I absolutely love the perspective and insights by EKO. The view of the Institutional Church(s) 2000 plus year mission to create distance from God and insist on "trained professionals" to teach, exhort and encourage believers has done untold damage to understanding "THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU". Bravo on another inspired insight into yet another "religified" and obscured story.
Organizations always serve themselves first. Always, despite any claims to the contrary and despite the sometimes heroic and sincere efforts of underlings (local ministers and parish priests, in this case) to fulfill what should be the real mission.
Always.
Once you understand that, it makes perfect sense why [they] would corrupt the true message in such a way as to require their intercession.
I love you too, EKO, and I wanted to share with you a comment regarding your (lovely, BTW) illustration of a chest full of gold bars. Specifically I wondered what gold bars looked like back then -- mint marks, purity, ... So I asked Brave's AI 'Leo' and here is what I learned:
Me: what did gold bars look like at the time of Christ
Leo: Gold bars as a standardized form did not exist during the time of Christ. The concept of standardized gold bars emerged much later, particularly in London during the 18th and 19th centuries, when rectangular cast gold bars became the industry standard for trade and investment. During the time of Christ, gold was primarily used in the form of coins, such as Roman denarii, or in the construction of religious and royal artifacts, rather than as ingots or bars. The earliest known gold bars date back over 5,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia, but these were rudimentary and varied in shape and size, not resembling the standardized bars of later periods. Therefore, there is no historical evidence of gold bars in the modern sense being used during the time of Christ.
I absolutely love the perspective and insights by EKO. The view of the Institutional Church(s) 2000 plus year mission to create distance from God and insist on "trained professionals" to teach, exhort and encourage believers has done untold damage to understanding "THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU". Bravo on another inspired insight into yet another "religified" and obscured story.
Organizations always serve themselves first. Always, despite any claims to the contrary and despite the sometimes heroic and sincere efforts of underlings (local ministers and parish priests, in this case) to fulfill what should be the real mission.
Always.
Once you understand that, it makes perfect sense why [they] would corrupt the true message in such a way as to require their intercession.
"I love you." -- <3EKO
I love you too, EKO, and I wanted to share with you a comment regarding your (lovely, BTW) illustration of a chest full of gold bars. Specifically I wondered what gold bars looked like back then -- mint marks, purity, ... So I asked Brave's AI 'Leo' and here is what I learned:
Me: what did gold bars look like at the time of Christ
Leo: Gold bars as a standardized form did not exist during the time of Christ. The concept of standardized gold bars emerged much later, particularly in London during the 18th and 19th centuries, when rectangular cast gold bars became the industry standard for trade and investment. During the time of Christ, gold was primarily used in the form of coins, such as Roman denarii, or in the construction of religious and royal artifacts, rather than as ingots or bars. The earliest known gold bars date back over 5,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia, but these were rudimentary and varied in shape and size, not resembling the standardized bars of later periods. Therefore, there is no historical evidence of gold bars in the modern sense being used during the time of Christ.
Thanks for the catch I’ll rework it to be more historically accurate.
Do you trust him? (POTUS).