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On the way to the altar of the world

février 28, 2024février 22, 2024 par Marcus Ampe, publié dans Christadelphian, Faith, Jesus Christ - son of God, Reflection - Meditation

When we go on a trek we open our minds and come to a time when we as pilgrims think about the reasons why we go to the ‘altar of the world’. Our intention is to arrive at the « Holy of the Holy » with this long and sometimes not so easy journey. We would prefer to be as close as possible to God with fellow human beings who enter into the same faith as we do.

At the start of the journey, the trekkers have an intention and want to keep their promise and find more meaning in their lives. The trek one takes is a conscious choice to think intensely about life and where one wants to go. It is a period of reflection to deepen faith, atone for previously committed sins, and reach a point where one can avoid sinning.

There are many reasons to embark on a pilgrimage, and each pilgrim has a different one.

To walk the chosen path is above all a spiritual experience, which requires prior preparation. Sometime before you go on this journey, you should also think about the reasons why you are going on this pilgrimage. You can look at the others who start the journey, but it is important to carefully examine your own motivations.

When taking walks to prepare for your trip, try to think about the reasons why you are heading, about your questions and the answers you are looking for, and about what you plan to achieve by going on this pilgrimage.

During the big trek it will be noticeable how your view of the world can change. You will notice that many people are stuck with certain churches and their traditions, but that they are not really in accordance with Biblical Truth.

If your opinion is that of the majority, it is time to think carefully about whether you are on the right path with that majority. You will also realise that you have also become a victim of that large group of believers who prefer to adhere to the doctrines of that church, instead of feeling free in the world in which Jesus has cut the chains of slavery by rules.

During the journey, there needs to be a lot clearer and you need to realise that there is no point in staying chained to certain churches. Jesus has freed humanity from the human chains and opened the way to the One True God, who is One and not two or three.

With that insight gained, the responsibility also comes to Jesus and his God, to move further in the right direction and to dare to distance himself from the worldly rules of life.

During your pilgrimage, you must realise that not only are you on the road, but others have also entered the quest. You must therefore take them into account and realise that ‘pilgrimage’ is, as it were, also synonymous with ‘sharing’, even if it is an individual experience. Along the way, you will meet other people and you will have the opportunity to address each other and exchange ideas. Exchanging ideas is important to achieve a good learning process. You will also notice that everyone has ended up on the same path through other means as what you are currently on.

Once you meet one and the other, you will be able to see that you are not alone anymore, but that several are looking forward to reaching that same point.

Additional reading

Necessary formalities for the trek

février 11, 2024février 5, 2024 par jeshuaist, publié dans Faith, Thought for today

plannen van een reis of trektocht - planning of a voyage or trekking - passport on map, paspoort op landkaart - photo camera on map - fototoestel op landkaart — Foto door Element5 Digital op Pexels.com

Forming an ecclesia is, as it were, like going on a trek or pilgrimage Before an ecclesia can be formed, a lot has to be done, first and foremost, people must be found who want to go out together on a kind of great voyage of discovery or expedition, which can be compared to a great pilgrimage, first and foremost, where people have resolved to use their minds to achieve a certain spiritual attitude in order to come closer to the Divine creator.

For such a pilgrimage to succeed, a lot of preparatory work is necessary. For example, everything must be planned carefully in advance and ensure that one has the right formalities to cross the various countries (or zones).

One of the necessities of being able to enter countries is a valid ID, so one may also put it for the pilgrimage that candidates for an ecclesia must be able to present, one cannot be in it, or not a full member without having registered as a member of the community or of the country to be ‘stayed’.

paspoorten - passports — Foto door Tima Miroshnichenko op Pexels.com

When choosing a passport, it is important that one can present the right nationality. Likewise, if one wants to become a member of a religious community, one must have selected the right religious group.

Also, one must have the right plunge or proper attire for the trek, the hole is not to just put on a grey Maoist suit, and uniform sausage may be preferred in the world, but this does not hold true for this important assignment.

Vaticaan - basiliek - Vatican cathedral — Foto door Kai Pilger op Pexels.com

One can call oneself « Christian », but that covers such a great charge that it may be better to specify more For the church community of Brothers in Christ one certainly cannot be a follower of that church that has a large majority in front when they say « Christians » When one hears talk about « Christians » on television or on popular media channels one usually talks about a Catholic church, and even usually the Roman Catholic Church affiliated with the Vatican.

Participants in our trek are expected to distance themselves precisely from those doctrines of this Roman Catholic Church, for there is no place in the Brethren in Christ for a worship of a three-headed god or the so-called Holy Trinity.

pilgrimage - pelgrimstocht - rondgang rond de zwarte steen in Mecca - Islam — Foto door Yasir Gu00fcrbu00fcz op Pexels.com

The pilgrimage we think of is not a pilgrimage to Mecca either The Islamists may worship the True God, but their system of God-experience is not what we seek.

The purpose of the pilgrimage is that all participants look for The One True God, who is above all gods, the Elohim Hashem Jehovah, the God of Hosts, and that they also look for the extent to which they can use the One True God can best serve.

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