Leviathan: This hebrew word occurs six times in the Bible. It comes from a root word meaning "twist,"
"coil" or "wind." We are citing two of them.
Job 3 :1-17 ...Job opened his mouth and CURSED the day of his birth. He said: "May the DAY of my birth perish, and the NIGHT it was said:"A boy is born!" That DAY may IT turn to DARKNESS; may GOD above not care about it; may no light shine upon it. May DARKNESS and DEEP SHADOW claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may BLACKNESS overwhelm its light.
That NIGHT -may thick DARKNESS seize it; may it not be included among the DAYS of the YEAR nor be entered in any of the MONTHS. May that night be barren; may no shout of joy be heard in it.
May those who curse DAYS curse that DAY, those who are READY to ROUSE LEVIATHAN.
May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn, for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes.
Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb? Why were there knees to receive me and breasts that I might be nursed? For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins, with rulers who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of the day? There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
LEVIATHAN is mentioned in connection with water (the power of the mind). The power, inherited to the waters, appears to signify some form of aquatic creature, of great proportions and strength, although not necessarily of one specific kind.
Psalm 104:25-26 There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both large and small. There the ships go to and fro, and the LEVIATHAN, which YOU formed to frolic there.
The creature is described here as cavorting in the sea where ships travel giving the impression of being like a huge whale .... ///
Saturday, 26 July 2014
THE EVIL SPIRIT OF RAGE AND RESENTMENT.
How long we will blame GOD as the one who pervert justice?
Job 15: 14 What is man, that he could be pure or one born of woman that he could be righteous?
15) If God places NO TRUST in his holy ones, if even the HEAVENS ARE NOT PURE in HIS EYES, (16) how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks up evil like water!
20)All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless through all the years stored up for him.
21)Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him. 22)He despairs of escaping the darkness; he is marked for the sword.
23)He wanders about -food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. 24)Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack, 25)because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty, 26)defiantly charging against Him with a thick, strong shield.
27)Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh, 28)he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.
29)He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land. 30)He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.
31)Let him not deceive himself by TRUSTING WHAT IS WORTHLESS for he will get nothing in return. 32)Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish. 33)He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms. 34)For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
35)They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashion deceit.
Job 18: 4 You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?...
5) The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning. 6)The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out. 7)The vigor of his step is weakened, his own schemes throw him down. 8)His feet thrust him into a net and he wanders into a mesh. 9)A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast. 10)A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.
11)Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step. 12)Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls. 12)It eats away parts of his skin; death's firstborn devours his limbs.
14)He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. 15)Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. 16)His roots dried up below and his branches wither above. 17)The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. 18)He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. 19)He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.
20)Men of the WEST are appalled at his fate; Men of the EAST are seized with horror. 21)Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of ONE WHO KNOWS NOT GOD.
Job 15: 14 What is man, that he could be pure or one born of woman that he could be righteous?
15) If God places NO TRUST in his holy ones, if even the HEAVENS ARE NOT PURE in HIS EYES, (16) how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks up evil like water!
20)All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless through all the years stored up for him.
21)Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him. 22)He despairs of escaping the darkness; he is marked for the sword.
23)He wanders about -food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. 24)Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack, 25)because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty, 26)defiantly charging against Him with a thick, strong shield.
27)Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh, 28)he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.
29)He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land. 30)He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.
31)Let him not deceive himself by TRUSTING WHAT IS WORTHLESS for he will get nothing in return. 32)Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish. 33)He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms. 34)For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
35)They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashion deceit.
Job 18: 4 You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?...
5) The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning. 6)The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out. 7)The vigor of his step is weakened, his own schemes throw him down. 8)His feet thrust him into a net and he wanders into a mesh. 9)A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast. 10)A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.
11)Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step. 12)Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls. 12)It eats away parts of his skin; death's firstborn devours his limbs.
14)He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. 15)Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. 16)His roots dried up below and his branches wither above. 17)The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. 18)He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. 19)He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.
20)Men of the WEST are appalled at his fate; Men of the EAST are seized with horror. 21)Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of ONE WHO KNOWS NOT GOD.
