muslims are ignoring the fact that the ONLY Allah-approved ruling monarchy in Israel was JEWISH/israelite/hebrew dynasty of King David, of whom many leading Jewish Torah scholars of today are unquestioningly descended from. Many independent DNA studies confirm the written geneological family tree histories of Jewish descendants of king David. see quran •2:246-251• •38:26•
so because Muhamed had a dream about a flying horse, muslims feel justified to occupying the JEWISH promised Land, which quran ADMITS was given to jews?
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Judaism & Islam
Allah keeps changing his mind about his laws, (sura 2:106, 16:101). But G-od of Israel's word is ETERNAL, (ex. Genesis 9:16, 17:7, 31:13, 31:16, psalm 119:91...)
Nevertheless Quran mentions that he will preserve his word from corruption, ex. sura 10:64, 20:123
According to quran, previous revelation, Torah, was G-od's true guidance, ex. sura 2:40-50, 2:121, 3:3-4, 5:43-48, 7:145, 7:154, 7:159, 7:170, 10:94, 46:12...
According to Quran, ALL G-od's messangers lead to the same DESTINATION- sura 2:285.
And Moses was the ONLY prophet who conversed with G-od DIRECTLY, sura 4:163-164, Numbers 12:5-8.
Muhamed only claimed to have spoken with Gibril, sura 2:97...
IMHO if both islam and xtianity affirms the truth of the Torah, one is much better off following G-od's DIRECT word.
Nevertheless Quran mentions that he will preserve his word from corruption, ex. sura 10:64, 20:123
According to quran, previous revelation, Torah, was G-od's true guidance, ex. sura 2:40-50, 2:121, 3:3-4, 5:43-48, 7:145, 7:154, 7:159, 7:170, 10:94, 46:12...
According to Quran, ALL G-od's messangers lead to the same DESTINATION- sura 2:285.
And Moses was the ONLY prophet who conversed with G-od DIRECTLY, sura 4:163-164, Numbers 12:5-8.
Muhamed only claimed to have spoken with Gibril, sura 2:97...
IMHO if both islam and xtianity affirms the truth of the Torah, one is much better off following G-od's DIRECT word.
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Grace & Salvation in Torah
•Grace in Torah•
G-od's grace or salvation does not depend on 'accepting' some dead idol on a stick. Go-d is our merciful Father. He is Gracious and Merciful to those who try their best to follow His Torah.
2 Kings 13:23. ''But the Lord showed grace to them, displayed his compassion toward them, and turned to them due to his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He would not destroy them or evict them from his presence up until that time.''
2 Chronicles 6:24. “If your people Israel are defeated in a battle with their enemy because they have sinned against you, when they return to you and confess to you, pray, and in this Temple they ask you to show grace to them''
2 Chronicles 30:12. ''God also poured out his grace throughout Judah, giving them a dedicated heart to do what the king and princes had decreed according to the message from the Lord.''
Ezra 9:8. ''Though now, for a moment, grace has been shown from the Lord our God, leaving a few survivors to escape, and providing us a secure hold in his Holy Place, so that our God might enlighten us and give us relief from our servitude.''
Nehemiah 9:31. ''Nevertheless, in your great compassion you did not completely destroy them or abandon them, because you are a God of grace and you are merciful.''
Psalm 84:11. ''For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord grants grace and favor; the Lord will not withhold any good thing from those who walk blamelessly.''
Proverbs 3:34. ''Though God scoffs at scoffers, he gives grace to the humble.''
Isaiah 63:7. ''I will recount the gracious deeds of the Lord, the praiseworthy acts of the Lord, according to all the Lord has done for us— yes, the great goodness to the house of Israel that he has granted them according to his mercy, according to the abundance of his gracious love.''
Daniel 1:9. ''God granted to Daniel grace and compassion on the part of the chief officer.''
Zech. 12:10. ''And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplications. And they shall look to me because of those who have been thrust through, and they shall mourn over it as one mourns over an only son and shall be in bitterness, therefore, as one is embittered over a firstborn son.''
•SALVATION•
Exodus 15:2. ''The Lord is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God and I’ll praise him, the God of my father and I’ll exalt him.''
2 Samuel 22:3. ''He is my God, my strong stone— in him I will find my refuge— my shield, the strength of my salvation, my high tower, my way of escape, and the one who is saving me. You will save me from violence.''
2 Samuel 22:47. ''The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock, and may my God be exalted, the Rock who is my salvation!''
2 Samuel 22:51. ''Great is the salvation he brings to his king, showing gracious love to his anointed, to David and to his offspring forever.''
2 Samuel 23:5. ''Is not my dynasty like this with God? Has he not made an eternal covenant with me, preparing every detail of it? And he has made it secure, including my complete salvation, has he not? He has been of continual help, has he not, even with respect to all of my desires?''
2 Chronicles 20:17. ''You won’t be fighting in this battle. Take your stand, but stand still, and watch the Lord’s salvation on your behalf, Judah and Jerusalem! Never fear and never be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, since the Lord is with you.’”
Psalm 18:2. ''The Lord is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my stronghold in whom I take refuge, my shield, the glory of my salvation, and my high tower.”
Psalm 24:4-6. ''The one who has innocent hands and a pure heart;
the person who does not delight in what is false
and does not swear an oath deceitfully.
5 This person will receive blessing from the Lord
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation that seeks him.
Those who seek your presence
are the true seed of Jacob.''
Psalm 27:1. ''The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom will I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom will I be afraid?''
Psalm 27:9. ''Do not hide your face from me; do not turn away in anger from your servant. You have been my help, therefore do not abandon or forsake me, God of my salvation.''
Psalm 149:4. ''For the Lord is pleased with his people; he beautifies the afflicted with salvation.''
Isaiah 12:2. “Look! God—yes God—is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid. For the Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”
Isaiah 33:6. ''He will be a sure foundation for your times, abundance and salvation, wisdom and knowledge — the fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.”
Isaiah 45:17. ''But Israel will be saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation; you won’t be put to shame or disgraced ever again.”
Isaiah 46:13. ''My righteousness is brought near and it’s not far off, and my salvation won’t delay. I’ll grant salvation in Zion, and to Israel, my glory.”
Isaiah 49:8. “This what the Lord says: “I’ll answer you in a time of favor, and on a day of salvation I’ll help you. I have watched over you, and given you as a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to reassign the inheritances that have been devastated.''
Isaiah 51:6. “Lift up your eyes, you heavens and look to the earth beneath; and see who created these. Its inhabitants will die just like this; but my salvation will be forever, and my deliverance will never fail.''
Isaiah 51:8. ''For moths will eat them up just like a garment, and worms will devour them like wool; but my deliverance will last forever, and my salvation to all generations.''
Isaiah 52:10. ''The Lord has bared his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.''
Isaiah 56:1. ''For this is what the Lord says: “Maintain justice, and do what is right, for soon my salvation will come, and soon my deliverance will be revealed.''
Isaiah 59:17. ''He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in fury like a cloak.''
Isaiah 60:18. ''Then violence will no longer be heard in your land, nor devastation or destruction within your borders; but you’ll call your walls ‘Salvation’, and your gates ‘Praise’.''
Isaiah 62:1. “And I won’t remain silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I won’t stay quiet, until her vindication shines out like brightness, and her salvation like a burning torch.''
Jeremiah 3:23. ''Truly the hills are a deception, and the mountains are confusion. Truly, in the Lord our God is Israel’s salvation.”
...
Isaiah 1:
16 Wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;
stop doing wrong.
17 Learn to do right; seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow.
18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the good things of the land;
20 but if you resist and rebel,
you will be devoured by the sword.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.''
G-od's grace or salvation does not depend on 'accepting' some dead idol on a stick. Go-d is our merciful Father. He is Gracious and Merciful to those who try their best to follow His Torah.
2 Kings 13:23. ''But the Lord showed grace to them, displayed his compassion toward them, and turned to them due to his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He would not destroy them or evict them from his presence up until that time.''
2 Chronicles 6:24. “If your people Israel are defeated in a battle with their enemy because they have sinned against you, when they return to you and confess to you, pray, and in this Temple they ask you to show grace to them''
2 Chronicles 30:12. ''God also poured out his grace throughout Judah, giving them a dedicated heart to do what the king and princes had decreed according to the message from the Lord.''
Ezra 9:8. ''Though now, for a moment, grace has been shown from the Lord our God, leaving a few survivors to escape, and providing us a secure hold in his Holy Place, so that our God might enlighten us and give us relief from our servitude.''
Nehemiah 9:31. ''Nevertheless, in your great compassion you did not completely destroy them or abandon them, because you are a God of grace and you are merciful.''
Psalm 84:11. ''For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord grants grace and favor; the Lord will not withhold any good thing from those who walk blamelessly.''
Proverbs 3:34. ''Though God scoffs at scoffers, he gives grace to the humble.''
Isaiah 63:7. ''I will recount the gracious deeds of the Lord, the praiseworthy acts of the Lord, according to all the Lord has done for us— yes, the great goodness to the house of Israel that he has granted them according to his mercy, according to the abundance of his gracious love.''
Daniel 1:9. ''God granted to Daniel grace and compassion on the part of the chief officer.''
Zech. 12:10. ''And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplications. And they shall look to me because of those who have been thrust through, and they shall mourn over it as one mourns over an only son and shall be in bitterness, therefore, as one is embittered over a firstborn son.''
•SALVATION•
Exodus 15:2. ''The Lord is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God and I’ll praise him, the God of my father and I’ll exalt him.''
2 Samuel 22:3. ''He is my God, my strong stone— in him I will find my refuge— my shield, the strength of my salvation, my high tower, my way of escape, and the one who is saving me. You will save me from violence.''
2 Samuel 22:47. ''The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock, and may my God be exalted, the Rock who is my salvation!''
2 Samuel 22:51. ''Great is the salvation he brings to his king, showing gracious love to his anointed, to David and to his offspring forever.''
2 Samuel 23:5. ''Is not my dynasty like this with God? Has he not made an eternal covenant with me, preparing every detail of it? And he has made it secure, including my complete salvation, has he not? He has been of continual help, has he not, even with respect to all of my desires?''
2 Chronicles 20:17. ''You won’t be fighting in this battle. Take your stand, but stand still, and watch the Lord’s salvation on your behalf, Judah and Jerusalem! Never fear and never be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, since the Lord is with you.’”
Psalm 18:2. ''The Lord is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my stronghold in whom I take refuge, my shield, the glory of my salvation, and my high tower.”
Psalm 24:4-6. ''The one who has innocent hands and a pure heart;
the person who does not delight in what is false
and does not swear an oath deceitfully.
5 This person will receive blessing from the Lord
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation that seeks him.
Those who seek your presence
are the true seed of Jacob.''
Psalm 27:1. ''The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom will I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom will I be afraid?''
Psalm 27:9. ''Do not hide your face from me; do not turn away in anger from your servant. You have been my help, therefore do not abandon or forsake me, God of my salvation.''
