Between November 6th and 18th, 2022, the UN climate conference COP 27 will take place on the Sinai Peninsula, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Religious communities and religious leaders have a key role to play in addressing climate change and climate justice, which requires deep transformation within society. The knowledge of what changes are critically needed to diminish long-term harm to the planet is readily available. However, bringing about change in action demands deeper changes in attitude, a change of heart. This has been the domain of religions for millennia. Religions are sources of inspiration for the transformation of heart and the ensuing changes of attitude.

To support, challenge and inspire discussions during COP 27 at Sharm El Sheikh, a weekend event will be held at Mount Sinai that will be heart-stirring, transformative and a moment of inspiration for religious communities and for humanity. Never before has such an interreligious Climate Repentance Ceremony been undertaken. From this moment and event, motivation for action emerges, calling for reexamination of deep-seated attitudes and for identifying ways to transform these attitudes for the wellbeing of Earth, our common home.

Over the weekend of November 12th-13th, few official discussions or activities are planned at COP 27. This provides a major moment when the attention of media and participants can be turned to interreligious climate messaging and a transformative vision. On Sunday, November 13^th, religious leaders will ‘return’ on Mount Sinai, a mountain whose memory and meaning loom large as a place of revelation in the collective consciousness of Christianity, Judaism, Islam and others. As an ancient sacred space, it was the site of prophetic experience, and receiving God’s message, for the prophets Moses and Elijah in all three Abrahamic traditions, and the prophet Muhammed in the Muslim tradition. It therefore serves as an ideal location to remind humanity of our sacred responsibility to care for God’s creation.

  Donate to Support this Project  We come to Sinai in a movement of repentance and quest. We seek a new vision for humanity and its endangered existence, and we seek to receive and amplify a message of life-sustaining living and habits that humanity needs to hear today. In this spirit, the project partners will bring together premier religious leaders from the world’s major religions to gather upon Mount Sinai to engage in a first ever Climate Repentance Ceremony, and to put forth a prophetic interreligious call to action: “Climate Justice: Ten Universal Commandments.”

The call’s originality in compiling the finest teachings of all religions in support of climate justice draws inspiration from the great prophetic figures associated with Mount Sinai. Teachings and spiritual ideals will be highlighted, in order to help religious communities and humanity at large open their hearts to change for our collective survival. The ceremony will draw from liturgies, readings and the musical traditions of diverse religions. The event will incorporate concrete examples of how religious communities are actively meeting the climate challenge, and feature concrete initiatives that translate the broader spiritual practices into action.

Goals of the Event

• Inspire and unleash the power of religions, religious leaders and faith communities as change agents for climate action and as sources for inspiring and motivating discussions among politicians and civil bodies.
• Motivate action among religious communities and the wider public to curb climate change.
• Invite media to cover religious leaders’ advocacy in combating climate change.
• Promote a coalition of religious leaders to work together for climate action.

• Generate new faith-inspired climate education materials for broad use.

Who: This is an event delivered by world religious leaders. At its core is the work of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders, an active community of high-level religious leaders. The project partners also seek to involve celebrities who have a track record of climate advocacy.

Follow Up and Outreach:

Following the Sinai event, we intend to launch a series of educational initiatives that will flow from it. We envision two tracks of continuing dissemination and legacy for the project.

1. The event, its preparation, and the stages of its unfolding will be filmed and made part of a documentary. Social media will be employed heavily to disseminate the event in real-time. (to spread the propaganda)

2. The materials produced by religious leaders participating in the event will be converted into study materials, that will serve the religious communities and the community of climate activists, in special seminars and ongoing teaching situations. 

