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Caleb ☧
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Follower of Jesus (Iēsous), seeking the true Father, loving Scripture, truth, and freedom, unafraid of the heretic label, exposing the adversary.
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It's fascinating that when Paul was confronted on the way to Damascus and he asked who was speaking to him... the answer was JESUS (not YHWH);

...suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus..."

- Ac 9:3–5

Whenever "the LORD" spoke to someone in the OT he gave them his name... told them exactly who he was. But no "YHWH" this time, no "I am", no "I am the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob", nothing like that, here are some examples;

- Ex 3:13-15 - "I AM" / "the LORD" [YHWH] to Moses.

- Ex 6:2-3 - "the LORD" [YHWH] reaffirmed to Moses.

- Ex 34:5-7 - "the LORD" [YHWH] proclaimed to Moses.

- Gn 17:1 - "God Almighty" [El Shaddai] to Abraham.

- Gn 35:9-11 - "God Almighty" [El Shaddai] to Jacob.

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“I am the Lord [YHWH]. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty [El Shaddai], but by my name the Lord [YHWH] I did not make myself known to them.

- Ex 6:2–3.

This interaction with Paul though would have been the perfect opportunity to set the record straight to a zealous Jew (who was rounding up followers of Jesus for prosecution) - he simply could have told Paul that he was YHWH "in the Flesh" (Angel of YHWH etc) - and to stop persecuting "his [new] people", but no, that is NOT what happened.

Instead, Paul heard it declared loud and clear that the one who was speaking to him was JESUS.

If Jesus was YHWH, the Father/God of the Jews, the revelation that came from Jesus to Saul/Paul would have been the perfect opportunity to make this known - "as he had in the past", but this wasn't the case.

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It would be neat to allow you the ability to enter more than one npub for your relay to accept notes. For example, I'm posting this from my anon account, but I also for another account I use for my personal life. I'd like to be able to add both onto this relay to accept the notes...?

Thank you for this! I've just installed it on macOS and can see in WoT you can't actually set the value to "0" only 1 or 2. Is this a known bug?

Viewed externally, the Orthodoxy's defense of YHWH's egotistical and narcissistic behavior is both amusing and sad. To see it, you must be seeking Truth.

"Ask, and it will be given; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened."

- Lk 11:9.

Behold, I am against you,

declares the Lord [YHWH] of hosts [war],

and will lift up your skirts over your face;

and I will make nations look at your nakedness

and kingdoms at your shame.

I will throw filth [horror] at you

and treat you with contempt

and make you a spectacle.

- Nahum 3:5–6

her infants were dashed in pieces

at the head of every street

- Nahum 3:10

Jesus (Iēsous) teaches us to challenge our natural instincts for retribution, promoting a transformative approach rooted in love, prayer, and forgiveness, reflecting the [true] Fathers’ character.

Quite the contrast to the behaviour of YHWH/YHVH (Yahweh/Yehovah).

Even though 'Easter' has past [again], remembering what took place at Calvary should be a daily event as followers.

May the reality of what Jesus did on the cross be brought to our remembrance every-single-day.

Amen. 🙏

YHWH wanted everyone to know his name.

Jesus never told people his name.

YHWH focused on himself.

Jesus focused on His father.

YHWH was jealous.

Jesus was selfless.

Jesus (Iēsous) is Risen 🌅 🕊️

The resurrection is my future hope.

In Him do I trust completely. 🙏🏻 🧡

Jesus came to save us, but from what and to what?

Orthodoxy claims the Most High sacrificed Himself (i.e., YHWH is Jesus) because we ate the forbidden fruit, yet humanity's story is more complex. There are more players in the game than we're lead to believe, and some are machinators and egotists.

Since losing access to the Tree of Life, we can no longer live forever; Jesus will restore this. That is our hope: the resurrection that is in Jesus.

Did you know that the earliest manuscripts do not include the story of "The Woman Caught in Adultery"? [Jn 7:53–8:11]

What I find it curious that it's the only instance of Jesus transcribing anything/anywhere;

Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground

- Jn 8:6

This is the smoking gun of a [likely] fabricated story IMO because Jesus never ever transcribed - which it in itself is fascinating.

The House of David show in Episode 1 showed Nephilim [giants], but their hand print is only showing 5 digits! Whoever is their consultants for the show has missed a crucial detail. 🤦🏻‍♂️

And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants.

- 1 Chronicles 20:6

YHWH commands to despoil the Egyptians while Christ exhorted voluntary poverty:

"And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and when you go, you shall not go empty, but each woman shall ask of her neighbor, and any woman who lives in her house, for silver and gold jewelry, and for clothing. You shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.”

- Ex 3:21–22.

The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. And YHWH had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.

- Ex 12:35–36

vs

Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

- Mt 19:21

"Sell your possessions, and give to the needy."

- Lk 12:33

"...sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me"

- Mk 10:21

Did you know YHWH confessed to making “evils”?

I form light and create darkness;

I make well-being and create calamity [evil];

I am YHWH, who does all these things.

- Is 45:7

YHWH also admitted to being jealous and enraged;

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I YHWH your God am a jealous God.

- Ex 20:5.

the anger of YHWH was kindled against his people,

and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them

- Is 5:25

Only by contrasting the Father revealed in Christ does the evil of YHWH shine through.

Although Marcion recognised YHWH’s power and his control over this world, he complained of his wicked character and refused to worship him as god.

When compared with the supremely good Father, YHWH was one of those falsely named “gods” who, to adapt a Pauline phrase, are “by nature not gods” (Gal 4:8).

Marcion called YHWH “severe, ignorant... capricious... petty, a lover of war,” and “most pitiless.” That he was not good; and a being who lacked goodness, no matter how powerful, could not be [the true] god.

Here is Jason D. BeDuhns' reconstruction of the Evangelion (Gospel of the Lord) that corresponds to the canonical Luke 11.2-4 where Jesus teaches us how to pray;

Then he said to them, "Whenever you may invoke, say

'Father, let your sacred spirit come upon us...

Let your realm come.

Give us your sustaining bread day by day.

And dismiss for us our misdeeds.

And do not permit us to be brought to a trial.'"

I find it incredibly interesting that Jesus says 'your sacred spirit'. This is a great example of the Holy Spirit simply being the Fathers' Spirit rather than a seperate entity (i.e. breaking the Trinity) which is what I also heard

Israel Anderson say when debunking the Trinity.

Looking forward to grabbing Dr David Litwas' latest when it's released late 2025.

"...rigorously critiquing heresy reports by means of the testimony of Marcion's scriptures. It devotes attention to the reliable reconstruction of those scriptures, arguing for the chronological priority of Marcion's Gospel over what is now known as canonical Luke. It seeks to overthrow the common heresiological (and sometimes scholarly) portraits of Marcion as a ditheist, a docetist, a world-denier, requiring divorce, and deleting scripture."

It grieves me when people walk away from Jesus because they've been sold a lie.

We're in a decaying body and surrounded by demons. We are NOT to store up treasures in this life.

"If the world hates you,

know that it has hated me [Jesus] before it hated you."

- Jn 15:18

Be sure to ask for the Holy Spirit to show you the true Gospel, and not one from man. Those who hold the 'Church Fathers' in high regard need to be cautious not to put your faith in them, but in Jesus;

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel - not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

- Ga 1:6–9

...the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

- Ga 1:11–12