A.
drum, gong, Plu.Crass.23, Apollod. ap. Sch. Theoc.2.36, Procop.Gaz.Ecphr.p.153B.; tambourine, as head-dress, Herm.Trism.in Rev.Phil.32.254; used for stage-thunder, Sch.Ar. Nu.292; as sounding-boards in the theatre, Vitr.5.5.2.
Phil Barnes Preacher at Madison Church of Christ and Instruments
Phil Barnes and the elders at Madison Church of Christ have done extensive study have have given themselves to RETAIN ACappella (not a cappella) for both morning services split between the "traditional and "progressives" who do a legalistic end run around instruments by imposing ORGANUM or the style of small-group singers singing in the style of the pipe organ. These were also marked as falsetto or true castrated opra performers imported into the Sistine chapel (caper, goat) where instruments were not permitted for the only official mass.
They, therefore, give themselves to IMPOSE instrumental or machine noises for both services. Elders do not have that authority and therefore usurp the prophetic teachings of Christ and the direct command of Jesus for what HE wanted done in the assembly.
He says that our practices are rooted in tradition or history and they have respectfully considered the unbound Bible. However, the Bible is filled with using mechanical instruments as symbolic of "hard work" or bondage mostly in making war or in creating the shock and awe of religious spectacle to take captive the audience: all instruments and musical terms point directly to soothsaying (the Levites who prophesied with instruments) or sorcerer (the speakers, singers and instrument players in Revelation 17-18.). Jesus called the Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites and the Exekiel 33 version inspired by the Spirit OF Christ named performance preachers, singers and instrument players. "Hypocrite" literally speaks only to those using theatrical arts to pretend that they are speaking for the gods.
They have Wasted too much time things not important. He claims that Satan has weapons trying to keep us from work. New direction, elder recognize, my shepherds took time pray, asked God for direct, studied Bible, Asked God to CAST A VISION for this church. Christ in Amos and the other prophets defines Satan as the SOURCE of using instruments to silence the opposition of the lambs and the voice of God.
Since most of the opposition has been from within by true disciples of Christ and the watching world has been amazed that such a congregation could fall into musical idolatry, one suspects that the disenfranchised members are now defined as Satanic.
Plat. Laws 941a Athenian
If anyone, while acting as ambassador or herald,
conveys false messages from his State to another State,
or fails to deliver the actual message he was sent to deliver,
or is proved to have brought back, as ambassador or herald,
either from a friendly or hostile nation, their reply in a false form,—
against all such there shall be laid an indictment for breaking the law
by sinning against the sacred messages and injunctions of Hermes1 and Zeus,
and an assessment shall be made of the penalty they shall suffer or pay,
1 Son, and herald, of Zeus, and a master of speech (and of lies).
-Presb-eutēs A. ambassador, Th.5.4, Pl.Lg.941a,
II. agent or commissioner
-Kērux , u_kos, ho, Aeol. karux a_ Sapph.Supp.20a.2, Pi.N.8.1:—but kēru_kos , ou, ho, EM775.26: (kērussō):—A. herald, pursuivant: generally, public messenger, envoy,For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons (same as lifeless instruments) we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Cor 10:3-5
"Brothers and sisters, after the God of truth, I am reading to you an exhortation to give attention to the things written, in order that you may save yourselves and one reading among you. (19:1; cf. VI. 25) Resource concerening women
And when they have all assembled and come together, and we see that they are in peace, we address to them words of exhortation in the fear of God, and read the Scripture to them, with purity and in the concise and weighty words of the fear of God. We do everything as for their edification.
Among unbelievers: For we do not minister where heathens are drinking and blaspheming in their feasts with words of impurity, because of their wickedness. Therefore do we not sing psalms to the heathens, nor do we read to them the Scriptures,
that we may not be like common singers,
either those who play on the lyre,
or those who sing with the voice,
or like soothsayers, as many are, who follow these practices and do these things, that they may sate themselves with a paltry mouthful of bread, and who, for the sake of a sorry cup of wine, go about "singing the songs of the Lord in the strange land" of the heathen, and doing what is not right. Do not so, my brethren; we beseech you, my brethren, let not these deeds be done among you; but put away those who choose thus to behave themselves with infamy and disgrace.
used interchangeably with apostolos, Hdt.1.21:
4. generally, messenger, herald, “theoi kērukes aggellousi” S.OC1511
distd. from presbeis, as being messengers between nations at war,
"In many cases heralds are very garrulous and inclined to exaggerate. They are thus in danger of giving false news. It is demanded then that they deliver their message as it is given to them. The essential point about the report which they give is that it does not originate with them ...The herald does not express his own views. He is the spokesman for his master... Being only the mouth of his master, he must not falsify the message entrusted to him by additions of his own." (Robinson, Homiletics, p. 804).
"Preaching appears in the Bible as a relaying of what God has said about Himself and His doings, and about men in relation to Him, plus a pressing of His commands, promises, warnings, and assurance, with a view to winning the hearer or hearers ...to a positive response." (Homiletics, p. 820).
-Aristotle Poetics [941b] if convicted. Theft of property is uncivilized,THERE IS NOT IN THE BIBLE OR ANY RECORDED HISTORY WHICH DOES NOT ATTRIBUTE TO SATAN (LUCIFER, ABADDON, ETAL) THE IMPOSING OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TO LEAD PEOPLE ASTRAY. THEREFORE, ANYONE WHO CLAIMS THAT RESISTING IS THE WORK OF SATAN DOES NOT WANT YOU TO GET ACCESS TO THE UNFILTERED WORD OF GOD COMMANDED TO BE PREACHED BY BEING READ.
open robbery is shameless: neither of these has any of the sons of Zeus practiced,
through delight in fraud or force.
Let no man, therefore, be deluded concerning this or persuaded
either by poets [composer of poem, komodias, dramaton, tragodin, music, mechanical device.]
or by any perverse myth-mongers into the belief that,
when he thieves or forcibly robs (churches), he is doing nothing shameful,
but just what the gods themselves do. That is both unlikely and untrue;
and whoever acts thus unlawfully is neither a god at all nor a child of gods;
1 Cp.Plat. Rep 378 ff., Plat. Rep. 388 ff. Hermes is specially in mind, as notorious for his thefts and frauds; cp. Homer Iliad 5. 390; 24. 395, etc.
