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The bulk of humanity will spend the bulk of their earthly lives, searching for data or information (or links), which will help them to justify, validate, rationalize, explain, or otherwise support or enable, the lifestyle that they've already decided they are going to live, and/or the mentality-box they're already dedicated to remaining within.
It is unlikely that you will find anything here that will achieve that for you. I say this upfront, so not to waste your time exploring herein. This blog is about being Messiah-centric; about actual, observable self-sacrificing Messiah discipleship; about Kingdom living and lifestyle evangelism; it is anti-religious and counterculture (John 15:16-21, 22-27). If you are among the YHVH Monetizers, and are here seeking content for your staged sermon, this blog will not benefit you. But I do offer to lay hands upon you (or anyone), to cast out the demons that drive you in such patently evil ways. But you must will it.
Very few people will spend their earth-time, investing in the afterlife (Matt 6:24-29, 30-34); very few people actually and truly believe that there's more to this life than the here-and-now (Heb 11:1-3, 4-6): This truth (this reality) can be witnessed in their here-and-now time & money investments. The Master said: Narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it! (Matt 7:13-14): This is tragically true, especially once you learn the will of YHVH (John 3:16-18) versus the outcome due to the superpower of human volition (John 3:19-21; Matt 7:21-23).
Therefore, the world we live in, including its ultimate demise, is but a reflection of sin saturation; an outcome of the cold reality that the bulk of humanity are eternally doomed. We are today, as Sodom City was, prior to its lava bath (Luke 17:26-29): very normal and business-as-usual. Most people use religions to enhance their earthly life; they do not live their earthly life in preparation for their eternality (Mark 10:19-22, 23-25).
The masses will serve money (Matt 6:19-24; Luke 16:13-15) and then merely dabble in religions externally. Their lives are defined and consumed by making, spending and protecting money, and what they've invested in. They live deep into the secular world and are comfortable there; they are employees with debts from education, cars and buildings; they are compromised by it all, but oblivious to any other way of living (2Co 6:14-18; Pro 6:27-28). Very few people ever even get near a disciple of Messiah, and so they have no model for a Messiah-centric lifestyle; they remain fully enculturated unto the Godless world, which is all they have ever known (churched or not).
For the fully secularized and blindly enculturated masses, who just happen to select Christianity from their cultures religion menu; these masses of people enable the church-business services, which are also fully secularized: Money-dependents will do or say anything, just to remain sedentary; to be consumerists, culturally relevant, ego-stroked, materialistic, and economically empowered.
But the tree is known by the (visible) fruit it bears (Matt 7:15-20). These Xians of Religianity are the many anti-Messiahs that were prophesied to exist, en masse, culminating here in these end-times (1Jo 2:4-7, 8-11, 15-20). Christendom does not represent Messiah Yeshua; it is merely an animation of genuine Messianic discipleship; a daily-dying and eternally Love-centric Community with others destined unto resurrection.
The three nails represented in my Masters crucifixion (2 hands; 1 feet), are the Catholics, the Orthodox, and the Protestants, with the most divisive of them all, being the final nail, the Protestants. Being the farthest away from Messiah Yeshua, in geographical distance, in culture, and in time, but more importantly, the farthest from His heart; they are the collaborators in/of the end-times.
The businesses of religion are, in our time-culture, what the Pharisees and Sadducee's yoked with the Romans and the lawyers were, during the life of my Master, Messiah Yeshua. They all use the attorney-class and the political-class to their monetary-economic-political benefit. The fake disciples of Messiah (of all generations) are money-centric, and Judging all things from that barometer and benchmark. Beware of anyone who Monetizes our Father which art in Heaven; god-sellers "ministries" llc. Indeed, the word "ministries" in their title these days is a tell!
As a devout disciple of Messiah Yeshua – captive in a deeply profound, personal, daily-dying relationship that far transcends any human-to-human relationship that's void of the Indwelling Holy Spirit – I do not enable, prescribe to, nor participate in, any religion-business on Earth (anywhere and forever). My duty is only to expose them (Eph 5:6-11), and to provide lifestyle evangelism; a witness that mimics my Master (Matt 5:14-16). I.e. I'll teach you to fish and grow and build shelter and otherwise live without $ mammon, but I cannot and will not enable you further by giving you Mammon, any more than I'd give a substance to an abuser addict.
Among those who visit this blog are data miners, and the ubiquitous comment trolls, who leave as soon as they speed to the bottom and find no comments section to insert their ad hominem rants. Many are those who are online seeking more validation for some religious or theological stance they have taken, mostly concerning minutia such as how to correctly spell names. I happen to refer to my Master as Messiah Yeshua, or my Heavenly Father simply as YHVH (i.e. keywords).
