Is it possible to unravel the riddle, wrapped in enigma, surrounded by a mystery? How do we accomplish this in scripture? Is there a pattern to follow when decoding symbolism?
There is an amazing part of God's mystery that I have discovered from Hebrew tradition. Scripture reveals prophecy fulfilled in cycles rather than from straight arrows of time. Here is an example of one such prophecy that you may not have ever considered to be prophecy.
Matthew 21
12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’
On the surface, this may not seem to be a marker for the end times. Look closer. Who were the main groups that Jesus condemned in the first century? There were the experts in the law (today, our lawyers). There were the High Priests (today, Rome). We know the Moneychangers well today (central bankers). The last group may not be on your radar. Jesus mentions the Builders who reject the Chief Cornerstone. Today, we know the builders as the Masons. Are all Masons corrupt? It depends on their acceptance or rejection of God's Son, the cornerstone of the temple. What is that Cornerstone? The Living Word. Within the Masonic ritual and and theology, there is a concept known as the lost word of Solomon and Hiram Abiff. Is the word lost? Have you found the Word yet?
What was the message to the moneychangers and other groups running government? What was Jesus telling them about his entrance into the temple as King of Kings at Passover?
Here is the key to answering the questions at the top of the page. Translate the symbols first.
The Temple - The temple courts is the area where the Gentiles were allowed to move about. It had become a place of commerce. Christ makes it clear that commerce is not the point of the temple. What is refined in the temple must not be transacted as a commodity. As a foreshadowing of the Day of the Lord, what will Christ come to do when he makes the enemy his footstool? What will the signs be that accompany this path?
Moneychangers Tables- What is a financial table? A financial table is a spreadsheet of debt to surplus. When it says that Jesus turned over the tables, what do we see today as the marker of the thieves? Debt. Taking reward always leads to a debt that must be paid. The cornerstone of the name of Christ is giving. The Builders have rejected this cornerstone. Instead, they have made the temple into a place of commerce to take instead of give. Unity with multiplicity only comes when it is given to others to develop surplus. Today, the thieves have 90% of the world's wealth locked up on their treasuries. This is their reward.
Benches of those Selling Doves - A Dove is a sign of peace. A bench is for rest. What do the current day peacemakers use to sell peace? The money from the petrol dollar. The peacemakers have no rest. Do we see this as a sign of the King coming into the temple today?
What is the final message to the robbers? “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’
Eventually, I will make a thread concerning the fruit of knowledge (technology) and how this relates to the mark of mankind in Revelation 13 (Carbon: 6 protons, 6 electrons and 6 neutrons). The Petrol Dollar of the Federal Reserve is the beginning stages of the mark of Carbon trading and the final mark of the Beast on mankind. All of this knowledge centers around Christ coming to make the enemy his footstool.
This is the conclusion to the thread. If you wish to know more, continue reading. The rest of this information is the root of the story and the fall of Satan into the Garden. Ezekiel 28 is the key to understanding the Guardian-Cherub and the Guardian Redeemer of Ruth 2. For more on this, consult this post: Guardian Relationship of Ezekiel 28 and Ruth 2 - Watchers of Mankind
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What was the reason for Satan's fall?
Ezekiel 28
Originally, Satan was designed to be a Guardian-Cherub
“‘You were the seal of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
[SIZE=.75em]13 You were in Eden,[/SIZE]
the garden of God;
every precious stone adorned you:
carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
topaz, onyx and jasper,
lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.[SIZE=.65em][b][/SIZE]
Your settings and mountings[SIZE=.65em][c] were made of gold;[/SIZE]
on the day you were created they were prepared.
[SIZE=.75em]14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub[/SIZE],
for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God;
you walked among the fiery stones.
[SIZE=.75em]15 You were blameless in your ways[/SIZE]
from the day you were created
till wickedness was found in you.
16 Through your widespread trade
you were filled with violence,
and you sinned.
So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,
and I expelled you, guardian cherub,
from among the fiery stones.
[SIZE=.75em]17 Your heart became proud[/SIZE]
on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth;
Commerce is the mark of the thief. God said, "Jacob (farmer) have I loved and Esau (hunter) have I hated. God loved Jacob because he was giving to the land and using this surplus to feed the family. Esau is personified as the hunter who was taking from the land and not returning what was given.
“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘Because you think you are wise,
as wise as a god,
[SIZE=.75em]7 [/SIZE]I am going to bring foreigners against you,
the most ruthless of nations;
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom
and pierce your shining splendor.
[SIZE=.75em]8 [/SIZE]They will bring you down to the pit,
and you will die a violent death
in the heart of the seas.
[SIZE=.75em]9 [/SIZE]Will you then say, “I am a god,”
in the presence of those who kill you?
You will be but a mortal, not a god,
in the hands of those who slay you.
[SIZE=.75em]10 [/SIZE]You will die the death of the uncircumcised
at the hands of foreigners.
