WHY WE ARE AN ESSENCE OF GOD

WHY WE ARE AN ESSENCE OF GOD

There are numerous Bible scriptures and verses that somehow never seem to make their way to being spoken of in the pulpit and Bible Study gatherings of modern churches and temples. There are many reasons for this. 

I have taken a few moments to extract just a few of these verses that I speak of. The Bible and many other ancient writings are filled with beautiful Truth presented in allegory and metaphor. There are deeper meanings contained under and beyond the surface stories.

For the benefit of people who I know that use the Bible as an owners manual for their Soul and the way to live their Life, I will discuss these verses and try and show their non-literal, and non-historical metaphysical intent. Let it be known, there is nothing in the OT and NT Bible that hasn't been said before by earlier civilizations and previous religions. The OT itself tells us "there is nothing new under the sun." These stories are a plan for living our own Life, not just historical documentation of other people and places.

Isaiah 45:7

"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things."

Lamentations 3:38

"Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?"

Amos 4:13

"For, lo, the former of mountains, and creator of wind, And the declarer to man what is His thought (Logos/Word)."

1 John 4:17

"By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment (decision); because as Jesus is, so also are we in this world."

Matthew 9:4

"Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he asked them, "Why do you have such evil thoughts in your hearts?"

Galatians 4:19

"My little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may be formed in you."

John 14:12

"In most solemn truth I tell you that he who trusts in me - the things which I do he shall do also; and greater things than these he shall do."

1 Corinthians 12:27

"Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it."

Luke 17:21

"Neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."

John 1:1

"In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God."

The LOGOS (or loosely translated as "Word") is from the Greek and has been used for hundreds of years prior to Jesus' times by philosophers to mean "the active reason pervading and animating the universe." This Greek word Logos is also translated traditionally as word, thought, principle, or speech." The active reason pervading and animating the universe was found specifically defined in Psalms 33:6-9, as the breath of God’s mouth: what He speaks, His words ... the Mind of God manifest in form. 

This LOGOS concept also dates back to ancient Egypt with the God "Hu," who spoke the world into existence. Remember also, the ancient Sanskrit word for man or mankind and for Mind was "manu." Combine these two, and we find the word 'HU-MAN. Are you beginning to see the connection? Hu-man literally means to have the Mind of God. 

Consciousness, the very basis of existence, thinks before it acts. The physical world of matter, which is in actuality, vibrating electrical energy is brought into form and made manifest by thought. By speaking the word. We are all not only ONE consciousness, and ONE Spirit ... but we are ALL co-creators of this world. The future unfolds with every thought and word and action that WE decide from NOW. 

It is mankind ... US, through the Life Source of Spirit Energy ... which we call God, that creates good and evil. Love and abuse. Order and chaos. WE are the ONE. When you come to the realization, in fact when we ALL come to this realization, then we can create a world of love and compassion rather than war, disease, famine, and abuse.

Just a thought ... 

~Justin Taylor, ORDM.

ASTROTHEOLOGY AND CELESTIAL ORIGINS

ASTROTHEOLOGY AND CELESTIAL ORIGINS

Astro-Theology, is pretty much a self-explanatory word. It is Theology, that is based upon celestial knowledge. Astrotheology is the combination of two Greek words: Astro (from Greek, from astron/asteri where we get “star”) and the Greek word Theo (Theos which means God/Source).

For example, translated corrrectly from the original Greek, the opening verse of the Book of John (1:1) would say more correctly:

“In the beginning was the Logos (Word), and the Logos (Word) was with Theos, and the Logos (Word) was Theos.”

Before we go further, please understand the translation differences and the modern dictionary offering:

“LOGOS, (Greek: “word,” “reason,” or “plan”) plural logoi, in ancient Greek philosophy and early Christian theology, the divine reason implicit in the cosmos, ordering it and giving it form and meaning.”

-Britannica

 The Logos word, means “word,” if you will. This LOGOS ... was not Jesus, or a book called “the Word of God.” Among ancient Greek Philosophy and Theology, this meant the Divine Reason. Essentially, the Mind, becoming manifest as matter/form.

The concept of Astro-Theology is vastly ancient, as ancient as mankind itself. Past civilizations had one religion. That religion was based on the understanding of the Astrological movements of our solar system and the connection and influences that each planet has on each other and beyond. After all, there were no modern forms of entertainment back then to occupy their time. They obsessively watched the heavens and made note of repeating patterns. 

This celestial knowledge is the basis and origin for all of of our Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, Nursery Rhymes and Folk Lore. It is also the Pure Science developed by the very enlightened, wise and ancient priesthood that left behind for us scrolls, tablets, hieroglyphs, symbols, and the Holy Books of all world religions. The language was heavily veiled in allegory and symbolism and much of this was deliberately done to keep the higher truths from the masses (the Inner Mysteries). Such powerful knowledge in the wrong hands would be disastrous. 

Among Christianity, most of the Christians and believers in “the Christ” grew from childhood being taught a “literal-historical” understanding of the “Jesus Story” which we find in the New Testament. They had, and have, no concept or knowledge that archaeology has proven today that the earliest believers in the “Christ” never understood “Jesus Christ” as just one human who walked the hills of the Galilee. In a metaphysical sense, they understood deeply the Divine Concept of “Jesus Christ” not in just a literal and historical manner but in an “allegorical” manner ... for more than 10,000 years before the New Testament Roman concept of a physical and literal/historical Jesus.

