Justin’s Horological Address to The Greeks

Justin’s Horological Address to The Greeks
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CHAP. I.– REASONS FOR ADDRESSING THE GREEKS

 AS I BEGIN THIS HORTATORY ADDRESS TO YOU, ye men of Greece, I pray God that I may know what I ought to say to you, and that you, shaking off your habitual(1) love of disputing, and being livered from the error of your fathers, may how choose what is profitable; not fancying that you commit any offence against your forefathers, though the things which you formerly considered by no means salutary should now seem useful to you. For accurate investigation of matters, putting truth to the question with a more searching scrutiny, often reveals that things which have passed for excellent are of quite another sort. Since, then, we propose to discourse of the true religion(than which, I think, there is nothing which is counted more valuable by those who desire to pass through life without danger, on account of the judgment which is to be after the termination of this life, and which is announced not only by our forefathers according to God, to wit the prophets and lawgivers, but also by those among yourselves who have been esteemed wise, not poets alone, but also philosophers, who professed among you that they had attained the true and divine knowledge), I think it well first of all to examine the teachers of religion, both our own and yours, who they were, and how great, and in what times they lived; in order that those who have formerly received from their fathers the false religion, may now, when they perceive this, be extricated from that inveterate error; and that we may clearly and manifestly show that we ourselves follow the religion of our forefathers according to God.

Justin’s Discourse With The Greeks

Justin’s Discourse With The Greeks
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CHAP. I.–JUSTIN JUSTIFIES HIS DEPARTURE FROM GREEK CUSTOMS

DO NOT SUPPOSE, YE GREEKS, THAT MY SEPARATION FROM YOUR CUSTOMS IS UNREASONABLE AND UNTHINKING; for I found in them nothing that is holy or acceptable to God. For the very compositions of your poets are monuments of madness and intemperance. For any one who becomes the scholar of your most eminent instructor, is more beset by difficulties than all men besides. For first they say that Agamemnon, abetting the extravagant lust of his brother, and his madness and unrestrained desire, readily gave even his daughter to be sacrificed, and troubled all Greece that he might rescue Helen, who had been ravished by the leprous(1) shepherd. But when in the course of the war they took captives, Agamemnon was himself taken captive by Chryseis, and for Briseis’ sake kindled a feud with the son of Thetis. And Pelides himself, who crossed the river,(2) overthrew Troy, and subdued Hector, this your hero became the slave of Polyxena, and was conquered by a dead Amazon; and putting off the god-fabricated armour, and donning the hymeneal robe, he became a sacrifice of love in the temple of Apollo. And the Ithacan Ulysses made a virtue of a vice.(3) And indeed his sailing past the Sirens(4) gave evidence that he was destitute of worthy prudence, because he could not depend on his prudence for stopping his ears. Ajax, son of Telamon, who bore the shield of sevenfold ox-hide, went mad when he was defeated in the contest with Ulysses for the amour. Such things I have no desire to be instructed in. Of such virtue I am not covetous, that I should believe the myths of Homer. For the whole rhapsody, the beginning and end both of the Iliad and the Odyssey is–a woman.

Ella Rose Mast Study Tape 118

Ella Rose Mast Study Tape 118
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Peace, Peace When There Is No Peace

AS THE YEAR OF 1991 RAN OUT, MEN IN EARTH WERE WORKING HARD TO SET IN PLACE SOMETHING CALLED PEACE IN THE MIDDLE‑EAST, but actually they have been trying to do this since the rebellion in the heavens so long ago. In the beginning the word Peace meant understanding, where as today it seems to mean a process of getting along with the world order. Still in blindness we find many of our people today still trying to help the enemy establish their type of a One World Government which in the final analysis leaves our Saviour out of the picture. In this great longing for Peace our people seem happy to give away their inheritance to another people, just so the enemy might want to live with us in Peace.

There is however, another side to the picture if you care to look for it. Behind the headlines we have been reading from publications from the pen of the enemy that the Christian religion must be, used until the One WORLD GOVERNMENT is set in place, then will come the rude awakening for the Western World. We saw some of this USE as the newspapers reported about the newly released Dead Sea Scrolls. The Terms, ‘The Staff’, the ‘Branch of David’, ‘The Root of Jesse’, all of these were interpreted by the enemy as being from the Essenes, as they say, a Jewish group at the time of Jesus. If the Christian West once more accepts this explanation by these so called Scholars, then once more they will miss the opportunity to stand up for their inheritance and their God, and will continue to look for Peace in a World Order wherein they are only 16th., of the worlds population.

