1) (a)
God’s good creation: Humans and
animals nourish themselves from the fruits of the field
God said to the people: "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed
which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit;
you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird
of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the
breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And God said to the
people: "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the
face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have
them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air,
and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of
life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so. And God saw
everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good."
(Gen. 1:29-31)
(c)
Backing out: At least some
animals are protected from being eaten
After some time God is said to have given the people the
"commandments of
purity" and commanded them which animals they may eat and which they may not.
They may not eat: camel, rock badger, hare, swine, water animals without fins or
scales, eagle, vulture, osprey, kite, falcon, raven, ostrich, nighthawk, sea
gull, hawk, owl, cormorant, ibis, water hen, pelican, carrion vulture, stork,
heron, hoopoe and bat, winged insects that go upon all fours, with the exception
of locust, bald locust, cricket and grasshopper, all that walk on their paws,
such as, weasel, mouse, the great lizard, gecko, land crocodile, lizard, sand
lizard, and the chameleon.
(Listing from Leviticus 11:1-30)
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(b)
The change:
Humans may spread fear and terror and eat everything that moves
After the great flood God is said to have spoken differently to
the people: "The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of
the earth, and upon every bird of the air, upon everything that creeps on the
ground and all the fish of the sea; into your hands they are delivered. Every
moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green
plants, I give you everything. Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that
is, its blood."
(Genesis 9:2-4)
(d)
The "final solution": Now all animals may be eaten
The third change takes place in the New Testament. Now
Paul says: "Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any
questions on the ground of conscience. For ‘the earth is the Lord’s and
everything in it.’"
(1 Corinthians 10:25-26)
Paul or one of his pupils
– No abstention from
certain foods:
"For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is
received with thanksgiving; for then it is consecrated by the word of God and
prayer." *
(1 Timothy 4:4-5)
* Who knows whether one day someone will come up with the idea of
justifying eating human flesh with this?
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2)
God: I commanded no sacrifices. They are an
abomination to Me
God speaks through the prophet Hosea:
"For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather
than burnt offerings."
(Hosea 6:6)
God said through the prophet Isaiah:
"I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of he-goats … incense
is an abomination to me."
(Isaiah 1:11-13)
And through the prophet Jeremiah God said: "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God
of Israel: ‘Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh. For
in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your
fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. But this
command I gave them, ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my
people …’"
(Jeremiah 7:21-23)
And through the prophet Amos God spoke: "I hate, I despise your feasts, and I
take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt
offerings and cereal offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings
of your fatted beasts I will not look upon. Take away from me the noise of your
songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen."
(Amos 5:21-23)
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God: Bring me sacrifices
But the instruction supposedly came from God that at all celebrations animals
must be murdered and burnt "as a pleasing odor for the Lord," for example, on
New Year’s Day, on the Day of Atonement, on Passover, Feast of Weeks, Feast of
the Tabernacles, or Feast of the First Fruits.
(Exodus 34:22)
Already with the exodus from Egyptian captivity, God commanded that "a lamb for
a household" be slaughtered ... "You shall observe this rite as an ordinance for
you and your sons forever."
(Exodus 12:3-6&25)
But also in everyday life God wants to be "appeased" daily*, for example, in
that one must present to him " … all the fat that is on the entrails, and the
two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the
liver which he shall take away from the kidneys … it is an offering by fire, a
pleasing odor to the LORD."
(Leviticus 3:3-5)
* At least two lambs were killed every day (Num. 28:3-4)
Before the entrance to the temple, the smoke of the burning carcass rises and
the community sings "Praise the Lord" (i.e. Psalm 135:1-3) and the God dwelling
in the temple said about this place: "this is my resting place for ever; here I
will dwell, for I have desired it."
(Psalm 132:14)
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3)
Man and animal shall live in peace with each other
God’s vision for the coming Kingdom of Peace was revealed through the prophet
Isaiah:
"The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the
kid, and the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child
shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall feed; their young shall lie down
together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The suckling child shall play
over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s
den. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain …"
(Isaiah 11:6-9)
And God said through Jesus:
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."
(John 10:11)
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Man shall kill the animal according to exact instructions
The Word of God according to the third book of Moses: When
offering a lamb, the priest "laying his hand upon the head of his offering and
killing it before the tent of meeting." "… the fat tail entire, taking it away
close by the backbone," he should "offer" to God.