Founding Partners: The event will be coordinated by a coalition of organizations:

• The Elijah Interfaith Institute and its Board of World Religious Leaders brings together some of the world’s most prominent religious figures from Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and the Religions of India. Elijah Interfaith Institute is a nonprofit, international, UNESCO-sponsored interfaith organization which was founded by Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein in 1997.Wikipedia
• The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development reveals the connection between religion and ecology and mobilizes people to act.  The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, is a nonprofit organization, founded and directed by Rabbi Yonatan Neril in 2010. Based in Jerusalem., the ICSD promotes what they perceive as the connection between religion and ecology and mobilizes faith communities to act. ICSD manifests these goals primarily through five projects.  Wikipedia
• The Peace Department is a US non-profit designed to solve global coordination failures by making philanthropy and impact investing effective and scalable.  The Peace Department: a global non-profit with a mission to marshal and accelerate the mobilization of resources required to set communities, and the planet as a whole, toward Net-Zero future and global socioeconomic justice. As a new kind of non-profit, designed to solve global coordination failures to make philanthropy and impact investing effective and scalable. We are revolutionizing how sustainable development is done.
• Climate activist Yosef Abramowitz serves as special advisor to the initiative.
  Yosef Abramowitz is an Israeli-American environmentalist, president and CEO of Energiya Global Capital (Energiya – giya is just another way to spell GIA the Earth Goddess.  So, this man worships EARTH.)
  as well as co-founder of the Arava Power Company.Wikipedia

  In Sanskrit origin the meaning of name Arava is : Silent; Calm; Noiseless (as in secret, hidden, Occult); Modern Hebrew name meaning both “willow tree” and “desert” or “savanna, prairie”. Traditionally the ערבה (aravah), a leafy willow branch, is used in a waving ceremony during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. In Israel the name also refers to a geographical plain near the Jordan, appearing in Deuteronomy 3, 17 as Arabah. (Interestingly, the Hebrew word arabha “desert” may ultimately relate to English Arab.)

Other Important Partners: The UN Environment Program’s Faith for Earth Initiative works to strategically engage with faith-based organizations and partner with them to collectively achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and fulfill the objectives of the 2030 Agenda.  Feb 18, 2022  UNEP’s Faith for Earth Initiative has organized the Faith for Earth Dialogue,  The goal is to demonstrate “the power and potential of faith-based organizations and faith leaders in shaping the discussions at UNEA (United Nations Environment Assembly) as well as engaging in policy dialogue with other stakeholders.”  (You know the stakeholders are not the common people.  The stakeholders are those billionaires who have all the money invested in the future THEY DESIRE.  The UNEA’s stake in this initiative is to keep their existence relevant and keep the money flowing in.)

On May 4, 2020, UNEP’s Faith for Earth Initiative and the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology agreed to unite efforts by drawing on UNEP’s extensive knowledge of ecological issues and the Forum’s comprehensive website on the world’s religions. As Iyad Abumoghli, the UN Principal Coordinator of Faith for Earth Initiative, wrote: “I have had several very constructive and fruitful meetings during the Abrahamic Traditions and Environmental Change Workshop that was held June 23-26 (6 2×3 – 2×6 or 6 18 or 6  9  or 6 13) in Rhodes, Greece. Faith for Earth has agreed with the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology to unite efforts and strengthen one knowledge platform building on the vast and extensive work of the Forum over the past two decades.” Read the full press release: Faith-based organizations can help the transition to a more sustainable post-COVID-19 world TO LEARN MORE ABOUT RHODES AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TODAY, SEE MY POSTS ON THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE  especially  REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE – THE SEA – Part 2

URI is made up of 685 member groups and organizations, called Cooperation Circles, in 85 countries to engage in community action and create lasting change. Cooperation Circles are made up of members from at least three different religions, spiritual expressions or indigenous traditions and range in size from a minimum of 7 people to tens of thousands.

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I. INFORMATION

A New Ecumenical Order with Links to the United Nations and the World Council of Churches

The Order of the Transfiguration is an ecumenical religious order in the catholic Christian tradition, affiliated with the International Council of Community Churches, a member-church of the National Council of Churches, USA and the World Council of Churches, Geneva. In corporate status the Order of the Transfiguration is part of the Interfaith Studies Division of the Institute of Integral Human Sciences, a non-governmental organization (NGO) affiliated with the United Nations.

