The first Man was made on Mount Moriah out of dust taken from the 4 universal corners of the earth into which God breathed the breath of life, so that he was then formed in the image of God (Genesis 2). he was also created alone to convey the message that, if one destroy a single life, it represents as if one destroyed the whole world. Man was created with the two divine aspects, male and female, in him. Then God placed him in the garden of Eden to till and keep it and commanded him to eat freely from every tree in it except from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The day that he eat of it he will kill himself.
Then God saw that it was not good for the Man to be alone in his world. Then God decided to make a suitable helper fit for him. So God, out of the ground of the earth, formed in the Man's world every beast of the field, and every bird of the air, and brought them to Man just to see what he would call them; and whatever Man called them that was its name, but for Man, they were not a suitable helper.
God then put Man in a deep sleep and took one rib from his divine and glorified body and formed the woman. Then God filled the space with flesh. That was the proportion of flesh in the divine Man's body, while the woman was completely made from the Man's rib.
We can ask ourselves why God made the woman from the Man's rib? It was because from it the whole Man's divine body could regenerate and the woman's body made from Man could unite together and grow in the spiritual sense maintaining its divine power and glory that came from God.
All the angels accepted Adam as the Master of the earthly domain, except for Satan, who refused to subordinate himself to Man and was expelled from heaven. Ever since that time he has been man's enemy and accuser.
Satan crafted his plan in the very similar way in which a serpent crafts its way to eat its pray in order to obtain Man's world and the divine power entrusted to him for his own benefit.
Satan knew that if he could enter into the Man's divine body, using the woman as an instrument, and start to defile it from just the small piece of flesh placed him, a whole layout of a defiled world could be formed and be bounded to him. Satan put his plan in action and the woman fell into his craftiness making Satan the master and controller of Man's world. Since Man held an absolute authority over it, the whole creation was engulfed in darkness and Man became a slave of sin. Death was in control and the cycle of life and death went on and on, feeding the wicked way of the evil power.
God's plan to rescue Man succeeded in a very spectacular way, using the divine power still active in the heart of the ones who faithfully followed God's way and made the divine Way of Redemption.
God himself planned this divine Way in order to redeem Man's world from the snares of the devil. Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, was made of flesh under the house of David, a truly servant of God, and with the Holy Spirit that was entrusted to the whole Man's body full of divine honor, power, and glory. He defeated Satan by taking the power of Death away from him and liberating all the souls bounded to it since the time of creation.
Through Faith in Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, we now freely have the opportunity to recover our spiritual positions that we had in the beginning of times and a whole new world free of darkness to enjoy forever.
The Book of Proverbs is one of the Wisdom Books of the Bible, written by Solomon in his middle age.
The Wisdom which is praised in the Book refers to the divine righteousness and truth through which God created the World (Proverbs 3:19), and then Man in his image to govern it through the divine power and glory entrusted to him.
The Book is indeed the blueprint of the Creation. The last 22 verses of the book are about the woman of valor, who labors long hours in caring for her family and household. This section praising the ideal woman, is sung by the father and children of every Hebrew household, every Friday night, in appreciation of a wife and mother and also in praise of the Shek-Hinah, the feminine aspect of God. It is also recited at the funeral of a woman and at a girl's Bat Mitz-Vah ceremony.
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Thursday, April 28, 2016
CAIN AND ABEL
The first two children of Adam and Eve. Cain was involved in agriculture being a tiller of the soil, while Abel the second son of Adam and Eve, was a shepherd. They both made offerings to God. Abel, sacrificed the firstborn of the lambs and was acceptable to God, whereas Cain's offering of corn (or other fruit of the earth) was rejected because it was a second rate produce.
Overcome by jealousy over the non-acceptance of his offering and over a twin sister whom Abel had married, Cain enticed Abel into the open country and murdered him, according to tradition with the jawbone of an ass. (Genesis 4:1-8). When asked by God where his brother was he said: "Am I my brother's keeper?" (Genesis 4:9).