(Leviticus 3:8-9)
The priest shall kill the bull and it shall be "flayed ... and cut into pieces."
The skin of the bull and its entrails he shall "carry forth outside the camp to
a clean place, to the ash heap …"
(Leviticus 1:6; 4:11-12)
He shall lay the head of the goat "upon the wood that is on the fire upon the
altar."
(Leviticus 1:12)
He should take the dove and "wring off its head … take away its crop with the
feathers … tear it by its wings, but shall not divide it asunder … its blood
shall be drained out on the side of the altar."
(Leviticus 1:15-17)
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4)
Jesus corrects the Old Testament
Jesus of Nazareth: "You have heard that it was said … [in the Old Testament] …
But I say to you … "
(Matthew 5:21-48)
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Corrections to the Old Testament are
forbidden
The Word of God according to the fifth book of Moses: "Everything
that I command you you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to it or take
away from it."
(Deuteronomy 12:32)
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5)
Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you
God said through the prophet Ezekiel: "Have I any pleasure in the death of the
wicked, says the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and
live?"
(Ezekiel 18:23)
The disciples James and John said: "‘Lord, do you want us to bid fire come down
from heaven and consume them?’ But he turned and rebuked them. And they went on
to another village."
(Luke 9:54-56)
Jesus of Nazareth: "You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your
neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, ‘Love your enemies and pray for
those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in
heaven.’"
(Matthew 5:43-44)
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All enemies shall be killed. But the
virgins shall be left alive for the soldiers
A prayer: "O that thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God … I hate
them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies."
(Psalm 139:19&22)
Moses supposedly said: "And when you draw near to battle, the priest shall come
forward and speak to the people, ‘…do not fear or tremble … for the LORD your
God is he that goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to give you
the victory … and when the LORD your God gives it into your hand you shall put
all its males to the sword, but the women and the little ones, the cattle, and
everything else in the city, all its spoil, you shall take as booty for
yourselves; and you shall enjoy the spoil of your enemies … Thus you shall do to
all the cities which are very far from you … But in the cities of these peoples
that the LORD your God gives you … you shall save nothing alive that breathes."
(Deuteronomy 20:2-4&13-16)
Or: "Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman
who has known man by lying with him. But all the young girls who have not known
man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves."*
(Numbers 31:17-18)
* A prophet of God did not command such things. The orders to kill and ritual
rules were attributed to Moses – just as it was done in other passages and with
the Creator-God.
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6)
Turn the other cheek
Jesus of Nazareth: You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for
an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you … ‘If any anyone strikes you
on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.’"
(Matthew 5:38-39)
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Retaliate like with like*
God according to the second book of Moses: "… eye for eye, tooth
for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe
for stripe."
(Exodus 21:24)
* So, did God change or did Jesus teach another God?
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7)
Man is justified by his "works", not through faith alone. It depends on the
right deed
James: "What does it profit, my brothers, if a man says he has faith but has not
works? Can his faith save him? … You see that a man is justified by works and
not by faith alone."
(James 2:14&24)
Jesus: "Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like
a wise man who built his house upon the rock."
(Matthew 7:24)
Jesus: "So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this
is the law and the prophets."
(Matthew 7:12)
A lawyer asked Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. The man quoted the
commandment of love for God and neighbor, and Jesus said to him: "Do this, and
you will live."
(Luke 10:25-28)
"... he who weighs the heart ... will he not requite man according to his work?"
(Proverbs 24:12)
The Word of God through the prophet Jeremiah: "I the LORD search the mind and
try the heart, to give to every man according to his ways, according to the
fruit of his doings."
(Jeremiah 17:10)
Paul: "Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he
will also reap … And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we
shall reap, if we do not lose heart."
(Galatians 6:7&9***)
*** In the letter to the Galatians Paul concords with Jesus, but not in
the letter to the Romans
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Man is not justified by his works, but only
through faith. God chooses and rejects whomever he wants
Paul: "… since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of
God*, they are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption which is
in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood, to be
received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine
forbearance he had passed over former sins; it was to prove at the present time
that he himself is righteous and that he justifies him who has faith in Jesus.
Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On the
principle of works**? No, but on the principle of faith? For we hold that a man
is justified by faith apart from works of law."
