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THE "MYSTERY" OF "BABYLON"

(ACCORDING TO THE BABYLONIANS THEMSELVES)

3[11]:3 The tower, which thou seest building, is myself, the Church, which was seen of thee both now and aforetime. Ask, therefore, what thou willest concerning the tower, and I will reveal it unto thee, that thou mayest rejoice with the saints."

- The Shepherd of Hermes

   Written by the brother of the Pope of Rome

"...the Legend ascribes the origin of Masonry to the era of the building of the tower.  Nimrod is made the first Grand Master and makes the first charge- that is, frames the first Constitution that the Masons ever had. From Babylon, Masonry was carried next into Egypt."  End Quote,

- Dr. Albert Gallatin Mackey, The History of Freemasonry, p. 59.  

Ezekiel 20:29 

Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

בָּמָה

Deu 12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

Deu 12:13-14 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

Exo_12:22  And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

Exo_16:29  See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

NOTE: "Sabbath" was not given as a "Day of corporate worship". It was a "day of rest" (to be spent, AT HOME, with God)

"Travel" was not to be done on "The Sabbath" unless absolutely medically necessary.

No "other" "religious building" was "authorized" other than the Temple on "Mount Zion" (Deu 12:13-14)

ENTER THE "BA'MAH HOUSES"

Lev_26:30  And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

Num_21:28  For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords* of the high places of Arnon.

the lords* ַּעַל, ba‛al, Pronounced: bah'-al, a master; hence a husband, or (figuratively) owner

Num 22:41  And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of *Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.

*Baal ַּעַל, ba‛al, Pronounced: bah'-al, a master; hence a husband, or (figuratively) owner

BAAL:  In Babylonia it was the title specially applied to Merodach of Babylon, which in time came to be used in place of his actual name. As the word in Hebrew also means “possessor,” it has been supposed to have originally signified, when used in a religious sense, the god of a particular piece of land or soil. …the sense of “possessor” is derived from that of “lord.” The Babylonian Bel-Merodach was a Sun-god, and so too was the Can Baal whose full title was Baal-Shemaim, “lord of heaven.” The Phoenician writer Sanchuniathon (Philo Byblius, Fragmenta II) accordingly says that the children of the first generation of mankind “in time of drought stretched forth their hands to heaven toward the sun; for they regarded him as the sole Lord of heaven, and called him Beel-samēn, which means 'Lord of Heaven' in the Phoenician language and is equivalent to Zeus in Greek” Baal-Shemaim had a temple at Umm el-Awamid between Acre and Tyre, and his name is found in inscriptions from the Phoenician colonies of Sardinia and Carthage. – International Standard Bible Dictionary

Rev_2:13  I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

בָּמָה     bâmâh, (Singular) Pronounced:  ba-maw'

From an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation: - height, high place, wave.  (Plural form) Pronounced: ba-mot'

1Ki_3:2  Only the people sacrificed in (ba’mot), because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

1Ki_3:3  And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in (ba’mot).

NOTE: “Solomon’s Temple” is said to be the source of “The Legend of the Craft” among the Masons. And the “Seal of Solomon” an esoteric symbol from his history.  But there was no such seal attached to the Jewish temple, and the design has been found in pagan “temples” (i.e., ba’mot) pre-dating Solomon by millennia.

The connection between this design and the “ba’mah” house, will be pointed out specifically by 2 prophets, from 2 different time periods separated by centuries,  1 from the Old Testament, and 1 from the New Testament. (Two witnesses) Deu_17:6; Deu_19:15

1Ki_12:31  And he made an house of  (ba’mot), and made priests of the lowest* of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

lowest* = קָצָה, qâtsâh, Pronounced: kaw-tsaw', Feminine of H7097; a termination [Latin, “Terminus”] (used like H7097): - coast, corner, (selv-) edge, lowest, (uttermost) part.

Total KJV occurrences: 36

H7097 = קֵצֶה    קָצֶה, qâtseh    qêtseh, Pronounced: kaw-tseh', kay-tseh'

The second form is negative only; from H7096; an extremity (used in a great variety of applications and idioms; compare H7093): -    X after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, [in-] finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-) side, X some, ut (-ter-) most (part).

