The Lord (Delays His Coming) Of Restored Church of God Castle Progresses Sorta
Castles are spiffy things. While we may
say "a man's home is his castle," there is nothing in this world like
actually having and living in one. I do hear they are hard to heat
and winters can be difficult with a certain dankness and chill in every room.
But if you stand close enough to the fire, I suppose you are well warmed and
filled. As long as the Lord of the castle can order that whole
forests with all their trees be sent in to fuel the warmth, beauty
and construction needs of the Lord of the Castle, all is well. The
peasants can also expect most of their crops to be sent to the Lord as well.
I also suppose the royal and loyal troops can also be sent out from
time to time to enforce the laws of the Castle Master upon those who fail to
send in all the trees and crops on their land as instructed.
Castles are high maintenance and can leave the peasant landscape a
bit tohu and boo hoo at times. (Let him who reads
understand) 
Castles are actually places to hide and
fear based constructs. Water filled moats to slow the advance of any
wanting to get in serve as the first line of defense against intruders real or
imagined. Very high walls are next and put the intruder at a distinct
disadvantage. It is simply impossible to climb a vertical wall in soggy
wet clothes or armor. The only way you could ever get in once you got
into that mess was for the Lord to lower you a rope, after careful scrutiny,
and haul you up. You would then be interrogated as to why you did not
show up at the narrow gate and slender bridge for questioning in the
first place and go by the rules of the Lord. Scriptures about trying to
climb in ways other than those allowed would be read to you and you would
probably be put in the prison cell until you could prove your sincerity. If you
had nothing to offer the Lord of the Castle, or were deemed a threat, out you
go. The Lord would mark you and throw you off the walls back into the moat to
swim home if you did not drown.
Only the chosen and special people to the Lord get
to live and abide in the Castle. After all, the purpose of a castle is to
keep the peasants (pagans) out and preserve the wealth and ideas of the
Lord. The are meant to insulate those within from those without.
The Lord of the Castle meets with only those he agrees to let in. He only
has to take counsel and advice from the few trusted knights that already abide
in the castle by his good graces. They know they will be on the outside
looking in with all the rest of the peasants should they displease the Lord of
the Castle or offer advice and counsel counter to the already preordained and
acceptable answers. And there are many preordained and acceptable answers
to be memorized and agreed with, at least outwardly.
"Agreeth thou I am the Lord of the Castle and that my Castle, my moat, my walls and myself were spoken of by our fathers long dead?""Oh yes, yes my Lord. Agreeth I do! Truly this place was spoken of in times gone by and would be built by another Sir Lancelot to come, which is you!""Well, spoken Knight......abide ye yet more as long as ye seeth the truth"
Castles can be a bit limiting as one's access to
the countryside is limited. The peasants, who are free of the Lord's
limited views and not bound by the views of the ONE, often have much more fun
and live a larger life than those trapped in the security of the castle.
Oh the Lord has his own servants do the quick run out and back to get supplies
or to meet with peasants who admire his Castle to see if perchance they may
have something the Lord might need, but over all it is a dull and boring
existence waiting for the enemy which seems to be everywhere and nowhere to be
found.
To face this boredom the Lord has limited access
camps, within the walls for Children of the Knights and Approved
Peasants. Archery, boiling oil pouring, catapulting and pushing wall
climbers backwards skills are taught to the young. A great time is had by
all. The highlight is when the Lord visits the campers.
He rides in with his Knights, armored up on the best horse in the
land. Dressed in the official "ME" youth shirts and
uniforms and they chant "Awesome, Awesome, Awesome...My World
is Gyrating" as the Lord of Restored passes to review the
progress of the children. Outside the walls, the non-chosen peasant
children are fishing, laughing their butts off and fighting with wooden swords
and riding on branches and jousting with brooms. "Ok, you're
the crazy Lord of the Castle this time.... " "Awwwwww...I
always have to be him!" "I got you..."
"Did not..." "Did too..."
