Church of Knowledge

Volume 1                                                         Number 6, Maine

Rev. Dr. R. La Pierre

Behold, I will send my messengers and they shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek shall suddenly come to Her Temple, even the Messengers of the Covenant who ye shall delight in: Behold, they shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts. Malachi 3:1

Zechariah 3:10 In that day, saith the Lord of Hosts shall ye call every man his neighbor under the Vine and under the Fig tree.

So what does this mean to us? Well it really depends on how deep we want to look at the message. In most of the study groups I’ve been to the focus would be on “call every man his neighbor”. Now wouldn’t that be nice, to really be able to call every one a neighbor and friend. Yet once again we have a war going on, seems like times haven’t changed much in 2520 years. And yet again maybe times are changing, for I live in a neighborhood of diverse backgrounds. On one side I have a family originally from India that grew up in the part of Africa that is having the war that for them never really had a beginning and wonder if there will ever be an ending. Beside them is a family from Jamaica, across the street we have old hippies passing threw their 40’s plus still partying nightly like they did in their 20’s. Other families that make up this fine neighborhood are from various Hispanic backgrounds, Iranian, American and African. I have one neighbor that doesn’t speak English at all so I have no idea where they came from for I only speak "Maine". So maybe we are getting to “that day” when everyone can call everyone his neighbor.

For the student of the Mysteries look at the scripture again and focus on the “under the Vine and under the Fig tree.” The Vine and The Fig Tree are talking of specific people. The Vine being the Lineage of King David which we know Jesus the Compassionate is from and The Fig Tree being the Lineage of Benjamin from which Mary of Bethany – the Magdal-eder, the tower of the flock comes. So we wait for that person to emerge from the chaos of our today. * * * RML

Bible Study / A Strong Women vs a Women of Strength / This Thing Called You
Spiritual Treatment / Updated Translations / The Christ
What is an Age? / Solstice Celebration/ Always Makes Me Wonder /

Bible Study

In this day of technology and speed in which information can be gotten it would be sinful, (a big mistake), to study only one bible, be it that of the King James Version, the Mormon Version or the Torah. For one thing we’re talking about studying an era that was over 2000 years ago for just the New Testament alone. The Old Testament goes back to Adam dating somewhere around 6000+ years ago. Because of the age we live in we know that the books in the King James Version of the Bible are not all of the books or writings of that time. And if we are zealous students we admit that with each change of Rulers, Books were taken out and words re-translated to fit the governing Thought.

Four thousand years ago, give or take a hundred here or there, a man named Enoch, seventh generation from Adam, the great-grandfather of Noah had this to say;

“To the righteous and the wise shall be given books of joy, of integrity, and of great wisdom. To them shall books be given, in which they shall believe; And in which they shall rejoice. And all righteous shall be reward, who from these shall acquire the knowledge of every upright path.”

So don’t limit your knowledge and understanding of the one we call the “Great Book” by not diving into the other books that have been found throughout the years and diligently translated. Even if you have to read five different translations of the same story to find YOUR truth within, it’s worth the Journey.

Peace Profound, Rev. Dr. Rhonda La Pierre

A Strong Woman Vs. A Woman Of Strength

A strong woman works out every day to keep her body in shape ... but a woman of strength kneels in prayer to keep her soul in shape...

A strong woman isn't afraid of any thing ... but a woman of strength shows courage in the midst of her fear...

A strong woman won't let anyone get the best of her ... but a woman of strength gives the best of her to everyone...

A strong woman makes mistakes and avoids the same in the future... a woman of strength realizes life's mistakes can also be God's blessings and capitalizes on them...
A strong woman walks sure footedly ... but a woman of strength knows God will catch her when she falls...

A strong woman wears the look of confidence on her face ... but a woman of strength wears grace...

A strong woman has faith that she is strong enough for the Journey ... but a woman of strength has faith that it is in the journey that she will become strong...

This Thing Called You
By Ernest Holmes founder of Unity

. . . but I have also placed within you a compass and a chart. There is a course you may pursue which leads to happiness, to wholeness, to peace of mind and joy.

Some day you will follow this path, because I have placed a spirit within you which is ever seeking to guide, ever standing aside permitting you partially to obliterate that spark which is part of Myself. Through all the rounds of experience, I AM there.

Some day when you sit down by the roadside weary with struggle, you will listen deeply and you will hear a voice saying, “This is the path, follow it.” Even than I shall wait, for you are you and you cannot return to your father’s house other than as a complete and perfect individualization of MYSELF.

Spiritual Treatment - Affirmation

"God of our Heart, God of Our Realization. We ask upon the Powerful Law of the Universe to remove all Our fears, all the impurities and imperfections from these Temples that house the "I AM" that "I AM". We ask you to remove the veil of Illusion so that we may step into the Light of Truth and Health. We open Ourselves fully to Divine Life as it flows throughout these Temples renewing all cells in every organ of our beings. We completely accept the restoration to Wholeness, Oneness and the Perfection of the Universe. We thank the Almighty Source of Creation for all that is given. So Mote it be, So be it, So Blessed be Spiritual Treatment - Affirmation "God of our Heart, God of Our Realization. We ask upon the Powerful Law of the Universe to remove all Our fears, all the impurities and imperfections from these Temples that house the "I AM" that "I AM". We ask you to remove the veil of Illusion so that we may step into the Light of Truth and Health. We open Ourselves fully to Divine Life as it flows throughout these Temples renewing all cells in every organ of our beings. We completely accept the restoration to Wholeness, Oneness and the Perfection of the Universe. We thank the Almighty Source of Creation for all that is given.

