Sunday, June 28, 2015

is vain; if you want pure fearful worship; go visit and help the oppressed (Jas) - June posts

*****

.. no nimrodian, egyptian, 
babylonian, greek, roman
predatory victorious animal symbol 
for our creator .....
who is love .....

..... lamb slain 
is his image.....

..... and that image acknowledged
is for his beloved siblings .....
from the foundation of the world .....
+
..... truth 
is most
authentic and articulated 
in human life 
by our co-knowing 
our innocent
and our beloved relationship 
with creator ....
+
..... the agape,
charice,
patience,
empathy,
for
and 
in 
you,
is not a legality ..
it is an actuality .....

+
..... popular religious indoctrine:
"the world is sinning so bad,
the judgement of wrath is soon"..

Paul:
"where sin abounds,
charis abounds more"

.. stop promoting
your form of eschatology
based on the "moral" police's fears ..

+
.. if sin is doing
the wrong thing
by the law;
check this :
..... Iesous .....
touched 
the dead,
the leprous,
the menstruating,
the insane from the cemetery;


He
healed,
and his disciples worked,
on the sabbath.


He forgave
away from the temple.


He didn't stone the adulterous.


He let a prostitute
cry all over his feet.
etc. .....

..... it's time
to redefine,
hey what .....

+
.. it is the order of service 
re-binders
(religionists)
who are preaching 
another gospel..

you, all,
ARE
Rescued, Re-enlivened, Released,
and totally loved,
right here,
right now,
by Theotes .....


Joytimes .....

+
..... waiting for 
Pneuma
to "show up"
during prayer and worship
is a misunderstanding
of our relationship .... 

..... Iesous
prayed that Abba Theos
would send the Comforter
to abide in us,
forever .....


we are his temple,
living water flows out
from our inner most being .....

The spontaneous
flowing out
from our hearts
in prayer & worship
is beautiful
and powerful .....


Be spontaneous .....

+
.. fearful worship = threskos (grk)
it's translated 
religion/religious
in James.

so it's saying
unbridled (loud) fearful worship
is vain;
if you want
pure fearful worship;
go visit and help the oppressed .....

+
... the reality 
in the mind of
Theotes
is
we, all,
are 
a new creation .....

Be renewed in this knowledge:
we, all, are aligned
to the exact image
of Creator
In Word Incarnate .....


Dead to law .....

+
.. we live in a world
of obsessive "sin preventers" ..
who believe 
charis eugalion
can not work
without their supervision ..
ah ..
that means they are
believers in another gospel ..

Charis favour and love
is
for the unsupervised all .....


Enjoy his freedom .....

+
..... ekklesia
ek = origin, cause;
kaleo = identify by name
i.e.
original (loved) identity.
those who have found 
they ARE known
and deeply loved
in the first cause
of all.
This word for church
needs RE-defining
away from religious clubs .....

LET'S PRODIGAL PARTY !!!!!

+
..... we, all,
are in the first 
of the ages
where the 
Charis of Christos
is revealed .....
we are not bound ..
only ever lovingly embraced
only ever favour .....
only freedom .....
only joy .....

+
.... I like this observation
from a fbk friend :
..... Iesous
on the law of Moses:
.. you've heard it said
eye for an eye
tooth for a tooth..
but
I say :
don't resist
an evil person;
to the violent
offer the other cheek;
to the litigious,
give them more
than what
they're suing you.

(only Iesous,
not Moses,
has seen and knows
Theotes) .....

+
.... this follows well
to the previous comment ....

..... Christos
professed a
beautifully suitable report
to
pontios pilatos ..

whose name means
"of the sea""armed with spear";
i.e.
"of the many
who rule by force"..

+
.. this is peculiar 
to religious thinking :
the word, ALL,
means everyone
when associated
to a degraded state;
but not 
with a graced one;

e.g.
All died in Adam.
.. "yeh everyone"
they unconditionally say ..

All live in Christos.
"well that's true with conditions"
say the hell believers

+
.. hell believers
are
fearmongers ..

Perfect Love
casts out all fear.

Iesous
is
perfect love
in human form.

