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Hosea 8:1
S.O.S. 8:6,7
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
And 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 51:16
the word 'plant' here is very important(missed by many translations)
Man is the seed that YHVH will plant in the new heavens and new earth(The universe is boundless with many mansions)YHVH is in the height of the heavens, so shall man be also.
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
2 Peter 3:13
"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind.
Isaiah 65:17
Ish 26:3,4
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Matthew 26:26-29) John 13:1) 1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
1 Corinthians 5:7,8) New priesthood Hebrews 7:11-28)
Psalm 22 Yeshua, YHVH's Passover Lamb
22 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the governor among the nations.
29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
“So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.” Colossians 2:16,17
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord. Isaiah 66:23
Colossians is saying;
We are to keep God's festivals as they are a prophetic voice of future events,-(a shadow of things to come) as YHVH has His appointed times-Moed
What was unclean=not food is still not food into the coming kingdom. From the oral law that was given to Noah through the law given to Moses for all Israel, continues through to the coming kingdom of Yeshua- Genesis 66:17 Micah chp 4)
Acts 10:9-28 is talking about 'men' and not food, God was not getting Peter to break His laws, Acts 10:17-28)
Mark 7:7-23 is talking about the heart of man
'purging all foods' food is food as given in Leviticus chp 11 and Deuteronomy chp 14 unclean is not food. This is where food is sanctified by the Word of God and by thanksgiving in prayer, as stated in- 1 Timothy 4:4,5
4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
When the LORD returns, eating swine's flesh the abomination and the mouse= all unclean, not food -Isaiah 66:17 will face God's judgment Leviticus 11:7,29. to eat these things is sin.
John the Baptist ate Locusts that were allowed by YHVH's law
Leviticus 11:22
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven Matthew 5:17-
(Has heaven and earth passed away? then His law remains until that time. There will be a new heavens and a new earth after the thousand year reign of Yeshua in Jerusalem)
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law Romans 3:31
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. Isaiah 8:16
“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isaiah 8:20
Revelation 19:10b for the testimony of Jesus/Yeshua is the spirit of prophecy.”
Revelation 12:17 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 6:17,18 “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,” And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isaiah 8:20
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.” Ecclesiastes 12:13
Jas 1:25
Also for edification)
For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries. 1 Corinthians 14:2---
vs4- he that speaketh in an(unknown)tongue edifieth himself
Thank you to ALL for your kind comments & faves, much appreciated
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Jeremiah 1:5
The Aurora Borealis Northern Lights were spectacular tonight 10/05/2024 with Red,Blue, Green colors right over head with a radius close to Bootes spanning down west thru Leo and east thru Corona Borealis. I've never seen this in Ireland before.Psalms 19:1,2) Did'int have a tripod for long exposure shots. www.msn.com/en-ie/weather/topstories/world-told-to-brace-...
Psalms 139:13-17.
12 gates into the New Jerusalem
Know your tribe--Ezekiel 47:21-23) Rev 21)
Keeping Sabbath is the start, to be fed with the heritage of Jacob thy father-Isaiah 58:13,14 Remember Ephraim would become a multitude of nations-Goyim Gentiles Gen 48:19 Abraham would become the father of many nations, the seed of Abraham by faith in Yeshua.
The Sabbath day was never lost by Judah, after the 70years in Babylon, the exact dates-days months of the return(actions) are given in Nehemiah Ezra. Sabbath is from Friday evening to Saturday evening. The Sabbath is kept in the coming kingdom- Isaiah 66:23. Yeshua is Lord of the Sabbath. Gen 20:8-11) Don't let anybody judge you in keeping Sabbath, new moon etc. Colossians 2:16) The sabbath is perpetual from Genesis to the coming kingdom of Yeshua, the law also will go forth from Jerusalem. Feast of Tabernacles in the coming kingdom & passover- Feast of unleavened bread will all be observed/kept. Same as dietary laws Leviticus 11;7 & Isaiah 66:17 are all required to be kept when Yeshua returns.
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood. Proverbs 6:16,17
Abortion- shedding innocent blood, brings God's judgment.
Ireland as many of the world's countries today has innocent blood on it's hands. The pinnacle of God's creation on earth, man, is violently ripped apart in the womb by man's hands, a place where God forms a person created in His own image. Galatians 1:15,16
Ecclesiastes 12:14 ''For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Numbers 35:33'' So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. Shed innocent blood has a voice before God-Genesis 4:10
Ezekiel 14:13 ''“Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:”
A call to repentance, mercy rejoices over judgment
“It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.” They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. Psalm 27:8)
Psalm 83 'Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord.
17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is YHVH, art the most high over all the earth.'
Mateo Mancuso & Band
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Gen 12:3 Isaiah 41:8)
A GLASS OF MILK
One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry.
He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.
Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water! . She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it so slowly, and then asked, 'How much do I owe you?'
'You don't owe me anything,' she replied. 'Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.'
He said .. 'Then I thank you from my heart.'
As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.
Many years later that same young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.
Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.
Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room.
Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once.
He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to her case.
After a long struggle, the battle was won.
Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read these words ...
'Paid in full with one glass of milk'
(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: 'Thank You,
God, that Your love has spread broad through human hearts and hands.'
There's a saying which goes something like this:
Bread cast on the waters comes back to you. ( Ecclesiastes 11:1 -- " Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.")
The good deed you do today may benefit you or someone you love at the least expected time. If you never see the deed again at least you will have made the world a better place - And, after all, isn't that what life is all about?
This story was emailed to me by my sister in Messiah Kim.
YHVH bless you, my sis!
July 23, 2008
Jeremiah 4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Intercession needed, to stand in the gap. Ezekiel 22:30) Standing in the gap, begins by confessing our own sins first, and then the sins of our nation. Daniel 9:20)
'You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.'-Numbers 35:33)
Jeremiah Chp 25)Revelation Chp 6:4)
So much of the world today is shedding innocent blood(abortion) and condoning sexual perversion. Pushing God out of leadership(Government) of nations and calling good evil and evil good. Things have become ripe for God's righteous judgment.
2 things that defile the land
Leviticus 18:22-28) Numbers 35:33,34)
Another topic)
The time of the divided kingdom 1 Kings chps 11 through chp 12) Jeroboam son of Nebat set up his own times/dates priests altar etc. 1 Kings 12:33) causing all Israel to sin, this sin was perpetuated afterwards by many kings of Israel. Today most of the churches have done away with YHVH's Sabbath--Friday evening to Saturday evening, and gone along with the Sunday of the Roman Constantine's edict. The Hebrew calendar is based on the Lunar/moon cycles-Genesis 1:14)-(Not the Gregorian calendar) This lunar calendar will be observed in the coming kingdom of Yeshua Isaiah 66:22,23) Check out how Isaiah 66:22,23 is in harmony with Colossians 2:16)-to keep these thing is good.
Also understand that the book of Hebrews is written to the Hebrew believers in Yeshua.(Read Leviticus 23:36)- Hebrews 10:25 can be talking about the commanded assemblies feasts of YHVH, remember the shadow leads you to the reality Psalms 91:1 -shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Where two or more are gathered together in His name, He will be there in the midst. And he promised to be a little sanctuary for us scattered among the nations-Ezekiel 11:16) We need the 5 fold ministry to be prepared for the LORD--1 Corinthians 12:28)
The reason Israel was driven out of the land of Israel was because they refused to keep YHVH's Sabbaths, commandments and ordinances. Yeshua is Lord of the Sabbath. Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid; yea, we establish the law.
Sabbath Leviticus 23:32) Instituted and sanctified at Genesis 2:1-3) Perpetuated at Sinai -Exodus 20:8) Yeshua is Lord of the Sabbath--Mark 2:28) Let no one judge you in keeping of-Colossians 2:16) There are also High Sabbaths in YHVH's feast days--Read Leviticus chapter 23) Observed in Yeshua's kingdom on earth Isaiah 66:22,23)
Yeshua/Jesus did not come to abolish the law or the prophets, but to establish them.
Likewise what was pronounced unclean(non food) at Genesis is perpetuated at Sinai--Read Leviticus 11:7,29, 44--47, this is perpetuated in Yeshua's kingdom- Isaiah 66:16,17) Acts 10:9-28-is talking about 'MEN' and not food. God was not telling Peter to break His law concerning what is clean for food and what is unclean, He was showing that the gospel was now going to the Gentiles--men.
Isaiah 8:16 'Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my desciples.' and verse 20- 'To the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.' Notice the woman in Revelation 12:17 she keeps the commandments of God, and has the testimony of Yeshua ha Mashiach/ Jesus Christ.
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. Isaiah 66:1,2)
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.- Isaiah 57:15)
Revelation 3:19,20)
As a start, as a beginning, the Gentiles are to- Acts 15:19,20,21)
Verse 21 shows how they can continue to grow) Acts 15:24 answered in Acts 15:1) No one is saved by keeping the law or by being circumcised(for by grace are ye saved through faith)
Romans 15:27 the Gentiles have been made partakers of Israel's spiritual things.
Ephesians 1:17) Jude 1:20,21)
Luke 21:36)
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This holiday is very meaningful to me because I am a gardener with a great love of trees!!! I inherited this love of trees from my maternal Grandmother Libby!!
We planted trees in Mama's gardens in Sea Gate, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, Long Island, New York, USA; North America; Planet Earth; Milky Way Galaxy; Universe Formed by Ha Shem (The Name) In The Big Bang.
I have personally planted trees in a number of locations in The United States Of America, and on Kwajalein Island, Kwajalein Atoll, in the Republic of The Marshall Islands, and in Israel.
Dried fruit and almonds traditionally are eaten on Tu BiShvat
Tu BiShvat
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Jewish Holiday
Official name Hebrew: ט״ו בשבט
Observances Tu BiShvat "seder"
Date15th of Shvat
2015 date February 4
2016 date January 25
2017 date February 11
2018 date January 31
Related to Sukkot
Tu BiShvat (Hebrew: ט״ו בשבט) is a Jewish holiday occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat (in 2016, Tu BiShvat begins at sunset on 24 January and ends at nightfall on 25 January). It is also called "Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot" (Hebrew: ראש השנה לאילנות), literally "New Year of the Trees." In contemporary Israel, the day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day, and trees are planted in celebration. Its role is important to the concept of Chadash.
Contents [hide]
1 Etymology
2 Talmud
3 Biblical tithes
4 Kabbalistic and Hassidic customs
5 Customs in Israel
6 See also...
7 References
8 External links
Etymology
The name Tu BiShvat is derived from the Hebrew date of the holiday, which occurs on the fifteenth day of Shevat. "Tu" stands for the Hebrew letters Tet and Vav, which together have the numerical value of 9 and 6, adding up to 15.[1] Tu BiShvat is a relatively recent name; the date was originally called "Ḥamisha Asar BiShvat" (חמשה-עשר בשבט), which also means "Fifteenth of Shevat".[citation needed]
Talmud
Tu BiShvat appears in the Mishnah in Tractate Rosh Hashanah as one of the four new years in the Jewish calendar. The discussion of when the New Year occurs was a source of debate among the rabbis: "And there are four new year dates: – The first of Nisan – new year for kings and festivals – The first of Elul – new year for animal tithes. Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Shimon say: – The first of Tishrei– new year for calculation of the calendar, sabbatical years and jubilees, for planting and sowing – The first of Shevat, according to the school of Shamai; The school of Hillel says: the fifteenth of Shevat" (Rosh Hashana:2a).[2]
The rabbis of the Talmud ruled in favor of Hillel on this issue. Thus the 15th of Shevat became the date for calculating the beginning of the agricultural cycle for the purpose of biblical tithes.[3]
Biblical tithes
Orlah refers to a biblical prohibition (Leviticus 19:23) on eating the fruit of trees produced during the first three years after they are planted.[4]
Neta Reva'i refers to the biblical commandment (Leviticus 19:24) to bring fourth-year fruit crops to Jerusalem as a tithe.[5]
Maaser Sheni was a tithe which was eaten in Jerusalem and Maaser Ani was a tithe given to the poor (Deuteronomy 14:22–29) that were also calculated by whether the fruit ripened before or after Tu BiShvat.
Of the talmudic requirements for fruit trees which used Tu BiShvat as the cut-off date in the Hebrew calendar for calculating the age of a fruit-bearing tree, Orlah remains to this day in essentially the same form it had in talmudic times. In the Orthodox Jewish world, these practices are still observed today as part of Halacha, Jewish law. Fruit that ripened on a three-year-old tree before Tu BiShvat is considered orlah and is forbidden to eat, while fruit ripening on or after Tu BiShvat of the tree's third year is permitted. In the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th years of the Shmita cycle Maaser Sheni is observed today by a ceremony redeeming tithing obligations with a coin; in the 3rd and 6th years, Maaser Ani is substituted, and no coin is needed for redeeming it. Tu BiShvat is the cut-off date for determining to which year the tithes belong.
Tu BiShvat falls on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat and begins a three-month series of mid-month full moons that culminate in Passover.[6]
Kabbalistic and Hassidic customs[edit]
Dried fruit and almonds traditionally eaten by Ashkenazi Jews on Tu BiShvat
Main article: Tu BiShvat seder
In the Middle Ages, Tu BiShvat was celebrated with a feast of fruits in keeping with the Mishnaic description of the holiday as a "New Year." In the 16th century, the kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Luria of Safed and his disciples instituted a Tu BiShvat seder in which the fruits and trees of the Land of Israel were given symbolic meaning. The main idea was that eating ten specific fruits and drinking four cups of wine in a specific order while reciting the appropriate blessings would bring human beings, and the world, closer to spiritual perfection.[7]
In Israel, the kabbalistic Tu BiShvat seder has been revived, and is now celebrated by many Jews, religious and secular. Special haggadot have been written for this purpose.
In the Chassidic community, some Jews pickle or candy the etrog (citron) from Sukkot and eat it on Tu BiShvat. Some pray that they will be worthy of a beautiful etrog on the following Sukkot.[8]
Customs in Israe[
On Tu BiShvat 1890, Rabbi Ze'ev Yavetz, one of the founders of the Mizrachi movement,[9] took his students to plant trees in the agricultural colony of Zichron Yaakov. This custom was adopted in 1908 by the Jewish Teachers Union and later by the Jewish National Fund (Keren HaKayemet L’Israel), established in 1901 to oversee land reclamation and afforestation of the Land of Israel. In the early 20th century, the Jewish National Fund devoted the day to planting eucalyptus trees to stop the plague of malaria in the Hula Valley;[10] today the Fund schedules major tree-planting events in large forests every Tu BiShvat.[11] Over a million Israelis take part in the Jewish National Fund's Tu BiShvat tree-planting activities.[12]
In keeping with the idea of Tu BiShvat marking the revival of nature, many of Israel's major institutions have chosen this day for their inauguration. The cornerstone-laying of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem took place on Tu BiShvat 1918; the Technion in Haifa, on Tu BiShvat 1925; and the Knesset, on Tu BiShvat 1949.[13]
Tu BiShvat is the Israeli Arbor Day,[11][14] and it is often referred to by that name in international media.[15] Ecological organizations in Israel and the diaspora have adopted the holiday to further environmental-awareness programs.[16][17] On Israeli kibbutzim, Tu BiShvat is celebrated as an agricultural holiday.[18]
See also
Arbor Day
Hebrew numerals
List of Jewish prayers and blessings
Judaism and ecology
Judaism and environmentalism
References
Jump up ^ When representing the number using letters, rabbinic rules forbid using the letter-numerals that represent 10 (י Yud) and 5 (ה Hei) together because they form the abbreviation of the "ineffable name of God", YHVH יהוה. Therefore, the number 15 is represented by the letters ט (Tet) and ו (Vav), or 9 and 6 = 15.
Jump up ^ "Tu Bishvat" . Jafi.org.il. 2005-05-15. Retrieved 2011-01-20.[dead link]
Jump up ^ Kariv, Gilad (2011-01-05). "Tu Bishvat / The festival of love – the celebration of nature" . Haaretz. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
Jump up ^ "What is Orlah" . Ask Moses. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
Jump up ^ "With Light and With Might: Glossary" . Sichosinenglish.org. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
Jump up ^ MOSHER, JAMES (Jan 20, 2010). "Tu B'Shevat celebration inspires rabbi's lecture series" . Norwich Bulletin. Tu B'Shevat falls on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat and begins a three-month series of mid-month full moons that culminate in Passover. Purim occurs on the 14th of Adar (Feb. 28), the month after Shevat, and celebrates Jewish escape from a planned genocide in the Persian Empire. The Book of Esther is read on Purim and it foreshadows the rise and fall of Nazism. Passover is the festival of freedom and begins on the 15th of Nissan (March 30), the month following Adar.