I adopted this from the Messianic in Israel, because I am an American who only learned (but mastered) English, and so even credentialed, I am still not qualified to decide this. If I am wrong by copying Israelis concerning said linguistics, I will be forgiven because my heart and intent is first and foremost, to be right in the presence of my Heavenly Father. The search for wisdom is verily a lifelong endeavor.
Most people will find all of this foreign; alien; way out there: Most assuredly, for when you are incarcerated to the shoebox of your enculturation, anything and everything outside of it will surely seem way out there! Messiah Yeshua was thought to be insane or even demon possessed by those He confronted (John 8:48-49; 10:19-21). Unlike the sheer masses, the Elect of YHVH are not drones of indoctrination or education; we were once blind but now we see. Those in the shoebox cannot see beyond the box (the cocoon of corporeality): much of this will be alien to them (even radical), be it an Atheist, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, or the Xians of Religianity called christians (Eph 2:11-16, 17-22; 4:17-19, 20-25; 1Pe 2:1-6, 7-12).
A Servant Is Not Above His Master!
(Matt 10:24; John 13:16; 15:20) When studying scripture it is easy to see that there were no full names; no one would identify themselves with the writings, other than first names, of which (some) could even be pseudonyms. I came to realize that the goal was first, to serve from a state of egoless humility, which then intends to remove the individual (the self) from the equation, and keep the words free of personal overtones, as much as that is possible; to be a narrator rather than a character. I'm a tradesman, not a schooled writer; please overlook this shortcoming.
Egocentrism and/or narcissism can be witnessed in the many grand things people construct, especially so they can put their own names upon it, much like a billboard shouting down at you, saying who I am; what I am; that I am: ~ I'm the center of my box: notice me; like me; follow me; copy me; want me; respect me; adore me; obey me; fear me; yes, worship me! The circumstantial descent is rapid. That was the downfall of satan and the fallen followers; the incorporeal demons, plus the human masses who will soon join them.
Personal names are like grand music to the egocentric ear: The ego-conquered like to see or hear their name proclaimed publicly. The Selfie generation unabashedly thrives (2Ti 3:1-5): But the ego is never fulfilled (Pro 27:20; 30:15-16; Ecc 5:10-11; 1Jo 2:16): Conversely, the Bread of Life is very filling; the Living Water is always overflowing (John 4:10-14; 7:37-39).
Without Ruach HaKodesh; the Indwelling Holy Spirit, all humans crave, and thus, must live this life as a reflection of that continual peacelessness, which YHVH exploits to attract volitional beings. The time-dedicated service devoted to Mammon (Luke 16:13-15) and the Car Cult is (fruit-on-the-tree) evidence enough for the Spiritually enlightened.
The pyramids of Egypt; the Temple Mount; roads and buildings named after popular Xians of Religianity; towering buildings, stadiums, hospitals (and more) all boldly and proudly named after a wealth-monger. Even the many grand monuments that claim connection to The Creator: Catholic and Orthodox Cathedrals; Protestant Megachurches; and so much more. Just look around you: With Spiritual eyes and ears, the evils of narcissism are unavoidable (especially) within the urban sprawl, which is itself an affront unto YHVH; a physical expression of an ongoing (internal; often unrecognized) hatred for the natural world of YHVH, which is slowly dying off, and will eventually reach terminal stage; a bitterly failed stewardship indeed.
Brother John (John 3:27-31) said that He (The Messiah) must increase, but I/we must decrease: This would be especially applicable to this paradigm. I'm a full-time servant of my Master, Messiah Yeshua; as an individual who is married only to YHVH, I wanted to follow that paradigm and try my best to keep me out of this. Thus, I refer to myself as Monk of YHVH, which would more accurately be a Monk, as being one among many celibate disciples of Messiah (Matt 19:12; 1Co 7:7-9) throughout time and culture, who only served YHVH, faithfully; daily; monogamously; serving no other gods, especially money, materialism and consumerism (Luke 16:13-15). I have taken vows of poverty, obedience and fidelity, but only unto YHVH (Matt 5:33-37; James 5:12; Gal 1:1-5).
I am merely a corporeal container; a conduit of/for the Ruach HaKodesh; the Indwelling Holy Spirit (Rom 8:9-11): I'm a mere single little speaker in an otherwise grand and complex sound system (among every generation), wherein the writer and author, conductor and musician, is YHVH. As an individual human, I am nothing special (you can just dismiss me): I'm not better nor worse than any other person who will ever live. However, I died; the man I was before Messiah conquered my Soul, has died: That old man is no more (Rom 6:4-7; Eph 4:20-25; Col 3:5-11). The slow-rotting mortal shell remains the same, but the inner man is anew: Goodbye old me!
