Ray Downen Sectarianism in churches of Christ: Non-Instrumental?
5.06.17 A Sectarian or Heretic according to Romans 16 are Self-Pleasers: The Greek is Ariskos or Placeo which means "creating mental excitement through religious rituals": That is defined as rhetoric, singing, playing instruments acting or other "religious observations to which Jesus said the kingdom does not come.
This has the same meaning as laded burdens which are songs intended to induce some sens of awe or warning." The beyond-redemption mark as with the instrumental-Trinitarian-Perverted idolatry at Mount Sinai is of a pseudo-nobility class who fleeces the poor and performs rituals on the REST day: Sabbath or REST is the opposite of religious rituals and thus despises or blasphemes the true Lord-God who rescued the Hebrews and others from the Sumerian and other Towers of Babbling by "breathing Spirit" or inspired understanding in Adam who was an Aborigine or OF the DUST people. There are of the WORLD, the Kosmos or Mundus, the ecumenical or the kingdom of the Devil.
Pepperdine bonded with the NACC had their COSMIC worship and this year are performing the HIEROS GAMOS as the rise of the Babylon Mother of Harlots in Revelation 17: she uses "lusted after fruits" as in Amos 8 Purpose Driven to cause the fleeced lambs to hunger and thirst for the WORD but are prevented by MUSIC IN THE HOLY PLACES. In Revelation 18 ALL religious craftsmen such as speakers, singers, instrument players or "grinders" HAD ONCE deceived the whole world. Now, this is the mark of evil spirits OF the World or those Jesus said were from BENEITH are marked as SORCERERS and will be CAST ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
Mike Cope 2017 PBL The Hieros Gamos Theme Acts 13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their RULERS, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
Mike Cope: "Spiritual Rhythms: Scrolls for Robust Salvation". We focus this year on these often-ignored books of the Old Testament: the “five scrolls”—Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther—that point to ATTEMPTS God’s to bring WHOLENESS to our daily lives.
HOWEVER, FOR READERS: According to Philo, the gods of the pagans exploit this weakness of men. For the sake of a better effect, and with the intention of more easily cheating their devotes, that they have set their lies to melodies, RHYTHMS and meters.."
SEE Sara.Barton.The.Song.of.Solomon my pastoral impulse this week is to proclaim the message of the Song of Songs. And here’s why: We desperately need public, communal language about sex, and we have an oft-overlooked resource in the Bible. I regularly read Song of Songs with college students in a Bible course I teach. And in that conversation, I own up to the fact that I like sex, that twenty-five plus years into marriage, my husband and I are still into each other, still engage in pillow talk with each other, and that we are learning with each passing year how to be more intimate with each other – sexually, emotionally, and spiritually.
Song of Songs is unique in several ways, one of which is the fact that it’s the only place in Scripture where a woman’s voice leads the conversation (the woman speaks 61 of 117 verses). In light of what we’ve heard lately, it seems like a good time to let a wise woman speak about sexual activity that’s right and good, a woman who not only speaks but sings and shouts about intimate, sensual, erotic passion. And in all her talk about kissing, touching, tasting, and smelling, she does not offend with crass or vulgar language. She exemplifies how it’s possible to speak about sex and intimacy appropriately. We might do well to let her teach us a thing or two.
The MARK of those from BENEITH who Violate the Word, Logos or Regulative Principle is that the SHOOT you in the heart and then blame you for bleeding on their Tutu..
Laura Buffington SEX and SALVATION: the Song of Solomon or the Hieros Gamos. With sex playing such a prominent role in the art and life of our culture, the church would be wise to reclaim the metaphor of sex as salvation. Making the whole story of our lives about the salvation found in physical intimacy is to miss the grander picture of intimate salvation promised to Beloved Humanity by God the Lover.
Matt. 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Jesus and Paul defined that as the PROPHETS and other prophecies concerning Messiah: that is the meaning of Holy Scripture.
THE REAL DECLARATION AND ADDRESS
5. That with respect to the commands and ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ, where the Scriptures are silent as to the express time or manner of performance, IF any such there be, no human authority has power to interfere, in order to supply the supposed deficiency by making laws for the Church; nor can anything more be required of Christians in such cases, but only that they so observe these commands and ordinances as will evidently answer the declared and obvious end of their institution.
Much less has any [16] human authority power to IMPOSE new commands or ordinances upon the Church, which our Lord Jesus Christ has not ENJOINED. Nothing ought to be RECEIVED into the faith or worship of the Church, or be made a term of communion among Christians, that is not as old as the New Testament.
6. That although inferences and deductions from Scripture premises, when fairly inferred, may be truly called the doctrine of God's holy word, yet are they not formally binding upon the consciences of Christians farther than they perceive the connection, and evidently see that they are so; for their faith must not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power and veracity of God. Therefore, no such deductions can be made terms of communion but do properly belong to the after and progressive edification of the Church. Hence, it is evident that no such deductions or inferential truths ought to have any place in the Church's confession.
THOSE WHO IMPOSE VIOLATE THE BIBLICAL AND CHURCH HISTORY ROLE OF SCRIPTURE-ONLY AS HAVING ANY PLACE IN A CHURCH OF CHRIST.
INSTRUMENTALISTS HAVE NO COMMAND OR EXAMPLES OR NEED ANY REMOTE INFERENCES: IN Ephesians 4 of the Cunning Craftsmen or SOPHISTS who are speakers beyond the TEXT or that which is written, singers or instrument players: Paul said that they are marked as LYING IN WAIT TO DECEIVE.