So Mote it be, So be it, So Blessed be, (all the above)

Updated Translations
By Rev. Dr. La Pierre

Matthew 6:9

Our Father who is in us
Holy are all your names
We, your kingdom come
Threw us your will be done
In this material world as in the Cosmic
This Day is given as our daily bread
We forgive our own mistakes
As we forgive the mistakes of others
Give us the strength to work threw our trials
And Guide us to the Light of All
For yours is our kingdom,
Yours is our power,
Yours is our Glory, forever and ever.
Amen

Psalm 23

23:1 The Lord is my Shepherd; with him I shall have no wants, no needs or lack. 23:2 He gives me a place of comfort to rest from my burdens. And stills the waters of my restless mind.
23:3 He re-energizes my soul. He shows me the path of right living that can only be found through him.
23:4 Yea though I walk through a world veiled in ignorance I will not fear. For fear is man-made and will pass. God's power and might are my comfort and constant source of stability.
23:5 When it feels like the whole world is against me, the Lord always gives me what I need to get me through.
23:6 As long as I stay conscious that I AM the house of the Lord, surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.

“The Christ . . .”

taken from the Akashic Records quoted in “the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ.”

. . . . “So that he might be close to man in all ways of life, that man might comprehend the Mighty Spirit of the Love, the Christ of Earth made manifest to human eyes and ears by taking his abode in some pure person, well prepared by many lives to be a fit abiding place of Love.

“Thus Christ made manifest Love’s power to save; but men forgot so soon and so Christ must manifest again and then again.

And ever since man took his place in form of flesh the Christ has been manifest in flesh at the first of every age.”

An Age or Dispensation is the measurement of time that it takes our solar system to pass through one of the twelve Zodiac Signs. This measurement is approx. 2100 years. We follow a smaller measurement following the same signs in our yearly calendar that seems to run the opposite direction of that of the precession of the Equinoxes. So if we follow the cycle backwards we find Jesus in the Sign of Pisces, the Fish, and the beginning of the Piscean Age, Abraham lived near the beginning of the Arian (Aries) Age, and Adam would have been of the Taurian Age (Taurus). This brings us to the exact point of which we stand - in the Age of Aquarius. (Did the Fifth Dimension know how deep in meaning their song was when it came out in the early '70s?) Beginning of an Age and The End of Days are one in the same. "The End of Days" is a phase we've found throughout the Bible and have taken it to mean the end of the World. In a way it kinda sorta is for it is the "end of days" as we know them. Jesus described the beginning of the Aquarian Age as such: "And then the man who bears the pitcher will walk forth across an arc of heaven; the sign and signet of the Son of Man will stand forth in the eastern sky. The wise will then lift up their heads and know that the redemption of the earth is near."

The Summer Solstice is right around the corner in the Mid of June when the Sun is at 1 degree Cancer. This festival, dating back 10,000 years, is based on the Sun descending from the Height of its strength to be replaced by the power of the Moon.

This is portrayed by the Greeks in the story of Persephone when she is taken by Hades as his bride to the Underworld, (as the Sun passes under the world), with the understanding she may return to the surface for six months out of every year.

The Egyptians also have a similar Legend, one of Isis, the Goddess of All. She goes down to the Underworld to save her counterpart, Osiris, from Death. Isis being the Moon follows the Sun Osiris and brings him back .

For us of the 21st Century it is a Celebration of Encouragement. It is a journey of decent into ourselves in effort to see our inner being clearly and to change the things that no longer fit the person we have evolved in to during the past year of growth. The primary focus of this decent is our desire to become the best we can be.

“Gemini to Cancer the Moon becomes the Queen, Mighty Herne pursues her in the forest dark and green.
Summer’s bright enchantment workings of my will, “I know” begins the power that turns the magick mill.

Oceans glitter in the heat as passions raise the tide, the Oak and Holly navigate for the favors of the Bride.
Summer’s bright enchantment workings of my will, “I know” begins the power that turns the magick mill.

Roman Fanus plays the flute, the notes a binding spell of love and healing conjured from the waters of the well.
Summer’s bright enchantment workings of my will, “I know” begins the power that turns the magick mill.

Shakespeare’s night of potions bright world of in between, where gnomes hide buried treasure and devas dance unseen.

Summer’s bright enchantment workings of my will, “I know” begins the power that turns the magick mill.

Crossroads vibrate open, the dead no longer rest. I am a Witch and I know how to conjure up the best?
Summer’s bright enchantment workings of my will, “I know” begins the power that turns the magick mill.”

. . . With a profound sense of shock he realized he was no longer dead. Beyond an increasingly vivid sense of self he was still aware of the tender network from which he was being separated. From its fabric those who were dear to him reached out, calling to him, seeking one more communion. Do not abandon me! He cried to them. Follow me, find me! Tightening around him, existence throbbed with the pulsing of a giant heart. He was expelled into lightlessness; he was tumbled into the unknown. Down and down he spun. Gradually he began recalling long-forgotten concepts such as direction and distance and time. Concentrating on them, he found himself spiraling amid stars. Constellations bloomed around him like flowery meadows. He reached out, hungry for the suddenly remembered sensation of touch . . . and slipped and slid and came to rest in a warm chamber lit by a dim red glow. There he lay dreaming. Sheltered and content, he was suspended between worlds, floating on tides regulated by the rhythms of a universe. In this building-time he sorted among his memories, decided which to keep. So few could be retained and it was hard to anticipate which he might most need. Yet a voiceless command urged him to remember, remember. . . “

“He drifted and dreamed until the pounding began. Shocked, he tried to fight back, but he was seized and squeezed and ultimately ejected into a place of hard surfaces. A burning flood poured into his nostrils and opened mouth.”

“The infant used that first breath to scream his outrage.” Morgan Llyweln: Prologue; “Druids”