October 4,2007
Be still and know* that:
“Before Moses I AM**, and before Moses Our God who created wisdom and understanding in Moses and helped heal Miriam is”
“Before Isaac I AM, and before Isaac Our God who created love and truth in Isaac and helped him bless Jacob and his Sons is”
“Before Noah I AM, and before Noah Our God who created goodness and beauty in Noah and walks with him Jesus Christ, you and I in righteousness and faith,… is.”
“Before Adam I AM, and before Adam Our God that created and blessed humankind is.”
Be still and know that: “He now still is, will be and so ever will be and art.”
“For, wherever I am and God is, and I am who I am is, God is.”
* recognize, imagine, depend on…take refuge in, become aware of and blessed by his loving kindness…strength…patience…obedience…righteousness…majesty, understand.
** according to Psalm 46 the person referred to here is the Lord God of Hosts, the instructor of Abraham and Isaac, the refuge of Jacob, Moses, Joshua…He whose name itself is a refuge and is high and lifted up…being three times Holy.
Now, we are also praying, “Only the best for Our Prayer Group YHWH School of Christianity.” “This includes the World, God and you and I.”
May God richly, heartily bless the spirits and souls of each of you in us and with us for a good 2007-2008 Christian-Jewish year.
Two views of the Mountains above the Lake O’Hara region in Alberta, CANADA.
The first one shows the top Mt. Victoria, then to the right Mt. Huber and the Abbott’s Pass Glacier. Abbott’s Pass leads, on the other side of the mountains, to the Lake Louise Caroline (Queen Victoria’s daughter) area.
The view in the set, in the third frame below shows the area to the left of Mt. Victoria which includes Cathedral mtn. and the top part of Lake O’Hara.
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Four more views (clockwise this time) of the mountains above the Lake O’Hara region in Alberta, CANADA.
They were taken from the top of the little O’daray peak . From upper left clockwise
1) the area to the right of Mt. Huber and Abbott’s pass,
2) the Selkirk Mts,
3) the Bugaboo mtns in the background, and
4) a twin peak to the right of the O’darays.
Our Prayer Group YHWH School of Christianity teaching explaining 39 ways God’s divine order of biblical creation in 1st chapter of the book of Genesis helps us and the present moment Elohim God [Gods] of Our Prayer Group YHWH School of Christianity create the world with Hebrew words:
Each line lists from left to right, 1) # of occurances of this Hebrew word in chapter 1, 2) the Hebrew word
3) a new theological translation of it, 4) verse numbers from Chapter 1 where it occurs
4—bara—creation through contemplative thought—1,21,23,27
1—r’dot—she moved the spirit of God in it and us— 2
10—v’omer—and he said—3,6,9,22,25,20,24,26,28,29
6—v’yar’ah—and they saw that it was good[fixed in its own purpose]—4,10,12,18,21,25
3—v’yabh’dayl—and he distinguished [through discriminative understanding]—4,7,14
3—v’yeek’ra—and she called [named as a meaningful word]—5,8,10
6—v’yaysh—and he made[turned the truth of the key of its realization inside of its real eternal substance]—7,11,13,16,25,26
2—v’yabheerehch—and she blessed [brought into our awareness]—22,24
1—v’yatayn—and put [gave,placed]—17
1—n’tz’l’mu—he made in the image—27
2—totzaya—she brought out [facilitated ]—12,24
Note: wherever “v” [corresponding to the English word and], eg. v’yar’[he saw] appears it means the creation is occurring through means of God’s eternal light and life emanating into the lower earthly and human realms. And, it means this particular kind of spiritual light is being distinguished here in this part of the Bible from his/her light and life as it emanates into the upper heavens in other parts of the Bible.
Also, at this point, a matter related to the Jewish oral tradition of prohibiting any alteration of the Torah needs to be discussed:
These translations are different than the usual ones. The normal translation of what has already been written does not divide the work between he and she. At his/her highest, and at his/her beginning in us God is one person and one name, not two people acting together. But, as discussed in an earlier blog, it can be helpful to meditate on his truth, her truth as it grows inside of us by considering it a correspondence between what is and what is. This is supported by another part of the Jewish tradition which teaches it takes two persons along with God…1) a dreamer and 2) an interpreter for a dream to come true. Also, there are the following rules of interpretation of the Torah (by the rabbi Ismael, some would say the rabbi who is our rabbi Ismael…) which support this:
(the numbers to the left and before the logical statements refer to his 13 rules for elucidation of the Torah which are accepted by most Jews)
2) the female and male conjugations being part of similar[the same word] clarify it [the word] in a different context.
4), 5) , 12), 13) the female being made out of the rib of the male by a a general statement of God and is therefore a specification of his words and equally able to speak for the general context of them, to single out something for discussion which was not similar to the general category, a limitation of the context of it,
Moreover, the female teachers of the Torah being allowed to help the male teachers in this way they will be able to increase the elucidations of the context for all of us, or as a third party to reconcile the context.
Moreover, to no lesser a degree we have been given the verses below from the teaching of Jesus Christ and the prophet Isaiah:
“Wherever two or three of you come together in my name, I am [I am who I am] there.“
“Go[come] through the gates and cast ye up. Cast ye up, clear the way, take the stumbling block out of the way of My people. For thus saith the Lord God of Hosts the High and Lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is three times Holy.” Isaiah 62:10 This is a verse which is part of many Jewish High Holy Day Prayerbooks.
These verses along with the affirmation, along with one the Lord God of Hosts has given his archangel Gabriel to keep in mind. “What’s not on the up and up, is not up.”
Neatly sum up how I believe God wants the top part of his name to manifest itself in us.
