What Is The Ecclesia? (Pt. 3)

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What Is The Ecclesia? (Pt. 3)
Churc h & Stat e - vers us - The Eccl esia System
by Ben Williams
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“...the kingdom of heaven suffers
violence, and the violent are
taking it by force.”
Matthew 11:12
In the two previous parts I showed the
meaning of “ecclesia.” I also showed
the meaning of the word “church” –
which most English-speaking churches
wr ongl y us e to re pl ac e th e word
“ecclesia.” Churches have led people to
drop the word “ecclesia” and replace it
with the word “church.” The reason for
this becomes obvious after you realize
the mission of the churches and their
master ... the state. Thus, English readers
have lost the original concept of the
ecclesia.
This is crucial! The more you learn
about the Gospel of the Kingdom, the
more you realize the importance of rediscovering
the meaning and purpose
of Christ’s ecclesia system.
There is yet much to be uncovered
– much to understand and put into action
concerning the ecclesia system of
God. There is much yet to do and to
teach. The Bible refers to the ecclesia
system of God, i.e., the Reign of Christ,
many tim es in def ini te ter ms. But,
church people have been blind to it in
th e pa st du e to mi st ra ns la ti on,
miseducation and brainwashing.
For instance, in Jn. 17:24, Eph.
1:4, and I Pet. 1:20, the KJV says :
“. ..be fo re the foundation of the
world....” This phrase conjures up definite
images of “before the universe was
created.” However, it actually is talking
about the “ecclesia system.” In Greek,
it reads thus: “...before the founding
of the system...,” – meaning Christ’s
New Covenant system – the ecclesia.
This verse is not referring to the time
before the earth was created, but to a
time before Christ’s Reign was established
(i.e., the New Covenant age with
its ecclesia system). It simply means, before
Christ was raised from the dead and
given the throne over Israel.
The ecclesia system is the system
of God given to us in Scripture, established
by Christ and his apostles, and
viable today to all who understand it.
NO “RIGHT” CHURCHES
The church system is the great
counterfeit system. It has been shovedoff
on us to keep us blind to the loss of
freedom we’ve suffered from losing sight
of Christ’s ecclesia system. The churches
have obscured this simple truth with their
religious flim-flam. The Church-State
establishment has staged a coup, usurping
the ecclesia system and replacing it
with the Church-State duo.
The wine of religion and politics has
done its work on the minds and hearts
of the people. The spiritually drunken
condition of church people usually prevents
them from discerning the subtle,
but immense, changes. Church people
cannot generally understand and appreciate
the monstrous changes that have
occurred – changes which have swallowed
them up, and of which they are
now a part.
If you are a church person reading
this, you likely think of yourself, and your
church, as “a different sort.” You may
read my commentsand summarily agree
with me, thinking I am referring to
THOSE OTHER churches, and not to
your church. This mentality is common,
and I und erstand it – having gone
through it myself. It is very easy for a
church person to view it this way. You
may even subscribe to the theory that
yours is “the only true church,” and it
alone has God’s approval.
Reader, please understand – the difference
of one, or a few, doctrines is
not th e cr it er ia fo r condemni ng
churchdom. Churches are wrong by
their very nature. They are not what they
purport to be! Any organization which
supports and/or subscribes to the typical
concept of “church” in general –
whether it calls itself a church, a synagogue,
a fraternity, or any other name
– is unacceptable regardless of its particular
name or doctrinal peculiarities.
Churches, like synagogues and political
offices, must be avoided! They confuse,
pervert, and dissipate.
GET OUT OF THE CHURCHES!
They are NOT of God! They are NOT
of Christ’s Reign! They may incorporate
the name “Christ” in their title, but
without his authority it means nothing.
Christ didn’t instit ute churches! He
doesn’t want churches! He instituted a
civil system of independence and liberty,
called “The Christian Ecclesia System.”
CHURCH FATHERS
Juxtaposed to Christ’s ecclesia was
the church system – as represented by
Simon Magus.
9. But there was a certain man, called
Simon (Magus), which beforetime
in the same city used sorcery, and
bewitched the people of Samaria,
giving out that himself was some
great one:
10. To whom they all gave heed, from
the least to the greatest, saying,
This man is the great power of
God.
11. And to him they had regard,
because that of long time he had
bewitched them with sorceries.
12. But when they believed Philip
preaching the things concerning
the kingdom of God, and the name
of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,
both men and women.
13. Then Simon himself believed
also: and when he was baptized,
he continued with Philip, and
wondered, beholding the miracles
and signs which were done.
18. And when Simon saw that
through laying on of the apostles’
hands the holy spirit was given, he
offered them money,
19. Saying, Give me also this authority
that on whomsoever I lay
hands, he may receive the holy
spirit.
20. But Peter said to him, Your
money perish with you, because
you have thought that the gift of
God may be purchased with
money.
21. You have neither part nor lot in
this matter: for your heart is not
right in the sight of God.
22. Repent therefore of this your
wickedness, and pray God, if
perhaps the thought of your heart
may be forgiven you.
