RELIGION AND MATRICES EFFECTS ON OUR MINDS (part 1)

Main Texts: Matthew 16:15-18; John 2:18-22

15 He is saying to them, "Now you, who are you saying that I am?"
16 Now answering, Simon Peter said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."
17 Now, answering, Jesus said to him, "Happy are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood does not reveal it to you, but My Father Who is in the heavens.
18 Now I, also, am saying to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will I be building My ecclesia, and the gates of the unseen shall not be prevailing against it…(Matthew 16:15-18)

The Jews, then, answered and said to Him, "What sign are you showing us, seeing that you are doing these things?"
19 Jesus answered and said to them, "Raze this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
20 The Jews, then, said, "In forty and six years was this temple built, and you will be raising it up in three days!"
21 Yet He said it concerning the temple of His body.
22 When, then, He was roused from among the dead, His disciples are reminded that He said this, and they believe the scripture and the word which Jesus said…(John 2:18-22)

 

This week’s blog will focus on the theological names, matrices and the scriptural perspectives on Christian religion.  This week’s blog is not meant to demean any religious society but to educate everyone on the observations made on this organized religion with their theories, sects, some of the doctrines that have been conventionally accepted in our societies and the scriptural perspectives on these issues. I am not creating any rule or trying to accuse anyone but to make you puzzle and ponder seriously on the religion ideologies and the system that are shaping this world daily. 

Here some truths to hold dear to your hear this week:

Identifying Yeshua is not a compliance with our flesh and blood. It does not have to do with our 5 senses. It is far beyond our human intelligence. It has to be Yahweh’s spirit that reveal who Yeshua truly is. With hour hearts we believe in God but with our mouth, we confess of the salvation of all through Christ (Romans 10:10). This confession emanates from the spirit of Yahweh operating within us to speak out the truth planted in us about who Yeshua is. This is why it is not by our might or power but by the spirit of God (Zechariah 4:6). This confession is the key Yeshua built his ecclesia upon. Not on Peter. Yeshua healed people in the temple (Luke 21:14). He turned the table of money changers upside down and chased the buyers and sellers away from the temple (John 2:15-17). Temple must be of great importance to Yeshua than we may think. The Jew leadership's minds were captivated by what to buy and sell. This was a matrix in demonstration. They were in the habit of, "do not ask, do not question, just obey"... They questioned the man whose mind was illuminated from above on what authority he had to chase buyers and sellers away from the temple. Can you imagine that?

                                                           

                                       Peter confessing that Yeshua is the son of God was an illumination of mind through the Spirit of Yahweh. Peter himself would not have been able to say a thing like that in human flesh. Knowing Christ takes the Spirit of Yahweh. No one comes to Yeshua except the father (Yahweh) brings such to him (John 6:44).

The confusion on the names of the assemblies of believers:

Yeshua did not bring religion. He did not bring confusion. He simply referred to his body as a  temple. Paul also emphasized that our body is the temple of God (1 Corinthians 6:19). Yeshua's response to Peter shows that our enlightened minds about who Yeshua truly is  affects how our body function because the truth about the salvation through Christ revealed Yahweh lives in us as his temples. So, an individual true believer is a temple of Yahweh but the assembly of the true believers is known as an ecclesia. Evolutions and matrices bring a huge change into the minds of people as structures were created to replace the temples of Yahweh. These affect everything in our societies as people are being induced into matrices and a new way of life. This is where confusion begins.

According to differences.com, temple is a place people offer prayers and make sacrifices but church is a place people gather to hear word of God and pray among other things. Can you find the common ground between the two? Tabernacle can be described as the structure Yahweh descended upon to meet with Moses in Old Testament (see Exodus through Deuteronomy). Let’s compare more things together. It can be inferred from FIRM that Synagogue is a place people gather to study scriptures, pray and conduct other community events. According to Assembly of called-out Believers (called out believers.org), the name church originates from Greek "Kurios". Kurios is referred to as the house of the Lord. From my research, it implicates that this name came from the evolution of the original gathering of those who believed in Yeshua in those days. These people can be referred to as ecclesia. Each believer was a temple but the gathering of these people was known as ecclesia. These people were persecuted by Jew leadership and the government systems in those days. They were the true followers of Christ. They are "the people of the way". They scattered to many places around the world as a result of persecutions. 

