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GLOSSARY
Christ (house of)
Occurrences: 14
First Reference: Wisdom 2:16
For thus shall you speak to the house of Christ: ‘Thus saith the Lord your God: You are weighed in the balance and are found wanting. For you have broken his covenant which he did make with you; his sanctuary have you corrupted, and his words which were spoken unto you by the mouth of many witnesses have you defiled.
See: Christ, Joseph (house of)
Summary: The house of Christ refers to the various institutions, denominations and adherents that represent the diverse interpretations and manifestations of the Christian religion. In the Song of God, the book of Wisdom presents God's indictment against the house of Christ (Wisdom 1 —13).
Significant chapters: Wisdom 8 Wisdom 23 Wisdom 28 Wisdom 29
Notes/References:
For thus shall you speak to the house of Christ: ‘Thus saith the Lord your God: You are weighed in the balance and are found wanting. For you have broken his covenant which he did make with you; his sanctuary have you corrupted, and his words which were spoken unto you by the mouth of many witnesses have you defiled.
Behold, you have imagined a vain thing; you have taken counsel presumptuously. For you have declared aloud, even in the secret chambers of the heart have you caused to be written: What need have we of God, for we are at ease in Zion. For Zion prospers, all is well.
Behold, my people have sown unto themselves great wealth and prosperity, and they have forgotten the Lord their God. Hear now, O house of Zion, the words of the Lord.
For what is property unto God that he should give consent to pride? What does it profit if you should gain the whole world and lose your soul? Has he not spoken, is it not written that he who has eternal life is rich already?
Come now, even everyone, and answer. Let us reason together. Who has persuaded you to trust in the arm of flesh and to forget the Lord your God? Why have you supposed that worldly riches are as some great gain, when you are poor towards God?
Therefore, because of your many pretenses shall the judgments in this book be brought against you. In a day that you think not of shall the indignation of the Lord be kindled against you.’
Wisdom 2:16-21
Consider how there are given many great and holy books. Why, therefore, has the house of Christ behaved presumptuously?
For they have proclaimed to the world that the Bible is the greater, being the only word of God unto the children of men; while all others are false and filled with evil.
Why have the preachers of religion proclaimed aloud that except a man be of the house of Christ, they shall perish forever in great torment?
Truly I speak unto you the will of the Father, that there shall not be so much as one child to perish by reason of such priestcrafts as these men proclaim. For the love of the Father is sufficient even unto the weakest of the children of men.
Wisdom 26:23-26
For the house of Christ is just a shadow and the Bible a dark illusion, each to each most strongly fashioned by men who knew not God; always babbling some foolish speech made of contradictions, foisting upon the minds of men one absurdity upon another, filling the world with hurtful dogmas which seem to have no end.
Be wise therefore and watch with care for those who would beguile, for the house of Christ is dark and subtle, having dressed itself in great traditions, to present itself as pure; but within the house move dark dominions which serve a hurtful master; for Jehovah would seek your utmost ruin to fill you with despair.
Beware of those who come to you with a Bible in their hands and a prayer upon their lips, seeking that you should pray with them and prove yourself as tolerant of the evil in their hands; beware I say, be most aware and do not give an inch.
Wisdom 27:8-10