All musical terms and names of instruments point to sorcery or witchcraft. That is because the witch of Endor used an old wineskin stretched over a hole in the ground as her "familiar spirit." Bone flutes made a sound the earliest witch doctor understood to create the laded burden or "spiritual anxiety" through rituals performed by cunning craftsmen or sophists: rhetoricians, singers, instrument players, actors, dancers or even prostitute who could "bring you into the presence of the gods" -- for a price.
Jude 3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation,
it was needful for me to write unto you,
and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for THE FAITH
which was once delivered unto the saints.
Jude 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares,
who were before of old ordained to this condemnation,
ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness,
and denying the
only Lord God,
and
our Lord Jesus Christ. [Trinitarian Antichrists according to John]
Jude 5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this,
how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed not.
Jude 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate,
but left their own habitation,
he hath reserved in everlasting chains
under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.Apollon or Abaddon has been unleashed: he is the only personified SPIRIT and he is the leader of the muses in Revelation 18. The speakers, singers, instrument players and all religious craftsmen are called SORCERERS who HAD once deceived the whole world. John says that THEY WILL BE CAST ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
WHAT IS THE ABOMINATION IN A HOLY PLACE:
Deut. 18:9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
Deut. 18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
hărĭŏlus soothsayer, prophet, prophetess
somnĭo , to dream; to dream of or see in a dream, to dream, i. e. to think idly or vainly, to talk foolishly:
psaltrĭa , ae, f., = psaltria, . a female player on the cithara, a lutist, “ineptias,” Col. 1, 8, 2: “ah stulte! tu de Psaltriā me somnias Agere,” Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 6; Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 5.—Absol.: “vigilans somniat
“portenta non disserentium philosophorum sed somniantium,” Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18.Deut. 18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer
A Charmer is an AbominationThis was outlawed for the Church of Christ (the Rock) in the wilderness.
incantātor , ōris, m. incanto, I. an enchanter, wizard (post-class.), Tert. Idol. 9; Isid. 8, 9, 15; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 1, 2.
consŭlo (a). In the lang. of religion, to consult a deity, an oracle, omens, etc.: “Apollinem de re,” Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 40: “deum consuluit auguriis, quae suscipienda essent,” Liv. 1, 20, 7: “deos hominum fibris,” Tac. A. 14, 30 fin.: “Phoebi oracula,” Ov. M. 3, 9; Suet. Vesp. 5: “Tiresiam conjectorem,” Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76:
B. An incantation, charm, magic song, etc.: cantusque artesque magorum.
“cantus e curru Lunam deducere tentat,”
2. With instruments, a playing, music: “in nervorum vocumque cantibus,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134: “citharae,” Hor. C. 3, 1, 20: “horribili stridebat tibia cantu,” Cat. 64, 264: “querulae tibiae,”
These ăb-ōmĭnor are always MARKED “semimares,” Liv. 31, 12, 8RICK ATCHLEY'S COMMAND TO IMPOSE "INSTRUMENTAL PRAISE."
Signs or wonders " Liv. 31, 12, 8 Along with "plundering" the temples, among the Sabines, a child of uncertain sex was born, while another was found whose sex, at the age of sixteen, could not be determined. All these disgusting and monstrous creatures seemed to be signs that nature was confusing species; but beyond all else the hermaphrodites caused terror,... In addition, they directed that a hymn be sung throughout the city by thrice nine maidens, and that an offering be made to Queen Juno.
Galli A form gallantes, as if from gallare, "to rave like a priest of Cybelé," is cited from Varro (ap. Non. p. 119Non., 5). In their wild, enthusiastic, and boisterous rites the Galli recalled the legends of the Corybantes (q.v.). According to an ancient custom, they were always castrated (spadones, semimares, semiviri, nec viri nec feminae), and it would seem that, impelled by religious enthusiasm, they performed this operation on themselves... Other names, however, are of distinctly Semitic affinities; Rhea perhaps=the Babylonian Ri (Mulita or Mylitta), and Nana more certainly=the Babylonian Nana, modern Syrian Nani. Nana motherof Attis
Hezekiah stopped the sacrifice of infants with the instrumental noise of the Levites who were an old Egyptian Infant burning priesthood. As soon as Hezekiah died the sacrifices to Moloch began all over again. And THIS IS THE PATTERN of those LYING IN WAIT TO DECEIVE2Chr. 29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar.
And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets,
and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.
Below: God say this just BEFORE and just AFTER Hezekiah's Plague Stopping Exorcism. This is recorded in 2 Chronicles 29: it is the PATTERN a "spirit" commanded Rick Atchley etal to impose "instrumental praise". Spiritus in Latin defines the personified spirit as that of Apollon or Abbadon.
The practice in the wilderness, tyre and Jerusalem
Mark.10.They.Shall.Mock.Him.With.Music
Judas was a thief: his bag or box was
always attached to the spotted flute case.
He is defined as the familiar friend of Jesus in Psalm 41. He would try to ALARM or TRIUMPH over Jesus: this is a MARK. It was outlawed in the Church of Christ in the Wilderness as vocal or instrumental rejoicing or any speaking beyond the Word
And God WATCHED the prophesied and fulfilled Musical Worship Team
Trumpet, drums, flute, cymbals and castinets with buffoons
Psallo permits ONLY smiting a string with your FINGERS: not a plectrum
Psallo and SOP have the same root meaning.
Revelation 18F: they are all called Sorcerers who HAD once deceived the whole world.