Aristot. Rh. 3.8.1 Aristotle: Melody Deceives: "Poets also make use of this in inventing words, as a melody "without strings" or "without the lyre"; for they employ epithets from negations, a course which is approved in proportional metaphors..THE MUSICAL ENCHANTER(ESS) IN THE GARDEN OF EDENThe form of diction should be neither metrical nor without rhythm.
If it is metrical, it lacks persuasiveness, for it appears artificial, and at the same time it distracts the hearer's attention, since it sets him on the watch for the recurrence of such and such a cadence..
According to Philo, the gods of the pagans exploit this weakness of men. For the sake of a better effect, and with the intention of more easily metrical, it lacks persuasivenessthat they have set their lies to melodies, rhythms and meters.." Click for more.
History of Serpent Worship with Instruments
History of Devil Worship with Instruments.
Remembering that Lucifer or Zoe called the "Beast and the female instructing principle" as the king / queen of Tyre was also the "singing and harp playing prostitute" Aphrahat warned like Paul:
Apharat Demonstration VI.-Of Monks.
6. Therefore, brethren, because we know and have seen that from the beginning it was through woman that the adversary had access unto men, and to the end he will accomplish it by her-for she is the weapon of Satan, and through her he fights against the champions. Through her he makes music at every time, for she became as a harp for him from the first day.
For because of her the curse of the Law was established, and because of her the promise unto death was made. For with pangs she bears children and delivers them to death. Because of her the earth was cursed, that it should bring forth thorns and tares.
1. That whatever this nachash was, he stood at the head of all inferior animals for wisdom and understanding.
The serpent was a Musical Enchanter or enchantress.
Nachash (h5172) naw-khash'; a prim. root; prop. to hiss, i. e. whisper a (magic) spell; gen. to prognosticate: - * certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) * enchantment, learn by experience, * indeed, diligently observe.
5173. nachash, nakh´-ash; from 5172; an incantation or augury:—enchantment.
Nachash "snake, serpent" with nshk "bite" provides a link between two verses in Amos speaking of the impossibility of escape Amos 5:19 and 9:3 - nachash often either carries overtones of the serpent in Eden (Gen 3) or of the mythology of Canaanite cultures (Is 27:1).
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Amos 5:19
Nashak (h5391) naw-shak'; a prim. root; to strike with a sting (as a serpent); fig., to oppress with interest on a loan: - bite, lend upon usury.
The verb nachash always means to enchant, fascinate, bewitch; or of one having and using occult knowledge. See Gen. 30:27; 44:5, 15. Lev. 19:26. Deut. 18:10. 1Kings 20:33. 2Kings 17:17; 21:6. 2Chron. 33:6. So also is the noun used in Num. 23:23; 24:1.
Speaking directly to the "mantic" behaviour of music and speaking in tongues in Corinth, it is noted from the Classical writers that:
Thus saraph is used of a fiery serpent, and of an exalted celestial being; nachash being similarly used to designate a serpent and a glorious spirit-being. The Nachash, or serpent, who beguiled Eve (2 Cor. 11:3) is spoken of as "an angel of light" in verse 14. Have we not, in this, a clear intimation that it was not a snake, but a being of glorious aspect, apparently an angel, to whom Eve paid such great deference, acknowledging him as one who seemed to possess superior knowledge, and who was evidently a being of a superior knowledge, and who was evidently a being of a superior (not of an inferior) order?
Moreover, in the description of Satan as "the king of Tyre" it is distinctly implied that the latter being was of a supernatural order when he is called a "cherub" (Ezek. 28:14, 16, read from vv. 11-19). His presence in Eden, the garden of God ('Elohim' v. 13), is also clearly stated, as well as his being "perfect in beauty" (v. 12), his being "perfect in his ways from the day he was created till iniquity was found in him" (v. 15) and as being "lifted up because of his beauty" (v. 17).
The word "beast" also, in Genesis 3:1, chay denotes a living being, and it is as wrong to translate zoa "beasts" in Revelation 4, as it is to translate chay "beast" in Genesis 3. Both mean living creature. Satan is thus spoken of as being "more wise than any other living creature which Jahweh Elohim had made". Even if the word "beast" be retained, it does not say that either a or Satan was a "beast", but only that he was "more wise" than any other living being.
Baal-lashon lord of tongue There was another way in which Nimrod's power was symbolised besides by the "horn." A synonym for Gheber, "The mighty one," was "Abir," while "Aber" also signified a "wing."
Nimrod, as Head and Captain of those men of war, by whom he surrounded himself, and who were the instruments of establishing his power, was "Baal-aberin," "Lord of the mighty ones." But "Baal-abirin" (pronounced nearly in the same way) signified "The winged one," * and therefore in symbol he was represented, not only as a horned bull, but as at once a horned and winged bull--as showing not merely that he was mighty himself,
but that he had mighty ones under his command, who were ever ready to carry his will into effect, and to put down all opposition to his power; and to shadow forth the vastextent of his might, he was represented with great and wide-expanding wings.
* This is according to a peculiar Oriental idiom, of which there are many examples. Thus, Baal-aph, "lord of wrath," signifies "an angry man"; Baal-lashon, "lord of tongue," "an eloquent man"; Baal-hatsim, "lord of arrows," "an archer"; and in like manner, Baal-aberin, "lord of wings," signifies "winged one."
For with the utmost severity and vigilance they enjoin (on their votaries) to abstain, as if they were emasculated, from intercourse with a woman. The rest, however, of the proceeding (observed in these mysteries), as we have declared at some length, (they follow) just as (if they were) emasculated persons.
And they do not worship any other object but Naas, (from thence) being styled Naasseni. But Naas is the serpent from whom, i.e., from the word Naas, (the Naassene) says, are all that under heaven are denominated temples (Naos).
And (he states) that to him alone-that is, Naas-is dedicated every shrine and every initiatory rite, and every mystery; and, in general,
that a religious ceremony could not be discovered under heaven, in which a temple (Naos) has no existence; and in the temple itself is Naas, from whom it has received its denomination of temple (Naos). ZOE and the Wineskins
THE BAAL EPIC DEFINED BY AMOSIn Matthew 23:33 Jesus calls those Pharisees serpents and a generation (offspring, brood, progeny, produce, Gr. gennema) of vipers, and in verse 31 the children (sons, Gr. huios) of them which killed the prophets, and in verse 35 he holds them responsible for all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias. Who killed Abel? Cain of course!
