Mary-is-God Heresy Part I by Bro. Marwil N. Llasos, O.P.

The Virgin Mary... Handmaiden of God

I had a chat with a lady from Cebu who claims to be following my blog The Knight of Mary (www.bromarwilnllasos.blospot.com). She paid me compliments for the work I am doing for the Lord, His Blessed Mother and the Church. At first, I did not know what her intention was. As I always accommodate all forms of communications to me and take the time to answer queries about the faith, I entertained her questions through chat and email. It was only after a series of exchanges did I realize that she is into a group that exalts Mary as a goddess, the incarnation of Wisdom (which to her is the Holy Spirit) and the “divine feminine.”

I was aghast to know that she believes in downright heresy. It is lunacy to ever think that Mary is a goddess! No sane Catholic would ever think that way. The Church, in her more than 2000-year history, has never taught the Blessed Virgin Mary to be divine. Though exalted by grace, Mary remains to be a human being. Mary’s humanity is the guaranty of the true humanity of Christ who took flesh from her.

The lady later on identified herself to me as Elizabeth R. Halican of No. 14 Holy Family Village I, Banilad, Cebu. She is adamant in her belief that Mary is the divine feminine, the personification or the incarnation of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, to Ms. Halican, is the Old Testament Wisdom. This is rank heresy.

In my recent email to Ms. Halican, I told her that I will respond to her concerns publicly through my blog. So here it is. This is the first in a series of articles that will critique the heretical (and obviously crazy) doctrine that Mary is God.

In an email to me last 12 December 2010, Elizabeth R. Halican complained against my calling her views heretical. I was merely stating a fact – and restating the pronouncement of Church authorities.

In February 2009, Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, then Archbishop of Cebu, warned all the Catholic faithful “to guard against the teachings of a religious organization that reportedly elevates Mary as the third person of the Holy Trinity.” The Cardinal exhorted the faithful to “beware of this group” and further said that the group commits the doctrinal error of defining the Holy Trinity as the “Father, the Son and the Mother,” with Mary taking the place of the Holy Spirit. This is precisely the heretical doctrine that Ms. Halican believes and promotes.

The Archbishop of Cebu said that that “if a Catholic indulges oneself in believing DEO's idea, he or she will be unable to receive the sacraments of the church.” Hence, Ms. Halican cannot receive the sacraments of the church. That is to say, she (along with the adherents of this pernicious heresy) is no longer a Catholic in good standing.

Cardinal Vidal expressed the hope that our “devotion to Mary will be based on the sound doctrine of the one, holy, apostolic and Catholic Church.” He reminded us that “Mary is the same young woman of Nazareth, who obeyed God's will in delivering Jesus into the world and taking good care of God's beloved until His death on the cross.”

It is not yet too late for Ms. Elizabeth R. Halican and others like her situated to repent and abjure their heresy. As the good Cardinal Vidal himself said, “Let's not be ashamed to confess our sins because although our sins are big, God will forgive us as He is merciful.” He added, “Mary is always praying that we may repent from our sinful ways.”

Reference:

Ador Vincent Mayol, Guard against group’s heresy – Vidalhttp://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20090223-190538/Guard-against-groups-heresy--Vidal>

SINO ANG BABAENG KAUSAP NG DIOS SA GEN. 3.15?

The Immaculate Conception of Mary

Anonymous said...

father di ba ang kausap ng Diyos dyan si Eba at ang Ahas? di ba hinahayag dyan ang sumpa sa kanilang dalawa? paano po naging si Mama Mary at ang Ahas yan? thanks

December 10, 2010 5:53 PM

Fr. Abe, CRS said...

Dear Anonymous,

ANG KAUSAP NG DIOS SA GEN. 3:15 AY ANG AHAS. SUBALIT ANG BABAENG TINUTUKOY NIYA AY HINDI SI EBA KUNDI SI BIRHENG MARIA!

Tignan mong mabuti ang Gen 3:15:

Gen 3:15 [KJV] "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

In Tagalog:

Gen 3:15 [Ang Biblia] "At pagaalitin ko ikaw at ang babae, at ang iyong binhi at ang kanyang binhi: ito ang dudurog ng iyong ulo, at ikaw ang dudurog ng kanyang sakong."

Sa Genesis 3:15 ang kausap ng Dios ay isang babaeng KAAWAY NI SATANAS. Hindi si Eva yon kasi si Eva ay naging alipin ni Satanas dahil sa kasalanan. Ang talatang ito ay isang Divine Promise... A Divine Prophecy. Ito ang unang pagpapahayag ng Plan of Salvation galing mismo sa Dios Ama.

Alam ng lahat na ang dudurog sa ulo ng Ahas ay ang Mesiyas... si CRISTO! Tayong mga tao na galing sa laman ni Eva at Adan ay pumapatay ng ahas na makamandag na hayup subalit si Cristo lang ang makakadurog at dumurog kay Satanas.

NGAYON, SI CRISTO AY ANAK NG ISANG BABAENG 'VIRGIN' [Isaiah 7:14 at Matthew 1:23/ Luke 1:27], 'FULL OF GRACE or HIGHLY FAVORED OF GOD' [Luke 1:28]. This WOMAN [John 2:4] remained faithful to the Lord until the Cross [John 19:26] and even beyond. BANAL AT TAPAT SA PANGINOON ANG INA NI JESUS. Kaya akmang-akma at tupad na tupad kay Maria ang Promise and Prophecy of God the Father.

Hindi pwedeng si Eva yon. Kasi ang alitan ni Satanas at ng Babae ay 'Continuous'. Ganito nga ang salin ng mga Protestante dyan:

Gen 3:15 [Mabuting Balita] "Kayo ng babae'y laging mag-aaway..."

SO DAPAT ANG BABAE NA MAGIGING INA NG MESIYAS AY LAGING KAAWAY NI SATANAS.

Merong isang Baptist apologist mula sa Bereans na ang pangalan ay Rodimus o Gerry Soliman na komokontra. Hindi daw porke kaaway ng Demonio e wala nang kasalanan. Bakit daw ang mga Christians e hindi 'sinless' or 'immaculately conceived' kahit sila ay kaaway ng kasamaan. he, he, he...

Mangmang talaga itong si Rodimus, alias Gerry Soliman. Utak galapong kasi sinungaling at duwag.

Una, ang Christians ay kaaway ng Demonio dahil they belong to Christ. Subalit kapag nagkasala ang isang Christiano siya ay nagiging taksil sa Dios at nagiging kaaway ng kasamaan. Ang isang adulterer o magnanakaw ay traidor sa Dios at kakampi ng Diablo. Magbabalik lang sila sa panig ng Dios kung sila ay magbabalik-loob at malinis sa kasalanan..