They WILL BE CAST ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
People have missed that the Prophets were inspired by God as the Spirit (breath) OF Christ: He defined the day of REST both inclusively and exclusively. That PATTERN has never changed. The Church of Christ is built upon or EDUCATED by the Prophets and Apostles. The Word or Logos is the Regulative Principle as the TEACHING resource for the SCHOOL of Jesus Christ. Any thing beyond this one-piece pattern is HERESY OR SECTARIANISM. Histor notes that the first singing introduced c 373 was an early heresy which split the Western Church from the East. There is no example of group singing with or without instruments until long after the Reformation. No one tried to PROVE that God "commanded" instrumental noise in His School before the Disciples discovered PSALLO which has not musical content: it means to shoot an arrow or to pluck a string with the FINGERS and never with a plectrum. Those who claim authority to PLUCK their drum or PLUCK their flute are not interested even in the proof text.
Exodus 32 defines Instrumental and trinitarian idolatry at Mount Sinai asked God to turn the people over to worship the starry host; they never ceased even when God's punishment was beyond redemption. Holy Scriptures includes the Prophets and Apostles and only those prophecies concerning Messiah. Christ in Isaiah debunks the sacrificial system and the Jacob-cursed and God-abandoned Levites and defined the REST for the godly tribes and the tiny remnant God the father would give Jesus as A Little Flock which not no literate shepherd would lead to "besides the sounds of rushing waters."
Church or Ekklesia in Assembly is called SYNAGOGUE: vocal or instrumental rejoicing or rhetoric was always outlawed because the Purpose was that everyone be Taught the Word of God.
ONE OF DOZENS OF EXAMPLES DEFINING THE ASSEMBLY AS SCHOOL OF THE WORD ONLY: anything beyond that smells like a cult defined by the new name Community Church which is defined as a COMMUNE.
Isa 2:1 The WORD that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning udah and Jerusalem.
Isa 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days,
that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established
in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills;
and all NATIONS shall flow unto it.
God does not live in literal houses and -dŏmus , b. In philos lang., a philosophical school, SECT, Sen. Ep. 29 fin.; id. Ben. 5, 15.
-Schŏla (scŏla ), ae, f., = skholē 1. A place for learned conversation or instruction, a place of learning, a school “potiorem in scholis eruditionem esse quam domi,
The Synagogue was called an Acadamy the opposite of the habes scholam Stoicam,
Of phĭlŏsŏphus “scriptiones,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 121: “verbum, [Logos]” “tractatus, rationem praecepta tradere Academici,
When you hold school of the Prophets and Apostles you always SPEAK.
Is. 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Dīco lit., to show; cf. dikē, and Lat. dicis, ju-dex, dicio, to say, tell, mention, relate, affirm, declare, state; to mean, intend
3. In rhetor. and jurid. lang., to pronounce, deliver, rehearse, speak any thing.
Dikē II. order, right, mē ti dikēs epideues nothing short of what is fit, Il.19.180; Opposite bia, might, 16.388; Opposite skhetlia erga, Od.14.84; personified, Hes.Th.902, A.Th.662, etc.; “Dikēs bōmos” Id.Ag.383 (lyr.), Eu.539 (lyr.); Truth, Pi.P.8.71.ALL of the New Covenant commands are are to SPEAK, SAY OR READ without for the PURPOSE OF.
cōgĭtātĭo orationem commentatio et cogitatio facile vincit
“cogitatione aliquid comprehendere, B. In Cic. several times, thought as an intellectual power, the ability of thinking, power or faculty of thought, the reasoning power
rătĭo , I.a reckoning, account, calculation, computation.
(a). Subject., course, conduct, procedure, mode, manner, method, fashion, plan, etc
Is. 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob;
and he will teach us of his ways,
and we will walk in his paths:
for out of Zion shall go forth the law,
and the WORD of the LORD from Jerusalem.dŏmus a house, home, aedificium, b. [select] In philos lang., a philosophical school, sect, Cic. Ac. 1, 4; Sen. Ep. 29 fin.; id. Ben. 5, 15.
vĭa (vĕa ,
dŏcĕo , cŭi, ctum, 2, v. a. root da; Zend. dā, to know; strengthened, dak-; Gr. didaskō;
I.to teach, instruct, inform, show, tell, etc. (for syn. cf.: edoceo, perdoceo, erudio, praecipio, instituo). “coepit studiose omnia Docere, educare
B. Pregn. (cf. ratio), the right way, the true method, mode, or manner: “ingressu'st viam, i. e. rectam,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273: “in omnibus quae ratione docentur et viā, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,” rationally and methodically, Cic. Or. 33, 116: “ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,” id. Fin. 1, 9, 29.—Adverb.: viā, rightly, properly (opp. to wandering out of the way): “ipsus eam rem secum reputavit viā,” Ter. And. 2, 6, 11: “viā et arte dicere,” Cic. Brut. 12, 46. —
Walk is appended to all laws: ambŭlo , “quod deinde caput translatum per omnes leges ambulavit,” was afterwards added to all laws, Plin. 10, 50, 71, § 139; Dig. 4, 4, 15: “ambulat cum domino bonorum possessio,
sēmĭta , quā jacet Herculeis semita litoribus,” the narrow way, Prop. 1, 11, 2
“semita certe Tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae,” Juv. 10, 364: “novum ad victoriam iter sanguinis sui semita aperire,” Flor. 1, 14, 4 so in eccl. Lat., freq., of a way of life, course of conduct, etc.: “justitiae,” Vulg. Prov. 2, 8: “justorum,”
Isa 2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many [multos] people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more.
