Baphomet, the character pictured here, is a popular figure tied to many pagan rituals and organizations. He has also been referred to as “the talking goat’s head”, “the goat of Mendes,” and “the horned god.” Because this idol has ties to so many pagan groups, no one is 100% certain who used it first. Groups throughout history who have used depictions of Baphomet in their rituals include (but are not limited to) Islamic mystics, the Knights Templar, Kabbalah, Roman pagans, Greek pagans, Druids, witches (both Wiccans and black witches), satanists, and Freemasons. If anything, it shows that false religions have spiritual ties to each other and since they have those ties, it is no wonder that there is a push among all false religions to have a one world religion that preaches about all roads leading to “God.”
The picture here of Baphomet was drawn by a man named Eliphas Levi, whose name appears in the lower part of the picture. He was a 19th century Kabbalah mystic who established many teachings followed today by those involved in magick and the occult. His real name was Alphonse Louis Constant and he at one time had the desire to be a Catholic priest but eventually left the seminary and the Catholic Church to embrace occultic teachings, beginning with Rosicrucianism. After leaving seminary, he changed his name to Eliphas Levi, which he thought to be the Hebrew version of his birth name.
This idol drawn by Eliphas Levi is chock full of occultic symbols. One of the first things you will notice is the pentagram on Baphomet’s forehead. The pentagram, whether upside down or right side up, is a very prominent occultic symbol. According to Levi in a book he wrote on transcendentalism, the pentagram symbolizes the power of the mind to dominate the spiritual realm in order to interact with “legions of angels and hosts of fiends”, or, as we Christians would say, it is symbolic of interacting with devils.
On Baphomet’s right arm is the word “solve” while on his left arm is the word “coagula.” Together the words form the phrase “solve coagula” or “solve et coagula.” This phrase means “solution and coagulation” and is a philosophy based on medieval alchemist practices. Alchemy was the belief that base metals could be changed to gold, that panaceas existed to cure all ills and needed to be discovered, and that with enough experimentation, one could discover an elixir to give longevity to life. It also included the use of magic in an attempt to bring these theories to reality. The phrase “solve et coagula” was the mantra used referring to the process of breaking down elements and hardened positions (solving) so those elements could be changed, or transmuted, to be united in a different form (coagula). Levi thought this phrase applied to the religious/spiritual realm where people’s unenlightened beliefs could be broken down and then changed to more enlightened paths that would unite everyone to a new perspective that would put everyone into agreement. In other words, he wanted to break down the Christian belief that Jesus is the only way to God, or other “divisive” doctrines, so that all mankind could unite to follow his god in a one world religion.
If you look at Baphomet’s hands, the index finger and second finger on each hand are up. These hand signals were borrowed by Eliphas Levi from symbolism used in the Catholic Church and applied to his occultic ideas. Actually, these two philosophies, whether they are used in the Catholic Church or in occultic settings, are both false doctrines. The Catholic portrayal of Jesus below shows a Catholic Jesus (a false Christ) using the hand signal. The two-fingered signals used by Baphomet and the false Christ symbolize 1)Apostolic Succession, and 2)Temporal Power.
Apostolic succession in Catholicism is the doctrine that only the Pope is the true head of Christ’s church on Earth and that he sits in the seat of Christ. Temporal power is the doctrine that the Pope has authority and sovereignty over all the rulers of every nation on Earth. To the occultist bowing down to Baphomet, apostolic succession is translated into the belief that Baphomet is the god in every religion and the doctrine of temporal power is translated into the belief that Baphomet has the power to rule all nations. It is only through the acceptance of his doctrines that peace, victory, and unity can take place on Earth, according to occultist teachings.
In Baphomet’s lap, you see two serpents criss-crossing up a pole with a hole in Baphomet’s abdomen. Two serpents going up a pole is the ancient symbol of the staff of Hermes in Greek paganism, and the caduceus of Mercury in Roman paganism. This occultic symbol means Baphomet opens the path to Kundalini energy (taught in Hinduism), also known as the “Serpent Power”, that when released causes the occultist to transcend to higher levels of enlightenment to unite the body, mind, and spirit in well-being.
Those who buy into all of these evil doctrines that Baphomet represents are terribly deceived. Baphomet’s pentagram may promote contact with devils, but God’s word says, “…I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils,” [1 Corinthians 10:20-21]. Devils, although they transform themselves into angels of light, are nothing but deceivers who bring darkness and like thieves come only to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. But Jesus Christ has come so we can have life more abundantly [John 10:10].
