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What I see is the myopic view that now is all there is, or that is important. It is an arrogant and self-center view that only makes decisions based on fear, fear of lack, fear others, fear of loss, fear of what happens "if" ... but always fear, fear, fear, which creates a hording mentality, hording wealth, hording possessions ... This is how to cripple a person, a country, and the world. Now is the time for the courage to practice kindness and love for all. It is the ability to plant better seeds if we want to reap better outcomes.

Are you aware that the hyssop Jesus took a sip from while he was on the cross and the foods that he ate post crucifixion after meeting up with the apostles as they walked on the road to Emmaus were all foods that had healing and antiseptic properties? I discovered this when I did research for my trilogy of books considering the possibility that Jesus Christ survived the crucifixion, as many sources report. This 3-book series won the 2024 International Impact Book Awards in the Social Change category. This went against all the Christian indoctrination I had up until this point in my life. This was very disconcerting to me. This is what I found out: Consider Luke 24:39, "Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” And in the New King James version Luke 24: 42, 43 says, "So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb." Here Jesus is showing his wounds from the nails in his hands, and how they recognized him as he eats broiled fish and a piece of honeycomb with them after the crucifixion. He is with them physically, literally, not as s spiritual illusion or other manifestation. In the book Jesus in India by Mirza Ghulam Admad, he asks a good question, "If he had been resurrected after death, how was it that his body of spirit could still have borne the wounds inflicted upon him on the Cross? What need had he to eat? And if he required food then, he must be in need of food even now." Notice what Jesus ate after the crucifixion,[1] "When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. But while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, he said to them, "Have you any food here?" So, they gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. And he took it and ate in their presence.” Luke 24:40-43 Spirits do not eat food. I do not believe this was a mistake, nor matter of chance that the food Jesus was given held immense healing benefits for his recovery from crucifixion. Other people previously survived crucifixion. I have always used food as medicine, just as I, my mother, and grandmother did throughout our lives. First, I investigated the medicinal benefits of honey.[2] Honey has high levels of monosaccharides, fructose, and glucose. It has antiseptic and antibacterial properties often used in chronic wound management and combatting infection. Honey promotes wound healing, heart health, and healthy blood sugar levels. All of these would benefit Jesus’ wounds after the crucifixion. There are many references to the history of honey dating back to 2100 BCE[3] and several are mentioned in the Old Testament and New Testament: Proverbs 16:24, “Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.” King James Version 1 Samuel 14:24-30, “Now the Israelites were in distress that day, because Saul had bound the people under an oath, saying, “Cursed be anyone who eats food before evening comes, before I have avenged myself on my enemies!” So none of the troops tasted food. The entire army entered the woods, and there was honey on the ground. When they went into the woods, they saw the honey oozing out; yet no one put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath. But Jonathan had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath, so he reached out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it into the honeycomb. He raised his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened. Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the army under a strict oath, saying, ‘Cursed be anyone who eats food today!’ That is why the men are faint.” Jonathan said, “My father has made trouble for the country. See how my eyes brightened when I tasted a little of this honey. How much better it would have been if the men had eaten today some of the plunder they took from their enemies. Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been even greater?” Deuteronomy 32:13, “He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;” 2 Samuel 17:27-29, “When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Makir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim brought bedding and bowls and articles of pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils, honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.” Psalm 81:16, “But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” Ezekiel 16:13, “So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.” Matthew 3:4; and Mark 1;6, “John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.” There are eleven evidence-based health benefit of eating fish:[4] 1. High in important nutrients 2. May lower your risk of heart attacks and strokes due to Omega fatty 3 acids 3. Contain nutrients that are crucial during development 4. May boost brain health 5. May help prevent and treat depression 6. A good dietary source of vitamin D – functions like a steroid 7. May reduce your risk of autoimmune diseases 8. May help prevent asthma in children 9. May help protect your vision in old age 10. May improve sleep quality 11. Delicious and easy to prepare Fish also has Vitamin B12, crucial for the growth of healthy red blood cells which Jesus needed to recover from his near-death experience. It is also important to note that the gifts of Frankincense, Myrrh, and Gold presented to Jesus by the Magi, was a foreshadowing of his path. Frankincense is an antiseptic aiding digestion, coughs, and cold. Myrrh is an antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, helping to repair the immune system and reduce fevers. Both Frankincense and Myrrh would be beneficial for healing after a crucifixion. Gold has always been a treasured mineral which would have been necessary for the purchase of travel and goods on his travels to the east post-crucifixion. The Hyssop stalk soaked in wine was what Jesus had put to his lips when he said, “I am thirsty,” recorded in John 18:9:28. Hyssop is a holy herb that was used to sprinkled on lepers. It is commonly used in tea for coughs, decongestant, shortness of breath. It is also used to treat bruises, cuts, and wounds. Might it have been for purposes of compassion rather than merely mockingly giving Jesus a bitter drink at such a distressful time on the cross?