Most all Christian churches and denominations today take literal in every sense of the word when first approaching the New Testament scriptures, but if we study hard and gather needed knowledge about the times and the people who generated these ancient Divine concepts ... we will find that beneath the top layers ... what we have assumed was a “literal” and “Historical Jesus Christ” ... there to be discovered is a treasure of allegories, figurations, and symbolism of the sun, stars, constellations, and their path in the heavens.

The Holy Bible was intended to be read as celestial (Stellar, Solar, Lunar and Planetary) allegories, metaphors, and parables; based on archetypes ... universal symbols of deeper esoteric Truths that have been veiled. Then and only then can it be explained without the need for interpretation. The Bible is not a book written by God, but a book written by men about, and of their observance and concept of God ... ever present in the celestial heavens ... in annual recurring cycles. These astrological patterns can also be applied spiritually and metaphysically ... the microcosm and macrocosm. As above, so below. As within, so without. 

The Eternal universe, regenerating itself, from within itself. The eternal 360 degree circle. A constantly recycling infinite mass of energy of which all of us are within, and a part of. Not as individual members ... things ... but as ONE thing (think). Eternally bound by the consciousness that brings life to ALL things. That, is our understanding of God. 

Just a thought ... 

Justin Taylor, ORDM.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE WORD OF GOD?

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE WORD OF GOD? (SHORT)

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

~Book of John

Within this scripture, is the concept of “Word” ... an inadequate rendering of the original Greek term “Logos,” which was one of the most important concepts of the ancient world. Remember, the New Testament was originally written in Greek, not English. What we have in the modern Bible is Greek, translated down into the less adequate Latin, and THEN translated into English.

In the ancient Greek, “Logos” had many meanings based on a translation of a translation. So the writer of the Gospel of John is not really saying the “Logos” is “the Word” because when the Greek New Testament was translated into Latin, “Logos” became “Verbum;” and when the English King James translation was made from the Latin version, “Verbum” became “Word,” twice removed from the original text. Got it? More than likely, you're rightly confused. 

The Greek word LOGOS “Logos” designates the power of “reason,” the pattern or order of things, the principle of relationship, and an organized articulation of something ... the Archetype of something.

“Logos,” as a principle, is the natural order of things, the principle of reason, relation, and harmony, which exists both within the natural fabric of the universe and within the human mind. 

The Greek understanding of the “Logos” is mystical and cosmological thought. In early Christian thought, the idea of The “Logos” - in a cosmic sense - encompassed all of these meanings and refers to the underlying Order of the Universe, the blueprint on which all creation is based. In short, the Mind and order of what many would call “God.” 

In ancient Egypt, the “Logos” is related to the principle of Nous or Universal Intellect, the basis for all of creation. And as the image of Divine Intellect, humanity is ITSELF the living, incarnate image of the “Logos.” Notice, “humanity” - ALL of it - and not just one person. This is an all-inclusive relationship. 

The author of the Gospel of John is saying that in the beginning with God ... was NOT a human or fleshly man ... but a harmony and natural order of things. That in the beginning with God, was an ordered pattern and blueprint for all creation in the Mind of God. And in doing so, there existed a relationship between the invisible realm of pure Spirit and Energy (God/Source) and the realm of physical existence (Matter/Earth). Both, were in absolute harmony.

In the beginning with God was this harmony and order and reason of God that would be manifested later in creation. This “Logos” was not a man, but a emanation from God OF Himself (or, ITself) and an extension of His image that would mediate between the realm of pure Spirit (heaven/unseen) and the realm of matter (mankind/seen). It would be through this “Logos” (masculine) and the “Sophia” (feminine) that God would manifest His invisible presence into the physical and visible world of mankind, and He chose to do it within His creation (mankind).

The Book of John - Chapter One - when referring to “the Logos” is not referring to a human being named Jesus but rather to a Spiritual concept that is found within every person. The Logos which is “Yahweh's Salvation.” Remember also, thats the phrase “God Saves” or “God Is Salvation” was derived from the Hebrew aleph-bet (alphabet) symbolic letters YHWH (Yod Hey Vav Hey). By adding the Hebrew letter/symbol "Shinn" these letters collectively mean "God Is Saviour" ... YHSWH. Consider also: YAHWEH, JEHOVAH, YEHOVA, YAH, YESHUA, JOSHUA, and in Latin IESUS, and in Greek IESOUS. The letter "J" does not exist in Hebrew or Greek and wasn't even created and added to English until the 1500's, hence ... Jesus.

So, in summary, the word “Word” comes from the Greek, “Logos.” The Greeks used Logos for the spoken AND unspoken word, the word still in the Mind, the reason. When applied to the Universe, Greeks were speaking to the rational principle, the Divine reason, or plan, which coordinates the entire cosmos, that governs all things. 

Know also the Greek word for God was "Theos", the original writing of the Gospel of John stated:

“In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with Theos, and the Logos was Theos.”

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