IMAGE - God's Puzzle Solved

Gnosticism. “Gnostic” in Greek merely means “higherspiritual knowledge.” There were Egyptian Gnostics,Jewish Gnostics, Asian Gnostics, Indian Gnostics andmany more.Gnosticism was not a religion, rather it was a philosophyof life. Just as colleges and universities havephilosophy classes, The Jews, Greeks and Pagans alsohad philosophy classes in their schools. In the cities,during Christ’s time, Gnostics were considered to befrom schools of higher learning. The Pagans were educatedthrough their religions and their rituals wereconducted by a Priesthood.There were three separate classes of people. Thethree classes were The Jews, The Greeks and The Pagans.They all knew of The One God who created everything.This God was known as The SkyGod wholived in the heavens with a variety of names given bydifferent groups. They knew about man’s depravitysince it was believed by both The Greeks and The Pagans.Everyone had the need for a Redeemer/Savior.Their need came from man’s sinning ways. All threegroups had an eschatology, which is the fulfillment (or“pleroma”) of an end-time prophecy. This containeda great deal of truth and was accepted by these threeschools of thought. The key ingredient in all of thiswas known as The Word. “Pleroma” in Greek is “thefulfillment.”How did these Gnostic schools of knowledge begin?The Magi (The Wise) were part of The School of Gnostics.So, you have The Shepherds who heralded thearrival of their Messiah to Israel and you, also, havethis mysterious group called The Magi.ix