⛪✝️[Pawan Upadhyay Bible] The Rulers [Gospel of Phillip,Chapter 4]⛪✝️

⛪✝️[Pawan Upadhyay Bible] The Rulers [Gospel of Phillip,Chapter 4]⛪✝️

Special Notes :- Holy Trinity is himself the divine spiritual light. Divine Spiritual light removes the darkness of Spirit. Divine Spiritual light removes the Spiritual darkness. Divine Spiritual light enlightens the Spirit by his divine spiritual wisdom, This is the cause of the spiritual awakening. Spiritual awakening destroys the evilness of mind and guides the mind and the brain towards virtuousness and holiness. Holy Spirit is the cause of the Spiritual awakening. There is the holy guidance in the spiritual awakening. Holy Spirit resides in the God's Grace. Holy Spirit resides in the holy words of the Blessed Holy Lord Jesus the Nazarene Christ. Holy Spirit is the word. God the Father is the word. God the son Lord Jesus the Nazarene Christ is the word. Holy eternal word is the cause of the spiritual awakening. Spiritual awakening breaks the bondage of evil powers and sins. Spiritual awakening does free the persons from the slavery of evil powers and sins.


🔹 Line 1:

“The rulers wanted to deceive humanity, because they (the rulers) saw that they (humanity) had a kinship with those that are truly good.”

🕊️ Spiritual Meaning:
Human souls are originally connected to divine goodness (God, Light, or the pleroma in Gnosticism). The "rulers" (archons or dark powers) noticed this spiritual potential and sought to break this connection. This is the beginning of spiritual warfare — the attempt to blind or confuse humanity.


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🔹 Line 2:

“They took the name of those that are good and gave it to those that aren't good, to deceive them (humanity) by the names and bind them to those that aren't good.”

🕊️ Spiritual Meaning:
There was a deliberate inversion of truth. Evil was called good, and good was called evil. This corrupted people’s understanding, binding them to false teachers, corrupt systems, or ego-driven religion.


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🔹 Line 3:

“And then, what a favor they do for them! They take them from those that aren't good and place them among those that are good.”

🕊️ Spiritual Meaning:
The rulers pretend to help, but it's mockery — they distort reality and pretend to uplift the corrupted while pushing down the righteous. It's spiritual manipulation under the disguise of justice or holiness.


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🔹 Line 4:

“They knew what they were doing, because they wanted to take those who were free and place them in slavery forever.”

🕊️ Spiritual Meaning:
This refers to spiritual enslavement — keeping awakened souls ignorant, bound by illusion (maya), materialism, fear, or false religion, so they never realize their divine nature.


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🔹 Line 5:

“There are powers that exist to enslave humanity, not wanting them to be saved, so that they may be controlled.”

🕊️ Spiritual Meaning:
Evil powers benefit when people remain spiritually ignorant. Salvation (gnosis or awakening) would free them — so they work to suppress truth and keep control.


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🔹 Line 6:

“Because if humanity was saved, sacrifices wouldn’t happen.”

🕊️ Spiritual Meaning:
Religious sacrifices represent external rituals without inner transformation. True salvation eliminates the need for these — because once the soul is united with God, rituals are replaced by relationship.


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🔹 Line 7:

“Animals were offered up to the powers. They were offered up alive, but when they were offered up they died.”

🕊️ Spiritual Meaning:
Animal sacrifices symbolize lifeless, ritualistic religion. The soul is alive when offered, but dies spiritually — indicating how empty religion leads to spiritual death.


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🔹 Line 8:

“A human was offered up to God dead, and he lived.”

🕊️ Spiritual Meaning:
This refers to Jesus Christ — offered in death, but resurrected to eternal life. Unlike animal sacrifices, His death brought true life, symbolizing the power of divine love and spiritual rebirth.


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🔹 Line 9:

“Before Christ came, there wasn't any bread in the world — just as Paradise, where Adam was, had many trees to feed the animals but no wheat to feed humanity.”

🕊️ Spiritual Meaning:
Bread symbolizes spiritual truth and nourishment. Paradise (Eden) had natural food for the body, but lacked the divine wisdom (bread) to feed the soul.


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🔹 Line 10:

“Humanity used to eat like the animals, but when Christ, the perfect human, came, he brought bread from heaven so that humanity would be fed with the food of humanity.”

🕊️ Spiritual Meaning:
Christ provided true spiritual sustenance—the bread from heaven (Word of God, Gnosis). Before Him, people lived by instincts (like animals). After Him, they could live by spirit, growing in divine likeness.


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🔹 Line 11:

“The rulers thought they did what they did by their own power and will, but the Holy Spirit was secretly accomplishing everything it wanted to through them.”

🕊️ Spiritual Meaning:
Even though the rulers thought they were in control, God’s Spirit was behind the scenes, turning evil for good — a mystery of divine providence. Evil actions are unknowingly used to fulfill God’s greater plan.


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🔹 Line 12:

“Truth, which has existed from the beginning, is sown everywhere; and many see it being sown, but few see it being reaped.”

