Santa Claus EXISTS - Response to Jonathan Pageau

I was watching a video from Jonathan Pageau, an Eastern Orthodox YouTube philosopher of sorts, titled, "Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy Exist." In it he is trying to make the point that Atheists often use Santa and Tooth Fairy to argue against the existence of God. He tries to argue that these "spirits" do actually exist in a manner of speaking, and goes on this philosophical rant, perhaps to appeal to people who present this type of anti-religious argument. The video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXnef2Ltklg

My response to Jonathan is this:

Your idols that can neither hear, nor see, nor walk... No, Santa Clause is an idol that people make believe is seeing, hearing and walking. You can't philosophize him into being by saying the guy in the suit IS Santa Clause simply because he acts the part. Santa only exists as a construct of human imagination. He exists in people's minds and they act that out. That is the difference between God and Santa. God DOES exist and it can be proven when you experience Him personally as, for example, a response to prayer or the moving of His Spirit. Santa's "spirit" is moved by men and resides in the heart of men, manifesting from the human heart as an image (yet Santa is not an actual spirit like demons, for instance, who are disembodied souls). Don't confuse the "spirit" of an idea with an actual spirit. In contrast to Santa's spirit being moved by men, God is moved by no one. He manifested His heart in His Son, His Eikon, His Logos, who is very real and descends, extends and exists apart from God the Father. Man imposes himself on the idea, or "spirit" of Santa. God exposes Himself to man through His Son and His Spirit. Big difference. So when God says in Scripture that the Israelites were bowing to idols that can neither hear, nor see, nor walk, He is acknowledging they exist only in the minds of men. They are illusions just as Santa is, even delusions. Here is the heart of idolatry. It begins in the human heart and serves only a humanist purpose, especially if we try to impose that idea on God (golden calf - feast day unto Yahweh...). That is why anything that arises out the human heart is filthy rags to God. Only thoughts and actions which are led by His Spirit are just, worthy and good.

Nephilim, Anunnaki and Nibiru / Christmas - Letter to a Prisoner

Below is a letter I wrote in response to an inmate's request to provide him information refuting the ancient astronaut theory proposed by Zechariah Sitchen as well as the subject of Christmas.

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Hi M***. This is George Young. I have been running Joseph’s ministry for a couple of years now after he had a stroke. He is doing well now but he cannot perform at his previous level. Yahweh sent me to help keep things going.

I received your letter asking for information regarding the Anunnaki and Nibiru (aka Planet X). I am not an expert on the subject and Joseph does not have any writings covering it. The thing is there isn’t really much in the historical record supporting the “ancient astronaut” story. What is used as “evidence” is spun out of context and exaggerated or just plain fabricated into the conspiracy theory we know today. I’ll do my best to provide you some basic, concise info debunking the stories surrounding the Sumerian texts without getting too deep into scholarly jargon.

There is much that is hotly debated including the meaning of the word Nephilim, where or what exactly Nibiru is, whether the Anunnaki have any relation to the Nephilim, the authenticity of the book of Enoch… There really is a lot we don’t understand about ancient cultures. It is my belief that people are trying too hard to assign meaning and understanding to something that is out of their reach. That is a dangerous place to be. What we do know, biblically speaking, is that the Nephilim were giants and they existed both before and after the flood. Goliath was one of them.

We can address extra-biblical sources as well to find some answers. According to scholars, there isn't a single text in the entire cuneiform record that:

• Has nibiru as a planet beyond Pluto
• Connects nibiru with the Anunnaki
• Has nibiru cycling through our solar system every 3600 years 

The theory of Planet X arose out of a mathematical anomaly that couldn’t be explained before 1992. This anomaly suggested that due to Neptune’s estimated size certain gravitational laws should be in place but the math was slightly off, enough that astro-physicists speculated that there might be something unseen causing a gravitational shift in the outer planets. Since 1992, data from Voyager 2 has cleared that up. Neptune was not quite as large as we thought it was. That small difference was enough to resolve the mathematical anomaly.

If there was something out there coming even remotely close to our solar system we would know it because it would be throwing off orbits and astronomy programs across the world would suddenly all be wrong. People would notice, starting with the very stable Kuiper belt surrounding our solar system. We’ve done pretty well with predicting comets and asteroids after all. The only next argument a person can make is that Planet X is a space ship. All I can say is what evidence is there of that?

Speaking of evidence, there is none that shows Zecharia Sitchin really even understood the ancient languages he claimed to. In fact, there were several elementary errors in his translations. Many knowledgeable scholars say this proves he was not a master of those languages but a hobbyist at best, a hobbyist with a clear bias towards a certain interpretation. I do not mean to say that since scholars scoff at someone it means we shouldn’t take that person seriously. There are plenty of errors in academia and the scientific community. What matters are the facts and what is true. Sitchin’s claims are simply unfounded. Here are a few more facts that should cause anyone seeking the truth to question the ancient astronaut fable:

