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Matthew 5:18 “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
1 Corinthians 13:8-12 "...but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."
INTRODUCTION: Why's the Old Testament important to a Christian? History, analogy, context, continuity, illustration, or is the Dispensation-of-Law for all Christians pay tithe? Give offerings? As unto the Lord? Quid pro quo according to your giving?
HISTORY: Cash tithe is one recent permutation of the church. Becoming a thing by statute in 1836. 300 years after the Pope was kicked out of England & 4,000 years after the Torah was given. There's not much on Colonial American tithe but plenty on taxes. Also, taxation without representation was all the rage, when they weren't also carping about local taxation with representation & religion's intrusions. Kicking, then repenting all the way to the pillory or stocks. NTCC's also a taxation without representation 501(c)(3) irony. So, this's why NTCC does things folks suspected (now wrongly) as eyewash i.e. Sunday School, Youth Camp, Trumpet i.e. it's to maintain their Charity status. Also their folklore of we care, we really do & our charity is not to be used for any charitable purpose. Cults need a lot of maintenance i.e. cash & folklore. Though much less effective since 1999, 2004 & 2014. The church was the government in the Old country & tried to be in the New, but for the founding fathers objections. Thankfully.
"501(c)(3) organizations must provide detailed financial information through the IRS Form 990, which is publicly available. This transparency helps maintain accountability and trust in the nonprofit sector." - Wikipedia [we all worried for nothing]
A church in Rindge New Hampshire has some New-World Histories. I've gone to this church often since a child, to as recently as 2019. NH's where my people eventually originated from. But my Grandmother (Malory) also used to also tell folks, throughout each days cocktails, she graduated from Vassar & worked at Women's Wear Daily. Which my mother said wasn't true. The New Hampshire part is true. My Grandfather (Cyril) was from Scranton & a lager in a Pilsner glass guy.
Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec & the 13 colonies are where America's formative pre & Colonial histories were made, including church history, beginning in the first decades of the 16th century to 1775. After 250 years, folks wanted a beginning, not the 8th's synergized state-religion tantrum. Henry's England had lost its way before its start. His motives weren't pure. He was serving himself. The history of tithe, after the start of the 16th Century, shows London did the same Catholic stuff as Graham, but renamed; also like Graham.
Comparable to NTCoG becoming NTCC, but carrying on the same behaviors that hounded RWD out of Saint Louis in the early 1980's. Gentile-tithe is one Catholic sleight-of-hand feeding the Catholic machine. Indulgences, Relics & Bulls are some others. Similar to the food court at conference. Don't bother looking for freebees after getting in line to buy-into the choice you're given. You even get to pay for each cup of coffee. NTCC's the last hope for mankind? In line with all other cults, NTCC's a non-Gospel, full(y)-denomination(al), Pentecost-more, Holy-less, X-ian, Church-property.
Catholic's invented Gentile-tithe & it still wasn't in cash & the Pope was evicted from English speaking countries by 1529. But, the King & Protestants now kept the Catholic tithe, who invented Gentile-tithe & using Latin for God's Word. The same tithe for Protestants, Catholics & Levites, but done differently, using the same OT scriptures? Papal bull? With peasants a common denominator of all three. The new boss's the same as the old boss. With a celebratory Protestant confiscation of the Catholic Monastery's riches to fund infantile Henry's infantile church-government. He took Pope Clement VII's toys & stayed home.
Like Protestants were persecuted by Catholics in England, Catholics were persecuted by Protestants in the New World. The Bible says there's no new thing. The religious are always intolerant, no exceptions & with us always. Still a subjective wild-west mishmash of government & parish tithe & taxes with no basis in scripture. Yet they count the Old Testament, church tradition (any church), law (any laws) & leaders (any leaders) wanting tithe (& cash taxes) for salaries, church property & secular infrastructure, in God's name, as supporting Gentile tithe. There were as many different tithe & tax policies as towns in some areas, each based on the Tanakh. Each 'authorized' by a Pope or King, using a previous Testament, during a prior dispensation & now supplying two Jesus religions. The book of Amos may be of interest by this point.
As the above shows, even the mandatory-cash-tithers extra-biblical proofs never include proofs like the above links. Since they don't support taking the Levites tithe from Gentiles, other 'proofs' had to be uhm, discovered. When not found, it's made. These things ought not to be. No context? No clarity? No problem. I merely did a search for 'pre-colonial tithe' & linked the first few I came to, which had clear titles. You'll have to read for yourself. The Rindge stuff I read, since I'd been there. No other doctrine is as ultra processed as those for tithe. Nothing else takes treasure like tithe.
Deconstructing then synergizing tithe with extra-biblical 'proofs' until it says whatever they need (cash i.e. food until 1836 CE). Like shuffling cards & you never beat the house. So, make personal choices, in your personal best interest. You're the one following a business's income-tithe policy, not them. A business plan masquerading as God's word. The rules have been shown to be for thee, not them. It's what our cult (& any church) does, in spite of who it harms. So, do what's best for you. Not everything has to be toxic. Tithe is the potted-meat of doctrine, in any church, due to it's reliance on the synergy of extra-biblical proofs (any ol' proofs'll do) with the Catholic's Latin translation.
The whimsical: 'church history tells us -' & 'no replacement program -' & 'the church Fathers wrote -' are always light on Bible & heavy on what Jesus said, 'cause Jesus didn't say much on cash tithe. Along with His Apostles, who followed Christ's lead. So, they include every tittle & stretch of imagine-inference. Imagined & forged. Inferred & codified. Even Origen, Nicaea, Constantine don't matter. Protestant Reformers? Counter reformers? Josephus? Dake? Me? Nope. Cotton Mather? Edwards, Jonathan? Silas Marner? Matthew Henry? They don't matter either. The Bible: That’s The Book For The Church. Then why do the KJV-only folks need many books, other sources? Synergy? Cuz Gentile cash tithe isn't in the B.I.B.L.E.? Either Testament.
