Understanding the Importance of the Altar in Spirituality

Jesus emphasizes the altar's importance, asserting that without it, the gift loses its significance, highlighting the necessity of inner sanctity.

### Understanding the Importance of the Altar and the Gift in Spirituality
* 📖 We are currently exploring the teachings of Jesus Christ, specifically focusing on Matthew 23:18, where Jesus criticizes the religious leaders for prioritizing the **gift over the altar**.
* 🔍 Jesus argues that the altar, which **sanctifies the gift**, holds greater significance than the gift itself, challenging the Pharisees' views on religious practices.
* 🤔 Last week, we discussed the importance of the temple, emphasizing that it is the **individual—the temple**—that allows God's presence to manifest, not the physical structures or rituals.
* 💬 Jesus teaches that the true essence of spirituality lies within, asserting that "**the kingdom of God is within you**," highlighting the individual's role in connecting with the divine.
* 🔥 The altar symbolizes the **Christ force within us**; without activating this inner altar, one cannot truly **connect with God** or offer oneself as a **living sacrifice**.
* 📜 In Exodus 27, the altar is described in a way that reflects our **five senses and consciousness**, indicating that our spiritual journey is **deeply intertwined with our physical existence**.
* 🌱 The process of spiritual awakening involves recognizing that **we are the gift** and that through meditation and self-awareness, we can **activate the altar within ourselves** to experience **divine connection**.
* ✨ Ultimately, Jesus emphasizes that **without individuals to embody and express God's presence**, the divine cannot exist, making our spiritual journey a **vital aspect of the universe's unfolding**.

we're doing the teachings in Jesus Christ, and we're at Matthew 23 verse 18. And these little Bibles that you have, it's on page 24 in the New Testament. Some of you haven't, are not that familiar with the Bible. It starts from one, goes up to about 600, and starts over again in the New Testament at page one. We're in the New Testament, and we're at the Book of Matthew, chapter 23. And Jesus Christ is continuing a tirade against the religious order, okay? He's talking about Pharisees and scribes, and these are the Bible teachers and the religious institutions of the day. And look what he says in Matthew 23 verse, well, it's um 18. He's saying, you're saying, Jesus is saying, whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing, but whoever swears by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty, okay? And then he says, you fools and blind, for whether is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift. See that part where

it says he is guilty. That would mean that one who fails to follow through on this oath, you know, would carry some kind of guilt or whatever with it, which we don't even believe in that part of it. But anyhow, Jesus Christ is coming against them because what they're saying is that the altar is irrelevant; it's the gift that's important. Okay, that's strange because Jesus is saying, No, you don't know what you're talking about. It's the altar that sanctifies GI. Even though you might first well an altar is nothing more than a, you know, me block thing or a wooden table or whatever. So, what's Jesus losing it? I mean, what the heck is he telling us that the altar is, you know, is the important thing and the gift doesn't mean anything? See, do you remember last week we had the question of the importance of which was more important, the temple or the gold in the temple? And in doing that last week, we understood, we learned that gold in mysticism is a symbol of God, and the Pharisees and the

religious people were saying it's God in the temple that's important, not the temple. And Jesus saying you're wrong, it's not God that's important, it's the temple. See, because you're the temple. And what Jesus was saying is that if there's no you, there's no God. You're the one that sanctifies. You're the one that allows God to live or die. It's totally up to you. And so Jesus was saying, no, it's not God that's important, it's the temple, because there's no temple, there can be no God. You're the one who calls the shots. You say yes, God, go ahead and live within me, or you say no, you won't. Okay, just to imagine, I mean, if there's no people, what good is there have God? What's he going to do? It wouldn't even be anybody to say God bless you. Did you ever think of that? He's going to sit up there, well, here I am, God, where is everybody? Who's going to pray to me? Who's going to worship me? Who