• The Cylinder Seal VA 243 does not contain any reference or indication that the celestial bodies depicted on its top left side are of this solar system. In fact, it does not even contain the image of the sun, which is always a star with wavy lines completely enclosed in a circle. What we see is a prominent six-sided star surrounded by 11 smaller dots, which is an indication that it is probably a reference to a constellation with 12 stars.
• There is no evidence the Sumerians knew of more than 5 planets in our solar system.
• The inscription on the cylinder states, “Dubsiga, Ili-illat, your/his servant.” There is nothing to support anything in the ancient astronaut theory.
• Sitchen’s translation of the word nephilim demonstrates a lack of knowledge and respect to the Akkadian, Aramaic and Hebrew languages he purports to be an expert in. Here is what scholar Michael Heiser says to that fact:

Sitchin assumes "nephilim" comes from the Hebrew word "naphal" which usually means "to fall." He then forces the meaning "to come down" onto the word, creating his "to come down from above" translation. In the form we find it in the Hebrew Bible, if the word nephilim came from Hebrew naphal, it would not be spelled as we find it. The form nephilim cannot mean "fallen ones" (the spelling would then be nephulim). Likewise nephilim does not mean "those who fall" or "those who fall away" (that would be nophelim). The only way in Hebrew to get nephilim from naphal by the rules of Hebrew morphology (word formation) would be to presume a noun spelled naphil and then pluralize it. I say "presume" since this noun does not exist in biblical Hebrew -- unless one counts Genesis 6:4 and Numbers 13:33, the two occurrences of nephilim -- but that would then be assuming what one is trying to prove! However, in Aramaic the noun naphil(a) does exist. It means "giant," making it easy to see why the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible) translated nephilim as gigantes ("giant")… It is most likely that nephilim is an Aramaic term imported into Hebrew during the final editing of the Hebrew Bible in Babylon (where Aramaic was the lingua franca) and then the ending was corrected to Hebrew rules of word formation. Both phenomena are known in the Hebrew Bible… The verb "to go down" in biblical Hebrew is not naphal; it is yarad. The verb naphal  can mean something approximate to "came down" under one condition: it must occur in the Hiphil ("causative") stem in Hebrew grammar. If you know Hebrew, you know this is because the Hiphil stem adds either a prefixed letter to the verb and an a-class vowel (or both) in the verb conjugations, and any such occurrences in the Hebrew Bible are therefore not spelled "nephilim."

Since I quoted Michael Heiser I feel I need to attach a disclaimer. He is an anti-trinitarian and so if you ever read any of his works bear that in mind. I believe the Bible clearly reveals a triune God, despite the few isolated verses and word studies that anti-trinitarians cite. They lack understanding of our God. This is the danger of isogesis and one of the problems I have with academics. The whole Bible must be taken into account when attempting to prove a doctrine. Even the scientific method has a way of trying to disprove a theory to see if it stands in the face of opposition. Bias is a strong force in our psyche (translated as “soul” in the Bible). I recall a very wise statement, “Never underestimate the power of denial.”

If you are thinking about trying to change someone else’s point of view, ask yourself first whether they are open to listening. I have a friend who believes the earth is flat. I challenged him with some very compelling questions that he couldn’t answer (Explain the coriolis effect with the flat earth model. the procession of the equinoxes.  the curved shadow on the moon…) but that didn’t change his mind. Truth only makes it through a stony heart if someone knows there is something wrong with what they believe. You can’t reason with a fool. The Bible tells us this repeatedly.

I’m sure there is much more I could add but this should give you and your friend some food for thought. I have also modified your newsletter queue so that “Attractive Deception” (about the Hebrew Roots movement) and some of the Christmas teachings will come next. For now, here is something I’ll share with you that gave me pause. I came across this quote from Tertullian’s "On Idolatry" last holiday season. It is the smoking gun I was looking for in my search for evidence of idolatry and syncretism regarding the holiday season in the very early church. Read this quote multiple times considering what it would mean if the church were, even today, leading heathens "into the fold" by means of false doctrines and idolatrous traditions. I must also add a disclaimer to this quote, because there is some error in it. I will highlight those parts in red.