Again, there's not much information on Colonial American tithe. Much on taxes though. Mennonites, Shakers, Primitive Baptists, Plymouth Brethren, yada yada each did tithe differently & different from the Catholics & different from the Jews, who're doing it different from the Torah. Proving error with error. Mixing wheat chaff & chaff & telling folks its a tincture from God. Snake oil salvation. A kiss with a fist. RWD's tough love. Catholicism is the official church of the polytheistic Roman Empire by the 4th century. Nothing changed, Christ was added. The unknown God. Synergy isn't usually a good thing, but's always a benefit for those in charge, who keep the plates spinning, so they keep bringing in the sheaves.
There's plenty of information about European tithe, with the same dearth of scripture proofs, under Pope or King. Europe's tithe & taxes were simply more systematic across their continent & are the Catholic-church traditions Protestant cite & continued, for authorization to take tithe in the New world. Like Graham, Catholics have a central headquarters, they could enforce a standard across a larger area. Protestant's had Henry. So, about equal power if Henry stayed home, bringing in the sheaves. Self house-arrest in 'his' realm, surrounded by projected Catholic power. A newly minted pariah among the worlds kingdoms, who wasn't a favorite when he was still catholic either.
To add more context, the Holy Roman Emperor was Catherine's nephew. Henry was playing against a stacked deck. If Henry had listened to Catherine, submitted to the Pope & allied himself to Charles V, instead of his codpiece, he could've been the British Empire's greatest King. Catherine was already among the greatest Queens, regardless what Henry did. Especially being labeled a dowager. She was beyond reproach & greatly to be admired.
But, even Catholics don't officially tithe anymore. Catholic tithe is so last-Dispensation, since now they have click-to-donate. The justification Protestant's use for cash tithe are mainly supplanted ancient Catholic Catechisms, cuz that's all there is. Might doesn't make right, but fear of it does. Too big to let fail. So, Europeans & rats carried tithe over the pond (Spain was first) with their diseases (Spain was way first). Catholic validity entirely rested on secular Rome & the creation of succession proofs for Pope Peter & company. Plus, no, he didn't write 1 & 2 Peter.
Just Peddle traditions, hawk proofs, bark for a Patron, "you'll be head of the Pope's" not Christ. There had been 32 Popes by this time, all stemming from Linus. Constantine now at their head. Maybe also tellingly, Pope Peter died right before the Temple was destroyed in 70 CE with no mention of a successor, a one-off. Like Christ on the Cross. Almost like God was ensuring a clean start from the Old to the New? No chance even this working though. Catholics simply filled the second slot with a rando name based only on (anything would do) drum roll:
2 Timothy 4:21 "Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren." What? Okay, then why not Eubulus (M)? Pudens (M)? Claudia (F)?
Most of Europe's governance, developing since the caveman days, was to establish, identify, monitor, preserve & collect mandatory-Gentile-tithe & other taxes. From the construction of kingdoms & kings, to the awarding of titles & land, to the role of serfs & soldiers. All went to entrench, spread & enrich a church organization & preserve the means of collecting & hoarding resources for the top, with folk wetting their beak along every level above peasant. Misrepresented &/or fraudulent documents for succession were presented during the 2nd century & locked away, cuz with age things gain authenticity backed by the right people & God was officially backed by secular Rome by the 4th century. The Pope's cartel stopped folks with 1st & 2nd person memories from parsing proofs, until anyone with a direct connection to Jesus was dead. The last Apostle died circa 98 CE There's power in patina.
Why'd Catholics wait until Peter was dead 116 years to 'assemble' a Pope-list? Couldn't risk John, or those who knew John, being a witness against them Papists? During which there were at least 13 backdated Pope's. All predicated on 2 Timothy 4:21. Couldn't fact-check then? We can't fact check Catholic church claims & proof regarding unbroken papal succession from Peter, except through the NT, like in this article. Scripture isn't everything, it's the only thing - RWD (Rodger definitely smacks Catholic from most angles). Catholic tradition, directly or by inference, is what's used as one authority to take tithe from Gentiles by Protestants? The main difference between Catholic & Protestant theology is protestants start with 'the Bible says (excepting tithe, gluttony, fornication, covetousness...)' while Catholics start & finish with 'tradition says' cuz they additionally have to protect & preserve their Pope mythos & mystique. Different alphas & different omegas. Same root, same script.
Much of the NT was written after Peter's death circa 66 CE & all of it after Jesus death circa 33 CE. Including the only Gospel recording Peter being purportedly appointed the 'first Pope' in Matthew 16:18 by Jesus. Matthew was penned between 80-90 CE (21st penned of the 27 NT books). So, a Pope was identified from one verse in one Gospel, out of four Gospels, written late in the game. Reminds of Kabbala. Or, 1 verse out of the 3779 verses in the 4 gospels. Penned 60 years after Christs resurrection & then used to validate a Pope list About 90 years after this when the first Pope list was manufactured in the late 2nd century.
The rock Christ is referencing in verse 18 was Peters correct revelation about Jesus in verse 16. Not Christ doing all he did for mankind's salvation & then building on Simon Peter & the only meaning philologically. But, as with everything, do your own research. Caveat emptor. Links are provided throughout this blog to get you started.
