Christians Remain Totally Alienated From Their Own Scriptures

Why has the Church embraced the dogma of Roman Emperors, while rejecting the Original Gospel Objectives -- permitting itself to become immersed in this gravest absurdity and denial of Gospel teachings and facts?   Because it is the victim of what has come to be known as Stockholm Syndrome -- and after being ravished and robbed of its spiritual core and essence by a series of pagan emperors who literally forced their dogma upon the Church, this same body of manmade dogma has rendered the Church spiritually impotent and unable to escape the very dogmatic shackles that enslave the Christian world in a self-exiled Spiritual Diaspora.   

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why”

Mark Twain

  The First Fatal Mistake - Before Logos And The Source Of The Gospel: The word prologue literally means: Before Logos -- and when properly understood, Christians are being denied access to the (Indwelling) Logos because the Pagan Church of 4^th Century Rome forced the dogma of the emperor on the Christian world -- creating an environment best portrayed as spiritual-castration -- resulting in a total alienation of the community of believers from the path they must travel in TheWay -- which was supposed to enable them to enter the Inner Kingdom -- and being taught in the Presence of the Logos/Son of God.   This Spiritual Manna of the Kingdom which is the Essential Knowledge that can only be conveyed directly into the mind of the sincere seeker/disciple, is represented in the Greek word Gnosis -- which is a knowledge that cannot be read in any books or taught by one man to another -- and only Revealed by the Indwelling Logos/Son of God.   When biblical scholar and Dead Sea Scroll expert A. Powell Davies attempted to warn the Christian world that “Biblical scholars were not disturbed by what they found in the Dead Sea Scrolls because they had known all along that the origin of Christianity was not what was commonly supposed to have been” -- and another scholar expert Prof. John Allegro stated that the Dead Sea Scrolls provide overwhelming evidence that “...may upset a great many basic teachings of the Christian Church.   This in turn would greatly upset many Christian Theologians and believers.   The heart of the matter is, in fact, the source and originality of Christian doctrine” -- what the biblical scholars confirmed is the fact that the dogmatic doctrines of the Church has virtually nothing in common with the core teachings and objectives of the Original Gospel Message of the Good News!   In an interview for Christianity Today, Lisa Ann Cockrel quoted Brian McLaren's statement: "One of the problems is that the average Christian in the average church who listens to the average Christian broadcasting has such an oversimplified understanding of both the Bible and of church history - it would be deeply disturbing for them to really learn about church history" (see Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right).  But in view of the fact that the original followers of Jesus were all hunted down as heretics because they refused to accept the religion of the emperor, it should come as no surprise that modern Christianity has virtually nothing in common with both the pre-Nicene Church, or the original teachings of TheWay.   

   The Second Fatal Mistake - The Higher Reality Of The Soul And Kingdom Is Incomprehensible To Christians Of The Simple Faith: After Paul had personally taught the congregation of Christians at Corinth, he warned them that all he could give and teach them -- and all that they could receive and comprehend -- was the elementary Gospel teachings that were allegorically presented in what appeared to be an historical account of Jesus and him crucified.  Paul portrayed these entry-level doctrines as the traditions of "Jesus and the crucifixion".   This fact is explored and proven in the subheading entitled Mystery Of The Gospel.   Even after personally teaching this Christian Congregation, Paul warns them that the higher reality of the soul and the Kingdom is so incomprehensible to man in his "natural" organic condition of mind, that they would condemn and reject the spiritual meaning of the Gospel as utter "foolishness"!!!   To even imagine that the modern Christian whose doctrines of belief is based upon what the Biblical scholar points out is the gravely flawed "..source and originality of Christian doctrine” that came into being in the fourth century --  and that the modern believer whose thinking has been imbued with this fourth century pagan dogma can merely open the Bible to confirm their beliefs -- and ignore the warning of Paul and the biblical authors that even those Christians who the Apostles personally taught and were of a more pure understanding could not comprehend the true meaning and the  Mystery Of The Gospel, are a people asking to be deceived.    

  The Third Fatal Mistake - The Prison - Dwelling In A Self-Imposed Spiritual Diaspora:   While the analogy of Plato's Cave which portrays a world of illusions has perpetually perplexed mankind, in a similar manner the Gospel portrays mankind as dwelling in what is called the "outer darkness" of mind and being (see Outer Darkness).   Most people who read the Gospels skip over where Jesus teaches the people only in the enigma of parables (see In The House - Taught In Parables) -- portraying the people as being dull of hearing, with eyes that do not see, and hearts that cannot comprehend anything beyond what is superficial and lacking in depth of understanding.    Yet, modern Bible readers mechanically skip over this warning without ever asking the reason why the people who are portrayed as either "without", or "outside", as being incapable of comprehending with any depth of reason and intellect?   And because the modern bible reader never poses this question of primary importance, the modern reader remains totally disenfranchised from the true meaning of the scriptures.    Why?   Because physical organic consciousness and man's "natural" condition of mind is embryonic -- and like a seed, must be evolved and matured with the proper nourishing impressions that will bring about a balanced development and Wholeness -- and this necessary development beyond the embryonic physical limitations and condition of mind which Paul portrayed as the "natural" mind of man, can only be accomplished through the process of expanding and evolving the mind from its seed-state which was portrayed by Jesus as the "outer darkness" of mind and being (see Outer Darkness), into a mature condition that is portrayed in the Gospels as Wholeness.    Which is why Paul warned that even the congregation of believers who he personally taught -- a congregation of believers who Paul portrays as having been "...enriched in every way -- in all your speaking and in all your knowledge -- because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed” (1 Cor 1:4-7 NIV) -- were yet too immature in their level of development and condition of mind, to comprehend the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom.   And in confirmation of this fact, in the second chapter of the very same Epistle Paul warns these believers who have been given all knowledge and testimony of Christ: “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Cor 2:14 NKJ).    Paul then goes on and warns these believers of a natural mind who were baptized and dedicated to Christ: “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babes in Christ” (1 Cor 3:1 NAS).   Thus, these believers could only be taught the doctrine of Jesus Christ and him crucified (1 Cor 2:2), because they were not yet spiritual men -- but rather, they were men of flesh and still very much “babes in Christ”.   Paul then explains that: “I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able” (1 Cor 3:2 NAS).   What should be troubling to the modern believer is that Paul openly admits that the baptized and confirmed Christians at Corinth -- people who had accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior and received the gifts of the laying on of hands and speaking in tongues -- people who were not taught by preachers and priests, but the Apostle himself -- were not yet able to understand and comprehend what Paul referred to as the Mysteries of the Gospel of God.

To skip over the warning of Paul that the congregation of believers who he had himself taught, baptized and confirmed, would reject the spiritual meaning of the Gospel as utter "foolishness" (see Mystery Of The Gospel), remains one of the greatest absurdities of the Church that remains in its forefront of spiritual failure.  With respect to the question as to why the people who are portrayed as either "without", or "outside", are incapable of comprehending the True Gospel Teachings with any depth of reason and intellect?    Paul warns that the entry-level acts of baptism, confirmation and turning to Christ, is not enough to comprehend the Spiritual Meaning of the Gospel.   And, what modern Christians all fail to recognize is the fact that what Jesus is portraying with respect to the people's inability to comprehend the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom, is the effects of  the "outer darkness" of mind and being (see Outer Darkness) that continues to plague them, even though they have begun their journey in TheWay by embracing the entry-level teachings that Paul portrays as the "traditions" of Christ!   And because all that organic man does see with his limited vision and understanding, is the shadow-world that is portrayed in the analogy of the illusions of  Plato's Cave.   And this is why the Gospel of Thomas states: "Recognize what is in your sight, and that which is hidden from you will become plain to you".

