The Quest For The 'ANCIENT OF DAYS'.
The Quest For The 'ANCIENT OF DAYS'.
An Introduction, to that great and mighty, noble quest.
Welcome to the Quest for the ETERNAL CREATOR of the universe. The stars in the sky are proof of an overall power in the universe that somehow put them all in place and controls all that there is. The Designer of the universe must have an overall plan for ALL of the inhabitants of the earth. This is a search for that plan. The knowledge you will gain as you travel on the Quest for the Ancient of Days will be invaluable.
To Quest for the Ancient of Days is very simple. Read the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament, Tanakh) and simply believe and do what they state as they are perfect (Psalms 18:30)[1]. No other books* or personal advisors** are needed. What it states is what it means. The Hebrew Scriptures states that only ONE Being (Deuteronomy 4:35) created the entire universe (Genesis 1:1) and created human life (Genesis 1:27) on planet earth. This Mighty One gave us a righteous standard to live by (Psalms 119:172). Since all sin-breaking of His righteous Standard as explained by His Laws (Amos 2:4) is against Him (Psalms 51:4), only He can forgive that sin (Isaiah 43:25-26). Therefore, He alone is our Savior (Hosea 13:4).
*Sacred Religious Texts:
•The Muslims have their bible, the Koran (See: What Is the Koran?, and Wikipedia's Quran), which "they say" supersedes and overrides The Hebrew Scriptures.
•The Christians have their bible, the [New Testament]™ (See: Wikipedia's [New Testament]™), which "they say" supersedes and overrides The Hebrew Scriptures.
•The Jews have their books, the Talmud, Mishnah, and Kabbalah (See: Wikipedia's Talmud, Mishnah, and Kabbalah), which "they say" supersede and overrides The Hebrew Scriptures.
•The Mormons have their bible, the Book of Mormon (See: Wikipedia's Book Of Mormon), which "they say" supersedes and overrides everything and everybody.
**Personal Religious Advisers:
Such as: (Apostle, Archbishop, Ayatollah, Bishop, Brother, Cardinal, Chancellor, Chaplain, Dalai Lama, Deacon, Elder, Emir, Father, Guru, Imam, Magi, Mahdi, Missionary, Monk, Mullah, Mystic, Nun, Pastor, Preacher, Priest, Prior, Prioress, Rabbi, Reverend, Saint, Sheikh, Sister, Swami, Vicar, Yogi, etc.)[2], just to name a few. (See: Wikipedia's Index of religious honorifics and titles).
He gives us His Commandments because He loves us and the Commandments are for our well being. The ETERNAL is the most loving Father there could ever be. These Commandments constitute a high and righteous standard for us humans to live by.
Many say the Commandments cannot be understood and many say that the standard is too high and we cannot live by it. Did you know these alibis are not modern new age thoughts? The Children of Israel, while yet in the desert, complained to Moses about these thoughts. This is the reply Moses gave them:
(Deuteronomy 30:11-16) (TLB) 11Obeying these Commandments is not something beyond your strength and reach; 12for these laws are not in the far heavens, so distant that you can't hear and obey them, and with no one to bring down to you; 13nor are they beyond the ocean, so far that no one can bring you their message; 14but they are very close at hand, in your hearts and on your lips, so obey them 15Look, today I have set before you life and death, depending on whether you obey or disobey. 16I have commanded you today to love the ETERNAL your CREATOR and to follow his paths and to keep his laws, so that you will live and become a great nation, and so that the ETERNAL your CREATOR will bless you and the land you are about to possess.
We have access to much knowledge in these latter days (Daniel 12:4). We can read His words that He has given us and learn directly from Him.
Is it hard to do the CREATOR's Will? No, not at all. We just have to make up our minds that what He says is what we are going to do and follow through with it. Where it becomes hard to follow the Commandments is when we look to man through religions, government, society, family, friends, etc. to get their idea of the truth and their approval, instead of looking to our CREATOR for His knowledge, backing, and approval.
So who are you going to believe? Your ETERNAL CREATOR and loving Father, or some counterfit false 'man-god' saviour mythology, of an equally counterfit [New Testament]™ book of deception? Should you continue to obey the Church of Rome and her proselytising daughters with their self-proclaimed 'son of god' and his lying [apostles, deciples, ministers, priests, deacons, popes, etc.], not to mention another "self-proclaimed" Apostle named Paul, with his 'baal' worshiping, polytheistic 'multi-godhead' trinitarian opinions, telling you that you have been set free from having to pay the penalty for breaking the ETERNAL CREATOR's commandments and Laws, because they have been 'nailed to the cross', and that all you have to do now is believe? Really? Is that all you have to do? Think about it.
Nevertheless, let us consider Adam and Eve; they were sent out into the world unprepared; they had no clue as to what to expect. WHY? Why would a loving CREATOR send them out into the world so unprepared? The greatest blessing and the first command to them both was to make babies. Nothing more, nothing less. Just make babies, and not eat the fruit of one tree.
