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THE NUMBER 144 – THE YEAR 2025 – THE LIFTING OF THE VEIL

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People have been seeing the number 144 lately, and there’s a reason for that. It’s a biblical number, so the Bible is where we will find the true meaning of the number. It has nothing to do with the mind; with consciousness. It has to do with the heart; with the subconscious. The number 144 is not associated with the “kingdom of heaven,” symbolizing the “realm of the mind.” Two thousand years ago, the cry was, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” the number 120 associated with the day Pentecost. Moses died at 120. The Law was to end with the passing of Moses. It was time to make the transition from the wilderness, symbolizing the mind, to the promised land, symbolizing the heart. The days of flesh are “an hundred and twenty” (Genesis 6:3), referring to the veil of spiritual flesh that has been formed inside of our physical flesh, which can only be removed through spiritual circumcision of the heart, which the prophet Jeremiah spoke of (4:4), through which one reaches the spiritual measure of 144.

For those of you who are not familiar with my story… in 1975 I met a man of no religion, who had a unique interpretation of the Bible. So intrigued by this knowledge I spent the next 19 years taking in the teachings of the revelation he received between 1960 and 1974. One evening, during Bible Study, in or around 1976, the Teacher told each of us what we represented or what our gift was. When he pointed to me, he said, “gift of knowledge.”That turned out to be true, as it was spiritual knowledge I was gifted with between 1998 and 2005 through revelation of the symbolic code of the Bible. In 1981, the man who the Teacher (in 1978) said would be coming to the group, arrived. One night, he pointed to him and said, “The Heart, there it sets, right there.” I like that he used the word “sets” instead of “sits,” indicating that this is not about the man, but about what the man represented. His sun sign is Leo, representing the Heart. We married in 1988, a representation of the union between THE HEART and  SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE.  

Fast forward ten years, to 1998, when I had a dream, which I only recently came to understand the meaning of. I was getting a gynecological exam. I looked over at a table and saw the number 64. The head nurse came in the room and said (referring to me) “Because of her age, she’ll be pregnant by January.” Again, this is not about the person, but about what the person represented, which is knowledge, 64 being the number of years from the start of the first revelation: 1960 + 64 = 2024… “pregnant by January” takes us into the year 2025, when we are to conceive of spiritual knowledge in that spiritual womb called the heart, knowledge that those that identify as God’s people lack, as spoken by the prophet Hosea, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (4:6). I mentioned to my husband that this year, 2025, our ages add up to 144. Then he pointed out that our ages added up to 70 when we got married, and that the Teacher who married us, was 74, which adds up to 144. Marriage is the act of intercourse; when a man and a woman come together and become one flesh. Spiritual marriage or intercourse is communication. The Heart is the spiritual womb, which is female. Spiritual knowledge is the seed or word of God (Luke 8:11), which is male. Intercourse or communication between the two results in the conception of spiritual truth, which should have taken place in the heart of the people two thousand years ago, but it was rejected by the carnal mind of those of religion, first by the Jews, and then by the Gentiles.

In December of 2024 I went back on social media after a 7-year hiatus, and found myself in the midst of Jehovah Witnesses, which I now know was not a coincidence because that’s when I learned of Charles Taze Russell, and began an in-depth study of the man and his teachings. His quote, “the truth is progressive, shining more into the perfect day,” suggests that understanding and enlightenment grow gradually, emphasizing the importance of continual learning and revelation. He spoke of the “perfection of knowledge,” referring to the spiritual knowledge we gain through revelation or understanding of the symbolic code of the Bible, which I began sharing on social media in 2000; in the dawn of the new millennium, which marked the beginning of the 7th day; the beginning of the 7th thousandth year since the fall in the garden, symbolizing the spiritual decline of mankind. The word “seven” means “perfect.” The 7th day is the perfect day, when the truth of God’s Word is made perfect through spiritual knowledge, which those of religion lack, being behind what I call “the veil of religious iniquity.”

As I continued to research Charles Taze Russell I came across something that I believe was by design, something that would connect Russell to my teacher Gilbert Loman Stiles. On October 2nd 1914 Russell announced that the “Gentile Times” had ended. Stiles was born on October 2nd 1914. In 1975 he announced to our little Bible Study group that the Gentile Israel and Judah were cut off. The years 1914 and 1975 marked important events, which Russell and his successors, misinterpreted. He left the Christian religion, but unwittingly brought some soul-destroying Christian beliefs with him, placing him behind “the veil of religious iniquity,” which prevented him from seeing things clearly. The number 144 shows up in the ages of these two men, which my husband also pointed out. Russell died at age 64 and Stiles at age 80, their ages adding up to 144. Russell was born in 1852, dying in 1916, and Stiles was born in 1914, dying in 1994, resulting in a 2-year overlap. Total years between them (1852-1994)=142. Add in the 2-year overlap=144. These two men were instrumental in the progression of spiritual knowledge, encouraging their students to continue to learn, and to be open to the possibility of more revelation, moving beyond what they had been taught in search of a deeper spiritual understanding of God’s Word. While Russell had one foot in religion by bringing the doctrine of the Christian religion, Paul’s doctrine, with him, Stiles was of no religion, and what was revealed to him about Paul was that he was a liar. I see these two men (born within two hundred miles of each other) as two witnesses advocating for and contributing to the progression and perfection of spiritual knowledge. Russell prophesied of the end of the Gentiles. Stiles announced its fulfillment. The word “Paul” (made apostle to the Gentiles) means “come to an end.”

