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that garment]. “Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw
anyone with them except Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain,
Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen, until the Son
of Man had risen from the dead. They kept the matter to themselves,
discussing what
‘ r i s i ng f r om t he dead ’
meant. And they asked him, ‘Why
do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?’ Jesus replied, ‘To
be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written
that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected? But I tell you, Elijah
has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is
written about him.’”
(Mark 9: 2-13)
When the power of the holy [spiritual] people is finally broken, the final
disconnect is complete. The Holy Spirit is what makes anyone Holy, and
sadly enough mankind has turned away, but follow the world [thinking they
are holy] while professing knowledge with inaccurate theories. Soberly
consider the state of Christianity today, and the influences within the world
acceptable to most, and the effects that the Christian majority has regarding
the liberal agendas. Evaluate the state of immorality in our country, let alone
the rest of this world. If those who proclaim themselves to be Christian
were truly Christian, immorality would not exist in most of this country and
perhaps be lessened in the world. However Christian majority continually
elects immoral politicians, permits the house of God to be defiled, and has
accepted immorality at large. Teachers openly indoctrinate these ideas to
school children, even Christian schools, and immoral entertainment has
penetrated even in one’s own home. Authority is given to the world and it
has decided that these standards are acceptable; is that truly what
Christianity is all about? Is there any doubt that the power of the holy
people is broken and almost completely disconnected? What was once
intended to be holy is no longer holy, evidenced by what is acceptable
within churches, households, and society at large, and the family weakened
state of the family.
Wordily Views [Knowledge] Distort Mankind’s Perception
Time and again we are shown the difference between what the world
desires, everything that is immoral and to what God desires: the exact
opposite. From the very beginning we were told, and shown that with
knowledge we will know both good and evil. So, to accentuate the spiritual
difference between good and evil, we must come to terms with the spiritual
forces affecting our thinking. The apostle Paul said, as point of fact, “Do
not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the