SEP (Send Everything Posthaste)
Camp 2013
There are leadership classes, Knights
Clubs, lead by the Lord to give the appearance of intellectual stimulation and
proper delivery of the ideas approved by the Lord. And of course there
are Peasant Picnics and jousting tournaments. When the Lord comes on the
course to joust with a chosen knight, the Lord always wins. It is just
better that way for all concerned.
Specifically, the Lord (and there are many Lords
of other castles) of Restored Castle has issued a degree that all other Lords
must come to his castle and bring the peasants with them or risk death by
decree. The Lord of Restored wants this done by the Fall harvest because
this was revealed to him four years ago but only now revealed it and why would
it be later than this Fall if God reveals it now to him? One very
stupid peasant raised his hand and asked the Lord of Restored why he waited
four years to reveal this and would not God have wanted him to reveal it then
as it was given to him then? The Lord said, "Well wise
one....with observations like that you will really go up in my
kingdom." Next we knew he was standing at the bottom of the stairs
to the gallows and the Lord of Restored said.."Up you go young
man." There were no more questions.
The Lord of Restored and the Castle of God, as
he now calls it, gave many sound proofs as to why all these things must be and
shortly come to pass. Secretly he is training Pipers to lead the people
back to the Lord of Restored Castle this Fall. Pipers may also be picked
from the Lords of other castles who have lived in shame and ignorance of
the true Lord of all Castles until now and deeply repent. There will be
difficult hoops to jump through to qualify for this that position.
One Piper named Peter was too busy picking pecks of pickled peppers to
respond and scoffed at this crazy decree. Neither he nor his pickled peppers
have been heard from again.
I personally would not wish to live in a
castle. Impressive places yes, but they are designed to keep only the few
small minded and subservient agreers inside and the wonder of the whole wide
world out. I admit, I am not much of a Lord of Restored or any other
castle fan. I would not do well sitting for hours having the Lord of
Restored or the lords of any other castles school me on what to think, what to
believe and how everything should and is going to go as if the Lord of Restored
or others really knew. I have known other Lords of Castles who
tried to give that impression to the chosen peasants and knights and....well....they
are all dead and gone and the beat goes on.
The Lord of Restored has been so long behind the
walls of his castle that the light of the world cannot penetrate and illuminate
anything. Soooo serious and limited in his understanding of science and
theology done well, the Lord of Restored Castle seems off into strange and
weird ideas that he hopes you never question him on. He once said he was
not going anywhere with strange ideas...but if this not going anywhere, I'd
hate to think where the Lord of Restored thought he'd have to go to be
strange. But, he has assured the peasants that this is not what he meant
and they should have no concerns...whew! Are you listening brethren....
Ultimately, castles are not happy places.
They are dank and chilly or humid and hot depending on the season. They
scarf up an inordinate amount of resources just to keep it going and often the
Lord of the Castle requires the work of the castle bound be done for free as a
sign of dedication to the Lord. Those paid by the Lord know their horse
and armor can be taken away anytime they get off track and on some
other page than the page of the Lord. Always living in fear
with guilt and shame to keep the peasants in place is not my idea of
living. Personal progress and growth never happens in castles,
Castles are too small and cover such a limited area of territory to
be of any real value. The confine people, ideas and learning, which
is what they are meant to do. Castles are where one lives to stay the
same, learn nothing new, never step outside the box provided by the Lord of the
Castle and quietly wonder if maybe there isn't more to life and learning than
this.
There is......wonderful things...
contact Dennis at DennisCDiehl@aol.com
4 comments:
It's like religious feudalism, isn't it? Jesus the Lionheart is away at the crusades, and meanwhile, Prince Dave, Prince Gerald, Prince Ron, Prince Robin, Prince Rod, Prince E.W., just to name a few of the many black princes, along with the liege of their loyal royal feudal lords, tax the members--I, mean, peasants and use the proceeds to build castles to defend themselves from the peasants, among other things.
The gulf between the peasant and his lord was equivalent to the gulf between the peasant and his ox. The lords were the only "people" and everything else was an animal of one species or another, existing to do your work, be a pet, or to be exploited in some other manner. If you kill a peasant or an ox in self-defense, or merely for sport, no biggie.
