380Twistianity
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Kakos | Pernicious
Do not Accept…
As we contemplate the mounting evidence against Sha’uwl / Paulos, we find that it comes in many forms. He was so egregious and destructive that Yahowah condemned him throughout the Towrah and Prophets. As we have witnessed, he is even assailed within the New Testament he helped shape, which I suspect is because Replacement Foolology was never able to eliminate the words and deeds of the actual Messiah and Son of God. And while Paul became his own worst enemy by committing a plethora of logical fallacies and contradicting himself and the word of God, his contemporaries were opposed to him as well.
As was the case with Shim’own and Ya’aqob, Yahowchanan / John was no exception. With animosity still kindled after the Jerusalem debacle and subsequent intrusion on his turf, the disciple appears to have taken one final shot at the wannabe “Apostle” and those who were creating Christianity along with him – namely Timothy, Luke, and Mark. And it is from this perspective that I’d like to present some of the introductory comments in his revelation…
“To the messenger of those Called Out in Ephesus write...” (Revelation 2:1)
This was the principal place where Yahowchanan’s and Sha’uwl’s paths crossed. Yahowchanan | John had moved to Ephesus which, second only to Rome, was the 381most important city in the ancient world at the time. There, the man named “Yahowah is Merciful” was challenged and attacked by the Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing. It was the beloved disciple against a self-proclaimed apostle named Question Him.
Addressing the gentiles, living in the once Greek, now Roman metropolis, who were now being subjected to the disparate pleas of the religious revisionists, John wrote…
“I am aware of and recognize (oida) your (sou) works and undertakings (ergon – the things you have responded to and have engaged in), these difficult and exhausting encounters (kai ton kopos – the bothersome troubling burdens encountered), and your (sou) unswerving and enduring perseverance (kai ten hypomone – continual steadfastness and unwavering dependability, fortitude under circumstances where others would succumb) and that (kai oti) you cannot possibly accept, tolerate, support, or endure (ou dynamai bastazo – you haven’t the will, desire, ability, or state of mind to take up with, walk alongside of, lift up, or carry forward, advance, sustain, or promote) that which is incorrect, immoral, injurious, pernicious, destructive, or baneful (kakos – errant, wicked, wrong, evil, harmful, noisome, morally corrupt, diseased, culpable, mischievous, demonic, or hurtful having an ill effect, a bad nature which is not as it ought to be, and a mode of thinking, feeling or acting which is invalid).
And you have observed, examined, and objectively tested (kai peirazo – you have scrutinized, coming to learn the nature and character of others through inquiry, judging them and catching the mistakes of) those who claim and maintain (tous phasko – those who say, affirm, profess, declare, promise, or preach) of themselves (eautous) that they are (eimi) apostles (apostolos – special messengers who are prepared and sent forth) but are not (kai ouk eisin). And (kai) you have found them (heurisko autos – 382you have examined and scrutinized them, you have come to understand, discovering and learning through closely observing them that they are) false, deceitful, and deliberate liars (pseudes – are pretending to be something they are not, they are erroneous deceivers).” (Revelation 2:2)
It is especially relevant to this statement that Ephesus was the only city listed among the seven described in Revelation’s seven letters where Paul and his pals were known to have preached. And it is the only city to be singled out with a warning against false Apostles. Surely this is not a coincidence.
While Revelation is presented as a prophetic book due to its extensive commentary on future events foretold by prior prophets, this commendation was written in the present and past tense. And that is significant because Yahowchanan | John likely scribed the introduction to his Revelation in 69 CE, seven years after Sha’uwl wrote his letter to the Ephesians, and two years after the self-proclaimed apostle’s death.
Paul and his traveling companions were the only men who claimed to be Apostles in Ephesus during this time, or even thereafter. As a result, it is patently obvious that John was calling Sha’uwl an “errant, demonic, deceitful charlatan.” Christians are without excuse. A child could put these pieces together and come to this conclusion.
Therefore, even if they choose to ignore the extensive conflict with Yahowah, Christians still cannot claim that they were not warned about this horrible man because their beloved John, Peter, and James did so. Paul was exposed and condemned at the beginning (Matthew 5-7) and at the conclusion of their “New Testament” in Revelation 2.
Yahowchanan, whose name means “Yahowah is Merciful,” would go on to encourage his people to favor the message conveyed by his name and to avoid 383capitulating to faith...
“And you have demonstrated loyal steadfastness and enduring consistency (hupomone) and have endured (bastazo) through my name. You have worked hard (kopiao) and have not grown tired.” (Revelation 2:3)
Since I have made the claim that Sha’uwl | Paul and his posse preached in Ephesus, that they presented a contrarian view to that of the disciples, notably, Yahowchanan | Yahowah is Merciful, and thus singled themselves out as being the deceitful liars who were falsely claiming to be apostles, let’s consider the evidence. I will be providing this testimony based upon the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament, 27th Edition with McReynolds English Interlinear to be as accurate and fair as possible. This is Paul’s personal testimony as recorded by his associate and confidant, his personal healer and propagandist, Luke. And so as we have come to expect, much of what he said aggrandizes Paul and is difficult to comprehend.
Let’s begin with the shocking announcement in the 19th chapter of Acts. The first name mentioned is that of a man unapologetically named after Apollo, the Greek god of “truth and prophecy, of healing and light, of poetry and archery.” Apollo was the “giver of laws,” the “son of Zeus,” and, therefore, the “Son of God.” Notwithstanding all of the pagan baggage, this man not only served as Paulos’ ambassador, he, unlike his mentor, did not change his name.
“But it became in the Apollos [Paul’s disciple who continued to bear the name of the Greek god Apollo] to be in Corinth [the Greek city where Paul preached for the longest period of time and to which he wrote two early letters], Paulos, having gone through the uppermost parts, came down to Ephesus so as to find some 384disciples. (Acts 19:1)
But he said against and regarding them, ‘If conditionally, spirit holy you received having trusted the ones but not him, then not spirit holy there is we heard.’ (Acts 19:2)
He said, ‘But into what then were you immersed?’ And they said, ‘Into Yahowchanan’s immersion.’ (Acts 19:3)
But Paulos said, ‘Yahowchanan immersed immersion of change mind to the people, saying to the coming after him that they might believe this is in the Iesous.’ (Acts 19:4)
So having heard, they were immersed into the name of the Lord Iesou. (Acts 19:5)
And having set on them the hands of Paulou, it came, the spirit of the holy on them. They were speaking but in tongues and were uttering prophecy. Were but the all men as twelve.” (Acts 19:6-7)
While it is impossible, based upon the writing quality, to know for certain what happened, it appears that Paul was threatened by the information he received from Apollos in Corinth. He knew that his message was vastly different than the disciples’ preaching, and he was convinced that one or more of them, John in particular, was treading upon his turf by speaking to these Gentiles. So he headed south, arriving in Ephesus to find the disciples who had challenged him. When he arrived, rather than meeting with Shim’own or Yahowchanan, Sha’uwl sought to undermine them, suggesting that the Spirit the faithful received as a result of responding to Yahowchanan was not the right spirit – substituting one of his own.
Then this dialogue gets a bit murky because Paul’s next sentence has two hypothetical conditions, three buts, and a negation in the original Greek text. Navigating 385through them, it appears that Paul was troubled by the idea that the Ephesians had been immersed in Yahowchanan’s message. Paul immediately claimed that Yahowchanan had instituted unauthorized changes – which is funny since Paul was the maestro of this madness. He then questioned the nature of the spirit they had received.
After listening to Paul’s contrarian view, a dozen Ephesians were rebaptized by Paul, with Paul laying his hands on them. This then imbued these men with an entirely different spirit, one which caused them to blather on in tongues, believing that they were inspired prophets. But whatever they were saying, the twelve were now Sha’uwl’s disciples.
Make no mistake: this was a competition. And frankly, since these devastating revelations are presented within the New Testament, it makes no difference if they are historically valid or fables. Either way, the credibility of Christianity is destroyed by them.
In this light, it is especially revealing that the character played by Gospel Jesus never immersed or baptized anyone. Therefore, it was either irrelevant or inappropriate. And if perceived permissible, there was obviously no need for it nor any established way to do it. Therefore, it was absurd to suggest that Yahowchanan’s technique was wrong and Sha’uwl’s was right.
Baptism is not the means to approach Yahowah, and it will actually ensure that the Set-Apart Spirit isn’t anywhere around the recipient or baptizers. It is among the Gentile religious rites the Towrah condemns. And as we know from the confession in 2nd Corinthians, Paul announced to all who would listen that the spirit that possessed him was from Satan.
If I were to share nothing else with you except the previous pronouncement in Revelation 3 and this acknowledgment in Acts 19, you would have every reason 386to reject Paul, his fourteen letters, Luke, and Acts. Nevertheless, spiritually aligned, one false prophet would continue to zealously promote the other while inadvertently impugning one another at the same time...
“But having gone into the synagogue he was preaching fearlessly (paresiazomai) for three months, disputing (dialegomai – arguing and contending) and persuading (peitho – to coax followers to become disciples and to seduce them to obey) about the kingdom of the god.” (Acts 19:8)
“Preaching fearlessly” was from parhesiazomai, which means that he was “personally speaking in a daring manner.” It is a compound of pas, which means “individually,” and rheo, meaning “to pour forth.” Let there be no mistake: this was Sha’uwl’s message and that of his Lord. And equally insightful, “disputing” was from dialegomai, which means “to argue against someone using different thinking.” It is “to contend with and convince through discourse by presenting an alternative.” In a word, it reveals that Paul was a contrarian promoting Replacement Foolology.
Even peitho is telling. It could have been rendered as “seducing,” because it means to “win the favor of others by misleading and coaxing them,” even to “conciliate and strive to please.” Peitho speaks of “tranquilizing those who listen, inducing them through words to believe, persuading them to favor one individual over another and to join with them.” Therefore, it is hard to miss the fact that Paul is confessing to the very crime John accused him of committing in his revelation to those living in Ephesus.
And from this perspective, this gives new meaning to the second church on John’s list – Smyrna. Speaking of Paul, the infamous demon-possessed Roman, and of his contrarian preaching in the synagogue, John would say the following of him and his entourage… “I know your 387tribulation and your poverty and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan…so behold, the Devil is about to cast some of you into prison.” (Revelation 2:9-10 NASB) Clearly, Yahowchanan had Sha’uwl’s number. And this means that the Synagogue of Satan which is used to condemn Jews is actually addressing Sha’uwl’s seductive preaching. It serves to confirm that Paul was a demon-possessed charlatan – a wolf in sheep’s clothing – serving Satan.
While that was damning, it actually gets worse. Yahowchanan would continue to expose Paul’s affiliation with Satan in the next ekklesia / church, which was Pergamum, also in Asia Minor. Of Paul’s second ekklesia, John wrote: “The one who has the sharp two-edged sword says this: I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is…where Satan dwells. So, I have some things against you because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam [meaning: the Lord negates the family and restrains the people] who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit immorality. Thus you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.” (Revelation 2:12-15 NASB)
The man who indiscriminately swung a two-edged sword, thrashing Christians and Jews, was Paul. John was yet again reminding all who would listen that Sha’uwl and Satan were Apostle and Lord, the hand and glove of the new religion. And as a result of Paul’s rhetoric and epistles, Satan would have the throne he coveted. As was foretold by Yasha’yah in the 14th chapter, Satan would rise above Yahowah in the eyes of the religious. Christians were now worshiping the Devil. The demonic Lord is glorified and lives in Paul’s letters and within his church.
As for Balaam, there are a number of possibilities regarding his name. It is similar to ba’al which, as Satan’s designation and title, means “Lord and Master, one who 388controls and possesses.” Ba’al was also the name of the supreme divinity of the Phoenicians and Canaanites, and thus a well-known false god – not unlike Iesou Christou and his progenitor, Dionysus.
Balaam is a compound of bal | to negate and ‘am | people. It is related to the Hebrew bela’ | to swallow something harmful and balam | to hold back and restrain.
When Balaam is used in conjunction with Balak, we are drawn back to the dark days of the Exodus. Following the horrendous episode of Jewish rebellion against Moseh and Yahowah associated with the Waters of Contention, Edom blocked Yisra’el’s passage toward the Promised Land. ‘Aharown | the Alternative died and, as the people continued to bellyache against their Liberator and Savior, Yahowah responded by sending fiery serpents (i.e. demons) who began to strike and envenomate the Children of Yisra’el. It was only fair, since they didn’t like God, God sent an alternative because He is keen on giving people what they deserve. Not surprisingly, the Jews didn’t like Satan’s brood any better. So when they complained, as was their custom, Yahowah, rather than remove the fiery serpents serving as toxic representations of demonic spirits and false gods, had Moseh build an effigy of a flaming snake on a stick. This was Yahowah’s preferred interpretation of the Christian crucifix, giving his wayward children a foretaste of their own medicine.
With their newfound faith in the Snake on a Stick, which, of course, they immediately started worshiping, those who were envenomated lived out their miserable lives with neurotoxin flowing through their veins. If nothing else, it may have tranquilized them so that their rebellious attitude was less irritating. Therefore, the story reveals that a special Someone in High Places has a wicked sense of humor and no doubt reveled in the irony of it all.
Thereafter, the route of the Yisra’elites was blocked a 389second time, now by the Amorites. Mean-spirited and covetous, these early anti-Semites decided to annihilate God’s people, but to no avail as Yahowah did to them what they intended to perpetrate – serving as a harbinger of what awaits future Islamic mujahideen.
Not being particularly adept, the kingdom of Bashan brought their swords to bear against the Yisra’elites immediately thereafter, only to suffer the same fate. Then, not far from Jericho, on the East Bank of the Jordan River, the King of Moab, who was the aforementioned Balak, decided to tempt fate using a religious approach. He hired Balaam to curse the Children of Yisra’el – not unlike what Sha’uwl was doing for Satan. Only this time, Yahowah intervened such that, after a long conversation with his ass, or donkey as the case may be, Balaam decided it would be asinine to oppose God. He renounced his previous calling and encouraged Balak to listen to Yahowah and accommodate His people rather than condemn them.
But alas, that didn’t jive with Balak’s agenda, so with the curse having backfired, the Moabite king leagued with the Midianites against the Jews. This time, rather than attack them with foul words, Balak infiltrated the Israeli camp with pretty girls in order to entice and distract the previously envenomated Jewish boys.
Thinking as was their custom with the wrong head, the Children of Yisra’el sought to garner favor with the pretty pretties by becoming even more rebellious and religious. They started worshiping the Midianite gods in the presence of Yahowah, engendering God’s animosity.
“While Yisra’el | those who contend with and strive against God (wa Yisra’el) established their homes (yashab) among the Adversary’s most embittered, hostile, and hateful in Shitim (ba ha Shitym – among those satan | the adversary has caused to be satam | hateful and opposed, holding a grudge while cherishing their 390animosity while set | rebellious), the people were dishonored and became common, profane, and contemptible (wa chalal ha ‘am) by prostituting themselves to by trading favors for sex with (la zanah ‘el) the daughters (bath) of Mow’ab | Who is your Father (Mow’ab). (Bamidbar / By Questioning the Word / Numbers 25:1)
So they (feminine plural) called out to and invited the people (wa qara’ la ha ‘am) to make sacrifices (la zebach) to their gods (‘elohym henah) and the people ate, swallowing and devouring it all (wa ‘akal ha ‘am) and they, without coercion or provocation spoke on behalf of and bowed down to (wa chawah la) their gods (‘elohym henah). (Bamidbar / By Questioning the Word / Numbers 25:2)
Therefore, Yisra’el | those who contend with and strive against God (wa Yisra’el) joined in to associate with and yoked themselves together with (tsamad la) the Lord (Ba’al – the false god known as Satan, the lord and master who possesses and controls men, the supreme deity to the Phoenicians and Canaanites and, thus, of the Philistines) of the wide-open way (Pa’owr – popular enlightenment).
And so the frustration and resentment, even anger and rage (wa ‘aph) of Yahowah (Yahowah) were aroused and burned, kindled as intense displeasure (charah) against Yisra’el | those individuals who were contentious with God (ba Yisra’el).” (Bamidbar / By Questioning the Word / Numbers 25:3)
Just as the envenomating fiery serpents served as an alternative to God, the very name of Yisra’el provides this same contrast between life and death. On the positive side, it means “Individuals who Engage and Endure with God and who are Liberated and Empowered by the Almighty. But the way they were acting, the dark side of Yisra’el 391conveyed the people’s ongoing rebellion.
As a result of continually choosing religion over relationship, being antagonistic instead of agreeable, God’s wayward children were hanging out with the Adversary and his fellow serpents in Shitim. Once again, they got what they deserved and were where they belonged. Rather than being called out and special and thriving in the Promised Land, the Yisra’elites were now common trash, as useless and perverted as all other religious people.
Since they had nothing to offer, the Children of Israel became prostitutes, trading favors for sex. Having disowned their Father, and having rejected His invitations to be called out and welcomed into His home, Jews started worshiping pagan gods, making sacrifices and speaking for them – something which hasn’t changed much over the years. But now they were doing it in the very presence of God and while He was trying to save them. Israel had become the prototypical religious whore, so it should be no surprise that they were the principal contributors to Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Socialism.
And let’s be clear since Yahowah has been with us. The Lord, translated from ba’al, is the designation, name, and title of a false god. The Lord Jesus Christ and the Lord Allah are nothing more or less than Satan in the guise of a religious deity. It is the Devil’s preferred way to control and lord over men.
Also, the Lord is open to anything and everything so long as those things fool the foolish into worshiping him as if he were a god. Satan is the Lord of the Open Way, which means his religions are varied, accommodating, and popular. If you are among the majority, or even with a plurality, you are very likely influenced by the Adversary.
It is as obvious as words allow – religious Jews who claim to be Towrah-observant are lying and only fooling themselves. If they considered Yahowah’s Towrah | 392Guidance they would know how totally disgusted God is with them for being religious. This is why Yahowah selected and equipped a gowy to awaken a final remnant of Yisra’el. It is why He waited until the last possible moment to restore fellowship. It is why He will be more than satisfied if there are only thousands among billions who respond. It will still be better than at any other time during the past 4,000 years when Jews have been exceedingly caustic, embittered, unappreciative, belligerent, and religious.
Now that we know the players in Yahowchanan’s retort against Sha’uwl, and the mess they had made, the disciple’s continued condemnation of Sha’uwl is beginning to take shape. He is not only saying that Satan dwells within Paul and reigns through his euangelion, but also that those associated with the Devil’s Advocate are reminiscent of Jews under the influence of Balak. In fact, it is obvious that their god is the Lord of the Broad and Open Way. Therefore, while claiming to please and worship God, Paul and his ilk are irritating and disgusting Him.
By way of reminder, Yahowchanan wrote…“The one who has the sharp two-edged sword says this: I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is…where Satan dwells. So, I have some things against you because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit immorality. Thus you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.” (Revelation 2:12-15)
Of course, John didn’t communicate this very well, as we have come to expect from New Testament authors. Having just reviewed the story, Balaam’s teachings were consistent with Yahowah’s message and Balak’s teachings, if he had any, are unknown. Further, while eating that which was sacrificed to idols was implied and disdained, it was the least of the Israelite issues at this point. And Balak 393was not responsible for the horrid religious behavior of the Jewish people. He, like Allah, supplied the babes and the boys took it from there. But since Sha’uwl was the ultimate stumbling block and since he authorized consuming that which was sacrificed to pagan gods, John highlighted those things to criticize the demon in their midst. Similarly, immorality wasn’t the problem 3,500 years ago but, instead, religion.
That brings us to “the Nicolaitans.” And while you may find a religious commentator to posture otherwise, the simple truth is that while this is the second time they have been mentioned in Revelation, no one knows who they might be. All we can deduce from the context is that they were Christians influenced by Paul, who claimed the Greek goddess of victory, Nike, as their patron saint. She became so popular at the time, she was often associated with Athena and Zeus. Even the Nicaean Council (Counsil of Nikea) in 325 CE under General and Emperor Constantine would flaunt the goddess’ name.
