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“Come, that I may teach you about secrets no person has ever seen. For there exists a great and boundless realm, whose extent no generation of angels has seen,
in which there is a great invisible Spirit, which no eye of an angel has ever seen, no thought of the heart has ever comprehended, and it was never called by any name.
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Hi Folks..
Careful there - that "scripture" that you quote from John is NOT even Johns original words.. He himself is NOT the author of that canon version - and indeed the author there never even met or knew John or Christ directly.. The bible canon is a secondhand twisted version of an original truth.. If we want THAT ORIGINAL truth of Christ as HE spoke it directly - then it really is quite essential, we must put the bible down and go look AT those original gospels instead - the ones the disciples DID ACTUALLY author themselves - first hand direct accounts..As He told Judas directly :
There you go - pretty straight forward and direct - this Great Spirit He teaches us of - this SOURCE of all Creation - He says adamantly - NOBODY has EVER encountered it before HIM - NOT EVEN THE ANGELS He says - yes..?.. As I say elsewhere - THIS "god" is NOT that so called "god" they ALREADY know - it not that one we now xall Yhvh or Yahweh or ANY of those names - because look and see the truth -he just told us - nobody EVER encounteres THIS Spirit before and so IT HAS NEVER BEEN GIVEN A NAME !!!
Entirely new and unknown Spirit He teaches us of here.. Elsewhere - in the ORIGINAL gospel of John - He will go to great length and detail - to clear up this religious confusion - and He makes it step by step clear and undeniable, that the Hebrew "god" Yhvh / Yahweh - is NOT this sovereign spirit He NOW reveals.. In fact He explains it all so intricately that He actually tells us explicitly NOT to even TRY to name it as it is simply far far FAR BEYOND MORTAL COMPREHENSION and we simply are not capable , are not "worthy" - have no AUTHORITY over it at all and so should not give it a name at all...
His - is a purely METAPHYSICAL TRUTH - He is explaining the ACTUAL SOURCE of creation itself !!
Here, this may help - if I say - that only CREATURES are designated a NAME.. The CREATOR itself bestows the name UPON the thing so created..Always this is so - the creator has AUTHORITY to do this - the creature has no such.. The name itself..?...is a WORD - an di n a purely metaphysuical sense the WORD literally DEFINES the Creation - DEFINES THE CREATURE - therefore the name assigned TO the creature is a SYMBOL of that particular creation event.....May be hard for some to grasp the concepts - but try to let it sink in deep - see the implications here..?...Yhvh / Yahweh - is a NAMED ENTITY - and that is because it is a CREATURE - created BY the process but NOT the SOURCE of Creation itself - it IS a creature exactly like You and I are and therefore it HAS been NAMED exactly like all creatures are
Christ though goes far beyond all that - as said - right to the SOURCE Itself - explains all this metaphysical truth fully - what the Father ACTUALLY is - how and why it happens - the order and heirachy to the created worlds and their Souls that inhabit them - and it soon becomes abundantly and undeniably clear that Our Father is NOT that god of the Hebrews...This issue of a "name" is just one aspect He uses to emphasie His truth.. Yhvh / Yahweh is NOT Our Father - for those with ears to hear...
Come, that I may teach you about secrets no person has ever seen. For there exists a great and boundless realm, whose extent no generation of angels has seen,
in which there is a great invisible Spirit, which no eye of an angel has ever seen, no thought of the heart has ever comprehended, and it was never called by any name.
Hi Folks..
Syncretic; Ah - NO my friend - definately not talking about idolatry - read the quote I present above again to see clearly...He tells Judas specifically :
He is not speaking about ANYTHING that they ALREADY know....SECRETS never before revealed He says, yes..??...NOT the Hebrew god then that all already worship - and just as obviously NOT "other gods with idols" which they would ALSO ALREADY KNOW (or how can they even make an idol of it) !!
His statement says very precisely that what HE ALONE now teaches us of - absolutely NO SOUL here had EVER known before - not even these Angels above He said so adamantly - and that tells us undeniably that the Father HE reveals now - is NOT - CAN NOT BE - either the Hebrew god or ANY OTHER so called god from any pantheon from any culture - NONE of them are the Father He says as NOBDOY EVER has encountered THIS spirit before...
The God of heaven, Creator, Living Fire, LORD God, I Am, Elohim, El-Elyon, JEHOVAH,etc. All these are titles but God of those titles have a name. ( By Scriptures Do You Know This Name.? )
'And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.' Zechariah 14:9
He didn't come in his own name, as god. He came in his father's name, as his [the father's] son. This is an exact support that jesus is not god's name nor is god.He said it. John 3:43 'I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.' Jesus Christ is God name.
Hi Folks..