That process was both agonizing and stimulating; painful and joyful; destructive and recuperative (still is at times). I will praise YHVH forever, for this honor; to be among the (infinitesimal & inconspicuous) Elect of YHVH, is the single highest calling in the universe, and because of that epoch, the self dies; we become no more; life on Earth no longer has anything to do with life on Earth. This is genuinely humbling (as opposed to a humility facade). I'd rather be a lowly servant in the Kingdom of Heaven (forever) than to be or do anything else, at anytime, anywhere in the universe.
During my blink-of-time here on Earth, I am as a foreigner; a pilgrim (Heb 11:13-16); an alien among the Godless human masses that Messiah referred to as the heathen; the hypocrites; the Gentiles (Matt 6:5-8, 31-34), who have no idea about – nor any interest in – being yoked with YHVH in a personal, daily, intimate, and eternal Love bond that is unrivaled (John Seventeen). Consequently, I'm often looked upon as strange by the masses (even kin); I am not a willful participant in the fully secularized culture that now dominates, here in these end-times, and most prominently and decadently among the westernized. (Study/watch: From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians).
Life Apart From Money!
For the masses on Broadway, this life centers around money; love is valued and determined in dollar increments, as is all forms of human value, which also defines the quality of justice, medical care, personhood, and even parenting. There is even a uniquely American disparagement: deadbeat dad, which is like any word assigned to a particular people or group, which (in this case and many others like it) defines a person based upon the amount of money they can make, or now possess. Beware the Monetizers: the benchmark or barometer of self-worth has zero to do with money (mammon).
Children learn early that love itself, is determined and measured by this paradigm; that if you fail at capitalism, you are worth less than those with greater wealth, which will determine all other lifestyle options. The Nazi's shared in this basic mentality; useless eaters: The idea that (for capitalists today) those who are economically successful are superior to others. But know this; the world we all live in, is but the end-consequence of demonic influence upon the masses; the sheer numbers of which can now impact Earth itself (John 8:42-45).
I have no interest at all in making money; in hoarding material things; in social status; in gaining the acceptance or the approval of those around me. Most resources that I study were published before the 19th Century (before the infection of the IR), and like scripture, they too are free of charge. And I study, not for gains in this life, as much as for the next. My goals, my thoughts, and my lifestyle are not like the enculturated masses: E.g. I do not have a car; a job; a bank; any debt; Facebook; I'll live/die and never know my credit score! What drives most people's very existence, I have no part of/in.
I live by faith, and thus by subsistence. Trust me when I say that living as a disciple of Messiah Yeshua is way-way easier than keeping up with the Jones's. The 30 pieces of silver gained by not being a devout disciple of Messiah Yeshua, in this life, is (metaphorically) replaced with 30 Quintilian pieces of silver, which is the inheritance as a child of the Living King, YHVH! Knowing this reality, the cost of discipleship must be recalculated.
The Satan Compliant!
Is your existence earth-centric, or Heaven-centric? Does your lifestyle and life-choices point to the Kingdom of Heaven, or just a better or easier earthly life? Do you purpose yourself to living like the Messiah? Or are you content to follow those in front of you, those around you now, and/or those who came before you? How we live (now) is the only true barometer of who/what we are, in the Spiritual, and thus eternally.
I am not (or no longer as a monk) on Earth to fight for temporal or perishable things (Matt 24:35); even the social injustices that hurt me and those that I pray about (even you). The purpose of my existence (and yours) was/is to connect relationally with our Maker: Period! Post-transformation, Earth-life is now to shine my light; my lifestyle (Matt 5:13-16; 6:19-24) unto those still in darkness; a beacon for others to see; to share Messiah-truth with those YHVH prepared to receive it (John 1:1-5; 8:12; 17:13-17).
Like the indigenous Americans – the Indians, Mexicans, Hawaiians, Alaskans, and many more pre-colonization tribes – I cannot officially recognize the colonizing euro-Caucasian, anti-Messianic, bibles-&-bullets, profit-hungry, terroristic capitalists claims upon YHVH's planet or its (local or global) natural resources. As Pacifist however, I will not challenge anyone either (1Pe 2:9-12, 13-16).
