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Old 02-05-2003, 05:00 PM   #1
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Default John the Baptist prophecies

It seems there are several problems with this:

1-"Cry in the Wilderness"-Basically, in it's original context, this is a "cry" for the Israelites to return to Israel. It has nothing to do with a ranting prophet.

2-"Behold I send my Messanger"-From Malachi. First off, the name Malachi means "Messanger" so it more than likely refers to Malachi himself! Also, the rest of the paragraph describes God coming to the temple and apparentally "cleansing the sons of Levi". While Jesus did visit the temple, there is nothing about cleansing the sons of Levi.

3-Elijah--who BTW never quite died in the first place--is said to return *right before* the Apocalypse, and his intention is chiefly to restore the third commandment--or else God will unleash a terrible curse. Not only did John not do this, but neither he or Jesus truely helped families. If anything they did the opposite.
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It seems there are several problems with this:

1-"Cry in the Wilderness"-Basically, in it's original context, this is a "cry" for the Israelites to return to Israel. It has nothing to do with a ranting prophet.


The homecoming of the Israelites into the mind of God (Isreal) is achieved upon the cry of John in the netherworld of the subconscious mind.
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2-"Behold I send my Messanger"-From Malachi. First off, the name Malachi means "Messanger" so it more than likely refers to Malachi himself! Also, the rest of the paragraph describes God coming to the temple and apparentally "cleansing the sons of Levi". While Jesus did visit the temple, there is nothing about cleansing the sons of Levi.


The sons of Levi are the mental images of faith that must be removed and the cleansing of the temple did exactly that. Jesus was in purgatory here and religion had done its thing and must now be left behind (son of man has no place to lie his head). Therefore "so called Christians" must leave religion behind and if they don't they are not Christians.
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3-Elijah--who BTW never quite died in the first place--is said to return *right before* the Apocalypse, and his intention is chiefly to restore the third commandment--or else God will unleash a terrible curse. Not only did John not do this, but neither he or Jesus truely helped families. If anything they did the opposite.
Neither did John who was later seen at the foot of the cross just prior to resurrection (together with Mary theotokos who were actually in charge from behind the scene).
 
 

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