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Originally posted by queenannie38
Revelation 22:8-16
Jesus says to John - don't worship me - worship GOD ONLY.
"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star."
Jesus asked Peter.." Who do you think I am?" And Peter Said, You are the Christ, the love of God made manifest to men. And Jesus said, Thrice blessed are you, Simon, Jonas son. You have declared a truth that God has given you.
And Jesus said to them, With much delight I speak to you concerning life--the brotherhood of life. The universal God is one, yet he is more then one; all things are God; all things are one. By the sweet breaths of God all life is bound in one.
All men see not the Triune God. One sees him as a God of might; another as a God of thought; yet another as a God of love. A mans ideal is his God, and so, as man unfolds.
Originally posted by HIFIGUY
Three Gospels that I would suggest reading are the Lost years of Jesus, the Aquarian Gospel of Christ and the Gospel of the Holy 12.
Originally posted by SpeakerofTruth
dbates, I can tell you, having read them that the Lost Years of Jesus and the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus are not Gnostic texts. I would define them as spiritualistic....
Originally posted by dbates
The Word (God per verse 1) was made flesh and lived with people. God was cloaked in human form and lived with people who could talk and interact with him. The same name is used in both verse 1 and 14. The Word is still God, but now lives on earth.
Reading verse 2 we see that this Word is with God, but is at the same time God. What we see here are two distinct characters that are at the same time God. In the next verse we are made aware of the fact that this Word is actually the creator of all. Reading the entire chapter, and seeing how John the Baptist testifies of him, it's clear that this Word is Jesus and that Jesus is the almighty God.
3 And when the sun refused to shine and darkness came, the Lord exclaimed, Heloi! Heloi! lama sabachthani (Thou sun! thou sun! why hast thou forsaken me?)
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from the words of my groaning?
2 O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, and am not silent.
3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you are the praise of Israel.
4 In you our fathers put their trust;
they trusted and you delivered them.
5 They cried to you and were saved;
in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
6 But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by men and despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads:
8 "He trusts in the LORD;
let the LORD rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him."
9 Yet you brought me out of the womb;
you made me trust in you
even at my mother's breast.
10 From birth I was cast upon you;
from my mother's womb you have been my God.
11 Do not be far from me,
for trouble is near
and there is no one to help.
12 Many bulls surround me;
strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13 Roaring lions tearing their prey
open their mouths wide against me.
14 I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart has turned to wax;
it has melted away within me.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death.
16 Dogs have surrounded me;
a band of evil men has encircled me,
they have pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I can count all my bones;
people stare and gloat over me.
18 They divide my garments among them
and cast lots for my clothing.
19 But you, O LORD, be not far off;
O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
20 Deliver my life from the sword,
my precious life from the power of the dogs.
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;
save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22 I will declare your name to my brothers;
in the congregation I will praise you.
23 You who fear the LORD, praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
24 For he has not despised or disdained
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help.
25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;
before those who fear you will I fulfill my vows.
26 The poor will eat and be satisfied;
they who seek the LORD will praise him—
may your hearts live forever!
27 All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to the LORD,
and all the families of the nations
will bow down before him,
28 for dominion belongs to the LORD
and he rules over the nations.
29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;
all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—
those who cannot keep themselves alive.
30 Posterity will serve him;
future generations will be told about the Lord.
31 They will proclaim his righteousness
to a people yet unborn—
for he has done it.
Originally posted by junglejake
Which would also mean that, according to the Gnostic text, He did not reference scripture, which would be unusual for Him to do.
[edit on 10/27/07/27 by junglejake]
Jesus Christ
"There are many things which I have to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit the Spirit of Truth whom I will send unto you from above, shall guide you into all truth, and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you from above, shall guide you into all truth, and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you."
"After my departure there will arise the ignorant and the crafty, and many things will they ascribe unto Me that I never spake, and many things which I did speak will they withhold, but the day will come when the clouds shall be rolled away, and the Sun of Righteousness shall shine forth with healing in his wings."
"I am the Way, the Truth, the Life. The doctrine which I teach is that which I am. I am It and It is I."