ANG INA NI JESUS AY 'LAGING KAAWAY' NG DIABLO. IBIG SABIHIN WALA SIYANG KASALANAN. HINDI SIYA NAGING ALIPIN NG KASALANAN.

December 11, 2010 8:49 AM

Marian Apparition in US Declared Worthy of Belief

Our Lady Appeared in 1859 to Belgian Immigrant in Wisconsin

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin, DEC. 8, 2010 (Zenit.org).- On today's feast of the Immaculate Conception, patroness of the United States, apparitions of Our Lady in Wisconsin have been given official diocesan approval. Reading from his decree at a special Mass today at the Champion, Wisconsin, shrine, Bishop David Ricken of Green Bay stated, "I declare with moral certainty and in accord with the norms of the Church that the events, apparitions and locutions given to Adele Brise in October of 1859 do exhibit the substance of supernatural character, and I do hereby approve these apparitions as worthy of belief -- although not obligatory -- by the Christian faithful." Today’s declaration makes Our Lady of Good Help at Champion the first and only site in the United States of an approved apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Dazzling The apparitions -- there were three -- occurred in 1859. Our Lady spoke with Adele Brise (1831-1896), a young immigrant from Belgium. It was early October when Brise saw Our Lady the first time: a lady clothed in dazzling white, with a yellow sash around her waist and a crown of stars around her head. The vision slowly disappeared after several moments, without speaking to Brise. The following Sunday, Oct. 9, Brise was on her way to Mass when the Lady returned. After Mass, Brise had the chance to ask her confessor about the apparitions, and he told her that if it were a heavenly messenger, she would see it again. He encouraged her to ask in God’s name who it was and what it desired of her. On the return trip home, Our Lady again appeared and Brise did as her confessor had recommended. “I am the Queen of Heaven who prays for the conversion of sinners, and I wish you to do the same," the Lady responded to Brise's question. "You received Holy Communion this morning and that is well. But you must do more. Make a general confession and offer Communion for the conversion of sinners. If they do not convert and do penance, my Son will be obliged to punish them." One of the women with Brise asked her with whom she was speaking and why they couldn't see anyone. “Kneel,” said Brise, “the Lady says she is the Queen of Heaven.” At this, the Lady looked kindly at Brise's companions and said, "Blessed are they that believe without seeing.” The Lady continued, “What are you doing here in idleness while your companions are working in the vineyard of my Son?” “What more can I do, dear Lady?” Brise asked. “Gather the children in this wild country and teach them what they should know for salvation.” “But how shall I teach them who know so little myself?” Brise replied. “Teach them their catechism, how to sign themselves with the sign of the cross, and how to approach the sacraments; that is what I wish you to do," the Lady said. "Go and fear nothing. I will help you.” Brise's father built a small chapel on the site and Brise went about fulfilling Our Lady's mandate, a mission she continued until her death in 1896. Approval Bishop Ricken's approval comes after an almost two-year investigation of the events and their consequences, which he initiated in January 2009. The Diocese of Green Bay has published information on its Web site regarding apparitions in the Church. The statements clarify that it is a diocesan bishop and not the Holy See nor the episcopal conference that is responsible for judging the authenticity of apparitions that are said to have occurred in his diocese. The statements further noted that not all alleged apparitions are given Church approval, and in the United States, for example, supposed apparitions at Necedah, Wisconsin, and Bayside, New York, were examined and declared to be false. "No one can prove the supernatural," the statement recalled. "The Church judges apparitions on the basis of their consistency with sacred Scripture, sacred Tradition and the teachings of the Church, the subsequent spiritual benefits in the lives of people, and whether there is anything in the life of the seer that detracts from the credibility of the account."

Dec. 25 THE BIRTH OF JESUS by Louis G Joy

The Birth of the Messiah

THE BIRTH OF JESUS

http://doig.net/NTC07.htm

Zechariah was a priest in the priestly order of Abijah, which was the eighth priestly division. The priestly rotation began in the Hebrew month of Nissan (mid-March to mid-April), and therefore the division of Abijah would have served at the end of Iyyar (mid-April to mid-May) and again at the end of Marheshvan (mid-October to mid-November).

Although Zechariah's division finished its service at the end of Iyyar or Marheshvan, we have no way of knowing exactly when this was. The divisions rotated on the Sabbath, but the Sabbath rarely fell exactly at the end of the month. We can never be sure of the exact date when a priestly division began or ended its duty period. Priests of Abijah, for instance, may have ended their spring week of service from the twenty-eighth of Iyyar to the fourth of Sivan.

Like the other divisions, the priests of Abijah served in the temple for one week twice a year. We cannot be sure whether the events connected with Zechariah mentioned by Luke took place during the week of his division's spring or autumn service. We also do not know how the divisions compensated for the additional month of Adar that was placed into the calendar twice every seven years.

It is however possible to calculate the approximate time when the division of Abijah served during the period when John was conceived. Jesus was born before Herod died on November 27, 4 BCE. This was at least nine months plus five and a half months after Zacharias saw the angel while serving during the division of Abijah. The latest possible date for John's conception was in September of 5 BCE. The dates the division of Abijah served for the few years before that time are given here:

Service of the Division of Abijah : years from 8-5 BCE

Four Divisions of: Abijah Served; Conception of John; Conception of Jesus; Birth of Jesus

Dates:

4 divisions:

Abija Served // Concep. of John // The Annunciation // Birth of Christ

year 5, Sept. 3-10 // Sep. 10 // Feb. 25 // Nov. 25, 4

5, March 19-26 // Mar. 26 // Sep. 11 // June 11, 4

Year 6, Oct. 3-10 // Oct. 10 // Mar. 25 // Dec. 25, 5

6, April 18-25 // Apr. 25 // Oct. 10 // July 10, 5

Year 7, Nov. 1-8 // Nov. 8 // Apr. 23 // Jan. 23, 5

7, May 17-24 // May 24 // Nov. 8 // Aug. 8, 6

7, Jan. 18-25 // Jan. 25 // July 10 // Apr. 10, 6

Year 8, Aug. 3-10 // Aug. 10 // Jan. 25 // Oct. 25, 7

These are possible dates for the week in which Gabriel confronted Zacharias. When this occurred, "the whole multitude of the people were in prayer outside." (Luke 1:10) The "whole multitude" would only have been gathered at one of the three required feasts, at Passover, Pentecost or the Feast of Tabernacles. It would appear that just before John's conception that the "appointed order" of the division of Abijah coincided with one of these feasts. The only feast that overlapped any of the above dates is the Feast of Tabernacles in 6 BCE, which fell between September 29 and October 5. During these festivals the priests of the appointed order of the division offered the daily offerings, and this was done by lots. If Zacharias burned incense during the first few days of his division, then the "whole multitude," would have still been at the festival. The week of October 3 to October 10 of 6 BCE is likely the division of Abijah after which John the Baptist was conceived.