But, however, the majority (of Christians) have by this time induced the belief in their mind that it is pardonable if at any time they do what the heathen do, for fear the Name be blasphemed. Now the blasphemy which must quite be shunned by us in every way is, I take it, this: If any of us lead a heathen into blasphemy with good cause, either by fraud, or by injury, or by contumely, or any other matter of worthy complaint, in which the Name is deservedly impugned, so that the Lord, too, be deservedly angry. Else, if of all blasphemy it has been said, By your means My Name is blasphemed, we all perish at once; since the whole circus, with no desert of ours, assails the Name with wicked suffrages. Let us cease (to be Christians) and it will not be blasphemed! On the contrary, while we are, let it be blasphemed: in the observance, not the overstepping, of discipline; while we are being approved, not while we are being reprobated. Oh blasphemy, bordering on martyrdom, which now attests me to be a Christian, while for that very account it detests me! The cursing of well-maintained Discipline is a blessing of the Name. If, says he, I wished to please men, I should not be Christ's servant. But the same apostle [Paul] elsewhere bids us take care to please all: As I, he says, please all by all means. 1 Corinthians 10:32-33 No doubt he used to please them by celebrating the Saturnalia and New-year's day! [Was it so] or was it by moderation and patience? By gravity, by kindness, by integrity? In like manner, when he is saying, I have become all things to all, that I may gain all, 1 Corinthians 9:22 does he mean to idolaters an idolater? to heathens a heathen? to the worldly worldly? But albeit he does not prohibit us from having our conversation with idolaters and adulterers, and the other criminals, saying, Otherwise you would go out from the world, 1 Corinthians 5:10 of course he does not so slacken those reins of conversation that, since it is necessary for us both to live and to mingle with sinners, we may be able to sin with them too. Where there is the intercourse of life, which the apostle concedes, there is sinning, which no one permits. To live with heathens is lawful, to die with them is not. Let us live with all; let us be glad with them, out of community of nature, not of superstition. We are peers in soul, not in discipline; fellow-possessors of the world [we do not possess the world as of yet. It has not been taken from the “ruler of this age” yet, who is Satan. See 2 Corinthians 4:4, 1 John 5:19, Ephesians 2:2], not of error. But if we have no right of communion in matters of this kind with strangers, how far more wicked to celebrate them among brethren! Who can maintain or defend this? The Holy Spirit upbraids the Jews with their holy-days. Your Sabbaths, and new moons, and ceremonies, says He, My soul hates. By us, to whom Sabbaths are strange, and the new moons and festivals formerly beloved by God, the Saturnalia and New-year's and Midwinter's festivals and Matronalia are frequented — presents come and go — New-year's gifts — games join their noise — banquets join their din! Oh better fidelity of the nations to their own sect, which claims no solemnity of the Christians for itself! Not the Lord's day, not Pentecost, even it they had known them, would they have shared with us; for they would fear lest they should seem to be Christians. We are not apprehensive lest we seem to be heathens! If any indulgence is to be granted to the flesh, you have it. I will not say your own days, but more too; for to the heathens each festive day occurs but once annually: you have a festive day every eighth day [I would cut out the word “eighth” because we are not living in the eighth day. We haven’t even reached the 7^th yet, which is what the Sabbath represents – see Hebrews 4.]. Call out the individual solemnities of the nations, and set them out into a row, they will not be able to make up a Pentecost. (Tertullian. On Idolatry, Chapter XIV, c. 155 – c. 240 AD)

Epiphanius, bishop of Salamis (c. 310–320 - 403AD) says that at Alexandria Aion's birth from Kore the Virgin was celebrated January 6: "On this day and at this hour the Virgin gave birth to Aion." The date, which coincides with Epiphany, brought new year's celebrations to a close, completing the cycle of time that Aion embodies...In Ptolemaic Alexandria (305 BC-30 BC), at the site of a dream oracle, the Hellenistic syncretic god Serapis was identified as Aion Plutonius. The epithet Plutonius marks functional aspects shared with Pluto, consort of Persephone and ruler of the underworld in the Eleusinian tradition. -wikipedia.org/wiki/Aion_(deity)

In the Eleusinian tradition, dating back to the 4th century BC, Persephone was taken to the underworld in the winter months, causing her goddess mother Demeter to withdrawal her blessing on the land so that it would get cold and nothing would grow, nothing but the evergreen and holly, of course, which are symbols in Norse and Germanic cultures of life even in the dead of winter. You can see this in the tradition of the Holly King and the Oak King, although much of these ancient traditions is only speculative. There is, however, enough glimpses into ancient tribal and pagan cultures to make an educated guess at what they were about.

A winter tradition resembling Yuletide is illustrated partly in Jeremiah 10. We see nature worship there and pagan winter holidays were clearly a long standing tradition before the book of Jeremiah was written. God told us not to worship as the heathen do. Do not declare a feast day unto Yahweh, and do not presume that God is pleased with your "holy" day. Holy = “apartness, set-apartness, separateness, sacredness.” Christians have inserted Christ into something Christ was not in to begin with.

“We have no superstitious regard for times and seasons. Certainly we do not believe in the present ecclesiastical arrangement called Christmas. First because we do not believe in any mass at all, but abhor it, whether it be sung in Latin or in English: Secondly, because we find no scriptural warrant whatever for observing any day as the birthday of the Savior; and consequently, its observance is a superstition, because not of divine authority. Superstition has fixed most positively the day of our Savior’s birth, although there in no possibility of discovering when it occurred. It was not till the middle of the third century that any part of the church celebrated the birth of our Lord; and it was not till long after the western Church had set the example, that the eastern adopted it. Because the day is not known. Probably the fact is that the “holy” days were arranged to fit in with the heathen festivals. We venture to assert that if there be any day in the year of which we may be pretty sure that it was not the day on which our Savior was born it is the 25th of December. Regarding not the day, let us give God thanks for the gift of His dear Son.” —C. H. Spurgeon Dec. 24, 1871 (Spurgeon, Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, p. 697)

“No evidence remains about the exact date of the birth of Christ. The December 25 date was chosen as much for practical reasons as for theological ones. Throughout the Roman Empire, various festivals were held in conjunction with the winter solstice. In Rome, the Feast of the Unconquerable Sun celebrated the beginning of the return of the sun. When Christianity became the religion of the Empire, the church either had to suppress the festivals or transform them. The winter solstice seemed an appropriate time to celebrate Christ’s birth. Thus, the festival of the sun became a festival of the Son” (Holman Bible Dictionary, entry for Christmas)

The basic premise that appears to go back as far as Babylon and Egypt is this: In winter the sun shines its light the least compared to the rest of the year, essentially dying, and therefore everything else withers and dies, except the evergreen. Pantheists believe that “God” is in everything and that there are spirits in the evergreens which help them survive the winter. That is why they are central to this season and why they are brought indoors to be worshiped. You are bringing that "life" into your home as a symbol of... (What is all paganistic idolatry about?) Fertility. Fertility of the land and fertility of the womb to conceive. The holly wreath on your door is a symbol of the womb and the tree is the penis bringing life and the spark of light into it.