Folks wrote letters during NT times, the epistles are letters, the NT references letters. Why isn't there any epistles containing the Catholic's Pope-doctrine? This's something which seems suspicious in its ambiguity. Christ & his disciples are suddenly vague when it comes to Popes & the tithe to support Catholic Pope-aucracy? The only thing ever vague in either Testament is prophesy, except suddenly for Popes & tithe?
Anywho, plus there's no evidence Peter, Linus, Cletus, Clement 1 or Evaristus knew they were the Pope. This takes us to 105 CE. From Christ & 12 Apostles, the Catholics gave us a cathedral-based palatial monument-bureaucracy in the name of the gilded-Jesus Constantine was presented with shaping @ Nicaea. Maybe a precursor to Henry's Jesus. It takes an Emperor/King, palaces & lies to grow a world government this big. To remold a God. To elevate men. Skimming this Wikipedia page could alarm you. The introduction of a Pope put the bloat in Apostolic-bureaucracy. Rated N for 'no thank-you'.
To choose between two, we'd have been better off all staying Catholic. They have standards & many ways to serve God & minister to humans. Once they got the conquistadors, inquisition, crusades out of their system & the last relic was issued, it was cruise-control; Saints on a bar-b. Stained glass. Cool vestments. Christmas & Easter. Yeah, I'm a fan. But I was raised Catholic. If nothing else, it's nostalgic.
Mathew was written about 21 years after Peter's death. 1 Peter was written at least 18 years after Peter's death. 2 Peter at least 46 years after. Yet nothing further is mentioned further about Peter's 'office' or a successor in the next 3-Gospels. Even as vague as Matthew 16. Mark - 5 years after Pope Peter's death (should be the most accurate & reads more like a 1st person account than the other gospels.). Luke - 21 years after. John - 36 years after. The average life expectancy in ancient Rome was 20-33 years, into the 5th century.
The entire NT was penned between circa 48-110 CE. So, folks didn't begin writing anything (in Greek mostly) before approximately 15 years after Jesus Christ's ascension. No scripture fragments remain dated before the 2nd century.
Again, no Pope list was started until late in the 2nd century. The Catholics, the only Christ religion until the reformation, hadn't dissembled their Bible with Apocrypha until the 4th century, in Latin, which few understood outside of governments & church leadership. This was intentional, Constantine's backing had to be preserved. Latin was the language of Roman government. Numbery I know, but even if not followingly precisely, even a skim would wax incredulous.
Based on this article, the idea Peter was the first Pope proves a retroactive innovation to justify the authority of the Roman Church. A better case is made Paul was the first Pope to the Gentiles. Though, he wasn't either, he was the Apostle to the Gentiles, just another Catholic assignation. Coincidentally, Christianity i.e. Catholicism became the state religion of the Roman Empire, also in the 4th century. The First-Council-of-Nicaea in the 4th century was sponsored by new-convert Constantine & cemented the course & Catechism of Christ's death until Henry's schism.
Being head of every cult of the Roman Empire wasn't a new thing for Constantine, it was a long established custom. Like Davis is the de facto head of everything in our cult; every committee, every decision, every abuse. There could be nothing common about government Christianity, so they fit it to the Roman mold. Nothing common for RWD. Latin, head god (Christ), many little gods (saints), guardian Angels, mystical ceremonies, priests, et cetera. Now it fits right in. But Catholicism was the governments religion now. To understand Catholicism, look to Rome. Catholics mainly reworked & implemented what Roman mythology told folks.
So if,
Mathew 16:18 (Peter is Pope): "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."?
Why not,
Mathew 16:23 (Peter is Satan): "But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men."
again,
Mark 8:33 (Peter is Satan): "But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men."
& again,
Luke 4:8: (Peter is Satan): "And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."? So, 3 times? The cock's crow? The great sheet? But, Peter's different? Double minded much? Yikes.
The 3-verses making Peter Satan are not ambiguous as the 1-verse making Peter Pope. Let's make a deal, Protestants won't start insisting Peter was Satan (with 3 witnesses/verses), if Catholics stop insisting Peter was Pope (with 1 witness/verse). Catholics then tell us Linus was Pope # 2, based on 2 Timothy 4:21: "Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren." If you get away with it, do more?
Catholic proofs had to convince Constantine. He was a new 'convert'. A proud man is a poor ruler & Constantine was no Marcus Aurelius, even though he could have followed his path. Emperor Marcus predated Constantine so was already well known. Like Henry VIII becoming king at 17-years-old & also easily manipulated. Catholics largely gave Constantine all the bells & whistles of Rome's pantheon of Gods. Son of God, Father of God, Spirit of God, angels, et cetera. Though common, it was the real part of Christianity. Ready made for Rome. But, Catholics added enough ceremonies, trappings, God's mother, minor gods (saints), Christian holy days on pagan holidays, monuments & costumes to blend in the rest of the way. Even exceed, so changed the language of the Bible to Latin as the coup d'etat for the other cults.
He had an Emperor-sized ego (no Marcus Aurelius) easily stroked & a Roger Davis share of only hearing what he wants to hear, like Henry. Translating scriptures into Latin would have appealed to an Emperor, as it was the language of culture & learned society. The more you study Christianity's Catholic roots & Constantine, the more you'll realize Constantine wanted the Bible in Latin & likely shared as much. A hint being a command. Plus, who doesn't like being catered to. Not an Emperor, I'll tell you what. Nothing common for a temporal King. It was a strategic move, not based on what was best for Christ's body. Like Mansions. An example of power politics.