Syncretic; Ah I DID provide verse as well - a quote form JUDAS just as I said - ORIGINAL gospel from which the "canon versions" in the bible are taken...Read the ORIGINAL TRUTH here http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/_pdf/GospelofJudas.pdf
Context..??...Hmm - the context is amply clear just from the words He uses above - SECRETS that not even Angels know - the context then is a COMPLETELY NEW TRUTH that none have ever known before - the context is this truth alone and precludes any and all PREVIOUS truths, as He just told us adamantly that THIS truth is ENTIRELY new
That would be the bigger context and His main motive for any of this and for His entire life among us was to deliver this NEW TRUTH directly - but specifically, He says that above because Judas has just had a vision that he doesnt understand and thta trouble shim deeply.. Actually they ALL have a vision - the other 11 have the SAME vision of a corrupt and evil FUTURE CHURCH - which Christ explains this is the FUTURE - is to become THEIR LEGACY - a corrupt institution that bares the name of Christ but does all manner of atrocious evil acts !! They have a PREMONITION of the future church and how it will evolve and become defiled !!! Read it there first in ORIGINAL Judas - then go compare to ACTUAL HISTORY - and see YES indeed that prophesy comes true fully - the church they describe in THAT vision IS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH that bares Christs name - a wholly CORRUPT institute that Christ is openly ASHAMED of here !!
Remember as you (all) read of that vision - it is a prophesy from over TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO - and yet it comes true PRECISELY and undeniably doesnt it..??..ALL the things decribed IN the vision recorded here in Judas - this catholic church will become renowned and infamous for - and there can be no doubt - it IS the future cathoic church they describe as Christ says directly that THIS IS THEIR LEGACY - it starts with the disciples and continues with others appointed in their name for genearations to come!!
So context - they ALL ask Christ to explain their shared vision of this church - He is most scathing of it - read it for the Self(s) to see His truth and the truth of this institution...Whilst the other 11 are having this SHARED vision - Judas too has a vision of a spiritual realm that he cannot actually enter....he becomes so confused and fearful that he asks Christ directly for his truth, his fate - says to Him that he (Judas) is worried in case an "evil force" has corrupted him so he cannot attain paradise as in his vision he cannot enter the realm at all and all the other disciples turn on him and stone him to death.. Why didnt I share their vision he asks..?..why am I alone given this other one ..??...And so Christ explains the truth to him - tells him the realm he witnessed in his vision is not for mortals so yet Judas can not enter - tells Judas of his own unique fate - practically orders Judas to betray Christ to the rabbis - then reassures Him by giving him this new truth of the legitimate Father as I am presenting it here...Tells Judas directly of this unknown SOVEREIGN spirit and realm and reassures Him all will be well and what Judas must do is necassary and vital...
There is no mistake - the Hebrew god is NOT the Father He alone teaches us of..There are lots and lots of little snippets of conversation between Christ and disciple that shows this to be undeniable truth - and as advised the ORIGINAL gospels authored BY disciple and fully claimed BY disciple directly are the ONLY authentic accounts to trust here - the bible itself is a twistng of this original truth
Here, you state that G-d has no name, /presumably, titles
Jesus isn't god's name. The only way that would make sense if the OT wasn't part of the Bible. Since it is, and Jesus' reference to the OT, to say Jesus is god is an insult to jesus. His own apostles where treating him as if he were the father, and jesus had to keep correcting them saying that I came in my father's name but the power, he knowledge, the gifts I give, et cetera do not come from me but from my father.Jesus being one of the names of G-d, /how traditional Jesus adherents sometimes refer to G-d.
The paradigm you are portraying is incorrect. That ''Christian'' theology, isn't Roman at all; if anything, the Romans 'humanized' Jesus, more than He is actually, in the belief system. /Think crucifix, so forth. Other Christians, /non-Romans, have a tradition of directly referring to Jesus as God, or JHVH. //Jesus being the manifestation of JHVH.
This isn't part of standard Bible canon, however, if this is your argument, then using the actual Bible Scripture, to argue for or against this position, is going to be problematic.
I never said, confine God within an image , but rather define God and know His limits (even if they are self imposed) , I think this is very essential because you would know to what extent God has allowed for Himself interference in human lives, so that you know what and what not to expect from Him , otherwise people would be praying for miracles and things against His nature or the nature of His predestined course.I cannot believe in a limited god like that. I am simply not able.
I think humans invent such limited god images because fictional characters are easier to manipulate and use for human purposes.
Tom
The Inexpressible One - The One rules all. Nothing has authority over it. - It is the God. - It is Father of everything, - Holy One - The invisible one over everything.
It is uncontaminated - Pure light no eye can bear to look within - Thee One is the Invisible Spirit. - It is not right to think of it as a God or as like God. - It is more than just God.-
Nothing is above it. - Nothing rules it. - Since everything exists within it - It does not exist within anything. - Since it is not dependent on anything - It is eternal. - It is absolutely complete and so needs nothing. - It is utterly perfect Light.
