this was a good article. shame your content gets blocked by the algorithm. you are a better writer than most of the people on here and talk about topics that no one else in the world writes about.
I believe out of all of these, this is the most important: (42) Jesus said, "Become passers-by." Also translated as, "Be as passers-by'.
Christ is basically saying, do not let yourself be distracted by the pleasures and sins of this world. Be diligent as you travel through the Valley of the Shadow of Death so that you may not fall victim to the lies of the devil and remain trapped in what will eventually become a realm of the dead. The way I do this is by basically seeing the world as a giant dentist office waiting room that I am stuck in until I am allowed to leave and I behave accordingly, which is the exact opposite of the man I was in my 20's. A man who lusted for women, wealth, pleasure, and deliberately sought out carnal desires. Life is pretty boring now but I also don't hate myself anymore which is something that years of psychiatric therapy that cost tens of thousands of dollars could never give me. Christ truly was a remarkable man. Probably the most remarkable in history as Alan Watts often said. He was a Taoist but like me he recognized that Taoism, the Tao of Lao Tzu not the weird occult pagan version of it that emerged hundreds of years after his death, was not mutually exclusive with Christianity but instead seems to compliment one another. One a philosophy and the other the religion. One of these days I am going to write a book about Taoism and Christ if I ever get around to it.
AH, I am glad you asked that! I listen to this almost every night before bed along with the Alexander Scourby reading of the Book of Revelation and Gospel of John.
This isn't my favorite translation but it is more easily accessible. I suggest finding other versions from sacredtexts.com or similar sites for more involved study.
One of my favorite pastimes over the last decade is to sit down and think about the parables in this and try to decode what Christ was really talking about. There is so much complexity and nuance in this text that it makes you seriously question why it was not included in the canonical gospels. It is literally nothing but parables Christ spoke - many of which appear in the other Gospels.
If it was not for this text being discovered, all of this fascinating knowledge would never have been made available to people like us and that I believe was deliberate. I am certain I am correct that whomever figures out the meanings of these parables 'wins' the 'big prize' and becomes the King Under Christ and His Father of the New Jerusalem.
I never said he wasn't the only way to avoid damnation. The Book of Revelation literally says the Lamb will be chosen to rule over the Creation. Assuming Christ is already God, why would it need to specify that? People do not understand this is a game. Chuck Missler the famous pastor said it best in his sermon about how the Creation is an 'electrical simulation' - likely taking place inside a massive, quantum computer physicists refer to as a 'Boltzman Brain'. If this IS a digital simulation it explains magick, the occult, rituals, etc. It's a game. It is literally a game. A puzzle to be solved. The fact I am the only one outside of the Pharisees that knows this makes me chuckle.
Outside of the Pharisees? They didn’t even admit that Jesus was the Messiah. And still don’t. Are they some sort of guideline one must reach? “As educated as a Pharisee”? Also, does Revelation say that? Or does it say that He is chosen? As in already done.
this was a good article. shame your content gets blocked by the algorithm. you are a better writer than most of the people on here and talk about topics that no one else in the world writes about.
I am interested in the gospel of Thomas. Where is the best resource for me?
I believe out of all of these, this is the most important: (42) Jesus said, "Become passers-by." Also translated as, "Be as passers-by'.
Christ is basically saying, do not let yourself be distracted by the pleasures and sins of this world. Be diligent as you travel through the Valley of the Shadow of Death so that you may not fall victim to the lies of the devil and remain trapped in what will eventually become a realm of the dead. The way I do this is by basically seeing the world as a giant dentist office waiting room that I am stuck in until I am allowed to leave and I behave accordingly, which is the exact opposite of the man I was in my 20's. A man who lusted for women, wealth, pleasure, and deliberately sought out carnal desires. Life is pretty boring now but I also don't hate myself anymore which is something that years of psychiatric therapy that cost tens of thousands of dollars could never give me. Christ truly was a remarkable man. Probably the most remarkable in history as Alan Watts often said. He was a Taoist but like me he recognized that Taoism, the Tao of Lao Tzu not the weird occult pagan version of it that emerged hundreds of years after his death, was not mutually exclusive with Christianity but instead seems to compliment one another. One a philosophy and the other the religion. One of these days I am going to write a book about Taoism and Christ if I ever get around to it.
AH, I am glad you asked that! I listen to this almost every night before bed along with the Alexander Scourby reading of the Book of Revelation and Gospel of John.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFJ01ua97nA
It is such a beautiful rendition that I sometimes weep while listening to it.
If you prefer a text version for study - https://www.marquette.edu/maqom/Gospel%20of%20Thomas%20Lambdin.pdf
This isn't my favorite translation but it is more easily accessible. I suggest finding other versions from sacredtexts.com or similar sites for more involved study.
One of my favorite pastimes over the last decade is to sit down and think about the parables in this and try to decode what Christ was really talking about. There is so much complexity and nuance in this text that it makes you seriously question why it was not included in the canonical gospels. It is literally nothing but parables Christ spoke - many of which appear in the other Gospels.
If it was not for this text being discovered, all of this fascinating knowledge would never have been made available to people like us and that I believe was deliberate. I am certain I am correct that whomever figures out the meanings of these parables 'wins' the 'big prize' and becomes the King Under Christ and His Father of the New Jerusalem.
Thank you for your prompt reply. I will examine the documentation.
Jesus is the one way to avoid damnation in Hell. It would not fit at all that the lamb is some kind of new universe ruler, chosen by a riddle.
I never said he wasn't the only way to avoid damnation. The Book of Revelation literally says the Lamb will be chosen to rule over the Creation. Assuming Christ is already God, why would it need to specify that? People do not understand this is a game. Chuck Missler the famous pastor said it best in his sermon about how the Creation is an 'electrical simulation' - likely taking place inside a massive, quantum computer physicists refer to as a 'Boltzman Brain'. If this IS a digital simulation it explains magick, the occult, rituals, etc. It's a game. It is literally a game. A puzzle to be solved. The fact I am the only one outside of the Pharisees that knows this makes me chuckle.
Outside of the Pharisees? They didn’t even admit that Jesus was the Messiah. And still don’t. Are they some sort of guideline one must reach? “As educated as a Pharisee”? Also, does Revelation say that? Or does it say that He is chosen? As in already done.