One in Messiah Congregation
קָּהָל
אֶחָד
בְּמָּשִׁיחַ
27 S.
Maple Street, Hohenwald, Tn. 38462
Phone –
615 712-3931
Email: ministermalachi@comcast.net
A part
of the Congregation of Israel
עֲדַת
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Shabbat
Shalom
שַׁבָּת
שָׁלוֹם
Today, we sadly use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory; from
the 1500’s.
Today is July 29, 2023
July -- Julius Caesar's month
Middle English Julie
Latin Julius "Julius"
Latin Julius mensis "month
of Julius"
Latin quintilis mensis "fifth
month" - now the seventh month
Quintilis (and later Julius)
has always had 31 days.
Julius Caesar reformed the Roman calendar (hence
the Julian calendar) in 46 BC. In the process, he
renamed this month after himself.
We are now in the 5th month, day 11 of God, no
scriptural Bible name
Judaism and some Messianics say Av, which is made-up
Today’s
topic:
Man’s foolish intellect and
God
They
love to obfuscate - render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible… matters…
Genesis 41:8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit
was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them
his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
The wise men: 37
matches in TaNaK, 7 matches in the Gospels and letters
magician(s) 16 matches in TaNaK, none in the Gospels
and letters
The Athens connection:
[1] Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and
Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
[2] And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and
three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
[3] Opening and alleging, that Messiah must needs have suffered, and
risen again from the dead; and that this Yeshua, whom I preach unto you, is Messiah.
[4] And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of
the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
[5] But the
Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain
lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on
an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to
the people.
[6] And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren
unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside
down are come hither also;
[7] Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees
of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Yeshua.
[8] And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they
heard these things.
[9] And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they
let them go.
[10] And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto
Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
[11] These were nobler than those in Thessalonica, in that they received
the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether
those things were so.
[12] Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women which were
Greeks, and of men, not a few.
[13] But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of
God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the
people.
[14] And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go
as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
[15] And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens:
and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with
all speed, they departed.
[16] Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit
was stirred in him, when he saw the
city wholly given to idolatry.
[17] Therefore disputed
he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons,
and in the market daily with them that met with him.
18 Then certain
philosophers of the Epicureans, and
of the Stoicks, encountered him.
And some said, what will this babbler say? (they are so wise)
Other some, He seems to be a
setter forth of strange gods:
because he preached unto them Yeshua, and the resurrection.
[19] And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus,
saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof you speak, is?
[20] For you bring certain
strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
[21] (For all the Athenians and strangers which
were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear
some new thing.)
[22] Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, You men of
Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
[23] For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar
with this inscription, TO
THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
[24] God that made the world and
all things therein, seeing that He
is Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands;
[25] Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he
needed anything, seeing he gives to all life, and breath, and all things;
[26] And had made of one blood
all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and had
determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
[27] That they should seek Yehovah, if haply they might feel after him,
and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
[28] For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also
of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
[29] Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to
think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art
and man's device.
[30] And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all
men everywhere to repent:
[31] Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the
world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given
assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
[32] And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked:
and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
[33] So Paul departed from among them.
[34] Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which
was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Verse 18 above - The Epicureans,
and of the Stoicks, who are they?
From Wikipedia on the
net:
Epicureanism is a system of philosophy founded around
307 BC based upon the teachings of Epicurus, an ancient Greek
philosopher.
Epicurus was
an atomist and materialist,
following in the steps
of Democritus.
His materialism led him to religious skepticism and a general
attack on superstition and divine intervention.
Originally a challenge
to Platonism, its main opponent later became Stoicism.
Although Epicureanism is a form
of hedonism insofar as it declares pleasure to be its sole intrinsic
goal, the concept that the absence of pain and fear constitutes the greatest
pleasure, and its advocacy of a simple life, make it very different from hedonism as colloquially understood.
Following the Cyrenaic philosopher Aritippus, Epicurus
believed that the greatest good was to seek modest, sustainable pleasure in the
form of a state of ataraxia (tranquility
and freedom from fear) and aponia (the absence of bodily pain)
through knowledge of the workings of the world and limiting desires.
Correspondingly, Epicurus and his followers generally withdrew from politics
because it could lead to frustrations and ambitions that would conflict with their
pursuit of virtue and peace of mind.
Few writings by Epicurus have
survived. (Good news)
Diogenes Laërtius preserves
three letters written by Epicurus, as well as a list of the Principal
Doctrines of Epicureanism; however, there are independent attestations of
his ideas from his later disciples.
The epic poem De rerum natura (Latin for
"On the Nature of Things") by Lucretius presents the core
arguments and theories of Epicureanism in one unified work.
Many Epicurean texts have also been
found on scrolls unearthed at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum,
mostly works written by the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus or
his teacher Zeno of Sidon along with fragments of works by Epicurus
himself.
Diogenes of Oenoanda, a wealthy
Epicurean in the 2nd century AD, had a portico wall inscribed with tenets of
the philosophy erected in Oenoanda, Lycia (present
day Turkey).