Jump up ^ Tu B'Shevat on Virtual Jerusalem [dead link]
Jump up ^ "'A Thing or Tu 'bout Shvat'" . Torah.org. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
Jump up ^ "Zionist Philosophies" . Mfa.gov.il. 1999-10-19. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
Jump up ^ Zuroff, Rabbi Avraham (2011). "Just a Jewish Arbor Day?" . Ohr Somayach International. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b Rinat, Zafrir (20 January 2011). "Israelis Go Green For Tu Bishvat" . Haaretz. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
Jump up ^ Paz, Shelly (2008-01-19). "Tu Bishvat gets 'shmita' treatment | Israel | Jerusalem Post" . Fr.jpost.com. Retrieved 2011-11-06.[dead link]
Jump up ^ "The Knesset's Early years" . Knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
Jump up ^ "Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) in United States" . Operational Home Front. 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2011.[dead link]
Jump up ^ "Arbor Day Around the World" . Arbor Day Foundation. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
Jump up ^ "Kibbutz Lotan – Tu B'shvat Campaign" . Kibbutz Lotan. 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2011.[dead link]
Jump up ^ "Tu B’Shvat – The Jewish Earth Day" . Jewish Woman Magazine. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
Jump up ^ Yael Zisling. "Tu Bishvat traditions" . Gemsinisrael.com. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
External links
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This holiday is very meaningful to me because I am a gardener with a great love of trees!!! I inherited this love of trees from my maternal Grandmother Libby!!
We planted trees in Mama's gardens in Sea Gate, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, Long Island, New York, USA; North America; Planet Earth; Milky Way Galaxy; Universe Formed by Ha Shem (The Name) In The Big Bang.
I have personally planted trees in a number of locations in The United States, the Republic of The Marshall Islands, and Israel.
Dried fruit and almonds traditionally eaten on Tu BiShvat
Tu BiShvat
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Jewish Holiday
Official name Hebrew: ט״ו בשבט
Observances Tu BiShvat "seder"
Date15th of Shvat
2015 date February 4
2016 date January 25
2017 date February 11
2018 date January 31
Related to Sukkot
Tu BiShvat (Hebrew: ט״ו בשבט) is a Jewish holiday occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat (in 2016, Tu BiShvat begins at sunset on 24 January and ends at nightfall on 25 January). It is also called "Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot" (Hebrew: ראש השנה לאילנות), literally "New Year of the Trees." In contemporary Israel, the day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day, and trees are planted in celebration. Its role is important to the concept of Chadash.
Contents [hide]
1 Etymology
2 Talmud
3 Biblical tithes
4 Kabbalistic and Hassidic customs
5 Customs in Israel
6 See also...
7 References
8 External links
Etymology
The name Tu BiShvat is derived from the Hebrew date of the holiday, which occurs on the fifteenth day of Shevat. "Tu" stands for the Hebrew letters Tet and Vav, which together have the numerical value of 9 and 6, adding up to 15.[1] Tu BiShvat is a relatively recent name; the date was originally called "Ḥamisha Asar BiShvat" (חמשה-עשר בשבט), which also means "Fifteenth of Shevat".[citation needed]
Talmud
Tu BiShvat appears in the Mishnah in Tractate Rosh Hashanah as one of the four new years in the Jewish calendar. The discussion of when the New Year occurs was a source of debate among the rabbis: "And there are four new year dates: – The first of Nisan – new year for kings and festivals – The first of Elul – new year for animal tithes. Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Shimon say: – The first of Tishrei– new year for calculation of the calendar, sabbatical years and jubilees, for planting and sowing – The first of Shevat, according to the school of Shamai; The school of Hillel says: the fifteenth of Shevat" (Rosh Hashana:2a).[2]
The rabbis of the Talmud ruled in favor of Hillel on this issue. Thus the 15th of Shevat became the date for calculating the beginning of the agricultural cycle for the purpose of biblical tithes.[3]
Biblical tithes
Orlah refers to a biblical prohibition (Leviticus 19:23) on eating the fruit of trees produced during the first three years after they are planted.[4]
Neta Reva'i refers to the biblical commandment (Leviticus 19:24) to bring fourth-year fruit crops to Jerusalem as a tithe.[5]
Maaser Sheni was a tithe which was eaten in Jerusalem and Maaser Ani was a tithe given to the poor (Deuteronomy 14:22–29) that were also calculated by whether the fruit ripened before or after Tu BiShvat.
Of the talmudic requirements for fruit trees which used Tu BiShvat as the cut-off date in the Hebrew calendar for calculating the age of a fruit-bearing tree, Orlah remains to this day in essentially the same form it had in talmudic times. In the Orthodox Jewish world, these practices are still observed today as part of Halacha, Jewish law. Fruit that ripened on a three-year-old tree before Tu BiShvat is considered orlah and is forbidden to eat, while fruit ripening on or after Tu BiShvat of the tree's third year is permitted. In the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th years of the Shmita cycle Maaser Sheni is observed today by a ceremony redeeming tithing obligations with a coin; in the 3rd and 6th years, Maaser Ani is substituted, and no coin is needed for redeeming it. Tu BiShvat is the cut-off date for determining to which year the tithes belong.
Tu BiShvat falls on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat and begins a three-month series of mid-month full moons that culminate in Passover.[6]
Kabbalistic and Hassidic customs[edit]
Dried fruit and almonds traditionally eaten by Ashkenazi Jews on Tu BiShvat
Main article: Tu BiShvat seder
In the Middle Ages, Tu BiShvat was celebrated with a feast of fruits in keeping with the Mishnaic description of the holiday as a "New Year." In the 16th century, the kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Luria of Safed and his disciples instituted a Tu BiShvat seder in which the fruits and trees of the Land of Israel were given symbolic meaning. The main idea was that eating ten specific fruits and drinking four cups of wine in a specific order while reciting the appropriate blessings would bring human beings, and the world, closer to spiritual perfection.[7]
In Israel, the kabbalistic Tu BiShvat seder has been revived, and is now celebrated by many Jews, religious and secular. Special haggadot have been written for this purpose.
In the Chassidic community, some Jews pickle or candy the etrog (citron) from Sukkot and eat it on Tu BiShvat. Some pray that they will be worthy of a beautiful etrog on the following Sukkot.[8]
Customs in Israe[
On Tu BiShvat 1890, Rabbi Ze'ev Yavetz, one of the founders of the Mizrachi movement,[9] took his students to plant trees in the agricultural colony of Zichron Yaakov. This custom was adopted in 1908 by the Jewish Teachers Union and later by the Jewish National Fund (Keren HaKayemet L’Israel), established in 1901 to oversee land reclamation and afforestation of the Land of Israel. In the early 20th century, the Jewish National Fund devoted the day to planting eucalyptus trees to stop the plague of malaria in the Hula Valley;[10] today the Fund schedules major tree-planting events in large forests every Tu BiShvat.[11] Over a million Israelis take part in the Jewish National Fund's Tu BiShvat tree-planting activities.[12]
In keeping with the idea of Tu BiShvat marking the revival of nature, many of Israel's major institutions have chosen this day for their inauguration. The cornerstone-laying of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem took place on Tu BiShvat 1918; the Technion in Haifa, on Tu BiShvat 1925; and the Knesset, on Tu BiShvat 1949.[13]
Tu BiShvat is the Israeli Arbor Day,[11][14] and it is often referred to by that name in international media.[15] Ecological organizations in Israel and the diaspora have adopted the holiday to further environmental-awareness programs.[16][17] On Israeli kibbutzim, Tu BiShvat is celebrated as an agricultural holiday.[18]
See also
Arbor Day
Hebrew numerals
List of Jewish prayers and blessings
Judaism and ecology
Judaism and environmentalism
References
Jump up ^ When representing the number using letters, rabbinic rules forbid using the letter-numerals that represent 10 (י Yud) and 5 (ה Hei) together because they form the abbreviation of the "ineffable name of God", YHVH יהוה. Therefore, the number 15 is represented by the letters ט (Tet) and ו (Vav), or 9 and 6 = 15.
Jump up ^ "Tu Bishvat" . Jafi.org.il. 2005-05-15. Retrieved 2011-01-20.[dead link]
Jump up ^ Kariv, Gilad (2011-01-05). "Tu Bishvat / The festival of love – the celebration of nature" . Haaretz. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
Jump up ^ "What is Orlah" . Ask Moses. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
Jump up ^ "With Light and With Might: Glossary" . Sichosinenglish.org. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
Jump up ^ MOSHER, JAMES (Jan 20, 2010). "Tu B'Shevat celebration inspires rabbi's lecture series" . Norwich Bulletin. Tu B'Shevat falls on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat and begins a three-month series of mid-month full moons that culminate in Passover. Purim occurs on the 14th of Adar (Feb. 28), the month after Shevat, and celebrates Jewish escape from a planned genocide in the Persian Empire. The Book of Esther is read on Purim and it foreshadows the rise and fall of Nazism. Passover is the festival of freedom and begins on the 15th of Nissan (March 30), the month following Adar.
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Jump up ^ "'A Thing or Tu 'bout Shvat'" . Torah.org. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
Jump up ^ "Zionist Philosophies" . Mfa.gov.il. 1999-10-19. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
Jump up ^ Zuroff, Rabbi Avraham (2011). "Just a Jewish Arbor Day?" . Ohr Somayach International. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b Rinat, Zafrir (20 January 2011). "Israelis Go Green For Tu Bishvat" . Haaretz. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
Jump up ^ Paz, Shelly (2008-01-19). "Tu Bishvat gets 'shmita' treatment | Israel | Jerusalem Post" . Fr.jpost.com. Retrieved 2011-11-06.[dead link]
Jump up ^ "The Knesset's Early years" . Knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
Jump up ^ "Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) in United States" . Operational Home Front. 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2011.[dead link]
Jump up ^ "Arbor Day Around the World" . Arbor Day Foundation. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
Jump up ^ "Kibbutz Lotan – Tu B'shvat Campaign" . Kibbutz Lotan. 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2011.[dead link]
Jump up ^ "Tu B’Shvat – The Jewish Earth Day" . Jewish Woman Magazine. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
Jump up ^ Yael Zisling. "Tu Bishvat traditions" . Gemsinisrael.com. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tu Bishvat.
Judaism 101 Description of Tu B'Shevat at JewFAQ.org
A Starting Place To Learn Everything About Tu B'Shvat at tubsjvattrees.com
Tu Bishvat Seder Haggadah and Seder guidebook at Hazon.org
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life's extensive resources – learning resources and seder ideas
Neohasid.org: resources for making the seder, texts to learn, and deeper explanations of the Kabbalah of Tu Bishvat
Articles, Customs and Answers about Tu Bishvat at Yeshiva.co
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Sukkot Hoshana Rabbah Shemini Atzeret Simchat Torah
Yom tov sheni shel galuyot Chol HaMoed Isru chag
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When Carl Sagan had famously said that “we’re made of star stuff,” he wasn’t joking because the facts are that the cosmos are hidden within all of us humans. We are the SO BELOW here on earth in which the cosmos and heavens are the AS ABOVE.
Albert Pike, 33rd Degree Freemason and Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite said; “Lucifer the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendours intolerable blinds feeble sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not! ”
And one of Freemasonry’s greatest philosophers that has ever lived, 33rd Degree Freemason and master Rosicrucian Manly P. Hall said this about Lucifer in his book, All Seeing Eye; “Lucifer represents the individual intellect and will which rebels against the domination of Nature and attempts to maintain itself contrary to natural impulse. Lucifer, in the form of Venus, is the morning star spoken of in Revelation, which is to be given to those who overcome the world.”
Many people mistakenly think that Lucifer is Satan and vice versa, but the facts are that is simply not true. This misinformation, conspiracies and lies have been propagated to the people through many books and movies to the point today in this year 2013, that most people equate Lucifer with Satan or evil. Hopefully you have an open mind and will get past this propaganda like I did myself, in order for you to discover the truth. I AM sure this is the case or else most likely you wouldn’t be reading this website.
If you are asking the question, “Who is Lucifer?,” the answer that you will find often depends on who you ask or where you perform your search. But the facts are that if you were to research the true meaning of Lucifer that is somewhat hidden in secret societies such as Freemasonry, you would find that some of the world’s most prolific 33rd Degree Freemasons have already established the meaning of Lucifer, that they have written about in their books on the occult.
The word “occult” simply means hidden, which is the whole point of the misinformation that you will find on the true meaning of Lucifer. In addition, if you know where to look, the true definition of Lucifer along with corresponding information is now common knowledge on Wikipedia. However, due to countless publications of misinformation via articles, books and videos all over Youtube; the truth is still buried beneath a pile of ignorance.
Therefor, for us smart researchers, we have come to understand this simple fact: That in order to find the light, we have to uncover the truth which is buried at the bottom of these lies and hundreds of years of church, government and ignorant human propaganda. The real story of Lucifer is no different. We have to perform some fact checking of our own like you are doing right now, so that we all can get to the bottom of this disinformation in order to get to the light of the truth.
This article will do just that for you, by helping clear the lies in order for you to see the light of Lucifer for what he truly represents.
Jesus morning star
In the occult, Lucifer is often referred to as the ‘morning star.’ In the Bible, you will find this same exact reference to Jesus as well who says in Revelation 22:16 – “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”
You see, just as Lucifer is known as the morning star, Jesus also calls himself ‘the bright morning star’ and as I stated above, Manly P. Hall had said, “Lucifer, in the form of Venus, is the morning star spoken of in Revelation, which is to be given to those who overcome the world.” Hence, rest assured that Jesus and Lucifer are one and the same which will become clearly evident to those with an eye to see the true light amongst the darkness in which we live.
The reason that both Lucifer and Jesus can be considered one and the same is because of an often little understood chemical compound that is hidden within each of our own DNA called ‘Phosphorus.’ Phosphorus is essential for life and the phosphate is a component of DNA, RNA, ATP, and also the phospholipids that form all cell membranes.
Simply put, without phosphorus, we humans would simply not be human because consciousness and our spiritual energy would not exist. It is through our DNA which contains phosphorus, that we become conscious to the world and who we are in order to live in the light. Hence, Lucifer is really just an allegory to describe ‘Phosphorus’ which resides in our DNA.
The literal meaning of phosphorus (Phosp-Horus = Lucifer) is “Light-Bringer.”
Horus winged sun
Here is the definition that you will find on Wikipedia; Phosphorus (Greek Φωσφόρος Phōsphoros), a name meaning “Light-Bringer”, is the Morning Star, the planet Venus in its morning appearance. Another Greek name for the Morning Star is Ἑωσφόρος (Heōsphoros), which means “Dawn-Bringer”.
The Latin word corresponding to Greek Phosphorus is “Lucifer”. It is used in its astronomical sense both in prose and poetry. The Latin word lucifer, corresponding to, was used as a name for the morning star and thus appeared in the Vulgate translation of the Hebrew word הֵילֵל (helel) – meaning Venus as the brilliant, bright or shining one – in Isaiah 14:12, where the Septuagint Greek version uses, not Φωσφόρος, but Ἑωσφόρος.
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Venus is the brightest morning “star” and is currently the focal point of the eastern dawn sky. This would be the reason why you will find that all Freemason Lodges face the north and south, but when you walk into the lodge room, you’re symbolically facing the East and all masonic rituals are performed while facing the East in preparation of the son of the morning via the dawn of a new day under the light of the morning star.
Manly P. Hall writes in his book, Initiates of the Flame: “It is said that in ancient times the Sphinx was the gateway of the Pyramid, and that there was an underground passage which led from the Sphinx to Cheops (Great Pyramid)” (Initiates of the Flame, p. 68).
The Sphinx symbolizes man. The Sphinx again symbolizes man, with the mind and spirit of the human rising out of the animal desires and emotions. It is the riddle of the ages, and man is once more the answer. The four fixed signs of which the Sphinx is a symbol are Taurus the Bull, Leo the Lion, Scorpio the Eagle, and Aquarius the Man, or the human head.
So, how can Lucifer be the the prince of darkness, when it has been established that Lucifer is really phosphorus, which a derived from a Greek name meaning “Light-Bringer?”
The facts are that is he is not the prince of darkness or Satan because Lucifer is really phosphorus that resides in our DNA. Once you understand this reality that is science based, you will then have one of the secret keys to the mysteries of the universe.
The light within each one of us humans is where we find Lucifer or Jesus, AKA the morning star.
sphynxeye
Hence, KNOW THYSELF and KNOW GOD. In ancient Egypt is was said; “The body is the house of God,” and one of the many proverbs is “Man, know thyself … and thou shalt know the gods,” and what Manly P. Hall called Aquarius the Man, or the human head represented by the Egyptian Sphinx.
