The Wisdom Of Billy Graham

In the fourth century the Roman Emperor Constantine annexed the Church, and outlawed any teaching beyond what Paul portrayed as the "milk" of the Gospel. And anyone who disagreed with the emperor, was hunted down as a heretic -- i.e., thus, Edward Gibbon writes in the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: ”Constantine easily believed that the heretics, who presumed to dispute his opinions or to oppose his commands, were guilty of the most absurd and criminal obstinacy... Not a moment was lost in excluding the ministers and teachers of the separated congregations from any share of the rewards and immunities which the emperor had so liberally bestowed on the orthodox clergy. But as the sectaries might still exist under the cloud of royal disgrace, the conquest of the East was immediately followed by an edict which announced their total destruction”. And the emperor's armies were sent forth to murder whoever did not accept the religion the the emperor, and their scriptures were destroyed. Constantine converted the empire to Christianity by bestowing many benefits upon those who embraced the religion of the emperor. Which created a mass conversion of pagans who portrayed themselves as Christians -- but who remained pagan in their thinking and lifestyle. And this is why Biblical scholars attempted to tell the Christians the truth, but the truth was and remains unacceptable to the multitude of Churches. Quoting from Examination of Modern NT Text Criticism: "Where history records that true sacred text survived this assault and is preserved in the traditional text, Westcott and Hort counter that the whole church participated in a conspiracy to fabricate a blended (and therefore corrupted) text. Westcott and Hort must not have believed the traditional Christian church to be genuine, but a sham. This thesis is supported by the biographies of Westcott and Hort. When J. F. D. Maurice was accused of false doctrine, Westcott commented that Orthodox Christians are like a new Islam persecuting a revival of the true Christians."


 All of which raises the question: When Evangelists like Billy Graham portrayed the process of Second Birth as merely saying a prayer accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, this doctrine which was embraced by a massive number of Christians, was in fact an anti-Gospel doctrine that further undermined the Original Gospel purpose and teachings. Biblical scholars had long warned that what the Church taught was born in the fourth century (see The Essenes And The Dead Sea Scrolls http://OriginalGospel.Ebionite.com#Essene ). They warned that the people who walked and talked with Jesus daily, totally rejected the dogma that Jesus was God (see The Ebionite Nazirenes http://OriginalGospel.Ebionite.com#Ebionite ). And that the very words of God were corrupted, in order to recreate Jesus as God incarnate (see http://TheTenWords.com ). Which means that when Billy Graham formed his doctrine that a Christian is reborn by saying a prayer, his dogma was framed off the doctrines of corruption which was founded upon the fourth century Church of Constantine.

 When Jesus stated that, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God” (see Mental Womb http://OuterDarkness.Nazirene.org#MentalWomb ), the process of second birth cannot be understood apart from the statement of Jesus that "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" (Mark 2:17). Before this verse can be understood we must first understand what it means to be Whole. Which provokes the question: How is Wholeness achieved? Contrary to the Church dogma, if Jesus is the physician, then those who achieve and sustain a condition of Wholeness, do not need the physician -- and as a physician, Jesus did not come for the salvation of those who are Whole, but only those who are sick and need the physician. But in total opposition to Church dogma, what this also means is that at the time of Jesus, there existed people who he portrays as "whole [and] righteous" who did not need Jesus the physician.

 The problem is that after the fourth century Church suppressed many ultra-important original teachings (see The Original Gospel Teachings Have Nothing In Common With Church Dogma http://TheCall.Nazirene.org#OriginalTeachings ), and recast the man Jesus as God incarnate, the whole reality of achieving the next stage of birth and attaining what Jesus portrayed as Wholeness, became impossible for the faith-based Christian believers to understand. Which means that while modern Evangelists such as Billy Graham preached the truth with respect to the necessity of achieving the next stage of birth, those who believed they were born again by virtue of saying a prayer, were terribly misguided. As stated by the disciples of Jesus: "We must through many tribulations enter the Kingdom of God!" (Acts 14:22). In total rejection of the Original Gospel message, modern Evangelical Christians preach "You must believe in salvation by grace alone, and that salvation is immediate and eternal upon acceptance of Jesus as a one-time sacrifice for your sins, and not obtained through works, sacraments, traditions or merits of our own". Which means that once you say your prayer, salvation is guaranteed. Yet, Paul warned that "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). And this is confirmed in the words of Jesus: "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'" (Matt 7:21-23 NKJ).   Yet, the Church and the gospel of pagan Rome states that these words of both Paul and Jesus are in error.

 What Billy Graham preached was in the words of Paul, corrupted "milk". What would Paul say to Billy Graham? As stated in the words: "We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing. Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God's word. You need milk, not solid food. Everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness" (Heb 5:11-13). By limiting his understanding to what Paul defines as corrupted "milk", not only did Billy Graham remain what Paul portrayed as an "infant in Christ", but like the Pharisees who threw away the Key Of Knowledge (see http://KeyOfKnowledge.org ), the Christians who followed the preaching of Billy Graham embraced a doctrine of faux-rebirth.