We would remind you once more that there were many people in Judea at the time of Christ who were not Israelites. There were Jews (Edomites) in control of the Temple in Jerusalem. There were Israelites in residency as well, and some were out in the caves in the hills who were called the Essenes. There were people from the Arab lineage still living in this old land as well, and some people of the mixture of the races, as were the Edomites.

Today we are told, in the Book entitled ‘Judaism’ by Isadore Epstein who these people called Jews were supposed to be. This is a short summary of this explanation as to the people of the Bible according to this Jewish author. (Quote) ‘God chose Abraham for his purpose, and out of him came these people called Israel. As they came out of Egyptian bondage they went on to become a nation in Palestine. Later they were separated into two groups because of disobedience, and now were called the House of Israel, and the House of Judah. The northern ten tribes of the House of Israel went into captivity, and while there they mixed with their captors and became the Summerians, thus no longer recognized as God’s people. The House of Judah also went into captivity, in Babylon. Then after 70 years, God cleansed some of these people and brought them out, making them new people now called Jews. They were brought back to Judea thus making them inheritors of all the Old Testament promises to Israel. (Unquote)

Ella Rose Mast Study Tape 117

Ella Rose Mast Study Tape 117
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The Gospel of The Kingdom – From the Swift Ministry

WE FIND THAT IT IS SELDOM SPOKEN OF IN THE WORLD TODAY, YET THERE IS A ‘GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM’. We believe that the problems of the world today, and the situations that we face are more easily understood if you have the key to understanding, which is this Gospel that Jesus went throughout Galilee preaching, (Matthew 4:23) and teaching. We find that Jesus taught His disciples that a sign for the ending of this age was the witnessing unto the Nations of Israel, as to this Gospel of the Kingdom. (Matthew 24:14).

Thus this Gospel had a meaning for the end of that age, as well as for the end of this age which hopefully we are experiencing. We know that those who are of the Adamic Race were to be His Witnesses, for He said: ‘Ye are my witnesses, and my servants whom I have chosen; that ye may know, and believe me, and understand that I AM HE; before Me there is nothing formed of God (spirit), neither shall there be after me. I Even I am YAHWEH, thy YAHSHUA, and beside Me there is no Saviour. I have declared all these situations that shall come to pass on the face of the earth.’ (Isaiah 43:10)

If you will turn to your Strong’s Concordance you will find much about this ‘Gospel of the Kingdom’, and you will find that this was what Jesus was talking about much of the time. He said very little about Salvation because He said: He came to save His people from their sins, and through them the whole world in the fullness of time. Therefore He was not worrying about the salvation of His people or even the world, instead He was teaching THE PLAN OF ALMIGHTY GOD FOR HIS PEOPLE AND FOR THE WORLD.

There is little question of the fact that the children who have a bit of understanding of this ‘GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM’ have information from YAHSHUA Himself. There is probably nothing more important for you, and I to understand than to realize that we are to think, and to know, and to activate the thoughts of God in a physical world. You then will realize that Communication is the most important thing in the realm of the great operation of God’s Kingdom. From the day when the Adamic race was placed in this earth until this hour, communication has been a most important thing, and here we are speaking of the communication with our Father, who taught us to pray: ‘Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in Heaven’ With this in mind we then ask this question: Just what is this ‘Gospel of the Kingdom’ which Jesus went everywhere preaching? What does this ‘Gospel’ consist of?

Ella Rose Mast Study Tape 116

Ella Rose Mast Study Tape 116
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The Emerging Kingdom

AS WE LOOK FOR THE STORY OF THIS EMERGING KINGDOM we must look for the Nations of this Kingdom, the people of this Kingdom who are vital and real in this world which we live in. We must also establish the Creator of this Kingdom, the King of this Kingdom, who throughout the Scripture has pointed out His role, and the role of His peculiar people, called the SHEEP OF HIS PASTURE.