Baphomet may claim he wants to “solve coagula”, but this is nothing more than a plot to blaspheme God’s name as he opposes God in a feeble attempt to exalt himself above God. Those who follow Baphomet may seek to destroy the true church of Christ, but upon the rock of Christ God has built his church, and the very gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Greater is he that is in Christian believers, than he that is in the world [1 John 4:4].
Peace, victory, and unity may be promised by Baphomet by his claims to have all power on Earth, but true peace can only come through Jesus Christ, the true Prince of Peace. Real victory over sin, death, hell and every work of the devil only comes through the Lord Jesus Christ, who alone has been given all power in heaven and earth [Matthew 28:18]. True unity can only be displayed when there is unity of the Holy Spirit and of godly faith in the believers of Jesus Christ.
Baphomet promises enlightenment through his serpent power, but in reality it is the entrance of God’s word into our hearts that gives us light and understanding [Psalm 119:130]. God’s word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path, providing us with more understanding than any ungodly teacher or ungodly elder [Psalm 119:99, 100, 105].
So who is this Baphomet? None other than the great deceiver known as Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Belial, and the devil.
Sources:
Furnivall, F. J., The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1979.
Valiente, Doreen, An ABC of Witchcraft, Phoenix, Custer, WA, 1988.
Grant, Kenneth, The Magical Revival, Samuel Weiser, New York, 1973.
Hall, Manley P., The Secret Teachings of All Ages…, The Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles, 1978.
–posted by Harry A. Gaylord–
June 12, 2009 at 11:46 am |
This is, truly, an excellant article. It is not focused on too much today in (various) churches but it is indeed true that, “[...] we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Ephesians 6:12, KJV).”
What about the symbolism of the half moons in the top left and bottom right corners? (Did, I miss you expound on that?) What are your thoughts?
June 12, 2009 at 11:14 pm |
penultima,
Thanks for your comments. I left out the crescent moons because I couldn’t find anything on them and didn’t know what they meant. But after further research, I was able to find out more information when I tracked down a translation by A. E. Waite of Eliphas Levi’s “Dogma et Rituel de la Haute Magie.” In English, the title is “The Ritual of Transcendental Magic.” On p. 82 of that book, Eliphas Levi makes the following blasphemous statements about Baphomet:
“Now, all the fathers of the Church, who have concerned themselves with Jewish symbolism, have recognized in the immolated goat the figure of Him Who assumed, as they say, the very form of sin. Hence the Gnostics were not outside symbolical traditions when they assigned this same mystical figure to Christ the Liberator. All the Kabalah and all Magic, as a fact, are divided between the cultus of the immolated and that of the emissary goat. We must recognize therefore a Magic of the Sanctuary and that of the wilderness, the White and the Black Church, the priesthood of public assemblies and the Sanhedrin of the Sabbath. The goat which is represented in our frontispiece bears upon its forehead the Sign of the Pentagram with one point in the ascendant, which is sufficient to distinguish it as a symbol of the light. Moreover, the sign of occultism is made with both hands, pointing upward to the white moon of Chesed, and downward to the black moon of Geburah. This sign expresses the perfect concord between mercy and justice. One of the arms is feminine and the other masculine, as in the androgyne of Khunrath, those attributes we have combined with those of our goat, since they are one and the same symbol. The torch of intelligence burning between the horns is the magical light of universal equilibrium; it is also the type of the soul, exalted above matter, even while cleaving to matter, as the flame cleaves to the torch. The monstrous head of the animal expresses horror of sin, for which the material agent, alone responsible, must alone and for ever bear the penalty, because the soul is impassible in its nature and can suffer only by materializing. The caduceus, which replaces the generative organ [penis], represents eternal life; the scale-covered belly typifies water; the circle above it is the atmosphere, the feathers still higher up signify the volatile; lastly, humanity is depicted by the two breasts and the androgyne arms of this sphinx of the occult sciences. Behold the shadows of the infernal sanctuary dissipated! Behold the sphinx of mediaeval terrors unveiled and cast from his throne! Quomodo cedidisti, Lucifer!
The dread Baphomet henceforth, like all monstrous idols, enigmas of antique science, and its dreams, is only an innocent and even pious hieroglyph.”
It’s obvious that these devilish doctrines are affecting what we see going on in the world.
