From music, to television, to conspiracy theories, the Holy Grail seems like a constant in popular culture. Of course the legend was perpetuated by the Catholic church who held to the idea the cup what Jesus Christ used at the last supper had supernatural power. Of course this cup probably didn't have any real value until to it until Rome declared "Christianity" as it's official religion, under the Emperor Constantine in around 300 A.D.
Now we have to remember, as with anything, lets take shoes for example. If I go to Walmart and by a cheap pair of generic shoes, scrape off the logo, and put on a NIKE logo in it's place. Is that shoe now a NIKE shoe? No, it's absolutely not. At best it's a rip off and if you try selling it as a NIKE shoe you are going to get sued because you are plagiarizing! Of course when this was done by the The Roman Empire in 300 A.D., no one seemed to catch the blatant plagiarism.
Just because you call something "Christian" doesn't make it so. In fact, if you study up on your church history you are going to see that Emperor Constantine was bewildered because during this time, Christianity was split up in multiple different sects. So what did Rome do under Constantine to figure out which sect was the real deal? He simple took the two biggest sects and set up a council that would decide which faction was the "right" one!
After Rome came to their own "divine" conclusion of who's version of "Christianity" to go with, Arias or Athanasius, paganism came rolling in. In fact, the whole Christianity thing went down the drain immediately after this selection was made as Rome had Arias poisoned. It was a good measure to secure the power of the newly created Roman Catholic Church, this way, Arias wouldn't be able to spread any more of his heresies.
To ease this transition, the "Church" had to make sure that they appeased the old religious pagans, who were used to worshiping idols, a plethora of "gods", and tradition. So what did Rome do? They made promoted "Saints" who took on a demigod status in this new religion. It didn't stop there, they instituted the worship of Mary, the earthly mother of Jesus. Also the old pagan holidays were still kept, only now they had Christian symbolism and meaning behind them. In fact, even many of the ancient temples to the "gods" were made into churches!
Rome new what she was doing. Rome needed to bring unity the Empire, by compromising this massive movement known as "Christianity" by hijacking it and calling it her own. Rome saw Christianity as one of her biggest threats. The old adage,"If you can't beat them, then join them," was fully embraced by Rome.
So what does this have to do with the Holy Grail? This has EVERYTHING to do with the Holy Grail. As paganism moved in, so did pagan ideas. Concepts of special objects making one holy or giving a a person superhuman power was always a pagan idea. In fact, this idea was never rooted in the Bible, because only God is the source of power and holiness. Objects known as "Relics" came into existence virtually over night. The Priests of the old word began to hop on the "Christian" band wagon to get their cut.
In fact these Priests were nothing more than well practiced magicians, who made a killing off of deceiving the masses. In fact, many of the ancient Roman temples were set up to drop the jaws of their adherents. For example, it's a historical fact that many of the statues of the Roman goddess Upis (Roman goddess with many breasts) would lactate milk at certain times of the day. This astounded her followers and deceived her adherents into giving up loads of money for this "divine" miracle. The Temple of Zues at Olympia was said to have a levitating chariot in it that would levitate at certain times of the day. Archaeologist's have recently found out that they ancients were experts of magnetism and were able to use this force to make objects like this chariot, levitate!
Now that I have your attention, lets get back to bring this Holy Grail topic into view. This Relic was perpetuated with a slew of others. A few other Relics that shared the stage in lore were things like the Spear of Destiny and parts of the cross that the Apostle Peter was supposedly executed on. The Spear of Destiny was the spear that was said to have gone into the side of Jesus Christ when he was executed. Whether or not these Relics were or were not the real McCoy is not known. Oddly enough, some of these Relics still occupy the thoughts of many devote Catholics and Europeans. In fact when Adolf Hitler annexed Austria in 1938, the first thing he did was was first Spear of Destiny from a Museum in Austria, was very first thing Hitler confiscated when he took over Austria in 1938!
I believe Dan Brown is right...the legend of the Holy Grail has to do with the lineage of Christ. The Grail is not physical but spiritual. The legend of a physical Grail was put forward to keep the Spiritual one occupied and hidden. The Grail still exists and many people have discovered it already! It's all about getting into the Spiritual lineage of Christ by drinking from the very Grail found in Matthew 26:28! In fact, drinking from this Grail will give you eternal life and cause you to never thirst again!
Please keep in mind, I'm not talking about physical life or physical thirst, but SPIRITUAL! When you drink from this cup, you will become part of Jesus lineage, you will become his son or daughter! So how we do drink from this Grail? We must repent of our sins, and be baptized INTO his Name! (Galatians 3:27) In fact, if we do this, we will receive forgiveness of our sins as stated in Acts 2:38!
The Grail is in fact hidden, only those who show themselves approved will find it! It all stems from Matthew 26:28 and the key to finding this Grail are the words "for the remission of your sins."