It's true that Carnal Weapons have the same meaning as Lifeless Instruments. It is a fact that there is no other history or tradition but that Satan seduced his angels with performing talents: their mission was to replace READING and DISCUSSING the Word of God. Amos warned.
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; Amos 6:5
Mirzach (h4797) meer-zakh'; from an unused root mean. to scream; a cry, i. e. (of joy), a revel: - banquet.
Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. Amos 6:7
Marzeach (h4798) mar-zay'-akh; formed like 4797; a cry, i. e. (of grief) a lamentation: - mourning.
For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies. Jer 16:5
Click for a word study of Amos 5 to prove that the FORM of their worship was identical to the musical idolatry at Mount Sinai. It was always a sin beyond redemption because it marked the spiritual nature of evil.
Conrad L'Heureux demonstrated that the marzeah, or symposium (feast, gathering, banquet, assembly) of El that is found in the Rephaim Texts of Ugarit "must be a reflex in the divine world of the symposium celebrated by the members of the earthly marzeah of El...each guild apparently had a divine patron."42 The heavenly marzeah had participants called rp'm, which we also find in the earthly marzeah, e.g., "May Krt be greatly exalted among the rp'm of the earth...the rp'm constitute an aristocracy of which the Canaanite kings were a part."43 Moses, and the prophets following him were proclaimed as "Speakers for Yahweh," showing the people that "they are sent from the divine king, the suzerain of treaties, to reprove and to pronounce judgment upon Israel..."44
Note 42: Conrad L'Heureux, "The Ugaritic and Biblical Rephaim," Harvard Theological Review, 67(1974): 270-271.
Note 43. Conrad L'Heureux, Rephaim, 271. Cf. 272, footnote 25, the authority of El is ordinarily exercised through the younger generation of gods whom we could call the executive deities. It is also possible to understand the term rp'm as "the assembly of the gods." The entire premise of Jacobsen's article "Primitive Democracy," is that the groups and assemblies on earth reflected what the gods had done in heaven.
"The marzeah had an extremely long history extending at least from the 14th century B.C. through the Roman period. In the 14th century B.C., it was prominently associated with the ancient Canaanite city of Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra), on the coast of Syria... The marzeah was a pagan ritual that took the form of a social and religious association... Some scholars regard the funerary marzeah as a feast for--and with--deceased ancestors (or Rephaim, a proper name in the Bible for the inhabitants of Sheol)." (King, Biblical Archaeological Review, Aug, 1988, p. 35, 35)
"These five elements are: (1) reclining or relaxing, (2) eating a meat meal, (3) singing with harp or other musical accompaniment, (4) drinking wine and (5) anointing oneself with oil." (King, p. 37).
"Worship was form more than substance; consequently, conduct in the marketplace was totally unaffected by worship in the holy place. Amos spoke from the conviction that social justice is an integral part of the Mosaic covenant, which regulates relations not only between God and people, but also among people." (King, p. 44).
"In pagan traditions, musical instruments are invented by gods or demi-gods, such as titans. In the Bible, credit is assigned to antediluvian patriarchs, for example, the descendants of Cain in Genesis 4:21. There is no other biblical tradition about the invention of musical instruments." (Freedman, David Noel, Bible Review, Summer 1985, p. 51).. (Proof Here).
CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA REFUTES THE CLAIM AGAINST CHURCH OF CHRIST "TRADITIONALISM"
Chapter XI.-How Great are the Benefits Conferred on Man Through the Advent of Contemplate a little, if agreeable to you, the divine beneficence.
The first man, when in Paradise, sported free, because he was the child of God;
but when he succumbed to pleasure (for the serpent allegorically signifies pleasure crawling on its belly, earthly wickedness nourished for fuel to the flames), was as a child seduced by lusts, and grew old in disobedience; and by disobeying his Father, dishonoured God.
Such was the influence of pleasure. Man, that had been free by reason of simplicity, was found fettered to sins. The Lord then wished to release him from his bonds, and clothing Himself with flesh-O divine mystery!-vanquished the serpent, and enslaved the tyrant death; and, most marvellous of all, man that had been deceived by pleasure, and bound fast by corruption, had his hands unloosed, and was set free.
O mystic wonder! The Lord was laid low, and man rose up; and he that fell from Paradise receives as the reward of obedience something greater [than Paradise]-namely, heaven itself. Wherefore, since the Word Himself has come to us from heaven, we need not, I reckon, go any more in search of human learning to Athens and the rest of Greece, and to Ionia.
Hippolytus: The Worship of The Mother of the Gods--Serpent Worship
They rashly assume in this manner, thatwhatsoever things have been said and done by all men,Therefore, he says, when, on the people assembling in the theatres,
(may be made to harmonize) with their own particular mental view,
alleging that all things become spiritual. See Dr. Rubel Shelly
Whence likewise they assert, that those exhibiting themselves in theatres,
not even these say or do anything without premeditation.any one enters clad in a remarkable robe, carrying a harp and playing a tune (upon it, accompanying it) with a song of the great mysteries,he speaks as follows, not knowing what he says:This, he says, is multiform Attis, whom while they celebrate in a hymn, they utter these words:
"Whether (thou art) the race of Saturn (Satans) or happy Jupiter, or mighty Rhea (ZOE), Hail, Attis, gloomy mutilation of Rhea. Assyrians style thee thrice-longed-for Adonis,and the whole of Egypt (calls thee) Osiris, celestial horn of the moon; [The bull, Apis, at Sinai]Greeks denominate (thee) Wisdom (Sophia); Samothracians, venerable Adam; Haemonians, Corybas; and them Phrygians (name thee) at one time Papa, at another time Corpse, or God, or Fruitless, or Aipolos, or green Ear of Corn that has been reaped, or whom the very fertile Amygdalus produced-a man, a musician."
See the fatal fall from grace because of musical idolatry at Mount Sinai.
"I will hymn Attis, son of Rhea, not with the buzzing sounds of trumpets, or of Idaean pipers, which accord with (the voices of) the Curetes;On account of these and such like reasons,but I will mingle (my song) with Apollo's music of harps, evoe, evan, ' inasmuch as thou art Pan, as thou art Bacchus, as thou art shepherd of brilliant stars."
