Church attendance is at an all time low. Between the Catholic scandals and the Millennial rebellion to traditional church, churches are in decline. In the UK most churches either are selling their chapels and buildings or converting them into breweries and yoga studios. The Cathedrals that once dominated the Medieval and Renaissance skyline could either be hosting the next Octoberfest or turned into museums.
What has promulgated this sudden exodus? Why are so many abandoning the building? The answer is contain in the Scriptures and before this post is ended you might view the church building (ecclesia govmenti) as creepy as the haunted gothic churches in spooky tales and come to understand the ecclesia or church as simply the individuals all over the world who put their faith in Jesus Christ.
To understand why there is scandal in north the Catholic and Protestant Churches; to delve into the reason behind the decline in Church attendance we must go back to Scripture. Scripture is God Breathed (2 Timothy 3:16) and unchangeable. The Holy Scriptures is all we need for sound theology, sound doctrine and sound Christian living; i.e. aside from God The Trinity’s own voice when we listen in prayer, Scripture is the chief and ultimate means of knowing the truth and even when our Lord Jesus speaks to us it will always confirm to His prior words in the Bible. Having established Solae Scriptura, I now want to turn our attention to the first point of many that has been fuel for the fires we see burning the Church today.
First and foremost, God never wanted a building, a temple of cedar or tower. The prophet Nathan encapsulates The Lord’s wishes when discussing the prospect of building s temple for the Lord, “After the king was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him, 2 he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
3 Nathan replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the Lord is with you.”
4 But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:
5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in? 6 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day. I have been moving from place to place with a tent as my dwelling. 7 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their rulers whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’
8 “Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. 9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth. 10 And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning 11 and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders[a] over my people Israel. I will also give you rest from all your enemies.
“‘The Lord declares to you that the Lord himself will establish a house for you: 12 When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. 15 But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me[b]; your throne will be established forever.’”
17 Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation,” (1 Samuel 7:1-17) and the same wishes of the Word are contained in the annuls, “But it happened that night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 “Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “You shall not build Me a house to dwell in. 5 For I have not dwelt in a house since the time that I brought up Israel, even to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 6 Wherever I have moved about with all Israel, have I ever spoken a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’ ” ’ 7 Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be [a]ruler over My people Israel. 8 And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have [b]made you a name like the name of the great men who are on the earth. 9 Moreover I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more; nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them anymore, as previously, 10 since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. Also I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore I tell you that the Lord will build you a [c]house. 11 And it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, when you must [d]go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I will be his Father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. 14 And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever.” (1 Chronicles 17:1-14). The Lord clearly rejects David’s ambitious to build a temple. Why? The Lord says it is because “He goes from tent to tent, tabernacle to tabernacle.” (1 Chronicles 17:6). David misunderstands the Lord, who is not confined to a temple like pagan gods, but is Spirit (John 4:24) and omnipresent. The Lord rejects Melek David’s plans, and instead substitutes His own, that He shall build a house for David and that the Lord’s Son, Jesus, shall reign in David’s throne forever. Even here it is clear God The Trinity intends to change everything from man serving Him with pious deeds to God serving as ultimate sacrifice for all men and their sins.
There are two reasons the Lord rejects David’s temple building scheme. The First is that it would make Y’WH appear like all pagan gods who need a temple, like Athena. Secondly it as aforementioned misses the point that the Lord who is Jesus dwells with His people everywhere and the Holy Spirit goes from tabernacle to tabernacle. A temple cannot contain the Lord, “Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen. 45 After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land until the time of David, 46 who enjoyed God’s favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.[k] 47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him.
48 “However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
49
“‘Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me?
says the Lord.
Or where will my resting place be?
50
Has not my hand made all these things?’
51 “You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!” (Acts 7:44-51). Stephen the First Martyr reiterated that the Lord does not want houses of cedar, stone, pitch or materials men can contrive. Instead the prophet Jeremiah foretells that mankind will become the temples of God, “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
32
It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to[d] them,[e]”
declares the Lord.