Friday, 25 July 2014
The purpose of LIFE. By Angela Bernales
The purpose of life is far greater than our own personal fulfillment, peace of mind, or happiness. Far greater than family, career or dreams and ambitions.
Each one of our cells reacts to any thought we have, and any word we say. The continuity of our thoughts and talks produce a specific behavior and postures that attract blessings or maladies in our everyday life. The grim face that many individuals display before our sight is the product of their thoughts and feelings of their personal lives.
The face and body of the elders reflects clearly the internal dialogue of their whole life. Our internal dialogue affects every cell in our body. In the same way our purpose in life not only is reflected in the way we face our trials but also in the reflection that others see in us. We are part of a whole new world.
Everyone of us has a mission to accomplish in this journey and we need to know exactly what it is.
If we do not address the cause of our bitterness through reasoning and understanding of our own behavior, do not expect that a doctor can correct the cause of the sickness in the physical body when we do not want to face it.
Believing that the cure of the illness can be found from the outside to the inside is just an illusion. It doesn't work that way. We need to go to our internal world to find the place where the sickness started.
When we stop blaming others and focus in our own experiences then we can say we are growing from the inside out.
During our childhood, we learn to think about ourselves according to the rules and role models of the adults around us. If we were surrounded by people who were too weak or bitter or victims of the circumstances then we have attracted to much negativity over us and our lives. But it does not means that we have to accuse them of our own unhappiness. They did the best that they could to raise us up.
It is our responsibility to grow from the inside out and accept the fact that we harvest from the seeds that we put in us through our own personal experiences, good ones or bad ones.
Everyone creates its own universe based on their thoughts, and words and our subconscious accepts as truth everything we choose to belief.
We need to accept the fact that our parents were chosen accordingly to make us work hard in the areas of our internal world we needed to grow. Then our responsibility is to grow and execute the tasks we need to accomplish in the journey that everyone has in this world.
Each one of our cells reacts to any thought we have, and any word we say. The continuity of our thoughts and talks produce a specific behavior and postures that attract blessings or maladies in our everyday life. The grim face that many individuals display before our sight is the product of their thoughts and feelings of their personal lives.
The face and body of the elders reflects clearly the internal dialogue of their whole life. Our internal dialogue affects every cell in our body. In the same way our purpose in life not only is reflected in the way we face our trials but also in the reflection that others see in us. We are part of a whole new world.
Everyone of us has a mission to accomplish in this journey and we need to know exactly what it is.
If we do not address the cause of our bitterness through reasoning and understanding of our own behavior, do not expect that a doctor can correct the cause of the sickness in the physical body when we do not want to face it.
Believing that the cure of the illness can be found from the outside to the inside is just an illusion. It doesn't work that way. We need to go to our internal world to find the place where the sickness started.
When we stop blaming others and focus in our own experiences then we can say we are growing from the inside out.
During our childhood, we learn to think about ourselves according to the rules and role models of the adults around us. If we were surrounded by people who were too weak or bitter or victims of the circumstances then we have attracted to much negativity over us and our lives. But it does not means that we have to accuse them of our own unhappiness. They did the best that they could to raise us up.
It is our responsibility to grow from the inside out and accept the fact that we harvest from the seeds that we put in us through our own personal experiences, good ones or bad ones.
Everyone creates its own universe based on their thoughts, and words and our subconscious accepts as truth everything we choose to belief.
We need to accept the fact that our parents were chosen accordingly to make us work hard in the areas of our internal world we needed to grow. Then our responsibility is to grow and execute the tasks we need to accomplish in the journey that everyone has in this world.
Friday, 23 May 2014
"My GOD, My GOD, why have you forsaken me?" By Angela Bernales
When JESUS was dying on the TORTURE STAKE at about the NINTH HOUR, he called out : "E'li, E'li, la'ma sabachtha'ni?" which means "My GOD, My GOD, why have you forsaken me?"
E'li is mentioned at this specific spiritual time because IT IS the exact time in which the position, office or service of the fleshy man over GOD's people ended and the image of GOD in his truly people was redeemed through JESUS CHRIST, his only begotten son.
