John Byer

This blog wasn’t written as a complaint, nor as a plea for sympathy, but the Detective has been derided and slammed by many Christians who have spewed undeserved anger, derision, and outright contempt ever since he revealed the results of his deep dive into the scripture of the New Testament (NT). As a seeker of the unvarnished truth or “just the facts,” the Detective in his retirement years decided to read and study the Bible, a book which many people have read over the passing centuries in order to find answers to questions about their spiritual life and existence. Thus, after reading the primary portions of the Bible a myriad of times, the Detective at long last (since he is getting along in years), finally understood the scriptural messages that God had inspired, and more significantly, why Christ really died on the cross. Hallelujah! 

Except during his exploration and examination of the Bible, the Detective also found some disturbing, and quite unexpected information -- all of which finally provided the reason for the exact similarity of scripture in the synoptic gospels, the rationale for the mysteries embedded in the Book of Revelation, and many other things. Unknown to everyone since the publication of the Vulgate Bible in 405AD, most of the verses inscribed into the scripture of the New Testament represent the cunning and devious legacy of an artful, scheming, forger. The evidence for this astonishing claim resides in a multitude of epistles, the majority of which were fabricated by one, very clever, and elusive disciple; he also forged major portions of the four gospels in the Bible. The name of this enigmatic, paper-pushing forger is Lucius. This mysterious man discreetly and covertly worked behind the scenes, leaving only a few identifying fingerprints that connected him to his misdeeds, so only limited information exists about him. However, a very thin and scanty historical record does reveal that Lucius diligently labored as a missionary Bishop during the first century at three different Jewish synagogues. These synagogues, which later became churches, were initially established to promote Jesus as the Jewish Messiah. Lucius was canonized a Saint for his apostolic era work, and is commonly known as Saint Luke, the real author of the gospel in the Bible that carries his name. Lucius (aka Luke) was the Bishop of Laodicea (Turkey); Bishop of Cenchrea (Greece); and the Bishop of Cyrene (Libya). 

The detective, baptized as a Christian at birth, confirmed years later, and schooled in Christian doctrine by people of the cloth for well over eleven years, was stunned and shocked by his investigative results … to say the least. Why? Because in all those years of Christian education and attendance at the weekly Sunday sermons, none of the information that he uncovered during his investigation was ever broached – not even once. From his ‘eye-opening’ discovery, he learned that during the last 2000 years, Christians have never critically read the Bible, or perhaps, never understood what they read, and thus, have only repeated the same spoon-fed pablum and false beliefs that were fed to them. The detective, who was living in the twilight of his life when he made his discovery about the forgery of Lucius, sat in a very quiet and lonely daze for many weeks, keeping his startling discovery completely to himself … without the utterance of a single word to anyone. It definitely wasn’t an Archimedes moment of unbridled and exhilarating ‘‘naked” celebration where he could gleefully yell Eureka! Eureka! He only prayed, pondered, and analyzed the possible long-term consequences if the findings of his investigation were publicly released. During this period of somber contemplation, the Detective kept asking himself why no one else had seen or figured out what he learnt and discovered. He couldn’t believe, conceive, or understand how he was able to recognize the biblical forgery, admittedly after a focused and intense study, and yet others were unable to see the obvious corruption committed by Lucius. The Detective concluded that he could not be the first person in 2000 years to uncover the truth about the origin of the New Testament (NT). There had to be other people before him -- people who had far superior intellects, such as Origen, Augustine, Aquinas, Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton and a cast of Popes, ministers, and other highly educated scholars. At least one of these well-versed, high profile personalities must have recognized the vast amount of forgery and facts that the Detective identified in the scripture at some point in their life. However, for some unknown reason, that person took the easy way out of this seriously uncomfortable situation in order to go along, and get along. Whoever that person was … he decided to remain silent. Ostensibly, he was afraid to rock the boat. The Detective considered this quiet course of action himself, but only for a fleeting second. In the end, he knew that silence would not be his course of action, despite the ominous consequences. Since his days as a Boy Scout, the Detective always believed that honesty is the best policy, so he would adhere to this policy and not remain mute. 

For the sake of true Christianity, and the salvation of human souls, the massive level of corruption would be fully exposed -- in spite of the fact that it is a very touchy and delicate issue to publicly discuss with people who hold inflexible, deep-seated, and intractable religious views. The Detective knew that he would draw scorn, contempt, and non-belief from the millions upon millions of Christians who maintain that the Bible represents the inspired word of God. However, in spite of their sincere beliefs, (which are all based on a faulty interpretation of the Bible’s history and its scripture), the Detective understood he had a deeply-rooted responsibility and moral obligation to disclose the bare bone facts about the identity of Jesus as the Jewish Messiah --- (and not as the Lord; God; Savior; or the Son of God).  For far too long, ‘Christians’ have over-looked God, sidelined God, and sanctimoniously eliminated God from their daily prayers, so it is the goal of the Detective to rectify this grave spiritual offense that exists within “Christianity.” People have willfully misdirected their prayers to Jesus, his mother Mary, and even other Saints. These pseudo-acts of prayer are a deliberate violation of the First Commandment and antithetical to the will of God. Jesus taught man to pray to the Lord God (who art in heaven), not to the spirits of dead human beings (who art in heaven). Why? Because Jesus Christ knew that only the Lord God had the ability to hear and respond to the earthly communications of man. That is the complete justification for the First Commandment, pure and simple. In some respects, many Christians, like the Jews before them, are repeating history, except they have now updated the ancient list of idols with newer models: they have replaced the idols of gold, silver and stone with a full roster of dead human beings as the recipients of prayer. All people, but mainly the unorthodox ‘Christians,’ need to pray only to the Lord God, who art in heaven, and no one else. 