I am grateful for the ULC for so many reasons. This ULC ministry, and particularly this forum on good wishes, gratitude, blessings, and prayers now, has been by my side for my entire journey since 2004. It has been a wild ride of shifting knowledge and experiences, and still the ULC is here for me regardless of my indoctrinations into and out of other religions as I tried on each one to see if they felt right. Most did not. I find myself on the precipice of both new and ancient frontiers. I love that I feel that I am a welcomed and valued part of this incredible group of soul searchers who allow themselves to continue learning beyond the indoctrinations of the past. The responses from other members of our ULC family were kind and thought provoking as I posted my various comprehensions as I experienced life. I would like to share my lived experiences now. What have ai learned? I entered the ULC first as a minister around April 2, 2004 as a former frustrated Catholic, until I left the ULC completely in 2014, because I was studying with Jehovah's Witnesses and they insisted that I had to get out of everything, including the ULC. I gave my personal power away to them and got out. But that only lasted for 2 years. I had grown up loving my Catholic faith in Jesus, but I was not happy with the regurgitated sermons from most Christian pulpits including all other Christian denominations. While I hesitated studying with Jehovah's Witnesses, I needed to learn for myself firsthand. After 2 years, I found myself debating with the elders, but it was more of the same. I was re-ordained in the ULC on August 3, 2016. I think when I got out of the ULC altogether, it wiped out my presence from ever being in the ULC, but some of you may remember me still. Everyone in all Christian religions seemed happy with only knowing the first 12 childhood years of Jesus, and then only his 3 years from his ages 30 to 33, as if that's all he had to say. How would any of us like to only be known by our first 12 years in our childhood, and then only from what we had to say from our ages 30 to 33? Certainly not me. Now I study what most Christian denominations do not allow themselves to even read, let alone study. Every religion is part of the indoctrination they preach on their own "doctrine," obviously. They dare to call those other 18 years of the life of Jesus "Heresy!", from his ages 12 to 30, and his life from his ages 33 to 120, according to some research I discovered. I say, we should all have mercy on those indoctrinated ones, because most of them learned what they know from other indoctrinated ones for the past 2,000 years. It is not completely their fault that key and important information has been hidden from their eyes, minds, and hearts. We serve no one if we do not teach with love, compassion, and empathy, for that is where I once was. Thank God for the ULC which dares to teach beyond the indoctrinations of others. Again, I am grateful for the ULC.

