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!

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!

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.

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.
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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).
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(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.