Zechariah 4:2 And said unto me, What seest thou?
And I said, I have
looked,
and behold a candlestick
all of gold,
with a bowl
upon the top of it,
and his seven lamps thereon,
[Seven Spirits of Divine Truth Isaiah 11 the oil of
gladness]
and seven pipes to
the seven lamps, [resource for the oil]
which are upon the top
thereof:
The church is built upon (educated) the prophets and
apostles: Jesus supples the oil.
Zechariah 4:3 And two olive trees by it, one upon
the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the
left side thereof.
Zechariah 4:4 So I answered and spake to the angel that
talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
We are told what the image
means.
Zechariah 4:5 Then the angel that talked with me
answered and said unto
me,
Knowest thou not what
these be?
And I said, No, my
lord.
Zechariah 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying,
This is the word of the LORD unto
Zerubbabel,
saying, Not by might,
nor by power,
but by my spirit, saith the LORD of
hosts.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the
flesh profiteth nothing:
the words that
I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
God's Spirit is God's BREATH: the Word flows from the Father
to the Son Who ARTICULATES it so we can hear.
Rick Atchley will get a "spiritual" message which will force
him to DENY the Word "as it has been taught."
God speaks to us through the Word of the Lord: The Spirit OF
Christ was the testimony in Words of Christ (1 Pet 1:11; 2 Cor
3; Rev 19:10)
Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ,
which God gave unto him,
to shew
unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass;
and he sent and signified
it by his angel unto his servant John:
Revelation 1:2 Who bare record of the WORD of God,
and of the testimony
of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
Revelation 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write,
Blessed are they which
are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.
And he saith unto me,
These are the true sayings of God.
Revelation 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him.
And he said unto me,
See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy
brethren
that have the testimony
of Jesus: worship God: f
or the testimony of Jesus is the SPIRIT
of prophecy.
The
Command for the Qahal, Synagogue or Church of Christ
(the Rock) in the wilderness
Was INCLUSIVE
of Rest, Reading and Rehearsing the Word of
God
Was EXCLUSIVE of vocal or
instrumental rejoicing or silly talk by rhetoricians
Jesus called hypocrites.
The Example of Jesus:
Luke 4:14 And Jesus returned in the power
of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went
out a fame of him through all the region round about.
Luke 4:15 And he taught in
their synagogues, being glorified of all.
Luke 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought
up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on
the sabbath day,
and stood up for to read.
Luke 4:17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the
prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he
found the place where it was written,
Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord
is upon me,
because he hath
anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor;
he hath sent me to
heal the brokenhearted,
to preach deliverance
to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty them
that are bruised,
Luke 4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Luke 4:20 And he closed the book, and he gave it
again to the minister, and sat down.
And the eyes of all
them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
THE COMMAND WAS TO READ THE BOOK OF REVELATION: NOT TO
SERMONIZE IT OR MAKE MUSIC WITH IT.
Revelation 1:3 Blessed is he that READING,
[the elder]
and they
[assembly] that
hear the WORDS of this
prophecy,
and keep those things which are written
therein: for the time is at hand.
John begins to reveal that which was to be READ to
those who were to HEAR and obey. There are no
other ACTORS in the School of Christ.
Revelation 1:4 John to the seven churches which are
in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace,
from him which is,
and which was, and which is to come;
and from the seven
Spirits which are before his throne;
The Seven Spirits represented by the Menorah in the Holy
Place are spirits OF Divine knowledge. When Jesus as the
Branch came He smote and smites with the INSTRUMENT of His
lips and mouth to slay the wicked who try to SPEAK with
"machines for doing hard work." In Revelation the lamps are
congregations whose object is to make known the Word contained
in the Spirit.
Isaiah 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod
out of the stem of Jesse,
and a Branch
shall grow out of his roots:
Isaiah 11:2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon
him,
the spirit OF wisdom
and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge
and of the fear of the LORD;
Isaiah 11:3 And shall make him of quick understanding in
the fear of the LORD:
and he shall not
judge after the sight of his eyes,
neither reprove after
the hearing of his ears:
Isaiah 11:4 But with righteousness shall he judge the
poor,
and reprove with equity
for the meek of the earth:
and he shall smite
the earth with the rod of his MOUTH, [not
smite a harp]
and with the breath
[h7307 spirit: never a people] of his LIPS
shall he slay the wicked.
impĭus
(inp-
[irreverent, “tumultus,”“verba,
“clamor,”
irreligiously, treasonably
“Saturnus,
early identified with the Kronos
[THE KAIROS MARK] of the Greeks: As the god of time,
Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 64;
Lact. 1, 12, 9.—As the sun-god
of the Phśnicians, = Baal, Curt. 4, 3, 15:
“Saturni
sacra
dies,”
i. e. Saturday, Tib. 1,
3, 18: “Saturni
Stella,”
the planet Saturn
Saturnian verse, the oldest kind of metre among the
Romans, “carmen,”
Ter. Maur. p. 2439: “metrum,”
“poëtae
NOT the Rod of Zeus:
aoid-ē 5. =
eppsdē,
spell, incantation, “okhēes
ōkeiais
. . anathrōskontes
aoidais”
A.R.4.42,
cf. 59.
Cf. ōdē
Hes.
Th. 48 [45] So said the ready-voiced
daughters of great Zeus, and they plucked and gave [30] me
a ROD, a shoot of sturdy laurel, a marvellous
thing, and breathed into me a divine voice to
celebrate things that shall be and things that were
aforetime; and they bade me sing of the race of the
blessed gods that are eternally, but ever to sing of
themselves both first and last.
Not the instrumental meaning of
smiting but the Word of God.
per-cŭtĭo ,
which has the same meaning as PSALLO
b. To strike, play a musical
instrument (poet.): “lyram,”
Ov. Am. 3, 12, 40;
Val. Fl. 5, 100.—
2.
To strike, shock, make an
impression upon, affect deeply, move,
astound, speak
anathemate. id. Mal. 4, 6: “plaga,”
id. 1 Macc. 1, 32:
“in
stuporem,”
id. Zach. 12, 4.—
Not the instruments of the CUPIDS
Ovid
Arts of Love 1
Cupid indeed is obstinate
and wild,
A stubborn god3; but yet the god's a child:
Easy to govern in his tender age,
Like fierce Achilles in his pupilage
That hero, born for conquest
This alludes to his killing Hector, as
in the 22nd book
of Homer's Iliads.trembling stood
Before the centaur, and receiv'd the rod.
As Chiron mollified his cruel mind
With art; and taught his warlike hands to wind
The silver strings of his melodious lyre;
Chīron
one of the Centaurs distinguished
for his knowledge of plants, medicine, and divination,
son of Saturn and Philyra (hence,
Philyrides Chiron, Verg. G. 3, 550),
The Community Rule (1QS) reads in
part much like Ephesians 5 and Colossians 3:
- DSS: And at the beginning of
their weeks
- for the season of Jubilee.
- All my life the engraved Precept shall be on my tongue
- as the fruit of praise
- and the portion of my lips.
-
- I will sing with
knowledge and all my music
- shall be for the
glory of God.
- (My) lyre (and) my harp shall sound
- for His holy
order
- and I will tune the pipe of my
lips
- to His right measure.
Because Christ
suffered without the camp, we have to go there to
find Him. Therefore, Paul demanded:
By him therefore
let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his
name. Heb.13:15
I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him
that is far off, and to him that is
near, saith the Lord; and
I will heal him. Isa 57:19
The Menorah representing the seven spirits of God was
in the holy place looking into the Throne Room.