Please connect
all the dots .....

+
.... the buck stops with
Theotes .....
the Creator
who is Love
deals with this tear
in the fabric of
His universe,
this hardship,
this false I.D.,
in His children .....

+
.. death reigned 
because we gave weight
to the father of lies .. 

..... Christos 
defeats eternal death
in human form,
and is the first
to show that death
is temporary .....

Death is defeated
so
Abba Theos
will be
All in ALL .....

+
..... Theotes 
won't condemn you,
our distortions from
the tree of knowledge
of good and evil
have messed up,
condemned, 
us, all ..

Throw off that mess;
Join the prodigious party;
feast early on
the tree of life .....

+
..... the reality 
in the mind of
Theotes
is
we, all,
are 
a new creation;
renewed,
in this knowledge:
we, all,
are aligned
to the exact image
of the
Creator
who is Love .....

Live Life Loved .....

+
..... if the Spiritual gifts
aren't a help and comfort
in one's life,
then
one has been kept un-informed;
one has believed a disappointed cessationist;
or
one is trying to make
Pneuma work
outside eugalion charis .....

+
.. a sample of ages ..

.....the mystery
hidden from ages
now made manifest ....
(ages past)

..... good opinion in the siblings
throughout all ages
world without end .....
(ages past, present, future)

seated in Christ
so that in the ages to come
we will be shown
the exceeding riches
of his charis
in his kindness
toward us, all .....
(ages future;
this is outa the box,
people)

(E&C)

+
It is sad when believers only look at being saved as going to heaven 
or that they will lose their salvation when they lose faith. 

They know nothing about being grafted,

 being dead and made alive, 
being already seated in heaven, 
being the new heaven and new earth, 
being the New Jerusalem. 
Saying that while Jesus is able,
 he may not be willing. 

It's not able that Jesus is doing. 

It's what's been done. 
The cross is not the finished work. 
You are.

Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, 

created in Christ Jesus unto good works, 
which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

We are his workmanship. 

Created in Christ Jesus. 
Created. 
Past tense.

That is why AD70 is so important.

- Simon Yap
+
.. ha !
somehow, 
our "leaders"
telling us 
they will do
whatever it takes,
whatever they can
humanly do,
to stop their perceived threats

to their status quo;
doesn't comfort me;
.. tough guys ..

‪#‎loveyourenemies‬

+
I wonder when we are going to stop creating personality and celebrity cults 
around spiritual leaders and teachers, 
and turn to the spiritual authority within ourselves.
- Jim Palmer
+
When Paul speaks about this present world, 
he was speaking the age before AD70. 
Not this present time. 
Knowing this will remove all forms of superstitions from your Christianity.
- S. Yap
+
“Capitalism is religion. 
Banks are churches. 
Bankers are priests. 
Wealth is heaven. 
Poverty is hell. 
Rich people are saints. 
Poor people are sinners. 
Commodities are blessings. 
Money is God.” 
- Miguel D. Lewis
+
.. people with guns and bombs 
kill more people ..
How do we keep governments 
and armament manufacturers
accountable for their 
reckless abandonment
of public health & safety ..
+
There are many versions of the radical grace message 

But there is one that I do NOT accept and here it is ...

"Jesus died and rose again did so that we would have a right legal standing with God!"

Why don't I accept this? 

We never had a bad legal standing with God in the first place.

If Jesus died to gain a right legal standing with God then this would reduce his death to legal matters - which it is not!

That is ... We break a law ... We lose a legal right to stand before God ... Jesus comes ... Takes upon himself our sin and punishment ... And as a result grants us a legal standing before God.

Folks we never had a bad legal standing with God in the first place.

This is so far from the truth.

In fact Paul says exactly the opposite.

He says that the death of Jesus is NOT a legal matter.

Romans 3:22
But now the righteousness of God [gospel that saves 1:16-17] has been manifested APART from the law

Can you see?

The Gospel is not legal

It is apart from the law

This is why the death of Jesus has nothing to do with gaining a right legal standing with God

If it was then Jesus died to act on God some way

That without the death of Jesus we could not legally stand before God.