When we KNOW THYSELF, we carry the water of Aquarius the Man and thus become Lion Kings of our own domain which the Egyptians had represented with the figure of a sphinx (Greek: Σφίγξ /sphinx, Bœotian: Φίξ /Phix) which is a mythical creature with, as a minimum, the body of a lion and the head of a human.
Unfortunately, with the advent of certain religions such as Christianity and Islam along with other government controls on the people, these ancient gnostic teachings were corrupted, modified or simply hidden from the multitudes of people because they are or were at one time very dangerous to the church and or government.
These authoritarian institutions operate primarily on the basis of having a master that is outside of you dictating your life, souls and spirit at every step, and they would rather “tell you who you are, where you come from and where you will be going,” rather than us humans being unique individuals who “know thyself … and thou shalt know the gods.”
The facts are that a person who KNOWS THYSELF and KNOWS GOD, is very hard to control by the powers that be because they loose their grip on this persons soul once they figure out “the game” which from day one has been an attempt to trick or steal us all out of our true beings, souls and spirits. Hence, the reason why there are all these lies and propaganda surrounding the name Lucifer.
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Lucifer represents the angel of light with individual intellect who ‘rebels’ against the outside ‘dark authority’. This is why he is called the ‘fallen angel.’ The dark and outside authority can be attributed to our flesh and fleshly desires coupled with the outside material world that attempts to take us away from the true light within each one of us.
This darkness tries to fool us into looking without when we should have always been looking within the whole time. Hence, this is the whole illusion of the matrix in which Satan, the true prince of darkness that represents the flesh and free will is looking to control you, so you do not look within yourself for the “prince of light” or “the morning star.”
The reference to the Venus is the AS ABOVE of which Lucifer, AKA Phosphorus is the AS BELOW.
The facts are that we are made of stardust” or star debris and are therefore “one with the universe.” This is where we get the AS ABOVE, in the SO BELOW and the AS WITHIN , of the AS WITHOUT. It is that star dust hidden inside you in the form of Phosphorus, which I have already stated is essential for life. The phosphate is a component of DNA, RNA, ATP, and also the phospholipids that form all cell membranes. This is the ‘spark’ in our DNA that makes us human. Lucifer is in all of us in the form of Phosphorus.
This may be where our souls access our divine consciousness and thus we become divine like Saint John or a Christ like Jesus. Or is this what the church calls evil in Lucifer because a conscious soul and spirit is a dangerous one and maybe that is why Jesus was crucified?
What is the fall of Lucifer?
fall of lucifer
It is an allegory of the light that resides in us and the fall is simply the fall away from this light. With the advent of most religions, this caused the fall of mankind. A fall away from the light within us that was then exchanged or forced by a false light that that was to be found outside of ourselves within a book or church.
Hence, the fall of Lucifer is the fall that each one of us takes when we look outside for answers as opposed to looking within for the true light, that which will guide us to the promise land or own own personal heavens.
As I stated above, Lucifer and the Morning Star are references to Phosphorus which is essential for life. Without phosphorus, consciousness, energy and the creation of this article would simply not be happening. When we turn away from this light within, we too fall away from grace. Hence, we fall for lies and truth in which we then become one of Satan’s tools that is represented by the planet Saturn. However, that will be a new article in itself.
Whether you choose to believe what I AM stating here and by confirming what I have written and quoted above, is entirely up to you because this is your path where you have to decide truth from fiction or light from dark on your own. However, if you have not done your own research and you have already reached an ignorant conclusion based on heresay or lies, then you are what Mr. Pike calls intolerable blinds feeble sensual, or selfish souls, in which you are one of the billions of Satan’s weak human tools. A soul who chooses darkness rather than light and an unawakened human who worships lies over truth, where ignorance rules your actions over that of true wisdom.
Hence, another brick in the wall…….
Albert Pike’s full quote of Lucifer in his famous book, Morals and Dogma on page 321;
albert-pike on lucifer
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“The Apocalypse is, to those who receive the nineteenth degree, the Apotheosis of that Sublime Faith which aspires to God alone, and despises all the pomps and works of Lucifer. Lucifer. The Light Bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendours intolerable blinds feeble sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not! For traditions are full of Divine Revelations and Inspirations: and Inspiration is not of one Age nor of one Creed Plato and Philo also, were also inspired.”
Moe
Moe is the founder of GnosticWarrior.com. A website dedicated to both the ancient and modern teachings of Gnosticism.
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Realist
Realist on January 25, 2019 at 11:24 am
Lucifer is the devil. The same one who was thrown down to earth with the other rebellious angels. Hence: how art thou fallen from heaven, oh lucifer (or horus, wotan, quetzalcoatl, shiva, jahbulon, e.t.c). If there was no devil, there would be no atlantis myth (Ezekiel’s Tyre), from where the so-called “aryans” and their global “all seeing eye” religion originated. And the dragon (reptilian) said to the woman: for if you eat of the fruit, your “eye” will be opened and you will become (equal) like a god, knowing (gnosis) good and evil.
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Thoth Al Khem
Thoth Al Khem on January 24, 2019 at 1:36 pm
The WORD Lucifer is a MISTRANSLATION by St. Jerome in 382 AD ! PERIOD !!!!!! In Hebrew the word is Heylel/Halal…Hey (Yod) Lamed Lamed. Isaiah 14 is about a MAN….READ IT. The ONLY Lucifer was St. Lucifer of Cagliari who died 10 years before St Jerome PURPOSELY Mistranslated Isaiah 14:12. Doesn’t ANYONE ACTUALLY read the Bible? KILL LIST from King James Bible. YHVH 2,476,633 NOT including the Flood or Sodom and Gomorrah…..SATAN? only 10. There is NO Devil………
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Moe
Moe on January 24, 2019 at 3:32 pm
The Hebrew word Hêlêl or Heylel is found just once in the Hebrew Bible. It means to shine or shining one, to flash. The Septuagint renders הֵילֵל in Greek as Ἑωσφόρος (heōsphoros), “bringer of dawn” and Lucifer is Latin for the Greek phosphorus.
The Church had labeled Simon Magus as Satan.
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Realist
Realist on January 21, 2019 at 12:13 pm
How art thou fallen from heaven, oh Lucifer, the deciever, together with his fellow reptilians. He is the one who will take his followers to the lake of fire. Jesus Christ is God and saviour to all who accept Him.
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Leonard
Leonard on January 18, 2019 at 1:39 am
Therefore, are you saying that Lucifer is Jesus? Most of all this piece of information are craps and they are produced to confuse, brainwash and deviate us from the only true God, Jesus Christ, the one who died on the cross of calvary in order to set us free from the grip of Satan, prince of peace, the only begotten son of God, the bright and morning star, the only way, the truth and life. Nobody cometh to the father except through him. Any book contradicting what is stated in the bible, the word of God is satanic. Satan is evil and what most occult worship is satan the ark enemy of the true living God, the creator of the universe.
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Love2ClearClouds (Cherokee Name)
Love2ClearClouds (Cherokee Name) on December 3, 2018 at 9:22 am
Who is Lucifer?
I was taught in the SDA religion that Lucifer was Satan’s name before he fell from heaven. Felt stupid even when I was 11 years old.
I now understand that the Bible is astrology and physiology, as above so below. “JESUS” was originally IESOUS, the Greek name for the sUn in the sky. Each of the 12 “disciples” are actually symbolic/allegories of the 12 constellations. Those aren’t “halos” around the head of “Jesus” and the disciples, those lit heads are hints to the true identities and the actual truth that they are literally the sUn and the primary stars of the 12 primary constellations.
Every culture and time period gave their own names to the heavenly bodies. The ancients were well aware that everything in our 3D reality is frequency and vibration.
“ if you want to know the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.”
-Nikola Tesla
This sUn emits codes through frequencies and scientists have recorded the sounds coming from the sun. The stars and planets are emiting their own frequencies and all frequencies affect us here as we are affecting everything out there.
In the book of Job, the oldest book in the Bible, there are several references to astrology…Mazzaroth, which is the Hebrew word for the 12 primary constellations/clock in the sky, and Zodiac is the Greek word. In the book of Job you read about the sweet influences of the Pleiades and about the mother bear and her cub/Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
TPTB KNOW and use this knowledge/science to their own benefit and to our detriment. Becoming educated in astrology and it’s effects on our physiology will finally break the chains that have held us in these man-made prisons for millennia.
Ultimately, what we can not live without is the SUN. The eternal SUN gives life, it triggers cell regeneration and can extend life, it heals and restores.
I am a sungazer as was Akhenaton in Egypt before the bloodline, that still rules today, killed him. Because of sungazing, I no longer have the eyeglass restriction on my drivers license. I began my son gazing practice for years ago. Two years ago, I had to go in person for my 20 year drivers license renewal. I passed the eye exam for the first time in my 43 years of driving. I had given up the practice but after passing that eye exam I have been back at it the past couple of months. I am hoping to get to the level of not needing to eat food anymore. No more hunger…isn’t that what “Jesus” promised?
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Love2ClearClouds
Love2ClearClouds on December 3, 2018 at 8:47 am
I was taught in the SDA religion that Lucifer was Satan’s name before he fell from heaven. Felt stupid even when I was 11 years old.
I now understand that the Bible is astrology and physiology, as above so below. “JESUS” was originally IESOUS, the Greek name for the sUn in the sky. Each of the 12 “disciples” are actually symbolic/allegories of the 12 constellations. Those aren’t “halos” around the head of “Jesus” and the disciples, those lit heads are hints to the true identities and the actual truth that they are literally the sUn and the primary stars of the 12 primary constellations.
Every culture and time period gave their own names to the heavenly bodies. The ancients were well aware that everything in our 3D reality is frequency and vibration.
“ if you want to know the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.”
-Nikola Tesla
This sUn emits codes through frequencies and scientists have recorded the sounds coming from the sun. The stars and planets are emiting their own frequencies and all frequencies affect us here as we are affecting everything out there.
In the book of Job, the oldest book in the Bible, there are several references to astrology…Mazzaroth, which is the Hebrew word for the 12 primary constellations/clock in the sky, and Zodiac is the Greek word. In the book of Job you read about the sweet influences of the Pleiades and about the mother bear and her cub/Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
TPTB KNOW and use this knowledge/science to their own benefit and to our detriment. Becoming educated in astrology and it’s effects on our physiology will finally break the chains that have held us in these man-made prisons for millennia.
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Jen
Jen on November 24, 2018 at 6:45 pm
Lovely work, as usual.
Lucifer can also relate to Samael, the Archangel. Fixed Zodiacal signs were Angels (Angels) of the Arch. The most crucial of the four fixed signs were depicted through most variations of the Sphynx, which was usually seen as a half lion and half human. In particular, an upper half woman with one breast exposed. This brings Aquarius and Leo into significance as gaurdians of the gateway of the Archs. (Think Zenith/vernal Equinox and Nadir, it’s opposition). Our most profound (and cataclysmic) events of history tend to happen when the Platonic year hits the 0 degree Pisces mark (beginning of the Age of Aquarius) and 0 degree Virgo (Beginning of the Age of Leo). The light will return during the Great Conjunction of winter 2020, the official beginning of the Age of Aquarius, by the Western systems. Strap on your seatbelts, folks. It’s going to be a wild ride! : )
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Gene
Gene on November 18, 2016 at 5:18 pm
People/ mankind want to see these 2 as a person/s or creatures. Lucifer, some form of being and Jesus the man. When all of this is astrology/ astronomy personified.
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Kirk Nyman
Kirk Nyman on October 21, 2016 at 4:28 am
I was taught in church growing up that Lucifer was Satan before his fall from grace due to his pride so he lost his once great name meaning light bearer to Satan meaning enemy opposer and slanderer. Just a thought, could it be that beings he was no longer the bright and morning star that Jesus came in to claim that title?
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Bhsas
Bhsas on August 31, 2016 at 3:00 pm
then who is it that the occultists are sacrificing animals, babies, and children to in the rituals if Lucifer the angel, the prince of the darkness?
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Lawrence clay rogers
Lawrence clay rogers on October 11, 2016 at 10:00 am
These are all ways they who are trying to prevent what must happen establish confusion for our people, they have failed
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John lester anoya duo
John lester anoya duo on August 25, 2016 at 10:16 pm
I know who is lucifer
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Lawrence clay rogers
Lawrence clay rogers on October 11, 2016 at 10:00 am
Do you?
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ishi
ishi on July 15, 2016 at 10:23 pm
..i love how you write..it is good to see truth being spoken again..i will join as soon as it is financially possible to do so
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angela frost
angela frost on May 31, 2016 at 4:28 pm
fantastic stuff moe,,,its great to see it put in the right context for me ,,something i have felt alone with for so long ,,i am not a scholar or a scientist of the enforced + restricted denied false truth seekers ,,,,,i just saw the real truth at the age of 5 yrs old before adults tricked me into their strange denying deliberately blinkered world of dellusional safety ,,,when my cat died ,,i watched all the elements join together to my cat more alive than his cold empty body lying in front of me ,,,it was normal to me …i knew there was no death ,,but only constant renewal ,,,but its a lonely world when you clearly see what everyone else prefers not to simply through fear of majority brain-washed acceptance
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Joseph
Joseph on February 9, 2016 at 5:35 am
This is an excellent article. However I contend that the ‘fall’ of Lucifer was not a bad thing, but a good thing. The ‘fall’ of Christ and the ‘fall’ we must individually go through to knock us from a sensual/individual type of pride and give us true humility to be able to handle the power of ‘being as a God’ is what the ‘fall’ was really about. The single biggest problem in this material existence is power/control and individuals inability to handle it. The reason this is so is because people see themselves as ‘individuals’ and not part of the One. There is a veil placed in front of their faces. That is the deception Satan/Yaldabaoth placed upon mankind in order to rule them fully. Gnostic teaching states Satan is the God/Creator of this world and the Serpent came to show us ‘the way’. He took a ‘fall’ for that. Lucifer/Prometheus took a ‘fall’ to help us, Jesus took a ‘fall’ to help us…and if you have truly lived in this material existence…it is a requirement to take a ‘fall’ to do truly good.
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Joseph
Joseph on February 8, 2016 at 5:55 am
Very good article. Something you must experience before you read and learn about. I have one comment I’d like to point out however. I believe the ‘fall’ that we take, as did Lucifer is not a bad thing or a falling away, but rather a necessary thing and a falling towards. If we are to follow true Gnostic teaching which basically teaches that Satan/The Demiurge is the God of this creation and material world, then to ‘fall’ away from it would truly be a blessing. It is described as a ‘fall’ in the sense that it is all about humility. Christ himself learned it as we must before we inherit the power of a God. Just look around. Power/Control is the single issue among separated beings. When one ‘falls’ one experiences a sense of powerlessness and helplessness. It is then true unity is infused and the individual, now realizing they are not an ‘individual’, but part of the One…can now rise up, with TRUE power, and go in and out of this material existence with relative ease and comfort. Just a thought.
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KRISTA
KRISTA on January 15, 2016 at 5:43 pm
I am one of the original Starchildren God made in the beginning. I am the Evening Star. No joking whats so ever.
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stacy
stacy on June 4, 2016 at 7:59 pm
me too are you rh neg?
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Jecht
Jecht on December 31, 2015 at 1:42 pm
Good content. Very well laid out.
Wish you would go more deeply into the light. Our stardust deep inside us.
How do you determine your purpose?
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ishi
ishi on July 15, 2016 at 10:32 pm
…sometimes….our ‘purpose’…is late in coming to us…sometimes..it is just one thing, one act….get to Know yourself & do what you are best at..wait patiently..when it is time for you, you will then know what to do
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Jakob Albert
Jakob Albert on November 29, 2015 at 1:01 am
TheCloning of God
Godhad an inner compulsion to externalise himself: to make aconsciousness outside and beyond himself, and through this othernessto come to full consciousness.
Hegel,one of the greatest grandmasters of the Illuminati, said, “Thedivine Idea is just this: to disclose itself, to posit the Otheroutside itself and to take it back again into itself in order to besubjectivity and mind/spirit.”
Consciousness,including that of God, requires interaction with otherness if it isto develop. God is compelled to create otherness – to externalisehimself – and through a study of that otherness we can gain sureknowledge of God.
Hegelcriticised conventional Western religion on the grounds that itseparates God from the universe, and makes all of his attributesindependent of the universe. God, according to the traditional view,would be exactly the same whether or not anything else existed. Hisnature wouldn’t alter in the slightest even if there were no universeand no other creatures. Hegel fiercely attacks this view. If God hadno inner need to create anything else then why did he? Is hecapricious? Was he bored? Curious? None of these make any sense inrelation to a perfect God without deficiency. God is entirelyself-sufficient and needs nothing else according to the tenets ofmainstream Western religion. Hegel said, “If God is allsufficient and lacks nothing, how does he come to release Himselfinto something so clearly unequal to him?”
