Chapter 7. 16
Kabbalah
The
Torah - The Quran – The Apocrypha – Dualism
Mystical
Teachings - The Illuminati - The Sefirot
First Word
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.
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.
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
the ”Flavor” of what men were
thinking at the time, but should not be embraced as inspired of God; certainly interesting,
but not inspired.
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
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.
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. 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. 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.
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.
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.
It is believed that the Torah was edited
with the “Secret
Knowledge” encrypted within the various writings and scrolls. 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.
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”.
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…
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)
Dualism
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.
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.
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.
ONE GOD: The Kabbalah leads the student away from monotheism; the belief in one God,[1]
and promotes dualism.
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.
In this thinking,
God seems to exhibit DUAL NATURES;
Masculine and Feminine - Compassionate
and Judgmental - Creator and
Creation.
NOTE: This thinking abandons the basis of the
Biblical conception of ONE; Omniscience, Omnipresent, Omnipotent God.[2] 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 also claim a Kabbalistic lineage.
God explains the
concept of the “UNMOVED
MOVER”
to Moses; He is whatever He wants to be.
“And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM:
and he said,
this shall thou say unto the children of
I AM has sent me unto you” [3]
Kabbalah
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.
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.
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)
Sefirot: There are Ten Emanations and Attributes of God with which He continually sustains the universe in
existence.
The Ten (plus one)
1)
Keter;* supreme
crown, representing “above the conscious will”
2)
Chochmah; the
highest potential of thought
3)
Binah; the understanding of the potential
4)
Daat;* intellect of knowledge
5)
Chesed; loving-kindness
(sometimes referred to as Gedolah,
greatness)
6)
Gevurah; severity/strength
(sometimes referred to as Din-justice
or Pachad-fear)
7)
Rachamim; mercy (also known as Tiphereth)
8)
Netzach; Victory/eternity
9)
Hod; glory/splendor
10) Yesod; foundation
11)
Market; kingdom.
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.
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”
These are the 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.
The Take Away
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)
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.
If you are a
follower of the Kabbalah, you are rejecting Jehovah God, the ONE GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and embracing “Dualism”. 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.
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.
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.
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.
A SECRET: If you want to discover a HIDDEN MYSTERY in Genesis, then read about the Flood that took
place before the flood of Noah known as Lucifer’s Flood or the Gap theory. Did you know that every time Darkness is
mentioned in the Bible, it’s about judgment; EVERY TIME. [4]
Always prove scripture with scripture, line upon line, and precept upon
precept.
Isaiah
28:10 – Study God’s Word precept upon precept
10 For it is PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT, precept upon precept, line upon line, LINE UPON LINE, here a little, there a little.”
(ESV)
Isaiah 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)
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)
LUCIFER’S
FLOOD
Genesis 1:2 – The earth BECAME without form
and void
2 And the earth was (“hayah” became) without form, and void; and darkness (judgment) 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.
[1] Isaiah 43:10 – ONE God always existed, there
was none before Him nor will there be any after Him -- Isaiah 44:6- There is NO other God -- John 1:1-3 -
God was BEFORE
the creation -- Genesis 1:1-2 - God was AT the creation. -- Collations 1:16-17– God creates
for his own pleasure
[2] Isaiah 46:10 – God is all
knowing – OMNISICENCE
-- Jeremiah 23:24 – God is ever present- OMNIPRESENT -- Revelation 19:6 – God
is all powerful -
OMNIPOTENT
[3] Exodus 3:14 (NLT) God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. Say this to the people of Israel: I AM has
sent me to you.”
[4] Genesis 1:2 - Darkness (judgment)
was upon the face of the deep – 2 Peter 3:5-6 - Whereby THE WORLD THAT
THEN WAS, BEING OVERFLOWED WITH WATER, PERISHED.
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