Recommendations

Hello! Shalom! Aloha! Mabuhay!

If this is your first visit to Modern Apocrypha, I have only two recommendations for continuing on with minimal confusion:


1) Please begin with the first introductory post (found HERE) and work your way forward. Almost all the posts on this blog flow chronologically and will make more sense with the background and context of previous ones. Jumping in anywhere might be disorienting.

2) Please read along in the texts posted off to the right. I try not to summarize too much in the commentary and discussion, and being at least somewhat familiar with what we're discussing or I'm commenting on will be most beneficial and edifying for all involved. Plus, going along with the theme of this blog, any hidden truths to be brought to light will be found within the text itself and not necessarily within my ramblings.

Okay, fine, three recommendations:

3) Please read with an open heart, mind, and spirit. See what truths you can find in these works--ones which speak to you. Namaste : )

Monday, April 27, 2015

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ELISHA

Last week Elisha made a few announcements on the website, HERE. The minor ones were that the official website will soon be moving from WordPress to its own site. (Along with this, a new forum/discussion board has been created HERE.) Also, images for the temple are nearly complete. I don't know if these are patterned after the temples of Ezekiel or Suran, or if they're based on modern ideas. There was also a message to the three of the Twelve Women who have been identified but has since been taken down, probably because of its personal nature. I won't post it here, but feel free to ask questions about it in the comments.

But the three primary announcements were:
1) A call to develop materials to share with others (pamphlets, etc.) and a curriculum for group study (no specification as to whether this was to be topic based, chronological, etc.).

2) Preparations for the first pilgrimage are beginning, and Elisha is hoping to be there if the Lord allows. It will take place in two parts. The northern one will visit Kabigan Falls, which was revealed as the place where Ngameke taught and baptized Suran and where his son, Ahkman, taught the people of God. (It was called Katagan by Suran's family, as it was a "hidden sacred place".) The southern pilgrimage will visit Mt Banahaw, the future city Banal ("Holy") (see JST Ezek 48:35; Aklatan Selections from Ezekiel 9:35), and the temple site a few km to the north. A map of the layout of this area (patterned after Ezekiel's description of the New Jerusalem) is found HERE. (You might have to sign in to access it.)

3) The Warriors of the Darkness will begin to be reestablished. Those with military training will gather and create a training program and then recruit and train others without that experience. The purpose of this is to peacefully gather to fulfill the word of God in defending future believers.

(The Prophecies of Telemek and Book of Datara are to be released after this first pilgrimage is completed and the Warriors of the Darkness are reestablished and strong in number, respectively. The Great Scroll of Suran will also be released once land is acquired for the temple.)

Finally, Elisha shared that the Lord knows our desires, sees our faithfulness, and will pour out His blessings upon us.

Friday, April 24, 2015

GRATUITOUS B-DAY POST

Modern Apocrypha has survived a whole year! There have been a lot of ups and downs over the past 12 months... and a lot of hiatuses (or is it hiati?). But averaging just under a post a week isn't too bad, right?

Happy Birthday, Blog.

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

A POST-EASTER POST

I happened upon this article earlier this month and thought it'd be food for thought (esp. for the LDS audience). Make sure to read through to the end.


Man Sentenced to Death After Skirmish in LDS Temple

SALT LAKE CITY- Following a brawl in the Salt Lake temple, the longtime disturber of the peace, 33-year-old Joshua Hamashiach, was sentenced to death by a Utah judge. The sentence was carried out Friday, April 3, 2015.
Though a lifelong member of the LDS church, Hamashiach spent the last three years teaching his own gospel along the “Mormon Corridor.” Living practically homeless, he developed a small following of blue collar workers and excommunicated members of the LDS church who were dazzled by his apparent gifts of healing and other so-called “miracles.”
Prior to the incident in the temple, Hamashiach was known to have stirred up trouble in various LDS meetinghouses. Catching members off-guard, he would teach that he was the son of God and that it would not be necessary to follow the teachings of LDS leaders.
Probably assuming him to be insane, church leadership did not immediately discipline Hamashiach, allowing him to remain a member in good standing with full access to the church’s various temples.
Just prior to the LDS General Conference earlier this month, Hamashiach entered the historic Salt Lake temple and began destroying furniture and fighting patrons. While details about the incident are sparse, it is certain that this action led directly to his indictment and eventual death sentence.
Though Hamashiach was able to escape the temple before police arrived, his whereabouts were eventually reported by one of his former followers. During the trial, practically all members of his organization abandoned him. Even his righthand man, Rock McJona, who had originally assaulted a police officer to prevent Hamashiach’s arrest, later denied to reporters that he knew Hamashiach at all.
Apparently since his excommunication, some of his followers have reunited and are set on promulgating his teachings. A few of the more unstable ones have even claimed that Hamashiach has risen from the dead.
While the future of Hamashiach’s little cult is unknown, it is likely that they will be heading down the same road he did--that is, into complete and utter obscurity.
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If you have read this far, you now understand a little better what it would have been like for the Jews to accept Jesus Christ during His mortal ministry.

Yes, this was thought-provoking satire. But how difficult would it have been at that time for Jesus' disciples to obey His command, "Come, follow me"? What would've been their sacrifice? This is why Nicodemus came to be taught by Him at night, and why the rich man went away sorrowing, etc. What is He asking us to sacrifice today to follow Him?