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In the beginning
In the permissive society that exists in our world today, the law of God (the very "transcript" of the "character" of God. – The Great Controversy, p. 434) has been trampled underfoot by worldlings and churchmen alike. The true knowledge of God has been lost sight of for hundreds of years. Questions such as: Is there a God at all? What is God like? Are there many Gods or only One? Is God male or female? These questions permeate the secular as well as the religious media and demand an answer. As we turn to the Scriptures for an answer we must bear in mind that in Jesus' day He taught that which was strange and new, that God had a Son, and this caused the Jews to cry "blasphemy!" "But we see that the God of heaven sometimes commissions men to teach that which is regarded as contrary to the established doctrines. . . But let us follow the history of the men whom the Jewish priests and rulers thought so dangerous, because they were bringing in new and strange teaching on almost every theological subject." – Testimonies to Ministers, pp. 69, 71.
"For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse." – Romans 1:20.
If we are to learn of the Godhead from those things which are made (created) then we must ask ourselves which of the created things reveal what God is like. The plants and animals? Certainly not! Only the creation of mankind can show us the personality and gender of the Godhead.
"And God [Elohim – plural – more than one God] said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion .... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." – Genesis 1 :26,27.
In Genesis 1: 26, God said "Let US make man in OUR image." Since there are THREE members of the Godhead, certainly One was not left out of creation? No, of course not; but we have not thought to include the Holy Spirit in the "Us" or "Our" because God had never revealed it. We cannot by searching find out the hidden things. But now God has revealed that the Holy Spirit, the Mother image, is a part of the "Us" which makes good sense. We understand the Godhead by the things that are created. Man and woman were the only ones created in the image of God. We have been told by those in a position to know that it is not uncommon at evangelistic meetings for children to ask, during the question and answer period, Who Jesus' Heavenly Mother is! Since in the Heavenly Family, God is the Father, and Jesus is the Son, would it not be natural for a little child to ask Who the Heavenly Mother is? Jesus said,
we must become as little children. Are there not three Persons with gender in the Trinity – God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit?
The FORM of Eve was certainly not the FORM of a MAN, certainly not the FORM of God, the Father, or Christ, the Son! This is easy to see when one has all the evidence. But since it is new, it is always harder to see because new revelations always come CONTRARY to our ideas. "But we see that the God of heaven sometimes commissions men [and women!] to teach that which is regarded as CONTRARY to the established doctrines." – Testimonies to Ministers, p. 69.
We understand the Godhead by the things that are made! Since, according to the Holy Bible, God said, "Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness," then, we understand this in the light of the things that are made here on earth. Husband and wife bring forth children. It is not the children and the father, but the mother and the father who bring forth the children. God, the Father, and Jesus did not make man, male and FEMALE, in THEIR image. Neither God nor Jesus look like a woman. Do They? But Eve was a woman, and, therefore, since she did not look like God, the Father, or Jesus, the Son, she did look like someone. God said "in OUR image;" then she must have looked like the feminine part of the Godhead – the Holy Spirit, since that part is the only One left. The Father and the Son are not feminine. "In the beginning, man [and woman] was created in the likeness of God, not only in character, but IN FORM AND FEATURE." – The Great Controversy, pp. 644, 645.
Did not God make Eve from Adam's rib, and call her a FE-male? Genesis 5:2 says God called THEIR name ADAM – Mr. and Mrs. Adam (two Adams – a male and a female). Today, a man's wife is called Mrs. Jones or Mrs. Smith, that is, by the MAN'S name. (masculine); the children, whether male or female, bear the father's name (masculine). We may begin to understand how God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are One. To begin with, Adam was one and "the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a WOman" (Genesis 2:22). Adam became two. Then from Adam and Eve came the children: three parts of a family. They were originally all represented in Adam, a masculine person. Can we understand this? Then God separated the rib, made Eve; then came the children afterward, all with the same name Adam (masculine). They were, then, all of one (flesh). So, the Godhead is explained. The things that are made explain the things that are unseen, even the Godhead (Romans 1:20). Ephesians 3:15 tells us that there is a FAMILY (a Father–Mother–Son image) in heaven: "Of whom the whole FAMILY in heaven and earth is named."
"Created to be 'the image and GLORY of God,' Adam and Eve. . ." – Education, p. 20. ". . the woman is the glory of man." 1 Corinthians 11:7. Therefore, God's glory is the Holy Spirit (feminine)!
"In the beginning God created both the man and the woman equal, as king and queen. 'And God blessed THEM, and God said unto THEM, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have DOMINION. . . Note that the dominion was given to THEM BOTH." – The Shepherd's Rod, Vol. 2, pp. 168, 169.
"Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called THEIR name ADAM (two ADAMS, a MALE and a FEMALE), in the day when THEY were created." Genesis 5:2.
" IN THE BEGINNING GOD.' Here
alone can the mind in its eager questioning, fleeing as a dove to the ark, find rest. Above, beneath, beyond, abides Infinite Love, working out all things to accomplish 'the good pleasure of His goodness.'
" 'The invisible things of Him since the creation of the world are. . . perceived through the things that are made, even His everlasting power and divinity.' But their testimony can be understood only through the aid of the divine Teacher. 'What man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.'
" 'When He [SHE], the Spirit of truth, is come, He [SHE] will guide you into all truth.' Only by the aid of that Spirit who in the beginning 'was brooding upon the face of the waters [a mother hen broods her chicks];' of that Word by whom 'all things were made;' of that 'true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world,' can the testimony of science be rightly interpreted. Only by their guidance can its deepest truths be discerned.
"ONLY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE OMNISCIENT ONE SHALL WE, IN THE STUDY OF HIS [HER] WORKS, BE ENABLED TO THINK HIS [HER] THOUGHTS AFTER HIM [HER]." – Education, p. 134.
Concerning the personality of the Holy Spirit, history will help us to understand the background of man's thinking regarding the Holy Spirit's being male, female, or neuter. "In the third century, that time of developing apostasies, Paul of Samosatar advanced a theory denying the personality of the Holy Spirit, regarding the Holy Spirit merely as an influence, an exertion of divine energy and power, an influence moving out from God and exerted on men. Then about the time of the Protestant Reformation two men, Laeleus Socinus and his nephew, Faustus Socinus, revived the theory, and many accepted it.