Zacharias no doubt hurried home with excitement after sunset on October 10. He lived nearby in the "hill country, a city of Judah." (Luke 1:39) Since Elizabeth was previously barren, it is not necessary to consider a normal fertility cycle. Just as Mary was later immediately pregnant with Jesus after the Annunciation, it is also expected that the miracle of God was not here delayed. Elizabeth likely became pregnant with John the evening of October 10, 6 BCE.

Jesus was conceived during the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy. After the conception of Jesus, Mary then came to Elizabeth, stayed three months and left before John was born. Jesus was thus conceived about five and a half months after John, as established in the last chapter. The sixth inclusive month of Elizabeth's pregnancy began about March 10, 5 BCE, and the middle of that lunar month was about March 25. This is the traditional day for the Annunciation, or conception of Jesus.

Nine months later was December 25, 5 BCE. This is back to Chrysostom's date for the birth of Jesus by also beginning with the priestly duties of Zacharias.

Conclusion

Based on the division of Jehoiarib having been on duty during the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, it is possible to establish the weeks in which the division of Abijah served during the time of Zacharias. When Zacharias burned incense the "whole multitude" were outside in prayer. It is expected that such a multitude would only be present at one of the three required feasts. In 6 BCE the Feast of Tabernacles overlapped the regular serving of the division of Abijah. It would be at this time that the angel Gabriel appeared to Zacharias. If Elizabeth became pregnant with John the Baptist shortly after Zacharias returned home, then John was conceived about October 10, 6 BCE. The Annunciation of the conception of Jesus followed about five and a half months later, or about March 25, 5 BCE. Jesus was then born nine month later, about December 25, 5 BCE.

Can the traditional Christmas date be independently verified without the use of the division of Abijah? One more demonstration of His winter birth follows.

In the realm of natural explanations for the Star of Bethlehem, the triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in Pisces in 7 BCE has strength if the present understanding of the astrology of the period is correct, if astrology was required by the Magi, and if a loose approach to the scriptural language it taken. Most other suggested natural explanations cause further scriptural difficulties, or cannot be verified. However, the nova of April 24, 4 BCE, preceded by the seventy-day event in 5 BCE, appears as a prime contender for the Star of Bethlehem.

Science has appeared to stand the test. But, is this the correct solution?

In the evening of the day of Jesus' birth, the shepherds were tending their flocks. Then, "an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them." (Luke 2:9) This is beyond science. Faith is required to accept and understand this verse. An astronomer would not attempt to explain the light by which the "glory of the Lord shone" as a usual natural phenomenon. The presence of the Lord is often described with light, as part of the "shekinah" Glory of God. The burning bush, the pillar of fire that led Israel in the wilderness, the fire on Mount Sinai, His Glory in the Holy of Holies, and the transfiguration of Jesus are some better known occurrences of the Light of God. A thorough understanding of His light is not necessary to comprehend that it is one of His manifestations in the physical world. The light is recorded in the Word, and it exists in His creation.

It does not take a large leap of faith to recognize that God and His light were present the day Jesus was born. The shepherds saw it, and they would have certainly told others about it as part of their exciting adventure of that night. If the Magi arrived a few days, a few months, or a year later, apparently as part of God's plan, then there is again the expectation for God to have been present. His light may have been again made visible and interpreted as a star by the Magi. There is little difference between His presence being made known to the shepherds or the Magi in the form of light. They both served the same end, to make known the birth of the Messiah, Jesus. The shepherds announced His birth to Bethlehem and the Magi to Jerusalem.

Is this a final answer? Was the Star of Bethlehem a natural or supernatural occurrence? The novas of 5 and 4 BCE look tempting as the Stars seen by the Magi. This fits well with the prior conclusions of the Annunciation on about March 25. There does appear scriptural support to establish these as the Magi's Stars, and that Jesus was actually born on, or about, December 25, 5 BCE.

http://doig.net/NTC07.htm

One more point, the angel appeared to the Shepherds tending their flocks at night in "THE FIELDS."

At that time in Bethlehem the shepherds would either tend their flocks in the highlands at the outskirts of the town during the warmer months; during in the winter months they would tend their flock in the lower plain closer to the town where it was warmer and also where the grasses would be more available for the flock to feed on. The Shepherds were in "the fields" indicating the probability that at the time of the birth of Jesus it was during the winter making the date of Dec. 25 the most probable choice from among the others.

THE PROTO-EVANGELION - THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE IMMACULATE MOTHER

‎"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." GOD THE FATHER in Genesis 3:15

BORN AGAIN NA ATENISTA, MAS BAGAY SA NEW ERA - SEMPLANG KAY BRO. MARS!

Ateneo de Manila University Chapel - The Gesu

Ateneo said...

Mabilis sabihin ng mga pari at CFD na di nila sinasamba ang mga larawan, pero kung titingnan mo ang prosisyon ng Quiapo o ang Sinulog ng Cebu ay obvious naman na idolatrous ang arrive. Pati nga si Atty Mars, kung makabihis sa kanyang Marian statues ay idolatrous na ring tingnan.

Ateneo

December 5, 2010 8:14 AM

Bro. Marwil N. Llasos said...

Mabilis sabihin ng mga pari at CFD na di nila sinasamba ang mga larawan

[TAMA, MABILIS SABIHIN NG MGA PARI AT CFD NA HINDI NILA SINASAMBA ANG MGA LARAWAN KASI TALAGANG HINDI NAMAN SINASAMBA ANG MGA LARAWAN. AT IYAN ANG ARAL NG SANTA IGLESIA KATOLIKA.]

pero kung titingnan mo ang prosisyon ng Quiapo o ang Sinulog ng Cebu ay obvious naman na idolatrous ang arrive

[KURO-KURO AT PERSEPSIYON MO LANG IYAN. AT SINO KA PARA MAGSABI NA IDOLATROUS ANG PRUSISYON SA QUIAPO O ANG SINULOG NG CEBU? NAKIKITA MO BA ANG KAIBUTURAN NG PUSO NG MGA NAGPUPRUSISYON SA QUIAPO AT SINULOG? MAY KAPANGYARIHAN KA BA NA MABATID ANG ISIP NG MGA TAO? ABA’Y WALA. KAYA ANG PAGHUSGA MO NG IDOLATRIA SA KAPWA MO AY HAKA-HAKA MO LAMANG. NAGBIBINTANG KA. AT IYAN AY LABAG SA BANAL NA KASULATAN (EXO. 20:16). KATUNAYAN, KINAKAMKAM MO ANG KAKANYAHAN NG DIOS. ANO ANG SABI NG BIBLIA?

“Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!” (PS. 139: 23, ESV).

ANG DIOS LAMANG ANG NAKAKATALOS NG PUSO AT NG ISIPAN NG TAO. HINDI IKAW. KAYA ANONG KARAPATAN MONG MANGHUSGA NG KAPWA?

ABER, SAAN MO NAMAN NABASA SA BIBLIA ANG ISANG PRUSISYON AY IDOLATROUS? ISA PA, NI WALA KA NGANG IBINIGAY NA BIBLICAL DEFINITION NG IDOLATRY TAPOS NANGHUHUSGA KA NG KAPWA. PALABINTANGIN. WALANG KATUTUBONG PAG-IBIG.

Pati nga si Atty Mars, kung makabihis sa kanyang Marian statues ay idolatrous na ring tingnan.

[O, PATI MARIAN STATUES KO EH PINAKIALAMAN MO? ALIN-ALIN SA MGA MARIAN STATUES KO ANG BINIHISAN KO, ABER NGA? PANGALANAN MO AT ISA-ISAHIN MO. ILAN BA LAHAT MGA IYON?

ISA PA, SAAN MO SA BIBLIA MABABASA NA ANG PAGBIHIS NG ESTATWA EH PAGSAMBA PARA PARATANGAN MO AKO NA IDOLATROUS NA TINGNAN DAHIL SA PAGBIBIHIS NG MARIAN STATUES, ABER?

KUNG ANG PAGBIBIHIS AY PAGSAMBA, KAILAN MO BINIHISAN ANG DIOS, ABER NGA?

KUNG SA DEPINISYON MO NA ANG PAGSAMBA AY PAGBIBIHIS AT PAGPUPRUSISYON NGUNIT HINDI MO NAMAN BINIBIHISAN AT IPINUPRUSISYON ANG DIOS, LALABAS NA HINDI KA SUMASAMBA SA DIOS! SEMPLANG ANG DEPINISYON MO.

ABA’Y ATENEO PA NAMAN ANG GAMIT MONG PANGALAN. NAKAKAHIYA SA ATENEO. ANG MGA MAG-AARAL AT ALUMNI DUN AY MATATALINO. PARANG HINDI NABABAGAY SA IYO ANG PANGALAN NA ATENEO. DAPAT SAYO EH "NEW ERA" ANG ITAWAG. DUN BAGAY KA.

December 7, 2010 4:25 PM

PAGLASPAG SA KAYABANGAN NG ANONYMOUS BORN-AGAIN!

Notre Dame Cathedral in Quebec, Canada

Anonymous said...

Hindi Biblical ang ginagawa mo Father, Trying hard ka sa Pag-Apologitics mo ngunit halata naman na puro lang pilosopiya at hindi Biblical ang basihan mo, Ang Religion mo ang ginamit ng mga Cesar ng Roma sa kanilang kaswapangan,bukas na ang kamalayan ng mga Filipino sa kagagawan ng simabahan mong nilolomot, simula pa ng Panahon ng Kastila hanggang ngayon. Tumatayo kayo ng Unibersidad,at hospital na sa halip makatulong sa mahihirap ay pinaboran nyo pa ang mga mayayaman. Kung ang AMERICA ay mayroong ng 51.3% na PROTESTANTE, ganun din ang mangyayari dito sa Pilipinas, at hindi mapipigilan yan ng mga Romano. Sapagkat ang Biyaya ni Cristo Jesus ang aming dinala sa bawat filipino, hindi panlilinlang.

November 30, 2010 9:08 PM

Fr. Abe, CRS said...

[Hindi Biblical ang ginagawa mo Father, Trying hard ka sa Pag-Apologitics mo ngunit halata naman na puro lang pilosopiya at hindi Biblical ang basihan mo,]

HA, HA, HA... IKAW ITONG WALANG TALATA NA MAIPAKITA KUNG SAAN ANG TEMPLO NG DIOS AY WALANG LARAWAN KAHIT ISA. KAMI NAKAPAGPAKITA NG MGA TALATA NA NAGPAPATUNAY NA MAY MGA LARAWAN ANG LOOB NG TEMPLO NG DIOS, PATI DAKONG MOST HOLY PLACE. AKO PA ANG AAKUSAHAN MO NG WALANG BASEHAN SA BIBLIA. MASAYA KA! HA, HA, HA....

[Ang Religion mo ang ginamit ng mga Cesar ng Roma sa kanilang kaswapangan,]

OY, ANG RELIGION KO ANG GINAMIT NG MGA ROMAN CHRISTIANS PARA MAPABAGSAK ANG PAGANISM SA ATHENS, SA EGYPT, SA ROME AT SA BUONG EUROPE. ANG RELIGION MO AY INUTIL AT WALANG SILBI NUONG PANAHONG IYON DAHIL HINDI PA NAIIMBENTO.

[bukas na ang kamalayan ng mga Filipino sa kagagawan ng simabahan mong nilolomot,]

NUON PA MAN TALAGANG BUKAS NA ANG MGA MATA NG FILIPINO SA KATOTOHANAN NG IGLESIA CATOLICA. KONTI LANG ANG MGA BALIW NA SUMAMA SA AGLIPAY ANG HALOS LAHAT NG FILIPINO AY PINILING MANATILING CATOLICO DAHIL ALAM NILANG KABUTIHAN ANG ITINURO NG SANTA IGLESIA SA KANILA.

ANG AMING MGA SIMBAHAN NAMIN AY LAGING PUNO NG TAO AT DINADAYO NG MGA TAO. ANG MGA BAHAY DALANGINAN N'YO AY MGA HUNGKAG, KAKALOG-KALOG AT MGA PANGIT. SA AMIN MAGAGANDA, FULL OF SPLENDOR, MAJESTY, DIGNITY AND BEAUTY. ANG MGA LUMA NAMING SIMBAHAN AY ANTIGO KAYA KABILANG SA NATIONAL HERITAGE O SA CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE WORLD. DI TULAD NG MGA KAPILYA NINYO NA WALANG HALAGA SA KASAYSAYAN, CULTURA AT SA CIVILISASYON NG DAIGDIG.

BAGO KA MAMINTAS GAMITIN MO MUNA ANG UTAK MO. GAMITIN MO ANG MATA MO KUNG HINDI KA BULAG. ANG MGA KAPILYA NYO PUSALI LANG KUNG IKUKUMPARA SA MGA SIMBAHAN NAMIN.

[simula pa ng Panahon ng Kastila hanggang ngayon.]