I love the Universal Life Church for many reasons. Gone are the prerequisites of having to follow indoctrinations of "Christian" religions that claim to know the Life of Jesus, that is, his first 12 years as a child, and ONLY the 3 years, from his ages 30-33, while daring to call his 18 adult years, from 12-30, and his lived experience post crucifixion apocryphal because what Jesus taught in those years does not agree with their human religious teachings. Most people today are not aware of the cult-like indoctrination that has taken place prior to the Old and New Testament writings. Jesus taught that there are 2 "Gods." Read John 8:44 without the usual spin most ministers, priests and rabbis usually spin to agree with their own comprehension, where verse 44 says: "You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies." I know, this passage is usually followed by the manipulated truth twisting with which most faith believers are indoctrinated. I decided to take Jesus at his own words rather than follow popular understandings of most, if not all, bible teachings. When I realized that what I have read in the Old and New Testaments were changed, under the influence of fallen angel and Nephilim spirits, a different history comes to light. One look at what happened during the Crusades shows that the hijacking of religion for human greed and conquering of Jerusalem for supposedly holy purposes, shows just the opposite. Upon further investigation, I discovered that humanity combined the Almighty God of Creation, who is the Father of the Christ - Eternal Universal Life Force Energy within the person of Jesus; with the "god" of the Old Testament, who Jesus is calling "the devil" in John 8:44. Think of what the "god" of the Old Testament wants people to do in the Temple Scrolls, if they provide him with cooked bulls, goats, sheep, and birds, and saving the blood, he will kill all men, women, children, and animals in the land of Cannan. What good "God" would agree to kill the precious human creation that is animated by his Eternal Universal Life Force Energy within each human Spirit/Soul? Furthermore, what need would the Almighty God of all Creation have for food of any kind, or a Temple? Look at the size of the Temple as well as all ancient huge buildings, like at the Temple of Issis entrance. Who would need such mammoth structures? That would be the fallen angels and their huger than life Nephilim children. My husband, who is also a Universal Life Church minister, in writing his The Mustard Seed 2154 in his four-book series, (The Mustard Seed 2095, The Mustard Seed 2210, The Mustard Seed 2130, and The Mustard Seed 2154, which is currently being written) has an insightful thought. One of the lead characters is Michelle. "Michelle remembered when her friend Sophia had told her the words from the King James Bible. "Then the Lord said, 'My spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.' The spirit began to die at the outset of the twenty-first century," her friend had told her. She knew that humans were losing the spirit imbedded in them so long ago, the DNA of the gods. Its absence left a vacuum to be filled by no one knew what. She knew that when it was gone, humans would have returned to what they had been in the beginning, so much like the other animals. Instinct without empathy. Wisdom without love. Sophia's mistake." The belief in two "Gods" is not new, as some of our studies in the ULC Seminary explain. I am so glad the ULC is still here.

Yes, Jesus handed his kingdom power to us. I like where Jesus tells us in Luke 17:20-21, when asked when and where the kingdom of God will come, he answers that the kingdom of God is WITHIN us. Some bible translations had changed that to among us, but most all modern bibles are now going back to the original understanding, which is WITHIN us, as the Hebrew-Greek-English Interlinear Bible says. The older interpretation of among us, has a footnote, which at the bottom, says WITHIN us. Why do I share this, or even bother to mention this? It is my understanding that this is the very reason that Jesus died. He equated himself with the Divine Christ Light that was within himself. The Jewish Pharisees and Sadducees simply could not have that. Jesus was telling everyone who would listen that the kingdom of God, this Divine Light also animates everyone through our Spirit, without which we would be dead. That is why we are the body of Christ, the living kingdom of God here on earth. Thanks for the opportunity to share. It's nice to be back.

True. I think our hearts are restless until we find God, the Father of Jesus. I say it that way because as humans, we tend to worship many "gods." The quest is noble. Never give up the quest I say. The bible says God is love. I believe that. I also think we all have a God particle within us, no matter what our belief system is. I think that has to do with the light within us. I think we all find God, if we ever really do, in our own ways. So much of how we explain our beliefs is semantics.

I can understand that point of view. I've even questioned these things myself. I question everything. But one thing I cannot deny are my personal experiences in prayer and at other times when I feel God's presence. There really are no words to describe the indescribable.

Sorry for the delay in my response. The only people that I read of who did speak against Jesus were the Jewish Pharisees and the Sadducees of his time, pretty much saying that he was a fraud. I have read stories handed down through the Jewish oral tradition, that the back wall of the tomb was a movable stone, that Jesus body was stolen, and that story has been told to this very day. I took a class from an energy teacher, whose mother was of the Jewish faith. The teacher told this story in the process of teaching something else. I was surprised it was still being promulgated today. Many New Age people think Jesus was merely a prophet. For me, there are simply too many miracles noted, for me to dismiss them. I think it is always good to keep seeking.

So glad you are back. May God bless you and your ministry. You have a lot to share.