July 3, 2009 at 9:11 pm |
This essay while completely biased on the christian side unfortunately shows the author did the most minute amount of research but surely the eyes were afraid to dig too deep into what they were affixed. Baphomet is a symbol and nothing to do with pagan. Unless by pagan you assume one means because they don’t believe in christ? Ponder this thought on the highest levels and you may assume a minute amount of enlightenment. That which could be thought is false! From a completely unbiased (I.E. Agnostic(I don’t assume to have any answers because there are no questions.)) point of view there is but one meaning of this beast! Baphomet represent qualities attributed to the forces that created the great world weather you call that force God Jesus Mahammed Jah Jehova Iam whatever makes no difference. This is the symbol they taught their followers to respect creation, life, death, continuence, love, imperfection, the universe, all summed up into one symbol which by the way is a card among the taro deck. The taro being a wheel representing the cycle of life and the story of the forces that created it. The moons you seem to misunderstand represent the movement of the moon, orbital. The position of the moon, waxing and waning. The harmony of both the dark (eclipsed) moon as well as the bright (enlightened) side of the moon appearing to balance an equation. Does this mean worship the goat head, no it simply means stare at this symbol and you will find universal truths. To call all of this devils and to say that jesus (ha) is the only way to attain knowledge obviously you don’t know the internet that well. You assume to read a few articles on a symbol you have no knowledge of that you are of merit to post a report of venomous slander against that what you do not understand. Such disrespect is a quality of christians passed down from their predecessors. That’s my two cents care to debate I won’t be back on this page contact me directly Crazedlude@hotmail.com.
July 4, 2009 at 11:14 pm |
Perduable,
I’m rather glad you won’t be back on this page. Yes, I have a bias in favor of Christianity just as you have a bias in favor of your beliefs. Biases, when based on the truth of God’s word, are a good thing and are pleasing to Jehovah, the God of the universe. I’d much rather please him than be concerned about offending you or any other unbeliever.
By “pagan” or “heathen” I mean anyone who does not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, which is what the Bible teaches. As far as your attack on my research goes, I went to the source of the one who depicted Baphomet and the other pagan resources who discuss him. I even quoted in my comment from Eliphas Levi’s book for his meaning of the picture of Baphomet he drew. And you’re disputing information that has come directly from him. The fact that Baphomet is a representation of the devil and devilish beliefs is not venomous slander, it’s the truth.
Your bias against godliness, truth, and righteousness in the things that I’ve shared here simply reflects the fact that you hate the one true God and what he represents while you sugarcoat the devilish lies you’ve bought into as being the truth. You call evil good, and good evil; you mistake darkness for light, and light for darkness; you also mistake bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter when it comes to spiritual matters [Isaiah 5:20].
July 14, 2009 at 10:09 am |
I believe the baphomet represents accepting the world for as its seen; all the elements and creatures. Accepting that everything’s the way it is because a collection of stories in an old book or a man at a podium tells you so is unbelievable. The world is as it is and no mystical being or god made it so. Christians truely are the most hypocrital and ignorant people on earth. Always saying to “accept all men as we are all gods children” yet telling me I’m wrong for not follwing your beliefs.
July 14, 2009 at 9:42 pm |
I’m not a Christian who says “we’re all God’s children.” We may all be created by God, but only those who know Jesus are God’s children. The Bible has been proven many times over not to be just a collection of stories. There are countless people whose lives have been completely changed for the better because of God’s word being preached to them. Call us whatever you want and be a hater all you want, but the lives of us Christians are filled with the Lord’s joy, peace, and grace whether times in our lives are rough or copacetic. We don’t have to always depend on ourselves or other people since God is always with us. We can let ourselves down, other people can let us down, but even when that happens, God remains faithful to us and always works things out when we are weak. Who do you have when you fail or when others fail you? I imagine that must be a miserable, empty type of existence.
Baphomet is not symbolic of any good thing. But you are so blinded by the evil in your heart, such a statement won’t make any sense to you. So if you want to keep playing into the devil’s hands with your false beliefs, you have the free will to do so.
July 16, 2009 at 4:38 pm |
belive what you like that brings you peace for those who seek exturnal influence have yet to look inside at themselves
July 16, 2009 at 9:28 pm |
True peace can only come from the Lord Jesus Christ. This peace from the Lord has a pre-requisite that a person examine themselves to see that they are sinful inside, having a dead spirit that only Jesus Christ can revive when they acknowledge they are sinners, turn away from their sins, and confess that Jesus is the only Lord. There is no other real peace that can be acquired by man apart from this simple truth. If a religion does not have the Lord Jesus Christ as the only way to God, that religion only has a cheap imitation of real peace.