An Ecumenical Membership with Interfaith Perspectives

The membership of the Order includes both clergy and lay men and women, married, single, and celibate, from many Christian traditions, including Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Old Catholic, and Protestant (They do not identify what “Protestant” individuals or groups might be involved.). There is also an affiliate-membership of persons from the other world religions, East & West, and new religious and spiritual movements. (They are also very careful not to name any of these “others”, for fear that you might get enlightened. They can’t have the truth uncovered.)

A New Movement in Global Christian Spirituality  (they throw the word CHRIST and Christianity around a lot.  This is to keep the masses subdued by thinking that they are somehow connected to the true Faith in the Living GOD and His Precious Son or Messiah/Christ; YESUA/JESUS.  But, CHRIST is only a word, a title NOT HIS NAME.  Therefore, it can be applied in any way they choose.  It can even be applied to the ANTI-CHRIST the comming anointed false savior and agent/son of Satan/the Deceiver/the Adversary.)

The Order of the Transfiguration stands at the forefront of a new movement in Christian spirituality for those with global perspectives who desire to combine the personal commitment of “…a faith in the living Christ and His Mystical Body, the Church…” (Here they are referring to the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH which is the ONLY CHURCH THE ROMAN CATHOLICS recognize. As they refer to IT as the ONE, HOLY and APOSTALIC Church, which is neither one, or Holy, or Centered on Jesus Christ/Yeshuah HaMaschiah) with an intelligent and responsible study of the world’s religions & cultures, East & West, and those common forms of transformative human mystical & psychical experience which gave rise to faith in a Transcendent Order and conversation in one’s life and values.

An Exploration in Search of God’s Activity in the Other World Religions & Cultures

As a contribution to inter-religious understanding and world peace, persons in the catholic, protestant & orthodox Christian traditions have formed an ecumenical religious order with interfaith perspectives …linked with teachers and groups… from the other great religious traditions of the world ’united in the common quest for universal human values, East & West through personal study and transformative spiritual experience.

Is Western civilization ready to sustain such an achievement at this stage of its spiritual evolution? Yes! Many religious people today are ready to work together for tolerance and understanding of one another for world peace. In today’s Global Village we can indeed meet in the spirit of equality, and respect for the wisdom that has been delivered to prophets, saints, sages and masters of all traditions. We are ready to work together for our transformation into a “New Humanity” and the restructuring of the planet.

You are invited to join this great undertaking as part of a work of spiritual “perestroika,” (perestroika Origin & history: Russian ‎ (restructuring)  East & West, for a new “people of god” and a more authentic and humane “new world order” in the 21st century!

A Rule of Life for the Modern World

We are self-supporting Men and Women … Married and Single … living separately or together in communities … from all races and religious backgrounds … dedicated to a New Humanity and a New World Order. Personal vows are formulated by each member in consultation with a spiritual advisor (shaman/teacher/master/guide).  Each member follows the sacramental & theological commitments of his or her tradition.

A Bridge Between the Holy Catholic Church of Christ and His “Sheep of Other Folds”

The Order of the Transfiguration has been formed as a Bridge between the One, Holy, Catholic, & Apostolic Church, the Mystical Body of Christ… and the World’s Religions, East & West, and New Religious & Spiritual Movements & Groups. In the Order, both Christians and persons formally outside of the Christian tradition — who may never-the-less be viewed as members of the “Mystical Body or Christ” by virtue of the “Indwelling Logos” — may realize their full integration as spiritual participants through: (1) celebrating and/or studying the Word & Sacraments in the Christian Mysteries, (2) exploring of Wisdom traditions in the World’s Religions and Cultures, and (3) personal forms of spiritual and psychic development achieved through the practice of meditation and other forms of ancient and modern spiritual sciences, East & West.  (I have never heard of a bigger batch of senseless MUMBO JUMBO in my LIFE!)