So that we maintain our bearings, in his rebuke of Paul’s initial church in Ephesus, the narrative ends oddly, with John writing, “He who has an ear, let him hear what the spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.” (Revelation 2:11 NASB)
Yahowah’s words speak to us, not the Ruwach. Her role is to help us understand Yahowah’s words and then teach them to others. Further, She is anti-religious, so the last place on Earth that you’d find Her would be in a church. Also, we die once, not twice. The souls who are extinguished at the conclusion of their mortal existence are not hurt. And the souls who have earned incarceration in She’owl do not die. So, John didn’t get any of this right.
The craziness also envelops the conclusion of John’s attack on Pergamum. He incorrectly wrote, “Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make 394war against them with the sword of My mouth. He who has an ear, let him hear what the spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.” (Revelation 2:16-17)
If the church Paul established through his preaching and letters to the Gentiles had been based upon the word of God, then this Revelation wouldn’t have been antagonistic. And yet to the contrary, John is calling the church Paul founded, “Satanic.” From the disciple’s perspective, Paul’s euangelion among the Gentiles had led to a more perverted and unGodly result than when the Yisra’elites were antagonizing Yahowah while worshiping the Lord in Shitim.
Presented in the voice of an “angel” who then morphs into “the Son of God who has eyes like a flame of fire and His feet are like burnished bronze,” Sha’uwl / Paulos created such a mess with his demonic drivel that unless the Christian Church did an immediate about-face, renouncing what they had become, which did not occur, Gospel Jesus was going to return at once, which did not occur either, to “make war against them with the sword of My mouth.” This is an atomic bomb exploding in the heart of the nascent church. And it was dropped by their very own Iesou Christou and detonated by the lone Disciple with a Gospel to his name. Since he said, “let him hear what the spirit says to the churches,” so can you say, “Poof?”
Even the details are mashugana. There is no “overcoming” in our approach to God. The path is through the Miqra’ey and it requires nothing of us but a willingness to walk away from religion and a desire to walk to Yahowah on the route He has provided. Passage is free because the toll was paid in full. But there will be no manna or stones at the conclusion of this journey. They are the things of the wilderness which have been left behind. 395Moreover, those who do not know Yahowah’s name by this point, will never know it or Him.
Those errors notwithstanding, immediately thereafter we are confronted with the open letter from Gospel Jesus and Gospel John to “the church in Thyatira.” They are not happy with it either. In fact, it’s hard to imagine a more critical assessment, because after the last church was condemned for worshiping the Lord in Shitim, this one is condemned for being Jezebelian. And that means that the church was not only continuing to worship Satan as their Lord, but in addition, under Paul’s tutelage, they were also venerating the goddess known as the Queen of Heaven, Mother of God, and Madonna and Child while employing hundreds of false prophets and priests. If we were to have a Top Ten Least Wanted list of appalling episodes among Israel’s long history of religious meltdowns and rebellions, the demonic frenzy associated with Jezebel and the prophets of Ba’al and Asherah would be high on that list.
It is unfathomable that Gospel Jesus and Gospel John would collaborate to desecrate and demonize the Christian Church less than a decade after Sha’uwl conceived it. But that is what these words reveal…
“I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality. Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them—I place no other burden on you.” 396(Revelation 2:20-24)
While insanely inaccurate, it is also overwhelmingly and irrevocably condemning of Christianity. Gospel John and Gospel Jesus are groping to find stories they can pilfer from the “Old Testament” to lash out at Sha’uwl, the Church, and New Testament for aligning themselves with Satan. This began with the announcement that Paul and pals were “evil men falsely referring to themselves as Apostles” in Ephesus. We were told that they “had fallen” and needed to “repent,” which is to admit that they were wrong.
In the next breath, we find Gospel Jesus and Gospel John condemning Paul’s preaching in Smyrna, calling it “troubling and impoverishing blasphemy.” They claimed that Sha’uwl, now Paul, was pretending to be Jewish when his fiery sermons became Satan’s synagogue. And as a result of this Satanic infiltration of the early church as a result of Paul’s demon possession, the Devil was going to cast the first Christians into prison.
Moving to Pergamum, the church to be rebuked, they were even more Satanic, with Satan dwelling among them and placing his throne inside the church. The first Christians were equated with the religious Jews living in Shitim who angered God by worshiping the Lord as if he were God. And while they got the story wrong, the inconsistencies were all designed to impugn Paul. The early Christian Church had become so overtly Satanic according to Gospel Jesus, if they didn’t do an about face and boot Satan from their midst, he was going to immediately return to wipe them out.
And now we find ourselves in the midst of their rebuke of Thyatira, and Gospel Jesus and Gospel John are claiming that it is Jezebelian. And that means that the Christian Church was as demonic, religious, revolting, and damned as words can express. This is the one, two, three, 397and four of Christendom.
While I have stated that religious Jews are total hypocrites when they claim that they are Towrah-observant since the Towrah is overtly condemning of religious Jews, now the same thing can be said of Christians. It is pure hypocrisy and an outright lie to claim that they are worshiping God when their god and his disciple say that they are worshiping Satan.
So why, since this is supposed to be the concluding book of the Christian New Testament are the two most essential characters in the Gospels, Jesus and John, continuing to cite the “Old Testament” to explain the mess they have left behind? Why are they damning what they have become? This is an apocalypse, the complete and utter destruction of Christianity at the hands of the instigators. You do not need me to tell you that this is wrong. Just read what they have to say about what they had become.
By stating that the Church had come to accept Jezebel, and that Christians had embraced the teachings of the single worst example of a political and religious woman in human history, this admission is beyond apocalyptic for believers. It is not just incriminating and damning, self-annihilating and suicidal to offer this catastrophic pronouncement, it is an irrevocable chastisement and deadly curse on the Christian church.
‘Iyzebel / Jezebel, meaning Where and Whence Bel is Exalted, was overtly political and religious and, therefore, epitomized “babel – being with the Lord of Babylon to confound and confuse by integrating religion and politics.” She was the arrogant and conspiring daughter of Ithobaal I of Tyre and married ‘Ach‘ab, the most pagan and immoral of Israelite kings. Together, they abandoned Yahowah and imposed the worship of the Lord Ba’al and his consort, the Queen of Heaven and Mother of God, Asherah, the Blessed Virgin now venerated as the Madonna Mary. In the 398process, they murdered their rivals, starting with those who spoke for God. And this religious soiree with Satan began just one hundred years removed from Dowd’s reign over the united kingdom.
The revolting religiosity and deadly politics of Yisra’el under ‘Ach‘ab and ‘Iyzebel became so horrific and appalling, ‘ElYah | Yahowah is God, intervened. He began by explaining that the nation’s misfortunes were a direct consequence of religiosity and governance of Ahab and Jezebel. And the great prophet and final witness was specific, delineating the crimes they were committing and their consequences.
The most relevant episode in Yisra’el’s religiosity occurred when ‘ElYah directly criticized Jezebel and Ahab and then summoned the 850 prophets of the Lord and Queen of Heaven, Jesus and Mary in Christian parlance, to a showdown on Mount Carmel. Spoiler Alert – the Lord and Mary performed poorly and were annihilated, as were their prophets. ‘Ach‘ab was killed in battle shortly thereafter. ‘Ahab’s son ascended to the throne only to die of an accidental death. He was succeeded by his brother, Jehoram, who was murdered by Jehu. And as he pursued ‘Iyzebel in Jezreel, she dolled herself up with all of her finest makeup and jewels to taunt him but was instead tossed out of the window, where she was trampled and eaten by stray dogs.
While this summary of events is accurate, let’s consider the damning religiosity and political malfeasance of ‘Ach‘ab and ‘Iyzebel from Yahowah’s perspective. And it is within the prophetic writings of Melekym / Kings that we learn that following the disastrous reigns of Yarob‘am | Jeroboam I, Nadab, and Baasha, Yisra’el was polluted with religiosity. As corrupted by egocentric politics as could be imagined, God’s wayward people fell from bad to worse, opening the gates of Hell. And this is not my opinion but, instead, God’s assessment as presented in 1st Kings 16.
399During this religious turmoil and political intrigue, Baasha killed Nadab. Then Zimri, a chariot commander, conspired to kill Baasha. After also murdering Baasha’s sons, the Yisra’elites turned on Zimri, giving his army and kingship over to Omri. Yisra’el was setting the model Rome would follow.
Distraught over the Philistine victory at Tirzat, Zimri burned the Jezreelian palace to the ground with himself inside. And with Yisra’el fractured, Omri followed in his predecessors’ evil religious ways, causing the people to worship all manner of false gods. It was in this cesspool that, upon Omri’s death, Ahab, the reprobate’s son, became king.
As He had with the litany of men who preceded Ahab, God announced ‘Ach‘ab’s reign with… “And ‘Ach‘ab did that which is evil in the sight of Yahowah – worse than all who were before him.” (1 Kings 16:30) That’s hard to imagine. Nevertheless, Yisra’el continued to be an exceptionally religious place…
“And it came to be, as if it was a trivial thing to him, to walk in the offensive religiosity of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, such that he took ‘Iyezebel | Where Bel is Exalted because she Worships the Lord (‘Iyezebel – Alas, the Lord’s Country Exalts and Worships Ba’al) to be his woman and wife, the daughter of ‘Ethba’al | With the Lord Ba’al, king of Tsydowny | the Hunters. And they walked with and acted alongside, engaging on behalf of Ba’al | the Lord. They bowed down, prostrating themselves in worship to him. (1 Kings 16:31)
He erected an altar to Ba’al | the Lord in Beyth Ba’al | the House of the Lord, which he built in Shomarown | Samaria. (1 Kings 16:32)
Then ‘Ach‘ab | Father of the Brethren engaged with ‘Asherah | the Canaanite Goddess of Fortuitous 400Relationships. ‘Ach‘ab | Father of the Brethren did more to antagonize, anger, and provoke as well as grieve and trouble Yahowah, Almighty God of Yisra’el, than all of the kings of Yisra’el that came before him.” (1 Kings 16:33)
As a result, when Gospel Jesus and Gospel John equated the birth of the Christian Church, the ekklesia that Sha’uwl / Paul had constituted with his euangelion, they condemned Christianity, equating it to the worst of the worst. They were saying that the Church was disgustingly religious and putridly political, especially depraved and demonic in its worship of the Lord and Queen of Heaven. And by making this comparison, Gospel Jesus and Gospel John damned Christianity and condemned the Church. This is as bad as bad ever gets.
‘ElYah | Yahowah is God spoke out against the corrupt religious leadership of Israel. With his words, he brought a drought upon the land. The Waters of Marybah would run dry.
All the while, Queen ‘Iyezebel | Worships the Lord was doing what the religious do best – silencing those who speak for Yahowah as a service to Satan. So, following the queen’s murderous spree, there was a showdown at the western end of the Jezreel Valley near Mount Carmel. The ensuing episode is the most entertaining and among the most revealing throughout the prophets.
The great debate between ‘ElYah | Elijah and the 850 prophets of the Lord | ha Ba’al and the Mother of God | ‘Asherah is presented in Melekym / 1 Kings 18. It reveals that Yahowah’s prophet was fully aware of the claims the Canaanites had made in favor of their gods. The Lord | ha Ba’al, as a storm god, was shown to be impotent by ‘ElYah when he couldn’t so much as ignite a fire beneath an altar. And ‘Asherah, as the Goddess of Fortuitous Relationships, was shown otherwise when the fortunes of her prophets 401took a turn for the worse and they were killed. After Yahowah kindled the fire, and ‘ElYah sought to embarrass the Prince of the Air further, it was Yahowah who caused it to rain, extinguishing the fire that ha Ba’al was unable to snuff out.
As the debate proceeds, we witness the oldest political trick in the book. Politicians project their flaws and vulnerabilities upon their opponents in the hope of confusing constituents and deflecting criticism away from themselves, all while muddying the waters and slandering their rivals.
“And (wa) it came about (hayah), when (ky) ‘Ach‘ab (‘Ach‘ab – Woeful Father and Father of the Brethren; a compound of ‘ach – woe or brother and ‘ab – father (king of Yisra’el and husband of ‘Iyezebel | Jezebel)) saw (ra’ah) ‘ElYah (‘Elyah – Yahowah is God) that (wa) ‘Ach‘ab | Woeful Father of the Brethren (‘Ach‘ab) said to him (‘amar ‘el huw’), ‘Is this you (ha ‘atah zeh), you troubler (‘akar – the source of hardship and anguish who distresses and oppresses, excommunicating the people) of Yisra’el (Yisra’el – Individuals who Strive and Struggle against God)?’ (1 Melekym 18:17)
And (wa) he answered (‘amar), ‘It is not I who has troubled (lo’ ‘akar ‘eth – I am not the source of hardship or anguish who distresses and oppresses, excommunicating the people of) Yisra’el (Yisra’el) but you (ky ‘im ‘atah), and your father’s household (wa beyth ‘ab ‘atah), by (ba) neglecting, rejecting, and abandoning (‘azab ‘atah) the instructive conditions pursuant to the relationship with (‘eth mitswah) Yahowah (Yahowah). You have followed after (wa halak ‘achar) the Lords (ha Ba’alym – the ones who control and possess in the name and title of Satan, the god of Babylon and Canaan). (1 Melekym 18:18)
So now (wa ‘atah), send for (shalach), assembling together (qabash) unto me (‘el ‘any), all (kol) Yisra’el 402(Yisra’el) to (‘el) Har ha Karmel | the Mount of the Garden (Har ha Karmel) along with (‘eth) the 450 (‘arba’ me’ah wa chamesh) prophets (naby’ – those claiming to be messengers who can predict the future) of Ba’al | the Lord (ha Ba’al – the master and owner who possesses and controls, the name and title of Satan and the god of Canaan and Babylon) and the 400 (‘arba me’ah) prophets (naby’) of the ‘Asherah | Beneficial Relationships (ha ‘Asherah – the Queen of Heaven and Mother of God in the Babylonian and Canaanite religions, the basis of Easter, a pagan goddess associated with Venus; from ‘ashar / ‘asher – to benefit by blessing and the basis of the Christian Mary as the Mother of God and Queen of Heaven) who eat (‘akal) at ‘Iyezebel’s | Worships and Exalts the Lord | Jezebel’s (‘Iyezebel – the Beast of Ba’al Dwells with Me because the Controlling Lord is Exalted; from ‘ay – alas, a howling beast, zabal – is honored and exalted while dwelling, and Ba’al – the Lord) table (shulchan).’” (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:19)
These relative numbers are actually far more favorable than Yahowah is accustomed to when it comes to differentiating Himself from false gods. Today, it is more like a million to one, with the religious overwhelmingly outnumbering Yahowah’s witness. But then, again, the prophets were only part of this dire picture. Corrupted by their leaders, the Yisra’elites had become incurably religious, with the preponderance of the people favoring Ba’al | the Lord and his cohort, ‘Asherah | the goddess of Beneficial Relationships who was venerated as the Queen of Heaven. In today’s parlance, King Ahab and Queen Jezebel were practicing Catholics.
When we compare Yahowah’s testimony regarding ‘Ach‘ab and ‘Iyzebel to what Gospel Jesus told Gospel John to write, we discover that they were neither well-informed nor accurate. If you recall, they began, “I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who 403calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality.” Should the Christian intent have been to cite the story accurately then Jezebel would not have been cited apart from her husband, Ahab, whose murderous politics and repulsive religious edicts advancing Replacement Foolology by substituting the Lord Ba’al for Yahowah were far more offensive. While Jezebel was overtly political and religious, and while her religious preferences were surprisingly similar to Christianity, she hired a full cadre of prophets and was not herself a prophetess. Yahowah does not have “bond-servants” because He is a liberator. At the time, there were a number of men and women who knew and respected Him, including ‘ElYah, but they were never led astray. They did not commit immorality or eat things sacrificed to idols. Jezebel was not given anything by “I” if I was supposed to be God. Repenting is a religious concept, one never articulated by Yahowah. And rather than providing her with more time, God intervened with ‘ElYah to curtail the lives and religiosity of Jezebel and Ahab. Therefore, Gospel Jesus got all of this wrong, which is unbecoming for someone pretending to be God.
The harbinger of the impending demise of Pauline Christianity was foretold in these words…
“And (wa) ‘Ach‘ab (‘Ach‘ab – Woeful Father or Father’s Brother) reached out (shalach) to all of the children of Yisra’el (ba kol ben Yisra’el) and assembled (wa qabash – gathered together) the prophets (‘eth ha naby’) on the Mount of Karmel | the Garden (‘el Har ha Karmel – mountain, hill, or range of the vineyard, orchard, or grain). (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:20) Then (wa) ‘Elyah (‘Elyah – Yahowah is God) approached and presented himself (nagash – drew near) to all of the 404people (‘el kol ha ‘am).
He said (wa ‘amar), ‘For how much longer (‘ad matay – until when) will you waver and vacillate (‘atah pasah – will you continue to pass by and dance about the issue of Passover, becoming mentally unstable by failing to confront it, bouncing between such things, incapacitated and unable to commit) over (‘al – among) the two (shanaym) opposing views (sai’phym – different perspectives, variant thoughts, contradictory conclusions, conflicting opinions, and irreconcilable divisions; from sa’aph – to cut off the ambivalent, lopping off half-hearted branches)? If (‘im) Yahowah (Yahowah – the proper pronunciation of YaHoWaH based upon His towrah – teaching regarding His hayah – existence) is God, Almighty (ha ‘elohym – the God), choose to walk after Him (halak ‘achar huw’ – you should want to go to and follow after Him, choosing to conduct your life thereafter as He would (qal imperative)). But if (wa ‘im) ha Ba’al | the Lord (ha Ba’al – the Master who Owns and Possesses), make the choice to follow after him (halak ‘achar huw’ – you should want to go to him and behave like him, choosing to conduct your life thereafter as he would (qal imperative)).’ But (wa) the people (ha ‘am) did not respond to him (lo’ ‘anah ‘eth huw’ – did not answer him) with a word (dabar – with any statement).” (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:21)
Stupid is hard to resolve, and neigh on impossible when Stupid is religious. Even when confronted by one of God’s most articulate and brilliant prophets, every Jew was dumbfounded. And that is Satan’s greatest victory, the reason he is the author and advocate of religion. And while Christianity and Islam may be worse, this is the intent and consequence of Judaism.
It should be noted that as a noun, Pesach is Passover. As a verb, it can be either “to pass over” or “to waver and vacillate, failing to confront the issues.” This is the same 405dichotomy we witness between yare’, meaning revere or fear, and ‘anah, meaning respond or afflict, further demonstrating that our choices determine our fate.
This is the most life-altering and cathartic proposition any of us will ever encounter. With the referendum between God and the Lord, Yahowah or Satan, it is stunning, gut-wrenching, and essentially unfathomable to realize that most people cannot or will not distinguish between them. For most, the Lord is God. They unwittingly worship Satan and irrationally view Yahowah as their adversary.
And yet, according to ‘Elyah, the prophet whose very name declares that Yahowah is God, there wasn’t a single person who could correctly distinguish between the Lord and God. That is breathtaking. And this sorry state of religious affairs remained true until twenty-two years ago and is only marginally different today as a result of Yada Yahowah.
Considering for a moment that ‘Elyah was Yahowah’s Divinely inspired and authorized prophet and that he was speaking directly to the Children of Yisra’el regarding the life-and-death choice of walking to the one and only God or following after the Adversarial Lord, and he didn’t get so much as a single person to respond, after a score of years translating and sharing what Yahowah revealed through His prophets, this flawed implement and co-witness, is pleased so many have recently responded.
The fact is, the way to death and destruction is broad, and many follow it. The way to life is narrow, and few find it.” Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are wrong for many reasons, not the least of which is that they are popular – as is the Lord.
The most incredulous part of this lingering conundrum is how much more rational and rewarding one option is over the other. Yahowah has proven through prophecy that 406He is God and has demonstrated that He can be trusted. The Lord has demonstrated that he isn’t God and that he cannot be trusted. This comparison becomes ever more obvious as we compare the Towrah wa Naby’ to the New Testament, Talmud, and Quran. It is gleaming diamonds versus worthless coal.
