Mystery Babylon

A challenge for Christians to make their stand with Jesus Christ and not the religion professing to follow him. We should not forsake the believers nor embracing time shared, however that is not an endorsement of the practice of religion of any type. It is an encouragement to recognize and love fellow believers in this faith, Jesus, (Yeshua, Isho,) is Lord. A daily personal relationship with him is eternally necessary. (John 1:1-18 and John 3:16).

Everything in this world has become estranged from its Creator. Only God is good, all have fallen and everything we touch testifies to this truth, even what we think we do for God. This writing and this web page are no exception. Only God is good. Our Creator became flesh to demonstrate the truth and the extent of the corruption of this world. He knew before he appeared that religious men would have him crucified but his love for us is so great, he considered it worth the sacrifice. If he had not chosen to demonstrate the fullness of his love against the extent of the fallen nature of this world, we would have likely imagined the nature of man’s religious spirit was exempt. God has made his point clear to all but the spiritually blind, everything in this world has fallen. EVERYTHING. We can not be redeemed by our effort, but only by the work God has completed on his own cross. 

Yeshua (Jesus, Esho) said everything that was done to him would happen to those that follow him. He was condemned by the religion closest to him. Why do you think Christians are not similarly condemned by the churches? Because they are in God’s will? OR, because they are not similarly exposing that spirit of religion Jesus (Yeshua, Isho) exposed in his day. Many things Yeshua (Jesus, Isho) said clearly indicate this is happening today if we read his words in John, Mark, Matthew and Luke. No doubt those who defend the similar spirit today will be outraged to the point of having you cast out or worse. What did the religious leaders do to our Lord?

Much of what is presented here does require at least some knowledge of biblical scriptures, however, I will provide a few key references within the text. Also, there is an assumption you at least may be open to the idea of a sentient being able to create the things of this universe from yet another layer of similar or more unimaginable properties. To begin, Psalm 22, written about one thousand years before the birth of Jesus (Greek) Yeshua (Hebrew) Isho (Aramaic), is a prophecy of his crucifixion in detail. He came to us knowing mankind would crucify him but he determined it to be worth his own suffering and death so that any who would believe could be redeemed from this world that is estranged from him. John Chapter 1 verses 1 through 18 and John Chapter 3 verse 16. Though he created the world and everything in it, its inhabitants rejected and crucified him. This is very much something to be contemplated.

The instruments to bring about his execution were the religious leaders and the government authorities. We already know his principal reason for being sacrificed was to redeem anyone who would believe in him. He also demonstrated how thorough our spiritual blindness actually is. We were in the very presence of our Creator yet we crucified him!

Some basics, our Creator was born as the scriptures indicate, in the City of David, Bethlehem. He was then completely mortal, referred to as the Son of Man, though after his suffering and death, his transformation into God would happen. Jesus is the only form of God we can actually see. The scriptures indicate the Father is without form and exists in unapproachable light. It is Jesus the eternal physical form of God. His form in the spiritual world (an alternate dimension or parallel universe) is the Holy Spirit. Almost too much for me to absorb in my present condition (mortal), but I am comforted in the knowledge that our creator became completely mortal when he was among us. His perspective of us is unique.

To unravel the potential of Jesus not existing before his birth and yet existing before his birth In the presence of God, it helps to consider there is no time as we understand it. Mind-bending, it is that on one hand, the Son of Man appeared for the first time in any universe when Mary gave birth to him. After he was crucified, died, and raised from death he THEN entered the presence of God and stepped out of the linear timeline we measure. While among us in the flesh he had not yet created the Heavens and the Earth that he was born into! How amazing it is to realize that he knew how he was going to be rejected and crucified even while he was in the process of creating everything. Before Heaven and Earth existed Jesus was born, lived, and crucified, in the world he later made through his own hands by a process presently far beyond our ability to comprehend and ultimately, before time began!

So… Mystery Babylon?