ex-ercĕo
A. To engage busily, to occupy, employ, exercise a person or thing in some action.
to exercise, drill, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3: “exercendus est spiritus,” id. 11, 3, 54Isa 2:5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Isa 2:6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
-augur II. Transf., any soothsayer, diviner, seer, in gen.: augur Apollo, as god of prophecy (v. Apollo), Hor. C. 1, 2, 32; so, “augur Phoebus,” id. C. S. 61: “Argivus,” i.e. Amphiaraus, id. C. 3, 16, 11; id. Ep. 1, 20, 9; Prop. 3, 14, 3: “veri providus augur Thestorides,” i. e. Calchas, Ov. M. 12, 18: nocturnae imaginis augur,” interpreter of night-visions, id. Am. 3, 5, 31: “pessimus in dubiis augur timor,” fear, the basest prophet, Stat. Th. 3, 6.—Fem.: “aquae nisi fallit augur Annosa cornix,” Hor. C. 3, 17, 12: “simque augur cassa futuri!” Stat. Th. 9, 629; Vulg. Deut. 18, 14; ib. Isa. 2, 6; ib. Jer. 27, 9: “augures caeli,” ib. Isa. 47, 13
-imaginis “hoc tibi sub nostra breve carmen imagine vivat,” Mart. 9, 1:-inter-prĕs the messenger of the gods, i. e. Mercury, Verg. A. 4, 356; 3, 359: “harum curarum,” i. e. Juno, the goddess of marriage, id. ib. 608.—
II. An explainer, expounder, translator, interpreter (syn. internuntius): “juris,” Cic. Top. 1: “legum,” Juv. 4, 79; 6, 544: “grammatici interpretes poëtarum,” Cic. Div. 1, 18: “caeli,” an astronomer, id. ib. 2, 44: “mentis est oratio,” id. Leg. 1, 10; cf. “lingua,” Hor. A. P. 111: “metus interpres semper in deteriora inclinatus,” Liv. 27, 44:
“portentorum,” a soothsayer, id. Div. 2, 28: “nec converti, ut interpres, sed ut orator,” a translator, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 14: “indiserti,” id. Fin. 3, 4: “interpres veridica,” Liv. 1, 7.—
-pŏēta , a maker, producer (ante-class.): “nec fallaciam Astutiorem ullus fecit poëta,” a contriver, trickster, ; Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 194: “oratores et poëtae,” id. ib. 3, 10, 39: “versificator quam poëta melior,”
qui Lucilium poëtam in scenā nominatim laeserat,
7.02.15
7.02.15 Legalism is defined in the Greek and Latin literature but legalism in the New Testament includes only using the Old Testament as a pattern. For instance, the Jacob-cursed and God-abandoned Levites is the only "authority" for the use of "instrumental music in worship." First, the Levites prophesying with instruments are called soothsayer-sorcerers both tasks required to stiffle the demons (Lord of the Flies) at the never-God-comanded animal slaughter.
Obeying the commands of Jesus and the Apostles was defined in the prophets, made more certain and left for a memory for us. A Church of Christ is built upon or educated by the Prophets and Apostles. Since the prophets repudiate the sacrificial system and any keeping of days or rituals, the Levites are excluded by Christ.
Rhetoric, singing, poetry, playing instruments, acting or dancing are clearly defined: you need talent, time, a long period of learning following the laws to the letter, speaking as performance, getting judged for your performance and the most legalistic of all SELLING your learning at retail: Paul calls that corrupting the word or adultery and the Greeks considered any of those selling body parts as prostitutes.
Church is a School of the Word and it is never legalistic to sit down, shut up, listen to the teacher and obey their doctrines.
To say that NOT using instruments always the mark of idolatry and burning is LEGALISM is the mark defined by Paul in Ephesians 4 which refutes "unity in diversity." The speakers, singers and instrument players are LYING IN WAIT TO DECEIVE.
THE SINGLE PURPOSE FOR THE ASSEMBLY
skholē , skholēn agein to be at leisure, enjoy ease, keep quiet, amphi heauton for one's own business, a work for leisure, i.e. requiring attention,
2. a group to whom lectures were given, school,
THE METHOD IS DIALOG: NOT PREACHING OPPOSITE LECTION-DIVINADem.44, Plu.Per.35, Alex.7, etc.; s. ekhein to keep a school, Arr.Epict. 3.21.11; skholēs hēgeisthai to be master of it, Phld.Acad.Ind.p.92 M., D.H.Amm.1.7.3. Lat. schola, = skholastērion,
dialegō , A.pick out, hold converse with, c. dat. pers., “moi tauta philos dielexato thumos” Il.11.407
2. in Philosophy, practise dialectic, elicit conclusions by discussion, “ouk erizein alla d.” Pl.R.454a, cf. 511c, Tht.167e, etc.
3.19.15 Middle Eastern ECUMENICAL religion, any of the religious beliefs, attitudes, and practices developed in the ancient Middle East (extending geographically from Iran to Egypt and from Anatolia and the Aegean Sea to the Arabian Peninsula and temporally from about 3000 to 330 bc, when Alexander the Great conquered much of the area). They have had an enduring influence on Western civilization.
In Egypt, Thoth was the scribe in the pantheon. Mortal scribes were viewed as the human reflections of Thoth, and “the beak of the Ibis (i.e., Thoth) is the finger of the Scribe” (Wisdom of Amenemope, ch. XV, 17:7). The ancient Middle Eastern people believed that the universe resulted from the injecting of order (cosmos) into chaotic primordial beings or matter, followed by divine acts of creation
NACC SAYS: Also on Wednesday morning, Randy Harris of Abilene Christian University will usher us into heaven’s throne room in Revelation 4-5. As we enter this cosmic corporate worship service, we will suck in our breath, shield our eyes and drop to our knees before a God so glorious we can only describe Him with thunder, lightning, rainbows and jewels. He is the reason we will be victorious.The Ancient Middle East constituted an ecumene. The term ecumene comes from the Greek word oikoumene, which means the inhabited world and designates a distinct cultural-historical community. The material effects of the commercial and cultural interconnections that permeated the component regions of the ancient Middle Eastern ecumene are richly supplied by archaeological excavations, which provide evidence of the spread of architectural, ceramic, metallurgical, and other products of ancient Middle Eastern man's industry.