Psalm 149:4. ''For the Lord is pleased with his people; he beautifies the afflicted with salvation.''
Isaiah 12:2. “Look! God—yes God—is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid. For the Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”
Isaiah 33:6. ''He will be a sure foundation for your times, abundance and salvation, wisdom and knowledge — the fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.”
Isaiah 45:17. ''But Israel will be saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation; you won’t be put to shame or disgraced ever again.”
Isaiah 46:13. ''My righteousness is brought near and it’s not far off, and my salvation won’t delay. I’ll grant salvation in Zion, and to Israel, my glory.”
Isaiah 49:8. “This what the Lord says: “I’ll answer you in a time of favor, and on a day of salvation I’ll help you. I have watched over you, and given you as a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to reassign the inheritances that have been devastated.''
Isaiah 51:6. “Lift up your eyes, you heavens and look to the earth beneath; and see who created these. Its inhabitants will die just like this; but my salvation will be forever, and my deliverance will never fail.''
Isaiah 51:8. ''For moths will eat them up just like a garment, and worms will devour them like wool; but my deliverance will last forever, and my salvation to all generations.''
Isaiah 52:10. ''The Lord has bared his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.''
Isaiah 56:1. ''For this is what the Lord says: “Maintain justice, and do what is right, for soon my salvation will come, and soon my deliverance will be revealed.''
Isaiah 59:17. ''He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in fury like a cloak.''
Isaiah 60:18. ''Then violence will no longer be heard in your land, nor devastation or destruction within your borders; but you’ll call your walls ‘Salvation’, and your gates ‘Praise’.''
Isaiah 62:1. “And I won’t remain silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I won’t stay quiet, until her vindication shines out like brightness, and her salvation like a burning torch.''
Jeremiah 3:23. ''Truly the hills are a deception, and the mountains are confusion. Truly, in the Lord our God is Israel’s salvation.”
...
Isaiah 1:
16 Wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;
stop doing wrong.
17 Learn to do right; seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow.
18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the good things of the land;
20 but if you resist and rebel,
you will be devoured by the sword.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.''
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Moses
The ONLY prophet who conversed with G~od DIRECTLY, Moses our teacher, Moshe Rabbenu, the humblest, most selfless human being, who ever walked the Earth. Gave up a life of luxury at the age of 80, to bring a nation of opressed slaves back to G-od's Presence, to Sinai.
Neither Christian testment nor Muslim quran dare to state that Jzs or Muhamed ever received a direct personal contact with the Creator. the most quran dares to say is that muhamed spoke with 'Gibril', never direct with Allah (sura 2:97).
The most christian testment dares to say was that an ''echo'' was ''well pleased'' with Jzs...
Only Moshe merits the burning bush, the staff turning into snake, forty years of G-od's Presence among Israel, with manna, pillar of fire, splitting of the sea, the ten plagues, the water from the rock, the quail, the Decalogue - public NATIONAL revelation of L'ords Presence...
May our teacher's name continue to guide and inspire us to follow G-od's path! Moshe ben Yocheved v' Amram, blessed be your memory!
Neither Christian testment nor Muslim quran dare to state that Jzs or Muhamed ever received a direct personal contact with the Creator. the most quran dares to say is that muhamed spoke with 'Gibril', never direct with Allah (sura 2:97).
The most christian testment dares to say was that an ''echo'' was ''well pleased'' with Jzs...
Only Moshe merits the burning bush, the staff turning into snake, forty years of G-od's Presence among Israel, with manna, pillar of fire, splitting of the sea, the ten plagues, the water from the rock, the quail, the Decalogue - public NATIONAL revelation of L'ords Presence...
May our teacher's name continue to guide and inspire us to follow G-od's path! Moshe ben Yocheved v' Amram, blessed be your memory!
Monday, November 27, 2017
NACHASH נחש
NaChash נחש
The serpent, nachash, in the Garden of Eden, symbolizes evil inclination and desire, incarnated in nature. What is the secret of its power?
The word ''NACHASH'' defines the snake as a ''HISSER'': In hebrew, ''to hiss/ to whisper'' is •la'Chash•. Snake does not speak the truth, but it literally TWISTS itself as it °°whispers°° its half truths and its lies.
This same root is used to convey ''casting magic spells'', which too TWIST reality by whispering.
NECHOSHET in hebrew means both 'copper' and ... SORCERY,.literally ''whispering/incantations''.
Sorcery too TWISTS and manipulates the truth by
'hissing incantation'.
The root 'chush' also means ''feeling'' / or ''weakness'', which is another word which detracts from clarity and strength.
But everything Hashem gives us -has its use and can be RECTIFIED by using it as Torah commands! Copper (NECHOSHET) נחושת was used in the Temple for various vessels which PURIFIED, ex. the water cystern where the kohanim washed their hands, and feet to purify themselves for G'ods service. So •nechoshet and nachash• can be used to go after our base carnal desires, or as a vehicle of purification.
(Adam and Eve were 'naked'. §erpent was 'cunning'. Both words in hebrew share the same root, ''arum'', ערום . And they appear in two adjacent verses in Genesis.)
>>Adam and Eve were ''ARUM-im' (plural)' ~naked, but the snake was ''arum'' ~cunning/deceitful.
Same word, adjacent verses, different translation...
Perhaps we can translate the word 'arum' as °weak/°hungry/°needy/°flawed''...
... >>As long as we are AWARE of our •flaws/•desires/•hungers/•temptations/•weaknesses, they serve US. But if we allow our desires to rule over us, we become ''naked''. The very nature of human nature is hidden in those verses.
((The root ayen-resh, ער
also appears in words 'skin'(עור) ', 'blind' (iver), desire/excitement (hitorerut), sexual immoralty (erva).))
{If we REVERSE the root ayen-resh to RESH-AYEN, we get ''RAH'' ~ רע~ 'evil', which really means ''apart'' (from Hashem)}
Interestingly, the NACHASH appears again as Moshe's staff when Hashem sent him to Pharaoh. And there too the dual nature of this creature is hinted at: in Ex. 7:1-15, when Aaron wields the staff, it turns into a תנין-TANNIN (also seen in Gen.1:21). However when Moshe wields the same staff, Torah uses the word NACHASH נחש. BOTH tannin and nachash mean 'snake' as understood from the context here.... Why the change? The very same staff, when held by Aaron (and by the egyptian magicians), is called TANNIN. But when Moshe holds it, it is called ''NACHASH''...
Moshe AGAIN holds the nachash in parshat Chukkat...
In Num. 19-22 (parshat Chukkat), we learn about the ritual of the red heifer. It comes into play when we need to ritually purify ourselves from the 'tumah' of dead body. Why does touching a dead body contaminate us?
Our sages give different reasons and explanations for this ritual. The sages state that the red heifer ritual serves as an atonement for the sin of the golden calf, even though the setting in each respective case is different.
Golden calf was a sculpture, a 'soul-less shape' which Jews created as a focal point for their prayers in Moses' absence. Even though the Israelites created the golden calf out of spiritual hunger for G'ods guidance, its creation was considered a very serious offense, which resulted in Go'ds killing of those who participated in this heretical act.
Whereas the ritual of the sprinkling of the ashes of the red heifer has to do with ritual purification of one who touched a dead body, the sin of the golden calf was based in worshipping a 'dead sculpture'...
Some sources explain that the ritual contamination of a dead human body is due to its LOST POTENTIAL. Just as a human body has unlimited potential when ALIVE, it is all gone as soon as the limitless godly spark of life is gone. A sculpture used in idol worship is dead, without any real soul, without any power, even though it is fashioned to symbolize G'od who is the REAL source of power.
So when the Jews have created the golden calf and worshipped it as a symbol of the Creator, they had squandered their INFINITE SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL to connect with G'od DIRECTLY ~WITHOUT the contradicting interposition of any ersatz made-up idols.
How could the Israelites which just recently had been freed from the Egyptian slavery, with Go'ds mighty plagues, and with splitting of the sea, how could they point to a mere statue and call it 'god' who took us out of Egypt''?😱
It seems that Israelites yearned for some visual/physical focus for their prayers. Of course it goes without saying that they knew that it wasnt the actual golden calf who took them out of Egypt or split the sea.
Nevertheless they felt an urge, a need/hunger/desire to fashion a physical focal point for their worship/prayers. And such act was considered a grave sin.
For the Creator is INFINITE and cannot be reduced to any physical form. Any representation of Go'ds attributes is not °Go'd°.
Hence praying to the golden calf constituted 'taking G'ods Name in vain', as indicated in the Decalogue, 3rd commandment.
So the construction & the prayer to the golden calf was the ultimate ''squandering'' and ''destruction'' of spiritually infinite potential of DIRECT connecting to the Infinite Creator.
So too the death of a human being is the ultimate loss of the infinite potential of a human life, (the soul) and the loss of the connection between the infinite spark of life animating the body, and the body itself.
The ritual PURPOSE of the sprinkling of the ashes of the red heifer is to purify one who touched a corpse. But curiously, the very PROCESS of producing the ashes of the red heifer renders one who MAKES them, -IMPURE. The lesson is, the process of achieving the ultimate purification might come THROUGH IMPURITY. We need to ''get our hands dirty'' to achieve spiritual cleanliness. The very object which ultimately might purify us, if we follow Hashem's path, can also have some adverse effects.
The golden calf, while born from Israelites' YEARNING for Hashem's guidance, was nevertheless deemed such severe grievous SIN, that it needed to be PHYSICALLY ERADICATED by slaying those who participated.
>>>In the book of Genesis 3, when the §erpent °°beguiled°° Eve, the word ''hishiani'' is used, root ALEF-SHIN. This root means 'to destroy, anihilate', level, as in 'shoah'- 'holocaust'.. But it is also used in the sense of ''to confuse, puzzle, beguile'', because someone ''destroys'' the meaning of truth by falsely EQUATING/comparing two dissimiliar concepts.
Same root is used in the 3rd commandment about not taking Hashem's Name ''in vain''. The word ''in vain'' is ''La'Shov''.
(Exodus 20:)
•לא תִשָּׂא אֶת-שם לַשָּוְא•
The word 'La-Shov' means to ''equate, compare''. When we compare/equate the INFINITE One to anything which is created/limited, we are actually DESTROYING Go'ds Infinite Name in the world.
Christian heretical theology of incarnation ''beguiles'' and DESTROYS Go'ds Infinite Name by 'equating' it with a limited human being...
Jzs in John 3:14 compares himself to the snake which Moshe fashioned out of COPPER/ nechoshet, in the desert.
Why not compare yourself to the OTHER snake used by Moshe to demonstrate Hashem's might before Pharaoh???
It seems that Jzs here speaks with a true serpentine fork-tongued need to agrandize/feed the desire to elevate himself.