An East-West Global Spiritual Network

A new East-West network of existing spiritual groups has been brought together in a common purpose. Associate religious from other Christian religious communities, and invited leaders from other World Religious Traditions may participate in the vision, ideals, works, and fellowship of the Order and it’s objectives.

II. PROFESSIONAL PURSUITS AND SPIRITUAL OBJECTIVES

The “New Monastics” of the Order of the Transfiguration are professionals and others from various religious backgrounds — living either alone, with their families, or together in communities — and working toward the common objective of a “New Humanity in Christ.”  (What Christ?  Whose Christ? and just what does CHRIST mean to them?  Certainly not saving grace by virtue of the Shed Blood of the ONE and ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF THE TRUE AND LIVING CREATOR!)

The Study of Ancient Systems of Human Spirituality & Wisdom

To this end many members of the Order are actively involved in the study of ancient systems of human spirituality and wisdom, and the various typologies of human spiritual and psychic experience, for the light that such studies may shed on the rich heritage of catholic Christian tradition.

The New Sciences of Consciousness & Healing

At the same time — and as a corollary to their vocation to implement the Father’s will on the earth “…as it is in Heaven” — many members of the Order are also actively engaged in the exploration and development of new sciences of consciousness, intuition, creativity, and healing, and in the pursuit of new paradigms for the reconciliation of science and spirituality, East & West, for the establishment of universal human values in today’s global village.  (Well we have heard the Roman Catholic Church state that they worship LUCIFER the Light Bearer and his Son. So we know that they are not worshipping the God of the Bible, or recognizing Yeshua HaMashiah as THE Way, THE TRUTH, and THE LIGHT!)

The Recovery of a Sense of the Transcendent in Human Life

Members of the Order of the Transfiguration believe that a serious and systematic study of such subjects is essential to the future of Faith in God, Christ, and the existence of those higher, invisible orders of reality which interact with human beings for their ultimate transformation into a new species on this planet. The Order of the Transfiguration is founded upon the belief that modern secular culture has lost touch with the inner psychic and spiritual dimensions through which the action of the formation-in-Christ, promised in the Christian scriptures, must occur. It is for this reason that this new Order has been founded.  (The other orders their reference here who “interact with human beings” are the FALLEN ANGELS/DEMONIC SPIRITS who have returned to rule once again over the pagans of earth. The majority of people across the Earth have turned away from the saving Grace of God and are returning to the worship of demonic entities.  These are the same entities that ruled the earth prior to the sacrifice at Calvary! The ones the pagans served as gods.  The Roman Catholic Church NEVER STOPPED worshipping the Roman gods!)

The Convergence of Human Potentials with “The Mysteries of Redemption”

The Order believes that we must each develop an intuitive awareness of the multi-dimensional Divine Reality which surrounds, encompasses and interacts with our world and gives it its truest and highest meaning and purpose.  (I am telling you, they want you to worship the demonic entities as gods!) The Order of the Transfiguration also believes that the modern Church cuts itself off from the greatest foundational experiences of the apostles and prophets reflected in its own scripture and tradition, as follows: visions; apparitions; post-mortem contacts with the dead saints; invocation of saints & angels; prophecies; healings; the on-going processes of personal revelations among saints and mystics in the history of Christianity and the other world religions, ancient and modern; the nature and uses of ritual and sacramentals, liturgy, and Eucharistic action as effective instruments of the “Mysteries of Redemption.”   (The Roman Catholic Church, used continued to worship the old Roman gods, they just changed their names to SAINTS.  Often they kept the same statues and even the same Temples for the veneration and adoration of the “SAINTS”, and their “sacraments” are pagan practices used to honor the pagan gods.)