So why? Didn't the SOVEREIGN know that the adversary would tempt humankind into all sorts of wrong religious practices that would bring unhappiness? Yes, He knew. So why did He set the world up this way? Because He is seeking people who will not overlook Him in their life. He wants to find people that will heed His ancient writings and seek Him out. People who are tired of the lies and deceptions that inundate them on a daily basis. People who cry out to Him for forgiveness and for the gift of His Spirit and His love. People who will use the gift of His love to teach others, if not in this world then they are preparing to use the gift in The Wonderful World of Tomorrow.
Some might feel that we are commanded to love the ETERNAL (Deuteronomy 6:5; Deuteronomy 30:16) and there is no love given in return, but that is not correct. There is a streaming torrent of love that flows from Him. Human kind, made in His Own Image, has rejected that love beginning with Adam and Eve. They did not care about pleasing their Maker, they cared more for satisfying their own feelings.
All humans let feelings get in the way of doing what is right as defined by the Ancient Writings we call Scripture. We forget to remember that the inspiration behind those Ancient Words was inspired by the Ancient of Days who started with only Himself and His energy and created and formed the universe and all that is in it. He did that for one reason.
What is that reason? He CREATED all of this to produce millions upon millions of human beings in a learning* and testing** situation. Why is that? He is looking for people, who He will make into a great kingdom of priests (Exodus 19:5-6), a nation unto Himself, that will teach the rest of humanity of His ways and how to live a happy and fulfilled eternal life in The Wonderful World of Tomorrow. Why? So that He will have a family of millions, nay billions that want to dwell with Him as He is desirous to dwell with us His children.
*Learning:
(Deuteronomy 30:15-20) (NIV) 15See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16For I command you today to love the ETERNAL your CREATOR, to walk in obedience to Him, and to keep His commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the ETERNAL your CREATOR will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. 17But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other 'gods' and worship them, 18I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. 19This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20and that you may love the ETERNAL your CREATOR, listen to His voice, and hold fast to Him. For the ETERNAL is your life, and He will give you many years in the land He swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."
**Testinging:
(Deuteronomy 13:1-5) (AMP) 1If a prophet arises among you, or a dreamer of dreams[3], and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2And the sign or the wonder he foretells to you comes to pass, and if he says, Let us go after other 'gods', 'gods' you have not known, and let us serve them, 3You shall not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams. For the ETERNAL your CREATOR is testing you[4] to know whether you love the ETERNAL your CREATOR with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being. 4You shall walk after the ETERNAL your CREATOR and [reverently] fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him and cling to Him. 5But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be [PUT TO DEATH][5], because he has talked rebellion and turning away from the ETERNAL your CREATOR, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of bondage; that man has tried to draw you aside from the way in which the ETERNAL your CREATOR commanded you to walk. So shall you put the evil away from your midst.
For more on false prophets and dreamers of dreams, see the articles: Quest For The Messiah, and Our True Creator And Redeemer.
The goal of our Quest for the Ancient of Days is to share what we have learned on our quest. We are not perfect and we are not asking you to believe what we say just because we said it. We are asking you to find out for yourselves if these words are true or not. To follow your Quest[6], you will need to care what your CREATOR thinks and says, and you need to seek His Spirit and His love.
Your efforts of Questing for the ETERNAL CREATOR, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, will be richly rewarded; you may not receive wealth and fame now, but you will have great inner peace, and a rich understanding of our CREATOR's thoughts. In The Wonderful World of Tomorrow you can be part of the ETERNAL's kingdom of priests, His holy nation (Exodus 19:5-6), to train the billions of humans who have been awakeded from the sleep of death and instruct them on how to have a happy fulfilled life in the eternity to come.
Footnotes:
[1] [a]All scriptural links point to the Bible Gateway, A Searchable Online Bible In Over 100 Versions And 50 Languages, located at "BibleGateway.Com", a vast biblical resource containing all the major texts and reference materials useful for in-depth bible studies. Most scriptual quotations are from the (KJV) of the Bible, however versions noted in (parentheses) should also be consulted. [b]All Strong's scriptural references point to the Blue Letter Bible Lexicon, located at "BlueLetterBible.Org", another vast biblical resource which has over 4,000,000 links available, pointing to more than 165,000 pages of concordances, lexicons, dictionaries, commentaries, images, and several Bible versions.
[2] See Wikipedia's: Index of religious honorifics and titles for more.
[3] This includes all who profess to speak for the ETERNAL CREATOR, whether this be a phophet, a seer, or a 'god', even a self-proclaimed 'son of god' who says lets follow other 'gods' even if it be himself (John 14:6). The ETERNAL CREATOR assures you that He knows of no other 'gods' (Deuteronomy 4:35, Isaiah 44:8), or saviors (Isaiah 43:11, Hosea 13:4) for He is the only king! (Zechariah 14:9, Psalm 47:7).
[4] See the essay: "The Eternal's Test".
[5] Make no mistake about it. The self-proclaimed 'son of god', met the fate of false prophets [PUT TO DEATH], even though much of what he said, and did, came to pass.
[6] See the essay: "Quest For The Eternal".