The people of this world dwell in a mass of confusion -- limited by the effects of the Tower Of Babel Syndrome -- is representative of the effects of the Outer Darkness which causes organic man to perceive from a very fragmentary perception and limited understanding that inhibits his cognitive vision and comprehension.   As demonstrated at the subheading The Heightening And Expansion Of Mind, the original Gospel purpose and objectives was to bring about the process that would mature and enlighten the mind of the seeker/disciple of TheWay.   But since the vast majority of mankind dwells in what the Gospel portrays as various mental-prisons (see The Prison) -- and in their failure to understand the Laws and the Higher Purpose of life in this realm as God's Divine SchoolHouse (see http://DivineStrategery.com) -- they remain shackled to their little world of illusions and delusions, and can only make progress at a virtual snails pace.   One of the secrets to breaking the shackles of  The Prison, is to begin to live and embrace the Gospel teachings of the Sermon on the Mount -- and begin to properly apply what the Gospel portrays as the Key of Knowledge -- not only to the allegorical scriptures, but also the illusions that are allusions of this world (see  Plato's Cave ).   But since the vast majority of Christians have embraced the dogma of Martin Luther that they are exempt from the requirements of the Royal Law -- and they have embraced the Jesus-god of the Pagan Emperor Constantine -- they never actually begin to embrace and live out the concepts of the Sermon on the Mount -- living cultural lifestyles and thinking-mindsets that in every way is against the Pure Gospel Teachings.   Resulting in the reality that they remained shackled to their various self-imposed Prisons -- dwelling under the illusions of Plato's Cave -- remaining a mental infant that is spiritually barren in the Outer Darkness of mind and being.   Dwelling in the extreme Poverty portrayed in the Gospel of Thomas -- failing to fulfill the adage to Know Thyself.   And if you question the above, at the link on The Prison you will find the reality explored: “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows” (Gal 6:7 NIV). 

  The Sixth Fatal Mistake - Ignoring The Great Void Created By Man's Dogma: In light of the foregoing, for Christians to promote the idea that they can merely read the scriptures and ascertain the Word of God -- while ignoring the many warnings that directly conflict with this idea -- is perhaps the greatest folly known to man.   To create a theology based upon a human interpretation of the written word that Paul portrays as "letter that killeth [and] Jewish folktales" (see 2 Cor 3:6; Titus 1:14) -- demanding what Paul states is the incomprehensible Mysteries of God to be expressed within the limitation of embryonic human words and thoughts, is arguably the greatest human absurdity known to man.    And yet, the modern Christian Church has permitted itself to be founded upon this grave folly and absurdity. 

Why has the Church permitted itself to become immersed in this gravest absurdity and denial of Gospel teachings and facts?   Because it is the victim of what has come to be known as Stockholm Syndrome -- and after being ravished and robbed of its spiritual core and essence by a series of pagan emperors who literally forced their dogma upon the Church, this same body of manmade dogma has rendered the Church spiritually impotent and unable to escape the very dogmatic shackles that enslave the Christian world in a self-exiled Spiritual Diaspora.   

In total conflict with the manmade pagan dogma of the Church, the scriptures were never composed so as to convey and teach about the Mysteries of the Soul of man and the Kingdom of God -- but rather, the scriptures are themselves a macrocosmic parable that contains within them microcosmic parables designed to convey to each reader only that level of truth in direct accord with their own condition of mind -- and when the Key of Knowledge is properly applied, what is allegorically conveyed to the seeker/disciple is the Forces and Laws of Mind and Consciousness that the individual must prevail over in pursuit of gaining entrance to the Inner Kingdom which Jesus declared that each of the lost prodigal sons must return to -- as the seeker/disciple fulfills the Gospel Objectives, and has undergone the necessary transformation of self from that of an embryonic seed-self, to a state of Spiritual Wholeness and Completion.   And that there is only One Teacher (see True Prophet) that Jesus taught to seek out, MUST be the True Christian's sole Source of Instruction -- and this evolved condition can only be brought about by picking up one's own cross, travailing in TheWay, and living the necessary Consecrated Life in word, thought, desire and deed that transforms the physical body and mind into The Final Temple.     

Allegorically, when the Key of Knowledge is properly applied to the Torah/Old Testament, what is being presented beneath the garb of the written word of the text, is the necessary esoteric knowledge to reform the physical body-mind into the Living Temple of the Most High.   In the words of Paul: "...as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, 'See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain'" (Heb 8:5 NKJ) -- what is presented in the Torah/Old Testament is the knowledge of the Forces and Laws that must be prevailed over in the building of The Final Temple -- which enables the seeker/disciple as the High Priest of the Living Temple, to enter the Holy of Holies, dwell in the Kingdom while still living in the physical body-vessel, and learn directly from the True Prophet that Jesus taught to seek out.  Which is exactly what the historical man Jesus did in order to become the first of the prodigal son to return to the Kingdom -- i.e., the original Ebionite Nazirene disciples of Jesus who were taught directly by him, held to the position that (quoting The Ten Words) Jesus "...was justified by fulfilling the Law.  He was the Christ of God, since not one of the rest of mankind had observed the Law completely. Had any one else fulfilled the commandments of the Law, he would have been the Christ, for they assert that our Lord Himself was a man in like sense with all humanity" (see Hippolytus, Refut. Omn. Haer. vii. 34).   When the Ebionite Nazirenes  make reference to the Law, this very much includes the Laws of Creation as portrayed in the words "...the designs/laws found throughout Nature and all of Creation".    That the historical man Jesus was a pattern for all of mankind because of his success in overcoming the Laws, is demonstrated in the words: "He was the Christ of God, since not one of the rest of mankind had observed the Law completely. Had any one else fulfilled the commandments of the Law, he would have been the Christ..."   And this confirms this statement with respect to the true potential of all of mankind that Jesus taught, as demonstrated in the words of Hippolytus when he wrote that they believed that when anyone "...thus fulfill the law, they are able to become Christs" (Hippolytus, Refut. Omn. Haer. vii. 34 - see http://Ebionite.com ).   And this is why Jesus taught that he was our brother -- i.e., "Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God'" (John 20:17 NIV).

In the above I have demonstrated that the authors of the scriptures warned that "human thought" which is embryonic, is totally incapable of comprehending the higher reality of the soul and the Mysteries of the Kingdom.   And that because of these inherent organic limitations, it is impossible to write the Spiritual Truths of the Gospel in the words of man, so that he could read and understand what the authors of the scriptures warn in incomprehensible for "natural" organic man to comprehend.   So, then, if we pose the question: What, then, is the substance of the written words of the scriptures?   The Torah/Old Testament is an allegorical text that must be turned within self using the Key of Knowledge, which inner body of concealed esoteric knowledge instructs the seeker/disciple how to build  The Final Temple in the transformation of their own body/mind and being.  