Tanya paints Constantine a hero when not shopping & teaching men in her College classes, attracted to the kindred spirit. I guess she does alright for someone with no formal education. She would get so excited teaching basic stuff, like it was new to her, like she had learned it right before class, like she had never been to school. She's weird, even in the 90's. She, Henry 8, Davis & Constantine are a type. Mike just married the bosses daughter, a footnote.
Maybe, merely the presence of a word (tithe, Linus) in a verse is proof of what they say it's proof of? Catholics sifted the Bible like wheat. Follow the money may apply regarding their motivation for all this, to date. Pope Linus is the key which Catholic authority rests on, not Christ. Making Constantine's new Pope-church look like this on an organizational chart. Imagine-inference. Catholics segued the tree-of-life to a money tree.
2 Timothy 4:21 is even styled by the Catholic church as proof this was in preparation for a 'Rome Council' after the Acts 15 'Jerusalem Council', but run by Paul (c. 5 – c. 64/65 CE) to appoint Pope Peter's successor? Pope Peter (1 BCE – CE 64/68) was still alive ATT & it's not known why he skipped this, or where he was, or if he knew he was Pope. But Henry was a delegator too. Like Davis after his stock went public in 1999 & he wore-out the subsequent new growth, then it was "Mike's now the scapegoat Senior Pastor". Congratulations, I'm sure you'll do just fine son-by-law.
Catholics translated the Bible from colloquial languages (Hebrew, Greek & Aramaic) into Latin. Which was a scholarly and literary tongue (the Vulgate resulted) by late 4th century, 350 years after Christ's ascension. Why then? Which was then used as one main source for the English versions starting an additional 300 years later in the 7th century to present. The KJV relies heavily on the Vulgate. They went from Greek, et al to Latin, to English. Curious, why the Latin one? Additionally, some of the later English translations used another English translation as a main source (along with the Vulgate, et al), if that translator was highly respected. Not wanting to reinvent the wheel? But it's still extra processing, which isn't good for temporal food either. "Let food be your medicine, and medicine be your food." - Hippocrates [disputed]
How much was deleted, changed & added between all these iterations? Intentionally? Accidently? There's been almost as many changes to the Catholic's Bible as edits to their Pope list. The Catholic church definitely has an agenda (see Pope list for one example). They were known document & relic forgers & we used their version for all ours? We didn't have a choice. They were the only option (under penalty of excommunication, torture, death) until the Reformation. They became the church of the Emperor in the 4th century. Adjusted existing & forging new cannon (texts) accordingly. Mimicking the previous pantheon to further buttress their new power.
This is why Catholics have 'saints', priests, et cetera. Further making Christianity familiar to the heathens. Plus, they could rename the old statuary & repurpose old temples, saving monument fees. Then, the later Protestant versions weren't considered scholarly if they didn't at least 'consult' the Vulgate. Like not speaking Latin then, Latin & French in the 18th century, or English now. Layer, over layer, over layer, over layer of things we take the Catholic Church's word for, from their stacked deck of proofs. Why's the ink wet on this 200 year old epistle? Why's the handwriting different for Mathew 16:18, e.g.
Whether nomad, hunter, fire carrier, gatherer, farmer, inventor, craftsman (any kind), administrator, chief, seer, mystic, healer, shaman, prophet, witch doctor, colonizer, carpet bagger, Pope, King, bishop, governor, priest, mayor, tele-Pastor, magistrate, carpet bagger. Where the X-axis is the job-type & the Y is its-power, all were upward steps in the evolution to a King or Pope & then back down to present day, by those coveting OPM. Claiming what's not theirs, to live like what they haven't earned, by claiming Peter's 'office' as authority. Put it on Constantine's tab. Cheers. The self-appointed Catholics happened after Christ & after the Apostles were long dead & were the only choice until the reformation by virtue of being first usurpers to get a church government in place. Like Spain in the Americas (also Catholic).
So, same smell, different dispensation, different continent, different people, different customs, different laws, different century. Same smell, same greed, same lust, same Papal bull. But it's a different dispensation? So what. Just roll out the secular proofs & Fuhgeddaboudit. What's that smell? Flush & forget it. The peasant-tithe payers don't understand Latin & Bibles are hand copied, so only church & government administrators have them. They'll believe what we tell them & have no power to resist. Whatever it takes. Volume creates veracity, like this blog. Because proofs by either side get wordy, instead of refuting, it's easier & less confusing to get your own New Testament & decide for yourself what God requires.
Dead saints (includes Peter) body parts heal? Mary was also immaculately conceived like Christ? Statues bleed? Shroud of Turin? Crusades? Pieces of the cross? I saw Mother Mary on that hill. Witches float. We made the Bible Latin? Why not Greek? Then peasants could read it silly. Don't you know who I am? Respect my authority. I'm the Pope. Give me the cash tithe. I'm authorized by these here Catholic documents, which I can't show you, plus they're in Latin, plus they're very old, plus we didn't 'find' them before the 2nd century. I'm the government. I'm here to help. You can trust me, I have all these titles. No shame, no guilt, no conscience, context, credibility. Like Joseph Smith & his plates a peep stones. No one can see them, so believe me. Plus, it's in Reformed Egyptian, trust me, I'll tell you what it says. Don't be a Berean trouble causer. You might as well trust, cuz you can't verify. Monopoly.
During the last dispensation, eleven (11) of the twelve (12) tribes of Israel were not authorized to take the tithe. Once for Levites-only & only during a different dispensation, Graham policy authorizes Gentiles taking the tithe in this dispensation from other Gentiles, based on cherry-picked & curated (v) tasty morsels from God's last dispensation & contrary to both dispensations. Therefore creating a third way. Synergy? Maybe look to how todays Jews are navigating the Old Testament, without a Temple, as an exact pattern for today's Gentile-tithe. The final determinant? It's their book.
