Are you sure the Popes are spreading the message that Rome once angrily persecuted?
Let’s see:
Jacob tricked a blind man… so why does the Bible say that God loved him?
Did you know that the Bible says:
“I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau”? (Romans 9:13)
But… let’s look at the facts.
Jacob took advantage of his brother’s weakness to obtain the birthright: (Genesis 25:29–34)
And then he deceived his own father, who was blind, to steal the blessing: (Genesis 27)
Is that justice?
Scripture itself condemns such acts:
“Cursed is he who leads a blind man astray on the way.” (Deuteronomy 27:18)
And it also says:
“You hate all who do iniquity.” (Psalm 5:5)
Then the question arises:
How can God love a usurper who deceives a blind man?
Can truth contradict itself?
EITHER…
Did the Roman Empire present an altered message?
A usurping message… like Jacob himself?
I wouldn’t be surprised by that from an empire that presented its god Mars as Michael.
The serpent’s words: “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat that fruit’ (Genesis 3:1), ‘or the meat of the pig’ (Deuteronomy 14:8)?… Roman scribe, pass this out as the word of God:… Nothing God has made is evil if you receive it with thanksgiving (1 Timothy 4:1-6).”
Satan’s word: “Servant of my empire, write also: ‘The whole world is under the power of the evil one (1 John 5:19), and to make them submit to me, add:
‘Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God (Romans 13:1)… for God appointed me so that I should never be overthrown (Revelation 13:5).'»
Satan’s word: “Roman, write now that Jesus has risen and that his return will be from the clouds, so that people will expect impossible justice while I perpetuate myself with your empire in power, and love for their enemy is preached so that they will not demand their gold back when we steal it from them.”
For me, it’s not surprising either if it comes from an empire that presented its god Jupiter or Zeus as Jesus.
If the Roman Empire was capable of presenting Minerva as Mary, further frauds and usurpations from that empire would not surprise me.
Like the usurpation of a Peter who had a wife and whose humility led him to refuse to have men bow down before him, in a clear rejection of idolatry (Matthew 8:14; Acts 10:25; Exodus 20:3,5), by Caesars who, in addition to blessing those renowned statues and demanding that people kneel before them, had coins minted with their own faces, without seeking for themselves the blessing of God manifested in a wife (Matthew 22:20; Proverbs 18:22).
While Peter rejected these attitudes towards him, because when Cornelius fell at his feet, Peter lifted him up saying, “Stand up, for I too am a man.” (Acts 10:25–26) today, his so-called successors allow it.
How can we trust that the Bible contains the truth and not what Rome wanted to say, if its leaders act contrary to Peter, who also had a wife?
“When Jesus came to Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.” (Matthew 8:14)
If Peter had a wife, why don’t his supposed successors allow themselves one, if «he who finds a wife finds a good thing»? (Proverbs 18:22)
CONSTANTINE I — Council of Nicaea (325 AD) THEODOSIUS I — Synod of Rome (382 AD) THEODOSIUS II — Council of Ephesus (431 AD) MARCIAN — Council of Chalcedon (451 AD)
OBJECTIVE: To eliminate any text that contradicted the interests of the Empire.
“Let every man be subject to the authorities…” “Do not claim what is yours…”
Rome plundered and did not want resistance to its abuses.
In Genesis 25:29–34, the text does not say that Jacob deceived Esau, but that Esau sold him his birthright.
However, many interpret this episode as a form of usurpation or deception, since Jacob took advantage of his brother’s extreme weakness to gain an advantage.
In other words, it is not a direct quote, but a characterization of the action.
Explicit deception does appear later, when Jacob deceives his blind father (Genesis 27). However, Esau himself interprets both acts as the same substitution in Genesis 27:36, saying:
“Rightly was his name called Jacob, for he has supplanted me twice: he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing.” (Jacob means: “He who grasps the heel”) Is it a coincidence that the serpent in Genesis 3:15 is marked by wounding the heel, and that Jacob is born grasping the heel and is called ‘Supplanter’?
Ayudando al pensamiento crítico a sacudirse de dogmas impuestos desde la niñez. Soy creador del blog: https://ntiend.me (https://gabriels.work).
Este blog no solo está en español y tiene como propósito respetar la inteligencia frente al dogma.
Este blog no fue creado para defender la Biblia ni para buscarle una interpretación alternativa, porque eso sería darle crédito como un bloque coherente de mensajes. Los textos allí atribuidos a los santos contienen contradicciones demasiado numerosas para etiquetarlas como simples accidentes o diferencias de interpretación. Mientras se atribuye a los santos mensajes tanto de amor como de odio hacia sus enemigos, aquí hay gato encerrado. La cuestión no es cómo interpretar la Biblia o sus enigmas, sino saber hasta dónde llegan las raíces del engaño: si los mensajes están adulterados, no tiene sentido perder el tiempo intentando descifrar enigmas bíblicos posiblemente adulterados por la mano que mató a los santos y se apoderó de sus escritos para arrogarse la autoridad moral de determinar qué escritura, original o escrita por esa mano asesina, debía considerarse “la verdad” y cuál no.
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Helping critical thinking shake off the dogmas imposed since childhood. I am the creator of the blog: https://ntiend.me (https://gabriels.work).
This blog is not only in Spanish and is intended to respect intelligence in the face of dogma.
This blog was not created to defend the Bible or to seek an alternative interpretation of it, because that would give it credit as a coherent body of messages. The texts attributed there to the saints contain far too many contradictions to dismiss them as mere accidents or differences in interpretation. While the saints are attributed with messages expressing both love and hatred toward their enemies, there is something fishy going on here. The question is not how to interpret the Bible or its enigmas, but rather how deep the roots of the deception go: if the messages have been adulterated, there is no point wasting time trying to decipher biblical enigmas possibly adulterated by the hand that killed the saints and seized their writings in order to arrogate to itself the moral authority to determine which writing, original or written by that murderous hand, was to be considered “the truth” and which was not.
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