September 24, 2009 at 2:35 am |
hello harry a gay lord.
my name is Animus Messor and i am a loving Wiccan witch. interestingly enough, i am a follower of the Roman Catholic church… the base of all Christian and Lutheran and Protestant beliefs.
you misunderstand many things and are so blind by your one sided view that you have failed to research the basics.
the pentagram is a symbol of the four elements and the fifth element known as the spirit (not sure if you have heard of that word before) it shows the spirit’s power over said elements and depicts that one can control the elements if the spirit’s will is there.
Then you say that when we communicate with angels we are in fact communicating with demons. are you then saying that angels do not exist and/or can not be reached? harry, have you ever communicated with your guardian angel? i have. i have also communicated with my loving spirit guide named Alastaar. they are only there to protect us. angels and demons alike may be contacted, it is up to you which you decide to talk to.
You go on to say that “In other words, he wanted to break down the Christian belief that Jesus is the only way to God, or other “divisive” doctrines, so that all mankind could unite to follow his god in a one world religion.” you can not say “in other words” because you do not know his opinion. he is clearly stating, by what you wrote, that we should form together and agree. be peaceful, is that not what God wishes for? Peace?
And, again, you state falsely that the Temporal Power is the complete power of the pope over ALL nations. it is, in fact, the pope’s power over Catholics, from which your religion descended.
To answer Penultima’s question, the half moons are a symbol of the goddess, and in this portrait a symbol of balance. the goddess symbol, looking like this )0( shows the three stages of Her life. maiden, mother, and crone. this is linked with the stages of the moon.
In your reply to Perduable you state that [God] appreciates biases… WRONG AGAIN! how can God, who loves everyone, want you to be bias? my dear sir you have lost all meaning to your words. you only look to strike out at that which you do not understand. you think with your book and not with the mind that God has given you.
I am here to say that you sir are a poor excuse for a Christian because you have no earthly right to judge. or do you not accept that part of the Bible? you are to love EVERYONE regardless of race sex or CREED. or did you skip over that part also? another important fact is that the Christians created Satan in their stories so that there was a negative. we could all live in a place where everyone went to paradise, but no. there must immediately be evil! God said let there be no god greater than I. well they are all equal harry. as long as we love the deity that we follow, they are equal. I love all three of my deities and can not wait to meet them all in the glorious afterlife. in the end we are all striving towards paradise. learn to love harry and you shall find peace.
Matt 5:43-44
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour,
and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully
use you, and persecute you;
I Jn 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one
that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
September 24, 2009 at 6:45 pm |
[i am a loving Wiccan witch]
Yes, you are loving. You are in love with evil and with every evil thing and evil person in agreement with your wicked doctrines.
[i am a follower of the Roman Catholic church… the base of all Christian and Lutheran and Protestant beliefs.]
Wrong! The roman catholic church was started by Constantine the Great in the 300s AD. True Christianity started centuries before catholicism when the Lord Jesus Christ came to earth. I am not “Protestant.” I believe in Jesus Christ, who hath saved me, and called me with an holy calling, not according to my works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to me in Christ Jesus before the world began [2 Timothy 1:9]. My faith has nothing whatsoever to do with the false religion of roman catholicism which is the harlot wearing scarlet in the book of Revelation. So it’s no wonder that a Wiccan is a proud member of the roman catholic church.
[the pentagram is a symbol of the four elements and the fifth element known as the spirit]
Yes. And the spirits symbolized by the pentagram are Satan and his fallen angels who kept not their first estate [heaven], but left their own habitation, who God hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day [Jude 1:6]
[Then you say that when we communicate with angels we are in fact communicating with demons. are you then saying that angels do not exist and/or can not be reached?...i have also communicated with my loving spirit guide named Alastaar.]
Your spirit guide is a devil. For Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers [and his fallen angels] also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. [2 Corinthians 11:14-15]
You communicate, or pray, to your angel and praying to angels is the worship of angels. I, as a true believer in Jesus Christ, have no need to pray to a created being like an angel when I can go directly to their righteous Creator who rules over the whole universe. The Bible is against praying to (worshipping) angels–”Let no man beguile [deceive] you of your reward in a voluntary [false, phony] humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,” [Colossians 2:18]
[you can not say “in other words” because you do not know his (Eliphas Levi's) opinion.]