23. For I perceive that you are in the
gall of bitterness, and in the bond
of iniquity.
Acts 8:9-13, 18-23
Another noted church father was
Elymas the sorcerer.
6. And when they had gone through
the isle to Paphos, they found a
certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a
Jew, whose name was Barjesus
(son of Jesus):
7. Which was with the deputy of the
country, Sergius Paulus, an
intelligent man: who called for
Barnabas and Saul, and desired to
hear the word of God.
8. But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is
his name by interpretation) withstood
them, seeking to turn away
the deputy from the faith.
9. Then Saul, (who also is called
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Paul), filled with the holy spirit, set
his eyes on him.
10. And said, O full of all subtilty and
all mischief, you son of the devil,
you enemy of all righteousness,
will you not cease to pervert the
right ways of the Lord?
Acts 13:6-10
The sorcery described in the above
verses is the basis and mode of the
church system. People entrenched in the
church system generally cannot see this
– but churches, by their very nature, are
products of Babylon. They stifle intelligence,
independence and liberty.
Therefore, we have didicated ourselves
to learn more about the ecclesia
system, expose the church system for
the harlot that she is, and hopefully encourage
people to develop a sincere dislike
for churches and church functions.
We shall fan the fire of contempt
ag ai ns t ce nt ra l go ve rnmen t an d
churches, and encourage everyone to
read the Bible for themselves – as a
manual for life, rather than a formula
for sorce ry and superstition. People
must, sooner or later, realize that the
commandment to “come out of her my
people,” refers also to the churches.
THE VINEYARD? OR THE
PLANTATION?
7. For the vineyard of Yahweh of
hosts is the house of Israel, and
the men of Judah his pleasant
plant: and he looked for judgment,
but behold oppression; for righteousness,
but behold a cry.
8. Woe unto them that join house to
house, that lay field to field, till
there be no place that they may be
placed alone in the midst of the
earth!
Isaiah 5:7-8
Christians who have suffered under
years of brainwashing from the churches
will find the ecclesia concept a little hard
to grasp. So, as an illustration to help
get the idea across, we’ll use the plantation
analogy – an example familiar to
most people. This should help clear up
some points.
For the purposes of this illustration,
think of The United States as The Big
Plantation. Think of Washington D.C.
as the plantation manor, and Congress
as the master (“massah”). And, remember,
the International Bankers are the
mortgage-holders and true behind-thescenes
owners and controllers of the
Plantation. Lastly, you are the slaves
(regulated residents) on the Plantation.
Now we have all the elements for a
plantation system: 1. Slaves , 2. Land ,
3. Master, 4. Financiers.
This illustration fits Isaiah 5 (quoted
above) where a nation is called “a vineyard.”
A plantation, then, is a vineyard
...with an enslaving central government.
Vineyards grow well and flourish in
God’s natural environment – as long as
central government doesn’t take over
and abuse the land. The ecclesia system
can be likened to a system of husbandry
and preservation of the vineyard
of Yahweh. Caring for the vineyard includes
being on guard against any kind
of central government taking root and
spreading throughout the garden – a
purpose forgotten by most of our race,
thanks to the brainwash of the churches.
ECONOMIC & POLITICAL
MONOPOLY
As Isaiah said, it is wrong to “join
houses and fields” together until one
person, or one corporation, has control
of large areas of land. The largest corporate
monopoly in America is the U.S.
Government. It owns and controls the
whole nation. No private ownership has
existed in the U.S.A. since the Constitution
was ratified over 200 years ago.
U.S. citizens are tenants on government
land. We can use the land for a fee
(taxes), but we cannot own it.
The Bib le gives cle ar warn ing s
against the sin of monopolies of property
and power. For instance, Micah tells
the people that their acceptance of central
monopolies has brought them slavery:
1. Woe to them that devise iniquity,
and work evil upon their beds!
when the morning is light, they
practice it, because it is in the
power of their hand.
2. And they covet fields, and take
them by violence; and houses, and
take them away; so they oppress a
man and his house, even a man
and his heritage.
3. Therefore thus says Yahweh;
Behold, against this family do I
devise an evil, from which you
shall not remove your necks;
neither shall you go haughtily: for
this time is evil.
4. In that day shall one take up a
parable against you, and lament
with a doleful lamentation, and say,
We are utterly spoiled: he has
changed the portion of my people:
how has he removed it from me!
turning away he has divided our
fields.
Micah 2:1-4
Again, Micah explains that corrupt
government and religion have brought
poverty in the land:
9. Hear this, I pray you, you heads of
the house of Jacob, and princes of
the house of Israel; that abhor
judgment, and pervert all equity.
10. They build up Zion with blood,
and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11. The heads thereof judge for
reward, and the priests thereof
teach for hire, and the prophets
thereof divine for money: yet will
they lean upon Yahweh, and say, Is
not Yahweh among us? none evil
can come upon us.
12. Therefore shall Zion for your sake
be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem
shall become heaps, and the
mountain of the house as the high
places of the forest.
