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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 government statute in 1836 in Gentile England. Before this, traditional Jewish grocery-tithe was de rigueur. Even exported by newly-Anglican British-Gentiles to America after Roman Catholicism was kicked out of England in 1534. Before this, Roman Catholics did all the exporting & grocery-tithe collecting in the west. Confusing? Yes, this's simplified & 4,000-years after (give or take) the Torah was given to the tribe of Israel, but relevant as you keep reading. There's not much history of Colonial American tithe but plenty on taxes. Also, taxation without representation was the rage, when they weren't also carping about local taxation with representation & religion's intrusions. Kicking & repenting all the way to the pillory or stocks.
NTCC's also a taxation without representation 501(c)(3). Click for more 501 irony. So, this's why NTCC does things folks suspected (now wrongly) as eyewash i.e. Sunday School, Youth Camp, Trumpet. They're checking boxes. Fulfilling a secular government requirement to maintain their no-charity no-exceptions government permission-slip. God always plays second-chair to world governments & most preachers. No exceptions. Also relevant as you keep reading & are able to grasp this characteristically-cogent white paper.
This may be why God still-wants (His-way never changed) to limit evangelism to locally, by local converts, to local converts. Not professional career preachers. No preacher caste. Like what happened when politician became a vocation. Acts 18:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8, et al applies. But/If/Since Paul's so great, let's follow his example. Non? We're not innovating, we're listening. Innovation is Mike's bailiwick. It's been a while since NTCC has referred-to/styled itself Full Gospel. Not a peep from their website about Holiness either. Non-denominational? We also can't tell if they're still Pentecostal. They present as without-distinction, based only on myntcc & NTCC-TV. The only two public faces of NTCC from behind-the-fence.
Though a mouthful, New Testament Christian Church is a Full Gospel, Non-Denominational, Holiness, Pentecostal Church was rattled off with the least provocation. Along with ACPT&GO. Even from the pulpit. Or was it Pentecostal, Holiness? Either way, it was Davis' parroted template. If this mouthful seems novel now, the 2 donate-buttons prominent at the top of each myntcc web-page won't. With another at/towards the bottom, in case you missed the first 2. Are they still KJV-only? Or RSV-also now? NRSV? NRSVue? Is Graham NTCC a once-but-no-longer church, or just another also-now church? Also-now is what synergy yields. Just another world-adulterated government-sanctioned religion-organization. All cults are without distinction. This's why they're lumped together. A category. A kingdom of cults.
God's way is tell your family & friends, then they tell theirs & theirs & theirs. Every convert an evangelist, preacher & teacher. Persuading others. Biblically, you're your own pastor, priest & a king. Rule yourself, persuade others. Home church, barn church, field church, city-park church, hotel conference-room church, woodland church, pavilion church, beach church, parking-lot church. Local soul winning, by local converts.
But, what about missionaries? Welp, the word 'missionary' is not found in any Bible translation, including the original Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek texts. Not in any English language Bible version either & there're lots of those. A missionary is a mid-16th century Jesuit (Roman Catholic) fabrication. After over 50 years NTCC claims three. One in Panama & two in the Philippines. Click-to-donate to Graham's WORLD MISSIONS wing at myntcc. Though the Angeles City location is no longer a missionary church since it's pastored by a local & the Cagayan de Oro location is a mostly-women Bridal College (RWD's words) with some services open to the public. Quite a few American Reverend's even went there to pick-out brides. I assume some unmarried Reverends are still swinging by/in the P.I. for this. Recently, or about to be, divorced also.
But, what about Hebrews 13? Specifically, Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. Obey means persuade in Strong's, but's the only witness either way, so doesn't meet the standard to be God policy. Also, the wording of this verse makes obeying conditional upon a leaders character in watching for souls & being accountable. Alien to Davis & Kekel who're cake stuffed & pride fluffed. All covetous care-less care-takers will ultimately give an account.
Then there's Matthew 20, which shares [...] Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. But we still tolerate abuse from ecclesiastic authority to degrees varying & not endemic to our cult only. Contrary to freedom in Christ, which can be forfeited, since it can't be taken.
Other alarming examples are found in the following excerpt from Article VI of their cult bylaws: "A. The General Board serves as the spiritual authority for New Testament Christian Churches of America, Inc. [emphasis mine, while they de-emphasize God] B. The Board shall be the final authority for the interpretation of Scriptures, doctrine and theology for New Testament Christian Churches of America, Inc. [emphasis mine, while they dethrone God]" Their long-codified spiritual/final authority manifests as don't question (i.e. challenge in cult-parlance) & if you (persist) don't like it there's the door. But, at least their college isn't accredited & most of their professors graduated High School (did Tanya ever pass her GED), while claiming ecclesiastical authority over your given-to-you-by-God personal spiritual-/final-authority. Regardless of claims, you have to sign-off on a cult's usurpation of any part of your walk, to any degree.
Are you an ethnic Jew? Hebrews is addressed to them & how Christianity relates to the Law (2 separate dispensations) & the OT presages Christ & why Jesus is Christ. Christianity's beginnings saw Jewish & Gentile Christians separated by their prior customs & courtesies. God always addresses us where we're at before he takes us further. Persuades us. For the NT it's making Jew & Gentile converts one people under Christ, meeting each where we're at first. Until Christ, Jews had always been a separate/separated people by God's statute. The only statute God has now is accept Christ. Everything else get's in line behind conversion & only if we approve/are persuaded & no church leader is an intermediary between a convert & Christ. This's another Catholic innovation. See any trends yet? Keep reading, or not.
Their leaders were Rabbi's, Herod, Jewish converts, et al & Pilate, et al. Herod & Pilate were particular fan favorites of Jews. Like Davis, Herod was an over-builder of the unnecessary, with tax money. Except Davis uses stucco instead of marble. Like Mike, Pilate loved to synergize religion with secular. AKA, another type of killing Christ. So, where did this anonymous author get the idea for the name for a book to the Jews? A first clue who it's to? Anyway, look elsewhere for a second/first witness. If there're verses for the body-of-Christ in any NT book which's not written to the body-of-Christ it will say it's for the body-of-Christ & then continue addressing the addressee only. No exceptions. Context is always queen, so king me.