Any Levite or wannabe instrumental praiser
was to be EXECUTED in the prophetic type.
Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful
witness,
and the first
begotten of the dead,
and the prince
of the kings of the earth.
Unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Revelation 1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God
and his Father;
to him be glory and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Because we are priests of God we can come boldly before the
throne of God: the ONLY mediator in song or sermon
is Jesus Christ now called The Holy Spirit. Rick Atchley
believes that the Holy Spirit guides him but the NAME of the
Holy Spirit is Jesus Christ the righteous. He returned to the
Father and received the promise or ASSIGNMENT as The Holy
Spirit:
1Timothy 2:5 For there is one God,
and one mediator
between God and men,
the man
Christ Jesus;
Therefore, Rick Atchley and others cut themself off from
the Spirit which is the Word of Jesus Christ "made to be
both Lord and Christ.""
Paul said that we worship IN THE SPIRIT and not IN
THE FLESH to give no opportunity for the DOGS and
CONCISION to impose themselves. Therefore, John was was not
singing, clapping, playing or making a buffoon of himself to
get people to laugh and accept false teaching. The Only
worship concept is to give heed or give attendance to the
Reading of the Word and discussing it.
Revelation 1:10 I was IN the Spirit on the Lord’s
day,
and heard behind me a
great voice, AS OF a trumpet,
Revelation 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the
first and the last: and,
What thou seest,
write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches
which are in Asia;
unto Ephesus, and unto
Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis,
and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Christ the Holy Spirit speaks through the seven spirits
represented by the Menorah. Jesus, as promised, was
with John because he was OUTSIDE of the gates or massed
multitudes and he was suffering reproaches. He had
accepted THE GOSPEL which was "come to me all ye that labor
and are heavy laden and I will give you REST. And of the
twos and threes He invites "Come learn of ME."
Revelation 1:12 And I turned to see the voice that
spake with me.
And being turned, I
saw seven golden candlesticks;
Revelation 1:13 And in the midst of the seven
candlesticks one like unto the Son of man,
clothed with a garment
down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden
girdle.
Revelation 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars:
and out of his mouth
went a sharp twoedged sword:
and his countenance was
as the sun shineth in his strength.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS EXCLUDED
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and
blood,
but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world,
against spiritual
wickedness in high places.
-Pallô, poise, sway
a missile before it is thrown, sway, brandish,
she drove it furiously, tripped on the shield-rim,
quiver, leap, esp. in fear, II. Pass., swing, dash
oneself, Pi.N.5.21; vibrate,
of strings, Pl.Phd.94c (psalloito ap.
Stob.); leap, bound, quiver, quake,
phrena deimati pallôn S.OT153 (lyr.); dash along, of
horses, E.El.477 (lyr.).
SMITE WITH THE WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST
Ephesians 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of
God,
that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about
with truth,
and having on the
breastplate of righteousness;
Ephesians 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of
the gospel of peace;
Ephesians 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith,
wherewith ye shall be
able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the
Spirit, which is the word of God:
ANY HUMAN SONGS ARE SERMONS VIOLATES THE
REST GIVEN BY JESUS CHRIST.
Hebrews 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest,
he also hath ceased
from his own works, as God did from his.
Hebrews 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest,
lest any man fall after
the same example of unbelief.
THE WORK MUST BE THE WORD OF GOD
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and
powerful,
and sharper than any
twoedged sword,
piercing even to
the dividing asunder of soul and spirit,
and of the joints and
marrow,
and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Revelation 1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as
dead.
And he laid his right
hand upon me, saying unto me,
Fear not; I am the
first and the last:
Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead;
and, behold, I am alive for evermore,
Amen; and have the keys
of hell and of death.
Look at the Spirit OF Christ prophesying this
event:
Zechariah 4:2 And said unto me, What seest thou?
And I said, I have
looked,
and behold a candlestick
all of gold,
with a bowl
upon the top of it,
and his seven lamps
thereon, [Seven Spirits of Divine Truth Isaiah 11 the
oil of gladness]
and seven pipes
to the seven lamps, [resource for the oil]
which are upon the
top thereof:
Zechariah 4:3 And two olive trees by it, one upon
the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the
left side thereof.
Zechariah 4:4 So I answered and spake to the angel that
talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
We are told what the image means without further
guidance from a clergy person.
Zechariah 4:5 Then the angel that talked with me
answered and said
unto me,
Knowest thou not
what these be?
And I said, No, my
lord.
Zechariah 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying,
This is the word of the LORD
unto Zerubbabel,
saying, Not by
might, nor by power,
but by my spirit, saith
the LORD of hosts.
The Word of the Lord is the Spirit of the Lord (John 6:63)
There is no statute of limitations on the Gospel of
the KINGDOM of Christ.
Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came
and spake unto them, saying,
All power is
given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in
the name [singular] of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost:
Matthew 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.
Revelation 1:19 Write the things which thou hast
seen, and the things which are, and the things
which shall be hereafter;
Revelation 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou
sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks.
The seven stars are the
angels of the seven churches:
and the seven
candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
The churches do not WRESTLE with musical instruments but the
sword of the spirit. The purpose of the churches:
Ephesians 3:9 And to make all men see
what is the fellowship of the mystery,
which from the
beginning of the world hath been hid in God,
who created all
things by Jesus Christ:
Ephesians 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities
and powers in heavenly places
might be known by
the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Ephesians 3:11 According to the eternal purpose which he
purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
THE MESSAGE TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES REPRESENTING ALL OF THE
GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Jesus makes the prophecies more certain so that the Church is
built upon (educated) the Prophets and Apostles.
ADDRESS TO THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS FROM JESUS
CHRIST
Revelation 2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus
write;
These things SAITH
he that holdeth the seven stars in his right
hand,
who walketh in the midst
of the seven golden candlesticks;
[the Holy Place was a
type of the Body of Christ]
Revelation 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour,
and thy patience,
and how thou canst not
bear them which are evil:
and thou hast tried
them which say they are apostles,
and are not, and
hast found them liars:
Revelation 2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience,
and for my name’s sake
hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Revelation 2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee,
because thou hast left thy first love.
Revelation 2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art
fallen, and repent,
and do the first
works; or else I will come unto thee quickly,
and will remove
thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Revelation 2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the
deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
SIGNED BY:
Revelation 2:7 He
that hath an ear,
let him HEAR what the SPIRIT
saith unto the churches;
To him that overcometh will I give to eat
of the tree of life,
which is in the midst of the paradise
of God.
John 6:63 It
is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh
profiteth nothing:
the WORDS
that I speak unto you, they are SPIRIT, and they
are life
ADDRESS TO THE CHURCH AT SMYRNA FROM JESUS
CHRIST
Revelation 2:8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna
write; These things saith the first and the last, which was
dead, and is alive;
Revelation 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation,
and poverty, (but thou art rich)
and I know the blasphemy
of them which say they are Jews,
and are not, but are
the synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt
suffer:
behold, the devil
shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried;
and ye shall have tribulation
ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will
give thee a crown of life.