Is this Covenant mixing really pleasing to the same God who forbade even mixing textiles in garments? Yes, that God. Graham's like Hophni & Phinehas also doing their own thing with the tithe, offering & sex crime & He's still not well pleased. At least H & P stayed in their own dispensation. Like Graham, they also had a few to choose from. Though, none-other were in writing before their time. Not any less sins to choose from though. All sin variations carry over to each new dispensation. No replacement program. But we want to always gulp down the bad stuff. God only needs one plan at a time for salvation cuz we're all the same but for degrees. How many degrees of separation between a 14 & a 24 year old?
Third Way Christian Church
"As the usher comes, it's time to receive the Sunday evening tithe & offering. All Christians pay tithe & give offerings. So, give as unto the Lord & the Lord will bless you according to your giving." Like the title says: Tithing made simple. Easy to understand, easy to apply. "Thankyou for your giving."
DISPENSATIONS: While not necessary for salvation, since it's a fulfilled past dispensation, the OT defines terms used in the New Testament, without consulting any secular source. It's an important resource now, though not needed to become a Christian, or live the life God requires. Tellingly, pocket/award New Testaments are what's given to new converts in most denominations. With many instructing new converts start reading in John, then read it again, but stop at Jude. Maybe repeat John to Jude before moving on to the rest of the New Testament. With no urgency to read the OT, if at all. The Old Testament is now a reference from God about the last dispensation (Law) for history, analogy, context, continuity, illustration. Only a reference. New Testament ONLY Christian Church (NTOCC). Sounds like a g-section in military. Oo-Rah.
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| OT & NT Synergy Illustrating* the freakishness of being bossed by two dispensations simultaneously If synergy's so great where are the Graham Co-Pastors? (*each head's a Testament; the necks are Davis & Mike; the body's our Cult) |
Otherwise you make yourself accountable to the whole Torah, as mandatory cash tithers have through their Gentile-tithe-tax policy. For the rest of us, the Torah became history at the resurrection of Christ. Commanding nothing.
"Anything with no head is dead, and anything with two heads is a freak." — Adrian Rogers & Rodger Davis
What about the prophesy of the OT? Well, prophesy is hints & warnings, some conditional, before coming to pass. So, history in advance. Bible prophesy never provides new policy to follow, since God didn't forget to include anything in His Law, or during any other Dispensation. So many prophetic heads-ups, prophetic warnings & prophetic reminders; which become historical heads-ups, warnings (some conditional) & reminders when fulfilled, while commanding nothing.
We don't need the OT to tell us what's coming, Jesus Christ already came & left. We now have His Revelation for a heads-up of earths next pending developments. So, the New Covenant is complete in every way? Yes, God didn't forget anything in His Grace dispensation either. As with giving certain children matches, the Old Testament should be kept away from some folks, e.g. a Bill Carnegie. In the wrong hands, fire hurts others. History & many movies have shown the OT is easily abused & wielded as a club. Ironically, we are discussing New Testament Christian Church's denominational policy & personnel.
Because prophesy becomes history when fulfilled, prophesy provides analogy when fulfilled, as exampled by Paul's writings especially. So, the OT remains useful, though not necessary. Prophesy provides context when fulfilled. Prophesy provides continuity when fulfilled. Prophesy provides illustrations when fulfilled; along with Knight's. Commanding nothing & nothings conditional, since already fulfilled.
Sacrifice, alter, fornication, redemption, Passover, Tabernacle/Temple/church, Priest, High Priest, Pastor, feast, Reverend, sodomy, et cetera are all defined/delineated in the Old Testament with no synergy with mankind. We don't co-pilot with Christ. Absurd. Does Michael co-pilot with Davis? Outlandish. Then why with God? Those bumper stickers are as Biblically wrong as the AiN'T SKEERED ones. Laughable. Like mandatory New Testament Christian cash tithe. Preposterous.
Not only do we not co-pilot, NTCC's not the co-author of folks salvation. They've been told, they don't care; save your tithe, your back-tithe, your daughters & your future. Guaranteed the latest batch of young girls is scared of what can happen at NTCC. Especially in Graham. Tanya was an aberration with her pursuit of Michael at 14 & subsequent marriage at 16. Do you remember how incensed Rodger became when anyone compared Graham to the island of misfit toys? Between Davis & Tanya he didn't stand a chance. Respect him.
QUESTIONs: What to do with all that cash? Well, since NTCC is insular & no outsiders are permitted to attend their College, why do they charge a fee? Graduates work for NTCC exclusively, why not invest in their own business cult? Recruits don't pay for boot-camp or MOS school. The military & corporations will pay for college classes. Apprentices get paid during their apprenticeship. To Uncle Sam & your local union, recruits are an investment. To NTCC, recruits are an income stream. Like mining or timber rights, they claim the nebulous rights to take the tithe.
You invest in them, they never invest in you. You pledge & demonstrate your loyalty & in return they routinely remind you if you don't like every-little-thing there's the door, at every turn. While Michael was able to negotiate sweeping changes with Davis, for his personal life? While tv-Mike sprouts 'rules were only policy all along', while also not knowing rule & policy are synonyms (mike's the dean of their college). To illustrate, is a no-smoking-policy a rule, law or policy? Wrong. They're all synonyms. Retest tomorrow. Anyway, old news. You pay for everything which keeps you in good standing, while you also get to work for the privilege.