"The chilling influence of this concept has told on all the Protestant churches. In our Authorized Version of 1611 the personal pronoun applied by Christ to the Holy Spirit is translated by the neuter it, or itself [not male or female], in Romans 8:16,26. This is an index of the attitude of the time, for Christian people then spoke of the Spirit as 'it.'
"It is significant that the utterances of the Spirit of prophecy (E. G. White) were squarely against prevailing sentiment on the part of some of the pioneers of the Advent Movement, who were inclined to this impersonal idea of an influence, and discounted the doctrine of the Trinity...
"Not only was the personality of the Holy Spirit attacked in those early centuries, but His [Her] deity was challenged in the fourth century by Anius. . . According to Arius, the Holy Spirit is a created person." – The Coming of the Comforter, pp. 56,57, by Elder Leroy Froom.
"It was after the Minneapolis Conference,
and especially as Mrs. White was preparing the chapters for The Desire of Ages (1898) concerning the promise of the bestowal of the Holy Spirit, that MESSAGES came to this people with increasing frequency, fullness, and clarity on the PERSONALITY OF THE SPIRIT. . . In earlier statements the neuter form IT was more often used when referring to the Holy Spirit. The HOUR HAD COME FOR CLARIFICATION AND EMPHASIS UPON THIS SUPREME PROVISION IN THE SALVATION AND ENABLING OF MAN." – Ibid., p. 63.
Now that the light has come and is clearly seen about the gender of the Holy Spirit, all Christians, both Catholic and Protestant alike, as well as all other religions can find Biblical authority for a natural balance in the Godhead.
This authoritative, Biblical explanation combats the perversion outlined in Romans 1:20-32, and should give relief to those who have a perverted view of an all male or an all female trinity, knowing that the Trinity includes both male and female – a symbol of productivity and preservation of mankind.
We, as Christians, have not, until now, understood this mystery! In Sister White's day she wrote that "The nature of the Holy Spirit is a mystery. Men cannot explain it, because the Lord has not revealed it to them [until 1977 and then, by a woman!]. . . Regarding such mysteries, which are too deep for HUMAN understanding, SILENCE IS GOLDEN." – The Acts of the Apostles, p. 52. The Spirit did not reveal to Sister White the GENDER of the Holy Spirit, but She did reveal to her that silence would be golden until God revealed it, so Sister White did not speculate. She revealed only that the Holy Spirit is a Person. Conclusively, therefore, if the Holy Spirit is a Person, then there is gender to be made known of that Person.
In 1911, Sister White wrote (as we have already quoted) in The Acts of the Apostles, page 52, that the nature of the Holy Spirit was still a mystery and could not be understood UNTIL REVEALED BY INSPIRATION. However, Sister White did recognize the HOLY SPIRIT AS A PERSON IN 1905 when she wrote that "There are three LIVING PERSONS of the heavenly trio. . . the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. . ." – Evangelism, p. 615. That is, she was saying the Spirit is a Person of the Godhead, but she did not know the gender of the Person. It was not given to Sister White to further identify the Holy Spirit as definitely He or She. Sister White stated in 1911 it was still a mystery, for she had revealed that the Holy Spirit was a Person. In Genesis 5:2 God called Eve "Adam." Sister White knowing that the Holy Spirit is a Person, was safe in calling the Person He, for had not God called Eve "Adam," and do we not call men and women MANKIND, etc., using the masculine gender, it being understood the feminine gender is included?
Today the Holy Spirit is teaching that the Third Person of the Godhead is feminine; in other words, we have a Heavenly Mother, a Heavenly Father, and a Heavenly Son, if you please! This key verse of the entire Bible tells us how to understand the Trinity – "For the in visible things of him from the creation of the world are CLEARLY SEEN, being understood by the things THAT ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD so that they are without excuse." Romans 1:20.
ON EARTH SATAN HAS DEFLECTED THE TRUTH AND MADE IT OFF CENTER OR PERVERTED IT. THE DOCTRINE OF MARIOLATRY IS BASED ON A TRUTH – THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE FEMININE MEDIATOR. PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE UNDERSTANDING SHE HAS GIVEN US! ". . . THE JEWISH CHURCH... CAN IN FACT BE THE SHADOW AND FIGURE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ALONE." – Catholic Doctrine as Defined by The Council of Trent, by A. Nampon, p. 62.
"Today's scholars suggest reasons why Mary became a powerful RELIGIOUS SYMBOL. Greeley believes that the early CHRISTIANS HAD A PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED TO EXPRESS THE FEMININE SIDE OF GOD, WHICH THEIR HEBREW FOREFATHERS SUPPRESSED. . . . Mystics found in her total obedience to God the prototype of the single soul's rapturous union with the divine, and monks stressed her perpetual virginity. Meanwhile, the mass of average believers revered her more accessible human qualities – forebearance, compassion, maternal love – AND TURNED TO HER AS 'MEDIATOR' OF CHRIST'S SAVING GRACES. . . SHE WAS 'QUEEN OF HEAVEN' and he was 'CHRIST THE KING.' Her prayer was the 'Ave Maria,' his was 'The Lord's Prayer.' NOT SURPRISINGLY, THEN, THE PROTESTANT REFORMERS REJECTED THE CULT OF MARY BECAUSE IT CONFLICTED WITH KEY REFORMATION THEMES. Among them: FIDELITY TO THE SCRIPTURE ALONE, Jesus as the SOLE MEDIATOR between God and man and rejection of the monastic life in favor of the Christian family. IN REACTION, the Catholic Counter-Reformation, with the Jesuits taking the lead, enhanced Mary as a symbol of the Catholic commitment. . . . MEANWHILE, A CURIOUS CLEAVAGE IN CHRISTIAN SENSIBILITY DEVELOPED AMONG RANK-AND-FILE CHRISTIANS . . . Today, Mary is seen as a symbol of radical Christian hope – the FIRST of mankind to be redeemed and FULLY GLORIFIED by her perfect faith in CHRIST, but TOTALLY subordinate to her son. In return, at least some Protestant ecumenists, such as BAPTIST THEOLOGIAN ARTHUR CRABTREE, HAVE BEGUN TO INCLUDE MARY IN THEIR PRAYERS AS A 'UNIQUE MEMBER OF THE CHURCH AND MODEL FOR ALL CHRISTIANS.' RELEVANCE: But the real question is whether ordinary men and women will find in Mary relevance for their own lives. THE STORY OF MARY IN HISTORY reveals DIFFERENT meanings of the Virgin Mother for DIFFERENT GENERATIONS. Certainly the TIMES ARE RIPE for an APPRECIATION OF THE FEMININE SIDE of ALL human beings – and of GOD AS WELL. And the Christmas story reminds us that Mary was not only the Mother of the Messiah but a courageous women in her own right who suffered for her singular response to God's call." – Newsweek, January 1, 1979.
The Symbolic Prophecy of Mary given to the Jewish Church was: "How long wilt thou go about, 0 thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a NEW THING in the earth, A WOMAN SHALL COMPASS A MAN." Jeremiah 31:22.
"Compass a man. The meaning of this clause is obscure. Scholars have offered
the following conjectural suggestions: (1) that Israel, the woman, would return to her husband, Jehovah; (2) that conditions would be so peaceful that a woman would be able to perform the office of protector normally requiring a man; (3) that the woman is the virgin Mary and the man, Jesus; this was the view of the church fathers, among them Augustine; (4) that the woman represents Israel, who in her restoration would be stronger than her former conquerors." – Seventh Day Adventist Bible Commentary, Vol. 4, p. 467.
"'How long wilt thou go about, 0 thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing (a new message) in the earth. A woman shall compass a man (before the spiritual birth).' Jer. 31:22." – Seven Letters to Florence Houteff and the Executive Council of the Davidian Seventh-day Adventist Association, pp. 17, 18, by B. L. Roden.
Comment: This symbolic prophecy envisions the complete encirclement of the church – SHE, The Lord Our Righteousness – by the power of the Holy Spirit, in the last days, when Divine love is manifested in a wall of fire around about Jerusalem, "for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant [Church, SHE] whom the Lord shall call.." Joel 2:32.
This prophecy was a further illumination of Genesis 3:15: "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Mother and child (female and male image of God) which were revealed in Genesis 1.
"In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith SHE [The Branch] shall be called, The Lord our righteousness." Jeremiah 33:15,16.
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." Gen. 1:1. "And God said, Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness: and let THEM have dominion . . . So God created man in his OWN image, in the image of God created he him; MALE and FEMALE created he THEM. And God blessed THEM, and God said unto THEM. . . have dominion . . ." Genesis 1:26-28.
"Despite such an enormous cultural change, the Virgin Mary is beginning to recapture the Christian imagination in NEW and OFTEN ARRESTING WAYS. Overcoming their longstanding bias against Mariology, PROTESTANTS HAVE JOINED CATHOLICS AND ORTHODOX SCHOLARS IN EXPLORING THE MEANING OF MARY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT and the role Marian piety might play in a REUNITED CHRISTIANITY. In several recent books and symposiums PROTESTANTS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE NEW TESTAMENT DOES CONTAIN A THEOLOGY OF MARY . . . 'BECAUSE SHE WAS ASKED TO BECOME THE MOTHER OF JESUS WITHOUT THE INTERVENTION OF MAN, SHE RESPONDED TO THE CALL OF GOD AS A PERSON, without biological differentiation,' says Sister Barbara Thomas, a past president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. 'She did this as a free agent, not bound by any physical dependence upon man's cooperation, nor by social restraint to seek a man's approval.'. . sociologist Father Andrew Greeley acknowledges the historical and psychological links of Mary with pre-
Christian goddesses. Explains Greeley: 'Mary is the Catholic Christian religion's symbol which reveals to us that the Ultimate is androgynous, THAT IN GOD THERE IS BOTH MALE AND FEMALE . . . .'NEW EVE': Much of the current interest in the Virgin is frankly ANALYTICAL – an effort to discover how and why she emerged as the dominant FEMALE IMAGE IN WESTERN ART AND CULTURE . . . .Through her acceptance of God's call to be mother of the Messiah, Mary becomes in Luke's hands the 'NEW EVE' who symbolizes the LINK between the OLD Israel and the 'NEW Israel' of believers in Christ. Only in A.D. 431, at the Council of Ephesus, did the early church fathers give Mary her first additional title: 'Mother of God.'" Newsweek, January 1, 1979.
Let us reason together. Since "The understanding of the Holy Spirit as female is also Jewish or Semitic" (New Testament Apocrypha, p. 160), then Satan has perverted this truth by the worship of the PERSON of Mary rather than that of the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity, our Mediatrix in heaven. Since Romans 8:26 shows the Spirit to be an intercessor or mediator ("but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us"), Satan has used this truth to promote the Mary mediatrix teaching.
"Louis De Berquin, a member of the noble family of Artois, and a Huguenot at the court of Francis I, was three times charged with heresy and imprisoned. Finally he was burned at the stake, to become France's first Protestant martyr . . . .for in his books [he had written] . . . . 'The Virgin Mary is improperly invoked instead of the Holy Ghost.'" – Heroes of the Reformation, pp. 132, 133, by David & Hilda Hagstotz.
Thus we can now understand the basis for the doctrine of Mariology which arose as a result of a lack of understanding of the gender of the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Godhead (Trinity). "And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent." Acts 17:30.
How thankful we should be that the Heavenly Family have revealed Themselves to us! The Jews had to accept the revelation of the Son to be saved, but they rejected and crucified Him. Shall we, like the Jews, crucify the personal representative of the Holy Spirit also, for which there will be no forgiveness?
"Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men." Matthew 12:31. Now, we must accept the revelation of the Mother to reach final perfection in the Righteous Kingdom.
The Bible is really about the Father and the Son; the Old Testament being about the Father and the New Testament about the Son, since the Spirit came not to speak of Herself but of Her Son, Christ! John was told not to write the seven thunders (Rev. 10:4), but they are now being revealed. They are a revelation of the Holy Spirit and Her work from creation to the restoration of the land "like the garden of Eden." Eze. 36:35. We believe the Bible more than ever before, since we are now becoming acquainted with the Author of the Bible, the Holy Spirit, Who, up until now, has been telling us about the personality and gender (masculine) of the Father and the Son!