Epicureanism flourished in the Late Hellenistic era and during the Roman era, and many Epicurean
communities were established in places such as Antioch, Alexandria, Rhodes,
and Herculaneum; by the late 3rd century AD, Epicureanism all but died out,
being opposed by other philosophies (mainly Neoplatonism) that
were then in the ascent.
Interest in Epicureanism was
resurrected in the Age of Enlightenment and continues in the modern era.
**The Age of Enlightenment or the
Enlightenment, also known as the Age
of Reason, was an intellectual and
philosophical movement that occurred in Europe, especially Western
Europe, in the 17th and 18th centuries, with global influences and
effects.
Stoicism is one of the four major schools
of thought established in
the Hellenistic period.
It was founded in the ancient
Agora of Athens by Zeno of
Citium around 300 BC.
The Stoics believed that the practice
of virtue is enough to achieve eudaimonia: a
well-lived, flourishing life.
The Stoics identified the path to
achieving it with a life spent practicing certain virtues in everyday
life such as courage or temperance and living in accordance with nature.
Alongside Aristotelian ethics,
the Stoic tradition forms one of the major founding approaches to virtue
ethics.
The Stoics are especially known for
teaching that "virtue is the only good" for human beings, and that
external things, such as health, wealth, and pleasure, are not good or bad in
themselves (adiaphora)
but have value as "material for virtue to act upon".
Many Stoics—such as Seneca and Epictetus—emphasized
that because "virtue is sufficient for happiness",
a sage would be emotionally resilient to misfortune.
The Stoics also held that certain
destructive emotions resulted from errors of judgment, and they believed people
should aim to maintain a will (called prohairesis)
that is "in accordance with nature".
Because of this, the Stoics thought
the best indication of an individual's
philosophy was not what a person said but how a person behaved. To live a
good life, one had to understand the rules of the natural order since they
believed everything was rooted in nature.
Stoicism flourished throughout
the Roman and Greek world until the 3rd century AD, and
among its adherents was Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
It experienced a decline
after Christianity became the state religion in the 4th century AD.
Since then, it has seen revivals, notably in
the Renaissance (Neostoicism) and in the contemporary era (modern
Stoicism).
[1] And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with
excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
[2] For I determined not to know anything among you, save Yeshua the
Messiah, and him crucified.
[3] And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
[4] And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but
in demonstration of the Spirit and of
power:
[5] That your faith should not
stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Some background:
The Epicureans, and of the Stoicks
1946 Ἐπικούρειος Epikoureios {ep-ee-koo'-ri-os}
Meaning: Epicurean = "a helper: defender" 1) belonging to the sect of
Epicurius, the philosopher
Origin: from Epikouros [cf 1947] (a noted philosopher); adj
Usage: AV - Epicurean 1; 1
Notes: babbler: or, base fellow
4770 Στωϊκός, Stoikos
{sto-ik-os'}
Meaning: Stoics = "of the portico" 1) pertaining to the Stoic
philosophy, the author of which, Zeno of Citium, taught at Athens
Usage: AV - Stoicks 1; 1
Notes: babbler: or, base fellow
Daniel 2:10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said,
There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there
is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
Astrologer
0826
אָשַׁף 'ashshaph )Aramaic(
{ash-shawf'}
Meaning: 1) conjurer, enchanter, (CLBL) necromancer
Usage: AV -
astrologer 6; 6
H825
אַשָּׁף
'ashshâph from
an unused root (probably meaning to lisp, that is, practice
enchantment); a conjurer: - astrologer.
Chaldean
03779 כַּשְׂדַּי Kasday )Aramaic(
{kas-dah'-ee}
Meaning: Chaldean = "clod breakers" 1) the
inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris 2) those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)
Usage: AV - Chaldean
8; 8
Magician
02749
חַרְטֹם chartom )Aramaic(
{khar-tome'}
Meaning: 1) magician, magician-astrologer
Usage: AV - magician
5; 5
02748
חַרְטֹם chartom {khar-tome'}
Meaning: 1) diviner, magician, astrologer 1a) engraver,
writer (only in derivative sense of one
possessed of occult knowledge)
Usage: AV - magician
11; 11
Some evil men and woman down thought the ages:
Albert Pike
Rudolf Steiner
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky - Hahn von
Rottenstern
and many others…
Land rising,
continents - Atlantis
The Esoteric - adjective - designed for or understood by the a
special group
Requiring or exhibiting knowledge that is restricted to a small group
broadly : difficult to understand
PRIVATE, CONFIDENTIAL - an esoteric purpose
: of special, rare, or unusual interest
H2748
חַרְטֹם
charṭôm - a horoscopist
(as drawing magical
lines or circles): - magician.
H2747
חֶרֶט
Chereṭ –from a primitive root meaning to engrave; a chisel or graver; also a style for writing: - graving tool, pen.
Anthroposophy is a spiritual movement
which was founded in the early 20th century by the esotericist Rudolf Steiner that postulates the
existence of an objective, intellectually
comprehensible spiritual world, accessible to human experience.