Yahowah is offering to perfect our souls, make us immortal, adopt us into His Family, raise us as His children, enrich our lives, enlighten our minds, and empower our souls while liberating us to explore the universe. Satan would deny the faithful all of that, beguiling them into being fettered with him in the eternal darkness of She’owl. Yahowah has Moseh, Dowd, and ‘Elyah speaking for Him, while Satan deploys the likes of Paul, Akiba, and Muhammad. It is the Towrah, Prophets, and Psalms versus the New Testament, Talmud, and Quran. It is brilliant vs. stupid, right vs. wrong, life vs. death, and the truth vs. a bevy of lies. Even Gospel Jesus and his cohorts, Gospel John and Gospel Peter can’t tell the truth, and with Sha’uwl / Paul, it is Satan who is elevated to God.
The choice is yours. But stop vacillating between these two wholly contradictory and irreconcilable options. If the Lord is your god, goodbye and good riddance.
If I may take a few remaining swipes at this: since Yahowah has proven through prophecy that He is God and that we can, therefore, trust His Towrah, Naby’, wa Mizmowr, why do most people ignore, reject, or worse, oppose His testimony? It is worse than being ignorant and irrational; it is insane. And when the options include the kind of erroneous drivel we have read in the New Testament, why would anyone in their right mind choose it over Yahowah’s testimony?
And speaking of ignorance, how is it that Christians have failed to accept the obvious realization that the 407Canaanite / Phoenician religion of the Lord and Queen of Heaven is so similar to their own? How have they missed the fact that their faith reflects Satan’s ultimate ambition? The Son of God, who is actually called “the Lord,” is worshiped as the Savior for having conquered death through his own demise and resurrection and for having risen above his father, who is actually called, “God.” And for the over two billion Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians, the Canaanite / Phoenician religion of Ahab and Jezebel comes ready-made with the Queen of Heaven and Mother of God, Sunday Worship, a paid clergy, and even the forerunners of Christmas and Easter. Are you blind?
How is it that Christians have failed to recognize that what they call the “Old Testament” and their “New Testament” are not only contradictory, they are irreconcilable? This errant summation of Jezebel by Gospel Jesus and Gospel John is one of a thousand proofs that no one should trust them. And to think, it comes in the midst of a tirade, one in which the emerging Christian Church was called Satanic.
How is it that they continue to vacillate between these opposing views, remaining crippled by having danced between conflicting perspectives, unswayed by their contradictory conclusions? How is it that Christians, Muslims, and religious Jews have failed to make the obvious connection between the Lord and Satan when Yahowah is abundantly clear? Even here, this confrontation is between ‘Elyah as Yahowah’s representative and those who speak for the Lord and the Queen of Heaven. They are on opposite sides and are in opposition to one another. Yahowah cannot be the Lord. The Lord is adversarial to Yahowah. And that means that the Lord is “ha Satan – the Adversary.” Wake up and smell the logic.
It is with sadness that I press on, knowing just how frustrated Yahowah must be that His creation would rather 408worship Satan than get to know Him. And yet, like ‘Elyah in Yisra’el around 850 BCE, if I do not speak for Yahowah, who will?
“Then (wa) ‘Elyah (‘Elyah – Yahowah is God) said (‘amar – declared and mentioned, responding (qal imperfect)) to the people (‘el ha ‘am), ‘I am the only remaining (‘any yathar – I am what is left, the lone surviving (nifal perfect – for a certain period of time I am acting as and enjoying the benefits of being the lone remaining)) prophet of (naby’ – man speaking for who can correctly convey the future according to) Yahowah (Yahowah – the proper pronunciation of YaHoWaH as ‘elowah – God instructed in His Towrah – Guidance regarding His hayah – existence).
I am the only one (la bad ‘any – approaching concerning this, I am alone, by myself, and yet part of a branch, serving as a limb, part of the body, and member of the set-apart association).
But (wa) the prophets (naby’ – those who claim to speak through divine inspiration) of the Lord (ha Ba’al – of the Master who seeks to own and possess (singular)) are 450 (‘arba’ me’ah wa chamesh) individuals (‘ysh – people and men).’” (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:22)
At least there was one. By all rights, Yahowah would have been justified in giving up on the rest. The same is true today. And while I am sure that Yahowah’s preference is to do away with all who are as overtly political and religious as were Ahab and Jezebel, He has asked me, indeed, empowered, equipped, and enabled me, to awaken a final remnant of His people so that everything He created isn’t ruined by religion and politics but is, instead, saved from them.
Today, as you should be well aware, there is no authorized and inspired prophet speaking for Yahowah. There has not been one for the past two thousand five 409hundred years. But at least there is a Witness and soon there will be two with the return of ‘ElYah.
As Dowd’s Herald, I was called to translate and contemplate the words Yahowah conveyed through the likes of Moseh, Shamuw’el, Dowd, Howsha’, Yasha’yah, Yirma’yah, Chabaquwq, Yow’el, Zakaryah, and Mal’aky, sharing what I have learned along the way. And yet, that is sufficient since Yahowah revealed more than we need to know to find our way back Home.
So that no one is confused, the fact that ha Ba’al means “the Lord” is readily affirmed and irrefutable. There is no question whatsoever that the Lord is neither God nor good, neither real nor right. Further, there is no debate over the realization that the prophets of the Lord were leading a popular, albeit counterproductive, religious cult. This was a referendum between the Lord and Yahowah, making the Lord the adversary of God. These facts alone, at least among those who are informed and rational, are sufficient to disavow Christianity, Judaism, and Islam because the scriptures of each present the Lord as God when the opposite is true.
Further, there are only three ways that the god of Babylon, Canaan, and Phoenicia became known as the Lord. First, there is the possibility that pagans ascribed this name to their god because they saw the sun as lording over them. If so, by continuing to use this title, a petitioner is inferring that the pagan deity was real. A person might as well call their god Ba’al, Amen Rah, Adonis, Jupiter, Dionysus, Apollo, or Zeus, or even Jesus or Allah. They are all the same.
Second, Satan may have chosen this title for himself because it serves his interests. It replaces the “ha Satan – the Adversary” title he is trying to dismiss while positioning himself to be worshiped as if he were God. But if so, a prayer to the Lord is a plea to Satan.
410Third, Yahowah may have been responsible for attributing this title and name to the Adversary. He could have done so because it reveals Satan’s ambition, which is to rule over men and to be seen as their master. It may have been designed to differentiate the Adversary’s ambition from His own as Father. But no matter which of these is true, the Lord is a false god and overt adversary.
With his next statement, ‘Elyah is establishing the guidelines to resolve the debate between the Lord and God, between Satan and Yahowah, between fake and real. It begins with bulls, one of the Lord’s favorite guises. It speaks of cutting because this is a referendum on being cut in or out of the Covenant relationship. There is wood, but no fire, because the timbers represent the doorway to life which is for naught without light.
The propensity for almost every Bible translation to replace Yahowah’s name with “the LORD” in the midst of this debate between “ha Ba’al – the Lord” and “ – Yahowah” makes me nauseous and, indeed, infuriated. How dare they?
“‘So (wa) let them present to us (nathan la ‘anachnuw – let them choose of their own volition to give to us (qal imperfect jussive – this offering is an expression of third-person volition with genuine and ongoing implications)) two (shanaym) bulls (par – a typically uncastrated adolescent to fully-mature male oxen or bullock; from parar – to be broken, frustrated, and ineffectual, in violation of the agreement and thus split away).
And then (wa) let them choose (bachar – let them select) one (ha ‘echad) bull (par – uncastrated adolescent or fully-mature male oxen or bullock; from parar – to be broken, frustrated, and ineffectual, in violation of the agreement and thus split away) for themselves (la hem).
Cut it into pieces (wa nathach huw’ – slice it into 411segments, dividing it) and lay them on some wood (wa sym ‘al ha ‘ets – placing them upon the timbers), but without setting the fire (wa ‘esh lo’ sym – but the fire not causing or bringing about).
Then (wa) I will act upon (‘any ‘asah ‘eth – I will prepare and work on, engaging with) the other bull (ha par ha ‘echad), placing it (wa nathan – giving it and bestowing it) upon the wood (‘al ha ‘ets – on the timbers), also without setting the fire (wa ‘esh lo’ sym – but the fire not bringing about).’” (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:23)
The bull was chosen by the religious establishments in Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, and Canaan for the same reason. Almost every religion, including Christianity, bestows astronomical attributes to their gods – and most were based in astrology. The sun, representing god, crosses the Constellation of Taurus the Bull during the Vernal Equinox. Then the sun is said to impregnate the Mother of God so that nine months later, during the Winter Solstice, she can give birth to the Son of God. As the sun rises higher in the sky and the days grow longer than nights, the annual celebration of the resurrection of the Son of God on the Sunday closest to when the Sun crosses Taurus is symbolic of the earth coming back to life and crops rising.
There is yet another possibility for the bull, in that it is not a lamb. The titles “ – God” and “ – Father” both begin with the Aleph, drawn in a triangular fashion to depict a ram’s head: . Satan, in competition with Yahowah, and as a Lord rather than a Father or Shepherd, chose a larger, more powerful, and imposing animal – one which is not nearly as curious, smart, or interactive. Walk into the children’s area of a petting zoo sometime and consider the presence of lambs and the absence of bulls.
With lightning bolts in hand, igniting the fire should have been child’s play for the Lord. But if the god of lightning could not so much as cause a spark, he was a dud.
412“‘You call upon the name (wa qara’ ba shem – then you issue a summons in the name) of your gods (‘elohym ‘atem), and (wa) I (‘any) will invite, calling upon the name (qara’ ba shem – will summon and call out, reading and reciting in the name) of Yahowah (Yahowah – based upon ‘elowah’s – God’s towrah – guidance on His hayah – existence). Then (wa) let it be (hayah – let it come to exist and be known (qal perfect consecutive)) that the God (ha ‘elohym) who (‘asher – who to show the way to the benefits of the relationship and to reveal the correct and restrictive path to life) answers, responding (‘anah – replies, making a declaration) with fire (ba ‘ets), He (huw’) is God (ha ‘elohym – is the Almighty).’
And all the people (wa kol ha ‘am) replied (‘anah – answered by responding), ‘This statement and resolution (ha dabar – this accounting, treatise, and systematic approach, these words and this message) is appropriately (wa towb – is good, favorable, generous, and beneficial, pleasing and reasonable) stated (‘amar – presented and conveyed).’” (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:24)
The pagan Yisra’elites were, of course, pleased with these conditions. This test played to their god’s attributes. The religious of the time not only associated lightning and thunder with their gods, but they also deified fire, water, earth, and air. It was like playing poker and spotting your opponent four of a kind knowing that you would be dealt a royal flush.
As is His nature, Yahowah teased these prophetic parasites with qara’ because this was also a referendum on the Miqra’ey vs. the pagan holidays. Qara’ lets us know that we can “invite” God into our lives and enjoy a relationship with Him or be “summoned” before Him during a trial. We can “read and recite” His Word or listen to the rantings of the religious buffoons. We can be “called out” and “meet” with God, “welcomed” into His Home and Family, or we can remain outcasts with the rest of 413humankind.
Sometimes, especially among people who are not good listeners and who are prone to making ridiculous excuses, repetition is required.
“And (wa) ‘Elyah (‘Elyah – Yahowah is God) said (‘amar – declared and mentioned, responding (qal imperfect)) to (‘el) the prophets (naby’ – those who claim to speak through divine inspiration) of the Lord (ha Ba’al – of the Master who seeks to own and possess (singular)), ‘Examine and choose (bachar – test and select, probe and accept (qal imperative)) for yourselves (la ‘atem) one (ha ‘echad) bull (par – uncastrated adolescent or fully-mature male oxen or bullock; from parar – to be broken, frustrated, and ineffectual, in violation of the agreement and thus split away) and act upon it first (wa ‘asah ri’shown – and engage, doing your thing, preparing it first), for you are many (ky ‘atem ha rab – because you are more numerous).
Then call upon the name (wa qara’ ba shem – summon the reputation and renown) of your gods (‘elohym ‘atem), but without setting the fire (wa ‘esh lo’ sym – but the fire not bringing about).’” (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:25)
It is interesting that God is so patient. He waited, allowing the Lord and his multitude of prophets to go first, probing and choosing the best bull and the most auspicious pile of wood. The Lord and his clerics would be given an opportunity to perform a simple act, doing something any man could do – light a fire.
The reason I mention the Lord’s inability to kindle a fire is that most people give Satan as the Adversary, or in the guise of HaShem, G-d, the Lord Jesus Christ, or Allah, far too much credit. He’s a pathetic, self-absorbed, braggadocious liar and show-off, but nothing more. This was probably the largest gathering of his prophets in 414human history up to this point in time, and he didn’t even show up.
Satan can only be in one place at a time; he cannot do anything Yahowah has forbidden, and he only knows what he has previously witnessed or heard. He is just one of countless spiritual implements Yahowah created and is hopelessly outnumbered and overpowered. Allahu Akbar my ass (pun intended).
“And they grasped hold of (laqach – obtained and accepted, leading away) the bull (‘eth ha par – male oxen or bullock; from parar – to be broken, frustrated, and ineffectual, in violation of the agreement and thus split away) that they had produced for their benefit (‘asher nathan la hem – which they had offered for their advantage and given to show their way) and prepared it (wa ‘asah – engage and acted upon it).
Then they called upon the name (wa qara’ ba shem – and they called out in the name, summoning the reputation) of the Lord (ha Ba’al – of the Master who seeks to own and possess (singular)) from the morning (min ha boqer – from the dawn and rising sun), (wa) up until midday when the sun is at its highest and brightest during the day (‘ad ha tsoharym – as far as and up to noon), saying (la ‘amar – commanding and hoping to be obeyed, pleading and declaring), ‘O Lord (ha Ba’al – Master), answer us (‘anah ‘anachnuw – respond to us, reply to us and provide some evidence, lift up your voice and speak)!’
But (wa) there was no voice (wa ‘ayn qowl – there wasn’t a sound), and no one answered (wa ‘ayn ‘anah – no one responded).
So (wa) they vacillated and wavered, dancing about (pasah – crippled over their failure to confront Passover, becoming mentally unstable by improperly engaging, bouncing between and incapacitated) over (‘al – 415concerning the Almighty) the altar (ha mizbeach – platform for placing gifts or sacrifices to a deity) which they had made (‘asher ‘asah – which to show the benefits of their way they had acted upon).” (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:26)
I cannot help but think of evangelical and Pentecostal Christians swinging their arms in the air and laying hands on one another while beseeching their god to do something for them. Having witnessed it, it always gave me the creeps.
Once again, God is toying with the Lord’s ministers. Their “qara’ – summons” began as their god was rising in the sky, his dim light emerging from the darkness. And it continued until the sun was at its zenith, its highest and brightest point of the day. But 93 million miles away, the big ball, fusing 620 million metric tons of hydrogen per second and 333,000 times the mass of the Earth, was neither God nor capable of igniting a fire.
But can you imagine the sense of futility? It takes about five seconds to say, “O Lord, answer us.” Repeated twelve times a minute and 720 times an hour, they would have petitioned the sun 4,320 times without so much as a spark. But then compare that to 15,000,000 priests, rabbis, pastors, and then imams in 6,000,000 synagogues, churches, and later mosques, petitioning their god in prayer for 1,213,726 days (from 1300 BCE to 2024 CE) without an answer. And yet, they continue to pray to their Lord. So, I am reminded of the definition of insanity, which is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.
Among the many things I continue to find incredulous about the religious is that they never admit defeat, no matter how obvious it is that their beliefs are invalid. The fact that their god never answers their prayers does not stop them from praying to him. The fact that their religion is 416based upon the cults God has impugned does not faze them. The fact that their scriptures contain thousands of invalid claims, outright lies, half-truths, logical fallacies, and contradictions is lost on them.
Set up a test to prove that they are wrong, and are thus wasting their lives and souls, and, like an irritating mosquito that has been brushed away, they will move on as if nothing has happened and bite in another place. There is no reasoning with them. Neither God nor His Word resonates. And, in fact, both irritate believers.
The most ironic thing about religion is that its proponents claim to speak for God when they all rail against Him. They all claim to lead to God when they all lead away from Him. They all claim the ability to save when none has ever saved anyone.
“And it came to be (wa hayah – so then it came to pass) at midday, when the sun was at its highest and brightest point (ba ha tsoharym – as far as and up to noon), that (wa) ‘Elyah (‘Elyah – Yahowah is God) mocked and taunted them, pointing out the irony to them (hathal ba hem – ridiculed them, scorning and deriding them, openly showing his contempt for them while playing with them and laughing at them (piel imperfect – whereby the object, those praying to the Lord, came to continually embody the irony and ridicule)), saying (‘amar), ‘Call out (qara’ – summon) in a loud voice (ba qowl gadowl – with a great many important voices) for (ky) god (‘elohym) because he (huw’ ky) is meditating (syach – is preoccupied with his devotional, pondering a frivolous conversation, and complaining about something senseless), or perhaps (wa ky), he is having a bowel movement and is relieving himself (syg la huw’ – he has withdrawn to defecate in private and pee), or rather (wa ky), he is out on a walk (darak la huw’ – he is shooting his arrows as he travels down the road, displaying his vigor and might).
417Maybe (‘uwlay – what if) he is sleeping (yashen huw’ – he is old and asleep, even chronically comatose) and he must be awakened (wa yaqats – so he needs to be roused from his stupor).’” (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:27)
Now that is funny. It is snarky and sarcastic. I rather enjoy ‘Elyah’s sense of humor, but I don’t suppose the Canaanites would agree.
Just as I am certain that Jesus Christ didn’t exist and was not God, that Paul was a false prophet, that the New Testament is unreliable, and the Christian religion is invalid, ‘Elyah realized that Ba’al wasn’t God and that the Canaanite / Phoenician religion was deplorable, so he did what Yahowah wanted – he mocked them. But more than laughing in their faces and taunting these reprehensible clerics, he pointed out the irony, sarcastically that it was noon, and their god was now at his most powerful, highest, and brightest point, but all his devotees were getting from him was a sunburn.
Sarcasm is intellectual humor, also known as satire or cynicism. It points out the irony in things and disparages them by making comparisons.
This narrative proves a number of things I’ve been harping on for years. There is nothing wrong with mocking religious advocates and clerics. In fact, it’s the most appropriate response. That is what ‘Elyah did, and there is no disputing that the Spirit of Yahowah was on him, that he was inspired by God, or that Yah cherished His relationship with this man to such a degree that, rather than have him continue to endure the religious, political, and militaristic malfeasance of his people and their foes, God was calling him Home.
The religious seldom refute criticisms of their faith with evidence or reason but instead dismiss critics by inferring that it is inappropriate and impolite, even unGodly, to criticize the underpinnings of their faith. They 418go so far as to claim that an individual attacking their religion is influenced by Satan.
Based upon this account, and so many others, however, the opposite is true. They deserve to be taunted and ridiculed. It is Godly to show one’s contempt, utter disdain, and complete disrespect for what they have done and said. In their positions of power and influence over people, they have misled them. Pretending to lead them to God and save their souls, they have done just the opposite. Religious advocates are reprehensible.
Also relevant, ‘Elyah was the right man to do this job because he not only knew and loved Yahowah, he understood and despised religion. Yes, Yahowah inspired him, enlightening and empowering him, but it’s evident from the way this test was structured that ‘Elyah knew just how to embarrass the Yisra’elites who were worshiping the Lord. He was an expert in the Canaanite / Phoenician religion. That is one of many attributes that made him the perfect man for this job. It is expressly why Yahowah is sending him back during the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles. Who better to mock the religious, to point out the irony of their faith, than the man who proved he could do so?
And that means that the Christians and Muslims who survive deep into this fateful time will find ‘Elyah, and especially the second witness who will accompany him, distasteful. Yada, as the second witness who speaks for God will be resolutely opposed to man’s religions – and he will laugh at them with God’s support and blessing.
I tend to suffer religious edicts and religious fools poorly – particularly the far right and far left, the Conspirators and Progressives, Christians and Muslims. I will toy with those who call into my radio programs to irrationally defend their religion, often pointing out the ironic nature of their claims. And while I was once concerned that doing so might be needlessly inflammatory, 419now we know otherwise.
We should all endeavor to be like ‘Elyah. Yahowah’s prophet mocked 850 religious clerics in front of their following, suggesting that their god was either out meditating as part of his devotional, had been out taking a nap, or, best of all, was having a bowel movement. God has a sense of humor – and so should we.
Throughout Yada Yahowah, I have striven to understand and explain the connections between religion and death, between plagues and Paul, between Paul and Christianity, between Christianity and the Whore, between the Whore and Satan, between Satan and Babel, and between Babel and the Bible, even between the Lord and the Adversary. And as a result, this adventure with ‘Elyah has been especially rewarding.
You will note that, just as is the case today with Christians, the Lord’s ministers were either unwilling or unable to accept the fact that their religion was as worthless as their gods. Rather than shut up and listen to Yahowah’s “qara’ – invitation,” they continued to jibber jabber to the sky. It reminds me of the foolishness of Paul’s “Pray without ceasing.” When we flap our lips and wag our tongues, we are not listening to Yah.
“They called out (wa qara’ – so they continued to summon (qal imperfect)) with a great many loud and important voices (ba qowl gadowl), and cut themselves with their blades (wa gadad – they banded together and sliced themselves as part of their worship (hitpael imperfect – they acted upon their own initiative and made a habit of cutting themselves with sharp objects)) as was their way of resolving disputes (ka mishpat hem – consistent with their prescription and practice), using swords and lances (ba chereb wa ba ha romach – with double-edged swords and spears) until blood gushed out (‘ad shaphak dam – while blood poured out) upon them 420(‘al hem – over them).” (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:28)
Rather than accept Yahowah’s terms and cut themselves into the Covenant, they cut themselves out of it, lacerating their bodies in the process. And they were not alone. Self-inflicted wounds have long been part of religion. Christians did it throughout the Middle Ages, from 400 to 1600 CE, and some continue to do so today, carrying crosses during Easter.
Shi’ite Muslims whip themselves during the celebration of ‘Asherah Day – in honor of the Queen of Heaven and Mother of God. Even Rabbinic Jews afflict themselves each year during Yom Kippur. It is hard to fathom why the faithful would want to spend an eternity with a god who enjoys watching his devotees hurt themselves.
Rather than celebrate that Yahowah’s beloved Son volunteered to serve as the Zarowa’ | Sacrificial Lamb, with Dowd shedding His blood so that we might live, they shed their own. This is akin to bowing down when Yahowah tries to lift us up. It is like Paul, who claimed to have suffered so as to complete the insufficient sacrifice of his god.
Having debated countless religious individuals, I have come to realize that no matter how many times you prove them wrong, instead of listening, they turn the page and cite another inane verse from their twisted scriptures. That is what occurred on this day as well.
“It came to be (wa hayah – it came to exist) as (ka) the sun passed by its highest and brightest point (‘abar ha tsoharym – the sun crossed its zenith and it was past noon), they prophesized (naby’ – they claimed to speak on behalf of their god, predicting what would soon occur) until the time (‘ad la) to lift up (‘alah – to offer up) the sacrifice (ha minchah – the obligatory tribute in submission), but (wa) there was no voice (‘ayn qowl – not 421a sound), no answer (‘ayn ‘anah – no response or reply), and (wa) no one paying attention (‘ayn qesheb – no one alert, listening, or responsive).” (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:29)
“And no one was paying attention.” That, indeed, is the blight of religion and politics. And it has never been worse than it is today. The putrid voices of the many drown out the lone voice speaking on behalf of God. Predicting a dark and dire fate for the few who are willing to convey Yahowah’s words, they fail to consider what He has already done. There is no answer that will prevail with such deluded individuals. And the irony of this is that they actually believe that the Lord they are speaking for and serving is God, when in truth, they are worshiping Satan. And please, don’t lose sight of the fact that it was the King and Queen, the political leadership of the nation of Israel, who were funding and advocating religious rebellion against God.
This should have been the death knell of religion, at least for those who stopped praying to the Lord and listened to God. But the religious and political never acknowledge that they are wrong.
“‘Elyah (wa ‘Elyah – Yahowah is God) said (‘amar – declared) to all the people (la kol ha ‘am), ‘Move toward me, drawing near (nagash ‘el ‘any – come to me).’
All the people (wa kol ha ‘am) approached him (nagash ‘el huw’). Then he repaired (rapha’ – he restored) the altar (mizbeach – place for offering sacrifices representing the mount where the Pesach ‘Ayl was sacrificed; from zebach and zabal – an offering on behalf of an honorable dwelling place) to Yahowah (Yahowah – an accurate transliteration of the name YaHoWaH, our ‘elowah – God as guided by His towrah – instructions regarding His hayah – existence and our shalowm – reconciliation) which had been previously destroyed and 422lay in ruins (ha haras – that had been torn down). (Melekym / 1 Kings 18:30)
And (wa) ‘Elyah (wa ‘Elyah – Yahowah is God) took (laqach – obtained and grasp hold of) twelve stones (shanaym ‘esreh ‘eben) according to (ka – similar to and in the manner of, representing) the number of tribes (mispar – the written record and accounting of subdivisions based upon related family groups) of the children of Ya’aqob (beny Ya’aqob – the descendants comprising Yisra’el), because it was unto them that (‘asher ‘el huw’ – to whom to show the way to the benefits of the relationship) the Word (dabar – the statements and communication) of Yahowah (Yahowah – the proper pronunciation of YaHoWaH as ‘elowah – God instructed in His Towrah – Guidance regarding His hayah – existence) had come to exist (hayah – exists and came to be (qal perfect)). He declared (la ‘amar – to affirm, expressing in words), ‘Yisra’el (Yisra’el – Individuals who Strive and Contend or Engage and Endure with God) is your name (hayah shem ‘atah – will serve to convey your proper designation and reputation (qal imperfect)).’” (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:31)
The fact that it was twelve stones, not ten, reveals that this referendum was for all Yisra’el, including Yahuwdah. And stones were chosen to represent the twelve tribes for one of two reasons: to demonstrate that Yah’s commitment to His people was rock solid or to infer that they were now dumb as stones – and no more responsive.
When Christians and Muslims dismiss Yisra’el with disdain, believing that they are somehow superior, they obviously have missed the point. Everything Yahowah revealed to humankind has been conveyed through Yisra’elites. Without them, God is unknowable. Without the promises He made to them, God would be unapproachable.
423Yahowah gave His people a name that would correctly represent the best and worst in them. Yisra’el is a compound of ‘ysh – individual, sarah – who either strives and struggles or engages and endures, with ‘el – God.
“When it came to be the time for the offering to rise (hayah ba ‘alah minchah), the Prophet (ha naby’ – the one who is inspired to speak for God) ‘Elyah (‘Elyah – Yahowah is God) approached (nagash – came near), and said (wa ‘amar – declared), ‘Yahowah (Yahowah – based upon ‘elowah’s – God’s towrah – guidance on His hayah – existence), God (‘elohym) of ‘Abraham (‘Abraham – Merciful and Enriching Father) and Yitschaq (Yitschaq – Laughter and Play), this day (wa ha yowm) let it be known (yada’ – let everyone choose to acknowledge and accept, become aware of and understand (nifal imperfect jussive – the subject provides the means to understanding and receives the benefit as an expression of volition in the third person with unfolding implications throughout time)) to Yisra’el (Yisra’el – to the Individuals who Engage and Endure with God) that You are Almighty God (ky ‘atah ‘elohym) in Yisra’el and with Individuals who Engage and Endure with God (ba Yisra’el), and that I am Your associate and coworker (‘any ‘ebed ‘atah – I am your helper, implement, and willing servant; from ‘abad – to work, expending considerable energy and intensity to accomplish a task). In accordance with Your Word (wa ba dabar ‘atah – so then in and with Your Word), I have engaged and made all of these statements (‘asah ‘eth kol ha dabarym ha ‘eleh – I have acted and accomplished all of this, conveying all of these words).’” (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:36)
Everything ‘Elyah has said and done is in full accord with the Word of Yahowah. He spoke and acted in accord with everything he came to know and understand. That is the most that can be asked of any of us.
By comparison, the Lord, as the Serpent in the Garden, 424took snippets of Yahowah’s words out of context and then embellished them, changing the original intent. By so doing, he beguiled and confused Chawah. This would be the same strategy Satan would use with his Apostle Sha’uwl / Paul, and then again with his Messenger, Muhammad.
It should be readily apparent, but if not, while I have done my utmost to prepare complete and accurate translations of Yahowah’s Word, always presenting what God had to say in context, I am incapable of performing to ‘ElYah’s standard, which is to be in full accord. It is why I encourage you, and everyone who reads these books, to verify the meaning of God’s words for yourself.
When we listen to Yahowah, when we come to know Him and accept what He is offering, He responds to us. In fact, by listening to God, every important question we could ever ask is answered. We do not need Yahowah to kindle a fire or to burn brightly before us. Instead, we should come to know Him and then radiate His light as a result of observing and then contemplating His testimony.
God reveals who He is, shares what He is offering, and clearly conveys what He expects in return. He also admonishes us, warning us about what is not in our interests. Therefore, while we can appreciate why it was important for ‘Elyah to request this of God, and thereby impress upon Yisra’el that Yahowah is God and that the Lord is not, since he did so, we ought not have to.
“‘Please choose to reply to me (‘anah ‘any – of Your own volition and because it is what You want, respond by testifying, offering evidence (qal imperative)), Yahowah (Yahowah – based upon ‘elowah’s – God’s towrah – guidance on His hayah – existence), choosing to answer me (‘anah ‘any – electing to make a declaration, shouting out, vocally communicating to me (qal imperative)) so that this people (wa ha ‘am – so that this family of related 425individuals) may come to know (yada’ – may choose to observe, accept, acknowledge, understand, and reveal (qal imperfect jussive – genuinely and literally, consistently and habitually as a matter of choice come to know and accept)) that indeed, You (ky ‘atah – that surely and truly, You), Yahowah (Yahowah – an accurate transliteration of the name YaHoWaH, our ‘elowah – God as guided by His towrah – instructions regarding His hayah – existence and our shalowm – reconciliation), are God Almighty (ha ‘elohym). And You (wa ‘atah) have turned around (sabab – have changed, encompassing (hifil perfect – causing them to be more like You for a finite period of time have transformed)) their thinking and judgment (‘eth leb hem – their ability to observe what is happening and respond appropriately, taking to heart what they have witnessed and evaluated) bringing them back again (‘achoranyth – returning to the original design specifications, as it was originally intended).’” (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:37)
This is the underlying message of Yowm Kipurym / the Day of Reconciliations. The surviving Yisra’elites are going to change their thinking, and by observing what has transpired and been said, they will respond differently, taking to heart for the first time in three thousand years that Yahowah is indeed, God. It will serve as the basis of their reconciliation and fulfill the intended purpose of the Miqra’ | Invitation to be Called Out and Meet with God.
We are now afforded a word’s-eye view of a miracle. And every word is dripping in portent…
“Then (wa) the fire (ha ‘esh – representing the radiant light and warmth) of Yahowah (Yahowah – the proper pronunciation of YaHoWaH as ‘elowah – God instructed in His Towrah – Guidance regarding His hayah – existence) descended, moving from a higher position to a lower one (naphal – fell and was allocated and distributed). It consumed (wa ‘akal – and it devoured) the 426offering which elevates (ha ‘olah – uplifting sacrifice; from ‘alah – to lift up (representing Passover)) and also the wooden timbers (wa ‘eth ha ‘eshym – in addition to the wooden pillars comprising the doorway to life and the upright pole of Passover), along with (wa ‘eth) the stones (‘eben – symbolizing the rock-solid relationship Yahowah intended with the twelve tribes of Yisra’el) and the dust (wa ‘eth ha ‘aphar – the infinitesimal ash representing the descendants of Yisra’el, and thus the seeds which had been transformed by the fire), licking up (lachak – consuming by evaporating) the water (‘eth ha maym) such that to show the way to the benefits of the relationship (‘asher – revealing the correct path to walk to give life meaning), was in the healing and restoring channel (ba ha ta’alah – in the renewing trench and repairing conduit designed to carry life-giving water).” (Melekym / 1 Kings 18:38)
The pieces of the puzzle comprising this test have been brought together. They collectively speak of Yahowah’s nature as light, fulfilling the Miqra’ey with His Son so that He might restore and reconcile His relationship with Yisra’el, healing the rift that had come to exist between Him and His people as a result of their affinity for the Lord.
Stupid is as the religious do. Trying to lift them up, they all fell down…
“And when each and every person (wa kol ha ‘am – when the entire family of related individuals) witnessed it (ra’ah – observed it, seeing it with their eyes and considered it, paid attention to what was being revealed), they fell upon their faces (wa naphal ‘al paneh hem – they dropped, falling away and prostrate, foreheads lowered, ultimately appearing to die, their presence cast down, as a result of their neglect, in front of and before this appearance and presence; from panah – to turn toward or away, to turn and look or to turn back). They said (wa ‘amar – so as to convey and utter, proclaim and announce, so as to repeat), ‘Yahowah (Yahowah), He (huw’) is the Almighty God 427(ha ‘elohym – the Almighty).
Yahowah (Yahowah – an accurate transliteration of the name YaHoWaH, our ‘elowah – God as guided by His towrah – instructions regarding His hayah – existence and our shalowm – reconciliation), the title, God, applies to Him (huw’ ha ‘elohym – the Almighty).’” (Melekym / Rulers / 1 Kings 18:39)
It is hard to talk when your mouth is in the dirt. Their reply was a product of their fear, not respect. They did not know Yahowah any better at that moment than they had in the minutes before the fire devoured everything arranged before them. They did not understand any of the symbols that you and I have considered. And within a number of years, they would exclude Yahowah’s name and presence from their lives – a condition that exists to this day.
But by falling down, they clearly demonstrated that they were still clueless. I have no doubt that they mumbled “Yahowah, He is the God” with dust in their noses and dirt on their lips, but their words would ring hollow for nearly three thousand years. Their proclamation was for another time, for 2033 CE rather than 1300 BCE, when a tiny remnant of the Children of Yisra’el will finally come to embrace the Light, and actually mean it when they look up and call out, “The title of God applies to Yahowah.”
This is why Yahowah seldom conveys His presence through signs and wonders. It does not lead people to know Him but instead to be in awe of Him. That is not the intent of a loving Father.
And yet, even though the Yisra’elites were dumb as stones, and although ‘Elyah had agreed to represent them, it didn’t mean Yahowah’s prophet could be counted among the religious. He understood the consequence and fate of false prophets – of those who speak for the Lord. Therefore, as a lesson to all who would dare be religious, especially Yisra’elites, we read…
428“So then (wa) ‘Elyah (‘Elyah – Yahowah is God) said (‘amar – conveyed and declared, responding) to them (la hem), ‘Seize (taphas – of your own volition, having caught them in the act, capture, arrest, and control, dealing with (qal imperative)) the prophets (‘eth naby’ – those who claimed to speak on behalf) of the Lord (ha Ba’al – of the one acting as master and owner with the intent of possessing and controlling), not letting a person among them find salvation or escape (‘ysh ‘al malat min hem – choosing to not allow a single individual who is part of them to be spared (nifal imperfect jussive – a third-person expression of volition with ongoing implications throughout time whereby the people who were doing this would be influenced by their actions)).’
And they, after catching them in the act, captured and took control of them (wa taphas hem – they caught them and seized them, dealing with them). They brought them down (wa yarad hem – they either fell down or were made to bow down before) to ‘Elyah (‘Elyah – Yahowah is God) and to the Qyshown (Qyshown – to Lure and Snare in Serpentine Fashion; from qowsh – to bait, lure, and then snare (winding through the Plain of Megiddo and dumping out into the Mediterranean)) River (nachal – brook or stream, gorge, valley, or ravine). He killed them then and there (shachat shem – he took their lives, slaying and slaughtering them as a result of the name and reputation).” (Melekym / 1 Kings 18:40)
God would have them do to the prophets of the Lord what the name and title ha Ba’al implies: take control of them. They would not be allowed to continue plaguing God’s people, killing them. For these politicized religious ministers, there would be no chance of salvation or escape. Their souls were on a collision course with She’owl. They would spend eternity incarcerated with the likes of Sha’uwl.
You will note that ‘Elyah did not try to rehabilitate 429them or save them. He did not negotiate with them, respect them, compromise with them, or tolerate them. They, like every religious cleric before and after, sought to negate the value of Yahowah’s name by referring to their god as “the Lord.” It is the unforgivable sin that serves as the basis of the Third Statement Yahowah etched in stone.
They would be killed because they were promoting and spreading death. The outcome was appropriate and fair. There is no mercy, no salvation, for those who withhold the benefits of the Covenant from Yahowah’s people. But, I hope you noticed, that with all we have learned about the futility of the politics and religions of the Lord, of ‘ElYah’s stirring oratory on Yahowah’s behalf, and of the demise of the religious, not a word of this made it into the letter written by Gospel Jesus and Gospel John. So why was their agenda so contrary to God’s – especially since they were pretending to speak for the God they were convoluting and contradicting? Their message was about “tolerating the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality,” none of which was part of Yahowah’s story and the message God was delivering to His people through the prophet Gospel Jesus failed to mention.
‘Elyah is exceptionally unique. He was Yahowah’s sole representative on Earth on this occasion. He was a prophet and exceptional orator, capable of expressing the life-and-death consequences of the intended relationship versus the Lord’s politicized religions. ‘Elyah was one of only two men who was taken directly to heaven without first experiencing mortal decay or death. Moreover, ‘Elyah will be one of the two witnesses during the Time of Israel’s Troubles when his words will pierce and kill the remaining advocates of religion, politics, militarism, and conspiracy. 430It will be as if his words are ablaze.
Gospel Jesus and Gospel John continued to butcher the story they were using to collectively condemn Paul and his church while acknowledging that Christianity was Satanic. If you recall, this is how they concluded their diatribe against the church…
“Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them—I place no other burden on you.” (Revelation 2:22-24) That is not what occurred. And it is stunningly stupid since Jezebel was pushed out of a window onto the street by her eunuchs, where her lifeless body was trampled to death and then eaten by dogs. So then for Gospel Jesus to say to those in this church, “who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them—I place no other burden on you,” is nothing more than gobbledygook cloaked in religious jargon.
Since he hasn’t figured it out by now, perhaps I can educate Gospel Jesus. Satan is a dunderhead. He is no more articulate than Peter, Paul, or Muhammad, his messengers. He tries to counterfeit God, but he can’t even copy credibly – always scribbling nonsense outside the lines. His message is as deep as the flaked skin of a snake and his teaching is nonexistent. While my job entails coming to know him and explaining him to you while thwarting his agenda, this isn’t a calling for anyone else or a burden even for me. If you want to know Satan, read Bare’syth 3 and Yasha’yah 14 for Yahowah’s perspective, then Ezekiel, the Quran, and New Testament for Satan’s own testimony.
431As bad as this is, Gospel Jesus and Gospel John were not done impugning themselves, Paul, or his church. In their fifth pronouncement, they told the Church of Sardis:
“He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” (Revelation 3:1-6 NASB) It is Dumb and Dumber Part Five.
To begin, I am especially familiar with “He who has the seven Spirits of Yahowah” because that would be me. I am the Choter | Secondary Branch and Sucker from the Fallen Stump of Yisra’el composing Yahowah’s Nes | Sign. The only “stars” in Yahowah’s program are Moseh and Dowd. There are not seven of them. Paul created Christianity to be faith-based, making deeds irrelevant. They are not even relevant to Yahowah.
Further, what is their “name?” Why didn’t Gospel Jesus share it if he knew it? How can the early Christian Church be “alive” while at the same time “dead?” They are one or the other. And if the early Church was dead, what was the purpose of the New Testament? Would Gospel Jesus resurrect them, and if so, why and when?
Once someone is dead, they cannot be awakened so as 432to disavow lies and accept the truth. It’s too late for that. And why are the few things which remain, about to die? Who is “my God?” What “deeds are not found completed?” Is Gospel Jesus talking in riddles to further confuse the Pauline Christians in the Synagogue of Satan where the Devil lives and has his throne, religiously established in Shitim along with Jezebel? What has Gospel Jesus told them that has any merit other than to warn them against telling anyone that he was the Christ? If they are just getting started with the new religion, why reboot and repent?
Just as I can assure you that Gospel Jesus wasn’t afforded the Seven Spirits of Yahowah, I am certain that when Dowd returns, it will not be as a “thief.” And since I know the hour, the day, the month, and the year, why is everyone else in the dark? What is it that Gospel Jesus intends to steal? Was Gospel Jesus as scary as Sha’uwl such that they were all pooping in their pants – all but a few? Since being born into the Covenant transforms flesh into spirit, why will we need fancy robes? Is Gospel Jesus advocating the idiotic and counterproductive nature of bodily resurrection for the dead church which housed Satan?
With the reference to “My Father,” who does Gospel Jesus think he is – Dowd? Isn’t it rude, even criminal, to steal another man’s identity?
Perhaps this is the clue we foresaw, the very act of Replacement Foolology and identity theft that lies at the heart of Christendom…
“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this: ‘I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have 433not denied My name. Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and make them know that I have loved you. Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown. He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” (Revelation 3:7-13 NASB)
Gospel Jesus is the thief who stole “the key of David.” While I appreciate the confession, it’s too late to make amends and transform the ultimate wrong into the perfect right. The single most important realization apart from Yahowah’s name, knowing the conditions of the Covenant while acknowledging the Miqra’ey, is recognizing that Dowd fulfilled them. He opened the Door to Life and to God’s Home. But far more than this, he perfected us so that we can enter and become part of his Father’s Family. Gospel Jesus stole all of this as well.
Iesou Christou is never associated with Passover, and therefore, he did not open this door. That is pure and unadulterated Foolology. But he does not shut the door either because the religious do that to themselves.
I also beg to differ. The religious, particularly those lost to Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, have all denied Yahowah’s name, and they continue to do so.
We have been given another clue as to the identity of this thief because he, like the Lord of Ezekiel, wants to 434replace Jerusalem. Fortunately, and largely as a result of what the Seven Spirits of Yahowah have accomplished through the Choter to create Yada Yahowah, Satan will fail.
Recognizing as we do that Luke ensconced Paul as the fiery preacher in the Synagogue of Satan, the religion he founded has evolved from it, even as we transition out of the sixth nascent church. The fact is that Gospel Jesus and Gospel John have associated all of them with Satan, and that’s a bummer for the faithful.
Wrong again, but that’s hardly news, the “Hour of Testing that will come upon the whole world” was not imminent. In fact, it would be 1,957 years from this bit of braggadocio before the commencement of the Time of Israel’s Troubles beginning on Shabuw’ah, May 22, 2026. As another swing and a miss, Gospel Jesus has joined demon-possessed Paul as a false prophet.
There is only one crown that matters, and while it was stolen by Christian Replacement Theology, it belongs to Dowd. Further, there is but one Upright Pillar in Yahowah’s Covenant Family and Home – the Messiah and Son of God, Dowd. Moreover, the Covenant Home is not a prison. Freedom of ingress and egress is afforded to every Covenant Member. There is a universe to explore and we will not be kept from it.
And alas, there is yet another confession – Yahowah and Dowd have a new name within Christendom. They are allegedly following in Sha’uwl’s footsteps. However, since Yahowah is not changing His name and while Dowd’s name is eternal, we should see Halal ben Shachar, a.k.a., Satan, the Adversary, attempting to change his identity. Such is the intent of the Christian New Testament and the Book of Ezekiel, even the Quran. So it’s back to Shitim.
So now after all of this demonic drivel spewed out of the Synagogue of Satan, we digress to vomit. I kid you not…
435“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’” (Revelation 3:14-22)
“Amen” is the name of an Egyptian god. This “witness” is less “faithful” than the Devil in a pickle. Yahowah is our creator, not Gospel Jesus. He wasn’t even a man. Deeds are irrelevant in a faith-based religion. Being right matters, not being hot or cold. Those who do not know Yahowah are not spewed out of His mouth as that would require ingesting those He will estrange and eliminate. The rich and poor game was played previously and to no effect. There was no moral to the story.
We cannot bribe God nor purchase anything from Him. And we are enriched by Him the moment we accept the conditions of His Covenant and capitalize upon what Dowd has done for us during the Miqra’ey.
The “eye salve to anoint your eyes” was especially revealing because the application of this drug was 436conveyed using the chrio, which is the verbal root of Christo. It serves to affirm that this title, one that wasn’t mentioned among the initial churches, was based upon a verb which speaks of the “application of drugs.” That is as incriminating as it is embarrassing.
The Drugged One never existed. He is nothing more than a mythical misnomer designed by the early church to replace the Messiah Dowd. So, he has no door and cannot knock. Even Dowd, who opened this door as the Passover Lamb, does not knock. Further, we cannot open that door. We either find it open or shut based upon our approach to Father and Son. And when it is opened for those who accept the Covenant and Invitations, they travel inside, not the other way around. Since this is Dowd’s throne, and since Yahowah has made this point clear, Gospel Jesus is attempting to steal yet another possession that rightfully belongs to another.
Therefore, Gospel Jesus and Gospel John were wrong about almost everything. The only thing they got right was that Satan had made his home and established his throne within the Christian Church. Nicely done, fellas. I found your tour of Hell entertaining.
As we return to the Acts of Paul, when last we saw the Plague of Death, his hypocrisy was in full bloom, delivering his fiery sermons in the Synagogue of Satan. He was captured presenting his unGodly “Gospel of Grace” as the alternative to observing Yahowah’s Towrah, while misrepresenting God’s Guidance as a list of onerous laws. And while there is no Hebrew word for “obey,” and while Torah does not mean “law,” Sha’uwl routinely demanded that his audience obey him...
437“But as some were being stubborn (sklerynomai – were being hardheaded and obstinate, even offensive and intolerable, refusing to listen) and they were disobedient (apeitheo – they were disobeying, refusing to believe, rejecting faith, being noncompliant, rebellious, and insubordinate), speaking abusively of and maligning (kakologeo – cursing and maligning, insulting and denouncing) the way before the crowd. Having revolted against, forsaken, and alienated them (aphistamai – abandoned, avoiding association with them), he appointed and marked off boundaries, separating (aphorize – he set aside and excluded in an attempt to get rid of) the disciples (tous mathetes – those who had been taught by and followed Gospel Jesus) through daily (kata hemera) disputes (dialegomai – arguments and speeches presenting a different message) in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. (Acts 19:9)
And this took place for two years so that everyone residing in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Judeans and Greeks.” (Acts 19:10)
I am continuing to use the Nestle-Aland’s McReynolds English Interlinear to recount Paul’s testimony, while augmenting and clarifying it using the most highly regarded lexicons. By doing so, I am presenting Luke’s assessment of Paul’s fight against John and the other disciples without prejudice, fairly and accurately.
If you recall, in Gospel John’s Revelation, we were specifically told that there were some in Ephesus who did not believe the false apostle, a reality which has been resoundingly born out in Luke’s accounting of Paul’s own words. Moreover, the very people Revelation commended, Sha’uwl condemned, calling them “sklerynomai – stubborn, hardheaded, and obstinate, even offensive and intolerable, for refusing to listen to him.”
438Based upon skleros, Paul viewed those he could not beguile as “hard, harsh, and rough men who were stern, intolerant, offensive, and violent.” That is almost funny considering the source.
Sha’uwl went on to say that his rivals were apeitheo, which means that he saw Yahowchanan / John as being “insubordinate” because the disciple “disobeyed him and rejected his faith.” If that does not take the wind out of Christendom’s sails, considering whom he was rebelling against, you may want to check to see if they are still fluttering.
One of the most egotistical and presumptuous men to ever purport to speak for God called the most beloved disciple “apeitheo – disobedient,” and that was because John “apeitheo – refused to believe” him when his message differed from the one God had conveyed in word and deed.
Paul was laying down the law, his law, to which everyone had to obey or suffer the consequences. There was a new Lord in town. The hypocrisy was now especially thick. The man who was opposed to “obeying” God’s Towrah demanded obedience.
The next verb in Paul’s intolerant diatribe was translated as “speaking abusively of and maligning” as a rendering of kakologeo, which is “to curse and to revile, denouncing through evil and insulting speech.” The verb is a compound of kakos, which describes that which is “of a bad nature” and is an “inappropriate mode of thinking, feeling, or acting which is troublesome, pernicious, baneful, and wicked,” and logos, the “spoken word.” Paul, like all insecure individuals, was ever ready to curse his perceived opponents, but would not tolerate reciprocation.
Contentious to the bitter end, Paul once again bragged of “dialegomai – arguing against and disputing” the disciples because their “thinking was markedly different.” But this time, Paul was not to be found in the synagogue – 439in the place where those seeking to learn about Yahowah considered His Towrah. Sha’uwl turned instead to the “Tyrannos Schole,” where Tyrannos denotes “the Lord is a Tyrant” and Schole means “freedom from labor.” There should be no mistaking that Paul’s Lord was indeed a despot seeking supremacy. And Paul was lecturing on his behalf.
It is a fact little known, but since Paul’s preaching is reflected in his letters, he never accurately conveyed anything attributed to Gospel Jesus. In just one of his fourteen letters, including Hebrews, he made a brief passing attempt, citing a few words spoken about Passover, albeit taking the testimony completely out of context while misquoting it. So rest assured, when Sha’uwl claims that everyone in Asia heard him “preach the word of the Lord,” he was preaching Satan’s mantra. Reinforcing this reality, Yahowah consistently refers to the Adversary as “ba’al – lord” because Satan craves supremacy, mastery, control, obedience, subordination, enslavement, and ownership.” Sha’uwl’s predilection for these very same things is revealing.
How is it that Christians adhere to a faith whereby the central players are at war with themselves? If Paul were truthful, John, Peter, and James were liars, as was Gospel Jesus, even Yahowah. But then, the principal player in Christendom cannot be right because he began this charade claiming that he was authorized to speak for the God he has continually contradicted.
Now Sha’uwl is saying that supernatural power and extraordinary mastery and skill were the work of his hands, conceived, fashioned, and brought forth without God’s assistance…
“The ability to perform miracles and wondrous supernatural powers (dynamis – signs and wonders) and not having obtained in association with the God (te ou 440tas tygchano o theos – having disclaimed an experience with, having disavowed happening upon or meeting with, even relationship with God) were performed through the hands of (dia ton cheiron – by way of the person, authority, control, and power of) Paulou.” (Acts 19:11)
I realize that this sounds too incriminating to be an accurate reflection of the text, not unlike confronting Paul’s admission of being both insane and demon-possessed. Nonetheless, I encourage skeptics to verify the meaning of te (likewise and corresponding to, serving as the marker of a relationship), ou (constituting a negation and denial), tas (the definite article in the accusative form), and especially tygchano for yourself. It was negated in this statement by “ou – not in any way” and precedes “tas theos – of God,” and in this context denotes “having disclaimed an experience with God, having disavowed happening upon or meeting with God, and of not having a relationship with God.”
And while that is incriminating, by turning to tygchano’s secondary connotation we find Paul admitting to “not hitting the mark regarding extraordinary and unexpected performances which require uncommon skills.” Therefore, it appears that the very attitude which got Satan expelled from heaven was now afflicting Paulos.
According to Luke, his legend grew with these fanciful claims...
“Also that (kai hoste – and as a result) upon the weak and infirmed (epi tous astheneo – upon those who are being incapacitated and ill) there was to be carried away (apophero – to be led off and taken away) from the skin of him (apo tou chrotos autou – separated from the surface of his body) handkerchiefs (soudarion – napkins or pieces of cloth often used for wiping perspiration, blowing one’s nose, or during preparation for burial) or aprons (e simikinthion – or worker’s smocks) and to be settled upon 441them (kai apallassomai apo auton – so to be set free, separated from them) for the illnesses (tas nosous – the sicknesses and diseases) and the (ta te – denoting a closely related association with) annoying spirits (pneumata ta poneros – worthless, morally corrupt, seriously faulty, toilsome, and wicked spirits) to depart out (ekporeuesthai – to come forth, go out, and leave).” (Acts 19:12)
This repulsive narrative even surpasses the Quran in grossness. Paul wanted the church he was conceiving to perceive him as a god. He was truly Roman.
“Handkerchiefs” is from soudarion, which also means “pieces of cloth, towels, or napkins which may or may not be used as burial cloths over the face of the deceased, to blow one’s nose, to wipe perspiration from one’s face, or to dry one’s hands.” It is of Latin origin. “Aprons” was rendered from simikinthion, another Latin word, which is “a bib-apron worn by common workers and servants to protect their clothing.” Therefore, what Paul is claiming is that napkins or aprons were placed upon his skin and then carried to those who were sick, and that, as a result, annoying spirits were exorcised from the diseased individual.
This is creepy in the extreme, but not unlike today’s Christian charlatans who fleece their flock by pretending to heal the sick during religious spectacles. It is another case of Paul claiming to be divine. But this time he was also incriminating himself by suggesting that “evil spirits” cause “disease” and must be “exorcised” to heal the “sick.” And to think, Christians claim that the author of this voodoo presentation was a physician. Not likely.
The term Paul chose to infer that his handkerchiefs were healing the infirmed, apallassomai, means “to be set free, separated from them,” as if a piece of cloth that has contacted his skin would exorcise demons. And while that is obviously untrue, this term’s secondary connotation, “to 442change, to settle with, and to reconcile,” infers that the feeble may have simply come to accept their maladies. It is derived from allasso, which denotes “exchanging one thing for another.” So perhaps the blind became lame and the deaf became dumb?
The “spirits to depart out” were called “poneros – annoying, burdensome, harassing, troublesome, wicked, corrupt, worthless, faulty, and criminal.” It is the same revolting word Paul associated with “the old system” which he continually identified as the Torah. And here, the Spirit associated with Yahowchanan, the most beloved disciple, was the one rejected by Sha’uwl and replaced by another of his choosing during the rebaptism. So I suspect that the reason Paul saw the Set-Apart Spirit as “annoying” is that She was opposed to everything he said and did.
Paul’s account gets stranger by the moment. Consider what he claimed next (again as reported in the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament, 27th Edition with McReynolds English Interlinear and corrected by the Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains in an effort to be as accurate as possible)...
“But (de) were attempting to put our hands on (epicheireo – with the assistance of anyone were trying to promote an undertaking upon) some (tines), and the (kai ton) circuitous wanderers (perierchomai – the traveling about and roving around) of the Judeans (Ioudaion – an errant transliteration of the Hebrew Yahuwdym, meaning Related to Yah), exorcists (exorkistes – those who drive out evil spirits; from exorkizo – to extract using an oath or force to adjure) to be known (onomazomai – to name or designate) for the (epi tous) possessing (echo – having and holding on to) the evil and annoying spirits (pneumata ta poneros – the worthless, morally corrupt, seriously faulty, toilsome, and wicked spirits) the name of (to onoma) the Lord (tou kuriou – the master who owns, controls, subjugates, and possesses (a Satanic title)) Iesou (Iesou – 443an errant misnomer), saying (legontes) put under oath (horkizo – implore and swear) you the (umas ton) Iesoun (Iesoun) whom (on) Paulos (Paulos – of Latin derivation meaning Lowly and Little) announces (kerysso – preaches in his official capacity).” (Acts 19:13)
Recognizing that the Interlinear version, even amplified, is at best confusing, let’s consider the New American Standard Bible which claims to be literal: “But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying ‘I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.’”
There is no discussion of exorcism in the Towrah, Prophets, and Psalms, nor in the Talmud or the Oral Law of Yahuwdym. There is no such thing as a Jewish exorcist. In fact, in Judaism, Satan and demons don’t exist, making this stupid in the extreme. Apart from Dowd’s | David’s harp and singing, irritating the demon which possessed King Sha’uwl sufficiently to take momentary leave of his victim, spirits are not displaced. (1 Samuel 16:14-23)
Therefore, this is a complete fabrication – one designed to inappropriately demean Jews. More damning still, Paul, in his testimony to Luke, actually admits the obvious: there is a difference between “the Iesous whom Paulos proclaimed” and the actual individual who was proclaimed by the disciples, Yahowchanan and Shim’own.
While I cannot attest to the veracity of the following scholarship, I found it both credible and interesting relative to the origins of Sha’uwl’s “Iesou.” This is important because while Paul’s Iesou shared little in common with Gospel Jesus and nothing in common with the Messiah Dowd, his audience shared an awareness of this individual. So from whence did Iesou come? Since you may be wondering as well, in the Gospel History and Doctrinal Teaching Critically Examined by Arthur Dyott Thomson, 444which was written and published in London by Longmans, Green, and Company in 1873, under the heading “Derivation of the Name of Jesus,” on page 247, we find a series of interesting insights. He begins by correlating all of this with Roman Mithraism – which was the worship of the sun by Romans:
“The whole system is developed in the Mithraic monuments, but it is only necessary to observe here that the seven fires, stars, or flames which are on the bas-reliefs which represent this myth, and which are always placed between the sun and the moon, refer to the Pleiades, which correspond to the constellation of the Bull.
When Christianity arose, the Jews had thronged Alexandria and had acquired by means of bribes many of the privileges reserved to the companions of Alexander (Jos. Cont. Apion, 1. Ii. C. 4). The Ptolemies being patrons of literature and of science, learned men of all nations resorted to Alexandria, which soon became the theater of religious disputes, and each party in turn appealed to the Egyptian monuments, on which the secrets of the mysteries were preserved in the symbolic characters. Contact with Paganism produced the same effect on the Jews as it had done previously when the Asmonean princes had been compelled to issue an edict forbidding the Jews to read Greek books. Sects were formed, the Jewish sacred books were translated, and commentaries were written upon them. The Caraites wished to keep to the literal meaning of the “Scriptures,” but the majority addicted themselves to the allegorical interpretation of them, and Aristobulus went so far as to write a commentary on the Mosaic text in favor of Ptolemy Philometer.
At this time some of the Alexandrian astrologers ascertained that it was the blood of Aries, not that of the Bull, to the commencement of which the Iesou corresponded to in the zodiacs. Iesou in the sacred language signifies the divine power of the heavens, or the 445winter solstice, because it is at that period that the sun resumes his strength in order to return toward the north... The Iesou, or winter solstice, always corresponded in the zodiacs to the first degree of Aries. This Iesou, which was symbolically represented by a child sucking its finger, was placed over the interval between Aries and Pisces, and as Virgo, the symbol of the summer solstice, had to come to the primitive Iesou, in order to determine when the reign of God should commence, by means of the precession of the equinoxes, this Iesou was called the sacred, or anointed one, which the Greeks have translated Christos, but which does not in the least correspond to the Hebrew mashyach / Messiah...
The Alexandrian astrologers conceived the error into which the followers of Mithras had fallen, and either through ignorance or design, took Virgo, who marked the commencement of the year (Hor. Apollo, Hierog. Iii.) for the symbol of the vernal equinox, at which period the Alexandrine year used to commence. They announced, therefore, that the end of the world would take place when the vernal equinox corresponded to the star alpha of Pisces. In the mystic language, they would have said: ‘The blood of the Ram has just been shed; the union of Virgo and Aries has just been brought about; Virgo has just given birth to Aries; Virgo has just given birth to Iesou; Virgo has just crushed the head of the serpent [the spirit of death and darkness]; the reign of God is at hand.
We know that the names of Jesus, John, and Mary are found on the monuments long anterior to Christianity. On the Zodiac of Denderah, the Celestial Virgin holding Horus, symbols which the Egyptians called Marim and Iesou in the mystic language, have been so mutilated by the Christians that only the heads of them remain. This was probably done because there were hieroglyphs which might have revealed the mystery. Iesu, that is, “the divine power of the world,” was the sacred name of the Word, or 446Demiurgus, and was therefore easily confounded with the Iesou of the Zodiacs. The Iesu whom the Virgin carried in her arms was to be put to death at the end of the world, in order to rise again, or give place to another Iesu. This mystery is represented in the sanctuary of the temple of Hermonthis (see Atlas de la Commiss. D’Egypte, A, Vol. I.).”