144 is a spiritual measure, “the measure of a man” (Revelation 21:17). “And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” Matthew 19:28. The number 12 represents judgment. Judging the 12 tribes of Israel formulates to 12 x 12 = 144. The “regeneration” is the process through which a new creation is formed inside of us. There were six days in the creation of heaven and earth (not to be taken literally). A day is 24 hours. Six days formulates to 6 x 24 = 144. Our new creation comes into existence through the judgment, our six (metaphorical) days of (spiritual or internal) works outlined in the first six churches in the book of Revelation. The work of the first church in Ephesus (where Paul spread his lie pertaining to the holy Spirit) is to find those that say they are apostles, but are not, liars. Paul was made apostle to the Gentiles, the three main Christian religions (Catholic, Trinity, and Pentecost) making up the Gentile Israel and Judah that was cut off in one day in 1975. But Paul’s doctrine of lies lives on in the mind of the Christian, “the veil of religious iniquity” that prevents him from seeing the spiritual truth of God’s Word. To see it they will have to experience a spiritual “apocalypse,” which means, “lifting of the veil.” 

“Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.” God’s kingdom is being set up on earth, just not in the way the carnal religious mind would interpret it. The return of Jesus to the earth is the return of truth to the heart, taking place in those who are engaged in God’s judgment, overcoming their false religious and personal beliefs, through which they reach a spiritual measure of 144, ascending beyond the kingdom of heaven. Jesus tells us who is the least and who is great in the kingdom of heaven: “Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:19. Paul taught the people to reject the law that contains the commandments, replacing God’s law with his own law, which he calls “the law of Christ,” found only in the Pauline Epistles. Evidence of Paul’s rejection of the law is found in a commentary on the book of Habakkuk, who wrote in 626 BCE, a contemporary of Jeremiah the prophet, who wrote from 627 to 585 BCE, the commentary written in the late 1st century BCE, found in the Dead Sea Scrolls: “Those who were unfaithful together with the Liar, [who] did not listen to the word received by the Righteous Teacher from the mouth of God” and “who were silent at the time of the chastisement of the Righteous Teacher and did not aid him against the Liar who rejected the Law in the midst of all their Assembly…” No historical personages are mentioned by name because it’s a prophesy yet to be fulfilled.

Clement, who traveled with Peter, reveals that the ‘Righteous Teacher” was James, the brother of our Lord. And in a letter to Clement, Peter wrote this of Paul: “bad instruction, vain boasting, and other such evils have filled the whole house of this world like some enormous smoke preventing those who dwell in it from seeing the Founder aright.” Jesus was the Founder of Jewish Christianity. Paul was the founder of Gentile Christianity. Jesus chose the twelve to spread his gospel among the Jews. Paul was chosen apostle to the Gentiles, where he spread his own gospel, which is why Jesus said, “salvation is of the Jews.” Those who have left Pauline Christianity in favor of keeping the commandments, encouraging others to do so, “shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven,” while those who have accepted Paul’s “law of Christ,” selling others on a made-up law that requires no works, “shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven.” Both camps have an opportunity to ascend beyond the kingdom of heaven. Jesus said he came not to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. What fulfills the law is not Jesus, but the spiritual works that are synonymous with Jesus, which if believed (obeyed) perfects the law, completing it. “If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though you believe not me, believe the works.”John 10:38. What are the works of the Father? Creation, made through God’s word; through God’s seed, which Jesus is. It is through the creation of a new heaven and earth that the first heaven and earth we formed through false perceptions and beliefs passes away, which is what Jesus was referring to when he said, “till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” They were to keep the carnal works of the law until they were fulfilled through the spiritual works of God’s spiritual judgment.

Those who follow Jesus’ instruction by judging the twelve tribes of Israel, through which they reach the spiritual measure of 144, ascend beyond the kingdom of heaven. They enter the “kingdom of God,” symbolizing the “realm of the Heart” while in the physical realm, entering the reality of the kingdom of God in the spiritual realm, having completed the internal works that are synonymous with the judging of the twelve tribes of Israel. There are many interpretations when it comes to the number 144, and to the number 144,000. If they claim that the number is a literal number, whether of people or angels, if they associate the number with consciousness, with the energy of the body, or with a frequency at which the body is to resonate, it falls under a mind-body discipline, which is associated with the kingdom of heaven, not with the kingdom of God. The beheading of John the Baptist two thousand years ago illustrated the end of purification through mind-body disciplines; through perpetual prayers, ritualistic baths, and dietary restrictions, which is why John said he must decrease so Jesus could increase. According to Jesus, it is not what enters in from the outside that makes us impure, but what proceeds out of our heart, which is made pure through God’s judgment, by judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

A vision of God’s Kingdom was seen by Stiles on 7-7-77. There were “twelve columns,” symbolizing the judgment, all twelve tribes accounted for. Three below the mount. Seven on the mount. Two above the mount, in the city. The twelve columns are between the mount (the kingdom of heaven) and the city. One night, which would have been after 1981, the Teacher spoke on the Kingdom, which he had never done before, not even after receiving the vision. He spoke of the wall around the city, which like the wall that measures “an hundred and forty and four cubits” is a glorified body, which those in the city, being of pure spirit, must pass through to interact with those in the kingdom of heaven, which are in varying degrees of a type of flesh that can be seen in the spiritual realm. Adam and Eve existed in a spiritual realm, but when they disobeyed God’s word they received “coats of skins,” which were not animal skins, but physical flesh bodies that grounded them to the physical realm. Seeing themselves as naked, they hid themselves. “I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear…” Revelation 3:18. The fire symbolizes God’s judgment, which consumes the sinful flesh that has been formed inside of our physical flesh.

