WORD_SCRIPTURE
Rejection of External Worship and Social Change
Neville advocates for the rejection of all external religious ceremonies, protocols, and pageantry ('bluebloods') as they do not nourish the soul and hinder…
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Blueblood in Scripture is church protocol, external worship, ceremony; anything that is external is the blueblood. Down with all such worship! No matter how they justify it or tell you that it was in order. I was commanded to clear from my own mind’s eye all external worship. I don’t care how beautiful it appears to be in pageantry, it is not in order. It does nothing for the soul. You go to church and a man prays audibly, and you can’t get into the Silence. ... The word “blueblood” has nothing to do with the social order. If you read the Scripture, he never once tried to change the social structure. Not once will you find in any part of Scripture where there was any attempt on the part of the central figure of Scripture to change the social order. There were slaves in those days. There was no statement as to changes in structure. He only brought the message of Salvation, the message of redemption. And man has missed the thought and built all kinds of peculiar things round about it.
Neville advocates for the rejection of all external religious ceremonies, protocols, and pageantry ('bluebloods') as they do not nourish the soul and hinder true inner spiritual experience. He also emphasizes that the central figure of Scripture (Christ) never sought to change the external social order (e.g., slavery) but rather brought a message of inner salvation and redemption.