We are men.
Tue 4:32 pm +00:00, 24 Sep 2024 4I am not a churchgoer, but still I join my family in prayer, and have witnessed and participated in the driving out of a demon from our house, which had caused many paranormal events throughout our childhood and adulthood. This was all successfully done (peace has reigned in the house ever since) in the name of Jesus. I am OK in using the name Jesus in prayer as a result of that, after seeing the power and goodness of his name in the spirit world (check out youtube videos showing driving out of demons from people, exorcisms).
I also realise that his life was used by the Romans to create a religion to suppress the Gentiles after his physical time on earth, covering over his true identity.
Jesus stands strong without Christianity, a religion he had never heard of.
That statement will puzzle many, but there is no denying that Jesus was an Essene in the Nazarene sect, not a Christian.
The problem I have with prayer addressed to Jesus or through the agency of Jesus, is not the Jesus name at all, but the final word of all prayer – Amen.
What does Amen mean?
The best I can do in tracking down the origin of the term Amen is that it is the name of the pharoah who according to historian Ralph Ellis, founded the religion known today as Judaeism. You need to read his books to get his understanding – but he claims that Tut Ankh Amun and Nefertiti were the pair behind the creation of this religion designed for the people who lived in Lower Egypt, alongside the Ebro (The Nile). And Amen is the pharoah stamping his royal authority on his manufactured religion.
Given my scepticism of all given historical communication, I find I need to reject the term Amen, as it could well be ascribing spiritual authority not to Jesus, but to a super powerful, rich and brutal Egyptian pharoah bent on suppressing his people. I cannot skip the term Amen entirely ( I pray with children) – so I add the word ‘we’ in front of the words ‘are men’. ‘In the name of Jesus, we are men’, is the ending I like to use.
I feel much happier not praying to an Egyptian royal, but to the actual spiritual power that delivers meaning and hope.
Roger Spurr might be interested in discussing this matter. (620) Mudfossil University – YouTube
Ralph Ellis’ research at Edfu Books | Books by Ralph Ellis (edfu-books.uk)
Excellent! That makes a lot of sense to me. I clearly remember your autobiography covering the the driving out of the demon from your centuries old family home. Made a big impression on my at the time…
Recently, I’ve read a couple of books which are relevant
“The Controversy of Zion” by Douglas Reed, an excellent journalist from the early 20thC. Written in the early 1950’s, he shows very clearly in this book how Jesus challenged the power of the the Pharisees, [who were previously Levites, who became the Talmudists, who became the modern Zionists.] Their creed was always destruction, it’s in all their texts, including the Old Testament and the Talmud. And it’s still happening in Lebanon and Gaza today as I write these words
Jesus, whoever he was, destroyed the Pharisees philosophy with simple powerful true words. They killed him because of it
“The Kingdom of God is within you” by Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy explains how the subsequent “religions” utterly twisted the words of Jesus to mean almost the exact opposite of what he actually said. Being a Russian then, his main target was Christian Orthodoxy. But what he says clearly applies to the Talmudists/Zionists in spades
“The Controversy of Zion” is a great book Pete, read it some years back and I might have to re-read as I’ve forgotten a lot of it now.
Writing it virtually ended reed’s career as a journalist such is the power of the Zionists.
I’ll check out your other recommendation as well.
Thanks Steve, didn’t know that about Reed’s career but makes total sense
I’m rereading it now, only a month or two after first reading, because it is so revealing and so packed with info, most of it is 18th to 20thC. It certainly opened my eyes to the Levites, come Pharisees, come Talmudists, come Zionists. Their common thread, and methods, is demonstrated quite clearly, over approx 2500 years too!
Reed was a journalist, not an academician, there are no reference notes. Which I found disconcerting initially, but I persisted because it all made so much SENSE. And the clincher for Reed’s credibility for me is what he predicted would follow in the 20thC. He wrote his book in 1951/3 and added the epilogue in 1956. He demonstrated just how captured the western world was even then. He told us what was to come and, so far, he’s been proven correct, even if has taken a bit longer than he forecast
His long sections about the role and methods of Chaim Weizmann, who became the first President of “Israel”, is very instructive. The same patterns repeat. First Palestine, then Babylon, then Israel/Judea, then Spain, then Poland/Russia, now modern “Israel”, ie part of Palestine. Weizmann had open doors to the leadership of all western governments at that time, none dare refuse him
Reed also demonstrates that even the name “Israel” is another deception of theirs. The Israelites were in fact one of the first victims of the Judahites! Israel was destroyed by them, always parasites who destroy the host eventually
So the real Israelites fled Israel, before Jesus was born. And, as a result, they assimilated with humanity, mainly travelling west. So most westerners are likely to have Israelite DNA as a result, ironic or what? Particularly so given that most modern Israelis have Polish/Russian/German roots and are not really Semitic at all, ha, ha!
His section on Jesus is short, but very sweet, the stunning power of truthful words
One thing I noticed reading Ellis was that Jesus drove the money-changers out of the temple – i.e. bankers. Less often mentioned is that he also drove the animals out of the temple. He was clearly against the grisly process of animal (and therefore human) sacrifice. In the gospels he is made to say (by the Roman paid authors) ‘Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s’ meaning ‘pay your taxes’. This is all no doubt fabricated. There is no word to oppose war or slavery either in the Christian bible, the business of empires. In The Book Of Thomas which quotes actual sayings and words of Jesus, not included by the Romans in the bible, Jesus says ‘ the earth is a corpse’ . Once you understand that, you are able to stand up against the evils of the empires (I paraphrase). Better explained by Roger Spurr of Mudfossil University than by me. Thanks for your references, Pete – always well read and well informed.