So that we would be acceptable to God.

No never!

Jesus did NOT die to secure for us a right standing with God

His death acts on us not God.

When Paul says we are justified by faith he is not talking about a legal matter by which we can stand before God.

To justify or to be righteous is covenantal relational and therapeutic not legal!

When we are justified by Jesus we are made whole!

It simply focusses on our healing - not about some mythical legal standing before God.

- Santo Calarco
+
j.... this age 
Christos brought us all into
is not based on 
law n retribution ..
not even the 10 commandments ..
but an age
to love one another
while Theotes loves us all .....
sweet times .....
+
.. check in ya guns
and ya religiosity
at the door ..
..... let's party .....
+
.. the immediacy in
"this generation won't pass away"
genea=contemporaries 
not
genos=race ..

end of heaven n earth
is
end of temple n jerusalem ..

the warnings
were to judea
to flee before
70AD
came down on them ....
+
.. "hates mother n father"
"likes less their parents" ..
makes more sense as 
an encouragement
to escape elders
who take you into
lawℰ

an encouragement
never to return to
their parents'
tradition worship ..

an encouragement
to understand
Word Incarnate
overflowing
with
Charis n Agape .....
+
.... We escape the pressures
of hardship n annoyances
(evil)
from within .....
..... the rivers of living water
flowing from our innermost being .....
+
. knowing good n evil
freaked Adam out;
(Theotes 
was still with them, though)
the effect this knowledge
has on US
is the separation ..

Iesous
nailed
the separation of
sin n death
to the tree
of the cross .....
+
..... basileus (grk)
means
a leader who gives
a basis,
a foundation to walk upon .....
.... way better meaning
than its usually translated
"king" ..
+
One problem with the penal substitution model of atonement 
is that it makes divine violence the centerpiece of Christianity 
and the means through which the love of God was divined and summoned forth 
from a formerly angry and vengeance seeking deity. 
When we're told that we must accept violence 
as the means through which love is able to manifest itself,
 what does that say to victims of abuse? 
What does it say to a young man who was mercilessly beaten by his earthly father all of his life? 
What does it say to the battered spouse? 
Or even to nations victimized by larger and more powerful nations?

It says that sometimes God causes violence and love to work together, 
and therefore breeds confusion and erects walls around the Gospel
 too high for their wounded hearts to scale.

Though it's the message most western Christians are familiar with,
 I'd venture to say it is one of the greatest hindrances to the gospel being received by a hurting humanity.
- Jeff Turner
+
... hell believing evangelics
think they "save" people;
then make an industry
from the processes
they think are essential;
whereas
eugalion charis
says ENJOY,
you're already
rescued, re-enlivened, released .....
Let's all
party n feast;
sing n dance
together .....
+
.... I'd much rather
a 3 cheers joy .....
than a grim 60sec silence ..
+
Iesous,
Word Incarnate,
is the only human 
who has 
seen 
and
 knows
Theotes ..... 
His delivery of
"the sermon on the mount"
is a direct refutation
of how O.T. writers
described their god ..
+
.. your opponent
in a suit at law
(antidikos),
the slandering accuser,
the giver of uncertainty
into your care
(diablos);
walks like a hero (lion)
seeking some
to drink down (devour) ..
+
.. don't think
that to put
O.T. Law into government
even 10 commandments
will bring good times..
.. it didn't work then
it won't work now ..
and although the word
has been hijacked
by religious clubs,
"christian", is not legalism ..
+
.... time to prosecute "leaders"
who make poor decisions
whilst in office ..
even after they are no longer
in the office ..
includes corporate crooks;
and armament manufacturers
and suppliers ..
+
Two things the scriptures tell us Christians are supposed to be known for:

- Our love
- Our ability to not judge according to the flesh

Two things Christians are actually known for: 

- Our hatred of anyone different from us (this includes Muslims, New Agers, Atheists, Agnostics, etc).
- Our ability to judge according to the flesh (male, female, gay, straight, "colored", white...you get it).

Don't you think it's time we upset the apple cart and start being known for our radical inclusion and self giving love?
- Caleb Miller
+
Sin does NOT separate God from us! 

