Leo Volont
Registered Senior Member
Modalism vs. Dispensation-ism
Modalism is the notion that God has changed Modes from Age to Age: first being God the Father, and then God the Son as Jesus, and finally being the Holy Spirit. They claim that there cannot be more than One God at a time, and that to think in terms of a Trinity is to multiply Gods.
Why they do not believe in one Stable and Constant God is that Times seem to Change, and so they must conclude that God changes with them. It runs counter to the most traditional Theological Philosophies which hold that God must be Eternal and Essentially Non-Changing – a Universal Constant.
We should suppose that it is not God that Changes, but the World’s Relationship to God – this would be Dispensation-ism. Every major Age brings the World either closer to God or further away from God, depending on whether or not Humanity responds well to the Tests… whether we succeed or fail, or progress or decline. I would like to believe in a constant Progress, but there was the Thing with the Forbidden Fruit and then when the Chosen People murdered their intended Messiah, it rather shakes one’s confidence.
So what were the Dispensations. We had the Dispensation of Paradise, where it all started. God was Creator and Humanity was Spirit like Angels. Humanity was then ever in the Presence of God – there was no distance and thus no necessity for a term expressing relationship. God was not Father, but simply God. But then there was The Big Mistake, and another Dispensation was brought on – the Dispensation of the Curse and Promise of Redemption. God became seen like the Father – outside of God’s Direct Presence, we would need to see God in terms of Relationship -- while Humanity was tossed into the bodies of animals. Redemption would have to be achieved through the pursuit of Righteousness and Perfection, which ought to have culminated in the Reign of a Spiritually Perfect Christ born from an Immaculately and Spiritually Pure Virgin. That didn’t work out, which brought on another Dispensation. The Immaculate Virgin would spend several thousand years trying to guide Humanity towards Atonement for having Murdered Her Son the Messiah. Her Dispensation would be aimed at Conversion – Moral Conversion. But, with the Murder of Christ it was inevitable that much Sin would come into the World, and much False Religion. Even the Catholic Church would be divided between Good and Evil. There would be those who would claim that by Murdering Christ the Messiah, All Sin would be Forgiven and thus become Permissible in the Eyes of God, an idea, which if it ever became universally accepted, would prove the Ultimate Victory for Satan.
If Our Lady is ever successful in leading Humanity to Conversion – Conversion to the idea that We all should collectively Atone and Repent for having Murdered Her Son – then there will come the Next Dispensation. I expect this will be the Messiah Come to give us a Second Chance, and the Descent of the Holy Spirit, or rather the Ascent of Humanity to the Level of the Holy Spirit.
Modalism is the notion that God has changed Modes from Age to Age: first being God the Father, and then God the Son as Jesus, and finally being the Holy Spirit. They claim that there cannot be more than One God at a time, and that to think in terms of a Trinity is to multiply Gods.
Why they do not believe in one Stable and Constant God is that Times seem to Change, and so they must conclude that God changes with them. It runs counter to the most traditional Theological Philosophies which hold that God must be Eternal and Essentially Non-Changing – a Universal Constant.
We should suppose that it is not God that Changes, but the World’s Relationship to God – this would be Dispensation-ism. Every major Age brings the World either closer to God or further away from God, depending on whether or not Humanity responds well to the Tests… whether we succeed or fail, or progress or decline. I would like to believe in a constant Progress, but there was the Thing with the Forbidden Fruit and then when the Chosen People murdered their intended Messiah, it rather shakes one’s confidence.
So what were the Dispensations. We had the Dispensation of Paradise, where it all started. God was Creator and Humanity was Spirit like Angels. Humanity was then ever in the Presence of God – there was no distance and thus no necessity for a term expressing relationship. God was not Father, but simply God. But then there was The Big Mistake, and another Dispensation was brought on – the Dispensation of the Curse and Promise of Redemption. God became seen like the Father – outside of God’s Direct Presence, we would need to see God in terms of Relationship -- while Humanity was tossed into the bodies of animals. Redemption would have to be achieved through the pursuit of Righteousness and Perfection, which ought to have culminated in the Reign of a Spiritually Perfect Christ born from an Immaculately and Spiritually Pure Virgin. That didn’t work out, which brought on another Dispensation. The Immaculate Virgin would spend several thousand years trying to guide Humanity towards Atonement for having Murdered Her Son the Messiah. Her Dispensation would be aimed at Conversion – Moral Conversion. But, with the Murder of Christ it was inevitable that much Sin would come into the World, and much False Religion. Even the Catholic Church would be divided between Good and Evil. There would be those who would claim that by Murdering Christ the Messiah, All Sin would be Forgiven and thus become Permissible in the Eyes of God, an idea, which if it ever became universally accepted, would prove the Ultimate Victory for Satan.
If Our Lady is ever successful in leading Humanity to Conversion – Conversion to the idea that We all should collectively Atone and Repent for having Murdered Her Son – then there will come the Next Dispensation. I expect this will be the Messiah Come to give us a Second Chance, and the Descent of the Holy Spirit, or rather the Ascent of Humanity to the Level of the Holy Spirit.