its simple.
There are FIVE little chapters to this history.
Five chapters and 'A TASTE OF GEORGE FOX' written by a woman; Margaret Fell.
*whole families in prison
* george fox
*what is a quaker?
* willam penn-STUDY the dude.
* do your research
***a taste of george fox.
1) Whole families in prison. Lots of em.
In the town of Bristol England in the late 1600's there were over
500 FAMILIES .. in PRISON..
not individuals. families. why? The Church of England did not allow
'un-sanctioned' meetings, baptism, or 'commentaries'.
Many of these families were motivated by a man named George Fox, to live as 'friends of God'
The 'truth-speaking' did not just come from George Fox's need to 'speak - out'
..this truth-speaking came right from the Spirit of the 'EMPOWERED ONE' (Messiah) the son of God -in the man.
These folks referred to themselves as the 'Religious Society of Friends'
Publicly these folks were referred to as 'Quakers' as well as 'FRIENDS'.
2)George Fox
A truly major part of the MOVE to the new world for 'freedom to worship'.
This George Fox guy inspired William Penn, 'rich merchant' to a living, ACTIVE confidence (faith) in God and 'Christ Jesus'
( George and William both undrestood Jesus as "Prince of Peace who demands NO killing or selfishness among his followers, who gives 'the gift' of his own Spirit in order that he might speak through ordinary people for the outcome of lovingkindness towards all, righteous living and all sorts of life-guidance.)
George Fox was not 'against'' the Church of England. Why not?
Because he respected that they truly carried the words andthe worship to the people.
He was upset that what was carried was INCOMPLETE.
He chose to be a VOICE. He carried real understanding, and chose to VOICE that understanding.
He just knew the instruction of Yeshua-Jesus
and the real presence of the invisible Person referred to as The HolySpirit, or the Spirit of Yhvh, Spirit of Truth.
George was intensely motivated. He went about the work of helping peoples be MORE spiritually alive!
..assisting with their understanding of the words of 'Christ' which were offered in Latin primarily at that time.
Assisting with putting the wisdom in the COMMON LANGUAGE was part of his work in public places
and homes.
He gathered meetings of people devoted to the Messiah.
He taught about Jesus the anonted one, who gives POWER and life and a voice to his disciples.
George Fox cared first about the powerful God-man, suffering servant of all human minds and souls.
He was not as concerned about church politics and government activities.
George Fox gathered meetings.
In those meetings Yeshua-Jesus was honored.
In those meetings the Christ was worshipped in song.
in those meetings the challenging instructions from 'the writings' were offered in clear and helpful terms.
(the writings George Fox used are the 'bible' which is truly THREE SETS of writings, from three 'spirit-times'.
*) the writings that hold the predictions and preparations for 'the empowered one' Messah. /"Hebrew scriptures'.
*)the four 'accounts' of the life and teachings of Messiah Yeshua(Jesus) "Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."
*) the accounts of the lives of the first ordinary PEOPLES, led directly and personally by the Spirit of Messiah-Jesus
(Yeshua -Jesus had transferred his supernatural powers to those first peoples, they were healing, teaching wisdom,
and showing power over troubling spirits; they were courageous, heavily opposed and persecuted, people guided by the Spirit of eternal Truth,
HolySpirit, Spirit of Yeshua; the crucified, resurrected one.)
In those meetings George Fox began to gather, the invisible Person of the HolySpirit was WELCOMED.
The Holy Spirit is ready to speak through each person in some way as they gather in worship of the Son of God.
This was an improvement over the 'talking head' of the 'roman forum' type of church gathering that was in place
and 'enforced' at that time.
(see 'megashift' / 'open church' books for decent review of the problems in the church-meetings which began in the roman
'church-and-state' era. 2-300 years after the 'Jesus movement' began)
when George Fox STOOD UP AND SPOKE OUT
in the midst of a church of england meeting, he was dragged off and HANGED.
AND he survived. George Fox SURVIVED HANGING. seriously.