The spiritual figure of E'li as high priest and judge over God's people, lax in applying God's discipline through the law, ordinances and statutes given to him. His two sons, Hophni and Phinehas served as officiating priests, but they were only interested in satisfying their bellies. They were not content with the portion of the sacrifice assigned to them by God's spiritual law, they just set their own rules and served themselves. They even went ahead of God by having an attendant that demand 'raw meat' from the offerer 'before making the fat smoke upon the altar.' E'li's greedy and sensual sons carry on vice and theft 'at the tent of meeting' at the expense of God's pure worship. Even they performed 'immoral inter-course with the 'women who serve at the entrance of the tabernacle.' In the spiritual language, it means meddling with evil forces acting on the body of those women (churches)who were weak in spirit and followed the desires of the flesh. These boys were serving inside the tabernacle and, with their actions, they were polluting the HOUSE of GOD. E'li, as a father, did not bust them from office but merely rebuked them mildly. He kept honoring his sons more than the Lord GOD.
In the course of the spiritual time, a prophet of God came with the message that "THE POWER and INFLUENCE of the HOUSE of E'LI is to be CHOPPED OFF ... his CORRUPTED SONS are appointed to DIE IN ONE DAY." The spiritual Israel lost 4,000 souls in battle with the Philistines. The spiritual Israel, without God's power, tried to exercise power on their own having the decision of getting the Ark as an amulet, from SHILOH and to bring it into the camp, thinking that this will result in deliverance from their enemies. But everything went wrong. The Ark was captured and both sons died. A man from Benjamin brought the report to the ninety-eight-year-old, blind and feeble E'li.
He, as usual, sitting down by the roadside, a perfect spot to observe and judge, got the news. He died on the spot. The HOUSE of E'LI ceased, and JESUS CHRIST was the redeemer of the true GOD's people.
E'li is mentioned at this specific spiritual time because IT IS the exact time in which the position, office or service of the fleshy man over GOD's people ended and the image of GOD in his truly people was redeemed through JESUS CHRIST, his only begotten son.
The spiritual figure of E'li as high priest and judge over God's people, lax in applying God's discipline through the law, ordinances and statutes given to him. His two sons, Hophni and Phinehas served as officiating priests, but they were only interested in satisfying their bellies. They were not content with the portion of the sacrifice assigned to them by God's spiritual law, they just set their own rules and served themselves. They even went ahead of God by having an attendant that demand 'raw meat' from the offerer 'before making the fat smoke upon the altar.' E'li's greedy and sensual sons carry on vice and theft 'at the tent of meeting' at the expense of God's pure worship. Even they performed 'immoral inter-course with the 'women who serve at the entrance of the tabernacle.' In the spiritual language, it means meddling with evil forces acting on the body of those women (churches)who were weak in spirit and followed the desires of the flesh. These boys were serving inside the tabernacle and, with their actions, they were polluting the HOUSE of GOD. E'li, as a father, did not bust them from office but merely rebuked them mildly. He kept honoring his sons more than the Lord GOD.
In the course of the spiritual time, a prophet of God came with the message that "THE POWER and INFLUENCE of the HOUSE of E'LI is to be CHOPPED OFF ... his CORRUPTED SONS are appointed to DIE IN ONE DAY." The spiritual Israel lost 4,000 souls in battle with the Philistines. The spiritual Israel, without God's power, tried to exercise power on their own having the decision of getting the Ark as an amulet, from SHILOH and to bring it into the camp, thinking that this will result in deliverance from their enemies. But everything went wrong. The Ark was captured and both sons died. A man from Benjamin brought the report to the ninety-eight-year-old, blind and feeble E'li.
He, as usual, sitting down by the roadside, a perfect spot to observe and judge, got the news. He died on the spot. The HOUSE of E'LI ceased, and JESUS CHRIST was the redeemer of the true GOD's people.
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
The land flowing with milk and honey. By Angela Bernales
The deliverance of the spiritual nation of Israel from the bondage to the fleshy forces of Egypt is the final phase of GOD's plan for his people. Isaiah, the evangelical prophet with a distinctive redemptive TRUTH in his prophecy tells us what will be GOD's judgments on the disobedient Jews. He shows that salvation is only of GOD.