The first Jews who settled in Rome were expelled in 139
BCE, along with Chaldaean astrologers by Cornelius Hispalus under a law which
proscribed the propagation of the "corrupting" cult of
"Jupiter Sabazius," according to the epitome of a lost book
of Valerius Maximus:
Gnaeus Cornelius Hispalus, praetor
peregrinus in the year of the consulate of Marcus
Popilius Laenas and Lucius Calpurnius, ordered the
astrologers by an edict to leave Rome and Italy within
ten days, since by a fallacious interpretation of the
stars they perturbed fickle and silly minds, thereby
making profit out of their lies. The same praetor
compelled the Jews, who attempted to infect the Roman custom
with the cult of Jupiter Sabazius, to return to
their homes."
True or not, In a similar vein, Plutarch maintained that the Jews
worshipped Dionysus, and that the day of Sabbath was a festival of Sabazius.]
Plutarch also discusses the identification of the Jewish
god with the "Egyptian" (actually archaic Greek)
Typhon, an identification which he
later rejects, however (though the identification of
Typhon-Seth and YHWH is not really controversial, as it
is well attested to in Hebrew practice from the 4th
century BC through the 1st century AD). The monotheistic
Hypsistarians
worshipped the Jewish god under this name.
By this it is conjectured that the Romans identified the
Jewish Yahweh Saboas ("of the
Hosts") as Jove Sabazius.
By Rev 2:9 & 3:9, we
see the Edomites (descendants of Esau),
who are follower's and worshipper's of Satan,
claiming to be Jewish to hide their true
identity, but are liars!!
they claim they are Jews #2453 Ioudas
- Judas; in Hebrew 3063 - Yehudah - a descendant
of Judah. The paid their way into the Herodian ruling
class. The Saducean priesthood during the first century
were not of Aaron but consisted of four families: Boethus,
Hanan, Kimchit, and Phiabi. They
intermarried with the Herodians, the Royal Rulers of the
State of Israel, who were, themselves Edomites
(Idumeans) from the Petra region (or Edom) and
descendants of Esau (or Seir, which
means "shaggy, he-goat, devil"), thus the
"synagogue of Satan" leaders claimed to be Jews
but were Edomites appointed by the Herodian
rulers under Rome; Herod Antipas, for instance, and
Pontius Pilate held the same governmental position for
Rome, the reason for much rivalry between them); since
Esau was "red and hairy" his nickname was Edom, and he
lived in Seir where Ham's
descendants settled.
and I (know) the blasphemy #988 blasphemeo
- to vilify, to speak impiously, defame, speak evil from
#989 blasphemia - vilification; in Hebrew #5007
ne'atsah - to scorn, blasphemy from #5006 na'ats
- to scorn, abhor, despise, provoke, condemn; in Jewish
law, however, a blasphemy can also be any act deemed
disrespectful of Yahvah, and is considered a curse or
execration for which a penalty of death is prescribed;
for instance, the crime of a rebellious son, one
who does not honor his mother and father but is a
"glutton and a winebibber" is blasphemy and is
punishable by stoning
PAUL WARNS ABOUT THE EVIL PRACTICES IN ROMANS 14
Balaam
had, in fact, taught the Moabites after this episode to get
around the blessings of the Lord by causing Israel to commit
idolatry and thus come into condemnation under the law (Num.
31:16). The Moabite women had invited Israel to the sacrifices of their
gods, and the people ate of the food sacrificed to idols [dung]
and bowed down to their gods and, thus, Israel yoked itself
to Baal of Peor, the Canaanite god of storms and fertility,
worshipped at the cult centre of Peor (Num. 25:1-5).
Malachi
2:1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
Malachi 2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay
it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD
of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will
curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already,
because ye do not lay it to heart.
Malachi 2:3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread
dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn
feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
Wikipedia
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A Neo-Babylonian royal inscription of Nebuchadrezzar II on
a stele from Babylon, claimed to have been found in the
1917 excavation by Robert Koldewey,[1] and of uncertain
authenticity, reads:
"Etemenanki[2] Zikkurat Babibli [Ziggurat
of Babylon] I made it, the wonder of the people of the
world, I raised its top to heaven, made doors for the gates,
and I covered it with bitumen and bricks." The Etemananki
is depicted in shallow relief, showing its high first stages
with paired flights of steps, five further stepped stages
and the temple that surmounted the structure. A floor plan
is also shown, depicting the buttressed outer walls and the
inner chambers surrounding the central cella.
The Etemenanki is described in a
cuneiform tablet from Uruk from 229 BC, a copy of an older
text (now in the Louvre in Paris). It gives the height of
the tower as seven stocks (91 meters) with a square base of
91 meters on each side. This mud brick structure was
confirmed by excavations conducted by Robert Koldewey after
1913. Large stairs were discovered at the south side of the
building, where a triple gate connected it with the Esagila.
A larger gate to the east connected the Etemenanki
with the sacred procession road (now reconstructed in
the Pergamon Museum in Berlin).
Revelation 2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine
of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
Revelation 2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly,
and will fight against
them with the sword of my mouth.
"The root of the word (Nicolaitans) through historical evaluation shows us
that the word Nicolaitans comes from Greek nikao, to conquer or
overcome, and laos, which means people and
which the word laity comes from. The two words together
especially means the destruction
of the people and refers
to the earliest form of what we call a priestly
order or clergy
which later on in
church history
divided people allowing for leadership other than those led by the Lord Jesus Christ.
"A good translation of
Nicolaitan would be "those who prevail over the
people." This clerical
system later developed into the papal hierarchy of
priests and clergy over the laity. The Council of Trent
stated that "If anyone shall say that there is not in the
Catholic Church a hierarchy established by the divine ordination,
consisting of bishops, presbyters and ministers, let him
be anathema." This very idea was taken over by the
Protestants with their own
corruption of church leadership.
Another of the seven churches, the Church of Ephesus was
commended for hating the deeds of the Nicolaitans.
The wrong
separation of the clergy from the laity is a great
evil in God's sight and He hates the lust for
religious power.
"There is an ungodly
spiritual authority in the Church today, which is nothing
more than the prideful spirit of control, manipulation, domination and intimidation and a rebellion of the rightful authority
of Jesus.
Left Image: Nike or Eros often dominated with
musical themes.
It is thought by some that
there is a linguistic connection between the words
"Nicolaitans" and "Balaam." This is because the word "Balaam" is
formed from the Hebrew words "Baal"
("lord," "master," or "boss") and "am"
("people"), so that it means something like "master of the people." The Greek word "Nicolaitan" is from the
Greek "nikos" ("victory" or "triumph" [Nike
apparel takes it name from this Greek word]) and "laos"
("people"), so that it could mean something like "victory over the people" or "triumph over the people." Because of the possible
similarity in meaning, some think that the word
"Nicolaitan" is a translation into Greek of the meaning
of the word "Balaam," and they would point to the connection
between the two in Revelation 2:14-15. Thus, the idea is
that the deeds and doctrines of the Nicolaitans are the
same as or similar to the deeds and doctrines of Balaam."
Psalm 41 promised
that Judas would not "triumph over" Jesus and the Judas
bag was for "carrying the mouthpieces of wind
instruments."
Nike, sculpture from a bronze vessel, probably made in a Greek city of southern
Italy, c. 490 BC; in the British Museum By courtesy of the
trustees of the British Museum
Nike is also portrayed erecting a trophy, or, frequently, hovering with
outspread wings over the victor in a competition; for her functions referred to success not
only in war but in all other undertakings. Indeed, Nike
gradually came to be recognized as a sort of mediator of success between gods
and men.