The copper snake on Moses' pole wasn't elevated to be worshipped, but as a WARNING and as a reminder. if u know the rest of the parsha, the israelites sinned by SPEAKING against Hashem, hence they got BITTEN by the ''nachash'' who HISSES (incites through whispering half-truths). The word NACHASH is from the hebrew root la'Chash- ''to whisper''. it was a reminder for israelites to watch their murmuring against Hashem, and an act of ''de-fanging'' of the snake, by EXPOSING its whispered innuendos. To make sure that we get the message, the word used for snake's 'pole' here is 'NES' (aka 'test'). Jzs' statement in john 3:14 that he needs to be ''elevated'' is a calculated TWISTING of G'ods words, EXACTLY for what the snake in Gen. 3:14 got cursed for- TWISTING G'ods words!!!
So Jzs was actually twisting Go'ds words from parshat Chukat in Num.19-22, by actually admitting to being comparable to the snake cursed for the very same sin... For the copper snake wasn't 'worshipped' as 'god' or as 'incarnation' of G'od, but as a reminder pointing the Israelites to the INFINITE CREATOR. Ironic...
As it was suggested above about the word ''ARUM'' to be translated as desire/hunger/weakness/temptation/flaw/, we see the same meaning in the root חוש -CHUSH, which is the root core of the word Na-CHASH. Chush too means weakness, feeling, desire, disease. Thus listening to §erpent's whispered ''hushed'' hisses, we actually become CHUSH-weak.
Jzs compares himself to the specific snake in john 3:14, not the one who followed Hashem's bidding in Moshe's hands in Pharaoh's palace in Egypt, but the one who was constructed as a reminder to the Israelites' for their WHISPERING/murmuring against Hashem.
Jzs' mistake is stating that the snake needs to be ''elevated''... since Jzs desired to be 'elevated' as well.
The copper snake's role is to be a REMINDER about loyalty to Hashem, not about making oneself into an object of worship!
The snakes which bit Israelites for murmuring against Hashem, were acting just as predicted in Torah- they bit the Israelites.. The biblical snake in Gen. 3:14 who tempted Eve in the garden- that snake gets CURSED by Go'd for the sin of 'beguiling Eve', through TWISTING GO'Ds words.
So too Jzs twists his words to elevate himself as ''Go'ds son'', as ''sole gateway'' to Hashem, ''capable of forgiving sins in Go'ds stead'' etc.
Instead of humbly reminding the Jews to turn to Hashem, Jzs had tried to elevate himself into some kind of 'golden calf' representing Hashem.
Jzs' hubris is further seen in Rev. 22:16, where he compares himself to a ''morning star''. Strangely, this same 'morning star' is being PUNISHED for its pride in Isaiah 14...
(And in the christian tradition, the title of ''morning star'' has been applied to Lucifer, the ''enlightened one''...
(When studying hebrew roots, it is fascinating to note that one of the hebrew words for 'cursed' is 'OHRUR' ארור
which has the root ''ohr'' light. Even light, when not handled with proper care can be a source of a curse...
Whichever does not lead us toward G'od, becomes a venomous poison and a curse, just as the serpents in the desert, just like the serpent in the garden of Eden who caused our fall...
if we allow our desires and whispered lies to rule over us, we become ''naked''. The very nature of human nature is hidden in those verses.
((The root ayen-resh, ער
also appears in words 'skin'(עור) ', 'blind' (iver), desire/excitement (hitorerut), sexual immoralty (erva).))
{If we REVERSE the root ayen-resh to RESH-AYEN, we get ''RAH'' ~ רע~ 'evil', which really means ''apart'' (from Hashem)}
When the NACHASH appears as Moshe's staff when Hashem sent him to Pharaoh, his dual nature is hinted at: in Ex. 7:1-15. >>When Aaron wields the staff, it turns into a תנין-TANNIN (also seen in Gen.1:21). When Moshe wields the same staff, Torah uses the word NACHASH נחש. BOTH tannin and nachash mean 'snake' as understood from the context here.... Why the change? The very same staff, when held by Aaron (and by the egyptian magicians), is called TANNIN. But when Moshe holds it, it is called ''NACHASH''...
Moshe AGAIN holds the nachash in parshat Chukkat...
In Num. 19-22, we learn about the ritual of the red heifer. It comes into play when we need to ritually purify ourselves from the 'tumah' of dead body. Why does touching a dead body contaminate us?
Our sages give different reasons and explanations for this ritual, but Torah itself does not give any. The sages state that the red heifer ritual serves as an atonement for the sin of the golden calf, even though the setting in each respective case is different. Golden calf was a sculpture, a 'lifeless shape' which Jews created as a focal point for their prayers in Moses' absence. Its creation was considered a very serious offense, which resulted in Go'ds killing of those who participated in this heretical act. Whereas the ritual of the sprinkling of the ashes of the red heifer has to do with ritual purification of one who touched a dead body....
Some sources explain that the ritual contamination of a dead human body is due to the LOST POTENTIAL. Just as a human body has unlimited potential when ALIVE, it is all gone as soon as the spark of life is gone. A sculpture used in idol worship is dead, without any real potential, even though it is fashioned to symbolize a source of power.
So too, when the Jews have created the golden calf and worshipped it as a symbol of their Creator, they had squandered their SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL to connect with G'od WITHOUT any ersatz made-up idols. How could the Israelites which just recently had been freed from the egyptian slavery with Go'ds mighty plagues and with splitting of the sea , how could they point to a mere statue and call it 'god' who took us out of Egypt''?
It seems that the israelites needed some visual focus for their prayers. Of course it goes without saying that they knew that it wasnt the golden calf who took them out of Egypt or split the sea. Nevertheless they felt a need/hunger/desire to fashion a physical focal point for their worship/prayers. And such act was considered a grave sin. For the Creator is INFINITE and cannot be reduced to any physical form. Any representation of Go'ds attributes is not Go'd. Hence it constitutes 'taking of G'ods Name in vain'.
So the construction & the prayer to the golden calf was the ultimate ''squandering'' of spiritual potential (of connecting to the Creator). So too the death of a human being is the ultimate loss of the potential of a human life.
The PURPOSE of the ritual of the red heifer is to purify one who touched a corpse.
But curiously, the very PROCESS of producing the ashes of the red heifer renders one who MAKES them, IMPURE. The lesson is, the process of achieving the ultimate purification might come THROUGH IMPURITY. We need to be able to get our hands dirty to achieve spiritual cleanliness. The very object which ultimately might purify us, if we follow Hashem's path, but it can also CONTAMINATE. The golden calf, while built from a YEARNING for Hashem's guidance, was nevertheless deemed a grievous SIN, which needed to be PHYSICALLY ERADICATED.
>>>In the book of Genesis 3, when the §erpent °°beguiled°° Eve, the word ''hishiani'' is used, root ALEF-SHIN. This root means 'to destroy, anihilate', level, as in 'shoah'- 'holocaust'.. But it is also used in the sense of ''to confuse, puzzle, beguile'', because someone ''destroys'' the true meaning by falsely EQUATING/comparing two dissimiliar concepts. Same root is used in the 3rd commandment about not taking Hashem's Name ''in vain''. The word ''in vain'' is ''La'Shov''. Ex. 20:
לא תִשָּׂא אֶת-שם לַשָּוְא:
The word 'La-Shov' means to ''equate, compare''. When we compare/equate the INFINITE One to anything created/limited, we are DESTROYING Go'ds Infinite Name.
Christian theology of incarnation ''beguiles'' and DESTROYS Go'ds Infinite Name by 'equating' it with a limited human being...
Jzs in John 3:14 compares himself to the snake which Moshe fashioned out of COPPER/ nechoshet, in the desert.
Why not compare yourself to the OTHER snake used by Moshe to demonstrate Hashem's might before Pharaoh???
Jzs here speaks like a true fork-tongued creation. The copper snake on Moses' pole wasn't elevated to be worshipped, but as a WARNING and as a reminder. if u know the rest of the parsha, the israelites sinned by SPEAKING against Hashem, hence they got BITTEN by ''nachash'' who HISSES (incites through whispering half-truths). The word NACHASH is from the hebrew root la'Chash- ''to whisper''. it was a reminder for israelites to watch their murmuring against Hashem, and an act of ''de-fanging'' of the snake, by EXPOSING its whispered innuendos.
To make sure that we get the message, the word used for 'pole' here is 'NES' (aka 'test'). Jzs' statement in john 3:14 that he needs to be ''elevated'' is a calculated TWISTING of G'ods words, EXACTLY for what the snake in Gen. 3:14 got cursed for- TWISTING G'ods words!!! So while Jzs was actually twisting Go'ds words from parshat Chukat in Num.19-22, he actually admitted to being comparable to the snake cursed for the very same sin... Ironic...
As it was suggested above about the word ''ARUM'' to be translated as desire/hunger/weakness/temptation/flaw/, we see the same meaning in the root חוש -CHUSH, which is the root core of the word Na-CHASH. Chush too means weakness, feeling, desire, disease...
Jzs compares himself to the specific snake in john 3:14, not the one who followed Hashem's bidding in Pharaoh's palace in Egypt, but the one who was constructed as a reminder to the Israelites' for their WHISPERING/murmuring against Hashem. Jzs' mistake is stating that the snake needs to be ''elevated''... since Jzs desires to be 'elevated' as well. The copper snakes role is to be a REMINDER about loyalty to Hashem, not about making the sculpture an object of worship!
The snakes which bit Israelites for murmuring against Hashem, were acting just as predicted in Torah- they bit the Israelites.. The biblical snake who tempted Eve in the garden- gets CURSED by Go'd in Gen. 3:14, for the sin of 'beguiling Eve', for TWISTING GO'Ds words. So too Jzs twists his words to elevate himself as ''Go'ds son'', a ''sole gateway'' to Hashem, ''capable of forgiving sins in Go'ds stead'' , instead of humbly reminding them to turn to Hashem.
Jzs' hubris is further seen in Rev. 22:16, where he compares himself to a ''morning star''. Strangely, this same 'morning star' is being PUNISHED for its pride of ELEVATING ITSELF above others in Isaiah 14...
( in the christian tradition, the title of ''morning star'' has been also applied to Lucifer, the ''enlightened one''... So Jzs and Lucifer are both called by the same moniker of 'morning star' as well as they are BOTH compared to the incarnation of temptation, §nake.
When studying hebrew roots, it is fascinating to note that one of the hebrew words for 'cursed' is 'OHRUR' ארור
which has the root ''ohr'' light in it. Even light, when not handled with proper care can be a source of a curse... )
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Whichever does not leads us to G'od, it becomes a venomous poison and a curse, just as the serpents in the desert, just like the serpent in the garden of Eden who caused our fall.
And that's the connection between the ritual of purifying a person contaminated by touching a dead body, with the construction of the copper snake - both have the inherent dual capacity to purify or to contaminate. The ashes of the red heifer purify the impure ones, but they contaminate ones that are pure.
So too the copper §erpent, while a symbol of incarnated evil inclination toward carnal desires, if placed as a reminder to purify our words and desires, can actually turn us to Hashem, the Source of all healing!
The serpent, nachash, in the Garden of Eden, symbolizes evil inclination and desire, incarnated in nature. What is the secret of its power?