Isaiah 33 WOE to you that spoils and not be spoiled and deals treacherously and not be dealt treacherously! When you shall cease to spoil, you shall be spoiled; and when you shall make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with you.
O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you: be .. our salvation ... in the time of trouble... your spoil shall be gathered LIKE the gathering of the caterpiller (as the running to and fro of locust shall he run upon them).
The LORD ... dwells on high. He has filled ZION with judgment and righteousness, and wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of his time, and strength of salvation (the fear of the LORD is his treasure).
Behold, the valiant ones shall cry ... ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceased. He had broken the COVENANT, he had despised the cities, he regarded no man.
The earth mourns and languishes ... like a wilderness; ... Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
"NOW will I RISE," says the Lord; "NOW will I BE EXALTED; NOW will I LIFT UP MYSELF YOU shall CONCEIVE CHAFF, YOU shall BRING FORTH STUBBLE. YOUR BREATH, as FIRE, shall DEVOUR YOU." And the people shall be as ... thorns cut up ... burned in fire.
HEAR, you that are far off, "WHAT I HAVE DONE;" you that are near, "ACKNOWLEDGE my MIGHT."
The sinners in ZION are afraid; fearfulness has surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? ...
He that walked righteously and speaks uprightly, ... they shall behold the land that is very far off. ...
Isaiah 33 WOE to you that spoils and not be spoiled and deals treacherously and not be dealt treacherously! When you shall cease to spoil, you shall be spoiled; and when you shall make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with you.
O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you: be .. our salvation ... in the time of trouble... your spoil shall be gathered LIKE the gathering of the caterpiller (as the running to and fro of locust shall he run upon them).
The LORD ... dwells on high. He has filled ZION with judgment and righteousness, and wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of his time, and strength of salvation (the fear of the LORD is his treasure).
Behold, the valiant ones shall cry ... ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceased. He had broken the COVENANT, he had despised the cities, he regarded no man.
The earth mourns and languishes ... like a wilderness; ... Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
"NOW will I RISE," says the Lord; "NOW will I BE EXALTED; NOW will I LIFT UP MYSELF YOU shall CONCEIVE CHAFF, YOU shall BRING FORTH STUBBLE. YOUR BREATH, as FIRE, shall DEVOUR YOU." And the people shall be as ... thorns cut up ... burned in fire.
HEAR, you that are far off, "WHAT I HAVE DONE;" you that are near, "ACKNOWLEDGE my MIGHT."
The sinners in ZION are afraid; fearfulness has surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? ...
He that walked righteously and speaks uprightly, ... they shall behold the land that is very far off. ...
Monday, 5 May 2014
Our supernatural power is really lost forever? By Angela Bernales
"God created MAN in his own image. In the image of GOD, MAN was created". (Genesis 1: 26).
As a supernatural being, MAN had dominion over the whole universe, not only the earth.
GOD is an universal SPIRIT, and MAN was created IN HIS IMAGE to exercise an universal power under GOD's command.
Genesis 2: 4-5 These ARE the 'GENERATIONS OF HEAVENS AND OF THE EARTH' when THEY (means the whole body of supernatural beings in there) were CREATED in the DAY that the LORD GOD made the earth and the heavens.
And EVERY PLANT of the field 'BEFORE it was IN THE EARTH,' and EVERY HERB of the field 'BEFORE IT GREW' (at this point nothing is colored, meaning everything is in the context of supernatural power symbolized through 'one whose business is to cultivate a supernatural ground').
For the LORD GOD had NOT caused 'IT' to rain UPON THE EARTH (the earth was voided and empty), and 'THERE WAS' not a man to till the ground (Husbandman=one whose business is to cultivate the ground in a supernatural way).
Genesis 1: 26-27 And GOD said, "LET US make MAN in our IMAGE, after our LIKENESS and LET THEM have DOMINION over the FISH of the SEA (universal mind power), and over the FOWL of the AIR (power of the mind limited to the type of flesh), and over CATTLE (carriers of the universal life), and over ALL THE EARTH (the world and the flesh), and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So GOD created MAN in HIS OWN IMAGE, in the IMAGE of GOD, MAN was created.
MALE and FEMALE created HE, THEM.
Universal power is based in polarities, and MAN was able to subdue such powers under GOD's command.