Followers of anthroposophy aim to
engage in spiritual discovery through a mode of thought independent of sensory
experience.
While much of anthroposophy is pseudoscientific, proponents claim to present
their ideas in a manner that is verifiable by rational discourse and say that
they seek precision and clarity comparable to that obtained
by scientists investigating the physical world.
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky - Hahn von
Rottenstern; 12 August [ 31
July] 1831 – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian mystic and author
who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875.
She gained an international following as the leading theoretician of Theosophy.
Born into an aristocratic family
of Von Rottenhahn in Yekaterinoslav, then in the Russian
Empire (now Dnipro in
Ukraine), Blavatsky traveled widely
around the empire as a child.
Largely self-educated, she developed an interest in Western esotericism during
her teenage years.
According to her later claims, in
1849 she embarked on a series of world travels, visiting Europe, the Americas,
and India.
She also claimed that during this
period she encountered a group of spiritual adepts, the "Masters of the
Ancient Wisdom", who sent her to Shigatse,
Tibet, where they trained her to develop
a deeper understanding of the synthesis of religion, philosophy, and science.
Both contemporary critics and later
biographers have argued that some or all of these foreign visits were
fictitious, and that she spent this period in Europe.
By the early 1870s, Blavatsky was involved in the Spiritualist movement;
although defending the genuine existence of Spiritualist phenomena, she argued
against the mainstream Spiritualist idea that the entities contacted were the spirits of the dead. Relocating to the United
States in 1873, she befriended Henry Steel Olcott and rose to public
attention as a spirit medium, attention that included public accusations of
fraudulence.
Ro·si·cru·cian - a member of a secretive
17th- and 18th-century society
devoted to the study of metaphysical,
mystical, and alchemical lore.
An anonymous pamphlet of 1614 about a mythical
15th-century knight called Christian Rosenkreuz is said to have launched the
movement.
Rosicrucian, member of a worldwide brotherhood claiming to possess esoteric wisdom handed down from ancient times.
The Rosicrucians are a
community of philosophers who study Natural Laws in order to live in harmony
with them.
The name derives from the order’s symbol, a
rose on a cross, which is similar to the family coat
of arms of Martin Luther.
Rosicrucian teachings are a combination
of occultism and other
religious beliefs and practices, including Hermeticism, Jewish
mysticism, and Christian gnosticism. The central feature of Rosicrucianism is the belief that its members
possess secret wisdom that was handed down to them from ancient times.
Apatheism considers the question of the existence
or nonexistence of deities to be
fundamentally irrelevant in every way that matters. of apathy and theism) is the attitude of apathy
toward the existence or non-existence of God(s).
It is more of an attitude rather than
a belief, claim, or belief system.
The term was coined by Robert Nash, theology professor at Mercer University, in 2001.
An apatheist is someone who is not interested in accepting or
rejecting any claims that gods exist or do not exist.
The existence of a god or gods is not
rejected, but may be designated irrelevant.
One of the first recorded apatheists was arguably Denis Diderot (1713-1784), who
wrote: "It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in god is not important at all."
Philosopher Trevor Hedberg has called apatheism
"uncharted territory in the philosophy of religion".
Political theorist and constitutional
law scholar, Adam Scott Kunz, has further defined apatheism as "the
philosophical attitude of indifference, both public and private, to (1) the
question of the existence of a deity, (2) the metaphysical and practical value
of loyalty to that deity, and/or (3) the interaction of that deity with the
natural world".
Apotheosis (from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις
(apothéōsis), from ἀποθεόω / ἀποθεῶ
(apotheóō/apotheô) 'to
deify'), also called divinization or deification
(from Latin deificatio 'making divine'),
is the glorification of a subject to divine levels and, commonly, the treatment
of a human being, any other living thing, or an abstract idea in the likeness
of a deity.
There are Mystery Schools:
There
are Mystery Schools 7 are located in North America,
England, Romania, Australia, Japan, Tibet and Africa.
Six of these schools are closed to
the public.
The Modern Mystery School is the only
school open to the public.
It
is the only school to publicly advertise and promote the initiatory path into The Great Brotherhood and Sisterhood of Light.
Intriguing things to contemplate:
St. Andrew cross = X - Catholic
Musk’s twitter is now called X
Musk named one of his sons X
Historically noteworthy, please watch:
7/26/2023 – A Congressional
Hearing, a House Oversight subcommittee convened Wednesday’s hearing on UAPs
/ UFOs, watch https://youtu.be/SNgoul4vyDM
Streamed live on July 26, 2023
House lawmakers
held a hearing Wednesday to examine how the executive branch handles reports of
unidentified anomalous phenomena, also known as UAPs or UFOs.
The House
Oversight's national security subcommittee heard from three witnesses,
including a former Navy commanding officer, with firsthand knowledge of how the
government has handled reports of UFO sightings.
In closing for today:
Don’t get smarter than God
Remember, Paul stated: 2 Cor.11 [13] (there are) false apostles, deceitful workers,
transforming themselves into the apostles of Messiah.
Be watchful..
Shabbat Shalom
שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם