The FULL STORY Of The Archons - Every Gnostic MUST Know This
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Tremendously clickbaity. Maybe we all already know it? Wanna include a submission statement, fren?
I share things I think would be helpful to others. watch it or dont. You do you.
A general statement of what is included is polite, I think. Would you be willing? Can be short, doesn't need to be an essay or anything.
You should be familiar with this. We have discussed many times in the past. I'm sure u/Nurikee is not aware of our messaging. We just have a basic, although fundamental disagreement on who the demiurge is. You believe Yahweh is God. I believe, just like the early Christians did, Yahweh is a lesser God. The first Christians discovered about Yahweh, why the Gnostic texts explicitly identify him as the demiurge and not the supreme God.
All i did was copy/paste the video title. Im not trying to clickbait anyone.
I haven't watched the video yet, I will soon. But, I'm familiar with the archons, because I have read most the manuscripts found at Nag Hammadi. All civilizations have been talking about demons, archons, jinns, morgellons or whatever other names they use. In Gnosticism, archons (Greek for "rulers") are malevolent, semi-hostile beings that govern the material universe and act as jailers to trap human souls within the physical realm.
They are led by the demiurge, a flawed creator god who fashioned the material world as a prison. Seems familiar? archons are nothing but entities the demiurge created to assist him in enforcing ignorance and separation from the divine Pleroma. The best description of the demiurge I found is in the Apocryphon of John. "Now the archon who is weak has three names. The first name is Yaldabaoth, the second is Saklas, and the third is Samael. And he is impious in his arrogance which is in him. For he said, 'I am God and there is no other God beside me,' for he is ignorant of his strength, the place from which he had come." - Apocryphon of John
The last part of the quote is found in the OT, and if you pay attention it's all beginning to make sense. Both John and Isaiah are talking about the same entity, the same jealous god, or the leader of the archons. "I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me." - Isaiah 45:5
Well, the video title is trying to clickbait; in journalism that's called good headline writing.
What I'm wondering is where you take it. Are you a gnostic? What would gnostic mean then? Why would knowledge of archons be important for daily living? From the contributions of others: Do you have a problem with Jesus affirming a god who likes to sacrifice animals and enjoy the scent of their blood poured on a burning hot altar (we now call that BBQ)? Do you have a problem with Jesus affirming the "I AM" of the Hebrew Scriptures? Do you have a problem with the Bible calling God the Father a "Demiurge" (public servant) in Heb. 11:10?
Thanks for your consideration. I may have started with too much snark.
I don't owe you my personal feeling of every video I post on this forum or to anyone. Honestly Ive been feed up with the behavior of the mods and the user gatekeepers on all the .win forums that I dont put much care into the outcome of any of my posts. Every person will take from each media they see as they see fit. If this forum sees a need so bad for an explanation on each post perhaps there should be a box for text to do so in the submit page when creating a post. This is all I have left to say on any of this post feel free to reply but im done responding.