The bible doesn't say that! 

Look at what it does say. 

Isaiah 59:2New King James Version (NKJV)
2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God

1. It says sin has separated us from God and not God from us!

2. Sin did not act on God so that he withdrew from us!

3. Adam sinned and God went in search for him ... He did not separate from him.

4. Sin led Adam to try and hide and separate from God.

Sin separates us from God

But it doesn't in reality.

God found him and was with him in the garden.

But sin tried to get Adam to separate from God.

But it didn't happen in reality.

Look!

Colossians 1:21New International Version (NIV)
21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.

See!

1. The sinful behaviour did something to our minds and makes us

Think that we are separated from God

But it's only in our heads

Not in reality.

Adam sinned

In his head he tried to separate from God

And Father went after him

This separation thing is only in our heads.
- Sant Calarco
+
.... lookin after 
the rooks n bishops
against the divine right of royalty,
for 800 years ....
yay .. 
the Magna Carta
thankfully it was eventually
used to free up the pawns, too ....
still law n force, though ..
time for
an empathy n mercy document 
to be passed as the highest authority
in how we interact
with our bros ....
+
.. "democratically elected leaders"
are now using 
"on a need to know basis" excuse
with their electors ..
ha !
like we're their pawns ..
like we're their troops ..
ha !
I used to get that reasoning
from a religious group
I once supported,
that hierarchy
made many exclusive
n poor decisions
to "kill" free thought ..
+
... "leaders" do what they do
when they know
they can avoid 
a successful prosecution
for their horror decisions ..
+
... Siblings,
bring forth joyfulness,
to bear down on
failures that worry you
and on those various sorts
of experiences that try you.

(Jas1)
+
.. the immediacy in :

"this generation won't pass away" ....

genea=contemporaries 

not

genos=race ....

the end of heaven & earth
is
the end of the temple & jerusalem ....

the end of the age ....

in
70AD .....

we are free-er children
than we have been told
by religionists ..
+
Paul clearly believed in Universal reconciliation 

2 Corinthians 5:19
that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them

A. 2 things happened when Jesus came to earth:

1. The whole world was reconciled to God IN CHRIST !!

If that's not universal reconciliation then nothing is!

2. Did you notice the way Paul connects the words "in CHRIST" with "world"?! Oops. The whole world was in Christ and reconciled to God as a result

Q. What was the result of worldwide reconciliation to God in Christ?

1. He did not hold the world's sins against them!

2. Sounds like universal forgiveness of sins for the whole world in Christ.

But what about faith?!!

Faith is simply people coming to the personal realization INDIVIDUALLY in the present of what already happened UNIVERSALLY in the past.

When we preach the gospel of the completed universal reconciliation in Christ we are simply telling the world what has already happened to them - but they just don't know it yet.

When they hear they come to faith and enter into what is already theirs. Romans 10:14-17
-Santo Calarco
+
.if diablos can't kill you
diablos will make sure
you serve hard labour:
in war,
in economics,
in religion,
in family ..

..... but
You are given re-enlivenment;
Your Life,
You're Life,
Speak Life .....
+
.... life "truths"
are what insecure "leaders"
set up for your
"best interest"
from their 
vested interest
in socio-economic religions ..

Please,
can we get others
to serve with empathy ....
+
.... Law / Charis
are not teachings,
but ages.

We ARE in 
the age of Charis ..... 

no turning back
to an age of
heaven and earth
represented by
the temple and Jerusalem.
+
..... exousia (grk)
from ek = out of;
& eimi = I am;
means much more than
authority ..
when it translates :
"out of 
the heart of
Theotes .....
+
.... the phrase :
"destruction of the flesh"
is an expression 
about experiencing
"a lostness in a mindset"..
the experience
moves one to freedom
from that mindset,
which includes
moving from
self-justification by
legalism n process ..

..... be re-assured .....

ALL lost sheep
get found .....
+
..... Happier .....
is the person
who doesn't retreat
from experience
(no matter how confronting).

