As I have written in my last blog, the House of Jacob (Ya’akov) was the peculiar inheritance of YHVH. I have earlier said that Yeshua (Jesus) was the seventh and most perfect of the incarnations of the Archangel YHVH, the Archangel of the Presence. The promises made in the Hebrew writings were for the Hebrew people and no one else, because the House of Jacob was YHVH’s peculiar possession.
Yeshua said in his teachings: “But go rather to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.” Matthew 10:6. and also “I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.” Matthew 15:24. There is no similar passage in the gospels affected by Paul or in the Johannine tradition. The message of Yeshua was directed to the House of Israel and the House of Jacob which at that time was the same, as the Jewish people kept up with the farflung travelings of their people.
Paul on the other hand starts talking about grafting Gentiles onto the Jewish tree of life in the book of Romans. However, his method of grafting the Gentiles on was not to convert them as required by Jewish law, but rather just to make them god-fearers bound by the most minimal of the Mosaic laws. We reject this idea completely as not supported by Jesus teaching or scripture.
Someone said in recent New York Times article that when you strip all the other things away, G-d is a g-d of love. There is no doubt that G-d loves his peculiar inheritance, but there is not one word to extend that love to those not in that inheritance. When he says love thy neighbor as thyself he is quoting Leviticus 19:18 out of context. That passage is part of the Holiness Code and is binding only on the descendants of the House of Jacob and Israel. It is true that 1 John 4:8 says that G-d is love, but 1 John was written to the Nasoreans and not to the Pauline Church and G-d teaches love and is love to that sect of Judaism.
In conclusion, there is not one word of support for the idea that G-d loves Gentiles. G-d loves his peculiar inheritance and those who are converted to it.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
On the Truth About El, YHVH, and Jesus
The people of Canaan worshiped a multitude of entities which they called gods. By the standards of today, these entities were not gods because they were not omniscient, omnipotent and omni-benevolent which are the three qualities that modern philosophers put on the concept of godhood. These entities were very powerful and seemed very godlike to their worshipers. They are real; they are called elementals and have existed since the very beginning. They are like angels in that they are eternal, but they are like man in that they do not have to obey the spiritual rules. They can be killed, but killing them is merely absorbing their energy into the one conquering them or into the divine light that surrounds us.
We know from archaeology that the people of Canaan and Lebanon believed in one supreme being, the father of all. He neither had a name nor was he addressed by some name. He was called El, which means G-d. There were two titles that were used to describe this being, Elyon and Shaddai. Elyon means Most High and Shaddai means Almighty. Exodus 6:2-3 says: “And the Archangel spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am YHVH and I appeared unto Abraham, Yitzak, and Ya’akov by the name El Shaddai, but by my name, YHVH, I was not known to them.” The problem with this statement from a purely logical and didactic point of view is we are required to believe that YHVH dissembled and claimed to be someone other than who He was. As difficult as that idea is to accept, we have proof of the contrary included in the scriptures.
Scholars believe that much of the Torah was written in parts. They generally say that there was a school of theologians who called G-d El or Elohim; they are called the Elohists. There is another school of theologians who called G-d YHVH; they are called the Yahwists. There is a third group called the Priestly source and was interested in supporting the theology of the Priesthood. The fourth group was a later group who redacted the first four books of the Torah and wrote their own book, called Deuteronomy. I believe that there is a fifth source; that source is the Archangel of the Presence and He wrote all the Mitzvoth or Ordinances and the Ten Sayings or Ten Commandments on tablets of stone.
If we are to believe that YHVH did not reveal himself to Abraham as YHVH but rather as El and that in reality YHVH was the being that Abraham believed in, then there is a problem for in Deuteronomy 32:8-9 we have a smoking gun that harkens back to a time before Moses. For some reason, it came through to the Deuteronomist source and was not excised. What it says challenges significantly the statement in Exodus 6:2-3.
Deuteronomy 32:8-9 says in the Dead Sea Scrolls these words found at 4QDeut LXX:
“When Elyon gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated mankind, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the Sons of G-d for YHVH’s portion is his people; Ya’akov is the lot of His inheritance.”
It was believed in Canaan and Lebanon at the time of Abraham that El had 70 sons and one daughter, Asherah. According to Jewish tradition expanding on Genesis 10, there are 70 nations and according to their belief each nation had its own elemental or god that would rule over it. The smoking gun says in effect that there is a Great G-d, a true G-d, named El Elyon and that he has 70 Sons which are the g-ds of the 70 nations. If that be true, then Abraham worshipped the true G-d El and Moses served the Archangel YHVH, but not the true G-d and the Archangel lied to Moses. I do believe that there was any such lie. I think the Yahwists changed things to meet their needs, but the more correct position is that there is a Great G-d El and a lesser G-d, YHVH, who is King of the G-ds.
The efforts made to hide this truth from mankind are interesting. When this passage was translated into Greek from the same text above quoted, this is what the translation said:
“When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the nations according to the number of the Angels of G-d. And his people Jacob became the portion of YHVH, Israel was the line of his inheritance.”
The Septuagint Scholars did not want to carry on the idea that there were 70 lesser gods. So they changed the tradition to make the gods into Angels, Archangels and declared that Israel was the portion of the Archangel YHVH. So now we have the book that Jesus quoted from, that Philo read, saying that there was a Great G-d and an Archangel YHVH, who is the King of the Angels.
When the passage was translated by the Masoretes, it came out this way:
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, He set the borders of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel, for the portion of YHVH is His people, Ya’akov, the lot of His inheritance.
The occultation of the passage has now become complete. No longer do we see what Jesus saw, what Paul saw, what James saw, what Peter saw. We see instead the opinions of the Rabbim at Yavneh which was made some 60 years after Jesus and 25 years after Paul, James, and Peter.
Why am I making such a big deal of this? Simply because the Nasoreans and many of those followers of Jesus that lived in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Parthia, and Arabia, in fact all of the Middle East, believed that there was a Great and True G-d, El, memorialized by the Nasoreans in the Zohar as Ain Soph Aur, the Endless Light. They believed that Jesus was a lesser G-d, who cooperated with G-d as the Word of G-d to create the world and everything in it, but he was not always and did not know everything and was not almighty. The teacher Arius understanding Philo and the Neo Platonists took up the scriptural battle in the early years of the third century and taught these truths, supported by scripture and believed by those who knew Jesus personally.
The scam that has been made on the persons who believe in the Book is perhaps the greatest scam in history. The world is not like the Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, Muslims, Jews, and other westerners say. The world is much more like what the Mormons say with their three g-ds. Arius was right. He was suppressed by a pagan emperor to maintain his power and the peace of his empire, but Arius was right. Eusebius makes it clear that the Bishops of the Middle East for the most part agreed with Arius. Some were excommunicated and exiled; some gave in and kept their peace. The question that must be asked is do you want to believe what Jesus believed or the lies of the Council of Yavneh and the Council of Nicaea. If you choose Jesus, only the Nasorean sect of Judaism is the true faith of scripture and you should investigate it.
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We know from archaeology that the people of Canaan and Lebanon believed in one supreme being, the father of all. He neither had a name nor was he addressed by some name. He was called El, which means G-d. There were two titles that were used to describe this being, Elyon and Shaddai. Elyon means Most High and Shaddai means Almighty. Exodus 6:2-3 says: “And the Archangel spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am YHVH and I appeared unto Abraham, Yitzak, and Ya’akov by the name El Shaddai, but by my name, YHVH, I was not known to them.” The problem with this statement from a purely logical and didactic point of view is we are required to believe that YHVH dissembled and claimed to be someone other than who He was. As difficult as that idea is to accept, we have proof of the contrary included in the scriptures.
Scholars believe that much of the Torah was written in parts. They generally say that there was a school of theologians who called G-d El or Elohim; they are called the Elohists. There is another school of theologians who called G-d YHVH; they are called the Yahwists. There is a third group called the Priestly source and was interested in supporting the theology of the Priesthood. The fourth group was a later group who redacted the first four books of the Torah and wrote their own book, called Deuteronomy. I believe that there is a fifth source; that source is the Archangel of the Presence and He wrote all the Mitzvoth or Ordinances and the Ten Sayings or Ten Commandments on tablets of stone.
If we are to believe that YHVH did not reveal himself to Abraham as YHVH but rather as El and that in reality YHVH was the being that Abraham believed in, then there is a problem for in Deuteronomy 32:8-9 we have a smoking gun that harkens back to a time before Moses. For some reason, it came through to the Deuteronomist source and was not excised. What it says challenges significantly the statement in Exodus 6:2-3.
Deuteronomy 32:8-9 says in the Dead Sea Scrolls these words found at 4QDeut LXX:
“When Elyon gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated mankind, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the Sons of G-d for YHVH’s portion is his people; Ya’akov is the lot of His inheritance.”
It was believed in Canaan and Lebanon at the time of Abraham that El had 70 sons and one daughter, Asherah. According to Jewish tradition expanding on Genesis 10, there are 70 nations and according to their belief each nation had its own elemental or god that would rule over it. The smoking gun says in effect that there is a Great G-d, a true G-d, named El Elyon and that he has 70 Sons which are the g-ds of the 70 nations. If that be true, then Abraham worshipped the true G-d El and Moses served the Archangel YHVH, but not the true G-d and the Archangel lied to Moses. I do believe that there was any such lie. I think the Yahwists changed things to meet their needs, but the more correct position is that there is a Great G-d El and a lesser G-d, YHVH, who is King of the G-ds.
The efforts made to hide this truth from mankind are interesting. When this passage was translated into Greek from the same text above quoted, this is what the translation said:
“When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the nations according to the number of the Angels of G-d. And his people Jacob became the portion of YHVH, Israel was the line of his inheritance.”
The Septuagint Scholars did not want to carry on the idea that there were 70 lesser gods. So they changed the tradition to make the gods into Angels, Archangels and declared that Israel was the portion of the Archangel YHVH. So now we have the book that Jesus quoted from, that Philo read, saying that there was a Great G-d and an Archangel YHVH, who is the King of the Angels.
When the passage was translated by the Masoretes, it came out this way:
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, He set the borders of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel, for the portion of YHVH is His people, Ya’akov, the lot of His inheritance.
The occultation of the passage has now become complete. No longer do we see what Jesus saw, what Paul saw, what James saw, what Peter saw. We see instead the opinions of the Rabbim at Yavneh which was made some 60 years after Jesus and 25 years after Paul, James, and Peter.
Why am I making such a big deal of this? Simply because the Nasoreans and many of those followers of Jesus that lived in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Parthia, and Arabia, in fact all of the Middle East, believed that there was a Great and True G-d, El, memorialized by the Nasoreans in the Zohar as Ain Soph Aur, the Endless Light. They believed that Jesus was a lesser G-d, who cooperated with G-d as the Word of G-d to create the world and everything in it, but he was not always and did not know everything and was not almighty. The teacher Arius understanding Philo and the Neo Platonists took up the scriptural battle in the early years of the third century and taught these truths, supported by scripture and believed by those who knew Jesus personally.
The scam that has been made on the persons who believe in the Book is perhaps the greatest scam in history. The world is not like the Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, Muslims, Jews, and other westerners say. The world is much more like what the Mormons say with their three g-ds. Arius was right. He was suppressed by a pagan emperor to maintain his power and the peace of his empire, but Arius was right. Eusebius makes it clear that the Bishops of the Middle East for the most part agreed with Arius. Some were excommunicated and exiled; some gave in and kept their peace. The question that must be asked is do you want to believe what Jesus believed or the lies of the Council of Yavneh and the Council of Nicaea. If you choose Jesus, only the Nasorean sect of Judaism is the true faith of scripture and you should investigate it.
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Friday, January 29, 2010
Tu B'shvat
The Feast of Tu B'shvat is another new year, this time the new year of the trees. This is the day when we determine the final tithes on the crops that were grown. All crops grown and harvested prior to this day are in one year and those harvested after this day are in another year. In modern times, increasingly, this day has become a Jewish arbor day, a day to remember growing plants and even animals.