SIMULA PA NG PANAHON NG MGA KASTILA HANGGANG NGAYON AY MINAHAL NG MGA FILIPINO ANG IGLESIA CATOLICA. ANG MGA PARI AT MONKS AT MGA MISSIONARIES NAMIN AY MAG-ISANG NAGLIBOT SA MGA BARRIO, KABUNDUKAN AT MGA LIBLIB NA LUGAR PARA MANGARAL NG SALITA NG DIOS. NAGTAYO SILA NG MGA SIMBAHAN SA MA NAYON. TINANGKILIK SILA NG MGA FILIPINO AT MINAHAL. IGINALANG SILA AT PINAKINGGAN. ANG MGA ATEISTA, MGA MASON AT MGA PROTESTANTE ANG HINDI NILA TINANGGAP.

[Tumatayo kayo ng Unibersidad,at hospital na sa halip makatulong sa mahihirap ay pinaboran nyo pa ang mga mayayaman.]

HA, HA, HA... MALALA NA TALAGA ANG TAKBO NG UTAK MO E. HA, HA, HA... BALIW. ANG MGA PAARALAN NAMIN AY GINAWA PARA SA MAHIHIRAP SUBALIT DAHIL UNTI-UNTI NAMING PINAGANDA AT DAHIL SA MATAAS NA QUALITY NG AMING CATHOLIC EDUCATION LUMAGO ANG AMING MGA UNIVERSIDAD AT DINAYO NG MGA SIKAT AT MAYAYAMAN. SUBALIT SA KABILA NG LAHAT, NAPAKARAMING MAHIHIRAP ANG NAG-AARAL DIYAN DAHIL SA AMING SCHOLARSHIPS. ANG SCHOLARS PA LANG NAMIN E BAKA MAS MADAMI PA SA MGA MIEMBRO NG RELIHIYON MO DITO SA PILIPINAS. HA, HA, HA...

AT NAKIKITA MO LANG ANG MGA PAARALAN NAMIN SA MANILA NA SIKAT TULAD NG ATENEO AT LA SALLE. HINDI MO NAKIKITA ANG MGA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS NA NASA MGA BARRIO AT MGA PROVINCIA NA TUMUTULONG SA MAHIHIRAP. ISA PA ANG MGA ESTUDIANTE NG ATENEO, LA SALLE, UST AT IBA PA AY MAY OBLIGASYONG MAGLINGKOD SA MAHIHIRAP. HALIMBAWA, FAMOUS ANG UST FOR MEDICINE. ANG MGA PROFESSORS AT STUDENTS NG UST COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND NURSING AY REGULAR NA NAGBIBIGAY NG LIBRENG SERVICIO SA MGA SQUATTER AREAS. TANUNGIN MO ANG MGA TAO SA SMOKEY MOUNTAIN, PAYATAS AT IBA PA.

WAG MONG SABIHIN NA ANG MGA ORPHANS SA AMING MGA ORPHANAGES NA MAS MADAMI PA SA ITINAYO NG GOBIERNO E PARA SA MAYAYAMAN?

[Kung ang AMERICA ay mayroong ng 51.3% na PROTESTANTE, ganun din ang mangyayari dito sa Pilipinas,]

HA, HA, HA... HUNGHANG. DATI ANG AMERICA AY 95% PROTESTANTS. NOW, ONLY 51.3%. HA, HA, HA... ANG LAMANG N'YO SA AMIN AY REDUCED INTO HALF. BAKIT? KASI YEARLY MORE THAN HALF-A MILLION PROTESTANTS ARE BECOMING CATHOLICS IN THE U.S. THOUSANDS OF BORN-AGAIN PASTORS, MINISTERS AND THEOLOGIANS HAVE CONVERTED TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

DITO SA PILIPINAS, HUMIHINA NA ANG BORN AGAIN MOVEMENT. KONTI NA LANG ANG UMAATEND NG PRAYER RALLY NI EDDIE VILLANUEVA AT HUMINA NA RIN ANG JESUS MIRACLE CRUSADE. ANG PAGDAMI NINYO AY BUNGA NG PAGLAGO NG POPULASYON SUBALIT KUNG DUMAMI KAYO DUMADAMI RIN ANG KAMING MGA CATOLICO.

ANG AMERICA ANG MAGIGING CATHOLIC COUNTRY... NOW, THE BIGGEST SINGLE RELIGION IN THE U.S. IS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. ISAKSAK MO IYAN SA BAGA MO.

[at hindi mapipigilan yan ng mga Romano.]

NAPIGILAN NA NAMIN. AT NAGTATAGUMPAY KAMI SA ESTADOS UNIDOS. SA GREAT BRITAIN NAGKAKAWATAK WATAK NA ANG ANGLICAN CHURCH AT LIBO-LIBO ANG SUMASANIB SA AMIN. TWO WEEKS AGO 5 BISHOPS NILA ANG NA CONVERT SA AMIN AT NGAYON 36 BISHOPS PA ANG NAGPAHAYAG NG PAGIGING CATOLICO. KASAMA NILA ANG DAANG-DAANG PARI AT BUONG PAROKYA. KAYA MALAYA KANG MANGARAP NG GISING.

[Sapagkat ang Biyaya ni Cristo Jesus ang aming dinala sa bawat filipino, hindi panlilinlang.]

ANONG HINDI PANLILINLANG? KAYO ANG NAGDALA SA PILIPINAS NG LAHAT NG KAPUTAHAN AT IMORALIDAD. KAYO ANG NAGDALA DITO NG ABORTIONS, PORNOGRAPHY, DIVORCE, CONTRACEPTIONS, PRE-MARITAL SEX AT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.

SA PROTESTANT CHURCHES SA U.S. OK ANG ABORTIONS. ANG MGA BABAE N'YO 11 YEAR OLD PA LANG WASAK NA ANG VIRGINITY. PAGNAGPAKASAL ILANG BUWAN LANG HIWALAYAN NA... PARA KAYONG MGA ASONG WALANG BAIT SA URI NG PAGSASAMA.

AND RECENTLY INAPROBAHAN NG MGA PROTESTANT CHURCHES ANG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. PAREHONG LALAKI O BABAE E NAGPAPAKASAL SA PASTOR. GALIT KAYO SA MGA CATOLICONG PIDOPHILES PERO SA AMIN BUNGA NG PAGKAKASALA. SA INYO HINDI NA IYON KASALANAN, APROVADO MISMO NG INYONG RELIHIYON... MAY BASBAS PA NG PASTOR O MINISTRO. HINDI BA KAHAYUPAN YAN. KASUKLAM-SUKLAM SA DIOS.

