Author: eejoseph

Every single religious ‘ism is demonic

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Ism is a suffix that labels an action as a concrete concern. Other forms of this kind of suffix are –ation, –ment, –ission, which we can observe in reform, reformation, atone, atonement, and remit, remission.  An ism does not have to be a movement with negative, depressing or perverted concepts; isms go way beyond negative doomsday predictions. Most have an endless stream of illusions about “fixing the corrupted Church of Christ”.  This makes the isms siblings of Islam, which labels Judaism and Christianity as corrupted.  Isms also come with predictions of persecution, affirmations of their flawless doctrines, and highlighting a host of institutional  and conventions that no-one ever needed to have a relationship with God.

Their books and their wolves

There may be more than five reform minded groups that arose in the last five hundred years, each one proclaiming that obedience is greater than faith, that the Bible is insufficient, and that the Jewish experience and priorities are paramount.   But make no mistake, wolves and shepherds (elders, bishops and pastors) have been around since Paul was making missionary journeys.  See Acts 20 where he predicted how quickly that the church would be exposed to des.  The wolfish isms of the religious world have their own books; hundreds of books.  Islam claims to have the book of books.  Muslims also propose that their perfect book is a miracle.  They assert that their book is evidence of God’s priorities.  Most books endorsed by the isms are likely to be misleading. These groups are terrified when people ask “Does the Bible say what is in your books?”. They shake in their boots when believers begin to consult lexicons and dictionaries.  The isms are so entrenched in their own propaganda that the pastors (elders and bishops) neglect the study of the apostolic doctrine and consequently the certainty of Christian mysteries is no longer a factor.

Wannabisraelism

The televangelists and the adept proselytizers can do no better than the writer of Psalm 119. They speak out of both sides of their mouths. They say that the law is the only way to know sin, and they say that keeping the law is their best showing of righteousness. They say that when God invited Peter to “Rise kill and eat” the unclean Gentiles were not properly represented by unclean animals. The division of the Church today into ethnic and national groups in the 21st century is a symptom of partiality and xenophobia just as the Church under James and his Pharisee allies was a symptom of resistance to the truth of the Gospel.  They are all angling to be like the sons of Israel.  The religious movements that have shaped Christianity are all trying to be the tip of the spear in a theocratic state.  The more extreme versions of reformation Christianity are actually trying to be Israel not be like Israel. This raises the massive mountain of nonsense about how does the law of Moses become the primary law of Canada United States or Australia or Kenya.  The law of Moses has not even become central to churches much less any state on the planet.  Jewish people (and their American allies) seem to want to be violent fascists more than they want to follow Moses, and we suspect that is because Moses and the prophets have all their fingers pointing to the son of David. Who wants the son of David more than the scribes, Pharisees and elders of the people?  It is quite certain that the more any nation embraces Judaism in any form the more the nations become like the kingdom of Israel, incapable of producing a single good leader.  All of Israel’s kings were rascals and rogues.

Foundations of love need no reform

Nothing but catastrophe, deceit, and elitism have resulted from the efforts of the reformers and the restorers of the Church.  They reject the foundation of the church; the apostolic witnesses.  They swerve out of the way of the Cross of Christ and his Right Hand Seat.  They’re all heretics.  Paul saw them coming.  In his days the problem was graphically impressed on Timothy: people choosing genealogy and ignorant talking points about the law versus love, good conscience, and sincere faith.

As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines, nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than furthering the administration of God which is by faith. But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion, wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions. (1 Timothy 1:3-7)

The isms of the religious are many

The earliest and most recent isms to arise among people of faith have a striking relationship to Pharisee propositions. Pharisees can say they agree that Gentiles need neither circumcision nor the law to be saved, and then they nonchalantly add that those same Gentiles need to observe ritual purity and prove that they are not involved in sexual improprieties.  Our modern Pharisees and disciples of Moses will go right ahead with the weak and beggarly elementary things (Galatians 4:4-11). Now that  Republicanism is blindly putting itself forward as the western version of Hezbollah, religious isms and political isms are both in the abyss. 