In the Middle Ages, Tu Bishvat was celebrated with a feast of fruits in keeping with the Mishnaic description of the holiday as a "New Year." In the 1600s, the kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Luria of Safed and his disciples instituted a Tu Bishvat seder in which the fruits and trees of the Land of Israel were given symbolic meaning. The main idea was that eating ten specific fruits and drinking four cups of wine in a specific order while reciting the appropriate blessings would bring human beings, and the world, closer to spiritual perfection. [6]
In Israel, the kabbalistic Tu Bishvat seder has been revived, and is now celebrated by many Jews, religious and secular. Special haggadot have been written for this purpose.
Nasoreans join in this honoring of nature and remembering the tithes on plants. This is a day upon which we should be careful to give to the poor a fair share of what we have grown. This is a day to remember living things and remember our stewardship over those living things. This is a day upon which a Nasorean Jew will become conscious for one more year of our need to conserve and recycle.
The feast for Nasoreans will be tomorrow. Join with us in this celebration.
In the Middle Ages, Tu Bishvat was celebrated with a feast of fruits in keeping with the Mishnaic description of the holiday as a "New Year." In the 1600s, the kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Luria of Safed and his disciples instituted a Tu Bishvat seder in which the fruits and trees of the Land of Israel were given symbolic meaning. The main idea was that eating ten specific fruits and drinking four cups of wine in a specific order while reciting the appropriate blessings would bring human beings, and the world, closer to spiritual perfection. [6]
In Israel, the kabbalistic Tu Bishvat seder has been revived, and is now celebrated by many Jews, religious and secular. Special haggadot have been written for this purpose.
Nasoreans join in this honoring of nature and remembering the tithes on plants. This is a day upon which we should be careful to give to the poor a fair share of what we have grown. This is a day to remember living things and remember our stewardship over those living things. This is a day upon which a Nasorean Jew will become conscious for one more year of our need to conserve and recycle.
The feast for Nasoreans will be tomorrow. Join with us in this celebration.
Abortion and Scott Roeder
It took jurors 37 minutes on Friday to convict Scott Roeder, an abortion opponent, of first-degree murder in the death of George R. Tiller, one of the few doctors in the country to perform late-term abortions.
The Didache, our Constitution, and the oldest document of the original followers of Yeshua forbids abortion absolutely. Modern Jewish rulings tend to posit a somewhat lessened requirement which allows the mother to claim that the child is attacking her and that aborting the child will protect her life. The Nasoreans position on abortion is abortion should only be allowed when three doctors concur that the child's continued presence in the womb will cause death to the mother. One is not allowed to kill merely on the supposition that an event might occur. While self-defense against an attacker is allowed under the Torah law, the response must be no greater than the threat. Thus, abortion can only occur when the threat is certain death if the pregnancy is not ended.
George Tiller was a murderer of the worst sort. He murdered babies in the womb long after they became viable. He did it for the most base of reasons, money and the continued immorality of the woman. Scott Roeder made it clear that mass murder must be stopped. He took the only action that a brave man could take, one whose purpose was to protect life of the weakest in our society, and he did it only after careful thought. George Tiller was no normal abortionist. He was Mengele whose acts were impassionate and calculated. It is lawful for a person to kill when protecting others from death.
The fact that Scott Roeder chose to commit the act of self-defense in the setting of an apostate church speaks highly of his understanding of divine justice. The fact that apostate Kansas has a law allowing the murder of children in the womb makes no difference. Hitler's Germany allowed him to murder Jews, Polish, Russians, Gypsies, Masons, gays, and anyone else he hated. The execution of Hitler and his lieutenants was always allowed under scriptural law. Scott Roeder likewise is protected by G-d's law.
The 12 Jurors are damned and will go to hell for their acts. Further, their damnation will be remembered against their descendants unto the fourth generation.
Let us pray that the scourge of abortion which has threatened civilization for the past 2300 years will stop soon and let us hope that doctors will cease doing business with abortionists under any conditions. Let us pray for the life and continued blessing of Scott Roeder, who acts like a Prophet of G-d in taking his vengeance against an righteous monster.
The Didache, our Constitution, and the oldest document of the original followers of Yeshua forbids abortion absolutely. Modern Jewish rulings tend to posit a somewhat lessened requirement which allows the mother to claim that the child is attacking her and that aborting the child will protect her life. The Nasoreans position on abortion is abortion should only be allowed when three doctors concur that the child's continued presence in the womb will cause death to the mother. One is not allowed to kill merely on the supposition that an event might occur. While self-defense against an attacker is allowed under the Torah law, the response must be no greater than the threat. Thus, abortion can only occur when the threat is certain death if the pregnancy is not ended.
George Tiller was a murderer of the worst sort. He murdered babies in the womb long after they became viable. He did it for the most base of reasons, money and the continued immorality of the woman. Scott Roeder made it clear that mass murder must be stopped. He took the only action that a brave man could take, one whose purpose was to protect life of the weakest in our society, and he did it only after careful thought. George Tiller was no normal abortionist. He was Mengele whose acts were impassionate and calculated. It is lawful for a person to kill when protecting others from death.
The fact that Scott Roeder chose to commit the act of self-defense in the setting of an apostate church speaks highly of his understanding of divine justice. The fact that apostate Kansas has a law allowing the murder of children in the womb makes no difference. Hitler's Germany allowed him to murder Jews, Polish, Russians, Gypsies, Masons, gays, and anyone else he hated. The execution of Hitler and his lieutenants was always allowed under scriptural law. Scott Roeder likewise is protected by G-d's law.
The 12 Jurors are damned and will go to hell for their acts. Further, their damnation will be remembered against their descendants unto the fourth generation.
Let us pray that the scourge of abortion which has threatened civilization for the past 2300 years will stop soon and let us hope that doctors will cease doing business with abortionists under any conditions. Let us pray for the life and continued blessing of Scott Roeder, who acts like a Prophet of G-d in taking his vengeance against an righteous monster.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Freedom: Religious and Speech
This blog is called "Reflections From a High Mountain" because like Jesus standing on the high mountain, I hope to see the world in perspective. Having been to Mt. Tabor which is generally thought to have been the mount of transfiguration, I could see why it would have been thought to be a High Mountain. Well, I want to speak a bit about a trend that I see developing in Europe that greatly troubles me.
In Switzerland, the people by popular vote outlawed new minarets, the buildings from which muzzeins tell Muslims to come for prayer. Granted their loud calls might be distracting, but so are church bells. It is apparent that the real reason for outlawing the minarets was religious discrimination against Muslims, Muslims who in Switzerland are Bosnian and not Arabs. This detestable act is only one of a series of attacks on religious freedom that are occurring in this supposedly enlightened Europe which sees fit to talk about how every where else does things.
In the United Kingdom, the vegans are pushing to outlaw kosher killing which will have the effect of causing all meat purchased by Muslims and Jews to be purchased outside of Britain. Kosher killing is the most humane form of slaughter and is required by the Torah and the Koran. The real purpose is obviously anti-Semitic, discrimination against both Jews and Muslims.
In France and the United Kingdom, there are strong moves to outlaw burqas on women. This religious dress is required by many Muslim sects. Such acts are obviously anti-Muslim.
In all these countries, the law is built upon precedent and code. If the precedent starts out forbidding minarets, it will not be long before the government will decide if new mosques and synagogues should be built. If it is illegal to wear a burqa, it may soon be illegal to wear a yarmulke or even a cross. If it is illegal to kill animals in a humane way, it is not long before the state will outlaw kosher food and force swine down the throats of Muslims and Jews.
The growth of anti-Semitic activity throughout Europe is serious. Rabbis are attacked on the way to synagogue, imams are attacked for fostering dialogue, girls are dismissed from school for refusing to wear immodest dress, and the situation is getting worse.
If we do not stand up for Muslims now, it will be Nasorean Jews who are again rounded up and executed for our beliefs as we were in Torquemada's Spain and Roman Israel. How many people must die before we see that religious freedom is everyone's right.
In Switzerland, the people by popular vote outlawed new minarets, the buildings from which muzzeins tell Muslims to come for prayer. Granted their loud calls might be distracting, but so are church bells. It is apparent that the real reason for outlawing the minarets was religious discrimination against Muslims, Muslims who in Switzerland are Bosnian and not Arabs. This detestable act is only one of a series of attacks on religious freedom that are occurring in this supposedly enlightened Europe which sees fit to talk about how every where else does things.
In the United Kingdom, the vegans are pushing to outlaw kosher killing which will have the effect of causing all meat purchased by Muslims and Jews to be purchased outside of Britain. Kosher killing is the most humane form of slaughter and is required by the Torah and the Koran. The real purpose is obviously anti-Semitic, discrimination against both Jews and Muslims.
In France and the United Kingdom, there are strong moves to outlaw burqas on women. This religious dress is required by many Muslim sects. Such acts are obviously anti-Muslim.
In all these countries, the law is built upon precedent and code. If the precedent starts out forbidding minarets, it will not be long before the government will decide if new mosques and synagogues should be built. If it is illegal to wear a burqa, it may soon be illegal to wear a yarmulke or even a cross. If it is illegal to kill animals in a humane way, it is not long before the state will outlaw kosher food and force swine down the throats of Muslims and Jews.
The growth of anti-Semitic activity throughout Europe is serious. Rabbis are attacked on the way to synagogue, imams are attacked for fostering dialogue, girls are dismissed from school for refusing to wear immodest dress, and the situation is getting worse.
If we do not stand up for Muslims now, it will be Nasorean Jews who are again rounded up and executed for our beliefs as we were in Torquemada's Spain and Roman Israel. How many people must die before we see that religious freedom is everyone's right.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The Voice of the Lord
The Voice of the Lord spoke to mankind throughout history. Scripture records at least 500 instances of the Voice speaking to man. Many people do not believe that the Voice still speaks. Many more believe that the Lord never spoke to regular people like you and me; they believe that the Voice only spoke to special people. In fact, my unscientific polling has indicated to me that 40% of all the people I have asked about hearing the Voice admit to hearing a Voice in their head. Yeshua said that many are called. I believe that the 40% of the people who hear the Voice of the Lord are those that are called.
Many of you will ask what I mean by hearing the Voice of the Lord. Let me start with the most normal event. Paul says that faith comes through hearing and hearing by the Word of G-d. The word he uses is rematos in Greek which means an inner word. Romans 10:17. The normal Voice is one that speaks within. It can be a single word, a concept, an idea, or a whole conversation. I saw something yesterday that described how that word helps us to do G-d's will. It allows us who follow obediently to do things we know nothing in advance about doing. It allows us to answer prayers of others when we act as messengers or angelou of G-d. Another way that the Voice speaks to us is through other people and random acts who will raise our conscience to do certain things or to understand what is happening around us. The third, and by far most rare hearing of the Voice is called in Hebrew Bath Kol. Literally, it means daughter of the Voice. I have heard it twice. One cannot resist it. The Voice speaks audibly to the person and because it is the Voice of G-d it sometimes is preceded by a shaking, a wind, or some other event. I became a believer because the Voice spoke to me and said I had no faith.
How does one get the Voice? What is really meant by that question is who is chosen. However, it is hard to think about the fact that only 40% of the people in the world are even called and a much smaller percentage is chosen. It is from this concept of only a few being chosen and there being no way to tell them that we get the concept in Judaism of the Israel of G-d and in Catholicism of the Mystical Body of Christ. While Deitrich Bonhoeffer, the Lutheran pastor, tells us that if we do not hear the Voice we should go to a church and patiently wait until we hear it, I cannot concur. Many will never hear that Voice. For me, I received the Voice after praying that G-d would speak to me. I firmly believe that G-d inspired me to reverse the agreement that he made with the rest of Israel when they promised to listen to the prophets if G-d would not speak to them again. But for Gentiles, there never was a guarantee of being called and all of Jacob is called.