cares about you. Nobody even knows you here 'cause there is nobody. See, so that's what Jesus taught us last week. It is you that's important, not God, because unless there's you, there is no God. So now he comes up, and they're coming right back up to him, and they're saying, It's the altar. Doesn't mean anything. It's the gift on the altar. That's I want to show you something important. I mean, that's it's important, but it's interesting. Gold, the symbol of gold. Joan Schulz looked up in the dictionary and found out that the symbol of gold was Au. Now, as you know, the Buddhist monks on the chin and that when we go into meditation, we meditate. Oh, a m, oh, say. Well, I thought that's good Au, and that she said it's almost home. Well, I said yeah, but it's not. But yet that Au is important. So I looked up M, and I found out that m is a symbol of the Moon, and in mysticism, the Moon is consciousness, because what is reflected

on you reflects back. You will either reflect the Light of Christ or the light of that which is the lower. So then, if you look at this, it's interesting because a m gold auu M the moon. Consciousness, God Consciousness is oh interesting really. And that's how these every one they put an M on there for why they put a a p and it could be op or you know they put an M but we just read stuff well it's on why is it why is it home why couldn't it be up or burp or Flop or slop or something why does it have to be on but it is and so it means gold, God Consciousness. It gets better but say last week we saw the importance then that it is the temple which allows the gold to be safe. It is you which allows God to exist within you. Okay, now this week the religious people are saying it's not the altar, it's not the altar, it's what the gift on the and that would seem to make

sense wouldn't it? I mean, what is important? I'm going to say, is it this platform that's important, or is it the gift that goes to God? You would say Jesus is wrong; it's the gift. Everybody would side with the religious people like they do now, say everybody will side with the church, everybody will side with the denomination. This is wrong; it's not the altar; it's the gift that's important. Jesus is saying no, it isn't. But you got to understand something; Jesus is not talking of physical temples or physical altars. All religious people know are physical things; they don't understand the spiritual relevance of all of these things. So you go down and get your head dipped in water, unbaptized, and you're a bigger mess than you ever were. So what good did it do? Not only that, but you got the flu from having your head in the polluted water. Remember Lamar Sego said, I don't care if you get your head stuck in a creek so many times that tadp know you.

by your first name, it ain't going to do you any good. Why? Because that's not talking about water baptism. It's when you take the Earth, which is your lower mind, submit it to water, which is the second stage of consciousness, which is truth. You come out of the water into the third stage of Consciousness, which is air, which is above thought. And then from there, you go up to the fourth stage of Consciousness, which is fire, which is the holy spirit. That baptism has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with putting your head in water. It has to do with taking your mind, submerging it in the second stage of Consciousness so that you can come up into the third, which is air. That's where it says we shall meet Jesus in the air. You meet Jesus in the air because he exists in the realm of Consciousness above thought. These two stages of Consciousness, earth and water, are thought. Once you get up to the third stage, it's there. It's as old as can be.

we take it literally. How many kids have been circumcised? Chop Chop, ouch ouch, well there it goes, what for? What did you ever think, for what? Look at you standing with your mouth, what did he say? Chop Chop, what's this mean, for what? What did they do it for? Is this going to please God? If it pleased God, would he make him that way in the first place? Why? He just custom make it and get it over with. Because circumcision means cutting away the outer desire, cutting away the outer desire. There's a part in Jeremiah says my people's ears are uncircumcised. You remember the time we were going to have ear circumcisions here? I mean they spread the rumor this is a cult, let's invite him down for ear circumcision. What is ear circumcision? What would you think? Cutting away your ability to hear that garbage that's been pumped into your head all of these years. That's your circumcision. Circumcision is cutting away desire, but

look again now at first of all look look what we're talking about here. You're at Matthew 23 and you're at Matthew 23:18. Look at Matthew 23:13. Look what he says unto the religious people. These are the priests and the evangelists and the popes and the rabbis of that time. Look what he says unto them. Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees. Hypocrites. For you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men. For you neither go in yourselves. Neither suffer. That word suffer means allow. Neither do you allow them that are entering to go in. You shut up the Kingdom of Heaven because you don't go in yourself. Luke 17:21 says the kingdom of God is within you. And Jesus Christ came against these people and says you're depriving these people of the opport of finding the kingdom of God because you're not telling them that the kingdom of God is within themselves. And when they start to enter within themselves you scare them and you tell