When thinking of the many facets of this story we recall of course the understanding of Scripture as recorded for us by the Swift Ministry. In the Gospel of Matthew (24) we find Jesus talking to His Disciples, and as they talked He listed the events which were to bring to conclusion in time this great program HE has outlined for this earth. As Jesus outlined these events, He spoke of wars and rumours of wars, then was to come, what is listed as ‘The Time of Sorrows’, which we understand to mean Birth Pangs, of what? An Emerging Kingdom, listed as though born small as a child, but which was to grow and grow until it fills the whole earth. This is a vital part of the program of the Restitution of all things, which the Scripture outlines as to the purpose of the Great God of the Universe. This being such a big subject Dr. Swift reminded us that he had studied for years, but never grew tired of thinking, of meditating on these things as he looked for the answers and became deeper and deeper involved in this study.

He then informs us that he never came to an end of things revealed, and reminds us that YAHWEH has never had a beginning which some people find hard to comprehend. The wonderful thing is that everything YAHWEH worked at, He then brought forward. He never set up an idea that He did not finish. We then can look into the tomorrows and try to catch this infinite pattern, and see things not understood before. This is a continuing process as we learn and grow in knowledge which HE reveals to us.

The Apostle Paul talks about how we. His people, existed in the ‘Bosom of the father, in Love, before the foundation of the world. Ephesians 1:2‑5.

Let us get this straight, the people of HIS Kingdom are begotten of HIM, thus this Spirit in you is of Divinity. When born of incorruptible seed, which cannot be destroyed, how else could you describe His people?

Ella Rose Mast Study Tape 115

Ella Rose Mast Study Tape 115
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A Message For Today (From The Ancient Psalms)

OVER THE YEARS MANY FACTS HAVE BEEN LOST PERTAINING TO OUR FAITH. Our Scripture tells us that this would happen. Older authors help us to find some of these truths. E. W. Bullinger in 1909 published his book, ‘Studies of the Psalms’. He believed that because of the translations of the Psalms in different versions of Scriptures, that people were missing some of the great meanings of words found there, and would not understand the use made of these great Psalms. Dr. Bullinger quoted Dr. Thirtle, who quoted the late Franz Delitzsch an earlier author as saying there were special words in the Titles of the Psalms for which the meanings had been lost, even as far back as the time when the Septuagint was written.

All agree however that these Titles formed a part of the Sacred Text, and were connected in some way with the use of these Psalms in the Tabernacle and Temple worship of the Israelites.

The Companion Bible used Dr. Thirtle’s key as they put together their translation of the Psalms. Dr. Thirtle believed that the reason for such poor translation is because those who go back in time for their evidence seldom go far enough back. He believes that you must leave the modern professors or interpreters and go on back to the oldest manuscripts, to the earliest Hebrew Bible available. In modern Hebrew the Psalms have been broken up while in the older Hebrew there is no break or space between the lines of the Psalms.

As an example Dr. Thirtle calls attention to the 3rd., chapter of Habakkuk. In this Psalm you find the title proper: ‘A Prayer of Habakkuk’, the Prophet, upon ‘Shigionoth’, which means ‘Crying Aloud’. You then find the Psalm proper in verse 2:19. At the end of this Psalm or prayer you find these words: ‘To the chief singer on my stringed Instruments’. In the older version this read: .’To the chief musicians of Neginoth’, meaning Music.

In the King James Version this was found at the first of Psalms No.4., but it is actually the end of Psalm 3. Thus Psalms 3, 5, 53, 60, 66, and 75 and Habakkuk 3., are Music Psalms according to the Law. The word Neginoth is from the Hebrew meaning ‘to strike’, thus these are those for the stringed musical instruments which were used in the worship service of Israel.

Ella Rose Mast Study Tape 114

Ella Rose Mast Study Tape 114
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Republic or Democracy

THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED: .’As we pledge Allegiance to our Flag, and to the Republic for which it stands, what has happened to this new nation set in place by our founding fathers, under the symbol of THE OUTSTRETCHED WINGS OF THE EAGLE which now is termed a Democracy?

This Republic was founded on the principals established at Mount Sinai as an example of what the Kingdom of God in earth would consist of, such as the leadership of this Kingdom Administration, and the laws which they were to administer covering every phase of human life.

