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trines -- the immortality of the soul and the Trin- knowledge) was a way to control the masses.
ity. Christ, the second Adam, was corruptible If a political or ecclesiastical body can dictate
but he overcame sin and corruption to sit at the truth which the average man or woman can-
exalted right hand of God. “For this corruption not understand but must believe, on pain of
must put on incorruption and this mortal must death or excommunication, then power and
put on immortality.” Thus, what started out as a control are secured.
disaster, man in the garden, will turn into a glori-
ous victory in the Kingdom of the Messiah and Knowingly or unknowingly, this is
the only true God, the Father (John 17:3; I John the path the early post-biblical church chose,
5:20). a path which has led multitudes into confu-
sion. Millions who believe in this “impossi-
The Greeks were not far off. Their prob- ble” Christ who is neither God nor man are
lem was one of arrogance and pride. They unable to explain the mystery of the Trinity.
thought they knew better than God and had to They accept it as tradition and often out of
complicate matters when the simplicity of God’s fear. How much suffering and pain could
Plan would have sufficed. In complexity there is have been averted if belief in the simplicity of
confusion and profit. From the beginning of time Christ and his word about himself, God and
powerful men knew that esotericism (secret the Kingdom had prevailed?

“And Did Those Feet...?”

The lovely little town of Glastonbury, in the typically English county of Somerset, can
truly be named as one of the most hallowed spots in Christendom. Its ancient abbey stands on
the site of what was one of the first of the Christian churches. There is good evidence that cer-
tain of the Messiah’s apostles journeyed to Britain. Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea (A.D.
260-340), wrote: “The Apostles passed beyond the Ocean to the Isles called the Britannic
Isles.” The ancient British writer, Gildas, said: “These islands received the beams of light --
that is, the holy precepts of Christ, the true Sun -- at the latter part, as we know, of the reign of
Tiberius Caesar” (several years after the Crucifixion). Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop of
Poictiers, wrote in A.D. 531 that Paul preached in Ultima Thule, the “utmost bounds of the
West.” Cressy, monk and historian, recorded that Joseph of Arimathea died at Glastonbury.
Glastonbury traditions maintain most emphatically that Joseph and his little group built the
first church, of wattles, on the spot where the abbey ruins now stand.

From Glastonbury went forth missionaries to bear the gospel of the Messiah to the
continent of Europe and every corner of the British Isles. The story of King Arthur and his
knights and their quest for the Holy Grail was drawn from the traditions surrounding
Glastonbury: the Avalon of the legends. Arthur and his queen, Guinevere, were historical per-
sonages. One thing can be said of Glastonbury which cannot be said of any other ecclesiastical
city. The religion of YEHOVAH God has there been taught, without a break, from within a
very few years of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah.

The Berean Voice September-October 2002