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santmat · 5 months

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John the Baptist's Wilderness Vegetarian Diet Explained - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcast

Not A Caveman Fixated on Bugs and Bees After All: John the Baptist's Wilderness Vegetarian Diet - Locust Beans Not Bugs - An Exploration of Early Christian Writings and Scholarly Texts Today on This Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcast.

Nevermind the old Sunday school notion of John the Baptist being some weird caveman dude dining on bugs! John may have a tarnished caveman reputation of eating locusts and honey out in the wild, but this is really a story about copyists mistranslating a Greek word as "locust" ('a-k-r-i-d-e-s') instead of "carob" ('e-g-k-r-i-d-e-s'). (Henry Ford: "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young." Albert Einstein: "Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.")

Since my original research on this topic, a couple more early Christian apocryphal writings have come to light, have been made available in English. These add to the surprisingly large collection of vegetarian references in early Christian writings regarding the diet of John the Baptist. New Testament Apocrypha, Vol. III, by Tony Burke was published and some John the Baptist books are included. In one of the earlier volumes there was a John the Baptist text made available for the first time in English that has a vegetarian passage regarding John's diet in the wilderness. Included in the third volume are, The Birth of Holy John the Forerunner, and, The Decapitation of John the Forerunner, both containing plant-based passages about John's diet consisting of "locusts from the tree" (in the Middle east called "the Saint John's Tree", and "Carob Tree") and "wild honey", also "an abundance of bread and wild honey dripping from a rock". Clearly there was an understanding in early Christianity that this was referring to locust beans (carob pods), not insects. Carob pods do look a bit like locusts hanging from tree branches, hence the name. Locust beans can be ground up and used to make a kind of Middle eastern carob flour flat bread. There's a "cakes dipped in honey" reference in the Gospel of the Ebionites. The wild "honey" was not from bees but sticky desert fruit of some kind. So, as you'll hear being documented during this pod...cast, there are all these plant-based references to John's diet coming from many different sources, and scholars have noticed and discussed these: "Probably the most interesting of the changes from the familiar New Testament accounts of Jesus comes in the Gospel of the Ebionites description of John the Baptist, who, evidently, like his successor Jesus, maintained a strictly vegetarian cuisine." (Professor Bart Ehrman, Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew) "His [John the Baptist's] food was wild honey that tasted like manna, like a cake cooked in olive oil." (The Other Gospels, Accounts of Jesus from Outside the New Testament, by Bart Ehrman)

John the Baptist was a prophet with large number of followers in Israel and Transjordan regions. After his passing, several of his successors headed what became various rival Nasoraean (Nazorean) sects, one of those being Jesus and the Jesus movement. "Again Jesus said to his disciples: Truly I say to you, among all those born of women none has arisen greater than John the Baptizer." (Matthew 11:11, George Howard's translation of Shem-Tob's Hebrew Gospel of Matthew, described as "the oldest extant Hebrew version of the Gospel of Matthew")

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spiritualawakeningradio · 1 year

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Podcast and YouTube: Vegan and Veg Passages From Unexpected Sources (Middle East, and Christianity)

Explored today: a vegan poem from the Syrian philosopher Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri; a vegetarian saying of Jesus from an early Aramaic manuscript of the Gospel of Luke; an observation about the vegetarian ethics of John the Baptist and Jesus made by Prof. Bart D. Ehrman in his highly influential book, Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew; a very pro-vegetarian quote from Saint Jerome, translator of the Latin Vulgate Bible no less; also from Saint Basil the Great; Discussion about the Gospel of the Hebrews and Gospel of the Ebionites; The Golden Verses of Pythagoras on why spiritual paths that seek to rise above body-consciousness advocate vegan or vegetarian ethics; The Sattvic Diet 2.0 For the 21st Century: How the Vegetarian Movement is Upgrading to Vegan Including in Sant Mat and Radhasoami; a mystic-poem of Darshan Singh from Love's Last Madness on the upward pull of evolution and compassion that seeks to reduce human and animal suffering in the world; and an amazing ancient Ode from the Ebionite Jewish-Christian Book of Acts (Recognitions of Clement) praising those in India, kindred souls of faith and gnosis: brothers and sisters "in the Indian countries" following the Way of the Saints (Path of the Masters).

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occvltswim · 1 year

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The Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnostics: An Introduction to the Gnostic Coptic Manuscripts Discovered at Chenoboskion — “Tells the story of the discovery and rescue of an astounding collection of sacred Gnostic texts, believed by many scholars to surpass the Dead Sea Scrolls in importance, discovered in the late 1940s in an Egyptian village after being concealed for sixteen centuries. Includes the famous Gospel According to Thomas.”