Over the years the people of this Kingdom called ‘Israel’ meaning ‘Ruling with YAHWEH’ were not able to maintain what has been set in place asked for an earthly king, and after warning them as to what would happen then YAHWEH allowed them to have their earthly king, and the education of the nation and our people then began.

Ella Rose Mast Study Tape 113

Ella Rose Mast Study Tape 113
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A Great Statesman of American History

AS THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT AND THE CHILDREN OF DARKNESS MOVES INTO A CLIMACTIC PERIOD, we find that not only do those Children of Darkness try to destroy our Faith, but they even try to remove the remembrance of our great men of history. They tie the Occult philosophy to the symbolism of our nation, and even now days try to destroy the image of the man we call ‘The Father of our Country’, George Washington.

In fact these Children of Darkness have been able through their influence to reduce Christian thinking in recent decades to a shallow level which rejects, Out of Hand, any thought of Divine Destiny for the Nations of the Western World, and especially this Great nation of God’s Kingdom. These United States of America. If you do not ‘hit out’ at white civilization, you must not be ‘with it’.

Not only is this done in America, but in England as well. In 1976 Britain passed the Race Relations Act which brought millions of Aliens into their Aryan Society. Then in 1989 Birmingham, England’s city Cathedral

changed the date of St. George Day Observance, so as not to offend South Africa’s Archbishop Tutu who was visiting the city for the Century celebration. The little publication ‘Wake Up’ which comes out of Britain asks what has happened to drain the Sampson‑like spiritual power of the Celto‑Saxon people?

Perhaps two world war’s, plus Vietnam and Korean wars helped as they also destroyed a great part of the youth, not only of the British Empire but the U.S. as well. This letting down of the bars of immigration in our day has brought about a Multi‑Faith society in both our countries which only results in the destruction of Christian civilization, as history has shown us, many times. Modern versions of scripture without the historical understanding that the word ‘Jew’ is not synonymous with the names of Judah and Israel, makes them worthless on this point alone.

Ella Rose Mast Study Tape 112

Ella Rose Mast Study Tape 112
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Women of The Bible

AFTER THE STUDY OF THE OLD BOOK (1813), THE SWIFT MINISTRY, and the book Tar Above Rubies’ by Isabel Hill Elder, I would like to bring to you my understanding as to the part played by outstanding women of the Kingdom.

Out of Eden went one river (Race of People) to enrich the Garden. This according to our understanding of Scripture was ONE Race headed by Adam and Eve. Without Eve of course there would have been no Adamic race which Moses was to record (Genesis 5:1) as the generations of this Adamic race, as he listed the fathers of this race who played a direct roll in this program of Almighty YAHWEH as He established His Kingdom in earth, and fulfilled the promises made to Adam, ‘Before the Foundation of the World.’

This establishment of a Kingdom in earth was projected as a family project. Going back through ole records we find that the Women of this Kingdom family had an independence surpassing even today. Many times we find these women entrusted with administration of her husbands property as well as her own. These Women of God’s Israel, retained this independence until the time of their captivity when they were then known as ‘children of Israel’ of the 12 tribes. Thus this Family was established as a partnership of two individuals, man and wife both of equal stature in the program of YAHWEH. With this in mind let us look at the records as to why some of these women of the Kingdom are also listed as special in this program.

The First Book of Maccabees

The First Book of Maccabees
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CHAPTER 1

1:1 And it happened, after that Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, who came out of the land of Chettiim, had smitten Darius king of the Persians and Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece,

1:2 And made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth,

1:3 And went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him; whereupon he was exalted and his heart was lifted up.

1:4 And he gathered a mighty strong host and ruled over countries, and nations, and kings, who became tributaries unto him.

1:5 And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die.

1:6 Wherefore he called his servants, such as were honourable, and had been brought up with him from his youth, and parted his kingdom among them, while he was yet alive.

1:7 So Alexander reigned twelve years, and then died.

1:8 And his servants bare rule every one in his place.

1:9 And after his death they all put crowns upon themselves; so did their sons after them many years: and evils were multiplied in the earth.

1:10 And there came out of them a wicked root Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king, who had been an hostage at Rome, and he reigned in the hundred and thirty and seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.