Jesus said that neither He nor His Little Flock are OF the World and are therefore able to hear the Word. He does not pray for the Cosmos or ECUMENICAL masses.
Cosmos , metaph., of ornaments of speech, such as epithets, Id.9.9 (pl.), Arist.Rh.1408a14, Po.1457b2, 1458a33; hadumelē k. keladein to sing sweet songs of praise, Pi.O.11 (10).13 (s.v.l.).
Pind. O. 11 My tongue wants to foster such themes; [10] but it is by the gift of a god that a man flourishes with a skillful mind, as with anything else. For the present rest assured, Hagesidamus son of Archestratus: for the sake of your boxing victory,I shall loudly sing a sweet song, an adornment for your garland of golden olive,
[15] while I honor the race of the Western Locrians.
There, Muses [Locusts led by Apollon], join in the victory-song; I shall pledge my word to you that we will find there a race that does not repel the stranger, or is inexperienced in fine deeds, but one that is wise and warlike too.
Cosmo-krator epith. of ouranos, Orph.H.4.3; “Zeus Mitras Hēlios k. Dam.Pr.131; hoi k. tou skotous toutou the cosmic rulers of this sinful world, Ep.Eph.6.12; “hoi k. hoi ta hupo selēnēn stoikheia dioikountes”
selēn-ē II. as fem. pr. n., Selene, the goddess of the moon
kosm-eō 2. generally, arrange, prepare, “dorpon ekosmei” Od. 7.13; “k. aoidēn ē” Bacch.59; “erga” Hes.Op.306;
RELIGIONISTS OUTSIDE OF GOD'S GRACE
Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,
Kosmos , ho, natgural, II.rnament, decoration, esp. of women; “hieros k.” OGI90.40 (Rosetta, ii B. C.): pl., ornaments, A.Ag.1271; “hoi peri to sōma k.” Isoc.2.32: metaph., of ornaments of speech, such as epithets, Id.9.9 (pl.), Arist.Rh.1408a14, Po.1457b2, 1458a33; hadumelē k. keladein to sing sweet songs of praise, Pi.O.11 (10).13 (s.v.l.).
according to the prince of the power of the air,
the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Hēdu^-melēs , Dor. had- , Aeol. ad- , es, A. sweet-singing, “khelidoi” Anacr.67, cf. Sapph.122（Comp.), Pi.N.2.25; sweet-sounding, “xoana” S.Fr.238, etc.: poet. fem., “hēdumeleia surigx” Nonn.D.29.287.
Lectio-Divina speaks of the Thessalian Witch or Hag: she and the women worshipped the moon and moon blood in their agapae.
Manufacturing and services tended to be monopolized by professional guilds, including religious personnel specializing in sacrifices, oracles, divination, and other kinds of priestcraft. The mobility of such guilds throughout the entire area helps to explain the spread of specific religious ideas and techniques over great distances. Just as guild potters spread ceramic forms and methods, so also guild priests spread their religious concepts and practices from the Indian Ocean to the Aegean Sea, and from the Nile River to Central Asia. The Greek poet Homer, in the Odyssey, noted the mobility of guildsmen, mentioning religious personnel as well as architects, physicians, and minstrels. Guild priests called kohanim were found at ancient Ugarit on the Mediterranean coast of northern Syria as well as in Israel. Moreover, Mycenaean Greek (late Bronze Age) methods of sacrifice are similar to the Hebraic methods, which are preserved in many countries to this day in the traditional techniques of Jewish ritual slaughter.
In Revelation 18 they are called "lusted after fruits." They serve the Babylonian mother as craftsmen, speakers, singers, instrument players and probably prostitutes based on the brides or NYMPHS and the piping sound of the grinder-prostitute. John says that they will be cast alive into the lake of fire.
"The ancient Middle East [ecumenical] made a place for homosexuality and bestiality in its myths and rites. In the Asherah cult the qedeshim priests had a reputation for homosexual practices, even as the qedeshot priestesses for prostitution. Israel eventually banned both the qedeshim and qedeshot, while in Ugarit the and kohanim were priestly guilds in equally good standing. Baal is portrayed in Ugaritic mythology as impregnating a heifer to sire the young bull god. The biblical book of Leviticus (18:22--27) bans homosexuality and bestiality expressly because the Canaanite population had been practicing those rites, which the Hebrews rejected as abominations. Middle Eastern Religion p5
Many of the psalms are Ugaritic probably including psalm 137 lusting to bash out the heads of infants and Psalm 149 where David seems to want to sing and get his god in his bed.
Parasi_t-os [parasites], ho, A.one who eats at the table of another, and repays him with flattery and buffoonery, parasite, peri Parasitou, title of work by Luc.: c. gen., “kenēs p. trapezēs” [Money Changer's Table: collection Plates] metaphors., ikhthus ēn p. (v. opson) Luc.Lex.6. II. of priests who had their meals at the public expense,Parasi_t-i^kos , ē, on, A.of a parasitos : hē -kē （tekhnē) the trade of a parasitos, toad-eating, ib.4 ; in full, Ath.6.240b.
'Dinias?' I put in; 'Who is Dinias?' 'Oh, he's a dance-for-your-supper carry-your-luggage rattle-your-patter gaming-house sort of man; eschews the barber, and takes care of his poor chest and toes.' 'Well,' said I, 'paid he the penalty in some wise, or showed a clean pair of heels?' 'Our delicate goer is now fast bound. The governor, regardless of his retiring disposition, slipped him on a pair of bracelets and a necklace, and brought him acquainted with stocks and boot. The poor worm quaked for fear, and could not contain himself, and offered money, if so he might save his soul alive.'
