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KABBALAH
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First Word
Ø CHRISTIANS have no other book that they follow other than the
Christian Bible containing the Old and New Testaments which are believed by
Faith to be THE complete Word of God, written down by men as inspired by
the Holy Spirit. – There are NO new revelations, only new enlightenment.
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The Apocrypha is a collection of books
that contain historical errors as well as fables, folklore, myths and content
that is totally opposite of what the Bible teaches. It is recommended that these book be read for
”Flavor” of what men were thinking at the time, but should not be embraced
as inspired of God. – Interesting, but not inspired.
Ø MUSLIMS follow the Quran given to their “Last Prophet” Mohammad
and is said to be the perfect revelation of Allah. – They also follow a
second book called the Hadith.
- The
Hadith
is a collection of sayings, deeds and behavior of Mohammad including;
eating, sleeping, praying, mating, planning revenge on his enemies and
dispensing justice. - These actions were considered the actions of
“Allah”. A good Muslim will do
these same things as well as name their children Mohammad. The Hadith in some sects is followed
more closely than the Quran and its sayings can supersede the Quran.
Ø JEWS follow the Torah which is the five books of the law as given to Moses
and is the perfect revelation of Jehovah God.
- The
Kabbalah is teachings held by some followers of Judaism to define the inner meaning of both the Hebrew Bible and traditional Rabbinic
literature
and their formerly “concealed”
transmitted dimension, as well as to explain the significance of Jewish religious observances. The Kabbalah in
some Jewish sects is followed more closely than the Torah.
Background
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The origin of Kabbalah begin with
secrets revealed to Adam by God about mysteries which includes; THE TRUE
NATURE OF; Adam and Eve – The Garden of Eden – The Tree of Knowledge of Good
and Evil – The Tree of Life – The Serpent and the Forbidden Fruit.
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The texts of
kabbalah were once part of an ongoing ORAL tradition passed down through the centuries, however much
of the oral knowledge is now in written form.
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Every letter, word, number
and even accent on words of the Hebrew
Bible contain esoteric meanings, describing the
spiritual dimensions within exoteric ideas, and it teaches the text interpretation methods for ascertaining these meanings.
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As early as the 1st
century BC, Jews believed that the Torah (first five books of the Hebrew Bible) and wider canonical texts contained “encoded” messages and hidden meanings.
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Gematria is one method for discovering these hidden meanings. Each
letter in Hebrew also represents a number; Hebrew, unlike many other languages,
never developed a separate numerical alphabet. By converting letters to numbers,
Kabbalists were able to find a hidden meaning in each word.
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The
threat of foreign conquest caused The
Sanhedrin; who were the Jewish Leadership, to HIDE this knowledge and
make it “secret”. They feared it would fall into the wrong
hands and if unsupervised and unguided, it could be misused and might lead them
into forbidden ways and practices.
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It
is believed that the Torah was edited with the “Secret Knowledge” encrypted within the various writings and
scrolls.
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There
are mysteries imbedded in the book of Genesis believed to contain the secrets
of the creation of the universe and the forces of nature.
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There
are also secrets in Isaiah’s Temple
vision – Jacob’s vision of the ladder
to Heaven – The Burning Bush - The 72 letter names of God and the best known
“secret knowledge” is in the book of Ezekiel which describes his vision of “Gods Divine Chariot”. - NYOBS 33.19 - EZEKIEL’S UFO
Ezekiel 1:4-15 - A UFO or the Chariot of God or
What?
4 I looked: I saw … an immense cloud with lightning flashing from it, a huge ball of fire glowing like bronze.
5 Within the fire were what looked like four creatures vibrant with life. Each had the form of a human being,
6 but each also had four faces and four wings.
7 Their legs were as sturdy and straight as columns, but their feet were hoofed like those of a calf…
4 I looked: I saw … an immense cloud with lightning flashing from it, a huge ball of fire glowing like bronze.
5 Within the fire were what looked like four creatures vibrant with life. Each had the form of a human being,
6 but each also had four faces and four wings.
7 Their legs were as sturdy and straight as columns, but their feet were hoofed like those of a calf…
8 On all four sides under their wings they
had human hands. All four had both faces and wings,
10 Their faces looked like this: In front a human face, on the right side the face of a lion, on the left the face of an ox, and in back the face of an eagle.