The reference appears in the book of Revelations Chapters 17 and 18. Though the implications are of a harlot that God’s people are involved with and he commands us to “Come out of her.” The roots may be found in the reference to Babylon. In Babylon man built a structure to interface with God, although for very evil intent, it nevertheless became a physical indication and manifestation of mankind’s effort to make a “bridge” to the Creator. The thing is, it was man’s way and all of man’s ways are corrupt by our association with the fallen one. A powerful other-dimensional being that coinhabits our world. A spiritual entity invisible to physical beings so is able to operate freely among us. Operate as in sabotage and sew the seeds of all manner of corruption and lies.

This was all explained to us by the prophets and patriarchs with the measure of corruption etched on stone tablets. To this day mankind is still trying to build buildings and formulate practices, imagining access to God our Creator, but God will have none of it, and has given us his plan through his one-time sacrifice on the cross. It would be wise if we listened to what he told us when he was living among us recorded in the Gospels of John, Mark, Matthew, and Luke.

Some of Babylon’s practices continue. Jesus told us not to follow other spiritual leaders or teachers. If we want to connect with him then He alone is to be our source and we are to follow him. Had we only understood what Jesus was saying to us we may have avoided the misleading of that spirit mentioned of Babylon.

Is the religious practice of Christianity not what Jesus had in mind for his followers? The early church was decompressing from the laborious practices of religion under the Old Covenant (aka obedience to the Law given through Moses). The early Christians misunderstood Jesus’ words to Peter about building his church on his confession (that Jesus is the Messiah) they thought Jesus meant the person of Peter would be the foundation of the emerging church. Yet if Peter were here to tell us we would more than likely hear him say the Lord was referring to the confession, not the person making the confession. The church today is not defined by walls, nor any manner of physical structure. Today the church exists in our hearts and in our spirits and is defined by the confession and belief that Jesus is the Messiah, and our Lord and Creator, crucified yet risen and seated in glory in a place called Heaven. Had Jesus meant his church to be built on a succession of human leaders he would not likely rebuked Peter’s thinking to be that of Satan in the next paragraph.

We are made salty to this spiritually bland world because of this realization. We are now led through our direct communication with Jesus. So we are challenged by this; Do we believe in the Power of God to personally follow through with those introduced to his plan to guide us back into his presence and establish his connection with them personally or do we not? Is God real? Is he sentient? While we are still mortal we are spiritually frail. No one is more able than he to lead his people one-on-one. Do you have all of creation figured out? The Heavens and Earth? The spiritual realm and the physical? Or, are you beginning to realize why God said of mankind, “See, they have become gods.”? His plan seems foolish to the reason of this world but to God, the foolishness is a powerful thing.

Consider also the effect of our interference, Jesus said his followers would be recognized by their love for one another. What are we doing? Is it any wonder the world looks upon Christianity as a religion of factions? Why are there so many divisions in a body of believers whose leader said they would be recognized as “one”? All the religions of the world have leaders and most have buildings, does the religion of Christianity appear any different? All have fallen into the same pit. Jesus Christ has more than equipped us to prayerfully connect with him directly. He has given His Spirit to us. That is NOT to say we should become a conduit to relay God’s messages to others but to say to them seek God, speak, he is able to hear you! We will stop contributing to the spirit of religion when we fully realize what Jesus spoke to us. Again, read his words in the four gospels.

What then of the practices of religion? Of worship? Jesus taught in the temple but we must be able to grasp his unfolding plan. He taught in the place of the old covenant to fulfill all righteousness given the self-righteousness of the religious leaders, yet they rejected him. He taught in the temple to expose the nature of it, the nature that did not know him. The nature of man’s way not God’s way. He taught in the temple before his sacrifice, the beginning of the new covenant. As for worship, we are scarcely able to worship God in a way that is pleasing to him while we still occupy these mortal bodies. The day will come when we will be each handed a clean white spiritual robe, a new body, and understand what worship was meant to be.

For the present, it may help to think about Jesus’ direct words about worship. To the woman at Jacob’s well who asked him where we should worship he responded; “the day is coming and now is when the true believers will worship neither in the temple nor on this mountain, but the Father seeks those who worship him in Spirit and Truth.”