Romans 1:20-32, shows WHO SAY THE GODHEAD IS EITHER ALL MALE OR ALL FEMALE. Notice especially verses 26 and 27. When we look even to the animal world, the created things, we see the Heavenly Trinity portrayed in the father, mother and child. What a revela-
tion of the Trinity! Now we can see more clearly the value of studying the book of nature.
Jeremiah 33:15,16
"For the invisible things of him [and her] from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his [and her] eternal power and Godhead; so that they [mankind, male and female] are without excuse." Romans 1:20.
In the things that were made God has cleared the gender of all three persons of the Godhead; therefore, we are without excuse if we do not know.
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." Gen. 1: 1, 2.
We see the Father and the Holy Spirit mentioned by name in the beginning; two persons of the Godhead who said: "Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness: and let THEM have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his [and her] own image, in the image of God created he [and she] him; MALE and FEMALE created he [and she] THEM." Gen. 1 :26,27.
It is not until Genesis 3:15 that a mention is made of the Son, another masculine figure, who was "the express image" (Hebrews 1:3) of the Father.
"This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he [and she] him; Male and female created he [and she] them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created." Gen. 5:1,2.
"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Gen. 2:7.
Adam was of the earth, and was earthy (John 3:31; 1 Corinthians 15:47). His death was recorded in the Bible (Genesis 5:5).
"And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it." Genesis 2:15.
"And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." Genesis 2:21-23.
Eve was formed from living flesh and bone, a different (higher) order of creation than Adam, and became a symbol on earth of the Holy Spirit who is ever living. Her death was not recorded in the earth.
"And Adam called his wife's name Eve because she was the mother of all living." Gen. 3:20.
In calling the woman, Eve, Adam uttered a prophecy of another woman (Mary, whose death was not recorded) who would be the medium through whom God would bring forth a Son who would crush Satan, the author of death and release mankind from the curse of the law of sin and death. Mary became a prototype of yet another woman (with a literal
name) who in the end of the world would bring forth a message of truth about the Everliving Church (the woman of Revelation 12:16, 17) of those everliving ones, kings and priests of the most high God, who would be translated without seeing death.
"And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God." Genesis 14:18.
"It was Christ that spoke through Melchizedek, the priest of the most high God. Melchizedek was not Christ, but he was the voice of God in the world, the representative of the Father." – Selected Messages, Book 1, p. 409.
"The Holy Spirit is Christ's representative, but divested of the personality of humanity and independent thereof." The Desire of Ages, p. 669.
According to the maxim, that two things equal to the same thing are equal to each other, we conclude that as Melchizedek is Christ's representative and the Holy Spirit is Christ's representative, then the Holy Spirit is Melchizedek. Melchizedek was not Christ, not the Father, but was a representative of both. Therefore: if Melchizedek was not either Christ or the Father the only One left of the Trinity to take the title would be the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Godhead. By simple reasoning one can easily see that Melchzedek is the Holy Spirit (who is of feminine gender according to the story of creation and Romans 1:20).
" 'I will tell you who Melchizedek was. He was the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Godhead, who took the form of humanity and represented the Lord Jesus to that generation.' Heb. 7:3. '. . . like unto the Son [as a Priest] of God abideth a High Priest continually." – Comment by E. G. White on Melchizedek, as printed in The Liberator, Vol. 17, No. 7.
"As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec." Heb. 5:6. That is, Christ after His resurrection was to be ever living, though He gave His life that others might not die, but live forever.
"Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age [matured by the Holy Spirit], even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." Hebrews 5:10-14.
"For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first [the first in the Bible to carry the title, King of Righteousness] being by interpretation King of righteousness [a Branch of Righteousness – Jer. 33:15,16], and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God [a priest]; abideth a priest continually. Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of
the spoils." Hebrews 7:1-4.
Not limited to any certain form the Holy Spirit appeared as a King* to Abraham.
Only a member of the Godhead fits the description of this Personage, whose Priesthood existed before the Priesthood of Christ was revealed on the day of Pentecost (Christ's Object Lessons, p. 120; Hebrews Chapter 5) and is in force continually from the beginning of the world to the end thereof.
"And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him. If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed [from the Levitical to the one after the order of Melchisedec], there is made of necessity a change also of the law." Hebrews 7:9-12.
(Christ) "Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec." Heb. 5:10.
Here we see three priesthoods in prophecy, the Melchisedec, the Levitical, and the priesthood after the order of Melchisedec: that of the Holy Spirit first, Aaron second, and that of Christ after the order of Melchisedec, the third. The first, the order of Melchisedec, is an everliving priesthood and is yet to be restored in the time of the end. At the resurrection of Christ, the priesthood after the order of Melchisedec was established when the wave sheaf was raised and taken to Heaven with Christ and on the day of Pentecost they were inaugurated with Him into His mediatorial Kingdom.
"As Christ arose, He brought from the grave a multitude of captives . . . .They were those who had been colaborers with God, and who at the cost of their lives had borne testimony to the truth." – The Desire of Ages, p. 786.
"Those favored, risen saints came forth glorified. They were chosen and holy ones of every age, from creation down even to the days of Christ." – The Story of Redemption, p. 233.
"He [Christ] enters into the presence of His Father. He points to His wounded head, the pierced side, the marred feet; He lifts His hands, bearing the print of nails. He points to the tokens of His triumph; He presents to God the wavesheaf, those raised with Him as representatives of that great multitude who shall come forth from the grave at His second coming." – The Desire of Ages, p. 834.
". . after Christ's ascension His enthronement in His mediatorial kingdom was signalized by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. On the day of Pentecost the Spirit was given." – Christ's Object Lessons, p. 120.
"And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, Who is made, not after the law of a carnal [subject to death] commandment, but after the power of an endless life." Hebrews 7:15, 16.
In a primary sense, this prophecy applied to (a masculine person) Christ's priesthood, but in the secondary application, it applies to the end of time in which one like (a similitude–likeness) Melchisedec the Holy Spirit is to appear with the same gender as the Holy Spirit, in the flesh, as revealed in the creation story.
"(For those priests were made without an oath; but this [One] with an oath
by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek:)" Hebrews 7:21.
Christ was the Son of Melchisedec, the Holy Spirit (a likeness of), not the person of Melchisedec.