The word ''NACHASH'' defines the snake as a ''HISSER'': In hebrew, ''to hiss/ to whisper'' is •la'Chash•. Snake does not speak the truth, but it literally TWISTS itself as it °°whispers°° its half truths and its lies.
This same root is used to convey ''casting magic spells'', which too TWIST reality by whispering.
NECHOSHET in hebrew means both 'copper' and ... SORCERY,.literally ''whispering/incantations''.
Sorcery too TWISTS and manipulates the truth by
'hissing incantation'.
The root 'chush' also means ''feeling'' / or ''weakness'', which is another word which detracts from clarity and strength.
But everything Hashem gives us -has its use and can be RECTIFIED by using it as Torah commands! Copper (NECHOSHET) נחושת was used in the Temple for various vessels which PURIFIED, ex. the water cystern where the kohanim washed their hands, and feet to purify themselves for G'ods service. So •nechoshet and nachash• can be used to go after our base carnal desires, or as a vehicle of purification.
(Adam and Eve were 'naked'. §erpent was 'cunning'. Both words in hebrew share the same root, ''arum'', ערום . And they appear in two adjacent verses in Genesis.)
>>Adam and Eve were ''ARUM-im' (plural)' ~naked, but the snake was ''arum'' ~cunning/deceitful.
Same word, adjacent verses, different translation...
Perhaps we can translate the word 'arum' as °weak/°hungry/°needy/°flawed''...
... >>As long as we are AWARE of our •flaws/•desires/•hungers/•temptations/•weaknesses, they serve US. But if we allow our desires to rule over us, we become ''naked''. The very nature of human nature is hidden in those verses.
((The root ayen-resh, ער
also appears in words 'skin'(עור) ', 'blind' (iver), desire/excitement (hitorerut), sexual immoralty (erva).))
{If we REVERSE the root ayen-resh to RESH-AYEN, we get ''RAH'' ~ רע~ 'evil', which really means ''apart'' (from Hashem)}
Interestingly, the NACHASH appears again as Moshe's staff when Hashem sent him to Pharaoh. And there too the dual nature of this creature is hinted at: in Ex. 7:1-15, when Aaron wields the staff, it turns into a תנין-TANNIN (also seen in Gen.1:21). However when Moshe wields the same staff, Torah uses the word NACHASH נחש. BOTH tannin and nachash mean 'snake' as understood from the context here.... Why the change? The very same staff, when held by Aaron (and by the egyptian magicians), is called TANNIN. But when Moshe holds it, it is called ''NACHASH''...
Moshe AGAIN holds the nachash in parshat Chukkat...
In Num. 19-22 (parshat Chukkat), we learn about the ritual of the red heifer. It comes into play when we need to ritually purify ourselves from the 'tumah' of dead body. Why does touching a dead body contaminate us?
Our sages give different reasons and explanations for this ritual. The sages state that the red heifer ritual serves as an atonement for the sin of the golden calf, even though the setting in each respective case is different.
Golden calf was a sculpture, a 'soul-less shape' which Jews created as a focal point for their prayers in Moses' absence. Even though the Israelites created the golden calf out of spiritual hunger for G'ods guidance, its creation was considered a very serious offense, which resulted in Go'ds killing of those who participated in this heretical act.
Whereas the ritual of the sprinkling of the ashes of the red heifer has to do with ritual purification of one who touched a dead body, the sin of the golden calf was based in worshipping a 'dead sculpture'...
Some sources explain that the ritual contamination of a dead human body is due to its LOST POTENTIAL. Just as a human body has unlimited potential when ALIVE, it is all gone as soon as the limitless godly spark of life is gone. A sculpture used in idol worship is dead, without any real soul, without any power, even though it is fashioned to symbolize G'od who is the REAL source of power.
So when the Jews have created the golden calf and worshipped it as a symbol of the Creator, they had squandered their INFINITE SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL to connect with G'od DIRECTLY ~WITHOUT the contradicting interposition of any ersatz made-up idols.
How could the Israelites which just recently had been freed from the Egyptian slavery, with Go'ds mighty plagues, and with splitting of the sea, how could they point to a mere statue and call it 'god' who took us out of Egypt''?😱
It seems that Israelites yearned for some visual/physical focus for their prayers. Of course it goes without saying that they knew that it wasnt the actual golden calf who took them out of Egypt or split the sea.
Nevertheless they felt an urge, a need/hunger/desire to fashion a physical focal point for their worship/prayers. And such act was considered a grave sin.
For the Creator is INFINITE and cannot be reduced to any physical form. Any representation of Go'ds attributes is not °Go'd°.
Hence praying to the golden calf constituted 'taking G'ods Name in vain', as indicated in the Decalogue, 3rd commandment.
So the construction & the prayer to the golden calf was the ultimate ''squandering'' and ''destruction'' of spiritually infinite potential of DIRECT connecting to the Infinite Creator.
So too the death of a human being is the ultimate loss of the infinite potential of a human life, (the soul) and the loss of the connection between the infinite spark of life animating the body, and the body itself.
The ritual PURPOSE of the sprinkling of the ashes of the red heifer is to purify one who touched a corpse. But curiously, the very PROCESS of producing the ashes of the red heifer renders one who MAKES them, -IMPURE. The lesson is, the process of achieving the ultimate purification might come THROUGH IMPURITY. We need to ''get our hands dirty'' to achieve spiritual cleanliness. The very object which ultimately might purify us, if we follow Hashem's path, can also have some adverse effects.
The golden calf, while born from Israelites' YEARNING for Hashem's guidance, was nevertheless deemed such severe grievous SIN, that it needed to be PHYSICALLY ERADICATED by slaying those who participated.
>>>In the book of Genesis 3, when the §erpent °°beguiled°° Eve, the word ''hishiani'' is used, root ALEF-SHIN. This root means 'to destroy, anihilate', level, as in 'shoah'- 'holocaust'.. But it is also used in the sense of ''to confuse, puzzle, beguile'', because someone ''destroys'' the meaning of truth by falsely EQUATING/comparing two dissimiliar concepts.
Same root is used in the 3rd commandment about not taking Hashem's Name ''in vain''. The word ''in vain'' is ''La'Shov''.
(Exodus 20:)
•לא תִשָּׂא אֶת-שם לַשָּוְא•
The word 'La-Shov' means to ''equate, compare''. When we compare/equate the INFINITE One to anything which is created/limited, we are actually DESTROYING Go'ds Infinite Name in the world.
Christian heretical theology of incarnation ''beguiles'' and DESTROYS Go'ds Infinite Name by 'equating' it with a limited human being...
Jzs in John 3:14 compares himself to the snake which Moshe fashioned out of COPPER/ nechoshet, in the desert.
Why not compare yourself to the OTHER snake used by Moshe to demonstrate Hashem's might before Pharaoh???
It seems that Jzs here speaks with a true serpentine fork-tongued need to agrandize/feed the desire to elevate himself.
The copper snake on Moses' pole wasn't elevated to be worshipped, but as a WARNING and as a reminder. if u know the rest of the parsha, the israelites sinned by SPEAKING against Hashem, hence they got BITTEN by the ''nachash'' who HISSES (incites through whispering half-truths). The word NACHASH is from the hebrew root la'Chash- ''to whisper''. it was a reminder for israelites to watch their murmuring against Hashem, and an act of ''de-fanging'' of the snake, by EXPOSING its whispered innuendos. To make sure that we get the message, the word used for snake's 'pole' here is 'NES' (aka 'test'). Jzs' statement in john 3:14 that he needs to be ''elevated'' is a calculated TWISTING of G'ods words, EXACTLY for what the snake in Gen. 3:14 got cursed for- TWISTING G'ods words!!!
So Jzs was actually twisting Go'ds words from parshat Chukat in Num.19-22, by actually admitting to being comparable to the snake cursed for the very same sin... For the copper snake wasn't 'worshipped' as 'god' or as 'incarnation' of G'od, but as a reminder pointing the Israelites to the INFINITE CREATOR. Ironic...
As it was suggested above about the word ''ARUM'' to be translated as desire/hunger/weakness/temptation/flaw/, we see the same meaning in the root חוש -CHUSH, which is the root core of the word Na-CHASH. Chush too means weakness, feeling, desire, disease. Thus listening to §erpent's whispered ''hushed'' hisses, we actually become CHUSH-weak.
Jzs compares himself to the specific snake in john 3:14, not the one who followed Hashem's bidding in Moshe's hands in Pharaoh's palace in Egypt, but the one who was constructed as a reminder to the Israelites' for their WHISPERING/murmuring against Hashem.
Jzs' mistake is stating that the snake needs to be ''elevated''... since Jzs desired to be 'elevated' as well.
The copper snake's role is to be a REMINDER about loyalty to Hashem, not about making oneself into an object of worship!
The snakes which bit Israelites for murmuring against Hashem, were acting just as predicted in Torah- they bit the Israelites.. The biblical snake in Gen. 3:14 who tempted Eve in the garden- that snake gets CURSED by Go'd for the sin of 'beguiling Eve', through TWISTING GO'Ds words.
So too Jzs twists his words to elevate himself as ''Go'ds son'', as ''sole gateway'' to Hashem, ''capable of forgiving sins in Go'ds stead'' etc.
Instead of humbly reminding the Jews to turn to Hashem, Jzs had tried to elevate himself into some kind of 'golden calf' representing Hashem.
Jzs' hubris is further seen in Rev. 22:16, where he compares himself to a ''morning star''. Strangely, this same 'morning star' is being PUNISHED for its pride in Isaiah 14...
(And in the christian tradition, the title of ''morning star'' has been applied to Lucifer, the ''enlightened one''...
(When studying hebrew roots, it is fascinating to note that one of the hebrew words for 'cursed' is 'OHRUR' ארור
which has the root ''ohr'' light. Even light, when not handled with proper care can be a source of a curse...
Whichever does not lead us toward G'od, becomes a venomous poison and a curse, just as the serpents in the desert, just like the serpent in the garden of Eden who caused our fall...
if we allow our desires and whispered lies to rule over us, we become ''naked''. The very nature of human nature is hidden in those verses.
((The root ayen-resh, ער
also appears in words 'skin'(עור) ', 'blind' (iver), desire/excitement (hitorerut), sexual immoralty (erva).))
{If we REVERSE the root ayen-resh to RESH-AYEN, we get ''RAH'' ~ רע~ 'evil', which really means ''apart'' (from Hashem)}
When the NACHASH appears as Moshe's staff when Hashem sent him to Pharaoh, his dual nature is hinted at: in Ex. 7:1-15. >>When Aaron wields the staff, it turns into a תנין-TANNIN (also seen in Gen.1:21). When Moshe wields the same staff, Torah uses the word NACHASH נחש. BOTH tannin and nachash mean 'snake' as understood from the context here.... Why the change? The very same staff, when held by Aaron (and by the egyptian magicians), is called TANNIN. But when Moshe holds it, it is called ''NACHASH''...
Moshe AGAIN holds the nachash in parshat Chukkat...