The two tribes associated with the city are Joseph and Benjamin, representing the two divine attributes of God, which is the Christ, the healing power through which we do the spiritual works that are synonymous with the judgment, through which we form a new creation; “a new heaven and a new earth” symbolizing “a new mind and a new heart,” which is salvation, the healing of the soul: the vital principle in man credited to the faculty of thought and emotion. Those that come out of the tribulation are right outside of Joseph and Benjamin, which tells me that its tribulation (within or without) that brings on the birth of this new creation from within, the “time of trouble” that Daniel (meaning, God is my judge) spoke of in the twelfth and final chapter. Having been purified through the judgment they enter a glorified state. They make up the wall of the city. They have judged themselves while on earth, reaching a spiritual measure of 144 in the 1,000-year reign of Christ, which began with the new millennium. They make up the 144,000, which Russell referred to as “the body of The seed.”

“The seed, The seed, The seed,” which Stiles heard in 1960. “What about the seed,” he asked. And with that, his understanding was opened. The seed is the gift of the holy Spirit, the Spirit being the Energy that sows the seed or word of truth in our heart if we don’t resist it. Stiles received the seed in the form of the revelatory knowledge he received over a period of fifty days prior to his baptism in a Pentecostal church he saw in a vision. What happened to him following his baptism on October 30th, 1960 matched the image of what Pentecostal refer to as “getting the Holy Ghost,” but it is not the holy Ghost or holy Spirit one receives following baptism, as Paul teaches. Stiles referred to what happened to him that night as “getting the seed.” Those who have “The seed” are in the city, as long as the window to enter the city remains open. I was shown that God’s kingdom closes from the top down. The 1,000 years given to man to reach a spiritual measure of 144 through God’s judgment is not to be taken literally, as it is written, “… except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.” Matthew 24:22. The trumpet has sounded. The time to ascend the mount is upon us. There is only ONE WAY to ascend the mount and enter the door that leads to the kingdom of God, which is through God’s judgment. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.” John 10:1. We will be stealing from ourselves, robbing ourselves of our highest potential, which is eternal life in the kingdom of God.

“There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.” Luke 13:28

Written by Sandra L. Butler © 2025

THE BIRTH OF JESUS

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Birth of JesusThere is quite a lot of speculation as to when Jesus was born.  The Christian religion teaches that Jesus was born on December 25th. Messianic Jews favor a date that ties in with one of the fall Feasts, such as the Feast of Trumpets or Feast of Tabernacles.  There are also a few spring predictions out there.

Let’s start with what Jesus is. The seed of God (Luke 8:11). God is called the husbandman, which means gardener.  A gardener plants his seed in early spring.  Let’s assume God planted His spiritual seed into the physical womb of Mary the first day of spring, the March equinox beginning on March 20th.  The flesh that would house this spiritual seed takes forty weeks to form, putting the birth on precisely December 25th.  

A December 25th date puts Jesus among the many other gods believed to be born on this day: Buddha, Krishna (eastern gods), Mithras (Roman god), Quetzalcoatl (Aztec god), Hercules (Greek god), Tammuz (Sumerian god), Horus and Osiris (Egyptian gods). This is where we need to look at the customs and practices of the people that worship these gods. The custom of the Egyptians was to be buried with their most valued earthly possessions, which they believed would go with them into the afterlife.  Certainly not a concept of Jesus, who taught us not to put value on earthly possessions.  The reason we should not group Jesus with the eastern gods is because the practices of the east are mind-body disciplines. Jesus advocated for a heart discipline, which brings us to the Aztecs, who sacrificed human hearts to their gods.  Clearly not a concept of Jesus, who taught on the spiritual sacrificing of the impurities of the heart.

For the spiritually-minded, the birth of Jesus is not about a literal day, but about a spiritual or internal experience. When seed is planted in the earth, symbolizing the heart, the life in the seed (John 1:4) is regenerated through its conception, which through the process of time, brings forth.  Maybe our time would be better spent thinking about the birth of God’s spiritual seed in our heart instead of the birth of the physical body that housed the spiritual seed, which is why Jesus would not have been born on December 25th, a date that fits the physical conception of physical seed rather than the spiritual conception of spiritual seed, which Jesus was. Maybe we will never know the truth when it comes to the day that Jesus was born because it is the spiritual birth that matters. The birth of truth can not be given a day. It takes place within the individual over an indeterminate period of time.

It is the Christian religion that is responsible for the way many think about the birth of Jesus.  And religious Christmas songs like, “Come let us adore him…” doesn’t help, taking our mind off of the spiritual, and putting it on the physical.  Christians say they believe in Jesus, which is to believe at a mind level. They adore the physical aspect of God’s holy seed.  But adoration for the spiritual aspect of Jesus requires us to believe on a heart level through spiritual or internal works, which has nothing to do with proclaiming we love Jesus with our mouth, or in our mind. “Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:” Isaiah 29:13. “This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.”  Matthew 15:8. It is through these spiritual or internal works that we regenerate truth in that spiritual womb called the heart, giving birth to truth, through which we demonstrate our love for the spiritual Jesus.  Let us think about the birth of Jesus in the context of what his birth symbolizes.  There is not enough information to determine exactly when Jesus was born in the flesh. But there is enough information to determine how we give birth to truth in our flesh.