Genesis 1: 29-31 And GOD said, Behold, I HAVE GIVEN YOU EVERY HERB bearing SEED, which IS upon the FACE of ALL EARTH (the matter was cleansed before man was formed from universal dust), and EVERY TREE, in which IS fruit of a tree YIELDING SEED (supernatural food);
TO YOU it shall BE MEAT (to maintain the superpower able to sustain GOD's purpose over MAN).
And to every BEAST of the EARTH, and to every FOWL of the AIR ( power of the flesh and power of the mind limited to the type of flesh), and to EVERY THING that CREEPS UPON the EARTH, wherein THERE IS life, I HAVE GIVEN every "GREEN" herb for MEAT (just food limited to the "COLORED WORLD," in which what you see is what you believe).
This "colored world" is the one in which all of us are trapped in our everyday life. What we see is what we believe. We are being deceived by the power of this world that has an end, while our supernatural power is limited to the boundaries of the flesh.
The mission of the MESSIAH (GOD's SON) was to SHOW HOW this SUPERNATURAL POWER WORKS in every one of us. We do not need to be part of the power that the world and the flesh have in this material world, we are among the things that corrupt this supernatural power but we do not need to meddle with it. If we want to recover what we had in the past, we need to believe in the UNCOLORED WORLD more that the COLORED WORLD and when that happens we feels this SUPERNATURAL WAY. Then we go on a STRICT DIET that maintains this connection to the SUPERNATURAL WORLD OF THE UNCOLORED THINGS, that is our final destination.
As a supernatural being, MAN had dominion over the whole universe, not only the earth.
GOD is an universal SPIRIT, and MAN was created IN HIS IMAGE to exercise an universal power under GOD's command.
Genesis 2: 4-5 These ARE the 'GENERATIONS OF HEAVENS AND OF THE EARTH' when THEY (means the whole body of supernatural beings in there) were CREATED in the DAY that the LORD GOD made the earth and the heavens.
And EVERY PLANT of the field 'BEFORE it was IN THE EARTH,' and EVERY HERB of the field 'BEFORE IT GREW' (at this point nothing is colored, meaning everything is in the context of supernatural power symbolized through 'one whose business is to cultivate a supernatural ground').
For the LORD GOD had NOT caused 'IT' to rain UPON THE EARTH (the earth was voided and empty), and 'THERE WAS' not a man to till the ground (Husbandman=one whose business is to cultivate the ground in a supernatural way).
Genesis 1: 26-27 And GOD said, "LET US make MAN in our IMAGE, after our LIKENESS and LET THEM have DOMINION over the FISH of the SEA (universal mind power), and over the FOWL of the AIR (power of the mind limited to the type of flesh), and over CATTLE (carriers of the universal life), and over ALL THE EARTH (the world and the flesh), and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So GOD created MAN in HIS OWN IMAGE, in the IMAGE of GOD, MAN was created.
MALE and FEMALE created HE, THEM.
Universal power is based in polarities, and MAN was able to subdue such powers under GOD's command.
Genesis 1: 29-31 And GOD said, Behold, I HAVE GIVEN YOU EVERY HERB bearing SEED, which IS upon the FACE of ALL EARTH (the matter was cleansed before man was formed from universal dust), and EVERY TREE, in which IS fruit of a tree YIELDING SEED (supernatural food);
TO YOU it shall BE MEAT (to maintain the superpower able to sustain GOD's purpose over MAN).
And to every BEAST of the EARTH, and to every FOWL of the AIR ( power of the flesh and power of the mind limited to the type of flesh), and to EVERY THING that CREEPS UPON the EARTH, wherein THERE IS life, I HAVE GIVEN every "GREEN" herb for MEAT (just food limited to the "COLORED WORLD," in which what you see is what you believe).
This "colored world" is the one in which all of us are trapped in our everyday life. What we see is what we believe. We are being deceived by the power of this world that has an end, while our supernatural power is limited to the boundaries of the flesh.