"The Holy Ghost [Melchisedec] this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing." Heb. 9:8.
The tabernacle of Moses revealed the earthly (Levitical) priesthood which was a prototype of "another" to come, even an Heavenly, the Melchisedec Priesthood.
"But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle in Heaven, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building." Hebrews 9:11.
"How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit [the Holy Spirit, Melchisedec, the priest of the Most High God] offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God [Christ was the antitype of the wave sheaf offering, not the wave loaf offering, until the day of Pentecost]?" Hebrews 9:14.
This prophecy pointed to the time of the end when a priesthood would be brought forth from among the living to be translated without seeing death (of no required tribal lineage, for Melchisedec was of no lineage). That is, we see a group of antitypical wave sheaf (of the living) who will receive their priesthood first before the 144,000 receive theirs on the day of Pentecost. In the type the wave sheaf was resurrected with Jesus and offered and glorified on the 18th day of the 1st month at Passover time. It was the wave sheaf that gathered the 120. Thus a sanctified and glorified ministry today will gather the 144,000 (the antitypical wave loaves) who will be offered on Mt. Zion on the day of Pentecost (in the third month).
"Melchizedek. . . Having been both king of Jerusalem and also priest of the Supreme God of heaven and earth, he is set forth as a type of Christ, who also united the office of king and priest in Himself (Ps 110:2-4; Heb 6:20 to 7:21)." – Seventh Day Adventist Bible Dictionary, p. 703.
Melchizedek was the priest of the Most High God who served the bread and wine to Abraham, the man of faith in the Old Testament, and blessed him.
Melchizedek repeated the prophecy of Genesis 3:15 about a child of promise to be born of Sarah. This child (Isaac) was a symbol of The Christ born in the flesh to Mary – One (a priest like Melchizedek) who would institute the ordinance of the bread and the wine to the disciples, men of faith, in the New Testament.
Melchizedek, the Holy Spirit, appeared as a man* with a masculine title. Since the Holy Spirit is not confined to any certain form, then, the masculine family name can be used to designate the feminine member of the Godhead. For example: Smith, the masculine family name of the father is also the name of the mother and the children, whether male or female.
Melchisedec is an intercessor (Romans 8:16, 26,27; Hebrews 9:14), an Eternal High Priest in both the Old and New Testament periods.
* In these statements Lois was referring to Melchizedek as "a King," and "a man," in the masculine gender, as was the common understanding at the time. But shortly after she wrote this study it came to her attention that a parchment was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls containing language which addressed Melchizedek in the feminine gender. She also learned that the Hebrew letters, MLK, can refer to a King or a Queen, depending on the modifiers used with it. This has special significance when taking into consideration Lois' statement,
"In a primary sense, this prophecy applied to (a masculine person) Christ's priesthood, but in the secondary application, it applies to the end of time in which one like (a similitude-likeness) Melchizedek the Holy Spirit is to appear with the same gender as the Holy Spirit [feminine], in the flesh, as revealed in the creation story." [brackets added].


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Ri Sol-ju, the wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un who had disappeared from the media, made her first public appearance in over 50 days.
Kim and Ri attended a concert by the Moranbong Band and football match yesterday, according to KCNA the state-run news service for North Korea (as of 9:13 a.m. EDT, the article has since been taken down). The celebrations were in honor of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Kim Il Sung Military University,
The 23-year-old Ri has not been in the public eye since September 8, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reports. Speculation as to why she disappeared from the public eye range from a possible pregnancy to the disapproval of senior communist officials regarding her role in the public sphere or her pop-star past.
The photo released at the performance shows her wearing a long, beige coat, which partially hid her mid-section.
"Marshall Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader of the party and the people, came to the spectators' seats, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-Ju. At that moment, thunderous applause broke out," KCNA said, according to BBC.
It was also Kim Jong-un's first appearance since October 14.

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The following is an application for vendors to become affiliated with LARP United. We will have an entry in LARP United's Vendor section for you and if you want to post tutorials or special sales, just let us know and we will do so!
LARP United is about forming a community for LARPers and LARPs to be open and friendly with one another. I am excited about the addition of vendors to the site, because it makes a hub for players to find the kind of vendors that they want! No matter how big or small the vendor, no matter how many or few commissions you can take in a month, you are welcome at LARP United.
All we ask in return is that you put a link to LARP United somewhere on the front page of your site, and make an announcement that you are now part of this LARPing community.
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Title: The Epiphany Machine
Author: David Burr Gerrard
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Although the description of the titular machine sounds like something out of a science fiction or fantasy novel, this is really a book about humanity's tolerance for self-awareness. There's no real exploration of the magic or science behind the epiphany machine–in fact, the question of its origin and authenticity is left open. Certainly, the man who operates it has some control over it, as it eventually tells most New Yorkers that they are "stronger than terrorists" when its reputation wanes post-9-11.
Although the open questions about the machine are still bugging me, the book is absolutely complete (and probably better) without answering them. It follows Venter as a child whose parents used the machine because, as he perceives, they are "lonely, gullible and numb" to a young adult who becomes enamored with it and the knowledge he perceives it gives him. (In case you can't tell from the cover, the "epiphany machine" is a tattooing device that gives you a personalized revelation on your forearm. The revelations are almost uniformly negative).
But the book doesn't confine itself to people's reactions to this tattooing device–instead, its a device that lets Gerrard explore the degree to which people can change (and whether they should) and the relative value of privacy vis a vis safety. I think its easy for authors who want to tackle big questions like that to err on the side of moralizing — of stacking the deck towards the argument they want to win and getting preachy about the conclusion they think you should draw. This book avoids that. Not only am I still pondering the machine's possible origins, but I'm still not sure who I think is right about whether epiphany tattoos should be reported to the authorities.
What I am sure about is that this is an excellent book and I highly recommend it. If you've read it and have thoughts on the above, let me know! Happy reading!


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Event B: Ravnica Allegiance Prerelease (11 am Sat. 1/19/19)
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Darkness is coming to Ravnica. A conflict that could tear apart the world itself looms large, and the fragile peace between the guilds is strained to its breaking point. Now, with everything on the line, it`s time to step up, prove your loyalty, and fight for your guild.
