Zechariah Chap 5 describe the vision which zechariah had, in which he sees a flying scroll. God’s angel then explains to him the meaning of the scroll that it puts a curse on every one who steals and tell lies. This scroll has writings on both side , the writing on one sides tells about the destruction of those who steal and the writing on the other side tells the destruction that befall on those who lie. The Lord All –Powerful has said ‘’ I am sending this scroll into the house of everyone who is a robber or tells lies in my name, and it will remain there until every piece of wood and stone in that house crumbles.’’
In chap. 4 he sees a vision of gold lamp stand with seven lamps , each one with seven flames. The Lord says, the seven lamps represent my eyes- the eyes of the Lord- and they see everything on the earth. The number seven has been used to indicate totality or nothing is there which is hidden from the eyes of Lord. Even god fearing people indulge in lying and stealing , sometimes without even knowing it , sometimes thinking it is too frivolous to count. But can we ignore these temptations of lying and stealing as frolicsome, if we believe in the above Bible teaching. Again in Zechariah chap 8:17, we are reminded ‘’ don’t ever plan evil things against others or tell lies under oath , I, the Lord, hate such things.’’ Revelations chap 21 :8 makes it clear people who are unfaithful, evil minded, idol worshipers, liars etc, will be thrown into the lake of fire and burning sulphur.
The purpose of a church and its leaders are supposed to teach the folk the word of god as revealed thru bible and it is but natural that in spiritual leaders we expect a higher level of such qualities like probity, sobriety, integrity and humility etc. We are familiar with many human gods sprouting at nook and corner of India, some of them have a net worth running into billions of dollars and we often see the veil of many such fakes are torn off. But still there is no dearth of insane, fickle minded followers to protect and promote such religious charlatans. But as a marthomite , I was always proud of the bishops and achens of the church , thought them to be, by and large, a breed apart in their spiritual enlightenment and humility. Now seeing the present chaos and mayhem in church, the deceitful practices , blatant lies and demonic arrogance of the church leaders , the ordinary people are bewildered as to where the church is going . It is all the more disgusting when we see the top honchos of the church is engaged in such deceitful ways and employing people to shout the lies using all the media and resources available.
Last week , I happen to meet a member of an (official) church in Kuwait, whose parents were visiting Kuwait , they were told in India that it is only 50 -100 people who are gathering separate as rebels and when they saw the worship in Marina hall , they were amazed to see that it was even more than in the undivided Kuwait Marthoma Church that they had seen before. A couple of months back one senior bishop of the church said to some one , only 100 to 200 people are opposing the decision. Even today , in a marhtoma group site, we see people shout in an organized way there is no problem in Kuwait Marthoma Church, even when it is as clear as day light that almost the whole of Kuwait Marthomites are away. Poor kittens close their eyes while feeding, and think nobody sees them ! But it is downright despicable for some Marthoma Bishops to think and act like poor kittens.
Seeing the outcome of the wicked schemes implemented in Kuwait, hope the church leadership must now remember prov chap.20: 17 ‘’Food gained by fraud tastes sweet (at first), but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel. ‘’ Now decide soon , what to do with this gravel : to keep in the mouth or swallow it or spit it out ? Or continue to keep boasting and enjoying the royal feast like Haman till …. ?
As one who knows the reality , it was really stirring my mind and thinking how the bishops , achens and at their behest, some others could be engaged in such lying . Even if you could suppress the truth for sometime from a segment of the church, be aware of the writing on the sides of the flying scrolls and seven lamps representing Lord’s eye witnessing all your clandestine deals, cunningly devised fables lies .
Sajan
As one who knows the reality , it was really stirring my mind and thinking how the bishops , achens and at their behest, some others could be engaged in such lying . Even if you could suppress the truth for sometime from a segment of the church, be aware of the writing on the sides of the flying scrolls and seven lamps representing Lord’s eye witnessing all your clandestine deals, cunningly devised fables lies .
Sajan