them don't do it. It's the same exact thing that people do today. People come in here this morning and showed me an article somewhere of some large denominations coming against meditation. Why? Because once you begin to meditate, you don't need them anymore. And then who's going to pay the mortgage? And who's going to pay all of their retirement plans? And who's going to pay for all this property they own? They can't deal with that. That's frightening to religious people to think that you could come in contact with God. So what do they do? They frighten you into thinking that that which is within you, that is God, is evil. Keep away from that. Keep away from that. And Jesus Christ said, You're a hypocrite, and you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven. You're keeping people out of the Kingdom of Heaven because you want to control them. Conversion into religion is not do what God wants you to do. It's do what we want you to do. Do what we want you to do.

So now again we seek, we speak spiritually, and we speak mystically. So last week, it was the gold in the temple, and at that point, the comparison was between the temple, which is you, and the gold, which was God. And though the religious people said it's God that's important, Jesus said no, it's you that's important because you're the one that makes possible for God to live. Nobody in the face of this Earth will ever see Jesus Christ except you. But Jesus Christ himself said in Luke 17:20, The kingdom does not come in such a way as to be seen. The kingdom of God is within you. And so when you allow that right hemisphere to flourish and you allow that Spirit to birth forth, that's Christ. That's why the Apostle Paul said, I have the mind of Christ. When you allow that to live, that's Christ. And when you come and you sit and you enter into meditation, what you're doing is you're shutting yourself down, and you're letting Christ come to life within you as a dynamic, as an explosion.

of light and love to touch and to heal and to make right. But now here's the thing where we're talking about in Matthew 23:19 where we are you fools and you blind which is greater the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift religion and they were saying that it's the gift that's important and here's Jesus saying no it's the altar that's important said that doesn't make any sense it's ridiculous because last week it was you that was important not God no that's see and this week he's turn he's turning it around looks like he's turning around he's saying it's the altar that's important and not the gift what's going on here let's let's take a look at it what is the gift here it is look at here what is the gift that has to be sacrificed okay take a look at page 152 in those little Bibles go to the Book of Romans 152 in your little Bibles in the New Testament and for the rest of you go

to the Book of Romans and look at Romans chapter 12, verse 1. Okay, and what's it say? I beseech you therefore, Brethren, by the mercies of God, you present your bodies as a Living Sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God. Okay, so there's the sacrifice. The sacrifice is you. You're the sacrifice. You're the gift. But Jesus Christ last week said you're important, God's not important. This time he's saying you're not important, it's the altar that's important. What the heck? What do we make of this? This is you and the Altar, and the altar here is then to be understood. Let's separate it. The altar is the god Force, the Christ force in you. And why is Jesus saying that the altar is important? Because of the fact that if the Christ force is not activated in you, you cannot get to God. Here he's saying that the temple is more important than God because it is up to you to allow God to exist. Now, as the temple has decided, yes, I will allow the

God power within me to come to life. Wonderful. Then you are going to sanctify that area so God can live within you. But now you get to the situation that you've got to come to the altar, and the altar in you is Christ. And if Christ is not in you and active in you, you cannot give the gift sacrifice, and you cannot touch the God that you wanted to touch in the temple. Jesus knows the true meaning of altar. Let's take a look, and I'll show you something interesting. If you go back into the Old Testament, back to page 131 in the little Bibles, and in Exodus 27, Exodus 27, and I'll run over that just real quickly so that you know, won't leave you. I like that when you leave here, you get an idea because I know this is new, but you've gone the old way all of your life, and you've listened to it, and what have you got but what he has shown you here. Here has Jesus Christ in two weeks said

something that is Earth-shaking and yet so filled with that it is you that is important so that God could live but inside. Once you have decided to make God a reality in your life, it is the altar or the Christ force in you which is important because that will make it possible for you to get to go in Exodus 27. I want to show you something. Make an altar of shiden wood, five cubits long. Look at the five cubits long. You know what five is a symbol of the five senses. Okay, the five senses. It's your sight, taste, touch, smell, hearing. That's why it's five cubits long. And a cubit is 18 in. And if you multiply, and it's the way they did it in numerology, it's got to be a cubid. First of all, you got your five senses that are sacrificed on the altar. It's got to be the 18 in is because 5 * 18 is 90. And that number nine is the number of human consciousness. It'll

