Author: B. K. Neifert

Mark 13:51Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

Matthew 11:13

Matthew 11:13 says, " For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John."

Until John. The prophets have spoken in the Old Testament concerning Israel, and the prophesies had their literal end when Jesus said, "It is Finished" upon the Cross.

The way we use Old Testament Prophecies is to gauge the world we live in today, and measure it up to Christ's standard. Jeremiah, and Ezekiel and Isaiah, for instance, have good teaching lessons about civilizations which abandon the truth. Micah and Hosea have good lessons about individual conduct, which our lives, according to Hosea, ought to line up with. 

The Old Testament is God's Judgment, and Christ is the Redemptive Power, the restoration of our soul, being saved from the condemnation of the Law. And written into works like Micah, are beautiful verses such as, "In the day that your walls are to be built, in that very day, the decree shall be far removed." Meaning, those of us who have made the mistake of yoking ourselves to the Old Covenant for salvation, will be redeemed through Christ, who is the prophetic restoration called for in Nehemiah and Ezra.

The "Last Days" in Old Testament prophecy refer to the days leading up to and shortly after Christ's resurrection. Meaning, that our restoration is found through Christ, and our redemption from the Law is also found through Christ. 

It's a surprising verse, but it's one of utmost importance. The Old Testament's revelation is finished, completely, in Jesus Christ on the Cross. The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, and the Roman Siege of Israel were the final moments of Old Testament prophecy. And we are now in a new age, where our revelation comes from Christ, and Christ alone. Our revelation comes through the Apostleship, and not through the prophets in the Old Testament.

However, this does not mean that the Old Testament is false. It discovers the world's judgment, and brings condemnation on those who are not in Christ Jesus. Those who are fallen, or filled with iniquity, the prophets of the Old Testament call forth judgment on, even entire nations, tongues and tribes.

Therefore, we as Christians can use it, to understand God's judgment, but that judgment is not yoked upon our necks. We have escaped divine judgment, and are called to obey a lighter covenant, one in Christ's blood, to the purification of our souls through affliction, until Christ Jesus restores us like Job.

Jesus Never Said

Jesus never said Homosexuality was a sin
Yet, he said "‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’"

Jesus never said anything about abortion
Yet he said, "whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me."

Jesus never said anything about being the only way
Yet Jesus said "I am the way and the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me."

Therefore, what the evil ones say Jesus didn't say,
He said, and more, with much compassion on we sinners
To die for us, and thereby, transfix our sins to the grave.

I Am Done Writing Poetry

I want to be done---
But there's so much work to do.
My brother says I am "idle"
Because I can't fold laundry;
I can't saw wood;
I can't paint a room.
I tell him about Onesimus.
"So you looked it up."
Not exactly---
I had read Philemon
And typed in Onesimus.
I then went down a rabbit hole.
I thought maybe my reader would
Like to go down it with me.

Writing books is endless---
I do not wish to write and write,
And never earn a living.
That is what they wish for me.
I love my family,
But they are possessed with a demon
Which deems my credible work as useless.
I---says my brother---do not contribute anything to society.
No... I just discover the laws of Morality and Nature---
I communicate them to you.
You, my readers---
Who will soon be many---
Will see. I have discovered secrets.

The secret I am most interested in,
Right now, is the principle of Algebra.
There are yet mysteries I am unknown of.
How, I will bet, the reason there are two answers
To a square root, lies in the axioms of Pythagorean Theorem.
Or, really, of empirical data. As, that's how Maths are invented.

I say "Invented" but can maths truly be "Invented"?
In the narrow sense, I guess they can---
In so far as our knowledge will never be complete.
But, any invented math is not a math I am a friend to.
Unless the math is rooted in the truth---
Rooted in Logos---
I wish to have nothing of it.

I wish to have a friend in Richard Dawkins and Jay Vernon McGee.
I wish to tether Christians to reality,
And dissuade them from magical thinking.
As, the Farmer's Almanac clearly proves the Earth is a Sphere.
There can be no doubt about it.
Thus, Christians, the Earth is Old, and Evolution is true.
This doesn't say God can't exist.
It also doesn't say Jesus cannot be that God.
This silly debate rages---
And I've seen less converts
And more refugees
Made from it.
I don't think Dawkins or Tyson are mad about Christianity,
But rather the fact that Christians deny clearly established science.
Ought we?
I've seen God when I died---
He does exist.
I miraculously was reconstructed when I arose out of the waves.
I saw Satan in his black hood on the beach---
I've seen a woman heal a deaf girl
I've seen rivers run as blood
I've seen children's eyes go black as pitch.
Just, I'm leery of falling into the trap of simplistic faith
That Genesis is somehow to be interpreted as literal history.
Some of it, yes.
The tower of Babel I like to think is a crude Space Elevator.
The Flood has historical significance---and I don't think it was a tsunami.
As, then why would both Japan and Mesopotamia have it? 
Two tsunamis? Three? Multiple tsunamis?
Less than likely. I think there actually was a global flood.

