Predictive History - The Story of "Civilization", "Secret History", "Game Theory" and more - Secret History #23: The Organization of Evil

Episode Date: February 6, 2026

Secret History #23: The Organization of Evil

So let's review last class. We discussed the mission of Jesus. Who is Jesus? Jesus was a messenger from the Monad who reminded us that there's a divine spark in us. And how you activate the divine spark is by focusing on Jesus and repeating his words. Jesus was like Zoroastra, like Plato, like Holodhustah, like Homo, like the Yao is, a port prophet. And so if you just repeated his sayings, if you repeated his poetry, then you could activate that spark within you

and you can glow. Okay? And this explains why it became so popular. It also explains to us why the Romans had to kill him. Because at this time, the Roman Empire, the main currency, the main economy, is based on slavery. based on slavery. Most people were slaves. If they were not slaves, they were poor. And here is Jesus who's come to remind you that you don't have to be a slave. You are free to do whatever you want. There's a higher power than the Roman Empire, and it is the divine, it is the universe. And so

people start to defy their masters. And they were no longer afraid of death. And this is why the Romans have to kill Jesus because Jesus was stealing from them right slaves are property if you let slaves run away you free slaves that destroys the wealth of the Romans remember that Jesus when he was killed he was killed along with two thieves he was crucified and so Jesus was killed because he was a thief he was stealing from the Romans Another question then is, okay, how do we hear from Jesus to the Catholic Church? Jesus teaches us that we are free to believe whatever we want, that we just listen to our hearts. We will be in touch with the Monad again, and we have nothing of fear.

The Catholic Church, the Church teaches us that you believe in Jesus, and that's all they do in order to achieve redemption and salvation. Jesus came to die for our sins. So therefore, we are now slaves to Jesus. These are two opposite ideas. The reason why is the idea of the divine spark is the greatest threat to Roman Empire. So Romans had to somehow imprison the spark and make it an economic commodity.

And so that's why they create the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is a prison in order to control that divine spark to hide it from you. And the main architect of the Catholic Church is his name is Paul. And most people agree that Paul and not Jesus is the real founder of Christianity. So let's discuss Paul.

So Paul has a very interesting background. He is a Jew, but he grew up in great culture. He was very well educated. he was very wealthy. And so we say he's a Hellenized Jew. And it's probably working for the Roman Empire as a spy or an agent. Now, in that time, your education was mainly in rhetoric. Okay?

The word we use for this is sophistry. So let me explain to you who the sophists were, because they're very important. So back in classical Athens, there's a major debate between Socrates, a philosopher, as well as a sophist. Philosophy. So what's interesting is that they both come from the same word, which is Sophia, which is Greek foreign knowledge. The philosophers are people who love knowledge. What they believe is that there is an eternal truth and that we must try to all. achieve this eternal truth, right?

Remember Plato's allegor of the cave, how you escape from the cave and into the light. That's what philosophy is trying to do, trying to help you liberate yourself into the light. Sophos believe something else. Sophists believe that eternal truth does not exist. Why? Because words are reality.

Philosophists believe that words are an illusion, but Sophists believe that words are a reality onto themselves. And so what's important is to learn how to master language in order to construct reality. Okay? So, Sophist gives us the word sophistry, which is basically trickery. So in order to defeat the threat of the divine spark,

what Paul does is he pulls a trick, and it's a greatest trick ever. The trick is this. Jesus says, listen to my words, and you will find divine spark in you. What Paul says is, believe in Jesus, and you will be saved. So he changes the focus from the words of Jesus to the person of Jesus himself. And so what Paul is going to do is he's going to construct a new religion called Christianity by synchronizing, synthesizing the three major cultures of that time.

The Roman culture, the Greek culture, and the Jewish culture. So remember the Jewish culture is the Bible. And what Paul tells us is that Jesus is the promised Messiah. At this time in history, the Bible is heavily influenced by the Persians, right? Remember, the Persians were monotheus. They believed in good and evil, the Asha and the Druze. And so the Bible began to reflect the Persian belief, especially in the idea of eschatology, the end of the world. And what Jews believed is they're not afraid of Romans, because eventually the Messiah will return.

Or sorry, not return. The Messiah will come to lead them to war. against the Romans and because the Messiah is anointed by God, they will triumph. So the Jews are waiting for the Messiah of war in order for them to reclaim the Davidic kingdom, okay, the kingdom of David. What Paul does, that's very clever, is that he uses this eschatology, but he says that Jesus is not the Messiah of war, he's the Messiah of peace, okay? And therefore, we Jews should not resist the Romans.

Okay? So that's the first major culture that Paul uses. The second major culture that Paul uses is the Greek culture. So the Greeks have something called the mystery schools. And these are just cults. And when it's important you know these mystery schools because they will become the basis of secret societies today. And in these mystery schools, there's lots of different ones, but Paul chooses a mystery school that worships Dionysius.

Dionysus is the Greek god of creativity, wine. And the story of Dionysus is he is born of a virgin mother, his father is Zeus. and then Dionysius is killed by the enemies of Zeus and Zeus finds him and resurrects him. Okay? It's important because this becomes the story of Jesus. And how the people worship Dionysius is they have a ritual meal where they actually believe they're eating a body of Dionysius

and they are absorbing his energy. and they're becoming one with dynesies, they're coming communion with dynasties. And the Christians are the same ritual, okay? And this is what's called the Eucharist, Thanksgiving, or communion. All Christians practices today. So that's the second major culture.

The third major culture, that is the most important, of course, is the Roman culture. So the Roman social structure, is called the pater families. Okay. And how the system works is at the very top, there's one patriarch. This is where we get the word patriarchy, right? And then he has lots of children, right? Sons.

And also he has slaves as well. So it's a very top-down system, right? The patriarch's at the very top. In the system, the patriarch is always right. He is God. Here you have slaves. Now, what the patriarch will do is he will identify very promising slaves, slaves with talent. And will turn them into clients.

So clients are just business people. So he frees the slaves and they become his clients. So now they're able to conduct business on his behalf. And in this way, he will create a business empire, okay? So this is the idea of the Roman Empire. So rather than there's one system, the Roman Empire is actually a system, a platform, where dozens of families control the empire together.

And what happens is these families control a particular province, okay? So it's more like a franchise model rather than a strict hierarchy. This is important because Paul take the system and from the system he will copy it to create the church. All right. So the church is exactly the same as a patofimilist where at the very top you have a person, a bishop.

And then he might have some coronals, but then everyone else is just followers, okay? Or disciples. So it marries the system. This is important because now what you can do is you can easily switch from the current system to the new system devised by Paul. Now, why would the Romans want to do this? Because if you think about it, this is the perfect solution to the problem of Jesus. As a patriarch, your main concern is getting your slaves to work hard, right? You want to suck the energy out of them.

But now with Jesus, slaves are like, why should I work for you? Paul solves this part by saying, oh, follow Jesus and you'll be saved. Okay? So in this way, what happens is Paul's formulation of Jesus causes slaves to work even harder, right? Because the idea is before you have to work in order to stay alive. Now they work in order to go to heaven for all of eternity, right? So the deal now is work as a slave for a few decades, but then you can enjoy an eternity of joy in paradise.