Note 1: It is this type of sinful behavior which justifies the use of the word ‘perverse’ when describing Lucianity … the religion Christians actually practice. 
Note 2: The Catholic Church [unlike most of the Protestant denominations], does not promote the reading of the Bible since it has the Mass and a Pope. However, the Bible corruption of Lucius may be an underlying reason why the Catholic Church disregarded the Bible ages ago as a method of learning about Christianity. This latter point is pure conjecture since no evidence exists to support this speculation.     

In any event, after his discovery of wide-ranging forgery, the Detective found himself facing a major dilemma. Should he proceed, or not proceed? The gravity of the new facts troubled him, but he still wanted to know how the false beliefs and erroneous doctrine could persist for well over two millennia. His investigation wasn’t initiated for the purpose of questioning the truth of the Bible, only to fully understand the obvious corruption and who did it! (After all, he was a police Detective, not a minister or a priest.) Nevertheless, as his inquiry progressed, moving slowly and steadily forward, everything changed. He recognized that due to the corruption of Lucius, ‘Christians’ were practicing Lucianity, and they didn’t even understand the tenets or the basic dogma of their acclaimed faith. Thus, the purpose and direction of the investigation changed, since it now veered into comprehending which messages of Jesus were corrupted by Lucius.  And in this regard, one of the major corruptions fostered by Lucianity centers on the important issue of prayer. Due to the forgery of Lucius, Christians for the most part, always misdirect their “prayers” and they don’t even understand the proper and purposeful method of praying. In this regard, Jesus taught the Apostles how to pray (Matthew 6:1-13) and in those verses, Christ advised them to pray to the Lord God in heaven … (not the ‘Father) in heaven.  Why? Because God has no image, and masculinity is a male image (Exodus 20). This fact confirms that the phrase ‘Our Father’ was never spoken by Jesus Christ, since he knew that the Lord had no image (John 5:37). Thus, the phrase ‘Our Father’ (used in saying the Lord’s Prayer), is an overtly contrived corruption by the hand of Lucius. He intentionally inserted this iconic phrase into the Lord’s Prayer for the specific purpose of convincing non-messianic Jews that Jesus was the ‘Son of God,’ with the solemn hope it would convert them into messianic Jews. Returning to the verses of Matthew’s gospel as a final point: Jesus also taught the Apostles to pray in private, an instruction that many Christians have neglected and conjunctively fail to heed. 

Despite this instruction from Christ, “Christians” willingly (and routinely), dismiss, ignore, and side-step this admonition about prayer every time they attend church. Public attendance at a Synagogue, Church, or Temple is not, in and of itself, a Holy function, and it shouldn’t be used as a place of “prayer” according to the guidelines issued by Jesus Christ. However, do not take this statement the wrong way. These facilities are essential institutions for humans to learn and understand that the Lord God exists, man has an everlasting spiritual nature, and for providing instruction about the theological teachings of Moses and Christ. Nevertheless, it is important to stay on subject: True prayer is focused, private, one on one communication with God after he or she enters “into thy closet” (Matthew 6:6) where the doors are closed to keep everyone else out. Singing songs of glory while shouting-out ‘Hallelujahs’ and ‘Amens’ with the rest of the Church laity is certainly not prayer. Additionally, many Church-going ‘Christians,’ who practice and believe in Lucianity, routinely pray to Jesus (who is not God, but a man) and even Mary, plus a myriad of other Saints. These sinful acts are forbidden by the first commandment (Exodus 20) which is a fundamental law, and the basic dogma of true Christianity. God is ‘our’ Lord, not Christ, so all prayer needs to be addressed to Almighty God who art in heaven. The commandment clearly states that there shall be no other gods before the Lord God. Abraham, Moses, Jacob, Isaac, Isaiah, Daniel knew this, and only prayed to God (Exodus 3:15)… as did Jesus Christ himself (Matthew 6:1-13). If the detective gets just one person to understand this truth, then he has done his job. Fortunately, that goal has already been exceeded many times over, but the detective still wants the rest of the religious community to wake up, and come to acknowledge this same truth.

Note 3: With regard to the specific issue of prayer, this is where one finds redeeming virtue in the religion of Islam. Muslims keenly obey and vigorously heed the message contained in the First commandment; however, there are 10 moral commandments or laws, and no man or woman should be killed (beheaded) for not believing as they do. That is a total corruption of the Lord God’s commands.  

