Into the Wilderness

Recently I received this question to my position that the Church is corrupt and should be left by true Christians.

Q:

We are commanded, as believers, not to forsake the gathering of ourselves together (Hebrews 10:25). Does this mean you no longer attend any organized Christian services at all? If so, how is this justified in light of the Scripture I have quoted above?

A:

Let's look at a short parable to answer this question.

Matthew 13: 33 "Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."

This may sound strange at first but this parable is telling us that the Kingdom of Heaven will be completely leavened as we see that it is today.

We are also told in Daniel 2:44 "And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever."

Here we see the prophecy that Jesus will set up his kingdom "in the days of these kings" (Babylon, Media-Persia, Greece and Rome) and that these kingdoms will all break in pieces and be consumed by His kingdom. This is all proven easily even by secular historians. All four of these "kingdoms have been broken and consumed" However, as Jesus' kingdom grew it also began to be leavened just as Jesus told us in the parable above. So while His kingdom stands forever there is a period of time when it becomes entirely "leavened" and only a remnant will be saved.

It is hard to deny that the Church has no power left today. They preach false doctrine, usually prosperity doctrine and have to serve coffee and have live bands in order to even get people to come. Churches are little more than large social clubs where the preacher is afraid to tell the truth because he knows he will be fired if he does.

This is one of the main reasons we believe lies such as Easter. We have never been taught the truth. All the pastors that should have taught us these things instead sold us out. For instance it is easy to go to an encyclopedia and discover that "Easter" is actually the English transliteration of the goddess name "Ishtar" "Eostra" "Ashtoroth" and many other names. We have Easter eggs, rabbits, baby chickens and lilies all of which represent fertility.

The reason we have so many fertility symbols during the so called celebration of Jesus' death, burial and resurrection is because it isn't about Jesus at all but instead it is about a fertility goddess called "Easter". The holiday is set each year in accordance with the lunar cycle.

In pagan times it was celebrated on the new moon. In fact, the new moon arrives (goes dark) and over about a 1 and 1/2 day period it stays dark until finally a thin sliver of a moon appears. This time frame is the exact time frame that we see from "good Friday" until Easter Sunday. That is why we celebrate that pattern instead of the true time frame of Jesus' time in the tomb, which as you noted before, was 3 full days and 3 full nights.

"Easter", according to mythology, was a lunar goddess and she descends into the underworld to rescue the sun god who had prematurely died (winter). When the moon goes dark that is symbolic of her decent into Hades and when the sliver of the moon reappears it is symbolic of her return. When she returns she also brings back the sun god with her, this is symbolic of springtime arriving with all the fertility we see such as the eggs, rabbits, baby chicks and the Easter lilies. So Easter, (or Ishtar) returns with the sun god and kicks off springtime.

Today, the holiday is still set by the moon. The only difference is the Catholic Church changed the date from the first "new moon" after the spring equinox to the first Sunday, after the "full moon", after the spring equinox. There are many other details of this paganism but I just can't cover them all in one single response, that would take an entire book.

The only way to say it is that the Church is completely leavened, just as Jesus foretold in His parable. Therefore if the Church is completely leavened then we have no choice but to leave it and go into the spiritual wilderness.

If you think about it, this is God's pattern when dealing with His people. Look at the Exodus, when Joseph first arrives there he is treated well, even as a prisoner, and eventually he rises to rule all of Egypt with only Pharaoh above him. That Pharaoh is blessed by his treatment of God's people, hence the prophecy "I will bless those that bless you". However, over the years Egypt changes until God's people are simple slaves and then He calls them out of Egypt (which used to be good) and into the wilderness.

Once the body that God's people are residing in becomes fully leavened God brings them out and into a temporary wilderness experience. In Revelation we see the woman is given wings of an eagle to carry her into the wilderness where she is taken care of.

The scripture in Hebrews 10: 25 "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." is 100% correct. The only problem is that there aren't many to assemble with.

The Church today has a name as if it were alive but they deny the power thereof. They are nothing more than whited sepulchres with pastors who won't even tell us the truth about Easter. The ones that do are removed and replaced by someone who will tell the people what they want to hear.

When I find fellow Christians, I do my best to assemble with them, which is usually via email because, unfortunately those who go to today's churches are not really Christians and don't care to be. They are perfectly happy the way they are. If you told them the truth, as I have in this response, they would recoil in anger and say that all I wanted to do was ruin the fun for the kids. If they were true Christians they would not tolerate (and even embrace) all those lies.

I assume you still attend church? I would love to hear what your pastor would say if you confronted him with my article here about Easter and why it is he doesn't bother to be honest with his people about the paganism that has made its way into the Church? Even if he admitted the truth he would never think of cancelling next year's festivities.

He will probably say it isn't important but he would never dare to insult his wife by celebrating her life by showing pictures and memorabilia from a former girlfriend. So why is it ok to insult God by celebrating Him by doing all the things that pagans do when they worship their gods.

Of course I don't know your pastor but I don't have to, It would be one of the most shocking things to find out a church of more than 30 being told the truth about these holidays. Why such small numbers? Because the large crowd will leave to go to someone else who will tell them what they want to hear, which is lies!

We do love our lies, don't we.