The Illegitimacy Of Modern Christianity

When Jesus accused the leaders of the Jews of throwing away the Key of Knowledge -- i.e., "Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering” (Luke 11:52) -- it is important to understand the source and type of knowledge he accused the Jews of throwing away.  The word Knowledge that was being referenced to is translated from the Greek word Gnosis, as seen in the Greek Interlinear where it shows "knowledge" in this verse is translated from the word "gnosis" at https://biblehub.com/interlinear/luke/11-52.htm .  Gnosis from a biblical perspective is defined as: "Gnosis refers to knowledge based on personal experience or perception. In a religious context, gnosis is mystical or esoteric knowledge based on direct participation with the divine."  The word Gnosis then, indicates Spiritual Knowledge that is revealed or taught to the person directly from the Divine Mind within them.  It cannot be read literally in the writings of man -- it cannot be literally written in scriptures or religious writings -- it cannot be taught by a teacher or rabbi -- because it can only be personally taught to the person as they fulfill the Law within them as Jesus taught, and can only be revealed to them by the Divine Mind.

Who can receive Gnosis from the Divine Mind?  And Why was the this Sacred Gnosis which was representative of the Knowledge of the Mysteries of the Gospel revealed only to the inner core of disciples?  When Jesus was asked why he spoke to the multitudes of people in the enigma of parables, he explained: "And the disciples came and said to Him, Why do You speak to them in parables? He answered and said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given" (Matt 13:10-11).  Why could only a very select few comprehend the Sacred Gnosis/Knowledge -- i.e., “Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand” (Mark 4:11-12)?   The Sacred Knowledge/Gnosis could only be received from the Divine Mind by those who had abandoned the ways and thinking of this world, and had begun to fulfill the Law within them as Jesus had taught them (see The Law Of The Gospels http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com  ). 

Those followers and disciples who walked and talked with Jesus daily -- the very people who he personally taught -- those who could ask Jesus any question, and have Jesus explain his answer in fullness and depth -- all witnessed to the fact that Jesus was a true holy man who became the Anointed (Messiah/Christ) by fulfilling the Law of God within his own mind and being.  They affirmed what Jesus personally taught them -- i.e., that he (Jesus) "...was justified by fulfilling the Law. He was the Christ (Anointed) 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).   And Jesus personally taught and guided them into the path where they were in the process of fulfilling the Law, and themselves becoming the Anointed (Messiah/Christ).  What does it mean to "fulfill the Law"?  Why hadn't "the rest of mankind observed the Law completely"?  If what Jesus taught his followers that "Had any one else fulfilled the commandments of the Law, he would have been the Christ", then the most important question for all the followers of Jesus is: What must they, and other people do, to fulfill the Law and become the Anointed (Messiah/Christ)?  And if what Jesus said with respect to the fact that he (Jesus) "was a man in like sense with all humanity", then there is no salvation in worshiping Jesus without doing what he taught to his closest of followers.    

The many questions cannot be answered without understanding why Jesus condemned the Jewish experts in the Law as blind guides -- i.e., "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch" (Matt 15:14).  Why are they blind?  Because they have thrown away the Key to acquire Gnosis/Spiritual Knowledge -- they did not enter in through the "narrow gate" within them -- and they "...hindered those who were entering”  Why?  When Jesus commanded his followers not to be teachers or rabbis -- i.e., "But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have One Teacher, and you are all brethren" (Matt 23:8).   With respect to learning ONLY FROM THE TRUE PROPHET, Peter warned Clement as quoted in the Clementine Homilies: “Hence, O beloved Clement, if you would know the things pertaining to God, you have to learn them from Him alone, because He alone knows the truth".  And with respect to this ONE TEACHER that they were commanded to seek out exclusively, the Apostle Peter is quoted in stating that the One Teacher who they portrayed as the True Prophet, is within the mind of all mankind -- at the Core of our Consciousness.  Thus, Peter is quoted as stating: "...And therefore I advise not only wise men, but indeed all men who have a desire of knowing what is advantageous to them, that they seek after the True Prophet; for it is He alone who knoweth all things, and who knoweth what and how every man is seeking. For he 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”    Once again, this  "...esoteric knowledge based on direct participation with the divine" , is called Gnosis -- which is outlawed as heresy by modern Christianity.  

What Peter is stating is that while the True Prophet exists at the core of all of mankind, (1) "...in those who have no desire of the knowledge of God and His righteousness, He is inoperative"; (2) "...But He is soon found by those who diligently seek Him through love of the truth"; (3) the True Prophet "...deserts malevolent minds, because as a prophet He knows the thoughts of every one"; (4) that we cannot find the True Prophet on our own as stated that "...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"; (5) and that to draw nearer and find the Indwelling True Prophet, the seeker must "...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”.   When rightly understood, to find and learn from the Indwelling True Prophet, the seeker must become the "good ground" in the parable of the Sower and the Seed (see http://SowerAndTheSeed.Ebionite.com ).  And in the parable of the Sower and the Seed, the same seed that is cast into the ground that is properly prepared and produces in levels of abundance ("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” ), is unable to germinate and produce when the ground in which it has been cast is not properly prepared ("...but He deserts malevolent minds ...in those who have no desire of the knowledge of God and His righteousness, He is inoperative"). 

In the same way that Jesus commanded his followers to seek out the True Prophet by fulfilling the Law within their own body and mind, the spiritual meaning of the scriptures can only be taught by turning the scriptures within your own mind as the Key of Gnosis/Knowledge -- where the True Prophet can teach and enlighten you.  In the Homilies of Clement the Apostle Peter is quoted as warning with respect to reading and understanding the scriptures: "...therefore great care is to be taken, that when the law of God is read, it be not read according to the understanding of our own mind. For there are many sayings in the divine Scriptures which can be drawn to that sense which every one has preconceived for himself; and this ought not to be done. For you ought not to seek a foreign and extraneous sense, which you have brought from without".  If we ask the question: What is being said to the believer who desires to be faithful to the Gospel Teachings?  By design, the scriptures cannot be understood by the Linear (outward-male) spheres of mind.  Why?  Because the outward-looking spheres of mind see and understand in accord with the thinking of the outer world and culture.  And this fact is confirmed when Peter stated: "when the law of God (scriptures) is read, it be not read according to the understanding of our own mind"?  Why?  Because the scriptures are composed in a symbolic language that can only be interpreted and understood by the inward-looking (feminine) Intuitive spheres of mind.  The outward-looking Linear spheres of mind attempts to interpret all things literally and historically -- which is why Peter warns that "...For there are many sayings in the divine Scriptures which can be drawn to that sense which every one has preconceived for himself".   Further, Peter warns that "...For you ought not to seek a foreign and extraneous sense, which you have brought from without".  What this means is that if you attempt to interpret the scriptures in accord with a study group, a Biblical Commentary, in accord with the teachings of a Church, or from a human thought-perspective -- that you will not only fail to understand the meaning of the scriptures, but you will alienate and disenfranchise your mind from the true spiritual meaning.  Why?  Because the scriptures are composed in the language of the Soul that employs allegorical catalysts that are used to develop the inward-looking Intuitive Spheres of Mind as explored at The Purpose Of The Scriptures http://GospelCosmology.Ebionite.com#PurposeOfTheScriptures .  

Spiritual Knowledge/Gnosis can only be received in accord with each person's fulfillment of the Law within them as Jesus taught his original followers.  As blind guides who portray Gnosis as heresy, modern Christians have no idea how the Law is fulfilled within the mind of the believer/seeker.  Therefore, in the abandonment of the Law, modern Christianity is Gnosis-Free and Spiritually Destitute