Against Marcion: Foreword & Part I

Ancient evil is still evil.

Marcion and the Ancient Demonic Apostasy.

The teaching of Marcion of Sinope is infused with the whispering voice of demons and is inspired by the father of the lie, the Devil. The Marcionite contagion is worse than a simple heresy, it is a full-blown apostasy against the True and Almighty God, Yehovah. This deceptive teaching is intoxicating to those who do not know scripture, so that they are led astray by false teachers who desire glory for themselves in being seen as enlightened and possessors of so called secret or hidden knowledge.

It is an accursed deception that inverts good and evil, making Yehovah God to be evil, and the serpent (the Devil) as a savior of mankind. Isaiah 5:20 says of such ones "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." With their lips they praise Christ while blaspheming his Father Yehovah God ignoring John 17:3 “And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ”. Like Gnostics, Marcionites claim that Yehovah God is a demiurge and not the Supreme God of the Universe.

Many centuries ago, Irenaeus pointed out the madness of these Marcionites and the folly of their illogical approach, so that to anyone with even a basic grasp of truth, they can be seen to be servants of the dark one. Still, some 1800 years later, this noxious weed continues to attempt to take root in the hearts of Christian and non-Christian alike, so that the glorious illumination and truth about Christ and his Father Yehovah may not shine through.

The Marcionites and those who embody this rebellious spirit, do their utmost to subvert the word of God by misusing the Bible. These ones reinterpret the words of the prophets and the apostles according to their own desires, so they may capture men who are unwary and enticed by the promise of secret knowledge. These ones however do not find knowledge, but are given an empty and shallow imitation, devoid of spiritual life, it is a death dealing poison from which return is most difficult.

Those who wish to break free from the demonic grasp of the Marcionite deception should remember Ezekiel 18:21-23  "But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die. None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteous things they have done, they will live. Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord Yehovah (אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה). Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?"

Christian need no quarrel but take to heart the words in 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (NIV)  "The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." Likewise, we cannot tolerate blasphemies against our Father, Yehovah God nor against our Lord and Messiah, Christ Jesus.

Thus, although I am nothing more than a good for nothing slave, I am compelled to use the gifts that Yehovah God has given me, in order to magnify his name and show this Marcionite abomination for what it is, a demonic lie. I will address just some of their many insane claims in order to display with certainty the gross error of this apostasy.

אֲדוֹנָי יְהוָה, זָכְרֵנִי נָא, כִּי זָכַרְתִּי אֶת שִׁמְךָ. אַף כִּי עֶבֶד אָנֹכִי, הֲרֵי בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הַגְּדוֹלִים גָּמַלְתָּ עָלַי. אֲנַחְנוּ מְהַלְּלִים אוֹתְךָ עַל חַסְדְּךָ הַרַּב וְעַל שְׁלִיחַת בִּנְךָ הַמָּשִׁיחַ יֵשׁוּעַ

Claim: Jehovah is not the Creator Almighty and that Chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis present two different creation stories.

Historical Refutation: This becomes a problematic claim without historical foundation considering that Genesis chapter 1 and 2 were only introduced as separate chapters by Stephen Langton somewhere in the period of 1205–1220. Before this time Chapters 1 and 2 were one item as was the entirety of the book of Genesis and other Bible books. Verses were only divided in the 1500’s in France by to Robert Estienne

Linguistic Evidence: The Genesis account is one account in both Chapter 1 and 2. Chapter 1 gives a brief overview of what happened while Chapter 2 clarifies the way in which it happened, thereby documenting the process. The generic God of Chapter 1 is clarified in 2: 4 to be Yehovah God thus showing that Yehovah is the Creator and supreme God of the Universe (the Father). Yehovah takes dust from the earth and forms the first man, Adam, breathing life into this creature which becomes a living being.  In verse 15 Yehovah places the first human in a beautiful garden home. Adam is not designed to die, however, he would die if he took from the forbidden fruit. All other trees were free for Adam to consume.

Marcionites claim that the idea that Genesis chapters 1 and 2 were joined together is “unanimous amongst scholars” when in reality no such consensus exists.

More parts will be forthcoming soon.