Micah 3:9-12
Habakkuk warns that a nation
which builds with blood and oppression
will be overthrown:
8. Because you have spoiled many
nations, all the remnant of the
people shall spoil you; because of
men’s blood, and for the violence
of the land, of the city, and of all
that dwell therein.
9. Woe to him that covets an evil
covetousness to his house, that he
may set his nest on high, that he
may be delivered from the power of
evil!
10. You have consulted shame to
your house by cutting off many
people, and have sinned against
your soul.
11. Woe to him that builds a town
with blood, and establishes a city
by iniquity!
Habakkuk 2:8-12
One cannot read these scriptures
without thinking of the government system
in America. The only difference between
the beast powers of the Old Testament
times, and the central beast of
America, is that today’s beast is many
times larger and more powerful.
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Looking at a map of the Big Plantation
(The United States), you can see
little lines here and there marking the
state boundaries. Just think of those lines
as fences. As any good farmer or
rancher knows, it is important to maintain
good fences on the plantation to
properly manage the cattle and keep
them in their proper areas. The plantation
master (Congress) must keep close
track of the cattle, which includes branding
them for identification and keeping
records on them.
Or, perhaps more correctly, you
could think of the state borders as marking
off smaller sections of the Plantation
– each section containing its own
group of slaves. The boundaries between
each section of slaves are there
to help each section manage its slaves
and keep them from getting mixed up
with the slaves of other sections. Dividing
the land into smaller sections is for
the purpose of keeping better local
records, keeping the slaves working and
producing, and avoiding rebellion. This
is called “political science.”
Of course, there have been other
Big Plantations. In the Bible, we read
about the Garden of Eden – a godly vineyard
to start with, but eventually spoiled
by the serpent system of central government.
All it took was a slick politician
(the serpent) showing man how he
could “become wise,” and “be as a god,”
creating his own laws. Thus, the first
central government is recorded in the
Bible.
Of course, the well-known epitome
of central government was Babylon with
its central tower.
We also read of the ancient kingdoms
of Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Greece
and Rome. These were Big Plantations
with forced slavery. They built their plantations
on the blood of the common
people the same as the United States
has done.
ADVANCED METHODS
There is nothingnew under the sun.
Slavery continues today under the guise
of central government. But, today’s
slavers understand the business better
than the old plantation masters did.
They’ve always known that incentive
was needed to keep the slaves on their
plantations “where they belong.” The
slaves need to know that they’ll get regular
meals and clothes as long as they
behave themselves... and, that they’ll be
severely punished if they break the rules
or try to escape.
But, political engineers discovered
long ago that this kind of incentive alone
is not enough. The threat of beatings
and the loss of regular meals has never
been enough to keep healthy slaves from
rebelling. The need to be free was still
there ... burning in their hearts ... bursting
forth at times in the form of rebellion,
even though it cost them dearly.
The urge is just uncontrollable.
The master s knew they needed
more control. They needed something
that would break the spirit of freedom
so that it could not surface. In other
words, slaves must have rea son to
WANT to stay put, and shut up, and do
their work for the big massah. They
must be made to peacefully ACCEPT
their circumstances. The only thing that
could accomplish this was a system of
brainwashing that would actually convince
the slaves that they did not WANT
to escape. They needed a system of
control that would actually inoculate the
minds of the slaves against rebellious
thoughts. This would eliminate the potential
of rebellion – nipping it in the
bud, so to speak.
THE CHURCH SYSTEM
The Plantation masters needed a
propaganda mill that would brainwash
the people and make them docile and
dull of mind, like cattle. That propaganda
mill – that stupefier and pacifier
– was THE CHURCH SYSTEM. It is
truly “the opium of the people.” Christ
brought liberty, but the churches counterattacked
with ignorance, confusion,
religion and slaver y. The masses accepted
the churches. But, the true followers
of Christ cannot accept them
once they see the truth.
Thus, a brilliant plan was conceived
and implemented. In their scheme to
keep on top, to stifle the ecclesia system
of Christ, the Plantation masters set
up the propaganda and brainwash mill
called “church,” and declared it a full
partner of the “State.” The institution
was accepted by the people because
they were told that it was instituted by
Christ, and that it had approval of the
central government.
The church system was put into
place by the masters in Washington D.C.
more than 200 years ago. Over the
years, the people came to accept the
“church system,” and the church system
killed their spirit of freedom. All this
was accomplished in the name of religion.
Thus, the true ecclesias were forgotten
– along with freedom. Central
government enjoys sovereignty over the
people. The churches redefined freedom
and stupefied the people.
But, the thing we must keep in mind
is that the “church, ” as we know it,
has absolutely no scriptural authority.
The “church” is not the “ecclesia.” The
ecclesia is an entirely different concept.
The “church,” as we know it, is NOT in
the Bible at all. The closest thing to it is
the Jewish synagogue.