always tell you that way. 666, the sign of the Beast. 6 + 6 + 6 = 18. 1 + 8 = 9. The Beast is your lower Consciousness. 144,000 are saved. 1 + 4 + 4 equals 9. That which is salvation is your higher Consciousness. When Jesus says in John 21:11, Cast your net to the right side and you'll catch fish, they caught 153 fish. It equals 9 all the way through the Bible, from beginning to end. That number nine comes to tell you we're talking about Consciousness. We're not talking about beasts. We're not talking about 144 people. We're not talking about 153 fish. We're talking about you. And right here, the five senses on that which is Cubit is 18 inches. Will all everything will always come out to nine because this entire Bible is the story of your Consciousness. And if your Consciousness does not absorb it within, there'll never be anything but Wars and Sodom without. But once

look somebody wrote me and said that they had such a problem with the question of suffering. Why is there suffering? We saw it here. Why do people HT? Why is there dis? Why are all these things? You know, is some God testing us for some reason? And we make up all of these bizarre stories. Why is there suffering? The real fact that there's suffering is simply because you are free. And if you are free to choose what is right, you are equally as free to choose what is wrong. You say, Well, I've gone all my life and I've been a good person, and I've got a Bible big enough to choke on you, and I've got all stuff put in the Bible that says how good I am, and I knit AF canans, and I make covered dishes, and I do all of these things for people. I give gifts of Neo cphr to the preach, all of these things I do. I am so good. But what sh? But there's a thing you didn't count on. You chose to

be good. Didn't you? You didn't know old Billy boy was out on the town, and I chose to be. So, I come out of Snookie's Lounge one night, get into my souped-up BMW, spin the tires around, take off, head down the highway, and there you are with your girl scout troop or your boy scout troop, going to show everybody how to cross the street safely. I have chosen what is bad, so I've gone out of control, plowed into a telephone pole, knocked you about 50 ft down the road, broke both of your legs, gave you a fractured skull. Why are you suffering? Because I chose wrong. Nothing to do with God, nothing to do with anybody trying to teach you anything. It's simply that when you live in a universe filled with millions of people who will ignore this stuff, you will be subject to those who of their own will choose to do wrong, and their choosing can hurt you. People have chosen to do wrong hundreds and hundreds of years ago, and people who are alive today are

paying for it because of genetic diseases which are manifesting themselves in bodies. There's no God trying to hurt anybody. You've been allowed to be a God. Jesus says you are gods. That means you call the shots. We call the shots, and we either make it right, we make it more, and now with the new age that is pouring down upon us, we have this tremendous opportunity, Unity, to plug into Uranus, to plug into Aquarius, to allow that which is The Enlightenment to come pouring down and guide us and to change our Direction so that we no longer choose that which hurts and make suffering. But don't try to pin it on a god. This is what religion does. Oh, sin does it. God, the devil did. The devil did here. He's hiding. What chance have you got? You, if guy, if there's an invisible guy with a pitchfork running around here, what chance have you got? I quit. What are you? What we? What I don't got no chance with this guy. You know why? He's got a red suit on.

because the red is the symbol of emotions. The horns are the symbol of power, and it is the power that comes from your own emotions to terrorize you. Before you see B sees red, they put a red thing in front of him. Red is the symbol of anger; it's a symbol of emotions. So they got this guy red. Also, Santa Claus was/is the same thing. It's all emotion, all of it. And what does Santa Claus bring at the best of us? Greed. It is not Can I have it? It is I want this and I want that. Good old Santa. I me tell you the origin of that. I did, but there's some new people here, so let's do it again. Comes from the claustrum of your brain where it secretes the oil into your body, which is the gift of life. And the Ancients knew that the gift of life, which is the oil that also procreates, comes down into your body from the claustrum. And so they said, The gift of Life comes from the claustrum. So it