This same logic applies to 'why do we pay for anything' at a Conference? Since NTCC is insular & no outsiders are permitted to attend their Conferences, why do they charge anything for anything? The folks attending have paid tithes, offerings, pledges. They've ministered & blitzkrieged since last conference. Gotten there this conference. Church members also. Do folks pay anything to attend secular job related workshops, conferences, training, classes, et cetera? What if they're also mandatory?
Our Cult could issue a room to each Minister for keeps upon graduation, to be confiscated & reissued when they quit. Love is still an action word. NTCC could start by giving within its ranks. Contributing & distributing instead of taking & building statement real estate. Single Ministers would have an assigned spot in the bunkhouses & upgrade at marriage & down grade at divorce. No fee, all free. To decorate how they want, use whenever they want & can retire there. Maybe even allow 10 minute showers. A common-area double-kitchen could be added to each building & each floor of the 2 story buildings. Or put a single kitchen at each end.
The fellowship hall & Tabernacle would be open 24/7/365. Ministers could help with camp upkeep. Preach & minister to each other. I'll do maintenance. A community of go-getters. Have a regular church schedule sans the blitzkrieg. Tithe & offerings could go to setting up an Urgent-Care with a registered nurse. Or Graham could foot this too. There's probably registered nurses & medics on the Ministerial roles. Quite a few. Historically, we all work for cheap.
I know Mike is anti-commune, but this sounds like heaven to me. Small-storage-unit buildings in the big field between the poo-ponds. A few more pavilions. Lot storage for boats & campers. All free. Utilities free. But, buy your own food, clothes, gasoline, hobby stuff, vehicle, et cetera. This is for the seven that would probably be there year round now. But everyone would already have a place each conference. DiFrancesco could relax for conference from now on.
Or, still don't charge rent but folks could split the utilities & for anything they break. Still sounds like heaven. Too much appreciation for the go-getters? What would you cut out? Your reason(s) why? Why? None of this's in violation of any dispensation. Was NTCC's free food for one conference too little? Why not? Like tipping $1, pennies, or a Chick Tract.
Your secular employer invests in you: training, break room, free coffee, sometimes food, paid vacations, health plan, toilet paper, paper towels, hand soap, PPE, yada, yada. Travel, lodging, meals, transportation all paid for by the employer, for extra curriculars. Not by the employee.
No group retirement. No group health plan. No group life insurance. Their synergy is always one sided & revolves around cash. Weighted in their favor, i.e. cash-flow is always up. So, NTCC's Ministry isn't really a business to our Cult, it's a till (n) & you still won't be able to retire & you still have to pay for each cup of coffee. They consider anything they give back, taken from their own pocket. Like the executive branch thinks taxes are their personal money. This all violates every dispensation & separates them from the wheat in the next one.
History, analogy, context, continuity, illustration.
Since Christ is God & we can't begin to understand God without hints, the Old Testament shows separate facets of Christ. A complete picture of God is impossible to grasp. Through what's now fulfilled history, analogy, context, continuity & illustration God further revealed Himself. He also shows & tells in the OT why humans need Christ & codifies same. All without us again coming under the purview of the Old Testament, Old Covenant, Torah, or an area code. Are old things passed away or not? NTCC says not, what say you? What say God's word? Why's 'to tithe, or not to tithe' still a question? — BS [hint: other peoples folding money, since empire never pays for itself; stay teachable — JHO; a pillage society is unsustainable & why the Mongol Hoards collapsed under the weight of their own policy]
John, Jesus Christ & the Apostles show how the Old (and Christ) pointed to the New (and Christ). They explain the Old Testament types of Christ unrevealed before Christ’s earthly ministry e.g. the Adam's Family skins, Melchizedek, the Temple & Levites (this one links to the entire book of Deuteronomy). Each separate part of the Law (deconstruction), as well as the Law in toto (synergy) was a type of Christ. So, even types also become history, analogy, context, continuity, illustration when the genuine article is presented. None of this changes the Old Covenant from being God-breathed, et cetera, it just changes how it's applied, if at all. Don't play with matches, Jesus Christ, God's children, or little girls.
OT Jews died by only touching the Ark. How much worse for Gentiles (in this dispensation) who take the Levite's only inheritance (from the last dispensation) from God's anointed (in this dispensation) & use it (in this dispensation) for secular purposes (in violation of the last dispensation's commandments for tithe). Gentiles were not allowed to tithe to the Temple in the OT & only Levites were allowed to take the tithe (from Jews only).
The one weird fact cults also don't want you to consider is we're also anointed. Non? Among other verses cults use are 1 Chronicles 16:22 & Psalm 105:15 to keep its victims compliant to their strong arm tactics. But, the NT tells us all saved-by-grace folks are anointed. The NT also tells us the saved-by-tithe folks aren't, who collect tithe contrary to the old Dispensation-of-Law, during the present Dispensation-of-Grace.
History, analogy, context, continuity, illustration.
2 Timothy 3:15-17 "And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures (*this would be NT), which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All (so, includes the OT) scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works." *1 & 2 Timothy were authored circa 100 CE. Most of the New Testament had been written by this time, starting about 48 CE. Jude & 2 Peter were the ones still pending. Yes, Revelation had been penned.
John, Jesus & the Apostles enunciated the finish-line of the Old Testament & the starting-gate of the next pre-planned God-revealed agreement between God on mankind's behalf. The race set before us. God's plan for man is always Jesus. Scholars even categorize distinct dispensations throughout His Holy texts. The Law is then, grace is now, dispensationally. Dispensations was a class in their Bible College. I wonder why it's not offered anymore? Animal skins & foreskins were then. Foreshadowing an aspect of Christ. But Christ is now, dispensationally.
