CONTEXTUAL THOUGHT? Ahmadinejad, Academia, and the Next Age

After listening to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speak to the audience at Columbia, it became apparent that there was a “phenomena” at work in the minds of all who spoke that day. This is a mystery, because we are not aware of how this works even in our minds. I call this contextual thinking — and it affects our spiritual life!

When we are born, our minds are like a blank canvas. Rarely do we remember the first year or two of our lives. It is like a long drawn out process of awakening. But from the very beginning the context thought processes into which we are born begin to affect our mind and our accumulation of thoughts. Some may think this is another term for environment, but it is not limited to that. Environment is a factor, but there is more to thinking in context than we “think.”

We, because of our context, think that Ahmadinejad’s statements about the Holocaust to be shocking and an error in thought. As part of his speech he tried to tell the faculty and students that they must look at history from a different point of view. To him, as shocking as this sounds, a holocaust did not “exist” because he considers the death of six million Jews to be “a good thing.” To him it is not a “holocaust!” He considers the total destruction of Israel, western Europe, and North America in that same context. Why did he say that Iran did not have a homosexual problem? Because killing homosexuals was a “good thing” in his context. And what about women’s rights? “There is no problem in Iran.” To him it is a “good thing” to kill protesting women. Do that, in his context, and the problem goes away. That thought may not be in a Western context, but it exists in his. And that we must understand.

All people think within a context. Each person carries this with him or her throughout life. It colors all thought processes. And because we are born into it and therefore have no awareness why we think and reason as we do, we became blind to our own context and consider those who don’t see things the way we do as ignorant or simply stupid.

Context is not fragmented. It is like a “bubble” that surrounds us. The context itself appears to offer protection from outside influences. Within our bubbles, we maintain a consistency among our ideas and beliefs. Sometimes this is a good thing, but most often it is not. Our own context can blind us. It can keep us from seeing and hearing. Hence, the statements, “He that has ears to hear, let him hear” or “He that has eyes to see, let him see.”

The faculty and students spoke from their context and tried to pin down Ahmadinejad to answer them within their context. He refused, and instead of answering “yes or no,” he tried to point out by asking his questions how that could not happen because his context would not allow it. In other words, there was no yes or no answer to the questions asked. His questions, instead, challenged their context, which became frustration to them.

Therefore, contextual thought and reason can also appear as contextual group-thought. This happens when the “bubble” expands and others become part of the same bubble. One author referred to this as a “meme” or “mind-virus.” I prefer to think of it as the context in which we live, think, and decide. It can either be a positive influence in our life, as I will explain later, or a sickness, a mind-virus that keeps us from the truth by convincing us that our thoughts are pure and right even though they are evil.

Group context is evident in familial, religious, or political groups. Families become very context controlling and any family member can be condemned for going against the thought context “important” for the family.

Religious and political groups want to expand their thought bubble to absorb as many individuals as possible. Therefore, they may start by finding where you are contextually and make you think that they agree with your context. Politicians are adept at this, as is evident from campaign messages and “promises.” If they can absorb you into a context, then the assumption is that you will vote for them. Notice, the context may not be real, and they may work with more than one at a time. Often context is created to suit the audience and the politician’s objective.

President Bill Clinton’s campaign used a very interesting context ploy. At the beginning of his campaign, he appeared to say nothing about anything until people started buying the contexts of other candidates. When he saw that another candidate adopted an idea that the people liked, he made that part of his campaign context. The winning context is the one which most people adopt as their own. Forget about what happens after election. A new group thought context will emerge!

Evangelists and pop-psych preachers

Evangelists from the Christian religions and cults use a similar technique. Some have done marketing surveys and door-to-door canvassing to find what was important in the contexts of individuals. Forget about what the Scriptures say because most do not have a clue about that. Find out what are the “three things that will give you power?” What are the “seven keys that can give you the life you want?” “How to become prosperous by making God jump at your command!”

Other religions have a group context so powerful that they completely block out any outside “threat.” Worldwide religious organizations threaten to kill or imprison those who pose a threat to them. Some, like Ahmadinejad think that it is their God-given task to kill all who do not believe as they do. Therefore the death of millions is “not a bad thing.”