Furthermore, the word “church” is
like the word “Jew.” It is a misnomer
used only to confuse and neutrali ze
Christians. As the word “Jew” has been
used wrongly to replace the word “Israelite,”
so also the word “church” has
been used wrongly to replace the word
“ecclesia” – all for a pre-determined
purpose. And, just as the Israeli state is
rightly called an illegitimate entity, so
also is the ins titution of “church. ”
Church, combined with State, has been
usu rping the Reign of Chris t (“the
ecclesia”) all these years.
THE ALTERNATIVE
Jesus gave us His system as a political
alternative to Babylonian “states”
and “churches.” In the book of Acts, the
ecclesias were in the process of undermining
the church-state complex (i.e.,
“The Beast”). The efficiency and workability
was undeniable. The success was
unstoppable. Indeed, prophecy indicates
that eventually it will completely destroy
the Beast System!
When Christ told Peter that His
ecclesia would be built upon the rock,
and that the gates of hell would not prevail
against it, He was talking about His
kingdom as it was to be expressed in
Christian civil communiti es – NOT
churches! Independent communit ies
(ecclesias) were the mortal enemies of
the centralized church-state complex.
Central governments cannot allow independent,
autonomous communities to
exist. It would break their power to tax,
plunder, and control the people.
Jesus set up His kingdom, and dispersed
it in the ecclesias. The apostles
carried this vital message: “the good
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news of the reign of Christ.” As they
ecclesias (communities) here and there,
based upon Christ’s Reign. Man could
make no law. Only God could make law.
THE STRUGGLE
Christ’s ecclesias met immediate
hatred and violence from the plantation
masters and their local officials of that
day. They knew that the ecclesias would
destroy them if allowed to continue. All
central-government systems were at risk
if the eccl esia system survived. The
ecclesia system was designed by Christ
to make centralized government obsolete,
and remove the “massahs” from
power. The Beast (central government)
attempting to dev our the Manchild
(ecclesia system).
In Revelation12, John describes the
great struggle between the beast and the
man child (i.e., between the central-government
system and the ecclesia system):
1. And there appeared a great
wonder in heaven; a woman
clothed with the sun, and the moon
under her feet, and upon her head
a crown of twelve stars (12-tribed
Israel):
2. And she being with child cried,
travailling in birth, and pained to be
delivered.
3. And there appeared another
wonder in heaven; and behold a
great red dragon (The Beast
System), having seven heads and
ten horns, and seven crowns upon
his heads (governments under his
central control).
4. ...and the dragon (central government)
stood before the woman
(Israel) which was ready to be
delivered, for to devour her child
(the ecclesia system) as soon as it
was born.
5. And she brought forth a man child
(Christ’s reign manifested in the
ecclesia system) who was to
shepherd nations with a staff of
iron: and her child (the ecclesia)
was caught up to God, and to his
throne. (“Upon this rock I will build
my ecclesia, and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it. And I
will give you the keys to the
kingdom of heaven.” Mtt 16:18)
7. And there was war in heaven
(struggle for power at the government
level): Michael and his angels
(the ecclesia and its people) fought
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against the dragon (central government);
and the dragon fought and
his angels.
8. And prevailed not; neither was their
place found any more in heaven
(Christ became the undisputed
king of Israel, and his Reign
replaced the Beast System in the
hearts and minds of the remnant).
13. And when the dragon saw that he
was cast to the earth, he persecuted
the woman (the Israel people
scattered throughout the world)
which brought forth the man child
(ecclesia system).
15. And the serpent (central gov’t)
cast out of his mouth water as a
flood (propaganda; brainwashing
via the churches) after the woman,
that he might cause her to be
carried away of the flood (confuse
and conquer the rest of the Israel
people located in the various
nations, preventing them from the
gospel of Christ’s reign).
Revelation 12
EMANCIPATION
What our people need today, more
than anything else, is to rediscover the
real meaning of freedom. Freedom is
the purpose and hope of Christ’s Kingdom
– i.e., the ecclesia system.
But, here we are today – on the big
Plantation. Americans are conquered
slaves ... and so brainwashed that we
actually imagine that we are somehow
free. If we are ever to get off the Plantation,
or if the Plantation is ever going
to relinquish its control, there is only one
path we can take. We must learn how
God would have us live in freedom with
one another! We must re- learn the
simple truths about the ecclesia system
of Christ.
This will require that we, first of all,
stop affiliating with, listening to, supportin
g, and most of al l DEPENDING
UPON, churches! We must stop our
church idolotry!
When we begin to view church, and
state, with equal contempt – then we
will be ready to progress into the free
ecclesia system under Christ.
29. Take my yoke upon you, and
learn of me; for I am meek and
lowly in heart: and you shall find
rest unto your souls.
Matthew 11:29
“Yoke” was an expression for taxation
and other burdens which an overlord
levied on his subjects. Just as the
neck of an ox bends under the weight
of a heavy yoke, so a man felt crushed
under heavy duties and taxes.
In some cases, when very heavy
taxes were exacted, men revolted because
they felt they could no longer carry
the yoke of their lord. One could hear
people say to one another, “our yoke
has become unbearable.”