The Voice is a specific gift that when strong is called the gift of knowledge. That gift allows us to know things in advance of their occurrence, to do things that will save us from harm, to be able to help the Lord as messengers, and finally to have the consolation that comes with having a trusted friend who will tell us the truth.
The Gospel of John goes so far as to talk about our ultimate goal in relationship to the Voice: "But whoever enters through the Gate (Yeshua, John 1:51) is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper (Peter) opens it for him, and the sheep HEAR HIS VOICE, as he CALLS his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize HIS VOICE." 10:2-4. The Voice therefore is an extremely important part of the true believer's life. He comes to rely upon it rather than books and teachers alone. The Voice will certify which teachers to listen to for it says in John 10: "But they will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the VOICE of strangers." 10:5. When the Voice certifies a teacher, one must be willing to re-examine those teachings and accretions of trauma that make our lives rich and see what should be thrown out and what saved.
The Archangel told us that we should have no other G-ds before Him. Sometimes we make g-ds out of books. Only the mitzvoth in the Torah were written by the hand of G-d and everything else should be seen through a prism, the prism of faith that comes through hearing the rematos of G-d.
Many of you will ask what I mean by hearing the Voice of the Lord. Let me start with the most normal event. Paul says that faith comes through hearing and hearing by the Word of G-d. The word he uses is rematos in Greek which means an inner word. Romans 10:17. The normal Voice is one that speaks within. It can be a single word, a concept, an idea, or a whole conversation. I saw something yesterday that described how that word helps us to do G-d's will. It allows us who follow obediently to do things we know nothing in advance about doing. It allows us to answer prayers of others when we act as messengers or angelou of G-d. Another way that the Voice speaks to us is through other people and random acts who will raise our conscience to do certain things or to understand what is happening around us. The third, and by far most rare hearing of the Voice is called in Hebrew Bath Kol. Literally, it means daughter of the Voice. I have heard it twice. One cannot resist it. The Voice speaks audibly to the person and because it is the Voice of G-d it sometimes is preceded by a shaking, a wind, or some other event. I became a believer because the Voice spoke to me and said I had no faith.
How does one get the Voice? What is really meant by that question is who is chosen. However, it is hard to think about the fact that only 40% of the people in the world are even called and a much smaller percentage is chosen. It is from this concept of only a few being chosen and there being no way to tell them that we get the concept in Judaism of the Israel of G-d and in Catholicism of the Mystical Body of Christ. While Deitrich Bonhoeffer, the Lutheran pastor, tells us that if we do not hear the Voice we should go to a church and patiently wait until we hear it, I cannot concur. Many will never hear that Voice. For me, I received the Voice after praying that G-d would speak to me. I firmly believe that G-d inspired me to reverse the agreement that he made with the rest of Israel when they promised to listen to the prophets if G-d would not speak to them again. But for Gentiles, there never was a guarantee of being called and all of Jacob is called.
The Voice is a specific gift that when strong is called the gift of knowledge. That gift allows us to know things in advance of their occurrence, to do things that will save us from harm, to be able to help the Lord as messengers, and finally to have the consolation that comes with having a trusted friend who will tell us the truth.
The Gospel of John goes so far as to talk about our ultimate goal in relationship to the Voice: "But whoever enters through the Gate (Yeshua, John 1:51) is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper (Peter) opens it for him, and the sheep HEAR HIS VOICE, as he CALLS his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize HIS VOICE." 10:2-4. The Voice therefore is an extremely important part of the true believer's life. He comes to rely upon it rather than books and teachers alone. The Voice will certify which teachers to listen to for it says in John 10: "But they will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the VOICE of strangers." 10:5. When the Voice certifies a teacher, one must be willing to re-examine those teachings and accretions of trauma that make our lives rich and see what should be thrown out and what saved.
The Archangel told us that we should have no other G-ds before Him. Sometimes we make g-ds out of books. Only the mitzvoth in the Torah were written by the hand of G-d and everything else should be seen through a prism, the prism of faith that comes through hearing the rematos of G-d.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Life After Life and Whose Side is G-d On?
The Nasoreans and the Pharisees believed in reincarnation. They do not believe that people could be reborn as people, because they believed that only the soul called Ruach could be reborn. An animal according to first century Jews had no Ruach or Spirit, only Breath of Life, Nephesh. These two sects, from which Christians and Jews descend, believed that all persons would be reborn six or seven times depending on which line they were in. The lines were the line of Metatron and the line of the Holy Spirit.
When one believes in reincarnation, the importance of life and of the body decrease because we are guaranteed another chance to perfect the Ruach. However, the persona that is you will never be reborn; it will be recorded in on the fourth soul and be remembered forever. With that understanding, the individual death of a human being is not important in the scheme of things. On the other hand, the force of karma, the accumulated negative effects and positive effects of our lives is manifested in the new life.
When 200,000 people die, we are sad. But the more important reality is that the divine balance of giving and taking is thrown into chaos. By taking these lives in an earthquake, the Archangel Ariel must compensate by doing some major event that is a blessing not only to the world but to a people. A giving is required; a giving is required that helps more than 200,000 people dramatically.
There are those that would claim G-d is against the Haitians or G-d is for someone else. In reality, G-d favors the balance of giving and taking and is not on anyone's side. Whether people kill themselves as suicide bombers in Kabul or do extraordinary acts of kindness in Port-au-Prince, the only concern that G-d has is the balance of giving and taking. He must give back hugely to right the balance with the huge taking that has been done in Haiti and the Indian Ocean. The very blood of the 420,000 people who have lost their lives demands that the Archangel Ariel balance the evil that he has done with an extraordinary good.
It is clear therefore that G-d is not on the side of either the forces against the Taliban and al-Qaeda or the forces of the Taliban and al-Qaeda. It does not favor death, whoever does it, for it is a taking of life and he opposes humans taking that which he has given. It is not on any side in this war, but he allows for great opportunities to show forth charity.
When one believes in reincarnation, the importance of life and of the body decrease because we are guaranteed another chance to perfect the Ruach. However, the persona that is you will never be reborn; it will be recorded in on the fourth soul and be remembered forever. With that understanding, the individual death of a human being is not important in the scheme of things. On the other hand, the force of karma, the accumulated negative effects and positive effects of our lives is manifested in the new life.
When 200,000 people die, we are sad. But the more important reality is that the divine balance of giving and taking is thrown into chaos. By taking these lives in an earthquake, the Archangel Ariel must compensate by doing some major event that is a blessing not only to the world but to a people. A giving is required; a giving is required that helps more than 200,000 people dramatically.
There are those that would claim G-d is against the Haitians or G-d is for someone else. In reality, G-d favors the balance of giving and taking and is not on anyone's side. Whether people kill themselves as suicide bombers in Kabul or do extraordinary acts of kindness in Port-au-Prince, the only concern that G-d has is the balance of giving and taking. He must give back hugely to right the balance with the huge taking that has been done in Haiti and the Indian Ocean. The very blood of the 420,000 people who have lost their lives demands that the Archangel Ariel balance the evil that he has done with an extraordinary good.
It is clear therefore that G-d is not on the side of either the forces against the Taliban and al-Qaeda or the forces of the Taliban and al-Qaeda. It does not favor death, whoever does it, for it is a taking of life and he opposes humans taking that which he has given. It is not on any side in this war, but he allows for great opportunities to show forth charity.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Scholars Wrong Again
Up until January, 2010, the august scholars all said that the Hebrew written language only went back to 600 BCE. It was therefore impossible, said they, for the Bible to have been written in the time of David, who might or might not exist. What was sure was that the little village of Salem was not the important capital of a kingdom in the area controlled by Egypt.
All that changed. Gershon Galil, a professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Haifa deciphered a shard brought to him from excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa, near Israel's Elah Valley. It contained written words with clearly Hebrew themes and some words that only meant something in Hebrew rather than one of the other Semitic languages. The text proves that there was a Kingdom of Israel in the 10th Century before the Common Era. It proves that there was a consistent religious opinion about the treatment of slaves, widows, and orphans at this early time, almost certainly because of the people's previous acquaintance with slavery. It proves that the Torah could have been written in the time of David and Solomon. It also proves that Hebrew is oldest script that was not pictographic.
Why is this so important? Simply, Bible one, scholars zero. The Bible has proven correct once more.
There is a new religion, a powerful religion, with much state funding. It is called Science. What is conjectured, considered, hypothesized, becomes dogma and then truth. What is really Theory is elevated to fact. And how evil those who dare to say that there is insufficient information. I love science, but I am not a devotee of Science. I do not worship it nor do I bow down to it. I have faith in G-d, not Science.
All that changed. Gershon Galil, a professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Haifa deciphered a shard brought to him from excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa, near Israel's Elah Valley. It contained written words with clearly Hebrew themes and some words that only meant something in Hebrew rather than one of the other Semitic languages. The text proves that there was a Kingdom of Israel in the 10th Century before the Common Era. It proves that there was a consistent religious opinion about the treatment of slaves, widows, and orphans at this early time, almost certainly because of the people's previous acquaintance with slavery. It proves that the Torah could have been written in the time of David and Solomon. It also proves that Hebrew is oldest script that was not pictographic.
Why is this so important? Simply, Bible one, scholars zero. The Bible has proven correct once more.
There is a new religion, a powerful religion, with much state funding. It is called Science. What is conjectured, considered, hypothesized, becomes dogma and then truth. What is really Theory is elevated to fact. And how evil those who dare to say that there is insufficient information. I love science, but I am not a devotee of Science. I do not worship it nor do I bow down to it. I have faith in G-d, not Science.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Who Wrote the Torah?
Often when we think of the Torah we mean the first five books of the Bible. However, there is a more restrictive meaning to the word. It means Teaching and the Teaching that it refers to are the Mitzvoth or Ordinances given to Moses on the Mountain. Scholarship makes it clear that there were four schools that wrote the Pentateuch, or first five books. They were the Yahwist, the Elohist, the Priestly source, and the Deuteronomist. The Yahwist source is said to have written first in the time of Solomon. The Elohist source wrote a hundred years later.
I would suggest to you that there is one other writer that is ignored. Exodus 20:1 says that Elohim spoke the Ten Commandments. But Exodus 24:12 says: "And YHVH said to Moses, Come up to Me to the Mountain and be there, And I will give you the tablets of stone and the Teaching (Torah) and the Ordinances which I have written, to teach them." By the time of Yeshua, the tradition had arisen that an Angel had spoken to Moses on the Mountain and delivered living words to deliver to us. Acts 7:38. All of these passages suggest that someone delivered to Moses on the Mountain utterances that were transmitted to the people. The scholars would argue that Exodus 20 was written by the Yahwists and Exodus 24 by the Elohists. There are two traditions that constantly are fighting for recognition in the first five books: the tradition of the Priests and the tradition of the HaAm haEretz, or common people. The tradition of the Priests is represented by the Yahwist and tries to conflate and explain the tradition of the Elohist, the common people in Exodus 6:2-3 where it says: "I am YHVH; I appeared to Avraham, Yitzak, and Ya'akov as El Shaddai and my Name YHVH I did not reveal to them." This passage tells us that a portion of the Hebrew people believed in the pantheon of Canaan which called its true G-d, El, with epithets like Shaddai and Elyon. YHVH was one of the seventy Sons of El. El apportioned the leadership of Israel to YHVH in the view of the common people which was maintained well into the Deuteronomic period. In 4QDeut the word says: "When El Elyon divided the nations as the inheritance of the Sons of El, when He separated the sons of Adam; he set up the bounds of the peoples, according to the Sons of El and YHVH's portion is His People Yaakov who are his inheritance." The Septuagint called YHVH and the other sons of El, Angels. There we have it. YHVH is the Son of El, the True G-d, and he is an Angel.
With that said, we see that Exodus 20 and Exodus 24 say the same thing. YHVH, the Archangel of the Presence, spoke the Ten Commandments, and they appeared on two tablets of Stone. Thereafter, His Finger traced the 603 additional Ordinances on the Table. He gave them to Moses who took them down to the people.