The Christian should always ask why. Who rules over me besides God? Why? By who's authority? What's their message? Is it persuasive? Is it Bible as understood at the time by the individual convert? You know, like wow man, like are you persuaded man? You dig? If you're not persuaded, stay where you're at man, in or out of our cult.
Just be a good citizen. When the NT talks about blindly following leaders for Christians, it's always secular rulers not a Christian ruler-caste. See Romans 13 for one example. Converted rulers persuade, not dictate. But, we obey secular & churchly governments rotely, until they command us to sin. Then we don't obey & accept any consequences in Jesus Christ's name. We all have the individual freedom to rebel/quit in Christ. Ruler's rule with the consent of the ruled. Herod, Obama, et cetera. Not a pastor. A deacon is a pastor is a shepherd. No office rules the Christian. No exceptions. Word-search 'obey' in the NT. Reminder/Warning, in Hebrews 17 it means persuade, be persuaded, to trust, have confidence in. If we aren't persuaded, there's nothing to obey. Each believer is autonomous in Christ. You can ask, they won't answer. The church's a business to Graham. When I stopped being persuaded by NTCC, I quit. No harm, no fowl as far as God's concerned & we got NTCC-TV. A cornucopia of second-witness.
If you don't trust & have confidence in them this disqualifies them for you personally. Or not. We're all free to follow bad leaders also. Good leader, bad leader; our walk, our choice. There's no mandate outside this. The Bereans got it. The individual is the final arbiter. We have to believe for ourselves, Davis can't do it for us. Disagree? Share your Bible proofs. Know what to believe, don't be like NTCC?
The only example in scripture is a pastor (OT word, used one time only) is a deacon, is a shepherd, is a deacon, is a pastor. The only meaning philologically. No church-admin, no hierarchy, no castes. No local-lord over your faith. But, even the lowly Bishop has clear qualification requirements, though optional for any seated Gra'm' executive-board member since one-nine-six-nine.
FUN FACT: Deacon, shepherd & pastor are used interchangeably in the KJV. So, literal Bible-synonyms. Also, 1 Thessalonians 5:12 never commands obeying any human in a Christian's chain of command. It commands 'know them' & 'esteem them' only. Not obey. Strong's 'know' & 'esteem' for more fact. Also word search & Strong's 'rule over you' from Hebrews. You already now understand 'obey' in context, if you've been following the bouncing ball. See? Fun.
Is Philemon written to the body-of-Christ? Colossians? Galatians, et al? 1/2 Corinthians, et al are cuz they say so. The regenerated stick with what's written in context. We're persuade by what's written only. Nothing needs be inferred from God's Word. Teased out. Interpreted. It's already complete & understandable by all, without any human help; unless they're illiterate. But, the Holy Ghost & one-on-one evangelism solves this 'problem' also.
The persuasion of the personal witness. God knows what he's doing. There's no greater witness than a new convert going about their day-to-day, until denominal Christianity get's involved. Then persuasion ends & the quench begins. Becoming without distinction is unbecoming to all. Maybe even repellant. As seen on NTCC-TV. Rote, regimented, formulaic, ticky-tack, white shirts & wing tips. Outlines, order-of-service, guest-book home-invasions, offering-basket assaults, florid song services, seething preaching. The public scold. The random screed. Pin-the-child on the wally. Espresso & old bread. Innocents poisoned, buried in the basement.
See 'The Point' for more insight. An hour-long metaphor for life behind the fence & the process of recovery after you leave? Recovery takes time, as is demonstrated by Oblio keeping his hat on long after he left the need for it behind. We all quit with baggage. The individual decides how long they carry it. It also dramatizes folks are self-serving outside the fence, but it's where we get a choice. The Rockman's the only sensible one, but our rock is Christ, man. Little Oblio even got a message for his village from what he experienced & learned. Like a blog does online. Very tidy.
But what about Timothy's All 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. Okay, but there's nothing inferred about having a pastor administrate scripture like a drill instructor. Unlike the Dispensation-of-Law, there's nothing to enforce. No punishment policy to administrate to our fellow Christian. No stoning to mandatorily participate in. No Damocles sword to dangle o'er others. The Bible does all this for the compliant individual directly. We still get the hard lessons & sometimes learn the hard way.
The difference post-quit is, this policy's between the believer & God only. Administrated by the believer & God only. When your feeling numb, and a little bit dumb, look up at Damocles sword. When the sky has gone dark, and the waves willn't part, in the shadow of Damocles sword. When 'round you is strife, and you just want new life, here comes Damocles sword. To maintain your slide, from Jesus Christ's side, or walk out the oft proffered door. Davis presents this an option, so quitting is also obedience to the MoG. You still have options & God-given autonomy to take back when you're ready. With Davis' blessing (permission), if you still need it.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 speaks directly to the convert & the unconverted. No intermediary necessary. Unless you want someone to boss you. Some folks are into this. Your choice. You have all the power pre- & post-exit. The Holy Ghost teaches the individual directly. Just like a conscience does. While Jesus's in heaven the Holy Ghost manifest Christ on earth, just like he was still here, in his stead. But, men want to help God. Men want to rule His flock. Men don't want to see Christ, they want to administrate Christ over his flock. Just like NTCC, who're not unique. All cults are just alike in their major characteristics.
POP QUIZ: In 2 Timothy 3:16-17, is scripture a club to hit or correct others with, or an individual, personal, guide for a converts walk? NTCC uses it as club they administrate to others. The only spiritual gift they honor & also not a KJV-NT word in this context. It's contained in 2 Corinthians 9:12 (Strong's G1248) & regards only serving others (deacon, et cetera), not bossing them. What about this's also in 1 Timothy & this, this, this & this. 2 Timothy contains this. When NTCC stops cherry picking policy they will voluntarily cease to exist. This's your sign they've repented. God's word is for self-flagellation only as needed. A proxy administrating a beating is your choice, but then you get it whether you need it or not. As seen on NTCC-TV.
