Jesus
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Structured "Religion"
Our Lord See's a Fig Tree come into view as He is walking. It "Looks" like a Fig Tree ( Structure ) it's Foliage ( Appearance ) Denotes it 'Should' be bearing Fruit that 'Should' assuage His hunger, but Despite it being in Full Leaf, there is No Fruit upon it, it 'Looks' "Outwardly" everything it 'Should' be, but in 'Reality' it is 'Not' and He 'Condemns' it, and it Dies.
Jesus comes to the 'Temple' ( Structure ) and He is surrounded by the daily business of their "Religion" ( Appearance ) in Reality He Is, the Spirit Behind the Law and the Prophet's, and those around Him "Know" Every word He Inspired be Written, they are 'Like' the many leafs that were on the Fig Tree, and their "Rituals" and "Traditions" make 'Promise' of the 'Spiritual' Fruits such 'Should' bare.
You see children? They had Not built and shaped their "Religion" according to the Spirit behind the Text, but 'Only' according to its Words, but the 'Reality' is, Both 'Spirit' and 'Text' are Suppose to Work 'Together' else you Will be Condemned by them, for No Mortal has Power to Keep to Them, Except their 'Spirit' helps keep to Them 'Also'
The 'Rich' Cannot Enter into God's Kingdom, Jesus told you this, and if you 'Look' what they do to this world, its peoples creatures and Nature you 'Might' Perceive Why. ( The 'Poor' are the 'Fodder' upon which the 'Rich' Feed. )
When a scribe once read this statement by Jesus, they Believed that the 'Church' could not survive without the Patronage of the Wealthy, ( lack of Faith ) thus Satan 'Reasoned' Within them it would help the "Church" and its Teachings spread, if the 'Rich' were Allowed to Enter, not Comprehending it was More than just Wealth that would Enter with them.
( Christianity then fell Prey to Political Expediency)
Thus now if you 'Look' Today, your Hear no "Church" condemning the very 'Greed' that 'Is' Creating your End. They have become 'Secular' institutions that hold "Religious" Titles far 'Removed' from the 'Spiritual' Nature of the 'first' churches, which were 'Gatherings' of people who Loved Our God. But today they are Heavily Reliant upon the Secular structures of the societies they are found within.
( they are 'Like' the Fig Tree, promising much via their Rituals, Traditions, Titles, Laws, Fancy Dress, but to this day, All such things are 'Blind' to the 'Spirit' of He they Claim such 'Represent' )
How many of you have read how hard it is to Enter the Kingdom if 'Rich?' Jesus gives 'Intricate' Detail with His words concerning a Camel through the eye of a needle would be easier, and then throws the statement away with a quick anything is possible for God? Jesus 'Knew' what Satan Is, and How his financially wealthy 'Rule' over you and the World. Inequality 'Is' a Major Control Factor of Satan's 'Rule' here.
( the Rich are those who say throughout all Generations we shall not meet Adversity, 'All' Generations means 'Yours' Included. )
Indeed children, you 'Cannot' be 'Rich' and "Christian" they are Spiritually 'Antithetical' to each other. You 'Cannot' give God your 'All' Whilst 'Retaining' Anything for your 'Self' but their Fallen Intellects tell them they can have their Cake, and Eat it too, and those with Titles who Rely upon the 'Rich' to keep those 'Titles' and 'Positions' shall share the fate of 'All' who 'Choose' Wealth over Our God, Truly they 'Never' Knew Him, and Do 'Not' Know Him Now.
Rituals are Empty Gesturing 'Without' the Hearts Full Involvement. How many of you are Partaking in the Eucharist through 'Ritualising' it first? In the first Gatherings we sat at tables and 'Knew' the Spiritual Nature of that upon which we supped, indeed, tears and tongues would bare witness to the efficacy of that which our bodies Imbibed, and Real strength of Spiritual Purpose came from our Knowledge of His Body and Sacrifice Remembered.
Jesus did 'Not' say you must do this Very Often, for He Knew through such that Satan would Encourage it, 'Knowing' Familiarity can 'Only' give Birth to Contempt and destroy the Spiritual efficacy behind our action of Ritual.
The Eucharist is 'Not' like a doctors medicine that Must be Imbibed daily to help heal some malady, it is a Sacred Recognition of what Jesus gave to Help and Save 'You' but, should you merely Imbibe the Bread and Wine with No Clue to its Spiritual Nature or Purpose, but just daily in 'Rituals' you are Truly Unworthy of He who encouraged you to Remember Him through such.
Part Two
God does Not Exist to the Intellect. Its 'light' "Power" is Our Darkness. Thus Jesus says to 'You' If your light be 'Darkness' how great is that Darkness!
It was 'Once' in a State of Perfect Equilibrium, Mind, Body, and Spirit were One, now Each is 'Divided' from the Other and can quiet literally seek to move in different directions from each other. This 'Inner' Chaos Jesus came to Heal.
Remember Paul's the things I should do, I do Not, the things I should Not do, I do? This 'Condition' will Not Exist in the Age of Peace that is Built from the Ashes of this one. The intellect Abides in the light of its Own Darkness, 'All' its Thoughts ever 'Seem' right and 'Reasonable' to Itself, even if they are totally Evil. ( without God, and outside of God )
In 'Structure' Intellect can Abide in Safety. The Structure Represents a Visible Ideal, created via Intellects as an Expression of what Intellects Claim to Believe. As Imagined via the written Scriptural Texts of its "Religion" This 'Allows' the 'Self' in which Intellect has its 'Roots' to Abide in Unquestioned Safety and Comfort, whilst 'Agreeing' with the "Religion" that the Self needs be mastered.
Even the simple matter of Fasting, can be 'Ritualised' so that in 'Reality' it is having No spiritual Effect, as Real Fasting is a Spiritually spontaneous action that is personal to the individuals Nature, as a sign of works done in Faith, and 'Not' Timetables. The well 'Structured' and 'Organised' "Religions" are the Nets of your Own Making.
Structure is now 'Worshipped' far beyond He Whom it was meant to 'Represent' it 'Removes' Spirit from its Equations, and gives Credence 'Only' to that which shall Maintain its nature and stance, it quiet literally 'Locks' Out any who move in Spiritual Faith Only.
It 'Creates' schools of learning Designed to Remove the Spiritual Precepts and Replace them with 'Intellectually' Created ideas of Who and What God is, the 'Self' is thus guided into 'Safe' Harbour, where it shall Abide in Comfort and Titles and Peace, and its 'Ideas' of 'Sacrifice' become little more than denying itself to eat, the last chocolate biscuit on the plate.
Come speak up! Accuse our scribe, say to him, you are an uneducated working class bandit from the slums, you are Right, that is 'Exactly' What he Was, but why is he so happy at your accusations? It lifts his Heart to 'Know' this Truth.
Perhaps he should 'Repent' but this presents a Problem, in Reality he Continues in a State of Repentance, which We are his Expression of. Did your Intellect once say it Repents? It 'Lied' it is the 'Self' and its 'Nature' you were meant to Repent of, 'Not' the Intellects 'Idea' of the things it "Imagines" it should Repent of, yes, Truly you are 'Trapped' in the Nets of your Own Making.
Jesus showed you where the 'Self' Belongs, and its Intellect has been Denying what Jesus clearly showed you ever since. Indeed its 'Intricate' Theologies are none other than it Seeking an Escape Clause, which Allows its Unquestioned Nature to live in "Religion" without the 'Difficult' bits like Self Sacrifice and the Spirit of the Beatitudes to Disturb its nest Within you.
Perhaps, God Willing, More might yet be said.