Returning to the book which usurped and then promoted the myths ascribed to Iesou, we find the McReynolds Interlinear interpretation of the Nestle-Aland:
“But were of some, Skeva, a Jewish ruling priest, seven sons this doing.” (Acts 19:14) From this, the New American Standard Bible published: “And seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.” Skeuas is of Latin origin, not Hebrew, and it means “mind reader.” But that is not the worst of Paul’s misstatements. No “Jewish” priest, much less a high or chief priest, by that name, or any other name remotely akin to Skeva / Sceva, ever existed. Furthermore, there never were any “Jewish” high priests living in Ephesus. As such, this, too, is a complete fabrication – a fairytale – in the midst of the Christian New Testament.
“But having answered, the evil and annoying spirit said to them, ‘Indeed, Iesoun I know (ginosko) and this Paulon, I understand (epistamai), but who are you?’” (Acts 19:15)
For another perspective, the New American Standard Bible reports: “And the evil spirit answered and said to them, ‘I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
According to Sha’uwl, Satan’s demon only “ginosko – recognized and was generally aware of” the myth of Gospel Jesus, while said demon “epistamai – knew everything there was to know, was completely acquainted with and totally understood” Paul. An individual’s choice of words, 447especially when making a distinction, reveals so much about them. Such is the case with Sha’uwl, who, like Satan, wants to be seen as having a higher status than even his supposed god. And when we recognize that Paul fabricated this whole story for the express purpose of elevating his status and acclaim, it is especially devastating.
Now it appears as if spiritual beings have legs and are leapers, that they have dominion over the sons of imaginary “Jewish high priests,” and that they are imbued with the power, authority, and inclination to disrobe and wound them...
“And having leaped upon the man on them in whom there was the annoying and evil spirit, having dominion and mastered over, overpowering and lording over both (katakyrieuo amphoteroi – ruling over the two), was strong against them so that naked and having been wounded to flee out from that house.” (Acts 19:16)
This tall tale of spiritual deception was chronicled in the NASB, which reads: “And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them and subdued both of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.”
While we should not be surprised, the New American Standard Bible edited Paul’s testimony to correct an obvious contradiction. The seven sons became “amphoteroi – a total of exactly two” in the Greek text. Moreover, the point Paul is trying to make here is that Jews were incapable of doing what he did routinely. Paul claims to have had unbridled influence over the demonic spirits which by contrast routinely overpower and lord over Jews. And while there is no indication that demons plague Jews more than any other race, the reason they responded to Paul was because he was working for the same Lord.
“So this became (ginomai) known (gnostos) to all 448Judeans both and Greeks, the ones residing in Ephesus. And pressing against, falling upon, and embracing fear and terror on (phobos epi) all of them. And was being made great the name of the Lord Iesou.” (Acts 19:17) Or if you prefer, the following rendering of demonic daring-do is from the NASB: “And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.”
So that there is no confusion, the verb is “ginomai – came to exist.” And gnostos, the basis of Gnostic, was used as an adjective to convey “what is known and what can be known.” Therefore, Sha’uwl was terrifying his audience by saying that those who rely on the testimony and ability of Jews will become demon-possessed and it was only by believing him and his Lord that one could be saved from this horrible fate.
Keep in mind, Shim’own, Ya’aqob, and Yahowchanan were Yahuwdym. So this entire fabrication was conceived to make this point. It is not unlike a Christian threatening damnation and hellfire on those who do not submit. But in this case, the damned were disciples.
The point has been made, and it is obvious that Paul was the false, self-proclaimed, and dishonest apostle whom the Revelation prophecy warned against in the letter to the Ephesians, specifically, but to every other church due to the Satanic overtures. But there is a bit more to this incredulous story. “So many of those who believed (pisteuo) were coming, agreeing, consenting, confessing, and professing allegiance (exomologeomai – giving thanks and offering praise) and declaring their deeds (praxis – actions, functions, and practices).” (Acts 19:18)
Sha’uwl / Paul is therefore saying that he and his pals won, that the people of Ephesus believed him, consenting, confessing, and professing their allegiance en masse to 449him, praising and thanking the self-proclaimed apostle in opposition to the disciples.
Now that Sha’uwl has denounced and marginalized Yahowchanan / John, establishing a precedent that would haunt the world for centuries to come, the paranoid preacher promoted the burning of books. He wanted his suppression of the truth to remain unchallenged.
This diatribe was spoken against Gospel Jesus’ disciples Yahowchanan | John and Shim’own / Peter…
“So enough (de hikanos) of the ones who were busybodies and meddlers with their superfluous, impertinent, and trifling information and interference (ton ta periergos – of the ones who overstepped their authority and were fixated on the details, neglecting what actually matters, the ones intrigued by conspiracy theories while overemphasizing the satanic influences).
Having received and experienced (prasso), having gathered together (symphero) documents consisting of scrolls and books (biblos), burning them (katakaio) in front of everyone (enopion pas).
And they calculated, computing (kai sympsephizo) monetary values, price, and worth (time) of them and (autos kai) discovered (heuriskomai) fifty thousand pieces of silver money (arguion myrias pente).” (Acts 19:19) Too bad they did not burn his letters instead.
While I do not suspect that it can be proven, especially since there are no pronouns associated with the verbs or nouns in the first or second sentence, making it difficult to ascertain who was doing what to whom, but based upon everything we have learned about Sha’uwl, the scrolls and books which were burned were almost certainly the Torah, Prophets, and Psalms along with the eyewitness accounts of Dowd’s words and deeds as they were recorded in Hebrew by the ‘Ebownym. They were in irreconcilable conflict with Paul’s message, proving that he was lying. 450And with Paul now providing uncontested claims through his sermons and letters, claiming salvation, healings, and exorcisms, there was no room for anyone or anything else.
Burning books shortchanges knowledge and impoverishes us. It seldom, if ever, produces anything of value, especially money. And by claiming that this was a godly idea, the founder of the Christian religion legitimized a horrid practice. By way of example, rather than burning Qurans, I collected them, studied them, and then, in light of what I learned from the Islamic Sirah / Biography, Tarikh / History, and Hadith / Oral Reports, I was able to compose a 4,100-page condemnation of this overtly Satanic religion.
And while Paul’s message is as incomprehensible and incomplete as ever, there are some things we can reasonably discern. For example, with periergos, which in the plural speaks of those who “overstep their authority, who are overly fixated on the details while neglecting what actually matters,” we find that the ones “intrigued by conspiracy theories while overemphasizing satanic influences,” are from Paul’s perspective, “irrelevant and superfluous meddlers interfering.” He views them as involved in his affairs while “fussing over other people’s business in a disrespectful and unnecessary way.” Sha’uwl is taking one last swipe at the disciples, the men and the message he went to Ephesus to refute and repress. Insecure men are not only intolerant of rivals, real or imagined, they are compelled to tear them down, trashing their reputations. Paul would never forgive them for not endorsing his message or respecting his dominion over the Greek and Roman world.
In that this will become especially relevant in a moment, it is helpful to know that periergos is a compound of peri, which “expresses concern about an act while noting the point from which it proceeds,” and ergon, the Greek word for “works, speaking of actions, attempts, and 451undertakings. Paul uses ergon repeatedly to besmirch God’s Word, saying that no one can be saved by “ergon nomos – works of the Torah.” He is trying to smear Yahowah’s Towrah with the same brush.
Also relevant to our understanding of what and whom Paul wanted to be eliminated from consideration, this tormented troubadour deployed periergos a second time in his letter to Timothy, the only other occasion it appears in the Christian New Testament, and in that context, he defined it for us:
“But (de) at the same time (hama) also (kai), they learned (manthano – they came to realize) that these thoughtless and useless ones (argos – the inconsiderate and indifferent) were going around to the houses (perierchomai tas oikias), not alone (ou monon), but the thoughtless and useless ones (de argos) to the contrary (alla) were foolish gossips and babblers, disrespectful tattlers uttering vain and stupid things (phluaros – snitches rambling on with condescending hearsay) and also (kai) overstepping their bounds with their superfluous and trifling interference (periergos – busybodies and meddlers overdoing it, fixated on the details and neglecting what actually matters while intrigued by conspiracy theories and overemphasizing the occult) speaking that which (laleo ta) was not necessary or beneficial (me dei – not binding or proper).” (1Timothy 5:13)
While Paul was demeaning women in this portion of his letter to his lover, Timothy, he left no doubt as to the meaning of periergos. And considering the fact that he applied all of its decidedly negative connotations to the disciples, Sha’uwl indirectly revealed that they were trying to rein him in, to diminish his appeal, and to emphasize what really matters while exposing the Satanic overtures found throughout Paul’s preaching.
452Recognizing that what Paul had just ordered was devastating for their business, the authors of the New American Standard Bible took great liberty with their rendering of the Greek. “And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of all; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.”
The etymology of periegos does not support the “practicing magic” rendering found in the NASB, nor in any other popular translation. But desperate to justify Paul’s decision to burn books, simply calling them “gossipy” or “meddlesome” was woefully insufficient. It was Paul’s unjustifiable decision which led to the unjustifiable definition.
That is not to say that you will not find “magic” buried in the definitions of periergos in the lexicons compiled by Christian publishers. It is there to make the founder of their religion appear lucid. In affirmation of this, when the same word appears in the same author’s letter to Timothy, there is no reference to magic in any popular Bible translation, including the NASB, KJV, NIV, or NLT.
Based upon this testimony, no informed or rational person would refute the fact that the individual referred to as a wolf in sheep’s clothing during the Sermon on the Mount is the same individual called a false apostle and deceitful liar in Revelation’s final public statement…
“I am aware of and recognize (oida) the things you have responded to and have engaged in (sou ergon), the difficult and exhausting encounters (kai ton kopos), and your unswerving and enduring perseverance (sou kai ten hypomone) and that (kai oti) you cannot possibly accept, tolerate, support, nor endure (ou dynamai bastazo) that which is incorrect, immoral, injurious, pernicious, or invalid (kakos). And you have observed, examined, and objectively tested (kai peirazo) those who 453claim and maintain (tous phasko) of themselves (eautous) that they are (eimi) apostles (apostolos) but are not (kai ouk eisin). And (kai) you have found them, by examining and scrutinizing them to be (heurisko autos) false, deceitful, and deliberate liars, pretending to be something they are not (pseudes).
And you have loyal steadfastness and consistency (hupomone) and have endured (bastazo) through my name. You have worked hard (kopiao) and have not grown tired.” (Revelation 2:2-3)
So now that we have matched the crime with the perpetrator, the only unresolved issue is whether Paul had accomplices working with him in Ephesus to justify the plural deployment of apostolous. And that issue is resolved by Paul, himself, later in this same chapter of Acts, because he admits to returning to Ephesus with Gaius and Aristarchus to meet Timothy and Erastus in order to resolve a controversy. Incriminating himself further, Paul bragged, “I have fought with beasts at Ephesus,” in 1 Corinthians 15:32. (Since the only opponents this brute has mentioned in association with the metropolis of Ephesus are disciples, he was now inferring that “Peter” and “John” were “beasts.” The man who conceived and promoted the religion of Christianity was such a charming and articulate fellow.)
And then in 1 Timothy 1:3, Paul told Timothy to remain in Ephesus, as a legitimate agent of his apostleship to issue a command prohibiting the presentation of any doctrine different than his own. That letter begins so presumptuously and inaccurately, I thought I would share it with you. It is particularly germane because Paul not only claims to be an apostle, he admits to trying to influence the Ephesians through his deputy, Timothy, making him the accomplice Revelation was referencing. It is a very short list of men who made these claims in this place at this time. And none were as famous, influential, argumentative, or 454deceitful as Sha’uwl and Timothy.
Once again, to make quick work of this, I will be citing the McReynolds English Interlinear due to its association with the Nestle-Aland, correcting it only when a name as it is presented in the text is altered or its rendering veers away from a word’s primary connotation.
“Paulos (Paulos), Apostle (Apostolos) of Christou Iesou (Christou Iesou) by mandate, command, and direct order (epitage – ordinance and authority) of God (theou), deliverer (soter – rescuer) of us (emon), and (kai) Christou Iesou (Christou Iesou), the hope of us (tes elpis emon), (1 Timothy 1:1) to Timothy (Timotheo – meaning Putting a Price on God; from time – determining and establishing the price and theos – god), genuine and legitimate (gnesios – lawful, true, sincere, and loyal) child (teknon) in (en) faith (pistis – belief), grace (charis – the name of the Greek goddesses of charity, licentiousness, and merriment, known as the Gratia in Rome, and thus the Graces), mercy (eleos), peace (eirene) from (apo – speaking of separation, departing, and fleeing) god (theou), father (patros), and Christou Iesou (Christou Iesou), the Lord (tou kuriou – the master who subjugates and controls, possesses and lords over, and owner) of us (emon). (1 Timothy 1:2)
Accordingly (kathos – in as much as) I pleaded (parakaleo – I begged) with you (se) to remain longer (prosmeno – to stay on and continue) in Ephesus (en Ephesos) [while I was] traveling (poreumai – proceeding) to Macedonia (eis Makedonin) in order that (hina) you might command (parangello – you may order and instruct) certain individuals (tisin – those considered important and everyone else) not to teach a different doctrine (me heterodidaskaleo – not to teach heresy)...” (1 Timothy 1:1-3)
Confessing to the crime revealed by Yahowchanan in 455Revelation, Paul admitted that Ephesus was the primary battleground in his Satanic war against Yahowah’s Towrah and the disciples. Having fought for years against both, he would deploy every resource the Devil could muster to keep his adversaries at bay – especially now that he was complying with the direct order of the God who never ordered anyone to do anything.
Now seeking to undermine the Torah with its genealogies, whereby the beneficiaries of the Covenant are documented, the weaver of myths and fables opines:
“...nor (mede – neither) carefully consider (prosecho – turn to or give oneself over to) myths and fables (mythos – tales and legends) or (kai) endless genealogies (aperantos genealogia – unlimited family lineages), or whatever (hostis) worthless speculation and aimless arguments (ekzetesis – questioning and debate, imagined controversy, or idle disputes; from ek – from and zeteo – seeking, thinking, and reasoning) they maintain (parecho – they hold and cling to), instead of (mallon), as the alternative (e – it is better), the administration (oikonomia – the management, trusteeship, and stewardship of the household affairs and oversight) of god (theou) in the faith (ten en pistis – according to the belief system).” (1 Timothy 1:4)
It is the Torah which Paul is degrading as a collection of “myths, fables, endless genealogies,” even “worthless speculations.” Paul considered God’s testimony so horrific that he wanted Timothy to curtail and condemn any mention of it. In place of God’s Word, he wanted the alternative: “the administration of god in the faith.” He is thereby advocating his new religion, prioritizing it over following Gospel Jesus’ example, above Yahowah’s teaching, over the disciples’ witness, above the Covenant, and over the Word of God.
Paul was now “managing” his god, just as Christians 456have done throughout the ages. In this regard, Paul was also demanding that “pistis – faith” in his “oikonomia theou – oversight and stewardship of the affairs of God” take precedence over “ekzetesis – seeking knowledge, thinking, and reasoning.”
It was a religious trifecta: God’s testimony was suppressed, religion trumped God, and evidence and reason were now foes. Is it any wonder Yahowah expressly condemned this man and his message?
According to Paul, his flock can dispense with the Torah, because all you need is love and a clean heart. And sadly, to their own demise, Christians the world over believe him.
“So (de) the end (to telos – the result and entirety) of the command (tes paragelia – of the proclamation, announcement, order, or instruction) is (estin – exists as) love (agape) from (ek) a clean (katharos) heart (kardias), (kai) a good conscience (agathos syneidesis – a moral awareness, worthy psychology, or useful sensitivity), and (kai) non-hypocritical and unquestioning faith (anypokritos pisteos – sincere and genuine belief; from a – not as a form of negation and hupokrinomai – accepting another’s statements based upon what they have decided for themselves)...,” (1 Timothy 1:5)
Wrong in his assessment, Paul was ever the hypocrite. The darkness of demonic spirits and the hatred of God darkened his heart while all manner of deceptions clouded his conscience. He was the antithesis of love and the embodiment of hate.
The Towrah never speaks of having a “clean heart,” so Paul’s claim that it is the “end and result of the command” cannot be true. The only place we find a reference to a “leb tahowr – clean heart” in the totality of God’s Word is in Psalm 51:10, where the entire Mizmowr / Song is devoted to asking Yahowah to cleanse and perfect every aspect of 457our corrupt nature. It symbolically speaks of “bones rejoicing” and “lips singing” but they did not make Paul’s list.
Since we can always learn something from the Architect of life, let’s read what Yahowah inspired Dowd | David to write. And while we are at it, see if you can condense these six stanzas of his song, much less the entirety of the Torah and Prophets into a trio of platitudes.
“Hide (sathar – conceal) Your presence (paneh – Your appearance and face) from (min) my errors (cheta’ ‘any – my guilt for having gone astray), and all of (wa kol) my corruption (‘awon – wrongdoing, distortions, and perversions) blot out and destroy (machah – wash off and wipe away so that they no longer exist and are no longer known). (Mizmowr / Psalm 51:9)
Create (bara’) for me to approach (la), O God (‘elohym), a clean and clear (tahowr) conscience and judgment (leb – heart and thinking, the seat of good judgment), with (wa) the Spirit (ruwach) established and renewing (kuwn chadash – preparing, supporting, restoring, and reaffirming) in my inner nature (ba qereb – in my midst). (Mizmowr / Psalm 51:10)
Please do not cast me away from (‘al shalak min la) Your presence (paneh), and therefore (wa) the Set-Apart Spirit (ruwach qodesh) do not take away (laqach) from me (min). (Mizmowr / Psalm 51:11)
I want to be restored (shuwb la – please return me) to the joy (sasown – happiness) of Your deliverance and salvation (yasha’), and so with (wa) the Spirit (ruwach) who is worthy of respect (nadybah – who is willing and generous) sustain and uphold me (samach). (Mizmowr / Psalm 51:12)
I will choose to consistently teach (lamad) the rebellious (pasha’ – those who transgress by stepping away) Your ways (derek – Your path through life) and 458(wa) those who have missed the way (chata’ – those who are currently wrong) will return to You (‘el shuwb – will change their mind, attitude, and direction regarding You, God). (Mizmowr / Psalm 51:13)
Deliver me (natsal – save me) from dying with bloodguilt (min damym – from being cut off, silenced, unable to respond, and destroyed; from damam), O God (‘elohym), the God (‘elohym) of my salvation (tashuwa’ah – of my deliverance).
My tongue (lashown) will sing for joy (ranan) of Your righteous vindication (tsadaqah – of Your justice which exonerates and establishes upright).” (Mizmowr / Song / Psalm 51:14)
While we could linger here and immerse ourselves in the beauty and merit of these lyrics, alas, since our mission is to question Paul, let’s return to his summation of “tes paragelia – the command.” And in this regard, while we are encouraged to use our “neshamah – conscience” to distinguish between truth and lies, having “agathos syneidesis – a moral awareness” will prevent an informed and rational individual from embracing Pauline Doctrine.
The last of Paul’s triumphant trio of virtues is a bit of an odd duck. Since “faith” fills the void when we do not understand, how can it be “genuine?” Since “believing” is the result of not knowing, how can it be “sincere or non-hypocritical?”
It is only by searching anypokritos’ etymological roots that we can make any sense of this. As a compound of “a – do not” and “hupokrinomai – accept another’s statements based upon what they have decided for themselves,” we have Paul suggesting that the virtuous reject the testimony of those who opposed his mantra. And in this regard, “unquestioning faith” may be the most accurate rendering of Sha’uwl’s inaccurate and unsupported conclusion.
But I must ask: if the following is true, why was Paul 459the antithesis of what he claimed was virtuous?
“So the end and result of the command and proclamation is love from a clean heart, a good conscience with moral awareness, worthy psychology, or useful sensitivity, and unquestioning faith,...” Why was Sha’uwl so argumentative, condemning everyone who did not capitulate, and why was he deliberately duplicitous, if all that matters is a loving and pure heart?
If that were the case, why wasn’t Gospel Jesus loving, even nice, when he lashed out so viciously at most all of those who opposed him? By Paul’s standard, Gospel Jesus should be condemned. So should Yahowah.