Besides NTCC's extra-biblical Davis-approved Catholic/Mormon bureaucracy, worldwide we got cathedrals, churches & other not-God's-plan-for-man buildings from the Roman Catholic church. Like the Catholics & like the Mormons, our cult-leader also invents religion tenets & is also a spender for grandiose man-schemes. Paid for by folks which should be having church in their living room they already pay for, or their back yard.
Plus, no commute. Plus, no church-cosplay for NTCC-TV. Using all their own income for better food, clothing, housing, education, et cetera for their own family instead of for the preachers family & building McMonuments to self-glorify a man. First Davis, now Kekel. Though Kekel is merely upgrading existing buildings & property. Comparable to upgrading fixtures to refresh a bathroom. Even the much-too-much-lauded-by-Mike pavilion was built during the Davis' era. It's just a pavilion. Some folks even have them in their back yard. Most parks & camps have them. Built in 2012 & still talked about like it's the next big thing. Probably because it's still the last new thing as of 2023. Yet another use of tithe & offering monies which doesn't win souls. Being a good steward is foreign to NTCC, since it's an administrative function.
It takes less than 1-minute (seconds) for a child to be damaged for the rest of their life. A gym, fellowship hall, nursery (just seconds, but church's over an hour), sport complex, sport league, education building (just seconds), reading room, bus (seconds), van, campground (seconds), bathroom (seconds), all avoided. I've been to living room/outdoor church a few times. It's intimate, edifying, cooperative & God's-plan-for-man.
With home church you don't have to wear a costume to attend. You know the one: Suit, hanky, folding-fan, silly-robe, pink lip-gloss, dress, make-up, fruity-perfume, silly-hat (clergy & women), sweater set. The pride-of-fashion is avoided. A measure of church-lasciviousness is avoided. I can't speak to if Tanya has finally received correction yet for the way NTCC has innovated God's outward holiness standards. Our last conference (so last time we saw her) was in 2006 & we stayed in the lodge. NTCC has had a selective outward holiness policy since inception. Enforced on everyone but the founding nepotist's family. If you question, you're shown the door. Keep quiet about the rampant hypocrisy, or be shown the door.
The pride of an overproduced church band's avoided (not an NTCC problem). Light show? Smoke? Video effects? Avoided. An order-of-service is avoided. Church service as entertainment avoided. Christ's crucifixion & Christians verses wild animals were also viewed as entertainment/spectacle. Now God is freed. Your pew-mate playing a tambourine is avoided. Solo's, tithe, outlines, heat, A/C, pews, coffee, snacks, choirs, contests, prizes, pageants, stage plays, all avoided. All religion & preaching fads avoided. The Daniel fast avoided. Blitzkrieg stays with Germany. Graham's preaching avoided. Slap & tickle a child, avoided.
The 1/2 hour(s) long rote & stilted song service avoided. Mike's public scold of his indentured toady-staff & static congregation avoided. God's word no longer the focus. Church's now for saints, not sinners. Like a country club. Worldly church-music concerts avoided. Or is it worldly-church music-concerts? Pageants avoided. Preacher theater avoided. Another R.E.V. talk, i.e. preachers over-eager to share their insight avoided. Now with AI & whiteboard. Avoided.
The problem with conducting-yourself like you're the smartest person in the room is the rooms gets progressively smaller & you won't notice. Like a one-man-band, one-man-show, one-trick-pony, one-ring-circus, or one-act-play. Attendance also lags in proportion to how vociferous Graham-NTCC's traditional one-finger-salute messaging is during any service or conference. Harry Nilsson had it right, encapsulating Mike's post-Davis ministering. The power propping the puppet is dead since it was never about God's plan for man. Continuing, writing books about the Bible avoided. God wants Christ preached, not Daniel, Job & Revelation. God wrote The Book & needs no addendum from men. If the author's of the books about the Bible heeded God's word they write about, the world's landfills could not contain the books that should be throw out - John 21:25. They would also never get written. Amen.
According to RWD, Eli DePriest was illiterate & only ever preached one outline. Like Rodger, he started in Missouri & ended in Washington state. If Christianity was done God's way the pastor & congregation wouldn't need a fresh message 1+ times a week. So wouldn't get board from only Christ crucified messages & hearing instead about the-great-whore till they're also boring. Cuz there wouldn't be a purpose-built church-building & it's attendant administrative greed (overhead) & insatiable need for new content. Unlike Mike, Jesus isn't trying to be an influencer. Unlike Jesus, Mike has little influence. Christ is take-it-or-leave-it (the or-else comes later) & Mike is take-it-or-else. Is Christianity a sitcom, or the Bible a living document through men's interpretation? NTCC = Drama-TV. Dramamine-TV. It's turbulent.
Christianity jumped the shark long ago, since the 2nd century. So much for as-written. Church fads (WWJD, et al) avoided. Preaching fads avoided. Props like breath mints, reading glasses, water pitcher/glass & hanky avoided. Coloring books, toys, snacks & naps for the kids in the pews avoided (adults now too). Plenty of distractions for everyone avoided. Lots of things to distract from Christ crucified avoided. Child brides avoided. Another Revelation preaching series avoided. No more Daniel & Acts Bible studies.
Any time your child is taken away from your direct control (school, church, camp, sports) they have to navigate interacting with an adult who may have a strong personal interest in your child. These seconds for a child to be damaged for the rest of their life are increasingly likely since media in-all-formats has long sexualized children (a 1948 film). America's been groomed. This's why a moral society is a key to avoiding more sex-crime against mothers or their children. Thanks-for-nothing 1950's & 60's.
Many molesters hide in churches. It's one place children are; along with camp, motel, classroom, fall festival, restroom. Checking on your child throughout a service is a best practice for the conscientious parent for your first service in any church denomination. Then don't go back if you don't want to. Don't sign the guest book the first time attending is also a best practice, unless you want a blitzkrieg of visits from NTCC on Saturday-mornings thereafter.