We invite you to get preview of the Magic: the Gathering Ravnica Allegiance set at Prerelease Weekend January 19-20, 2019 at any one of 5 different events at Game Night Games.
EVENT B (11am on Saturday 1/19/19): This sealed tournament will start at 11 am on Saturday, January 19, 2019. Check-in starts at 10 am on the day of the event. We recommend arriving at least a half hour before the 11 am start time. Pre-register as early as possible to ensure your spot in this tournament as we often sell out of MTG prerelease events due to space limitations. Deck construction will begin at 11am (or as soon thereafter as possible) with tournament matchplay to follow.
THE PRERELEASE PACK: Players will receive a Ravnica Allegiance Prerelease Pack (5 different guilds available) containing:
• 5 Ravnica Allegiance booster packs
• 1 Seeded booster (Matching Guilds) with 14 cards
• 1 of 5 Guild inserts
• 1 Code Card
• 1 Spindown life counter
FORMAT & PRIZES: Construct your 40-card minimum deck from a pre-release kit and play against others for prizes in a 4-round tournament. Prizes for all events will be awarded in Ravnica Allegiance booster packs but may also include additional merchandise such as playmats, deck boxes and sleeves. The event will run 4 rounds. Booster pack prizes will be awarded to players who win at least 2 of their 4 matches. Winners of each event will also receive a special GNG Prerelease Champion's GNG playmat.
SPECIAL PRIZE FOR DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH: Prove that you're a true player with a Will of Iron by playing in ALL 5 GNG Ravnica Allegiance prerelease events to win a unique GNG playmat commemorating your titanic victory over time and space.
SPECIAL NOTE: Prerelease packs will not be held for absent players, although a refund may be made if that player's spot was subsequently filled by a paid player present at the event. All players should plan on playing at least 1 round. If you have additional questions please call the store at 801-467-2400. See you at the Prerelease!
ADDITIONAL STEP FOR ONLINE REGISTRATION: TELL US YOUR GUILD CHOICE: When checking out in the shopping cart, please include the following information in the notes section: (1) List the player(s) name (s) who are being pre-registered for the event in the Comments field (last screen of online checkout) if different than the person making purchase. The player(s) you list will be added to the registration list. No further action is necessary and nothing will be shipped to you. Players should simply show up for check-in on the day of the event. (2) Choose ONE of the following guilds as your 1st Preference and a different guild as your 2nd preference (again, add your choices in the Notes section of the online shopping cart) from the following list to request a prerelease pack for that guild:
(a) Azorius (white-blue)
(b) Rakdos (black-red)
(c) Gruul (red-green)
(d) Simic (green-blue)
(e) Orzhov (white-black)
Please note that only a limited number of each guild type of Prerelease Packs are available at each event. If neither of your top 2 guild choices are available, you will be assigned a different prerelease pack from among those still available for that event. Preference will given on a priority basis based on date of registration (the earlier date the better). Tax included in purchase price.


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The Best Way to Track & Predict Fuel Prices
Simply put, if you currently don't track your fuel prices, you're throwing money away.If you buy wholesale fuel, and you're not tracking fuel prices, you're buying blind.
That's right. If you simply order fuel only when your tanks are thirsty, and pay the then-available price, it's a good bet you're missing a few fundamental fuel facts, already within your reach, that could influence both the timing of the orders and the price of the fuel you're now pretty much ordering and paying for 'in the dark.' Simply put, if you currently don't track fuel prices, you're throwing money away.
These few fuel facts are not a luxury reserved for the special, but an essential, wisely utilized by the smart.
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Scenario: Terminal outage somewhere in your region. Supply begins to show signs of tightening, and threatening to get a lot tighter throughout the day. And you, without so much as a clue about the surprise shortage just beginning to play out in your area, are feeling pretty good about where the price has been and will place your order when its convenient later in the day.
Meanwhile, the reality of less fuel starts to give way to fear, and both begin to travel through the pipeline, slowly but surely picking up speed on a course that will eventually and unexpectedly (to most) spike gas and diesel prices by 8 cents a gallon before the fuel market day is done.
Buying Blind (Not Tracking Fuel Prices):
You are oblivious to the downed terminal and still trust the headline news that the price of crude continues to go down. Your to-do list finally gives you a break to order 4,000 gallons of gas and 4,000 gallons of diesel for delivery tomorrow. Life is good. Tomorrow arrives and so does your fuel, but at 8 cents per gallon higher!-–a cost of $640 more–than you expected.
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Case Closed. Knowledge is indeed power. And profit too. Easy tracking of price movement helps you anticipate price changes before they hit you, enabling you to save potentially boat-loads of money, because the scenario depicted above happens, in one form or another, more than you might think.
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Track Crude Oil Prices: Tracking Crude Oil prices is not a good indicator of refined fuel prices. Following Crude to predict gas is like testing the wind speed by throwing a tuft of grass in the air: It may or may not point you in the right direction.
Watch Daily Fuel Prices: You might think receiving daily prices from your supplier—including us—keeps you ahead of the pricing race. But without the benefit of quick and easy tools that alert you to near-realtime price movement, what was realtime news earlier in the day is old news by the time it reaches you in the form of spiked prices that seem to have come out of nowhere. And even if your supplier is amazing, faithfully sending you pricing at 6pm everyday, and the price is favorable, it's still too little too late to benefit you that day, after the delivery window has closed.
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Monitor Spot Market Prices: Though Spot Market prices are the weather vane for fuel price movement, tracking them is generally easier said than done and difficult to understand and interpret accurately. Spot pricing is also not intended to be the source of tomorrow's prices today, but a kind of 'windsock,' no less subject to the familiar volatility of fuel prices. Continuing the meteorological metaphor, Spot prices are a forecast, of sorts, indicating potential highs and lows for today and tomorrow, but like autumn in New Mexico, don't expect it to remain the same, patiently waiting for the moment you want to buy. Spot markets are, however, the best insight into regional fuel prices.
Tools: Scoring Them on Cost, Methodology, and Accuracy
Score: 1-10, the higher the better.
OPIS Spot Ticker
Score: 7 out of 10
Cost: 2/10
- Very expensive; a couple hundred dollars per month.