In Num. 19-22, we learn about the ritual of the red heifer. It comes into play when we need to ritually purify ourselves from the 'tumah' of dead body. Why does touching a dead body contaminate us?
Our sages give different reasons and explanations for this ritual, but Torah itself does not give any. The sages state that the red heifer ritual serves as an atonement for the sin of the golden calf, even though the setting in each respective case is different. Golden calf was a sculpture, a 'lifeless shape' which Jews created as a focal point for their prayers in Moses' absence. Its creation was considered a very serious offense, which resulted in Go'ds killing of those who participated in this heretical act. Whereas the ritual of the sprinkling of the ashes of the red heifer has to do with ritual purification of one who touched a dead body....
Some sources explain that the ritual contamination of a dead human body is due to the LOST POTENTIAL. Just as a human body has unlimited potential when ALIVE, it is all gone as soon as the spark of life is gone. A sculpture used in idol worship is dead, without any real potential, even though it is fashioned to symbolize a source of power.
So too, when the Jews have created the golden calf and worshipped it as a symbol of their Creator, they had squandered their SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL to connect with G'od WITHOUT any ersatz made-up idols. How could the Israelites which just recently had been freed from the egyptian slavery with Go'ds mighty plagues and with splitting of the sea , how could they point to a mere statue and call it 'god' who took us out of Egypt''?
It seems that the israelites needed some visual focus for their prayers. Of course it goes without saying that they knew that it wasnt the golden calf who took them out of Egypt or split the sea. Nevertheless they felt a need/hunger/desire to fashion a physical focal point for their worship/prayers. And such act was considered a grave sin. For the Creator is INFINITE and cannot be reduced to any physical form. Any representation of Go'ds attributes is not Go'd. Hence it constitutes 'taking of G'ods Name in vain'.
So the construction & the prayer to the golden calf was the ultimate ''squandering'' of spiritual potential (of connecting to the Creator). So too the death of a human being is the ultimate loss of the potential of a human life.
The PURPOSE of the ritual of the red heifer is to purify one who touched a corpse.
But curiously, the very PROCESS of producing the ashes of the red heifer renders one who MAKES them, IMPURE. The lesson is, the process of achieving the ultimate purification might come THROUGH IMPURITY. We need to be able to get our hands dirty to achieve spiritual cleanliness. The very object which ultimately might purify us, if we follow Hashem's path, but it can also CONTAMINATE. The golden calf, while built from a YEARNING for Hashem's guidance, was nevertheless deemed a grievous SIN, which needed to be PHYSICALLY ERADICATED.
>>>In the book of Genesis 3, when the §erpent °°beguiled°° Eve, the word ''hishiani'' is used, root ALEF-SHIN. This root means 'to destroy, anihilate', level, as in 'shoah'- 'holocaust'.. But it is also used in the sense of ''to confuse, puzzle, beguile'', because someone ''destroys'' the true meaning by falsely EQUATING/comparing two dissimiliar concepts. Same root is used in the 3rd commandment about not taking Hashem's Name ''in vain''. The word ''in vain'' is ''La'Shov''. Ex. 20:
לא תִשָּׂא אֶת-שם לַשָּוְא:
The word 'La-Shov' means to ''equate, compare''. When we compare/equate the INFINITE One to anything created/limited, we are DESTROYING Go'ds Infinite Name.
Christian theology of incarnation ''beguiles'' and DESTROYS Go'ds Infinite Name by 'equating' it with a limited human being...
Jzs in John 3:14 compares himself to the snake which Moshe fashioned out of COPPER/ nechoshet, in the desert.
Why not compare yourself to the OTHER snake used by Moshe to demonstrate Hashem's might before Pharaoh???
Jzs here speaks like a true fork-tongued creation. The copper snake on Moses' pole wasn't elevated to be worshipped, but as a WARNING and as a reminder. if u know the rest of the parsha, the israelites sinned by SPEAKING against Hashem, hence they got BITTEN by ''nachash'' who HISSES (incites through whispering half-truths). The word NACHASH is from the hebrew root la'Chash- ''to whisper''. it was a reminder for israelites to watch their murmuring against Hashem, and an act of ''de-fanging'' of the snake, by EXPOSING its whispered innuendos.
To make sure that we get the message, the word used for 'pole' here is 'NES' (aka 'test'). Jzs' statement in john 3:14 that he needs to be ''elevated'' is a calculated TWISTING of G'ods words, EXACTLY for what the snake in Gen. 3:14 got cursed for- TWISTING G'ods words!!! So while Jzs was actually twisting Go'ds words from parshat Chukat in Num.19-22, he actually admitted to being comparable to the snake cursed for the very same sin... Ironic...
As it was suggested above about the word ''ARUM'' to be translated as desire/hunger/weakness/temptation/flaw/, we see the same meaning in the root חוש -CHUSH, which is the root core of the word Na-CHASH. Chush too means weakness, feeling, desire, disease...
Jzs compares himself to the specific snake in john 3:14, not the one who followed Hashem's bidding in Pharaoh's palace in Egypt, but the one who was constructed as a reminder to the Israelites' for their WHISPERING/murmuring against Hashem. Jzs' mistake is stating that the snake needs to be ''elevated''... since Jzs desires to be 'elevated' as well. The copper snakes role is to be a REMINDER about loyalty to Hashem, not about making the sculpture an object of worship!
The snakes which bit Israelites for murmuring against Hashem, were acting just as predicted in Torah- they bit the Israelites.. The biblical snake who tempted Eve in the garden- gets CURSED by Go'd in Gen. 3:14, for the sin of 'beguiling Eve', for TWISTING GO'Ds words. So too Jzs twists his words to elevate himself as ''Go'ds son'', a ''sole gateway'' to Hashem, ''capable of forgiving sins in Go'ds stead'' , instead of humbly reminding them to turn to Hashem.
Jzs' hubris is further seen in Rev. 22:16, where he compares himself to a ''morning star''. Strangely, this same 'morning star' is being PUNISHED for its pride of ELEVATING ITSELF above others in Isaiah 14...
( in the christian tradition, the title of ''morning star'' has been also applied to Lucifer, the ''enlightened one''... So Jzs and Lucifer are both called by the same moniker of 'morning star' as well as they are BOTH compared to the incarnation of temptation, §nake.
When studying hebrew roots, it is fascinating to note that one of the hebrew words for 'cursed' is 'OHRUR' ארור
which has the root ''ohr'' light in it. Even light, when not handled with proper care can be a source of a curse... )
👹🔆🐉
Whichever does not leads us to G'od, it becomes a venomous poison and a curse, just as the serpents in the desert, just like the serpent in the garden of Eden who caused our fall.
And that's the connection between the ritual of purifying a person contaminated by touching a dead body, with the construction of the copper snake - both have the inherent dual capacity to purify or to contaminate. The ashes of the red heifer purify the impure ones, but they contaminate ones that are pure.
So too the copper §erpent, while a symbol of incarnated evil inclination toward carnal desires, if placed as a reminder to purify our words and desires, can actually turn us to Hashem, the Source of all healing!
Thursday, November 16, 2017
ATONEMENT in Torah
What Christians 'forget':
-Go'd forgives when HE deems right, ex. in book of Jonah and book of Esther, the ENTIRE people were forgiven when they... REPENTED.
-book of Kings 8:46-50 clearly gives example of G'ods forgiveness WITHOUT sacrifices.
-Hosea 14:3 clearly states that G'od shall except our prayers as ''sacrificial bulls''.
-when Lev. 17:11 mentions that blood 'atones' it states ''wuhich l (Go'd) have given it to you''. Since at present G'od has NOT ''given it to us'', we resort to other means- prayer good deeds and repentance.
-sacrifices were NEVER commanded for the gentiles.
-Go'd forgives when HE deems right, ex. in book of Jonah and book of Esther, the ENTIRE people were forgiven when they... REPENTED.
-book of Kings 8:46-50 clearly gives example of G'ods forgiveness WITHOUT sacrifices.
-Hosea 14:3 clearly states that G'od shall except our prayers as ''sacrificial bulls''.
-when Lev. 17:11 mentions that blood 'atones' it states ''wuhich l (Go'd) have given it to you''. Since at present G'od has NOT ''given it to us'', we resort to other means- prayer good deeds and repentance.
-sacrifices were NEVER commanded for the gentiles.
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Even~if~
*Even if*...
Even if we were to take the christian testment's claims seriously, and accept that Jzs truly WAS an ''incarnation'' of the Divine...(which i certainly REJECT) So what then?
What ''if''?...
Clearly, even according to christian dogma, Jzs wasnt EVERYWHERE as Go'd is. Clearly Jzs didnיt know EVERYTHING what Go'd knows.
Clearly Go'd cannot 'die' even for a moment, or the universe would collapse! Clearly G'od is a limitless Spirit present above time and space, while Jzs was, by virtue of his physical limitations, limited to his physical body. Clearly, even if we were to consider Jzs as ''one with Go'd'', Jzs would NOT be the SOURCE of power, but mere mere RECIEPIENT. Clearly the term ''god'' cannot always be understood literally, since Torah uses the hebrew root ''E'L'' or 'elohim' as a descriptor of clearly HUMAN subjects. Moses himself is said to be as a 'god' to Pharaoh. The word 'E'L' or even 'e'lohim' is being used as a description of someone who wields power or influence. (This concept is clearly addressed in Rabbi Yehuda's classic 'Kuzari', which can be found in an online translation.)
The ONLY Divine Name that's used ONLY as G'ods Name is the tetragramoton, the Name which conveys temporal and spatial INFINITY, Y.H.W.H.
When the christian testament proclaims ''you can all be 'gods'', it does not advocate that we should don togas and climb Mt.Olympus and start flinging lightning bolts.
It plainly means that each person is able to become powerful in holiness.
Holiness is not just faith in Go'd. If one believes, then all ACTIONS are done with G'od in mind. If one believes, then all THOUGHTS are focused on Go'd.
Now, if we were to accept the christian claims that Jzs was Go'ds son... does it mean that Jzs needs to be worshipped AS G'od Himself ח''ו ???
In the Decalogue, G'od refers to Himself as Go'd our Lord, WHO TOOK ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT.
Why doesnt Go'd start the Decalogue with introducing Himself as the CREATOR OF THE WORLD?
The Sinai revelation was the ONLY NATIONAL REVELATION OF DIVINITY in the history of mankind.
And, the Sinai revelation is ONLY valid -if we are connected to the historical facts of the Exodus, the ten plagues, the death of the firstborn, the manna, the pillar of fire as real EVENTS, not some imagined 'symbols'...
Go'ds Presence needs to be an actual physical reality, becuz Torah is about our actual physical life being LIVED, followed in sync with Go'ds GPS...
At Sinai Go'ds will became focused and aimed squarely at our thoughts, actions and emotions. Decalogue's message demands we control our time (shabbat), our actions (do not murder, honor your parents) and even our thoughts and emotions (don't covet, don't present false testimony), etc.
According to the christian testament, Jzs was tempted. Of course it is absurd to say that G'od can be tempted.