DAHIL DIYAN, LIBO-LIBO ANG NAGIGING CATOLICO SA UNITED STATES. DITO SA PILIPINAS, TINATAGO NYO ANG MGA KABULUKAN NYO. KUNWARI AY BANAL KAYO, MGA MALILINIS AT MAHIHINHIN... PERO SA LOOB MGA KAPUTAHAN ANG LAMAN NG DOCTRINA AT MORALIDAD NINYO. KAYA NGA IN-FAVOR KAYO SA CONDOMS KASI KAILANGAN YAN NG MGA KINAKASAL NINYONG MAY SAME SEX AT YUNG MGA NAGPAPALIT-PALIT NG ASAWA.

December 6, 2010 10:28 AM

ANG TEMPLO BA NG DIOS AY KATULAD NG SAMBAHAN NG MGA CATOLICO O NG MGA BORN-AGAIN?

The Sacred Image of the Lord Jesus

Anonymous said...

Para sa akin hindi naman dapat sumamba, ni luhuran o gumawa ng emahe ni Cristo o kaya ng Diyos Ama... Hindi naman natin yun kailangan eh. Ginawa lang mangmang ang mga tao para maniwala ang tao na through those images, we can talk to God. For Catholics, it's like a medium of their faith.

Psalm 115 4(F) Their idols are silver and gold, (G) the work of human hands. 5They have mouths,(H) but do not speak; eyes, but do not see. 6They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell. 7They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat. 8(I) Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.

Tingnan din natin yung description ng bible sa temple

2 Chronicles 3:3-7-10

3 The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide [b] (using the cubit of the old standard).

4 The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits [c] long across the width of the building and twenty cubits [d] high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

5 He paneled the main hall with pine and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs.

6 He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim.

7 He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.

8 He built the Most Holy Place, its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents [e] of fine gold. 9 The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. [f] He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.

10 In the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold.

1 Kings 6:29 (New International Version)

29 On the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer rooms, he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers.

Ezekiel 41:17 (New International Version)

17 In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary and on the walls at regular intervals all around the inner and outer sanctuary

18 were carved cherubim and palm trees. Palm trees alternated with cherubim. Each cherub had two faces:

19 the face of a man toward the palm tree on one side and the face of a lion toward the palm tree on the other. They were carved all around the whole temple.

* SAAN MO MAKIKITA DITO SA VERSE NA ITO O KAYA SA BIBLE NA GUMAWA SILA NG REPLICA/REBULTO NI KRISTO O KAYA NG DIYOS AMA? WALA NAMAN DIBA?

ISANG MALAKIING KATANGAHAN NG KATOLIKO NA GAMITIN ITONG VERSE NA TO PARA GUMAWA NG IMAHEN NG DIYOS. SINO NGAYON ANG MANGMANG? SINO ANG DINYODYOS NILA?

SINO BA ANG MGA MASA IMAHE NYO? YUN BA SI KRISTO? EH IBA IBA NGA ANG MUKHA EH. LALAGYAN MO LANG BA NG BALBAS ANG ISANG PICTURE, SI KRISTO NA YUN? KAHIT PALA PICTURE KO LAGYAN LANG NG BIGOTE AT BALBAS PWEDE NG ILAGAY SA ALTAR NIYO EH.

MAHIRAP BANG INTINDIHIN ANG VERSE NA TO? Ang Diyos ay espiritu kaya dapat siyang sambahin sa espiritu at sa katotohanan." Juan 4:24

December 2, 2010 5:04 AM

Fr. Abe, CRS said...

[Para sa akin]

BAKIT DIOS KA BA NA ANG GUSTO MO ANG DAPAT NAMING SUNDIN?

[hindi naman dapat sumamba, ni luhuran o gumawa ng emahe ni Cristo o kaya ng Diyos Ama...]

TALAGANG HINDI NAMIN SINASAMBA ANG MGA LARAWAN. KAYO LANG NAMAN ANG BALIW NA NAGSASABING SINASAMBA NAMIN ANG MGA IYON.

MALI KA DYAN SA PAGLUHOD DAHIL ANG BANAL NA LARAWAN TULAD NG ARK OF THE COVENANT AY NILULUHURAN. MARAMING BAGAY O TAO ANG NILULUHURAN SA BIBLIA. ANG PAGLUHOD AY HINDI EXCLUSIVO SA DIOS LAMANG.

Joshua 7:6 [KJV] "And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide..."

KUNG ANG LINGKOD NG DIOS NA SI JOSHUA AY NAGPATIRAPA SA HARAP NG ARK OF THE COVENANT NA MAY LARAWAN O DALAWANG ESTATWA NG KERUBIN, SINO KA PARA SABIHAN KAMI NA HINDI PWEDENG LUMUHOD SA MGA BANAL NA LARAWAN?

ANG AMING NILULUHURAN AY HINDI ANG LARAWAN KUNDI ANG DIOS TULAD NI JOSHUA. NAKAHARAP SIYA SA LARAWAN SUBALIT ANG DIOS ANG KANYANG SINASAMBA. ANG MGA BANAL NA TAO SA BIBLIA AY LUMULUHOD SA ALTAR UPANG SAMBAHIN ANG DIOS KAHIT ANG ALTAR NG TEMPLO AT ANG BUONG TEMPLO MISMO AY MARAMING MGA GAWANG INANYUAN NA DIOS MISMO ANG NAG-UTOS GAWIN:

1 Kings 8:54 [KJV] "And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven."

AYAN. SI SOLOMON AY SUMAMBA SA DIOS NA TULAD NG MGA CATOLICO. LUMULUHOD SA HARAP NG ALTAR SA LOOB NG TEMPLO. HINDI YUNG ALTAR O ANG MGA ESTATWA ANG SINAMBA NIYA KUNDI ANG PANGINOONG DIOS.

ANG TANONG, ANG MGA BORN AGAIN BA LUMULUHOD KAPAG SUMASAMBA? HINDI. WALA KAYONG SINASAMBA. DEMONIO ANG SINASAMBA NINYO. YUNG PASTOR NA NASA HARAPAN NINYO ANG INYONG DINO-DIOS.

WALANG SINABI SA BIBLIA NA HINDI PWEDENG GUMAWA NG LARAWAN NI CRISTO? BAKIT KAYO MAY LARAWAN NI EDDIE VILLANUEVA? GAYON DIN NI ALMEDA? AT NANG INYONG MGA PASTOR? BAKIT KAYO NAGPAPAPICTURE? MGA DEMONIO PALA KAYO E. GUMAGAWA KAYO NG LARAWAN N'YO TAPOS BAWAL ANG LARAWAN NI CRISTO.

HINDI IPINAGBAWAL ANG PAGGAWA NG LARAWAN NI CRISTO. ANG IPINAGBAWAL AY ANG PAGGAWA NG LARAWAN NG DIOS DIOSAN. SI CRISTO AY DIOS NA NAGKATAWANG-TAO... HINDI DIOS-DIOSAN.

[Hindi naman natin yun kailangan eh.]