The Scriptures reveal where the responsibility lies:

And in her [the religions of the world] was found the blood of the prophets and set-apart ones, and of all who were slain on the earth! Revelation 18:24

About whom did the prophets warn? The religions and the leaders who imposed their unclean context into the individual contexts of the people. These “leaders” also know that the sooner this happens in the life of individual, the more effective it will be! Were you baptized into a religion as an infant? How much is that religion a part of your life? If it is a big part of your life, what is your first memory of it?

In all cultures, context wrapping starts immediately after birth! Therefore, all of us awake in a context, not of our own making, to which we adhere for the rest of our lives!

Strangely, my first recollection of religion was in a Sunday School class in which I thought the teacher was in error. I was about 5 or 6 six years old at the time. I guess the impression stuck because of the scolding I received. That questioning spirit remained throughout my life. More than once I shocked both teachers and students by raising questions about things stated in textbooks, and in private with teachers about their statements. At one time my teacher literally grabbed me and threw me against a wall because I questioned his idea that lightening and thunder was caused by hydrogen and oxygen igniting in the air causing rain. Perhaps he got struck by lightening while trying to light a cigarette.

Deception relies on context creation and management

The biggest problem that the prophets and apostles faced was the incredibly pervasive deception that clouded the minds of the people. Whenever they dug deeply into the core beliefs of the people, the greater became the resistance against them. Religious and political leaders felt a threat to their power. The prophets and apostles stood for personal and individual freedom and responsibility coupled to a spiritual relationship to the Creator — to Elah, the Elahim and to Eyahuwah, the one who became Eyahushuah.

Eyahushuah said that “multitudes” would come “in His name” and would proclaim the “He is the Messiah” and these would deceive the “masses.” Each one selling his or her context in which they felt all people should adopt. Religions are supercults. These have all the characteristics that smaller cults have:

• A strong and powerful leader either real or imagined
• An “us-versus-the-world” context
• A structure of authority to which all must be in subjection.
• No free thought allowed, and, of course, no questioning of leaders.
• Icons, like books, people (saints), doctrines, and traditions
• A lot of religious things like songs, vocabulary, propaganda publishers, special days, programs, rules and a bunch of other stuff.

All of these things make up their context. And there is to be no thinking or reality outside of this context. This is the formula for deception. Scripture to them is not a spiritual book. It becomes another icon. It is not taken seriously unless it supports what they consider as their doctrine, otherwise too much Scripture might threaten the context of their reality.

Is our context always a bad thing?

It shouldn’t be. Truth is a context. But because of the preponderance of global and individual contexts screaming for attention, few people have any knowledge of any real truth. “What is truth?” is a question asked by those struggling to make some kind of sense out of all the confusion of the world.

Even in politics the group context of political parties combined with the lust for power, drives politicians into speaking out of a context that sounds insane. From observing the latest Presidential campaigns and the deplorable state of congress, I have to wonder about at least one thing: one of the parties appeared to conclude that there are not enough poor people in the United States, and perhaps in other countries as well. Therefore, so that they can spend money to “help the poor,” they must create more poverty by taxing the population into oblivion. Then there will be enough poor people so that those who pass laws and create programs can be thought of “good” people. And the people love to have it so.

The people, not the government, ought to take care of their own poor people including family and friends. Sounds crazy? The government way leads to poverty and lack of freedom. The individual responsibility solution leads to freedom and wealth. Think about it. However, at this time most people want the government to care for them. But if they promise more taxation that raises the flag to stay away! Loss of freedom directly correlates to the amount of taxation imposed upon the people.

What about my context?

If you have read many posts in this blog, you may be asking that question. Some of you may already understand my context. But here it is as I can best describe it.

I do not speak or write from the point of view of any church, school, religion or political party. I do not try to offer up apologetics for Christianity and its current state. I am not trying to create a new religion or to create a huge congregation.

I write and speak as an expert witness for the Scriptures, its prophecies, and, consequently, the changes about to take place to this world, and the coming new age. In my context, all the right-doers or overcomers from Adam to the end of this age will be brought back to life and given new immortal bodies. They will become the Kings and Priests of the next age. Also all the descendents of Jacob will be brought back to life and also given new mortal bodies, which will allow them to live for a long time. This is the first resurrection. There is no “resurrection of the body.” We don’t want our old bodies, which have decayed anyway, we need new clean, and unpolluted bodies capable of living either forever (the better resurrection) or for a very long time, like 1,000 years. This is remembered by the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths — a seven day feast starting on the fifteenth day of the seventh month on the Revealed Calendar.