“Now Maccabeus and his company, the Lord guiding them, recovered the temple and the city: But the altars which the heathen had built in the open street, and also the chapels, they pulled down. And having cleansed the temple they made another altar, and striking stones they took fire out of them, and offered a sacrifice after two years, and set forth incense, and lights, and shewbread.  When that was done, they fell flat down, and besought the Lord that they might come no more into such troubles; but if they sinned any more against him, that he himself would chasten them with mercy, and that they might not be delivered unto the blasphemous and barbarous nations.  Now upon the same day that the strangers profaned the temple, on the very same day it was cleansed again, even the five and twentieth day of the same month, which is Casleu. And they kept the eight days with gladness.” 2 Maccabees, Chapter 10, verses 1-6. December 25th, the day the heathen profaned the temple. The word profane means lacking due respect. We profane the temple through our false religious and personal images or beliefs, which we have set up in that spiritual temple called the heart. We cleanse the temple by overcoming these false beliefs through the birth of the spiritual Jesus from within our heart. In doing this, we are no longer counted among the heathen, the unbelievers, who only celebrate the birth of Jesus literally, perpetually, one day out of the year.

Written by Sandra L. Butler © 2015

CATASTROPHIC EVENTS

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“Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of they wings will I make my refuge, until these calalmities be overpast.” Psalms 57:1.  Some would argue that catastrophes are nothing new, that they have been going on since time began. Precisely. Time was the consequence of sin. The wages of sin is death.  Man’s sin is bringing more and more death. “And God saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of the heart was only evil continually.” Genesis 6:5. The wickedness of man is great in the earth because the evilness of man is great in what the earth symbolizes, which is the heart.  What followed was the flood, a story that with slight variations has been passed down in many cultures, making it all the more apparent that it is not about the physical flood, but about what the flood symbolizes, which is the spiritual evil in the heart of man, which is releasing a negative and destructive energy that is manifesting in the form of bigger and more powerful storms, in more powerful earthquakes, and in other mega catastrophic events. “Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee… ” Jeremiah 2:19.  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.  After the waters receded, God made a covenant with Noah, with his seed after him, and with every living creature that was with Noah. This covenant was made with Noah because he was righteous. It is man’s righteousness that will ensure his protection. God promised that he would not cut off flesh by the waters of a flood again, and that there would not be a flood to destroy the earth.  The definition of covenant is a binding agreement made by two or more parties. If one party breaks the covenant, the covenant becomes null and void.  Man has broken his covenant with God through unrighteousness.  Noah was saved by the works of building and entering the ark, as man, having entered the spiritual “era of Jacob” will be saved through the works of building a spiritual ark.  In performing these spiritual works, we are able to see our sin, and remove its negative and destructive energy, through which we enter an invisible ark of protection, while doing our part to decrease the negative and destructive energy being released in and upon the earth.  A culminative effort to put our sin in remission by removing our iniquities will lessen the intensity and frequency of these catastrophic events.

Written by Sandra L. Butler © 2001
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TWO SACRED TEXTS

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The Holy Bible teaches us that the Son is synonymous with the Word.  Abraham, referred to as Father, had two sons: Ishmael and Isaac.  Ishmael was father to the nation of Islam, and Isaac father to the nation of Israel. The Holy Bible and the Holy Quran— the Word of God.

The Bible teaches that Ishmael was the son of the bondwoman and Isaac was the son of the freewoman, which are referred to as the two covenants, revealing the two states of the soul— bondage and free.

Two thousand years ago, the world made its transition from the “era of Abraham” to the “era of Isaac,” at which time the people found themselves at a crossroads, taxed to make a choice between the physical path they were on, or the spiritual path that Moses had encouraged their ancestors to take 1500 years earlier.  As their ancestors before them, they chose the physical path, rejecting the spiritual teachings that would put them back on the spiritual path.  Jesus taught on a spiritual kingdom that was to be restored from within.  But the Jews wanted the physical kingdom of Israel to be restored from without.  As their ancestors before them, they chose the bondage of the carnal law, rejecting the spiritual truth, which if obeyed, would have brought them freedom within and without.

In the year 2000, we entered the third and final “era of Jacob,” where we stand at the final crossroads, taxed to make a choice— continue to view the content of our Sacred Texts through the lens of the carnal mind, and remain in bondage.  Or begin to view them with a spiritual mind, following the instruction through which we are made free.

The Torah of the Tanakh shows us two paths: The book of Genesis gives us an overview of the spiritual path, the book of Exodus detailing the children of Israel’s journey through the wilderness and up the mount, symbolizing man’s spiritual journey and ascension.  But the children of Israel never ascended the mount, leaving the spiritual path in favor of the physical path, choosing the bondage of the carnal law, which was to end at the passing of Moses, which brings us to the end of Deuteronomy, and to the end of the Torah.

The Nevi’im of the Tanakh shows us two paths: It begins with the book of Joshua. With the Passover at Jordan, where the children pass over into the promised land, eating no more of the manna, but of the old corn, symbolizing their transition from carnal law to spiritual truth. Their labor was to battle against the seven inhabitants of the promised land, symbolizing the spiritual battle by which we take possession of a spiritual promised land. But they soon reverted to the physical path by making marriages with the inhabitants of the land, which God had commanded them not to do, reverting to the bondage of the carnal law.  By driving out the spiritual enemies symbolized by the seven nations, we are made free of our spiritual bondage. The book of Judges sets forth the spiritual judgment that would have brought them spiritual freedom.  But they would not hearken to their judges, rejecting the voice of God, which spoke through His anointed one, Samuel.  They chose instead to have a physical king rule over them, becoming like the very nations they were to remain separate from. The Old Testament’s “Kings” and “Chronicles” names these kings and chronicles their acts. It was King David, anointed by Samuel, that came to turn the heart of the children back to God, putting them back on the spiritual path that their patriarchal fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob followed. But the power and influence of these righteous kings was soon usurped by kings that “walked not in the footsteps of David.”  A king symbolizes a spirit, revealing the righteous and unrighteous spirits working through the mind and heart of man.  Yet God’s hand was outstretched still, sending His Prophets, who prophesied of the destruction that would come if they continued in their spiritual disobedience.  But they would not hearken to their Prophets, stoning them by their refusal to change, refusing to take the spiritual path by keeping the spiritual law or word of God.