(Romans 3:23-28 **)
"So it depends not upon man’s will or exertion, but upon God’s mercy … So then
he has mercy upon whomever he wills, and he hardens the heart of whomever he
wills. You will say to me then, ‘Why does he still find fault? For who can
resist his will?’ But who are you, a man, to answer back to God? Will what is
molded say to its molder, ‘Why have you made me thus?’ Has the potter no right
over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for beauty and another
for menial use?"
(Romans 9:16&18-21)
* That no one should boast of his works does not differ from other passages in
the Bible. For this is also taught by the Old Testament, Jesus and the prophets.
But this does differ from Romans 3:23 ff, that the right deed is decisive for
"salvation."
** Paul holds the five books of Moses in the Old Testament to be the Word of God
in contrast to Jesus. However, he believes their demands cannot be fulfilled.
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8) God does not dwell in temples of stone
In the Acts of the Apostles it says: "Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses
made with hands, as the prophet [Isaiah 66:1-2] says: ‘Heaven is my throne, and
the earth my footstool. What house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what
is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?’"
(Acts 7:48-50)
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God dwells in temples of stone
King Solomon said on the other hand:
"And so I purpose to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD
said to David my father, ‘Your son, whom I will set upon your throne in your
place, shall build the house for my name.’"
(1 Kings 5:5)
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9)
God leads no one into temptation
James: "Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God’ ... But
each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire."
(James
1:13-14)
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God shall not lead us into
temptation
Jesus taught the prayer: "Our Father who art in heaven … And lead
us not into temptation,* but deliver us from evil."
(Matthew 6:9&13)
* Theses: Presumably there is a falsification here of the original words
of Jesus, which could have read: "You lead us in time of temptation and deliver
us from evil."
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10)
God favors no one
The Word of God through the prophet Amos: "Are you not like the Ethiopians to
me, O people of Israel?’ says the Lord. ‘did I not bring up Israel from the land
of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Syrians from Kir?’"*
(Amos 9:7)
* So, God also led other peoples.
Paul: "For God shows no partiality."
(Romans 2:11)
Jesus: "Not every one who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of
heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."
(Matthew 7:21)
Jesus: "For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even
the tax collectors do the same? And if you salute only your brethren, what more
are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?"
(Matthew 5:46-47)
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God apparently loves only the chosen ones and hates
the others
Moses is said to have said: "Behold, to the LORD your God
belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it; yet
the LORD set his heart in love upon your fathers and chose their descendants
after them, you above all peoples, as at this day."
(Deuteronomy 10:14-15)
Paul: "… though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad,
in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but
because of his call, she was told, ‘The elder will serve the younger."
(Genesis 25:23)
As it is written, (Malachi 1:2-3) "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.’"
(Romans 9:11-13)
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11)
The worldly authorities oppress the people. The
Kingdom of God has nothing to do with this. It is "not of this world"
Jesus: "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that
are God’s."
(Mark 12:17)
Jesus: "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their
great men exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you …"
(Matthew 20:25-26)
Peter and other apostles: "We must obey God rather than men."
(Acts 5:29)
Jesus: "My kingship is not of this world; if my kingship were of this world, my
servants would fight, that I might not be handed over to the Jews …"
(John 18:36)
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The worldly exercise of power,
also in totalitarian states, is justified with "God." God rules the people in
wrath
Paul: "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities.
For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been
instituted by God. … he is the servant of God to execute his wrath on the
wrongdoer."
(Romans 13:1&4)
Supposedly the seer John: "From his mouth [of a horseback rider] issues a sharp
sword with which to smite the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron;
he will tread the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God*" the Almighty. On
his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, King of kings and Lord of
lords."
(Revelation 19:15-16)
* Theses: The teaching of a striking "wrath of God" is a falsification,
which was presumably attributed to John. The events described are effects in the
law of sowing and reaping, which are also otherwise taught in the Bible
(Old Testament, Jesus, Paul).
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12)
The children shall not do penance for the crimes of their parents and ancestors
God speaks through the prophet Ezekiel: "The soul that sins shall die. The son
shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the
iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself,
and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself."
(Ezekiel 18:20)
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Descendants of the culprit in a crime will
be punished until the fourth generation
"… for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the
iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of
those who hate me …"
(Exodus 20:5)
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13) No difference between man and woman, between slave and
freeman, between people of different origins
Paul: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is
neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
(Galatians 3:28)
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The husband is the head of the wife
and the wife is subject to the husband
Paul or one of his pupils: "For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is
the head of the church … As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives be
subject in everything to their husbands."