became the holy claustrum. It then became the holy Claus. It then became the saint Claus, and then it became the Santa Claus who brings the gift of life down to you from the North Pole. Well, what was that? The chimney? The chimney? Well, whatever you want to call it, okay. But when you look at that Exodus 27, you see that altar is made in five square or five inches long, five cubits wide or whatever. And the five senses, the cubits would show 5 times 9. It is 5 times 18 is n, which is consciousness. And then notice that it is 3T high, which is New Life Resurrection. They didn't make it five, and they didn't make it three just because why not. There's a purpose in the Bible. The Bible is not a construction book. The Bible is a mystical book. It's a spiritual book. You look at every number and say, what does it mean? Notice also what it says. It is Four Square, Four Square physical inot.

in motion, physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual. It's the four-fold nature of man. It's all consumed on the altar. Everything is in the altar. There's an interesting thing. If you look Al up in the dictionary, you know what it is. It is the act of doing. The act of doing. Now I'm reaching for this one, but you know, let's go. tar is oil. Oil is Spirit. Would it be? No, you check that out. But they don't make these words up out of nothing. There's reason. Every word breaks down to mean something to you. I've showed you this a million times. For instance, the scariness that comes out of Armageddon is about Israel. It says the Jews are going to come back to Israel, so the prophecy is fulfilled. But Israel is not a Jewish word. It's an Egyptian word. It's made up of the three Egyptian gods, which is Isis, which is Spirit, Ra, which is the mind, the God of Light, and El, which is from the bull Mithra cult, which means god in you.

that's Angel. You don't to get an Impulse. I have an idea. That's an angel. It is in you, an angel. That's why the word Angel ends in e l, and the angel's name ends in eel: Gabriel, Michael, Uriel, Raphael, etc. It's because it's an Impulse, an idea in you, okay? So when they say that Israel Jews are going to come back to Israel, it's true. But if you look in Corinthians, the Apostle Paul says a Jew is not one, it's which is on the outside. A Jew is one who is on the inside. And so you become a Jew as that Spirit light comes within you, and you move back to the place where spirit and mind come together to Israel. Thank you. I want to read something to you from Hari Krishna about the altar. It's called the satra. Listen to this. The satra of Hari Krishna talks of the altar as the life force and the Earth as us. And I'm getting to something which I think

you'll find extremely interesting. This is from the S bra Krishna for by the altar. They obtained the entire Earth. Now you see why Jesus Christ is telling these parishes. You don't understand what the altar is. When you say that the gift is important and not the altar, you're not understanding what the altar is. Because Jesus Christ was looking at them and saying, you don't understand what the importance of the altar. Because you don't understand that I am the altar. You don't understand that by this altar, these people will receive what the entire Earth. You think with only 10% of the earth. You think with only 10% of your mind. Jesus says, cast your net to the right side. Activate the right side. Begin to activate the brain cells in the right hemisphere. Begin to activate the entire Earth. The most intelligent of us is 90%. So the altar is go. Let's just Define it so that we get to we understand what it is. The altar then is God's table in you. That's the

Altar and whatever you put on it when you put yourself. It's all spiritual, but when you put yourself in meditation on that altar, then the fire comes down and consumes you, and you become one with God. Okay, that is done through the vibration and the manifestation. What happens within you as the Kundalini takes you up past the seven chakras to touch that rock, which is the pineal gland, and light up the right hemisphere of the brain. Let's go, go with me to page 216 in the Old Testament and look at the Book of Judges for the rest of you, the Book of Judges, if you can find that. Okay, I want to show you something, how this is done. Go to Judges chapter 6, Judges chapter 6, and I'll show you how this is done. Well, you're going to look at a fellow that you're very familiar with. You've been in any motels. His name is Gideon. That would have been great if his name was Howard Johnson. I open a Bible, Howard Johnson. Hey, it's the same place I'm