To my brothers and sisters in the Faith, we should all know the message of salvation (John 3:16) and Who Jesus is (John 1:1-18). We should know to tell others to read the four Gospel accounts of John, Mark, Matthew, and Luke. Even the disciples had disagreements from time to time but there is no disagreement in the direct words the Lord spoke to us while he was among us. The old covenant involved blood sacrifices of animals that the priests administered on behalf of the congregations. We are not under the old covenant if we are in Christ. Jesus’ blood is not that of a mere animal sacrifice that needs to be applied cheaply, over and over, but his sacrifice is once for all! Not one of us should be encouraging the return to old covenant ways. Not one of us should be encouraging others to view anyone in Jesus’ place as leading other believers. Why do you think so many who do this have stumbled and taken others with them? Jesus never intended to build his church on any stone but himself. No one should be called teacher but Jesus (Matthew 23:8). The New Covenant is the beginning of our return to a relationship we knew in Paradise before the corruption. No one should be trying to build temples to encourage perpetual returning to the old covenant ways nor that religious spirit of Babylon (Acts 7:48). By now you should all be able to teach the message of salvation, yet you keep returning for spiritual milk (Hebrews 5:12). Those who wish to be called teacher, pastor, leader, etc, etc, or set over a gathering should stop. Jesus is our teacher, why do you not believe He is able to lead us individually? Look what you are doing. You find reasons to justify an old covenant system that is out of place in the new covenant. It is by nature creating denominational division, and distraction from what Jesus said, that we should be focused on Him and each one of us able to share this message. Have you ever encountered a gathering in a grievous error? They emulate the same practices of religion that “mainstream” Christians perpetuate. Focus on Jesus’ direct words. Remember what Jesus said in Revelation, “Come out of her my people or I will cast you on a bed of suffering with her”(Revelations 18:4). In the end times, any appearance of religion will be under attack. We have been warned to come out of that spirit of Mystery Babylon, Mother of Harlots. We are brothers and sisters, not preachers and brothers and sisters. We all are able to share John 3:16. If you imagine perpetual engagement with churchianity is a personal recharge that you imagine you require to keep your faith strong, consider what you are saying. A “recharge” would be better experienced in sharing John 3:16 one one-on-one with those the Holy Spirit brings to each of us during any given day.. Will you serve religion or the Lord? Gather, yes! However not in a manner resembling that spirit of religion. Those who practiced it did not even recognize their creator when he was among them, instead, having him crucified. How do you think it honors him to support that system which once crucified him? Jesus is so much more than able to lead each one of us. We have His Holy Spirit. Love Jesus. Pray to him daily, as you would respectfully engage a loved companion. He is God, yet he was once mortal and understands your feelings and thoughts and does Love you.

A message to anyone calling himself Teacher, Pastor, etc etc. The Lord told us (John 16:32) The day is coming we will be scattered, each to his home. What have you done to enable God’s people to continue from their homes? Are God’s people fully prepared for the day? It would be better to sell your buildings and divide equally among the congregations the gain. The early church did not adhere to Jesus’ words about following no other teachers but him. The apostle Paul soon did realize the subtle transition to a religious form beginning to divide the believers and he addressed it. See also Matthew 23:8 and 9″ And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.”

Paul the Apostle wrote in 1 Corinthians: “ I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,^[a] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.  My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”;another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?”

Do you believe that God is able through His Holy Spirit to usher every individual into His presence or do you believe God needs men to help him? What does it mean to, “Have the form of godliness but deny the power thereof”? What choice have you made? Do you know so well the power and glory of our Creator? I only know Jesus is Lord and able to lead every one of us.

There are alternative ways for Christians to fellowship with one another and perhaps the time has come to consider the alternatives before the “bed of suffering” written in The Book of Revelation is realized. The Gospel of Jesus Christ will be presented to the entire world through the Holy Spirit communicating through believers, one-on-one in any given moment anywhere on Earth. The formality of religious practices and institutions men have created is not required.