PAULINE TEACHING REVEALED

Colossians 1,22-29:

of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. To this end I also labour, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.

This Church of Colossae grew out of Paul's ministry in nearby Ephesus. Tradition has it that Paul's fellow servant Epaphras worked there. Paul never went to Colossae or Laodicea for that matter. The city of Colossae was destroyed by an earthquake in A.D. 60.

This epistle to the Colossians is one of the three Deuter-Pauline epistles, written by direct disciples of Paul: the epistles to the Ephesians, Colossians and 2 Thessalonians. There are also the 3 Trito-Pauline epistles, written by later disciples: 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus.

So, of the epistles reputed to have been written by Paul himself, there are already 6 that are not, according to biblical specialists.

Only 7 remain that are considered to have been written directly by him and are therefore authentic: these are the epistles to the Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians and Philemon.

According to scholars, the epistle to the Colossians was written at the end of the first century. But when you consider that according to Christian tradition, Paul died around 64 or 67-68, you have to seriously wonder: how could he have written at the end of the first century to a city destroyed by an earthquake in 60?

It's because of this type of puzzle that I often say to my audience: BRAIN... COME BACK!

This is why I say that the biblical text should not be read in its literal meaning, but rather taken in its allegorical and symbolic meaning, the remez and sod dear to the sages of Israel!!!!

This text I have written above is therefore linked to two others that are fundamental for me:

1 Corinthians 2,16:

For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Galatians 4,19:

My little children, for whom I labour in birth again until Christ is formed in you,

The whole Pauline teaching has but one aim: THE FORMATION OF CHRIST IN MAN.

In fact, it's the passage from the human, natural form to the Divine form, from above the heavens. THE METAMORPHOSIS!

Most of us function as if the book we're reading had descended as such from the heavens!

But this book is a product of the Councils of the Roman Catholic Church!

All movements, since the Reformation, that have tried to break the yoke of Rome, have failed because they have not formed their own inner book and their own interpretation of the founding texts surrounding the Christian faith.

We are all proclaiming, here and there, THE REVIVAL!

How will this happen with the Roman veil over our eyes?

My prayer today is that we may understand this "hidden mystery of all times and in all ages" because the CHRISTOS principle deals with ages, eras.

What about CHRIST IN US IN THE ERA OF PISCES?

Good meditation to all!