With NTCC's online history of testimonies from the molested I would check on my child(ren) for as long as I attend. Maybe keep your child in the pew with you during service? There'll be push-back cuz they want no children in adult services. You may not be invited back after your first service. It's happened before. Win, win.
▶Maybe consider High Pointe Church instead. It's up the street on 224th. Succeeding only blocks away. Maybe NTCC Graham's the overflow church cuz the High Pointe Church lot's filled each Sunday? Honey, the lots full, let's go to the fenced-in church-compound & leave for High Pointe earlier next Sunday. High Pointe Church has 3 Sunday morning services to accommodate the crowds. 8:15, 10 & 11:45. Remember when Graham NTCC had 2 Sunday morning services? Most don't since it was long ago. Founded in 2000, 1-year after Graham went public. Sign up for their newsletter. As you exit Bonco, turn right & you're almost there. It's behind the Davis mansions. They've definitely redeemed the time. High Pointe Church is a huge deal locally, while Graham NTCC spirals downward. NTCC's campus is surrounded by ministry success, so there's plenty of open parking. Maybe Graham NTCC could convert part of its underutilized property to a parking garage with local-church shuttle-service. Graham, Thrift, Elk Plain, et cetera. Of course they would want to charge a fare. Maybe sell subscriptions to the many successful surrounding churches.◀
▶Howz 'bouts Victory Church? The one Kekel denigrates. They are winning. Turn left as you exit Bonco & you're there. Professional website & a variety of ministries. They wrote We're Happy You're Here! on their visit us page & it's believable. Like our cult, they have online services & online giving. Although, it seems they value your participation & giving, starting with their high quality & intuitive website. Offering more value from folks giving? But wait, there's much more. Men's & women's ministry, counseling, even a prayer chain! Check out their events page. WOW. No wonder Mike rages. Graham NTCC offers tithe, showcase real estate, conference & blitzkrieg (fellowship meetings were discontinued in 2012). It's easy to forget how vibrant looks & feels when you're fenced. Victory Church has a variety of retreats & Graham NTCC can't keep up. Always backward-facing, they think they're in the lead. Mike's synergy from 2013 to present doesn't help either. Victory Church's Sunday morning service starts at 10am. Mike has to drive by Victory Church's full parking-lot to get to his 10:30am service. At least when he's in town & not workshopping. Founded in 2014 (NTCC's RIP year), they're also a huge deal now, but in half the time. Victory Church's another example of NTCC's campus is surrounded by ministry success, so there's plenty of open parking.◀
▶Want another example? The Mormon Meetinghouse at 13612 224th Street East. They seem to be doing well. Another professional website. Another full parking lot to bypass on the way to the compound. Catty-corner from Victory Church. Even Davis likes their polity. Maybe NTCC Graham's become the overflow-church when any-church parking-lot on 224th Street East is-filled? There're quite a few. While Graham NTCC continues its downward spiral, it's not too late to quit. Carpe diem.◀
Still continuing, men are usually the molesters, but in NTCC, it's being reported online, woman abuse too. Some their own children. I don't know how many men are involved in Grahams child programs. When I did children's church & bus ministry as a Baptist, some parents would ride with their kid(s) & or check on things during service. No one got mad when they did this during adult service, like Graham does. Or on my assigned bus. I tried to recruit parents who came to the children's church. Children's church is a thing where you can't have too much help, even if just for part of one service. Not cuz you necessarily need it, help just adds to it. Plus, parents know their kids better. The-more-the-merrier axiom applies. What're they afraid of? A distraction from their off-outline monologue, or a revelation of abuse?
Most/all leaders in the counter-culture at-large movement were/are molesters (of adults &/or children) &/or addicts &/or drunks with a sprinkling of all other psychopathy's among their ranks at much higher percentage than the outside population. Marxism's made Habsburgs of them all. Too small a gene pool of 'learning'. Misunderstanding anti-ism as intellectualism & writing it down in a textbook to teach in a college. Too many studies courses stilted their minds. Always learning what to be incensed by while never learning to think. Thinking can be a learned skill & colleges once taught.
Your child's secular teacher's are American Marxists, to varying degrees. No exceptions. Plus, what you allow & are part of is what you are. The education system was Karl's original incubator & where his most entrenched disciples may still be found 165-years later, then government & now business. This's crept into all organized Christian religions since liberal arts colleges also train pastors.😐This seems calculated.😀'It is'. - Saul Alinsky & Michael Palin.
NTCC's not accredited, so safe from Marx' outside influence. But, why do all cults inarguably manifest Marxism as their core methodology from it's onset & from within? Well, cult leaders control the narrative, for one cause. Another is cult leader's are all unregenerated, also like Marx. Adulterated theology tends to an alloy with the world, i.e. by deconstruction or/then synergy for examples.
Pastor Frankenstein, creating religions from select autopsy-cuts of a once whole-&-alive faith & secular disciplines. The only outcome of synergy when applied to God's-plan-for-man. A leaven not-pleasing to God. Levin's to be avoided, no exceptions. Sorry synergy NTCC. Mary Shelly is not the author & finisher of our faith, neither is NTCC the Bishop over it.
The Catholic's created a hybrid religion (see more below) with the Greek/Roman pantheon. Becoming a/one Roman-government official-church. Deconstructing then synergizing so-as to-become one of many, not even replacing any or becoming the only one in Rome. The unknown-by-them God Paul preached in Athens has now become a monument (NTCC) to 'The Unknown [by] God' who they ignorantly ignore. Slowing God's plan to evangelize the world quickly.
Church's turned into a government authorized cash grab from God's Body, with Caesar/Emperor also wetting his government beak. Now through bread & circus for modern congregations. Church's now entertaining! Patterned after Vaudeville, the Borscht Belt has come to church. Justified as value added, like your landlord installs free internet before the rent hike. Not needed, not wanted, not honest. Men are now the ones deciding what brings God glory. HELPFUL TIP: Any time anyone prefixes or suffixes a statement with it-seemed-pleasing-to-God in any variation, ignore it. Olson overuses this one. The statement's subjective anyway.