(Ephesians 5:23-24)
Cretans are defamed as liars
Titus: "One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, ‘Cretans are always
liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.’ This testimony is true."
(Titus 1:12-13)
Physical injury resulting in the death of one’s own slave is not punishable, for
it is "his own money"
The Word of God according to the second book of Moses: "When a man strikes his
slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be
punished. But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be punished; for
the slave is his money."
(Exodus 21:20-21)
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14)
Women in the active following of Christ
"Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, preaching and bringing
the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, and also some
women who had been healed …"
(Luke 8:1-2)
"Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary
Magdalene … She went and told those who had been with him …"
(Mark 16:9-10)
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Women should be silent
Paul or one of his pupils: "I permit no woman to teach … she is to keep silent.
For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman
was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet woman will be saved through bearing
children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness, with modesty."
(1 Timothy 2:12-15)
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15)
No follower of Jesus shall stand above the other
Jesus: "But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you
are all brethren. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father,
who is in heaven. Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the
Christ. He who is the greatest among you shall be your servant."
(Matthew
23:8-11)
"Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary
Magdalene … She went and told those who had been with him …"
(Mark 16:9-10)
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Bishops and teachers are given more and
more status
Paul or a pupil: "The saying is sure: If any one aspires to the
office of bishop,* he desires a noble task."
(1 Timothy 3:1)
An unknown writer: "Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping
watch over your souls …"
(Hebrews 13:17)
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16)
Theologians make of men "children of hell" and shut the kingdom of heaven
And: "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut the
kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those
who would enter to go in."
(Matthew 23:13)
Jesus accused: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites! For you traverse
sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you
make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves."
(Matthew 23:15)
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The one who does not obey the priest shall
die
The Word of God according to the second book of Moses: "The man who acts
presumptuously, by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before
the LORD your God, or the judge, that man shall die …"
(Deuteronomy 17:12)
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17)
The Spirit of truth will come in the future and
lead the people into the truth
Jesus: "I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When
the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not
speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will
declare to you the things that are to come."
(John 16:12-13)
Paul: "… for the written code kills, but the Spirit gives life."
(2 Corinthians 3:6)
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The
"Holy Scripture" is inspired by God. If
anyone says more than is in this book, he will suffer plagues
Supposedly the seer John: "I warn every one who hears the words
of prophecy of this book: if any one adds to them, God will add to him the
plagues described in this book* …"
(Revelation 22:18)
* This sentence refers to the book "The Revelation of John". However those who
believe in the Bible often use it in relation to the entire Bible.
Paul or a pupil: "… the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for
salvation through faith … All scripture is inspired** by God and profitable for
teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness …"
(2 Timothy 3:15-16)
** Although here the Old Testament is apparently meant (the New Testament did not
even exist yet), those who believe in the Bible usually relate this passage to
the entire Bible.
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18)
Avoid other cults and communities and do not fight them
Paul: "… shun the worship of idols."
(1 Corinthians 10:14)
The advice of the Pharisee Gamaliel concerning how to deal with the Early
Christians: "… keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or
this undertaking is of men, it will fail; but if it is of God, you will not be
able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God!"
(Acts 5:38-39)
Another parable he [Jesus] put before them, saying: "The kingdom of heaven may
be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men were
sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. So when
the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. And the
servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good
seed in your field? How then has it weeds?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done
this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’
But he said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with
them. Let both grow together until the harvest*; and at harvest time I will tell
the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in a bundle to be burned; but
gather the wheat into my barn.’"
(Matthew 13:24-30)
* Theses: Jesus warned His disciples to
wait until the law of sowing and reaping, which is also taught in the Old
Testament, becomes effective. "Reapers" symbolize the time at which the effects
will start. The positive harvest takes place on the positive seed and the
negative on the negative seed.
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Curse other cults and communities and
destroy their facilities
The Word of God according to the second book of Moses: "Take heed
to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither
you go … You shall tear down their altars, and break their pillars, and cut down
their Asherim."
(Exodus 34:12-13)
Paul: "But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to
you a gospel contrary to that which we preached to you, let him be accused."*
(Galatians 1:8)
* For centuries, the Church had the "accused" executed.