Total KJV occurrences: 97

2Ki 12:2  And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

2Ki 12:3  But the high places (ba’mot) were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high (ba’mah) places.

1Ki_12:32  And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places (ba’mot) which he had made.

2Ki 14:1  In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

2Ki 14:2  He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

2Ki 14:3  And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

2Ki 14:4  Howbeit the high places (ba’mot) were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense in the (ba’mot).

1Ki_15:14  But the high places (ba’mot) were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

1Ki_22:43  And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places (ba’mot) were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places (ba’mot).

2Ki 15:1  In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

2Ki 15:2  Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

2Ki 15:3  And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

2Ki 15:4  Save that the high places (ba’mot) were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high (ba’mah) places.

2Ki 15:1  In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

2Ki 15:2  Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

2Ki 15:3  And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

2Ki 15:4  Save that the high places (ba’mot) were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high (ba’mah) places.

2Ki 17:22  For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;

2Ki 17:24  And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

2Ki 17:29  Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places (ba’mot) which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

2Ch 33:1  Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

2Ch 33:2  But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

2Ch 33:3  For he built again the high places (ba’mot) which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

2Ch 33:9  So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

2Ch 33:10  And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

2Ch 33:11  Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

2Ch 33:12  And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

2Ch 33:13  And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.

2Ch 33:15  And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

2Ch 33:16  And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

2Ch 33:17  Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places (ba’mot), yet unto the LORD their God only.

QUESTION: The SCRIPTURES record, that the (Ba’mah houses) [Hebrew: “Beth Ba’mah”] in Israel, and it’s “Non-Levitical” (monarchal ordained) clergy, never fully came to an end. There were only "reformed", meaning they were "dedicated to YHVH", and their "idols" were taken out.

So….. where did they go, and what became of them?

Act_13:42  And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

Act_14:1  And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

Act_17:1  Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

Act_17:10  And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

Act_17:17  Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.

Act_18:4  And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

Act_8:3  As for Saul, he made havock of the ecclesia, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

Rom_16:5  Likewise greet the ecclesia that is in their house. Salute my well beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

1Co_16:19  The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the ecclesia that is in their house.

Col_4:15  Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the ecclesia which is in his house.

From the Greek word: συναγωγή

sunagōgē, Pronounced “soon-ag-o-gay'”

From (the reduplicated form of) G4863; an assemblage of persons; specifically a Jewish “synagogue” (the meeting or the place); by analogy a Christian church: - assembly, congregation, synagogue. 

Total occurrences: 57

ekklēsia, pronounced: ek-klay-see'-ah,

From a compound of "ἐκ" (out of) and a derivative of "κλησία" (to call); a calling out, properly: "the called out ones".  From the Hebrew word קרא Qârâ' , kara (pron. kaw-raw') - A primitive root word through the idea of accosting a person met; to call out to.

First usage of “ἐκκλησία” in Greek LXX-

QUOTE: "The site on which the Synagogue is to be built, according to the Tosefta (Meg. 4:23) and codified by the posekim (Sh. Ar., OH 150:2), should be the highest spot in the city and the synagogue should also be the highest building. Jews have been unable to comply with this law in many times and places. As a result, Jews in the MiddleAges attempted to fulfill this law by erecting on the roof of the synagogue a pole or rod [steeple] which would rise higher than the surrounding buildings. As long as the extension was a "built one" rather than just a simple attachment this method of compliance was acceptable (Sh. Ar., OH 150:2, see Ba'er Heitev, ad loc., and Mishnah Berurah,para. 8). Rav said (Shab. 11a) that "any city whose roofs are higher than the synagogue will be ultimately destroyed, for it is written 'to exalt the house of our God'[Ezra 9:9]" END QUOTE,

- Encyclopedia Judaica, p. 585

2Ki_24:15  And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Zec_6:10  Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;

"In the times to come the synagogues of Babylonia will be transferred to Israel"  (Meg. 29a) and "A man's prayer is only heard in the synagogue" (Ber. 6a).