I’ve read some of Eliphas Levi’s words, so I do, in fact, know his opinion about embracing ecumenism while rejecting Christ as being the only way to God.
[you state falsely that the Temporal Power is the complete power of the pope over ALL nations. it is, in fact, the pope’s power over Catholics, from which your religion descended.]
No, my “religion” did not descend from catholicism as I explained above. When Constantine started his false church, Christianity already existed and was vibrant. True Christians knew roman catholicism was a cheap imitation of the real thing and they refused to join and were persecuted as a result.
Temporal power is the belief that the Pope has power over ALL nations, not just catholics. They just don’t preach this doctrine out in the open because most people would reject it. This teaching went underground at Vatican II. But everytime you see a Pope landing in some foreign country and bending over to kiss the ground, this is symbolic of his belief in his power over all nations.
[the half moons are a symbol of the goddess]
You can bow down to the moon all you want, and your false goddess, but the Bible calls this idolatry and “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters…shall inherit the kingdom of God,” [1 Corinthians 6:9-10]
[how can God, who loves everyone, want you to be bias?]
You talk against bias, but you clearly have a bias of your own. You are biased against the truth that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation. God’s word says, “He that believeth on the Son (Jesus Christ) hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him,” [John 3:36] And this is the same John who you quoted out of context at the end of your comment.
Yes, God is biased against evil. Revelation 20:15 says, “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” In Revelation 21:8 it says, “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
The Bible tells us those who are in the book of life are the ones who believe only in Christ. Those who are unbelievers, like you, and sorcerers, like you, and idolaters, like you, and liars, like you, are thrown into the lake of fire. Once again, this is the same John you quoted that wrote this. But I hope you see the error of your ways and repent of your sins and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ before this happens to you.
[another important fact is that the Christians created Satan in their stories]
Christians did not create Satan. Satan was mentioned in ancient writings that precede any writings of Christians. The book of Job, which is a book written earlier than Genesis, talks about Satan. The prophet Isaiah talks about Satan’s (Lucifer) origins in Isaiah 14 and it was written in the 700s B.C. The prophet Ezekiel also talked about Satan’s (king of Tyrus, anointed cherub) origins in Ezekiel 28 which was written in the 500s B.C.
Wiccans believe in lies, so it’s no surprise that you can’t accept what the Bible says or what a true Christian tells you. But I rebuke all of your lies and false doctrines in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. And I pray for you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that you will be saved.
Just for future reference–there is a snowball’s chance in hell that I will ever take spiritual advice from someone who is openly wiccan or a witch.
September 24, 2009 at 10:27 pm |
wow open up your mind to the possibilty that there is more to life then a book which was put together by a roman in the time of pagan worship for the good of the roman empire ……. before the book there were many Gods as we have many constellations. who was their god back then? maybe in actual fact the only God that has always ever been there is inside us all regardless of weather or not we call it this or call it that.
so how can someone be evil if they do their best to be a good person?? after all actions speak louder then words don’t they. oh yeah and did’nt J.C. say blessed he whom is full of darkness for the light in the body is the eye????….something like that anyway. anways save yourselves I got my ride:)
September 25, 2009 at 6:01 pm |
sumdumb,
You have bought into revisionist history as far as the Bible is concerned. Constantine and his flunkies put together bastardized manuscripts to form what today is known as the Catholic Bible. The true manuscripts which were preserved by real God-fearing believers in Christ were brought together to form the Textus Receptus, which is the Authorized Version.
Since you’re not Christian, here’s a truth u may not be aware of–Satan always tries to mimic whatever God does. So he found some deceived people to help Constantine create a mimic of the true Bible.
God said–”Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” That means belief in God’s word, the Bible, gives spiritual, eternal life. It’s so important that God claims it’s more important than food.
[before the book there were many Gods]
No there weren’t. But you’d disagree because you believe the lies you’ve been taught since you’re in the world and not a believer in Christ. Man, in the beginning, worshipped the God of the Bible–Yahweh. Then after the fall of the first man and woman, eventually “…when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things…Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator.” [Romans 1:21-23, 25]
Man turned his back on the one true God and came up with many gods who mankind made based on God’s creatures, including humans.
[how can someone be evil if they do their best to be a good person??]