The Holy Qur’an shows us two paths: It establishes quite clearly the error of the children of Israel.  Yet the Qur’an takes its followers down the same physical path, the laws of the Qur’an no different than the laws of the Old Testament. Muhammad, 570-632, founder of Islam, was said to have experienced a vision of the archangel Gabriel in a cave outside Mecca, whose Arabic meaning reveals its symbolism.  Muhammed pondered questions raised in his mind as he listened to Jews and Christians expound on their religious beliefs in the marketplace.  Proclaimed a prophet by the archangel Gabriel, he continued to receive revelations.  If of a spiritual nature, they would have stood in opposition to the beliefs held by Jews, and by Christians, whose religious beliefs in 610 were far removed from the spiritual doctrine of Jesus, which was buried by 460.  Any spiritual teachings given to Muhammad gave way to physical laws due to the civil unrest that comes with spiritual disobedience; due to what the Qur’an calls “hearts infected with disbelief.”  The Muslim religion, like every religion before it, would follow the physical path.

The children of Israel chose Saul over Samuel, who spoke for God. The Jews chose the carnal law over the spiritual truth that Jesus, who spoke for God, brought them. Christianity was founded upon the carnal-minded doctrine of Paul, which teaches that salvation comes by believing in Jesus, which is contrary to the spiritual teachings of Jesus, which teaches salvation by believing (obeying) the spiritual works he spoke of and demonstrated for us. Paul taught that salvation is obtained by accepting the Son. Believe in Jesus and you’re saved, the doctrine being taught to Christians at the time of Muhammed, whose revelation served as a backlash against the belief that God has a partner with whom He shares His divine attributes. Jews, Muslims, and Christians, all lack a spiritual understanding of the Son, without which there can be no creation, and therefore, no salvation.

Written by Sandra L. Butler © 2000

 

CHRISTIANITY: THE CURSE UPON AMERICA’S FREEDOM

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downloadAmerica was founded upon spiritual principles or truths, our Founding Fathers divinely inspired by The Holy Bible.  

Principle: a basic truth, which applies to both the physical and the spiritual. Foundation: the basis on which a thing stands, is founded, or is supported.

The “Declaration of Independence” proclaims as a self-evident truth the First Principle: That “all men are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”  We were all created in the image of God, as it is written, “Let us make man in our image; after our likeness.”  The image of God is His Spirit and His word, truth, Jesus personified, through which we obtain life and liberty, as it is written, “In him was life…”  John 1:4.  “And ye shall know the truth, and  the truth shall make you free.”  John 8:32.  Spirit and truth, the two-fold power we have all have been endowed with by our Creator, through which we obtain true happiness, should we choose to pursue it.  The Founding Fathers formed the government of America, “the land of the free,” after the likeness of God. But to continue to be the land of freedom for the World, the people must be governed by God’s Spirit, and obedient to God’s word— the two divine attributes of the Creator.   

Christianity:  the religion derived from Jesus Christ.  Derived: of, or pertaining to. 

The Christian religion was not derived from Jesus Christ.  It was derived from the teachings of Paul.  Apostle Peter wrote the following about Apostle Paul in his letter to Clement: “bad instruction, vain boasting, and other such evils have filled the whole house of this world like some enormous smoke preventing those who dwell in it from seeing the Founder aright.” Peter goes on to say that Paul is the source of these errors, and that his visions deluded him. The following is a quote from Thomas Jefferson, one of the seven Founders: “Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man.  Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and importers led by Paul, the first great corrupter of the teaching of Jesus.”  It was most likely this insight that gave rise to Jefferson’s “Wall of Separation between Church and State,” which Jesus spoke to, saying, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Mark 12:17. The Founders saw the danger in mixing government with religion, symbolized by the iron and clay in the Book of Daniel: “… they shall not cleave one to another, even as the iron is not mixed with clay” Daniel 2:43. Thomas Paine, considered by some to be a Founding Father, said this: “All this [Paul’s writing] is nothing better than the jargon of a conjurer who picks up phrases he does not understand to confound the credulous people who come to have their fortune told.” The Founders were deists: one who believes in the existence of a personal God, but in few or none of the doctrines of the Christian religion. Christianity was founded upon the conjured, carnal-minded teachings of Paul, not upon the spiritual teachings of Jesus. In destroying the spiritual principles and truths upon which America was founded, Christians are unwittingly giving power to a government that will destroy what America stands for, which is FREEDOM! 

Written by Sandra L. Butler © 2021

THE 144,000

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“And I heard the number of them which were sealed; and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of Israel.” Revelation 7:4. The word sealed means to stamp with a signet or private mark (for security or preservation), referring to a spiritual security or preservation.

“And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”  Genesis 32:30. It is our spiritual life that is preserved, through which we enter an invisible wall of protection, the measure of which is 144. 