Pretty good deal, right? And so this causes the slaves to be more obedient and to work harder. Okay? Also, what's more important is now the patriarch switches from my king to a god, right its private wealth now becomes spiritual authority not only that but

because he has spiritual authority he can expand more rapidly outwards okay so before to get slaves you have to buy slaves now you just have to convert people into your religion so it's a much faster way to create wealth and this is important because what you learn next class is this is a system that the Romans will use to take over the barbarians. Okay? So next class you'll learn about the barbarian invasions, basically the Goths. And how because of the system, they were now able to assimilate these barbarians into the culture and maintain the social hierarchy.

And so in other words, Jesus was talking to slaves, but Paul was talking to slaves. all was talking to patriarchs. And so these patriarchs would convert, and when they convert, they took the entire system with them. That explains the rapid growth of Christianity. Also what's important is the religion that the patriarchs practice is not the one that the slaves practice. The slaves practice Christianity.

But the patriarchs practice the mystery cults, okay? Why? Because this is the way that the patriarchs work together. And this becomes a basis for secret societies. So while the ordinary person worships a new religion called Christianity, the patriarchs themselves, in secret, still practice their Greek mystery cults. And this is a system that we still have even today. Alright? Okay.

So, this system now is a... to spread really quickly because as you can see from the system those who convert are more advantage than those who do not convert. At this time history most do not convert but those who convert are able to see more rapid wealth generation they're able to see more power generation and they're able to expand much faster and so this is a secret of Christianity. Okay and that's my main argument to you today. Any questions before I go into the specifics?

Is this clear to you guys? All right, let's do the PowerPoint, okay? Okay, today we do the rise of the Catholic Church. Okay? So again, what Paul is he's going to negate the power of Jesus. He's going to imprison the... Sorry, he's going to imprison the divine spark in the church. All right.

So this is Paul, and there's a mythology around Paul, how is a martyr who went around the world and all to spread Christianity. We don't know if it's true or not. If you're Catholic, you believe it's true. The other thing about Paul that's really important is that if you read the New Testament, a third is either written by Paul or about Paul. There's more about Paul in the New Testament than there's about Jesus. And that's why we say that Paul is a true founder of,

Christianity. Christianity is a religion about Jesus but not by Jesus. It's by Paul. And what's really important for you to appreciate is what Jesus taught and what Paul taught are very different. In fact, they're opposite. Jesus taught that the divine spark is within you. So if you want to save yourself, if you want to go to the kingdom, you must do so yourself. But Paul says, no, Jesus came to us in the world. in order to redeem us from our sins, the original sin of disobedience to God, way back in regard to Eden. If you believe in Jesus, you'll be saved. It doesn't matter what you do. But you can do as much good as you want, but if you do not believe in Jesus, you will burn in hell.

Okay? That's why you must believe in Jesus. And that's also why we must get everyone to believe in Jesus. Because by getting everyone to believe in Jesus, we are living. literally saving them from eternal damnation. As you can see, this is a really good business model because now you can expand really quickly. Second thing that Jesus taught is,

he cannot save you. You can only save yourself. He can guide you. He can give you some poetry that you can decipher, but you must seek truth yourself. And what Paul taught is, don't think for yourself. just do what everyone else does.

He believed the most important thing is for the church to be cohesive, okay, for everyone to obey the word of Jesus, which is really the word of Paul. And the third thing is, and this is really important, Jesus teaches us the rich cannot enter heaven. Why? Because so in heaven,

you must focus on your own spiritual rejuvenation. But the rich only care about the here and now. they only care about the material acquisition. And as such, they become blind to their spiritual needs. And so they cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. Remember Jesus tells the story of how the God has prepared a great feast for us, but the rich won't go because we're too busy making money. Paul teaches us, no, no, no, guys.

It's the rich which will lead us to the kingdom. Why? Because the rich can finance the spreading of Christianity. What matters is metrics that help us spread Christianity. How many souls are we saving by measuring how many people we're converting? How cohesive is our church? That's all Paul cares about. Paul is a business person. Okay?

Jesus is a prophet, but Paul is a business person. And so it is Paul really that is the spiritual God of Christianity. not Jesus. Another thing that you need to appreciate is at this time in history, maybe the year 40, 50, there are lots of different Christianity's because Jesus taught us that the kingdom of heaven is within you, right? So it's all very diverse. It's all very democratic. And what's really important is a lot of the early leaders are women, okay? People like Mary Madeline. They tend to be wealthy and they tend to be very charismatic as well. But by the time you hit Paul Christianity, it's anti-woman, it's a strict hierarchy, and it's orthodoxy, okay? So in other words, you may,

you may have heard that early Christians were persecuted. Guess why guys, they're being persecuted by Paul, okay? They're being persecuted by the Romans, they're being persecuted by Paul. And at this time in history, the Catholic church, Paul in Christianity, it's only a very small minority. Because for most people, the Christianity of Jesus is much more appealing than the Christianity of Paul. Jesus taught freedom, empowerment, liberation. Paul taught obedience, discipline, sacrifice. So Jesus is far more appealing, but because Paul is being supported by the Roman Empire, he wins. What Paul will do is not only persecute other Christianity, but he will quickly spread his Christianity with the help of the Roman Empire. All right. So as you can see, what's going to happen is in the year 30, when Jesus dies,

it's a very small group of people, but it spreads really quickly, okay? And Paul will build the foundations for this great empire that in about the year 300 reaches its peak. In about the year 300, what will happen is Christianity becomes the official religion of the Roman Empire. And this is the beginning of the Catholic Church. But it's Paul that built a foundation for this growth. Okay, so as you can see, Jesus, he's spreading his poetry, and because his poetry is easy to memorize, his poetry is spreading really quickly throughout the empire, okay? But what happened is that once Paul builds,

the structure of Christianity, the church system, based on the pattern of the paramilious system of the Romans, it will spread even quicker. And eventually these two Christianists will come into conflict and eventually Paul's system will win out until it conquers the entire Roman Empire. Okay? All right. So, scholars agree that Paul's the founder of Christianity, but there are three mysteries to Paul that scholars can't really answer, okay? The first question is, why would someone like Paul, who is illiterate and wealthy, Hellenized Jew, why would he join a movement of illiterate Jewish peasants? Okay? No, the scholars don't really have an answer for this. The second question is,

we know that Paul was a fanatical Pharisee, okay? He was hunting Christians. But then he converts to become a fan-acal follow of Jesus. Why would he do that? Okay? And the third mystery is, and this is the most important is, he spends his entire life promoting Christianity around the Roman Empire. Where did he get the money to do this? Because not only did he go, but he also had secretaries who went with him to take notes.

Where does the money come from? Okay. So if you just do some basic game theory analysis, he's clearly a spy, right? Okay? Clearly a spy. He's an agent of a power. The question for us though is, who is he working for? The easy answer seems to be the Roman Empire,

but in fact you could also make the argument he's working for the Jewish leaders, okay? The Jewish priest as well, okay? So we'll go over this. All right, so what we're gonna do is we're gonna read the Bible now, okay? Now one thing about the Bible that is very confused is the Bible says that the Jews killed Jesus.

And as we discussed last class, the Jews would not kill Jesus for a variety of reasons. But the main reason is Jews don't kill each other. Jews do not turn each other over to the Roman authorities. If you commit blasphemy, if you insult their God, they kill you by stoning you, okay? They don't have a habit of turning people over to the Roman authorities. So we know the Romans killed him,

and it's most likely the ones killed him because Jesus was a threat to their social structure. But the Bible says that, nope, it was the Jews who killed Jesus. So Emma, could you read please? So this is from John, the gospel of John. Then Pilate took Jesus. Palat. Pontius Pilate is the Roman government who orders Jesus' execution, okay? Pilate?