A.B.
TRAINA "The Savior said that He hated the deeds and
the doctrines of the Nico-laitans, even though they were members
of His congregation in Ephesus and Pergamos; and I am sure you
would not want to be numbered among them, nor to fellowship with
them if you knew who they were. When these Nicolaitans were in
the minority, the Savior said to the congregation, "Put them out
from among you" (I Cor. 5:13). But now, when these Nicolaitans
(idolaters) have taken over the congregation, Abba says to the
believers, "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith YHWH, and touch not the unclean thing; and I
will receive you," (2 Corinthians 6:17)
The Nicolaitans
infiltrated the early assembly and finally took over the
policy-making. Having overcome the resistance of the saints who
were contending for the faith, they opened the way for Jezebel,
the ancient symbol for seductiveness, to come in and seduce the
servants of YHWH by saying that le-sus Kris-tos (Jesus Christ)
was the Greek translation of Yahushua the Messiah. This ruse was
so successful that it has deceived all the nations of the earth.
Who were the Nicolaitans? The evangelists of Zeus! (Jupiter)
who overcame or conquered the Jewish congregation.
The Nicolaitans were not the followers of any leader Nicolas,
but were NikoLaos themselves.
In Greek mythology, Nike
is represented as the Goddess of Victory whose
function was to proselytize or evangelize for Zeus, the
Greek deity, and ascribe to him all the honor and glory of all
the other gods, and thus displace them that he might be
worshipped in their stead.
THE ABSOLUTE PATTERN BY THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST:
Hos 14:1 O Israel, return
unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine
iniquity.
Hos 14:2 Take with you words, and
turn to
the LORD:
say unto him,
Take away all iniquity,
and receive us
graciously:
so will we render
the calves of our lips. |
Turn is converted
parallel to baptism
Epi-strephô
return to the source of Being,
earlier, children
Call upon the name of the lord
Forgive our sins
the "New Style Prophesied worship."
|
Heb 13:14 For here have we no
continuing city, but we seek one to
come.
Heb 13:15 By him therefore let us
offer the sacrifice to
God
continually,
that is, the fruit of our lips
giving thanks
to his name. |
Hos 14:3 Asshur shall not save us; we
will not ride upon horses:
neither
will we say any more to the work of our hands,
Ye
are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
H4639 ma aseh mah-as-eh' From H6213
; an action (good or bad); generally a transaction; abstractly
activity; by implication a product (specifically a poem)
or (generally) property, CRAFTSMANSHIP.
Sorry: God just cannot use your own works:
ŏpĕra
I
service, pains, exertion, work,
labor
2. A day-laborer, journeyman; also,
in gen., a laborer, workman Hence,
transf., in a bad sense: operae, hired aiders, abettors,
tools, etc. (of political or theatrical parties): “mercenariae
(corresp.
to
multitudo
conducta),”
Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 22;
cf.: “erat
mihi
contentio
cum
operis
conductis
et
ad
diripiendam
urbem
concitatis,”
id. Sest. 17, 38:
“Claudianae,”
id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2;
cf. id. Att. 4, 3, 3:
“theatrales,”
parties for the purpose of applauding, theatrical
factions, Tac. A. 1, 16: “VETERES
A SCENA,”
“musis
operas
reddere,
thĕātrālis
i. e. feigned, spurious, id. 2, 2, 10:
“sermones,”
i. e. low, vulgar, Sid.
Ep. 3, 13 fin.: “omnes
(montes)
theatrali
modo
inflexi,”
in the form of a theatre, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30.
Mūsa
, ae, f., = Mousa,
I. a muse, one of the goddesses of poetry,
music, and the other liberal arts. The ancients reckoned
nine of them,
Mousa
II. mousa,
as Appellat., music, song, II. mousa,
as Appellat., music, song
SIGNED BY
Revelation 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the SPIRIT
saith unto the churches;
To him that overcometh will I give to eat
of the hidden manna,
and will give him a white stone, and in
the stone a new name written,
which no man knoweth saving he that
receiveth it.
ADDRESS TO THE CHURCH AT THYATIRA FROM JESUS
CHRIST
THE PROPHETIC TYPE
1 Kings 18:26 And
they took the bullock which was given them, and they
dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from
morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But
there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they
leaped upon the altar which was made.
"raved, lost consciousness and rational ability, chanted, mutilated themselves and
exhibited all kinds of abnormal behavior... these Nebhiim are to be identified with
the prophets of Baal who exhibited such frenzied conduct
on Mount Carmel (1 Sam. 10), the schools of the prophets
under Elijah and Elisha (2 Ki. 2-6), and the band of
four hundred prophets who were attached to King Ahab's
court (1 Ki. 22)."
All
music in the effeminate pagan religions
intended to be mind altering which is MARKED by singing,
clapping, waving unholy arms in the air and moving the
body in "symphony" which was identified as having a
sexual climax with the spirit (Vineyard, aka New
Wineskinners). The fact that
you feel in control is proof that such music always
intended to BIND the tribe to the Alpha billy Goat.
"All these texts
point, explicitly or implicitly, to the fact that the dance had a musical
accompaniment. Even though the Bible makes no mention
of it we must assume that the movements of the prophets
of Baal on Mount Carmel were made with an accompaniment
on certain musical instruments...
(de Vaux, p. 242).
"Singing served as a means of inducing ecstatic
prophecy (speaking in tongues).
Thus the essential
relationship between music and prophecy can be clearly seen.
This relationship also explains why the expression for "making music" and "prophesying" was often identical in
the ancient tongues. origen contra celsum 8.67.
The Hebrew word Naba signifies not only "to prophesy" but also "to make music." (Quasten, Johannes,
Music and Worship in Pagan and Christian Antiquity, p.
39)
When the contest between music and
word was ended
1 Kings 18:40
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let
not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah
brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them
there.
Zechariah prophesied that after the SIGNS
had been performed to identify the coming of the Branch,
anyone who continued to perform this musical prophesying
should be killed by their parents. Of the lord, lord
or HALAL singers, Jesus said that the Father does not know
their name because the Son has not and will not confess
them.
2 Kings 9:36
Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This
is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant
Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel
shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
2 Kings 9:37 And
the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face
of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall
not say, This is Jezebel.
JESUS FULFILLED THE
PROPHETIC TYPE
When the musical minstrels wanted to do their act for the
"dead Girl" Jesus cast them out and then he went inside:
singers and musicians were NEVER permitted in the holy places
of the most vile pagan temple. When they MOCKED Jesus:
But when the people were
put forth, he went in, and took her by
the hand, and the maid arose. Matthew 9:25
Jesus
CAST OUT the minstrels like DUNG.
A minstrel is: Aoidos, ( [aeidô]) singer, minstrel, bard, 3. enchanter
2. fem., songstress,
“poluidris
a.”
Id.15.97;
“aoidos
Mousa”
Id.Rh.386
(lyr.). 3. enchanter, S.Tr.1000
Eur.
Rh. 380 Hail, all hail! O mighty prince!
[380] fair the cub you have bred, 0 Thrace,
a ruler in his every look.
See his stalwart frame in golden corslet! Hark to the ringing
bells that peal so proudly from his shield-handle.
[385] A god, O Troy,
a god, a very Ares, Strymon's colt and the tuneful
Muse's, has come to breathe courage into you.
Soph.
Trach. 1000
ah, woe is me! - for now I must glimpse
the inexorable flower of madness.