This is a key text for how we are to "drink" from the Grail. These exact words appear in Acts 2:38, the application! Now the Holy Grail has been identified and now those who have found it CAN DRINK!#HolyGrail
Now we have to remember, as with anything, lets take shoes for example. If I go to Walmart and by a cheap pair of generic shoes, scrape off the logo, and put on a NIKE logo in it's place. Is that shoe now a NIKE shoe? No, it's absolutely not. At best it's a rip off and if you try selling it as a NIKE shoe you are going to get sued because you are plagiarizing! Of course when this was done by the The Roman Empire in 300 A.D., no one seemed to catch the blatant plagiarism.
Just because you call something "Christian" doesn't make it so. In fact, if you study up on your church history you are going to see that Emperor Constantine was bewildered because during this time, Christianity was split up in multiple different sects. So what did Rome do under Constantine to figure out which sect was the real deal? He simple took the two biggest sects and set up a council that would decide which faction was the "right" one!
After Rome came to their own "divine" conclusion of who's version of "Christianity" to go with, Arias or Athanasius, paganism came rolling in. In fact, the whole Christianity thing went down the drain immediately after this selection was made as Rome had Arias poisoned. It was a good measure to secure the power of the newly created Roman Catholic Church, this way, Arias wouldn't be able to spread any more of his heresies.
To ease this transition, the "Church" had to make sure that they appeased the old religious pagans, who were used to worshiping idols, a plethora of "gods", and tradition. So what did Rome do? They made promoted "Saints" who took on a demigod status in this new religion. It didn't stop there, they instituted the worship of Mary, the earthly mother of Jesus. Also the old pagan holidays were still kept, only now they had Christian symbolism and meaning behind them. In fact, even many of the ancient temples to the "gods" were made into churches!
Rome new what she was doing. Rome needed to bring unity the Empire, by compromising this massive movement known as "Christianity" by hijacking it and calling it her own. Rome saw Christianity as one of her biggest threats. The old adage,"If you can't beat them, then join them," was fully embraced by Rome.
So what does this have to do with the Holy Grail? This has EVERYTHING to do with the Holy Grail. As paganism moved in, so did pagan ideas. Concepts of special objects making one holy or giving a a person superhuman power was always a pagan idea. In fact, this idea was never rooted in the Bible, because only God is the source of power and holiness. Objects known as "Relics" came into existence virtually over night. The Priests of the old word began to hop on the "Christian" band wagon to get their cut.
In fact these Priests were nothing more than well practiced magicians, who made a killing off of deceiving the masses. In fact, many of the ancient Roman temples were set up to drop the jaws of their adherents. For example, it's a historical fact that many of the statues of the Roman goddess Upis (Roman goddess with many breasts) would lactate milk at certain times of the day. This astounded her followers and deceived her adherents into giving up loads of money for this "divine" miracle. The Temple of Zues at Olympia was said to have a levitating chariot in it that would levitate at certain times of the day. Archaeologist's have recently found out that they ancients were experts of magnetism and were able to use this force to make objects like this chariot, levitate!
Now that I have your attention, lets get back to bring this Holy Grail topic into view. This Relic was perpetuated with a slew of others. A few other Relics that shared the stage in lore were things like the Spear of Destiny and parts of the cross that the Apostle Peter was supposedly executed on. The Spear of Destiny was the spear that was said to have gone into the side of Jesus Christ when he was executed. Whether or not these Relics were or were not the real McCoy is not known. Oddly enough, some of these Relics still occupy the thoughts of many devote Catholics and Europeans. In fact when Adolf Hitler annexed Austria in 1938, the first thing he did was was first Spear of Destiny from a Museum in Austria, was very first thing Hitler confiscated when he took over Austria in 1938!
I believe Dan Brown is right...the legend of the Holy Grail has to do with the lineage of Christ. The Grail is not physical but spiritual. The legend of a physical Grail was put forward to keep the Spiritual one occupied and hidden. The Grail still exists and many people have discovered it already! It's all about getting into the Spiritual lineage of Christ by drinking from the very Grail found in Matthew 26:28! In fact, drinking from this Grail will give you eternal life and cause you to never thirst again!
Please keep in mind, I'm not talking about physical life or physical thirst, but SPIRITUAL! When you drink from this cup, you will become part of Jesus lineage, you will become his son or daughter! So how we do drink from this Grail? We must repent of our sins, and be baptized INTO his Name! (Galatians 3:27) In fact, if we do this, we will receive forgiveness of our sins as stated in Acts 2:38!
The Grail is in fact hidden, only those who show themselves approved will find it! It all stems from Matthew 26:28 and the key to finding this Grail are the words "for the remission of your sins."
This is a key text for how we are to "drink" from the Grail. These exact words appear in Acts 2:38, the application! Now the Holy Grail has been identified and now those who have found it CAN DRINK!#HolyGrail