(read Luke 4. Jesus says 'YOU DONT GET IT" and they try to kill him. he survives, for a NASTIER death later.)
3) What is a 'QUAKER" ??
George Fox declared that we should all be humble and not prideful.
He declared that we should be concerned about our 'human pride' which is truly adversarial to a real God-Spirit.
He said we should "QUAKE" AND TREMBLE and be super-humble before the SPIRIT-God who evaluates all.
THIS is why they were originally called Quakers. Some say that they are called 'Quakers' because they 'quake and tremble' when it is time for them to stand and speak what the Holy Spirit has placed on their hearts. In the writings i
4) William Penn. study the dude.
HE IS YOUR HISTORY, AMERICA!
(WHY did the american financial seat and governmental seat begin in PENN's-WOODS? (penns-sylvania)
in the city of LOVE-KINDNESS BETWEEN BROTHERS (phileo=fondness, preference; delphi=brother)
Why was philadelphia the first successful 'planned city' by the europeans in 'the new world'?
Why is there a HUGE park-land that flows right into the center of philadelphia?
Why do the 'Quakers' still have UNBROKEN TREATIES with the native americans?
What are the problems of 'the meeting house' and the 'counting house' (money counting -bank)
When did the financial center get moved out of Philadelphia?
...the government center and what were the conditions and alterations?
5) You do the research. its your life. your mind, your soul. your country.
you can research Fox and Penn and 'Friends'. You can discover a spirit-led, peace-loving people.
READ 'The Peaceable Kingdom' by Jan DeHertog
Realize that a government that is at least BEGUN in the environment of 'peaceable peoples'
may find a 'season of success' that has many good things in it. The Israelites were in slavery in Egypt
for over 400 years. thats Longer than our country has been around. The first PERSECUTED disciples
of the WAY of Messiah functioned for 2-300 years before it was polluted by politics in the west/Roman region.
(the church across asia-india was never 'assimilated into government' church-and-state so it stayed dramatically more PURE)
You can research Yahveh and Jesus- the one who motivated George Fox and the families who were thrown in prison
because they were too poor to pay their 'religious misbehavior' fines. You can find and the peculiar history
of the hebrew writings and the 'brit chadashah' or new testament.. (strangely cohesive and preserved)
(Jesus is recorded as having the ability to TRANSFER SUPERNATURAL POWERS to very ordinary humans.
both 'BACK THEN' and right now .. in INCREASING numbers now, because there has been so much EVIL
in christianity, folks need to have a WOW.. IN YOUR FACE proof that God is a person and a close partner-friend.
as well as an EVALUATOR, Godspirit is RESCUER which is what Yehoshua or Joshua or Yeshua (Jesus) means
SupremeSpirit-who-is-Rescuer/Savior.)
A TASTE OF GEORGE FOX
here are the comments from a woman who later became George Fox's wife. Margaret Fell.
Margaret Fell (1614-1702)
On Hearing Fox speak, she writes;
"And so he went on, and said, 'That Christ was the Light of the world, and lighteth every man that cometh into the world; and that by this light they might be gathered to God,' I stood up in my pew, and wondered at his doctrine, for I had never heard such before. And then he went on, and opened the scriptures, and said, 'The scriptures were the prophets' words, and Christ's and the apostles' words, and what, as they spoke, they enjoyed and possessed, and had it from the Lord': and said, 'Then what had any to do with the scriptures, but as they came to the Spirit that gave them forth? You will say, "Christ saith this, and the apostles say this," but what canst thou say? Art thou a child of the Light, and hast thou walked in the Light, and what thou speakest, is it inwardly from God?'. This opened me so, that it cut me to the heart; and then I saw clearly we were all wrong. So I sat down in my pew again, and cried bitterly: and I cried in my spirit to the Lord, 'We are all thieves; we are all thieves; we have taken the scriptures in words, and know nothing of them in ourselves.'"
from "The testimony of Margaret Fox concerning her late husband"
Friday, September 3, 2010
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