  The Seventh Fatal Mistake - The Throwing Away Of The Key Of Knowledge: While the Christians, like the Jews before them who threw away the Key of Knowledge, look for the Kingdom to come outwardly upon the earth, the Gospel itself states that the Kingdom will never come upon the earth, because it is within you -- and it is therein that you must seek it: "And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God comes not with observation: Neither shall they say, See here! or, see there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you" (Luke 17:20-21).   If it is true and the Kingdom is within you, then the question that Christians should be asking, is how must it be entered?   The answer is the proper application of the Key of Knowledge by turning the scriptures within your own mind and being -- i.e., "How terrible it will be for you experts in religious law! For you hide the key to knowledge from the people. You don't enter the Kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering" (Luke 11:52).  Thus, in understanding these words spoken to the Pharisees, the questions must be asked: How did the Pharisees and Jewish authorities "...hide the key to knowledge from the people"?   Why did Jesus condemn the leaders of the Jews for failing to enter the Kingdom themselves? -- i.e., "...You don't enter the Kingdom yourselves"!   And how did the religious leaders of the Jews "...prevent others from entering?"   That the primary objective of the Gospel is to prepare and enable the seeker/disciple to enter the Kingdom, is further demonstrated in Jesus' condemnation of the blind religious leaders as seen in the words: "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to" (Matt 23:13 NIV).  Which means that the Kingdom of God is not something that will come is we wait for it -- but rather, it is a reality which man must seek and find -- within himself.   

Taking the above one step further, I fully realize that many Bible translations simply refuse to interpret Luke 17:21 correctly.   In analysis of this great biblical controversy, Robertson’s Word Pictures of the New Testament writes: “What Jesus says to the Pharisees is that they, as others, are to look for the kingdom of God within themselves, not in outward displays and supernatural manifestations. It is not a localized display ‘Here’ or ‘There.’ It is in this sense that in Luke 11:20 Jesus spoke of the kingdom of God as ‘come upon you,’ speaking to Pharisees”.   The article then goes on to add that the only other instance of the Greek word “entos” being used in the New Testament, is at Matthew 23:26, where the Pharisees are told to clean “the inside of the cup”.   Moreover, the Wescott and Hort Greek text, as well as most other authorities, render the translation of this word: “inside of you is”.   Which means that the original teachings of TheWay was a system whereby the seeker/disciple takes the yoke of Messiah/Christ upon themselves -- picking up their own cross and travailing in TheWay -- which enables the disciple to enter through the "narrow gate" and dwell in the Kingdom, while still physically alive in the body -- overcoming the division of heaven and earth within the person -- i.e., the Lord commanded his followers to "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it" (Matt 7:13-14 NIV).    Because the Church threw away the Key of Knowledge, and adopted pagan dogmatic doctrines of belief, the Christian world sits idly complacent on the side of the "broad-way  ...that leads to destruction" -- giving lip service and worshiping their brother, that they must themselves imitate, in order to enter into Life.    And it was for this reason that the Adam Clark Commentary stated that if the original Gospel portrayal of the historical man Jesus was correct, that "...the whole Christian system is vain and baseless"!!! (see The Ten Words).   
The True Reality Of The Scriptures: While the scriptures when used for their intended purpose as the Key of Knowledge -- and this is especially true of the Gospels -- are the most important writings available to mankind in his quest for Knowledge and the Ultimate Answers to all of Life -- the fact that manmade pagan dogma was forced on the Church by the sword of Roman Emperors, and in its present spiritually defiled condition has rendered the Church spiritually impotent -- is the purpose of this writing is to bring about the goal of restoring the Gospel teachings of Jesus and TheWay to their former place of Anointed Honor.   The Didache states: There are two ways, one of life and one of death -- the way of this world leads the person down the "broad-way of self-destruction" -- as does also manmade dogma -- but, when the scriptures are used in accord with their original intention and objectives as the Key of Knowledge, they are able to open the inner "narrow strait gate" that provides entrance for the prodigal son and daughter to return to the Kingdom.   What can be called The Ten Minute Test conclusively demonstrates that the whole of modern Church dogma is condemned and rejected in the Bible as Spiritual Apostasy!!!   What is known as The Ten Words demonstrates conclusively that the original Ebionite Nazirene Disciples of Jesus were correct -- that the Gospel was edited by the later Church of Rome to support the dogma that Jesus was the rebirth of the Mithraic sun-god -- and that the Original Gospel confirms that Jesus was a true holy man who became the Anointed (Messiah/Christ) at his baptism in the Jordan when the Father said the words: "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee" (see The Ten Words ).    And that the Christian world has been cast into a Spiritual Disapora, because they have thrown way the Key of Knowledge in the manner of the Pharisees before them, they have adopted Roman Pagan dogma -- and even though their primary doctrines of belief are openly condemned as spiritual apostasy in the very New Testament scriptures they use (see The Ten Minute Test ), in their spiritual complacency they make no effort to pick up their own cross and travail in TheWay as Jesus commanded, and prove the Truth within them by using the Key of Knowledge to gain entrance to the inner Kingdom!!! 

In a recent forum discussion (see Nazirene Disciple Forum) I was asked the question as to why most people don't remember their past lives.   My answer that I will present in the below, will be in the form of two different responses to the question?   First, as a preface to my below explanation, it is important for the reader to be cognizant of the fact that the biblical authors warned that it is virtually impossible for the mind of "natural" organic man to comprehend his own higher soul and spiritual reality -- as detailed in the Prologue Of The Key Of Knowledge -- and to their own spiritual undoing, Christians perpetually ignore this warning.    Secondly, it is easily demonstrated that while Jesus taught the reality of the pre-existent soul that evolves to perfection over the course of many lifetimes (see Christian Reincarnation), he did not teach reincarnation from an Eastern or New Age perspective -- which perspective is a counterfeit doctrine of belief.   And if this appears paradoxical and confusing -- i.e., the question as to how can the soul evolve over the course of many lifetimes, and yet, the Eastern New Age belief in reincarnation is counterfeit -- the error with respect to reincarnation is based upon a lack of self-knowledge and a failure to understand the ancient adage to Know Thyself.   Thirdly, that a Roman Emperor outlawed the teachings on the pre-existent soul (see Outlawed) -- literally forcing the Church to accept his dogmatic decree -- does not in any manner negate the Truth.   But with this important original teaching removed, what it does do with respect to the search for Truth within the body of Christian believers, is to render them spiritually impotent.   Fourth, the person you are in this world is not your true self (see The Divine Counterpart) -- but rather, an embryonic image of your higher soul-self that has been generated into the body you are presently using as a vehicle in this world with the objective of mental and spiritual developmental evolution -- as presented at SoulSelf.org .   Now, in answer to the question?

  Social Justice And The Natural Laws: Contrary to the Marxist and Secular Progressive ideology of Social Justice, one of the more important elements of the Ten Commandments is not to desire what belongs to your neighbor.   Why?   Because each person was born under different Laws -- they are expressing their lives from the perspective of that fragmentary pearl that they received as their allotted inheritance in this life -- and the key is to develop what you have, without desiring that which has been bestowed upon your brother.   The Shepherd Of Hermas which was the primary scripture used over the course of the first three centuries, takes the prohibition in the Ten Commandments to the next level where it states: "...neither touch that which is another man's, nor lust after it; for it is wicked to lust after other men's possessions."  Why is it "...wicked to lust after other men's possessions"???  This world is God's Divine Schoolhouse -- each person's life is in accord with a syllabus and curriculum that was predetermined before they were even born into this life -- and by Divine Design, each person's lessons are in accord with the needs and requirements of the individual.   There is a reason why some people are born rich, while others are poor -- some are intelligent, while others are seemingly incapable of learning -- some are religious, while others are agnostic or an unbeliever.   Jewish mystics claim that the Jews who suffered under Hitler, were born into the life they lived (see The Chickens Come Home To Roost).  It is not an accident that Jeremiah Wright has embraced what is known as Black Liberation Theology.   Or, that he was Barack Obama's spiritual leader.   It was preordained that George W. Bush would be blamed for a financial meltdown that he did not cause.   That this meltdown would open the door to Barack Obama's presidency.

