The Melchizedek Chronicles – A Message of Hope from God!

It is okay to doubt what you have been taught to believe when a higher Truth prevails!

As we approach the fateful crucifixion and resurrection of the Son of God, Jesus, you should take a moment off from your texting, your digital real-time conversations, your gaming or whatever other apps absorb your time, and think of the sacrifice that was made for you.

Your Creator, the real “Unknowable One,” not the one in your games or video fantasies but God, is watching the Holy Week activities honoring the fulfillment of ancient prophecies in your life.  At the heart of that fulfillment is the vicious torture and death of God’s Son, Jesus.

Followers and kinfolk of Jesus will experience a wild swing of the pendulum between polar opposites of emotions.  First is the uplifting glory of the triumphant arrival in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to the cheers of the adoring crowds.  Then the plunge to the deepest depths of Hell as the same people demanded and got the crucifixion and death of their Messiah, the Son of their Creator.

Jesus came to show us the errors of our way, to teach us the true path to salvation, to remind us of all we have forgotten about God through the centuries, and to bring joy, peace and love back into our lives.

You have a mind, a spirit and a soul all gifted to you by Father Creator.  Do you protect those gifts, cherish them, nurture them and keep them free of contamination by the Dark side?  I reckon not, in the case of many of you.

Sometimes even, through no fault of your own, you actually believe the lies of your existence.  Has your mind shut out the spirit and soul, blocked them from influencing your day-to-day life by denying access to your spiritual and moral foundation?   Instead the mind has cleverly substituted rationalization for them.  You might fool yourself, but you will never fool God.

Today we have arrived at a major fork in your path of life and existence.  One fork leads to your illumination in the blinding enlightenment of God’s Plan for Creation.  The other fork, the polar opposite of the Christ consciousness, leads to your oblivion at the Final Judgement for failing to remember God’s Plan.

The good news, even if you start down the wrong path, God will never give up on you and will send divine spirits and angels to help you find your way.  On the other side of the equation, the wrong path, a failure to pursue God’s Plan is your expression of free will to defy God’s Plan.

In this time, we have entered the Seventh, and last Human Life Cycle on Earth after all those billions of years of existence.  By now your expression of free will should be consistent with God’s will.  You are running out of time to secure your chance for forgiveness, redemption and salvation.

Those who live by lies, falsehoods or partial truths are contaminated by the Dark Side.  If you remain that way you can never find eternal salvation as One with the Creator.  Evil cannot exist in the Creator’s eternity.

It is a pretty grim outlook for many.

However, contrary to prevalent “fake” news regarding the ancient Biblical prophecy, the whole story of being condemned and sent to burn in Hell for eternity is not part of God’s Plan at all.

You may be contaminated and fail, make no mistake, but the consequences are more “humanitarian” I guess.  Contaminated souls are sent to the farthest reach of the cosmos, the edge of the universe, and put to the final test, seeking forgiveness, redemption and salvation.

Fail that test and the contaminated soul is sent into a Black Hole where everything goes in, including light, and nothing comes back out.  All trace of existence is gone in an instant.

That need not be your final conclusion if you just make an effort to get on the path of redemption.  Many good people walking the earth as well as divine spirits and angels of God wait in the wings to come to your aid if you only cry out for help.

The Kingdom of Heaven and eternity in Oneness with God await your decision.  All you have to do is ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten you to the path of Jesus leading to eternal salvation.  Joy, peace and love await those who hear the call and seek grace.

Perhaps you might want to reconsider your goals in life if they are ego-based or under the influence of the many sinful forms of deadly virtues in our lives.

Knock on the door of God, either the Father, or Sophia the Mother, or Jesus, the Holy Spirit, Mother Mary, Magdalen, Michael or other divine spirits of the Kingdom and you will be welcomed by open arms and shrouded from evil by the cloak of love of the Father.

Will you seek your path back to the Garden?           

Good Friday - A Day of Promise or Day of Infamy? The Trial of Jesus

.

About 2000 years ago in the city of Jerusalem the most tumultuous week in the history of the Holy Land came to a brutal and tragic end when a young man named Jesus of Nazareth was nailed to a cross and put to death just before the beginning of the Sabbath.