But each human being is tempted in every way, at every moment. ''Sin crouches at the door, but you will rule over it''.
Go'd wants us to be GUIDED by His GPS, Go'ds Positioning System, Torah. If we get off the Path, we need to 'recalculate'. Go'd has created us. Every weakness, every failing we have, is part of our programming. The Code-writer gave us His Program, Torah, to follow. Every mitzva is gaining us heavenly ''points''. Yet the mitzvas have no power of it's own. They are merely part of 9the program.
Torah leads us to G'od. Our GPS tells us where we are, and where to go.
Does praying to Jzs accomplish anything?
It is clear that G'od identifies Himself, by His OWN WORDS, in the most momentous moment in human history, at the Sinai Revelation, as the ''LORD WHO TOOK ISRAEL OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE''.
G'od did NOT say ''Shalom, my name is Jzs!''... He introduced himself as 'I AM LORD.YOUR.G'OD.WHO TOOK YOU.OUT OF LAND OF EGYPT.OUT OF.HOUSE OF SLAVERY.'.
Jzs prayed to Go'd of Israel, not to himself....
Throughout jewish history, the constant message was clear: dedicate your heart, your emotions, your deeds and thoughts and abilities, toward Go'd. Jewish leaders didnt incite jihad or crusades. Jewish leaders were always obsessed how to best apply Go'ds GPS into every area of human existence. Nation of Israel, when it follows Go'ds GPS, is crowned by the noble title of G'ods ''SERVANT''. Servants' role is to SERVE. Not to be worshipped.
But Israel is accorded another title, as Go'ds ''FIRSTBORN SON''. What's the difference between a 'son' and a 'servant'? A servant isnt really a PART of the process, but merely a tool. A ''son'', especially a ''FIRSTBORN SON'', is PERSONALLY interested in achieving his Father's goals. If Go'd is ''MY'' Father, His goals are MY GOALS. i want to make Him proud. i dont want to disappoint Him...
Who/what is the ''messiah''? He's just a leader who furthers Go'ds plan of uniting humanity under a righteous reign of godly leadership. An ACTUAL JEWISH MONARCH who ACCOMPLISHES that purpose will, ipso facto, BE the ''one''.
We all are, when acting according to the Divine GPS, to a degree, acting as ''messiah''.
Each mitzva adds another brick to the foundation of the Third Temple. But it will be the Actual Messiah who ACTUALLY rebuilds the Temple, returning the sacrifices, the offerrings, and the hymns sung by the entire humanity, as foreseen in the prophets, ex. isaiah 11, lsaiah 56, Zech. 8, 14, Ezekiel 36,.etc etc...
To consider Jzs as an actual 'god' who created the universe and who redeemed Israel -is an insult to the Creator. To equate a bleedable cuttable thirsting and hungering human body as ''Go'd the Creator'', is certainly a violation of ''you shall not take G'ods Name in vain''. To equate Jzs' six hours or three days as a ''messianic'' achievement, is to diminish G'ods history-spanning vista to some single snapshot.
To equate Jzs with the actual Creator, is to diminish the very essence of our INFINITE CREATOR.
The way toward our messianic redemption might include pain and suffering and sacrifice. But the messianic time will not HAVE any sufferring. In itself, the sufferring is the PROCESS, not the goal.
Can blood ''erase sin''? Can a goat or a ram or a sheep or a pinch of flour by itself ''atone''? Can any spilled blood be considered an ''atonement''? Yes suffering can bring us to repentance, invoking humility and inspiring regret and prayer. But sacrifices are merely a prop. A tool. A ritual designed by Go'd to ease us to repentance. Go'd made us. He's running our VR program. He decided which components to include in the code of the fabric of our reality.
Go'd commanded us to afflict ourselves on Yom Kippur. yet when life is in danger, Yom Kippur is suspended. For Go'd said ''in My statues you shall LIVE''. NOT DIE.
Go'd wants us to return to His Path, no matter how many times we fail (the righteous falls sevenfold yet rises).
Torah writes that Israel will be without the Temple for many centuries. But G'od isnt gone when the Temple is gone. Go'd isnt deaf to our prayers even when we fail.
Go'd is not blood. G'od is not a dead animal slaughtered at the altar.
And Go'd is not a dead human, regardless if u believe that Jzs sufferred ''for our sins''.
Sufferring isnt the goal, but merely a stop on the way.
Sacrifices arent a magical sin-erasing procedure. They are merely a prop to 'recalculate our GPS.
Torah applies at every situation, no matter how far we'd strayed. Our life's code is defined by Torah. And the only programmer who can change it is G'od. and His GPS is TORAH.
www.noahide.net
Even if we were to take the christian testment's claims seriously, and accept that Jzs truly WAS an ''incarnation'' of the Divine...(which i certainly REJECT) So what then?
What ''if''?...
Clearly, even according to christian dogma, Jzs wasnt EVERYWHERE as Go'd is. Clearly Jzs didnיt know EVERYTHING what Go'd knows.
Clearly Go'd cannot 'die' even for a moment, or the universe would collapse! Clearly G'od is a limitless Spirit present above time and space, while Jzs was, by virtue of his physical limitations, limited to his physical body. Clearly, even if we were to consider Jzs as ''one with Go'd'', Jzs would NOT be the SOURCE of power, but mere mere RECIEPIENT. Clearly the term ''god'' cannot always be understood literally, since Torah uses the hebrew root ''E'L'' or 'elohim' as a descriptor of clearly HUMAN subjects. Moses himself is said to be as a 'god' to Pharaoh. The word 'E'L' or even 'e'lohim' is being used as a description of someone who wields power or influence. (This concept is clearly addressed in Rabbi Yehuda's classic 'Kuzari', which can be found in an online translation.)
The ONLY Divine Name that's used ONLY as G'ods Name is the tetragramoton, the Name which conveys temporal and spatial INFINITY, Y.H.W.H.
When the christian testament proclaims ''you can all be 'gods'', it does not advocate that we should don togas and climb Mt.Olympus and start flinging lightning bolts.
It plainly means that each person is able to become powerful in holiness.
Holiness is not just faith in Go'd. If one believes, then all ACTIONS are done with G'od in mind. If one believes, then all THOUGHTS are focused on Go'd.
Now, if we were to accept the christian claims that Jzs was Go'ds son... does it mean that Jzs needs to be worshipped AS G'od Himself ח''ו ???
In the Decalogue, G'od refers to Himself as Go'd our Lord, WHO TOOK ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT.
Why doesnt Go'd start the Decalogue with introducing Himself as the CREATOR OF THE WORLD?
The Sinai revelation was the ONLY NATIONAL REVELATION OF DIVINITY in the history of mankind.
And, the Sinai revelation is ONLY valid -if we are connected to the historical facts of the Exodus, the ten plagues, the death of the firstborn, the manna, the pillar of fire as real EVENTS, not some imagined 'symbols'...
Go'ds Presence needs to be an actual physical reality, becuz Torah is about our actual physical life being LIVED, followed in sync with Go'ds GPS...
At Sinai Go'ds will became focused and aimed squarely at our thoughts, actions and emotions. Decalogue's message demands we control our time (shabbat), our actions (do not murder, honor your parents) and even our thoughts and emotions (don't covet, don't present false testimony), etc.
According to the christian testament, Jzs was tempted. Of course it is absurd to say that G'od can be tempted.
But each human being is tempted in every way, at every moment. ''Sin crouches at the door, but you will rule over it''.
Go'd wants us to be GUIDED by His GPS, Go'ds Positioning System, Torah. If we get off the Path, we need to 'recalculate'. Go'd has created us. Every weakness, every failing we have, is part of our programming. The Code-writer gave us His Program, Torah, to follow. Every mitzva is gaining us heavenly ''points''. Yet the mitzvas have no power of it's own. They are merely part of 9the program.
Torah leads us to G'od. Our GPS tells us where we are, and where to go.
Does praying to Jzs accomplish anything?
It is clear that G'od identifies Himself, by His OWN WORDS, in the most momentous moment in human history, at the Sinai Revelation, as the ''LORD WHO TOOK ISRAEL OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE''.
G'od did NOT say ''Shalom, my name is Jzs!''... He introduced himself as 'I AM LORD.YOUR.G'OD.WHO TOOK YOU.OUT OF LAND OF EGYPT.OUT OF.HOUSE OF SLAVERY.'.
Jzs prayed to Go'd of Israel, not to himself....
Throughout jewish history, the constant message was clear: dedicate your heart, your emotions, your deeds and thoughts and abilities, toward Go'd. Jewish leaders didnt incite jihad or crusades. Jewish leaders were always obsessed how to best apply Go'ds GPS into every area of human existence. Nation of Israel, when it follows Go'ds GPS, is crowned by the noble title of G'ods ''SERVANT''. Servants' role is to SERVE. Not to be worshipped.
But Israel is accorded another title, as Go'ds ''FIRSTBORN SON''. What's the difference between a 'son' and a 'servant'? A servant isnt really a PART of the process, but merely a tool. A ''son'', especially a ''FIRSTBORN SON'', is PERSONALLY interested in achieving his Father's goals. If Go'd is ''MY'' Father, His goals are MY GOALS. i want to make Him proud. i dont want to disappoint Him...
Who/what is the ''messiah''? He's just a leader who furthers Go'ds plan of uniting humanity under a righteous reign of godly leadership. An ACTUAL JEWISH MONARCH who ACCOMPLISHES that purpose will, ipso facto, BE the ''one''.
We all are, when acting according to the Divine GPS, to a degree, acting as ''messiah''.
Each mitzva adds another brick to the foundation of the Third Temple. But it will be the Actual Messiah who ACTUALLY rebuilds the Temple, returning the sacrifices, the offerrings, and the hymns sung by the entire humanity, as foreseen in the prophets, ex. isaiah 11, lsaiah 56, Zech. 8, 14, Ezekiel 36,.etc etc...
To consider Jzs as an actual 'god' who created the universe and who redeemed Israel -is an insult to the Creator. To equate a bleedable cuttable thirsting and hungering human body as ''Go'd the Creator'', is certainly a violation of ''you shall not take G'ods Name in vain''. To equate Jzs' six hours or three days as a ''messianic'' achievement, is to diminish G'ods history-spanning vista to some single snapshot.
To equate Jzs with the actual Creator, is to diminish the very essence of our INFINITE CREATOR.
The way toward our messianic redemption might include pain and suffering and sacrifice. But the messianic time will not HAVE any sufferring. In itself, the sufferring is the PROCESS, not the goal.
Can blood ''erase sin''? Can a goat or a ram or a sheep or a pinch of flour by itself ''atone''? Can any spilled blood be considered an ''atonement''? Yes suffering can bring us to repentance, invoking humility and inspiring regret and prayer. But sacrifices are merely a prop. A tool. A ritual designed by Go'd to ease us to repentance. Go'd made us. He's running our VR program. He decided which components to include in the code of the fabric of our reality.
Go'd commanded us to afflict ourselves on Yom Kippur. yet when life is in danger, Yom Kippur is suspended. For Go'd said ''in My statues you shall LIVE''. NOT DIE.
