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neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; Therefore thus
saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee
in the sight of the nations"- Ezekiel 5:7-8
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The fear of God [in other words, the fear of God’s judgment , which is executed by means of His
unbreakable Law of “sowing and reaping”] is the beginning of wisdom. All who follow His precepts
[thereby sowing the goodness they would like to eventually reap for themselves] have good
understanding”- Psalm 111:10 (The Living Bible)
The fundamental truths of nature always boil down to simple axioms (sowing, and reaping; cause, and effect;
action, and reaction; what goes around, comes around, the tree is known by it’s fruit, etc). It is the goal of
atheist, tyrants, moral relativists, and other anti-nature egalitarians to over complicate what is simple, in
hopes of gaslight you out of objective reality.
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The faith of our beloved Christian brothers is placed in the man Jesus, while the faith of the Samaritan
believers is placed on something much larger: the God of Jesus- the Heavenly Father whom Jesus
himself confessed to be greater than him. As is written: “for MY FATHER IS GREATER THAN I”-
John 14:28. And, “… I am ascending to my Father and your Father, TO MY GOD and your God”-
John 20:17
Internal proof showing that the Christian Bible has been tampered with
The book of Revelation portrays Jesus as walking among the seven Christian churches of Asia. In fact, these
churches were so important, that Jesus considered them the only ones worthy of receiving his final message.
As is written, «John, to the seven churches in Asia… I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet saying,
“Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the Seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira,
Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea”… Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me. When I
turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was one like the Son of Man… and the
seven lampstands are the Seven Churches»- Revelation 1:4, 11, 12, 13, 20 (Christian Standard Bible).
Yet, one can’t help but to wonder how is it that [with the exception of Ephesus] no letter written to any of
these Seven churches was ever made part of the New Testament cannon. In other words, Christian theology
(salvation by faith in Jesus atoning sacrifice) is for the most part based upon the content of letters written by
Paul to the church of Rome, to the church of Corinth, to the Thessalonians, to the Colossians, and to the
Ephesians; but according to the book of Revelation, Jesus didn’t consider any of these churches a worthy
representative of the faith he came to preach.
In fact, the letter to the Ephesians is famous for advocating the idea of “salvation by faith” (without the need
of doing any work), as is written: “For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves;
it is God’s gift— not from works, so that no one can boast”- Ephesians 2:8-9. But although the letter to the
Ephesians encourages us to disregard any work, that was precisely the reason why Jesus rebuked this
particular church, as it had abandoned the works that pleased him: “Remember then how far you have fallen;
REPENT, AND DO THE WORKS YOU DID AT FIRST. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your
lampstand from its place, unless you repent”- Revelation 2:5 (Christian Standard Bible).
The truth is that if we proceed to study the messages sent to the remaining churches of Asia, we will find
Jesus encouraging them to go back, and do the works that please him.
As is written: “TO THE ONE WHO CONQUERS, I will give some of the hidden manna… Thus says the
Son of God, the one whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like fine bronze: I KNOW YOUR
WORKS—your love, faithfulness, service, and endurance. I KNOW THAT YOUR LAST WORKS ARE
GREATER THAN THE FIRST… I am the one who examines minds and hearts, and I WILL GIVE TO
EACH OF YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR WORKS… I KNOW YOUR WORKS; you have a reputation for
being alive, but you are dead. Be alert and strengthen what remains, which is about to die, for I HAVE NOT
FOUND YOUR WORKS COMPLETE BEFORE MY GOD… THUS SAYS THE HOLY ONE, THE TRUE
ONE, the one who has the key of David, who opens and no one will close, and who closes and no one opens:
I KNOW YOUR WORKS… THUS SAYS THE AMEN, THE FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS, the
originator of God’s creation: I KNOW YOUR WORKS, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you
were cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit[i] you out of
my mouth”- Rev. 2:17, 2:18-19, 2:25, 3:1-2, 3:7-8, 3:14-16 (Christian Standard Bible).
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Thus, it seems like the reason why no letter to Asian churches was ever included in the N. T. Cannon had to
do with the fact that, unlike the Roman, the Colossian, and the Ephesian churches, their theology was based
on the idea of doing the works that please God, as opposed to obtaining his favor embracing the concept of
“salvation by faith, and without the need of any work”. But, although extremely unlikely, could it be possible
that simply no apostolic letter was ever written to any of these churches (besides Ephesus)?
The answer is that there is proof of the existence of at least one letter written to them. Of course, this letter
was conveniently excluded from the NT cannon. And the church this letter was addressed to was that of the
Laodiceans. This letter was mentioned by Paul on his letter to the Colossians, where he treats it as it if were
divinely inspired. As is written: “And when this epistle [to the Colossians] shall have been read with you,
cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans: AND THAT YOU READ THAT WHICH IS OF
THE LAODICEANS”- Colossians 4:16 (Douay-Rheims Bible, 1899 American Edition).
In short, it seems like by the end of the first century C.E. the original Christian scriptures had already been
tampered with by a powerful group of people trying to make it suit their personal agenda. And whether the
latter was the result of an internal struggle for religious, social, political, or economical power, remains
uncertain to this very date
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