The world is shrouded in mystery.
Philip K. Dick---as smart as he was---
Was delusional.
And when I start believing in science fiction concepts
So do I become delusional.
I believe, therefore, it's not true.
As, why would something true cause delusions?
That's where I would disagree with scientists.

Simply put, I don't know everything.
But, I try to be as thorough as I can.

Homer’s Theorem

I learn from this,
"The square roots of the two shorter sides' sum 
"Of a Right Triangle
"Is equal to the square root of the longer,"
In purely logical form...
The equality breaks down
And Algebra ceases to function.

Take the Pythagorean Theorem.
If one square roots the C variable, and square roots it again,
The same must be done to the opposite side.
Creating Homer's Theorem.
Frighteningly, I see the problem with modern mathematics,
In that when we are taught pure deduction,
We are never taught the practical applications.
Thus, Algebra breaks down where there is nothing 
Extant to base it on... or at least it can, as proven by Homer's Theorem.

Coincidentally, the Pythagorean Theorem also 
Breaks algebra in itself, that it wouldn't exist
If one could merely square root both sides of an equation.
Then, necessarily, A+B=C is the same as A^2+B^2=C^2
If this axiom holds true.
Which, if it did, well, then there'd be no discovery.

Of course, I'm probably not the first to have trifled with this.
So, I'm confident there is an explanation.

False Teacher

If I am called "Rabbi"
I am a charlatan.
If I am called "Father"
I am a fraud.
If I will rob you by tithes and offerings
I am a greedy man.
If I tell you you have nothing to fear
I am false.
If I tell you there is not Hell
I shall be thrown there.
If I tell you Christ alone isn't the path to salvation
I am on the broadstreet.
If I tell you I am the only way, and only I can feed you
I will starve you.
If I see you have itching ears, and tell you what you want
Then I am a false teacher.
If I tell you to pay for my prophecies and oracles,
I am a false prophet.
If I shepherd for a wage
I am a false pastor.
If I sell my teachings, and nowhere can you find it freely,
Then I am a greedy man.
If I feed upon you, and don't feed you
I am a wolf.
If I wear silk suits, or two hundred dollar sneakers
Then I have sheared your wool, and worn it as a garment.
If my ministry is to give myself bread, but to not give you bread
Then know I speak of literal mouths, and I am a glutton.
If I kick the homeless off my stoop, or have my spies torment them,
I am a damnable pastor of a damnable church.
If I see the hungry, or the naked, or the prisoner, or the sick,
And do not feed, clothe, and visit them
I am a goat.
If I speak my words with mystic meanings and tell you to only use my words
They are my own words, and I am deluded.
If I tell you to speak a name you have not heard, one with invented tongues
I am a false shepherd.
If I tell you the Bible is false, or that it is corrupted by man
It is only of my own corruption I speak.
If I say, "Catholics are anathema" or "Protestants are anathema"
Then I am anathema.
If I say, "Hindus are saved," "Buddhists are Saved" 
"Muslims are saved" "Atheists and Agnostics are saved"
Then I am not saved.
If I speak of Ecumenicalism, but mean all paths are equal
Then I am unequal.
If I speak not of Ecumenicalism, and say only my denomination is true
Then I am untrue.
If I claim to be a prophet, then test me in everything I say...
Did what I speak six years ago manifest?
Did what I warn about come true?
Was my prophecy erring?
Did I have a heart to bring the sinner to repentance?
Or, did I prophesy only to have my belly filled?
Did I tell you what you wanted to hear?
Or, did I obstruct God's clear ordinance?
Did I falsely spy out my brethren, and secretly wish to destroy him?
Did I visit him in prison, and burden him with a yoke of despair?
Did I visit him with daggers?
Did I speak words falsely into his life, in order to cause him doubt?
Did I minister to him unrest?
Did I ask of you for anything in return for my counsel?
Did I speak words over you, to loll you into a false sense of security?
Did I add to your sickness and disease?
Did I shackle you in captive bonds, while you were yet a captive?
Did I plead for you when you were in chains?
Did I tell the truth about you, when everyone else had lied and formed a plot?
Did I strengthen you in honesty, goodness and humility?
Or, did I speak my own words, in order to cause you to fall?