This is the continuation of a series of posts of the Apostle Paul. God is true and Jesus is true.
So now let's see some more of what Jesus thought of the scribes who as you may recall are the printers of the Bible. The corrupt ones that is. Sure I mean that. Back in those days their was no printing press or such. Everything was written by hand on treated animal hides. This work was performed by a member of a professional class called a scribe.
MT 23:13 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.*
(*MT 23:13 13 Some manuscripts have this also.{Ah! A clue to some fanniggaling!} Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Therefore you will be punished more severely.) Some scribes in the days of the past were really bothered that Jesus said this but rather than dealing with their conscience they dealt with the text thus a Biblical inconsistency.
MT 23:15 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
That quote is actually quite timeless. Quite an accurate description of the Muslim.
MT 23:23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices--mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law--justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. [24] You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
MT 23:25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. [26] -
MT 23:27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. [28] In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
Tisk. Tisk. A description of Paul indeed.
MT 23:29 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. [30] And you say, `If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' [31] So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. [32] Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!
MT 23:33 "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? [34] Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. [35] And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth,-
Some who are not entirely familiar with my work may wonder why I do this. I'm a true believer in God and Jesus but many in the past have modified the word for their own interests and this corruption is in the Bible and has become institutionalized. I have been sent by God himself to correct this problem. I present as proof by illustrating the many contradictions within the Bible and I clarify what the official position of Heaven actually is. And their are contradictions for you to see unless of course you have some sort of self inflicted blindness however Heaven for those who see not for the blind.
Case in point. The infractions in question actually originate from the rogue upstart the so called Apostle Paul and primarily concern instances of blasphemy, acts of cowardice, promotion of the acceptance of slavery and a course in romantic/sexual relations that don't meet the standards of Heaven and no doubt result from his efforts to be all things to all people.
Of course those familiar with my other writings, which you can find nearby, also know that I've spoken of scribes that took great risks to preserve the original teachings of Jesus although they often did so in a rather encrypted manner so as to avoid persecution. In other words the Bible became more mysterious than it was originally. This is why you cannot simply pluck and preach because you'll get caught up in the many textual contradictions in the Bible and not a few were actually meant to be obvious, to the learned, markers for text, often peculiar, put in place to fool the oppressor of the day who was often in a place of leadership amongst the scribes.
This will be continued and the evidence will be startling.
Praise God for all the good things he shows us! I know that all those like me are truly impressed to see that Heaven is far better than they could have imagined or hoped for!
This all is told with the approval of God himself and his Son, Jesus, The King Of Kings And Lord Of Lords. So repent to the Messian way of Jesus and come to the love of God and be saved and all who repent will be saved.
