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Paul’s Messiah was a figment of Paul’s ageing imagination




Paul’s Messiah was a figment of Paul’s ageing imagination

The apostle paul was indeed a good and holy man. But Paul’s Messiah was a figment of Paul’s " old age" imagination, as the words ascribed [by the four Gospel writers] to Jesus had little to do with Paul’s end-of-life theology.
Why? Simply because Jesus declared himself to be a man spreading the message he had heard from God- a call to repentance, and obedience to the 10 commandments of God’s Law. As is written:
«But now you are seeking to kill Me—a Man who has told you the Truth, which I heard from God… From then on, Jesus began to proclaim, “Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near”… but if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments»- John 8: 40, Matthew 4: 17, & 19: 17.
Paul instead spread a totally different message- that Jesus wasn’t a man, but rather God; and that Jesus wanted men to completely disregard the Law, in order to embrace instead the idea of “salvation by faith” (without the need to obey anything God had commanded in the Law)

 

The Mental confusion displayed by the Jewish Gospel writers

God’s Law warns the believer that, if he abandons God’s commands, he’ll end up mad (mentally confused). As is written:
“But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of י ה ו ה thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and His statutes which I [Moses] command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee… י ה ו ה SHALL SMITE THEE WITH MADNESS, AND BLINDNESS, AND ASTONISHMENT OF HEART... ”- Deut. 28: 15& 28
Were the Gospels written by mentally confused Jewish believers? Did they want us to disobey all that was commanded by the scribes and the pharisees, as they are in league with the Devil (“You are of your father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires”- John 8: 44, Christian Standard Bible)??
Or did they rather want us to obey all what they commanded, as they were in league with Moses, thereby becoming the latter representatives (“The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: ALL THEREFORE WHATSOEVER THEY BID YOU OBSERVE, THAT OBSERVE AND DO... ”- Matthew 23: 2-3, King James version).
Why should we have to tolerate such ambivalence? Isn’t it true that the New Testament claims truly Divine wisdom is pure; being free from any trace of partiality or hypocrisy? (“But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable… without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy”- James 3: 17, New Revised Standard Version)?
Why tolerate such resemblance of falsehood, when we are told that no lie comes from the truth? (“I do not write to you because you do not know the truth but because you do know the truth. AND YOU KNOW THAT NO LIE COMES FROM THE TRUTH”- Expanded Bible)

 

The turmoil of spirit manifested in the writings of the noble Christian religion

The contradictions of the New Testament are so serious and undeniable that they require the Christian believer to commit a sort of “intellectual suicide”. But the fact is that even this “suicide” doesn’t solve his problem.
Why? Simply because the New Testament claims that those who commit suicide will have no share in Everlasting life. As it has been written: “… And you know that no murderer has eternal life” (1 John 3: 15).
What kind of contradictions are we talking about? Well, a good example of them might be the fact that the New Testament makes “belief in Christ” the spiritual drink from which all believers participate; as it is written: “… and they all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ” (1 Corinthians 10: 4).
What is the problem with this beautiful passage? Well, if “belief in Jesus” is Christians “spiritual drink”, then unclean spirits also drink from the same spiritual water, as the Gospel says: «And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him and shouted saying: “You are the Son of God! ” » (Mark 3: 11).
In other words, demons also believe in Jesus, thus participating in the same “table” (that is, the same spiritual food and drink) that Christians participate of.
But this in turn is intolerable; for the New Testament command believers not to partake of the same food and drink as demons; as it is written- «You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons ”(1 Corinthians 10: 21).
Thus, when the Christian believes in Jesus, he is thereby doing the wrong thing, as he is violating the command ordering him not to drink the same spiritual drink demons partake. On the other hand, if you he doesn’t believe in Jesus, he is doing wrong, as he violates the command ordering him to believe in Jesus («But these have been written, so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son. of God ”- John 20: 31).
Thus, we see that the New Testament is a “bi-polar document” [since it asks the believers to do things that are self-excluding, and contradictory]. And this “theological bipolarity” (or ambiguity) prevents the Christian soul from feeling the absolute peace that comes when you know you are doing God’s perfect will.
But why would the Creator allow such thing to happen? The answer is that, the anxiety most Christians experience, is the fulfillment of God’s wrath upon those who turn away from God’s commandments. As it is written: «You rebuked the proud, the cursed, who stray from your commandments” (Psalm 119: 21); And, “There is no peace, said my God, for the wicked” (Isaiah 57: 21). You see, God’s law warned us about “mental confusion” that would overwhelm those who abandon its commandments, as it is written:
«But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of י ה ו ה thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and His statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee… י ה ו ה shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee [not even Moses, Jesus, or Muhammad will be able to save you from these curses]» (Leviticus 28: 15, 28, & 29).
And the former confusion of spirit is what prevents those who have embraced “salvation by faith” (without the works of the Law) from being able to articulate a peace inducing, simple, clear, consistent, coherent, and unambiguous interpretation of God’s message to mankind; wandering instead among the thousands of sects and cults that populate the Christian religion’s landscape.
And this is the reason why Christian theology is so seriously troubled; for while making themselves “the true Israel”, our Christian brothers advocate in favor of “Salvation by faith”, which is a practical refusal to commit themselves to the commands given by God to Israel.
Thus, Christians become liable to the curses, the lack of peace, and the turmoil of spirit which the Creator promised would fall upon Israel, should they turn away from His commandments.
May the God of Israel have mercy of our dear Christian brothers, and restore unto them the peace enjoyed by those who keep God’s commandments (“Great peace have those who love your Law, and there is no stumbling block for them”- Psalm 119: 165).

 

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