God told us not to worship as the heathen do. This is why I personally want nothing to do with Christmas and I find it difficult even to worship with those who do. They are inviting a spirit into their lives and their homes by participating in the holy-daze. This spirit stays around and invites others to come in.

When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.” Luke 11:24-26

You can unwittingly become an idolater by the works of your own hands and by this one can become possessed. What does the Bible say about associating with those who call themselves brethren but are idolaters?

But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? 1 Corinthians 5:11-12

It would behoove the "church" to consider exactly why they do what they do. Is your worship based on what God has shown you by the Holy Spirit or by vain traditions of men?

May Yahweh bless you and keep you by His Holy Spirit.

George

Avengers: Endgame - A Christian Perspective

I recently watched Avengers: Endgame and thought I would share a few observations. In writing this I am making the assumption that you have heard of the New World Order, Eugenics or at least know your Bible well enough to know when something stinks of evil no matter how well it is "disguised as an angel of light." I can't explain much of what is behind the NWO in this post so I will have to encourage you to do your own research for the time being. A good place to start would be heart4god.ws and these blogs:

https://parablesblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/marvel-comics-endgame.html
https://parablesblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/babalon-working.html

I would even recommend the longer documentaries on corbettreport.com (but please DO NOT take this as an endorsement for James' anarchist, activist ideologies. I merely think he has done a good job exposing the NWO.) If you find a term or reference that you don't know anything about feel free to comment or email me. I'd be happy to elaborate. OK, so with that out of the way let's jump right into the observations I made watching the last two Avengers movies.

In Endgame, Stark told Captain America that they should have put a shield around the planet, like he suggested to the team before Thanos came around. His suggestion, based on the Age of Ultron movie, was that technology can be used to protect humanity from evil. In fact, he, much like Elon Musk, believed that humanity's hope lies in merging with technology. That was his argument in Age of Ultron and how Vision came to be, the life form created by placing the mind stone (tesseract power) in his third eye (ie; forehead - see Revelation 13 for the mark of the beast. Also, the third eye is a new age/Hindu/Kabbalistic reference). One of the first things he said to the Avengers was, "I am not Ultron. I am not Jarvis. I am... I am." Anyone who knows their Bible will understand that reference. God told Moses in the burning bush to tell the people that, "I am that I am" sent him. Moreover, this was evocative of Sir Issac Newton's famous saying, "I think, therefore I am." This is the worship of the mind of which Vision is an idol. Vision, a being made from synthesized human tissue fused with vibranium and wielding the power of the mind stone, was declaring himself to be God. In fact, he, like Captain America, was worthy to pick up Thor's hammer. He picked it up like it was nothing.

Another thing I noticed was the comments about Captain America's back side. Stark made fun of his rear and Ant Man replied "that's America's ***" (rear, to keep this family-friendly). Later, CA fought himself and after defeating him, when his other self laid on the ground unconscious he paused to examine his own rear. He replied, "That IS America's ..." It was not just kitschy egotistical humor. Captain America is a statement about what every man should strive to be in America. He is an idol. This comment was meant to say that his back side was the ideal back side. It furthers the fleshly obsession with looks in this country. It's too bad that most people think this is "funny because it's true." It's actually quite condescending.

There was a shot of a bumper sticker placed inside the ship the Avengers fly around in that read, "Jarvis is my co-pilot." This gives further credence to the importance technology, particularly AI, is portrayed to play in our lives by these movies. It more than implies worship.

There was a reference to Jet Propulsion Labs right after a shot of Stark in his lab. JPL was founded by Jack Parsons, a knows Thelemic cultist who openly practiced sex magick. JPL is a part of NASA. If you read the blogs I posted links to just above you'll find more info on that. Basically, Stark was modeled after Jack Parsons, whose real name is Marvel Parsons. Coincidence?

There was a shot of a ship named "Churchill - Great Britain" shown just after they mentioned the strongest metal in the world. The sun never sets on the Babylo... I mean British Empire. I would elaborate on why I said that but it might take a whole book. Suffice to say GB still holds an important position of power in the New World Order, including massive influence in America.

Shortly after that Ultron said, "Upon this rock I will build my church. Vibranium." Do I need to say more about that? He was mocking the words of Christ speaking to Peter. Christ was speaking of faith. I know Ultron is the villain in this movie but using this line, as well as the multiple church scenes where Ultron is sitting on a throne is clearly an allusion to the Antichrist. The worst part is not that they wrote his character saying those words but that there is irony in them. People are blindly following a false Gospel today. How is Ultron defeated? By strange, supernatural powers, mostly obtained by playing around in a science lab. The "good" characters in this movie win by putting their faith in technological advancement and unity. That is the spirit of Babylon at work.