Here come the American Gestapo

Nothing is more abhorrent than criminals and homicidal maniacs like the 45th and 47th president of the United States and the PM of Israel trying to pass themselves as paragons of justice and equity.  The isms of religion are manifesting in politics.  They are all about getting rid of truth, people they disapprove of, and the genuine guardians of civic society.  Here comes the American gestapo, lining up with Jewish and Russian tyranny.  This is the ultimate greatness of America in the image of Hitler, Stalin and every king of the kingdom of Israel.  Criminals will never end crime; not felonious Donald Trump, not genocidal Benjamin Netanyahu, not Chairman Xi of the People’s Republic of China, and not Putin of Russia.  To this wall of shame we must add the walking dead evangelical heavyweights and their extremist siblings.  The isms will have lots of air time, lots of time to declare their support for the authoritarianism that has long twinkled in the eyes of western punk-prophets. The isms of our times will make lots of idolatrous pronouncements and get no help from the God of grace.

The terrors of tariff in the age of transparent trade

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The premier of Ontario wants the Canadian government to respond to American tariffs with equivalent tariffs.  If Mr Ford can rally his provincial premier colleagues to his view of “tariff for tariff” Canadians would be affirming the abject poverty of mind and robotic politics that define conservative parties all over the globe.  Ford went to the USA to make a deal, and what did he accomplish?  He went all over American air and who bought his kiss-ass line?

American politicians in power in 2025 have no heart.  They have been reduced to angry, racist, liars, faking fidelity to the American constitution without addressing its preamble.  The Republicans never will and Ford’s party is the Canadian counterpart to the GOP.  Might Ford be stirring up the pot for a protracted conflict between Canada and the United States of America?

Outside the camp, prostitutes, refuse, and saviours

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If you thought that the Jewish people had an open mind to the Canaanites, you should think again. Yahweh saved the sons of Israel from committing genocide by gradually reducing the “Canaanite” population. 

The King of Israel spared no effort to preserve his name and to ensure the preservation of the people, and more specifically, by leaving a remnant who would become functional parts of the Kingdom of Israel and judah. Case in point is the deal made with Rahab The prostitute from jericho. The people who had Moses for a leader would not have accepted a foreigner in their camp, and neither did those who had Joshua as leader. The place known as outside the camp in ancient Israel was a place where refuse and ritually unclean persons were quarantined.

Reproached revised

The father of the 12 tribes was a converted man: he disavowed his cons and the violence of his sons and made peace with his mortal enemy, his twin brother Esau.  The spark of his nobility which prevented him from returning to Padan Aram as Abraham and Isaac had done to preserve the family line showed up later in David’s generosity to the survivor of Saul’s family.

David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table regularly.” (2 Samuel 9:7)

Both Israel and David carved out a spot on the family tree that severely challenged the sons of Israel. 

You can’t eat here; no debate

  • So, let us go out, over and over
  • to Him (leave the gates of Jacob, temple and high court)
  • outside the camp (in that place where broken and rejected things reside}
  • bearing His reproach; what a great honour it is that believers are in line to bear our Lord’s disgrace

10. We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. 11. For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp. 12. Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate. 13. So, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach. (Hebrews 13:10-13)

You, my frenemy, with your life of victory and prosperity, your great-again delusion, your unprecedented prostitution, your boldface idolatries, your weekly weekend miracles, and international crimes, will find little comfort in the presence of the Nazarene. You, so saturated with your chosen people wannabism, cannot eat here.  The stone the builders refused was destined to become the saviour and king. The journey out to the reproach district begins with out-of-the-box eating.

13. A voice came to him, “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!” 14. But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean.” (Acts 10:13-14). Opening his mouth, Peter said:  “I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality” (Acts 10:34)

Herein lies the nuts and bolts of daily cross-bearing.  It is engaging the observers of our lives in the spectacular exits of the God who died.  You think your rules and regulations are mysterious and wonderful? Try going out to God, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.

So Many Versions of the Bible!

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Which translation of the Bible should I choose? At least two. The choices are many. Since the reason for reading is to understand what God has said and done the version should be in your mother tongue. The Bible is available in the popular languages of our times: English, French, Spanish, all the languages of Europe, many African tongues, at least one Caribbean dialect, and the host of Asian languages.

Some translations are popular for different reasons. The King James  tops the list in the English speaking world among older readers. It seems almost poetic and creative,  because, among other things, it changes word order, for example, “Then cometh Jesus” where English speaking people should expect “Then Jesus comes”. 