Being fulfilled
is taking the life wreaths that
Kurios
sends to
beloved ones .....
(everyone)
+
..anyone would think
"happiness is a warm gun"
by the amount of entertainment 
where the problem 
is solved by violence..

.. Hey, it, actually,
doesn't work 
in real life ..
+
.... it just produces
new oppressed
with new agendas ....
+
... we have been given Earth.
we can make it heaven or hell ....

Theotes' will 

is 
we make it Heaven ....

Let's allow it .....
+
"Humans are nervous, touchy creatures and can be easily offended. 
Many are deeply insecure. 
They become focused and energised by taking offence; 
it makes them feel meaningful and alive."

- Michael Leunig "The touchy nature of human faith" June 19, 2010, The Age.
+
.... love the Lover .....
.... the love letters
written by humans 
transition post-temple
people to a revelation of
Theotes' love and charis 
for all of us .....
+
.. one's "worrisomeness"
is not
a badge of honour ..
worry will not change
the present problem;
the future or past ..

..... Live Life Loved 
by Love .....
+
... Siblings,
bring forth joyfulness,
to bear down on
failures that worry you
and on those various sorts
of experiences that try you.

(Jas1)
+
The editor of the New England Journal of Medicine 
has an ominous warning to the world about the state of the science establishment.
+
The idea
that some lives matter
more than others
is the root
of all that is wrong
in the world..

... but 

it is 

an evil, effective, motivator
for recruitment into
econo-politico-religio clubs ..
+
.. I'm not lookin
for a club
with "better" rules ..
just celebrators .....
+
... monday monday ....
ha !
and it's a holiday
where leading people 
who chose 
society relevant careers
(usually lucrative)
get esteem enhancers
from a leader
on a privileged person's birthday ..
(just an observation;
it's ok if ya like
this sort of thing)....
+
.... does this mean 
their pay isn't adequate ..

does this mean their achievements 
in their chosen field 
isn't enough

does this keep motivated bright people
supporting a poor hierarchical
system ..

just wondrin'

+
Today's popular teachings: 
"If you pray enough, fast enough, 
get prayer from the anointed leaders, 
and collect enough mantles from mighty men of God, 
you can move in signs and wonders."

Jesus: 
"Anyone who believes in me
 will do the works that I do, 
and even greater works than these."

Notice the difference?
-Tony Seigh
+
.... It's like name calling
by bullies
in the school yard:

tweedleLiblaw
v
tweedleLablaw

gotta get
diversity n empathy
into parliament ....

c'mon election ....
+
Wow!

WHY DO SO MANY CHRISTIANS WANT TO HOLD ONTO THEIR VIOLENT GOD?!!!!

WHY cant they see what the New Testament so clearly says!

I woke up to find my inbox filled with UPSET over the series I just finished!

Basically I said that God is NOT THE ACTIVE AGENT of all the violence that the Old Testament attributes to God and

That Satan is the one who killed AND NOT WITH DIVINE CONSENT!

Yes ... I know that the book of Job says it differently but ...

Jesus made it clear that:

1. Satan is the one who makes people sick WITHOUT DIVINE CONSENT!

Let me share with you that apostles said the same thing!

- THE APOSTLES AGREE WITH JESUS!

- Satan does not work on the same side as God and neither does he work through divine consent!

SATAN WORKS THROUGH HUMAN CONSENT NOT GOD'S!

1. Satan does not work WITH God in the heavenly court - as it says in the Old Testament. Satan is the ENEMY and works AGAINST GOD!

- Paul says that we are at WAR WITH HIM! Ephesians 6:10-17

- Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. Colossians 2:15; Hebrews 2:15

-2- Satan does not work through divine consent but through HUMAN CONSENT!

- You have to get this point!

Satan is on the prowl looking for HUMANS to give him ACCESS and CONSENT to cause DESTRUCTION. 1 Peter 5:8 says he "SEEKS" humans TO ALLOW HIM IN to destroy! He seeks human consent in the New Testament NOT divine consent as in the Old Testament.

-3- Satan seeks human consent and gains it through unresolved human anger - he doesn't ask God! Ephesians 4:26-27

-4- Humans are the ones who CONTROL the activities of Satan - NOT GOD!