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officialyourdailyinspiration · 5 months

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Christ Crucified

22 They brought him to the place called Gulgolta, which is, being interpreted, "The place of a skull." 23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn't take it. 24 Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take. 25 It was the third hour, and they crucified him. 26 The superscription of his accusation was written over him, "THE KING OF THE YEHUDIM." 27 With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left. 28 The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, "He was numbered with transgressors." 29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!" 31 Likewise, also the chief Kohanim mocking among themselves with the Sofrim said, "He saved others. He can't save himself. 32 Let the Messiah, the King of Yisra'el, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him reproached him. 33 When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 At the ninth hour Yeshua cried with a loud voice, saying, "Elohi, Elohi, lama shavakhtani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" 35 Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he calls Eliyah." 36 One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let's see whether Eliyah comes to take him down." 37 Yeshua cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit. 38 The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. 39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!" — Mark 15:22-39 | Hebrew Names Version (HNV) The Hebrew Names Version Bible is in the public domain. Cross References: Exodus 26:31; Psalm 22:1; Psalm 22:7; Psalm 22:18; Psalm 69:21; Psalm 109:25; Isaiah 53:12; Matthew 1:23; Matthew 20:5; Matthew 27:33-34; Matthew 27:37; Matthew 27:42; Matthew 27:44-45; Matthew 27:48; Matthew 27:50-51; Matthew 27:54; Mark 15:26,27,28 and 29; Mark 15:31,32,33 and 34; Mark 15:36; Luke 22:37; Luke 23:29; Luke 23:32; Luke 23:35; Luke 23:47; John 19:14; John 19:23-24; John 19:29-30; Hebrews 5:7

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apenitentialprayer · 25 days

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[Christ's] prayer to God was pure, His alone out of all mankind, for in the midst of His suffering He prayed for His persecutors: Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing [Luke 23:34]. Is it possible to offer, or even to imagine, a purer kind of prayer than that which shows mercy to one's torturers by making intercession for them? […] Paul speaks of the sprinkled blood that calls out more eloquently than Abel's [Hebrews 12:24]. Of Abel's blood Scripture had written: The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the earth [Genesis 4:10]. The blood of Jesus calls out more eloquently than Abel's, for the blood of Abel asked for the death of Cain the fratricide, while the blood of the Lord has asked for, and obtained, life for His persecutors.

Pope Gregory the Great, Moral Reflections on Job (13.25, 26)

The dropping of His blood is as the music of heaven to the penitent sons of the earth. We are full of sin, but the Saviour bids us lift our eyes to Him, and as we gaze upon His streaming wounds each drop of blood, as it falls, cries "It is finished; I have made an end to sin; I have brought in everlasting righteousness." Oh! Sweet language of the Precious Blood of Jesus!

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akonoadham · 1 year

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#uploads #videos #Kirk Franklin #mood #90s #90s music #Cheryl James #90s women #Hebrew #gospel #gospel music #music

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hebrewbyinbal · 2 months

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Marija is Reading the Bible in Hebrew!

Marija is one of my students who is an active member of this community, sharing her success, making my day, and inspiring others on a regular basis.

She completed Hebrew 1, 2, and 3, and went straight to read and write all the words she learned in each book (which is a very long list of words).

She continued on to read and write all the words in my free guide (again, a very long list)...

And soon enough she was realizing her purpose and goal - reading the Bible in Hebrew!

Marija, you are a true testament of dedication, doing the work, and trusting the process... And you are a beautiful soul as well.

So proud of you!

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craigtowens · 25 days

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Right Remembering

The system of sacrifices centered in the tabernacle or the temple had been trying to show us something. But they were only shadows. Jesus showed us the Reality that would help us remember correctly what He did for us.

Listen to the podcast of this post by clicking on the player below, and you can also subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or Audible. https://craigtowens.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/right-remembering.mp3 Jesus hung on the Cross for about 6 hours. He was mostly silent during this time—His seven statements from the Cross would have taken less than a minute to say them all back-to-back. He hung…

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gospel-clouds · 30 days

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Happy Sunday Everyone!

I apologize for not posting last week. That Sunday, something amazing happened and I was just unable to put anything into words. And while I can definitely speak now, unfortunately I’m not in the most of high of spirits, but that’s alright.

As humans, we can all feel that way at times, but the great thing is, no matter how low we feel inside, God is always with us.

Even when it seems like no one is on our side, God is always there. It says it all in the book of Hebrews, Chapter 13. He will never leave us or forsake us. And out of all of His wonderful promises, that is the most special one to me.

I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead! -GC ☁️

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silyabeeodess · 1 year

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26 Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins.

Hebrews 10:26 (NLT)

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byfaithmedia · 1 year

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santmat · 7 months

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My Lost Books of the Bible article @ Medium!

dead sea scrolls nag hammadi library new testament apocrypha gospels gnostic gospels books of enoch ebionites gospel of the hebrews gospel of thomas coptic apocrypha

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peacefuldwellings · 1 year

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#messianic #judaism #christian #grafted in #notzrim #yeshua #messiah #the spring feasts #bible #gospel #christ #hebrew #roots #🟦

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officialyourdailyinspiration · 1 year

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The Hatred of the World

18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. — John 15:18-19 | Hebrew Names Version (HNV) The Hebrew Names Version Bible is in the public domain. Cross References: Proverbs 29:27; Isaiah 66:5; Matthew 10:22; Matthew 24:9; John 6:70; John 7:7; John 13:18; John 15:16; John 16:1; John 16:33; John 17:14; James 4:4

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dejahisashmom · 1 year

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What was the Star of Bethlehem? - Historic Mysteries

What was the Star of Bethlehem? – Historic Mysteries

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agnesgary · 2 years

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THEREFORE we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.

✝️Heb 2:1-3 kjav✝️

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