The peasants are counting on Jesus the Lionheart to come back and sort out this fresh hell, and wonder what's taking so long at the crusades lo these 2,000 years. They're just hoping that he's not been killed in battle, and that he will return to save them from the wicked princes who rule iniquitously in his name.
What those poor peasants don't seem to grasp, indeed, I didn't for a long time, is that you don't have to wait upon a king who may or may not be coming home from the crusades to save you from these feudal lords. You can go Robin Hood on their ass! You can save yourself from these bastard princes. You don't have to wait.
The "proles" were the ones who did best in "1984". By accident, they discovered a principle that the hippies popularized later. If you have nothing, no image to keep up, and nothing to protect, you don't have anything to which you are enslaved, or need to constantly defend against being taken away.
In WCG, Petra was what it was all about. Feudalism for Philadelphians. Protection against the evil German warlords, courtesy of King Arthur (HWA), and his evangelists of the round table.
BB
Dennis the brave scribed his words for all to read, especially for those who toil under the cruel kings of the many castles, kings who live in luxury and ease while their peasants go without. Multitudes of peasants have read his words and have freed themselves. This had angered too many kings of the many castles.
Some greedy kings issued edicts to their remaining peasants demanding that they never read copies of the words written by the rebel Dennis the brave and his merry band of free men, or even visit the places where their parchments are nailed to the trees! The knights of many tables were instructed to ensure those edicts were fully obeyed, for taxes must continue to flow to the castles.
But alas, those edicts were of no avail. The trail through the woods to the clearings where the parchments are nailed to the trees are becoming well worn, and many who read never return to the bondage of the castle.
The king who is known as David the cruel and greedy, has the newest castle, and the poorest peasants. He had sent word to his realm a few seasons ago that all his serfs must send everything they had of their meager possessions to his treasure room. With his new riches the main castle was built, but he wishes to add walls and gates and stables and such, but now his peasants have nothing left to take.
His knights agreed with him that he should enslave the slaves of the other kingdoms and take their meager belongings too. They schemed to try to find traitorous knights from those kingdoms to help with his wicked plans. He even sent out word that assassins should strike down 3 of his most feared rival kings before his fall harvest feastings. He boasted that the 3 feared and hated rival kings would be struck down by then or he is an impostor king.
Many peasants and free men are hoping the assassins are not successful, so that his castle will fall into disuse, and his slaves will gain their freedom.
TLM
Dennis the brave scribed his words for all to read, especially for those who toil under the cruel kings of the many castles, kings who live in luxury and ease while their peasants go without. Multitudes of peasants have read his words and have freed themselves. This had angered too many kings of the many castles.
Some greedy kings issued edicts to their remaining peasants demanding that they never read copies of the words written by the rebel Dennis the brave and his merry band of free men, or even visit the places where their parchments are nailed to the trees! The knights of many tables were instructed to ensure those edicts were fully obeyed, for taxes must continue to flow to the castles.
But alas, those edicts were of no avail. The trail through the woods to the clearings where the parchments are nailed to the trees are becoming well worn, and many who read never return to the bondage of the castle.
The king who is known as David the cruel and greedy, has the newest castle, and the poorest peasants. He had sent word to his realm a few seasons ago that all his serfs must send everything they had of their meager possessions to his treasure room. With his new riches the main castle was built, but he wishes to add walls and gates and stables and such, but now his peasants have nothing left to take.
His knights agreed with him that he should enslave the slaves of the other kingdoms and take their meager belongings too. They schemed to try to find traitorous knights from those kingdoms to help with his wicked plans. He even sent out word that assassins should strike down 3 of his most feared rival kings before his fall harvest feastings. He boasted that the 3 feared and hated rival kings would be struck down by then or he is an impostor king.
Many peasants and free men are hoping the assassins are not successful, so that his castle will fall into disuse, and his slaves will gain their freedom.
TLM
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