Cain was not only responsible for the death of Abel but also for the death of Abel's descendants who would never be born. That is why the Bible states that the "bloods" of Abel cried out to God from earth.
For this sin of fratricide Cain lost his portion in the World to Come. He was cursed by God to wander the face of the earth, finding no rest, but he carried God's mark on him so that no one would kill him, and he grew horns to scare off any animals that might attack him (Wandering Jew).
Cain himself was really the child of Eve and the serpent, and his descendants show some of the wicked characteristics of their ancestor. It was eventually his own descendant, Lamech, who killed him with an arrow, having been misinformed that the horned Cain was himself a wild animal.
God instituted a World Order which Man must respect. Everything in God's creation has its own place and must not be interfered with by Man's wrong interpretation of it.
These two sons of Adam and Eve were totally different types, Cain represented the evil power in the form of cloth crafted from wool and linen threads which were prohibited to be worn because of the laws of mixed species (Leviticus 19:19; Deuteronomy 22:11), and Abel represented the power of holiness through the representation of clothes made only of pure wool.
The connection found between cloth made of wool and linen (shaatnez) and the ones of pure wool symbolizes the story of Cain and Abel. Cain was a tiller of the ground whose offerings to God were of flax and a number of mixed products, while Abel was a shepherd, who offered up only the best of its wool. The combination of the brothers' powers in their mother's womb led to the tragedy of fratricide. Similarly, anyone wearing the linen-wool combination in a symbolic way is likely to come to harm and others wearing pure wool is likely to come to do goodness to others.
Attempts were made to explain the origins of the prohibition in terms of the clothing spiritually used in idolatrous cults, which spiritual Jews were meant to avoid.
Adam and Eve are shown lamenting Abel's death. They were comforted when their son Seth was born.
Abel is an Old Testament of Christ, Shepherd of Mankind. His violent death foreshadows the Crucifixion. Jesus placed Abel first in the line of Old Testament martyrs. (Matthew 23:35). He was one of the Just released from Limbo by Christ at the time of the Descent into Hell.
Overcome by jealousy over the non-acceptance of his offering and over a twin sister whom Abel had married, Cain enticed Abel into the open country and murdered him, according to tradition with the jawbone of an ass. (Genesis 4:1-8). When asked by God where his brother was he said: "Am I my brother's keeper?" (Genesis 4:9).
Cain was not only responsible for the death of Abel but also for the death of Abel's descendants who would never be born. That is why the Bible states that the "bloods" of Abel cried out to God from earth.
For this sin of fratricide Cain lost his portion in the World to Come. He was cursed by God to wander the face of the earth, finding no rest, but he carried God's mark on him so that no one would kill him, and he grew horns to scare off any animals that might attack him (Wandering Jew).
Cain himself was really the child of Eve and the serpent, and his descendants show some of the wicked characteristics of their ancestor. It was eventually his own descendant, Lamech, who killed him with an arrow, having been misinformed that the horned Cain was himself a wild animal.
God instituted a World Order which Man must respect. Everything in God's creation has its own place and must not be interfered with by Man's wrong interpretation of it.
These two sons of Adam and Eve were totally different types, Cain represented the evil power in the form of cloth crafted from wool and linen threads which were prohibited to be worn because of the laws of mixed species (Leviticus 19:19; Deuteronomy 22:11), and Abel represented the power of holiness through the representation of clothes made only of pure wool.
The connection found between cloth made of wool and linen (shaatnez) and the ones of pure wool symbolizes the story of Cain and Abel. Cain was a tiller of the ground whose offerings to God were of flax and a number of mixed products, while Abel was a shepherd, who offered up only the best of its wool. The combination of the brothers' powers in their mother's womb led to the tragedy of fratricide. Similarly, anyone wearing the linen-wool combination in a symbolic way is likely to come to harm and others wearing pure wool is likely to come to do goodness to others.