After the 1000 years of the next age is completed, a new age will be established and all the people of the nations, who were not raised up at the beginning of the eighth age, will come back to life and be given new mortal bodies. This is the second resurrection. During that time the Kings and Priests and those of the House of Israel, now with their immortal bodies, will teach the nations. This time is remembered as the Last Great Day, a High Day (Leviticus 23) that comes immediately after the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths.

All that makes up the context of world today will be destroyed prior to the establishment of the eighth age. From that time on Eyahuwah, who is Eyahushuah, will rule the earth with a strong hand. There is really nothing of this world that is worth carrying over into the next, except people.

During that time there will be a new context and it will be one of freedom, peace, and life. The earth will be filled with the knowledge of Eyahuwah as the waters cover the earth. No one will need to teach another to “know” Eyahuwah, because all will know Him and those who share His throne. It will be a time when Elah will “walk the earth” and those who see Eyahuwah and those with Him will see and know Elah. People today chafe at the idea that there will be world rule with a strong hand (a rod of iron). But that is because they view that in their current “world” context. In the next age all will have a new context, one of the Spirit, as Eyahuwah will make the Spirit come alive in all who live on the earth during that time. So all will live in truth and light that comes, not from a religion as this world calls it, but rather from a new awareness of the way life really is. And deception will be completely removed.

However, for a short time, during the ninth age the deceivers will be released to test those who dwell on the earth. Those who overcome under that pressure will be given immortality and join with those who became part of the Elahim during the eighth age. After the ninth age is finished, then a new heaven and earth will be created where only those who are immortal and part of Elahim will live. Then what happens after that is unknown, and beyond what we can imagine at this time.

Between now and then the heavens and the earth will be purged of all lies, deception, and corrupt and unwise activity. All will learn what life is really about because all will have wisdom, understanding and knowledge directly from the Elahim.

Also in my context is the destruction of all things of the world prior to the start of the next age. This includes all deceivers, religions, institutions, businesses, and evil cultures. It is like someone pressing a reset button to clean out a computer system and end the current state so that another can be allowed to take control. Unfortunately, people around the world will fight against this change, but they will not prevail. The only way to successfully pass from this world to the next is to learn to live the eternal life now. This means a major change in your context so that you can begin living life anew. One must die so that another can live. And I don’t mean joining some religion. There is real life outside of religion, but only a few will come to that realization and awareness.

We are entering into a time that will be the greatest time of trouble the earth and its people will ever experience. There has been nothing of its scope prior to this time, although the great flood, which Enoch called “the first end,” comes very close. This time of trouble will be so great that if it is not cut short all life on earth will end. But the promise from Eyahuwah is that those days will be cut short, so that what remains can be rebuilt and new life and truth will be restored. This will not be a time when we can figure our way out of it. There will be no “rapture” ( “rape, rapacious” come from the same root) to save the Christian Evangelicals and Fundamentalists. But for those who overcome, as I wrote in other posts, are promised protection. But that requires a complete and total abandonment of all religions. as that is what must be overcome according to the messages of Revelation two and three concerning the various kinds of religious activities that plague the world and keep people deceived.

Loss of life a “good thing?”

The next few years will bring an enormous loss of life. In the many contexts of this world, this is a “bad thing.” But in the overall concept of the future, it is a good thing. Those who cling to this world and all that it has will suffer enormous loss, which may include their mortal lives. All of this will come to its inevitable and foreseen end. And as far as the overall plan of life is concerned, this is a good thing, because what lies ahead is a better world wherein there is only right-doing, peace and no deception. It is a world where all the leaders are servants and help to the people, not dictators and tyrants.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. Matthew 16:25

One way or another we will lose our life. Those who try to save their life in this world, when the world dies, they die with it. But those who die, as far as the world is concerned, and become alive to the Elahim and Eyahuwah, will find a new life that will never die. That is the truth we face as this age grinds to its close. Then at the resurrection both come alive. Some to eternal life and immortality, others to a mortal life wherein they will learn to seek and live the eternal life, though in the flesh, for a thousand years!

What is your context? Is it part of this world now? Or are you living in the context of the next? The choice is yours, if you have ears that hear and eyes that see.

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