As Ultron was getting ready to fight the Avengers he said, "Captain America, God's righteous man, pretending you can live without a war." What an appropriate statement. Captain America is an idol, just like America's ideals are an idol, and "We the people" are being fooled into thinking we somehow bring more "peace and safety" to the world as avengers of liberty and freedom. This is far from the truth. America makes a lot of money from war and this country occupies more countries than any other. It has over 800 military bases in over 70 countries. No country has ever been so globally present, not by a long shot. Our leaders have led this country into wars based on false flag after false flag, and the people bought it in their self-righteousness. Dominion Theology has taken over here, not the Gospel of Yahshua Messiah.

Many aspects of this movie are making fun of Christianity in a way that is supposed to be acceptable in a "kitchy" way. I wonder if most Christians even realize that. Perhaps they think it is "humble" to laugh at themselves. Well, maybe they should, because most of what they teach is lies. The fact that these movies make billions is a testament to how this "majority Christian" country thinks. I'm almost ashamed that I paid $4 to rent it, but I didn't do it purely because I wanted to be entertained (although I suppose I do have a bit of guilty pleasure in watching this trash, which I admit is not great). I did it mostly because I am interested to see what the elite satanic ruling class are indoctrinating people with now, and what people are eating up like a good ol' apple pie.

One last note: Towards the end, Vision is speaking with Ultron, and he says, "Humans are odd. They think that order and chaos are somehow opposites and try to control what won't be, but there is grace in their failures."

Ultron says, "They're doomed."

Vision replies, "Yes, but a thing isn't beautiful because it lasts."

What a weird justification. Note that in the next movie half of humanity is killed by the power of the stones. The Bible, specifically Revelation, tells us a large percentage of people on earth are going to die in the tribulation. Have you heard of eugenics? It's not just an old philosophy from the early 20th century that died away. It's part of the technocratic agenda to steer humanity in the direction of positive progress (whatever that is).

Further, the statement about thinking order and chaos are separate is clearly Theosophical. Most satanists believe that order and chaos come from the same Source, and that there isn't really a such thing as right and wrong, good and bad. The ends justify the means. Everything that happens is for good, even bad. It's difficult to explain concisely, but duality is an integral part of most pagan belief systems.

Interestingly enough, at the end of Endgame, it is Iron Man, Tony Stark, the movie version of Jack Parsons, techno-sexual satanist, that saves the world and resurrects everyone, killing all the evil Thanos brought. He is the ultimate hero in the end, the one with such heart that he would give his life for his friends. A sneaky play on emotions. The moral of the story: Don't judge that egotistical, perverted, technocratic, transhumanist jerk of a person because he just might be the best thing that ever happened to humanity.

"Age of Ultron" and "Endgame" indeed. There's more I could point out but it's getting late. VERY late.

EDIT: OK so I decided to add some more the next day. Here's a few more thing I caught.

Demons are souls dispossessed of bodies. They can't stand to be without physical form. It's torture to them. Recall Legion in the Bible (Mark 5:1-20). When Yahshua came to them they begged Him to not cast them out but to let them go into the herd of swine nearby. They would rather occupy swine than be without form. Consider what Ultron said after his simulation was successful.

Ultron, "Where's my body? ...This feels weird. This feels Wrong."

Remember what Elon Musk said. "With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon."

Another NWO reference was to MK Ultra mind control, a well-known and documented government project from the 50's and 60's that experimented with ways to manipulate their subjects' minds. Two of which are seen in Romanoff and the Hulk. Romanoff uses mind control technique on Hulk. A typical method of triggering a person who has been programmed by mind control techniques is to say a very specific phrase them. This was portrayed in the movie "The Manchurian Candidate". The mother in the movie spoke a phrase to her son which triggered him into his assassination mode. Conversely, Romanoff uses this technique to calm the Hulk. When it's time she takes off her glove and says, "The sun's gettin' real low..." Then touches him in a specific way. The character Romanoff herself would well understand mind control since she was raised as a sort of Manchurian Candidate herself by the KGB. The Scarlet Witch is also Russian and is a supposed to be a symbol of how mind control can be a power for good or for evil. She starts off evil and supposedly turns good, at least "good" in the movie's rhetorical sense.

While we are speaking of women, it is no surprise that these, and majority of the women seen in these movies, are hypersexualized. Massive cleavage dominated prime shots throughout the movie. If you were watching you saw boobs sticking out of the tops of their clothes/costumes often. They also went to every effort to make sure Romanoff's rear end had ample screen time. I'm not looking for this stuff, it's just thrown in your face. It's why I wouldn't recommend anyone who is not on their guard to watch these movies. Certainly, PLEASE do not show them to your children.

My last observation is more of a question, because I don't know much about Russian history. I do know the Romanovs were the ruling family of Russia for at least a couple of hundred years. That ended in the early 1900's. I do wonder if there is some sort of reference or connection there, if the writer chose that name for a reason. Who knows? One thing I do know is that the last Russian Czar was a Romanov who was killed as a result of the Bolshevik Revolution, a topic well worth looking into but far too broad to touch on in this blog. It's almost too weird to know that one of the last things to happen in the lands Russian ruled in his time was the loss of Manchuria.