The writer therefore of the most important portion of Pentateuch was YHVH, the Archangel of the Presence, who is "our god". "Hear O Yisrael, YHVH, our g-d, YHVH is one." Deut. 6:4. He wrote the Ten Commandments and the 603 Ordinances Himself. All the rest of the Scripture was mediated by men. The Holy Spirit would inspire but not dictate the words written. Only these 613 Laws were written by the command of G-d and the hand of YHVH.
So, what is significance of this discovery? We cannot take the Bible literally in any place except these 613 Laws and we must search to understand each of these laws so that we know YHVH's meaning. I am not denigrating the Holy Book. I am explaining that the Pentateuch, the Prophets, the Writings including the writings called the New Testament are inspired but not necessarily literally true. They must bend the knee to the 613 Laws for they were mediated by man whereas the Laws were given by G-d and His Representative in this Multiverse. If read that the Torah is no longer in effect, we have only to look at the Torah to see that it is. Paul never received anything from the Archangel in writing. Moses did. It is true that the Laws on Sinai were never meant for the Gentiles and therefore, the promises in the Scripture are not meant for them other. Gentiles can become Jews by conversion and become grafted into the Tree of Life, but without going through conversion, which requires among other things, circumcision, Gentiles are not heirs to any promise.
That being said, I urge those who use the book to prove things to stop. Spirituality is an individual relationship between the believer and the event. Religion declares how we relate properly to G-d who may not agree.
I would suggest to you that there is one other writer that is ignored. Exodus 20:1 says that Elohim spoke the Ten Commandments. But Exodus 24:12 says: "And YHVH said to Moses, Come up to Me to the Mountain and be there, And I will give you the tablets of stone and the Teaching (Torah) and the Ordinances which I have written, to teach them." By the time of Yeshua, the tradition had arisen that an Angel had spoken to Moses on the Mountain and delivered living words to deliver to us. Acts 7:38. All of these passages suggest that someone delivered to Moses on the Mountain utterances that were transmitted to the people. The scholars would argue that Exodus 20 was written by the Yahwists and Exodus 24 by the Elohists. There are two traditions that constantly are fighting for recognition in the first five books: the tradition of the Priests and the tradition of the HaAm haEretz, or common people. The tradition of the Priests is represented by the Yahwist and tries to conflate and explain the tradition of the Elohist, the common people in Exodus 6:2-3 where it says: "I am YHVH; I appeared to Avraham, Yitzak, and Ya'akov as El Shaddai and my Name YHVH I did not reveal to them." This passage tells us that a portion of the Hebrew people believed in the pantheon of Canaan which called its true G-d, El, with epithets like Shaddai and Elyon. YHVH was one of the seventy Sons of El. El apportioned the leadership of Israel to YHVH in the view of the common people which was maintained well into the Deuteronomic period. In 4QDeut the word says: "When El Elyon divided the nations as the inheritance of the Sons of El, when He separated the sons of Adam; he set up the bounds of the peoples, according to the Sons of El and YHVH's portion is His People Yaakov who are his inheritance." The Septuagint called YHVH and the other sons of El, Angels. There we have it. YHVH is the Son of El, the True G-d, and he is an Angel.
With that said, we see that Exodus 20 and Exodus 24 say the same thing. YHVH, the Archangel of the Presence, spoke the Ten Commandments, and they appeared on two tablets of Stone. Thereafter, His Finger traced the 603 additional Ordinances on the Table. He gave them to Moses who took them down to the people.
The writer therefore of the most important portion of Pentateuch was YHVH, the Archangel of the Presence, who is "our god". "Hear O Yisrael, YHVH, our g-d, YHVH is one." Deut. 6:4. He wrote the Ten Commandments and the 603 Ordinances Himself. All the rest of the Scripture was mediated by men. The Holy Spirit would inspire but not dictate the words written. Only these 613 Laws were written by the command of G-d and the hand of YHVH.
So, what is significance of this discovery? We cannot take the Bible literally in any place except these 613 Laws and we must search to understand each of these laws so that we know YHVH's meaning. I am not denigrating the Holy Book. I am explaining that the Pentateuch, the Prophets, the Writings including the writings called the New Testament are inspired but not necessarily literally true. They must bend the knee to the 613 Laws for they were mediated by man whereas the Laws were given by G-d and His Representative in this Multiverse. If read that the Torah is no longer in effect, we have only to look at the Torah to see that it is. Paul never received anything from the Archangel in writing. Moses did. It is true that the Laws on Sinai were never meant for the Gentiles and therefore, the promises in the Scripture are not meant for them other. Gentiles can become Jews by conversion and become grafted into the Tree of Life, but without going through conversion, which requires among other things, circumcision, Gentiles are not heirs to any promise.
That being said, I urge those who use the book to prove things to stop. Spirituality is an individual relationship between the believer and the event. Religion declares how we relate properly to G-d who may not agree.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
News
Today I want to express my deepest sadness over the earthquake in Haiti. Certainly, there is no more spiritual nation in the Western Hemisphere. Unfortunately, they are so syncretic that it is not clear what they believe.
I believe that they Archangel Ariel was angry at them for some set of acts they had done and punished them for their continuing sinfulness. To balance the taking of human life in Haiti, we will see some great blessing on another people. The balance must be maintained.
I consider Haiti an opportunity for all those right-minded to give to a people who really need to receive. Here is your opportunity to move ahead on the spiritual path. Give until it hurts.
To all those people in Kansas City who are ready this blog, I want to tell you that you can e-mail me at netseri@kc.rr.com and I will give you directions to the service on Friday evenings. As we provide oneg shabbat, it is necessary to rsvp before attending. Come and see what a Nasorean service looks like and join in our prayers for all those in need, especially Haiti.
I believe that they Archangel Ariel was angry at them for some set of acts they had done and punished them for their continuing sinfulness. To balance the taking of human life in Haiti, we will see some great blessing on another people. The balance must be maintained.
I consider Haiti an opportunity for all those right-minded to give to a people who really need to receive. Here is your opportunity to move ahead on the spiritual path. Give until it hurts.
To all those people in Kansas City who are ready this blog, I want to tell you that you can e-mail me at netseri@kc.rr.com and I will give you directions to the service on Friday evenings. As we provide oneg shabbat, it is necessary to rsvp before attending. Come and see what a Nasorean service looks like and join in our prayers for all those in need, especially Haiti.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Orthodoxy vs. Orthopraxy
Orthodoxy means right thinking. The Christian sects of this era are orthodoxic. Each and everyone has a particular religious point of view which it expects the adherents of its sect to believe and espouse. Any deviation from the norm of the sect is considered heresy and dealt with by expulsion from the sect.
Orthopraxy means right acting. Judaism and the early followers of Jesus were orthopractic. These groups did not care what one believed, but expected careful adherence to the actions required of members. Thus the variations in interpretation of how to do the Torah would result in excommunication.
The Essene/Nasorean sect called their members among other things, the Doers of the Torah, to emphasize that they were the right acting group. The followers of Jesus were a group within the sect of Nasoreans and Jesus was called a Nasorean, both in Matthew and by the Romans who wrote Yeshua the Nazorean, King of the Jews on the tablet put over his head on the cross. The Gospel of Matthew makes clear the position of Jesus on doing the Torah; he says,
“Because not everyone who says unto me, Lord, will enter the Kingdom of Heaven but the one who DOES the will of my Father who is in Heaven will enter the Kingdom of Heaven….Again he said to them: Everyone who hears these words and DOES them is like a wise man who built his house on a rock. The rain came down against it and the winds beat it and it did not fall because its foundation was a rock. Everyone who hears these my words and DOES NOT DO them is like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. The rains came down, the floods came and fell against it, and it fell with a great fall.” 7:21,24-26.
Jesus clearly said his position on the Torah: “Truly I say to you that until heaven and earth depart not one letter or dot shall be abolished from the Torah or the Prophets, because all will be fulfilled. He who shall transgress one word of these mitzvoth and shall teach others, shall be called a vain person in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever upholds and teaches them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.” 5:18-19.
Christians are so busy trying to decide who Jesus is that they miss His message. His message is that you must become Tzaddikkim, righteous, and to become righteous one must keep the Torah. Matthew 5:20.
The minimum requirement for the seed of the House of Jacob is the entire Torah. The minimum requirement for the Gentiles is set forth in the Didache. What is more important, doing the good things from faith in the Torah or talking about the writers and interpreters of the Torah.
Orthopraxy means right acting. Judaism and the early followers of Jesus were orthopractic. These groups did not care what one believed, but expected careful adherence to the actions required of members. Thus the variations in interpretation of how to do the Torah would result in excommunication.
The Essene/Nasorean sect called their members among other things, the Doers of the Torah, to emphasize that they were the right acting group. The followers of Jesus were a group within the sect of Nasoreans and Jesus was called a Nasorean, both in Matthew and by the Romans who wrote Yeshua the Nazorean, King of the Jews on the tablet put over his head on the cross. The Gospel of Matthew makes clear the position of Jesus on doing the Torah; he says,
“Because not everyone who says unto me, Lord, will enter the Kingdom of Heaven but the one who DOES the will of my Father who is in Heaven will enter the Kingdom of Heaven….Again he said to them: Everyone who hears these words and DOES them is like a wise man who built his house on a rock. The rain came down against it and the winds beat it and it did not fall because its foundation was a rock. Everyone who hears these my words and DOES NOT DO them is like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. The rains came down, the floods came and fell against it, and it fell with a great fall.” 7:21,24-26.
Jesus clearly said his position on the Torah: “Truly I say to you that until heaven and earth depart not one letter or dot shall be abolished from the Torah or the Prophets, because all will be fulfilled. He who shall transgress one word of these mitzvoth and shall teach others, shall be called a vain person in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever upholds and teaches them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.” 5:18-19.
Christians are so busy trying to decide who Jesus is that they miss His message. His message is that you must become Tzaddikkim, righteous, and to become righteous one must keep the Torah. Matthew 5:20.
The minimum requirement for the seed of the House of Jacob is the entire Torah. The minimum requirement for the Gentiles is set forth in the Didache. What is more important, doing the good things from faith in the Torah or talking about the writers and interpreters of the Torah.
Friday, January 8, 2010
The House of Jacob and the House of Israel
All of us know that Ya'akov was the younger son of Yitzak and grandson of Avraham. Most of us remember that when he returned with his wives from his sojourn with Laban, Ya'akov wrestled with the Archangel of the Presence, in the form of Enoch, and was injured. The Archangel gave him a new name after the fight, Israel. There is a house of Jacob, that is, there are descendants of Jacob who are not Jews today and who have chosen other religious persuasions. They are people who descend from the lost tribes and from those who have left Judaism over the centuries. The House of Jacob, we believe, numbers about 140,000,000 people. In addition, there are those like the Nasoreans, the Samaritans, the Karaites, and the Jews who are descendants of the House of Israel and believe that they are true Jews today. Their numbers are about 14,000,000. Thus the vast majority of the descendants of Jacob are not followers of the Torah.
The House of Jacob, however, carries on the bloodline of Jacob. It has been my observation that even a single drop of Jacobian blood makes the person more open to what the Torah says. Jesus told his disciples not to go to the Gentiles, but rather to the lost sheep of the House of Israel. Matthew 10:6. The ministry of Paul to the Gentiles is now and always has been an error and a violation of the halakah of Yeshua (Jesus). But a ministry to the 140,000,000 lost sheep is not only valid but necessary. These people are open to hearing the truth about the Torah.
The Prophet Yirmayahu (Jeremiah) makes two cryptic statements about the House of Israel in his prophecies. One is at 16:14 in which he promises to bring the House of Israel from the lands of the North, literally, Russia, Europe, North America, Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon. The other passage is even more interesting for here it says at 23:8 that the Lord will bring the seed of the House of Israel from the lands of the North. There are literally millions of Jews from Russia in Israel today, but there are millions of persons who are the seed of the House of Israel, not only in Russia, but throughout the northern countries. All of them will be called home. That call will be internal and will be felt as a call to return to the Torah.
