Part 4(d): originally posted 7/18/2011.

 easy to understand

                easy to apply

EXTRACT cont'd:
Tithe-Prophesy ✔
Tithe-Dispensation ✔
Tithe-Miscellany ✔

(real Christians are righteous in Christ, 1 Timothy 1:8-11)...

 

PROPHESY & DISPENSATIONS: While not necessary for salvation--since it's a long 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.

 

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)

As you like it, you can 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. A reference commanding nothing, with no teeth since God no longer administrates it. Just Mike the administrator, et al administrates it. 

FUN FACT: Did you know the Old Testament wasn't called Old until we got the New? 

"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, as we've all been told. 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 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 your 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 just  because it also happens to be Old Covenant. It's neccessary only because it says so in chapter 15 (this's the complete context, cuz it says so in Chapter 15). Maybe Acts 15 leapfrogged back to Noah for guidance? One coincidence is as good as any other. Why's tithe not included? Necessary things omits tithe's? 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. Which doesn't belong to either dispensation. 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 dulling the sharp edges between old & new with common standards. My supposition is as valid as theirs.

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 bills. 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. A towering mediocrity. 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. Again, the OT is not necessary for salvation, growth or instruction.

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? Grade your own paper.

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 & he deadest dogs lie at Davis' wingtips. A conscience can also be damaged, resulting in damage to others.

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 modeled & 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