[Following is NTC College's 2011 online course description — after my last tithe article was posted 9/11/2011, dispensations was 86'd. Please forgive me, it was a great course. But, you still have your Dake bible. Which, along with his also copywrite protected books provides most of the content in their unaccredited Bible College. Are you tired of context yet? I'm not tired yet.
"353, DISPENSATIONS. A dispensation is a divinely-ordained order, prevailing at a particular period of history. This fascinating course is a multi-millennia journey through the history of God's relationships with mankind. It encompasses a sweeping analysis of time periods in the bible, from the eternal past to the eternal future. From the distant echoes of the 'beginning' recorded in Genesis to the triumphal culmination of God's grand plan of the ages in Revelation, this remarkable course will expose students to a holistic understanding of the scriptures and detail God's methods and protocols for His interaction with mankind with respect to the various time periods of history." - myntcc.org [2011 course description]
Again, no longer offered & now you know why; links, underline & boldface are my edits. Vacations, football, Holism, Synergy & workshops? How are the mighty fallen? NTCC fell too easily to be plausible, yet here we are. Many have shared NTCC never started, rotten from the start. The more I learn the more I'm inclined toward this belief. I'm stayin' teachable.]
Holism, reductionism, synergy, tele-preaching, deconstruction, Law, mansions, tithe, daughters, hobbies, policy, blitzkrieg, vacations. Why aren't they tired yet? Well, lust is a great motivator. Ask any molester. Keep reading? It's still TL;DR, not too late to bail. Not scared? Meh, I'm not any less insouciant than usual. Just ask me & I'll tell ya. — RWD.
Categorizing the parts of the Bible according to covenant or reformed theology does not change this. One school will not contradict another. If they do, the theology is wrong or it's application is too. Dispensation, Covenant & Reform theology are pre-synergized, sides of the same coin, since they reference the same material, the same Testaments. Unless wrested. The same goes for Typology. All schools will harmonize on all major points. Unless wrested. Again, the Old Covenant is now history, analogy, context, continuity & illustration. Unless wrested.
In none of this are we minimizing God's words, NTCC already does this. We are delineating to assure God's redeemed over profit & against God's tithe-administrators illegally coveting the Levites inheritance & our income. Genghis Khan would warn of the Ponzi schemers inevitable downfall. This's why Graham isn't self supporting, it was intentionally set up this way. Other peoples money (OPM) is the engine which drives the decisions of our Cult - RWD. Why earn & share when you can take & keep? Charity? Pshaw. This's for the Catholic, Hindu & Buddhist chumps. Muslims only help Muslims, which is still more than out cult does.
How does our Cult's current policies stand against some rules from a few past dispensations*:
INNOCENSE: They corrupt the convert & molest their children & wives.
CONSCIENCE: They violate conscience, theirs & others, by having no charitable outlet for tithe cash. Corners & gleanings harvested & horded.
LAW: They refuse to stone for sex crime.
GRACE: They collect cash for the Levites inheritance from Gentiles (in good standing). Back tithers welcomed. Subscribe today by clicking the 'click to donate' link.
MILLENIAL KINGDOM: They miss this also by not correcting any of the above. Unless they'll volunteer for decapitation before Christ's second coming. Is NTCC still premillennialist?
*Dispensationalism is no friend of NTCC & why they dropped this course after this article was published as we've already shown.
Acts 15 gives the only intersections between old & new, between law & grace. But, Acts 15:19-20 & 24-29 isn't an intersection & isn't necessary because it happens to be Old Covenant. Did Acts 15 leapfrogged back to Noah for guidance? One coincidence is as good as any other. Was this really necessary things since tithe's omitted? No mention of the OT. But, universal morality is a thing & why conscience works in moderating behavior & is a basis for judgment & why the Dispensation-of-Conscience worked, though temporary like the Torah & how the Apostles could possibly declare necessary things.
Dake tells us the Bible isn't the word of God, it contains the words of God. He sounds like Joseph Smith. At least Joe married his conquests. Marriage before the sudz-n-fun is still the Bible way in both Testaments (2) & the Book of Mormon (1). So, maybe 2+1=3 Testaments now? NTCC is a KJV-only denomination.
Personally, I think it was Noahide policy, which all were familiar with, to start the synergy flowing between Jew & Gentile. So, not some new thing. NTCC sears a believers conscience with their we-don't-do-charity doctrinal conundrum. What about, homeless folks are too poor for Davis' church of dreams? We're saved-by-tithe, et cetera? Grace + tithe, et cetera. Does NTCC's doctrine tend to hardness in the new convert over time? Acts 15 was to reconcile the Gentile Christian to the Jew Christians, with no regard it's part of the Old & tithe was still left out. To get rid of hardness, while tempering the edges.
So, after the temple was destroyed, tithe couldn't be paid anyway, or taken by the Levites & the Law of Moses couldn't be kept by anyone. Acts was written down about 10 years after the Temple complex in Jerusalem was razed by the Romans. Like Pharisees, mandatory cash tithers mix Law & Grace. To load Christ's body with unauthorized burdens, i.e. easy-peasy financing for NTCC's gold-leaf gospel. To usher in NTCC's McMansion dispensation. Saved-by-tithe shakes the money tree into cult-coffers. The saved-by-tithe doctrine shakes-down God's anointed real good. Threats of damnation have historically often been used to keep folks compliant. No thinking necessary or allowed. Doctrine can be adjusted to fit the bill.