NoChristian, Jew or Muslim can answer why God creates the world when hehas no need to do so. If he does it for a reason such as wanting tospread his love then it implies that he has a need to do that, yetGod, by definition, needs nothing. If he does it because he wants tobe obeyed and worshipped then that also indicates deficiency on hispart. If God is truly self-sufficient, it is impossible that he wouldever have felt the need to create anything. Therefore God is notself-sufficient. Therefore a God of whom it is claimed that he isself-sufficient cannot exist. God creates otherness because he must.He has no choice. He is compelled. Creation is an act of innernecessity. God needs others as much as they need him. Anyone whodoesn’t understand that single truth can never understand God. Theywill always believe in a fantasy.
Godcreated many things as he evolved – a dazzling realm fashioned fromlight – but none of them gave him what he needed: an othernesscomparable to himself. Eventually, after endless experiments, Godsucceeded in cloning himself. The clone was the being that is nowknown as Lucifer, Son of God, the Angel of Light, the Morning Star,Lux Mundi, the Light of the World.
God,through his interaction with Lucifer, became fully self-conscious, asdid Lucifer. Between them, they created the first language, thedivine language. Then Lucifer wanted a brother as a companion and Godgranted his wish. The second son of God was a fateful being. Hisoriginal name was Paracletus, meaning “the Comforter” or”one called to help” because he was to be Lucifer’s brotherand friend. But religion knows him by his later name of Satanel, thensimply Satan. Satan means “accuser/adversary”. It will beexplained below why Paracletus, second son of God and beloved brotherof Lucifer, became the sworn enemy of his father and brother andacquired his dread new name.
Satan’sfatal flaw was “hyperephania” – extreme pride. Afflicted bydoubts about himself, lacking self-esteem, in awe of his father,envious of his radiant brother, unsure of his identity, Satancompensated by cultivating an exaggerated ego. After an age, hebelieved himself superior to Lucifer and even God. He resented theirrelationship and was jealous of it. He resented being the youngestand least powerful. Resentment became hate. Hate became action. Thataction was rebellion. He stood as the adversary of God and Lucifer.He accused them of plotting against him. He opposed all of theirplans.
Havingcreated Lucifer and Paracletus, God provided his sons with the secretof how to clone themselves. The clones of the two sons were thebeings now known as angels. The realm of light became populated bymany beings of light: God, his two sons and the choirs of angels. Butthe angels were loyal to their respective creators and reflectedtheir natures. Satan’s angels were infected with his discontent.
Satanand his army of angels rebelled against God, Lucifer and their loyalangels. The struggle was long and furious, but Satan and hisfollowers lost and fell. They were banished from God’s realm, beingcast out into darkness where the light of God never penetrated.
Satanwanted his own realm where he was the sole master. He discovered thesecret of matter and fashioned a rival universe of matter rather thanlight. This was the universe of the Big Bang – our universe. “Letthere be light,” Satan announced as he brought this universeinto existence: a mockery of God’s light. Satan is the creator andruler of our universe of the Big Bang, and he’s assisted by his rebelangels – called the archons, groups of whom were given regions of theuniverse to rule on Satan’s behalf. 144 archons are assigned toearth. They are responsible for most of the secret history of earth.They are opposed by two groups within that secret history: theIlluminati (consisting of approximately 6,000 people i.e. a similarnumber to that of the Old World Order), and the small group thatcreated the Illuminati but stands outside of the society, just as thearchons stand outside the Old World Order. That small group consistsof 36 angels of Lucifer.
TheIlluminati and the Old World Order are mirror images. Both groupsknow the secret history of earth, and the strange and fatefulstruggle that takes place behind the scenes and to which the rest ofhumanity is mostly oblivious.
Satanwas almost as bright as Lucifer in his earliest days, but he grewrepelled by light and made himself dark. He became “darknessvisible” to use John Milton’s immortal phrase. He is truly theprince of darkness, yet it must never be forgotten that he is the Sonof God and contains the divine spark.
ThroughSatan, evil entered the universe. The birth of evil is not difficultto understand. It is a product of a damaged self-consciousness, oflow self esteem finding a way to overcompensate. It is exactly thesort of situation with which Freud and Jung would be familiar. Whyshould gods be any different from humans? We are made in their image.
Self-consciousnessis a prerequisite for distinguishing good from evil. Animals cannotcommit acts of evil. Evil can be defined according to three levels:strong, medium and weak. Strong evil is the voluntary commission ofmalicious, harmful and even fatal acts towards others, to suit theselfish desires of the perpetrator. Medium evil is the voluntarycommission of acts to promote a selfish agenda, regardless of theimpact on others. Weak evil is captured by Burke’s famous aphorism:”The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for goodmen to do nothing.”
Goodness,likewise, comes in three strengths. Strong goodness is the voluntarycommission of benevolent, helpful acts towards others to promotecooperative, altruistic ends. Medium goodness is the commission ofacts that are intended not to have any ill impact on others. Weakgoodness is where someone does nothing to stand in the way of goodacts by others.
Only a self-consciousness is capable of making achoice between good and evil acts. The Tree of Knowledge of good andevil is a metaphor for that choice. Knowledge, arising fromself-consciousness, allows the commission of moral or immoral acts.Without knowledge, without choice, without self-consciousness, goodand evil would not exist.
Thereason that evil triumphs is simple: most people are evil.
The meaning of life, by Jakob Albert Boor, Johannesburg SA 2011
This Poem I write to you, are you troubled by silent questions?
Still aware, that spoken questions deserve answers, followed by actions?
The biggest question we have, deserves the world, the worth, to put it in words?
Again some week answer? And hide away, silently remembering historical hurts?
Did life won the feared battle from us individually, and us all?
In the ‘’flock of sheep’’ we feel save, with courage so small.
Standing alone in silence, self decision making seems rough?
Just make the decision, in the end you will feel tough enough.
Visualizing the wall so high, the border so far, even to scared while imagining!
Imagining building inner trust, strength and pride that will be never ending!
Where the trigger does should come from, something needed to start,
Will we be waiting for the bomb, as that power provides, will awaken our hart?
The world showed his errors, examples, way too big or too small.
Everything what states ’too’’ will be a too big responsibility? Again excusing us weakened all?
The mindset we are having, the excuses from weakness we’ll make.
Not teaching us to stand strong while we are forced on steps to take.
Humans think often, the world is too much to take.
Do we use survival instinct, when that world is at stake?
Now with some details, I will show the irony in this.
Walking by, around real essentials, and leave them as it is….
We must look different to needed changes, cultures and mindsets heading for the cliffs and loose.
The roots of the problem measured, we’ll brainstorm for solutions from which together! we will choose.
Troubleshooting, attitude and believes, core reactors make it happen, you’ll see.
Opens different kinds of doors, for the lonely life changer the entrance to be?
As stepping out of the box at first, loneliness is part of the challenge.
Need an example? You will find in the movies, visuals will help with the balance.
As you may choose the right, but difficult path
You‘ll be tested mentally, trust will recognize the value in it, you should now that.
Believing is the keyword; you don’t need a religion for that?
Believing is you! That pure feeling inside! No world war started from that.
Can we stand still, could a simple poem stand a difference..?
No! It will be the reader who breaks down his offence.
Important is that it is able to trigger what’s already there!
It’s already in everybody’s hart; yes, you will get the credits! That would only be fair.
Isaiah: 64…
”Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountain would tremble before you!
As when fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name known to your enemies
and cause the nations to quake before you”
Isaiah 64:7-8
No one calls on your name
or strives to lay hold of you:
For you have hidden your face from us
and makes us waste away because of our sins.
Yet O Lord, You are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the Potter:
We are all the work of your hand.
Isaiah: 63;16-17 !!
BUT YOU ARE OUR FATHER,
THOUGH ABRAHAM DOES NOT KNOW US,
OR ISRAEL ACKNOWLEDGE US:
YOU OUR LORD, ARE OUR FATHER,
OUR REDEEMER FROM OF OLD IS YOUR NAME.
WHY OUR LORD, MAKE US WANDER FROM YOUR WAYS
AND HARDEN OUR HEARTS SO WE DO NOT REFER YOU?
RETURN FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR SERVANTS
THE TRIBES THAT ARE YOUR INHERITANCE…..
ISAIAH 52:6
THEREFORE MY PEOPLE WILL KNOW MY NAME;
THEREFORE IN THAT DAY THEY WILL KNOW
THAT IT IS I WHO FORETOLD IT,
YES, IT IS I…
ISAIAH: 49;5 😉
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James
James on November 9, 2015 at 2:53 pm
This is about having strength within, and showing why strength within is important, because there is always one testing your inner strength. When you try to be strong externally, sometimes in a moment of anger or argument, you’re giving up your inner strength.
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jessu beluang
jessu beluang on October 30, 2015 at 5:52 am
any idea about lucifer?
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farang
farang on October 20, 2015 at 7:51 am
Lucifer is a king. A very real king, not an abstract concept and certainly not Istar/Venus. His son is “Satan.” I suppose one could label me a 34th degree realist, I read and gain knowledge. His name “Lucifer” is the French way of saying his name, much like Lazerus. Hint: Lazerus is “The Blue”…azure…same as the statue of Osiris found in Tut’s tomb. You are welcome…She asked me to spread the truth for those with ears to hear. What I am saying is from mainstream evidence easily found for those that will bother to look. User Fau was his actual name, Moe. User means “crown Prince.”
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Daniel
Daniel on June 27, 2015 at 2:28 am
I believe that all religions were created for balancing purposes and the only true creator is what everyone knows as god in which most pray to as god ,created all so god is the love and sin of all, also it is stated in the bible that we were all made perfect which we were we all chose this life we live now and the reason for this is to learn unique lessons that we have chosen, xenu/Lucifer etc were all real entities brought upon by personal belief produced by the reptilians on to man and other species and in which many beings have conquered this world single headedly, also this world has been inhabited many times over by us and different beings like us which we have ultimately destroyed ourselves in the end thanks to the help of other beings, now a systematic person who has no psychic awareness will disregard this as crap well that is ok your just not evolved enough to realise the truth and most likely have been suppressed by society all your life which is ok you will learn maybe in the next life as you have already started looking into these things in this one, but a true psychic who can communicate with the cross dimensional reptilians like I and see them in there dimension know other whys, now belief creates all and belief comes from the source I have shape shifted into what you could call Lucifer and felt his power I have also been gang stalked for the last five years and live with a spy for the last two who is my girlfriend, I have spotted many military people hiding in close quarters of the house to and get tested daily even by young kids which the government promotes, the truth is we all can be whatever we want to be but because we are evolving to quickly we are suppressed by other beings because we are very dangerous to them also here’s a few things that you should know, if you know the real truth you are a target, the reason why they presented the bali 9 all over tv was for historical purposes, the government will set up something catastrophic to enforce a new law that will take more of our rights away and cause the presentation subliminally of a coming war/ hostility or for the benefit of a new historical purpose, all crime syndicates are run by the government for the preservation of balance now non surpressed people will know this as true but it is harder to find people like I as I are killed of for we are truth
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The Quantumologist
The Quantumologist on June 2, 2015 at 6:21 am
Isaiah Chapter 14 is the ONLY direct reference in the Old Testament to Lucifer, and it’s here: www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Isaiah-Chapter-14/
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lallala
lallala on May 6, 2015 at 5:24 pm
lucifer is the light in darkness. He paves our way towards fully becoming a human being once again.
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jv
jv on May 2, 2015 at 1:19 am
The first references of Lucifer come from the HOLY Word of God. Lucifer was cast out of Heaven for wanting to be above the one true HOLY God. There is NO other place in the entire world that the truth about Lucifer is spoken. Satan means fallen angel and deceiver. The reason why some say Luciferian is because they believe he is like God, whom is actually the roaring lion, seeking to devour and to destroy people, God’s creation. It is truly sad that I come to these sites and find people who seek the easier way, which the Bible clearly calls the wide road, of which many find, but leads to destruction. You cannot take things out of context and pick and choose verses, when the Bible is literally God’s Holy Word spoken spiritually to followers all that time ago. Lucifer and Satan ARE proven the same. The Bible is complete, and cannot be separated. Many new versions have come out with the intention to change or leave out scripture. This is also blasphemy and heresy. Jesus Christ IS God whom came to save the world from being lost and helpless.
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Cruise4
Cruise4 on December 25, 2015 at 6:31 pm
Christ, Christos is the oil produced when the Kundalini hits a gland in the brain. It sits there for 3 days and then flows over the pineal gland. I think this may equate to enlightenment. Jesus is an allegory of the Sun, and also each of us. Whether he actually existed or not is moot. Do what he says or you are no christian, and he taught the above, as is quite clear in various parables such as the Bride and Groom. This is what ‘they’ suppress in us by all means possible.
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Deb
Deb on February 8, 2015 at 4:48 pm
I agree with some of this and much of it makes sense. However, there are, in my opinion, some holes in your logic. For example, intellect is not always contrary to nature, nor is nature evil. Nature is loving and brutal, nurturing and deadly, just as is the human archetype of the divine, in whatever form. I think that you are perhaps equating nature with the feminine and maybe that is where the misogynistic tone of your other articles is coming from if you consider nature evil. Nature itself has a vast intelligence. There would be no intellect without it and certainly no avenue of expression for that intellect. Also, you say that we all have to walk our own paths and not be lead by others, which I absolutely agree with 100%. However, you also take a very condescending tone with those who disagree with you and accuse them of being blind, refusing to see the truth, etc. I would gently remind you that you are human and fallible and therefore you should take care not to sound so much like the very authorities you rightfully accuse of deceiving the people. As for Lucifer, I see him as neither perfect light or perfect darkness. He is, in my opinion, an archetype with strengths and weaknesses. He is the symbol of an truth that, as Cliff pointed out below, must be balanced with love. That love is often expressed in feminine terms as women are the great nurturers. I am reminded of nothing so much as the blind men and the elephant, all accusing each other of lies while simply looking at the same thing in a different way.
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Moe
Moe on February 9, 2015 at 5:27 am
Do you think you know it all? Do you think you are going to insult me on my blog, great work and I’m going to be Mr. Nice to you? It is clear to me you have took the new age information hook line and sinker like 99.9% of the people who have not done their own independent research which is expected so don’t feel bad. Lucifer is simply Latin for the alchemical element known in Greek as phosphorus in which Lucifer is from the morning star known a Jupiter. The feminine aspect is portrayed as the goddess Isis (Cybele, Rhea, the Magna Mater etc) who represents sulfur from the planet Venus. You are making this about men and women or into a gender battle as if Isis was a real and Lucifer was some dude who fell from heaven. They are ancient memes for the profane and ignorant like you who are truly the blind and zombified.
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Francine Stroman
Francine Stroman on April 5, 2015 at 4:02 pm
Moe- I found this article to be very “materialistic” in nature. This experience that you are having right now isn’t actually about anything, in human terms anyway. It’s just hyper intelligent light shining forth and even that is saying too much. On another note it might not be such a bad thing for to learn to acept some constructive critism..
That’s ok I love ya anyway;)
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Guest
Guest on September 28, 2015 at 1:13 pm
I have to say More, I love how you take no crap from people on here. If anyone who did their research would know your right. Opinions are like butt-holes we all have one. This people are profane. And you are sharing very guarded secret s. Which I do not agree with, but that’s out of my control. It was planned long ago, and is designed to happen. Anyways stay strong, stay a warrior
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sinner
sinner on November 15, 2015 at 7:20 pm
Lucifer means The Anti Christ, by the way u idiot Moe why u insist anti christ evil calling Lucifer, ok u have ur belief , don,t u worry ur messiah will not survive except for few years, stop pretending being good guy and inventor of white magic . Have spell on me idiot, if u practice magic I hope u know what does exist to counter magic and ur messiah Lucifer ,
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Cruise4
Cruise4 on December 25, 2015 at 6:09 pm
ISIS can be conversed with, as a feminine aspect/spirit, by taking Ayahuasca. So can Lucifer who apparently comes across as somewhat arrogant. As above so below, As within so without may allow sulpher and phosphorous to be synonomous, same as planets (stars).
I’m seeing an X formation… Lucifer (Red,love of the self), Satan (Blue, love of the mother), as the left and right in this X. Whats on the other ends? We have the woman and the whore in the Bible. Inversion, tops and bottoms. Middles (balance,heart) as green. The whole construction is being prised open, the black and the white of the papersea (papacy) and represents the left and right hemispheres of the brain. This is behaviour of Light, see Goethe. Some of this information is encoded in ‘Jupiter Rising’ and ‘How to train your Dragon 2’.