- Encyclopedia Judaica

2Ki_17:29  Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

2Ki_17:32  So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

2Ki_23:19  And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

QUOTE: "The site on which the Synagogue is to be built, according to the Tosefta (Meg. 4:23) and codified by the posekim (Sh. Ar., OH 150:2), should be the highest spot in the city and the synagogue should also be the highest building. END QUOTE - Encyclopedia Judaica

בָּמָה     bâmâh

Pronounced:  baw-maw'

From an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation: - height, high place, wave. 

Lev_26:30  And I will destroy your (bâmâh) places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

Deu_12:2  Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

Eze_6:3  And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your  (bâmâh) places.

Jer_15:17  I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

Eze_3:24  Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.

Eze_8:1  And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.

Eze_2:5  And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.

Eze_2:6  And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

Eze_2:8  But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.

Eze_3:9  As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

Rebellious = מְרִי,  merı̂y,  Pronounced: mar-ee'

From H4784; bitterness, that is, (figuratively) rebellion; concretely bitter, or rebellious: - bitter, (most) rebel (-ion, -lious).

Total KJV occurrences: 23

House = בַּיִת, bayith, Prncd: “B’eth”

Probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):

Mat 23:28-35  Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.  Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.  Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.  Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?  Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:  That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 

Mat_23:31  Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

Luk_11:47  Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

1Th 2:12-15  ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they of the Jews: Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

Amo 5:26  But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun* your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.  

Chiun*  Kκwβn or Kaiwβn; it will then be identical with the Assyrian name of the planet Saturn, Ka-ai-va-nu (whence also Kκwβn and Kaiwβn, the Syriac, Persian, and Arabic names of the same planet[163]): - Cambridge Bible for Schools And Colleges

NOTE: the six-pointed star is called the talisman of Saturn and it is also referred to as the Seal of Solomon. - Wikipedia, "The History and Practice of Magic" (Secaucus, NJ: University Books, published by arrangement with Lyle Stewart, 1979), Vol. II, p. 304

The Babylonians named the days of the week after planets as part of their system of astrology. The Romans and the Greeks borrowed heavily from this system as part of their astrology. It was not until Constantine the Great that the Roman Empire adopted the 7-day week for timekeeping purposes, and, when it did, the astrological names were retained.

- https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/295581/why-is-saturday-day-of-saturn

seventh day of the week, Old English sæterdæg, sæternesdæg, literally "day of the planet Saturn," from Sæternes (genitive of Sætern; see Saturn) + Old English dæg (see day). Partial loan-translation of Latin Saturni dies "Saturn's day" (compare Dutch Zaterdag, Old Frisian Saterdi, Middle Low German Satersdach; Irish dia Sathuirn, Welsh dydd Sadwrn). The Latin word itself is a loan-translation of Greek kronou hemera, literally "the day of Cronus."

Act 6:9  Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

Act 7:42-43  Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

NOTE: Rephan, which is by them substituted for Chiun, is said to be the Egyptian name for Saturn (see Spencer, de Leg. Heb. p. 667), and may have been used by them as an equivalent for the other name

– Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

 Act 7:52  Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

Mat 23:5-7  But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

Greek transliteration

from HEBREW: ῥαββί, Pron.“rhabbi” (hrab-bee')

Of Hebrew origin [H7227] with pronominal suffix; my master, that is, Rabbi, as an official title of honor: - Master, Rabbi.

Total KJV occurrences: 17

Dan 1:1-4  In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.  And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar (Babylon) to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. And the king (Nebuchadnezzar )spake unto Ashpenaz the master* of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes; Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans (The Babylonian Language).

רַב

the master*  = Hebrew: rab  Pronounced = rab

By contraction from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality): - (in) abound (-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great (-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, [time]), (do, have) many (-ifold, things, a time), ([ship-]) master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply (-tude), officer, often [-times], plenteous, populous, prince, process [of time], suffice (-ient).

*Baal ַּעַל, ba‛al, Pronounced: bah'-al, a master; hence a husband, or (figuratively) owner

ekklēsia, pronounced: ek-klay-see'-ah,

From a compound of "ἐκ" (out of) and a derivative of "κλησία" (to call); a calling out, properly: "the called out ones". 

From the Hebrew word קרא Qârâ' , kara (pron. kaw-raw') - A primitive root word through the idea of accosting a person met; to call out to.