Apollo is Apollyon or Abbadon. He organized an early seeker center.these constantly attend the mysteries called those of the "Great Mother,"For with the utmost severity and vigilance they enjoin (on their votaries) to abstain, as if they were emasculated, from intercourse with a woman. The rest, however, of the proceeding (observed in these mysteries), as we have declared at some length, (they follow) just as (if they were) emasculated persons.
supposing especially that they behold by means of the ceremonies performed there the entire mystery. [Moved into the presence of the gods with music]For these have nothing more than the ceremonies that are performed there, except that they are not emasculated:
they merely complete the work of the emasculated.And they do not worship any other object but Naas, (from thence) being styled Naasseni.
But Naas is the serpent (ZOE) from whom, i.e., from the word Naas, (the Naassene) says, are all that under heaven are denominated temples (Naos).And (he states) that to him alone-that is, Naas-is dedicated every shrine and every initiatory rite, and every mystery; and, in general, that a religious ceremony could not be discovered under heaven,
in which a temple (Naos) has no existence; and in the temple itself is Naas, from whom it has received its denomination of temple (Naos).THE SIGN OF PRESIDE OVER WOMEN (WITH A TUNE) OR AS INSTRUCTOR
Now the production of the instructor came about as follows. When Sophia let fall a droplet of light, it flowed onto the water, and immediately a human being appeared, being androgynous.
That droplet she molded first as a female body. Afterwards, using the body she molded it in the likeness of the mother, which had appeared. And he finished it in twelve months.
An androgynous human being was produced, whom the Greeks call Hermaphrodites; and whose mother the Hebrews call
Eve of Life (Eve-Zoe), namely, the female instructor of life.
Her offspring is the creature that is lord.
Afterwards, the authorities called it "Beast", so that it might lead astray their modelled creatures.
The interpretation of "the beast" is "the instructor". For it was found to be the wisest of all beings.
History of the Evil Results attributed to "magical" instruments from Babylonian Tablets onward.
Phil Barnes boasts of an unstoppable force. He quotes 1 John 5 to prove that we KNOW that we are saved. Denying that "a spirit" is guiding them beyond the sacred pages we quote:
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood.
........... And it is the Spirit that beareth witness,
........... because the Spirit is truth. 1 John 5:6Throughout the Bible, the Word of God is truth or the Spirit OF truth:
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy Word is truth. Jn.17:17
Therefore, the Words of Christ is the Truth and is the Spirit or His mental disposition.
If what Jesus spoke and inspired is LIFE then we must trust Him when He said that His WordS are Spirit AND life.
YOU ARE NOT SAVED IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IS A "PEOPLE" NOW REPLACING JESUS CHRIST.And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. 1 Jn 5:19
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding,
that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true,even in his Son Jesus Christ.
This is the true God, and eternal life. 1 Jn. 5:20Understanding is:
Dianoia (g1271) dee-an'-oy-ah; from 1223 and 3563; deep thought, prop. the faculty (mind or its disposition), by impl. its exercise: - imagination, mind, understanding.
John says that if you deny the godhead defined clearly as:
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly,
that God
hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified,
both Lord and Christ.
1Timothy 2:5 For there is one God,
and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus;
Phil Barnes wants you to give MONEY and TIME seemingly filled up by programs throughout the week undoubtedly ministered by for-hire servants.
This is the same as A holy spirit or A good conscience or understanding given by Christ after we have enlisted or ENROLLED as a Disciple of Christ who is STILL the only teacher when the elders teach that which has been taught. Christ made the Water of the Word FREE OF CHARGE and commanded us NOT to pay our food money for what Jesus would die for.
Isaiah 55 the Identity of the Spirit and the Word of Christ.
HO, every one that thirsteth,
Wherefore DO YOU SPEND MONEY for that which is not bread?
come ye to the waters,
and he that hath no money;
come ye, buy, and eat; yea,
come, buy wine and milk WITHOUT MONEY
and WITHOUT PRICE. Isa 55:1
and your labour for that which satisfieth not?
hearken diligently unto me,
and eat ye that which is good,
and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Isa 55:2
Incline your ear, and come unto me:
hear, and your soul shall live;
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the sure mercies of David. Isa 55:3
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found,
call ye upon him while he is near: Isa 55:6
Let the wicked forsake his way, and
the unrighteous [forsake] man his thoughts:
and let him return unto the Lord,
and he will have mercy upon him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Isa 55:7
YOU DON'T GET TO COME TO GOD'S AID BECAUSE:
Is. 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Is. 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Is. 55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven,
and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
The Priests and Levites abandoned to worship the starry host (Acts 7) practiced sabazianism or Bacchus-Dionysus worship. This is the worship of Apollo, Abaddon or Apollyon in Revelation where the musicians are called sorcerers.
In Isaiah 50 Christ defines the musical meaning of being smitten and plucked by the Civil-Military-Clergy complex who were guilty of murdering all of the prophets sent by Christ
[10.3.15] They invented names appropriate to the flute, and to the noises made by castanets, cymbals, and drums, and to their acclamations and shouts of "ev-ah," and stampings of the feet; and they also invented some of the names by which to designate the [homosexual, emasculated] ministers, choral dancers, and attendants upon the sacred rites, I mean "Cabeiri" and "Corybantes" and "Pans" and "Satyri" and "Tityri,"
and they called the god "Bacchus," and Rhea [Eve] "Cybele" or "Cybebe" or "Dindymene" according to the places where she was worshipped. Sabazius also belongs to the Phrygian group and in a way is the child of the Mother,, since he too transmitted the rites of Dionysus.
The Jew's Monarchy worship was Sabazianism: the pattern for those thinking they have authority to impose instruments.
- ēkheion , to, (ēkhos)
Plut. Crass. 23 But when they were near the Romans and the signal was raised by their commander, first of all they filled the plain with the sound of a deep and terrifying roar. [7] For the Parthians do not incite themselves to battle with horns or trumpets, but they have hollow drums of distended hide, covered with bronze bells, and on these they beat all at once in many quarters, and the instruments give forth a low and dismal tone, a blend of wild beast's roar and harsh thunder peal.
They had rightly judged that, of all the senses,
hearing is the one most apt to confound the soul,
soonest rouses its emotions,
and most effectively unseats the judgment.