Oh where is the sorcerer,
where is the healer -
save only Zeus - who has power enough
to soothe the destruction upon me?
If any should come, I would marvel
aoidos=“epōdos”,
one who uses “epōdai”,
incantations, in healing: see on O. C.1194.
III. = eunoukhos,
castrated person, eunuch, employed to take charge
of the women and act as chamberlain
aoid-ē 5. = eppsdē,
spell, incantation, “okhēes
ōkeiais
. . anathrōskontes
aoidais”
A.R.4.42,
cf. 59. Cf.
ōdē
Hes.
Th. 48 [45] So said the ready-voiced daughters
of great Zeus, and they plucked and gave [30] me a ROD,
a shoot of sturdy laurel, a marvellous thing, and breathed
into me a divine voice to celebrate things that
shall be and things that were aforetime; and they bade me
sing of the race of the blessed gods that are eternally, but
ever to sing of themselves both first and last.
from the beginning, those whom Earth and
wide Heaven begot, and the gods sprung of these, givers of
good things. Then next, the goddesses sing of Zeus, the
father of gods and men, as they begin and end their strain,
how much he is the most excellent among the gods and supreme
in power. [50] And again, they chant the race of men and
strong giants, and gladden the heart of Zeus within Olympus,—the
Olympian Muses, daughters of Zeus the aegis-holder.
Hdt.
1.24 Arion, putting on all his regalia and taking
his lyre, stood up on the half-deck and sang the “Stirring
Song,”2
2 The orthios
nomos
[LAW] was a high-pitched (and apparently
very well-known) song or hymn in honor of Apollo.
aristou anthrōpōn aoidou,
[aeidô]=.; hoi
tettiges
khamothen
asontai
The LOCUSTS or MUSES..
.Arist.Rh.1412a23:—of
other sounds, twang, of the bow-string,
Od.21.411; whistle,
of the wind through a tree, Mosch.Fr.1.8;
ring, of a stone when struck, Theoc.7.26:—prov.,
prin
nenikēkenai
adein
'to crow too soon', Pl.Tht.164c.—Constr.:—a.
tini
sing to one, Od.22.346;
also, vie with one in singing, Theoc.8.6; a.
pros
aulon
ē luran
sing to . .
Jesus CAST OUT the
musical minstrels more or less violently LIKE DUNG.
PUT
FORTH: Ekballo (g1544) ek-bal'-lo; from 1537 and 906; to
eject - bring forth, cast (forth,
out), drive (out), expel, leave, pluck (pull,
take, thrust) out, put forth (out), send away (forth, out).
Ekballô I. to throw or cast out of a
place, 2. to cast
out of a place, banish
IV. Dem.; to drive an
actor from the stage, Lat. explodere,
[CLAP]
Ballo (g906) bal'-lo; a prim.
verb; to throw (in various applications, more or less violent or
intense):
- arise, cast (out) dung, lay, lie, pour, put (up), send, strike, throw (down), thrust.
Ekballo is most often used with
Beelzebul: the Dung God
Beelzebub, or
Baalzebűb, the Philistine
god of Accaron (Ekron), scarcely 25 miles west of
Jerusalem, whose oracle King Ochozias (Ahaziah) attempted
to consult in his last illness, IV (II) Kings, i, 2. It is
only as an oracle that the god is known to us; no other
mention of him occurs in the Old Testament. The name is
commonly translated "the lord of the flies", and the god
is supposed to be so called either because as a sun god he brings the flies, though the Ba'al was
probably not a sun god, or more likely because he is
invoked to drive
away the flies from the sacrifice, like the Zeus Apomuios
"the gods gather over the
sacrificer like flies"
IN COME TO THE TABLE we are told that God FEASTS while we
burn the fat with JUBILATION.
Includes casting out Daimonion , 2.evil
spirit, phaulos ,Cheap,
easy, slight, paltry, mean, bad II. of persons, low
in rank, mean, common
THIS WOULD APPLY TO
THYATIRA AND ALL FUTURE CHURCHES.
Revelation 2:18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira
write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes
like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
Rev 2:19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and
faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be
more than the first.Rev 2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few
things against thee,
because thou sufferest
that woman Jezebel,
which calleth
herself a prophetess,
to teach and
to seduce my servants to commit fornication,
and to eat things
sacrificed unto idols.
Prophētis
fem. of prophētēs,
esp. of the Pythia, E.Ion 42,321, Pl.Phdr.244a,
2. prophet's wife, LXXIs. 8.3.
prophēt-ēs
A. one who speaks for a god and interprets his
will to man, Dios
p.
interpreter, expounder of the will of
Zeus, of Tiresias, Pi.N.1.60;
Bakkhou
p.,
perh. of Orpheus, E.Rh.972;
[Dionusou
p.,
of the Bacchae, Id.Ba.551
(lyr.); Nēreōs
p.,
of Glaucus, Id.Or.364;
esp. of the Delphic Apollo, “Dios
p.
esti
Loxias
patros”
A.Eu.19;
of the minister and interpreter at Delphi,
Hdt.8.36,37; at the
Ptoön, ib. 135, IG7.4135.13 (ii B.C.); cf.
prophētis.
Plat.
Phaedrus 244a For if it were a simple fact that
insanity is an evil, the saying would be true; but in
reality the greatest of blessings come to us through
madness, when it is sent as a gift of the gods. For the
prophetess at Delphi
Plat.
Phaedrus 244b and the priestesses at Dodona
[clanging brass] when they have been mad have
conferred many splendid benefits upon Greece
both in private and in public affairs, but few or none when
they have been in their right minds; and if we should speak
of the Sibyl and all the others who by prophetic inspiration
have foretold many things to many persons and thereby made
them fortunate afterwards, anyone can see that we should
speak a long time. And it is worth while to adduce also the
fact that those men of old who invented names thought that
madness was neither shameful nor disgraceful;
porn-euō
, practise idolatry, LXX 1 Ch.5.25,
al.
Rev 2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication;
and she repented not.
Rev 2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed,
and them that commit
adultery with her into great tribulation,
except they repent
of their deeds.
thlipsis
, eōs,
hē,
2. crushing,
castration, “
pōlōn”
Hippiatr.20.
3.
metaph., oppression, affliction, LXXGe.35.3,
a , Act.Ap.14.22
ergon
,2. result of work, profit or interest,
ergon
[khrēmatōn]
interest or profit on money, Is.11.42, cf. D.27.10.
4. poieisthai
ti
to make a matter one's business, attend to it, Pl.Phdr. 232a,
X.Hier.9.10
; so “en
ergō
tithesthai”
Ael.VH4.15.
1.
in Il. mostly of works
or deeds of war, “polemēia
e.”
Il.2.338, al., Od.12.116 ; “ergon
makhēs”
Il.6.522 ;
“Aphroditēs”
h.Ven.1 ;
also “teknōn
es
e.”
A.Ag.1207
Aphroditē
2. generally, vehement longing or desire,
E.IA1264;
“A.
tin'
hēdeian
kakōn”
enjoyment, Id.Ph.399.
III. ho
tas
Aphroditas
astēr]
the planet Venus, Ti.Locr.97a,
cf. Pl.Epin.987b,
Arist.Metaph.1073b31
Plat.