Because God’s word says, “But we [humans] are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.” [Isaiah 64:6]. Jesus said “there is none good but one, that is, God.” [Matthew 19:17] God is the only good person in the whole universe and he considers all our good works as worthless rags unless we confess Jesus as Lord. This is why Jesus said “…ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he [God, the Messiah], ye shall die in your sins,” [John 8:24]
[oh yeah and did’nt J.C. say blessed he whom is full of darkness for the light in the body is the eye????]
No, he didn’t. You’re not even close. Here’s the scripture you misquoted–
“The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single [focused], thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.” [Luke 11:34-35]
October 1, 2009 at 10:28 pm |
Ah, you guys crack me up. Spiritual = Delusional. Will the dark ages will never end?
October 2, 2009 at 6:23 am |
Actually, spiritual is only delusional when it does not acknowledge that Yahweh is the one true God and that one can only come to Yahweh through faith in his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. The “dark ages” will continue until Jesus Christ comes back to reign on the Earth. We’re in the dark ages now because the majority of people in the world won’t accept the truth as proclaimed in the Bible.
Jesus said, “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.” [John 12:46] That’s why the world is in the dark ages–they refuse to believe in Christ.
October 9, 2009 at 7:14 am |
The god of darkness has put a mask over people’s eyes not to see the truth and he is doing it through all possible forms even the government and media are falling prey to this!
I am only glad that Jesus is coming again!
November 7, 2009 at 5:48 am |
well hold on guys,my english is a little poor sorry for that but i’d like to add my comments too, i am not christan i am muslim but what our brother harryagaylord said in uper peragraphs is i think right coz u know there was jesus and its not a story there was a mirricle on that time when jesus got born i mean every one know, it is true that jesus will come back and he will be as old as he left ok we believe that but harryagaylord brother! can you please tell me how jesus left this world i mean how he died? i am sure your answer is ‘ becoz of jews’. then why you people forgave them and why they are still on this world? i believe that the christianity is true but not the new one coz its been changed by american people about 400 years ago and they changed some of pages from bible and they withdraw the murder case of jesus from jews i think i am agreed with older christianity not new. thankz
December 8, 2009 at 1:25 pm |
Many people believe that the Bible was changed 400 years ago, but have you ever investigated this yourself or do you just believe it because that is what you were told. There are over 20,000 manuscripts of the New Testament and there are several that are more than 1,400 years old.
Jesus said (about His life) in John 10:18-
“No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.”
The nails did not hold Jesus on the cross. His love for us did, and His desire to take the punishment for our sins so that we can be acceptable to God.
Jesus is the sacrifice that saves us, like the ram was the sacrifice that saved Abraham’s son.
But Jesus rose again, lives today, and wants a personal relationship with you.
November 8, 2009 at 12:01 am |
[can you please tell me how jesus left this world i mean how he died?]
Jesus was crucified on a Roman cross after Jewish religious leaders brought false accusations against him so they could put him to death. Jewish leaders, because of their jealousy and hatred, persuaded a very reluctant Pontius Pilate to order Christ’s death by crucifixion.
[i am sure your answer is ‘ becoz of jews’. then why you people forgave them and why they are still on this world?]
Because the Jews are not the only ones responsible for Jesus’ death. Jesus, who is God, knew before he came to Earth as a human that he would die. That was his ultimate purpose for coming here. His mission was to die for the sins of all mankind [1 John 2:2] from Adam, the first human, to the last person who will be born right before God brings the present Earth to an end.
This is why true Christians are not preoccupied with blaming the Jews, even if they were wrong. All of us are in some way responsible for Christ’s death. But Jesus’ death was not the end of the story. Since he came back to life on the third day of being in the grave, the Jews ultimately did not win in the end. It is pointless to ask why the Jews still exist for crimes committed by their forefathers when the majority of people in the world violate God’s laws and reject him, just like some Jews do. All humans can only be saved as a result of the undeserved favor we receive from God by believing that Jesus Christ is Lord whether we are Jew or non-Jew. All humans have an evil nature, so claiming or implying that Jews deserve to be extinct is hypocritical.
[i believe that the christianity is true but not the new one coz its been changed by american people about 400 years ago]
I don’t know what you mean here because true Christianity has never changed. There are many false religious systems set up by humans that call themselves Christian, but they’re not really Christianity. Newer versions of the Bible which are not based on the Textus Receptus manuscripts may have tweaked the story, but Bibles like the English King James Version is based on the truthful manuscripts and did not change the story. Either way, the Jews are not the problem you should be concerned about. Your worst problem, like the rest of humanity, is your sinful nature and you, like the rest of us, need to have Jesus Christ as your Lord.