Kirke from which we get the word CHURCH was:
Initially a Hunter Goddess and Lady of the Beasts of Kolchis named Aeaea 'ululation,' she became the funerary Goddess of the island known by her name. Kalypso 'concealer,' Argeia 'bright,' and often Medea 'wise one' who was sometimes called her neice instead. Klymene's daughters were the keepers of golden horned cattle in the lands of the Dead, the Heliades or Merope 'eloquent' or 'bee eater,' Helia 'sun,' Phoebe 'bright,' Aetheria 'heavenly one,' Dioxippe 'divine mare,' Lampetia 'beaming one,' Koronis 'crow or raven,' Aegile 'bright,' Lamethusa 'light being,' Phatusa 'bright being,' and Elektryone 'beaming on
In Isaiah 58 Christ defines His future REST and outlaws seeking your own pleasure or speaking your own words: that's because you have nothing of value to add. Paul commanded this for the gathering as using one mind and one mouth to speak that which is written for our learning or Scripture. A disciple goes to the School of Christ Who is STILL in charge.
If you think that the Spirit OF Christ or Jesus who now IS The Holy Spirit (1 John 2) is casting a new vision opposed to that which was the faith of the founders, then you are in lots of trouble.
Phil Barnes says that Jesus didn't abondon the apostles but SENT BACK the holy spirit. "I have given you complete control." But, Jesus said:
Instead of the absolute demand that all evangelists or preachers GO into all of the World, Phil says that the members just goes, gives money, attends, bring bibles, identifues someone and PRAY for Six Weeks. That's not what Jesus said: the POWER to salvation is in the gospel of the kingdom: Jesus is king and high priests and he sends YOU out as His heralds (kerusso or presbyter) and if you tamper with His message to the world in any way YOU will pay a penalty.Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth
Phil Barnes wants to get paid for violating the direct, imperative to Go if one wants to preach the Gospel. History and Scripture is violently opposed. The local congregation is fed by Pastor-Teachers with no sermonizer or musicians on the approve list in Ephesians 4.
The Testimony of history smokes out those who want to produce a venue for musical performance and blaspheme it by calling is spiritual worship.
"Give money to make poor pious youths learned clergy, or vain pretenders to erudition; and they pray that they may preach to you; yes, and pay them too.Was there ever such a craft as priestcraft? No, it is the craftiest of all crafts. It is so crafty that it obtains by its craft the means to make craftsmen, and then it makes the deluded support them!" (Campbell, Alexander, Christian Baptist, Dec. 1, 1823, Vol. 1, p. 91).
"Those who lord it over the people will soon begin to destroy Them. The word Balaam means 'the destroyer of the people.' If we turn back to the history of this strange figure as recorded in the book of Numbers we find that which clarifies three passages in the New Testament where 'the error of Balaam' (Jude 11), 'the way of Balaam' (II Pet. 2:15) and 'the doctrine of Balaam' are discussed." (Barnhouse, D.G., Revelation, Zondervan, p. 54
"It is possible that some spiritual immaturity today may arise from other causes. It may be produced by a failure to provide an adequate program of Bible instruction for the whole church. It may be the result of indifference and lack of a real desire to know the rich things of the Word. Too often people have assumed that all the Bible should be as simple as kindergarten lessons. It that were true, it is doubtful if there would ever be such a thing as a full grown Christian. The usual Sunday morning scolding which the church receives for not doing this will only make the situation worse. (Applebury, p. 51)
III. From Book II. Asterius Urbanus writing of Montanus c. 172-173 who presumed that the Scriptures needed further expounding or private interpretation. He used a charismatic style to fool the fools and extract pay for preaching:
Wherefore, since they stigmatized us as slayers of the prophets (Num 16:41) because we did not receive their loquacious ["unbridled of tongue," and thus also mendacious.] prophets,-for they say that these are they whom the Lord promised to send to the people,-let them answer us in the name of God, and
tell us, O friends, whether there is any one among those who began to speak from Montanus and the women onward that was persecuted by the Jews or put to death by the wicked?
There is not one. Not even one of them is there who was seized and crucified for the name [Compare Tertullian, vol. iii. cap. 28, p. 624.] of Christ. No; certainly not. Neither assuredly was there one of these women who was ever scourged in the synagogues of the Jews, or stoned. No; never anywhere.
It is indeed by another kind of death that Montanus and Maximillia are said to have met their end. For the report is, that by the instigation of that maddening spirit both of them hung themselves; not together indeed, but at the particular time of the death of each 22 as the common story goes.
And thus they died, and finished their life like the traitor Judas. Thus, also, the general report gives it that Theodotus-that astonishing person who was, so to speak, the first procurator Note 23 of their so-called prophecy,
Note 23 oi\on e0pi/tropon. Rufinus renders it, "veluti primogenitum prophetiae ipsorum." Migne takes it as meaning steward, manager of a common fund established among the Montanists for the support of their prophets. Eusebius (v. 18) quotes Apollonius as saying of Montanus,
that he established exactors of money, and provided salaries for those who preached his doctrine.
and who, as if he were sometime taken up and received into the heavens, fell into spurious ecstasies, and gave himself wholly over to the spirit of delusion-was at last tossed by him into the air, and met his end miserably. People say then that this took place in the way we have stated. But as we did not see them ourselves, we do not presume to think that we know any of these things with certainty. And it may therefore have been in this way perhaps, and perhaps in some other way, that Montanus and Theodotus and the woman mentioned above perished.
See John Calvin on the need for a Restoration Movement excluding professional preachers.
For what duties do they perform in return? In the same way as anciently, under the laws, those who served at the altar lived by the altar,
"even so hath the Lord ordained, that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel" (1 Cor. 9:14).
These are Paul's words. Let them, then, show us that they are ministers of the gospel, and I will have no difficulty in conceding their right to stipend.
The ox must not be muzzled that treadeth out the corn [1 Cor. 9:9]. But is it not altogether at variance with reason that the ploughing oxen should starve, and the lazy asses be fed?
They will say, however, that they serve at the altar. I answer, that the priests under the law deserved maintenance, by ministering at an altar;
but that, as Paul declares, the case under the New Testament is different. And what are those altar services, for which they allege that maintenance is due to them?
Forsooth, that they may perform their masses and chant in churches, for example, partly labor to no purpose, and partly perpetrate sacrilege, thereby provoking the anger of God. See for what it is that they are alimented at the public expense!
THE IMPERATIVE FOR EVANGELISTS ONLY: there are no located traveling salesmen.
Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
This cannot be shoved off as a guilt complex for those who spend their money for that which is not bread.
