Zemirah wrote:
I told no tale here, Ranger. I posted "Christian Identity" beliefs, highlighting their complete absurdity by quoting one of their best known originators, - although the true founder, the inspiration of CMI, standing behind both founders and proponents, is Satan.
Those who reject Absolute T***h (the inspired Word of God) preferring grievous error (personal prejudices, outward physical appearances, i.e., skin color, non-biblical sources and secular knowledge) are identified as fools by the Holy Spirit.
Those who build their houses upon the quicksand of non-Biblical sources, should either be ignored, "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him," Proverbs 26:4... Or, the next verse, v. 5, justifies a careful study of Scripture in order to: "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit."
Christian Identity professes skewered unbiblical views: people other than Adam and Eve preceding them in the Garden; a dominate White race who alone descended from Adam, although the Bible never mentions preference for a race - a skin color; a local flood rather than the world wide flood God describes; White skin as a prerequisite to salvation; By examining the concepts developed by CIM, the total absurdity and unbiblical nature of their theories become readily apparent.
When examining Christian Identity material, a dangerous thread appears throughout: as with all cults, it uses some familiar church terms, but it defines those words totally contrary to their scriptural usage. It has developed a new correct "Religious Speak" that is spiritually far more dangerous than even modern "Politically Correct" speech. Superficially, this new "Religious Speak" makes Christian Identity sound scriptural while strongly impacting against God's Word, e.g. e******n, sovereignty, etc..
The use of many familiar easily recognized terms by CIM/Anglo-Saxon theorists, as with all cults, is intentional in order to entice and delude the reader. At the first encounter with standard Biblical words in Christian Identity material, the reader may be inclined to accept the words and their messages, assuming the meaning is according to his proper understanding of Scripture.
Later, the words are redefined, sometimes subtly, sometimes blatantly, to the author's belief in a "personal interpretation;" which ranges from "close to" or "completely contrary to" the biblical meaning - theories which, at first encounter, appear to be sound biblical concepts, but are not. Correct and scrupulous teaching clearly defines meanings and terminology "up front," then builds upon those established meanings, rather than inserting concepts foreign to the Bible.
Allow me to reiterate:
The Christian Identity Movement (CIM) is a r****t cult that claims to follow Jesus Christ, but it's focus perverts Old Testament history, tribes and personages, and more importantly, it misrepresents God's love and plan of salvation for all of humanity who are willing to believe in Jesus' sacrifice and follow Him. The CIM movement consists of various groups, small and large - all connected by the same set of heresies.
Christian Identity Movement groups and members have chosen to ignore what the Bible clearly teaches, and have, instead, substituted a prejudiced, discriminatory, W***e S*********t, glaringly r****t view of Christianity that, in the reading of it, is found to wander between vintage Comic Book material and medieval Science Fiction.
The written suppositions of the "Christian Identity Movement" (CIM) is displeasing to God, dishonoring to Jesus Christ, desecrating to the Holy Spirit, and profanatory to the inspired Holy Bible, the very Word of God.
FYI, There is no reference to an angel named Azrael in either Catholic or Protestant versions of the Bible... Azrael is not recognized by the inspired word of God. He is not considered a canonical figure within Christianity.
He is, however, one of the four archangels of Islam (with Jibrīl, Mīkāl, and Isrāfīl), and is also believed in by Sikhism, a 15th century religion of India.
There is, however, a story of him in 2 Esdras. At one time the biblical book of Ezra was known as 1 Esdras, and the biblical book of Nehemiah was known as 2 Esdras. At that time, the non-canonical books now known as 1st and 2nd Esdras were known as 3 and 4 Esdras.
Azra was later recorded in the uninspired Apocrypha as having entered Heaven "without tasting death’s taint.”
Unbiblical views claim Ezra ascended to angelic status, and that the suffix “el” was added to his name, denoting a heavenly being (e.g. Michael, Gabriel).
Those who actually believe the Bible know that angels cannot become human beings, nor can human beings become angels. God's angels were created eternal spiritual beings of great power and intelligence, who, because they do not die, have no need to reproduce. A created spirit being does not have human sperm, and cannot mate with human women.
From the beginning, God established a strict law that each kind must reproduce only after its own kind (Genesis 1:11-12, 21, 24-25) making it impossible for any human male to have mated with animals to have produced "mudpeople."
Christian Identity Movement groups all share the belief that 1) the ten "lost tribes" of ancient Israel eventually became the British people, and their descendants, who became the Americans of the United States. This violates and contradicts the Bible's clear message that the ethnicity of the nation of Israel will be the same in the end as it was in the beginning (Zechariah 12:10).
2) The second shared false doctrine is their arrogant r****t teaching that they must usher in Christ's return through fighting and winning a genocidal war against all non-w****s, i.e., "mudpeople," who must be eliminated and the earth cleansed, before Jesus Christ can return.
This belief has no t***h in common with Bible based Christian belief. Revelation 1:7 makes of it a lie, for it is clear that people of "all tribes of the earth" will be present to witness Jesus' coming.