“And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.” Revelation 21:17.  How does man reach this spiritual measure of 144?  By obeying Jesus’ instruction pertaining to the twelve tribes of Israel:  “And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”  Matthew 19:28. The word regeneration means anew; the process of forming again, referring to the forming of a new creation from within, “a new heaven and a new earth,”symbolizing a new mind and a new heart,” through which “the first heaven and the first earth” (formed in a darkness we mistook for light; through lies we mistook for truth) passes away.  “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away.” Revelation 21:1

The twelve tribes of Israel are neither lost nor extinct, but existing within in the form of positive and negative aspects.  We are to judge the negative aspects of the tribes, which is to overcome them. The number twelve represents judgment, as we see in our own judicial system.  Judging the 12 tribes of Israel formulates to 12 x 12, which equals 144, “the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.”   An angel is a messenger. Those that hear (through obedience) the message of the angel of the first 6 churches in the book of Revelation reach the spiritual measure of 144.   As God’s physical creation was formed through 6 days of works (not to be taken literally), our new spiritual creation is formed through 6 (metaphorical) days of (spiritual) works.  A day is 24 hours, 6 days formulating to 6 x 24, which equals 144.  These spiritual works are the works of the spiritual judgment that is to take place within us— the act of overcoming all of our false religious and personal beliefs. Those that reach the spiritual measure of 144 by executing God’s spiritual judgment upon themselves, enter the 1,000-year reign of Christ: 144 + 1,000 = 144,000. “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them…  and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years…”  Revelation 20:7. The reign of Christ begins within the individual when what constitutes christ (love and truth) rules their mind and heart.  These make up the 144,000 mentioned in chapter seven of the book of Revelation.  Notice that the tribe of Dan is not listed among the tribes. That is because the word Dan means judge, and the 144,000 have already judged themselves.

Written by Sandra L. Butler © 2008

OLD AGE & NEW AGE BELIEFS

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Bible-heart-key-center-blkHaving spent a considerable amount of time on Christian and Spiritual message boards, I began to see parallels between those of mainstream Christianity and those of new age Christianity.  Those of the old age were claiming to be born again and saved.  Those of the new age were saying the same thing, but in a different language, claiming they were already spirit and perfect, they just had to remember it, and believe it.  While one group claimed to have the Holy Spirit, which is to say you have the Power of God, the other group claimed they were God.  And both groups showed little respect for the earth.  The one waiting to be whisked away in what they call the rapture, escaping the evil literally, the other calling the earth an illusion, escaping its evil through the power of their mind, denying that evil even exists, calling anything negative and destructive, such as disease, an illusion.  After seeing these parallels, I asked before going to sleep one night, “Lord, Why the parallels between these two groups of people?” I awoke to the words, “It’s the two gold calves the king of Israel set up in Dan and Bethel.  It’s the same image; an old religious belief in a new age wrapping.”  I understood the symbolism in the biblical story immediately.  And as time went by, I began to fully understand why it had come about.  For over fifteen hundred years now, the children of God have been humiliated and browbeaten by religion, stripped of their self-worth and self-esteem, stripped of their authentic power, controlled by fear.  Many of these children of God left the religious system in a very down-trodden emotional state, which made them overly susceptible to a belief that would make them feel good about themselves, their hearts eager to take on a belief that would tell them that they were okay, they were not sinners bound for hell.  It was the perfect time for the arrival of a new belief, one that would tell them what they so desperately wanted, and needed to hear. This belief helped them change the way they thought about themselves, gently patting them on the back, telling them they were perfect just the way they were.  This belief would also teach them that there was no such thing as evil, and that the world that had hurt them so badly was just an illusion, a dream, so they could set their mind at rest; they could be at peace in their mind.  This childish belief, while serving in part to help the children regain their self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-worth, was causing the children of God to push the boundaries, as children do.  They were taking it too far, impatiently proclaiming a spiritual state that can only be reached through spiritual works that change the heart.

The Church told them they had sin, but in the wrong spirit, and with no truthful word of instruction on how to purify themselves.  When one walks away from a religious belief, it is important to understand that the same emotional energy that gave power to the old belief is carried over, transferred to the new belief, which in this case was no different than the old belief, just spoken in a different language.  In both cases, the spiritual works that transform the negative and destructive energy of the heart into positive and constructive energy are not being performed.  These two beliefs are one and the same, one existing at each end of a linear line.  Bringing the two ends together through their parallels reveals that they are at the same point or place; having the same state of mind— deluded, their erroneous beliefs powered by what the Bible calls “the energy of delusion,” providing the mind with a false peace that acts as a wall, separating the follower of such a belief from his own heart, which symbolized by the temple, is where we offer up the spiritual sacrifices that purify our heart.

Written by Sandra L. Butler © 2004

EAST & WEST

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The Holy Bible contains all the spiritual knowledge we need for the salvation or healing of our soul, combining ancient practices of the east with the ancient instruction found in the Sacred Text of the west.  “And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD…”  Exodus 14:13. The word still means quiet self, be silent, keep (put to) silence.   “And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”  Revelation 8:1. Silence in heaven is the key to opening the seventh seal.  Heaven symbolizes the mind. The seventh seal is the seventh chakra.

“Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.”  Revelation 1:7. If this were about the physical eyes, it would be plural, not singular. This is about “the third eye,” the spiritual eye, through which we gain insight pertaining to the things we cannot see. The verse is clearly about Jesus, symbolizing truth, which “cometh with clouds;” coming with or through the thoughts of that spiritual heaven called the mind. Truth comes to us through our mind by way of the Spirit.  East and west, Spirit and word. The Spirit is the power that delivers the word of truth, first to our mind, and then to our heart if we don’t resist it. “For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” Matthew 24:27. The “lightning” and the “Son of man” share the same symbolic meaning, which is “truth.”  Jesus was called the Son of man, the son symbolizing the seed or word of truth through which man is spiritually healed.