Methodology: 8/10
- The spot ticker is tops for spot market monitoring, providing all the tracking information you need. It's also a bit complex, requiring experience in use of the ticker. Still, it's great at what it does.
Accuracy/Timing: 10/10
- The spot ticker is the most up-to-date source. If even minutes will make a difference, the spot ticker is for you.
Bloomberg Energy Watch
Score: 5 out of 10
Cost: 10/10
- At 'free of charge,' you can't beat the price.
Methodology: 1/10
- Frankly, it's a horrible method to track fuel prices. There is one thing you can count on: You will lose money relying on the Bloomberg Crude Oil Watch. In case you lose your money and you need help to get over from a financial crisis, pop over to this site lentra.co.uk to find out their payday loans. Also, their application forms are quick and simple to complete entirely online.
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- With about a 15-minute delay, pricing isn't real-time, but price accuracy is very good.
Score: 9 out of 10
Cost: 9/10
- PowerFuel is free to Desert Fuels' customers and only $10 a month for everyone else. It is by far the least expensive of all the pricing tools by more than 10-fold! A 30-day free trial provides more than enough time to get the touch and feel of this first-of-its-kind Smart App that's revolutionizing the way bulk fuel is purchased.
Methodology: 9/10
- Reporting prices directly from the Spot Markets makes PowerFuel among the most accurate tools available, and its intuitive, human friendly interface is very easy to understand.
Accuracy/Timing: 8/10
- PowerFuel's pricing follows the market's report by about 30 minutes, and is an ingenious, new iPhone/iPad App for serious bulk fuel buyers. It tracks fuel price movement and provides simple, market-based suggestions to "Order fuel for Today," "Order fuel for Tomorrow," or "Wait to order fuel." Plus, Desert Fuels' customers are able to place and track their fuel orders at the touch of a finger, all from the palm of their hand.
And The Winner is…
PowerFuel is the Best Way to Monitor, Track, and Predict Fuel Prices. Hands-down.
Desert Fuels invented this first-of-its-kind iPhone/iPad Smart App to fill a huge need for instant, accurate, and actionable market intelligence to conveniently serve the people and businesses that keep the fuel industry in business. And knowing that industry all too well, we also knew if we didn't get on it, the need would remain unmet.
PowerFuel is the easiest, fastest, and most economical tool available to predict fuel price movement by region. Amazing.


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I'm getting used to the long runs. They're not necessarily getting any easier, because 18 miles is still a long freaking way to run. But I love how something that once seemed impossible is now just another Saturday morning jaunt. It makes me wonder what else I can do.
Lyric of the moment: "But then came the day I climbed out of these safe limbs, ventured away..."


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Caustic Christ-Lycanthropy (2006)
American bastards from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania formed in 2000.When Bill Chamberlain guitarist from The Pist decided to forme band with guitarist/vocalist Eric Good and bassist Corey Lyons of Aus Rotten they formed a band called Caustic Christ.Their style is mixed with early American hardcore(Black Flag,Negative Approach) and some crust and Swedish and Finish scene.In their music you can hear that their songs is to much very similiar with Aus Rotten its fucking good but their for me are more influenced by Black Flag and Negative Approach.If you are fan of this music Black Flag,Negative Approach,Aus Rotten,Behind Enemy Lines you will love this twats.I hope you liked them.
1.The Caustic Curse
2.Doesn't Anyone Want To Impress Jodie Foster Anymore?
3.Public Service
5.Mirroring Punching
7.The War Has Come Home
9.Standing In A Circle...The Ballad Of Ukla Van Oopenstein
10.Government Job
11.Meet The Neighhbors
12.Sadist Society
13.Postcard From Hell
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A Lucama man faces a murder charge after Wilson County sheriff's officials say he supplied his girlfriend with heroin, causing her to die of a heart attack Saturday.
On Tuesday, deputies charged 39-year-old Bennie Thomas Amerson II with second-degree murder in the death of 36-year-old Rebecca Ann Kemp of 702 Little Rock Church Road in Lucama.
Deputies arrested Amerson, of 6441 Juanita Loop just outside the town limits, on Tuesday.
Amerson is being held in the Wilson County jail under a $500,000 secured bond.
Deputies responded to a cardiac arrest call to Kemp's home at 9:37 p.m. Saturday.
A dispatcher told deputies that Kemp had suffered a cardiac arrest and was not breathing, according to Wanda Samuel, sheriff's office chief of staff.
When deputies arrived, Amerson was performing CPR on Kemp, Samuel said. Deputies then took over and performed CPR until medics arrived shortly thereafter, officials said.
Kemp was taken to Wilson Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
While deputies were on the scene of the incident, they collected a bindle of heroin and a hypodermic needle from the home, Samuel said. After a thorough investigation, detectives charged Amerson in Kemp's death, she said.
Samuel said Amerson supplied the drug to Kemp.
Amerson was convicted of felony larceny from a person and misdemeanor larceny in 2015, according to the N.C. Department of Public Safety. In 2002, he was convicted of maintaining a dwelling for a controlled substance, records show.


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Online ad network Flycast Communications Corp. hopes to raise as much as $40 million in an initial public offering.
The San Francisco-based company combines unsold advertising space, mostly on small- to medium-sized Web sites, and uses its AdExchange software to match available space with marketers' needs.
The company has agreements with SBC Communications Inc., the No. 2 U.S. local phone company, and BellSouth Corp., the No. 4 U.S. local phone company, to provide space that the regional Bell companies will offer to businesses that want to advertise locally.
Flycast's software helps measure the response to ads, allowing the company to adjust advertising campaigns as needed.
Flycast didn't say how many common shares it plans to sell or what price it expects the stock to fetch in the IPO. It estimated the offering's top value at $40.25 million only as a basis for calculating the SEC filing fee.
The registration statement didn't say what percentage of the company is being offered to new investors. Officers and board members will maintain enough of a stake so that they "may be able to control" all shareholder votes.
BT Alex. Brown Inc. will underwrite the stock sale, with Dain Rauscher Wessels and Hambrecht & Quist LLC. Flycast plans to have the shares listed for trading on Nasdaq under the symbol FCST.


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Did you miss the Vorpal show last Monday at the PIT? Well, if you did here's your opportunity to make up for it! We're performing at Wonderland, the huge, gorgeous artist collective in Astoria. Hey, why don't I just cut and paste the press release? Control-V to the rescue!