at okay Judges chapter 6 okay you there I go to verse 18 and Watch What Happens here here's Gideon talking depart not I pray you until I come and bring forth my present and set it before you what that is that's you saying you're going to bring forth yourself and set your Consciousness before God Gideon went in made ready a kid that's the C the unleavened cakes blah blah blah the fish he put the broth in a pot brought it out now look at verse 20 and the angel of God that's the impulse in you said take the Flesh and the cakes lay them out Upon This Rock that Rock symbolizes the pineal pineal gland of the brain pour out the broth Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of his death touched the Flesh and There Rose up fire out of the rock consumed the Flesh and the UNL cakes and the angel of the Lord departed out of the sight when you bring that gift which is yourself you bring it to

that rock which is the pineal gland of your brain, and when you activate that, the fire which is the spirit comes down from heaven, consumes that flesh. You are no longer who you are in the flesh; you are now one with that which is the Divine Majesty of almighty God. Okay, but if there is no altar, how can you do it? Where do you bring it to? Like, there has to be an altar. Now listen, watch this name I'm going to write here for you, and it's again in Hindu, but it's very interesting as to what we're studying. The name is Pragati. Pragati in Hindu is the god force in man. It is the same in our religion as Christ. Okay, now watch and you'll see the connection, how interesting this gets. Prapa sacrificed himself for the Earth. He became the Son of God who came from the fullness of the godhead into life to sacrifice himself for the Earth. Say here then you understand he becomes the word, the word becomes flesh, and he

comes to sacrifice himself. So, what am I capable of saying? Hey, then Prapa and Jesus are the same. That would upset a lot of people. But if you listen to Jesus, Jesus says, Before Abraham was, I am. Why can't he be so? This Prapa comes, he sacrifices himself, and this is what the Hindu religion says of Prapa. He is the father with five feet. In other words, that part of him that touches is his feet, his lower part, touches your five senses. Okay, get the next one. He is the father with 12 shapes, which are the 12 signs, 12 zodiacal signs, the 12 disciples. He is the father with 12 shapes, the 12 disciples. We're going to be starting on Sunday nights. I'm teaching you some of this stuff about Krishna that's going to flatten you out. You never even dream the stuff you... because they said, Don't read it, don't read it, give us your money, don't read that stuff, you'll be able to find something else, make you think, don't what you're

thinking and we didn't do. We didn't think. We went and we sat. We gave him our money and we didn't read anything. In fact, if our children wouldn't read anything, Don't Go Near That, stay away from that, they'll get stuff in your head, sure truth. We didn't want that, so we became fearful of Krishna because they had flowers. Oh my God, he's G to hurt you, but he has a flower. Remember all the outroar we have when Christians were coming on the airports, they had flowers. So we chased the Christians with the flowers out of the airports and they brought bombs instead, right? But listen to this, he's the father with five senses, the 12 signs, The Giver of rain, which is truth from above. And get this one, and I know you'll love this one, he rides The Chariot with the seven Wheels, huh? Getting excited about that, I see somebody. He rides The Chariot with the seven WS. You hear Jesus Christ say to Peter, Peter, when we fed the 4,000, how

many basket fulls did we leave left over, and Peter said seven. And Jesus looked him right in the eyes, says you still don't understand because he rides The Chariot with the seven Wheels. He lifts off, rides the fiery Chariot into heaven, on the realm of those seven chakras. Oh, the seven chakras, what the Book of Life. Do you ever hear say, is your name written in the Lamb's Book of Life? Want to see something? Go to the last book in the Bible, hurry, Revelation. It's not hard to find the last book of the Bible because once you go by that, there is no more. If you got to the point where there's no more pages, you know you probably missed it. Revelation 5. I'm almost done, but this is fun, it's exciting. Gosh, be a part of this. I'll be afraid of things, I'll be afraid of great wonderful things. Revelation 5. You're there, look at chapter one, verse one. What does it say? I saw he who is sitting on

the right hand in I saw in the right hand that's the right hemisphere of the brain of him who sits on the throne okay that's your highest mind a book written where within and where else you're sitting on it sealed with how many seals my God what do they have to do spell it out he did that's the book of life it's in the Bible nobody ever told you it's in the Bible see so there it is but if Prapa come on back is the same as Jesus then you'll see why Jesus says the altar is more important for the gift because they listen to the S praga part let's let's just put jesus' name in there praga part SL Jesus is the very fire altar which is here built in other words he is the spirit and because you have a Christ impulse in you you can bring yourself to that Christ impulse shut down your five senses the fire which is the spirit will consume you and you will become one with God that's a