Yeshua (Jesus) was the prophet of the Return. He sent out his followers to find them and teach them the truth. His message has been waylaided by the false teachers who followed the liar Paul, but now their very blood is calling them back to the Torah. The Nasorean Sect of Judaism is the sect of Yeshua and the Apostles. Those misled people who try to become Messianic Jews seek to follow the lies of the Pharisees and are worse off than when they started. True Judaism does not believe in a Trinity of any Godhead. It believes that G-d is One, that his Archangel is One, and that the Holy Spirit is One. The True G-d is not YHVH. The True G-d is El Shaddai v'et Elyon. YHVH is the Archangel of the Presence and as Yeshua says, they are the same. This Archangel created the other Archangels and they together, the Elohim, created the Heavens and the Earth. O, House of Jacob, make Teshuvah to the Torah and the Nasorean faith.
The House of Jacob, however, carries on the bloodline of Jacob. It has been my observation that even a single drop of Jacobian blood makes the person more open to what the Torah says. Jesus told his disciples not to go to the Gentiles, but rather to the lost sheep of the House of Israel. Matthew 10:6. The ministry of Paul to the Gentiles is now and always has been an error and a violation of the halakah of Yeshua (Jesus). But a ministry to the 140,000,000 lost sheep is not only valid but necessary. These people are open to hearing the truth about the Torah.
The Prophet Yirmayahu (Jeremiah) makes two cryptic statements about the House of Israel in his prophecies. One is at 16:14 in which he promises to bring the House of Israel from the lands of the North, literally, Russia, Europe, North America, Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon. The other passage is even more interesting for here it says at 23:8 that the Lord will bring the seed of the House of Israel from the lands of the North. There are literally millions of Jews from Russia in Israel today, but there are millions of persons who are the seed of the House of Israel, not only in Russia, but throughout the northern countries. All of them will be called home. That call will be internal and will be felt as a call to return to the Torah.
Yeshua (Jesus) was the prophet of the Return. He sent out his followers to find them and teach them the truth. His message has been waylaided by the false teachers who followed the liar Paul, but now their very blood is calling them back to the Torah. The Nasorean Sect of Judaism is the sect of Yeshua and the Apostles. Those misled people who try to become Messianic Jews seek to follow the lies of the Pharisees and are worse off than when they started. True Judaism does not believe in a Trinity of any Godhead. It believes that G-d is One, that his Archangel is One, and that the Holy Spirit is One. The True G-d is not YHVH. The True G-d is El Shaddai v'et Elyon. YHVH is the Archangel of the Presence and as Yeshua says, they are the same. This Archangel created the other Archangels and they together, the Elohim, created the Heavens and the Earth. O, House of Jacob, make Teshuvah to the Torah and the Nasorean faith.
Friday, January 1, 2010
New Year Day?
The Scriptures establish three new year days, but one of them is not on the first of January. January 1 was celebrated by the Romans as the first day of the new year, so our celebration is merely a continuation of their peculiarity. However, the three days set forth by Scripture have a better claim to being the true beginning of the year.
The first of these days is Tu B'shvat. In the times of the Hebrew Monarchy, there had to be a day upon which to cut off the previous year from the coming year so that taxes could be collected on the crops and cattle traded, grown or born during the year. The scripture sets forth the 15th day of the month of Shevat as that day. It is known as the New Year of the Trees. In modern times, this day has become a combination Earth Day and Arbor Day.
The second of these days is the first day of the Jewish month of Nisim. This is the month in which spring begins, a logical and reasonable time to begin the new year. The month of Nisim begins when the new moon appears around the spring equinox. This year it will begin on the 15th of March. This day was the secular new year in Davidic times and throughout the long history of the Jewish people which is now in its 5770th year. This date was the first day of the new year for most people other than the Romans in the ancient times.
The third and last of these days is the first day of the Jewish month of Tishri and is called Rosh Hashanah or Head of the Year, New Year Day. It is also called Yom Terumah or Day of the Trumpet because it is believed by the Jewish people that the world was created on this day 5770 years ago, more or less, give or take a few billion years, by the blowing of a divine trumpet. This day occurs on the new moon closest to the autumnal equinox. On this day, Jewish people blow trumpets, wish each other happy new year, make resolutions to do better, and try to be good for at least 10 days until G-d makes up his mind whether to punish us or not. Also on this day Jewish people eat lots of carrots because the word for carrot and the word for plenty are the same in Hebrew and hopefully if we eat lots of carrots G-d will think we are wanting lots of money.
It seems strange to me that the people of Earth except Israel have adopted this pagan New Year rather than the Scriptural New Year and date their era from a mythical birth in 1 A.D. even though no reputable scholar believes that Jesus was born in 1 A.D. The reason for this certainty is that Herod the Great died in 4 B.C.E. and if he was killing all the boys under two before 4 B.C.E. it would mean that Jesus was probably born in 6 B.C.E. We are still following the mistakes of a seventh century monk.
On this new secular year, I resolve to remember that it is the 5770th year of the Jewish dispensation; that in 230 years the Messiah will appear; that we will have a 1000 year Sabbath rest; and that on Rosh Hashanah of 6,000 this 1000 years of peace will begin. I resolve to bring more light into the world through this blog. I resolve to be present for the Lord to work through me in re-establishing the Nasorean Orthodox Qahal to its former glory. I resolve to live a life in constant harmony with my Creator.
The first of these days is Tu B'shvat. In the times of the Hebrew Monarchy, there had to be a day upon which to cut off the previous year from the coming year so that taxes could be collected on the crops and cattle traded, grown or born during the year. The scripture sets forth the 15th day of the month of Shevat as that day. It is known as the New Year of the Trees. In modern times, this day has become a combination Earth Day and Arbor Day.
The second of these days is the first day of the Jewish month of Nisim. This is the month in which spring begins, a logical and reasonable time to begin the new year. The month of Nisim begins when the new moon appears around the spring equinox. This year it will begin on the 15th of March. This day was the secular new year in Davidic times and throughout the long history of the Jewish people which is now in its 5770th year. This date was the first day of the new year for most people other than the Romans in the ancient times.
The third and last of these days is the first day of the Jewish month of Tishri and is called Rosh Hashanah or Head of the Year, New Year Day. It is also called Yom Terumah or Day of the Trumpet because it is believed by the Jewish people that the world was created on this day 5770 years ago, more or less, give or take a few billion years, by the blowing of a divine trumpet. This day occurs on the new moon closest to the autumnal equinox. On this day, Jewish people blow trumpets, wish each other happy new year, make resolutions to do better, and try to be good for at least 10 days until G-d makes up his mind whether to punish us or not. Also on this day Jewish people eat lots of carrots because the word for carrot and the word for plenty are the same in Hebrew and hopefully if we eat lots of carrots G-d will think we are wanting lots of money.
It seems strange to me that the people of Earth except Israel have adopted this pagan New Year rather than the Scriptural New Year and date their era from a mythical birth in 1 A.D. even though no reputable scholar believes that Jesus was born in 1 A.D. The reason for this certainty is that Herod the Great died in 4 B.C.E. and if he was killing all the boys under two before 4 B.C.E. it would mean that Jesus was probably born in 6 B.C.E. We are still following the mistakes of a seventh century monk.
On this new secular year, I resolve to remember that it is the 5770th year of the Jewish dispensation; that in 230 years the Messiah will appear; that we will have a 1000 year Sabbath rest; and that on Rosh Hashanah of 6,000 this 1000 years of peace will begin. I resolve to bring more light into the world through this blog. I resolve to be present for the Lord to work through me in re-establishing the Nasorean Orthodox Qahal to its former glory. I resolve to live a life in constant harmony with my Creator.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Bloody Sacrfice
The Nasoreans, whose theologians were the Essene Monks of Qumran, took the position that the Temple in Jerusalem was profane. It is not clear whether it was the building or the sacrifices in the building that were profane, but they certainly denied that the priesthood was performing the sacrifices in the correct and proper way. As they hardened that position, they began to think about the nature of sacrifice and especially about what kind of worship existed before Moshe instituted the bloody sacrifices set forth in the Torah.
Professor Jodi Magness has said that she has found bones buried at Qumran in a ritual like way. The bones had been gnawed indicating that the meat had been taken off of them through eating. This position supports the conclusion that ritual acts of sacrifice were taking place at Qumran. However, a more radical position was also developing at the headquarters of the Nasoreans represented by John the Baptist. That position reflected on Melchizedek, a very important figure in Essene theology, and noted that the sacrifice of Melchizedek was bread and wine. These more radical followers of Essene Theology argued that the worship of G-d did not always require the killing of animals, but was allowed by Moshe with the provision that the sacrifice be to the one G-d. The others argued that the shedding of blood was the only way to forgive sin. This issue was very important to the followers of Jesus who supported John's position.
Jesus believed that there must be a resolution to the question of bloody sacrifice. He suspected that the only solution was the acknowledgment that abolishing bloody sacrifice required the spilling of blood. After He came to recognize Himself as the Priest-King Melchizedek returned he began to contemplate the idea of a formal act of bleeding in which his blood would become the central event that changed the bloody sacrifice to the sacrifice of Melchizedek. He decided that the institution of a new sacrificial system or rather a return to the older sacrificial system required an event and an act of sacrifice so he chose Pesach, a feast which centers on a perfect lamb being slain and its blood placed in the form of a cross on the door post of ones house, and which also centered on bread and wine. The gospels set us up for this event from day one. John announces Jesus as the Lamb of G-d. Isaiah 53 calls him the Lamb silent. So on that fateful day at the Seder of the Essenes, Jesus says that the bread will be the Body of the sacrifice in his sacrificial system and that the wine will be the Blood in his sacrificial system. He then proclaims that he has arranged to be arrested and that one of them had cooperated in that act. He is arrested, acts as the silent Lamb, and is crucified so that his body physically represents the symbol which would be created by dabbing the blood on the doorway. In this way, he pays the price of changing the sacrificial system from the one proclaimed by Moshe in the Torah to the earlier one used by Melchizedek, whom Jesus was.
It takes much time for the Jewish followers of Jesus to get the full import of his act. They fail to understand that the Temple is ended, that the bloody sacrifice is over, and only with the destruction of the Temple do they finally get that point. In the book, Kerygmata Petrou, translated by Theodore A. Dornan and Jackson H. Snyder, Chapter 36 and 37, Clement says that Peter spoke about the bloody sacrifice:
"When meantime, Moshe, the faithful and wise steward, perceived that the vice of bloody sacrifice to idols had been deeply ingrained into the people from their association with Egypt, and that the root of this evil could not be extracted from them, he allowed them bloody sacrifice, but it be done only to YHVH that by any means he might cut off one half of the deeply ingrained evil, leaving the other half to be corrected by another, and at a future time; by Him, namely, whom he said Himself, 'A prophet shall YHVH your Archangel raise unto you, whom you shall hear even as myself, according to all things that he shall say to you. Whosoever shall not hear that Prophet, his spirit shall be cut off from his people.'"
Clement argues that Peter had said that Jesus was that Prophet, as, of course, all the followers of Jesus believed. He had the power to change the Law so long as he did it in accordance with the Law. As the new Law Giver, he was empowered to change the sacrifice. He did this and that is what happened to eliminate the bloody sacrifice from our religion.
Instead of the bloody sacrifice, Nasoreans weekly remember, as do all Jews, the Seder Meal in the Kiddush service at sundown on a Friday night, but Nasoreans recognize in the bread and wine the sacrifice of Jesus and of the true Lamb and recognize further that the High Priest Yeshua ha Meshiach, Jesus the Christ, pours out for us his blood as is taught in the Letter of Barnabas to the Hebrews (Hebrews in the New Testament) as we celebrate the remembrance of that night. Our daily imperfections, those minor sins that do not separate us from G-d, but taint our spirits, are taken away when we regret them and confess them. Major sins are taken away in the act of mikvah, baptism. The Lamb of G-d continues to pour out his multiplied blood for us and all mankind on the HaKapporet in the Temple Above.