The East is associated with the Spirit and the Mind. The Spirit works through mind-body disciplines or practices such as yoga to bring calmness to the mind, and wellness to the body. During the practice, one is encouraged to “trust the breath,” the breath symbolizing the spirit. When the children of Israel journeyed through the wilderness, they were to trust Moses, symbolizing the Spirit of God.  But they resisted, forfeiting what comes with the holy spirit working through the mind, which is tranquility.  In stark contrast, is the anxiety that is possessing the minds of so many, the cause of panic attacks.  So many on anti-anxiety and anti-depression drugs. Clearly, man is resisting the holy spirit, whose deepest purpose is to bring us into the truth regarding the source of this anxiety and depression. “Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do aways resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.” Acts 7:51.  In the eastern practice of yoga, one is often led to put his hands to the third or inner eye, which is associated with higher consciousness or spiritual sight— the meaning behind the mythological Cyclops. Another example of the spirit working at a mind-level is the eastern practice of Reiki, performed through a technique similar to the laying on of hands for the treatment of physical, emotional, and mental disease.  It’s when we combine the ancient practices of the east with the ancient instruction found in the Sacred Text of the west, that we activate the ultimate healing power called christ.  When meditation is done according to the ancient instruction of the Holy Bible, the 7th chakra is opened, through which the deepest level of the soul is healed. The Spirit, activated or manipulated through ancient practices of the east, while evoking a response that can heal mind and body, cannot, by itself, heal the sub-conscious, which is the heart— the deepest and most important aspect of the soul.  To heal the heart requires us to follow the ancient instruction of the Sacred Text of the west.

“And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”  Matthew 19:28.  The word regeneration means the act or process of re-forming.  As Spirit and word formed the physical heaven and earth, spirit and word are needed to form our new spiritual heaven and earth.  The word is the works of creation.  Those that are in the process of the regeneration are metaphorically sitting upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel, which are the works that bring their new creation into existence, “a new heaven and a new earth” symbolizing a new mind and a new heart. (Revelation 21:1). Judgment is symbolized in scripture by fire.  “I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.”  Revelation 3:18

Perhaps you have heard new age teachers talking about the “violet flame,” their understanding of which will be limited to the source through which they received it— through the Spirit, which makes it an incomplete truth. To receive complete truth on these spiritual matters will require us to incorporate the Word. The gold tried in the fire symbolizes the purity that comes through the judgment.  A “flame” is part of the fire.  The seven colors associated with the twelve tribes of Israel or twelve sons of Jacob are the seven colors of the rainbow.  And what do we find at the end of the rainbow— upon the conclusion of our spiritual judgment? Gold. Purity. The color “violet” is associated with Naphtali, a son by Rachel’s bondmaid, symbolizing bondage.  This is the point in the trans-formation process where we go from seeing the bondage of our mind to seeing the bondage of our heart.  This is where we make the transition from the kingdom of heaven, symbolizing the realm of the mind to the kingdom of God, symbolizing the realm of the Heart; the throne of that healing power called christ. Krishna or Christ, east or west, the meaning is the same: the source of all existence.

It is time to incorporate the Word, which provides us with the ancient instruction through which we are made holy. It is time to bring a deeper meaning to the many religious ceremonies and celebrations through the Word.  Let’s look at the eastern festival called Holi, also known as the “Festival of Love,” the “Festival of Colors,” or the “Festival of Spring.”  It celebrates the eternal and divine love of Krishna, and signifies the triumph of good over the evil.  The east is associated with the Spirit of God, which is Love.  The west is associated with the Word of God, the Holy Bible containing the the spiritual works through which we reach Love, which is why Jesus said, “believe the works,”  the word believe meaning “to obey or put action to.”   And why Jesus, the truth personified, said, “no man cometh unto the Father, but by me,”  which is to say, no man comes to Love, except by truth, which being the word of God, is the spiritual works or instruction through which we are made holy, triumphing over evil.

East and West.  Spirit and Word.  Love and Truth, through which we are healed on a soul-level.

Written by Sandra L. Butler © 2001

MEDITATION

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The Holy Bible’s Ancient Instruction on Meditation

“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”  Revelation 8:1  

The seventh seal or seventh chakra connects us to the divinity within, to our divine source; our holy spirit, a positive spiritual energy, a connection that requires silence in heaven; quiet in the mind.  Set aside half an hour each day to be still in mind and body. “And the earth was without form, and void…  Set aside all incantations, mantras, or repetitious prayers, which are extraneous attachments to belief, creating the void that is needed for the new creation to begin. “and darkness was upon the face of the deep. This means nothingness in the mind. No visualizations, no gazing at crystals, no making of sounds. Listen only to the primordial sound of your breath, the physical manifestation of the holy spirit. “ And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”   Genesis 1:2

“When we quiet our mind, we abase its power; the power of the mind giving way to the power or holy spirit of the heart, which void of all extraneous attachments, is free to move upon the waters, influencing the thoughts of our mind.  It takes time to quiet the mind, to turn off the everyday thoughts, so be patient, “But let patience have her perfect work” James 1:4, that perfect work being a complete transformation. When the ego-driven thoughts of the mind are restrained, the holy spirit of the heart is free to move the subconscious thoughts into the light; into the awareness of the conscious mind.”  (excerpt from THE LITTLE BOOK FOR THE SOUL: an ancient healing process)

Written by Sandra L. Butler © 2001

SACRED TEXTS SYMBOLISM

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download (3)When the ambiguity that exists in the literal interpretations of our Sacred Texts is removed, we are left with ONE spiritual TRUTH.

