If you have not seen many of the other Gospels of what is called the Apocrypha or The The Nag Hammadi Library, I suggest you see them. The The Nag Hammadi Library are thought to be primarily Gnostic in origin, while the Apocrypha are the books that did not make the Council of Nicea's cut for the final edit of the Bible when Rome adopted Christianity for it's own faith.
The Bible is a great book for inspiration and knowledge. When reading the Bible, I prefer the Amplified version. I am not sure what version is the best one to read. So what I try to do is use discernment when reading this great book. I always make sure that fear is not being used to control or motivate me into believing something. I also use common sense and question when the book may try to make God sound like one big contradiction...look, but do not touch sort of thing.
You must realize and understand free will completely to understand how elders who wrote the words within this book could write the story as they wanted for control and power. I have watched many documentaries on the Bible. There is much proof that these wise words were in fact inspired by a divine source, but there is also proof that the elders while creating this book, added, arranged and left out of things for control and power.
The winners always write history.
In the Gospel of Mary and other Apocrypha texts, we learn of a very different view toward women. Mary was an actual apostle like the other 12 men. There was a total of 7 women who were Apostles. If they were Apostles, I do believe that means their role was just as important as the men. You also learn of the strife between Peter and Mary. Peter did not like the fact a woman would be teaching the word. His beliefs rested upon old Jewish law. I believe that Peter helped suppress Mary so that his beliefs would be kept. His tradition. Two-thousand years later and women still are struggling for equal rights across the globe.
The brother of Jesus, James found out that Paul, formerly Saul, was teaching Jews and Gentiles teachings of Christ. James became angry because he believed the teachings of Christ should only be taught to the Jews. Jesus' own brother, who heard Jesus speak and teach, believed in racism? He wanted only a certain race of humans to hear these teachings of Christ? Why? Did not Jesus teach unity? This of course is just my theory. You can learn more about Paul, Peter, and Mary from the Bible, the Apocrypha texts, and the Nag Hammadi Library or the discovery documentaries "Ancient Evidence DVD Set"
Living is the practical experience in being the I AM. It wasn't really your driving manual or your Dad who taught you how to drive, any more than those so-called holy books can teach you how to live. You learned how to drive by hearing, feeling, and smelling the gears grind in protest....and then slowly experiencing, through your own unassisted effort, what the tool (called the automobile) is supposed to do when you operate it "masterfully".
The same with your very own Spirit, which, being your portion of the Father, Himself, will take you to inner destinations, the likes of which are not to be found in any book...
The Bible is a great book for inspiration and knowledge. When reading the Bible, I prefer the Amplified version. I am not sure what version is the best one to read. So what I try to do is use discernment when reading this great book. I always make sure that fear is not being used to control or motivate me into believing something. I also use common sense and question when the book may try to make God sound like one big contradiction...look, but do not touch sort of thing.
You must realize and understand free will completely to understand how elders who wrote the words within this book could write the story as they wanted for control and power. I have watched many documentaries on the Bible. There is much proof that these wise words were in fact inspired by a divine source, but there is also proof that the elders while creating this book, added, arranged and left out of things for control and power.
The winners always write history.
In the Gospel of Mary and other Apocrypha texts, we learn of a very different view toward women. Mary was an actual apostle like the other 12 men. There was a total of 7 women who were Apostles. If they were Apostles, I do believe that means their role was just as important as the men. You also learn of the strife between Peter and Mary. Peter did not like the fact a woman would be teaching the word. His beliefs rested upon old Jewish law. I believe that Peter helped suppress Mary so that his beliefs would be kept. His tradition. Two-thousand years later and women still are struggling for equal rights across the globe.
The brother of Jesus, James found out that Paul, formerly Saul, was teaching Jews and Gentiles teachings of Christ. James became angry because he believed the teachings of Christ should only be taught to the Jews. Jesus' own brother, who heard Jesus speak and teach, believed in racism? He wanted only a certain race of humans to hear these teachings of Christ? Why? Did not Jesus teach unity? This of course is just my theory. You can learn more about Paul, Peter, and Mary from the Bible, the Apocrypha texts, and the Nag Hammadi Library or the discovery documentaries "Ancient Evidence DVD Set"
Living is the practical experience in being the I AM. It wasn't really your driving manual or your Dad who taught you how to drive, any more than those so-called holy books can teach you how to live. You learned how to drive by hearing, feeling, and smelling the gears grind in protest....and then slowly experiencing, through your own unassisted effort, what the tool (called the automobile) is supposed to do when you operate it "masterfully".
The same with your very own Spirit, which, being your portion of the Father, Himself, will take you to inner destinations, the likes of which are not to be found in any book...
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