Matthew 28.19 poreuthentes oun mathēteusate panta ta ethnē, baptizontes autous eis to onoma tou patros kai tou huiou kai tou hagiou pneumatos,
You cannot let your supporters seek and search for the lost and then bring them in to fleece them and supply them with some kind of rhetorical, musical or dramatic hypocritic arts. You are FORBIDDEN.Por-euō I. Act., make to go, carry, convey, by land or water, tina Arion 1.13, Pi. O.1.77, P.11.21,
2. of things, bring, carry, “epistolas patri” S.OC1602; [they WENT] furnish, bestow, “khruson” E.Ph.985; set in motion, “kinēsis .[movement]
2. go, walk, march,
3. abs., conduct a search, go over, trauerse,
Eur. Phoen. 985
Menoeceus It is for you to name a place, for me to carry out your bidding.
Creon [980] After passing Delphi—
Menoeceus Where must I go, father?
Creon To Aetolia.
Menoeceus And where must I go from there?
Creon To the land of Thesprotia.It is the PREACHER who is commanded to GO, move, walk deliver the EPISTLE: do not tamper with it: you have nothing to add.
Epistol-ē , hē, (epistellō) A. anything sent by a messenger, message, order, commission, whether verbal or in writing, Hdt.4.10, Th.8.45, etc.; ex epistolēs by command ex epistolēs by command, Hdt.6.50Luke 19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16.15 kai eipen autois Poreuthentes eis ton kosmon hapanta kēruxate to euaggelion pasē tē ktisei.
autos 2. of oneself, of one's own accord The command is YOU GO with the purpose of PREACH THE GOSPEL.
Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Jesus of Nazareth in His post ascension person is The Holy Spirit. He is The only Master Teacher. It is only HIS Word that is to be spoken. It is the opposite of rhetoric, singing, playing or acting which is the hypocritic practices of the Scribes and Pharisees according to Jesus. The Spirit OF Christ warned about the Lying Pen of the Scribes.
MATHEMA or teaching is the OPPOSITE of Thema
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway,
even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Jesus has the ONLY authority:
entellō , A. enjoin, command,
II. invest with legal powers, authorize to act, “e. soi kai epitrepō”
The Ekklesia or synagogue are what Jesus exampled with NO musical performance: the laded burden OUTLAWS such "hard work" in a spiritual sense. Paul's "coming together, gather or assembly" is a form of the synagogue where vocal or instrumental rejoicing including high sounding rhetoric was outlawed from the wilderness onward.
Jesus will be WITH US until His program is over: He always gets His way and excises those who refuse to teach that which has been taught.
We are RECRUITED into the School of Christ: Jesus as Holy Spirit will be with us in the "synagogue" which is a School (only) of the Word of Christ (only). Jesus of Nazareth will be WITH the local synagogue where the elders PREACHED the word by READING the word thus giving preachers the chance to GO into the World. Jesus will supply the elders all that they need untilSunteleia Joint contributions
3. collatio, (compulsory) provision of recruits, eis tēn tōn teirōnōn s tan tōn mustēriōn kai tan thusian “katathumios logismōn sunteleia”{putting the Word into the mind}
II.2. generally, company, ō xunteleia (sc. theōn), of the gods, who separately were called teleioi, A.Th.251, cf. Sch. ad loc.
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
1Corinthians 2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
III. the consummation of a scheme opposite to being overthrown.
“aiōnos” Ev.Matt. 13.39; poiēsai eis s. make an end of, LXX Ez.20.17; anebē s. tēs poleōs eis ouranon ib.Jd.20.40; full realization, “tōn telōn” Phld.Rh.2.86 S.
Matthew 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;eni^-autos , completion of the cycle of years.
Matthew 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil;
the harvest is the end of the world;
and the reapers are the angels.
Matthew 13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire;
so shall it be in the end of this world.
Ezekiel 20:[17] Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn't destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 20:24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.
Ezekiel 20:25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
Jesus did not COMMAND any kind of musical performance: not even conceivable for teachers of disciples of Christ. On the contrary, the enemies of Christ musically MOCKED Him to the cross as they did Paul and as they will anyone who obeys who follows the pattern of speaking only what the Father taught Him to say.
Because God made certain that nothing revealed in the bible is metrical--and cannot be sung tunefully--so making a musical spectacle to replace the School of Christ in the Word violates all recorded history and scholarship. The use of instruments to enforce the Laws (nomos) of Abaddon or Apollyon is the only recorded definition of "legalism."
Showing partiality, says James, brings the total Law of Moses down on your head. That is why the direct command was for the elders to preach the Word by READING the Word: that was the ocmmand of Christ for all of the assemblies of the common people in small groups as small as ten taught by one man not in it for "seeing godliness as a means of financial gain."
THE FOLLY OF MAKING JESUS AND THE APOSTLES INTO SPECTACLES
Tom Haddon's original purpose driven purpose was to turn YOUR School of the Word into a Theater for Holy Entertainment. He was recorded to say that the people are led to think they are on one train but we are goint to switch their cars and take them were we want to take them.
1 Cor 4:1 LET a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ,
and stewards of the mysteries of God.
1 Cor 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
1 Cor 4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you,
or of mans judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
1 Cor 4:4 For I know nothing by myself;
yet am I not hereby justified:
but he that judgeth me is the Lord.1 Cor 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come,
who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness,
and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts:
and then shall every man have praise of God.
1 Cor 4:6 And these things, brethren,
I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes;
that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written,
that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
No superior people in Christ's church who earn honor or have the authority to IMPROVISE.
1 Cor 4:8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us:
and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.1 Cor 4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death:
for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
1 Corinthians 4.9 dokō gar, ho theos hēmas tous apostolous eskhatous apedeixen hōs epithanatious, hoti theatron egenēthēmen tō kosmō kai aggelois kai anthrōpois.
thea_tron , Ion. theētron , to, (theaomai)
A. place for seeing, esp.for dramatic representation, theatre, Hdt.6.67, IG22.1176, al.; as a place of assembly, Th.8.93, Lys.13.32, SIG976.4 (Samos, ii B.C.), Posidon.36 J., Act.Ap.19.20, etc.; th. kunēgetikon, of the Roman amphitheatre, D.C. 43.22; eis to th. eispherein to bring upon the stage, Isoc.12.122; to kalon tou th. a good place in the theatre, Ael.VH2.13, cf. Alciphr.3.20.