Yeah, Pontius Pilate. Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flocked, and the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they dressed him in a purple rope. They kept coming up to him saying, Hail King of the Jews, and striking him on the face. Pellet went out again and said to them, look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I can find no case against him. Okay, so what's happening is Jesus is arrested by the Jewish priest, and they accused him of blasphemy, or pretend. be God. And they bring him to Pontius Pilate, governor, and says, you must execute this man because he has inserted our religion. And so Punis Pilate Jesus, and he doesn't really think he did anything wrong, okay? But to appease the priest, he beats, he whips Jesus. And now he's like,

you know what, I whip this guy, I punish him. Now, can you please go away? Okay, keep on going? Paulette went out again and said to them, Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I can find no case against him. So Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple rope. Pelot said to them, here is the man. When the chief priest and the police saw him, they shouted, crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, take him yourselves and crucify him. I find no case against him.

The Jews answered him, we have a law, and according to the law, he ought to die because he had claimed to be the son of God. So do you understand what's going on? Okay, the Bible claims the Jews kill Jesus. All right? So this teaches us that the Bible is not that reliable. All right. Okay, so let's go into the story of Paul. Alan, can you please? Okay, so let me give you a context, okay? This is from the Acts of the Apostles, and it's mainly about Paul. And he became a follower of Jesus.

And at this time, Paul is persecuting Christians. We don't know why he's persecuting Christians. We don't know why the Jews hate the Christians. But Paul is going around, persecuting the Christians as a Pharisee. And then on the way to persecuting more Christians on the road to Damascus, a light seizes him. And it's Jesus telling him, Paul, why are you persecuting me and my followers? and then that converts Paul.

It makes no sense as a story, okay? But this is what Christians believe. Can you read, Alan? Meanwhile, Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogue. Synagog. The synagogue is a place of worship for diaspora Jews. Because Jews worship the temple, right?

But the temple's in Jerusalem. So if you're outside Jerusalem, then you go to synagogue. which basically the Jewish church. Synagogues and Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, So, so, why do you persecute me? he asked.

Who are you, Lord? The reply came, I'm Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But get up and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do. The man who were traveling with him stood speechless because they heard the voice but saw no one. Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. For three days, he was without sight and neither ate nor drink. Okay, so this is a miracle, right?

This guy hated Christians, and now, because he was blinded, he loves Christians. What you will notice is this is very similar to Plato's Allegro of the Cave because remember Paul is trained in Greek culture. So he knows about Plato and this is model of the Allegro of the cave where you're in darkness and suddenly you go out and you're blinded by the light and then you see the truth, okay? Another thing that's important is that clearly Jesus favors Paul. What's interesting is that if you read Paul's letters and we will read his letters, if you read Paul's story, he doesn't really talk about Jesus that much. He doesn't even quote Jesus. Okay? So that's kind of weird.

If you know, you're a father of Jesus, but you really don't quote Jesus and Jesus has a lot of quotations, he really don't talk about Jesus that much. And he doesn't want to refer to the story that much in his letters. The other thing that I will note is that if you read Jesus, okay? Jesus doesn't really talk about good and evil, doesn't really talk about the Bible, doesn't really talk himself, a lot himself as a son of God, but Paul will talk about this a lot, okay? All right. So again, Paul's amazing because he'll go on three different voyages, missionary journeys around the Roman Empire in order to spread the gospel of Jesus. This is very, very hard work. It's also expensive work. Okay.

because you can see how he's going from different cities, he's going to synagogues, and he's preaching the gospel. Okay. What's important for us to understand is that as Paul is doing this, he's winning a lot of converts, but he's coming in conflict with James the Just. Remember, James the Just is the brother of Jesus who inherits the movement.

James of Just is in Jerusalem, and Paul is going around and spreading the gospel of Jesus, And so James and James and Jess just hears about this and people are saying to him, Paul's saying Jesus is God. Is Jesus God? And James is like, of course he's not God. He's my brother, man. And so there's all this conflict.

And eventually what will happen is it forces Paul to confront James and Just in Jerusalem. According to the Bible, the main conflict is one of ideology. Okay. So the Bible says that James and Just and Paul both agree. that Jesus is God, the Son of God, who's come to our planet to redeem us, but James and the Just believes what's important is to maintain the faith within the Jewish tradition, whereas Paul wants to expand this tradition outside the Jewish tradition to encompass the Greeks as well and the Romans as well, okay? The Gentiles, and that's where the conflict arises. And so the main

point of conflict is one of circumcision. Remember, Jews circumcised themselves, but the Greeks and Romans do not circumcise themselves. This is important because in this time, most of these cities are Greek cities. Greek cities have a place called gymnasium where men go to play sports. But you play sports naked. So if you're a Jewish man,

they know automatically you're Jewish. So circumcision is a huge point of division between the Gentiles and the Jews. And Paul's point is that if you want to convert, you don't have to circumcise. And so the Jews are complaining to James Desden and says, hey, Paul is subverting our tradition.

He's saying that Jewish man, he's saying that Greek man can come and follow religion without being circumcised. Okay, and so there's a lot of conflict James of Jesus and Paul. So Paul actually goes to Jerusalem and he confronts James of Just and they come to an agreement with each other.

Okay? So, but when Paul goes to Jerusalem, Jerusalem, people recognize him, and so the Amal wants to kill him. Okay? Can you read Amber? Up to this point, they listened to him. But then they shouted, away with such a fellow from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live. And while they were shouting, throwing off their cloaks, and tossing dust into the air, the Tribune Doi directed that he was to be brought into the barracks and ordered him to be examined by flogging to find out the reason for this outcry against him. But when they had tied him up with songs,

Paul said to the centriam who was standing by, is it illegal for you to flog a Roman citizen who is uncondent? When the centrient heard that, he went to the tribune and said to him, What are you about to do? This man is a Roman citizen. The tribune came to ask Paul, tell me, are you Roman citizen? And he said, yes. The tribune answered, it cost me a large sum of money to get my citizenship.

Paul said, but I was born a citizen. Immediately, those who were about to examine him drew back from him, and the Tribune also was afraid, for he realized that Paul was Roman citizen and that he had bound him. So certain things to notice about this writing, first of all, you can see it's very anti-Jewish. The Jews just want to kill Paul for no particular reason. Paul speaking the truth, and the Jews want to kill him.

It's a Jewish mob. That's the first thing. Second thing is that it's very pro-woman, right? It's the woman soldier calm and save Paul. from the mob. And this story is very similar, in fact, the story of Jesus. So Jesus was arrested and the mob wants to kill him, right? And the Romans want to save Jesus, but they cannot stop the mob.

But Paul, it's the same situation with Paul, but what says Paul is this. He is a Roman citizen, okay? So that's what saves him. Rome saves Paul. God can't save Jesus, but Rome saves Paul. So this is propaganda. And this propaganda written, of course, for Hananized Jews like Paul who are waving between loyalty to Rome or loyalty to the Jewish tradition.

And what Paul says is, the solution is to become a Christian. Because now you can become both. You can not become like me loyal to the Jewish tradition, but also loyal to Rome. All right, Alan, can you read please? When we came into Roman, Paul was allowed to... Okay, sorry, sorry, sorry, I need set this up, okay? So the Romans say to Paul, why do the Jews want to kill you?