I am deathly cold; if I could get some warmth into me, I had rather listen to these light-fingered gentry of flute and lyre.' 'What is this you say, Eudemus?' says I 15. 'You would exact mutation from us? are we so hard-mouthed, so untongued?
LEGALISM: tekhn-ē , hē, (tektōn) A. art, skill, cunning of hand of a soothsayer, A.Ag.249 (pl., lyr.), Eu.17, S.OT389, etc.; “tekhnai heterōn heterai” Pi.N.1.25; “ōpase t. pasan” Id.O.7.50.
III. an art or craft, i.e. a set of rules, LAWS system or method of making or doing, whether of the useful arts, or of the fine arts, Pl.Phdr.245a, Arist.Rh.1354a11, EN1140a8; “hoi tas t. tōn logōn suntithentes LAWS of rhetoric, Arist.Rh.1354a12, but rather TRICKS of Rhetoric, in Aeschin. 1.117)
Cosmos
Gender conflict is always connected to religious craftsmen: rhetoricians, singers, instrument players, actors or dancers. That may not be true but it is recorded as a reason for up to half of a congregation fleeing their investment.
Jesus came to seek and save a Little Flock: lambs rarely engage in expensive musical performances. It is the SECT called the WAY: a very narrow, exclusive road that fools cannot stumble into. Why should people become violent when others will not bow when they pipe.
Sectarian Instrumental Music Worship Timeline The Church of Christ (The Rock) prohibited vocal or instrumental rejoicing including rhetoric or "speaking your own words." ALL "dreams" about music in the assembly defined as a School (only) of the Word (only): Those who do not speak that Word Christ said there is no light in them. This timeline considers only the American Restoration Movement which fell into musical idolatry and claimed Biblical to become sectarian in the year 1878. However, that timeline applies to almost all protestant groups which needed no justification. That defines the World or Ecumenical as the reign of Satan (any anti-Logos influence). The ekklesia which assembles itself ONCE EACH WEEK by direct command and all approved examples as "synagogue" is defined as the SECT called the Way or Road commanded to teach what Christ taught in the Prophets and Apostles. This timeline is ignored in the brutal attacks against those who followed the pattern from the wilderness onward. Dr. H. Christopher Instrumental Music defines the Jewish-Catholic Pattern.
Eph. 2:20 And are built upon [educated by] the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Eph. 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men,
as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
Eph. 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets;
and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
To silence the cunning craftsmen or sophists: rhetoricians, singers, instrument players actors.2Pet. 3:2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets,
Because? THEY ARE LYING IN WAIT TO DECEIVE.
and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
Rev. 18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
2Th. 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother
that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
trādĭtĭo , A teaching, instruction: “divina,” (praeceptorum),2Th. 3:7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us:
Prae-cĭpĭo to give rules or precepts to any one, to advise, admonish, warn, inform, instruct, teach; to enjoin, direct, bid, order,NOT Lectio Divina which is the MARK of Witchcraft or Sorcery as are the craftsmen, singers and instrument players.
Col 2:[6] As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him, [7] rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving. [8] Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ
for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
2Th. 3:8 Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought;
but wrought with labour and travail night and day,
that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
The heretic was the priest who lifted up the lamb to cut its throat: the parasite was the Levites who made noise and never music to make the lambs dumb before the slaughter. God does not provide any FUNDING for anyone to perform religious observations to which the kingdom does not come. Therefore, the cost of musical performances feed parasites and WALKS DISORDERLY.
Because there is no command, example or remote inference of God calling people out of their REST to engage in congregational singing with or without instruments, those who CHOOSE to make the assembly (synagogue) into a musical performance are FLAUNTING Scripture which uses musical instruments to mark those who say WE WILL NOT teach or obey what you commanded to be taught. Musical performances intends to contradict the command of Jesus:
Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;
but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Who has believed
1Pet. 2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture,
Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious:
and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
1Pet. 2:7 Unto you therefore which believe [pist-euō comply]
he is precious:
but unto them which be disobedient, [apistousin, reject Believeth Not]
the stone which the builders disallowed, [oikodom-eō Ecumenical]
the same is made the head of the corner,
1Pet. 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence,
even to them which stumble at the word, [Hear]
being disobedient: [apeith-eō : disobedient, refuse compliance,]
whereunto also they were appointed. [pōno appoint, ordain ]
Those who did not stumble:
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized:Rom. 10:16 But they have not all obeyed [hupa^kou-ō hearken, give ear] the gospel.
and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people.
And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed [pist-euō] our report?
Apistos defines an unbeliever who DOES NOT COMPLY: A disciple of Christ in the prophets and in the New Testament reads and understands that musical instruments are the MARK of those who say "I do not HAVE to follow Jesus Christ" Who was musically mocked to the cross.
Al Maxey Legalisms Twin Proof Texts
Olan Hicks Instrumental Music in Worship
Olan Hicks The Law of Silence
Olan Hicks Ray Downen The Law of Silence
Olan Hicks: Non-Instrumentalists and Pharisees
David Young Minister North Boulevard Church of Christ.
Ray Downen: The heretic is the one who creates division. In this case, those who separate are those who have added their unscriptural ANTI-instrument law and choose to have no fellowship with us who freely use musical instruments.
Christian Churches separated from the Disciples for the same reason that Churches of Christ were never part of the "society and instrument party." Disciples understand that vocal and instrumental rejoicing was outlawed for the Church of Christ (the Rock) in the wilderness and was never part of its School of the Word. For the first time in recorded history the Christian Churches invented the PSALLO word and insisted that it commanded turning school of the Word into a theater for holy entertainment. Psallo never had a musical content but includes only "plucking with a string with your fingers and never with a plectrum." That happened in 1878.