2. collective for hoi theatai, the spectators, 'the house', Hdt.6.21, Ar.Eq.233, al., Pl.Smp.194b, Com.Adesp.3D.: metaph., “ekathēnto theatron autō” Lib.Ep.722.4.The-a_ma , Ion. theēma , atos, to, (theaomai) A. sight, spectacle, Semon.7.67, A.Pr.306, E.Supp.783, Ar.Av.1716, etc.; “ei tis orkhoit' eu, theam' ēn” Pl.Com.130; Opposite. mathēma, Th.2.39; freq. of a sight which gives pleasure, “theamata kai akroamata hēdista parekheis” X.Smp.2.2, cf. 7.5; “orkhēseis kai theamata” Phld.Mus.p.26 K.; emplēsthēte tou kalou th. Pl. R.440a; but also “th. dustheaton” A.Pr.69, cf. S.Aj.992; hepta th. the seven wonders of the world, Str.14.2.5,
Jesus did not COMMAND any kind of musical performance: not even conceivable for teachers of disciples of Christ. On the contrary, the enemies of Christ musically MOCKED Him to the cross as they did Paul and as they will anyone who obeys who follows the pattern of speaking only what the Father taught Him to say.
Not even singing--in that screechy-screamy sense was permitted before being imposed in the year 373 by unwashed bishops (elder) just out of paganism.s
1 Cor 4:10 We are fools for Christs sake,
but ye are wise in Christ;
........we are weak,
but ye are strong; ye are honourable,
........but we are despised.
1 Cor 4:11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked,
and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
1 Cor 4:12 And labour, working with our own hands:
being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
1 Cor 4:13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world,
and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.If you depend on MEN who speak beyond THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN then obviously you trust in THEIR OWN OPINION more than THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN. That nullifies your punched ticked on the Joy Buss to heaven because you show PARTIALITY and James says that you might as well be guilty of violating all of the Law of Moses.
DON'T FOLLOW PRETENDERS REFUTING ALL RECORDED HISTORY: HERE IS THEIR (YOUR) FATE DEFINED BY THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST.
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. Isaiah 14:9
Hell from beneath is provoked to meet thee: all the great ones that have ruled over the earth have risen up together against thee, they that have raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations Isaiah 14:9 LXX
All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? Isaiah 14:10
AII shall answer and say to thee, Thou also hast been taken, even as we, and thou art numbered amongst us. Isaiah 14:10 LXX
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols:
the worm is spread under thee, and the maggots cover thee. Isaiah 14:11-sublīmis , B. In partic., of language, lofty, elevated, sublime (freq. in Quint.): “sublimia carmina,” Juv. 7, 28: “verbum,” Quint. 8, 3, 18:
carmen , ĭnis, n. (old form cas-men , Varr. L. L. p. 86 Bip.) [Sanscr. çasto declaim, praise; cf.: camilla, censeo],I. a tune, song; poem, verse; an oracular response, a prophecy; a form of incantation (cf.: cano, cantus, and canto).
5. A magic formula, an incantation:
6. On account of the very ancient practice of composing forms of religion and law in Saturnian verse, also a formula in religion or law, a form:
“barbaricum,” id. M. 11, 163.—With allusion to playing on the cithara:
Apollinem) concordant carmina nervis,
APOLLO and since he communicated oracles in verse, god of poetry and music,
presiding over the Muses
-infernus , a, um, adj. infer,
I. lower, that which lies beneath (mostly poet. and postAug.)Thy glory has come down to Hades, and thy great mirth: under thee they shall spread corruption and the worm shall be thy covering. Isaiah 14:11 LXX
[11] detracta est ad inferos superbia tua concidit cadaver tuum subter te sternetur tinea et operimentum tuum erunt vermes
-Superbĭa I. In a bad sense, loftiness, haughtiness, pride, arrogance
2. Conceit, vanity: “legatos, velut ad ludibrium stolidae superbiae in senatum vocatos esse,” Liv. 45, 3, 3.—3. Rudeness, discourtesy: “superbiam tuam accusant, quod negent te percontantibus respondere,” Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 3.—-ludībrĭum I. a mockery, derision, wantonness. . A laughing-stock, butt, jest, sport B. A scoff, jest, sport: to reproach jestingly, scoff, such a drunkard as to be a standing jest, C. Abuse, violence done to a woman: in corporum ludibria deflere, Ex-tolloII. Trop., to raise, elevate, exalt: “orationem amplificationibus,” Quint. 12, 10, 62; cf.Dan 3:5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
Dan 3:6And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
ōrātĭo , ōnis, f. oro, E. A prayer, an address to the Deity (eccl. Lat.): “respice ad orationem servi tui,” Vulg. 3 Reg. 8, 28: “per orationes Dominum rogantes,” id. 2 Macc. 10, 16: “pernoctans in oratione Dei,” id. Luc. 6, 12.—Also absol., prayer, the habit or practice of prayer: “perseverantes in oratione,” Vulg. Act. 1, 14: “orationi instate,” id. Col. 4, 2; cf. Gell. 13, 22, 1.
Quint. Inst. 12 10.62 Such an orator will also exalt his style by amplification and rise even to hyperbole, as when Cicero cries, “What Charybdis was ever so voracious!” or “By the god of truth, even Ocean's self,” etc. (I choose these fine passages as being familiar to the student). It is such an one that will bring down the Gods to form part of his audience or even to speak with him, as in the following, “For on you I call, ye hills and groves of Alba, on you, I say, ye fallen altars of the Albans, altars that were once the peers and equals [487] of the holy places of Rome.”2 This is he that will inspire anger or pity, and while he speaks the judge will call upon the gods and weep, following him wherever he sweeps him from one emotion to another, and no longer asking merely for instruction.
2 Peter 2:13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness,
..........as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time.
..........Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves
..........with their own deceivings [delusions] while they feast with you;
..........All musicians and rhetoricians are equated to parasites.
Entrupo (g1792) en-troo-fah'-o; from 1722 and 5171; to revel in: - sporting selves.
gamêliôi lechei [marriage couch-bed] hêdonais, playing in the wind, exult over, treat haughtily or contemptuously, made a mock of, tinos sumphorais, III. use or abuse at pleasure[See Plato-Symposium]
Symposium;
Then, said Eryximachus, as you are all agreed that drinking is to be voluntary, and that there is to be no compulsion,
..........I move, in the next place, that the flute-girl, who has just made her appearance,
..........be told to go away and play to herself, or, if she likes, to the women who are within.