He does not agree with Sha’uwl either. According to God, those who ignore His seven annual invitations to meet with Him, either die with their souls ceasing to exist, or they are eternally separated from Him in She’owl.
If a clean heart, good conscience, and unquestioning faith are the means to salvation, Paul’s claim that some deviated and strayed based upon idle discussions would be impossible, because evidence and reason are irrelevant to feelings and faith.
“...of which (on tines), some deviated and erred (astocheo – abandoned these goals, wandering away and deviating from the proper aim). They were disabled through avoidance (ektrepomai – they strayed, turning aside, and were becoming dislocated) by (eis) meaningless conversations (mataiologia – idle and empty talk, senseless and vain words). (1:6)
Deciding and desirous of (thelo – proposing, wanting, and enjoying, even delighting in) being (einai – of presently and actively existing as) teachers of the Towrah (nomodidaskalos – a compound of nomos – an allotment for an inheritance (the Greek substitute for towrah throughout the Septuagint) and didaskalos – teacher), not ever giving thought or understanding (me 460voeo – not considering, comprehending, or recognizing), neither (mete) what they say (a lego) nor (mete) concerned about (peri) what they state with such confidence (tinon diabebaioomai – what they insist upon, maintain, and proclaim so assuredly).” (1 Timothy 1:7)
No matter where one turns in Paul’s writings, the argument is almost always the same. It is Paul’s teachings against Yahowah’s Towrah teachings. And yet Paul wants everyone to believe that the God of the Towrah chose him, a rude, arrogant, often enraged, murderous, perverted, anti-Semitic, always duplicitous, and usually disingenuous man, to undermine and contradict everything He had said and promised. And let’s not mince words: Paul is accusing the disciples, and notably Shim’own / Peter and expressly, Yahowchanan / John, in Ephesus, of “thoughtlessly teaching the Torah without considering or comprehending it.”
Since the God Sha’uwl claims authorized his mission also authored the Towrah, how can that Towrah only be good under the conditions he imposes on it? But before you answer that question, and before I attempt a translation of what appears to be a nearly incomprehensible string of words, let’s use the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament, 27th Edition with McReynolds Interlinear as a guide: “We know but that good the law if some it lawfully might use (1 Timothy 8) knowing this that to right law not is set to lawless but and unsubmitting irreverent and sinners unholy ones and desecrators, father killers, mother killers, men murderers, (1 Timothy 9) sexually immoral ones, male bed partners, man trappers, liars, perjurers, and if some other in the being healthy teaching lies against (1 Timothy 10) by the good message of the splendor of the fortunate God which was trusted I.” (1 Timothy 1:11)
Now if I may, note that what you are about to read is not only untrue, it is insane. But nonetheless, this is what Sha’uwl wrote to Timothy in support of his open war 461against Yahowah’s Towrah, against those who observe it and teach it. When I consider the words Sha’uwl claimed were inspired by God, it is hard to fathom how someone this irrational, this jaundiced, this pathetically hostile to Yahowah’s testimony and teaching found one person to believe him, much less billions. He and his message are beyond reprehensible. This is repulsive...
“But (de) we have come to be somewhat aware (oida – we previously acknowledged, albeit vaguely, the possibility (representing the weakest form of knowing in Greek which was further weakened by the indicative mood and then put into the past by the perfect tense)) that (oti) good (kalos – moral and advantageous, sound and fit) the Towrah (o nomos – the nourishing allotment which provides an inheritance (nomos is universally used in the Greek Septuagint rendering of the Hebrew Towrah to translate towrah)) if conditionally (ean – if ever with the implication of a reduced probability) someone (tis – an individual) might deal with it (chraomai auto – might possibly treat it a certain way, perhaps currently and passively using it (present passive subjunctive)) correctly in accordance to the rules (nomimos – properly). (1 Timothy 1:8)
Having realized this (oida touto – having become aware of this (perfect active participle)), that (oti – because) the Towrah (nomos) is not in place (keitai – is not appointed, set, or situated) for the righteous (dikaios – the upright or innocent) but for the Towrahless (de anomos – those without an allocation or an inheritance, for those without the Towrah), (kai) for the disobedient who are not subject to religious beliefs (anypotaktos asebes – the independent, uncontrollable, and insubordinate, who are not subdued, refusing to worship, lacking regard for religious practices), (kai) for unholy sinners (anosios – unreligious and not obedient outcasts who are mistaken), (kai) who are accessible and open-minded (bebelos – the 462approachable and receptive who are irreligious and worldly, willing to step up and walk across the threshold) who kill their own fathers (patroloas) and (kai) for murders their mothers (metroloas), those slaughtering mankind (androphonos – slaying humankind), (1 Timothy 1:9)
...for the sexually immoral and perverted (pornos – fornicators and marketers), homosexual pedophiles and sodomites (arsenokoites), slave traders and kidnappers (andrapodistes), liars (pseustes), perjurers (epiorkos – who provide false witness), and also (kai) if (ei) some other, different, or alternative (ti eteron) thing be opposed to (antikeimai – thing hostile and adversarial to) the accurate (te hygiaino – the sound) doctrine (didaskalia – teaching and instruction) (10) in accord with (kata) the beneficial message (to euangelion – the healing messenger) of the brilliant and glorious (tes doxa – the great and mighty), the blessed and fortunate (makarios – the blissful and lucky) god (theou) which (o) was entrusted to me (pisteuo – have faith place in me (aorist passive indicative first-person singular)), myself (ego – I (scribed in the nominative, thereby renaming the subject, which in this sentence was the lucky god)).” (1 Timothy 1:10-11)
While they have mistranslated nomos as “law,” and feature some antiquated phrasing, the King James Version proudly presents Sha’uwl’s unGodly rant just as the wannabe apostle intended: “But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; (1 Timothy 8) knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, (1 Timothy 9) for whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound 463doctrine; (1 Timothy 10) according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.” (1 Timothy 1:11)
Collectively, Paul and Timothy “have become aware that good the Towrah,” but only “if as a condition someone deals with it in accordance with the rules.” But those rules are not found in the Towrah, because on Paul’s planet, the Torah is for those without the Torah. Of course, that means that the Torah cannot be for anyone because the moment those without the Torah grasp hold of it, they would cease to be Torahless, thereby disqualifying themselves. Paul may have been schooled in religion, but not in logic.
Also, according to Paul, as professed at the end of this rant, everything regarding God has been entrusted to him. So therefore, his “blissful god is fortunate, even blessed,” to have someone with Paul’s credentials conveying this healing message. But it does cause one to wonder why God bothered providing humankind with His Torah and Prophets, especially now that they have been replaced by Paul’s letters. After all, it has to be embarrassing for God to have failed so miserably, only to have to rely on this man to fix all the problems He couldn’t resolve. And it is either that, or Paul was lying.
If you are prone to ignorant and irrational rants, Sha’uwl has reinforced the central plank of his argument against the Towrah by stating: “the Towrah is not in place, appointed, or suited for the righteous, upright, or good.” It is a backhanded way of saying “the Torah cannot save” – which was the primary premise of his Galatians letter. But here he takes this point way beyond incapability to corruptibility. From Paul’s perspective, one he initially articulated in his letter to the Romans, the Towrah, rather than discouraging bad behavior, encourages it. And I suppose that reflects Satan’s view, because it most certainly is not God’s.
464I do, however, find Sha’uwl’s listing of Torah-prone behaviors, revealing. The Torah does not ask us to obey anything or anyone, and in fact, there is no Hebrew word for obey, completely eliminating this possibility. And yet the first thing Sha’uwl says of those who prefer God’s instruction to his own is that they are “anypotaktos – disobedient.” That can only mean that Sha’uwl is demanding obedience, which is to say that he is now reflecting his Lord’s persona. And he is a hypocrite.
Claiming to free souls from having to be obedient to a set of arcane laws by way of faith in the Gospel of Grace, Pauline Christianity takes its devotees in the opposite direction. While Yahowah’s Towrah liberates, Paul’s religion calls for obedience, while denouncing those who do not readily comply.
Those who are anypotaktos reject religious beliefs and are averse to worshiping their gods, just as the Towrah implores. Therefore, once again we see Paul demeaning what Yahowah encourages. Their messages are the antithesis of one another. Similarly, while lords and their political institutions subordinate and subjugate in a quest to control, our Heavenly Father’s Covenant resolves these human tendencies.
Asebes, the second unsavory term on the Pauline list of despicable behaviors is defined as “an aversion to religious beliefs and practices.” Therefore, Paul considers anything that is “opposed to religious beliefs” to be “ungodly and irreverent,” even “wicked,” And yet Yahowah is overtly opposed to all aspects of religion and views our willingness to walk away from such beliefs and practices as being Godly and reverent. Once again, God loves what Paul hates.
Not that it was Sha’uwl’s intent, but the Towrah is for “anosios – unholy sinners,” for “societal outcasts,” the “disobedient,” and “the unreligious.” Yahowah’s guidance 465was specifically designed to reconcile the guilty who, by disobeying religious and political edicts, become societal outcasts.” It is these souls who are invited into His home.
Likewise, Yahowah’s Towrah Teaching only appeals to those who are “bebelos – open-minded and accessible.” Those interested in approaching God along the path that He has provided, those who are receptive to and respond to His invitations to meet with Him, are saved. Interesting in this regard is that bebelos literally speaks of “being willing to step up and walk across a threshold,” and therefore expresses a willingness to approach God by walking through Passover’s life-giving door and across the redemptive threshold of UnYeasted Bread which collectively prepare us for adoption into the Covenant family.
The fourth item on Paul’s list, “patroloas – father killers,” is a twist on the Second of the Three Statements Yahowah etched on the First of Two Tablets, where God told us that one of the reasons He is opposed to religion is that by twisting His testimony fathers corrupt their own children, and their children’s children, precluding their salvation. And then when we add “metroloas – mother murderers” to the list, we have an upheaval of the Second of Seven Instructions Yahowah etched on the Second of the Two Tablets whereby God encouraged us to value our Heavenly Father and Spiritual Mother. And by embracing the Towrah, we demonstrate our respect for God in this way.
The Third of Seven Instructions listed in the Towrah asks us not to make a habit of killing, and yet Sha’uwl would like his religious, and thus ignorant and irrational, audience to believe that the Towrah inspires killing. It is ironic, without the Towrah, all men and women die, their souls ceasing to exist. But with the Towrah, a way is provided to life eternal.
466Beyond discouraging incest, rape, pedophilia, bestiality, and prostitution, the Towrah has very little to say about human sexuality. Even the instruction against adultery speaks of religious infidelity. It is Sha’uwl, not Yahowah, who is fixated on “pornos – fornication.” And while homosexual pedophilia made Paul’s list, he was likely guilty of both with the much younger Timothy. Paul’s lone love was the boy to whom this letter was written.
Kidnapping and slave trading are forms of theft and are thus opposed by God. In fact, for the victims of such crimes, He has a remedy – one known to those who read the central book of the Towrah and consider the purpose of the Yowbel. And even in the First Statement Yahowah etched in stone, God states that His purpose is to free us from slavery. Therefore, here again we find Yahowah and Sha’uwl at cross purposes.
The same thing can be said of “pseustes – liars” and “epiorkos – perjurers,” in that both behaviors are discouraged by the same Instruction: “You should not make a habit of being a false witness.” There is no affinity between the Towrah and lying.
And then there was the broad net, the catchall phrase: “and also if some other, different, or alternative thing be opposed to the accurate doctrine in accordance with the beneficial message...entrusted to me.” Anything in opposition to Pauline Doctrine was thereby defined as a crime akin to murder. And that is perhaps why the Roman Catholic Church for the better part of a thousand years exterminated everyone who would not capitulate.
The idea that God would cease to speak for Himself through His Towrah and Prophets would repudiate that testimony, would abdicate the thing He was best at doing, to hand the single most important job in the universe to a stunningly flawed, admittedly insane and demon-467possessed individual who was an abject failure at rational communication, is ludicrous. And here, Paul was not just claiming the world apart from Yisra’el for himself, he was claiming that “the beneficial message...of god was entrusted to him.” So why did Yahowah bother with Dowd? Why were Dowd’s and Paul’s messages so different? How can Paul’s god be trusted if his previous attempt to deal with humankind was a complete failure?
This statement from Paul to Timothy highlights the ways these wannabe apostles differed from Yahowah. The humans positioned God’s Torah as a set of laws that condemned mankind. God, however, presents His Towrah as a set of instructions that guide His children toward a relationship with Him so that, by way of its promises, He can perfect and adopt His children, empower and enrich them. Since it is His Towrah, and since Yahowah and Dowd are of like mind on its merit and purpose, who do you suppose is right?
It is God’s position that His Towrah guides individuals who are seriously flawed, directing them to the provisions He has provided to make His Covenant children right and thus vindicated. Therefore, His Towrah is the only book for righteous individuals, because it was written expressly to teach imperfect men and women how to become perfected, and thus acquitted and innocent. But Sha’uwl wants to associate the Towrah, not with divine righteousness, but instead, with the worst of human behavior.
Since God says that there is one Towrah for everyone, that its purpose is to make men right, that it is guidance to be observed, not laws to be obeyed, that it makes us Godly by curing us of our errors, and that it clearly instructs us not to murder, methinks Paul is completely wrong. But nonetheless, since Paul despised those who were Torah observant, he continued to equate the Torah with the very things it opposed.
468Those trying to exonerate Paul, might protest, saying that the Torah is not needed by righteous men because they are already perfect, and that Paul was suggesting instead that it was designed for faulty individuals. But such justifications are absurd. First, there is no mention of “righteous men.” Paul wrote “to righteousness the Torah is not appointed,” which is to say that, according to Paul, it is not the Torah’s purpose to perfect us.
Second, since the only means to righteousness is by observing the Torah’s instructions, the Torah is the one and only book every righteous man and woman has in common. Third, while the Torah can rescue a disobedient sinner, even a murderer and lying slave trader, if these behaviors define an individual, as they are presented here, then such people would be averse to the Torah because it is averse to these behaviors.
Fourth, this ridiculous justification requires us to ignore everything Paul has written up to this point and to believe that the Torah he has been assailing is the means to reconciliation when in fact he has made the exact opposite claim. And fifth, Paul just told Timothy that “accurate instruction and beneficial doctrine is opposed to it,” with “it” representing the “Towrah.”
Paul is so consistently arrogant, disingenuous, and duplicitous that I am seldom surprised by anything he says. But on occasion, something he writes is so evil it takes our breath away. Such is the case with his concluding line, where he infers that God is somehow “blessed and happier, blissful, fortunate, and lucky” to have him on the job.
Sha’uwl not only claims that his convoluted and contradictory diatribe is “hygiaino – accurate,” even that he was a “euangelion – good, healing, and beneficial messenger,” but that God’s purpose was in Paul’s voice: “pisteuo ego – entrusted to me.” The God Paul claimed was impotent and could not save anyone was now mute. Paul 469would do the talking and saving from now on.
Sha’uwl no doubt realized that his Lord, especially with the godlike mystique he invented for him, was pleased. As a result, he would be less tormented by his goad. He no doubt believed that his new and improved message would be much more popular than his adversary’s, ultimately making Paul the most influential individual in human history.
But I have had enough of him. So now that we have demonstrated that Paul and Timothy were the deceitful apostles immortalized in Revelation, let’s turn the page and press on. We still have a lot of nasty ground to cover.
Since we have not yet dealt with the fourth chapter of Galatians, and Paul’s “Two Covenant Theory,” had we not considered Paul’s testimony in Acts and First Timothy, you might have been left wondering what it was about this man that caused Yahowah and Gospel Jesus to be so averse to him. After all, he was just one guy sharing his opinion. But there was more to Paul than this.
Returning to the portion of the book of Acts that we considered briefly in a previous chapter, we discover that Paul deliberately put a pagan proverb into his god’s mouth in the third of his three depictions of his “lightning” conversion experience. In Acts 26:14, with Sha’uwl defending himself before King Agrippa, we read:
“And every one (te pas) of us (emon) having fallen down (katapipto – having descended from one level to another, lower one) to the earth (eis ten ge), I heard (akouo – I paid attention, listening, comprehending, and obeying) a voice (phone – a sound, crying out) saying to me (lego pros ego – speaking according to me) in the (te) 470Hebrew (Hebrais) language (dialektos), ‘Sha’uwl, Sha’uwl (Saoul, Saoul – a transliteration of the Hebrew name, Sha’uwl, meaning “Question Him,” a designation synonymous with She’owl – the pit of the dead), why (tis) are you actually pursuing me (dioko me – are you following me, really striving with such intense effort to reach me, hastening and zealously running toward me)?
It’s hard (skleros – it’s demanding and difficult, even rough, harsh, violent, and cruel, especially offensive and intolerable) for you (soi) to resist (laktizo – to kick, to strike with the heel) against (pros) the goad (kentron – a pointed sharp stick used to prick and prod and thus control animals featuring the stinger of a deadly scorpion with the power to ruin and kill, making resistance vain or perilous).” (Acts 26:14)
While it is absurd to suggest that God would choose to say, “it’s difficult for you to kick against or resist a goad stinger,” on this occasion, if those who are prone to give credence to Paul’s claim of a godly encounter do a little homework, they will discover that this citation was actually derived from pagan literature. You will find the phrase cited on line 790 of Euripides’ play, The Bacchae, where “kicking against the goad” was used to describe the consequence of trying to resist Bacchus or Dionysus (the Roman and Greek god who was considered the son of the sun). Rebelling against popular religious beliefs is difficult because the prevailing religious establishment is typically hostile to a person’s refusal to worship their god or gods. This insight from Euripides’, therefore, became a common Greek idiom.
The Bacchae was named after Bacchus’ maenads – or female followers. Euripides’ story pictures the pagan god intoxicating those who believe him. In that the play was written centuries after the Towrah, the faithful are shown striking rocks in Mosaic fashion with Dionysus’ staff, such that water and wine gushed forth from the earth. Honey 471trickles down from his thyrsus, just as manna came down from heaven.
In Euripides’ play, the maenads had King Pentheus’ cousin betray him, luring the king into the woods so they could murder him, literally tearing him apart, after he banned the worship of Dionysus. It was all reminiscent of the Babylonian Tammuz, for whom Christmas, Lent, Easter, Sunday Worship, and the Christian cross originated.
So, we are left with three less-than-ideal choices:
| 1) | Gospel Jesus revealed himself to Sha’uwl in the same way he witnessed Satan falling from heaven and then cited a pagan proverb because he couldn’t think of anything better to say. |
| 2) | Satan revealed himself to Sha’uwl in his natural form and quoted a pagan proverb from Dionysus because there was no better counterfeit upon which to base Pauline Doctrine or the religion of Christianity. |
| 3) | Paul was struck by lightning and made up the rest of the story, citing the line from The Bacchae because he thought that King Agrippa would be impressed by his grasp of Greek and Roman literature. Paul may also have hoped that King Agrippa would equate the Pauline god with Dionysus or Bacchus, with whom he would have been familiar. |
Dionysus (known as Bacchus in Roman mythology, Osiris in Egypt, and Tammuz in Babylon) was chosen by Sha’uwl (or Satan) as a model for his god because the Son of the Sun in pagan literature provided the closest Greek and Roman counterfeit of the Messiah. As the most recent of the twelve Olympian gods, Dionysus represented change: a new and different kind of relationship with the gods. And unlike the vengeful gods of old, Dionysus was 472fun, even forgiving – foreshadowing the Christian distinction between Yahowah and the mythos associated with Gospel Jesus. Very few, if any, religions have created their gods out of whole cloth, but have instead woven the strands of earlier tapestries into their own. The names and locations tend to change, but not much else.
Dionysus was considered an “epiphany – the manifestation of god who mysteriously arrives on the scene to occasionally interact with humankind.” His appearance was said to illuminate his followers and change the meaning and essential nature of what had come before – in perfect harmony with Pauline Doctrine. Even today, January 6th is observed as the Epiphany, commemorating the Magi, or Gentile recognition of god’s appearance, in keeping with the Dionysian Mysteries. And considering Paul’s affinity for being both a divine messenger to be heeded and a divine example to be emulated, Dionysus’ constant companion was Hermes – the messenger of the gods.