 Sadly, while Billy Graham lived a good life leading many into the Church -- and while the Church provided solace and a sense of community and well-being -- the Church was no longer the threefold healing center of pre-Nicene Christianity. Because he based his preaching upon a series of corrupted forth-century doctrines that had virtually nothing in common with the Original Gospel Teachings (see http://OriginalGospel.Ebionite.com ), he will find himself confronted with his error on the other side of physical death. And while the facts and the truth is easily proven, there is virtually nothing that can be said to motivate the vast majority of Christians to seek the Higher Truth of the Original Gospel message as explored in the foregoing link. And sadly, because the long suppressed Truth has finely been restored and set before the Church if the above articles, these words are once again in force: "If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin" (John 15:21-23).

 It would have been virtually impossible to restore the original Gospel prior to the Internet. At the stroke of a key, modern Christians can bypass the corruption of pagan Rome, and research the original disciples and followers of Jesus who were known as Ebionite Nazirenes (see http://Ebionite.com ) -- of which Jacob who they mistakenly call James, the Brother of Yeshua who they mistakenly call Jesus, was the first leader of the New Covenant Movement (see http://BrotherOfYeshua.com ). Which means that Billy Graham would have been too advanced in age, when the Original Gospel teachings were restored in such articles as http://OriginalGospel.Ebionite.com -- and TheCall at http://TheCall.Nazirene.org . And there is the article An Inconvenient Truth ( http://AnInconvenientTruth.org ), an Original Author, that explores the important reason why the scriptures were written in the allegorical language of the Soul -- and therefore were never intended to be historically reliable or accurate. But this is no longer the case for his son, Franklin Graham, to remain locked into the dogma of fourth-century Pagan Rome. And while Franklin Graham has embraced the Vegan/Vegetarian diet of the original disciples of Jesus (see The Holographic Mind http://TreeOfLife.Nazirene.org#TheHolographicMind ), in order to move beyond the "milk" of the Gospel, he must support this endeavor of a more spiritual mindset and lifestyle by seeking the Original Gospel teachings which were suppressed and corrupted by the Church of Pagan Rome.
   

The Folly Of Borrowed (Pagan) Beliefs

On an Ex-Christian group it was suggested that the Gospels borrowed all the tenets of the religion from pagan sources. And this is not only false, but is the product of a mind that has become totally alienated from their own inner self. The below is my reply:

These seemingly borrowed elements of all religions express universal truths that are necessary for all of mankind to embrace. The Eucharist, heaven, hell, the virgin birth and the Logos or Son of God, are all an integral part of the core consciousness of mankind that must be embraced. The virgin birth is an allegorical portrayal of achieving the next stage of non-physical birth -- and unless each seeker is born of the Virgin, they cannot enter into Life. The Eucharist is the Divine Manna or Sacred Knowledge that is imparted to the seeker by the Indwelling Logos -- aka, the Son of God that exists at the core of all mankind (see The True Prophet http://OuterDarkness.Nazirene.org#TrueProphet ). And, it there is only ONE TEACHER that is within all of us, it should be acknowledged that this ONE TEACHER conveys UNIVERSAL TRUTH across the cultural barriers of all of mankind. Baptism conveys the absolute need to embrace the cleansing from the defilements of this world that rob the prodigal son of his inheritance. Nothing was borrowed -- there is only ONE SOURCE and those wise seekers of all ages and cultures have sought out the ONE TEACHER.

Of this Inner Teacher and Universal Source of Knowledge the Apostle Peter is quoted in the Homilies of Clement as stating that the True Prophet is "...within the mind of every one of us, but in those who have no desire of the knowledge of God and His righteousness, He is inoperative; but He works in those who seek after that which is profitable to their souls, and kindles in them the light of knowledge. Wherefore seek Him first of all; and if you do not find Him, expect not that you shall learn anything from any other. But He is soon found by those who diligently seek Him through love of the truth, and whose souls are not taken possession of by wickedness. For He is present with those who desire Him in the innocence of their spirits, who bear patiently, and draw sighs from the bottom of their hearts through love of the truth; but He deserts malevolent minds, because as a prophet He knows the thoughts of every one. And therefore let no one think that he can find Him by his own wisdom, unless, as we have said, he empty his mind of all wickedness, and conceive a pure and faithful desire to know Him. For when any one has so prepared himself, He Himself as a prophet, seeing a mind prepared for Him, of His own accord offers Himself to his knowledge”.

As the Soul who lived as Jacob who they call James, the Brother of Yeshua who they call Jesus (see http://BrotherOfYeshua.com ), the Inner True Prophet has been my only Teacher and Revealer of Truth. And this is why I understand that what appears to be borrowed, is in reality the wise men of every culture seeking out the ONE TEACHER that is within all of mankind.  In order to begin to learn and be taught by this INNER TEACHER, you must begin to personify all that is presented in the allegorical image of the man Jesus as presented in the Gospels.  And until you do, it will remain impossible for you to enter into LIFE.