And Paul says, because they think I'm insulting their religion. And Paul says, I'm a Roman citizen, so I want an audience with the emperor. Only emperor can decide my fate. So the Romans sent him with a soldier escort back to Rome, Okay, and this is how the Exodus ends. Okay, can you read Alan? When we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself,

with the soldiers who was guarding him. Three day later, he caught together the local leaders of the Jews. When they had assembled, he said to them, Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of all ancestors, yet I was arrested in Jerusalem and handled over to the Romans. When they had examined me, the Romans wanted to release me because they were no reasons for the death penalty in my case.

But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to the emperor, even though I had no charge to bring against my nation. Okay, this is really interesting, okay? This is changing the story. Before Paul said that he wants to return to Rome in order to face judgment from the emperor. And what Paul is saying now is, you Jews attacked me

and if I wanted to I can completely emperor and bring charges against you Jews okay so he's changing his story and showing how powerful he is okay keep on going for this reason therefore I had asked to see you and speak with you since it is for the sake of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain okay so he's saying listen those guys in Jerusalem harassed me

And so I've come back to Rome, and I want to speak to you Jewish leaders. And let's see if we can work together because you piss me off in Rome, I can unleash the empire on you. So he's now threatening these Jewish elders. Come on going. They replied,

We have received no letter from Judah about you. And none of the brothers coming here has reported or spoken anything evil about you. But we would like to hear from you. what you think. For with regard to the sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against. Okay, so what they're saying is, it's all misunderstanding Paul, okay? We don't know what's going on. Why don't you tell us what's going on? Keep on going on going. After they had set a day to meet with him, they came to him at his longings in great numbers. Okay, so basically all the Jewish leaders have to come

because they understand that Paul represents the empire, okay? Keep on going. For morning until evening, he explained the matter to, to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets. So again, what Paul is saying is that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Bible, is fulfillment of prophecy. He is the Messiah. Some were convinced by what he had said, well, others refuse to believe. Okay, so now some of these Jewish leaders are being converted by Paul. They are now moving towards the Christian faith. That's how powerful Paul.

Paul is, okay? Keep on going. So they disagree with each other, and as they were leaving, Paul made one further statement. The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your ancestor through the prophet Isaiah. Asya. Go to this people and say, you will indeed listen but never understand, and you will indeed look but never perceive. For this people, heart has grown tall and their ears are hard of hearing.

and they have shouted their eyes and they might not look with their eyes and listen with their ears and understand with their heart and turn and I would hear them. Let it be known to you that as salvation of God had been sent to the Gentiles,

they will listen. So he's saying, so he's convincing some Jewish leaders to convert, right? But not all convert. And so Paul gets pissed off and says, you Jews are so stubborn. You don't get it,

man, okay? But don't worry, if you don't get it, the Gentiles, the Greeks and Romans, will get it. We will win eventually. Okay, keep on going. He lived there two whole years at his own expense and welcome all who came to him, proclaiming the kingdom of God

and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without herons. Okay, so something I will point out is this. It looks like Paul is an agent of Rome, okay? It looks like he represents the empire. But why would he write in such a way as to be so blatant? And so you can also argue that Paul could be a double agent. He pretends to be an agent of spy from Rome,

but he's actually working for the Jewish leadership. Why would the Jewish leader support Paul? Because by spreading Christianity, he's spreading the Bible. And the Bible says that Jews are God's chosen. people so he's elevated in the status of Jews in Rome okay so it's not as simple as it looks from this if you just read it it seems like Paul is a spy for Rome but you think much more deeply about what he's doing why would he be so blatant and tell people how I represent the empire well maybe because he's being a real maybe because he's being a double agent right

the thing that you have to remember what spies is they have no loyalties they are double agents they're triple agents. They're always switching loyalties back and forth. Okay, so now what I want to do is I want to go into the actual thinking and writing of Paul. This is Romans, which is one of his major letters. And in these letters,

what he's going to do is he's going to articulate to you this new philosophy of Christianity. These letters become the basis for the Catholic Church. Okay, so can you read Amber please? indeed is a value if you will bid the law. But if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. So if those who are uncircumcised keep the requirements of the law, will not their uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

Okay, so stop. So this is Paul. And what you can see is he's a master of rhetoric. Okay? The Jews are very clear. If you are Jewish, you must be circumcised. because circumcision is the sign of a covenant between our people and God. If you're not circumcised, you're not Jewish.

And what Paul says, no, what matters is your heart? What matters is your spirit? You have faith in God, that's what matters. Keep on going. Then those who are physically uncircumcised, but keep the law, will condemn you that have the written code and circumcision but break the law. For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcised. is something external and physical. Rather, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly,

and real circumcision is a matter of the heart. It is spiritual and not literal. Such a person receives praise not from others, but from God. Then what advantage has the Jews? Okay, so do you guys understand this is rhetoric, right? This is sophistry, where it's changing the definition of the word, where it's changing the idea of the word. Circumcision is a covenant between the Jews and God.

And what Paul says, what matters is not the physical act, what matters is the faith in God. Okay, that's a covenant. All right. And that's such, you do not have to be circumcise. Okay. Can you read, Alan? But now, apart from law, the righteousness of God had been disclosed and is attested by the law and the prophets. The righteousness of God through faith.

in Jesus Christ for all who believe, for there is no distinction, since all have sins and fall short of the glory of God. They are now justified by His grace as a gift, though the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood. Effective through faith, he did this to show his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed. It was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies the one who has faith in Jesus. Okay, so Jews believe what's important is to follow the laws, okay, to be circumcised, to rest on the Sabbath, to only marry within the tribe. And what Paul says is, what's important is your belief in Jesus, your belief that Jesus came in

in order to redeem us from our sins, the original sin. That's what matters now. Before it was these laws, before it sees these actions, and now what matters is what you truly believe. It's only believe in Jesus that can save you. You can do as many good works as you want. You can follow as many laws as you want. Does that matter?

The key is faith in Jesus. Okay? All right. Okay. Can you read? Yes. And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food.

Even now you are still not ready, for you are still of the flesh. For as long as there is jealousy and quarrelling among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving accordingly according to human inclinations. For when one says, I belong to Paul and another, I belong to Apollos, are you not? not merely human. Okay, so what Paul is doing is he's going around and corrupting the teachings of Jesus. And other people are calling out, calling on says, Paul, this is not what Jesus taught. And so what Paul is saying is, guys, guys, we shouldn't argue, okay, because who's right? Jesus is right, okay?

It's not what you say, it's not what I say, it's what Jesus says. So this again is superstry, it's rhetoric. He's positioning himself above the debate. Rather than engaging in debate directly and saying like, what did that, Jesus actually teach, and what are the true teachings, Paul saying what's important is to obey Jesus. Okay? What's important is obedience, not debate. Keep on going. What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, ask the Lord assigned to each.

I planted Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The one who plants, and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wage according to the labor of each. For we are God's servants working together. You are God's field, God's building. Okay, so Paul is evil, okay?

Everyone's saying to Paul, you're corrupting the teachings of Jesus. And Paul is saying, no, what matters is we spread the message of Jesus. And everyone's saying, but what's the message of Jesus? It doesn't matter. What matters is the growth of Jesus. Okay, this is sophistry. But I'm going.

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder, I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid. That foundation is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, the work of each builder will become visible. For the day we'll disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work he has done. If what has been built onto the foundation survives, the builder will receive a reward.