15 As I watched the four creatures, I saw something that looked like a wheel … It looked like they were wheels within wheels. (MSG)
10 Their faces looked like this: In front a human face, on the right side the face of a lion, on the left the face of an ox, and in back the face of an eagle.
15 As I watched the four creatures, I saw something that looked like a wheel … It looked like they were wheels within wheels. (MSG)
Dualism
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Before
I go on, I want to say that the Kabbalah is about so much more good stuff than I am pointing
out, however it’s like saying “Everybody watch my left hand” - the “smoke
screen” is far too hazy to see what going on with my right hand. – Much
darkness is disguised as Light.
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I
would be amiss if I didn’t admit and point out that there are as many “variations”
of sects that follow the Kabballah teachings as there are Protestant
denominations with different viewpoints on doctrine, so nailing down the Unmovable Truth is hard to do. –
Life is better when you have an Unmoved
Mover like Jehovah God. - NYOBS 29.02 - CASE FOR
CHRISTIANITY.
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EVIL - Some Kabbalah followers believe Evil only exists as a
necessary aspect of the creation of God to give man free choice, and that evil is only the consequence of this
choice.
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ONE GOD - The Kabbalah leads the
student away from monotheism; the belief in one God, and promotes
dualism.
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DUALISM is a belief that there
are both Good Forces and Evil Forces at work in the universe; this
means that there is a “counterpart” to God that holds EQUAL power.
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In this thinking, God
seems to exhibit DUAL NATURES;
Masculine and
Feminine - Compassionate and Judgmental - Creator and Creation.
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NOTE: This thinking abandons the basis of the Biblical
conception of ONE; Omniscience, Omnipresent, Omnipotent God - NYOBS 01.02 WHO IS GOD?
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This is also practiced in non-Jewish organizations, mystery
schools, initiation bodies, fraternities and SECRET SOCIETIES with the most popular
of which are Free Masonry,
Rosicrucianism and the Golden Dawn, although hundreds of similar societies claim a
kabbalistic lineage.
Isa 43:10 – God always existed
10 Before me no god was
formed, nor will there be one after me.
NIV
Isa 44:6- There is NO other God
6 I am the first and I am
the last; apart from me there
is no God. NIV
John 1:1-3 - God was BEFORE
the creation
1 In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.
3 Through him all things
were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. NIV
Gen 1:1-2 - God was AT the creation.
1 In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth.
2 … and the Spirit of
God was hovering over the waters. NIV
Col 1:16-17– God
creates for his own pleasure
16 For by him all
things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things
were created by him and for him.
17 He is before all
things, and in him all things hold together
NIV
Isa 46:10 – God is all
knowing - OMNISICENCE
10 I make known the end
from the beginning, NIV
Jer 23:24 – God is
ever present- OMNIPRESENT
24 Can anyone hide
in secret places so that I cannot see him?" declares the LORD. NIV
Rev 19:6 – God is all powerful -
OMNIPOTENT
6 And I heard as it were
the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the
voice of mighty thunderings, saying, alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. KJV
God explains the concept of the “UNMOVED MOVER” to Moses;
“And God said unto Moses, I
AM THAT I AM:
and he said, this shall
thou say unto the children of Israel
I AM
has sent me unto you”
- Ex 3:14 NKJV
Kabbalah
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Kabbalah - is not a religious
denomination in itself, but forms the foundations of “mystical” religious
interpretation. It seeks to define the nature of the universe, the
human being and the nature and purpose of existence.
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The Torah in Kabbalistic thought
has four LEVELS of interpretation and it is the inherent duty of an
observant Jew to utilize these in the study of the Torah.
1. Peshat – The simplest and direct meaning
2. Remez – The allegoric meaning
3. Derash – The imaginative comparisons with similar words or
verses.
4. Sod – The Secret meanings.
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Mystical Teachings are comprised of three
basic models as distinguished by their basic intent with respect to God.
1. Theosophical – seeking
to understand the Divine realm.
2. Ecstatic – striving to achieve a mystical
union with God
3. Magico-theurgical – endeavoring to alter or manipulate
both the Divine realm as well as the physical world realm. (This is referred to as White
Magical Arts reserved for those who are completely “pure of intent”)
Sefirot- (Wikipedia)
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Sefirot - There are ten Emanations and Attributes of God with which he continually sustains the universe in
existence.