When a new leader ascended the
throne, the first thing he did, if he was
kindly and merciful,was reduce the taxes
and lighten the burdens accrued from
the former government.
At the time Christ spoke this, the
people were heavily burdened with
taxes. There were imperial, state and
temple levies. The people maintained
the state and its officials, as well as the
temple and its extravagant priests. Both
temporal and spiritual rulers lived in luxurious
palaces at the expense of the poor.
However, Jesus (the new King) had
no palaces, temples and sacred shrines.
The God He preached was a loving father,
not a slave master. He could be
approached with a simple prayer. His
demands were honesty, a contrite heart,
and rejection of other gods. Thus, in
taking on Christ’s light yoke (i.e., accepting
His reign), men were freed from
their heavy yokes of tyranny, and allowed
to keep and enjoy the produce of
their own hands.
ANARCHY OR FREEDOM?
What modern government calls “anarchy,”
the Bible calls “the Kingdom of
Heaven.” Independence, libert y, and
self-government are not “anarchy.”
Governments hate liberty because it removes
them from their coveted positions
of power over the people. However,
what few of them fail to realize is that,
when the Beast falls, they are going to
fall with it. Their worst fear (freedom
for the people) will be realized. They try
to label it “anarchy,” but it is liberty. To
the central politicians, “anarchy” means
“any situation where central government
is not in control.”
But, Scripture describes central government
in less than friendly terms, and
it promises retribution and an ignominious
end to the corrupt system.
4. And I heard another voice from
heaven, saying, Come out of her,
my people, that you be not partakers
of her sins, and that you
receive not of her plagues.
5. For her sins have reached to
heaven, and God has remembered
her iniquities.
6. Reward her even as she rewarded
you, and double to her double
according to her works: in the cup
which she has filled, fill to her
double.
7. How much she has glorified
herself, and lived deliciously, so
much torment and sorrow give her:
for she says in her heart, “I sit a
queen, and am no widow, and shall
see no sorrow.”
8. Therefore shall her plagues come
in one day, death, and mourning,
and famine; and she shall be
utterly burned with fire: for strong is
Yahweh God who judges her.
15. The merchants of these things,
which were made rich by her, shall
stand afar off for the fear of her
torment, weeping and wailing.
16. And saying, “Alas, alas, that great
city, that was clothed in fine linen,
and purple, and scarlet, and
decked with gold, and precious
stones, and pearls!
17. For in one hour so great riches is
come to nought.” And every
shipmaster, and all the company in
ships, and sailors, and as many as
trade by sea, stood afar off,
18. And cried when they saw the
smoke of her burning, saying,
“What city is like unto this great
city!”
19. And they cast dust on their
heads, and cried, weeping and
wailing, saying, “Alas, alas that
great city, wherein were made rich
all that had ships in the sea by
reason of her costliness! for in one
hour is she made desolate.”
20. Rejoice over her, you heaven
(ecclesia), and you holy apostles
and prophets; for God has
avenged you on her.
Revelation 18:4-8, 15-20
Thus far, I’ve described the United
States as a huge plantation – with us as
the slaves, and Congress as our masters.
The bankers (i.e., the money merchants),
of course, hold mortgage on all
the land. They control the Congress.
Thus, they are the true owners of the
plantation.
I’ve touched upon the Bible laws
forbidding rule rs – and any form of
monopoly. I’ve done my best to convince
you that you should hate this evil
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government system of enslavement
(called “Mystery Babylon” in the Bible)
– just as I hate it.
I will probably manage to convince
a few. And, I know that there are a good
number of you who already despise this
Beast System, and the hired church system
which serves as the propaganda tool
for keeping the slaves pacified.
So, for those of us who are ready
to forsake Babylon and are only waiting
for Jesus to reveal to us a way to do it...
we’ll go on to look at some of the features
of a free Christian society where
no central government exists, or where
it is too small to force it’s will upon those
who don’t want it. Go west young man,
where there is still freedom.
AMERICAN EXODUS
A century ago America was experiencing
a mass migration westward.
Families, by the thousands, were leaving
the eastern states and moving west.
What prompted this mass migration?
The answer is simple. It was caused by
central government!
Washington D.C. was on the east
coast. The old establishment, with its
oppressive corporate network, was on
the east coast. A century ago the Eastern
Establishmentwas synonymouswith
“central government.” Families who
yearned for freedom fled the east to
settle in the wild, but free, western territories.
They preferred the risk of hostile
elements, the lack of conveniences,
and the hard work of survival in the
wilds, to the oppression of the Eastern
Establishment and its central government.
Fortunately, most of the Indians
were friendly and quite helpful – except
when the “massahs” of the Eastern Establishment
began doing to them what
was already being done to our own race
in the eastern states. Some of the Indians
eventually realized that the Eastern
Establishment meant to conquer them,
steal their land, and put them on Godforsaken
reservations... and they fought
the new plantation owners. Would-to-
God that our own race would have done
the same! But, instead, we allowed the
Eastern Establishment to move in, rout
the Indians, and continue enslaving us.