God created the universe, your purpose-built church-building adds nothing God forgot. Remember Davis' oft blared maxim, folks won't come if the real estate isn't nice (paraphrasing)? First they build, then they justify, then we pay. Did you or someone you know go to Youth Camp in Santa Fe, MO? Anyone? Ever? Me neither. This's good, since it takes less than a minute. Avoided.
"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 (a 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 (a Cyril) was from Scranton & a lager in a Pilsner glass guy.
Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec & 6 colonies are where America's formative pre & early Colonial histories were made, including church history, beginning in the first decades of the 16th century to 1775. After 250 years, folks still wanted a beginning, not the 8th's synergizing annulment exegete-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 Roman Catholic stuff as Graham, but renamed the church; also like Graham. Comparable to NTCG becoming NTCC, but carrying on the same behaviors hounding RWD out of Saint Louis in the early 1980's. If NTCC's the last hope for mankind. There's no hope for mankind.
Gentile-tithe's just one Catholic sleight-of-hand once feeding the Catholic machine. Indulgences, Relics & Bulls were some others the Pope used to get treasure. 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's tithe, who invented Gentile-tithe & using Latin for God's Word.
The same tithe for Levites (Jews), Catholics & Protestants, but each doing it differently, using the same OT scriptures? Papal bull? The peasants a common denominator funding all three. The new boss's the same as the old boss. With the Protestant's celebratory confiscation of the Catholic Monastery's riches to fund infantile Henry's infant church-government. He took Pope Clement 7's tithe & stayed home.
Like Protestants were persecuted by Catholics in England, Catholics were persecuted by Protestants in the New World. The Bible says there's nothing new. The religious are always intolerant, no exceptions & with us always. Still a subjective wild-west mishmash of government & parish tithe & tax with no basis in scripture. Yet they count the Old Testament, church tradition (Catholic only), law (any laws) & leaders (any leaders) wanting tithe (& cash taxes) for confiscatory salaries, church property & secular infrastructure, in God's name, as doctrine 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, for a prior dispensation & now supplying two Jesus religions (protestantism & catholicism). 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 Levite's tithe from Gentiles, other 'proofs' had to be uhm, discovered. When not found, it's made. Some stuff never changes. These things ought not to be. No context? Not Bible? No problem.
No other doctrine is as ultra processed as those for tithe. Nothing else takes treasure like tithe. Mechanically 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, start making personal choices, in your personal & best interest. You're the one following a business's income-tithe business-plan, not Graham. It's only policy to 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 does, in spite of who it harms. So, do what's best for you. Not everything has to be toxic or adversarial, like in NTCC.
All tithe-cults need maintenance to persist; in the forms of cash, corporate structure, temporal & secular goals, uniforms, pride, justification, aggrandizement, loyalty tests, loyalty oaths, kept secrets, private interpretation, showcase real estate, member lexicon, covetousness, sex-crime, folklore, rituals, propaganda, enemies, enforcement, gaslighting & government support. With an expanding list of other mental distresses, while demonizing all others from their us-verses-them fenced compound(s).
To their own self be true, also with no exceptions & in full compliance with a government. Though much less effective thanks to 1999, 2004, 2014, 2020 & 2023's revelations. The church was the government in the Old country & tried to be in the New, but for the founding fathers objections. Thankfully.
As we'll once again prove, 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) & policies (spices) from the Catholic government, the list of ingredients in Latin on the can. Mankind's in trouble.
Hormel potted meat: Beef tripe, mechanically separated chicken, beef hearts, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, meat broth, vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, flavoring, sugar, and sodium nitrite. See also vienna sausage, an RWD preferred food & part of Davis' humble-theater good-ol'-boy script.
The whimsical: 'church history tells us -' & 'no replacement program -' & 'the church fathers wrote -' are always light on Bible cuz Jesus didn't say much on cash tithe. Along with His Apostles, who followed Christ's lead. So, to get you to tithe, they include every tittle & stretch of imagined-inferenced proof. 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 other books & other sources? Synergy? Cuz Gentile cash tithe isn't in the B.I.B.L.E.? In either Testament. What's the book for you? What's the Bible say to you?
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 since 70 CE. Proving error with error. Mixing wheat chaff & chaff & telling folks it's flour for their daily bread. 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. NTCC added a pavilion & TV. 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. You synergize with Graham, they don't synergize with you. To synergize with Graham leaves no ear for Gods voice. Pastor Frankenstein again. If you voice concern it's "that's not how this works son; I was here first; if you don't like it there's the door is how this works & just know, I've never missed God & am first up before the throne". NTCC? Nothing changed, television was added.
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 unknowingly cite & continue, for authorization to take tithe in the New world. Like Graham, Catholics have a central headquarters, so 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 world's 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 & England would still be Catholic. Catherine was already among the greatest Queens, regardless what Henry did. Especially being labeled a dowager. She was beyond reproach & greatly admired. Catherine remained a devoted Catholic her entire life.
But, even Catholics don't officially tithe anymore. Catholic tithe is so last-dispensation, plus we now have click-to-donate. The justification Protestant's use for cash-tithe are mainly supplanted ancient Catholic Catechisms, cuz this'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 (Hispanic Spain was first) with their diseases (Hispanic Spain was way first, see the "Columbian Exchange" for more insight). 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. Constantine now at their head. Hail Flavius, you'll be head of the Pope not Christ. There had been 32 Popes on the Pope list by this time, all stemming from Linus. 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 for Jew & Gentile from the Old to the New? No chance even this working though. The Jews mostly rejected Christ & Catholics simply filled the second slot 100-years-later 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 develop, 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 person & 2nd person memories from parsing proofs, until anyone with a direct connection to Jesus was dead. Even relying on 3rd person theology. Taking us into the 4th century & beyond. The last Apostle died circa 98 CE. There's more cash in patina than Christ's blood. Which did you choose? Patina or Christ? What'll you choose now?