Ephesians 6:16
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can TAKE YOUR STAND AGAINST the devil’s schemes.
16 take up the shield of faith, with which YOU CAN EXTINGUISH ALL the flaming arrows of the evil one.

FOLKS!

I can go on and on!

Here's the facts:

A. The primary misconception in the Old Testament is that God is the active agent of destruction and that Satan works with God and with his consent to cause this destruction

The New Testament says NO!!!!

Satan seeks permission from us to cause destruction!

Satan works with human consent not divine consent

And it is HUMANS that are in control of Satan not God!

We allow him and we are the ones who cast him away!

This is not what the Old Testament says at all.

Hope this helps fill out what I have been saying.
- Santo Calarco
+
If we could "see" gravity like we do light, 
our planet might look a bit more like this - 
(a bumpy potato)
Red areas experience a stronger pull of gravity while blues and greens feel less.
-Nasa Goddard
+
.. a lotta honouring 
some sky god 
of victory
with their lips
goes on today,

but

their heart is far from
Pneuma Alaythia .....
+
0 subtle superstitions Christians believe. 

1. God lives in heaven. 

He doesn't. He is in you. You are the new heaven and earth. 

1 Corinthians 6:19
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

John 14:23
Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

Revelation 21:3-4
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God."

2. God cannot bless if you sin.

God has blessed you with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.

3. You will lose the money allocated for the tithe if you don't use it to tithe.

God is not a gangster.

4. The harder you pray the more God will answer your prayers.

Matthew 6:8
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

5. Listening to Rock Music will cause you to worship Satan.

That's like saying earthquakes are caused by people wearing jeans.

6. Christians must balance grace and law.

Grace and Law are not just teachings. They are ages. The age of the Law began to fade away on the cross and was destroyed when the temple and Jerusalem were destroyed.

The Christian is in the age of grace whether he likes it or not.

Law and Grace are also individuals. Law is depicted for Gentiles as Adam and Jews as Moses. We are now in Christ. Adam died on the cross. Moses died when the Temple was destroyed.

7. We must be careful if not we will be possessed by demons.

We are the new house of God. If you can tell me demons entered in the temple of Jerusalem then I tell you, you can be possessed by one.

8. The end of the world is coming.

There is no such thing as end of the world. The word should be translated as end of the age. According to the KJV the world ended when Jesus died.

Hebrews 9:26
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

9. Only pastors have special anointing.

You are all saints and priests of God. There is also no such thing as double portion of the spirit. It's a term that meant Elisha is Elijah's successor. It means he has the first born blessing.

10. God will take care of your problems when you pray.

Since when did you pray for Jesus to come?

Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
- Simon Yap
+
.. worldly ..
means
legalism
from religionists ..

not the behaviour of
"unreached" humans ....
+
.. even if our heart
self-condemns;
Theos is greater than
our hearts.

Theos believes this about us ALL:
we are 
NOT
"fallen" n "separated"
from Theotes
but children,
innocent n free.
+
.. the only thing
alienating anyone from
Theotes,
is our mind.
(C1)
Our minds 
believed the lie
that we were
separated from
Christos ..

You are all loved
as you are .....
+
..... faith .....
is a gifted product;
Iesous to you .....

.. law ..
was an wrought product;
angels & moses to them ..
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.. law works wrath ..

..... the promise
is 
of faith
(His) .....

..... the promise
Is
from grace
(His) .....

so,
the promise
is
sure
to ALL seed .....

not only of moses
but that spoken to
Abraham
as a father
of all .....
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.. the finished work of
Christos
on the cross 
is 
"If I be lifted up 
from
the earth
I WILL draw
ALL
to
ME ..... "

the end of qualifiers.
the end of eternal hell.
‪#‎Hedidnotfail‬
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.. thumos 
is an
"I want to kill you" wrath ..

..... orge .....
Is an
"I want to stretch one's self out
in order to
touch, or grasp, something"
wrath .....

..... guess which one
Theotes
moves in .....

.. guess which one
religious humans
move in ..
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.. O.T. writers thought
Theotes
a retributive god ..