To-day let us have conversation instead; and, if you will allow me, I will tell you what sort of conversation. This proposal having been accepted, Eryximachus proceeded as follows:--truphaô , ( [truphê] )
Paison paizô [pais]
4. to play (on an instrument), Hhymn. II. to sport, play, jest, joke, Hdt., Xen., etc.; p. pros tina to make sport of one, mock him,THE PROOF OF STRONG DELUSIONS AND LYING WONDERSPhaedrus. The Mountain in Labor
The Mountain labor'd, groaning loud,
On which a num'rous gaping crowd
Of noodles came to see the sight,
When, lo ! a mouse was brought to light!
This tale 's for men of swagg'ring cast,
Whose threats, voluminous and vast,
With all their verse and all their prose,
Can make but little on 't, God knows.
Whatever we decide to do as "worship" with the works of men's hands, lack of love for the truth causes God to hide His Word from us.
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 2 Thess. 2:8
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,Delusions always come with deluders:
2 Thess. 2:9
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 2 Thess. 2:10
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion (tramps, erratic teachers, roving stars), that they should believe a lie: 2 Thess. 2:11Plane (g4106) plan'-ay; fem. of 4108 (as abstr.); obj. fraudulence; subj. a straying from orthodoxy or piety: - deceit, to deceive, delusion, error.
Planos (g4108) plan'-os; of uncert. affin.; roving (as a tramp), i.e. (by impl.) an impostor or misleader: - deceiver, seducing.That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thess. 2:12
False wonders or Teras or omenThe Greek: Teratourg-eô , A. WORK wonders, pseudôsti Sch.Pi.I.7(6).13.
Nothing will or can stop people from deliberately sowing discord and deliberately violating all known evidence against theatrical people being theatrical.
Pindar Odes: [1] In which of the local glories of the past, divinely blessed Thebe, did you most delight your spirit? Was it when you raised to eminence the one seated beside Demeter of the clashing bronze cymbals, flowing-haired [5] Dionysus? Or when you received, as a snow-shower of gold in the middle of the night, the greatest of the gods[20] then begin the victory [Nike: TRIUMPH OVER] procession with a sweet-singing hymn for Strepsiades; for he is the victor in the pancratium at the Isthmus, both awesome in his strength and handsome to look at; and he treats excellence as no worse a possession than beauty. [23] He is made radiant by the violet-haired Muses, and he has given a share in his flowering garland to his uncle and namesake
-The-ama , Ion. theêma , atos, to, ( [theaomai] )A. sight, spectacle, Semon.7.67, A.Pr.306, E.Supp.783, Ar.Av.1716, etc.; ei tis orchoit' eu, theam' ên Pl.Com.130 ; Opposite mathêma, of a sight which gives pleasure, theamata kai akroamata hêdista parecheis X.Smp.2.2 , cf. 7.5; orchêseis kai theamata
X.Smp.2.2 Xenophon, Symposium II. When the tables had been removed and the guests had poured a libation and sung a hymn, there entered a man from Syracuse, to give them an evening's merriment. He had with him a fine flute-girl, a dancing-girl--one of those skilled in acrobatic tricks,--and a very handsome boy, who was expert at playing the cither and at dancing; the Syracusan made money by exhibiting their performances as a spectacle. [2] They now played for the assemblage, the flute-girl on the flute, the boy on the cither; and it was agreed that both furnished capital amusement. Thereupon Socrates remarked: “On my word, Callias, you are giving us a perfect dinner; for not only have you set before us a feast that is above criticism, but you are also offering us very delightful sights and sounds.” [3] “Suppose we go further,” said Callias, “and have some one bring us some perfume, so that we may dine in the midst of pleasant odours, also.” “No, indeed!” replied Socrates
“What use will you make of them?” the other asked.Thema is OPPOSITE to Learning.
“I will dance, by Zeus.”
-Math-êma , atos, to, ( [mathein] )
A. that which is learnt, lesson 2. learning, knowledge
Isocrates Panthenaicus: 12.[26] Now in fact, so far from scorning the education which was handed down by our ancestors, I even commend that which has been set up in our own day--I mean geometry, astronomy, and the so-called eristic dialogues which our young men delight in more than they should, although among the older men not one would not declare them insufferable. [27] Nevertheless, I urge those who are inclined towards these disciplines to work hard and apply themselves to all of them, saying that even if this learning can accomplish no other good, at any rate it keeps the young out of many other things which are harmful. Nay, I hold that for those who are at this age no more helpful or fitting occupation can be found than the pursuit of these studies;-Spectācŭlum I. a show, sight, spectacle, A. Lit., in the theatre, circus, etc., a public sight or show, a stageplay, spectacle,
C. A wonder, miracle: spectacula septem, the seven wonders of the world: in septem spectaculis nominari, Vitr. 2, 8, 11 : numerari inter septem omnium terrarum spectacula, Gell. 10, 18, 4 .
A. Lit., in the theatre, circus, etc., a public sight or show, a stageplay, spectacle (cf.: “munus, ludi, fabula):
C. A wonder, miracle: spectacula septem, the seven wonders of the world:
-fābŭla , a 1. Most freq., a dramatic poem, drama, play (syn.: “ludus, cantus, actio, etc.): in full, fabula scaenica,” Amm. 28, 1, 4; “or, theatralis,” id. 14, 6, 20: “fabula ad actum scenarum composita,” Quint. 5, 10, 9-Scaena ,
1. scaē-nĭcus , i, m., a player, actor, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114: “orator plurimum aberit a scaenico (with comoedi),” Quint. 1, 11, 3;
“fabula,” a drama, Amm. 28, 1, 4: “organa,” Suet. Ner. 44:
orgănum , i, n., = organon, I. an implement, instrument, engine of any kind
—Of musical instruments, a pipe, Quint. 11, 3, 20; 9, 4, 10; Juv. 6, 3, 80; Vulg. Gen. 4, 21; id. 2 Par. 34, 12
B. Transf.: organum oris, the tongue of a man, an organ, water-organ: “organa hydraulica,”
organon , to, (ergon, erdō)
3. musical instrument, Simon.31, f.l. in A.Fr.57.1 ; ho men di' organōn ekēlei anthrōpous, of Marsyas, Pl.Smp.215c ; aneu organōn psilois logois ibid., cf. Plt.268b ; “o. polukhorda” Id.R.399c, al.; “met' ōdēs kai tinōn organōn” Phld.Mus.p.98K.; of the pipe,
ergon , 1. in Il. mostly of works or deeds of war, “polemēia e
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