Restoring “The Gifts of the Spirit”

In the Christian tradition one should understand the place and role of the “gifts of the Spirit,” particularly prophecy, inspirational teaching, and healing, in the life of those who are living “the Resurrection life” of the “New Being.”

III. THE HISTORY & THEOLOGICAL RATIONALE OF THE ORDER

The Order of the Transfiguration was founded at a special ceremony held on the Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle of India, on December 21, 1988 (12 21 88) in Corinth, Greece, by Father John Rossner, an Anglican priest and a professor of comparative religion & culture at Concordia University in Montreal.

The founding ceremonies were held in the ruins of the market-place at ancient Corinth where St, Paul taught the Corinthians. The sire is marked by an inscription in Greek and in English; “I reckon that the tribulations of the present time are as nothing when compared to the Glory that shall be revealed in us.”

The Mystery of the Transfiguration

The site – with this inscription – was symbolically appropriate, for the Order celebrates the mystery of the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor as an outward and visible sign of the Divine Plan for our own ultimate transformation into “New Beings in Christ,” and for a “New Humanity in a New World Order.”

A Cosmic Plan for Human & Planetary Transformation

Out of the ruins of the “old humanity” and the “old world order” – in both his and our present world epoch – there is a Cosmic Plan described by St. Paul in his letter to the Corinthians, Ephesians, and Colossians, nineteen centuries ago… for the ultimate spiritual transformation of the human race and the planet itself.

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The Hope of Saints in Many Traditions

Faith in the reality of God, of the Cosmic Christ, and in the existence of such a Divine Plan working itself out in our lives, in nature, and in history, has given inspiration, strength, courage, and hope to countless generations of Christian saints, ordinary people, as well as persons from other great world religions in this and past centuries, who have worked to change the world “from the darkness to the Light” through acts of love, forgiveness, and compassion, and the performance of intelligent forms of social action for the upliftment of humanity rendered in the marketplaces of life.  (No actions or works on the part of humans will EVER change the world from darkness to light.  ONLY the power of GOD can do that.  Only the Holy Spirit working in each person can change anything or anyone.  The only way to get the HOLY SPIRIT living inside of you is to apply the BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST/Yeshua HaMaschiah.  Sure we can make a moment of light and love… but nothing that lasts.  ONLY GOD can CHANGE things, circumstances or People permanently!  Every effort and accomplishment made by human strength and/or wisdom fades, falls, and is extinguished!)

You Are Invited to Participate in the Spiritual Work of the Order

The motto of the Order of the Transfiguration is “The New Monastics for a New Humanity.” The principal mission of the Order is to assist in the Divine Plan for the recreation of the human race and the planet-earth, which was – for Christians – prefigured in the event known as “the Transfiguration” of Jesus Christ.

Transformation into the New Being

To participate intentionally in the Divine process by which grace transforms us and the world around us into “New Beings in Christ” is to participate in the true quest for the recovery by both the Church and Society of an understanding of “the Cosmic Christ and the Primordial Tradition.” The reintegration of the inner spiritual and psychic lives of human beings with the outer material world, and the transformation of both by the mind of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit is our goal.

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Rediscovering the Resurrection Life

Consequently the Order of the Transfiguration is dedicated to the rediscovery by persons today of the profound mystical, psychical, and spiritual experiences of the Resurrected Christ, “the mystery of Christ in us,” and of the Communion of the Saints, which gave birth to Christianity as a world-religion and as a great force for personal transformation and social change in the world.  (Yes, Christianity is meant for the whole world, and we as Christians are called to labor in the field to bring all who will to the Cross.  It is sad that all the thousands of years Christians spent to bring the WORLD to the KNOWLEDGE of Christ, is lost on a world hellbent on rebellion.)