🕊️ Spiritual Meaning:
Truth is eternal and universal — it's planted in the world, in scriptures, in the heart. But while many hear it, only a few truly live it and harvest its fruits. This is a call to inner awakening and living truth rather than just hearing it.


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🧠 Summary of Spiritual Insights:

1. The world is ruled by false powers that hide the truth.

2. Humanity is divine in origin, but is tricked and enslaved by illusion.

3. Christ came to reveal truth, give spiritual food, and free the soul.

4. True life comes through spiritual death (surrender of ego, not rituals).

5. The Holy Spirit works secretly, using even deception for divine purpose.

6. Truth is everywhere, but only those who awaken can harvest it.

🔹 Main Themes and Interpretation:

1. Deception by the Rulers:

The rulers (likely spiritual or worldly authorities) deceived humanity by:

Giving the names and roles of the good to those who were not truly good.

Binding people to the wrong influences and leading them into spiritual slavery.

Making evil appear good and vice versa – a reversal of moral truth.



2. Enslavement and Oppression:

Those who were spiritually free were placed in slavery by the rulers.

This is a metaphor for how the world binds souls seeking truth by misguiding them with false teachings, systems, or identities.


3. Sacrifice and Salvation:

Humanity wasn’t allowed to be saved, because if they were:

Sacrifices (animal offerings) would not be needed.

The rulers preferred animal sacrifices (beings offered alive, then died).

But Christ was a human offered up to God dead, and he lived, symbolizing resurrection and spiritual victory.



4. Christ and the Bread of Heaven:

Before Christ: no “bread” for humanity – symbolic of no true spiritual nourishment.

In Eden, there was food for animals but not proper sustenance for humanity.

Christ brought “bread from heaven” – spiritual truth and nourishment.

He is portrayed as the perfect human, unlike Adam.

Bread = divine truth, the Word, or salvation.



5. Hidden Work of the Holy Spirit:

The rulers believed they acted with power and authority.

But the Holy Spirit was secretly working through them, guiding events toward divine ends.

Even deception or oppression can be used by God to fulfill deeper truths.


6. Truth Is Sown Everywhere:

Truth has existed from the beginning, but:

Though many see it being sown, few recognize it being reaped.

This implies that truth is present, but its harvest (results, salvation) is only visible to the spiritually awakened.




🧠 Summary in Simpler Terms:

1. The rulers tricked humanity by switching good and evil.

2. They kept people spiritually blind and enslaved.

3. Christ broke that deception by offering himself and giving humanity true spiritual food.

4. What looked like human action was actually guided by the Holy Spirit.

5. Truth is everywhere, but few understand or benefit from it.


⛪✝️[Gospel of Phillip]⛪✝️

⛪✝️[The Rulers]⛪✝️

The rulers wanted to deceive humanity, because they (the rulers) saw that they (humanity) had a kinship with those that are truly good. They took the name of those that are good and gave it to those that aren't good, to deceive them (humanity) by the names and bind them to those that aren't good; and then, what a favor they do for them! They take them from those that aren't good and place them among those that are good. They knew what they were doing, because they wanted to take those who were free and place them in slavery forever. There are powers that exist [...] humanity, not wanting them to be [saved], so that they may be [...] because if humanity [was saved], sacrifices [wouldn't] happen [...] and animals offered up to the powers, because those to whom offerings were made were animals. They were offered up alive, but when they were offered up they died. A human was offered up to God dead, and he lived.

Before Christ came, there wasn't any bread in the world – just as Paradise, where Adam was, had many trees to feed the animals but no wheat to feed humanity. Humanity used to eat like the animals, but when Christ, the perfect human, came, he brought bread from heaven so that humanity would be fed with the food of humanity.

The rulers thought they did what they did by their own power and will, but the Holy Spirit was secretly accomplishing everything it wanted to through them. Truth, which has existed from the beginning, is sown everywhere; and many see it being sown, but few see it being reaped.
The Rulers (Completed Text)

The rulers wanted to deceive humanity, because they (the rulers) saw that they (humanity) had a kinship with those that are truly good. They took the name of those that are good and gave it to those that aren't good, to deceive them (humanity) by the names and bind them to those that aren't good; and then, what a favor they do for them! They take them from those that aren't good and place them among those that are good. They knew what they were doing, because they wanted to take those who were free and place them in slavery forever.

There are powers that exist to enslave humanity, not wanting them to be [saved], so that they may be [controlled], because if humanity [was saved], sacrifices [wouldn't] happen — and animals were offered up to the powers, because those to whom offerings were made were animals. They were offered up alive, but when they were offered up they died. A human was offered up to God dead, and he lived.

Before Christ came, there wasn't any bread in the world — just as Paradise, where Adam was, had many trees to feed the animals but no wheat to feed humanity. Humanity used to eat like the animals, but when Christ, the perfect human, came, he brought bread from heaven so that humanity would be fed with the food of humanity.

The rulers thought they did what they did by their own power and will, but the Holy Spirit was secretly accomplishing everything it wanted to through them. Truth, which has existed from the beginning, is sown everywhere; and many see it being sown, but few see it being reaped.

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