When you enroll in a course of study, the instructor does not teach the course in any manner of his choosing.   The math teacher does not teach science, history, English Literature, music or cooking.   In like manner, there is a language association in mathematics -- a different language in science -- in music, healing and medicine, as well as all other such courses of study.   In each course of study, there is a predetermined syllabus and curriculum that must be followed, in order to bring about certain results.   And in this respect, each person's life is a course of study -- and as such, is following a predetermined syllabus that is intended to bring about certain results.   In order to learn certain lessons, it is necessary for some people to be born poor.   Others to be born rich.   Medical science has already demonstrated that some people are born with the greater potential of an almost inconceivable number of addictions.   Some people are born virtuous, others not so, while still others become conscious of the need to develop virtue.   Einstein was born into the life of genus.   Mozart composed and performed at the age of five.   Da Vinci was born to be a painter.   Siddhārtha Gautama was born to be the Buddha, as was Jesus born to live the role that he fulfilled.   All the world is a stage -- a stage of learning -- and each person is born into the role that they are to play on the stage of life.  There are no accidents (see Conditions Of Birth), and each person is born with abilities in accord with the lessons of life they have been preordained to learn.   And when we apply this realty to a person's ability to see the previous lives that their higher soul-self has lived, then this ability would be contingent upon the individual requirements of the syllabus and curriculum of the life that the person is presently living -- natural abilities which each person is born into this life to develop into a strength and pearl.

What is important is to achieve your true potential -- and you accomplish this by developing the natural abilities you were imbued with when you entered this life.   From man's perspective, the Pearl of Great Price is achieved when you can see and understand from the perspective and Being of your higher Soul-Self who is the balance and cumulation of all the fragmented lives that your soul has lived (see Man As An Embryonic Soul-Image).   And while you can't at present simply jump to the soul-level of being and perceive reality from this higher enlightened perspective, you can and must begin to listen and develop the empathetic intuition necessary to begin to expand one's own mind, consciousness and being.    

In further reply I wrote the following addition to the above:
 

We are in this world to develop the necessary mental maturity to arise to a level of spiritual wholeness and completion of our true self -- i.e., our soul-self (see SoulSelf.org ).   Holographically, we follow the pattern -- and in the same way that our higher soul-self began as a mere spark of the Divine which was the offspring of Mother/Father God that was infused with the consciousness of the Logos (Mind of God), we begin our existence as a single-cell embryo from our mother/father which was infused with the consciousness of our higher soul-self.   So, in the Triune Pattern, the very fact that two-thirds of our initial make-up was comprised of earth-elements in the form of the sperm and ovum that spawned our body-vessel -- and our physical body was then built with elements from the earth which has a consciousness that is of the earth -- it can be said that while the consciousness that comprises our physical being has never lived before, it does have a connection in mind to our higher soul-self from which we inherited our Spiritual DNA.   And since our body-vessel is formed from the (animal) consciousness of the earth, we must refine, train-up and prevail over the consciousness of the body to manifest the true being that we are which is the soul-essence we inherited from our higher soul-self -- in much the same way that our soul-self inherited the attributes of the Logos (see http://TheThreeLies.com#Logos ) when it came into being at the Alpha of Time.      In the parable of the Sower and the Seed, only those seeds that became implanted in what is portrayed as the "good ground" were able to flourish and multiply one hundredfold in its process of growth and expansion.   Which means that your success in this life is contingent upon your purification and fertilization of the body-vessel and associated physical consciousness -- which will make the third-force seed-essence evolve and expand in accord with the Natural Laws of Creation.   When Paul preached the doctrine of salvation by faith, what he was affirming is the fact that if you embrace the teachings of the Gospel so as to create within yourself the environment of the "good ground"  as portrayed in the parable of the Sower and the Seed, then the Kingdom will come within you as you become transformed into what is allegorically portrayed as the Final Temple.   Since your higher soul-self which is the conscious cumulative manifestation of all the lives that it has ever lived (see http://SoulSelf.org ) -- and as the Source of your being, already knows more than anyone in this world could ever begin to teach you -- the process of mental growth and development is in the endeavor of making the body-vessel a fit environment for the higher soul-self to manifest -- and ultimately, the Logos which exists at the very core of your Being.    What I am attempting to accomplish in this and the associated web sites, is to remove the (mental) blockages from the environment of your body-vessel -- in much the same way that a farmer removes rocks, roots, weeds and other impurities from the soil -- which permits the seed-essence to expand and bloom.   G.I. Gurdjieff stated that the seed-essence of most people develops to about the age of four or five, before being flat-lined by the earth-consciousness of the body which he portrayed as a multitude of false-personalities.   Valentinus stated that nature-man who is ruled over by the earth-consciousness of man's lower nature which has formed his earthly personality, has no continuance beyond the grave -- and this is true, because your seed-essence which is an embryonic image of your higher soul-self, was suppressed and undeveloped by virtue of the fact that it was developmentally flat-lined by the ego-self and false-personalities associated with the physical consciousness of the body-vessel.   If that part of you that survives physical death and is an embryonic image of your higher soul-self projected into the (animal/earthly) consciousness of the body-vessel at conception, then we must consider a reality that has largely been ignored: In the same way that you don't eat the earth which the plant has grown in, neither can the soul-self harvest the false-personalities which are of the earth, when your physical self dies.  And what is harvested from any given life, is what the seed-essence accomplished while in the body-vessel -- and from a Gospel parabolic perspective, that which is supported by higher soul-reality is portrayed as the sheep on the Right Hand, while that which remains carnal and of this world is portrayed as the goats of the Left Hand.   Since the vast majority of people are cultural, and their thinking is earth-bound, the seed-essence never really developed as portrayed by Gurdjieff and others.   And this is the plight of the un-manifest images in Gospel of Thomas saying 84 (see Man As An Embryonic Soul-Image).    > Since most people are totally ruled over by the earth-consciousness of the body, it can rightly be stated that they have never lived before -- and yet, their undeveloped essence-self which is an embryonic image of their higher soul-self is eternal -- and it is this undeveloped essence-self that survives physical death -- which has always existed.   Thus, quoting from http://ebionite.com/reincarnation.htm :  At Genesis 2:7, the Wycliffe Commentary writes: “Man's body was fashioned from the dust of the ground, while his spirit came from the very ‘breath’ of God. He is literally a creature of two worlds; both earth and heaven can claim him”.  More importantly, though, is for us to clarify our understanding of when the soul came into existence.   Thus, the Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary notes the belief of both the Jews and early Church:“The... views of Origen and other Fathers, and the... Talmudists, that all souls had been created ‘in the beginning,’ and were lodged by God in a certain place, whence each one was taken out to inhabit the respective bodies of individuals”.   In this respect, it can easily be demonstrated the first followers of Yeshua firmly believed that the soul pre-existed the body, and that our present physical forms are mere vessels that we inhabit during our sojourn in this life.   And further: What was the thinking and mindset of the Jews in the time of Yeshua/Jesus?   In his Antiquity of the Jews, the Jewish historian Josephus, who had lived among the Essenes, was a contemporary of the man Jesus, and became an Ebionite, stated that the Essenes: “…resigned up their souls with great alacrity, as expecting to receive them again.  For their doctrine is this, that bodies are corruptible, and that the matter they are made of is not permanent; but that the souls are immortal, and continue for ever; and that they came out of the most subtle air, and are united to their bodies as to prisons, into which they are drawn by a certain natural enticement; but that when they are set free from the bonds of flesh, they then, as released from a long bondage, rejoice and mount upward...”.    