It started just five days earlier, on Palm Sunday, when thousands of people lined the streets of the holy city to welcome the Messiah, Jesus, as he rode into the city for his final confrontation with those who feared him most, the Jewish spiritual leaders.

In anticipation of the difficulties the Roman rulers, who wanted no part in this squabble between Jewish spiritual leaders and zealots, between the people and the church hierarchy, had commissioned a review through the Roman Senate of the threat posed by this man Jesus.

Here is the letter the Senate received from Publius Lentulus, Roman Governor in Judea.

Text of letter sent to the Senate of Rome by Publius Lentulus, Roman governor in Judea, in the days of Tiberius Caesar:

“Conscript Fathers: There appeared in these our days a man of great virtue, named Jesus Christ, who is now living among us.  Of the Gentiles he is accepted as a Prophet of Truth; but his own disciples call him the Son of God.  He raiseth the dead and cureth all manner of diseases.  A man of stature somewhat tall and comely, with a very reverend countenance, such as beholders may both love and fear.  His hair is of the color of a filbert fully ripe, plain to the ears, whence downward it is more orient of color, somewhat curled and waved about his shoulders.  In the midst of his head is a seam or partition of his hair, after the manner of the Nazarites.  His forehead is smooth and delicate, his face without spot or wrinkle, beautiful with a comely red; his nose and mouth exactly formed; his beard thick, the color of his hair, not of any great length, but forked; his look innocent; his eyes gray, clear and quick; in reproving, terrible; in administering, courteous; in speaking, very modest and wise; in proportion of body, well shaped.  None have ever seen him laugh, but many have seen him weep; a man for his singular beauty surpassing the children of men.” 

Nothing in this report indicated such a man to be a threat to stability in the region nor to Jewish leadership.  Jesus was a Jewish Rabbi who some called the Messiah as prophesized in the Holy Scriptures.

To the Gentiles he was a prophet and healer who raised the dead and cured diseases.  His own disciples called him the Son of God but there was nothing in the Roman report indicating he was a threat to anyone.

At that time there were three different contemporary Jewish sects competing for control of the Jewish people, the Sadducees, the Pharisees and the Essenes and the competition extended over various political, social and religious roles.

The Sadducees were identified by historian Josephus as the upper social and economic echelon of Judean society.

Also within the Judean culture was the Sanhedrin, a rather mysterious Judicial court that dealt only with religious matters.  It was the last institution that commanded universal Jewish authority among the Jewish people in the long line of tradition from Moses until it was dissolved by decree of the Roman Empire in 358 CE.

It was the Sanhedrin under High Priest Caiaphas who arrested and tried Jesus and eventually, failing to find witness against him, charged him with blasphemy for claiming to be the Son of God and King of the Jews, to which Jesus had responded, "You say I am."

The next morning Jesus was led from Caiaphas to Pontius Pilate in the Praetorium where the Jewish elders demanded the Romans judge and condemn him.  From there is was Pilate's court to Herod's court back to Pilate as the Romans used every maneuver possible to avoid sentencing Jesus to death.

In the end Pilate offers condemned prisoners be substituted for Jesus and the Jewish crowd demanded Jesus be put to death.  Pontius Pilate then told the rabid crowd he washed his hands of the blood of Jesus since they demanded his death, not the Romans.

Jesus was then led to Calvary where he was nailed to a cross and crucified to death.  Did the Jewish factions demanding his death give him a fair trial?  Certainly not in the eyes of the Romans.  But the execution they demanded was allowed to avoid the threat of civil unrest in the Jewish community and preservation of the Jewish institutions.

Throughout his ordeal according to Gospel accounts Jesus is generally quiet, does not mount a defense, and rarely responds to the accusations, but is condemned by the Jewish authorities when he will not deny that he is the Son of God.

In his Gospel, however, Mark indicates Jesus does not passively acquiesce in the injustice that is perpetrated against him, as is the usual view of commentators on these narratives. Instead, Jesus alternately engages in and resists the judicial proceedings in which he becomes embroiled. Initially, he welcomes and participates in the proceedings before the Jewish council and, subsequently, before Pilate. He disengages, however, when the prosecution dissolves into a series of false allegations established by perjured testimony.