The alternative to Babylonian (central)
government is the Christian ecclesia
system – the system that Christ and His
apostles began setting up immediately
after Christ announced His reign. It was
that system that Paul and Barnabas were
setting up in their travels to Asia Minor
and Europe. They were not building
churches! They were sharing the good
news of Christ’s reign, and showing how
to live free within an ecclesia community
system – independent from central,
state rulership.
It was this same ecclesia system of
Christ’s reign that the apostles took to
their scattered kinsmen in the nations
of the world. That message was called
“the gospel of the kingdom.” And, it was
this message which caused the disciples
to be beaten, imprisoned, persecuted,
and murdered by the central governments
of those nations. The disciples
were spreading “sedition” in those lands
because they were declaring a different
king and a different government.
The new king was Jesus – and that
government was the ecclesia system
Jesus told Peter about in Matthew
16:18:
“Upon this rock I will build my ecclesia
(i.e., my kingdom in communities), and
the gates of hell (i.e., destruction) will not
prevail against it.”
Obvi ou sl y, ch ur ch es ar e not
ecclesias. The churches pander pacifism
among the slave s, worship the U.S.
Constitution (which put the central rulers
in place) and preach conformity to
the collectivist policies. Churches do not
support freedom. There is no similarity
between churches and ecclesias.
Cent ra l government needs the
churches! It even gives them preferred
tax status over other institutions. The
ecclesia system, on the other hand, is
hated by central government!
The church system pacifies people
through mythology, brainwashing, hypnosis,
priestcraft, social events, emotion
catharsis, parties, commitees, organizing,
and more organizing. But, the
ecclesia system avoids all that, deals in
the real world of honest work and accomplishments,
allowing Christians to
live natural, wholesome, self-governed
lives.
People who have been “properly
churched” become apathetically dissipated.
They have no energy left, nor
any desire, to face the real problems of
their day. They only think about the
unreal mythologies of the church world.
In fact, they lose the ability to even see
the real problems. They cannot rise
above the weekly routines, the religious
rituals and the endless organized activities
of the church. If they have any potential
for concern it gets wasted on
nonsensical rituals and church programs.
STOP DEFENDING CHURCH
AND STATE
There is a growing number of us
who do not like plantation life. So, for
those who are ready to think outside the
box of central government, and its harlot
churches on every street corner, we
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shall go on to discuss the features of life
WITHOUT the plantation beast on our
backs.
Contemplating life without church
and central government brings questions
to mind .. and that’s good! Questions
cause thinking. Thinking provides more
solutions. We need solutions! We need
good minds thinking on this subject.
Liberty is yet a mystery to most
people. They wonder, “How could society
function if people were left to make
their own decisions, handle their own
affairs, and provide for their own safety
and welfare?” Even those who claim to
be free cannot contemplate such drastic
measures. Like the Israelites of old,
who thought they wanted liberty (until
they experienced it firsthand in the exodus),
church people of today have little,
if any, understanding of real liberty.
They don’t even dislike central government.
They don’t really mind living as a
slave.
Central government is considered
a necessary feature of society by most
church people. Here are three arguments
I often hear from them when I
say we don’t need central government:
1. “But, don’t we need some form
of central government over such a large
country? How could we coordinate and
run this nation, and its commerce, without
central government to keep things
in order?”
2. “How could we defend against
foreign invasion without central government
to raise an army?”
3. “But the Constitution was Godinspired,
and our government is the best
in the world.” (My advice, when you hear
these words: prepare for a short conversation
and a quick exit. The man is
out of touch with reality.)
First, I’ll show you the weakness of
these arguments. Then, I’ll show the
strength of real Christian liberty and the
ecclesia system.
1. No! We do not need a central
government over us. 200 years of central
government here in America has
done nothing to help us – and everything
to hurt us.
In controlling commerce, the central
government has proven itself to be
the greatest enemy of free trade and
honest labor. It certainly has not protected
and helped us in this area.
2. In terms of military protection
against foreign invasion, the central
government has done absolutely nothing
to help us. In fact, it has done just
the opposite. It has...
a) ...turned broth er against
brother in the Civil War [War between
the States].
b) ...started and/or gotten us involved
in nearly every war you can
name, forced us to pay taxes, and forced
our young men (and now women, too)
to waste their lives fighting bankers’ wars
on foreign soil for reasons the soldiers
don’t even understand.
3. The Constitution could not have
been God-inspired! This can be proven
in easy steps:
a) “Where the spirit of the
Lord is, there is liberty” (2 Corinthians
3:17). Therefore freedom and Christ are
inseparable.
b) The Constitution created a
central government. This government
is still in place. It has ruled, centrally,
since 1787.
c) The central government has
enslaved people, ruined the economy,
murdered our sons, aborted our babies,
demoralized our youth, brainwashed the
whole population, and destroyed the
heritage of our race. In short, the U.S.
