I have already commented rather extensively on Stephan’s Joubert’s paper entitled “Being a Radical Pilgrim and Prophet” which he delivered at the Mosaic Congress held at the Mosaic Church in Fairlands, Johannesburg from 4 to 5 September 2009. He spoke on how to follow the Sage from heaven who is the Sophia (Wisdom) of God. As a rebuttal to his appellative of Jesus Christ as the Sage from heaven, I pointed out that God the Father never referred to Jesus as a sage but always as His Son in whom He is well-pleased. When Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say that I am? Peter did not say “You are the Sage from heaven” but “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.”
It is imperative to note that the titles “the Christ” and “the Son of the Living God” are two closely knit and inseparable descriptions of Jesus Christ and can only be attributed to Him and no one else. Christians are called sons and daughters of the most high God but never “the Christ.” Yes! they are the body of Christ but never “the Christ.” His Name is Jesus Christ; “Jesus” which means that He saves repentant sinners from their sins and “the Christ” (“the Anointed One”) which means that He was anointed by the Holy Spirit to accomplish his great redemptive work on the cross. There is a growing and deliberate tendency amongst the clergy of the Emergent Church to steer away from the unique title of Jesus as “the Christ, the Son of the living God.” In stead, they use titles that can easily be attributed, not only to Him, but to any other so-called wise person or sage. In this way they are very subtly and shrewdly stripping Jesus Christ of his uniqueness and bringing Him on par with the sages and wise persons of other religions. To illustrate I would like to present you with an alarming video I found on the internet called Who is Maitreya?
I’m sure you didn’t miss the words:
In esoteric tradition the Christ is not the name of an individual but an Office in the Hierarchy.
It not only denies the uniqueness of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God but also declares that any person in the Hierarchy (Ascended Masters) may be overshadowed by the Christ-Office to accomplish certain goals on the earth. The present holder of this Office, in accordance with the esoteric wisdom of the Ascended Masters (Satan’s fallen angels), is Maitreya Buddha who allegedly overshadowed Jesus of Nazareth, his disciple. Maitreya is allegedly the embodiment of the Christ principle, the energy of Love, the Lord of Love in the same way his brother the Buddha was the Lord of Wisdom.
Could it be that Stephan Joubert, when referring to Jesus Christ as the Sage from heaven, was actually referring to the Buddha? As you have seen, the above video also claims that the various religions are awaiting the return of their own sages of wisdom or World Teachers; the Christians await Christ, the Hindus await Krishna; the Muslims await the Imam Mahdi, the Jews await their Messiah and the Buddhists are awaiting the Maitreya Buddha. These are all different names for one and the same individual, the World Teacher (a man of great Wisdom). Let me say it bluntly: it obviously means that many clergy, when they speak of the Christ, they are actually simultaneously speaking of Krishna, the Imam Mahdi, the Messiah and the Maitreya Buddha because they all represent one individual. Have you noticed that Stephan Joubert refers to Jesus Christ as the Sage from heaven and not as the One sent from and by God? Stephan’s Joubert’s heaven is the New Age heaven which believes that heaven is already on earth because everything is already supposedly holy. Do you remember the following quote from Stephan Joubert’s sermon in the valley of the Mosaic Church in Fairlands, Johannesburg?
Another thing that you need to know: Life is holy, life is holy. When you follow Jesus as the Sage, not as the religious professional, as the guy with all the rules for right and wrong, but as the Sage from heaven, Jesus will tell you. You will learn from Him: Life is holy. Every single person that you will cross paths with will be holy. Every place you are will be holy. So this is the journey. The pilgrimage is not to go to holy places. Every morning you wake up, if, you’re on a pilgrimage. When you have coffee at Mug and Bean. Do that more [often]. That’s on a pilgrimage.
Now compare this to the following quote form “The New Age Journal” written by an ordained interfaith minister, John C. Robinson.
I experience Heaven on Earth every day: an incredibly beautiful, peaceful and holy place all around me where problems dissolve into joy, people appear resplendent, and the everyday world is transfigured into a timeless and enchanted wonderland. I know I’m not crazy because I’m a clinical psychologist. And, as an ordained interfaith minister with a doctorate in ministry, I know what the mystics from every tradition have been us for centuries: Heaven on Earth is already here when we’re awake enough to see it! It is real and you can find it, too, but you have to learn how to see again.
How do you learn how to see again? Well, you will need to go on the pilgrimage or journey of the Emergent Church. As Maitreya himself has said it so Satanically succinctly.
My task will be to take you on a journey into Truth, into the Blessed Country of Love, and there to show you to yourselves as God.