There will be a new Temple, but it is profane before it is built. It is the house of demons, the seat of AntiChrist and those that would build it are blasphemers and heretics, damned forever by their act. There is no need for a temple as the Holy Spirit is Tabernacled in every assembly which meets in the Name of Yeshua. At the moment of our celebration, YHVH is with us, Emmanuel is present and our celebration is HaMakom, the Place that G-d has Chosen.
Professor Jodi Magness has said that she has found bones buried at Qumran in a ritual like way. The bones had been gnawed indicating that the meat had been taken off of them through eating. This position supports the conclusion that ritual acts of sacrifice were taking place at Qumran. However, a more radical position was also developing at the headquarters of the Nasoreans represented by John the Baptist. That position reflected on Melchizedek, a very important figure in Essene theology, and noted that the sacrifice of Melchizedek was bread and wine. These more radical followers of Essene Theology argued that the worship of G-d did not always require the killing of animals, but was allowed by Moshe with the provision that the sacrifice be to the one G-d. The others argued that the shedding of blood was the only way to forgive sin. This issue was very important to the followers of Jesus who supported John's position.
Jesus believed that there must be a resolution to the question of bloody sacrifice. He suspected that the only solution was the acknowledgment that abolishing bloody sacrifice required the spilling of blood. After He came to recognize Himself as the Priest-King Melchizedek returned he began to contemplate the idea of a formal act of bleeding in which his blood would become the central event that changed the bloody sacrifice to the sacrifice of Melchizedek. He decided that the institution of a new sacrificial system or rather a return to the older sacrificial system required an event and an act of sacrifice so he chose Pesach, a feast which centers on a perfect lamb being slain and its blood placed in the form of a cross on the door post of ones house, and which also centered on bread and wine. The gospels set us up for this event from day one. John announces Jesus as the Lamb of G-d. Isaiah 53 calls him the Lamb silent. So on that fateful day at the Seder of the Essenes, Jesus says that the bread will be the Body of the sacrifice in his sacrificial system and that the wine will be the Blood in his sacrificial system. He then proclaims that he has arranged to be arrested and that one of them had cooperated in that act. He is arrested, acts as the silent Lamb, and is crucified so that his body physically represents the symbol which would be created by dabbing the blood on the doorway. In this way, he pays the price of changing the sacrificial system from the one proclaimed by Moshe in the Torah to the earlier one used by Melchizedek, whom Jesus was.
It takes much time for the Jewish followers of Jesus to get the full import of his act. They fail to understand that the Temple is ended, that the bloody sacrifice is over, and only with the destruction of the Temple do they finally get that point. In the book, Kerygmata Petrou, translated by Theodore A. Dornan and Jackson H. Snyder, Chapter 36 and 37, Clement says that Peter spoke about the bloody sacrifice:
"When meantime, Moshe, the faithful and wise steward, perceived that the vice of bloody sacrifice to idols had been deeply ingrained into the people from their association with Egypt, and that the root of this evil could not be extracted from them, he allowed them bloody sacrifice, but it be done only to YHVH that by any means he might cut off one half of the deeply ingrained evil, leaving the other half to be corrected by another, and at a future time; by Him, namely, whom he said Himself, 'A prophet shall YHVH your Archangel raise unto you, whom you shall hear even as myself, according to all things that he shall say to you. Whosoever shall not hear that Prophet, his spirit shall be cut off from his people.'"
Clement argues that Peter had said that Jesus was that Prophet, as, of course, all the followers of Jesus believed. He had the power to change the Law so long as he did it in accordance with the Law. As the new Law Giver, he was empowered to change the sacrifice. He did this and that is what happened to eliminate the bloody sacrifice from our religion.
Instead of the bloody sacrifice, Nasoreans weekly remember, as do all Jews, the Seder Meal in the Kiddush service at sundown on a Friday night, but Nasoreans recognize in the bread and wine the sacrifice of Jesus and of the true Lamb and recognize further that the High Priest Yeshua ha Meshiach, Jesus the Christ, pours out for us his blood as is taught in the Letter of Barnabas to the Hebrews (Hebrews in the New Testament) as we celebrate the remembrance of that night. Our daily imperfections, those minor sins that do not separate us from G-d, but taint our spirits, are taken away when we regret them and confess them. Major sins are taken away in the act of mikvah, baptism. The Lamb of G-d continues to pour out his multiplied blood for us and all mankind on the HaKapporet in the Temple Above.
There will be a new Temple, but it is profane before it is built. It is the house of demons, the seat of AntiChrist and those that would build it are blasphemers and heretics, damned forever by their act. There is no need for a temple as the Holy Spirit is Tabernacled in every assembly which meets in the Name of Yeshua. At the moment of our celebration, YHVH is with us, Emmanuel is present and our celebration is HaMakom, the Place that G-d has Chosen.
Friday, December 25, 2009
The Image of the Invisible G-d
There is a hymn that was chanted by the earliest believers in Yeshua ha Meshiach (Jesus the Christ). The writer of Colossians (1:15+) decided to include that hymn in his letter to the Colossians. The letter clearly reflects the teaching of the Apostles and especially of the High Priest and Bishop, Ya'akov, brother of Yeshua. It says:
He is the image of the invisible G-d, the firstborn of all creation.
For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth,
the visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers;
all things were created through him and for him.
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
He is the head of the body, the church.
He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent.
For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile all things to him,
making peace by the blood of his cross, whether those on earth or those in heaven.
These words are strange to a Christian, but they would have resonated clearly with a Nasorean. Nasoreans believe that the True G-d, El Elyon, created the Archangel of the Presence by emanation in the beginning. He formed him from the Divine Light of the First Ray and then this being, this first Adam, created all other things, the multiverse, the Archangels, the Elementals, the souls of Man, and Adam himself. So it is true that YHVH-Metatron-Yeshua is the Creator of all things visible and invisible. When the author of the hymn mentioned the four divine orders -- thrones, dominions, principalities and powers-- it was to declare the absolute sovereignty of Our G-d. He, although not the true G-d, is the most powerful being in our multiverse, Creator, Sustainer, and Destroyer.
Jews and Christians will ask appropriately where I got all this information. I looked at the Torah, the source of truth. There it was in Exodus 23:21; it says: "for my name is in Him". This Archangel has the very nature of G-d and at his center is the Divine Light from which he was formed. He is the sole being in heaven and on earth that can forgive sins.
Now the passage clearly says that the Primal Adam, YHVH-Metatron-Yeshua, pre-existed before any thing else existed and it is His Power that holds the universe in place.
The second verse then says that this being YHVH-Metatron, the Archangel of the Presence, was incarnated for its says: He is the Head of the Body, the Church. In terms of our Kabbalistic truth the key words are Rosh meaning Kether, the Crown, and Body meaning the Chaim Etz, the Tree of Life within us and around us, the Assembly he calls it.
The hymn then says that this being dies. Well in some of his incarnations he has not died. Enoch did not die. Melchizedek did not die. Noach died. Joshua bar Nun died. Sholomoh ha Melech died. Yeshua ha Cohen died. Yeshua ha Meshiach died. But each of these beings was raised from the human death to the Throne of Heaven when their bodies and the Divine Spirit within them united again with its source, the Primal Adam.
The last verse reiterates the message of Exodus. The fullness of the Archangel was pleased to dwell on Earth. However, the passage makes it clear that it was not the death of Yeshua that reconciled man with G-d, but rather the shedding of his blood. Why? Because one cannot change the law without the shedding of blood. Yeshua once and for all declared the bloody sacrifices ended and paid the price for the return to the sacrifice of Melchizedek, whose reincarnation he was. We therefore are reconciled through the sacrifice of bread and wine and are free from our sins. This change occurred not only on earth, where it was decreed, but also in heaven, where he took up his miter as High Priest of Heaven, and mediated forgiveness.
So on this Christmas Day, remember that Yeshua ha Meshiach, the returned King of Jerusalem and High Priest of El Elyon, was born, probably not today, but this is his official birthday, and that he mediates for us today before the true G-d, El Elyon, whose very son he is. The angels proclaimed it and the Archangel Gavriel said it: He shall be called the Son of Elyon.
He is the image of the invisible G-d, the firstborn of all creation.
For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth,
the visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers;
all things were created through him and for him.
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
He is the head of the body, the church.
He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent.
For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile all things to him,
making peace by the blood of his cross, whether those on earth or those in heaven.
These words are strange to a Christian, but they would have resonated clearly with a Nasorean. Nasoreans believe that the True G-d, El Elyon, created the Archangel of the Presence by emanation in the beginning. He formed him from the Divine Light of the First Ray and then this being, this first Adam, created all other things, the multiverse, the Archangels, the Elementals, the souls of Man, and Adam himself. So it is true that YHVH-Metatron-Yeshua is the Creator of all things visible and invisible. When the author of the hymn mentioned the four divine orders -- thrones, dominions, principalities and powers-- it was to declare the absolute sovereignty of Our G-d. He, although not the true G-d, is the most powerful being in our multiverse, Creator, Sustainer, and Destroyer.
Jews and Christians will ask appropriately where I got all this information. I looked at the Torah, the source of truth. There it was in Exodus 23:21; it says: "for my name is in Him". This Archangel has the very nature of G-d and at his center is the Divine Light from which he was formed. He is the sole being in heaven and on earth that can forgive sins.
Now the passage clearly says that the Primal Adam, YHVH-Metatron-Yeshua, pre-existed before any thing else existed and it is His Power that holds the universe in place.
The second verse then says that this being YHVH-Metatron, the Archangel of the Presence, was incarnated for its says: He is the Head of the Body, the Church. In terms of our Kabbalistic truth the key words are Rosh meaning Kether, the Crown, and Body meaning the Chaim Etz, the Tree of Life within us and around us, the Assembly he calls it.
The hymn then says that this being dies. Well in some of his incarnations he has not died. Enoch did not die. Melchizedek did not die. Noach died. Joshua bar Nun died. Sholomoh ha Melech died. Yeshua ha Cohen died. Yeshua ha Meshiach died. But each of these beings was raised from the human death to the Throne of Heaven when their bodies and the Divine Spirit within them united again with its source, the Primal Adam.
The last verse reiterates the message of Exodus. The fullness of the Archangel was pleased to dwell on Earth. However, the passage makes it clear that it was not the death of Yeshua that reconciled man with G-d, but rather the shedding of his blood. Why? Because one cannot change the law without the shedding of blood. Yeshua once and for all declared the bloody sacrifices ended and paid the price for the return to the sacrifice of Melchizedek, whose reincarnation he was. We therefore are reconciled through the sacrifice of bread and wine and are free from our sins. This change occurred not only on earth, where it was decreed, but also in heaven, where he took up his miter as High Priest of Heaven, and mediated forgiveness.
So on this Christmas Day, remember that Yeshua ha Meshiach, the returned King of Jerusalem and High Priest of El Elyon, was born, probably not today, but this is his official birthday, and that he mediates for us today before the true G-d, El Elyon, whose very son he is. The angels proclaimed it and the Archangel Gavriel said it: He shall be called the Son of Elyon.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Christmas
Christmas means christ mass. It was the Feast of the Incarnation. For centuries, the monarchs of the world have celebrated their birthdays as national holidays and often because of weather those holidays and official birthdays are not done on the actual day of the birth of the King. Likewise, it is certain that Jesus was not born on December 25, 1 CE. The sheep were still in the fields and it would have been very cold in December after dark in the fields. No good shepherd would have had his sheep in the field in December. So, if Christians are celebrating the King's birthday it is not as the actual day, but rather as a convenient day upon which to celebrate the King's birthday.
Eusebius in his Ecclesiastical History does not mention Christmas because it was not a holy day for Christians. In fact, the first mention of the Roman celebration of December 25 was in 362 by Julian the last pagan Emperor.