Go'd wants us to return to His Path, no matter how many times we fail (the righteous falls sevenfold yet rises).
Torah writes that Israel will be without the Temple for many centuries. But G'od isnt gone when the Temple is gone. Go'd isnt deaf to our prayers even when we fail.
Go'd is not blood. G'od is not a dead animal slaughtered at the altar.
And Go'd is not a dead human, regardless if u believe that Jzs sufferred ''for our sins''.
Sufferring isnt the goal, but merely a stop on the way.
Sacrifices arent a magical sin-erasing procedure. They are merely a prop to 'recalculate our GPS.
Torah applies at every situation, no matter how far we'd strayed. Our life's code is defined by Torah. And the only programmer who can change it is G'od. and His GPS is TORAH.
www.noahide.net
Monday, November 6, 2017
Israel G-od's Beloved
Israel beloved by G'od
Deuteronomy 14:2, "For you are a holy people to YHWH your God, and God has chosen you to be his treasured people from all the nations that are on the face of the earth."
"And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you." (Genesis 17:7).
"And you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation" (Exodus 19:6).
"The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people; but because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your ancestors." (Deuteronomy 7:7-8).
...
(Psalm 132:13-15) ''For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation.''
"God loves the gates of Zion above all the dwelling places of Jacob." ( Psalms 87:20)
(Psalm 9:11) ''Sing praises to the Lord who dwells in Zion; declare His deeds among the people.''
(Psalm 14:7) ''Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the Lord turns back the captivity of His people, Jacob will rejoice, and Israel will be glad.''
(Psalm 20:2) ''may He send you help from the sanctuary, and strengthen you from Zion;''
(Psalm 50:2) ''Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined.''
(Psalm 53:6) ''Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of His people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad.''
[ Psalm 65:1 ] ''For the Music Director. A Psalm of David. A Song. ] Praise awaits You, O God, in Zion; and to You a vow will be fulfilled.''
(Psalm 74:2) ''Remember Your congregation, which You have aquired of old, the rod of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed, this Mount Zion, where You have lived.''
(Psalm 76:2) ''In Salem is His abode, and His dwelling place in Zion.''
(Psalm 78:68) ''..but (he) chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loves.''
(Psalm 84:5) ''Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the paths to Zion.''
(Psalm 84:7) ''They go from strength to strength; every one of them appears in Zion before God.''
(Psalm 87:2) '' The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.''
(Psalm 97:8) ''Zion hears and is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice because of Your judgments, O Lord.''
(Psalm 99:2) ''The Lord is great in Zion; He is high above all the peoples.''
(Psalm 102:13) ''You shall arise, and have mercy upon Zion, for the time to favor her, indeed, the appointed time has come.''
(Psalm 102:16) ''For the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory.''
(Psalm 102:21) ''..that they may declare the name of the Lord in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem..''
(Psalm 110:2) ''The Lord shall send your mighty scepter out of Zion; rule in the midst of your enemies.''
[ Psalm 125:1 ] "A song of Ascents. Those who trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abides forever.''
(Psalm 128:5) ''The Lord shall bless you from Zion, and may you see the welfare of Jerusalem all the days of your life.''
(Psalm 129:5.) ''Let all those be shamed and turned back who hate Zion.''
(Psalm 132:13) ''For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling.''
(Psalm 133:3). ''..as the dew of Hermon, that descends upon the mountains of Zion, for there the Lord has commanded the blessing, even life forever.''
(Psalm 134:3) ''May the Lord who made heaven and earth bless you from Zion.''
(Psalm 135:21) ''Blessed be the Lord from Zion, who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise you the Lord!''
(Psalm 137:1) ''By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down & wept when we remembered Zion.''
(Isaiah 2:3) ''Many people shall go and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.''
(Isaiah 4:3) ''He who is left in Zion and he who remains in Jerusalem shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem.''
(Isaiah 4:3-5) '' He who is left in Zion and he who remains in Jerusalem shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem. 4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and has purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning, 5 then the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all the glory shall be a covering.''
(Isaiah 12:6) ''Cry out and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion. For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst.''
(Isaiah 14:32) ''What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, and the poor of His people shall trust in it.''
(Isaiah 24:23) ''Then the moon shall be humiliated and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of Hosts reigns in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and His glory shall be before His elders.''
(Isaiah 29:8) ''It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams, and he eats; but when he awakens, his hunger is not satisfied; or as when a thirsty man dreams, and he is drinking; but when he awakens, he is faint, and his thirst is not quenched; so shall the multitude of all the nations be who fight against Mount Zion.''
(Isaiah 30:19) ''O people in Zion, inhabitants in Jerusalem, you shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry. When He hears it, He will answer you.''
(Isaiah 31:4)
For thus the Lord has spoken to me: Like the lion, and the young lion, roars over his prey, against which a multitude of shepherds is called out against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor disturbed at their noise, so shall the Lord of Hosts come down to fight for Mount Zion, and for its hill.
(Isaiah 31:9)
He shall cross over to his stronghold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the banner,” says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
(Isaiah 33:5)
The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
(Isaiah 33:20)
Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; your eyes shall see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of its stakes shall ever be removed, nor shall any of its cords be broken.
(Isaiah 34:8)
For it is the day of the vengeance of the Lord, and the year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
(Isaiah 35:10)
and the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
(Isaiah 40:9) ''O Zion, bearer of good news, get yourself up onto a high mountain; O Jerusalem, bearer of good news, lift up your voice with strength, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
(Isaiah 46:13.) ''I bring My righteousness near; it shall not be far off, and My salvation shall not tarry. And I will grant salvation in Zion, and My glory for Israel.''
(Isaiah 51:3) ''For the Lord shall comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found in it, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.''
(Isaiah 51:11) ''Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with singing to Zion, and everlasting joy shall be upon their head. They shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.''
(Isaiah 51:16)
''I have put My words in your mouth, and I have covered you in the shadow of My hand that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, “You are My people.”
(Isaiah 52:1)
''Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. For the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer enter you.''
(Isaiah 52:7). ''How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings good news of happiness, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
(Isaiah 59:20) ''The Redeemer shall come to Zion and to those who turn from transgression in Jacob, says the Lord.''
(Isaiah 60:14)
The sons also of those who afflicted you shall come bowing before you, and all those who despised you shall bow themselves down at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you, The City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
(isaiah 62:1) ''For the sake of Zion I will not keep silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not rest until her righteousness goes forth as brightness and her salvation as a lamp that burns.''
(Isaiah 62:11) ''The Lord has proclaimed to the ends of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “See, your salvation comes; see, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”
(Jeremiah 3:14). ''Return, O backsliding sons, says the Lord. For I am married to you. And I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.''
(Jeremiah 8:19). ''Listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from a far country: “Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her king in her?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their graven images, with foreign vanities?”
(Jeremiah 50:5)
They will ask for the way to Zion with their faces in its direction. They will come that they may join themselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that will not be forgotten.
(Jeremiah 51:10)
The Lord has brought forth our righteousness. Come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
(Jeremiah 51:24)
I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says the Lord.
(Joel 2:32)
And it will be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors whom the Lord calls.
(Joel 3:16)
The Lord roars from Zion, and sounds His voice from Jerusalem, and heaven and earth quake. But the Lord is a refuge for His people, and a stronghold for the children of Israel.
(Joel 3:17)
Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. And Jerusalem will be holy, and invaders will never again pass through her.
(Obadiah 1:17)
But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess those who dispossessed them.
(Micah 4:2)
And many nations will come and say, “Come, that we might go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, that He might teach us His ways, and that we might walk in His paths.” For from Zion will go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
(Micah 4:7)
and I will make the lame into a remnant, and the banished into a mighty nation; and the Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion from this time forth and forevermore.
(Micah 4:8)
As for you, watchtower of the flock, citadel of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, the former dominion will come, kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.
(Zephaniah 3:14
Sing, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!
(Zechariah 1:14)
So the angel who spoke with me said, Cry out, saying: Thus says the Lord of Hosts: I have a great jealousy for Jerusalem and Zion.
(Zechariah 1:17)
Cry out again, saying, Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Yet again My cities will overflow with goodness, and again the Lord will comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.
(Zechariah 2:10)
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for I am coming and will dwell in your midst, says the Lord.
(Zechariah 8:3)
Thus says the Lord: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem will be called a city of faithfulness and the mountain of the Lord of Hosts, the holy mountain.
Deuteronomy 14:2, "For you are a holy people to YHWH your God, and God has chosen you to be his treasured people from all the nations that are on the face of the earth."
"And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you." (Genesis 17:7).
"And you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation" (Exodus 19:6).
"The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people; but because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your ancestors." (Deuteronomy 7:7-8).
...
(Psalm 132:13-15) ''For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation.''
"God loves the gates of Zion above all the dwelling places of Jacob." ( Psalms 87:20)
(Psalm 9:11) ''Sing praises to the Lord who dwells in Zion; declare His deeds among the people.''
(Psalm 14:7) ''Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the Lord turns back the captivity of His people, Jacob will rejoice, and Israel will be glad.''
(Psalm 20:2) ''may He send you help from the sanctuary, and strengthen you from Zion;''
(Psalm 50:2) ''Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined.''
(Psalm 53:6) ''Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of His people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad.''
[ Psalm 65:1 ] ''For the Music Director. A Psalm of David. A Song. ] Praise awaits You, O God, in Zion; and to You a vow will be fulfilled.''
(Psalm 74:2) ''Remember Your congregation, which You have aquired of old, the rod of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed, this Mount Zion, where You have lived.''
(Psalm 76:2) ''In Salem is His abode, and His dwelling place in Zion.''
(Psalm 78:68) ''..but (he) chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loves.''
(Psalm 84:5) ''Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the paths to Zion.''
(Psalm 84:7) ''They go from strength to strength; every one of them appears in Zion before God.''
(Psalm 87:2) '' The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.''
(Psalm 97:8) ''Zion hears and is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice because of Your judgments, O Lord.''
(Psalm 99:2) ''The Lord is great in Zion; He is high above all the peoples.''
(Psalm 102:13) ''You shall arise, and have mercy upon Zion, for the time to favor her, indeed, the appointed time has come.''
(Psalm 102:16) ''For the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory.''
(Psalm 102:21) ''..that they may declare the name of the Lord in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem..''
(Psalm 110:2) ''The Lord shall send your mighty scepter out of Zion; rule in the midst of your enemies.''
[ Psalm 125:1 ] "A song of Ascents. Those who trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abides forever.''
(Psalm 128:5) ''The Lord shall bless you from Zion, and may you see the welfare of Jerusalem all the days of your life.''
(Psalm 129:5.) ''Let all those be shamed and turned back who hate Zion.''
(Psalm 132:13) ''For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling.''
(Psalm 133:3). ''..as the dew of Hermon, that descends upon the mountains of Zion, for there the Lord has commanded the blessing, even life forever.''
(Psalm 134:3) ''May the Lord who made heaven and earth bless you from Zion.''