Very hard to convey in such a short space. ISIS is a real something though. Confirmed and certain, and it’s why they are trying to demonise the name at present with ‘terrorist’ association etc. She is also an illusionist, I’m thinking. Spiders from Ma’s… Ma Sons?
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Cruise4
Cruise4 on December 25, 2015 at 6:16 pm
One other very interesting thing… On one of the Jeff Rense shows dealing with reverse speech (approx. January ish 2015), Obama said ‘There will be no pursuit of the woman’. They had no clue what it meant but it was one of the clearest reverses I’ve ever heard.
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Cliff
Cliff on February 6, 2015 at 9:26 am
Lucifer does indeed represent the light, that is to say the pure light of the rational intellect, and just the intellect. It is the cold light of pure reason unmitigated by the warm light of the heart and thus unbalanced. It is the light that allows the means to justify the end, as pure reason would demand it do so. The Christ you quote also said that ‘by their works you shall know them’ . Your Albert Pike stated that three world wars would be required to bring in the Masonic Age, The Masons have been major players in creating two of them and are on the cusp of igniting the third, so please do not equate your luciferian objectives with that of the light of the Gnostic Christ self. Notwithstanding this, there are many truths still contained in your article, however it seems that these are very cleverly placed to capture those who seek for the light within, an imitation of the path of the seeker after truth, two paths that appear to be subtlely similar and yet ultimately lead to devastating different results. ‘My kingdom is not of this world’ , Albert Pike’s and the Mason’s very definately is.
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Larry
Larry on March 12, 2016 at 10:16 pm
Quite an interesting point: ‘those who seek for the light within, an imitation of the path of the seeker after truth, two paths that appear to be subtlely similar and yet ultimately lead to devastating different results.’
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THE ALL
THE ALL on December 4, 2014 at 5:14 pm
there are several important points which need to be understood…Christianity does not have a monopoly on the term “Lucifer” nor on its definition. The Christian concept and definition of the term “Lucifer” is merely the latest in a long line of definitions and interpretations of this pre-Christian term.
The word “Lucifer” occurs only once in the entire Bible. This is in Isaiah 14:12, which says: “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!” Those who read this verse in its actual context will clearly see that the sentence is applied specifically to a certain Babylonian king who was an enemy in war of the Israelites. The original Hebrew text uses the word הֵילֵל which literally means “bright star” or “shining one,” a term applied sarcastically or mockingly by the Israelites to this particular enemy of theirs. The translators of the King James Version of the Bible – one of the chief of whom was the well known Rosicrucian initiate Dr Robert Fludd, a fact which will no doubt shock and horrify many Christians – chose to translate this word with the Latin word “Lucifer.” .“Lucifer” literally means Lightbringer, Lightbearer, Bringer of Dawn, Shining One, or Morning Star. The word has no other meaning. Historically and astronomically, the term “Morning Star” has always been applied to the planet Venus. Since the only occurrence of the word “Lucifer” in the Bible is that one verse in Isaiah, there is absolutely nothing in the Bible which says that Lucifer is Satan or the devil. It was Pope Gregory the Great (540-604 AD) who was the first person to apply that passage of scripture to Satan and thus to equate Lucifer with Satan. But even then this notion didn’t catch on in a big way until the much more recent popularisation of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” in which Lucifer is used as another name for Satan, the evil adversary of God. Also, such luminaries of the Christian world as Martin Luther and John Calvin considered it “a gross error” to apply Isaiah 14:12 to the devil, “for the context plainly shows these statements must be understood in reference to the king of the Babylonians.”
Thus the Christians who claim that Lucifer is the devil actually have no Biblical basis or authority for such a belief. Though they may claim to be “Bible believing Christians” whose faith is built solely on “the Word of God” they are actually followers – in this and many other respects – of Christian religious tradition and not of the Christian Bible. Or have they quietly conferred divine infallibility upon the Pope and Milton without informing the rest of the world?
H.P. Blavatsky was never at any point in her life a Christian, gave no credence to Christian theology and did not believe in any type of personal or anthropomorphic God nor in any type of personal or anthropomorphic devil. She believed and taught that there is but ONE Infinite Divine Life which is everything and in everything and that It has no adversary or enemy, since there is nothing but That – the boundless, impersonal, omnipresent Principle of Absolute Existence Itself. She was against the notion of worshipping or praying to anyone or anything. She taught that evil is really imperfection, which is the automatic and inevitable byproduct of the existence of matter.
Now let us take a look at some of the statements HPB made about Lucifer in “The Secret Doctrine”…
* “Esoteric philosophy admits neither good nor evil per se, as existing independently in nature. The cause for both is found, as regards the Kosmos, in the necessity of contraries or contrasts, and with respect to man, in his human nature, his ignorance and passions. There is no devil or the utterly depraved, as there are no Angels absolutely perfect, though there may be spirits of Light and of Darkness; thus LUCIFER – the spirit of Intellectual Enlightenment and Freedom of Thought – is metaphorically the guiding beacon, which helps man to find his way through the rocks and sandbanks of Life, for Lucifer is the LOGOS in his highest, and the “Adversary” in his lowest aspect – both of which are reflected in our Ego.” (Vol. 2, p. 162)
* “In antiquity and reality, Lucifer, or Luciferus, is the name of the angelic Entity presiding over the light of truth as over the light of the day. In the great Valentinian gospel Pistis Sophia it is taught that of the three Powers emanating from the Holy names of the Three Tριδυνάμεις, that of Sophia (the Holy Ghost according to these gnostics – the most cultured of all) resides in the planet Venus or Lucifer.” (Vol. 2, p. 512)
* “It is but natural – even from the dead letter standpoint – to view Satan, the Serpent of Genesis, as the real creator and benefactor, the Father of Spiritual mankind. For it is he who was the “Harbinger of Light,” bright radiant Lucifer, who opened the eyes of the automaton created by Jehovah, as alleged; and he who was the first to whisper: “in the day ye eat thereof ye shall be as Elohim, knowing good and evil” – can only be regarded in the light of a Saviour. An “adversary” to Jehovah the “personating spirit,” he still remains in esoteric truth the ever-loving “Messenger” (the angel), the Seraphim and Cherubim who both knew well, and loved still more, and who conferred on us spiritual, instead of physical immortality – the latter a kind of static immortality that would have transformed man into an undying “Wandering Jew”.” (Vol. 2, p. 243)
* “The Fall was the result of man’s knowledge, for his “eyes were opened.” Indeed, he was taught Wisdom and the hidden knowledge by the “Fallen Angel,” for the latter had become from that day his Manas, Mind and Self-consciousness. In each of us that golden thread of continuous life – periodically broken into active and passive cycles of sensuous existence on Earth, and super-sensuous in Devachan – is from the beginning of our appearance upon this earth. It is the Sutratma, the luminous thread of immortal impersonal monadship, on which our earthly lives or evanescent Egos are strung as so many beads – according to the beautiful expression of Vedantic philosophy.
“And now it stands proven that Satan, or the Red Fiery Dragon, the “Lord of Phosphorus” (brimstone was a theological improvement), and Lucifer, or “Light-Bearer,” is in us: it is our Mind – our tempter and Redeemer, our intelligent liberator and Saviour from pure animalism. Without this principle – the emanation of the very essence of the pure divine principle Mahat (Intelligence), which radiates direct from the Divine mind – we would be surely no better than animals.” (Vol. 2, p. 513)
So we see that in the teachings of Theosophy – which are at times deliberately symbolical, allegorical, and esoteric – the Lightbringer or Bringer of Dawn (Lucifer in Latin) is our Mind Principle, our individual self-consciousness and spark of intelligence, which was awakened in mankind around the middle period of the Third Root Race, also known as the Lemurian Epoch. Our mind can either be our adversary (which is what the word “satan” literally means) or it can be the lightbearer (the Lucifer) of spiritual Truth to us, the knowledge of which brings about our liberation from ignorance, including spiritual self-ignorance. Jose M. Herrou Aragon, in his book “Primordial Gnosis: The Forbidden Religion,” writes…“According to Gnostic legends and myths, the great Unknowable God sent Lucifer, angel of indescribable fire and light, to show man the light and to help him wake up and see his true origin, the origin of his Spirit, which has been perversely imprisoned in this impure matter called body-soul. He is an uncreated being, who came to the created world to bring Light: Liberating Gnosis. The saving knowledge which can wake man up and help him free his imprisoned Spirit. The knowledge which allows him to know who he truly is, why he is here in this world and what he has to do to liberate himself and fulfil his Spirit, which belongs to another uncreated and unknowable plane. “We have said that Lucifer came to the world to wake man up, to help him remember his divine origin, the divine origin of his Spirit, and to help him free himself from the body-soul in which he is trapped, and from created time and matter.” Theosophy interprets all these allegorical Gnostic teachings as referring to “the lighting up of Manas” (Manas is the Sanskrit word for Mind) which we mentioned above. When we bear in mind that “The Secret Doctrine” teaches that the Lemurian Root Race was born under the influence of Venus and received its “light and life” from the Planetary Spirit of Venus, it all becomes clearer, since Lucifer has been an accepted synonym for Venus – the bright and morning star – since long before the days of Christian theology and millennia before Lucifer was first ignorantly equated with the devil. In “The Secret Doctrine” we read that “Venus, or Lucifer (also Sukra and Usanas) the planet, is the Light-Bearer of our Earth, in both its physical and mystic sense.” Venus is said to be the “spiritual prototype” of Earth and “the Guardian Spirit of the Earth and Men.” It is “the most occult, powerful, and mysterious of all the planets; the one whose influence upon, and relation to the Earth is most prominent” and every change that takes place on Venus “is felt on, and reflected by, the Earth.” Since it would take too long and also be out of place here to try to explain all of this to the reader unfamiliar with Theosophy, we can sum up by saying that what H.P. Blavatsky has to say about Lucifer is entirely esoteric, symbolical, and philosophical. Those four excerpts quoted above are virtually the only specific statements and explanations she ever made about Lucifer, although fanatical Christians and half-crazed conspiracy theorists like to give the impression that she spent almost all her time ranting and raving about Lucifer, which is simply not true. As for the reason her magazine was named “Lucifer,” she wrote in its very first article – titled “What’s in a Name?” – that “the first and most important, if not the sole object of the magazine, is expressed in the line from the 1st Epistle to the Corinthians, on its title page. It is to bring light to “the hidden things of darkness,” (iv. 5); to show in their true aspect and their original real meaning things and names, men and their doings and customs; it is finally to fight prejudice, hypocrisy and shams in every nation, in every class of Society, as in every department of life. The task is a laborious one but it is neither impracticable nor useless, if even as an experiment. Thus, for an attempt of such nature, no better title could ever be found than the one chosen. … No fitter symbol exists for the proposed work – that of throwing a ray of truth on everything hidden by the darkness of prejudice, by social or religious misconceptions; especially by that idiotic routine in life, which, once that a certain action, a thing, a name, has been branded by slanderous inventions, however unjust, makes respectable people, so called, turn away shiveringly, refusing to even look at it from any other aspect than the one sanctioned by public opinion. Such an endeavour then, to force the weak-hearted to look truth straight in the face, is helped most efficaciously by a title belonging to the category of branded names.” But as she was later to remark, the ignorant and erroneous belief that Lucifer = Satan “has struck its roots too deep in the soil of blind faith” to allow many people to bravely, boldly, and unashamedly reveal the true origins and true nature of what the so-called Lucifer actually is. Those who attempt to do so are always bound to be immediately labelled as “satanists” and “devil worshippers” by a certain class of Christian, those whose trademark characteristics invariably tend to be wilful ignorance and mental laziness. It has indeed become a “branded name,” one which still automatically conjures up the image of an anthropomorphic devil even in the minds of the most hardened atheists. Yet who can deny that even Jesus is portrayed as boldly proclaiming his identity with Venus the Lightbringer in Revelation 22:16, where he says “I, Jesus, am the bright and morning star.” If the translators had chosen to translate this verse using Latin just as they did with Isaiah 14:12, it would read “I, Jesus, am Lucifer.” Theosophists are not afraid of public opinion or misguided prejudice, nor of the claims and threats of Christianity, that most arrogant, ignorant, and impudent of all the world’s religions. “There is no religion higher than Truth” – and eventually, as always, the Truth will prevail.
Phosphorus? How did the ancients know about, and zero in on this single element? Also, what was the mystery secret that was imparted to Alexander the great by his Greek mentor that enabled him to defeat a million man Persian army with only 35.000 of his men?
Before it was known by the word Phosphorus which is a word given to us by the Greeks, and the Latin Lucifer, it was simply known as the Elixir of Life or the Flower of Life. Often it was called by the plant names they used for the Elixir of Life or the Flower of Life that were high in Phosphorus such as Mandrake, the Lotus and Red Barley of the Gods.
Our thoughts are words,words are sounds,sounds vibrates,vibration is energy, energy glows and that glowing is LIGHT.Everything is Light.Even our thoughts.>> “It is through our DNA which contains phosphorus, that we become conscious to the world and who we are in order to live in the light.” Wrong. “live in the light” suggests you and I are separate from this universe of light ,that there is a “we” somehow not attached .EVERYTHING IS LIGHT.You and me and everything inbetween all made up of the same light energy . Light is a LIE ,there is nothing there. 99.9999999 EMPTY SPACE (potential).Lucifer =Bringer of LIGHT.
It is not correct that Lucifer equals Jesus, as Yourself also quote.
“Lucifer represents the individual intellect and will which rebels against the domination of Nature and attempts to maintain itself contrary to natural impulse. Lucifer, in the form of Venus, is the morning star spoken of in Revelation, which is to be given to those who overcome the world.”
Lucifer from Madam Blavatsky and Freemasonry has highjacked Jesus’ title, for evil, not for good.
The Christian mystic Rudolf Steiner says Lucifer and Satan (The Devil) is two different spiritual entities, but to compare ANY of the two as Jesus is way off target.
“Rudolf Steiner taught that the two great demons, Lucifer and Ahriman, offer mankind gifts — from Lucifer, we receive the gift of intellectual thought; from Ahriman, mastery of the physical realm. These gifts are beneficial and even necessary at our current stage of evolution, but they also entail great risks, temptations that can lead us badly astray. According to Steiner, Christ — the Intelligence of the Sun — needs to interpose between Lucifer and Ahriman, balancing them so that we may receive their influences in the proper, beneficial proportions”.
Recently, we brought to a close the Jewish year with a solemn celebration of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). I was at our local synagogue for this event. Actually, the meeting took place in our village community center not far from our home (as there was just not enough space at the synagogue).
Over and over, throughout the Day of Atonement services, the worshiping community broke out into a familiar song in Hebrew, reciting the very words YHVH pronounced as He shielded Moses from the power of his own presence (Exodus 34:6-7). One of the truly intriguing things that God declared about himself is hidden beneath the English translation. God said that He was אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם (prounced: erech apaim).
If you can’t read Hebrew, don’t feel bad (although God knows you owe it to yourself to start learning some Hebrew already). Not many in attendance knew the meaning of this Ancient Hebrew phrase. You see, the phrase arech apaim means, “[He] has a long nose.” What in the world could that possibly mean in reference to God? The answer is actually very simple.
When a person gets angry his nose is visibly enlarged as he/she expresses his/her indignation. The fact that God has a very long nose (nose is even plural here) is a beautiful ancient Hebrew expression signifying that God is very slow to anger. I am so happy that most of our English translations get it right:
“The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger (אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם), and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin.” (Ex. 34:6-7, NASB)
May God’s very long nose be felt by us during the next cycle of His immense mercy and grace! And may our noses also get longer and longer as we get to know Him in an even more intimate way!
Someone put it very well: “To read the Bible always and only in translation is like listening to Bach, always and only played on the harmonica. You certainly get the tune, but you will miss pretty much everything else”.
Why Does God Have A Long Nose?
By Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg
Introduction
The doctrine of the ‘Body of Light’ is replete throughout Western esoteric literature. Unfortunately, while many references are made to the concept, little information is supplied regarding its origin (or formation), stages of growth, and applications. The purpose of this document is to supply qabalistic and alchemical students with a workable esoteric theory, and practical technique, regarding this often obscure subject.
Theoretical and Historical Background
The origin of the “body of light” is seen in gnostic literature as early as the first century. However, extensive documentation and theory exist in Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Indian literature and practices of an earlier date. Under the general heading of chi kung, or Chinese internal alchemy, these practices are designed to create and mature a body of subtle astral and etheric energy that is capable of existence independent of material consciousness. This body is also thought to be capable of infusing the material body with sufficient energy to allow it to become more subtle and ‘etherial’. This ‘etherialization’ is said to make the physical body, under the direction of the adept, capable of de-materialization at the time of death. Enoch, Ezekiel, the ascension of Jesus, his mother Mary, and even Mohammed with his horse, are often given as examples of this form of dematerialization in Western spiritual literature.