The mission of the MESSIAH (GOD's SON) was to SHOW HOW this SUPERNATURAL POWER WORKS in every one of us. We do not need to be part of the power that the world and the flesh have in this material world, we are among the things that corrupt this supernatural power but we do not need to meddle with it. If we want to recover what we had in the past, we need to believe in the UNCOLORED WORLD more that the COLORED WORLD and when that happens we feels this SUPERNATURAL WAY. Then we go on a STRICT DIET that maintains this connection to the SUPERNATURAL WORLD OF THE UNCOLORED THINGS, that is our final destination.
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
JESUS' warning: "Follow a good doctrine." By Angela Bernales
Why Jesus warned us about following a "good doctrine."? He refers to a practical philosophy rather than a visionary or aloof theory. Only a variety of worldly experiences and observation can give us a mature thought. After reaching that level of understanding then our inner sense, the part of our mind that make us aware of the ethical aspect of the nature of our actions, starts working using the language of the heart and at the same time the urgency to prefer right over wrong.
When Jesus spoke to the multitude, and to his disciples, about "following a good doctrine,"he described right after what was happening in heaven to MOSES' place in the assembly. Scribes and Pharisees sat in Moses' seat and because they were using that specific place, all of them urged the people to "observe and do" without questioning anything. Jesus made the warning :"Do NOT follow your doings after their (scribes and the Pharisees)works, for they say "do" what they "do not do."
Their doctrine make them bind or tie up heavy burdens that produce or give birth to great suffering and trouble, and lay them on men's shoulders; but neither the scribes nor the Pharisees are willing to help the people to carry the burden not even with one of their fingers.
But all the work they (scribes and Pharisees) do in their "DOCTRINE," is for display to men with the only purpose in mind to collect followers that are reduced to silence simply because the multitude and disciples can be easily undermined due to the lack of understanding.
In the "Dialogues of Plato" we see the same doctrine that Jesus is talking about when in 399B.C. the seventy-year old Socrates was tried before the judges and citizens of Athens on charges of impiety and corrupting the young. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. The doctrine of the accusers and judges was exactly the same presented by Jesus in reference to the scribes and Pharisees.
Plato was present at the trial, and the "apology" is his account of Socrates defending himself. The accusers were so persuasively in their doctrine that 'their truth' was delivered eloquently duly ornamented with words and phrases, with the confidence that the targeting audience, specially the youth, were caught in the mask of their persuasion.
It sounds familiar to us and we can see that now, in our days, the same method is applied in religion, politics, and other related fields. We need to be aware of what kind of doctrine they proclaim and the best way to do it is lecturing yourself on the way of self-improvement, searching into your soul and other people the TRUTH before following what they preach.
When Jesus spoke to the multitude, and to his disciples, about "following a good doctrine,"he described right after what was happening in heaven to MOSES' place in the assembly. Scribes and Pharisees sat in Moses' seat and because they were using that specific place, all of them urged the people to "observe and do" without questioning anything. Jesus made the warning :"Do NOT follow your doings after their (scribes and the Pharisees)works, for they say "do" what they "do not do."
Their doctrine make them bind or tie up heavy burdens that produce or give birth to great suffering and trouble, and lay them on men's shoulders; but neither the scribes nor the Pharisees are willing to help the people to carry the burden not even with one of their fingers.
But all the work they (scribes and Pharisees) do in their "DOCTRINE," is for display to men with the only purpose in mind to collect followers that are reduced to silence simply because the multitude and disciples can be easily undermined due to the lack of understanding.
In the "Dialogues of Plato" we see the same doctrine that Jesus is talking about when in 399B.C. the seventy-year old Socrates was tried before the judges and citizens of Athens on charges of impiety and corrupting the young. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. The doctrine of the accusers and judges was exactly the same presented by Jesus in reference to the scribes and Pharisees.
Plato was present at the trial, and the "apology" is his account of Socrates defending himself. The accusers were so persuasively in their doctrine that 'their truth' was delivered eloquently duly ornamented with words and phrases, with the confidence that the targeting audience, specially the youth, were caught in the mask of their persuasion.
It sounds familiar to us and we can see that now, in our days, the same method is applied in religion, politics, and other related fields. We need to be aware of what kind of doctrine they proclaim and the best way to do it is lecturing yourself on the way of self-improvement, searching into your soul and other people the TRUTH before following what they preach.
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