Is it wrong for Jews and Nasoreans to celebrate Christmas? Well, there is no evidence that a Jewish King's birthday was ever publicly celebrated. However, there is no reason not to celebrate the birthday of all the Incarnations of the Archangel and to celebrate them as Christ's Day would be fine. However, it is hard to justify a movement from celebrating the Kings' Birthday to giving vast numbers of presents to other people and to eating and drinking oneself to gluttony. Rather than become involved in that cultural expression, I think that Nasoreans should forego celebrating.
Eusebius in his Ecclesiastical History does not mention Christmas because it was not a holy day for Christians. In fact, the first mention of the Roman celebration of December 25 was in 362 by Julian the last pagan Emperor.
The date for Christmas may also bear a relation to the sun worship. According to the scholiast on the Syriac bishop Jacob Bar-Salibi, writing in the twelfth century:
- "It was a custom of the Pagans to celebrate on the same 25 December the birthday of the Sun, at which they kindled lights in token of festivity. In these solemnities and revelries the Christians also took part. Accordingly when the doctors of the Church perceived that the Christians had a leaning to this festival, they took counsel and resolved that the true Nativity should be solemnised on that day." However, this statement directly conflicts with what we know of the early Christians, namely, that they were ridiculed, tortured, and cast apart from operative society precisely because they would not participate in the pagan feasts and celebrations. The early Christians set themselves directly in opposition to the paganism which ruled the day. "Since Christians worshipped an invisible God, pagans often declared them to be atheists."
Is it wrong for Jews and Nasoreans to celebrate Christmas? Well, there is no evidence that a Jewish King's birthday was ever publicly celebrated. However, there is no reason not to celebrate the birthday of all the Incarnations of the Archangel and to celebrate them as Christ's Day would be fine. However, it is hard to justify a movement from celebrating the Kings' Birthday to giving vast numbers of presents to other people and to eating and drinking oneself to gluttony. Rather than become involved in that cultural expression, I think that Nasoreans should forego celebrating.
Messiahs: Jesus
The Archangel of the Presence, the King of the Multiverse, the Creator, Sustainer and Destroyer, in order to meet the requirements of His own law, decreed that his seventh incarnation would occur in the 6th year before the common era. He came in his human form with the body of Enoch and the DNA of Enoch to a young girl, Maryam, who lived in Nazara, a city in the Gilgal (Galilee). He had sent his son, Gavriel, the Archangel, to tell her that he was coming. In fact, he had told the whole world through his Prophet Isaiah, (Isa. 56:1) that Yeshua was about to come. Now, of course, there were many Yeshuas, but the Prophet calls this one My Yeshua.
Now this young girl was betrothed to a man named Yotsef of the House of David. In fact, he was the putative heir to the throne of David. His great grandfather had been the promised Teacher of Righteousness (Joel 2:22) and had founded the Nasorean Sect of Judaism some years before and his grandmother, daughter of the priestly family that led the Nasorean Sect, was married to the putative heir of the House of David and as a result he was the Prince of Judah by right and high member of the anti-Hasmonean faction in Palestine.
Now, the mighty Enoch appeared to this young girl and had relations with her. She was impregnated with the Divine Seed and by a perfectly natural method became pregnant. Yotzef was greatly troubled by this fact as in Jewish law the betrothal period was already a marriage. He decided to divorce privately to keep her from being stoned as an adulteress, but the Archangel intervened and came to him in a dream, like Yotzef of old, and told him that the child was born by action of Holy Spirit and was the Son of G-d. Yotzef was mystified, but took no further action.
Some time later, Yotzef and Maryam were on the way to Jerusalem for the feast of Sukkoth when she came to term in Bethlehem. They had left Qumran earlier that day and had hoped to make Jerusalem, but it was too far for her in her condition. Due to the travelers on the road, there was no room in the Inn for them and the kindly owner of the Inn told them the best he could do was to let them use the stable which was in a cave behind the Inn.
The Archangel decreed that signs should appear in the heavens announcing his birth. A great supernova lasting over two years in its shining appeared first in the sky that Sukkoth and lasted for two years. Angelic hosts appeared to welcome the new born King of the Jews and of the whole multiverse. Shepherds who were still in the fields were informed an came to witness the birth. Born as he was on a particular astrological alignment, the astrologers of the Persian Prophet, Zoroaster, saw and understood the meaning of the star and the alignment. They took some time to come to the understanding and then more time to organize the trip. They came from all over the Persian world to see this child that the Star had announced. It took them two years and when they arrived they found that Yotzef had purchased a house in Bethlehem and they found him and worshipped the two year old wonder child. They also told Yotzef about their encounter with Herod the Great and Yotzef, knowing the King's hatred of the Davidic House, became afraid and decided to move his family to safety in Egypt.
The family stayed in Egypt for a prolonged visit but sometime in the 3rd year before the common era, having learned that Herod was dead, they returned to Nazara on the western side of Lake Kinnaret, the sea of Gilgal. The communities of the Nasorean sect decided to have a great meeting in the 8th year of the Common Era. The Essene theologians of the Order were going to decide whether a young man, a distant cousin of Yeshua's was in fact the Prophet spoken of in Isaiah 40:3. Yotzef brought Yeshua and his younger son, Ya'akov, with him.
The great counsel of the Order debated whether Yochanan, the son of the High Priest Zechariah of the Line of Onias and Zadok, was in truth the Voice in the Wilderness. Then the Holy Spirit moved upon the body and they recognized that Yochanan was the High Priest, Yeshua was the rightful King, and Ya'akov was in fact the Prophet in the Wilderness of Nazara. From that time forward, the three boys were raised together and Yotzef took no further role in raising him.
Yochanan became a great preacher and a true Priest of G-d and many began to come to repentance under his guidance. Yeshua was also under his sway. He helped him and preached with him and organized the Nasorean Order into an effective opposition movement. He worked with the Zealotes to form an effective army against the Romans. Ya'akov watched all of this and tried to understand the Will of the Most High.
Now the Nasorean Order believed that the third Incarnation of the Archangel would reappear. His name was Melchizedek. They spoke of his reappearance often as a sign of the Jubilee. Yochanan ran into problems with Prince Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch of Gilgal and Perea. He was arrested and murdered for preaching that it was unlawful for Herod to marry his brother's wife while his brother was still living. Yeshua's entire belief system was challenged by the murder.
Yeshua went into the desert like Elijah and prayed to die. Like Elijah, the Archangel Gavriel came to him and reminded him that Melchizedek was going to come again. He convinced the thirty year old Yeshua in 24 CE that he was in fact the Priest King Melchizedek returned. When he returned to the land of Judah, he began to preach that he was Melchizedek returned with all the authority and power that his return implied. He began to teach a radical philosophy of unity for all Jews and a radical philosophy of resistance against the Romans. He urged the Zealotes army and the crack troops of the Sicarii to prepare for revolution. Like the prophecies of Melchizedek promised, he raised the dead, cast out demons, healed the sick, and preached a strict Torachic code.
All of this cumulnated in 27 CE with a daring invasion of Jerusalem. Over a two week period some one month before Passover in 27 CE, the Zealotes army sent in troops to the city. They found a particular day, a day of Roman atrocity, and rushed into the Temple, took control of the precincts and held it against the High Priest Caiphas and the Roman Procurator. The expected all Israel to rise in revolution. It did not happen. The Romans responded by trying to starve the Zealotes and they began to undermine one of the towers of the Temple wall. Finally, two weeks into the rebellion, the tower crumbled. Jesus fled with his inner twelve. They went to Bethany while the Romans tried to find them as the city filled up with more than a million people for Passover.
On the Sunday before Passover, Yeshua entered into the city again on a foal in fulfillment of the prophecy of Zechariah (Zech. 9:9) and with that act proclaimed himself the King of Jerusalem because in ancient times the king as part of his coronation ceremony would enter the capital on the foal of an ass. The Romans as usual did not understand what this act meant, but the High Priest did. Jesus arranged for the Nasorean Passover Seder which would occur one day before the Pharisee Passover Seder on Wednesday of that week.
After the Seder, the drunken men, still singing, went out to the Mount of Olives to pray and there Jesus was confronted by the High Priest's police. He was brought to Annas, who was the de facto High Priest and examined and finally the Sanhedrin was called. Jesus was found guilty of blasphemy for declaring that he was the Messiah, but the High Priest knowing that he could do nothing against Jesus brought a different charge against him and sent him to Pilate for judgment. He charged Jesus was sedition and treason for having proclaimed himself the King of Jerusalem. Pilate saw a very diplomatic man, an aristocrat, whom he did not want to kill. He had Jesus' son, Jesus Bar Abbas, in custody and he offered to exchange the father for the son. The people seeing that a live successor could save the movement from death chose to let the father die. Pilate found Jesus guilty of sedition and treason, which, of course, he was , and sentenced him to death on a cross.
Jesus was killed between two of his fellow insurgents. The followers of Jesus in the Sanhedrin had tried to prepare a drug to make Jesus look dead, which was offered to him in a sponge on a stick, but no one was prepared for the lance in the side and Jesus did not recover. However, they spirited the body away and buried someone else in a new cut tomb. The Divine Spirit within Jesus had accomplished His task, the Archangelic Ruach had been perfected and it returned to heaven in triumph, but the body was laid to rest elsewhere.
So, Jesus, the Son of the Most High Ain Sof Aur, the seventh incarnation of the Archangel of the Presence, became the High Priest of Heaven, the Ruler of the Multiverse, the King of Kings.
Now this young girl was betrothed to a man named Yotsef of the House of David. In fact, he was the putative heir to the throne of David. His great grandfather had been the promised Teacher of Righteousness (Joel 2:22) and had founded the Nasorean Sect of Judaism some years before and his grandmother, daughter of the priestly family that led the Nasorean Sect, was married to the putative heir of the House of David and as a result he was the Prince of Judah by right and high member of the anti-Hasmonean faction in Palestine.
Now, the mighty Enoch appeared to this young girl and had relations with her. She was impregnated with the Divine Seed and by a perfectly natural method became pregnant. Yotzef was greatly troubled by this fact as in Jewish law the betrothal period was already a marriage. He decided to divorce privately to keep her from being stoned as an adulteress, but the Archangel intervened and came to him in a dream, like Yotzef of old, and told him that the child was born by action of Holy Spirit and was the Son of G-d. Yotzef was mystified, but took no further action.
Some time later, Yotzef and Maryam were on the way to Jerusalem for the feast of Sukkoth when she came to term in Bethlehem. They had left Qumran earlier that day and had hoped to make Jerusalem, but it was too far for her in her condition. Due to the travelers on the road, there was no room in the Inn for them and the kindly owner of the Inn told them the best he could do was to let them use the stable which was in a cave behind the Inn.
The Archangel decreed that signs should appear in the heavens announcing his birth. A great supernova lasting over two years in its shining appeared first in the sky that Sukkoth and lasted for two years. Angelic hosts appeared to welcome the new born King of the Jews and of the whole multiverse. Shepherds who were still in the fields were informed an came to witness the birth. Born as he was on a particular astrological alignment, the astrologers of the Persian Prophet, Zoroaster, saw and understood the meaning of the star and the alignment. They took some time to come to the understanding and then more time to organize the trip. They came from all over the Persian world to see this child that the Star had announced. It took them two years and when they arrived they found that Yotzef had purchased a house in Bethlehem and they found him and worshipped the two year old wonder child. They also told Yotzef about their encounter with Herod the Great and Yotzef, knowing the King's hatred of the Davidic House, became afraid and decided to move his family to safety in Egypt.
The family stayed in Egypt for a prolonged visit but sometime in the 3rd year before the common era, having learned that Herod was dead, they returned to Nazara on the western side of Lake Kinnaret, the sea of Gilgal. The communities of the Nasorean sect decided to have a great meeting in the 8th year of the Common Era. The Essene theologians of the Order were going to decide whether a young man, a distant cousin of Yeshua's was in fact the Prophet spoken of in Isaiah 40:3. Yotzef brought Yeshua and his younger son, Ya'akov, with him.