The vast majority of people don't remember the previous lives that their soul-self has lived, because their consciousness is of the earth -- comprised of the multitude of false personalities that make up the consciousness of their physical self -- and as such, they have not only never lived before, but in their present temporal form, they have no real continuance beyond the grave.   Moreover -- and this is really important to comprehend -- that part of us that is of the earth, inherits the karma of its previous actions in the previous lives that the soul-self has lived as.   So, when the soul-self generates a soul-image at conception -- and the consciousness of the body and/or lower nature begins to form out of the elements of the earth -- the karma belongs more to the earth-consciousness, than to the soul-image that is more or less a captive of the body-vessel.   Which is why the Essenes portrayed this life as the soul being "...united to their bodies as to prisons" -- and because the consciousness of the body is controlled by the lower nature, the illusions of Plato's Cave is the result of the inability of the physical self to perceive beyond an earth-vibrational level of being.  Quoting from Science - Religion - The Etheric Field/Mind: Quoting physicist Walter Thirring in his book, Urbausteine der Materie where he wrote about matter that modern physics “...has put our thinking about the essence of matter in a different context.   It has taken our gaze from the visible - the particles - to the underlying entity, the field.   The presence of matter is merely a disturbance of the perfect state of the field at that place; something accidental, one could almost say, a ‘blemish’.   Accordingly, there are no simple laws describing the forces between elementary particles… Order and symmetry must be sought in the underlying field.”   One of the primary realities that science has to come to terms with in order to advance beyond their present level, is the fact that physical matter is the result of the forces in the Etheric Field coming together, causing what Walter Thirring above describes as a "blemish" that we observe with our organic physical senses.   And what this is, is Darwinism in reverse -- i.e., modern science has proven that the Field which is unseen and surrounds all matter, is the Source which impresses the aspect of mind and consciousness which is represented in the form of matter that we observe.   The problem is that to the organic mind of both the faith-based believer, as well as the Atheist, what modern science has proven is simply beyond their ability to even contemplate.   What man calls knowledge, is the wisdom and understanding gained through his study of what Walter Thirring called the "blemish" -- i.e., the illusion of what we perceive as physical matter.    Yet, without understanding the underlying forces in the Field that formed the blemish that organic man observes as concrete physical matter, it can be stated that what we observe in the physical world is so incomplete, that it would be virtually impossible to truly understand what we think and imagine we see.    Reality, states the physicist, can only be found in the (Etheric) Field -- and it is the Field that both surrounds all physical forms that we observe with our body-senses, and it is the unseen Field that is the source of what we perceive with our physical senses which we call matter.   Which again, is reverse Darwinism -- in that, Darwinism attempted to demonstrate that this physical world came into being apart from any unseen supernatural forces -- and modern science has now proven that this world is the direct result of unseen forces that would be defined as supernatural, or beyond what is seen with the physical senses.     

What is portrayed in the above is a complex paradoxical equation that few people whose thinking and mindset is ruled over by what we portray as earth-bound Cave (Plato's Cave) Logic possess the depth and capacity to comprehend.   How is it that while your soul has existed from the beginning -- and yet, man can't remember these previous lives?   And it can rightly be stated that he has never lived before?   How is it that while our soul is eternal, the personality of man does not survive physical death?   He does not go to Glory, as the Christians believe?   And neither can his conglomeration of false-personalities that are very much of the earth and ruled over by his inherent animal nature, reincarnate into some future life as many Easterners and New Age believe?   The Gospel does not say that if you walk the broad-way of (self) destruction (see In The House - Taught In Parables), that you will be reborn in some future life.   Neither does it say that if you walk the broad-way of (self) destruction, you will go to Glory.   In fact, it is easily demonstrated that the core Christians beliefs in salvation is a dogmatic lie (see TheLie.org ).   What it does say is that you must lose the self that you are in this world, in order to gain your true self.   And it does say that all events have a pre-existing cause that you have yourself brought about.   And to bring all these biblically portrayed realities together in an understanding mindset, requires an effort to develop the mind -- which must be nourished by the higher impressions of your soul-self -- as you create within yourself the necessary environment of mental growth and development.    With the problem for most people being that the Condition of the body and physical consciousness will not permit the development of the seed-essence self -- which renders them completely incapable of higher comprehension and understanding.   

Higher Development Of Mind And Spirit:

Would you say that the oxygen which a plant gives off is the plants thoughts and feelings? A reality that organic man remains totally unaware of, is that your physical body is not only an integral part of nature -- but that the consciousness of the earth is as a great mind that is supported and held in balance by its lesser elemental parts.  In the same way that a plant gives off oxygen which is then used by organic life, man on an etheric level gives off impressions (the frequency spectrum of which) is carried upon the vital life-force that you extrude and feed the great mind/consciousness of the earth.  Male and female extrude an opposite polarity -- the races extrude differing spectrums of the human frequency -- and these impressions are as a type of mental food.

If you apply the Key of Knowledge to the parable, the inheritance which the prodigal son squanders away, is the very vital life-force upon which his consciousness is manifest. Instead of using this vital life-force to bring about his growth through the Heightening And Expansion Of Mind -- channeling the vital life-force within self in the endeavor to bring about the next stage of birth -- the lost prodigal son squanders this vital life-force away on "riotous" carnal appetites and living. Which makes him a slave to the "Citizen of the Far Country" -- or consciousness/god of this world. The way of the monk (see Monk), attempts to cut off the loss of vital life-force by denying the appetites of the body, and focus on the upper spiritual centers in meditation. The True Gnostic (vs modern neo-gnostic) works instead to develop and refine the lower appetites of the body -- and though esoteric knowledge of the Cosmology of Mind, works to evolve the lower natures in order to make them a fit vessel for the spiritual -- transforming the self into what is portrayed as the Final Temple. There are many places in the writings associated with this forum that explore impressions -- i.e., see Impressions As Food. There are numerous references to impressions in The Trinity And The Divine Pattern Of Creation. In The Holographic Pattern Of Sex, you should find why the Gospel account of Jesus condemns looking as a woman who is not your wife with lust -- i.e., the loss of vital life-force. And if you were reading the links that have been presented to you, you should have encountered an explanation of impressions all over the place -- especially in any place that details the biblical perception of marriage.

In the Gospel accounts when Jesus healed, he did so by restoring the person to a condition of  "wholeness".   But since the term wholeness is not at all understood by those who translate the ancient texts into English, most modern translations no longer reflect this important aspect of what is being presented.   A holistic healer knows that negative experiences and beliefs create blockages in the body-vessel which inhibit the flow of vital life-force -- and the fact that this bio-energy must go someplace, it is lost into nature through the carnal appetites and expressions of the physical self.  What man often portrays as carnal sin, would better be understood as the result of the loss of the inheritance (vital life-force) by the prodigal son who is living a "riotous" lifestyle -- primarily, because his immaturity inhibits his using this bio-energy to empower his higher areas and spheres of mind and being.   Thus, because he can't utilize the bio-energy, it is squandered away on "things of no meaning" and higher significance.  Proper exercise, and holistic healing such as Reiki where blockages of energy are released from the body through deep manipulation, should be an integral part of the process of mental development.   As is such things as yoga which  manipulates  and channels the bio-energy of the body -- and many other holistic forms of healing.    