A heretic is one who IMPOSES A PRACTICE not commanded by God and not necessary to carry out the command to "teach that which is written for our learning." The method is to "us one mind and one mouth" as the only way to prevent any of the hypocritic performers Jesus called the Scribes and Pharisees.
Paul outlawed self-pleasure in Romans 15 which means "creating mental excitement." The latin placeo includes rhetoric, singing, playing instruments acting or anything. The command then is to "use one mind and one mouth to speak that which is written for our learning." These words define a Heretic or Sectarian who according to Paul in Ephesians 4 are LYING IN WAIT TO DECEIVE.
Aresko (g700) ar-es'-ko; prob. from 142 (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable (or by impl. to seek to be so): - please.
Areskos A. pleasing, mostly in bad sense, obsequious, cringing, the STAFF borne by pornoboskoi [brothel keeper] on the stage
Airo (g142) to lift; by implication to take up or away; figuratively to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind); specifically to sail away (that is, weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare [ H5375 ]) to expiate sin:--away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).
Anaireô, anêirêka (v. haireô): --take up, anelontes apo chthonos having raised the victim from the ground, so as to CUT its THROAT II. make away with, destroy, of men, kill,
Exairô -lift up, lift off the earth 2. raise in dignity, exalt, magnify, exaggerate it. Rhetoric, treat in elevated style, of music
3. arouse, stir up excites thy wish to die, pervert, make away with, get rid of, to be excited, agitated.
Includes: Choreia [choreuô] a dance, esp. the choral or round dance with its music.
The word HAEIRO has the same meaning as aeiro. Heresy is invading and making war to LIFT YOU UP with musical excitement.
The ECUMENICALS are the WORLD for which Jesus refused to pray: they are huge, rich, famous and spiritually murderous
Pro-airesis , eôs, hê, choosing one thing before another, wrongs done from malice prepense, contrary to one's purpose, 3. in political language, deliberate course of action, 5. political party, b. sect or school of music, philosophyA heretic or ECUMENICAL sectarian invades and steals your property;
Hairesis I. a taking especially, esp. of a town, a taking for oneself,
4. a sect, school, etc.: esp. a religious sect, such as the Sadducees and Pharisees, NTest.5. a heresy,
Pharisaios 1 a Pharisee, Separatist (from pharash, to distinguish),
one of a sect who separated themselves from other Jews as affecting superior holiness.
Phrik-ôdês, es, attended with shivering, b. inspiring religious awe.
Haireô Il.; hair, tina kheiros to take one by the hand,
A. Act., take with the hand, grasp, seize, having taken up [the song], Od.8.500.
2. take away II. take, get into one's power, overpower, kill, of passions,
catch, take, zôon [ZOE: take away life] helein Il.21.102 ; take in hunting, get into one's power, entrap,
II. take, get into one's power, nēas ib.13.42; esp. take a city, 2.37, S.Ph.347,
freq. of passions, etc., come upon, seize,
B. Med., with pf. hērēmai (v. supr.), take for oneself, egkhos helesthai take one's spear,
II. take to oneself, choose,
Hairetos verb. adj. of haireō I. that may be taken or conquered, Hdt.; that may be understood, Plat.
Homer, Odyssey The muses were taught by Apollo
So he spoke, and the minstrel, moved by the god, began, and let his song be heard, [500] taking up the tale where the Argives had embarked on their benched ships and were sailing away, after casting fire on their huts, while those others led by glorious Odysseus were now sitting in the place of assembly of the Trojans, hidden in the horse; for the Trojans had themselves dragged it to the citadel.
Girard 5.4.2 Behind the anthropological predilections against the victim's perspective, there is a very practical, quasi-historical reason:
namely, he victim is shunned and often killed. In the ancient world,
the role of music during ritual sacrifice was often
to drown out any cries from the victim.
When the priests who still believed that Dionysus or the "new wineskin god" was to be the Messiah
It roused the lust of many to restore the Abomination of Desolation in the temple now dedicated to
Zeus (now they say "Je-Zeus or hail Zeus just out of college). The "initiation of Dionysus" involved
the singing and dancing they hoped to induce in Jesus when they Piped. This was the "religion"
of the Agora or marketplace. This was a PAINFUL initiation and they played loud music to hide
the agony.
It is crucial that the victim not be heard.
The practical mechanics of making victims
means that it is unusual for the victim's perspective to survive.
In the world of ancient ritual it was probably impossible.
The Greek verb musteron means to close the mouth or shut the eyes.
Myth means to close ourselves to the victim
and tell the tale according to the perpetrator's perspective;
mystery cults are based on the silence of the victims;
music derives from drowning out the voice of the victim.
It was prophesied that Judas would FAIL in this attempt but the Levitical Warrior musicians
Mocked Jesus to the cross. However, their celebration. was short.
5.5.3 This is not to say that the victim's perspective is on display everywhere in the Hebrew scriptures. Girard has called them a "text in travail," that is to say, a text struggling to finally and clearly give voice to the victim in history.
The Suffering Servant Song of Isaiah 53 is but a pinnacle in this long, excruciating process in history of the victim's voice becoming heard
THE ABSOLUTE SEPARATION MADE BY GOD IN CHRIST AND MARKED FOR OUR AVOIDANCE
Luke 9:26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my WORDS,
of him shall the Son of man be ashamed,
when he shall come in his own glory,
and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
Logos is God's Regulative Principle: opposite of self-speak rhetoric, singing or playing instruments. Jesus called these hypocrites.