The great counsel of the Order debated whether Yochanan, the son of the High Priest Zechariah of the Line of Onias and Zadok, was in truth the Voice in the Wilderness. Then the Holy Spirit moved upon the body and they recognized that Yochanan was the High Priest, Yeshua was the rightful King, and Ya'akov was in fact the Prophet in the Wilderness of Nazara. From that time forward, the three boys were raised together and Yotzef took no further role in raising him.
Yochanan became a great preacher and a true Priest of G-d and many began to come to repentance under his guidance. Yeshua was also under his sway. He helped him and preached with him and organized the Nasorean Order into an effective opposition movement. He worked with the Zealotes to form an effective army against the Romans. Ya'akov watched all of this and tried to understand the Will of the Most High.
Now the Nasorean Order believed that the third Incarnation of the Archangel would reappear. His name was Melchizedek. They spoke of his reappearance often as a sign of the Jubilee. Yochanan ran into problems with Prince Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch of Gilgal and Perea. He was arrested and murdered for preaching that it was unlawful for Herod to marry his brother's wife while his brother was still living. Yeshua's entire belief system was challenged by the murder.
Yeshua went into the desert like Elijah and prayed to die. Like Elijah, the Archangel Gavriel came to him and reminded him that Melchizedek was going to come again. He convinced the thirty year old Yeshua in 24 CE that he was in fact the Priest King Melchizedek returned. When he returned to the land of Judah, he began to preach that he was Melchizedek returned with all the authority and power that his return implied. He began to teach a radical philosophy of unity for all Jews and a radical philosophy of resistance against the Romans. He urged the Zealotes army and the crack troops of the Sicarii to prepare for revolution. Like the prophecies of Melchizedek promised, he raised the dead, cast out demons, healed the sick, and preached a strict Torachic code.
All of this cumulnated in 27 CE with a daring invasion of Jerusalem. Over a two week period some one month before Passover in 27 CE, the Zealotes army sent in troops to the city. They found a particular day, a day of Roman atrocity, and rushed into the Temple, took control of the precincts and held it against the High Priest Caiphas and the Roman Procurator. The expected all Israel to rise in revolution. It did not happen. The Romans responded by trying to starve the Zealotes and they began to undermine one of the towers of the Temple wall. Finally, two weeks into the rebellion, the tower crumbled. Jesus fled with his inner twelve. They went to Bethany while the Romans tried to find them as the city filled up with more than a million people for Passover.
On the Sunday before Passover, Yeshua entered into the city again on a foal in fulfillment of the prophecy of Zechariah (Zech. 9:9) and with that act proclaimed himself the King of Jerusalem because in ancient times the king as part of his coronation ceremony would enter the capital on the foal of an ass. The Romans as usual did not understand what this act meant, but the High Priest did. Jesus arranged for the Nasorean Passover Seder which would occur one day before the Pharisee Passover Seder on Wednesday of that week.
After the Seder, the drunken men, still singing, went out to the Mount of Olives to pray and there Jesus was confronted by the High Priest's police. He was brought to Annas, who was the de facto High Priest and examined and finally the Sanhedrin was called. Jesus was found guilty of blasphemy for declaring that he was the Messiah, but the High Priest knowing that he could do nothing against Jesus brought a different charge against him and sent him to Pilate for judgment. He charged Jesus was sedition and treason for having proclaimed himself the King of Jerusalem. Pilate saw a very diplomatic man, an aristocrat, whom he did not want to kill. He had Jesus' son, Jesus Bar Abbas, in custody and he offered to exchange the father for the son. The people seeing that a live successor could save the movement from death chose to let the father die. Pilate found Jesus guilty of sedition and treason, which, of course, he was , and sentenced him to death on a cross.
Jesus was killed between two of his fellow insurgents. The followers of Jesus in the Sanhedrin had tried to prepare a drug to make Jesus look dead, which was offered to him in a sponge on a stick, but no one was prepared for the lance in the side and Jesus did not recover. However, they spirited the body away and buried someone else in a new cut tomb. The Divine Spirit within Jesus had accomplished His task, the Archangelic Ruach had been perfected and it returned to heaven in triumph, but the body was laid to rest elsewhere.
So, Jesus, the Son of the Most High Ain Sof Aur, the seventh incarnation of the Archangel of the Presence, became the High Priest of Heaven, the Ruler of the Multiverse, the King of Kings.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Messiahs: Joshua the High Priest
Three of the Messiachot have the name Yshua -- Joshua son of Nun, Joshua the High Priest, and Jesus of Nazara. The second one of the Joshua messiahs is Joshua the High Priest.
Joshua the High Priest lived in the time of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Zerubbabel. He was chosen to be High Priest as the first of the priests returning after the exile. The scripture says that Zechariah the Prophet received a message for him from the YHVH which said that Joshua was specifically chosen by the Lord to be His High Priest. Zech. 3:3-5. He gave to Joshua a covenant which said:
"If you walk on my Path and heed my charge, you will judge my house and keep my courts, and I will give you access among these standing here." The promise means that Joshua will have the same access to the Most High as does the Archangel of the Presence and Satan. In effect, this is the proclamation that Joshua is the Messiah and has the power of the Archangel upon him, for only the Archangel can mediate between G-d and Man.
Zechariah goes on to say that the guilt of the land will be taken away. The High Priest was the mediator between this world and the next. His holiness guaranteed that G-d would hear the prayers of His People. His sacrifices guaranteed that G-d would forgive their sins. By saying that he would take away the guilt of the land in one day, he was promising not to hold against the people their failure to keep the Shabbot that had accumulated and caused the destruction of the nation. Never before had their been a High Priest so holy that his acts of sacrifice could nullify the violation of one of the ten words.
In Zechariah 4:14, Zechariah calls Zerubbabel and Joshua the two Meshiachot that stand before the Lord of the Whole Earth. Revelation 11:4 calls the two witnesses of the end Joshua and Zerubbabel and in that passage he adds the idea that they are lampstands. As a part of the ceremony of sanctification of the Sabbath, we light two candles representing these two men that stand eternally before the throne of G-d. They represent the lights on the hill spoken of by Jesus.
In the High Priest Joshua, the Lord revealed his Holiness. Joshua was a strong arm for Zerubbabel and helped to rebuild the Temple, like the Meshiach before him, Solomon. He was wise and committed. Finally, the Prophet Zechariah implies that the Oil or Spirit that causes the world to have Light comes from Joshua and Zerubbabel. In this incarnation, the Lord showed forth his Holiness in full glow.
Joshua the High Priest lived in the time of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Zerubbabel. He was chosen to be High Priest as the first of the priests returning after the exile. The scripture says that Zechariah the Prophet received a message for him from the YHVH which said that Joshua was specifically chosen by the Lord to be His High Priest. Zech. 3:3-5. He gave to Joshua a covenant which said:
"If you walk on my Path and heed my charge, you will judge my house and keep my courts, and I will give you access among these standing here." The promise means that Joshua will have the same access to the Most High as does the Archangel of the Presence and Satan. In effect, this is the proclamation that Joshua is the Messiah and has the power of the Archangel upon him, for only the Archangel can mediate between G-d and Man.
Zechariah goes on to say that the guilt of the land will be taken away. The High Priest was the mediator between this world and the next. His holiness guaranteed that G-d would hear the prayers of His People. His sacrifices guaranteed that G-d would forgive their sins. By saying that he would take away the guilt of the land in one day, he was promising not to hold against the people their failure to keep the Shabbot that had accumulated and caused the destruction of the nation. Never before had their been a High Priest so holy that his acts of sacrifice could nullify the violation of one of the ten words.
In Zechariah 4:14, Zechariah calls Zerubbabel and Joshua the two Meshiachot that stand before the Lord of the Whole Earth. Revelation 11:4 calls the two witnesses of the end Joshua and Zerubbabel and in that passage he adds the idea that they are lampstands. As a part of the ceremony of sanctification of the Sabbath, we light two candles representing these two men that stand eternally before the throne of G-d. They represent the lights on the hill spoken of by Jesus.
In the High Priest Joshua, the Lord revealed his Holiness. Joshua was a strong arm for Zerubbabel and helped to rebuild the Temple, like the Meshiach before him, Solomon. He was wise and committed. Finally, the Prophet Zechariah implies that the Oil or Spirit that causes the world to have Light comes from Joshua and Zerubbabel. In this incarnation, the Lord showed forth his Holiness in full glow.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Messiahs: Solomon
Solomon's earthly journey was begun with the union of David and Bathsheba. See 2 Samuel 12:24. His name means Peace. Solomon recognized that YHVH was only one of the Archangels, not the only G-d, El. He offered incense and holocausts on the High Place Gibeon to the G-ds of Cana'an. 1Kings 3:4. The Lord Metatron desired to put upon Solomon a mark that would distinguish him from all other men so he gave of him the gift of binah, understanding. It says in 1 Kings, "I give you a heart so wise and understanding that there has never been anyone like you up to now, and after you there will come no one to equal you. " 3:12. This gift of understanding allowed Solomon not only to preserve the chosen people against the surrounding nations and to grow his kingdom, but also it protected him against the attacks from the world of Yetzirah, the evil spirits and demons who would attack his kingdom.
Solomon shared his wisdom with the world. He uttered three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered 1005. He was a botanist and discussed all plants. He was an expert in the dominion over the animals. I Kings 5:12-13. He was chosen to build the Temple of the Lord which lasted for 500 years.
Solomon understood the ways of G-d better than all other people. His book Ecclesiastes is dedicated to the Preaching of the Word. The book begins by declaring that he is the Preacher. He urges man to a spiritual life, declaring that the material life is useless. He says that the spiritual life is better than the material life because the material life will pass away. Even the pursuit of Wisdom is put into perspective for he says: "For in much wisdom there is much sorrow, and he who stores up knowledge stores up grief." Eccl. 1:18. Finally he makes the great claim: For to whatever man he sees fit he gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering possessions to be given to whatever man G-d sees fit. " 2:26. Solomon ends his great diatribe on wisdom with these words: "Fear G-d and keep his commandments, for this is man's all, because G-d will bring to judgment every work, with all its hidden qualities, whether good or bad." 12:13.
In the occult world of magic, Solomon is seen as the penultimate magician because of his control of the beasts, the plants, and the world of Yetzirah. It is said that Solomon dealt with Ashmodai himself and prevailed. Solomon's seal locked away evil from the world for the period of his life. Truly Solomon was a savior type in that he brought the respite of a temporary peace.
Solomon shared his wisdom with the world. He uttered three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered 1005. He was a botanist and discussed all plants. He was an expert in the dominion over the animals. I Kings 5:12-13. He was chosen to build the Temple of the Lord which lasted for 500 years.
Solomon understood the ways of G-d better than all other people. His book Ecclesiastes is dedicated to the Preaching of the Word. The book begins by declaring that he is the Preacher. He urges man to a spiritual life, declaring that the material life is useless. He says that the spiritual life is better than the material life because the material life will pass away. Even the pursuit of Wisdom is put into perspective for he says: "For in much wisdom there is much sorrow, and he who stores up knowledge stores up grief." Eccl. 1:18. Finally he makes the great claim: For to whatever man he sees fit he gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering possessions to be given to whatever man G-d sees fit. " 2:26. Solomon ends his great diatribe on wisdom with these words: "Fear G-d and keep his commandments, for this is man's all, because G-d will bring to judgment every work, with all its hidden qualities, whether good or bad." 12:13.
In the occult world of magic, Solomon is seen as the penultimate magician because of his control of the beasts, the plants, and the world of Yetzirah. It is said that Solomon dealt with Ashmodai himself and prevailed. Solomon's seal locked away evil from the world for the period of his life. Truly Solomon was a savior type in that he brought the respite of a temporary peace.
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