(Psalm 135:21) ''Blessed be the Lord from Zion, who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise you the Lord!''
(Psalm 137:1) ''By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down & wept when we remembered Zion.''
(Isaiah 2:3) ''Many people shall go and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.''
(Isaiah 4:3) ''He who is left in Zion and he who remains in Jerusalem shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem.''
(Isaiah 4:3-5) '' He who is left in Zion and he who remains in Jerusalem shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem. 4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and has purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning, 5 then the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all the glory shall be a covering.''
(Isaiah 12:6) ''Cry out and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion. For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst.''
(Isaiah 14:32) ''What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, and the poor of His people shall trust in it.''
(Isaiah 24:23) ''Then the moon shall be humiliated and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of Hosts reigns in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and His glory shall be before His elders.''
(Isaiah 29:8) ''It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams, and he eats; but when he awakens, his hunger is not satisfied; or as when a thirsty man dreams, and he is drinking; but when he awakens, he is faint, and his thirst is not quenched; so shall the multitude of all the nations be who fight against Mount Zion.''
(Isaiah 30:19) ''O people in Zion, inhabitants in Jerusalem, you shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry. When He hears it, He will answer you.''
(Isaiah 31:4)
For thus the Lord has spoken to me: Like the lion, and the young lion, roars over his prey, against which a multitude of shepherds is called out against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor disturbed at their noise, so shall the Lord of Hosts come down to fight for Mount Zion, and for its hill.
(Isaiah 31:9)
He shall cross over to his stronghold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the banner,” says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
(Isaiah 33:5)
The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
(Isaiah 33:20)
Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; your eyes shall see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of its stakes shall ever be removed, nor shall any of its cords be broken.
(Isaiah 34:8)
For it is the day of the vengeance of the Lord, and the year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
(Isaiah 35:10)
and the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
(Isaiah 40:9) ''O Zion, bearer of good news, get yourself up onto a high mountain; O Jerusalem, bearer of good news, lift up your voice with strength, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
(Isaiah 46:13.) ''I bring My righteousness near; it shall not be far off, and My salvation shall not tarry. And I will grant salvation in Zion, and My glory for Israel.''
(Isaiah 51:3) ''For the Lord shall comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found in it, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.''
(Isaiah 51:11) ''Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with singing to Zion, and everlasting joy shall be upon their head. They shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.''
(Isaiah 51:16)
''I have put My words in your mouth, and I have covered you in the shadow of My hand that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, “You are My people.”
(Isaiah 52:1)
''Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. For the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer enter you.''
(Isaiah 52:7). ''How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings good news of happiness, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
(Isaiah 59:20) ''The Redeemer shall come to Zion and to those who turn from transgression in Jacob, says the Lord.''
(Isaiah 60:14)
The sons also of those who afflicted you shall come bowing before you, and all those who despised you shall bow themselves down at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you, The City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
(isaiah 62:1) ''For the sake of Zion I will not keep silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not rest until her righteousness goes forth as brightness and her salvation as a lamp that burns.''
(Isaiah 62:11) ''The Lord has proclaimed to the ends of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “See, your salvation comes; see, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”
(Jeremiah 3:14). ''Return, O backsliding sons, says the Lord. For I am married to you. And I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.''
(Jeremiah 8:19). ''Listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from a far country: “Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her king in her?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their graven images, with foreign vanities?”
(Jeremiah 50:5)
They will ask for the way to Zion with their faces in its direction. They will come that they may join themselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that will not be forgotten.
(Jeremiah 51:10)
The Lord has brought forth our righteousness. Come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
(Jeremiah 51:24)
I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says the Lord.
(Joel 2:32)
And it will be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors whom the Lord calls.
(Joel 3:16)
The Lord roars from Zion, and sounds His voice from Jerusalem, and heaven and earth quake. But the Lord is a refuge for His people, and a stronghold for the children of Israel.
(Joel 3:17)
Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. And Jerusalem will be holy, and invaders will never again pass through her.
(Obadiah 1:17)
But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess those who dispossessed them.
(Micah 4:2)
And many nations will come and say, “Come, that we might go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, that He might teach us His ways, and that we might walk in His paths.” For from Zion will go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
(Micah 4:7)
and I will make the lame into a remnant, and the banished into a mighty nation; and the Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion from this time forth and forevermore.
(Micah 4:8)
As for you, watchtower of the flock, citadel of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, the former dominion will come, kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.
(Zephaniah 3:14
Sing, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!
(Zechariah 1:14)
So the angel who spoke with me said, Cry out, saying: Thus says the Lord of Hosts: I have a great jealousy for Jerusalem and Zion.
(Zechariah 1:17)
Cry out again, saying, Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Yet again My cities will overflow with goodness, and again the Lord will comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.
(Zechariah 2:10)
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for I am coming and will dwell in your midst, says the Lord.
(Zechariah 8:3)
Thus says the Lord: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem will be called a city of faithfulness and the mountain of the Lord of Hosts, the holy mountain.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Every christian proof goes 'poof'
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Saturday, March 4, 2017
•Gen.3:15• NOT about Jzs!
Gen. 3:15 talks about Go-d telling the §erpent that his seed (progeny) (zera in hebrew) will bite Eve's progeny, and her progeny will stump on §erpent's head. It is a very mysterious passage, and many commentaries have been written about it, expounding the lessons of this whole story.
Xtians, who are desperate to see Jzs in every Torah verse, no matter how preposterous and improbable, have tried to °sneak° Jzs into this biblical narrative, in a very fittingly §erpentine ploy!
How did they manage to 'see' mr.J in here? They claim that since ''seed'' is singular (it certainly is NOT!), it must refer to some future messianic figure who shall 'conquer' the temptations of the insidious §nake, the incarnated evil...
Why such interpretation is wrong:
- ''seed'', 'zera' in hebrew, simply means 'progeny'. It might be either singular or plural, but it is often seen as referring to one's future descendants. For example it is used when Torah collectively talks about Jews, collectively referred to as 'seed of Jacob' or 'seed of Israel'.
Here in Gen. 3:15, it CLEARLY refers to Eve's descendants, e.i. ALL OF HUMANITY.
-The verse does NOT mention any messianic final day of ''killing'' the snake. It rather talks about every generation's mutual STRUGGLE between the snake's progeny and Eve's progeny.
I would like to note the patent FALSITY of Cristian claim that J's three day ''death'' has somehow rendered sin and death ''defeated''. We CLEARLY see that: after J's 'death' people keep sinning and people kept dying. So the claim that J ''won'' over death, or over the evil inclination is impossible to make.
(As of some future messianic time, as Jer. 31 predicts, G-od's law will become deeply entrenched in our hearts, which CLEARLY has not happened yet, so there's ZERO justification to see mr. J as 'messiah' or the ''slayer of sin'' or a ''conqueror of death''.)
-As a fascinating additional note, in Cristian book of John 3:14, J himself is quoted as comparing himself to... the §NAKE!!! That's right. J compares himself to the copper snake Moses built according to G-od's command, to (heal the Israelites bitten by 'fiery serpents' on the desert, as related in Num.21:5. As we know, the serpent's image represents incarnated embodiment of evil temptation. In Num.21, the idea is to DISARM the power of temptation which ''whispers'' into man's heart by veiled innuendos: The hebrew word for snake is ''nahhash'' from root 'lahhash', to whisper, since the snake ''whispers''/ hisses. We can disarm him by bringing his whisperred half-truths into the light: subjecting them to rational scrutiny.
-Cristians absurdly claim that without J one is unable to overcome sin or become righteous. It is demonstratably FALSE, as there are many righteous people mentioned in Torah, some who sinned and REPENTED (David), some who were deemed righteous in spite of some mistakes (Moses, Noah), and some totally pure like Enoch.
As Torah states in the story of Cain, ''sin crouches at the door, but you can rule over it'' (Gen.4:1-15). There is no verse telling us to ''accept'' a human incarnation of divinity or 'be damned'. The only way to holiness is to ACT holy, i.e. according to teachings of the Torah.
And an important part of Torah is rejecting any false whisperings of the §erpent: we don't become righteous by praying to the snake, but by ACTING RIGHTEOUSLY.
Xtians, who are desperate to see Jzs in every Torah verse, no matter how preposterous and improbable, have tried to °sneak° Jzs into this biblical narrative, in a very fittingly §erpentine ploy!
How did they manage to 'see' mr.J in here? They claim that since ''seed'' is singular (it certainly is NOT!), it must refer to some future messianic figure who shall 'conquer' the temptations of the insidious §nake, the incarnated evil...
Why such interpretation is wrong:
- ''seed'', 'zera' in hebrew, simply means 'progeny'. It might be either singular or plural, but it is often seen as referring to one's future descendants. For example it is used when Torah collectively talks about Jews, collectively referred to as 'seed of Jacob' or 'seed of Israel'.
Here in Gen. 3:15, it CLEARLY refers to Eve's descendants, e.i. ALL OF HUMANITY.
-The verse does NOT mention any messianic final day of ''killing'' the snake. It rather talks about every generation's mutual STRUGGLE between the snake's progeny and Eve's progeny.
I would like to note the patent FALSITY of Cristian claim that J's three day ''death'' has somehow rendered sin and death ''defeated''. We CLEARLY see that: after J's 'death' people keep sinning and people kept dying. So the claim that J ''won'' over death, or over the evil inclination is impossible to make.
(As of some future messianic time, as Jer. 31 predicts, G-od's law will become deeply entrenched in our hearts, which CLEARLY has not happened yet, so there's ZERO justification to see mr. J as 'messiah' or the ''slayer of sin'' or a ''conqueror of death''.)
-As a fascinating additional note, in Cristian book of John 3:14, J himself is quoted as comparing himself to... the §NAKE!!! That's right. J compares himself to the copper snake Moses built according to G-od's command, to (heal the Israelites bitten by 'fiery serpents' on the desert, as related in Num.21:5. As we know, the serpent's image represents incarnated embodiment of evil temptation. In Num.21, the idea is to DISARM the power of temptation which ''whispers'' into man's heart by veiled innuendos: The hebrew word for snake is ''nahhash'' from root 'lahhash', to whisper, since the snake ''whispers''/ hisses. We can disarm him by bringing his whisperred half-truths into the light: subjecting them to rational scrutiny.
-Cristians absurdly claim that without J one is unable to overcome sin or become righteous. It is demonstratably FALSE, as there are many righteous people mentioned in Torah, some who sinned and REPENTED (David), some who were deemed righteous in spite of some mistakes (Moses, Noah), and some totally pure like Enoch.
As Torah states in the story of Cain, ''sin crouches at the door, but you can rule over it'' (Gen.4:1-15). There is no verse telling us to ''accept'' a human incarnation of divinity or 'be damned'. The only way to holiness is to ACT holy, i.e. according to teachings of the Torah.
And an important part of Torah is rejecting any false whisperings of the §erpent: we don't become righteous by praying to the snake, but by ACTING RIGHTEOUSLY.
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