YUN NAMAN PALA E. BAKIT KA NAGPAPAPICTURE E HINDI MO NAMAN PALA KAILANGAN? BAKIT ANG MGA PASTOR NYO MAY LARAWAN TAPOS LARAWAN NI CRISTO E BAWAL? BAKIT ANG MGA LARAWAN NG INYONG MGA PASTOR AY NASA TV AT DIARYO BAKIT ANG KAY CRISTO E GALIT KAYO? KASI DEMONIO ANG RELIHIYON NYO. ANG MGA PASTOR NYO ANG NAGTATAG NG INYONG RELIHIYON HINDI SI CRISTO KAYA SILA ANG INYONG DIOS-DIOSAN. KAPAG PRAYER RALLY NINYO NASA MALAKING BANNERS ANG MGA MUKA NI EDDIE VILLANUEVA, BENNY HINN, JIMMY SWAGGART, ALMEDA, FERRIOL AT IBA PA. OK LANG SA INYO. PERO SA LARAWAN NI CRISTO GALIT NA GALIT KAYO. TALAGANG SA DEMONIO KAYO.

[Ginawa lang mangmang ang mga tao para maniwala ang tao na through those images, we can talk to God.]

ANG DIOS ANG MAY UTOS NIYAN. SIYA ANG NAGPAGAWA NG MGA LARAWAN AT GAWANG INANYUAN SA LOOB NG TEMPLO. IBIG SABIHIN PWEDENG GAMITIN ANG MGA LARAWANG IYON UPANG PARANGALAN AT SAMBAHIN ANG DIOS.

YUNG MGA DIOS-DIOSANG IPINAGBAWAL NG DIOS AY SIYA NAMING HINDI GINAWA AT INILAGAY SA AMING MGA TEMPLO.

[For Catholics, it's like a medium of their faith.]

ANG LAHAT NG BAGAY NA IBINIGAY AT PINAGAWA NG DIOS AY MAAARING GAWING INSTRUMENTO NG PANANAMPALATAYA. BAKIT HINDI BA GUMAGAMIT NG MICROPHONE ANG INYONG PASTOR PAGNANGANGARAL? BAKIT ANG INYONG MGA CHILDREN'S BIBLE AY MAY MGA DRAWINGS AT COLORED PICTURES AND IMAGES? MERON NGANG MGA STORY BOOKS ANG MGA BORN AGAIN NA MGA TADTAD NG LARAWAN. MERON DIN KAYONG NILALAGAY SA MGA BAHAY NA MGA POSTERS NA MAY LARAWAN AT MAY NAKADIKIT NA BIBLE VERSES. ME MGA LARAWAN DIN KAYO. SA CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORES NGA MERONG FOR SALE NA MGA LARAWAN NA MAY BIBLE VERSES PARA ILAGAY SA DINGDING, PINTUAN, PATI SA TASA.

[Psalm 115 4(F) Their idols are silver and gold, (G) the work of human hands.]

ANG MGA LARAWAN NG MGA BORN AGAIN AY MADE OF HUMAN HANDS. YANG MGA TARPAULIN NI EDDIE VILLANUEVA AY MADE OF HUMAN HANDS. KAYA SA DEMONIO YAN.

ANG MGA LARAWAN NAMIN AY LARAWAN NI CRISTO, NI MARIA AT NG MGA BANAL NA TAO SA BIBLIA. HINDI SILA IDOLS KUNDI 'THE LORD AND THE SAINTS'.

[5They have mouths,(H) but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.]

HUH, SI JESUS BA WALANG MOUTH? SI JESUS BA HINDI NAKAKAKITA? HA, HA, HA... MARY AND THE APOSTLES HAVE MOUTHS AND THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SEE.THEY ARE REAL MEN AND WOMEN OF FAITH.

ANG MGA IDOLS AY WALANG EXISTENCE BUT OUR LORD AND THE SAINTS HAVE EXISTENCE. THEY DO EXIST.

[6They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell.]

WALA PALANG TENGA SI JESUS AT SI MARIA, WALA RING ILONG. HA, HA, HA...

[7They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat.]

HA, HA, HA... WALANG KAMAY ANG PANGINOONG JESUS? WALANG MGA PAA ANG BIRHENG MARIA? HA, HA, HA....

[8(I) Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.]

SINCE WE MADE THE IMAGES OF JESUS AND MARY WE WILL BECOME LIKE JESUS AND MARY. WE ARE TRUE BELIEVERS OF GOD. IT IS YOUR SOUL WHO IS IN DANGER.

[Tingnan din natin yung description ng bible sa temple]

E DI SIGE, TIGNAN NATIN.

ANG MGA BORN AGAIN BA MAY TEMPLE? WALA. SA MGA MALLS AT BAHAY BAHAY LANG KAYO NAGTITIPON. KAMING MGA CATHOLICS ANG MAY TEMPLE.

2 Chronicles 3:3-7-10

[3 The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide [b] (using the cubit of the old standard).

4 The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits [c] long across the width of the building and twenty cubits [d] high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.]

O, BINALUTAN NG GINTO ANG TEMPLO. GANYAN ANG GINAWA NAMIN SA AMING MGA BASILICA AT MGA CATHEDRAL. PINAGANDA NAMIN NG HUSTO. SA INYO AY NAPAKA-PANGIT.

[5 He paneled the main hall with pine and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs.]

AYAN, HINDI MA MAY MGA DECORASYON... ANO YON? LARAWAN NG MGA PUNO AT NGA KADENANG BULAKLAK. KADENA DE AMOR. LARAWAN YAN. LARAWAN YAN NG MGA BAGAY NA NASA LUPA.

[6 He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim.]

KATULAD RIN NG MGA SIMBAHANG CATOLICO SA MAYAYAMANG LUGAR.

[7 He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.]

AYAN, MAY CARVED IMAGES OF CHERUBIMS ON WALLS. IBIG SABIHIN ANG DINGDING NG TEMPLO AY MAY MGA INUKIT NA LARAWAN NG ANGHEL. SO, MARAMING MGA LARAWAN SA TEMPLO. HINDI TUTUO ANG MAKAHAYUP NA DOCTRINA NG BORN AGAIN NA BAWAL ANG LAHAT NG LARAWAN SA TEMPLO.

[8 He built the Most Holy Place, its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents [e] of fine gold. 9 The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. [f] He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.]

MAYRONG MOST HOLY PLACE. KAGAYA NG CATHOLIC CHURCHES MERONG TABERNACLE AT ALTAR NA SIYANG MOST HOLY PLACE. KAYONG MGA BORN AGAIN WALA NON.

[10 In the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold.]