Nourished By The Fruit Of The Tree Of Life

On a Deist forum there was a portrayal of a Tree of Life. I wrote about this tree: While the symbol of a tree with roots in a circle is nice, can you eat the fruit of this tree and attain Eternal Life? "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever" (Gen 3:22-23).

The Tree Of Life is the blueprint and pattern of your own Mind: "'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God'" (Rev 2:7)..  As personified in the Image at the right, your mind has 12 spheres which are comprised of 4 Trinities -- and each of the Trinities are male/female paradoxical opposites that not only perceive the world differently -- but often in conflict with each other. The 12 signs of the Zodiac -- the 12 tribes of Israel - the 12 disciples of Jesus -- are all portrayals of the Tree of Life -- which is a portrayal of the pattern of your own Mind. And ONLY when you evolve the 12 spheres -- solving the paradoxical opposites in the 4 Trinities -- and become nourished by the Sacred Knowledge -- can you enter into Life. In the above quotation where it states: "He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat" -- what is inhibiting you from eating the fruit of the Tree of Life, is the Natural Laws that are responsible for evolving you from the Alpha of Ignorance, to the Omega of Enlightened Life. This is God's School House -- and there are no auto-advancement. All advancement is accomplished by overcoming the Natural Laws and prevailing over SELF. And this is the true meaning and objective of the scriptures. But this was corrupted by priest-craft and Revealed Religion. In the words of Thomas Paine:

But the Church of Rome having set up its new religion, which it called Christianity, invented the creed which it named the Apostle's Creed... It then manufactured the allegories in the book of Genesis into fact, and the allegorical tree of life and the tree of knowledge into real trees, contrary to the belief of the first Christians, and for which there is not the least authority in any of the books of the New Testament; for in none of them is there any mention made of such place as the Garden of Eden, nor of anything that is said to have happened there. But the Church of Rome could not erect the person called Jesus into a Savior of the world without making the allegories in the book of Genesis into fact, though the New Testament, as before observed, gives no authority for it. All at once the allegorical tree of knowledge became, according to the Church, a real tree, the fruit of it real fruit, and the eating of it sinful. As priestcraft was always the enemy of knowledge, because priestcraft supports itself by keeping people in delusion and ignorance, it was consistent with its policy to make the acquisition of knowledge a real sin... ...Reason is the forbidden tree of priestcraft, and may serve to explain the allegory of the forbidden tree of knowledge, for we may reasonably suppose the allegory had some meaning and application at the time it was invented. It was the practice of the Eastern nations to convey their meaning by allegory, and relate it in the manner of fact. Jesus followed the same method, yet nobody ever supposed the allegory or parable of the rich man and Lazarus, the Prodigal Son, the ten Virgins, etc., were facts. Why then should the tree of knowledge, which is far more romantic in idea than the parables in the New Testament are, be supposed to be a real tree? The answer to this is, because the Church could not make its new-fangled system, which it called Christianity, hold together without it. To have made Christ to die on account of an allegorical tree would have been too barefaced a fable.

A True Deist is able to convey to those who dwell under the shackles of Revealed Religion that their scriptures possess a meaning of the utmost importance that has been robbed from them by priest-craft -- whose main concern is the collection plate. The words of Thomas Paine does not say that the allegories in Genesis are worthless myths -- only that they do not mean what Revealed Religion has created out of them. The fact remains -- i.e., if you fail to eat and be nourished by the fruit of the Tree of Life, you will have failed to achieve the very objectives of the life you are presently living. If you want to learn about the symbolism of the Tree of Life, it is at http://TreeOfLife.Nazirene.org

When the question is posed: How are the twelve spheres of mind -- each of which perceive and understand the world from a very different and often opposite perspective -- worked on and evolved?  While Deists claim to understand the Natural Laws, this claim is little more than a bogus lie.  To understand the effect of the Natural Laws and what is portrayed as the Tower of Babel Syndrome, you would have to understand The Enigma Of The Segmented Mind http://OuterDarkness.Nazirene.org#SegmentedMind .  And the words of Jesus in the Gospel: "Judge not, lest you be judged".  When you judge others, you alienate yourself from them, and this alienation inhibits your own ability to to develop that sphere of mind that their train of thinking relates to within yourself (see The Solution http://OuterDarkness.Nazirene.org#Solution ).  And more important, inhibits the person's ability to Triangulation - Overcoming The Tower Of Babel Syndrome - The Secret To Mental/Spiritual Growth, Expansion and Soul-Birth http://OuterDarkness.Nazirene.org#Triangulation .  Thereby inhibiting the person from Using Triangulation - The Laws - The Spiritually Mature Mind Of Man http://OuterDarkness.Nazirene.org/#TheLawsAndTriangulation .  Which is why organic man who the Apostle Paul portrays as being of an "animal-soul" level of consciousness (see Animal-Soul http://AnInconvenientTruth.org#animal ), is incapable of understanding the spiritual meaning of the scriptures, as well as their own higher Soul-Reality.  Which is why Jesus warned:  “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 who can eat and be nourished by the fruit of the Tree of Life, and themselves enter into Life.