The Czar and his wife became very close with Siberian "holy man", Rasputin, who was famous for his healing powers, allegedly based on sex magick, but much of this is speculation. The ruling family were self-professed Orthodox Christians but when their son fell ill they turned to Rasputin to try and find a miracle. There are conflicting stories about whether Rasputin was really a holy man or a mystical shaman of sorts. Interestingly enough, the Bolshevik Jews imprisoned and killed the royal family. Rasputin was a known supporter of the Jewish cause in Russia as well as other humanitarian ideals. Something does smell fishy here but I can't say really what it is. Perhaps it is the "humanitarian" thing more than the rumors. Babylon is tyrannically humanitarian after all. This subject warrants research of its own because I can't intelligently comment on it.

Response to Alan Watts

The following is a response to the video below.

I have read the I Ching, Tao Te Ching, and many other religious works from Buddhism to Hinduism to Druidic Mysticism, Qaballa, Satanism, Wicca, etc, etc. I sought the truth in every path I could find. Nothing satisfied nor brought any lasting revelation. Then God started a work in my life and I found that the Bible is the most spiritually pure book I've ever encountered. Is it infallible? No. Man has made his mark on Scriptures, so much so that true Christianity has been lost over the millennia. One need only to read the warnings of Paul and John, and look what happened over the next 300 years to see that, especially Constantine and the apostate Council of Nicea essentially banning the true nature of "Christ" as described by Arius. Yahweh showed me that what we see today is a watered-down, spoon-fed version of Christianity that, yes, came out of the Catholic Church, the Mother of Harlots in Revelation. If she is the mother then who are the daughters that came out of her? What is said in this video about the Bible being a spiritual book is true. It must be spiritually discerned. The thing that really sets the Bible apart from other religious writings is the fact that, prophetically and parabolically speaking, God's voice can be discerned from its reading. No other books have described so many fulfilled prophesies and no other has foreshadowed the time in which we live more accurately. I was never taught anything with any depth in churches. That is why I walked away to begin with. Now, after so many years of searching and failing to find anything of substance, God dropped a massive weight of truth on me. AND IT BROKE ME.

"He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed."

It's true that inspired holy men and prophets once wrote what was given to them, some by dictation, others by interpretation or documentation, and those men spoke the lingua franca of their time. It is no wonder that imagery and ideas from other cultures are expressed in it because universal wisdom is well, universal, and illustrative imagery is often regurgitated. I will say that wisdom comes from a source and it is a Divine Intelligence - a conscious being who interacts with us. "Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

The unique thing about Christianity is that we have a loving, albeit demanding Father, who has gone to every length to show us The Way. That is not the Buddhist "Way" but His true, narrow path to life, who is exemplified and encompassed in His Son, who has made certain the recompense of all to Him. That means the Lake of Fire is not eternal (it is age-long - look up "aion") and that Yahweh's judgment is always punitive for the purpose of being remedial. If we can come to see the light of truth that is only available in Him, and is accessible only in a proper understanding of the Bible by the Spirit of God, then we can rest in His peace, not a man-made "peace and safety" contrived from the syncretization or plagiarization of world religions, economies and politics into one cooperative whole (aka: Babylon). The vain philosophies of men like Alan Watts are the wide path to destruction and lead to the prophetic "mark of the beast" (no one can buy or sell unless they think and do as the beast, or ruling power, does). If you understand what is happening in the world today, in truth, then you will see that we are heading straight towards the New World Order "beast" system prophesied in Revelation (and clarified by Daniel). Things are not improving. We are not progressing. Things are getting worse. We are DIEgressing. This world is in a state of spiritual entropy and most will have to "pass through" the second death in order to come to the knowledge and acceptance of the truth, that we will all be one in Yahshua Messiah. "For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross." Colossians 1 "...but each in his own order..." 1 Corinthians 15.  There are 3 resurrections (as foreshadowed in the 3 appointed Jewish Feasts of Yahweh). The firstfruits "barley" (unleavened by sin), the harvest of the "wheat" which must be threshed and winnowed to be ground into flour, mixed with oil (of anointing) and baked in fire until all the yeast (sin) stops rising, and then the grapes which must be crushed - tread under foot - all to set the table for the marriage supper of the Lamb.

The Bible has more answers than all of the "holy" books of every other religion combined. That is simply the truth. Yet it must be rightly divided and discerned. Chew the cud for a while. Ruminate in prayer. Receive the true Gospel, the good news that Yahshua has made a clear path for man to holiness. That path is the most difficult path you will ever walk, yet "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Qaballistic pathworking, Buddhist fasting, meditation and self denial (although similar in some ways to what Christ taught) will not lead you to the truth. The truth is difficult but very simple. Die to yourself. Live in Yahshua. He IS the only Way.

Yah's Stamp of Approval

It's been a while since I wrote anything on here but it has certainly been a busy last few months. A lot has happened but I mostly wanted to share something with you regarding the prison ministry. In short, Yahweh has put His stamp of approval on this ministry. Literally. I'll explain.