Government has destroyed freedom.
d) Therefore, since the Constitution
created a government which destroys
liberty, it could NOT have been
inspired by God. And, contrary to the
common claim that “our government
may not be perfect, but it is the best in
the world,” the fact is, the U.S. Government
may very well be the worst in
the world. It certainly has caused more
misery than any other.
The point is this: there is no benefit
whatsoever in central government ...
EXCEPT to those who are in the government,
and the bankers who profit
from government.
International wars are nothing more
than bankers squabbling over investments
and property disputes. Central
governments are tools of bankers to
keep watch over their investments and
loans. Anyone who wants a central government
is either an enemy or a fool!
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LIFE IN THE ECCLESIA
Now, lets talk briefly about commerce
and law enforcement in a free
society – without central government.
What does the Bible say?
Law for Commerce
A. Theft
15. “You shall not steal.” Exodus 20:15
B. Monopolies
9. “Woe to them that join house to
house, that lay field to field, till
there be no place that they may be
placed alone in the midst of the
land.” (no monopolies on land and
commerce.)
Isaiah 5:8
C. Land Investment
5. “Now therefore, if you will obey my
voice indeed, and keep my covenant,
then you shall be a peculiar
treasure to me above all people:
for all the land is mine (God’s).”
Exodus 19:5
10. And you shall hallow the fiftieth
year, and proclaim liberty throughout
all the land unto all the inhabitants
thereof: it shall be a jubilee to
you; and you shall return every
man to his possession, and you
shall return every man to his family.
23. “The land shall not be sold for ever:
for the land is mine; for you are
strangers and sojourners with me.
24. And in all the land of your possession
you shall grant a redemption
for the land.” (Land grants to family
for 50 years; cannot be sold).
Leviticus 25:10 & 23-24
Law Against Violence
Murder
13. “You shall not murder.”
Exodus 20:13
6. “Whosoever sheds man’s blood, by
man shall his blood be shed: for in
the image of God made he man.”
(Murderers must pay with their own
blood.)
Genesis 9:6
Law for Punishment & Enforcement
A. Principle
23. “And if any mischief follow, then
you shall give life for life,
24. Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
for hand, foot for foot.
25. Burning for burning, wound for
wound, stripe for stripe.”
Exodus 21:23-25
B. Witnesses
15. “One witness shall not rise up
against a man for any iniquity, or
for any sin, in any sin that he sins:
at the mouth of two witnesses, or
at the mouth of three witnesses,
shall the matter be established.
16. If a false witness rise up against
any man to testify against him that
which is wrong;
17. Then both the men, between
whom the controversy is, shall
stand before Yahweh (in a godly
court) before the priests and the
judges, which shall be in those
days;
18. And the judges shall make
diligent inquisition: and behold, if
the witness be a false witness, and
has testified falsely against his
brother;
19. Then shall you do to him, as he
had thought to have done to his
brother: so shall you put the evil
away from among you.
20. And those which remain shall
hear, and fear, and shall henceforth
commit no more any such evil
among you.
21. And thine eye shall not pity; but
life shall go for life, eye for eye,
tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot
for foot.”
Deuteronomy 19:15-21
C. Judgment/Trial
13. “Take you wise men, and understanding,
and known among your
tribes, and I will make them your
chiefs.
15. So I took the chief of your tribes,
wise men, and known, and made
them heads over you, captains
over hundreds, and captains over
fifties, and captains over tens, and
officers among your tribes.
16. And I charged your judges at that
time, saying, Hear the causes
between your brethren and judge
righteously between every man
and his brother, and the stranger
that is with him.
17. You shall not respect persons in
judgment; but you shall hear the
small as well as the great; you shall
not be afraid of the face of man; for
the judgment is God’s: and the
cause that is too hard for you, bring
it unto me (Moses), and I will hear
it.” (Judges are to judge matters,
but not enforce them.)
Deuteronomy 1:13-17
D. Enforcement
5. “Then shall you bring forth that
man or that woman, which have
committed that wicked thing, to
your gates (courts), even that man
or that woman, and shall stone
them with stones, till they die.
6. At the mouth of two witnesses, or
three witnesses, shall he that is
worthy of death be put to death;
but at the mouth of one witness he
shall not be put to death.
7. The hands of the witnesses shall
be first upon him to put him to
death, and afterward the hands of
all the people (private enforcement
of judgment; no police force). So
you shall put the evil away from
among you.
12. And the man that will do presumptuously,
and will not hearken
to the priest that stands to minister
there before the LORD your God,
or to the judge, even that man shall
die: and you shall put away the evil
from Israel.
13. And all the people shall hear, and
fear, and do no more presumptuously.”
Deuteronomy 17:5-13
E. Cities of Refuge
9. “And Yahweh spoke to Moses,
saying,
10. Speak to the children of Israel,
and say to them, When you are
come over Jordan into the land of
Canaan;
11. Then you shall appoint cities to be
cities of refuge for you (for slayers
awaiting trial); that the slayer may
flee there, which kills any person
by accident.”