Fortunately, due to his prior work experience, and direct dealings with the criminal element over many years, the Detective obtained an uncommon understanding of human nature and knew exactly how Christians would emotionally react to this unwanted information about their faith. Regardless, whether it was spiritual direction, seasoned judgment, or a combination of both, the detective decided that the release of his investigation’s evidence was imperative. He recognized that every ‘Christian’ needed a forceful ‘smack upside their head’ in order to wake them up and get their undivided attention. Why? Because they have been sleepwalking through a mystical and dense fog of false beliefs and practices for the last 2000 odd years. For eighty some  generations, via their haughty misinterpretation of scripture, false adoration, and all the spurious prayers to a non-existent  Father who art in heaven, they have completely ignored the word of God as expressed in Exodus 20: 1-5, and are blindly unaware of their willful violation and non-compliance with the First Commandment. Boldly and openly, without a thought whatsoever, ‘Christian’ people continuously misdirect their prayers to Jesus and capriciously disregard the very first command that God gave to Moses. It wasn’t the tenth commandment, it was the FIRST, thus indicating that it holds the highest priority in God’s set of laws and rules for man. 
In conclusion, after a study of the New Testament, the detective realized that all the false beliefs and corruption embedded into the Bible by Lucius have bamboozled the Christians into believing that Jesus Christ is their Lord, their God, their Savior and thus an entity to whom they should pray. However, all these latter beliefs fostered by Lucius represent a direct affront to God and violate the Mosaic Law, especially if one prays to a graven image of Jesus on the Cross (Exodus 20:3-5). No matter how vile and disagreeable this may sound to the worldwide Christian community, it is still a grievous violation of the First Commandment and a serious contravention of Christ’s  teaching to his disciples; Jesus prayed only to the Lord God, who art in heaven, and never to himself. These various violations of Bible scripture are wantonly perverse and so is all belief that characterizes Jesus as being anything other than a human being … but yes, he was the Messiah (i.e. Christ), the Anointed One of God, the Son of man, the First and the Last, and a male made in the image of God. So why did God make this seemingly egotistical demand that required all prayers be directed only to the ‘Lord’ who art in heaven? Very simply it was because the Lord knew above all else --- no person, creature, or thing ‘on planet earth’ possessed the ability to hear and respond to prayer. This unique capability is exclusively reserved to the living God who exists in heaven … with the added proviso that the Lord also has a strong desire to keep in regular contact with Man (both male and female), as plainly exemplified by the dispatch of the Messiah from heaven to earth in response to the prayers of Isaiah and Daniel. As Jesus reported many times, he did not come to earth on his initiative; he came to Earth because God sent him (John 5:37). 

Some people may find this information about the human nature of Jesus Christ hard to swallow, but it represents “just the facts” that were revealed by the detective’s investigation. Despite the disquieting revelation about Jesus being a man (not the Lord, but only a fellow member of the human race), his spirit or soul is still special. As the First and Last, Christ’s soul had originally incarnated into the physical body of Adam, so on this single issue alone, Jesus should be well-respected since he was the progenitor of the human race. He was highly favored by God for his spiritual status and his supreme sacrifices throughout the ages for the benefit of man. And even when he knew that severe torture awaited him on earth, Christ still descended from heaven as directed by God only to be brutally scourged and crucified. However, his physical body was then raised from the dead by the power of the Lord … thus verifying that all human beings have eternal spirits or souls capable of living beyond the grave. This Divine, real life drama, was planned, organized, and directed by God. Jesus fulfilled his starring role in this live play when he dramatically demonstrated that human beings possess identifiable souls capable of surviving physical death, while simultaneously confirming the truth of Mosaic verses which had been rejected by the Jews sometime in their past. With regard to this rejection of scriptural belief, the Sadducees (the dominant religious party in Judea), had intentionally changed and altered the ‘Law and/or belief’ established by Moses about the nature of man and his soul. They claimed that only God, and maybe the Angels, possessed everlasting life because after falling from grace in the Garden of Eden, man no longer possessed eternal life. This belief was contrary to [Genesis 1: 27] which declared human beings were made in God’s image, which meant: man also had everlasting life. The Jewish rabbis also taught that the grave was the final resting place for all human beings since they believed the spiritual energy of their bodies completely dissipated into a vacuum (absolute nothingness) upon physical death. Thus, in direct response to this corruption of Mosaic scripture, Christ was deployed to Earth by God to disprove and refute the altered Judaic beliefs about the nature of man. Jesus, in essence, saved the Jews or the ‘lost sheep’ of Israel because he restored a purpose for their wretched lives and gave them hope and a reason for their earthly existence … something they were lacking and spiritually lost after the Sadducees committed ~SIN~ when they willfully corrupted God’s word as revealed in Mosaic Law (i.e. the Torah). Jesus, the Messiah, did not come to save the Gentiles (all the non-Jews of the world) because they did not subscribe to the Mosaic Law. Christ only came to earth in order to save the Jews from their sin (as identified above), but Isaiah did report that Jesus would be a Great Light unto the Gentiles, which he has been for the last 2000 years. This concludes the Candid conversation about Christianity, prayer, and the corrupted NT.

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