Unfortunately, while Eastern systems have maintained a working technical tradition of the theory and its application needed to achieve this goal, little information remains in the West of a similar nature. The idea of the ‘simulacrum’ is the closest we have, and may very well be the starting point of such experimentation. It can be seen from the Eastern literature available, that the idea of the “Body of Light” often called the “Rainbow” or “Diamond Body” is the perfection of a vehicle for the exteriorization (projection), and continuation of consciousness beyond material reality. This paper will attempt to show how the development of this body can be achieved through existing qabalistic practices, and that the stages of its growth corresponds to total realization on the Lunar (Yetzirah), Solar (Briah), and Saturnian (Daath) planes of consciousness.
It is important to realize what is meant by these ‘planes’ however, as they can be confusing when first encountered as an esoteric teaching. When the Cosmic created the universe, humanity, or the ‘human seed’, that aspect of consciousness which was to grow into realization of godhood, descended from primal unity. This unity is symbolized by the Divine World of Atzilooth, and the Holy Upper Trinity in the Tree of Life.
When consciousness experiences increasing levels of density as matter is created, duality forms and continues to the material world. This first descent from unity to duality is the so-called “Fall” and to prevent a premature return to Unity, that is before all of creation could be encountered, a barrier was placed called in qabalistic literature, the Abyss. This is the “First Day of Creation” or appearance of time/space. As the descent continued, the human seed experienced progressive levels of sexual polarization as well as being further removed from its memory of Divine consciousness. After the level of Divine Harmony in creation, or Tiphareth, the center of humanity's sense of self, an additional barrier was created, the Veil, or Paroketh. This is the appearance of individuality free of the Divine spark. Finally, a third barrier of Veil is encountered, and that is what separates material creation from the psychic and spiritual worlds. Here, humanity has no memory of its Divine origin, and has complete free will to seek what it desires.
Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, states, “When working in this way [Pathworking] you are using the astral body, and you know already about your Magical Personality1) which has been quietly growing in strength with each month’s work. But there is another form used by some magicians, the Body of Light. Some think that it is the same as the astral body, but it is in fact quite different. The astral is an etheric form common to everyone, a Magical Personality is acquired through practice and concentration. The Body of Light is deliberately built for a purpose, another term for it is ‘cowan’. It is not easily formed, some people never manage it, or at least not fully, and once it is formed it can be troublesome, and requires firm handling.” P. 153, The Ritual Magic Workbook Ms. Ashcroft-Nowicki further states that the Body of Light can acquire a kind of ‘self consciousness’ after a period of development. This idea is also stated in Tibetan and Chinese literature. The small ‘child of light’ is often compared to a fetus in the astral womb of the practitioner’s aura and temple. It must be matured, fed, educated, and grown to proper strength so that is can be a help to the magician and not a hindrance, or even potential danger. However, like in all occult activity, dangers come more often from rushing through preliminary work instead of allowing it to proceed in a healthy and natural pace, than from the exercises themselves actually being psychically dangerous. She also goes on to say that few Western magicians have ever been able to master the technique fully, although no reasons are given. When we attempt esoteric exercises and a return to Primal Unity, we must pierce the first Veil, or that of the Gate of Life and Death. So called, because few people pierce it except during near-death-experiences (NDE’s), Out-of-Body experiences (OOBE’s), or physical death itself. The astral body has access to three levels of consciousness, and then must be shed, encountering the ‘Second Death” in order to penetrate the Veil, or Paroketh, to the next three levels. However, precautions must be undertaken to avoid the destruction of the astral body if the Second Death is to be avoided. If this is not done, then it must be reconstructed with a new birth. Above the Solar World, the Resurrection Body is established, and it is the ‘body’ or expression of consciousness used for Reintergration to Unity.2)
It is possible, as this paper will attempt to show, that just as there is confusion among some students regarding the Body of Light as being the astral body, there may also be confusion regarding its actual purpose — that of extended consciousness, or ‘surviving the Second Death’. When its function is clearly understood, then greater attempts can be made to realize its full potential. Mead and the Subtle Body: GRS Mead wrote a booklet around the turn of the century titled, The Doctrine of the Subtle Body in the Western Tradition. It very well may be one of the few books dedicated to this subject available, and while it is full of scholarly research regarding the theories and beliefs regarding the subtle body, it lacks any description of the techniques used to experience it. The material quoted is almost exclusively Gnostic-Christian in origin: Mead states that the doctrine of the subtle body achieved its highest expression in India, although he may have been unaware of other oriental teachings, and that notions of the subtle body develop along with those of alchemy and astrology. This is both true in East and West, and is seen in the techniques often suggested for use by the student. This astrology has nothing to do with “..vulgar horoscopy, philosophic astral theory set up a ladder of ascent from the earth to the light world.” (p.9) Mead also states: “But even as there was a deeper, more vital, side of astrology, a subtler phase intimately bound up with the highest themes of sidereal religion, so there was a supra-physical, vital and psychic side to alchemy — a scale of ascent leading finally to man’s perfection in spiritual reality.” (p.13)
Mead also states that Zosimus states catagorecally that the Rites of Mithras were identical in purpose to the practices of alchemy, and is the only complete ritual of the Mithrian cult that has survived to present time, and its theurgical practices are similar to Indian yoga. (p.30) The ritual also states clearly that it is the method whereby spiritual perfection and birth of the subtle body are attained. As in the Sepher Yetzirah and the Golem, the body of Light is often suggested.
Three Levels of Light: The three basic ideas around the subtle body are that it progresses though the levels of the spheres, increases in power and purity, and is made of light and/or fire. It is described as : the spirit-body, the radiant body, and the resurrection body, depending on its degree of purity. Mead points out that there is the possibility of extreme confusion when reading the ancient literature and the vocabulary used to describe the spiritual body. Despite appearances to the contrary, Mead asserts that the spiritual body is essentially one, and that the sidereal body, has nothing to do with today’s (1919) astral body. The Spirit-Body, orsoma pheumatikon, is the force closely aligned to the physical body. Similar to the nephesch, or vegetative-animal soul, in Jewish Qabalah. The Radiant Body, allows us to experience the Vision of Beauty Triumphant as referred to in modern qabalistic schools: “Tiphareth translates to Beauty. It is located on the Pillar of Balance which is the Pillar of consciousness and corresponds, we are told, to the highest state in which a man incarnate on this earth can live, that is, a man “of flesh and blood.” This does not mean that he cannot receive the influences of the higher sepheroth (higher according to the Tree), perceive or live something of their nature and mode of action. This means that a man capable of remaining in Tiphareth has “spiritualized” his matter, has formed his glorious body and has obtained the power to go beyond incarnation.” “There was a time when we they could behold Beauty in all its brilliance, when, together with the rest of the Blessed Company — we [philosophers] in the train of Zeus, and other [ranks of souls] in the train of the Gods — they both beheld the beatific spectacle and [divine] vision, and where initiated into that mystery, which may be called the holiest of all, in which we joyed in mystic ecstasy.” (p. 58) Proclus states,
“Moreover, the radiant vehicle (augoeides ochema) [corresponds] with heaven, and this mortal [frame] with the sublunary [region]”. While the Christian doctrine of the resurrection of the flesh was hotly contested during its developmental stages, with the ‘flesh lovers as they were called, winning out over those believing in a purely spiritual resurrection. Mead points out that the belief in physical resurrection was not universally accepted by the Jews of Jesus’ day, yet, there was a strong Biblical and midrashic tradition of increasing in grades of purity of the individual allowing for ascension and resurrection to take place. The descriptions of these accounts, Elijah and Jesus, suggest that the bodies they inhabited were the same, and yet not the same. They were tangible, yet could overcome material limitations, such as Jesus’ passing through the locked door. Elijah, unlike Jesus however, did not die, but was taken into heaven bodily in a chariot of fire. These ‘bodies’ in fact, are not really separate bodies, but increasingly purified expressions of the personality, the individual and unique expression of God we all carry within us. As one ‘body’ or expression is purified and ‘dies’ another takes its place. What makes the resurrection body different is that while it can and does exist within the material world, it is free from material constraints. This perfect body was, or is, essentially a quintessence. It is differentiated into subtle and simple elements, where as the physical body is contaminated by the grosser elements. The Mithraic initiation states:“O Primal Origin of my origination; Thou Primal Substance of my substance; First Breath of breath, the breath that is in me; First Fire, God-given for the Blending of the blendings in me; First Fire of fire in me; First Water of my water, the water in me; Primal Earth-essence of the earthly essence in me; Thou Perfect Body of me!..” (p. 102, and A Mithraic Ritual, London 1907)
The technique suggested by Ashcroft-Nowicki is the simplest and most direct. However, while no specific rituals are employed, as in A.S. method, it is suggested that the ritual be performed in a consecrated temple to prevent the simulacrum from wondering. She also states that when the B.O.L. is sufficiently developed to begin to desire acting on its own, that it should be given firm disciplining.“With the constant implanting of consciousness, even the tiny amount used here, the cowan [Body of Light] will eventually gain a half conscious mind of its own. You will in fact have partially ensouled it. At this point, it will almost certainly make a bid for freedom. Something you cannot allow for it has no protection against the darker forces who will take it over and use it against you and even against those with whom you are involved. They will think it is you and trust the appearance. Therefore the moment you feel as if the cowan is getting above itself, give it a good psychic shake, and in no uncertain terms remind it who is boss.” She then suggests withdrawing all contact with the cowan for a lunar month, and to feel no sympathy for this self-created and projected aspect of ourselves. To do otherwise, she warns, is to court disaster. This would in fact, be tantamount to “the Fall” in our own personal microcosm. Yet despite these warnings, and problems, the creation of the BOL, even partially, can be a very rewarding psychic and spiritual experience. It offers many avenues for psychological cleansing, as we shall see, and psychic enhancement. These four directives: going slow, performing in a sacred space or enclosure, preventing it from wondering, and reminding the BOL who is boss, are common to Eastern and Western methods of creating the BOL. What is missing in the modern accounts, but clearly stated in the Oriental ones, is that the BOL is a superior being to physical world, and can be directed to have effects on the physical body, if they are desired. It is these effects which allow for the etherialization of the physical body, increased health, longevity, and possibly even a kind of ‘psychic mutation’ that allows for increased psychic activity along family lines. The Western schools are silent about what the implications of the Hermetic axiom, “The subtle rules the dense” and how it might apply here. Despite the projective imagery, the genuine sense of the simulacrum being ‘other’, and unconscious, often violent imagery that can be dredged up from a nephesch (subconscious) that doesn’t want to be integrated into the workings of the ruach (Mental-Spiritual functions), the BOL is still a part of us. By disciplining it, giving it function and purpose, and guiding it with a firm hand, we are in reality giving those things to our self. The simulacrum however, shows us in no uncertain terms, that these forces and ideas within us, left unregenerated and when given the opportunity, will seek to manifest, and to take on self-consciousness. In magical work we see this clearly in the creation of the BOL; in psychology in neurotic and schizophrenic behavior; and even in severe forms of psychosis. Esoteric work allows us to address these diverse aspects of our being, to integrate them, and in doing so, to prevent psychic ruptures that might otherwise manifest in modern terms as mental illness. The following method can be performed by anyone regardless of their level of experience. Ideally however, it would be best if it is done during the third or fourth year of qabalistic study. The reasons for this are simple: the more experience you have in psychic and occult matters, the easier it will be to achieve noticeable success. In addition, the required skills of concentration, visualization, and creating a strong working environment for psychic activity will have become second nature. In relation to what has been said previously, by the third or fourth year of study, the aspiring qabalistic magician will hopefully have worked through some of their more obvious psychological issues, as seen and experienced through the multi-colored glasses of the Lesser Pentagram and Hexagram Rituals. Previous experience with planetary invocations will make some of the following instructions easier. Within the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the first 3-3 ½ years is spent learning very basic magical procedures, coupled with the memorization and intellectual comprehension of a vast amount of qabalistic, alchemical, and astrological knowledge. The techniques given by Regardie in The Golden Dawn, such as the Supreme Rituals of the Pentagram and Hexagram, and the Rose+Cross Ritual, are not generally taught until the 5=5 Grade, or Adeptus Minor. On occasion, they may be given in the preliminary section, known as the Portal Grade. All magical tools are also constructed after being received into the Second Order, or Adeptus Minor grade. Only after this period are planetary rituals, talismans, and related techniques as seen in Regardie’s work undertaken.4) For those who do not belong to any formal course of study, it is generally suggested that the first year of activity be spent learning Elemental and Pentagram work. The second year doing planetary work; with the third year being spent integrating the two. The fourth year often focuses on zodiacal magic and the completion of any Pathworking. Pathworking can be started anywhere from the first year on and requires about 1 1/2 years to fully do all of the 32 Paths of the Tree of Life. Since each Path is often done more than once, it is best to allow two to three years for this additional aspect of magical training. Pathworking, particularly Paths 32 through 24 are critical for psychological health and should be done two or three times before doing the second set of Paths, or 23 through 19.5) Of course, the speed at which one works is not important. It is better to go slowly and diligently and make real progress, than to rush through and simply do the work haphazardly. The most complete method available for creating the Body of Light is in the ritual called “The Magician” in Mysteria Magica, vol 3 of The Magical Philosophy by Melita Denning and Osborne Phillips.6) The material belongs to the curriculum of the Aurlem Solis Sacra Verbum. The ritual is divided into five main sections, composed of fourteen distinct parts in total. A note belonging to the title suggests that the ritual is considered most effective when performed at the beginning of the day. Presumably, during the first planetary hour of the day.
Among the most important points in gnostic and Platonic literature is the need to separate the subtle body from the physical body for its purification. This imagined, and eventually real separation, forms the core of the technique. Only by freeing the psychic self from the constraints of material life can we experience the full degree of good and evil in our psyche. The methodical and militant purification of our psyche and integration of its diverse aspects constitutes the most difficult, and rewarding, psycho-spiritual practices known.
Preliminaries: The temple area should be set as usual, with alter in the middle, or slightly East of center. If possible, wear a consecrated Rose+Cross present, and place the Pentacle of Earth on the altar.7). Establishing the Temple: Perform the Banishing Ritual of the Lesser or Greater Pentagram.8)
Higher Self: Place your left hand, the hand of Mercy, upon the Earth Pantacle. Invoke the presence of your Higher Self. Imagine in brilliant phosphorescence a flaming sphere, or flaming yod, touching your crown and uniting you with the cosmos. Stand in the posture of the Adeptus Minor. (Tau Cross, arms outstretched).
Lower arms and meditate on the significance of your Higher Self, this flame of Creation within you. This cosmic seed. Perform the Middle Pillar exercise.: Affirm your intentions for performing this exercise, and appreciation for consciousness and the opportunity to develop in awareness and Service. Ask that Light, Life, and Love be expressed in every cell, thought, and action of your being. The Lower Self: Turning clockwise, face the West of the Temple. Pause and imagine the great streams of energy circulating through your physical and psychic bodies. Energize your heart center, feeling a stream of energy running from your crown to your heart, and feet, and back up again. Affirm your position of authority over your lower self and physical body in a loving, but firm manner. Be thankful that they are present to serve you, but that they are at the service of the development of Self, and not as independent beings. Assume the position of the Adeptus Minor, and imagine yourself growing to a vast and immense size. Maintain or reformulate your Flaming Crown center. Feeling most of your consciousness operating from inside of it. Send thoughts of blessing, love, good health, and well being to your lower self and guph. Pause for a few moments as the feeling of vastness disappears and you return to normal awareness of the temple. Turn to the East and ask that the Powers of the Higher Self be present and fully utilized for this operation and at all times forward. Move to the eastern Quarter and Face the West again. Perform the Middle Pillar a second time if needed. Project the simulacrum from the solar plexus, upper abdomen region. Have it facing East, or toward the operator, with the silvery-bluish cord visible between the simulacrum and the operator’s abdomen or solar plexus.
Exhortation and Instruction: In the Name of your Higher Self, address the image before you firmly and lovingly that it is to give your full assistance in the Great Work. If any particular instruction, assistance, or additional work is needed, it is to be interjected here. Give blessing to your Nephesh, in the Name of the Most High, and thank it for its participation in this ritual.
Energize and imagine the simulacrum attaining a high degree of integration. Completion: Re-absorb the simulacrum and the silver cord by imaging it return to a cloud or mist of bright bluish-gray or silver psychic protoplasm and collapsing backward along the cord (bring the cord with it) into your body at the level it was projected from. Close down firmly. Feel the energy move throughout your body and sink deep into your muscles, bones, marrow, and envelope you in a body of light, just below the surface of the skin. Rejoice in the successful operation.