Attempts were made to explain the origins of the prohibition in terms of the clothing spiritually used in idolatrous cults, which spiritual Jews were meant to avoid.
Adam and Eve are shown lamenting Abel's death. They were comforted when their son Seth was born.
Abel is an Old Testament of Christ, Shepherd of Mankind. His violent death foreshadows the Crucifixion. Jesus placed Abel first in the line of Old Testament martyrs. (Matthew 23:35). He was one of the Just released from Limbo by Christ at the time of the Descent into Hell.
CHRISTIAN LORE AND LEGENDS: AARON
An explanation of the words "lore" and "legend"helps to understand the way in which the Bible presents to the readers the themes that have inspired writers, musicians, and artists, for more than 2000 years.
By "lore" is meant the learning and background knowledge associated with Christian culture. The use of the word "legend" is in its original sense of "something to be read," a narrative which may be historical, traditional, or symbolic, without pre-judgment as to its veracity.
AARON, elder brother of Moses and Miriam, and his spokesman because Moses was slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. (Exodus 4:10)
He was the first Israelite High Priest and the traditional founder of the hereditary Jewish priesthood and an Old Testament type of Christ.
Aaron is depicted as a lover of peace who would go in turn to each of the two parties to a quarrel and, by telling a white lie, would apologize in the name of the other party, when they next met, their quarrel was over because each believed the other had apologized. This characteristic made Aaron suitable as High Priest, whose sacrifices brought peace between Israel and our Father in Heaven.
When Aaron was crowned with the tiara he represented the maximum authority of the religious world in the earth; and when he was wearing a mitre he represented the Christian priesthood.
He possessed a miraculous rod, created at twilight on the 6th day of creation, which bursted into almond blossom overnight to vindicate him when his suitability as High priest was challenged. In Numbers 17, the miraculous flowering of Aaron's rod or wand was the divinely indication of the exclusive right of his tribe to the privileges of priesthood. Aaron and the head of each of the other tribes of Israel laid their staffs in the Ark of the Covenant. Aaron's rod blossomed and produced ripe almonds, a sign that the tribe of Levi, of which he was the leader, had been divinely chosen for the office.
Aaron was closely associated with Moses in events connected with the Exodus from Egypt. He angered Moses when he fashioned a Golden Calf for the Israelites to worship, he did so because he did not want the Israelites to be guilty of the greater sin of killing their High Priest if he refused. Under human point of view Aaron was justified under his own eyes but not under God's sight, because he ceded indirectly more power to sin rather than to righteousness. However Aaron was divinely assisted to overcome the revolt of Korah.
The elaborate Old Testament description of his vestments mentions the following: a turban or mitre; a breastplate set with 12 gems, one for each of the 12 Tribes of Israel with the Urim and the Thummim in it; and a gorgeous robe adorned with bells. (Exodus 28: 4-39; Leviticus 8:8). This influence his representation in art. One of his attributes is a censer, because he alone could offer incense in the Holy of Holies.
Aaron, like his brother Moses, was not allowed to enter the Promise Land. He died on the Mountain of Hor when he was 123 years old. (Numbers 20). When he died, it was through a kiss of the shekhinah, the easiest form of death, and God Himself prepared his funeral bier and a golden candelabrum to light the Way.
Aaron was very popular among the Israelites, and this explain why all the House of Israel mourned him (Numbers 20). Symbolic of the great loss his death represented was the cessation of the Pillar of Cloud and of Fire, which until then had guided the Israelites through the desert.
Aaron is one of the 7 Faithful Shepherds of Israel, a title given to outstanding biblical leaders, who, in spirit, are invited to the tabernacle (sukkah) each evening as spiritual guests. During the festival of Sukkot Jews transfer their living quarters from the regular house to a sukka, which is a makeshift booth whose roof is of branches or vegetation thin enough to let the rain in. People eat in the sukka, and many even sleep in there. The sukka is meant to remind Jews of the booths in which their ancestors dwelt when they wandered in the wilderness during the Exodus. (Leviticus 23) and of the clouds of glory which surrounded them. They were protected by God from the elements, and by remembering this, spiritual Jews are reminded that it is not the brick and mortar of the house which affords ultimate protection but God Himself.