As societies evolve over many years, the world, ecclesia has been renamed as church, cathedral, sanctuary, auditorium among others. The old Roman government especially, with the influence of Constantine overtook the affairs of Christian religion. So, through Christian religion, temple, synagogue, ecclesia, sanctuary, cathedral may have common grounds but it depends upon how people view it. All these terminologies based on religion. They display outward serviced to many people as examples of the socially acceptable ways of reaching their supreme beings. However, Yeshua is not religious. He did not advocate for any religion. He did not build a structure for people to worship. No structure was erected by him for people to meet to worship God. He did not request for tithes and offerings but people gave willingly in his presence (Mark 12:41-44). His disciples did not request for any payment during their times but people gave willingly. Yeshua did not create Christian religion. Society norms and matrices created it.

Question:

Why is the word, ecclesia/temple so important to Yeshua? Why was his response to the Pharisees and Sadducees to raze “this” temple and he would build it in 3 days (John 2:19) appears so deviant?

Ø  Yeshua informed people that temple is Yahweh’s place of prayer. Prayers is not business. It is not buying and selling. It is not singing jamboree. It is a not political affairs. It is not how you will make your first million of dollars quickly.

Ø  He depicted his body as a temple (in disguise) to the Pharisees and Sadducees. He simply told them what would happen to him in the nearest future concerning his body.  The ultimate sacrifice for the sins of the world. He knew that his body would be razed by these Pharisees and Sadducees but it would be built up in 3 days. This secret was coded for the religion giants not to understand to fulfil the scriptures.

Ø This keyword (temple) word has been interpreted as church in some bible translations. Temple is where Yahweh lives. Not the physical building. God does not live in churches, synagogues, tabernacles and physical temples but in our minds. Mind controls body. This is why our minds are battle fields all days. This is why the true believers of Christ (ecclesia) are being waged war against by the gates of unseen/hades (not the burning hell as claimed by the religious sources). The true believers understand that Yeshua is the savior of all mankind especially of the believers (1 Timothy 4:10). Faith in Christ for his work of salvation makes you understand that you have been saved by grace and this salvation is not of you but through God (Ephesian 2:8-9). This is beyond coming to the altar to confess your sins and believe you are born again. 

The true believers understand that the work of salvation was completely done (John 19:30). It does not required further activity from them. These people are the true believers. Their mindsets are not in conformity with the matrices and the organized religions. These are unique people. Their gathering is called, ecclesia. The truth they know is setting them free daily (John 8:32). They are not under any religion convention, sect, matrices, system or leadership. The Spirit of Yahweh guides them daily. They understand that God does not live in the house built by hands (Acts 7:48). 

These people are unconventional with the society just like Yeshua and his disciples were not. They are in the world but not of the world (John 17:16).  The faithfulness was given to them as one of the Spiritual gifts by Yahweh (Galatians 5:22-23). They understand that they have no freewill but Yahweh does. They understand that they did not earn their salvation but it was given to them as a gift. Therefore, the truth they know about the salvation of God through his son, Yeshua is what the body of Christ (ecclesia) was built upon. Their coming together is beyond erecting a building to be meeting weekly but through fellowshipping and connections of minds through the scriptures. Now, you see that they are not moved by what Christian religion theories may have conventionally promulgated. The true believers understand that there expectation is on the Lord, Yeshua (1 Timothy 1:1). They are expecting to be snatch away to meet with the Lord, Yeshua. They are renewing their minds through the scriptures (Romans 12:1-2). Not on the matrix system and religion theories. I have to stop here now. I believe this should make you ponder by now. What has Matrices done to this current society? This will be discussed next week hopefully.

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Thanks for your time.

 

Shalom!

Sources:

https://www.concordant.org/version/read-concordant-new-testament-online

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matrix

Temple Vs Church: What's The Difference? » Differences from https://differences.com

Tabernacle, Temple, Synagogue: What's the Difference? — FIRM Israel

The True Origin and meaning of the Church

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