Just as blood is represented by wine in the Eucharist, and Gospel Jesus made wine, Dionysus was the god of wine. Just as it was alleged that Gospel Jesus had a divine father and a virgin mother, Dionysius had a divine father, Zeus, the father of the gods, and a mortal virgin mother, Semele. Just as there is a myth that Gospel Jesus’ father took the baby god to Egypt, when Dionysus was born, Zeus carried him away to Egypt to protect him from the envy of rival gods. And so on and on it goes.
As we press deeper into the mythology, we find that many other aspects of the pagan god’s existence foreshadowed their adaptation into Christianity. By his death and resurrection, Dionysus was responsible for liberating his believers and thereby providing the faithful with eternal salvation, in complete harmony with being saved by way of faith in Paul’s Gospel. Dionysus was not only killed and then resurrected each spring; his holy week 473mirrors the week-long Christian observance of Easter. The annual resurrection of Dionysus on the Sunday closest to the Vernal Equinox offered the promise of resurrection from the dead. As such, Dionysus, and thus Bacchus, was known as the “Eleutherios – Liberator,” mirroring the central thrust of Paul’s letters where “believers were freed from being slaves to the Law.” The mythical mission of Dionysus was to bring an end to burdens and worries like you know who. According to Greek mythology, Dionysus was the first to open communications between the living and the dead, paving the way for prayers to Mary and the Christian saints. Even the Roman Catholic Eucharist myth of transubstantiation, where priests allegedly turn wine into blood, was first practiced in the Dionysian religion.
Dionysus was a hermaphrodite, blurring the lines between male and female, and thus contributed to the corruption of Yahowah’s Covenant symbols of father and mother, husband and wife. And he was sexually confused, as was Sha’uwl.
Known as the god who inspired religious rituals, Dionysus’ holy week was celebrated over the course of five days each Spring. And it was the Dionysia which set the stage for the Christian replacement of Passover, UnYeasted Bread, and Firstborn Children, with Palm Sunday (“Passion Sunday”), Maundy Thursday (“institution of Communion”), Good Friday (“death and burial of Jesus Christ”), Holy Saturday (where “Jesus rested in the grave”), and Easter Sunday occurring during the last week of the Babylonian festival of Lent (where the last day of Mardis Gras, called “Fat Tuesday,” precedes the first day of Lent, called “Ash Wednesday”).
Just as the Christian “Jesus Christ” is bereft of his Hebrew heritage, Dionysus was considered an alien among the gods – distanced from his Olympian birth. And consistent with the Lord Ba’al manifestation of Satan, the bull, satyrs, and the serpent became the enduring symbols 474of the Dionysian religion. He is often shown as a mighty hunter, wearing leopard skin, and standing in a chariot drawn by black panthers – all of which are symbolic of Nimrod, the father of the Babylonian religion. The thyrsus staff he is depicted holding is distinguished by the adornment of a large pinecone – a phallic symbol representing “coming forth from the seed,” thereby foreshadowing Paul’s animosity to circumcision and his devotion to the seed of Abraham. By way of this “seed,” the uninitiated were miraculously purified and enabled to dwell with the gods so long as they believed the words of their messengers.
Especially troubling, considering Sha’uwl’s affinity for the Greek Charis and Roman Gratia, according to some myths, Dionysus was their father. They are sometimes presented as the “love children” of his affair with Aphrodite – the goddess of love.
Two hundred and fifty years before Sha’uwl associated Dionysus’ testimony with his conversion experience, Greeks living in what is now southern Italy, as born-again maenads, began celebrating the Bacchanalia, a drunken festival replete with grotesque debaucheries in which the faithful rebelled against all forms of authority, foreshadowing the Catholic celebration of Mardi Gras.
And troubling as all of this is to the credibility of the Christian religion, there is more to the Dionysus line than first meets the eye. Satan used it to warn Sha’uwl that he would not be able to rebel against him. The Adversary had a way of controlling the man. Paul’s ego would be his vulnerability, and demon possession would be the implement. This confession is found in 2 Corinthians 12, the ego-laden demonic encounter we have considered previously.
475By way of review, Paulos wrote: “But when Kephas came to Antioch, I was opposed to and against his presence. I stood in hostile opposition because he was convicted and condemned, even ignorant. (Galatians 2:11) Because, before a certain individual came from Ya’aqob, he was eating together with the different races, but when he came, he was withdrawing and was separating himself, out of fear of the circumcised. (Galatians 2:12) So they were hypocritical, and also the remaining Yahuwdym. As a result even Barnabas was led away and astray with them in the duplicitous hypocrisy.” (Galatians 2:13)
Beyond what Shim’own and Yahowchanan had to say about Sha’uwl and his letters, there are additional ways to ascertain the merits of his Foolology. One way would be to examine the writing quality. For that, I present Exhibit A: Galatians 2:14. But before we ponder this incomprehensible verse, please note that Papyrus 46, dated potentially as early as 95 CE but no later than 225 CE, omits “kai ouchi zao Ioudaikos,” from the end of this passage. Translated, the extra-textual phrase means “and do not live Yahuwdym.”
Therefore, with the scribal additions in brackets, along with the omitted words duly noted, the earliest witness reads:
“Nevertheless (alla – by contrast and to the contrary), when (hote) I saw (horao – perceived as a result of seeing with my own eyes) that (hoti – because) they were not walking through life rightly (ou orthopodeo – they were not behaving as they should; literally straight or upright foot) with (pros) the (o) truth (aletheia – that which is in accord with reality) of the healing messenger and beneficial message (euangelion), I said (eipon) to (to) Kephas (Kephas – a transliteration of the Hebrew word for Rock of Reconciliation) in front of (emprosthen) all (pas): ‘If (ei) you (sy) Yahuwdym (Ioudaios – an inaccurate 476transliteration of the Hebrew Yahuwdym, meaning Related to Yah, commonly known today as Jews) actively being (hyparcho – existing as (present active)) ethnic (ethnikos – races or ethnicities; a derivation of ethnos – ethnicity; while only used this once as an adverb, as a noun Paul uses it to infer Gentile) [and (kai) do not (ouchi) live (zao) Yahuwdym (Ioudaikos)], how (pos – in what way) the ethnicities (ta ethnos – people from different races and places) you compel and force (anagkazo – you necessitate by compulsion) (being / acting) Yahuwdym (Ioudaizein – Paul concocted a Greek verb out of the Hebrew proper noun, Yahuwdym – Related to Yah (verb present active infinitive))?’” (Galatians 2:14)
In the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament, 27th Edition with McReynolds English Interlinear, we find this same amalgamation of words, albeit inclusive of the extraneous clause, rendered: “But when I saw that not they walk straight to the truth of the good message, I said to the Cephas in front of all if you Judean existing nationally and not Judaically live how the nations you compel to judaize?” This was written so poorly, these scholars had to make up two words, “Judaically” and “judaize,” in their attempt to “translate” Paul. And sadly for them, there is no such thing as “Judaically” or a “Judaizer.” Rabbis do not proselytize like Christians. They want Jews to practice Judaism and for Gentiles to leave them alone. The name of the ethnicity according to Yahowah is Yisra’elite and the name of the religion according to man in Judaism. One does not constitute the other.
If Paul had told the truth when he claimed that faith alone saves, then a person’s walk through life would have been irrelevant. Besides, who appointed Paul a Shaphat | Judge – one who determines who is right and who is wrong pursuant to the Towrah? Moreover, what was the basis of his verdict? This time, the grand usurper and maligner couldn’t even find a Godly proclamation to misappropriate 477or corrupt.
While poorly worded, unexplained, and, thus, worthless, the opening clause is at least comprehensible: “Nevertheless, by contrast, when I perceived that they were not walking rightly, behaving as they should, with the truth of the beneficial message,...” Sha’uwl claimed in his letter to Timothy that his “euangelion – good message” had been entrusted exclusively to him, and to him alone, by God, so anyone who did not capitulate regarding his mandate and agree with his doctrine was behaving improperly. And since both claims were in conflict with the Towrah and common sense, Shim’own’s actions were in conflict with Sha’uwl’s egocentric view of the world. However, the reason Sha’uwl did not explain why he believed the Rock was wrong is that, according to the Towrah, Shim’own was likely right.
For the record, Shim’own would have been in violation of Rabbinic Law for sharing a meal with Gentiles, and in compliance with the Talmud when he left. And while that is interesting, it is also irrelevant because the disciples did not adhere to rabbinical teaching. Since nothing else was mentioned, any other conclusion would be speculation. The menu was not described. All that we know is that the participants were mixed with regard to their ethnicity.
The second clause, especially without the scribal addition, makes no sense: “I said to Kephas in front of all: ‘If you Yahuwdym actively being ethnic, how the ethnicities you compel and force (being / acting) Yahuwdym?’” The first problem is that, as an adverb, “ethnikos – ethnic” is modifying the verb, “hyparcho – existing as,” making it “existing ethnically.” And since Sha’uwl habitually uses ethnos to address races other than Yahuwdym, by extrapolation, he may be saying that the disciples were “acting like Gentiles.” But that notion is torn asunder by the realization that Paulos preferred the Gentile 478ways to those of his brethren, which would have received an accommodation from Paul, not condemnation. Also, from a logical perspective, the disciples could not have been “Judaizers” if they were adapting to the Gentile customs.
The second issue is that Ioudaizein is not a word. It begins by attempting to transliterate the plural of either Yahuwdah or Yahuwd which is Yahuwdym, but then ends in an attempt to magically transform the proper noun into a verb, which is incriminating since it is quite similar to the Quran.
If we were to play along, Ioudaizein in the modern vernacular would convey “being or acting Jewish.” But then Sha’uwl’s argument falls apart because he is opposed to what he is proposing. Moreover, the Towrah never asks Yahuwdym to convert Gowym. While everyone is offered the same advice, opportunity, and benefits, Gowym become members of the Covenant, not Yahuwdym, by acceptance. Our souls are transformed, not our genes.
Third, with God, freewill is sacrosanct, and thus compulsion is abhorrent to Yahowah, as is any form of oppression or submission. Therefore, this is pointless and errant.
Further, Sha’uwl has it all wrong. God never asks Gowym to act like Yahuwdym, but instead asks Yahuwdym not to act like Gowym in the sense of being political or religious. This is because the Babylonian influence which metastasized into the beasts of Persia, Greece, Rome, and Roman Catholicism have been caustic to God’s people. Their religions and political aspirations shaped the world as we know it, a world from which Yahowah wants us to disassociate ourselves because it is deceitful, destructive, and deadly. Therefore, Yahowah does not want Yahuwdym to adopt the cultures and traditions, the politics or religions, the militarism or 479conspiracies of the Gentile nations.
While the Talmud, Oral Law, and rabbinical traditions are Jewish customs, and unworthy of our attention, the Towrah is not comprised of Jewish law or Jewish traditions. The Towrah is replete with Yahowah’s instructions for living in this world and guidance for those who want to enjoy the next. So since Jewish customs and traditions are inconsistent with the truth, at least according to God, Sha’uwl, by inferring that Shim’own as a Jew wanted to force people to submit to Jewish traditions, committed a grievous crime and misled billions in the process.
Regarding this highly charged and nearly incomprehensible statement, the KJV elected to write: “But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?”
Trying to make sense of this, more than a thousand years earlier, Jerome crafted the following in his Latin Vulgate for his pope: “But when I had seen that they were not walking correctly, by the truth of the evangelii, I said to Cephas in front of everyone: “If you, while you are a Jew, are living like the Gentiles and not the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to keep the customs of the Iudaizare?”
While the NLT reads more smoothly, it is a flight of fancy: “When I saw that they were not following the truth of the gospel message, I said to Peter in front of all the others, "Since you, a Jew by birth, have discarded the Jewish laws and are living like a Gentile, why are you now trying to make these Gentiles follow the Jewish traditions?”
As a result of this statement, and others like it, 480Christians have been beguiled into believing that being Jewish and Torah-observant are synonymous with the religion of Judaism. Most people cannot distinguish between the race and religion today, commingling them as if they were one and the same. This God-damned babel is what Sha’uwl meant to convey with his use of “Ioudaizein – Judaizers.” But while the race and the religion often share a nexus, most Jews are not religious. Further, while there are Jews who are Torah-observant, religious Jews, those practicing Judaism, universally elevate their Talmud over the Towrah, not unlike Christians prioritizing their New Testament over the “Old Testament.” When they differ, which is often, those who are religious believe the human instructions.
More importantly, Yahowah loves and distinguishes Yahuwdym over all others and God despises Judaism even more than Christianity, Islam, Conspiracy, or Progressivism. And since Sha’uwl sought to condemn both, including Yahuwdym | the Beloved of Yah, he was and remains a plague.
The reason this crime has been so catastrophic is that now, as a result of Paul’s mythical “Judaizers,” when someone who is actually Towrah-observant teaches others what God revealed, Yahowah’s instructions and invitations are summarily dismissed by Gentiles because they are perceived to be Jewish. They reject Yahowah’s Invitation to attend Passover for racial and religious reasons, even though it represents the lone doorway to life, even though Dowd, as the Son of God and Messiah, observed it and fulfilled it.
Similarly, they reject Yahowah’s encouragement to make the Shabat a special part of our relationship with God, discarding it because they wrongly think that it is “Jewish,” preferring instead to embrace the Gentile religious custom of Sunday worship. The “Old Covenant” in the Christian religion was replaced by a “New Covenant” because Paul 481led Christians to believe that the former was for the Jews and the latter was for Gentiles. And as a result, Christians have universally rejected Yahowah’s one and only Covenant and have rebuffed His Invitations, precluding them from forming a relationship with God and forestalling any opportunity for their reconciliation.
In this regard, Gospel Jesus, not Sha’uwl, provided a compelling example of how the Pharisees, the ultra-religious Jews who were devoted to their traditions and Oral Law (akin to the Haredim today), tried to impose their ill-conceived rules on Jews.
“He said to them (kai lego autos), ‘You have a finely-crafted way to reject and invalidate (kalos atheteo – you have finely tuned the means to nullify and dispute the validity of) the instruction (entole – precept and prescription) of (tou) God (ΘΥ) in order (hina) to establish (histamai – to propose, maintain, and uphold) your (sy) tradition (paradosis – way and narrative that has been handed down over time, given to one person after another). (Mark 7:9)
For (gar) Moses (Mouses) revealed (eipon), “Recognize and respect (timao – highly value, honor, and revere) your father (ton ΠΡΑ sou) and (kai) your mother (ten ΜΤΑ sou),” and also (kai), “The one maligning (o kakologeo – the one reviling, cursing, and speaking badly about using unjustified and abusive language so as to denounce and insult) the Father (ΠΡΑ) or (e) Mother (ΜΤΑ) is the plague of death (thanatos – in the separation of the soul from the body as a result of this pandemic disease) let him die, terminating his existence (teluuueutao – let this be the end of his life).”’” (Mark 7:9-10)
Even as a myth, Gospel Jesus is said to have recognized and stated that Rabbinic Law was inconsistent with the Towrah, and thus destructive. Beyond this, the 482realization that Father and Mother were presented using “Divine Placeholders” suggests that he was also aware that they represent our Heavenly Father and our Spiritual Mother in the Instruction carved in stone.
In this regard, kokologeo is especially telling. Comprised of kakos and logos, it speaks of “those whose words convey a bad attitude because they view things from the wrong perspective, as their mode of thinking is errant, and thus their speech is troublesome, injurious, pernicious, and destructive.”
This assessment in opposition to rabbinical traditions continued with…
“‘But (de – by contrast), you, yourselves, say (umeis lego – you attest and imply), “If (ean – conditionally) a man (anthropos – an individual) may tell, speaking (eiphe – may say) to the father or to the mother (to patri e te metri), ‘Korban (korban – a transliteration of a Hebrew word designating a gift offering used to approach God),’ which (o) is (estin) a gift (doron – an offering) that (o) conditionally (ean) you might receive as a provision and assistance (opheleo – you may benefit) from me (ek ego), (Mark 7:11) therefore, you no longer permit (ouketi aphiemi – accordingly, then, you negate any additional credit or opportunity) for him (auton) to perform or provide (poieo) for the father or for the mother (to patri e te metri), (Mark 7:12) invalidating the authority of (akyroo – nullifying and voiding) the Word (Logos) of of God (tou ΘΥ) through your traditions (te paradosis umon – by your teachings and instructions) which you have handed down as if it were an authorized (e paradidomi – that you have granted, bestowed, supplied, and controlled in an act of betrayal). And (kai) many (polys) very similar (paromoios) such things (toioutos) you do (poieomai).’” (Mark 7:11-13)
The Rabbis had devised a “wealth preservation” 483scheme which, according to their Oral Law, allowed religious Jews to shirk their responsibilities in defiance of the Towrah’s instructions. Misrepresenting and falsely interpreting the Towrah has become a game in Judaism, as it was to Sha’uwl. And that is why Yahowah said through the prophet, Howsha’ | Hosea:
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being ministers for Me; because you have forgotten the Towrah of your God, I also will forget your children.” (Howsha’ / He Saves / Hosea 4:6)
According to God, it is the Towrah or nothing. Those who reject His Towrah | Guidance are forgotten. Therefore, rather than nailing Martin Luther’s thesis against indulgences on the doors of a Catholic cathedral, distributing Yahowah’s testimony would have served a higher calling.
At this point in his diatribe against Jews in general and the disciples in particular, Sha’uwl contradicts himself. The “Jewish activities” and religion he has been condemning, he says, make Jews superior to heathen Gentile outcasts, in spite of the fact that he has catered to their sensibilities. While it proves that Paul cannot be trusted, there was a reason for his duplicity. Within the context of an irrational argument like this one, a disingenuous individual can feign allegiance and sympathy toward Jews, for example, thereby forestalling the charge of being an anti-Semite, while not risking the loss of his devotees because it would never dawn on them to question him.
“We (emeis) Yahuwdym (Ioudaios – Judeans) by nature (physis – in origin and character) and (kai) not (ou) from (ek) sinful (hamartolos – social outcasts avoiding the way and thus heathen) races (ethnos – ethnicities).” (Galatians 2:15)
484Hamartolos was commonly used by the Pharisees to describe and demean a “Jew who was not religious and who did not adhere to rabbinical rules and traditions.” From the perspective of a rabbi, it is akin to using the “N” word.
This “verse” was comprised of a pronoun (ego), two nouns (physis and ethnos), two adjectives (Ioudaios and amartolos), a conjunction (kai), a negative particle (ou), and a preposition (ek), all manner of speech except a verb. It was therefore rendered as follows by the Nestle-Aland McReynolds Interlinear: “We in nature Judeans and not from nations sinners...”
Yahowah does not want His children to emulate the religious and political ways of the Gentile nations and says so regularly in the Torah and Prophets. But He is even more condemning when it comes to the religious and political conduct of Yisra’elites. Therefore, being “Yahuwdym by nature” does not exclude them from being sinful – in fact, as we have seen, the opposite is typically true. In other words, Paul’s comments continue to conflict with God’s testimony.
Also, by stating this in conjunction with his concocted “Ioudaizein – acting Jewish / Judaizer” commentary, Sha’uwl seems to be suggesting that it is appropriate to follow Jewish traditions. However, that is not the case, at least according to Yahowah. Even worse, in the next chapter, we find Sha’uwl awkwardly and immediately transitioning to a denunciation of the Towrah, claiming that it cannot save, putting his preamble in conflict with his conclusion.
While the Greek text was grammatically inadequate, 17th-century English Bible translators stood ready to make the founder of their religion appear literate. The KJV published: “We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,” Jerome in his LV tried: “By nature, we are 485Iudæi, and not of the Gentibus, sinners.” Even the NLT played along: “‘You and I are Jews by birth, not “sinners” like the Gentiles.’”
Paul just used a dreadful xenophobic pejorative to demean those he was asking to believe him and yet it did not faze them. But we should not be surprised. He told them that he was a sexual pervert, a murderer, insane, and demon-possessed, and that did not cause them to question him either. Religion is a neurotoxin, paralyzing the victims’ ability to think and respond rationally or morally. And it renders them capable of perpetrating horrible crimes against humanity, who the believers torture and kill at the behest of their god. This is what makes religion so deadly and damning.
