, so much so that at one point there were only the twelve, because it turns out that suddenly you have many enemies whom you did not expect, who persecute you for your faith in the god. Does it make sense? Outwardly no, but spiritually it is exactly so: you are persecuted first by people with the name of Jesus in their mouths, but without faith in their hearts. Following Jesus today is following the holy spirit, neither more nor less. He is sent to the earth precisely for this, to be with us, to lead us toward our inheritance. You can see this in the ministry of Jesus, how he is led by the spirit not into what is comfortable and pleasant, but into sorrow according to the flesh, suffering, yet spiritually the son of the god. Then you can see it in the lives of the disciples of both the first and second generation, such as Titus or Timothy. Because it is for all of us until the completion of this age and the coming of the lord Jesus from the skies with the holy messengers and all the holy ones.
A person thinks that in the Roman Empire Christians suffered until the 4th century, and afterward it was easy for them, but no: after the 4th century begin religious persecutions, prohibitions, the authority of apostates from the god. Many holy people have been killed during the last two thousand years, but even more have been marginalized, persecuted, slandered, and all the more the Christian religions have been in the world, pleasing the world, forgetting to please the god. True Christianity is persecuted even until now, and it is interesting that the liberal world, which seeks its freedom in everything, recognizes the right of Christians to be free in their faith. No one else until now. Is that not astonishing? And not because liberalism accepts the faith; on the contrary, but it recognizes the right to believe, it does not teach you how to believe, as all the others do. And this door is opened by the god so that his servants may carry out his will, which would be impossible under other political beliefs, which imitate right/wrong, but , rather according to religion, not according to the god. Do not misunderstand me, liberalism is in the world, like everything else, but differs in that it permits the marginalized to live. Think if you do not believe me: Jesus himself was completely marginalized by the religious figures in Israel, who were also the subcontracted authority under the Roman one. They not only slander him and deny him, but constantly try to organize his murder. This is complete marginalization and terror. And afterward the disciples are subjected to the same: killed, driven out of their homeland, persecuted—this is what we are called to, so that we may inherit eternal life together with Jesus our lord, the god our father, and the god’s holy spirit. You can also see that the multitudes, the people, when they see where the teaching of Jesus leads—to the cross—deny him, because if a person has no faith, the ending of life by murder has no meaning and benefit, and they deny him. And one cannot avoid making an analogy today with all the teachings that are false, demonic/of the deities, of the cunning and greed of people who want to use naive people for their own profit. Naive, because they do not want to look the truth in the eyes: if something looks like a giraffe, eats acacia leaves, lives in Africa, has a long neck and so on, this is obviously a giraffe. Similarly, if some person takes the donations, does not give to the poor, imposes his opinion over the others (as if he is the new deity in the neighborhood), this person is obviously a false teacher; do not fear him, nor let him teach you. And conversely, if you see a meek person who divides his bread with the hungry, who is hospitable, loves Jesus, gives his life for him and the brothers, does not collect/steal the donations, and it looks to you as if you are looking at Jesus before you, this person is definitely in the ways of truth. That is why it is said to recognize them by the fruits.
Personal: But how is this teaching, the teaching of Jesus, to become personal for you? How are you to sift through everything that you see, hear, and know (or think you know) and understand whether by chance you have found a true assembly of the god in which you should remain and learn? All right, back to the giraffe again: open Acts/2 Theophilus, and begin to read; there it can clearly be seen what the people understood who listened directly to the twelve and the other disciples of Jesus. After that see how Paul/Paulos carries the god’s word to the European nations, and how they reacted to the god’s word. One can easily see a difference which even until today can be seen in the attitude of the nations toward the god and his word and how the Jews relate to the god and his word. Many people will be offended at me, but for too many centuries the nations have created things similar to telescopes through which they look at the god’s word from afar, and afterward add their own convenient things. The unbelieving Jews act similarly and create for themselves the synagogue and their own inventions, fables, allegories, which supposedly prove the truthfulness of their teaching.