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The Ten (plus one) - Keter; supreme crown, representing ”above the conscious will” – Chochmah; the highest potential of thought – Binah; the
understanding of the potential – Daat; intellect of knowledge – Chesed; loving-kindness (sometimes referred to as Gedolah, greatness) – Gevurah;
severity/strength (sometimes referred to as Din-justice
or Pachad-fear)
- Rachamim; mercy (also known
as Tiphereth) – Netzach; Victory/eternity - Hod; glory/splendor – Yesod; foundation –
Malkuth; kingdom.
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Altogether, eleven sefirot are named. However Keter and Daat are unconscious and conscious
dimensions of one principle, conserving 10 forces. - I won’t expound on them
here, but I include them so you can know this is some FAR OUT stuff.
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There are ten different ways the one God Reveals his will through
the Emanations. - It is not God who changes, but the ability to perceive
God that changes.
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It is worth noting that the Kabbalah moves from the “Trinity” or
three in the God head to Ten
in the God head. - It is described as a tree with roots and branches. – A good
metaphor would be the trees of “Life” and “Knowledge”
Closing Thoughts
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Some theorist
propose that world events are being controlled and manipulated by a secret
society calling itself the
Illuminati. - Man has always had a desire for the “Mystical”, to be one of the
“Illuminati”; one of the enlightened ones. (There is more than you want to know about all
the stuff in this word study found on the Wikipedia web site)
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Man seeks “Secret Knowledge” through
astrologers, horoscopes and mediums to guide their life; not necessarily to
change the outcome, but to be in Harmony with it. – However the ability to
manipulate the forces in the universe would be a bonus. NYOBS 4317 - ZODIAC
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If you are a
follower of the Kabbalah,
you are rejecting Jehovah God, the ONE GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and
embracing “Dualism”.
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Satan is NOT an
EQUAL FORCE with God. He is an immortal
creation that was created by God and in the end will spend his immortality in
the Lake of Fire for all of eternity. NYOBS 07.18 SATAN; WHO IS HE – ESCHATOLOGY
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NOTE: I need to point out that
the Kabbalah teaching are accepted ONLY by some Jews as the TRUE meaning of Judaism
while other totally reject these views as heretical and opposite to Judaism.
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Studying
the Kabbalah is like studying
the Apocrypha. It’s a good thing to study and learn about “men’s
thinking” concerning the mysteries of God; but understand this; these books
were NOT divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit. – A house divided will fall.
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Dualism is a concept devised by
Satan to give the illusion that he is as powerful as God. – Satan is nothing
but a dog on a leash, running to and fro where the leash will let him run. NYOBS 02.10 - SATAN; WHY IS
HE? – NYOBS 25.35 – BIBLE EXPLAINED IN THREE MINUTES
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A SECRET – If you want to know the hidden mystery in Genesis then
read about the Flood that took place before the flood of Noah. - NYOBS 17.16 – FLOOD; THE
GAP THEORY
– Always prove scripture with scripture, line upon line, and precept upon
precept. Isaiah 28:10 KJV
Isa 47:13-14 – They will
burn in hell.
13 You are wearied in the multitude of thy
counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly
prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come
upon thee.
14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire
shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the
flame KJV
Revelation 20:10 – Satan thrown into the Lake of
Fire
10 And the devil, (Satan) who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (NIV2011)
10 And the devil, (Satan) who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (NIV2011)
Luke 11:17 – A house divided will fall
17 But He knew their thoughts and said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself falls. (NASB)
17 But He knew their thoughts and said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself falls. (NASB)
2 And the earth was (“hayah” became) without form,
and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God
moved upon the face of the waters.
2 Peter 3:5-6 – The world that was then overflowed with
water
5 … the heavens were of
old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world
that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
In the multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Prov 11:14
I
am grateful to those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical
information, and scripture verses.
Because of them I can stand on their shoulders and see further that I
otherwise ever could have.
Doctrine of Last Things – Dr. John
Harvey
King James Version Bible - KJV
New International Version
Bible – NIV
New King James Version
Bible – KJV
Systematic Theology – Stanley M. Horton
Wikipedia
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