AYAN, MAYROONG LARAWAN NG KERUBIN NA YARI SA GINTO DUON MISMO SA LOOB NG MOST HOLY PLACE. KAYA NAMAN ANG AMING MGA ALTAR AY MAY LARAWAN. ANG MOST HOLY PLACE NAMIN AY MAY LARAWAN.

SA BORN AGAIN AY WALA. HUNGKAG. KAYA SA DEMONIO ANG SAMBAHAN NINYO.

[1 Kings 6:29 (New International Version) 29 On the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer rooms, he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers.]

O VERY CATHOLIC DIN. ANG SABI DYAN ANG LOOB AT LABAS NG MGA ROOMS NG TEMPLO AY MAY MGA LARAWANG INUKIT... MGA KERUBIN, PALMA AT MGA BULAKLAK. E GANYANG GANYAN ANG MGA CATHOLIC CHURCHES E. HA, HA, HA...

KUNG TULAD YAN NG MGA BORN AGAIN SANA ANG SINABI: "SA LOOB AT LABAS NG TEMPLO AY WALANG LARAWAN." HA, HA, HA...

Ezekiel 41:17 (New International Version)

[17 In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary and on the walls at regular intervals all around the inner and outer sanctuary]

O MAY SANCTUARY ANG TEMPLE. ANG CATHOLIC CHURCHES AY MAY SANCTUARY. KAYONG MGA BORN AGAIN AY WALA. HA, HA, HA...

[18 were carved cherubim and palm trees. Palm trees alternated with cherubim. Each cherub had two faces:]

KITAM, DIKIT DIKIT PA AT MAGKAKASUNOD AT ALTERNATE ANG MGA LARAWAN SA LOOB NG TEMPLO. VERY CATHOLIC. MARAMING LARAWAN SA TEMPLO. NILOLOKO MO KAMI E. SINASAMPAL KA NG SARILI MONG MGA TALATA. HA, HA, HA...

[19 the face of a man toward the palm tree on one side and the face of a lion toward the palm tree on the other. They were carved all around the whole temple.]

KITAM, MUKA NG TAO, LEON AT PUNONG KAHOY ANG MGA NAKALARAWAN AT INUKIT SA LOOB NG BUONG TEMPLO. VERY CATHOLIC. KAYA PWEDENG LAGYAN ANG TEMPLO NG MGA ITSURA NG TAO KASI SA TEMPLO MAY MGA MUKA NG TAO NA NAKALAGAY.

KAYA, PWEDE BA WAG MO KAMING PAGLOLOKOHIN.

[* SAAN MO MAKIKITA DITO SA VERSE NA ITO O KAYA SA BIBLE NA GUMAWA SILA NG REPLICA/REBULTO NI KRISTO O KAYA NG DIYOS AMA? WALA NAMAN DIBA?]

HA, HA, HA... E TANGA KA PALA E. ANONG LARAWAN NI CRISTO ANG HINAHANAP MO DIYAN E HINDI PA NAGKAKATAWANG TAO ANG VERBO NUNG PANAHON NA IYAN.

SUBALIT ANG MGA TALATA AY NAGPAPATUNAY NA SINUNGALING ANG MGA PASTOR NG BORN AGAIN DAHIL MARAMING LARAWAN SA LOOB NG TEMPLO. MGA LARAWANG INUKIT NG MGA NASA LANGIT [KERUBIN] AT LUPA [PALM TREES, FLOWERS, MAN, LIONS...]

[ISANG MALAKIING KATANGAHAN NG KATOLIKO NA GAMITIN ITONG VERSE NA TO PARA GUMAWA NG IMAHEN NG DIYOS. SINO NGAYON ANG MANGMANG? SINO ANG DINYODYOS NILA?]

IKAW ITONG TANGA. ANG IMAHEN NAMIN NG DIOS AY IMAHEN NA GALING SA BIBLIA. GAYA NG BURNING BUSH AT PILLAR OF FIRE. MAY MGA BIBLICAL IMAGES OF GOD.

[SINO BA ANG MGA MASA IMAHE NYO? YUN BA SI KRISTO?]

SIEMPRE SI CRISTO. KUNG HINDI YON SI CRISTO PARA SA YO E DI PATUNAYAN MO.

[EH IBA IBA NGA ANG MUKHA EH.]

TALAGANG TANGA KA NGA. DAHIL KAHIT NA ANG MGA LARAWAN NG TAONG MAY PHOTOS PAG DINIBUHO NG IBAT IBANG ARTISTS E IBA IBA ANG IMAGES NA LILITAW DAHIL IBA-IBA ANG STYLE, TECHNIQUES AT MEDIUMS NG MGA ARTISTS.

[LALAGYAN MO LANG BA NG BALBAS ANG ISANG PICTURE, SI KRISTO NA YUN?]

HINDI NAMIN BASTA-BASTA NILALAGYAN NG BALBAS ANG PICTURE NI JESUS. WE KNOW HIS IMAGE BECAUSE WE ARE THE FIRST CHRISTIANS:

1Jn 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 1 Jn 1:2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 1 Jn 1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 1 Jn 1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

ANG MGA UNANG CRISTIANO AY NAKITA AT NAPAGMASDAN AT NAHAWAKAN SI JESUS. KAYA ALAM NILA ANG ITSURA NI JESUS HINDI KAGAYA NG MGA BORN AGAIN NA MANGMANG KUNG ANO TALAGA ANG ITSURA NI JESUS.

[KAHIT PALA PICTURE KO LAGYAN LANG NG BIGOTE AT BALBAS PWEDE NG ILAGAY SA ALTAR NIYO EH.]

HINDI KAMI GUNGGONG PARA GAWIN YAN. HINDI LAHAT NG TAO AY KAURI MO.

[MAHIRAP BANG INTINDIHIN ANG VERSE NA TO?]

SA AMIN MADALI KAYA NGA MAYROON KAMING TEMPLO, HOLY PLACE AT SANCTUARY NA MAY MGA LARAWAN. KAYO ANG HINDI MAKAINTINDI.

SABI NG TALATA ANG TEMPLO AY MAY MGA NAKAUKIT NA LARAWAN SA LOOB AT LABAS. KAYA GANON DIN ANG SA AMIN.

MAHIRAP BANG INTINDIHIN YAN? HA, HA, HA...

[Ang Diyos ay espiritu kaya dapat siyang sambahin sa espiritu at sa katotohanan." Juan 4:24]

ANG DIOS NA ESPIRITU AY NAG-UTOS KAY MOISES NA MAGLAGAY NG MGA LARAWAN SA TEMPLO. KAYA ANG MGA BORN AGAIN AY MGA KAMPON NG DEMONIO DAHIL WALANG LARAWAN ANG KANILANG MGA BAHAY-SAMBAHAN.

December 4, 2010 1:35 PM