Epin. 987b is clearly a sign of witlessness;
and as to their having got no names, the cause of it
should be stated as we have done. For indeed they have
received titles of gods: thus, that Lucifer, or
Hesperus(which is the same), should almost belong to
Aphrodite,1 is reasonable, and quite
befitting a Syrian lawgiver2;
and that that which follows the same course as the sun and
this3 together should almost belong to Hermes.4
Let us also note three motions of bodies5
travelling to the right with the moon and the sun. One
must be mentioned, the eighth,6 which we may
especially address as the world-order, and which
travels in opposition to the whole company of the others,
not impelling them, as might appear to mankind in the
scant knowledge that they have of these matters. But we
are bound to state,
Jesus does not even pray for the WORLD
kosmos
, shamefully, Od.8.179;
“maps
atar
ou
kata
k.”
Il. 2.214:
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.)
Heraclit.30; “ho
kaloumenos
hupo
tōn
sophistōn
k.”
X.Mem.1.1.11:
God HIDES from the wise or sophists
sophis-tēs
, ou,
ho,
A. master of one's craft, adept, expert,
of diviners, Hdt.2.49; of
poets, “meletan
sophistais
prosbalon”
Pi.I.5(4).28,
cf. Cratin.2; of musicians,
“sophistēs
. . parapaiōn
khelun”
[harp player]
metaph., s.
pēmatōn
deviser, contriver of pains, E.Heracl.993:
II. from late v B.C., a Sophist, i.e.
one who gave lessons in grammar,
rhetoric, politics, mathematics, for money,
such as Prodicus, Gorgias, Protagoras, “tēn
sophian
tous
arguriou
tō
boulomenō
pōlountas
sophistas
apokalousin”
even of Socrates (though he did not teach for money),
3. later of the rhētores,
Professors of Rhetoric, “Abaddon, Apollyon, Apollōnidē
sophistē”
goēs
, ētos,
ho,
A. sorcerer, wizard, Phoronis
“g.
epōdos
Ludias
apo
khthonos”
E.Ba.234,
2. juggler, cheat, “deinos
g.
kai
pharmakeus
kai
sophistēs”
Pl.Smp.203d;
“deinon
kai
g.
kai
sophistēn
. . onomazōn”
D.18.276;
“apistos
g.
ponēros”
Id.19.109;
“magos
kai
g.”
Aeschin.3.137:
Comp. “goētoteros”
Ach.Tat.6.7
(s. v. l.). (Cf. Lith. žavēti 'incantare'.)
Revelation 18:22 And the voice of harpers,
and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters,
shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of
whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and
the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in
thee;
Revelation 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no
more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of
the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy
merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries
[ juggler, cheat,
“deinos
g.
kai
pharmakeus
kai
sophistēs]
were all nations deceived.
Revelation 18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets,
and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Rev 2:23 And I will kill her children with death;
and all the churches
shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins
and hearts:
and I will give unto
every one of you according to your works.
Rev 2:24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira,
as many as have not this
doctrine,
and which have not
known the depths of Satan,
as they speak; I will
put upon you none other burden.
Rev 2:25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I
come.
Rev 2:26 And he that overcometh,
and keepeth my works
unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
SIGNED BY:
Revelation 2:29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the SPIRIT
saith unto the churches.
ADDRESS TO THE CHURCH AT SARDIS FROM JESUS
CHRIST
Revelation 3:1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis
write;
These things saith he
that hath the seven SPIRIT of God, and
the seven stars;
I know thy works, that
thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
In the Orphic Hymn to Rhea: And Orphic.html
Now Rhea, as Ceres, in Hymn XIV, is
called 'brass-sounding' and
'drum-beating'. This has reference to the mystical results of certain sounds
and rhythm, part and parcel of what the Hindus call Mantravidyâ.
Music and
Mantras, therefore, were used by the
Orphics to attract, or call down, the influence of the Mother of the Gods, who at the same time was
the 'Store-house of Life', of Divine Nature. Thus Proclus
in his Commentary on Euclid (ii) tells us that 'the Pole
of the World is called
by the Pythagoreans the Seal of Rhea' (Myst. Hymns,
p. 63).
Hdt.
5.102.1 In the fire at Sardis,1
a temple of Cybebe,2 the goddess of that
country, was burnt, and the Persians afterwards made
this their pretext for burning the temples of Hellas. At
this time, the Persians of the provinces this side3
of the Halys, on hearing of these matters, gathered
together and came to aid the Lydians.
1 In 498.
2 Or Cybele, the great goddess of the Phrygians and
Lydians.
3 Lit. “within”; that is, from the Greek point of
view, and so west of the Halys.
W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on
Herodotus 5.CII. Kubębęs. The 'Great Mother' goddess of the
Phrygians worshipped at Pessinus, the mętęr Dindumęnę
of i. 80. 1. For the Anatolian 'Great Mother' cf.
App. I. 2, Frazer, G. B. iv, Bk. II, Attis, &c.;
Ramsay, in Hastings' Bible Dictionary, extra vol., p. 120
f. The Atys myth which involved her cult is
connected with Sardis by H.'s story of the son of Croesus (i.
34. 2 n.). The Great Mother was worshipped at Athens
in the days of Sophocles (Phil. 391), and identified by
the Greeks with Rhea, mother of the gods (cf. iv. 76; Strabo 469),
with Aphrodite, with Demeter, and with Artemis as the lady
of the wild woods. But here she is regarded as a foreign
goddess.
The especial worship of Cybele was conducted by
emasculated priests called Galli (or, as in vv. 12 and
34, with reference to their physical condition, Gallae).
Their name was derived by the ancients from that of the
river Gallus, a tributary of the Sangarius, by drinking from
which men became inspired with frenzy (cf. Ov. Fast. 4.361ff.). The worship
was orgiastic in the extreme, and was accompanied by the
sound of such frenzy-producing instruments as the tympana,
cymbala,
tibiae,
and cornu,
See
Paul in Galatians 5 and warning about the emasculated
priests which would indicate that the WOMEN had
taken control. Musical worship is Witchcraft.
Catullus,Carmina 63
Notes
Thy timbrel, Mother Cybele, the
firstings of thy rite,
And as her tender finger-tips on bull-back hollow rang
She rose a-grieving and her song to listening comrades
sang.
"Up Gallae, hie together, haste for Cybele's
deep grove,
Hie to the Dindymnean dame, ye flocks that love to
rove;
The which affecting stranger steads as bound in exile's
brunt
My sect pursuing led by me have nerved you to confront
The raging surge of salty sea and ocean's tyrant
hand
As your hate of Venus' [ZOE] hest your
manly
forms unmann'd,
Gladden your souls, ye mistresses, with sense of error
bann'd.
Drive from your spirits dull delay, together follow ye
To hold of Phrygian goddess, home of Phrygian Cybebe,
Where loud the cymbal's voice resounds with timbrel-echoes
blending,
And where the Phrygian piper drones grave bass
from reed a-bending,
Where toss their ivy-circled heads with might the Maenades
Where ply mid shrilly lullilooes the holiest
mysteries,
Where to fly here and there be wont the she-god's
vaguing train,
Thither behoves us lead the dance in quick-step
hasty strain."