King James

Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. (Matthew 26:36).

New American Standard Bible

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to His disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” (Matthew 26:36)

The Greek reads: then comes with them Jesus to a place called Gethsemane…

Here is the King James version following the Greek word order.

Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. (Mark 7:1)

Here is the New American Standard Bible ordering the Greek for smooth modern English.

The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem, (Mark 7:1, NASB)

The certified advantage and disadvantage of giving up the King James version

When you read the King James version you will encounter the words “ye”, “you”, “thee” and “thou”.  This is a feature of English from 400 years ago that distinguishes you (plural) from you (singular). Invaluable!  On the other hand when you pick one of the modern translations you acquire a superior text.  All the translations since the 17th century were produced using much older Hebrew and Greek manuscripts, except for the New King James version.  Perhaps this is just another piece of the barbarity of the people of England.  They prefer ignorance to enlightenment.  With any of the modern translations in your hand you are closer to having the documents written by our fathers the apostles and chosen witnesses of our Lord and Saviour. 

Believer diligence to discover the truth

With any modern translation in hand and a trusted lexicon or dictionary of Bible words, you will be able to discover the meaning of the words used by the writers of the Sacred Texts.

A resource that combines a modern translation with the Hebrew and Greek words is the Hebrew-Greek Word Study Bible by Spiros Zodhiates.  If your hunger persists then you are on your way to read both the Hebrew and Greek texts directly.

I recommend a study Bible because it will provide you with valuable insights and information.  Ask your bookstore for one by a single author.  Charles Ryrie comes to mind as a committed Bible teacher. 

May God’s grace assist you.

Waiting for charming royal and straw

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How do you waste the most time every day?

I have lived long enough to recognized that when life is very comfortable and everything is on repeat I record accomplishments.  On the other hand there is an attachment to serendipity, to the unprogrammed and voluntary connections, the frog-transforming kiss and the back-breaking straw.  Let us just say that waiting for charming princesses and their kisses and camels and their straws is definitely wasteful.

Worse than the mud

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God is slinging something at humanity in 2025.  He always has.  The significance of Abraham, nineteen hundred years before Christ cannot be overstated.  God slung the Mesopotamian at Canaan with stunning effect.  The encounter between Abram and Melchizedek has still not been absorbed by the Jews, the Church or Islam.  Every generation has had something slung in its face and, more often than not, the outcomes have been less than ideal.  In 2025, when the eyes on the planet are trained on development with global effects, the slung material is mud: homicide, misinformation and extreme depravity. God is exposing the United States and Israel as the paragons of prostitution.

Mud-slinging mobsters, ancient and modern

The reader may not be aware of the depths to which the descendants of Abraham sunk, but the descent into the abyss of immorality and empty pride was complete long before the modern period.  The modern state of Israel can raise its skirts and show its pretend virginity, but the jig is up, the fat lady’s song is over, and the frog has croaked.

The United States can try to convince the world that its vast hoard of glitter is actually gold.  The United States is in the morgue as surely as the idols worshipped by millions are deaf, dumb and blind.  Miracles in the realm of national righteousness are rare.  Resurrecting old and mutual enemies like the Iranian government (the successor to the Persian Empire) will not convince even the most immoral nations to join the US and Israel in their super-fascist ideology and self-defense high ground.

Worse than the Canaanites

How badly have the people of Israel corrupted themselves shows up in the failure to be humane.  It is shocking how rabbis are able to convince many Messiah-lit people to water down divine righteousness.

So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.

2 Chronicles 33:9

Texas, where the police hesitate for 77 minutes to save the lives of children in their classrooms, is launching a Ten Commandment display policy.  Perhaps Texans are unaware that the only positive command on the Stone Tablets is parental honour.  The 5th command is an active interpersonal demand.  The others can be achieved by being idle, just like Texas’s finest were outside the Uvalde school.  Israel had seventy out of thousands of years to get its act together.  The US has had two hundred and forty-nine years to wrap its progress around the pole of its constitution.  What an amazing sitcom of follies Netanyahu and felonious Potus are broadcasting!  Worse than the Canaanites does not get any more disturbing.  Mud is distinctly not the product of dust of the ground and divine breath.