Why'd Catholics wait 'til Peter was dead 116 years to 'assemble' a Pope-list? Couldn't risk John, or those who knew John, being a witness against them thar Papists? During which there were at least 13 since-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).
If it contradicts Bible, either testament, it's error. Catholic tradition, directly or by inference, is what's used as the primary authority to take tithe from Gentiles by Protestants? The main difference between Catholic & Protestant theology is Protestants start with what 'the Bible says or doesn't say (excepting tithe, gluttony, sex-crime, covetousness)' while Catholics start & finish with 'tradition says cuz the Bible doesn't' cuz they additionally have to protect & preserve their Pope mythos, mystique & government alliance.
Protestant or Catholic? Different alphas & different omegas. But, same root, same script, same smell. It looks like a different out-house; but's really just a 2-seater, with a partition with a hole for hand-holding. Since you don't have to protect an income stream, it's easy to quit so you can follow the Bible only. Cult's don't have this advantage & since missouri loves company, they need your money to stay. Click to donate.
Much of the NT was written after Pope 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 (the 21st book 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. Or, 1 verse out of the 3779 verses in the 4 gospels. Reminds of Kabbala. Penned 60 years after Christs resurrection & then used to validate a Pope list About 90 years after this when the first Pope list was decompiled in the late 2nd century. [Breath or you'll faint]
The rock Christ is referencing building on in verse 18 was Peters correct revelation of Jesus in verse 16. Not God building on Simon Peter, but it's also the only meaning philologically. As with everything, do your own research. Caveat emptor links are provided throughout this blog to get you started, or to prove me wrong. Good luck. I'll make it even easier, not even this whole article (or any offering on this blog), just pick a paragraph, or even a sentence or word choice & show what's in error. Small bites will get-r-done. See, choice is good & since 2004 (on FACTNet) I chose to be equipped to defend every sentence, word & punctuation choice online by staying teachable. Qu'en dis-tu?
Folks wrote letters during Jesus' 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 even seems wrong just based on its ambiguity, but ignored for profit by Protestant's-for-profit churches. 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? Still not convinced? Much more follows.
Anywho, there's no Bible evidence Peter, Linus, Cletus, Clement 1 or Evaristus knew, nor anyone else knew, they were the Pope. A secret thing of God? Okay, why was no one else told? This takes us to 105 CE. From Christ & 12 Apostles & outdoor/home church, the Catholics gave us a derivative government-backed cathedral-based palatial monument-bureaucracy in the name of the gilded-Jesus Constantine was presented with shaping & regulating @ Nicaea. Maybe a precursor to Henry's Jesus. It takes an Emperor/King, palaces & lies to grow a religion's government this big quickly. To repurpose God. To elevate men. Skimming this Wikipedia page could alarm you. The introduction of a Pope put the bloat in post post-Apostolic-bureaucracy. Rated N for 'no thank-you'. The only church government exampled in the New Testament is home/outdoor church, with only Christ as head. Preaching Christ & Him crucified. The Holy Ghost is the local pastor, unless a convert allows a man to take His place. No exceptions.
To choose between only two, we'd have been better off all staying Catholic. They have standards & many ways to serve God & minister to humans/animals. Once they got the Hispanic conquistadors, inquisition & crusades out of their system, the last splinter-of-the-cross was issued & they got more serious about managing sex-crime, it was cruise-control. Saints on a bar-b. Stained glass. Cool vestments. Christmas & Easter. Wine & bread. Yeah, I'm a fan. But I was raised Roman Catholic. Mass was in Latin ATT. If nothing else, it's nostalgic smoke-'n-mirrors. Incense & candles. Magic water & prayer beads. Confession & penance. Scary nuns & yards stick smacks.
Matthew 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 a verse 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 over a lot of generations. 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. Numbery I know, but even if you're not followingly precisely, even a skim of the boldface should wax you incredulous.
Again, no Pope list was started until late in the 2nd century. The Catholics, the only Jesus religion until the reformation, hadn't dissembled their Bible with Apocrypha until the 4th century, in Latin, which few understood outside of governments & now state-church leadership. This was intentional, the Catholic church had no chance of becoming gilded without Latin. Like a mid-Atlantic accent (my native tongue) of antiquity. A status symbol of the ancients & universities.
Based on this article & the rest of the internet, the idea Peter was the first Pope proves a retroactive innovation to justify the authority of the Roman Church to the emperor. A better case is made Paul was the first Pope to the Gentiles. Though, he wasn't this either, he was the self-styled Apostle to the Gentiles. Again, 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 & established the power, course & Catechism of Christ's death until Henry's schism. Constantine paid the airfare, lodging & food for each attendee. Their first taste of the sweet-life on the government dole. All expenses paid by others. Like being a pastor or evangelist.
Being head of every cult of the Roman Empire wasn't an innovation from Constantine, it was the established Roman custom for Caesars & Emperors. Like Davis is the de facto head of everything in our cult; every committee, every policy, every sex-crime. Nothing common for RWD, but sin. Nothing in common with RWD, but sin. With a side of baloney sandwich & instant coffee to offset, in his own mind, his excess. See, I'm just a good ol' boy, God blessed me with money, I had no choice, who am I to argue with God? A deceived conscience is a happy conscience & a sad congregation & a sad end. See NTCC-TV for proofs. There could be nothing common about government Christianity, so they fit it to the Roman mold of it's monumented scope, soapstone, gold, granite, marble, et cetera. Vestments, always with the vestments. Pomp under any circumstance. Davis used Cadillacs & parked at the entrance.
In Latin, head god (Christ), many lesser gods (Cardinals), guardian Angels, temples (churches), mystical ceremonies, priests, shrines, talismans (relics & rosaries), sacred food (the Eucharist), pilgrimages, et cetera. Ta da. Now it fits right in. Now Catholicism was a government religion. Still an autocracy, so just not Jesus'. To understand Catholicism, look to Rome. Catholics mainly reworked, adapted & implemented what Roman mythology already was, along with adopting Rome's administrative government style, with a Pope as church-emperor. But, in Jesus name, but subservient to Emperor Constantine. Catholics ruled at Rome's pleasure. Using a book congregations now couldn't read as proof & authorization.