Kubelę , hę, Cybele, E.Ba.79
(lyr.), Ar.Av.877, etc.:--from Kubelon , to, or Kubela , ta,
mountain in Phrygia, D.S.3.58, Str.12.5.3:-- hence Adj. Ku^belęgenęs ,
St.Byz.:--also Ku^bębę , Hippon.120 (dub.), Hdt.5.102,
Anacreont.11.1; equated with Aphrodite by Charon
Hist. (FHGiv p.627):--fem.Adj. Ku^bęlis , idos, hę, Cybelian,
zôę A. living, i.e. one's substance, property, to get one's
living by Hdt.8.105
Heredotus 8:CV. Hermotimus, who came from Pedasa, had
achieved a fuller vengeance for wrong done to him than
had any man whom we know. When he had been taken captive
by enemies and put up for sale, he was bought by one
Panionius of Chios, a man who had set himself to earn a
livelihood out of most wicked practices. He would
procure beautiful boys and castrate and take them to Sardis
and Ephesus where he sold them for a great
price, [2] for the barbarians value eunuchs more
than perfect men, by reason of the full trust that they
have in them. Now among the many whom Panionius had castrated
was Hermotimus, who was not entirely
unfortunate; he was brought from Sardis together
with other gifts to the king, and as time went on, he
stood higher in Xerxes' favor than any other eunuch.
includes II. zôę,= graus 11 ,
the scum on milk. graus
means graôn huthlos old
wives' fables IV. kind of locust. to epanô tou melito
Zoe and Cybele or Rhea is Eve Paul did not want to
get control.
Eve is mentioned only twice in the New Testament and
because Jesus spoke in parables to HIDE the
truth from the WISE (sophists=rhetoricians, singers,
musicians, actors). Moses was writing an INVERTED
version of Babylon Myths AFTER the nation
fell from grace BECAUSE of instrumental idolatry at Mount
Sinai. Therefore, those who mock Paul do not
understand that Paul knew all about Eve and scholars know
nothing. While not necessarily true, Paul understood that
women especially looked to EVE (Zoe, Mary) as
THEIR Mediatrix.
The serpents, however, of the magicians-(that is,) the
gods of destruction-withstood the power of Moses in
Egypt, but the rod of Moses reduced them all to
subjection and slew them.
This universal serpent is, he says, the wise discourse of Eve. This, he says, is the mystery of Edem, this the river of Edem;
this the mark that was set upon Cain,
that any one who
findeth him might not kill him. This, he says, is Cain, [Gen. iv. 15]
whose sacrifice [Gen. iv. 5. ] the god of this world did not accept.
Theophilus
to Autolycus
This Eve, on account of her
having been in the beginning deceived by the serpent,
and become the author of sin, the wicked demon,
who also is called Satan, who then spoke to her
through the serpent, and who works even to this day in
those men that are possessed by him, invokes as Eve.58
And he is called "demon" and "dragon," on
account of his revolting from God. For at first he
was an angel. And concerning his history there is a great
deal to be said; wherefore I at present omit the relation
of it, for I have also given an account of him in another
place.
58 Referring to
the bacchanalian orgies in which " Eva " was
shouted, and which the Fathers professed to believe was an
unintentional invocation of Eve, the authoress of
all sin.
The word "abomination" is also key to understanding the
context. In Hebrew, the word "to 'evah,"
(abomination) is almost invariably linked to idolatry.
In the passages from which both verses are taken, God
tells Moses to tell the people not to follow the
idolatrous practices of the people around them, people
who sacrificed their children to Molech, or who masturbated into the fire to offer
their semen to Molech,
for example. Chapter 20 starts off with the same
warning.
"To 'evah" also means "something which is ritually unclean.
SIGNED BY:
Revelation 3:6 He that
hath an ear, let him hear what the SPIRIT saith unto
the churches.
ADDRESS TO THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA FROM
JESUS CHRIST
Revelation 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia
write;
These things saith he
that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of
David,
HE that openeth,
and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man
openeth;
Revelation 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before
thee an open door, and no man can shut it:
for thou hast a little
strength,
and hast kept my
word, and hast not denied my name.
Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue
of Satan, [See SMYRNA above]
which say they are
Jews, and are not, but do lie;
behold, I will make
them to come and worship before thy feet,
and to know that I
have loved thee.
Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my
patience,
I also will keep thee
from the hour of temptation,
which shall come upon
all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Revelation 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which
thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar
in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out:
and I will write upon
him the name of my God,
and the name of the
city of my God, which is new Jerusalem,
which cometh down out
of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new
name.
SIGNED BY:
Revelation 3:13 He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the SPIRIT saith
unto the churches.
ADDRESS TO THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA FROM
JESUS CHRIST
Revelation 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans
write;
These things saith the
Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the
creation of God;
Revelation 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold
nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Revelation 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and
neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Revelation 3:17 Because thou sayest,
I am rich, and increased
with goods, and have need of nothing;
and knowest not that
thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor,
and blind, and naked:
Revelation 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the
fire, that thou mayest be rich;
and white raiment, that
thou mayest be clothed,
and that the shame of
thy nakedness do not appear;
and anoint thine eyes
with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten:
be zealous therefore, and repent.
Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock:
if any man hear my
voice, and open the door,
I will come in to him,
and will sup with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit
with me in my throne,
even as I also
overcame, and am set down with my Father in his
throne.
SIGNED BY:
Revelation 3:22 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what the SPIRIT
saith unto the churches.
hear what the spirit
Rick Atchley claims that "a spirit" told him to preach
the sermons leading to adding religious performers in the
so-called worship services. The Spirit OF Christ who inspired
the prophets said that hypocrites were rhetoricians, singers
and instrument players. Jesus quoted Ezekiel 33 to mark
the Scribes and Pharisees as hypocrites. These are the ones
SELLING the product of the "doctors of the law." Jesus
said that they take away the key to knowledge. That is
their professionn: that is what they do.
The Seven Spirits of God would rest on the man Jesus of
Nazareth: God made Him to be both Lord and Christ and Grace and
Word and Righteousness. Pseudo-scholars are left with
absolutely no words to add says Christ in Isaiah 58 after
telling us NOT to spend our food money on the WORDS of any
man.
Psa. 33:4 For the word of the LORD is
right; and all his works are done in truth.
Psa. 33:5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is
full of the goodness of the LORD.
Psa. 33:6 By the (1) word of the
(2) LORD
were the heavens made;
and all the host of them by
the (3) breath of his
mouth.
Psa. 33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as
an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Parables to fool the foolish Scribes and Pharisees:
speakers, singers, players. [Matthew 13]
Psa. 33:8 Let all the earth fear the LORD:
let all the
inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Psa. 33:9 For he spake, and it was done;
he commanded,
and it stood fast
The Menorah was in the Holy Place typifying the TRUE
Church or Synagogue which began in the wilderness. Any
preacher, singer or instrument player who went near or into
any holy place was commanded by God to be executed. God did
not command the Levites to make worship music.
Is. 11:1 And there shall
come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse,
and a Branch shall grow out of
his roots:
Is. 11:2 And the spirit of
the LORD shall rest upon him,
the spirit of wisdom
and understanding, the
spirit of counsel
and might,
the spirit of knowledge
and of the fear of the LORD;
Is. 11:3 And shall make
him of quick understanding in the fear of
the LORD:
and he shall not judge after
the sight of his eyes,
neither reprove after the
hearing of his ears:
Is. 11:4 But with
righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with
equity for the meek of the earth:
and he shall smite the earth
with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his
lips shall he slay the wicked.