33
“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
34
No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me (Philippians 3:8, Romans 10:9-10),
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more (Jesus dying for our sins on the cross John 19).”” (Jeremiah 31:31-35) and the apostles confirm that via faith in The Lord Jesus Christ and His New Covenant, all believers are temples of God, “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16), “What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people,” (2 Corinthians 6:16), “so that, if I am delayed, you will know how each one must conduct himself in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth,” (1 Timothy 3:15), “But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boasts,” (Hebrews 3:6), “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own,” (1 Corinthians 6:19), “If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, and you are that temple,” (1 Corinthians 3:17), “For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building,” (1 Corinthians 3:9), “All who confess that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God,” (1 John 4:15), “And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God,” (Romans 8;10), “this is mystery, Christ lives in you,” (Colossians 1:27) and, “In Him (Jesus) the fullness of the Diety and Godhead lives in bodily form.” (Colossians 2:9).
If the temples and cathedrals be rebellion to God’s wishes, what if priests and pastors? The answer is as telling as the temple. In the Old Testament, Levite Priests attended to sacrifices and interceded for the Israelites. Their job was to administer sacrifices for sins (Exodus, Chapters 20 thru 31). However, this role was made obsolete by the Highest Priest and Sacrifice Jesus Christ:
“Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? 12 For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. 13 For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar. 14 For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
15 This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, 16 who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is witnessed of him,
“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”
18 For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness 19 (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
20 And it was not without an oath. For those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath, 21 but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him:
“The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind,
‘You are a priest forever.’”
22 This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.
23 The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, 24 but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. 25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost[b] those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
26 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27 He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself. 28 For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever,” (Hebrews 7:1-28)
“Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2 a minister in the holy places, in the true tent[a] that the Lord set up, not man. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. 4 Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law. 5 They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.” 6 But as it is, Christ[b] has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.
8 For he finds fault with them when he says:[c]
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah,
9
not like the covenant that I made with their fathers
on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
For they did not continue in my covenant,
and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.
10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws into their minds,
and write them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
11
And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor
and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
for they shall all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
12
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
and I will remember their sins no more.”
13 In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away,” (Hebrews 8:1-13)
“Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness. 2 For a tent[a] was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence.[b] It is called the Holy Place. 3 Behind the second curtain was a second section[c] called the Most Holy Place, 4 having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron's staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant. 5 Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
6 These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties, 7 but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people. 8 By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing 9 (which is symbolic for the present age).[d] According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, 10 but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation. 11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come,[e] then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify[f] for the purification of the flesh, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[g] conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.[h] 16 For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. 17 For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. 18 Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood. 19 For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, “This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you.” 21 And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship. 22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
23 Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, 26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, 28 so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him,” (Hebrews 9:1-28),
“For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? 3 But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Consequently, when Christ[a] came into the world, he said,
“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
but a body have you prepared for me;
6
in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no pleasure.
7
Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”
8 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ[b] had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
16
“This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds,”
17 then he adds,
“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
Therefore, brothers,[c] since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, 33 sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. 34 For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one. 35 Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. 37 For,
“Yet a little while,
and the coming one will come and will not delay;
38
but my righteous one shall live by faith,
and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him.”
39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.” (Hebrews 10:1-39).
It is abundantly clear that the old order of priesthood is done away with and Jesus, the High Priest of the Order of Mechelizedek has replaced the Levites and His Sacrifice on the cross is final and absolute for covering all sins for those who have faith in Him. We no longer need priests, Jesus is our Priest as seen in chapters above, and so we have no need of weak and fallible men; we have the Son of Man and Son of God who is sinless (Hebrews 9:14, 2 Corinthians 5:21) and who paid for our sins with His skin and blood. To want priests is to seek antichrists, those who would replace Christ who is the only mediator!, “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the Son of Man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.” (1 Timothy 2:5-6). Therefore the priests of the Catholic Church and the Protestant Pastors who are priests of Reform are antichrists, because they seek you to go to them and need them instead of the Priest of Priests Jesus Christ who has accomplished what no Levite, Catholic Priest or Protestant Pastor could achieve; He (Jesus) cleansed us once for all with His own Divine Filled Blood on the cross at Calvary in 33 A.D. Ever since Satan has tried to get people to go back to the old priesthood with help of Constantine The Great, Theodosius, the Patristic Fathers, the Eastern Orthodox Priests, the Catholic Priests, and Protestant Pastors of the 16-21st Centuries! We have no need of priests except the High Priest Jesus Christ! We need confess no sins and seek absolution from any man save the God Man Jesus Christ! When a priest pronounces “absolvo” he is antichrist! Jesus alone absolved you on the cross and His forgiveness and propitiation is open to you 24hrs and 365 days a week! Trust Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice on the cross to cleanse you, not the Latin litany of penance or a pastor’s proclamations of piety! Do not trample on the blood of Christ!, “How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?” (Hebrews 10:29).