YHVH is in charge of everything, both the good and the bad (Matt 5:43-48; 6:1-5) for they are both necessary dynamics for YHVH to witness those seeking truth and wisdom, come what may, versus those who live only for the me-here-now: i.e. ego; emotion; pride; power/wealth. The very purpose of corporeal life is to stage the test; to witness volition at work. Good or bad, the choices are made possible; the clock is running and the stats are being counted (to use a baseball metaphor); our life is being recorded in great detail (1Co 4:5; Luke 11:33-36; 12:1-3): We are what we do, and no more!
Everything on Earth, including Earth itself, is the personal property of YHVH, and I'm only a borrower; a beneficiary; as such, I am only a steward of it all. There is no "yours" or "mine" or especially us-against-them-ism in my world or my lifestyle: I have nothing that was not allowed me by my Master: No material thing, no time, no knowledge, no education, no opportunities, no employment, no nothing (Matt 6:24-29, 30-34). Therefore, what I have and use and need; these are not really mine at all (Job 1:21; Luke 6:27-32, 33-36).
But the taker masses will always be those with hands-out, seeking your monetary donations; they are the slaves of money, and thus enslave others to do all the heavy lifting on their behalf. They like and need to proclaim their personal value, based upon how attractive they are; how much education they achieve; that they are employed; that they make wise choices (Rev 3:17-18; Matt 6:19-21; 19:21-24).
Mammon servants are those who spend the bulk of their waking life, making money, or spending it, gambling or investing it, hoarding it, wanting more of it, or summarily; compromising their Soul because of it (1Ti 6:6-12). As long as you need money, YHVH cannot provide; when YHVH provides, you will not need money (at least not much; we are living in the end-times, after all). The satanic Xians of Religianity actually believe that the gods bless them with actual money: Heinous; demonic!
May Your Silver Perish With You!
(Acts 8:18-23; 1Pe 1:17-21; Matt 26:14-16) People participate in the businesses of religion (esp. the Xians of Religianity) to tithe their way into the Kingdom. And for many more, they partake in religion so they can benefit somehow in this life, and that is always tied to money first, in one way or another, with ego coming in second place. Tradition is a powerful lure indeed (Matt 15:3-9), which explains why there are sedentary obese people driving to their local church-business, warming the pews in the hope that doing so will stave off an eternity in hell: It will not. The temple is not the building; it is your body (1Co 6:19-20).
Authoritarianism (a clear satanic product) is highly sought after inside these dens of thieves. But thankfully, YHVH does not get mixed-up in (the god of this world) satan's corruptible money system; money-dependency is satan's greatest weapon. The religionists that thrived during my Masters life and culture, were twofold threatened by Him; their pride-ego, and the hands-out monetary benefits (Mark 11:15-18); sound familiar? Socio-political power was how they perpetuated the infection.
If you come out from among the capitalist, consumerist, religionists; you too, will be a target of their opposition; the rage; the vengeance; the false witness against you (John 15:12-17, 18-23; 2Co 6:14-18): And there is nothing innocent about money, that's the lie. It's the love of money, is what the temptation demons will whisper to their Xians of Religianity to respond with, as they justify (until their bitter end) a money-centric lifestyle (James 5:1-5): This is yet another symptom of bibliolatry; exploiting scripture to justify or rationalize some earthly bent, such as wealth or power-hunger, landlordism or killing (to name a few us-against-them or neighbor-hating mentalities).
Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal; that there is no human relation between master and slave. Leo Tolstoy
The religionists (the antiChrist legions of these end-times) will even exploit the concept of evangelism as an excuse to remain worldly, urbanized, blended, culturally relevant, materialistic, and completely money-dependent: They do not see modernity through the filter of scripture; they see scripture through the filter of modernity: One of many outward manifestations of Spiritual blindness, and it is often intentional on their part (though not always).
I do not expect nor receive money for being a follower of The Way; YHVH provides all I (we) need from the renewable natural world. I also avoid titles that even hint of social class, such as pastor or minister, pope or priest, reverend and so on. Everyone must labor by the sweat of the brow (Eph 4:28), and with calloused hands, contentedly get all resources from The Source, via the renewable natural world, and do everything to avoid money-dependency and the many temptations, corruptions, and compromises its very presence engenders (Matt 6:11-15): Manna rather than mammon!
As a Spiritual descendant of the First Century Jesus Movement, and thus an oracle of Adonai (1Pe 4:6-11), it is my duty to mimic my Master, Messiah Yeshua (and Yeshua is Adonai), whose brief urban ministry was (primarily, but not exclusively) to expose organized religion as evil: Doing so got Him crucified! Therefore, I also repeatedly warn the masses about the Xians of Religianity that can (and will) negatively influence you. They have one true agenda, which centers around this life, not the next: Getting your money (or other resources), or your body, or worse, your mind-heart-Soul (Matt 10:28; 23:14) How do we react? (Mark 12:24-27, 28-31).