If they quote part of a verse and then twist out a bunch of sausage from their own attempt to ENHANCE the LOGOS they Jesus will be ASHAMED of them when He comes in HIS glory.
John 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory:
but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
John 8:50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.THAT PRETTY WELL EXCLUDES THE ECUMENICAL MASSES AND THE SECT CALLED THE WAY WILL BE ALMOST INVISIBLE AND FEW WILL FIND IT.
Gary Holloway Ecumenical: First, [ecumenical] is biblical. “Ecumenical” is from the Greek word oikoumena, which is used 15 times in the New Testament for “the entire inhabited world.” The most interesting passage that relates to the modern meaning is Matthew 24:14: “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”
Richard Beck ACU'S universalists or Ecumenical without knowing the meaning of words: maybe God made him do it.
As I’ve written about before, right now there are two streams in the Churches of Christ,
a sectarian stream
and an ecumenical stream.JESUS DOESN'T EVEN PRAY FOR THE BROAD WAY:
INHABITED: Late Latin oecumenicus ; from Classical Greek oikoumenikos, of or from the whole world ; from oikoumenē (gē), the inhabited (world) ; from oikein, to dwell, inhabit ; from oikos:
Dik-ēma A.dwelling-place. esp. bed-chamber, temple, shrine, brothel, the kosmos .
Dioik-eō “diōkēsamēn” keep house: hence, generally, control, manage, administer, manage after one's own will and pleasure, managing to make such iniquitous profits, act collusively with ton kosmon” Id.Phdr.246c;
kosmos , ho, A. order, kata kosmon in order, duly, shamefully, generally, of things, natural order, ornament, decoration, esp. of women, metaph., of ornaments of speech, such as epithets, to sing sweet songs of praise, world-order, universe, first in Pythagoras, of earth, as opp. heaven, 3. in later Gr., = oikoumenē, the known or inhabited world, 5. houtos ho k. this present world, i.e. earth, OPPOSITE. heaven, Ev.Jo.13.1; regarded as the kingdom of evil, ho arkhōn tou k. toutou ib.12.31.
Kosmo-krator epith. of ouranos, Orph.H.4.3; “Zeus Mitras Hēlios k.
Dam.Pr.131; hoi k. tou skotous toutou the cosmic rulers of this sinful world, dentified with Apollon.
Ep.Eph.6.12; “hoi k. hoi ta hupo selēnēn stoikheia dioikountes”
A CHURCH OF CHRIST WHICH SPEAKS THE WORD OR LOGOS, SAYS JESUS, WILL BE DESPISED, HATED, REJECTED AND EVEN MURDERED
The Church or Synagogue (in assembly) Christ is defined as a SECT: it's road (WAY) is narrow and it's gate or entry point is strait: almost impossible to find because the ecumenical or oikoumena.
Matt. 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way [hodos], which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Thlib-ō , of a person heavy-laden, hōs thlibomai! Ar.Ra.5, Ev.Matt.7.14; bios tethl. a scanty subsistence, D.H.8.73, oppress, afflict, distress, opsōnion
Ar.Ra.5 Xanthias
So why should I have to carry all this stuff,
without doing any of the jokes that Phrynichus
and Lycis and Ameipsias always make
the baggage-carriers say in all their comedies?
Dionysus
Just don't. Since when I'm in the theater
and hear any of these stupid jokes,
I go away just older by a year.opsōnion gratuity to tax-farmers, gramma^t-ikos , ē, on, 2. one who occupies himself with literary texts, grammarian, critic
3. concerned with textual criticism, “exēgēsis” IV. grammatikon, to, fee paid to scribes in Egypt,The Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites names as popular preacher for HIRE, singer instrument player in Ezekiel 33. Peter outlawed "private interpretation" or further expounding to AID the Spirit of Christ.
g4728. stenos, sten-os´; probably from the base of 2476; narrow (from obstacles standing close about): — strait.
stenos , close, confined, apeilēthentes es steinon driven into a corner Hdt.9.34; scanty, petty,
small-minded, narrow-minded, of sound and style, thin, meagre,
Hdt.9.34; According to the legend, the Argive women were driven mad by Dionysus for refusing to take part in his orgies [Paul's wrath], and cured by Melampus. Many Greek authors refer to it, with varying details.diakeima afflicted 2. of things, to be settled, fixed, or ordered, to be suspected by the people,FEW WILL FIND THE NARROW, SECTARIAN WAY
oligos Little, small, opp. “megas,Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
with small, low voice Degree, o. kai megas of low and high degree,
of Number, few, or of Quantity, little, b. en oligois one among few, i.e. exceedingly, remarkably
prosekhō mostly, p. ton noun turn one's mind, attention to a thing, be intent on it, give heed to him, pay court to him,devote oneself to a thing, devote oneself to the service of any one, esp. a god,Logos verbal noun of legō (B), with senses corresponding to legō daccount, reckoning, analogy, rule, explanation, statement of a theory, argument, of arguments leading to a conclusion, rule, principle, law, as embodying the result of logismos, principle directed to an end, orthos l. true principle, right rule,
Heb. 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him:
for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,
and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
2Tim. 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.c. in Neo-Platonic Philos., of regulative and formative forces, derived from the intelligible and operative in the sensible universe, La, rule of conduct, universal principle,“polloi logon mē mathontes zōsi kata logon”
2 Timothy 2:15 spoudason seauton dokimon parastēsai tō theō, ergatēn anepaiskhunton, orthotomounta ton logon tēs alētheias.
legō 1.to say, speak,to say something, i. e. to speak to the point or purpose,
9.to boast of, tell of, Xen.: to recite what is written, labe to biblion kai lege