If the work is burned up, the builder will suffer loss. The builder would be saved, but only as through fire. Okay, so what Paul is saying is this. We're all going to work together to spread the mess of Jesus. You may believe Jesus says one thing, I believe another thing, but let's not argue, okay? Let's just keep on spreading the word of Jesus and we'll see which person has the biggest church and we'll know who's right. Okay, so he's using the metric of business success, of wealth, of material acquisition to justify his faith in Jesus. Okay?

And this is the opposite of what Jesus taught. And so we are saying, Paul, this is not what Jesus taught us. Paul's like, no, no, no, we're going to see who wins out in the end, okay? Keep on going. Do not know that you are God's temple and that God's spirit dwells in you. If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person. For God's temple is holy and you are the temple. Do not deceive yourself.

If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written. He catches the wise in their craftiness and again. The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise that they are futile. So let no one boast about human leaders, for all things are yours.

Whether Paul or Apollos or Seafas, or the world of life or death, or the present, or the future, all belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God. So he's very clever, right? He's saying, yes, Jesus taught us that God's spirit dwells in you. What this means isn't that you have free will.

What it means is you don't have free will because you must do the work of God, which is to spread the message of God, which is to extend the power of God in this world. Okay? So you see how this is sophistry, right? He's tricking people, he's deceiving people. Jesus taught you, the light is within you,

and therefore you are, you know God. You just trust yourself, and that's good. And then what Paul says, no, you are a tool of God. Okay, keep on going. Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God's mysteries. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. But with me, it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court.

I do not even judge myself. Okay, okay, all right. So let's keep on going. Alan, can you read, please? When you're a slave when caught, do not be concerned about it. Even if you can gain your freedom, make use of your present condition now more than ever. For whoever was caught in the Lord as a slave is a freed person belonging to the Lord, just as whoever was freed when caught as a slave of Christ. You were bought with a price.

Do not become slave of human masters. In whatever condition you are called, brothers and sisters, there remain with God. Okay, so Paul has been very clever again, okay? Because this message is appealing to slaves. Jesus taught these slaves, you're free. And these slaves say to Paul, we're free, right? And Paul says, you are free, but you are a slave to God. Do you understand?

Okay? Therefore, no human can be a master of you because we're all slaves to God. He's confusing people, okay? Can you keep our reading? For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might win more of them. To the Jews I become as a Jew, in order to win Jews, to those under the law I become as one under the law, under the law, though I myself, I am not under the law, so that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law, I became at one outside the law, though I am not free from God's law, but I am.

under Christ's law, so that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I become weak, so that I might win the weak. I become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessing. Do not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize, run in such a way that you may win it. Athletes exercise self-concats. control in all things. They do not, they do it to receive a perishable wealth, but we and we an imperishable one.

So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air. But I punish my body and enslave it so that after proclaiming to others, I myself should not be disqualified. So it's almost like a pep rally, right? He's a business person, he's telling his workers, go out and sit those damn hamburgers man I don't care what you do I don't care how many lies you tell go sell hamburgers pretend they're healthy okay pretend you love hamburgers just pretend what matters is you go sell those hamburgers

and guess what man whoever sells those hamburgers gets a car okay but this is better than car because this is the the reward is heaven eternal paradise guys so go and sell those hamburgers all right all right can you read can you highlight it apart amber now in the following instructions i do not commend you because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse for to begin with when you come together as a church i hear that there are divisions among you and to some extent i believe it indeed there have to be faction among you for only so will it be become clear who among you are genuine. When you come together, it is not really to eat the Lord's

supper. For when the time comes to eat, each of you goes ahead with your own supper, and one goes hungry and another become drunk. What, do you not have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you show content for the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I commend you. In this matter, I do not commend you. Okay, so what you're saying is this. When you come to church, it's very important that you obey the ritual. Okay? The ritual is communion, the Eucharist. And we must remember this is a ritual where you must follow the exact protocols. If you do not, then there's no point in coming to church. So the church is not a place to discuss Jesus, not to debate Jesus, but to worship Jesus. Okay, keep going.

received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, and the Lord Jesus on the night, when he was betrayed, took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, this is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me. In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, this cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. Whoever, therefore, eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord, in an unworthy manner will be answerable for the body and blood of the Lord. Examiner yourselves only then eat the bread and drink of the cup. For all who eat and drink without discerning

the body, eat and drink judgment against themselves. For this, reason may of you are weak and ill, and some have died. But if we judge ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world. So then, my brother and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. If you are hungry, eat at home so that when you come together, it will not be for your condemnation. About the other things, I will give instruction when I come. Okay, so this is a really important ritual.

It's the most important ritual in Christianity called the Eucharist, Thanksgiving, okay? And in this, it's basically they eat some bread and they drink some wine and they believe it is the flesh and blood of Jesus. So Jesus is entering them. Okay? And as you can imagine, what they're doing really is negating divine spark in you. Divine spark is free, it's individual, it's independent. When you partake in the body of Jesus, you become

one with everyone else, okay? That negates your individuality, that negates a spark within you and you become just the church itself. Okay? And that's the idea of the Eucharist to destroy your individuality, all right? And so when Christians do this,

they literally believe the bread they're eating is the body of Christ, of Jesus. So Jesus is entering into you and taking you over. Okay, it's procession by Jesus. Yes? Can we see this as a way? that they abuse or exploit Jesus because they're just eating their body

although the body of Jesus is hollow? No, no. The idea here is that Jesus is your master. Okay? And when you partake in Jesus, you become a part of Jesus. And therefore, you must obey exactly what he wants. Okay?

All right, so this is confusing because it's cannibalism, okay? But as I told you before, this is actually a very common thing among the Greek mystery cults, where they come together and they believe that when they eat food, they're actually eating the body of Dionysus. And Dionysus, his energy is being consumed into you. What's important for us to appreciate is, like, these mystery cults are demonic. So what else they do is they will.

will have ritual sacrifices where they will tear people apart and consume the flesh. So this is from a painting from the UBITES play describing one of these mystery codes. So they will actually tear a person's body apart to replicate the death of dynesies and they consume the body apart. And guess what guys?

The secret society still do the sleigh, okay? So but what's important to understand is this actually has a long tradition. So if you go back to 15,000 years to Europe in the Magdalenean age, canonism was actually very common. It was common for religious purposes. So maybe there's someone that you loved and he died. What you would do is you consume his body when he died in order to remember him forever, okay, so that you would have an eternal communion with him. Because his soul would go into the spirit world, but if you had his body, right,

He would always communicate with you. And that's the idea of commemorating Jesus, like in this way. When you consume Jesus, Jesus is always with you. He is now taking possession over your body. You are now just a body for Jesus, okay? Does that make sense? You've lost your individuality, you've lost your freedom. You are now completely possessed by Jesus when you are, when you engage in the Eucharist.

Okay? Yes? So, the, so during that, time nobody found that like this is disobeying the original belief of Jesus like Paul is just using all people to obey yeah that's a good question okay most people at this time think Paul is just evil okay it's like this is not what Jesus taught us just taught us to believe in ourselves Jesus would never teach us this demonic thing of sacrifice okay Jesus came to teach us like I don't sacrifice he would sacrifice it's all evil

okay he got rid of that but again so at this time in history Paul's church Paul's followers are only limited amounts okay very few people but he doesn't care because he's building the from the blueprint for an empire doesn't make sense okay so the Romans forces religion on everyone now everyone has to obey this you understand if you actually from first principles try to convince people the Catholic Church is right you can't really convince that many people but guess why guys doesn't matter because most people are born into the Catholic Church so they are born believing this stuff okay so they can't really think for

themselves all right but also remember cannilism is very common throughout history so these are the Aztecs who will engage in colonialism in order to prepare for war in order to sacrifice others for for their gods Okay, again, this is the Magdalene culture and we found lots of places where they engage in canonism during funerals, okay? And as you can see, it's very common. It's very common for all the world at this time. And it makes sense if you think about it, right?

