Jesus was warning the twelve apostles, one of whom was like a lamb in sheep’s clothing, to beware. He was warning the eleven apostles about the twelfth, but they had no idea of whom He was speaking when He said to them, “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be you therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” (Mat 10:16).
Jesus was designating the
kinds that are referred to in the beginning. He was not talking literally
about sheep, wolves, snakes, or even doves; He was referring to the nature
of people.
He commenced by saying “behold” (in
the English), meaning to look at or observe the danger that lies ahead. That
warning was never withdrawn. Anytime anyone goes forth for Jesus, amidst them
are malevolent people. They would not be paranoid but vigilant… Behold!
Satan works by deception, by lessening
the vigilance of the person. Compared to the vigilance of wolves, seeking their
prey, sheep are innocent because their food is vegetation.
Now vigilant people are called ‘conspiracy theorists’ but there is one conspiracy that is the mother of all conspiracies, the ‘Luciferin Conspiracy,’ to wit:
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I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I
will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. (Isa 14:13-14)
Just as truth is fruit of the ‘Tree
of Life,’ conspiracies are the fruit of the ‘Tree of Death.’ On that one
conspiracy hang all the other conspiracies.
“Behold” them, Jesus said! For
some reason, the New International Version of the Bible omits the English word “behold”
that was in the Greek. It is like saying, what follows is insignificant although
it is most significant!
One thing that is misunderstood
is that Lucifer aspires to sit “in the sides of the North.” He will, literally
speaking, reside in the extremities of hidden places
Why did Jesus say to “behold”?
Because Lucifer is so well hidden from view. He is like the creature in the
Swarzenegger movie, Predator; he is there stalking all the time but
invisibly so. He can only be seen by the movement of his surroundings. Jesus
was saying, Behold of the things you see, because they may be invisible, but
are powerful beings!
Demons may not be in most of
mankind, but they certainly are in the minds of men in their thoughts. How
would invisible creatures get to you? In your mind?
Behold, they might be messaging
you with you even unaware of it. That’s what angels do, even demon angels; they
message and a person with ‘demons’ just may have demonic thoughts that are characters
from their archetype, Lucifer.
When Jesus warned to “behold,” He
was warning of things that you would not normally see; you must look for them.
Jesus went on to tell the
apostles, “I send you,” or in the Greek, “Ego apostello hymas” Jesus
literally set them apart as apostles (ibid). ‘Hymas’ indicates “for your
sakes” (ibid). They would be like sheep, not other walking, stalking creatures
because Jesus is the ‘Good Shepherd” (John 10:11) who would protect them.
Next comes a surprise; those
sheep would cavort, not literally with wolves, but more so demons. The base of
the Greek word translated “wolves” is “leukos” It pertains not to four-legged
carnivores but to brilliant, or light-bringing, entities (ibid).
It is not wolves that we should
fear but creatures who reside in extremely hidden places, ala Lucifer
from Isaiah’s vision.
The apostles were represented as ‘sheep’
because they are the most domesticated of all God’s creatures. They have no
guile in them at all. Just as the apostles were not literally sheep, but
that was their nature, the wolves are not literally wolves but the
demonic spirits that seek to devour our minds one thought at a time! Like
buzzards, those creatures of darkness are invisible to the dead, so people must
remain alive in Spirit to see the vultures from another realm pecking away at
them bit by bit, or one thought at a time!
It begins this way; one filthy
word in a book or movie can be overlooked; even one sex scene. Ignore that if
you choose!
Next comes two events in movies
or books that cannot harm you because that first one did not seem to.
Next it is how about three or
four? How about ten or even numerous? Before long you have been ravaged, but
you have enjoyed being pecked apart — your righteousness — one moral at a time.
Real demons did not attack you, but unawares, the thoughts of demons
gradually possessed your own thoughts. Gradually, you have become addicted to
sin and often fail to recognize sin as sin!
Jesus continued, “Therefore, be
as wise (phronimos) as serpents (ophis).”
