SEAL 1
THE SCRIPTURES .P3
THE GREAT ILLUSION—RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY
Religious clout’s a ghost—swallowed whole ‘til you poke it. The Bible winks at outcasts—Jude quotes Enoch, a reject. If scripture freeloads off the unblessed, what’s “holy” worth? A human scribble, not God’s chisel. Catholics stack 73 books, Protestants slash to 66, Orthodox shuffle the deck. Toss in other faiths’ scrolls, and it’s a mess. Who’s got the golden ticket? If you point to “mine,” you’re not hunting truth—you’re hoarding rags. History’s receipts: Crusades’ gore, French Catholic-Protestant brawl. Religion’s a matchstick—peace burns when “my God’s best” screams loudest.
Earliest Christians gripped texts, now lost, bent, faded over 2,000 years. SEAL 1 splits restoration wide—Acts 3:21’s restoration (gk-apokatastasis, “reset”) summons it—roots time’s grip buried. 2 Esdras hums old tunes—Codex Sinaiticus bares edits—Dead Sea Scrolls crack pre-Jesus days. These splinters show faith’s drift—warped by man, not God. Beliefs buckled—traditions drowned—truth stands firm, yet veiled. No canon’s pure—study, not pride, claws it free. History’s husk peels—God’s vast, men attempt to cage.
Glossary:
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Apokatastasis - Greek. Apo means restoration, katastasis means condition.
TAKE AWAY:
CURSE OF CANON
Canon’s a man-made hack—73, 66, Orthodox shuffle—all cracked. Jude snags Enoch’s words, proof “holy” rides the rejected. Acts 3:21 demands a reckoning—truth seeps from edits’ wounds. Codex Sinaiticus scars tell it, Dead Sea echoes sing it. SEAL 1 rips the veil: truth’s no crown—it’s a splinter. Claw for it, or sink in the gloss.