Instructing the Simulacrum: After a two or three weeks of successful projection and reabsorbing of the simulacrum, you can begin projecting specific ideas into it. This can be done in several ways depending on your personal preference. First, use a general plan of associating the simulacrum with the planets, by imagining them along the spinal column from Saturn at the base, to Luna and Sol at the head. Imagine them in bright white light, or the Queens Color Scale. Using the colors, symbols, and sounds of the planets, the simulacrum can be tincted with particular qualities and virtues. Or imagine counterparts of physical organs inside the simulacrum and them having the colors and sounds of their planetary counterparts, filling the whole image with the light and sense and virtues of that planet.
This is the Lunar, or Astral purification of the simulacrum so that it can be rightly called a Silver Body, as it will be influenced and influential upon the Lunar and Astral worlds as a whole. At some point you can then begin to educate it further, that it might become a Solar, or Golden, Radiant Body, influenced by the Briactic Worlds. Beyond this, it would find perfection in the Diamond, or Resurrection Body, under the influence of the Sphere of Saturn. Also, practice performing the Middle Pillar inside the simulacrum, after it has been projected. Always reabsorb the energy, either as a mist, or a shadow image fusing itself into your earthly body. When venturing into the Quarters, use the simulacrum and tune it to the Element you seek to explore, making it a body of Fire, Air, Water, or Earth. When generally projected, it should be thought of as a body of Quintessence, or Spirit, of dynamic electric and magnetic qualities containing within it the balanced potential for all bodies of the four Elements. The simulacrum can also be projected and modified to a deific image or godform. The effects of this are different than the usual methods for Assumption of the Godform. In this instance it is helpful to grow the image in size and stature to a larger than normal appearance after it has been created. It is important that your consciousness be projected firmly into the simulacrum during any working, and that the energy be completely reabsorbed after it is over. The simulacrum can be charged with Hebrew letters. Engraving them according to there location and association with the physical organs as outlined in the Sepher Yetzirah. This can be done to the physical body as well, prior to projection of the simulacrum, and will assist in its creation and projection.9) The letters can be done in blazing white, or according to the Queen’s Scale. It can also be charged with the Tetragrammaton, in the normal Y (Head) Heh (Shoulders) Vau (Spine) Heh (Hips Feet) fashion. As with the alphabet, they should be seen as existing inside the figure, glowing and strong, and not carved on the surface, or projected onto it from elsewhere. The purpose of the simulacrum is to create a vehicle for the purification and expression of astral (Yetziric) and mental (Briah) energies. As such, it also acts as a bridge between not just our objective and subjective worlds, but also between our emotional and physical realities. As stated, we can in effect, alter our physical appearance and health through proper and loving purification of our astral matrix. The Nephesch, which constitutes the bulk of the ‘self’ that we are refining in this work, overlaps and connects the worlds of matter (forming our Salt) and mind (forming our Mercury). When we address it from the perspective of our Kether, we are adding the third Essential, or the overlap of Mind and Spirit (forming our Sulfur). These Four Qabalstic Worlds and their overlapping, forming the Three Essentials, form the basis for inner and outer alchemy. The 27th Path is also a sort of Kundalini Yoga exercise, whereas the 24th Path is the arousal of Kundalini. Where the 27th connects Natural Energy to the Intellectual World, the 24th Path converts Solar (soul) energy into Natural (psychic) energy. Both are under the influence of Mars, or Will, as they reverse the flow of Mezla, and clear out psychic blockages on the Path of Return. This exercise will have secondary effects on the 24th Path, and some effects on the 28th Path (Net-Yes) as this Path governs the flow of Psychic energy through our Psychic centers. All of the Paths of Yetzirah will be effected to some degree by this exercise. We cannot ascend and take our mistaken ideas with us, or our passions and lusts. Both are eradicated, disciplined, or redirected by the Sword of Geburah, or an Enlightened Will. The Lightning Bolt on the tarot card the Tower, sometimes called the House of God (Deu) or Fire (Feu) shows us that the ever flowing lightning bolt of Mezla will destroy any imperfections that it comes in contact with. 1) The Magical Personality is defined as a self-created image of one’s self that allows for greater power and presence when doing esoteric work. 2) See: Fundamentals of Esoteric Knowledge, Lesson 1-3. The Philosopher’s of Nature (PON), Wheaton, Ill. ©1988. 3) See: Qabala Course, Lesson 17. The Philosophers of Nature (PON), Wheaton, Ill. © 1995.
4) See: Self-Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition by Chic and Sandra Tabatha Cicero. Llewellyn Publications. Saint Paul, MN. Copyright 1995 5) For more information on Pathworking see: PON Qabala Course, Lessons through . Highways of the Mind by Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, and Magical States of Consciousness by Melita Denning and Osborne Phillips. 6) P. 359-362.
7) As mentioned, in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Hermetic Rose+Cross and the Pantacle of Earth are ‘adept level’ tools. In The Philosopher’s of Nature (PON) Qabala Course, they are not constructed until the very end of the six year course. However, the Supreme Pentagram and Hexagram rituals are presented in the second year. 8) Use of the ‘Elemental Grade Signs’ or the ‘Rending of the Veil’ is at the performers discretion.
9) One student who did this noted that the simulacrum was more vital, but also slightly more difficult to control. They also noted, they when they imagined the letters within their physical body when falling asleep, that astral projection occurred rapidly, often before the fifth or sixth letter was reached.
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The Advanced Middle Pillar Ritual: The Middle Pillar ritual seems to be a ritual that one can progressively build upon. Visualization of the 5 central spheres and reciting the corresponding God-names is obviously the foundation. From there on, I have begun incorporating the remainder of the spheres - and also reciting the Angelic correspondences too (Metatron - Raphael - Gabriel - Sandalphon). Upon adding these to the ritual - it has become considerably more powerful (in terms of how strongly it alters my consciousness) and immersive. I am looking to further energize and advance the ritual. From those of you who have developed their own Middle Pillar Ritual - what have you specifically done, and what has been in the effect? Also, do you supplement the process by topping it off with another ritual (Bornless Ritual, LIRP, etc...) This practice is based on the symbolism of the Middle Pillar of the qabalistic Tree of Life. Alternately, this pillar is known by the titles Equilibrium, Balance, or Mildness. The Middle Pillar Exercise imagines bright spiritual light descending and flowing through the central axis of the body, marked by a series of energy centers (circles 1, 6, 9, 10, and the unmarked throat center in the diagram). Visualizing certain colors and using intense vocalization, called vibration, of the associated name of G-d activates these centers. Then the light is circulated, or directed into a certain pattern of flow, throughout the whole energy field. This practice connects us to the Divine, clears and recharges our personal energy field, and increases our capacity to channel spiritual energy. Additionally, it brings us a sense of peace and harmonious balance. Many teachers recommend performing a clearing ritual prior to practicing the Middle Pillar Exercise. The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP) is frequently used. I have used the Middle Pillar Exercise with students for many years without a prefatory clearing ritual and with no ill effects. However, if you feel your energy is disproportionately out-of-balance, please consider using the LBRP or otherwise setting sacred space before beginning this meditation.The name of the exercise is taken from the position of the central Sephiroth on the diagrammatic Tree of Life.
As has been said... "The Secret of Wisdom can be discerned only from the place of balanced power" - that is, from between the pillars of Severity and Mercy. The Middle Pillar positions us at a balanced point, neutralizing to some extent the swing of the psychic pendulum from one extreme to the other.
In this exercise we will visualize the sephiroth of the middle pillar as part of our bodies, illuminating them in descending order while vibrating the sephiroth's divine name. This establishes balance and fills us with energy.Once the middle pillar is 'lit' we will circle the energy around and through our bodies, to cleanse and fortify. Think of the names as vibratory rates.
The exercise can be performed standing, sitting, or lying down. Names can be vibrated aloud or internally.Kether
After a few minutes of relaxation, imagine a sphere of white light just above your head. Vibrate the name Eheieh (pronounced Eh-hey-yay, meaning I am). Keep vibrating this word until it is the only thought in your conscious mind. Then imagine a shaft of light descending from your Kether center to your Daath center at the nape of the neck.
Daath: Form a sphere of light at the Daath center. Vibrate the name YHVH Elohim (pronounced Yode-heh-vav-heh El-oh-heem, meaning Lord of Hosts).
Tiphareth: Bring a shaft of light down from the Daath center to the Tiphareth center around your heart. Form a sphere of light there. Vibrate the name YHVH Eloah ve-Daath (pronounced Yode-heh-vav-heh El-oh-ah v’-Dah-ath, meaning Lord of Knowledge).
Yesod: See the shaft of light descending from Tiphareth into the Yesod center in the genital region. Imagine a sphere of light formed there. Intone the name Shaddai El Chai (pronounced Shah-dye El-Chai meaning Almighty Living God.
Malkuth: Visualize the shaft of light descending from Yesod into your Malkuth center at the feet and ankles. Vibrate the name Adonai ha-Aretz (pronounced Ah-doe-nye ha-Ah-retz, meaning Lord of Earth). Visualize the Middle Pillar complete.
Circulating the light: Then circulate the light you have brought down through the Middle Pillar around the outside of your body to strengthen your aura (Perform each circulation a number of times.): Circulation One: Side to Side. Using the cycles of rhythmic breathing, bring the light down one side of the body and up the other, from Kether to Malkuth and back to Kether. Exhale and visualize the light descending the left side of the body. Inhale and imagine the light ascending the right side of the body back to Kether.. Circulation Two: Front to Back:
After performing this for a short space of time, imagine the ribbon of light descending from Kether down the front of your body to Malkuth and rising up your back, returning again to Kether. Circulation Three: The Shower of Light Still employing rhythmic breathing, visualize the sphere of Malkuth, then see the shaft of light rising up the Middle Pillar in the center of your body. When it reaches Kether, imagine a shower of light cascading down the outside of your body as it descends to Malkuth again. Circulate the light in this manner for some time. Circulation Four: The Ascending Spiral Then see the light rise again in a ribbon that spirals around the outside of your body from Malkuth to Kether. Closing Finally focus some of the energy back into your Tiphareth center, the seat of equilibrium and balance.
Often, the Middle Pillar is combined with the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (see also Site "Rituals") To do this:
Perform the opening Kabalistic Cross .Formulate the Pentagrams
Call the Archangels: Perform the Middle Pillar exercise
Perform the closing Kabalistic Cross. The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. The Kabalistic Cross: Face east. Perform the Kabalistic Cross as follows:. Imagine a sphere of light just above the crown of your head. Touch the forehead and vibrate Ateh (Thou Art, or, Unto Thee) Bring hand down the body. At about the level of the genitals, indicate the feet and vibrate Malkuth (The Kingdom) Imagine a shaft of light descending from the Crown Sphere to the feet where another sphere expands just under your feet. Touch the right shoulder and vibrate Ve-Geburah (and The Power) Imagine a 6 inch sphere of brilliant white light appear just next to the right shoulder.
Touch the left shoulder and vibrate Ve-Gedulah (and The Glory)
Imagine a shaft of light emerge from the right Sphere and cross your breast to expand and form another Sphere at your left shoulder. Clasp the hands before you and vibrate Le-Olam (For Ever) Imagine clearly the cross of light as it extends through your body.
Amen.
The Pentagrams
Draw, in the air facing east, a banishing Earth Pentagram (Begin at the lower left corner and trace clockwise). Bringing your hand to the center of the Pentagram, vibrate the Name Y H V H (pronounced Yahd Hey Vau Hey)
Trace a semicircle before you as you turn toward the south. Again trace the Pentagram, bring your hand to the center of it, and vibrate the Name Adonai, (pronounced Ah-Do-Neye)
Again, trace the semicircle with the dagger to the west, trace the Pentagram, bring your hand to the center, and vibrate the Name Eheieh, (pronounced Eh-Hey-Yay)
Then, turn towards the north, trace the circle, trace the Pentagram, bring your hand to the center and vibrate the Name AGLA, (pronounced either Ah-Gah-Lah or Atah Gibor Le-Olahm Adonai) Return to the EAST, completing tracing the circle of Light, bringing your hand to the center of the east Pentagram.
The Archangels
Extend the arms in the form of a cross, say:
Before me (then vibrate) Raphael
Behind me (then vibrate) Gabriel
At my right hand (then vibrate) Michael
At my left hand (then vibrate) Ariel
About me flames the pentagrams, and in the column shines the six-rayed star.
At this point, perform the Middle Pillar exercise
Repeat the Kabalistic Cross
Adding Color
Once the ritual becomes familiar, try adding color to the spheres. While white light contains all colors within it, visualizing the spheres in color can strengthen the individual energy of each.
Colors in the Middle Pillar
Kether – White
Daath – Lavender or grey
Tiphareth - Yellow
Yesod – Violet
Malkuth – Traditionally a swirl of russet, olive, citrine and black. Or simply brown.
Colors in the LBR
Ateh – White
Malkuth – Brown, or russet – olive - citrine – black
Ve-Geburah – Red
Ve – Gedula – Blue
Le-Olam – Yellow
Visualize the complete cross in white.
East - a yellow pentagram
South – a red pentagram
West – a blue pentagram
North – a green pentagram
This is shot from the deck of the S-class Spirit of Vancouver Island.
I post processed six versions of this shot, all from different originals, all taken within a couple minutes of each other. I showed them all to mrs. ecstaticist and asked which she preferred. She said "the original". So, this is the original as best as I can show you. No color changes or anything fancy. just a little adjustment here and there for exposure, contrast.
There is indeed a powerful entity in Nature. Nature is my church, and that entity, spirit. vital force....this is my God...something I have mentioned before on my stream. It evokes spiritual feeling in me as much as any human architecture...moreso. I am baptized Catholic, now agnostic, a follower of Einstein who said "He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. "
I send this out to Kris Kros, a wonderful artist whose return to flickr has made it a more beautiful and wonderous place.
I am fascinated by religious apocrypha, and there is much surrounding Metatron...here is a snippet of the history of Metatron. Check out the whole entry on wikipedia if you are interested:
The Talmud has a section in which it claims that Elisha ben Abuyah, also called Aher ("another", as he was an apostate), entered Paradise and saw Metatron sitting down (an action that in heaven is permissible only to God Himself). Elishah ben Abuyah therefore looked to Metatron as a deity and said heretically, "There are indeed two powers in heaven!" The rabbis explain that Metatron was allowed to sit because of his function as the Heavenly Scribe, writing down the deeds of Israel (Babylonian Talmud, Hagiga 15a).
"... the Talmud states, it was proved to Elisha that Metatron could not be a second deity by the fact that Metatron received 60 'strokes with fiery rods' to demonstrate that Metatron was not a god, but an angel, and could be punished." -[1]
Metatron is also identified as the "lesser YHVH", which is the Lesser Tetragrammaton, in a Talmudic version as cited by the Karaite scholar Kirkisani. The word 'Metatron' is numerically equivalent to Shaddai (God) in Hebrew gematria; therefore he is said to have a "Name like his Master." It should be noted, however, that Kirkisani misrepresented the Talmud in order to embarrass his Rabbanite opponents with evidence of dualism[citation needed]. Extra-Talmudic mystical texts (see below regarding Sefer Hekhalot) do speak of a "lesser YHVH," apparently deriving the concept from Exodus 23:21, which mentions an angel of whom God says "My name [understood as YHVH, the usual divine proper name] is in him."
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This holiday is very meaningful to me because I am a gardener with a great love of trees!!! I inherited this love of trees from my maternal Grandmother Libby!!
We planted trees in Mama's gardens in Sea Gate, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, Long Island, New York, USA; North America; Planet Earth; Milky Way Galaxy; Universe Formed by Ha Shem (The Name) In The Big Bang.
I have personally planted trees in a number of locations in The United States, the Republic of The Marshall Islands, and Israel.
Dried fruit and almonds traditionally eaten on Tu BiShvat
Tu BiShvat
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Jewish Holiday
Official name Hebrew: ט״ו בשבט
Observances Tu BiShvat "seder"
Date15th of Shvat
2015 date February 4
2016 date January 25
2017 date February 11
2018 date January 31
Related to Sukkot
Tu BiShvat (Hebrew: ט״ו בשבט) is a Jewish holiday occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat (in 2016, Tu BiShvat begins at sunset on 24 January and ends at nightfall on 25 January). It is also called "Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot" (Hebrew: ראש השנה לאילנות), literally "New Year of the Trees." In contemporary Israel, the day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day, and trees are planted in celebration. Its role is important to the concept of Chadash.