The Charism of the Order

This charism  (charism:: an extraordinary power (as of healing) given a Christian by the Holy Spirit for the good of the church) will be performed in the light of the acquisition of knowledge from recent discoveries in the new sciences of consciousness and healing, as well as from the standpoint of a familiarity with – and openness to – the important truths that God has revealed to humanity through the other great religions and cultures of the world.  (The Power of the Holy Spirit is not available to anyone without the blood of Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMaschiah and there is no other power that can do the work of the Holy Spirit.  Now, there are counterfeit wonders that can come from the Fallen Angels.  But, they are only deception.)

“On Earth as in Heaven”

The solemn mandate of Our Lord that we should pray daily that the Father’s will might be done “… on earth, as it is in heaven” cannot be fulfilled easily by those who have forgotten or lost the intuitive perception that “heaven is real, and closer than we think.” The faith-knowledge that we are surrounded by guarding angels and guiding saints in the invisible portion of the “cosmic sea” of the great “Uncreated Light” that surrounds our inner and outer worlds is essential to the rediscovery of “The Cosmic Christ and the Primordial Tradition.”   (NOWHERE in the WORD OF GOD are we told that “Saints” guide us.  We are to be guided by the HOLY SPIRIT who leads us, guides us, reveals ALL truth to us, comforts us and EMPOWERS us. Yes, we are surrounded by holy angels that guard and protect us.  But we are also surrounded by demonic spirits that lie to us and lead us astray.)

The Development of a New Curriculum for Catholic Christian Formation

It is to the study and integration of such subjects into a new curriculum for catholic Christian formation that the Order of the Transfiguration is dedicated as a “mid-wife” of a New Humanity in a New World Order.

The Order believes that the future spiritual evolution of humankind according to the Divine Plan, unfolded in progressive revelation of Old & New Testament experience – and reflected in wisdom traditions in the world’s religions – includes the awakening, purification, and illumination of the individual and collective consciousness of humanity, the “initiatory death and rebirth”  (Now, what kind of hogwash is that?  Obviously, nothing at based on the TRUTH of the WORD OF GOD.  There is nothing in the scriptures about a “new humanity” nor does the Bible talk about initiatory death.  Or any other kind of initiation. Nor does the bible talk about illumination.  The only purification the scripture speaks of is the purification that comes with the blood of Jesus that washes away every sin, stain and wrinkle or the purification by the fire of the Holy Spirit.)

We have not even discussed all the extreme differences between the Faith in the God of the Bible and all the pagan religions of the world.  There is no way to reconcile these.  Most pagan religions are based on man’s labor to redeem himself. Which is impossible and totally the opposite of what the scriptures teach us.  And many pagan religions are based on communication with spirits.  The only spirit with whom we should be communicating is the SPIRIT OF GOD.  Occasionally, God may send an Angel with a specific message about a specific situation, but that happens extremely rarely.  It is so rare that most people will never experience it.  Sometimes, we have an interaction with an Angel, but we don’t even know it was an Angel.  The Bible says it is possible to entertain Angels unaware.  Why, because GOD does not want us seeking communion with SPIRITS!!  But, many pagan religion are all about seeking input from the spirit realm and conjuring spirits. 

Our faith in the Creator and His Only Begotten Son is so distant and distinct from ALL other religions, it is IMPOSSIBLE for us to come into agreement.   Now, can we coexist as in occupy the same planet yes, we certainly can.  At least from the standpoint of a true Bible Believer.  We have no quarrel with anyone.  As long as we are free to Worship God according to His word we are happy.  True servants of God do not try to force their will, their lifestyle or their belief on anyone.  We only witness what we know of GOD in effort to help others to find TRUTH.

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Can all world religions coexist? Does it matter what you believe? Does your belief make it true? Imagine having to jump from an airplane that was about to crash. If you had three possible items to strap to your back, which would you choose: a tire, a briefcase full of money, or a parachute? There is only one right answer that can save your life. This is why all religions can not coexist. They each give different ideas about God, but only one is true! Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) He made an exclusive claim. Either it is true or it is not.  Source

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