For a while now I've been trying to find some software that would allow me to perform mail merges directly onto the teachings I send out. For over a year I've been printing the addresses on labels and matching them up manually to the mailings. It wasn't that much of a chore I suppose but it did add hours to each run. I also have been considering applying for a bulk mail permit so I don't have to affix stamps to every mailing. I wanted to just print my permit right on the mailings and cut this part out of my process. This too adds a decent amount of time to the process. With my job demands growing lately I needed to find a solution that would make things easier. I tried many times searching for solutions, praying and not finding what I needed. I brainstormed ideas on how to make it work, searched out software and every time I wound up having to stop and move on. My thought was that maybe God just wanted me to commit to these mundane tasks. I came to a place where I didn't particularly care either way whether I found a solution. So I continued on for months not looking to improve the process.

One day I was searching for an answer to a problem I was trying to solve for work. I use Excel and Google Sheets to organize company data and assist in managing payments for contracts. I discovered a function that would help in the prison ministry. Later I tried it out and it worked. This sparked my interest in wondering whether I could find anything to help with some of the other improvements I wanted to make. It didn't take long before I found some software packages that use both Excel and Adobe Acrobat to perform advanced mail merges. I did some testing and found a program that does exactly what I need called "AutoMailMerge" by a company called Evermap. It took a while to set up but now I can pull data directly from my Excel spreadsheet to do mail merges. Basically, this program allows me to open a PDF file with an SQL statement attached to it that looks in the Excel spreadsheet for all contacts who are to receive that PDF next in their sequence. It will then print a version for each person. This company also has another program called AutoBatch which will allow me to run multiple PDFs in a sequence so I don't even have to open one at a time. I haven't bought the second program yet but I plan on it.

After a prayer of thanks and asking for God's further guidance with the ministry, the next thing I decided to look into was the bulk mail permit. I researched how it works and found out that there are some criteria that I just didn't quite meet. I won't explain all that here. I decided to ask the local post office about it anyway. I have a good relationship with them because I go in there quite a lot to buy stamps, drop off mailings for the ministry and check mail in 2 different PO Boxes. I thought, "It wouldn't hurt to ask." At first it seemed like it might not work out but after about an hour of talking with the Postmaster we came to the conclusion that we would give it a go. There was some confusion over what the application fee was and the cost per item but we got that all sorted out. After she finished setting the account up she told me my permit number. "Your permit number is 7."

I froze for a moment, knowing that God was just present in what just happened. I asked the Postmaster, "Just 7? Not 4867 or something?" She said, "No, just 7." It was a confirming moment. I knew God wanted me to have that permit. She gave me a slip of paper with the permit number, the date (3-4-2019) and her signature. I was so happy to receive it that I immediate drove home hoping Joseph was still around so I could tell him. He was home and we decided to celebrate by having lunch at the local Mexican restaurant. While sitting there he asked me, "What is today's date?" He had a rhetorical tone in his voice and look on his face. I thought, ummm... 3-4... 3-4? I wasn't sure what he was getting at. He looked me in the eyes and said, "March Fourth! March... FORTH!" We shared a laugh and he told me that Yahweh does things at specific times for a reason.

Before I left the post office that day the Postmaster told me I'd have to get an indicia made. I wasn't sure where to go to do that but I went home and looked it up. It tuns out that as long as you meet certain requirements you can make your own. I didn't know how far I could take this since the only indicia designs I'd seen were just black boxes with text in them. I wondered if I could make one that looked like a stamp. My reasoning was that the black box indicia looked very institutional and I wanted the inmates to get something that didn't feel institutional. I thought, again, "Why not try?" So I designed what I thought looked good, with an emphasis on the permit number 7 and took it down to the post office. The Postmaster was there and when I showed it to her she took a long hard look at it. She said, "I don't know..." I explained that I looked up the requirements on the US Post Office website and it fit their specs. I showed her the specs on my phone and she took another long hard look at it. I felt like I was standing there for an hour but it was only a few minutes. She finally said, "You know what? They've been pushing towards this kind of thing for a long time now. I'm going to put it through."

I'll be honest. I was SHOCKED. I really didn't expect her to approve the design. I had never seen one like it before and clearly, neither did she. This apparently was a first. It MUST have been God working through this situation and in the end I knew that He had just given me a great gift.

Here is what the indicia looks like. I know it's a small thing to get excited about but when Yah speaks to me and I can see the results right there in front of me what other reason could there possibly be to get excited than that? He gave me His stamp of approval and said, "March forth!"