If this person is someone you love and he was very special to you and you want him to still help you to guide you in life, then you consume his body, a part of his body, then you need to you'll stay with you forever okay and this is a way to build group cohesion in this time when this is the ice age so it's very hard to survive and um but of course not everyone practices this as well okay the red are those who practice cannibalism during funerals the blue are just those who just bury the body and don't practice cannibalism um so what you're not taught is among the elite this sort of stuff goes on a lot so this is 19th century in Victorian Britain.

And this is, you know, the British Empire. And guess why, guys? What they like to do is they like to steal mummies from Egypt and eat these mummies. Because they believe that these mummies had some magic qualities. Okay? So this goes back to the 19th century and you think to yourself, oh, you know what?

In the 12th century, we are so much more advanced. We don't do this crap anymore, right? Unfortunately, this is Albert Einstein's brain. this is Albert Einstein's brain. Albert Einstein, before he died, said, please, please, whatever you do, do not dissect my brain, okay? I know you think I'm a greatest genius in the world, and you want to know how my brain works,

but I'm telling you right now, my brain's no different from your brain. Please, whatever you do, do not dissect my brain. So of course, a doctor steals his brain and cuts it into different pieces, okay? Now, let me answer you this question. Let's just say this doctor where to take this brain and makes some medicine out of it, okay?

He takes his brain, he cuts up into like 100 different parts. And then he takes this medicine and he sells it to rich people for a million dollars. Could he find 100 rich people who would pay a million dollars to eat? Everything his brain. Yes, okay? So I was like, I'm telling you the rich are insane. All right? My wife tells me that when I die, it's possible they might want to decide my brain as well.

So please don't do so, okay, because my brain's no different. from anyone else's brain. You won't find the secret of my creativity with my brain, all right? All right, so, yeah, Alan, can you read please? Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the food would say, because I am not a band, I do not belong to the body, that would not make it any less a part of the body, and if the air would say, because I'm not an eye,

I do not belong to the body. That will not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the pairing be? If the whole body were pairing, where would the sense of smell be? But as it is, God arranging the member of the body, each one of them. As he choose, if all were a single members, where would the body be? as it is, there are many members, yet one body, the I cannot say to the head and, I have no need of you, nor against the head to the feet. I have no need of you. On the contrary,

the members of the body that seems to be weaker are indispensable, and those members of the body that we think less, let me see, honorable, we close with greater honor. and our less respectable members are treated with greater respects, whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member, that there may be no dissension within the body. But the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffers together with it.

If one member is honored, all rejoice together with it. Okay, so what he's saying is this. Okay, when you consume the body of Christ, you've all consumed a part of him, right? And so we need to come together as a people, as a church, to form the whole body of Jesus. And that means that you must do what others tell you to do, okay? This requires complete obedience if we are to resurrect Jesus in the world. in our church. Does that make sense, guys? Okay, keep on going.

Now you are the body of Christ and individually member of it. And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then deeds of power. Then gifts of healing, form of assistance, form of leadership, various kind of tongues are all, are all apostles? are all prophets, are all teachers, do all work miracles, do all possess gifts of healing, do all speak in tongues, do all interpret,

but strive for the greater gifts, as I will show you a still more excellent way. Okay, so do you understand what's going on, okay? No matter who you are, no matter who you are, what you do, what's important is your sacrifice to Jesus, to obey them completely. Okay? So this is all ordained by Jesus.

All right, Amor, can you read the yellow, please? Love is patient, love is kind. Love is not envious, or boastful, we're arrogant, or rude. It does not insist on its own way. It is not irritable and resentful. It is not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoice in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends, but as for prophecies, they will come to an end.

As for tongues, they will seize. As for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we all know only in part, and we prophecy only in part, but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child. I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then we will see face to face.

Now I know only in part. then I will know fully even as I have been fully known and now faith, hope and love abide these three and the greatest of these is love. So you understand Paul, that's sophistry so you think the word is love. Great love

we love Jesus. The word actually means obedience, right? If you join the church, what is required for you is to be obedience to Jesus. Do you understand that you are now a slave to Jesus? Remember when we commit the original sin when we did evil, we became slaves to the devil.

When Jesus killed us, it's because he, sorry, when Jesus died, it was to ransom us from the devil, so now we are slaves to Jesus, and therefore we must obey him completely. Okay? No argument, no opinion, no individuality, just complete obedience to Jesus. So you can see the power of this, right? He switches these words.

They're saying that slavery is now love. Okay? When a human master enslaves you, that's evil. But when Jesus enslaves you, it's good because now it's love. It's because Jesus loves you. That's why he enslaves you. But now, because he loves you, you must obey him completely. And that means never ever question the authority of the church.

Never ever do that because that's evil. Okay. All right. Can you read it, Alan? What I'm saying, brothers and sisters, is this. Flash and blood. God cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does a perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I will tell you a mystery.

We will not all die, but we will all be changed. In the moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet for the trumpet went sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed, for this perishable body must put on imperishably. And this mortal body must put on immortality. When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts an immortal immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled.

Death has been swallowed up in victory, where old death is your victory, where or death is your sting. The sting of death is sin. and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God who gives us a victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excealing in the works of the Lord. Because you know that in the Lord, your labor is not too vain. So this is why you must obey him completely because now you are guaranteed access to heaven. Eternal paradise.

Okay? Pretty good deal, right? Be a slave for 40 years, 50 years, be the best hardworking slave for the next 40, 50 years, and then you have eternal paradise because that is Jesus promised to you, okay? The defeat of death.

I think according to the original belief of Jesus, which Jesus led us to pursue our divine spark, right? That's the real way to heaven. But doing this, I think, after people die, they will find out that they cannot really go to heaven. their slaves. Yeah, no one cares. Yeah. Right? It doesn't matter because you're dead, right? Because the entire point of the system is to extract as much energy out of you as possible while you're alive, right?

Because Paul's real customers are the patriarchs. It's a patriarchs who are paying for this. And the patriarchs who will force their slaves to convert to this religion. Okay? So maybe the slaves don't buy this, but their children will, because their children will be brainwashed. into this okay and this explains what the Catholic Church is the most powerful organization today all right so now that we've gone into how I actually think let's go over to his psychology okay so what motivated Paul to do what he did because he worked really hard and so there are three possible explanations the first explanation is he is a woman agent and his mission was to

destroy Mesoenic Judaism from within what we'll learn next class is that Judaism is a huge problem for the Romans. And so while the Jews are praying for a desire of war, Paul says, no, no, Jesus was a desire of peace, okay? So he's trying to subvert the Jews from who move in. But you could also argue that Paul was actually a Jewish spy who's trying to subvert the Roman Empire by spreading the Jewish faith, okay?

You could also argue that. I would argue it's both, both are true, right? The real, so I think that what really happened is, Paul had an eminent calling to create his own religious empire. He wanted to become God himself. So there's a famous joke. The joke goes like this. God and Satan are having an argument.

God says, my people, the humans have found religion, therefore you've lost. And Satan says, well, I'll just organize it. Okay, I'll create churches out of it. And that's what Paul did. Jesus came to tell us the truth. And Paul says, I'll use this truth and I'll make an empire out of it. Okay?