“It is He who has revealed to you the Book. Some of its verses are precise in meaning-they are the foundation of the Book— and others ambiguous. Those whose hearts are infected with disbelief follow the ambiguous part, so as to create dissension by seeking to explain it.”  The Holy Qur’an 

The word ambiguous means susceptible to multiple interpretations.  The discord among Christians and Muslims is due to their literal interpretations. They follow the ambiguous part, not building upon the true spiritual foundation, resisting the holy spirit, through which they would receive a spiritual interpretation of the Book.

“Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the holy spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.”  The Holy Bible

In resisting the holy spirit of their heart, their spiritual eyes and ears are shut, preventing a spiritual understanding of the Word or Book, which would bring unity instead of division.  If the holy spirit does reveal a literal interpretation, it is ultimately for the purpose of seeking its deeper spiritual meaning, which carries the blessings of life and peace through its application.

“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!  It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garment; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessings, even life for evermore.”   The Holy Bible 

Aaron symbolizes the Word of God, which is why he spoke for Moses, who was “slow of speech.”  Aaron’s beard symbolizes the wisdom of God’s Word.  It is not our knowledge or understanding of the written Word that makes us wise.  Or our physical obedience to literal interpretations over millennia.  It is the action we apply to the spiritual instruction found in the Word or Book, revealed through the Spirit of God, which Moses symbolizes.   Spirit and Word— the precious spiritual ointment or anointing.

The ambiguous parts of the Quran are those parts that have been assigned multiple literal interpretations, which continue to be discussed, debated, and followed by “those whose hearts are infected with disbelief,” wasting precious time, and adding to the negative and destructive energy in the earth.  Disbelief is not something that takes place in the mind.  Disbelief is something that takes place in the heart.  Disbelief is spiritual disobedience— failing to obey the spiritual works encoded in the verses of the Book.  The word ambiguous means doubtful, uncertain, to wander about.  When we seek literal interpretation over spiritual interpretation, choose mind-body disciplines over a heart-discipline, offer carnal sacrifices instead of spiritual sacrifices, we become as Cain, wandering about, getting nowhere spiritually, our world becoming uncertain, which the children of Israel illustrated for us by wandering about in the wilderness, choosing carnal service through their obedience to the carnal law, which could not make them perfect.

“The Holy Spirit thus signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience. Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.”  The Holy Bible  

The way into the holiest place of all, symbolizing the heart, is not made known to us as long as the first tabernacle, symbolizing the carnal mind, still stands, which continues to assign literal interpretations to the words of the Book.  The carnal acts taking place in the previous “era of Isaac” (animal sacrifice, baptisms, ritualistic baths, anointing, fasting, healing, speaking in tongues, casting out devils, etc.) are now, in what is the third and final “era of Jacob,” to take place spiritually.  Any physical demonstrations of these are now considered mockery, the negative meaning of the word Isaac. These carnal acts have no power to purify the mind, and stand in the way of us entering into the holiest of all, where we offer up the spiritual sacrifices that purify our heart.  The time of spiritual reformation is now!

“… if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it?  How much rather than, when he saith, Wash, and be clean?  And then he went down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.”  The Holy Bible  

The number seven pertains to the spiritual, to the spiritual process through which we are made spiritually clean.  So the children of Israel, refusing to obey the spiritual instruction, which would have purified their hearts, remained in bondage to the carnal law for 1500 years, after which time they were to fulfil the carnal law by obeying the spiritual instruction for salvation that the Messiah brought them, of which the carnal law is a figure or pattern.  But they rebelled once again, unable to grasp the spiritual concept, which would have made them free.  Not only of their physical bondage to the carnal law, but of their spiritual bondage to the seven spiritual impurities of their heart.

“Do you not yet understand that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?  But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.  For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: these are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man”   The Holy Bible  

Physical things do not defile the man.  Neither can they purify him. Putting ourselves under the law of controlling our mind and body may stop the external acts.  But it does not put a stop to the internal acts. Thinking we have taken care of the problem, we relax, entering a state of false peace.  We find this in the story of the man who swept his house clean, unaware of the seven unholy spirits or impurities in his heart.

“When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.”  The Holy Bible

These seven abominations, symbolized by the seven nations the children of Israel were to drive out of the promised land, are the spiritual enemies residing in our spiritual temple or mosque!

“Drive them out of the places from where they drove you.  Idolatry is more grievous than bloodshed.  But do not fight them within the precincts of the Holy Mosque unless they attack you there; if they attack you put them to the sword.  Fight against them until the idolatry is no more and God’s religion reigns supreme.”  The Holy Qur’an 

We are to drive these spiritual enemies out of the places that they have driven us.  And they have driven us to some very painful and destructive places in our life.  And yet, it will be the enemies that work in these dark places, through the havoc they wreak in our life, that will drive many back to their heart as they begin to question the circumstances of their life.  These spiritual enemies have attacked us within the precincts of the Holy Mosque, which like the Holy Temple, symbolizes the Heart.  We are to put them to the sword, which is to hold them up against what the sword symbolizes, which is truth.  And what did Abraham ultimately sacrifice with his sword? The ram, symbolizing idolatry—the worshipping of idols or images. Spiritual idolatry is the worshipping of false beliefs.  We are to fight against these until TRUTH reigns supreme in that spiritual temple or mosque called the heart.

Written by Sandra L. Butler © 2000