The One is without boundaries - Nothing exists outside of it to border it - The One cannot be investigated - Nothing exists apart from it to investigate it - The One cannot be measured - Nothing exists external to it to measure it - The One cannot be seen - For no one can envision it - The One is eternal - For it exists forever - The One is inconceivable - For no one can comprehend it - The One is indescribable - For no one can put any words to it. - The One is infinite light - Purity - Holiness - Stainless,
The One is incomprehensible - Perfectly free from corruption.
Not “perfect” - Not “blessed” - Not “divine” - But superior to such mortal concepts. - Neither physical nor unphysical - Neither immense nor infinitesimal - It is impossible to specify in quantity or quality - For it is beyond mortal knowledge. - The One is not a being among other beings - It is vastly superior - But it is not “superior.” - It is outside of realms of being and time - For whatever is within realms of being was created by the One - And whatever is within time had time allotted to it by the One - The One receives nothing from anything. - It simply apprehends itself in its own perfect Light - The One is majestic. - The One is measureless majesty - Chief of all Realms - Producing all realms - Light Producing light - Life Producing life - Blessedness Producing blessedness - Knowledge Producing knowledge - Good Producing goodness - Mercy Producing mercy - Generous Producing generosity - It does not “possess” these things. - It gives forth light beyond measure, beyond comprehension.
What can I say? - His realm is eternal, peaceful, silent, resting, before everything - He is the head of every realm sustaining each of them through goodness.
Thanks for the wonderful definition or description for God . LOLHi Folks...
Round and round the mulberry bush....lol.... Folks - you are off down completely the wrong path..lol....my Father is far far FAR beyond all these mortal ideas that the religion keeps throwing at us..As Christ said - those religious leaders - have NO TRUTH TO GIVE YOU - damn them - like dogs in the cattle pen He said they will not give you any rest and bring only confusion and strife
We cannot "confine" my Father - lol - He is EVERYTHING without exception lol...How can we confine THAT..??.. How do we even DEFINE that..?...And most importantly - who are we to NAME that superior force - what AUTHORITY could we mortals ever possibly have over it TO name it so..??
Here is my Father as Christ describes it - from the original tome of disciple John - Christ direct spiritual revelation faithfully recorded for us all :
Ok - so some relevant points....Our Father is so so SO obviously BEYOND any mortal comprehension at all.. NOTHING has authority over it - so Who can name it now..??..
it is NOT a being among OTHER beings - it does NOT exist as we do "within time and space".. SUPERIOR to any and all MORTAL notions of what it is... The mortal mind CAN NOT COMPREHEND IT HE says..Look at the last sentance and realise even Christ struggles to explain it to us adequatly - what can I tell you ? He asks - for it is BEYOND WORDS and needs to be experienced DIRECTLY to be understood - become Me He will say and these mysteries are revealed fully
But see for now - Our Father - something entirely different to the religious notion..Not an INDIDVIDUAL singular "god" - not a UNIQUE FORM - not a god on a throne passing "judgement" - no anger jealously wrath or need for worship at all !!! But keep reading the original John gospel and you will see THAT god described also - its CREATION and its origin are also fully explained - and how it in its turn went on to create us mankind directly is also FULLY explained - and as said - this one we call Yhvh in the bible is most certainly NOT this Primal Sovereign spirit that Christ attempts to explain for us above.... He continues to explain how and why creation actually happens - how and why material worlds are formed - how and why the Souls that inhabit these worlds come forth also...
Im not going to reproduce the entire ORIGINAL gospel here - but read it for your selves for clarity - http://gnosis.org/naghamm/apocjn-davies.html
See this heirachy to creation unfold..Learn directly from Christ what got created by whom and when - and see for sure the CREATION and ORIGIN of the "bible god" Yhvh which Christ says directly is no "god" at all but merely an Angel - a creature - NOT THE SOURCE of Creation at all... See Him say directly this event was a mistake - and the result is an entirely SEPERATE REALM - THIS realm - where this Angel is placed alone and purposefully isolated...It is malformed - not perfect - resembles a DRAGON He says
It is THIS Angel that looks like a dragon that is "cast from heaven" as the bible narrative mimicks...Yhvh IS the dragon - IS the Angel cast from the realm of the TRUE DIVINE - and placed HERE as lord and master of THIS lower realm ...read the ORIGINAL truth from the ORIGINAL disciple gospels - then compare to bible version and see clearly why all this manipulation has occurred....
The question is, that how is Jesus God? If Jeus is God then how did Mary give birth to Jesus? That is something some need to think about.God name is Jesus Christ According to Scriptures.
Thanks for the wonderful definition or description for God . LOL By the way , you have confined Him in everything whereas He is beyond everything (matter).