All right, so there's an analogy here. This is, his name is Ray Croft and he created the empire McDonald's, okay? How did he do so? He took an idea, McDonald's, and he went around America and he created McDonald's, okay? So McDonald's is like the church. If you go to McDonald's, anyone in the world, it's almost the same building, same menu. Okay? So it follows a very similar pattern.

to Paul's building of the church. Paul was able to succeed because he spread a religion. Rick Crocs succeeded because he also spread a religion as well. All right? So what he did was that convinced people to buy to eat hamburgers. He didn't need to do that. What he needed to do was convince small business owners to invest McDonald's, to buy the franchise on McDonald's, by spreading the idea of the gospel of wealth.

If you invest in me, if you open McDonald's, you'll become wealthy. And that is paradise. Okay? So basically, Ray Kroc and Paul were doing the same thing. All right. So Paul has this business idea. Let's just stick Jesus in tournament empire. And so he's going to make different sales pitches to different people, okay?

So we're going to imagine, okay, and this is a thought experiment. It didn't really happen. We're going to imagine Paul making a pitch to the Roman patriarchs, right? He's saying, why should you invest? in me because one we will cause debate and the vision within the Jewish diaspora okay so some will convert but some will not but who cares because now they're fighting each other and not fighting us because that's number one number two is we will make their Messiah of war into Messiah of peace okay and that will

weaken their resolve and the third is we can now spiritually enslave the people okay and they'll work harder for us so that's a self-pitch of Paul to the Romans. But there's also such which he can make to the Jewish leaders as well. Let us spread our faith to the Gentiles and elevate our status as a chosen people, okay? Let us make our Torah and Jerusalem divine in the eyes of the world. And guess what? It worked, right? Even today, everyone thinks that Jerusalem is the holy city in the world.

Let us make ourselves the service of the empire, an ally with the Roman patriarchs so that we can subvert them from within. All right? And it worked. Now, not all Jews did this, but a lot did. follow Paul into Christianity. Grushianity is a platform for the Jews and the Romans work together. All right, but now Paul is going to make a sales pitch to the Greeks and the Jews, okay? And this is what he says. A few decades of obedience for a turning to join paradise, right?

That's number one. Number two is, it's you to join. You don't have to get circumcised, okay? And the third is, Jesus will return any day now, so hurt before it's too late. Guys, 50% of all today, all right? Do it now! 50% off! All right? That's literally his message, right? And that's why he's so successful.

50% off! All right, so what, this is Augustine, okay? And this is after the Catholic Church becomes the official religion of the Roman Empire. And what, um, Opherson will do is he will write a book called City of God, and he will put the Catholic Church above Rome, okay? Because Rome is just a temporal, earthly city, But Jerusalem is the divine city.

He's saying the Catholic Church is now Jerusalem. We don't need the Roman Empire anymore because now we have the Catholic Church. Okay? The Catholic Church is a community of believers. As long as you believe in Jesus, you'll be saved. So obviously it's going to take Paul's ideas and systemize it to create the Catholic Church. Okay? So, Emma, can you read, please?

It was in secret that the first human beings began to be evil. And the results was that they slipped into open disobedience. Okay, so this is really important. Jesus said there's divine spark in us, right? In essence, yes, there's us divine spark, but it's from Satan, guys. It's not from God. It's from Satan. That's why we cannot trust the divine spark, because we're evil.

Keep on going. For they will not have arrived at the evil act if an evil would have not preceded it. Now, could anything but pride have been the start of the evil will? For pride is the start of every kind of sin. So, you know, Jesus says to follow your own. heart right and Augustine says no no no that leads to pride and pride is evil pride means you want to be better than God pride means you want to kill God therefore it is inherently evil therefore the

heart inside you comes from Satan okay keep on going and what is pride except along for a preserved kind of exaltation for it is a preserved kind of exaltation to abandon the basis on which the mind should be firmly fixed and to become, as it were, based on oneself, and so remain. This happens when a man is too pleased with himself, and a man is self-complacent when he deserts that changeless good, in which rather than in himself, he ought to have found his satisfaction.

This desertion is voluntary, for if the will had remained unshaken in his love of the higher changeless good, which shed on its light to see and kindled in its fire to love, It would not have been diverted from this love to follow its own pleasure. And the will would not have been so darkened and chilled, and consequent, as to let the woman believe that the serpent had spoken to the truth and the man to put his life's will above God's commandment. And to suppose that his was a veneal transgression when he refused to desert his life's companion,

companion even though the refusal entailed companionship is in sin. Okay, so we are, we exist to obey God, all right? Jesus taught us that we exist in order to be creative, in order to seek true for ourselves, but Augustine Paul teaches us that we exist in order to obey God. Why? Because we cannot trust ourselves, okay? Yeah? I have a question.

So does that mean the believers of the Catholic Church should not take pride in their identity as a part of the like a part of the church or does that also mean that they cannot be well in a way they can't find satisfaction and partaking in the great mission of the Catholic Church okay so the Catholic Church has certain teachings okay the first teaching is the idea of original sin which is we are born evil this Christ that redeems us that's number one number two is we cannot think for ourselves because we will be led astray by the devil.

We must listen to the priests. We should not read the Bible for ourselves because we'll get confused by it, okay? All right? And that's what leads to Protestant Reformation. Okay. And the priests are the representatives of God on earth. The pope has supreme authority.

Okay? Yes? So if the pope tells you to take pride in being a part of the church, you can be proud, like you are allowed? The Pope is the word of God. Whatever the Pope says is the Word of God, okay? Okay, okay.

Okay, it's that simple. So, I have a question. Go ahead. Like, if we really try to pursue the original Jesus to believe that is to pursue our divine spark, but pride is a thing that we cannot avoid, right? Yes, you will make mistakes, right? Yeah.

So Jesus says it's okay to, It's okay to make mistakes. It's okay to screw up. You'll be forgiven. Whereas Catholic Church says, it's not okay to screw up. Yeah, do you understand? All right.

Okay, can you read out? Thus the evil act, the transgression of eating the forbidden fruit was committed only when those who did it were already evil. That bad fruit could only have come from a bad tree. Okay, so we're born evil, okay? It's that simple.

Keep on going. Further, the badness of the tree came about contrary to nature, because without a fault in the will, which is against nature, it certainly cannot have happened. But only a nature created out of nothing could have been distorted by a fault.

Consequently, without the well drives its existence as a nature from its creation by God, its failing away from its true being is due to its creation out of nothing. So why are we evil? Why can't we trust ourselves? Why can we be easily swayed by Satan? The reason why is the Bible tells us that we are created out of dust.

We're created out of nothing, okay? In other words, we are a failed science experiment. Okay? That's why we suck. That's why we must believe in the church. All right, so this is the August team. All right, can you read? Yeah, man did not fall away to the extent of losing all being,

but when he had turned towards himself, his being was less real than when he adhered to him, who exist in a supreme degree. And so to abandon God and to exist in oneself, that is to please oneself, is not immediately to lose all being, but it is to come nearer to nothingness. That is why the proud are given another name in Holy Scripture.

They are called self-pleasers. Now, it is good to lift up your heart and to exult your thoughts, yet not in the self-worship of pride, but in the worship of God. This is a sign of obedience, and obedience can belong only to the humble. So you must obey the church completely, okay? Because the divine spark in you, it's out of nothingness. It can only lead you to evil, okay?

