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Originally Posted by Unified Serenity
The bible he spoke of is the Tanach. Have you ever read the Tanach in it's original language or studied it's Hebrew idioms and culture? The codification was in 326 AD and they tossed out much of what the people were accepting as sacred scripture. The Gnostics were completely ignored.
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Indeed the Tanach is the Scripture which Jesus spoke highly of
the Tanach is the Torah ( the Five Books of Moses ) the Prophets the Writings ( Psalms Proverbs Job Chronicles and more )
Suffice to say we know the text in the Tanach by reading the Old Testament which is based on the Septuagint ( the Greek translation c.200 BC )
What we miss is the pronunciation and the cantillation of the Hebrew text
Scholars today do not agree as to when the Jewish canon was set and according to Talmud ( the rabbinic oral tradition ) much of the contents of the Tanach were compiled by the "Men of the Great Assembly" by 450 BC
Some books did not make it to Tanach Canon alas Conspiracy lol
book of Sirach for example excluded by the Tanach but included in the Septuagint
Suffice to say there is no record of any special sacred gnostic texts that were corruptly withheld entry into the Tanach
Look to Luke what Jesus says about the Scripture to His disciples after His Ressurection
Luke 24:44-45
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
There is a movement to belittle and make believe the Bible is fiction altered beyond recognition and stripped of validity - why so - for they fear the power of the Christ
There is a movement to whirl the world into chaos - why so - for they love the power of the Snake
These are the Ally and the Adversary we choose in the world and within
for the Christ is within us as the Spirit and the Snake is within us as the Ego
as the Christ is a Being beyond our control so is the Snake a Being of his own
So when everybody shouts look within for truths Be aware who you look to
Let me clarify that I use the Names of the Christian vocabulary
the Buddhist the Muslim and the Hindu will of course use other Names to denote the Champions of good and evil
We do not comprehend the Magnitude of the Serpent nor appreciate the Grandeur of the Spirit
Its not like it is some kind of an even match - even the outcome is Decided - but the once 2nd to One has a Destiny to fulfill