Soul Trap. Wayne Sr. Stewart
and revision, quite so literally. Why? Because next thing you know; and when it comes to religion; you find yourself buying everything they have to sell you, is why. You know. Just like in church on Sundays.
Hey! Wait a minute…
Offered as further proof of this, I give you divine contradiction. You would better know it as that confession regarding St. John 18:23 where Jesus said of it: “If I have spoken evil by telling you an untruth about my virtues, or bragged on myself regarding them, then present that evidence.”
With that, I give you more than just evidence: I give you proof extraordinaire. See I Corinthians 6:19 of the 1611 edition, albeit for edification, where Jesus said of cutting your hand off and or plucking your eye out: “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you only have because of God? It is not yours to do with as you please, because God purchased it for a price. So glorify him in your body.”
I know. But there it is: the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the hypocritical truth that I warned you about. And again, thanks to the art of preaching, it’s anything but what you thought it was. By the way: that part in I Corinthians 15:12 thru 14 where it says that if Christ has not risen from the dead, then your faith in him is in vain? I will see you at the appointed place and time, because—you got it! It’s part and parcel to the greatest fraud ever perpetrated against the human race. And you can bet I can prove it using only biblical scripture as found lurking below the conscious reading level, or I would have never said it. This, just as sure as Judas never actually hung himself. Not even out of remorse. Who then; and oh by the way; saw Jesus ascend with all his parts and pieces intact because, you know, ‘tis better to enter the kingdom of heaven lame, than to have the whole body cast into hell for all eternity.
Ah huh.
But let us return to the rebellion of Jesus, as manifested against his father over control of the family throne. See St. John 19:10. “Then Pilate said to him, ‘Why don’t you speak to me, seeing that I have the power to crucify you, or to release you?’ 11 Jesus answered, saying: ‘You could have no power at all against me, except it be [prearranged] from above. Therefore, he that has delivered me to you has the greater sin.’”
I know it’s common knowledge to accept that Jesus is referring to Judas Iscariot as the betrayer who sold him out for thirty pieces of silver to a church in cahoots with the Roman government, and everything is on the double-crossing up-and-up. Well, that is to say, as much as something like this can be. Nonetheless; and as you well know; not everything is as it seems in the Bible. To prove this to your satisfaction, read again verse eleven. However, this time, I would ask that you take note of the words “from above.”
Missed something, did you? Funny how that keeps happening. Then again, we are dealing with a deception as wrought from below the conscious reading level with some truths thrown into the mix. The immutable truth here is that there exists only one power in all of creation that could possibly do this thing to Jesus—Judas adjudicated! It therefore goes without saying, who that someone from above is, that is guilty of this implied “greater sin.”
You read that right, too. Jesus claims in St. John 19:11 that it’s God, and no one else, who is guilty of this particular sin. Can you, blame him? After all, it was his father who turned him over for eradication as if some sort of spiritual infestation. Why? Because Jesus knew the truth of his situation, is why. Ah, but he did. And because he did, I give you Romans 9:18, albeit for edification. That being where God said of it: “I will have mercy upon whom I will, and will [manipulate] whom I have hardened.”
Those are some seriously powerful words, with rather egregious implications, manifesting a somewhat curious suggestion. And yes. It has everything to do with why Judas turned on Jesus. What’s that? Did your thought bubble just say that it was all part of some grander plan so as to set in motion, the salvation of humanity? I thought that was you out there in the dark of night, harboring unspoken whispers in the form of midnight riders. Even so, the lure of spiritual queries can be a real challenge. Then; and like an unruly child…
Allow me to share with you that there is more going on with the crucifixion, than “they” want you knowing. You witnessed this very thing via the two philosophers disguised as thieves, and a thief disguised as a philosopher. Even so, those are his words as son of God and not mine. Ah, but they are. See Revelation 16:15 where Jesus said, as wrought for elucidation: “Behold! I come as a thief in the night. Blessed are they that watch and keeps their garments, lest they be found walking naked, and everyone see their shame.”
Yes. Truth can sometimes mow you down like a runaway Mack truck that forgot to honk. This is especially true when you realize that you’re motoring down an expressway of religion on a dilapidated tricycle with wobbly, undersized wheels. Why? Because it was God who facilitated his son’s trial from on high, is why. Not only that, but as mandated by the same antediluvian laws governing humankind.
And yes. These were antiquated laws that the Almighty was struggling to integrate with a higher philosophy because they had not within them, divine wisdom or truth. Or so, the Bible would have you believe. To verify this; and as promised; we need only visit I Corinthians 1:20. This being where Jesus said of it: “Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Has not God made foolish, the wisdom of this world?”
Understand that, for St. John 19:10 and 11 to read any other way (so as to implicate Judas of this implied “greater sin,”) would be to say, “Then said Pilate to him, ‘Why don’t you speak to me, seeing that I have the power to crucify you, or to release you?’ 11 Jesus answered him, saying, ‘You could have no power at all against me, except that my father in heaven gave it to you. Therefore, Judas has the greater sin.’”
You see? It doesn’t work—because it makes no sense! Which is why it means what it says, and says what it means. The word ‘therefore’ in that verse is the link that binds its truth. It’s either that, or Jesus is seriously confused about what he is trying to say. Again, Soul Trap uses the word of the Bible not as argument in support of some vanquished religious cause, but as proof of hidden biblical truths. These are those truths that you will find difficult, if not impossible to ignore. Why? Because to deny them is to deny the Bible as the word of God, is why.
See again, St. John 19:10 and 11. This being where when Jesus refers to his father in heaven, he does so with indifference. We know this to be the case because the authoring apostle, in quoting Jesus well after the fact, did not capitalize the word ‘father.’ Yes! The immutable truth has left telltale traces of its existence. We need only find them, is all. Remember now, what remains after careful scrutiny, however improbably twisted up; and whether we like it or not; must be the truth.
So what, exactly, did the son of God think of his father’s plan to crucify him, besides not showing him any respect as documented in the Bible? What you read now is important. See Matthew 26:36 where it’s written, albeit for edification, “Then came Jesus with them to a place called Gethsemane, 37 [where he said to those disciples gathered there with him:] 38 ‘My soul is exceedingly sorrowful because I am going to die.’ 39 So he went…and fell on his face, and prayed, saying: ‘O Father, if it is at all possible, let this cup pass from me….’ 42 [He then went to pray again, when God failed to answer him, saying:] ‘O Father, if this cup will not be taken from me, except I drink from it [and be forced to die,] your will be done.’ 43 When he returned from praying a second time [because God had yet to answer his prayers,] he found his disciples sleeping, for they were tired. 44 So he left again, praying a third time [proving thoroughly that God does not answer prayers,] saying the same words.”
Yes! There exists an immutable truth about dying that petrified even Jesus. Enough so that, Matthew 26:36 thru 44 expresses very well his anxieties over this issue. That’s because, even knowing that heaven awaited him in his father’s kingdom on the throne of eternity—he did not want to die! In other words: Jesus wanted nothing at all to do with being humankind’s savior. He did, after all, pray repeatedly for his release from said obligation. However, that little detail did not stop the church from twisting it into a factoid. All done to better glorify God through their religious agendas—of course! See St. John 19:28, albeit for edification, where they went and did just