So the only way, the only solution now is to obey the church completely. And I think that kind of answered my question too. Yep. Yeah. So, like, for, because I think I believe in the original... No, no, it doesn't matter what you believe. I don't care what you believe. I only care about what the Catholic Church is teaching you, okay?

Can we also see... We're not having an argument about who's right, who's wrong. Yeah. I don't want that, okay? I want you to understand what the Catholic Church is teaching you. Like, can we also see the, like, people eat the fruit from that tree, also as a mistake that we can, just like the original, Jesus believed that we can be forgiven?

Jesus thought that what Eve did was correct. All right? Okay? All right, so, Alan, can you be please? This is why humility is highly prized in the city of God and especially enjoy on the city of God's during the time of its pilgrimage in this world, and it receives particular emphasis in the character of Christ,

the king of the city. We are also taught by the sacred scriptures that the thought of exaltation, the contrary of the city, humility exercise supreme dominion in Christ's adversary. The devil, this is assuredly the greatest different that thunders the two cities in which we are speaking. The one is a community of devout men, the other a company of the inreligious, and each has its own angels attached to it. In one city love of God has been given first

place in the other love of self. So it's that simple, okay? If you obey, you are doing the work of God. If you disobey, you're doing the work of the devil. It's that simple, okay? All right, can you keep on reading? And this will end the, yeah. In the heavenly city then, there will be freedom of well.

It will be one and the same freedom in all. And in the visible in the separate individuals, it will be freed from all evil and filled with all good, enjoying unfillingly the delight of internal joys, forgetting all offenses, forgetting all punishment. So when we have freedom, okay? We're slaves now, but when we have freedom? When we're with God,

because only one with God can we know what is good, okay? And then we have complete freedom. But what he means by freedom, of course, is complete obedience. Now we want to even think about this obeying God, okay? That's what freedom is. All right. So, the Catholic Church grows, the Roman Empire makes it the official religion because it does three things, okay?

And we discuss this. The first is that now you're better to exploit your slaves. They're now more hardworking because before, if they were lazy, they might get whipped, right? But they're lazy now, they will burn in hell for all of eternity. That's number one. Number two is, this is really important. you have all this gold, right? The problem of all this gold is people can steal it.

People can kill you for it, right? But now you have spiritual authority. Now you represent God. Now you're head of a church. Right? And therefore, people can't kill you because if they kill you, God will come and kill them. Okay?

It's a pretty good deal, right? Before you were a king, but now you're a God. What a great deal. And the last thing, of course, is now what you can do is you can now expand. and expand and expand your empire. Okay. So let me explain why this is relevant today, okay?

Because now that the Catholic Church is around, these dynasties of Rome can continue onto today for the Catholic Church, right? Does that make sense to you guys? Because now they can store their power in the Catholic Church. If you put your golden Catholic Church, no one's going to come and steal it, right? Because they don't want to incur the wrath of God.

That's why the Catholic Church will give rise to some people called the Black nobility, okay? These are 13 families from Rome that still run the world today. Okay, we'll discuss this later on. All right, we'll discuss how the Catholic Church and the Black nobility work together. So something you need to understand is what allowed the Catholic Church to dominate is this alliance between Black nobility and Jews. what guys it still happens today okay the third thing is what allows for the system to work are the secret societies where for rituals these powerful people are bounding together okay and so these three ideas the black nobility the alliance between black nobility and the jews and the third of

secret societies is the power structure we have today all right that's the power of the catholic church that is the genius of paul to create a system that continues even today because it is so powerful and so strategic okay does that make sense all right and we'll discuss this later on as well but I present the idea to you today all right some questions okay my wife sends me more questions okay this person wants to know what's the difference between the Catholic Church the Protestants and the Eastern Orthodox so these are Orthodox is the Church of Augustine. It didn't really change. The Protestants are those who rebel against

the teachings of Paul and Augustine, and the Catholic Church is sort of in-between, okay? But we'll discuss this more as we go along. All right. The Greek mystery schools, are they still around today? And the answer is, yes, of course, they're still around today, because they allow the elite to work together, okay? They allow the elite to trust each other, okay? And again, they come from the Greek mystery schools. All right. Psychopaths. What do we do with these people, right?

You have these psychopaths who run the world, they don't feel regret, they don't forgive each other. So how do we perceive these people? Okay, and there are different solutions. The first solution is to appreciate the idea of karma. So yes, they are powerful to, like in this lifetime, but in the next lifetime, they become slaves so they can feel for themselves

the evil that they've done onto other people. Another idea is, in the world of today, psychopaths will always war. Only evil will war, because that's just the structure of this universe. In this universe that we live in, the devil is always king, and there's nowhere around it. So we're here not to fight these people, we're here to learn wisdom in a world of evil.

So don't worry about them, just worry about yourself. Okay? Now, third thing to think about is, if you really understood how these people lived their lives, you would feel sorry for them. All right? So remember the Iliad where Achilles triumphs over Hector, but rather than feeling joy and happiness,

he feels only sadness, and he can't even cry, okay? He becomes a zombie. And you can make the argument that the wealthy people are like that today. Yeah, they look like as though they're happy, they have billions of dollars, but they're not happy, okay? If you actually live their lives, if you see the world through their eyes, you would see that they're very unhappy people.

So don't hate them, feel pity for them, okay? So there are different ways of understanding this. All right. Okay, this is a great question. Okay, I love this question. If the womens are the ones who kill Jesus, why do the Jews don't speak up? up? Why don't the Jews say, we didn't do it, man? Okay. So this is really complicated. But the simple

answer is there's an agreement between the Catholic Church and the Jews. Okay? The agreement is this. The Catholic Church needed skate goats, needed people for other people to hate. Okay? And the Jews agreed in order to practice a religion. Does that make sense? All right? I know this sounds terrible, but the only way for the Jews to survive as a people is they agree to be scapegoats for Christians. All right? And we'll discuss this later on. And that's why if you look at Europe for these 2,000 years,

what the Christians did to the Jews was just horrific, okay? And the Jews cannot speak up because if they did, the Catholic Church might get rid of them, okay? This person says, James is Just, Jesus' brother, he was killed by the Jews, right? No, no, no. Ask yourself this question.

Who is most threatened by James of Just? The answer, of course, is Paul. It was Paul who had him killed, okay? In Semini, the Romans destroyed the temple. And that time would have been the perfect time to kill James and Just. James was probably protected by the Jews. But Paul saw him as a threat.

Because as long as James was just was a lie, he's ultimately of the thwarted him Jesus, right? Paul could have steal the legacy from James or Judge, therefore he had to get this guy killed, okay? Doesn't make sense?

All right, how do you know if you see the truth and reject the lie? The answer is really simple, guys. How do you know if you love someone? You just do, guys, okay? I'm sorry. If you don't know you love someone, you probably don't love that person. All right? When you love someone,

your heart glows. you feel stronger you are more energetic all right if you don't love if you are in relationship but you become weaker you feel tired

you lose hope you probably don't love that person that person probably doesn't love you okay it's that simple guys if you how do you know you love you just do how do you know you see the truth you just do

all right you cannot trust a human the Bible clearly states the one of bring evil to this world stands above of humankind, therefore you will find a truth. No, no, no, no, this is what Paul says. This is what Ockin says.

You do know, you know in your heart, okay? All right, that's it. Any questions, guys, before we conclude? Okay, great. So we'll continue this next class, okay?