Spiritus
a breathing or gentle blowing of air, a breath,
breeze
1. The air: imber et ignis, spiritus et
gravis terra
2. The breath of a god, inspiration:
2. Spiritus, personified, a spirit
Eph. 1:17 That the God of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
may give unto you
the spirit OF wisdom
and
revelation [OF] in the knowledge
of him:
Spirit NEVER speaks of a "people"
who can be taken captive by those who PEDDLE.
NEVER DRINK THE KOOLAID OF THOSE WHO SEE VISIONS OR HEAR
VOICES.
Many will say to
me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy
name have cast out devils? and in thy
name done many wonderful works? Matthew
7:22
Prophēt-euō
one who speaks for a god
and interprets his wil
A. to
be a
prophētēs or interpreter of the gods,
“manteueo,
Moisa,
prophateusō
d'
egō”
Pi. l.c.; tis
prophēteuei
theou;
who is his interpreter? E.Ion 413
IV. to be a quack doctor,
hē
mania
. . prophēteusasa
with oracular power, Pl.Phdr.244d:
-Prophętęs interpreter,
expounder of the will of Zeus, of
Tiresias, Pi.N.1.60;
Bakkhou
p.,
perh. of Orpheus, E.Rh.972;
[Dionusou
p.,
of the Bacchae, Id.Ba.551
Delphic Apollo, [Abaddon,
Apollyon] “Dios
p.
esti
Loxias
patros”
A.Eu.19;
of the minister [female] and interpreter
at Delphi, Hdt.8.36,37 Mousôn prophętai interpreters
of the Muses,
Prophętis
[fem. of prophętęs] of the Pythia, 2. prophet's wife, LXXIs. 8.3.
(Puthia). The priestess of Apollo at Delphi who pronounced the oracles.
See Delphi;
Oraculum.
Puthios in h.Ap.373],
a, on, ( [Pu_thô] ) Pythian,
i.e. Delphian, epith. of Apollo, l.c., Pi.O.14.11,
etc. (P. alone is f.l. in E.
Ion 285); enPuthiou
"Singing served as a means of inducing ecstatic
prophecy (speaking in tongues). Thus
the
essential relationship between music and prophecy can be clearly seen. This relationship also explains
why the expression for "making music" and "prophesying" was often identical in
the ancient tongues. origen contra celsum 8.67.
The Hebrew word Naba signifies not only "to prophesy" but also "to make music." (Quasten, Johannes,
Music and Worship in Pagan and Christian Antiquity, p.
39)
Dialog of Phaedrus and Socrates
notes:
It might be so if madness were simply an evil ;but there is also a madness which is a
divine gift,
and the source of the
chiefest blessings granted to men.
- For prophecy is a madness, and
the
prophetess
at Delphi and the priestesses at Dodona
- when out of their senses have conferred great
benefits on Hellas,
- both in public and
private life, but when in their senses few or none.
Revelation 3:2 Be watchful, and strengthen
the things which remain, that are ready to die:
for I have not
found thy works perfect before God.
Ekklesia, Synagogue or Church is A School of
Christ (Christ, Paul, Campbells, etal) therefore,
the ONLY role of the elders as sole PASTOR-TEACHERS is to
teach that which has been taught. Therefore, anyone
who has something NEW is identified by Peter as a false
teacher.
Revelation 3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received
and heard, and hold fast, and repent.
If therefore
thou shalt not watch,
I will come on thee
as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour
I will come upon thee.
Revelation 3:4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which
have not defiled their garments;
and they shall walk
with me in white: for they are worthy.
Revelation 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall
be clothed in white raiment;
and I will not blot
out his name out of the book of life,
but I will
confess his name before my Father, and before his
angels.
Revelation 3:6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Having "a" spirit tell you to remove CHRIST from your
public confession seems like a terminal fall from grace.
Paul begins with the message from Jesus Christ--now in
His Holy Spirit state--and ends with "hear what the Spirit
saith to the churches." No one at Pepperdine will have
anything new to ADD claiming that "a" spirit told them how
to sow masssive discord.
Arnobius, Musical Mocking VI, p. 479).
"Mocking the belief that Mellonia
introduces herself into the entrails, or Limentinus, and
that they set themselves to make known what you seek to
learn, Arnobius asks--
May it not happen, may
it not come to pass, although you craftily conceal it, that the one should take the
other's place, deluding, mocking, deceiving, and presenting the appearance of the
deity invoked? If the magi, who are so much akin to soothsayers, relate that, in their incantations, pretend gods steal
in frequently instead of those invoked; that some of
these, moreover, are spirits of grosser substance,
who pretend that they are gods, and delude the ignorant by their lies and deceit." (Arnobius
Against the Heathen
The magicians or soothsayers
sang their incantations but Arnobius warned that
other "gods" or evil spirits seemed to steal in
and, instead of divine truth, delivered lies
and deceit. No one can justify instrumental
music and performance worship from the Bible or history
without lying to God and about God.
"If any one perchance thinks
that we are speaking calumnies, let him
take the books of the Thracian soothsayer (Orpheus the inventor of musical
soothsaying), which you speak of as of divine antiquity;
and he will find that we are neither cunningly inventing
anything, nor seeking means to bring
the holiness of the gods
into ridicule, and doing so: for we shall bring forward
the very verses which the son of Calliope
uttered in the Greek, and published abroad in
his songs to the
human race through out all all ages."
- "With these words
she at the same time drew up her garments from the
lowest hem ,
- And exposed to view
formatas inguinibus res ,
- Which Baubo
grasping with
hollow hand, for
- Their appearance
was infantile, strikes, touches gently.
- Then the goddess,
fixing her orbs of august light,
- Being softened,
lays aside for a little the sadness of her mind;
- Thereafter she
takes the cup in her hand, and laughing,
- Drinks off the
whole draught of cyceon with gladness."
- (Arnobius
Against the Heathen, Ante-Nicene, VI, p.
499).
Sophos A.
skilled in any handicraft or art, clever,
harmatēlatas
s.
Pi.P.5.115,
cf. N.7.17;
A. skilled in any handicraft or art,
clever, harmatēlatas
s.
Pi.P.5.115,
cf. N.7.17;
Margites Fr.2; but in
this sense mostly of poets and musicians, Pi.O.1.9,
P.1.42,
3.113; en
kithara
s.
E.IT1238
(lyr.), cf. Ar.Ra.896
(lyr.), etc.; tēn
tekhnēn
-ōteros
ib.766; “peri
ti”
Pl.Lg.696c;
glōssē
s.
S.Fr.88.10;
Marg-os
A. mad, marge
madman! Od.16.421;
“maia
philē,
margēn
se
theoi
thesan”
23.11, cf.
Pi.O.2.96
margoi
hēdonai
2. of appetite, greedy, gluttonous,
“meta
d'
eprepe
gasteri
margē”
Od.18.2;
3. lewd, lustful, Thgn.581,
A.Supp.741,
E.El.1027
Pind.
O. 2 Songs, rulers of the lyre, what god, what
hero, what man shall we celebrate? Indeed, Pisa
belongs to Zeus; and Heracles established the Olympic
festival, as the finest trophy of battle;...I will aim at
Acragas,
and speak with true intent a word sworn by oath: no city
for a hundred years has given birth to a man more
beneficent in his mind or more generous with his hand [95]
than Theron. But praise is confronted by greed, which is
not accompanied by justice, but stirred up by depraved
men, eager to babble and to bury the fine deeds of noble
men. Since the sand of the shore is beyond all counting,
[100] who could number all the joys that Theron has given
others?
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