“Upon what were the foundation of it fastened, who laid its cornerstone?” Job 38:6
“I have laid a precious cornerstone of truth [sure foundation] in Zion.” Isaiah 28:16
Psalm 118:22, Jermiah 30:21
Here are some very precise, very good and very beautiful verses in Hebrew related to those above:
“And, Elohim put them [the sun and the moon] in the expanse of the heavens.”
Genesis 1:17
“Va’yatayn atam Elohim bheeroqay hashamaym.”
Below some are the rest of the verses connected to this verse and which expand on it.
1st saying of the 1st day
In the beginning God created (through concentrated thought with contemplation and insight) the heavens, making use of the eternal light coming down from the crown on his head as wisdom and understanding in his soul.”
“B’rayshayt bara Elohim.” Genesis 1:1
2nd saying of the 1st day
“And Elohim said, “Let there be eternal light [from above], and there was eternal light [below].” Genesis 1:3
“Yeehay Or v’yeehay Or.”
Lake McArthur, mountain lake next to Lake O’Hara
3rd saying of Elohim God, the 1st of the 2nd day
“Let there be an expanse in the midst of [between] the heavens, and let it divide between the waters there[here].” Genesis 1:6
“Y’hay rakay bh’tof h’maym v’yhay m’beedayl bayn mayem v ‘m’ayem.”
4th saying of Elohim God [1st of the third day]
“Let the waters be gathered underneath the heavens in a place of oneness [for uniqueness and goodness to dwell]
So dry land [faith in earthly things in us] may appear.” Genesis 1:9
“Yekavo h’maym meetachayt h’shaym ehl Makom ehchad v’teerehh h’bhshah.”
5th saying of Elohim God 2nd of the third day:
“May there be vegetation along with vegetation on the earth in us{alt. et the earth be covered with vegetation], may herbs be there…seeds along with seeds… producing seed, fruit trees producing fruit [making] each from its kind as its seed enters the earth inside of us.” Genesis 1:11
6th saying of Elohim God 1st of the fourth day:
“Tar’shay h’araytz dhshay ashehv maz’raytz zeerah ahtz bhoray aeesheh bhoray l’manu ashehr zer’au.”
“ Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to distinguish between the day and between the night and they shall be markers for the holy festivals and for days and for years.”
“Yeehay m’orot bheer’kay h’shamaym l’habh’rayl bayn h’yom v’bayn h’laylah v’havu lotot v’moadaym v’laymaym v’shanaym.”
Genesis 1:6-12
And, finally:
“And, Elohim put them [the sun and the moon] in the expanse of the heavens.”
Genesis 1:17
“Va’yatayn atam Elohim bheeroqay hashamaym.”
parable about three different ways or perspectives that God’s eternal light manifests itself inside of us in heaven and on earth
Parable about who is right, the King or the courtiers
There was once a wise and good King who lived in a Kingdom which at the same time was far away from us…and yet very near . And, this King had a group of courtiers who always had and always will vie for his attention and favours. And one day one of the courtiers said to the King…come visit your people in our churchs, synagogues,temples and mosques (the Kingdom of heaven on earth) and it will be very well for all of us. Also, please bring your Son along. But, the King thought about it and said, “No, I have another Kingdom (the Kingdom of Heaven of our spirits and souls inside of the human heart) that is far above us in the sky, but also very near. If you cannot find God inside of the human heart, you cannot find him anywhere. But, if you can find him there you can find him anywhere. So, it is better for you to come visit me there and then it will be very well for all of us, and not just some. So, they said alright we will do this. But, they did not. For the courtiers thought about it awhile and decided it was better for them to stay in their homes, churchs, synagogues, and mosques and keep asking the King to visit them there. They met together and thought they could outsmart the King. Thinking it would shame him, they held a banquet for the benefit of the whole Kingdom but did not invite him. So when they saw him again they asked him, “When will you be visiting us in our home?” But, the King said instead to them, “I visited you some time ago. But, recently we were talking and I invited you for a visit and you said that you would come but you did not. Isn’t the truth in your words more important to me than feasting with you for the benefit of all of us ”
Now you tell me, Who is like unto that King? Was the King right or the courtiers? And, who is the King in that realm and in us?
In the end, in the sense of how they are related to our everyday goals, our own words matter little compared to what we do during our lives. However,there is an even high judgement than this that we must face. For, at the level of our soul’s progress in heaven and the development of its capabilities…knowing that God’s truth can manifest itself and participate in the words we speak to each other and ourselves is more important than any deeds we might do in an earthly realm.
So, what is the Truth of the words of the courtiers that the King is speaking about in the above parable?
The Bible gives us two very different explanations about what the truth is that Jesus Christ has left to us in the Gospel according to the Book of John. One explanation is given to his disciple Thomas:
“Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.” John 14:6
The other explanation was given to those who were crucifying and hurting him and whose souls he was trying to save and to help:
“Pilate said to Him, Then You are a King? Jesus answered. You say it [You speak the truth correctly here for at this point it is you who are who I am and am trying to help] For I am a King, This is Iwhy I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth [who is a friend of the Truth] hears and listens to My voice.” John 18:37 Amplified Bible with some phrases added to further amplify it by Andrew.
Jesus Christ has said that he is the vine and we are the branches. But, those branches of us in him that promise to keep faith with God and his purposes in any of us, but intentionally don’t…in order not to be God…they are committing a sin against the Holy Spirit and can no longer in us or him.
For as I have been told, and so I do believe…
“If your refuse to take up your cross and follow Me, you are not Mine.”
“Whosoever finds his [lower worldly]life will lose it [the higher heavenly life], and whoever loses his [lower worldly] life on My account will find it [the higher heavenly life on earth].” The Gospel of Matthew chapter 10
Inotherwords, “When the Bible is right, somebody is wrong.”