First usage of “ἐκκλησία” in Greek LXX-

Deu 4:10  the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me: '“ἐκκλησία” Me the people, and I will make them hear My words that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.' – JPSB Translation

First usage of “Qârâ'” in Hebrew –

Gen 1:5  And God (“Qârâ') the light Day, and the darkness he (“Qârâ') Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. – JPSB Translation

ETYMOLOGY:

Middle English chirche, from Old English cirice, from Latin Circe, ultimately from Late Greek kyriakon, from Greek, neuter of kyriakos of the lord, from kyrios lord, master.

- Merriam Webster Dictionary

O.E. cirice "church," from W.Gmc. *kirika, from Gk. kyriake (oikia) "Lord's (house)," from kyrios "ruler, lord." Gk. kyriakon (adj.) "of the Lord (Master)"

– Online Etymological Dictionary

NOTE: The “Etymology” of the term “Church” is not related to the Greek word “Ecclesia”.  But rather to the Greek words “kyriake oikia” meaning the “Master’s house”.  From “Late Greek” and “early Latin” centuries after Christ, it was “transposed” onto the Greek word “Ecclesia”, by English translators. 

Notice how “the English” translators meant the use of this English term...

“CHURCH”

To be understood…

Question: Which one is “The Church” ?

Answer:  They BOTH are.

NEITHER are however, the “Ecclesia” (called out ones)

Act 19:34-37  But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?  Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of your churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

Mat 10:5-14  These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. And when ye come into an house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

Mat 24:23  Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers (Sanctuary); believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the (presence/παρουσία) of the Son of man be.

Mat 26:17-18  Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.

Mat 26:26  And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.  And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;  For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Act 1:4  And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me

Act 1:13  And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

..of a "Church","Temple","Synagogue" or a ____ ? (What?)

Act 2:1  And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

Act 4:10-11  Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders*, which is become the head of the corner.

builders* = οἰκοδομέω oikodomeō, Pronounced: oy-kod-om-eh'-o, to be a builder, that is, construct or (figuratively) confirm: - (be in) build (-er, -ing, up), edify, embolden.

NOTE: THE BUILDERS... “The Legend Of The Craft” in “Freemasonry” is said to have been part of the "building" of  Solomon's Temple, in Jerusalem. Masons have claimed for centuries, “they” were the real “builders” of “Solomon’s Temple” (and thus, know it’s esoteric “secrets”).  Thus, they were also "The Builders" of the "Ba'mah houses". (And were the same theological "linage" of "builders" that "crucified Christ")

mote* = κάρφος, karphos, kar'-fos, From κάρφω karpho (to wither); a dry twig or straw: - mote.

beam* =(tēn dokon). The central main load bearing piece of lumber, used in construction, on which all the other planks in the house or roof rest, joist, rafter, plank (Moffatt), pole sticking out grotesquely.

Mat 25:14-30  For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.  And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.  Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 

But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Act 7:47-52  But Solomon built him an house. Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? Hath not my hand made all these things? Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?

Act 7:54,57,58  When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, And cast him out of the city, and stoned him

Act 12:12  And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.

Act 16:39-40  And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city. And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

Act 28:30-31  And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

Rom 16:3  Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:

Rom 16:5  Likewise greet the church that is in their house.

Eph 2:19-22  Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Col 4:15  Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.

2Th 2:3,4  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple* of God, shewing himself that he is God.

temple*  = Ναός, naos, nah-os', From a primary word ναίω, naiō (to dwell); a fane, shrine, temple, church: - shrine,

2Th 2:13-15  But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

2Th 3:6  Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

Phm 1:1  Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,  And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:

Heb 10:23-25  Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Act_16:40  And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

1Co_1:11  For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

1Co_16:15  I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

Col_4:15  Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.

Gal 2:7  But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;

Gal 2:8  (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

Act 7:47  But Solomon built him an house.

Act 7:48  Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

Act 7:49  Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

Act 7:50  Hath not my hand made all these things?

Act 17:22  Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are very religious.

Act 17:23  For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

Act 17:24  God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

Act 17:25  Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

Rev 21:2  And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Rev 21:9  And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

Rev 21:10  And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

Rev 21:22  And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.