Serpents are not wise, but they
are perceptive. Snakes cannot hear. They perceive danger by vibrations
carried through the ground. In like manner. The apostles, and even us, should
perceive dangerous beings. Ironically, thoughts nor demons can be seen, but they
can be detected if the Word is perceived.
This immediate commentary is
about perception. Jesus was telling the apostles not to depend on their “own lying
eyes,” as the saying goes, but on what or on whom lies behind their thoughts.
That is sobriety and vigilance (1 Pet 5:8). Question everything and hang onto
what is good!
For instance, viewers might say, “That
movie was good.” On the other hand, it was probably quite entertaining, but it
was far from good. Movies, poetry, songs, and such always present a message. All entertainment has either an
obvious or hidden message.
How many get the hidden messages
that wicked writers write? They see the light on the screen but fail to receive
the hidden messages. Jesus was asking them to examine everything closely
because they might encounter dark angels unawares in the same manner good
angels might be entertained unawares (Heb 13:2).
Sin is basically angels
entertaining you, not angels of light, but dark angels who transmit sinister
messages to your mind as you are entertained! That was the first and original
sin and like all other sins!
Now consider the “serpents” (ophis)
of which Jesus warned. Ophis literally means something that allows
itself to be seen
The original ‘Serpent’ was not a
crawling creature but a cunning invisible one who showed Eve its image (nahas)
that differed from the Image (Selem) of God.
Lucifer’s inner, or revealed
image, was cunningness (Gen 3:1). On the other hand, the Image of God was His ‘phantom,’
or Ghost. Adam was made like the Ghost of God — the Holy Ghost — whereas after
sin, both he and his wife were reimaged in the likeness of Lucifer. (I believe
those two very different ‘images’ were the genetic code, or DNA, encoded from God
and from Lucifer, two very different extremes of the kinds of the unseen
domain.
As such, the ‘serpent’ of which
Jesus warned is another being that reveals itself in much the same manner that
a snake might be encountered when gardening. There is no fear if the snake
remains hidden, but once it shows itself, danger is imminent. A rattlesnake
will even give an audible warning and a copperhead a distinct odor. Christians,
all apostles of Christ, must beware of those sounds and aromas to stay safe.
When scripture refers to a ‘serpent,’
it is most often not a snake, but some other being that is encountered in the manner
of a serpent.
Jesus was telling the apostles,
although they are more like sheep, to use the same tactics as the ‘serpents’
that they would encounter; to strike first before they are stricken, but to be “harmless
as doves.”
Serpents strike for protection, not
because they are mean-spirited. So should the apostles strike; not to harm but
for preservation. Serpents emit venom; on the other hand, Christians should have
the nature of “doves” (peristera), or in Greek mythology, like a nymph
— like nature itself.
For protection, many animals
conceal themselves in camouflage to blend in with nature so as not to be seen. They
do so to avoid adversarial creatures. Jesus was not suggesting that they be
doves, or even nymphs, but humble creatures who avoid confrontation and
physical engagement.
An example is that the Holy Ghost
entered Jesus in “bodily shape” with the motion of a “dove” (Luke 3:22). That
does not mean that when Jesus was baptized that they saw the Holy Ghost enter
Jesus but that the Spirit just appeared as if from nowhere, even though that
Spirit was a phantom that looked like Jesus in form! The others perceived
that the Holy Ghost had entered Jesus.
With that said, because the Holy
Spirit would be in the apostles, and in Christians, the ‘dove’ characteristic
would be to encounter the serpents as they would encounter you when in the
Garden. They would conceal themselves and the Spirit within them would reveal
itself — as the inner person in the soul of the Christian.
The Greek-speaking world knew exactly
what Jesus was saying, but here we are in English, so misinformed because of
the language barrier, so unwise that the translators have to use figures to
describe invisible characteristics. We are as bad as the psychologist, Carl
Jung, who did that exact same thing!
If what I write is correct insight,
then we must beware of unseen forces and resort to their tactics while we are
on their ground. When fighting Trojans, we must act as Greeks!
(picture credit; Fredrik Posse; "The Trojan Horse Statue in Turkey)
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