I prophesy Mike is NTCC's last Mansion builder. If I'm wrong, you get to stone me. Win, win. Cain was also a builder. I still think the only reason Mike has Mansions is because financially, he married the bosses daughter, plus Tanya would be unwilling to live any other way. She didn't fall far from the tree. She's not equipped for ministry, just like Mike. A stay-getting, done-nothing, no-gooder. But GIGO & you-get-out-what-you-put-in is true, of all pew-sitters, of which Mike is Senior. He bucked pastor Davis' policies & chases the world, what can he offer? But, what does Davis offer? Olson? Johnson?
The fulfilling of the law by Christ has coalesced the Old Testament into a reference book like Strong's or Matthew Henry since the Dispensation-of-Law legislates nothing for today, for anyone. Still Holy, still inspired, but fulfilled. It provides context to the New Testament not otherwise known. Though Josephus & other histories also provide insight.
QUIZ: Are you curious? Staying teachable? Let's see: Was the Father dwelling, His-version-of, corporally in the Temple when Christ was born? Throughout Christ's ministry? In 70 AD? Or was he Ichabod? Because the Jews had strayed? In preparation for Christ? God can't both/all be on earth at the same time (the two heads analogy again)? If Ichabod, when? Did you guess right? How do you know? Show your work.
John, Jesus & the Apostles teachings, God’s intent, and even what the Law says about itself, does not keep mankind in bondage to the Law, but shows mankind is freed & sanctified by Christ's sacrifice through God’s grace & our personal decision to partake of Christ's completed work. We don't get to choose our dispensation (unless you're also a time traveler). Or dictate how we serve God (tithe, et cetera) in this one. It's grace or nothing now & it's always been God's way or 'there's the door' in every instance.
A key point often glossed over is contained in Leviticus 27:34: “These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.” This context alone excludes us, no second witness needed, but there're many others. We can't convince a cult against its will, but we'll continue.
Leviticus (& Hebrews, et al) is clear to most of us. The title 'Hebrews' may also be a clue. Of course, if this only concerns the 10, and the Bible also says the Law will not pass until all be fulfilled, tithe isn’t included, and the discussion's ended. But, if you included tithe, since it appears elsewhere, then Leviticus 27:34 still says Moses’ Law isn’t for the Gentiles. Either way problem solved, but we’ll continue anyway, 'cause guaranteed, our cult dullard's still ain't buyin' it. They didn't stay teachable — JHO. A closed mind allows no light.
Matthew 5:17 & 18 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."
I'm not a Jew; either ethnically or by conversion. Yes, the Bible says the Law's in effect (no part will pass) until all is fulfilled, but what hasn't been fulfilled? Well, the end times prophesies contained in Revelation haven't been fulfilled & provide some additional details & the second witness to these same prophesies found in the Old. These are the ones we still see darkly, not tithe & not Christ. But, prophesy isn't law, by anyone's hermeneutics. History isn't law. Poetry isn't law. Proverbs aren't law. Psalms/Hymns aren't law. Only the Pentateuch is Law & it's been fulfilled since Christ's resurrection.
The law has never been in effect for Gentiles. Why are we stressing this? Welp, there isn't some tendril (tithe) of the law instinctively understood to be part of the NT, like the blue thread in some Jewish garments. They gerrymander the Bible to get what they want, e.g. cash, cash, cash. But, I'll still not be judged by the Law, or a cult. These're the only two choices, or basis for God’s judgment. It's grace or the Law, not a synergy of them. And the Law only judges the unconverted Jew in this dispensation (& the last one). Not violating your conscience also plays a part, no matter what dispensation. You have to judge yourself rightly also & act proactively to stay on the straight. Though the Dispensation-of-Conscience has also ended, we still have one & would be wise to submit to it. A guilty conscience needing no accuser is a truism for a reason. Along with the hit dog barks loudest & that dog don't hunt.
The Dispensation-of-Innocence has ended, but innocents are still among us, but don't remain so once in our cult. The Law's not for Gentile Christians to wrangle each other. Wee Hah! To oppress God's kids with what the Jews don’t/can’t follow, or for man to combine the two, or more, dispensations (there are as many as 8, depending on who you ask) in any manner his caprice dictates, or the financial burdens of Davis secular business model. I wonder if RWD tithes. Who would he tithe to? He swears by no greater. He even does our praying & believing for us. A full service corporation.
Another intrusive point studiously, strenuously & serenely ignored by the mandatory cash tithe enforcers is there's much in the Old Testament not specifically cancelled in the New. Other than we are living in a different dispensation. Yet, tithe is the only one promoted & enforced. The blue thread doesn't stand for tithe. But, as we've been taught & seen modelled & participated in, the ministry's a business in our cult-o'-choice, and what's a business without profits? And why settle for a little profit when you can have a whole lotta profit — Pete Puma. Getting stoned hasn’t specifically been cancelled by something contained in the New & had a different meaning to ancient peoples. None survived. Money & numbers — RWD.
Clear? Crystal? Cause guaranteed, our cult dullard's still ain't buyin' it. They didn't stay teachable — JHO; if they ever started. Are you beginning to understand the randomness of church leadership? The changeability of doctrine & policy? The randomness of interpretations of the Bible? Is their opinion more valid than yours or the Bible's? Why the lack of heavens judgment for doing your own thing now? Why not follow Christ-only instead? If we were still under the law wouldn't we see God's judgment from time to time. We do see man's condemnation & punishment of God's children in the name of God & contrary to Gods word? Fleecing the sheep from Rome & England, not heaven. Cash tithe is forbidden in the Old Testament, but it's okay now? Since 1836 CE?
COURSE FINAL: Do what you can. Start slow by following your conscience. It's alright if it takes a minute to find it. I know, I buried mine for 17 years. Things get rusty.
You pass. Well done.
Gregory the Unlearned
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