Luke 11:52
"Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering."
There is an amazing part of God's mystery that I have discovered from Hebrew tradition. Scripture reveals prophecy fulfilled in cycles rather than from straight arrows of time. Here is an example of one such prophecy that you may not have ever considered to be prophecy.
Matthew 21
12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’
On the surface, this may not seem to be a marker for the end times. Look closer. Who were the main groups that Jesus condemned in the first century? There were the experts in the law (today, our lawyers). There were the High Priests (today, Rome). We know the Moneychangers well today (central bankers). The last group may not be on your radar. Jesus mentions the Builders who reject the Chief Cornerstone. Today, we know the builders as the Masons. Are all Masons corrupt? It depends on their acceptance or rejection of God's Son, the cornerstone of the temple. What is that Cornerstone? The Living Word. Within the Masonic ritual and and theology, there is a concept known as the lost word of Solomon and Hiram Abiff. Is the word lost? Have you found the Word yet?
What was the message to the moneychangers and other groups running government? What was Jesus telling them about his entrance into the temple as King of Kings at Passover?
Here is the key to answering the questions at the top of the page. Translate the symbols first.
The Temple - The temple courts is the area where the Gentiles were allowed to move about. It had become a place of commerce. Christ makes it clear that commerce is not the point of the temple. What is refined in the temple must not be transacted as a commodity. As a foreshadowing of the Day of the Lord, what will Christ come to do when he makes the enemy his footstool? What will the signs be that accompany this path?
Moneychangers Tables- What is a financial table? A financial table is a spreadsheet of debt to surplus. When it says that Jesus turned over the tables, what do we see today as the marker of the thieves? Debt. Taking reward always leads to a debt that must be paid. The cornerstone of the name of Christ is giving. The Builders have rejected this cornerstone. Instead, they have made the temple into a place of commerce to take instead of give. Unity with multiplicity only comes when it is given to others to develop surplus. Today, the thieves have 90% of the world's wealth locked up on their treasuries. This is their reward.
Benches of those Selling Doves - A Dove is a sign of peace. A bench is for rest. What do the current day peacemakers use to sell peace? The money from the petrol dollar. The peacemakers have no rest. Do we see this as a sign of the King coming into the temple today?
What is the final message to the robbers? “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’
Eventually, I will make a thread concerning the fruit of knowledge (technology) and how this relates to the mark of mankind in Revelation 13 (Carbon: 6 protons, 6 electrons and 6 neutrons). The Petrol Dollar of the Federal Reserve is the beginning stages of the mark of Carbon trading and the final mark of the Beast on mankind. All of this knowledge centers around Christ coming to make the enemy his footstool.
This is the conclusion to the thread. If you wish to know more, continue reading. The rest of this information is the root of the story and the fall of Satan into the Garden. Ezekiel 28 is the key to understanding the Guardian-Cherub and the Guardian Redeemer of Ruth 2. For more on this, consult this post: Guardian Relationship of Ezekiel 28 and Ruth 2 - Watchers of Mankind
__________________________________
What was the reason for Satan's fall?
Ezekiel 28
Originally, Satan was designed to be a Guardian-Cherub
“‘You were the seal of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
[SIZE=.75em]13 You were in Eden,[/SIZE]
the garden of God;
every precious stone adorned you:
carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
topaz, onyx and jasper,
lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.[SIZE=.65em][b][/SIZE]
Your settings and mountings[SIZE=.65em][c] were made of gold;[/SIZE]
on the day you were created they were prepared.
[SIZE=.75em]14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub[/SIZE],
for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God;
you walked among the fiery stones.
[SIZE=.75em]15 You were blameless in your ways[/SIZE]
from the day you were created
till wickedness was found in you.
16 Through your widespread trade
you were filled with violence,
and you sinned.
So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,
and I expelled you, guardian cherub,
from among the fiery stones.
[SIZE=.75em]17 Your heart became proud[/SIZE]
on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth;
Commerce is the mark of the thief. God said, "Jacob (farmer) have I loved and Esau (hunter) have I hated. God loved Jacob because he was giving to the land and using this surplus to feed the family. Esau is personified as the hunter who was taking from the land and not returning what was given.
“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘Because you think you are wise,
as wise as a god,
[SIZE=.75em]7 [/SIZE]I am going to bring foreigners against you,
the most ruthless of nations;
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom
and pierce your shining splendor.
[SIZE=.75em]8 [/SIZE]They will bring you down to the pit,
and you will die a violent death
in the heart of the seas.
[SIZE=.75em]9 [/SIZE]Will you then say, “I am a god,”
in the presence of those who kill you?
You will be but a mortal, not a god,
in the hands of those who slay you.
[SIZE=.75em]10 [/SIZE]You will die the death of the uncircumcised
at the hands of foreigners.
Luke 11:52
"Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering."