It is easily proven that the original disciples and followers of Jesus were all vegetarian (see TheConsecratedLife.com ). That the mind and thinking of a flesh-eater is incapable of comprehending the higher impressions necessary to understand man's soul and spiritual reality, was proven by the account of Charles Fillmore (see Fillmore).   The case of Charles Fillmore is important, because as a pillar in the New Thought movement, Fillmore totally rejected the idea that what you eat can affect your thinking and ability to comprehend man's higher spiritual reality.    On a purely physical level, of course, when you eat dead flesh you not only impact the colon and clog up the body with animal fat and cholesterol, but you also flood the blood stream with toxic death and the fear-impressions of the slaughtered animal.   But since the colon is the organ that manifests the Foundation sphere of the Tree of Life, an impacted colon that is filled with hardened and putrefied dead animal flesh, simply cannot function at the heightened level necessary to access past-life memories.   And this, in conjunction with the blockages of vital life-force throughout the rest of the body -- along with the loss of this necessary bio-energy into nature through carnal appetites and expressions -- does not permit the seed-essence and/or higher mind to develop -- causing the person to remain earth-bound in their thinking.   And since the cultural false-personalities of the person has never lived before, such a person is generally incapable of past-life recall.

With respect to the question as to what happens when we pass from this life, the answer must be from the perspective of how we lived our life, the beliefs we embraced, and what we accomplished with the life that we have lived.   Contrary to what is promoted in our religious institutions, the fate of believers is in many instances worse than that of the unbelievers.   And this fact is presented in the Gospel statement: "And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more" (Luke 12:47-48 NKJ).   From a Christian perspective, those who can be portrayed as having "...known their master's will", would be those who have read and embraced the Gospel message, but failed to live in accord with Gospel teachings and concepts.    With respect to the Eucharist, Paul warns: "For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body" (1 Cor 11:29).   And this judgment of those who claim to be believers, but who continue to embrace the ways and thinking of this world, is presented in the reality that they are representative of apostates to the teachings of Jesus and the Kingdom -- i.e., "For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who ...then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt.. For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries." (Heb 6:4-6;10:26-27 RSV).    And this reality is confirmed in the words of Peter where he warned: "If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: A dog returns to its vomit, and, A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud" (2 Pet 2:20-22 NIV).    Which once again means that believers are held to a higher level of accountability, than those who can be portrayed as unbelievers.    And this to the degree that after receiving the sacrament of baptism which is portrayed as the required Wedding Garment, the baptized believer is permitted only one (1) additional opportunity to repent, before they are judged as apostates to the Gospel teachings (see Sacrament Of Baptism).   

What Is The Source Of Evil?

Why Does Bad Things Happen To Seemingly Good People?

Would A Benevolent God Permit Human Suffering?

If There Is A God, Why Doesn't He Fix This World?

If we pose the question as to what degree life on earth is predestined?   It is at this point where the biblical teaching of predestination gets really frightening for the vast majority of people.   Why?   They are in denial -- and not only did they corrupt the scriptures to suppress this important fact of life -- but they simply refuse to believe what the scriptures and Jesus originally taught.   Therefore, in our present time they do not possess even the necessary knowledge of the Laws that control every event, every endeavor, and every person in this world.    From a biblical perspective, this all-pervading fact of life is demonstrated in Jesus' own words when he said: “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's will” (Matt 10:29 RSV).   If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground apart from the Will of the Father, then we have no other option than to come to terms with the biblical fact that everything in this life is directly orchestrated by God?   On this verse the Adam Clark Commentary states: “The providence of God extends to the minutest things; everything is continually under the government and care of God, and nothing occurs without his will or permission”.   And this fact of the Laws is expressed in the Wisdom of Isaiah: “I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please” (Isa 46:10 NIV).

Lacking even the basic knowledge to understand these statements, most students of the Bible choose to ignore what they do not, and cannot understand, and ignore the ramifications of the countless biblical verses that confirm this all-pervading message that controls every aspect of life that man lives upon the face of the earth.   Moreover, just as important as the above statement by Jesus, is the very words he spoke to the man who he healed when he warned: "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee" (John 5:14 KJV).   We must therefore ask: If our own actions can cause "...a worse thing [to] come unto [us]", how is this tribulation brought about?  How is this "...worse thing" that is the result of our sinful and negligent actions, is said to have the potential to come back upon us, orchestrated and brought about?  The answer is that there were Organic Laws that are an integral part of Creation itself -- Laws that were put into action at the very beginning of Creation which returns to each person the fruit of their own actions -- i.e., “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows” (Gal 6:7 NIV).   With respect to the above, Paul went on to say that someone who professes to believe in Jesus, and continues to sin, are not only apostates to the Gospel, but that their fate is worse off than the unbelievers -- i.e., "For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt.. For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries." (Heb 6:4-6;10:26-27 RSV).   Which means that we must ask the question: How is this judgment brought about?  The answer is: By virtue of the Laws that return to each person the fruit of their own past.

Without Exception, every person is at their present station in life, by virtue of the road they personally traveled to get there.   Without Exception, everything that exists in one's present life, exists for a reason -- and has been brought about as the result of a pre-existing causal action, which has become manifest in order to bring about a preordained result.   Without Exception, your present life is the result of your past, and you are presently creating and forming your future.    Without Exception, if you are a victim of any of life's circumstances, then you have made yourself a victim by virtue of your own actions, inactions, or complacency.    Without Exception, your own past actions are responsible for your present gender, race, sexual orientation, social and economic station in life, manner of thinking and mindset, and even the religious, political and cultural conditions of the life you are presently living.    And the fact that you fail to understand even the basis of Jesus' words on this subject, indicates that you lack any real practical understanding of any of Jesus' fundamental teachings. 

It is the mind that raises man above the beasts of the earth -- that permits him to prevail over the forces of nature -- that enables him to rule over his environment -- overcoming even the very force of gravity that holds him to the earth, and traveling to distant heavenly bodies that his ancestors worshiped as gods.   And to escape the limitations of this world, and begin to rule over one's self in pursuit of the Inner Kingdom (see Gate Of Eden) -- and through this expansion of the mind and being beyond the organic limitations of earth-consciousness, the prodigal sons and daughters are able to fulfill the Laws in the same way as their Elder Brother Jesus taught, and become re-born in the Kingdom while still in the body-vessel.   Thus, to this end the Gospel of Philip declares: "Those who say that first they shall die and (then) they shall arise are confused. If they do not first receive the resurrection (while) they live, they will not receive anything (when) they die"( http://DivineManna.org ).

Early Church on Predestination: In the words of the third century Church Father Origen -- the man St. Gregory of Nyssa called “the prince of Christian learning in the Third Century”: “We have frequently shown”, writes Origen, “by those declarations which we were able to produce from the holy Scriptures, that God, the Creator of all things, is good, and just, and all-powerful… But since those rational creatures themselves, as we have frequently shown, and will yet show in the proper place, were endowed with the power of free-will, this freedom of will incited each one either to progress by imitation of God, or reduced him to failure through negligence… Now God, who deemed it just to arrange His creatures according to their merit, brought down these different understandings into the harmony of one world, that He might adorn, as it were, one dwelling, in which there ought to be not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay (and some indeed to honor, and others to dishonor), with those different vessels, or souls, or understandings. And these are the causes… why that world presents the aspect of diversity, while Divine Providence continues to regulate each individual according to the variety of his movements, or of his feelings and purpose. On which account the Creator will neither appear to be unjust in distributing (for the causes already mentioned) to every one according to his merits; nor will the happiness or unhappiness of each one's birth, or whatever be the condition that falls to his lot, be deemed accidental; nor will different creators, or souls of different natures, be believed to exist” (De Principiis, Bk 2 Ch 9).   