Paul: "When you are assembled, and my spirit is present, with the power of our
Lord Jesus, you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the
flesh,** that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus."
(1 Corinthians 5:4-5)
** This Bible passage served as justification for the executions by the
church inquisition.
The Word of God according to the fifth book of Moses: "The hand
of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward
the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from the midst of you."
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Do not use violence, reconcile and forgive
"Soldiers also asked him [John, the Baptist], ‘And we, what shall we do?’ And he
said to them, ‘Rob no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content
with your wages.’"
(Luke 3:14)
"Then Jesus said to him, ‘Put your sword back into its place; for all who take
the sword will perish by the sword. Do you think that I cannot appeal to my
Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?’"
(Matthew 26:52-53)
"And Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.’"
(Luke 23:34)
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Soldiers should kill with the help of God. Opponents will
be chopped into pieces
"And Joshua said to them [the people], ‘Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong
and be of good courage; for thus the LORD will do to all your enemies against
whom you fight.’ And afterward Joshua smote them and put them to death, and he
hung them on five trees."
(Joshua 10:25-26)
"And Samuel said, ‘As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother
be childless among women.’ And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in
Gilgal."
(1 Samuel 15:33)
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20) Forgive each other, so that may God forgive you
Jesus: "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will
forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your
Father forgive your trespasses."
(Matthew 6:14-15)
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Forgiveness is
possible only because the blood of Jesus flowed
Paul: "Since, therefore, we are now justified by his blood, much
more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God."*
(Romans 5:9)
John’s letter: "... and the blood of Jesus ... cleanses us from
all sin."
(1 John 1:7)
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21)
Murder and bloodshed are diabolical
The Word of God through the prophet Ezekiel: "… because you are guilty of blood,
therefore blood shall pursue you."
(Ezekiel 35:6)
Jesus: "You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s
desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the
truth, because there is no truth in him."
(John 8:44)
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God wants murder and bloodshed
The song of Moses is also considered to be the word of God. There
it is sung: "Ascribe greatness to our God! … I will make my arrows drunk with
blood, and my sword shall devour flesh – with the blood of the slain and the
captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy."
(Deuteronomy 32:3&42)
Supposedly the Word of God through the prophet Balaam: "God … shall eat up the
nations of his adversaries, and shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce
them through with his arrows."
(Numbers 24:8)
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The Ten Commandments according to Exodus 20 and Numbers 5*
And God spoke all these words, saying,
1. I am the LORD your God … You shall have no other gods before me
2. You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness
3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain
4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy
5. Honor your father and your mother
6. You shall not kill
7. You shall not commit adultery
8. You shall not steal
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor
10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house … wife, or his manservant, or his
maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor’s"
(Exodus 20:1-17; Numbers 5:1-22)
* Two versions that claim to be the Ten Commandments that God
gave to Moses – which one is correct?
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The Ten Commandments according to Exodus 34
1. You shall worship no other god, for the LORD … is a jealous
God
2. You shall make for yourself no molten gods
3. The feast of unleavened bread shall you keep
4. All that opens the womb is mine ... if you do not redeem it [the firstling of
an ass] you shall break its neck
5. Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest
6. And you shall observe the feast of weeks
7. Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the LORD God, the
God of Israel. For I will cast out nations before you …
8. You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven …
9. The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of
the LORD your God
10. You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk
"... And he [Moses] wrote upon the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten
Commandments."
(Exodus 34:14-28)
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To kill an animal is killing a human being
In the proverbs of the Old Testament it says: "A righteous man has regard for
the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel."
(Proverbs 12:10)
And God spoke through the prophet Isaiah: "He who slaughters an ox is like him
who kills a man."
(Isaiah 66:3)
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All animals may be slaughtered
According to the Acts of the Apostles of Luke, Peter is said to
have said: "… I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of
the air. And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’ … ‘What
God has cleansed you must not call common.’"*
(Acts 11:6-9)
* Here the animals that were "unclean" according to the Old Testament are
given free for slaughter, the others were free for this already before.
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24) God created the animals and their living space
with wisdom
Praise God in Psalm 104:
"Thou makest springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills,
they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst
… The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the
badgers … O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures."