burnt offering. You know what's happening right now as we're sitting here. The burnt offering is being prepared. Do you know that? Did you know that next month the burnt offering will be given? The Sun in the sky will enter into the ram, the lamb Aries, and you know what's going to happen? Spring is going to come because of the burnt offering. God will be pleased, and there will be flowers and abundance and new colors, and the animals will have their little ones, and all Earth will teem with life because of the fire, which is the spirit. It's intercourse, which is with the lamb, the burnt offering. And exactly as it happens outside, it happens within you. When that energy rises up into the pine gland of the brain, that fire comes and consumes you, and you become one with God. And this is the good part: you then sit at the right hand of the father as the son sits in the right-hand hemisphere of the Eastern Sky. Summer comes, all that was dormant within you, all that was dead.

within you. New Life burst forth. Where there was no color, there's color. Where there were things which were dead, there's now life. And it's you. Wait a minute. I have a bu that just come out. What is it? You have a yes. You have a bulletin here. Wait a minute. There a you have a bulletin. What is the bulletin? It's this month, not next, this month. Well, isn't this wonderful? Happy uh spring. Happy Spring. That great. That's great. Okay, but let's just finish. And I know you've been very patient, so. But you see why Jesus who look at altar physically and call them blind guides because they don't understand. Because Jesus says in Matthew 23:20, go back there real quick, and then I'm done. Who swears by the altar, swears by it and all things there on. In other words, when you go via Christ Consciousness and give yourself up via the altar, you at the same time involve every part of your being. You become consumed with God. The altar is there. See, the point is it's in you. I was talking

to somebody the other night. And do you know what's going on inside of you? Do you remember the story of Jesus at the well, waiting for the woman? But that woman had been married to five husbands. You know what that means? You're married to your five senses: sight, taste, touch, smell, hearing. You've got to come in meditation out into the desert. That's where that well was, in the desert. And there is the Christ sitting at the well. And when you come there, he gives you that water which comes from the deep well to drink. And it says, And she left her water pot, because she would never take water, she would never take truth again other than that. That's the story of that, see? And you know what's a beautiful part of that? That was Jacob's Well, and Jacob is the one who said, I have seen God face to face. I will call the place pineal. It's all there. And then in Matthew 23:21, Jesus returns to last week and he says, Who shall swear by the temple swears by God and by him that

dwells therein. In other words, when you go within and awaken that Force, God exists. So, the temple is necessary so that God has a dwelling place because without you, God has no place to live. Where is he going to live? Did you ever think of that? Where is he going to live? He's not going to live there. Veto wouldn't let him in because he wouldn't pay the rent. So, where's he going to live? What does it say in the Bible? He lives in a dwelling made without human hands. In other words, he can only live in you. God can only exist in you. It is impossible for him to exist unless he can exist in life. He exists in a tree because it's alive. He exists in a puppy because it's alive. He exists in you because you're alive. And without you, he can't live. He can't exist. And so, there, when you awaken that Force within the temple, and then today we come to the altar, it's necessary for without the Christ within you, you can't reach that.

God, and then it says in Matthew 23:22, He who swears by Heaven, that means He who moves the higher mind in meditation moves the Throne of God to assert is true that heaven is God's kingdom. The altar is God's Christ. It brings you to the highest realm of mind. You've got to go in. You've got to touch it. And we come in here on Tuesday nights every week. There's somebody tells me eel said last week probably the best meditation they had. This whole room is saturated with it. It's in the rugs. It's in the ceiling tiles. It's in the walls. It is the vibrations and the Echoes of life that have been pouring out of people who have been sending this positiveness, and this whole womb IS F filled with it, and you just consume it and allow it to be the fire Roars of the sacrifice that goes on, and it's so beautiful to meditate by yourself. There's nothing wrong with that. You should do it because that's where most