Right or wrong the face of Judaism and emergence of Christianity in honor of the crucifixion of the Rabbi Jesus changed forever the religious nature of the world.

There could be no resurrection without Good Friday and no lesson of forgiveness which we seem to have lost in the years since so I guess the consequences of the crucifixion more than justify the sham of the trial and manipulation of the judicial system.

In the end there can be little Good about Good Friday because of the injustice it allowed although there are those who will argue that it was a brutal but necessary fulfillment of ancient prophecy in order to change the course of mankind and give it hope for the future.

I wonder...

As the great prophet Bob Dylan once wrote:

“Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.”

.

What do the Italians think of Pope Francis?

.

 

Here is the latest account from the Italian News

 

Italian Allegro

 

Pope’s popularity transcends Catholicism in Italy. Polls reveal more people are drawn to pews since Cardinal Bergoglio became Pope Francis. It seems the popularity of the italo-argentine pontiff dwindled concern about priest sex-abuses scandals.

 

(ANSA) – Vatican City, April 12 – Ever since he was named pontiff one month ago and opted to present himself without the traditional papal red cape trimmed with ermine, Pope Francis has had no shortage of admirers drawn to his modest, down-to-earth touch. That popularity extends to Catholics and non-Catholics alike in Italy, according to a new poll Friday that shows four out of five Italians view Francis favorably.

 

 

Fully 92% of Catholics told pollsters IPR Marketing that they found Francis to be close to the faithful, humble, determined, appealing to the young, authoritative, and also sincere. About 77% of non-Catholics expressed similar positive opinions.

 

Although 60% of Italians polled say they want the newly elected pontiff to give top priority to dealing with sexual abuse by priests, that number has fallen from one month ago, according to the survey. Last month, as many as 67% wanted the new pope to deal with the long-standing problem of priest pedophilia, said the opinion poll, which surveyed the opinions of 1,000 Italians.

 

 

Opinions may have been swayed by the new face of the Catholic Church, who, unlike his predecessor, is seen as a Vatican outsider with no direct involvement in the priest sex-abuse cover-ups. Benedict XVI, who abdicated in February over “declining physical and mental strength”, had directly overseen the issue when he was in charge of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Church’s doctrinal watchdog, before becoming pope.

 

Last week, Francis pledged to maintain the same line of “decisive” action adopted by Benedict in dealing with child sex abuse cases in the Catholic Church. In a meeting with Mons. Gerhard Ludwig Muller, who is in charge of paedophilia issues in his role as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Francis said he would “continue in the line wanted by Benedict XVI”.

 

 

A Vatican statement explained that this meant “acting decisively as regards cases of sexual abuse, promoting measures that protect minors, above all; help for those who have suffered such violence in the past; necessary procedures against those found guilty; (and) the commitment of bishops’ conferences in formulating and implementing the necessary directives in this is area that is so important for the church’s witness and credibility”.

 

The Catholic Church has been rocked in recent years by a long series of paedophilia scandals, most of which emerged under Benedict’s eight-year papacy, although in many cases the abuse dates back decades and was hidden by the clergy. In cases in countries including the United States, Ireland, Australia, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Germany, Belgium and Italy, the Church was found to have discouraged victims from reporting abuse to the police.

 

There were also a number of documented cases of Church authorities moving paedophile priests away from one post to another, where they repeated their crimes with fresh victims. Benedict’s initial response to the scandals was depicted by many as being defensive. The former pope also personally came under fire for allegedly failing to respond properly to several abuse cases when he was in charge of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Church’s doctrinal watchdog.

 

 

But he became increasingly open about sex abuse, apologised for it and in 2010 he issued new Church instructions on dealing with paedophile priests, making it mandatory for cases to be reported to the police. Benedict also prayed with abuse victims on many of his trips overseas, including to Malta and Britain.

 

But the German theologian’s pastoral skills have so far been eclipsed by the warmth of Latin America’s first pope, who is proving to be something of a draw to the pews. According to the poll Friday, 13% of Catholics in Italy said they were attending mass more often because of his appeal. All of this despite virtually no doctrinal differences between him and the pope emeritus.

.