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Hebrews 6:2

First Nations Version

You have been given instructions about different kinds of ceremonies for purification and for laying on of hands. You have also been taught about the rising of the dead and the final judgment.

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They stood these men before the message bearers, who then placed their hands on them and sent their voices to the Great Spirit.


They talked back and forth about Creator’s right ways, about self-control, and about the judgment that was to come. But Happy Man (Felix) became afraid. “Leave me for now,” he said. “I will send for you when I have more time to talk.”


Small Man (Paul), knowing that both the Upright Ones (Sadducees) and the Separated Ones (Pharisees) sat on the Grand Council, said to them, “My fellow Tribal Members, I am a Separated One (Pharisee). It is because of my hope that the dead will rise to life again that I am on trial here today.”


Some traditional wisdom seekers also argued with him. Others wondered, “What is this talking head saying?” while others said, “He seems to be talking about strange and powerful spirits.” They said this because he was telling them the good story about Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and his rising from the dead.


It was still late in the night, but the headman took Small Man (Paul) and Woods Man (Silas) and washed their wounds. Then right away the headman and his family all participated in the purification ceremony.


She and her family then participated in the purification ceremony. “If you consider me to be one who trusts in our Honored Chief,” she said to us firmly, “then you must come and stay at my house.” And she would not take no for an answer.


“Who can now refuse water for these people to participate in the purification ceremony? For they have received the Holy Spirit in the same manner that we did.”


The ones who believed the words of Stands on the Rock (Peter) became a part of Creator’s new sacred family and participated in the purification ceremony. About three thousand people were added to the family on that day!


“Change your thinking,” Stands on the Rock (Peter) instructed them, “and participate in the purification ceremony that is done in the name of Creator Sets Free (Jesus), the Chosen One, representing him and initiating you into his right ways. You will then be healed from your bad hearts, released from your broken ways, and gifted with the Holy Spirit, who will give you the strength to walk the good road with him.


I now know he is the one, because the Father above who sent me said, ‘The man you see the Spirit come down and rest on will perform the purification ceremony with the Holy Spirit.’” The people could only stare in amazement at Creator Sets Free (Jesus) as they listened to the words that they had longed to hear for many generations.


The ones who trust in me will participate in the purification ceremony, setting them free from their broken ways and initiating them into my sacred family. But the ones who will not walk this road with me will come to a bad end.


“So now I am sending you into all nations to teach them how to walk the road with me. You will represent me as you perform the purification ceremony with them, initiating them into the life of beauty and harmony represented in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.


By the same word, the skies above and the earth below that now exist will be brought to an end by fire. They will remain until the great day of deciding arrives, which will bring an end to those who walk in evil ways.


Women received their loved ones back from the dead. Others were tortured, refusing to be set free, knowing they would be honored when the dead are raised.


These things are only concerned with food and drink and different kinds of ceremonial washings—rules about outward things. They were needed until it was time for a new way to be revealed.


They have turned away from the truth, saying that the rising of the dead has already taken place, harming the faith of some.


This is what happened when you were buried with him during your purification ceremony. You were also raised up with him through your trust in Creator’s great power that raised the Chosen One from the dead.


When he appears, he will take our weak, death-doomed bodies and change them into a body like his, a body that shines with beauty and honor. For he is the one who has the power to bring all things into harmony with himself.


For through the one Spirit we all participated in the purification ceremony that joined us together into one body. That body is made up of Tribal Members, Wisdom Seekers (Greeks), slaves and free. But none of that matters because we all drink living water from the same Spirit.


The cloud and the water became for them a purification ceremony that was performed by Drawn from the Water (Moses).


The good story that I tell says there will come a day when the Knower of Hearts, through Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, will bring to light what is good and bad about the secrets hidden in every human heart.


Why would any of our people find it impossible to believe that the Great Spirit raises the dead?


The only thing they can say against me is what I said to them: ‘I am on trial today because I believe in the rising of the dead!’”


This gives me the same hope in Creator that my accusers have. That all who have died, both those who do good and those who do bad, will rise to life again.


They were offended because the message bearers were telling the people that the rising from the dead had begun with Creator Sets Free (Jesus).


The ones who have done good will rise to a new life, but the ones who do what has no worth will rise to face the final decision about their end.


Then you will be honored when the good-hearted ones are brought back to life again.”


“I have a purification ceremony with fire to accomplish—and I am desperate to finish it!


The Separated One (Pharisee) was upset that he did not ceremonially wash his hands before eating.


He gave them this answer, “I perform the purification ceremony with water, but there is one coming who is greater and more powerful than I.” He paused for a moment and softened his voice. Then he said, “I am not even worthy to bend low and untie his moccasins.” Then he lifted his hands and cried out with a loud voice! “He is the one who will perform the purification ceremony with the fire of the Holy Spirit!


Then he said to them, “You ignore the instructions given by the Great Spirit and use your traditions to make yourselves look good to others.


They will not eat the food offered at the trading posts unless it is first purified by washing. They also follow many other traditions, such as the washing of drinking cups, bowls, and even the benches they sit on.


but Gift of Goodwill (John) tried to stop him. “Why are you coming to me?” he asked humbly. “I am the one who should come to you.”


For we must all stand before the council seat of the Chosen One and give an answer for what we have done in these earthly bodies—whether good or bad. Then the Chosen One will give back to each of us the honor that is due.


So after they continued to go without food and pray, they laid their hands on them and sent them on their way.





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