What Origen is stating is that, in the beginning, each soul was created equal and the same, and their place in life is not the result of an accident, or the indiscriminate manifestation of God's Will in the form of Divine Providence -- but rather, each soul's lot in life is the result of the exercise of their own freewill, and consequently is arranged “according to their merit”.   This merit is not the result of some unknown condition -- but rather, is imposed upon each individual in accordance with what they have accomplished in their previous lives.    Actions have consequences -- both good, bad, and even indifferent.   And that the result of our own actions come back upon us -- which means that each of us is constantly confronting self -- is the manner in which each individual soul evolves to perfection over the course of however many lifetimes is required to complete the process of mental and spiritual evolution.  

Origen then goes on to demonstrate this truth by using the very example which the Apostle Paul gave with regard to why Paul wrote that God hated Esau, and loved Jacob -- even before they were born into that life -- and writes: “‘What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God?' And that he might furnish us with an opportunity of inquiring into these matters, and of ascertaining how these things do not happen without a reason, he answers himself, and says, 'God forbid.' For the same question, as it seems to me, which is raised concerning Jacob and Esau, may be raised regarding all celestial and terrestrial creatures, and even those of the lower world as well. And in like manner it seems to me, that as he there says, 'The children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil,' so it might also be said of all other things, 'When they were not yet' created, 'neither had yet done any good or evil, that the decree of God according to election may stand,' that (as certain think) some things on the one hand were created heavenly, some on the other earthly, and others, again, beneath the earth, 'not of works' (as they think), 'but of Him who calleth,' what shall we say then, if these things are so? 'Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.' As, therefore, when the Scriptures are carefully examined regarding Jacob and Esau, it is not found to be unrighteousness with God that it should be said, before they were born, or had done anything in this life, 'the elder shall serve the younger;' and as it is found not to be unrighteousness that even in the womb Jacob supplanted his brother, if we feel that he was worthily beloved by God, according to the deserts of his previous life, so as to deserve to be preferred before his brother”.

God did not hate Esau and love Jacob for no reason!   To even believe such a preposterous concept of Divine Wisdom, is to affirm Peter's assertion that the Gentiles believe these absurdities because “their minds are accustomed to take in things spoken against God" (see Books With The Power To Deceive).   Respecting the Divine Order of Creation, Origen then continues referring to Paul’s Epistle to the Romans and goes on to explain: “For God must be believed to do and order all things and at all times according to His judgment. For the words which the apostle uses when he says, ‘In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honor and some to dishonor;' and those which he adds, saying, 'If a man purge himself, he will be a vessel unto honor, sanctified and meet for the Master's use, unto every good work,' undoubtedly point out this, that he who shall purge himself when he is in this life, will be prepared for every good work in that which is to come; while he who does not purge himself will be, according to the amount of his impurity, a vessel unto dishonor, i.e., unworthy. It is therefore possible to understand that there have been also formerly rational vessels, whether purged or not, i.e., which either purged themselves or did not do so, and that consequently every vessel, according to the measure of its purity or impurity, received a place, or region, or condition by birth, or an office to discharge, in this world. All of which, down to the humblest, God providing for and distinguishing by the power of His wisdom, arranges all things by His controlling judgment, according to a most impartial retribution, so far as each one ought to be assisted or cared for in conformity with his deserts. In which certainly every principle of equity is shown, while the inequality of circumstances preserves the justice of a retribution according to merit. But the grounds of the merits in each individual case are only recognized truly and clearly by God Himself, along with His only-begotten Word, and His Wisdom, and the Holy Spirit”.

Origen again demonstrates that our lot in life is the result of our own deserts, and writes: “For God the Creator makes a certain vessel unto honor, and other vessels to dishonor; but that vessel which has cleansed itself from all impurity He makes a vessel unto honor, while that which has stained itself with the filth of vice He makes a vessel unto dishonor. The conclusion from which, accordingly, is this, that the cause of each one's actions is a pre-existing one; and then every one, according to his deserts, is made by God either a vessel unto honor or dishonor. Therefore every individual vessel has furnished to its Creator out of itself the causes and occasions of its being formed by Him to be either a vessel unto honor or one unto dishonor. And if the assertion appear correct, as it certainly is, and in harmony with all piety, that it is due to previous causes that every vessel be prepared by God either to honor or to dishonor, it does not appear absurd that, in discussing remoter causes in the same order, and in the same method, we should come to the same conclusion respecting the nature of souls, and (believe) that this was the reason why Jacob was beloved before he was born into this world, and Esau hated, while he still was contained in the womb of his mother”.

Why Does Knowledge Of The Laws Matter?

Jesus not only taught that the life that everyone is living has been predestined from before they were even born, but that one's failure to embrace and abide by the Higher Laws of Creator-God, will bring about a type of imprisonment -- an  imprisonment that is portrayed as the "outer darkness" of mind and being below.  Thus, the oft ignored warning: “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows” (Gal 6:7 NIV).   In speaking of this prison of the "outer darkness", Jesus warned that “Thou shalt by no means come out from there, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing” (Mat 5:26).   And while this reality was understood by the early Ebionite Nazirene disciples of Jesus (see Ebionite), and the early Gentile Christians (see The Secret Doctrine), this higher understanding of the journey of the pre-existent soul and the interaction with the Laws, was declared heresy by the Emperor Justinian because his wife who was said to have previously been a circus prostitute, rejected these important teachings of the Church (see The Ten Reasons Why The Church Rejected The Doctrine Of The Pre-Existent Soul).    And many of the biblical teachings which supported these teachings, had previously been removed to make the scriptures support the pagan doctrines of Rome (see http://BibleCorruption.com ).  

  The Parable Of The Talents: Even in what remains in the corrupted scriptures, it can still be seen that Jesus taught that each person is born into this life in accord with their own past accomplishments.   "And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey" (Matt 25:15 NKJ).   The key concept here is that each person in this world is not only entrusted with a different amount, but that each person is entrusted with an amount "...each according to his own ability."   What this means is that each and every person was born into this life, exactly as ordained for them in accord with their own past accomplishments, and those who find fault with their lot in life, are in reality judging themselves (see a more in-depth presentation on the parable of the talents at Christian Blindness To The Scriptures).  

One of the many paradoxes that confront the believer is explored in these biblical verses by the Wycliffe Commentary which writes: “Herein is the crux of the interpretation. If this reckoning is the judgment of the believer's works, then we apparently have a true believer suffering the loss of his soul because of the barrenness of his works. But that interpretation would contradict John 5:24. Or, if the unprofitable servant represents a mere professing Christian, whose real nature is thus unmasked, then it appears that the judgment of believers' works and the damnation of sinners occur together, although Revelation 20 separates these judgments by 1,000 years”.

What does John 5:24 say?  “I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life” (John 5:24 NIV).   What we must recognize is the fact that there is only a contradiction with respect to our interpretation of the word belief.   The Bible is very clear that those people who claim an allegiance to the Lord, and yet continue to live in the manner of unbelievers, are themselves self-condemned; as seen in the words: “Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Matt 7:21 NIV).   Thus, only those who actually live in accordance with the Royal Law of God, and do the Will of the Father, are those of whom John 5:24 states will be saved.