Numbers 35:9-11
F. Revenger of Blood
12. “And they shall be to you cities for
refuge from the avenger (the next
of kin whose responsibility it is to
punish the murderer); that the
manslayer die not, until he stand
before the congregation (the
judges) in judgment.
15. These six cities shall be a refuge,
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both for the children of Israel, and
for the stranger, and for the
sojourner among them: that every
one that kills any person accidentally
may flee there.
16. And if he smite him with an instrument
of iron, so that he die...
17. ...with throwing a stone, wherewith
he may die...
18. ...an hand weapon of wood,
wherewith he may die, and he
die, he is a murderer: the murderer
shall surely be put to death.
19. The revenger of blood himself
shall slay the murderer: when he
meets him, he shall slay him.
21. ...the revenger of blood shall slay
the murderer,when he meets him.”
Numbers 35:12-21
G. Accidental Death
22. “But if he (the killer) thrust him
(the victim) suddenly without
enmity, or have cast upon any
thing without laying of wait (i.e.,
without premeditation; strictly by
accident),
23. Or with any stone, wherewith a
man may die, seeing him not,
and cast it upon him, that he die,
and was not his enemy, neither
sought his harm:
24. Then the congregation shall judge
betwen the slayer and the
revenger of blood according to
these judgments:
25. And the congregation shall deliver
the slayer out of the hand of the
revenger of blood, and the congregation
shall restore him to the city
of his refuge, where he was fled,
and he shall abide in it until the
death of the high priest, which was
anointed with the holy oil.
29. So these things shall be for a
statute of judgment to you
throughout your generations in all
your dwellings.
(Numbers 35:22-30)
H. No Bail For Murderers
30. Whoso kills any person, the
murderer shall be put to death by
the mouth of witnesses: but one
witness shall not testify against
any person to cause him to die.”
31. “Moreover, you shall take no bribe
(no fine) for the life of a murderer,
which is guilty of death; but he
shall be surely put to death.
32. And you shall take no bribe for
him that is fled to the city of his
refuge, that he should come again
to dwell in the land: and the land
cannot be cleansed of the blood
that is shed therein, but by the
blood of him that shed it.
34. Defile not therefore the land which
you shall inhabit, wherein I dwell:
for I Yahweh dwell among the
children of Israel.”
Numbers 35:22-34
Offenses should be settled between
the parties inv olved. Remedies for
crimes must be sought by the victims,
or their next-of-kin. The power of law
enforcement cannot be forfeited into the
hands of central mercenaries (“police”)
and greedy politicians. To do so is to
open the door to tyranny. The judges
are to judge matters and declare what is
right – no more – no less. Enforcement
of that judgment depends upon the
people. There is no police force in the
Kingdom of God!
Without a cental law maker and
police force there would be no restriction
of wholesome business, creativity
and enterprise. Coordination between
people and communities would happen
naturally. Co-ops would take the place
of central bureaus, and monopolies or
central control would be against the law.
The same is true with regard to a
defense system. Banding together for
the purpose of helping and defending
each other is a function of the ecclesia
system. However, Christians must remember
that there is a big difference
between “cooperation,” and “corporation.”
A co-op is comprised of independent
persons or entities who take part
voluntarily. However, a corporation is
comprised of persons and/or entities
who have sacrificed their independence
to become a part of the corporate body.
Their performance is no longer voluntary,
but under control and demand of
the corporation... which becomes an
actual entity itself.
THE GOLDEN RULE
In a free society, with voluntary cooperation,
the common law would be
based on one principle: Man is free to
do anything he desires as long as he,
a) Does no harm to his fellow man.
b) Does not rebel against God.
(Matthew 22:37-40)
The great enemy of these principles
of freedom is the church-state Beast
System called “Babylon” in scripture.
The great friend of these principles
of freedom is the Christian Ecclesia System
(The Reign of Christ).
THE IDOLATRY MUST STOP
If you profess to follow Christ, then
it’s time you quit voluntarily feeding the
anti-Christ beast. Men that want liberty
must wean themselves from central government
and churches. It is the height
of absurdity for a Christian to attend and
support the very institutions which are
des troying his fre edom and sanity .
Those who voluntarily support a central
government, or a church, by believing
and teaching that it is good in any
way, or that it helps us, or that we need
it, are still living in a dream world.
In terms of central government, the
old axiom is still true: “The best government
is the least government.”
The ecclesia system, with the Bible
as its constitution, is capable of freeing
us from the bondage of the church-state
Plantation. Liberty cannot be found outside
of Christ. Christ’s system is the
Ecclesia System.
Freedom awaits us if we will stop
idolizing the churches and central Beast
System, and start pursuing the Kingship
of Christ.
CHURCH
The term "church," as we
know it, did not exist as such
before 300 AD. Empero r
Consta nt ine of Rome
declared "church" to be the
state-authorized vehic le of
worship for Christians ... thus
taking control of religion by
incorporating it into the state
in an attempt to undermine
the Christian ecclesia.
The “church" was thus
invented, and continues the
same to this day ... a fact that
is ca re fu lly ignore d by
churchgoers.