But those who believed, unlike the Europeans and Asians and Africans, simply swallow the god’s word, rejoice in it, and spread it across the planet as it is. This is what those whose lives we read about in the writings do. Therefore to look at the European churches (including Eastern Europe) and call them the god’s assembly is absurd, because they are not. These are people who believe in Jesus but do not follow him (for the most part), because of those ancient reasons, seeing how his life ends on the cross.
Afterward the European Christians carry the joyful news to all the nations, but already in the new packaging of Catholicism, Protestantism, and Orthodoxy, often with armies, swords, and agreeing that the European nations should occupy, enslave, and use both the people and their resources. We can easily see these riches in Europe’s expensive architecture, into which is woven the extracted wealth of other peoples. And this is the probable reason many peoples do not want to submit to the faith, especially in Africa or Asia, perceiving faith in Jesus as the son of the god as the religion of the Europeans. Why is this very different from the writings and their commands? We can see it even today: instead of a quiet and modest life, European priests, clergy, and pastors strive for an easy life that is on the backs of the others, who agree as long as this priest speaks to them about things that do not distress them, such as sufferings, death, or marginalization. And the astonishing thing about true Christians is that they praise the god for having been counted worthy to suffer with the sufferings of the anointed. Let me explain the latter.
There are different kinds of sufferings: some are personal sufferings from the death of someone close, or illness, or mutilation from an accident and similar things, while it is astonishing that people do not give up these sufferings, such as refusing to drive cars so that they may be at peace that they will not crash. Nor bicycles; they cross pedestrian crossings where there are often victims because of inattentive drivers. These are the personal sufferings, but there are also patriotic ones in which people give their lives for the defense of their homeland, or even for a salary, going and killing other peoples. In these wars you may return, or not; you may go mad, or not; you may be mutilated, or not; but people continue going to war, governments continue obliging them to fight without asking them whether they want to give their lives for territories, or whether they do not care whether they live here or there. There are also sufferings because of committed crimes, whether prison or something else. Or those that are because of someone else close to you. And finally there are sufferings that are not connected with you and your life on this earth, but are connected with good for others and above all with Jesus. Christians often do not suffer for the souls of people, if they suffer, because most Christians do not participate in the sufferings for Jesus the anointed, who himself suffered for us so that we might live through him and his sufferings for us. The Bible describes it this way: we become the army of good, which suffers in order to save whomever it can. But I want to emphasize that precisely this suffering is avoided in Christianity Europe/USA style and from there everywhere. They suffer for all kinds of things, but not for Jesus. Now the description is that we are an army that fights with truth, with faith, love, patience, and the hope of salvation. In a church you cannot, even if you want to, because there your role is either to fool the others from the pulpit, or to let yourself be fooled, with good words, beautiful words, but they never reach their fulfillment, or they even deny them, and completely at that.
The essence of things: In essence, calling ourselves Christians is absurd, because this is an untranslated Greek word that comes from christos, which means anointed, and when you write the ancient Greek word you mean that someone has been smeared, with ointment, or oil for wrestling, and in a Jewish context, that oil has been poured over him—a symbol of the choice of this person for the god’s work. So Christian means follower/disciple of god’s anointed Jesus of Nazareth. Unfortunately it is difficult to form a word from this root, but it is a fact. (Something like anointed-ist/s, even though our ears are not accustomed to it. And from there Christianity could be anointed-ism, the Christian world would be the anointed-ist world.) If you realize the value of the above, every time you read about the god’s anointed ones in the Old covenant/testament, you will see foreshadowings of Jesus, such as the king, the prophet, the sent one, the messenger, and so on. But if you stubbornly refuse, you will see some Christ, and many of the god’s anointed ones in the old “testament,” and so you will understand nothing. Separately, you will have to explain to yourself where this surname of Jesus comes from, since it looks like a family name. But if Jesus had a last name, it would have to be "Godson" or "Josephson" or "Josephson Godson". And he is the god’s, but with a lowercase letter. I can claim that this is more important than it looks.
signed: a servant of the god the father and of the anointed Jesus.