So if,
Matthew 16:18 (makes Peter Pope): "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter [Petros], and upon this rock [petra] I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." ?
Why not,
Matthew 16:23 (makes Peter Satan, with same-chapter bonus): "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? Samuels calling? But, Peter's different? Double minded much? Yikes. Many Protestants over the years have labeled the Pope the/an anti-Christ. Does this include Peter now?
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 got away with it, do it more?
Like Henry VIII becoming king at 17-years-old & also easily manipulated, Catholic proofs had to convince Constantine (Emperor at 18-years-old), who was a new 'convert' at about 40-years-old, with an unconverted ego. A proud man is a poor pupil & Constantine was no Marcus Aurelius, even though he could have followed his path. Emperor Marcus predated Constantine so was already well known. Catholics largely gave Constantine all the bells & whistles of Rome's pantheon of Gods. The once unknown god.
Son of God, Father of God, Spirit of God, angels, et cetera. Though in-common with Roman God's in-concept only, it was for-sure for-real Christianity as in Judaism before. Ready made for Rome if the right things were misinterpreted. So Catholics added enough for-what for-show ceremonies, trappings, God's mother, minor gods (saints), Christian holy days on pagan holidays, monuments & costumes to catch-up the rest of the way. Even exceeding, by changing the language of the Bible to Latin as the coup-de-gras for the other cults.
He had an Emperor-sized pride (no Marcus Aurelius) easily stroked & a Roger Davis share of only hearing what he wants to hear, like Henry 8. Translating scripture into Latin would have appealed to an Emperor, as it was the language of Rome's cultured, government & learned society. The Vulgate was a strategic Catholic move under Pope Damasus 1, not based on Bible or what was best for Christ's body. Like Mike's & Constantine's singular secular lifestyle.
Tanya paints Constantine a hero when teaching men in her College class & not shopping. 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, like she was on a stage. She's weird, even for the 90's. She was even an adult by this time. But, she's lived in an insular echo-chamber her entire life to date. So get's a pass sometimes. She, Henry 8, Davis & Constantine are a type. Mike just married the bosses daughter. So a different type, a footnote, a remora. A cardboard cutout. A hollow man.
Maybe, merely the presence of a word (tithe, Linus, undone) in a verse is proof of what they say it's proof of? Catholics sifted the Bible like wheat in following the money. 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 & not Simon. 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 & home church into a holistic church, adulterated with secular ingredients. This may seem familiar to you if you've been paying attention in NTCC.
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 or ran-off the subsequent new growth from absorbing the local established congregations, to establish unestablished Graham. Then it's Mike's suddenly ready to be the Senior Pastor. Congratulations sacrificed scapegoat.
Now Davis can say, Mike's pastor, when I turned it over it was a successful work, a successful borg. Around this time NTCC had over 160 locations. Under Kekel they can't show the congregation on NTCC-TV since 2020, cuz there's few in the pews, even for Easter & Christmas. NTCC Graham unestablished other churches to establish theirs's. What should be autonomous parts are subservient to the whole?
Davis didn't reach 'em, but he sure did squeeze 'em & pass the husks to Mike. Like processing sugar cane & souls are definitely processed in any cult. We were in Graham around this time & they ran off most every visitor.
Catholic's translated the Bible (the Vulgate resulted) from colloquial languages (Hebrew, Greek & Aramaic) into Latin by late 4th century, 350 years after Christ's ascension. Why then? Why not. Common folks were becoming more literate in the Bibles original common languages. You can't question what you can't read. So the switch to Latin was warranted if Catholics were to control what Christianity is. Latin was the Roman Empires language of government, sciences & all the rich kids used it. Now the Catholic priest class could be fancy too. The Catholic's church status was lessened without Latin. Like NTCC, they had to stay relevant to the world at all cost. Then Protestants used the Vulgate as the main source for the English versions starting an additional 300 years later in the 7th century to present. Layers of error, the onion of NTCC theology.
Even the vaunted KJV-only relies heavily on the Vulgate. They went from Greek, et al to Latin, to English. Curious, why the Latin one again? Additionally, some of the later English translations used another English translation as a main source (along with the Vulgate, et al), if the translator was highly respected. Not wanting to reinvent the wheel? Yet, we have the New-KJV; now under-consideration by NTCC. 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 use 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. As shared, they became the church of the Emperor in the 4th century. Adjusting existing & forging new cannon (texts) accordingly. Mimicking the previous pantheon to further buttress their new secular power.
This's 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 costs. 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 Matthew 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 God-on-earth never did, by claiming Peter's 'office' as authority. Put it on Constantine's tab. Cheers. The self-appointed Catholics happened well after Christ & after the Apostles were long dead & were the only choice until the reformation by virtue of being first-up-before-the-throne to get a church government in place. Like Spain (Hispanic Catholics) in the Americas & France (Caucasian Catholics) in Canada.
So, same smell, different dispensation, different continent, different people, different customs, different laws, different century, different millennium. Same smell, same greed, same lust, same Papal bull. But it's a different dispensation? So what. Just roll out the Catholic proofs & Fuhgeddaboudit. Smells fishy. Flush it & forget it. The peasant-tithe payer's don't understand Latin & Bibles are hand copied, so only the church & the wealthy have them. They'll believe what we tell them & like it. They have no power to resist, since we're also the government. 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. Pretty minimal when separated from men's chaff & cheaper.
Dead saints (includes Peter) body parts heal? Mary was also immaculately conceived like Christ? Mary didn't die, but ascended to heaven when it was time? 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. I'M SENIOR PASTOR.
I'm first up, 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. 3-jobs. I'm senior pastor. 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. But 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. A panoply of 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) verses from God's last dispensation & contrary to both dispensations. Therefore creating a third way. A Synergy? A trinity. The triune doG. Maybe look to how todays Jews are navigating the Old Testament, without a Temple or Levites, as an exact pattern for today's Gentile-tithe. The final determinant? It's their book & once God's-plan-for-man until Jesus Christ.
