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Is this directory of questions ready for a religion that is not attached to the Old Testament?
BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS OF WICCA
Not every Wiccan will subscribe to all of these points, but
generally they are representative.
1. The divine Spirit is present in all creatures and things: people, animals, plants, stones…
2. The ultimate creative force manifests in both feminine and masculine modes; therefore it is often symbolized as the Goddess and The God.
3. In some covens, both are celebrated equally. In others, The Goddess is given precedence or even celebrated without reference to the God.
4. All Goddesses and Gods are aspects of The Goddess and The God. The aspects most popular in Wicca are the Triple Goddess of the Moon (Maiden, Mother and Crone) and the Horned God of death and rebirth.
5. Reincarnation and karma are valid concepts. Upon death one goes to a state of rest and reflection, and eventually chooses where and when s/he will be reborn.
6. Magick is practiced for positive (helping) purposes: spiritual development, healing, guidance, safety, etc.
7. Rituals are generally performed outdoors when possible, at the
New and Full Moons, and at eight Sabbat festivals which mark the
progression of the seasons.
8. Magick and celebration are performed in small groups, usually
3 to 13, called covens. These are basically autonomous — there
is no central church authority or hierarchy.
9. There is no holy book, or prophet, no equivalent of the Bible
or Jesus or Mohammed. Individuals have access to the divine, and
do not require an intermediary. Every initiate is regarded as a
priest/ess.
10. The central ethic is “And ye harm none, do as ye will.”
Whatever energy you send out returns threefold, so it is wise to
be kind to others.
11. We should live in harmony with the Earth and Nature, and not
exploit them.
12. Though Wicca is a valid spiritual path, it is not the only
one. There is no recruiting, and people should be free to choose
the path that best fits their needs.
13. The concepts of original sin, sacrifice, redemption,
Šconfession, the divinity of Jesus, sinfulness of sex, Judgment,
Heaven and Hell, denigration of women, bodily resurrection, and
the Bible as divine revelation are not part of Wicca. Neither are
Satanism, the Black Mass, desecration of cemeteries, the sacrifice
of animals, etc.
Copyright (c) 1983 Amber K., Our Lady of the Woods. Used by
Permission
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Jesus Death on the Cross, did You Know?
The English word stripes originated from the same French word as strips. In the Bible, in referring to flogging, the word is used to translate a number of different Hebrew words of the Old Testament which variously mean a blow, a wound, to strike and to bruise, and a Greek word of the New Testament meaning a stroke or a wound. The various meanings of the English word stripes, or strips, provide a multifaceted view of what was involved i.e. the person being flogged was usually stripped of clothing, the person being flogged often had his flesh stripped (cut and shredded) or striped (narrow welts, whip marks) and the device was itself often made of strips of leather, sometimes with pieces of metal or animal bone fastened along the length of the thongs to make it far more painful and damaging. Christ’s beating and stripes as inflicted by the Roman troops were particularly horrendous i.e. “His visage was so marred more than any man” (Isaiah 52:14 KJV)
“He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed”
Stripes were included in the famous “eye for an eye” verses:
“And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.” (Exodus 21:23-25 KJV)
Among the people of Israel, no offender was to be given more than forty stripes:
“And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.” (Deuteronomy 25:2-3 KJV)
The Lord used stripes (mostly) in a figurative way for the house of King David, the royal line (see Israelite Dynasties) of imperfect men that would eventually produce the perfect Messiah.
“He shall build an house for My Name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.” (2 Samuel 7:13-15 KJV)
The Messiah later used stripes in His lesson of how those with the knowledge of the truth have a responsibility to the truth and to God who gave it to them.
“The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.” (Luke 12:46-48 KJV)
Like many witnesses (see Martyrs) of the Gospel, Paul and Silas knew beatings and imprisonment for the “crime” (in Satan’s world; see Who Still Rules The World Today?) of speaking the Truth.
“And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.” (Acts 16:22-25 KJV)
Paul later spoke of those “trials” (see Trials and Tribulations):
“But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.” (2 Corinthians 6:4-10 KJV)
Fact Finder: What will the stripes that Jesus Christ endured do for those who repent (The Christian Passover is about Christ’s sacrifice; The Christian Feast Of Unleavened Bread is about repentance to make Christ’s sacrifice take effect i.e. Christ didn’t die for sinners, Christ died for repentant sinners – those who refuse to repent are headed for the lake of fire)? Were the stripes that Christ endured a fulfilment of a prophecy found in the Old Testament?
1 Peter 2:24, Isaiah 53:5
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Why did Jesus Die on the cross ?
The English word stripes originated from the same French word as strips. In the Bible, in referring to flogging, the word is used to translate a number of different Hebrew words of the Old Testament which variously mean a blow, a wound, to strike and to bruise, and a Greek word of the New Testament meaning a stroke or a wound. The various meanings of the English word stripes, or strips, provide a multifaceted view of what was involved i.e. the person being flogged was usually stripped of clothing, the person being flogged often had his flesh stripped (cut and shredded) or striped (narrow welts, whip marks) and the device was itself often made of strips of leather, sometimes with pieces of metal or animal bone fastened along the length of the thongs to make it far more painful and damaging. Christ’s beating and stripes as inflicted by the Roman troops were particularly horrendous i.e. “His visage was so marred more than any man” (Isaiah 52:14 KJV)
“He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed”
Stripes were included in the famous “eye for an eye” verses:
“And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.” (Exodus 21:23-25 KJV)
Among the people of Israel, no offender was to be given more than forty stripes:
“And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.” (Deuteronomy 25:2-3 KJV)
The Lord used stripes (mostly) in a figurative way for the house of King David, the royal line (see Israelite Dynasties) of imperfect men that would eventually produce the perfect Messiah.
“He shall build an house for My Name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.” (2 Samuel 7:13-15 KJV)
The Messiah later used stripes in His lesson of how those with the knowledge of the truth have a responsibility to the truth and to God who gave it to them.
“The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.” (Luke 12:46-48 KJV)
Like many witnesses (see Martyrs) of the Gospel, Paul and Silas knew beatings and imprisonment for the “crime” (in Satan’s world; see Who Still Rules The World Today?) of speaking the Truth.
“And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.” (Acts 16:22-25 KJV)
Paul later spoke of those “trials” (see Trials and Tribulations):
“But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.” (2 Corinthians 6:4-10 KJV)
Fact Finder: What will the stripes that Jesus Christ endured do for those who repent (The Christian Passover is about Christ’s sacrifice; The Christian Feast Of Unleavened Bread is about repentance to make Christ’s sacrifice take effect i.e. Christ didn’t die for sinners, Christ died for repentant sinners – those who refuse to repent are headed for the lake of fire)? Were the stripes that Christ endured a fulfilment of a prophecy found in the Old Testament?
1 Peter 2:24, Isaiah 53:5
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