Christian vs. Roman Evangelism

I was researching the word "gospel's" in Mark 8:35 and noticed it is the the word "evangelion" and here is the entry for it in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament:

εὐαγγέλιον in the imperial cult. This is the most important usage for our purpose. Note must be taken of what is said concerning the θεῖος ἄνθρωπος (→ 712), τύχη and σωτηρία. The emperor unites all these in his own person. This is what gives εὐαγγέλιον its significance and power. The ruler is divine by nature. His power extends to men, to animals, to the earth and to the sea. Nature belongs to him; wind and waves are subject to him.31 He works miracles and heals men. He is the saviour of the world who also redeems individuals from their difficulties (→ σωτήρ). τύχη is linked up with his person; he is himself τύχη. He has appeared on earth as a deity in human form. He is the protective god of the state. His appearance is the cause of good fortune to the whole kingdom. Extraordinary signs accompany the course of his life. They proclaim the birth of the ruler of the world. A comet appears at his accession, and at his death signs in heaven declare his assumption into the ranks of the gods.34 Because the emperor is more than a common man, his ordinances are glad messages and his commands are sacred writings. What he says is a divine act and implies good and salvation for men. He proclaims εὐαγγέλια through his appearance, and these εὐαγγέλια treat of him (→ 713). The first evangelium is the news of his birth: ἦρξεν δὲ τῶι κόσμωι τῶν διʼ αὐτὸν εὐανγελι[ων ἡ γενέθλιος] τοῦ θεοῦ. “The birthday of the god was for the world the beginning of the joyful messages which have gone forth because of him.”36 Other εὐαγγέλια follow, e.g., the news of his coming of age and esp. his accession: ἐπεὶ γν[ώ]στ[ης ἐγενόμην τοῦ] εὐαγγελ[ίο]υ περὶ τοῦ ἀνηγορεῦσθαι Καίσαρα τὸν τοῦ θεοφιλεστάτου κυρίον ἡμῶν … Joy and rejoicing come with the news. Humanity, sighing under a heaven burden of guilt, wistfully longs for peace. Doom is feared because the gods have withdrawn from earth.39 Then suddenly there rings out the news that the σωτήρ is born, that he has mounted the throne, that a new era dawns for the whole world. This εὐαγγέλιον is celebrated with offerings and yearly festivals. All cherished hopes are exceeded. The world has taken on a new appearance.

The imperial cult and the Bible share the view that accession to the throne, which introduces a new era and brings peace to the world, is a gospel for men. We can explain this only by supposing a common source. This is generally oriental. To the many messages, however, the NT opposes the one Gospel, to the many accessions the one proclamation of the → βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ. The NT speaks the language of its day. It is a popular and realistic proclamation. It knows human waiting for and hope of the εὐαγγέλια, and it replies with the εὐαγγέλιον, but with an evangel of which some might be ashamed, since it is a σκάνδαλον (Mt. 11:5 f.; R. 1:16; 1 C. 1:17, 23; 2 Tm. 1:8; Mk. 8:35). The Gospel means for men σωτηρία, but σωτηρία through → μετάνοια and judgment (→ 728 f., 732). For many this Gospel may be ironical when they hear it (cf. Ac. 17:32). But it is real joy; for penitence brings joy, and judgment grace and salvation. Caesar and Christ, the emperor on the throne and the despised rabbi on the cross, confront one another. Both are evangel to men. They have much in common. But they belong to different worlds.

In reading this one might feel like this perfectly justifies celebrating Christ's birth. After all He is the One who was born, proclaimed by men and miracles, brought the Good News, ushered in the foundation stone of His spiritual kingdom... I mean the description of how the Roman culture honored Caesar is spot on with the coming of Christ. Why not celebrate Christmas? Ah, but here is the line that brings it all into focus, the best line, saved for last:

"But they belong to different worlds."

This is the kicker of this entire exposition. The Christian gospel is not the same as the Roman gospel. In fact, it is polar opposite, even if it has similar concepts. It goes on to say:

"For many this Gospel may be ironical when they hear it (cf. Ac. 17:32). But it is real joy; for penitence brings joy, and judgment grace and salvation."

Perhaps this is why Yahshua's birthday was never recorded by the apostles. It was not calculated or even celebrated until centuries after His death and early apostolic fathers criticized bishops who were really reaching to make this a yearly celebration. Early Christians appeared to have an aversion to celebrating birthdays because of the associations with the Caesar and the Roman gods. Birthdays aren't bad but I can see why they would want to be set apart in such times. I can see why they wouldn't want their lives to be perceived as corrupted by pagan practices.

Yahweh gave the Israelites holy days for a specific reason, as shadows of things to come. They were given for them to ruminate (chew the cud) over what God has done for them and what God has in store. They were a parabolic reflection of His plan of the ages. This is why man-made traditions are not only inferior to but profane the holy. Our Gospel is the promise made to those who enter Sabbath rest by Yahshua's example and instruction to receive the Holy Spirit who will lead us into all truth. This is a daily practice. A daily celebration. We do not need yearly celebrations like the pagans do. Our command is "do this in remembrance of Me" (speaking of communion). Remember the Scriptures, "Give us this day our DAILY bread" for He is the bread of life, and so "whoever has entered His rest has ceased from his works as God did from His." All else is the works of our own hands which is filthy rags to Him - idolatry. "That which is not from faith is sin." We were warned not to follow the traditions of men. Yahshua only did the will of the Father. He did none of His own works. This example He passed on to His disciples.

The Sabbath is a sign on your forehead and right hand (what you think and do). Ask yourself the most important question of your life: "Am I at Sabbath rest?"

Or have you been deceived into taking the mark of the beast, receiving the spirit of Babylon and the works of Rome instead of the Spirit of God?