  A Most Important Warning To Christians:  Where in the above the Wycliffe Bible Commentary correctly makes note of the great conflict between the message of the scriptures and the doctrines of the Church where it is noted that "...we apparently have a true believer suffering the loss of his soul because of the barrenness of his works", even more important is the message at the end of this parable that proclaims: “That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked” (Luke 12:47-48 NIV).    When you put this message together with the warning of the Apostle Peter that "It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them." (2 Pet 2:20-22 NIV) -- the message that emerges from the Gospel is so radically different than what is preached in the Churches, that the Christian world is seen to be so spiritually disenfranchised by their manmade dogma, that they are not at all prepared to even read the very scriptures they have attempted to champion.   In the picture that emerges, not only is the  "...true believer suffering the loss of his soul because of the barrenness of his works", but his fate is worse off than those portrayed as unbelievers who are deemed sinners by the very limited and inept understanding of the Church.    Not only is it demonstrated that the believing Christian is held to much higher standards than the unbelieving sinner, but it is clearly stated that the believing Christian is subject to the greater damnation -- i.e., “That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows".   And is we even pose the question as to what is the fate of the believer who has been  "...beaten with many blows", versus the unbeliever who "...does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows", it is impossible for the Church to even begin to answer the very serious questions that are raised by this warning of Jesus.  

In the removal of important key Gospel teachings and concepts, the Church of Rome has not only left a great void in the understanding of the modern Christian world which totally inhibits their ability to come to terms with these foundational truths taught by Jesus and his disciples, but this great void in their understanding of the very core Gospel concepts has made the modern Christian little more than ladder-day blind guides.   The fact that it is impossible for the modern Christian to explain why they are being held to a higher standard than the unbeliever who "...does things deserving [much] punishment" -- and as supposed believers, their fate is far worse than these unbelievers -- indicates that the doctrines of the modern Church is demonstrated by the Gospel message itself, as being in grave error.   Which means that the only valid explanation is that given by the Church Father Origen above who had access to more pure copies of the scriptures before they were totally corrupted in the fourth century, where he explains that "...The conclusion from which, accordingly, is this, that the cause of each one's actions is a pre-existing one; and then every one, according to his deserts, is made by God either a vessel unto honor or dishonor. Therefore every individual vessel has furnished to its Creator out of itself the causes and occasions of its being formed by Him to be either a vessel unto honor or one unto dishonor" (see Early Church On Predestination).   And this is the only explanation in the warning of the parable of the Talents (Mt. 25:14-30 - see Christian Blindness To The Scriptures And The Parable Of The Talents), where the servant who put his talent into the earth, instead of multiplying what he had received through spiritual works, was cast into the "outer darkness" -- i.e., "Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.  And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Matt 25:28-30 NKJ).     

Totally contrary to modern Church doctrine, the above reality confirms what Peter warned in the words: "If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: A dog returns to its vomit, and, A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud" (2 Pet 2:20-22 NIV).   Where the modern Church promotes the doctrine that they are saved by Grace regardless of the manner in which they live their lives, Peter not only states that this doctrine is in grave error, but correctly states that: "It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them."

Other than the foregoing writings and explanations of the early Church Father Origen, this answer to this Christian dilemma is presented in scriptures which the modern Church rejects.   There are verses pertaining to the plight of the servants that still exist in the Gospel of the Nazirenes, which explain the inconsistencies that abound in Christian doctrine and understanding of why each of us enters this life at greatly differing levels of spiritual awareness.   Thus, we again see the words: "And that servant which knew his lord's will and did not prepare himself, nor followed his will, will be beaten with many stripes. But he that did not know, and did commit things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. For to whomsoever much is given, of him will they much require, and to whom they commit little, of him they will require the less.  For they who know the Godhead, and have found the way of life, the mysteries of light, and then have fallen into sin, shall be punished with greater chastisement than they who have not known the way of life.  Such shall return when their cycle is completed, and to them will be given space to consider, and amend their lives, and learning the mysteries , enter into the kingdom of light."    And thus, the cycles of life are explained in the Gospel of the Nazirenes in the words: "As Jesus sat by the west of the temple with his disciples, behold there passed some carrying one that was dead, to burial, and a certain one said to Him, Master, if a man die, shall he live again?  He answered and said, I am the resurrection and the life, I am the good, the beautiful, the true; if a man believe in me he shall not die, but live eternally. As in Adam all are bound to cycles of rebirth, so in the Messiah shall all be made alive. Blessed are the dead who die in me, and are made perfect in my image and likeness, for they rest from their labors and their works do follow them. They have overcome evil, and are made pillars in the temple of my God, and they go out no more, for they rest in the eternal.  For them that persist in evil there is no rest, but they go out and in, and suffer correction for ages, till they are made perfect. But for them that have done good and attained to perfection, there is endless rest and they go into life everlasting. They rest in the eternal.   Over them the repeated death and birth have no power, for them the wheel of the eternal revolves no more, for they have attained to the center, where is eternal rest, and the center of all things is God.   And one of the disciples asked him, How shall a man enter into the Kingdom? And he answered and said, If you don't make below as the above, and the left as the right, and the behind as the before, entering into the center and passing into the spirit, you will not enter into the kingdom of God."

It was the many verses such as the above that were contained in the more pure copies of the original Gospels, that prompted the Church Father Origen to proclaim: “Every soul... comes into this world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of its previous life” (Origen, De Principiis).    And this is why Paul warns that the complacent believer who continues to sin after coming to the knowledge of the Gospel, "For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who ...then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt.. For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries." (Heb 6:4-6;10:26-27 RSV).     And with the important teaching on the pre-existent soul that evolves to perfection (Mt. 5:48) removed, there simply is no means left for the modern Christian believer to understand the core Gospel teachings which is imperative for them to comprehend. 

It is interesting to note that the most popular and used scripture of the earliest Gentile Christians was the Shepherd of Hermas (see Shepherd Intro), which was later suppressed by the Church of Rome because it was unacceptable from a pagan mindset and lifestyle.   And in addition to revealing the threefold nature of the scriptures (see Threefold), the understanding of caring for the poor, the widows and orphans, that is not at all understood today, is presented in this important writing (see Widows).  

The proper mindset with respect to the Laws, is expressed throughout the scriptures.   The Ten Commandments thus state: "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's" (Exod 20:17 NKJ).   Why?   Because each man's life is the direct result of their own previous actions and accomplishments -- and that they fail to remember these pre-existent actions, is because they dwell in the "outer darkness".    And this is further confirmed in the Shepherd of Hermas which commands: "The expenditure of the heathen then practice not ye; for it is not convenient for you the servants of God.  But practice your own expenditure, in which ye can rejoice; and do not corrupt, neither touch that which is another man's, nor lust after it; for it is wicked to lust after other men's possessions."

By virtue of the Laws that orchestrated and dictated every part of the life that every man, woman and child is presently living, every person is at their present station in life, by virtue of the road they personally traveled to get there.   The conditions of your birth, as well as the life you are living, has been brought about, orchestrated, and maintained, by the Laws of God -- Laws that insure that each and every "...man reaps what he sows” (Gal 6:7 NIV).

And everything that exists, not only exists for a higher reason -- but has been brought about and is the direct result of pre-existing causal reasons, which have become manifest in order to bring about a preordained result.    When you desire or lust after what the Laws of God has provided for your neighbor, or any other group of people, then you not only reject the Hand of God that provided in accord with your own needs, but you have sinned against God because you reject His Wisdom in what was provided for others.