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 (H&P) also doing their own thing with tithe, offering & sex-crime & He's still not well pleased.
At least H&P stayed in their own dispensation. Though none-other dispensation's were in writing before their time, they could have let their conscience be their guide. But, we still have NTCC's H&P King-James' wolf-whistle adjustable-version, also sans conscience & it's not better than nothing. Interpreted & misapplied by Davis, for the 21st century.
But, there's no less sin to choose from & we still have a conscience. Sin carries over to each new dispensation, along with a conscience. There's a replacement program (but not for a conscience or mixed textiles) for sin through Christ, yet folks still sin. Folks still covet tithe, still ignore their conscience & still wear blends to church.
The entire law was a type of Christ, illustrating all His relevant sacrificial obedient-Son aspects, as previously shared. Christ is the replacement program for the Law & tithe was part of the Law, along with a conscience. Tithe is not a part of Grace, but a conscience still is.
So, even when there's a replacement program, folks still don't abide it (sin & tithe for these examples). For another example of abiding sin: How many degrees of separation between a 14 & a 24 year old (dating, but they're chaperoned sometimes)? What's God's replacement program for 14-year-olds? At what age does it stop being creepy? 16&26 (but they're married) - 26&36 - 36&46 - 46&56 (better) - 56&66 - 66&76 (getting creepy again, child marriage doesn't age well)...?
Another example is, has Saul's intercourse with a witch become less creepy with age? God only needs one plan at a time for salvation cuz it's complete for its duration. Like Davis, Eli (Priest & Judge) also relocated the Tabernacle, was also a false accuser, a glutton & also a lazy parent. Davis also had a few Samuel's (Blumenthal, Sensabaugh & Denis) & Mike's like Saul, seething against his betters, but now on NTCC-TV since 2020.
Have I shown enough no-replacement-program's which aren't-enforced to be clear? e.g. for conscience, mixed textiles? Do we need to mention stoning to further illuminate NTCC's KJV-only cherry-picking of which no-replacement-program (Dake) to carry-over? Unlike NTCC, I'm not subjective & I'm surprised you've made it this far & still pay tithe. Well, there's still more erudition to slog through.
~ Third Way Christian Church (TWCC) ~
"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." Also, click-to-donate. Since NTCC is not avers to incessant rebranding, maybe:
~ Roman Protestant-Catholic Church (RPCC) ~
~ Levitical-Gentile Christian Church (LGCC) ~
~ Tithe of Christ Christian Church (TCCC) ~
~ Old Testament Christian Church (OTCC) ~
~ Where's the Door Christian Church (WDCC) ~
~ Tithe 4-Grace Christian Church (T4GCC) ~
~ Non-Prophet Christian Church (NPCC) ~
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 the 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) |
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, it has no teeth since God no longer administrates it. Just Mike the administrator administrates it.
"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, the many prophetic heads-ups, prophetic warnings & prophetic reminders; which become historical heads-ups, warnings (some conditional) & reminders when fulfilled, command 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? Daniel adds nothing to Revelation. 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? Either Christ is driving or you are. 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 back-tithe, tithe, future-tithe, your daughter(s), future-daughter(s) & your future. Guaranteed the latest batch of young girls is scared of what can happen at NTCC, unlike Tanya was. Especially in Graham. Tanya was an aberration with her pursuit of Michael (really any male) 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, MCK didn't stand a chance. Respect him.
QUESTIONs: What to do with all the 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 Graham, 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. Like children. While Michael ostensibly 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 studied, taught, 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?
A conference could be a celebration of God & NTCC's go-getters who-got-there (like OT tithe feasts, you had to be there to get some). Can you see why Mike wouldn't allow this now he's in charge? He affected policy plenty on the way-down-low with pastor Davis, so Grant & Tanya can have normal lives. But, a go-getting requirement excludes him from free conferences.
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 to its' ranks. Contributing & distributing instead of confiscating & building showcase 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 single-dorm building & each floor of the 2 story motel buildings & single story motel buildings. This's a lot of motel rooms. Or put a single kitchen at each end when folks start reaching retirement age &/or condition.
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 who would probably be there year round now. Dad Keener has a tiny cabin on the campground, what about the rest of you? So, 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, coins, 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 @ fellowship. 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 Graham from the wheat in this world & the next.
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 a zip code. Are old things passed away or not? NTCC models 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, the Bible, 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, but 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, men's 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*:
INNOCENCE: 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 to the grain.
LAW: They refuse to stone for sex-crime.
GRACE: They collect cash in place of the Levites agricultural 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. Start with something everyone is familiar & comfortable with. 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 what's part of the Old & tithe was still left out. To soften the Jews hardness, while tempering the edges with common standards.
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. It's Catholicism's & NTCC's only stick. No thinking necessary or allowed. Doctrine can be adjusted to pay fit the bill. Latin rules & hedges against understanding.
I prophesy Mike is NTCC's last Mansion builder. If I'm wrong, the OT authorizes you to stone me. Win, win. Cain's also a builder. I still think the only reason Mike has Mansions is because for financing, he married the bosses daughter & Tanya would be unwilling to live any other way. So he spends on the Kekel families front-of-house image. Imagine Tanya a missionary? Have you stopped laughing yet? She didn't fall far from the tree in every other area. 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/rendered the Old Testament a reference book like Strong's or Matthew Henry since the Dispensation-of-Law legislates nothing for today, for anyone. Not necessary, but helpful as long as not legislated as morality. 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, cuz 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. This's what's carried over cuz it's restated in the New. These're 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 & slaveringly 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? Cuz 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's doing. 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 & discern the right voice. I know, I buried mine for 17 years. Things get rusty. Quitting's the easy part, once you get there. Then the healing begins & opportunities manifest. God just needs the freedom to bless you.
Quit or stay, you passed. Well done. Sorry we never got to the miscellany.
Gregory the Unlearned
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