Therefore, I must warn about the Xians of Religianity – the christianized; the proselyte evangelicals; all organized religions – Indeed any/all who exploit the existence of the accepted presence of religion/god/bible, only to gain resources from others: Avoid these kind! The culturally popular Christians are not, in any way, associated with the Kingdom of Heaven (1Jo 2:15-20): Christendom does not represent Messiah Yeshua! They thrive, only to distort all things concerning Christ-Crucified! E.g: If they're on TV, they are not a part of the Elect of YHVH. Without Living Water–Bread of Life, the ego constantly suffers from attention-hunger.
With the Indwelling Holy Spirit granted the power over you – but only by you; remember volition and daily dying – in that surrendered state, you will be empowered with YHVH-Love, and from there (from that Rock), you will have Spiritual sight, via the mind of Messiah, and from that new mentality, you will see and hear clearly; unhindered by the many obstacles and temptations of life.
The secularized masses, churched or not, suffer from the same venues of conflict and suffering, because they all live together, and in the same way; most all conflict that befalls Xians and atheists alike, are but the end-consequence of living antiChrist lifestyles: unfettered desire; temptation-seeking; consumerism; the Car-Cult; monetary debt; cultural capitulation; modernity; emotion-pleasing tradition and religious ritual.
YHVH IS Love ~ Satan IS Pride!
Scripture (Matt 24; 2Ti 3; 2Th 2; much of Revelations) hints that the end-times – a time-period perhaps generations in duration – would be, among many other more planetary events, a time-period marked by an uncountable number of fake or counterfeit Christians: We are surely there! Fake Christians – the Xians of Religianity – are Spiritually dangerous indeed, with religious trauma being only one of many such sour fruits, and so obvious a fruit that even atheists and agnostics alike can recognize it (even the blind can smell rot). But it is also the many conflict ministries; the primal us-against-them, pride-conquered mentality, witnessed within Christendom itself, which is a major sign/symptom.
Pride is what compels the bulk of humanity, and religious pride is an outward association that they have assigned to themselves. Without an actual, real, deeply profound, epochal, personal relationship with YHVH (via the Indwelling Holy Spirit), the Xian is left with only their brain. All people without the Holy Spirit, the only source of Love; they cannot see or hear Spiritually; they cannot Love universally. Instead, they are corruptions of once biblical ideals, and remain the bigots (in all forms) that the Messianic Cross ameliorated.
The masses are small-thinking (even the highly educated); the masses are driven by the us-against-them mentality that rules all primal-carnal people: nationalism, competitivism, hierarchy, social class, wealth-hoarding, territorialism, dominion, consumerism, materialism, denomination, fear-mongering, and the like.
The very reason and purpose of/for the Holy Spirit (dwelling within us), was/is to enlighten our minds; to influence our Soul; we take on the mind of Messiah (1Co 2:10-16). It is not a case of merely installing new information (that does happen); rather, our very mind-heart-Soul is altered; what we think, and how we think, and why we think, changes sometimes radically (Matt 22:37-40). We do not merely think new thoughts (that does happen); but how we think about anything and everything becomes anew. Until we die to the past, our future will merely copy it.
The wise person always questions their assessments, continuing to seek more wisdom; however, the pride-conquered spend the bulk of their adult waking lives, justifying or rationalizing or explaining away, the darkness they already inhabit (John 3:19-21). It is religious pride; the egocentrism and self-righteousness that people oppose, concerning the self-professing Christian. You will rarely hear people chastising the simple-living, Love-honoring, humble, rural, food-growing, lifestyle-witnessing, long-suffering disciples of Messiah Yeshua. But then, we should never forget what happened to the farmers, fishers and shopkeepers, who were imprisoned and murdered, only because of their ethnic designation.
The Disciples came and said unto Him: Why do you speak unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them: Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: But whosoever has not, from him shall be taken away, even that he has. Therefore, I speak to them in parables, because seeing, they see not; and hearing, they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which said:
By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive: For these people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them!
But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. Verily I say unto you: Many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.
Hear therefore the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and understands it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away what was sown in his heart: This is he that received seed by the wayside. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that hears the word, and anon with joy receives it, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while: For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the thorns, is he that hears the word; but the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word and he becomes unfruitful. But he that received seed into the good ground is he that hears the word and understands it; which also bears fruit, and brings forth, some a hundredfold; some sixty; some thirty. (Matt 13:10-23)
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