We do not need buildings or priests. We need simply Jesus and His Body, The ecclesia or church which is everyone who has faith in and trusts in Jesus and His sacrifice for all time! In fact every Christian becomes a priest, “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.,” (1 Peter 2:9-10), how? Because the High Priest Jesus lives in all Christians, “If you confess Jesus as Son of God, God lives in you and you live in God,” (1 John 4:15), and “this is the mystery, Christ lives in you,” (Colossians 1:27), and “do you not know you are the temple of God and that God lives in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16). Christ has disbanded and fired the Levites, the caste system of priesthood is over! Now Jesus is the High Priest and every Christian a royal priesthood! We all are priests and so we do not need some man in ostentatious clothing offering a homily or some pastor monopolizing Sunday meeting with his sermon! No we all are to speak and sing and teach and prophesy and move in God’s power!, “26 What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. 27 If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret. 28 But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God. 29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said. 30 If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent. 31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged, 32 and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. 33 For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.” (1 Corinthians 14:26-32).
Just as there is no longer Jew or Gentile, make or female, “There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God's promise to Abraham belongs to you,” (Galatians 3:28-29), there is no longer a temple of brick or mortar, we Christians are the temples of God, “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16), and Jesus is now the High Priest and we have no need for Neo-Levite priests and Pastors! Pastorship is merely a gift among many in the Greek, “Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers.” (Ephensians 4:11). For Jesus said take no titles, “Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
5 “Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries[a] wide and the tassels on their garments long; 6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; 7 they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.
8 “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 10 Nor are you to be called instructors (teachers) , for you have one Instructor, the Christ. 11 The greatest among you will be your servant. 12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted,” (Matthew 23:1-12) and He knew why! Titles like priest and pastor bring pride and lead men into antichrist attitudes of superiority and sacrilege. We have but One Priest Jesus Christ and we all who trust in Him are priests! The enemy has worked hard to hide the truth that there is no temple of marble and stone but flesh which is us Christians, there are no priests because all are priests! For so long the Church has been impotent because it bought another forbidden fruit, and took a bite; that mere men in priestly robes would in their pride trample the blood of Christ (Hebrews 10:29) and act like demichrists to absolve and control the laity. They are among the false christs and false prophets Jesus foretold, “many false christs and false prophets will arise and deceive the Elect if possible.” (Matthew 24:24). It is time to realize the truth about the church. Jesus is our High Priest, we Christians (2.9 Billion) are all Priests (), we Christians are the temples of God The Trinity that He dwells in (1 John 4:15, Colossians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 3:16), and we have no need of antichrist arbiters (priests and pastors) who conjure masses or sermonize on Sunday! Those who stand on the stage or at an altar stand on the blood of Christ because they want you to need them, when all you need is Jesus the High Priest! For 1900yrs the professionally paid priests and pastors have stood in the way of Jesus the Way (John 14:6) and been antichrists (replace Christ in the Greek) and like Lucifer have been proud and sought recognition like the Pharisees: they have with emperors erected the curtain and veil Jesus tore down in the temple when He died on the cross!, “37And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. 38And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.” (Mark 15:37-38) and, “By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place.” (Hebrews 10:20). The paid priests and even paid pastors of today try to stand in way and repair the curtain, but Christ has torn it asunder and allows us into holiest place by the blood of Jesus, “Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus.” (Hebrews 10:19). Amen.
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