.. diablos & angels
enjoy retribution ..

..... Iesous
demonstrated,
conclusively,
restoration of all .....
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.. those who obey
wrath, indignation,
get 
tribulation, anguish..

..... those who seek
doxa, honour,
get
age lasting LIFE .....

(R2)
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doxa=held in good opinion; glory
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.... why desire worship like a "rockstar"
for anything 
we do, 
we be, 
we are .....
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Have I gone NEW AGE? 

God says that the physical and spiritual realms have always been INSIDE Jesus. 

Sound weird? 

Western Religion has created a dividing line between the sacred and the secular 

Sad

God is out there somewhere in some other dimension and we are down here

But that's not what the bible says

God and the physical realm have always been intimately and immutably united

Did you know that Paul says that the physical and heavenly creation is INSIDE Jesus like a baby is inside its mum?

Look!

Colossians 1:16-17New International Version (NIV)
16 For IN HIM all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created THROUGH him and FOR him.

In Jesus?

Through Jesus?

For Jesus?

Both physical and spiritual realms?

What?!

Can you see it?

God says:

1. All things were created THROUGH Jesus. He is the active agent in creation - both the physical and spiritual realms were made by Jesus

2. All things in both realms were created through Jesus FOR Jesus. Both realms belong to Jesus

How and why?

We actually know WHERE creation took place!

3. Both realms were created IN Jesus for Jesus through Jesus

Folks the whole physical and spiritual realm have always been INSIDE Jesus.

We all are part of him and eternally United.

The appearance of Jesus on earth was a physical manifestation of what already was.

Psalm 139:7-8New King James Version (NKJV)
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

1. Maybe God is everywhere - including hell - because

Everywhere is in Jesus?

Does this sound New Age?
-Santo Calarco
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Our sins have never in reality separated us from God -1-

This is a lie! 

Jesus died to put that lie to rest! 

Look at the way Paul unpacks this in Colossians 1:16-21. 

1. In this passage Paul brings it all together

2. He says all things in both spiritual and physical realms were created

BY Jesus

FOR Jesus

And the place that this creation took place was

INside Jesus! Colossians 1:16. See previous 2 posts.

3. Not only that but Paul will even tell us that Jesus also holds both realms together INSIDE himself.

Look

Colossians 1:17
And he is before all things, and IN HIM all things HOLD
together.

Jesus keeps all things together in both realms inside himself.

And then the mind begins to boggle

Colossians 1:20
and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

1. All things created that fell in both realms have been reconciled TO HIM by the blood on the Cross

The blood of Jesus has COSMIC implications

Jesus died to reconcile all fallen beings in both realms to himself.

This is past and complete.

But here is the great shock for me.

Q. What did the death of Jesus act on in particular for all beings in both realms?

1. Given all creatures in both realms were always in Jesus then what's this talk of reconciliation about?

2. If there is no separation from Jesus ever given both realms were always in Jesus then ...

If all creation has always been in Jesus then how can Paul say that Jesus died to bring reconciliation about?

But somehow the blood and the cross result in bringing both realms into their reconciliation to Jesus.

Here is where understanding what SIN really is comes into it I believe.

Jesus shed his blood on the Cross for the sin of both realms to reconcile them to Jesus.

Then shock of all shocks.

The very next verse tells us exactly what the sin in both realms was that was dealt with by the Cross!

Are you ready for the next verse?

Colossians 1:21New International Version (NIV)
21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds

What?!

1. The sin of both realms made us believe in our minds that we were separated from God.

What?!

1. Paul says that both realms have never been separated in reality from Jesus - everything has always been IN Jesus

But ... Sin sabotaged

Our minds into believing we were separated from Jesus

And this is a lie!

Jesus died for sin ...

The sin and lie which exists only in our minds ...

Has been dealt with by the blood and the cross!

The truth is even though beings in both realms fell

The lie this generated in our minds about being separated from God has

Has been dealt with through the cross.

Both realms were never separated from Jesus.

The Creator Sustainer and Redeemer

Through his blood on the cross says so! 
-Santo Calarco
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