Aaron was the ancestor of Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist. (Luke 1:5).
By "lore" is meant the learning and background knowledge associated with Christian culture. The use of the word "legend" is in its original sense of "something to be read," a narrative which may be historical, traditional, or symbolic, without pre-judgment as to its veracity.
AARON, elder brother of Moses and Miriam, and his spokesman because Moses was slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. (Exodus 4:10)
He was the first Israelite High Priest and the traditional founder of the hereditary Jewish priesthood and an Old Testament type of Christ.
Aaron is depicted as a lover of peace who would go in turn to each of the two parties to a quarrel and, by telling a white lie, would apologize in the name of the other party, when they next met, their quarrel was over because each believed the other had apologized. This characteristic made Aaron suitable as High Priest, whose sacrifices brought peace between Israel and our Father in Heaven.
When Aaron was crowned with the tiara he represented the maximum authority of the religious world in the earth; and when he was wearing a mitre he represented the Christian priesthood.
He possessed a miraculous rod, created at twilight on the 6th day of creation, which bursted into almond blossom overnight to vindicate him when his suitability as High priest was challenged. In Numbers 17, the miraculous flowering of Aaron's rod or wand was the divinely indication of the exclusive right of his tribe to the privileges of priesthood. Aaron and the head of each of the other tribes of Israel laid their staffs in the Ark of the Covenant. Aaron's rod blossomed and produced ripe almonds, a sign that the tribe of Levi, of which he was the leader, had been divinely chosen for the office.
Aaron was closely associated with Moses in events connected with the Exodus from Egypt. He angered Moses when he fashioned a Golden Calf for the Israelites to worship, he did so because he did not want the Israelites to be guilty of the greater sin of killing their High Priest if he refused. Under human point of view Aaron was justified under his own eyes but not under God's sight, because he ceded indirectly more power to sin rather than to righteousness. However Aaron was divinely assisted to overcome the revolt of Korah.
The elaborate Old Testament description of his vestments mentions the following: a turban or mitre; a breastplate set with 12 gems, one for each of the 12 Tribes of Israel with the Urim and the Thummim in it; and a gorgeous robe adorned with bells. (Exodus 28: 4-39; Leviticus 8:8). This influence his representation in art. One of his attributes is a censer, because he alone could offer incense in the Holy of Holies.
Aaron, like his brother Moses, was not allowed to enter the Promise Land. He died on the Mountain of Hor when he was 123 years old. (Numbers 20). When he died, it was through a kiss of the shekhinah, the easiest form of death, and God Himself prepared his funeral bier and a golden candelabrum to light the Way.
Aaron was very popular among the Israelites, and this explain why all the House of Israel mourned him (Numbers 20). Symbolic of the great loss his death represented was the cessation of the Pillar of Cloud and of Fire, which until then had guided the Israelites through the desert.
Aaron is one of the 7 Faithful Shepherds of Israel, a title given to outstanding biblical leaders, who, in spirit, are invited to the tabernacle (sukkah) each evening as spiritual guests. During the festival of Sukkot Jews transfer their living quarters from the regular house to a sukka, which is a makeshift booth whose roof is of branches or vegetation thin enough to let the rain in. People eat in the sukka, and many even sleep in there. The sukka is meant to remind Jews of the booths in which their ancestors dwelt when they wandered in the wilderness during the Exodus. (Leviticus 23) and of the clouds of glory which surrounded them. They were protected by God from the elements, and by remembering this, spiritual Jews are reminded that it is not the brick and mortar of the house which affords ultimate protection but God Himself.
Aaron was the ancestor of Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist. (Luke 1:5).
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