Revelation 7:9 "A Great Multitude from Every Nation.
"After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands."
A genocidal war strongly resembles the teachings of Islam, not Christianity. According to the Qur'an they have an open mandate to k**l all unbelievers until we ALL submit to islam:
Qur'an (8:39) - "And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism: i.e. worshiping others besides Allah) and [until] the religious worship, all of it is for Allah alone."
“Prophet! Make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal sternly with them. Hell shall be their home, evil their fate.” (Qur'an, Sura 66:9)
I told no tale here, Ranger. I posted "Chris... (
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I understand your premise, if it is not in the Bible, it is not true or did not occur right?
This is inaccurate for the Hindus, Aztecs and Incas, are not in the Bible, yet they exist.
And in Genesis 6, even Moses recognizes the attack of the angels upon man before the flood where it is written:
"Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose"
As St Augustine would explain, "the sons of God" are the Angels. Azrael is mentioned in the book of Enoch as the chieftain of these 200+ angels. Azrael is also mentioned as the brightest angel in heaven. Azrael is known as Lucifer meaning "the brightest morning star" Azrael is also the name of a seraphim where we only know two seraphims, this story again comes from both the book of Enoch and Jubilees which is dated older than the book of Moses also known as the first five books of the Bible as well as other books concerning the law.
Legend has it, that Moses sisters family had these books, written in God's language, and Moses placed them in the Ark of the covenant.
Jude, the author of the second to the last book of the Bible had knowledge of these books and centuries later these books were not considered inspired but part of the Apocrypha including the Gospel according to St James, and St. Mary Magdalene.
But again, it was v**ed on in the councils of Constantinople, Trent, and Nicaea and some subsequent councils established that Jesus Christ was the incarnation and son of God most high. This is also when the Bible a collection of Jewish texts known as the old testament, as well as the gospels and new testament wring were collected in a single volume of books called the Bible or what I call, "Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth"
The early church fathers, as well as emperor Constantine established the faith, kicking out as heresy the Arian beliefs. These were the decisions of the councils which established this creed:
"We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and
unseen.(visible and invisible)
We believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten(consubstantial) of the Father; God from
God, Light from Light, true God from true God; begotten not made, one in being with the Father.
Through Him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation He came down from heaven. By the
power of the Holy Spirit He was born of the Virgin Mary and became man. For our sake He was
crucified under Pontius Pilate. He suffered, died, and was buried. On the third day He rose again, in
fulfillment of the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He
will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son He is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the
forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen"
From this creed, where I have inserted in parentheses an update the church recently did, comes the test that was used to create the collection of works known as the Bible
Now it is true that man and the angels are created separately and that the angels need not reproduce for they are immortal. True statement.
However, since a lion and a tiger can produce a liger, so can angel and woman produce a Nephilem. This was Satan's attack on mankind that began the racial wars which have plagued man kind until this very day.
But 2000+ years ago, as for told by ancient sacred scripture, one would come to heal humanity in the fullness of time and destroy the a*********n. Since Satan poisoned the human race, one would come with the antidote. That antidote was Jesus Christ as declared by the emperor of Rome, St. Constantine.
The emperor set on a great pilgrimage with his mother Helen and visited the holy land. Placing a church on every significant biblical location. He unified the church in Rome, Byzantine, Jerusalem, Egypt, and Eithopia.
He commissioned the creation of what we call the Bible. Which was t***slated into English by the commission of king James.
Now Christians are a kind group, that fight worse than their ancestors the Jews. Christians joined the Samaritans, and Greeks, and afterwards the Romans to a body of one people. But not without a cost. And in the name of Christ, took over the pagan holidays.
Now, yes, it is true that without the guidance of scripture one can stumble ignorantly into the sin feared. Therefore the creed and the Bible as well as other objects or relics of the faith are used to strengthen that faith. But not as an idol would be used in Babylon or Olympus but as a reminder of God's great live and sacrifice for our freedom
The cross, a brutal show of force, now is used as a device to save man from himself.
Interestingly enough, crucifixion rates dropped to nearly zero, after the Christian church was fully established.
Now, the church today seems like a relic of the Roman or Holy Roman society. Both Byzantine and Rome can be seen in the religion because of the actions of the emperor, however the church comes to us from the apostles and their knowledge of the scripture as taught by Jesus to them. This, the faith is Chaldean, Hebrew, Egyptian, Israelite, Samaritan, Jewish, Greek and Roman by nature.
The Samaritan+ the Jewish= an Israelite
An Israelite - the Egyptian = the Hebrew.
The Hebrew coexisted with the Chaldeans.
That's the metamorphosis of the christian.
This metamorphosis is required to cleanse the poison that Satan/Azrael plagued mankind with.
Now Satan/Azrael wants to remain unknown, where God wants man to know him.
Don't you know at the great judgement Satan will use the holy Bible against the faithful? In so many words even the Bible Admits to that twist of deception.
But the inspired word of God, and the companion books help the faithful understand first, man then God and our relationship.
But the creed allows us to separate the good from the devil and that is why both are important.