Who were the Ebionites? In the first
century, all believers and followers of Jesus were known as Ebionites. Thus, the
early Church Authority Epiphanius writes that the name Ebionite
"...was at first ...a common name for all"
the original followers of Jesus (Epiphanius Adv. Haer., xxix. 1). Yet today the
name Ebionite is often portrayed as heresy. Why? If all the original followers
of Jesus were Ebionites, as Epiphanius stated, then why are these earliest
followers of Jesus portrayed as the heresy of the Ebionites? Because the Church
that evolved out of the Roman and Greek Gentiles had virtually nothing in common
with the original Gospel teachings. In fact, in the manner of the modern
faith-based believers, the Church that evolved out of the body of Gentile
believers totally rejected the core foundation of the New Covenant (see Old Vs
New Covenants
http://OriginalGospel.Ebionite.com#OldVsNewCovenants ).
There is a factual assertion that I
can set before you that is an undeniable truth that all faith-based believers
must eventually confront -- i.e., as a believer, you have never so much as heard
the position of the original followers of Jesus that has been labeled the
Ebionite heresy. Designed to be used as the Key of Knowledge that unlocks the
inner "
narrow strait" Gate of Eden within
the mind of the sincere seeker, the Gospels were written by Ebionites who
authored the scriptures to be used in a New Covenant Mode and Mindset that was
totally rejected by the Gentile Church. Where the plight of man is portrayed
in the statement:
"Therefore the LORD God banished him
from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken"
(Gen 3:23), the Force and Barrier that causes man to wander in this, the
"Outer Darkness" of what is portrayed as the
Far Country in the parable of the prodigal son, inhibits mankind from returning
to his True Home and Source of Being in the Edenic Kingdom of their Heavenly
Father -- placing a barrier between this world and the Kingdom as declared in
the statement:
"So He drove out the man and stationed
cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden, with a whirling sword of flame to
guard the way to the tree of life" (Gen 3:24). BUT, when the Gospels
are used as the Key of Knowledge as designed by the Ebionite authors, mankind as
the lost prodigal sons and daughters can safely pass through the inner
"narrow strait gate" that enables the
seeker safe passage by the
"cherubim" who
guard the Tree of Life with their
"whirling sword of
flame", and allow entrance to the Edenic Kingdom within. Jesus
declared to his followers:
"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."
When Jesus commanded those who would be his followers:
“And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He
who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find
it” (Matt 10:38-39) -- it will remain virtually impossible for you to
enter through the
"narrow strait gate"
within you, without using the Gospels as the Key of Knowledge that enables you
to pass by the
"cherubim" who guard the Tree
of Life with their
"whirling sword of flame"
-- thereby escaping the
"outer darkness" of
this, the Far Country -- and gain entrance to the Edenic Kingdom within you (see
The Application Of The Key Of Knowledge
http://KeyOfKnowledge.org#ApplicationOfTheKeyOfKnowledge ).
"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?" In
further clarification, the TEV version of the this verse states:
“How terrible for you teachers of the Law! You have
kept the key that opens the door to the house of knowledge; you yourselves will
not go in, and you stop those who are trying to go in!” (Luke 11:52
TEV).
What the above means is that if you
fail to utilize the scriptures as the Key of Knowledge -- turning them within
your own mind in order to open the "narrow strait gate"
within you -- thereby enabling you to acquire the Power and Ability to safely
pass by the "cherubim" who guard the Tree of
Life with their "whirling sword of flame",
then you are not a follower of Jesus and the New Covenant. The author and
visionary Philip K. Dick was able to recall his Soul's previous life in the
first century where he lived as an original follower of Jesus. He also wrote
with respect to the original disciples of Jesus that:
"Christ ...taught his followers how to enter the kingdom while still alive,
where other mystery religions only bring about amnesis: knowledge of it at the
'other time' in 'the other realm,' not here. He causes it to come here, and is
the living agency to the Sole Good God (i.e. the Logos)." This is
true -- and that the original Gospel message was to develop the mind through the
transformative process of expansion and deepening of consciousness, and then
enable the disciple of TheWay to gain entrance into the Inner Kingdom, is easily
demonstrated in the above quotations on the proper use of the scriptures as the
Key of Knowledge.
As a Mystery religion, the objective
of the religion was to acquire what Philip K. Dick portrays above at the ability
to bring about
amnesis, which can be defined
as observing through meditation in the manner of the traditional monk. BUT, as
Philip K. Dick confirms what is presented in the Gospel teachings, Jesus taught
his followers how to enter the Kingdom -- and through the Anointing
(Messiah/Christ) of the Mind, enabling his disciples to be taught directly from
the One and Only Teacher that Jesus instructed his followers to seek out and
learn from (see The One Teacher
http://BrotherOfJesus.org#TheOneTeacher ). Few modern believers even
understand the foundation of The New Covenant -- i.e.,
"For this is the covenant that I will make ...says the Lord: I will put My laws
in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they
shall be My people. None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his
brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all shall know Me, from the least of them
to the greatest of them" (Heb 8:10-11 NKJ). Yet, the Christian world
has rejected the very foundation of the New Covenant by virtue of countless
teachers, Bible Commentaries, a mass of Bible interpretations and the adoption
of man-made dogma that inhibits the believer's spiritual advancement. Thus, the
reality of the words of Isaiah have enveloped the modern faith-based believers
in the quagmire of their own self-imposed spiritual shackles:
"For they that lead this people cause them to err; and
they that are led of them are destroyed" (Isa 9:6). And when
rightly understood, the resounding truth is that the modern believers have
chosen tradition and man-made dogma over the Knowledge of the Original Teachings
associated with the New Covenant -- i.e.,
"My people
are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I
will also reject thee..." (Hos 4:6).
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