of your time, but also you have that time to spend with 50, 60 other people who are all sending these vibrations of peace, all sending these vibrations of healing, and it's just whole place, it's just this room, just like separates from the building, it floats up into Nirvana Among the Stars, which are the lights of God, really, really, really, really was magnificent. And now as we see the change and the things that are happening in the world and this coming of Uranus, we did on Tuesday night, I did Uranus and cancer and showed the effects of people like me, and of course, you're looking at it, you want to be like me, and this uh, this Friday night, we're doing Urus in Gemini, and all of the different people, wow, that sounds almost like it is, it's the effects that these things have on your mind, as it says in Job 38 that it does. So I would hope that you would take today and understand what we have looked at for two weeks and summing it up in a

few words. You're the temple, and you're more important than God. Understand that in this realm that unless you allow that Temple to be holy, God cannot exist. There'll either be heaven in you or Hell in you, and it's your choice. Number two, once you decide that you opt for the temple and to sanctify it and to allow God to exist, now you've got a way that you have to reach him, that is through Christ, The Altar within you. So you may be more important than God because God cannot exist without you. Once you try to seek that God in you, remember the most important thing within you is Christ because he is the Altar. And you start by listening and reading what he said, and he put it very simple: seek first the kingdom before you read it, before you sing it, before you listen about it, seek it. And he said exactly where it is: it's within you. Okay, thank you for sharing this time with us here at the Christian Village Church in for

26 Jesus Against Religion

William Donahue

Jesus' Teachings on the Altar and the Gift

Jesus is criticizing the Pharisees and scribes for valuing the gift on the altar over the altar itself.

He emphasizes that the altar is what sanctifies the gift, and without people, there is no God.

The teachings highlight the importance of the temple (and by extension, individuals) in allowing God's presence to exist.

The Misinterpretation of Spiritual Practices

The importance of religious practices, such as baptism and circumcision, is often misunderstood, focusing on physical actions rather than their spiritual significance.

Jesus criticizes religious leaders for shutting people out of the Kingdom of Heaven and not allowing them to find God within themselves.

The fear of losing control over their followers leads religious institutions to discourage personal spiritual exploration and meditation.

The comparison between the temple (you) and God highlights the significance of your role in allowing God's presence.

Jesus emphasizes the importance of the altar (the Christ force within you) in activating God's power and making the gift (yourself) meaningful.

The altar's significance is linked to the five senses, symbolizing the sacrifice needed for spiritual growth and the realization of God's presence in your life.

The Symbolism of Numbers and Consciousness

The number 666 represents the lower consciousness, while 144,000 and 153 fish symbolize the higher consciousness, all leading to the significance of the number 9.

Suffering in the world is a result of free will, as individuals can choose between right and wrong.

The concept of God and external forces causing suffering is challenged, emphasizing that personal choices and their consequences shape our experiences.

The concept of the altar is deeply rooted in spiritual symbolism, with its dimensions and structure reflecting the four-fold nature of man and consciousness.

The altar is seen as God's table within us, and by meditating on it, we can achieve a union with the divine.

The importance of the altar is emphasized in various spiritual teachings, including those of Jesus Christ and Hari Krishna, highlighting its role in manifesting life force and spiritual awakening.

The Spiritual Significance of Gideon's Story

Gideon brings a sacrifice to the angel of God, symbolizing the offering of oneself to the Divine.

The angel's actions at the rock, representing the pineal gland, lead to a spiritual transformation and union with God.

The concept of sacrifice is echoed in Hinduism through Prapa, who shares similarities with Jesus, emphasizing the interconnectedness of spiritual teachings.

The Spiritual Significance of the Right Hand and the Burnt Offering

The right hemisphere of the brain is associated with the highest mind and the book of life, as mentioned in the Bible.

The burnt offering, symbolized by the Sun entering Aries, is believed to bring new life and abundance to the Earth, while also representing the inner spiritual transformation.

Jesus' teachings emphasize the importance of the altar and Christ consciousness in achieving unity with God and experiencing personal renewal.

The inner temple is essential for God's existence, as He can only dwell within the living beings, including humans.

The altar within us represents Christ, guiding us to reach God.

By sanctifying our inner temple and seeking the kingdom within, we play a crucial role in allowing God to exist and manifest in our lives.