(Psalm 104:10-11&18-24)
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The purpose of animals is to be slaughtered
In the New Testament supposedly Peter* compares false teachers
with: "... irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and
killed … It has happened to them according to the true proverb, ‘The dog turns
back to his own vomit, and the sow is washed only to wallow in mire.’"
(2 Peter 2:12&22)
* Scientific theology generally assumes that the second letter of Peter did not
originate with Peter, but only made use of his name in order to be accepted into
the Bible that was being compiled.
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Creation groans in travail
In Paul’s Letter to the Romans it says: "For we know that the
whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now …"
(Romans 8:22)
And of King Solomon it is reported: … he spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and
of reptiles, and of fish."
(1 Kings 4:33)
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Mass murder of animals in God’s name
For the consecration of the temple the "congregation" killed so
many terrified creatures "that they could not be counted or numbered." King
Solomon alone had "twenty-two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand
sheep" killed.
(1 Kings 8:5&63)
And the faithful shall sing: "O lord, I love the habitation of thy house, and
the place where thy glory dwells."
(Psalm 26:8)
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Rescue animals!
God gave Noah the task of taking the animals onto the ark, "to keep them alive,"
when the great flood comes.
(Genesis 6:20)
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Kill the rescued animals!
Directly after the great flood Noah burned many of the animals
that had been rescued. "And ... the Lord smelled the pleasing odor" of the
burning cadavers and blessed Noah.
(Genesis 8:21)
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Resurrection is possible already now
Jesus: "... he who hears my word and believes Him who sent me, has eternal life;
he does not come into judgement, but has passed from life into death. Truly,
truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the
voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live."
(John 5:24-25)
"I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me,* though he die, yet
shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die ..."
(John 11:25-26)
* Jesus always meant an active faith, not a passive faith (compare no. 7)
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The teaching of the
"resurrection here and
now" is like gangrene
Paul or a pupil concerning those who think differently in the
community: "and their talk will eat its way like gangrene. Among them are
Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have swerved from the truth by holding that the
resurrection is past already. They are upsetting the faith of some."
(2 Timothy 2:17-18)
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Children are invited
"Let the children come to me, do not hinder them; for to such belongs the
kingdom of God."
(Mark 10:14)
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Children shall be dashed against the rock
"Happy shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them
against the rock!"
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Prophecy of future suffering: Even relatives will have each other killed
Jesus about the beginning of the time of woe: "And brother will deliver up
brother to death, and the father his child, and the children will rise against
parents and have them put to death; and you will be hated by all for my name’s
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Supposed call from God: Friends and relatives shall be killed
After the worship of the golden calf "the Lord, the God of Israel" is said to
have said: "Put every man his sword on his side, and go to and fro from gate to
gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his
companion, and every man his neighbor."
(Exodus 32:27)
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30) Parents and children should reconcile
The Word of God through the prophet Malachi: "Behold, I will send you Elijah the
prophet … And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the
hearts of children to their fathers …"
(Malachi 4:5-6)
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Parents shall kill
disobedient children
According to the 5th Book of Moses, God said: "If a man has a
stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the
voice of his mother … Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with
stones …"
(Deuteronomy 21:18&21)
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Many people
come to the Kingdom of Peace and beat their swords into plowshares
God’s words through the prophets
Isaiah and Micah: "… all the nations shall flow to it … and say: ‘Come, let us
go to the mountain of the LORD’ ... He shall judge between nations, and shall
decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and
their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more."
(Isaiah 2:2-4; Micha 4:1-3)
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The
Kingdom of Peace is supposedly to be fought for with swords against other
nations. Then there will no longer be a stranger there
In the book of the prophet Joel, the
original prophesy was rewritten into its opposite: "Let all the men of war draw
near … Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears … Let
the nations bestir themselves and come up … for there I will sit to judge all
the nations round about. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe … And
Jerusalem shall be holy and strangers shall never pass through it again."
(Joel
3:9-10&12-13&17)
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This
Bible passage could also serve as justification for the Crusades and for the
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The people will
be led astray by the dark power and incited to make wrong decisions
"Satan stood up against Israel, and
incited David to number Israel."
(1 Chronicles 21:1)
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It is
said that it is God who incited the people and led them astray and later even
punished them for this
"Again the anger of the LORD was
kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, ‘Go, number
Israel and Judah.’
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