Imagine, if you will, live improv, sketch comedy, and stand up comedians jammin' and rappin' in a 2000 sq. ft. converted factory/warehouse performance space in the Astorian countryside.
No need to imagine, because it's happening!
On September 25th, join Vorpal as they host a night of performances at Wonderland
Wonderland Collective is a creative community of resident artists who are dedicated to achievement and excellence in the arts.
The truly epic line up is:
Joe Pera
Ellen Degenerate
Martin Sheen Shower Hour
Surf N Turf
Ninja Sex Party
$10 admission. Performances will begin at 7PM and run until 10PM, with breaks in between. Doors open at 6:30PM
Beer, wine, other booze, and snacks will be available at the bar. Cash only.
Stick around afterwards for socializing and drinks.
Seriously, guys, it's going to be totally amazing. The Wonderland space is one of the seven wonders of the Astorian world, and all the groups are really damn funny. The party afterwards is going to be half the fun.
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MUMBAI: If customer satisfaction and top of the mind recall value in the collective consciousness, are two key ingredients of pushing up a company or its product as the superbrand, then the Indian real estate sector has to go a long way in creating its own Burj Khalifa. The brand consciousness is though pretty high within the sector, yet, it seems the nature of the business often creates a deep chasm between sales and brand positioning. Whether to position the company as a brand or the project which demands immediate attention in order to keep the cash flow ticking, often derails the brand positioning in the right context and hence, the sector is still in search of its own superbrand.
Every industry is known for some of its super brands. Some companies that command top of the mind recall value when the given segment is talked about. That may or may not be just borne out of huge advertising, as in some of the cases the product is strong enough to penetrate the consumer mind and the user experience defines the iconic brand quotient of the product. Interestingly, the Indian real estate sector that is the second largest advertiser after the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector, is still in search of its superbrand and as a matter of fact, the brand strategists within the built environment, are struggling to answer what would actually define the superbrand status.
To make matters more complicated, in the last couple of years, it seems the sector is caught between the need to cope with slow sales and the quest to focus on the brand to attract a premium. In this dichotomy of sorts, even the advertising agencies are as clueless as the developers, to identify whether to focus on the project or the company as a brand and hence, while some other newly evolved sectors have come up fast to emerge as a brand with some even positioning themselves as the superbrand, the Indian real estate sector is still in search of the right branding mix, even after nearly a decade of its brand consciousness, to attract foreign capital, post the government allowing 100 per cent FDI in the sector.
On a national level, the concept of superbrands in the Indian real estate sector has not really worked well so far. In the Indian realty market, the brands at best, are the ones that share their own reputation in the given city and stand head and shoulder above the rest. These brands inspire confidence because of their consistent track records for quality construction, superior specifications and timely delivery of their projects. That raises a fundamental question as to whether the nature of the business is conducive only to make projects as superbrands and not companies.
Kishor Pate, CMD, Amit Enterprises Housing, does not think so. The Indian housing market is driven by the middle class and this class of buyers, seek value for money. It is often perceived that the more prominent brands among development companies, involve bigger ticket sizes, purely on the basis of brand value. This is often also true. The fact is that Indian home buyers will patronise developers who they trust and this trust is usually based more on word-of-mouth market buzz than on branding. "Any out of the box strategy is not needed at this stage just to create a superbrand. What the Indian real estate market needs to focus on at this time, is meeting the housing needs of the maximum number of people, across all income brackets. Of course, if a superbrand emerges in the category of affordable housing, it is justified and sustainable. In the Indian context, a brand that has consistently beaten the competition, in terms of sales, would constitute a superbrand. This pertains regardless of whether it caters to the mid-income or premium segments. However, the most significant sale numbers can apply only to budget housing, since this is where the highest need and therefore, demand exists," shares Pate.
Developers, in general, agree that the Indian real estate sector has not been able to create a distinct stature and image for itself so far, at least not for the right reasons. A Kalpataru spokesperson, however, differs with the perception that the sector has failed to create its own iconic image. The spokesperson rather maintains that Indian realty is on par with any realty industry in the world. The real estate industry in India, has grown considerably in the recent years. There are real estate companies that have been constructing robust structures, green buildings, lavish apartments, by using the latest technology and international experts in construction. Additionally, there are international firms that have been investing in real estate companies. All this explains that the real estate sector has created its own iconic stature in the last few years.
"Projects constructed by developers become the face of the company and a developer is recognised by the quality of the work he delivers. Today, developers have been bringing in innovation, adopting latest technology, upgrading facilities and amenities, as per the needs of the latest consumer. All this has been conducive for establishing a brand for the company," says the spokesperson.
There is another school of thought that suggests that, in the last few years, there has been immense competition in the real estate sector. Each developer is finding new ways to attract customers. This has helped the real estate market create some superbrands.
DLF spokesperson, Sanjey Roy, says that the problem is with the poor perception and projection of the sector where it is easy to paint everyone with the same brush. Beyond the perception, there are many projects with due merit of being labelled as superbrands with all the specifications of a world-class project. "What is a superbrand needs to be decoded first as the nature of the business of real estate is different from any FMCG product and so, the measurement criterion can not be the same. There is a difference between brand positioning of a product that you buy once or twice in a lifetime and what you buy every now and then but generally speaking, it is the customer satisfaction index that defines the brand worthiness of the product," explains Roy.
There is no denying that the Indian real estate market has come a long way in the last decade. Earlier, there were hardly any brands in the sector. However, post the economic reforms in India, we have seen remarkable growth of the business of real estate in India.
The sector also received recognition during this period and many of the companies were even listed on the stock exchange. With massive infrastructure development across the country, followed by the rising demand for quality homes, certain real estate firms have established themselves as brands by focusing on varied parameters of the industry.
The use of modern technology, design of apartments, international architects and interior designers, amenities and facilities, are some of the different parameters on the basis of which, real estate companies are positioning themselves as brands. The quest is always there to emerge as a superbrand with sleek luxury apartments, lavish amenities and the use of international experts in designing unique homes.
Yet, it seems that the sector has to walk a long way to be recognised as a real superbrand that has the element of customer satisfaction and top of the mind recall value.