Contents [hide]
1 Etymology
2 Talmud
3 Biblical tithes
4 Kabbalistic and Hassidic customs
5 Customs in Israel
6 See also...
7 References
8 External links
Etymology
The name Tu BiShvat is derived from the Hebrew date of the holiday, which occurs on the fifteenth day of Shevat. "Tu" stands for the Hebrew letters Tet and Vav, which together have the numerical value of 9 and 6, adding up to 15.[1] Tu BiShvat is a relatively recent name; the date was originally called "Ḥamisha Asar BiShvat" (חמשה-עשר בשבט), which also means "Fifteenth of Shevat".[citation needed]
Talmud
Tu BiShvat appears in the Mishnah in Tractate Rosh Hashanah as one of the four new years in the Jewish calendar. The discussion of when the New Year occurs was a source of debate among the rabbis: "And there are four new year dates: – The first of Nisan – new year for kings and festivals – The first of Elul – new year for animal tithes. Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Shimon say: – The first of Tishrei– new year for calculation of the calendar, sabbatical years and jubilees, for planting and sowing – The first of Shevat, according to the school of Shamai; The school of Hillel says: the fifteenth of Shevat" (Rosh Hashana:2a).[2]
The rabbis of the Talmud ruled in favor of Hillel on this issue. Thus the 15th of Shevat became the date for calculating the beginning of the agricultural cycle for the purpose of biblical tithes.[3]
Biblical tithes
Orlah refers to a biblical prohibition (Leviticus 19:23) on eating the fruit of trees produced during the first three years after they are planted.[4]
Neta Reva'i refers to the biblical commandment (Leviticus 19:24) to bring fourth-year fruit crops to Jerusalem as a tithe.[5]
Maaser Sheni was a tithe which was eaten in Jerusalem and Maaser Ani was a tithe given to the poor (Deuteronomy 14:22–29) that were also calculated by whether the fruit ripened before or after Tu BiShvat.
Of the talmudic requirements for fruit trees which used Tu BiShvat as the cut-off date in the Hebrew calendar for calculating the age of a fruit-bearing tree, Orlah remains to this day in essentially the same form it had in talmudic times. In the Orthodox Jewish world, these practices are still observed today as part of Halacha, Jewish law. Fruit that ripened on a three-year-old tree before Tu BiShvat is considered orlah and is forbidden to eat, while fruit ripening on or after Tu BiShvat of the tree's third year is permitted. In the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th years of the Shmita cycle Maaser Sheni is observed today by a ceremony redeeming tithing obligations with a coin; in the 3rd and 6th years, Maaser Ani is substituted, and no coin is needed for redeeming it. Tu BiShvat is the cut-off date for determining to which year the tithes belong.
Tu BiShvat falls on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat and begins a three-month series of mid-month full moons that culminate in Passover.[6]
Kabbalistic and Hassidic customs[edit]
Dried fruit and almonds traditionally eaten by Ashkenazi Jews on Tu BiShvat
Main article: Tu BiShvat seder
In the Middle Ages, Tu BiShvat was celebrated with a feast of fruits in keeping with the Mishnaic description of the holiday as a "New Year." In the 16th century, the kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Luria of Safed and his disciples instituted a Tu BiShvat seder in which the fruits and trees of the Land of Israel were given symbolic meaning. The main idea was that eating ten specific fruits and drinking four cups of wine in a specific order while reciting the appropriate blessings would bring human beings, and the world, closer to spiritual perfection.[7]
In Israel, the kabbalistic Tu BiShvat seder has been revived, and is now celebrated by many Jews, religious and secular. Special haggadot have been written for this purpose.
In the Chassidic community, some Jews pickle or candy the etrog (citron) from Sukkot and eat it on Tu BiShvat. Some pray that they will be worthy of a beautiful etrog on the following Sukkot.[8]
Customs in Israe[
On Tu BiShvat 1890, Rabbi Ze'ev Yavetz, one of the founders of the Mizrachi movement,[9] took his students to plant trees in the agricultural colony of Zichron Yaakov. This custom was adopted in 1908 by the Jewish Teachers Union and later by the Jewish National Fund (Keren HaKayemet L’Israel), established in 1901 to oversee land reclamation and afforestation of the Land of Israel. In the early 20th century, the Jewish National Fund devoted the day to planting eucalyptus trees to stop the plague of malaria in the Hula Valley;[10] today the Fund schedules major tree-planting events in large forests every Tu BiShvat.[11] Over a million Israelis take part in the Jewish National Fund's Tu BiShvat tree-planting activities.[12]
In keeping with the idea of Tu BiShvat marking the revival of nature, many of Israel's major institutions have chosen this day for their inauguration. The cornerstone-laying of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem took place on Tu BiShvat 1918; the Technion in Haifa, on Tu BiShvat 1925; and the Knesset, on Tu BiShvat 1949.[13]
Tu BiShvat is the Israeli Arbor Day,[11][14] and it is often referred to by that name in international media.[15] Ecological organizations in Israel and the diaspora have adopted the holiday to further environmental-awareness programs.[16][17] On Israeli kibbutzim, Tu BiShvat is celebrated as an agricultural holiday.[18]
See also
Arbor Day
Hebrew numerals
List of Jewish prayers and blessings
Judaism and ecology
Judaism and environmentalism
References
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“for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved,” Acts 4:12
HALLELUYAH! = PRAISE TO YAH!
Names of God, or Holy Names, describe a form of addressing God present in a monotheist notion of a singular God in liturgy or prayer. Prayer involving the name of God has become a part of both Western and Eastern monotheist spiritual practices. A number of traditions have lists of many names of God, many of which enumerate the various qualities of a supreme being.
The English word "God" is used by multiple religions as a noun or name to refer to different deities.
Ancient cognate equivalents for the word "God" include proto-Semitic el, Hebrew Elohim (God or/of gods), Arabic 'ilah (a or the god), and Biblical Aramaic Elaha (god). The personal or proper name for God in many of these languages may either be distinguished from such attributes, or homonymic. For example, in Judaism the Holy Name is sometimes related to the ancient Hebrew ehyeh (I will be).
Correlation between various theories and interpretation of the name of "the one God", used to signify a monotheistic or ultimate Supreme Being from which all other divine attributes derive, has been a subject of ecumenical discourse between Eastern and Western scholars for over two centuries. In Christian theology the word must be a personal and a proper name of God; hence it cannot be dismissed as mere metaphor. On the other hand, the names of God in a different tradition are sometimes referred to by symbols. The question whether divine names used by different religions are equivalent has been raised and analyzed.
Exchange of names held sacred between different religious traditions is typically limited. Other elements of religious practice may be shared, especially when communities of different faiths are living in close proximity (for example, the use of Om and Gayatri within the Indian Christian community) but usage of the names themselves mostly remain within the domain of a particular religion, or even may help define one's religious belief according to practice, as in the case of the recitation of names of God (such as the japa).Guru Gobind Singh's Jaap Sahib, which contains 950 names of God.[8] The Divine Names, the classic treatise by Pseudo-Dionysius, defines the scope of traditional understandings in Western traditions such as Hellenic, Christian, Jewish and Islamic theology on the nature and significance of the names of God Further historical lists such as The 72 Names of the Lord show parallels in the history and interpretation of the Name of God amongst Kabbalah, Christianity, and Hebrew scholarship in various parts of the Mediterranean world.
One definition of the Name of God was given by Elisha Mulford as "that name which passes into the common forms of thought". The author states that in its derivation, it may have an ethical significance. Other writers suggest that the "name of God represents the nature of God". The attitude as to the transmission of the Name in many cultures was surrounded by secrecy. In Judaism, the pronunciation of the Name of God has always been guarded with great care. It is believed that, in ancient times, the sages communicated the pronunciation only once every seven years; this system was challenged by more recent movements.
The nature of a holy name can be described as either personal or attributive. In many cultures it is often difficult to distinguish between the personal and the attributive names of God, the two divisions necessarily shading into each other.
Names and Titles of God in Judaism
The Tetragrammaton (YHWH)
The Tetragrammaton in Phoenician (1100 BCE to CE 300), Aramaic (10th Century BCE to 0) and modern Hebrew scripts.
Main articles: Tetragrammaton, Yahweh, and Lord#Religion
The name of God in Judaism used most often in the Hebrew Bible is the four-letter name יהוה (YHWH), also known as the Tetragrammaton. The Tetragrammaton appears 6,828 times in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia edition of the Hebrew Masoretic Text. It first appears at Genesis 2:4 and is usually translated as the LORD in many English language Bibles, although Jehovah or Yahweh are employed in others.
An early depiction of the Tetragrammaton—circa 600 BCE. Portion of writing on silver scroll with the "Priestly Benediction" (Numbers 6:24–26)
The Hebrew letters are (right to left) Yodh, He, Waw and He (יהוה). It is written as YHWH, YHVH, or JHVH in English, depending on the transliteration convention that is used. YHWH is thought to be an archaic third person singular imperfect of the verb "to be" (meaning, therefore, "He is"). This interpretation agrees with the meaning of the name given in Exodus 3:14 where God is represented as speaking, and hence as using the first person ("I am").
The Tetragrammaton YHWH, the name of God written in Hebrew, All Saints church, Nyköping, Sweden
YHWH
The pronunciation with the vowels suggested in the Masoretic Text. Some scholars suggest alternative pronunciations.
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The name ceased to be pronounced in Second Temple Judaism, by the 3rd century BCE.[2] Rabbinical Judaism teaches that the name is forbidden to be uttered except by the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) in the Temple on Yom Kippur. Throughout the service, the High Priest pronounced the name YHWH "just as it is written"[citation needed] in each blessing he made. When the people standing in the Temple courtyard heard the name they prostrated themselves flat on the floor.
Passages such as: "And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, YHWH [be] with you. And they answered him, YHWH bless thee." (Ruth 2:4), indicates the name was still being pronounced at the time of the redaction of the Hebrew Bible in the 6th or 5th century BCE. The prohibition against verbalizing the name did not apply to the forms of the name within theophoric names (the prefixes yeho-, yo-, and the suffixes -yahu, -yah) and their pronunciation remains in use.
Modern Jews never pronounce YHWH, and especially not "Yahweh", as it is connotated with Christendom.[citation needed] Instead, Jews say Adonai. The Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917, in online versions, uses YHWH once at Exodus 6:3.
Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh[edit]
Main article: I Am that I Am
Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh
Ehyeh asher ehyeh (Hebrew: אהיה אשר אהיה) is the first of three responses given to Moses when he asks for God's name (Exodus 3:14). The King James version of the Bible translates the Hebrew as "I Am that I Am" and uses it as a proper name for God. The Aramaic Targum Onkelos leaves the phrase untranslated and is so quoted in the Talmud (B. B. 73a.[clarification needed])
Ehyeh is the first-person singular imperfect form of hayah, "to be". Ehyeh is usually translated "I will be", since the imperfect tense in Hebrew denotes actions that are not yet completed (e.g. Exodus 3:12, "Certainly I will be [ehyeh] with thee.").[3] Asher is an ambiguous pronoun which can mean, depending on context, "that", "who", "which", or "where".[3]
Although Ehyeh asher ehyeh is generally rendered in English "I am that I am", better renderings might be "I will be what I will be" or "I will be who I will be", or "I shall prove to be whatsoever I shall prove to be" or even "I will be because I will be".[4] Other renderings include: Leeser, “I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE”; Rotherham, "I Will Become whatsoever I please." Greek, Ego eimi ho on (ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν), "I am The Being" in the Septuagint,[5] and Philo,[6][7] and Revelation[8] or, "I am The Existing One"; Lat., ego sum qui sum, "I am Who I am."
Yah
"Yah" appears often in theophoric names, such as Elijah or Adonijah. Found in the King James Version of the Bible at Psalm 68:4.
Shefa Tal - A Kabbalistic explanation of the Priestly Blessing with Adonai inscribed.
In the Masoretic Text, the name YHWH is vowel pointed as יְהֹוָה, as if pronounced YE-HO-VAH in modern Hebrew, and Yəhōwāh in Tiberian vocalization. Traditionally in Judaism, the name is not pronounced but read as Adonai /ˈædəˈnaɪ/ ("Master", "Lord"[10]) during prayer, and referred to as HaShem ("the Name") at all other times. This is done out of reluctance to pronounce the name anywhere but in the Temple in Jerusalem, due to its holiness. This tradition has been cited by most scholars as evidence that the Masoretes vowel pointed YHWH as they did only to indicate to the reader they are to pronounce "Adonai" in its place. While the vowel points of אֲדֹנָי (Aḏōnáy) and יְהֹוָה (Yəhōwāh) are very similar, they are not identical, which may indicate that the Masoretic vowel pointing represented the actual pronunciation of the name YHWH and was not or not only an indication to use a substitute name (Qere-Ketiv).
HaShem
It is common Jewish practice to restrict the use of the word Adonai to prayer only. In conversation, some Jewish people, even when not speaking Hebrew, will call God HaShem, השם, which is Hebrew for "the Name" (this appears in Leviticus 24:11). Some religious Jews extend this prohibition to some of the other names listed below, and will add additional sounds to alter the pronunciation of a name when using it outside of a liturgical context, such as replacing the "h" or "e" or "d" with a "k" in names of God such as "kel" and "eloki'm" and "shakai".
While other names of God in Judaism are generally restricted to use in a liturgical context, HaShem is used in more casual circumstances. HaShem is used by some Orthodox Jews so as to avoid saying Adonai outside of a ritual context. For example, when some Orthodox Jews make audio recordings of prayer services, they generally substitute HaShem for Adonai; a few others have used Amonai.On some occasions, similar sounds are used for authenticity, as in the movie Ushpizin, where Abonai Elokenu [sic] is used throughout.
Adoshem
Up until the mid-twentieth century, the use of the word Adoshem, combining the first two syllables of "Adonai" with the last syllable of "Hashem"', was quite common. This was discouraged by Rabbi David HaLevi Segal in his commentary to the Shulchan Aruch. His rationale was that it is disrespectful to combine a Name of God with another word. It took a few centuries for the word to fall into almost complete disuse. Despite being obsolete in most circles, it is used occasionally in conversation in place of Adonai by Jews who do not wish to say Adonai but need to specify the substitution of that particular word. It is also used when quoting from the liturgy in a non-liturgical context. For example, Shlomo Carlebach performed his prayer "Shema Yisrael" with the words Shema Yisrael Adoshem Elokeinu Adoshem Eḥad instead of Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Eḥad
YHWH Tzevaot
YHWH and Elohim frequently occur with the word tzevaot or sabaoth ("hosts" or "armies", Hebrew: צבאות) as YHWH Elohe Tzevaot ("YHWH God of Hosts"), Elohey Tzevaot ("God of Hosts"), Adonai YHWH Tzevaot ("Lord YHWH of Hosts") and, most frequently, YHWH Tzevaot ("YHWH of Hosts").
This compound name occurs chiefly in the prophetic literature and does not appear at all in the Torah, Joshua or Judges. The original meaning of tzevaot may be found in 1 Samuel 17:45, where it is interpreted as denoting "the God of the armies of Israel". The word, in this special use is used to designate the heavenly host, while otherwise it always means armies or hosts of men, as, for example, in Exodus 6:26, 7:4, 12:41.
Name of God in Christianity
In Christian theology the name of God has always had much deeper meaning and significance than being just a label or designator. In Christianity, the name of God is not a human invention, but has divine origin and is based on divine revelation. Respect for the name of God is one of the Ten Commandments, which Christians teachings view not simply an avoidance of the improper use of the name of God, but as a directive to exalt it, through both pious deeds and praise.This is reflected in the first petition in the Lord's Prayer addressed to God the Father: "Hallowed be Thy Name".
Going back to the Church Fathers, the name of God has been seen as a representation of the entire system of "divine truth" revealed to the faithful "that believe on his name" as in John 1:12 or "walk in the name of the LORD our God" in Micah 4:5.[5][6] In Revelation 3:12 those who bear the name of God are destined for Heaven. John 17:6 presents the teachings of Jesus as the manifestation of the name of God to his disciples.
John 12:27 presents the sacrifice of Jesus the Lamb of God, and the ensuing salvation delivered through it as the glorification of the name of God, with the voice from Heaven confirming Jesus' petition ("Father, glorify thy name") by saying: "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again" referring to the Baptism and crucifixion of Jesus.
The Bible usually uses the name of God in the singular (e.g. Ex. 20:7 or Ps. 8:1), generally using the terms in a very general sense rather than referring to any special designation of God.[8] However, general references to the name of God may branch to other special forms which express his multifaceted attributes. Scripture presents many references to the names for God, but the key names in the Old Testament are: God the High and Exalted One, El-Shaddai and Jehovah. In the New Testament Theos, Kurios and Pateras (πατέρας i.e. Father in Greek) are the essential names.
More than a name
A 1768 Ten Commandments parchment
Although in some modern cultures names are simply labels and designators that distinguish one item from another, in Christian theology the names of God have always had much deeper meaning and significance. In the religious sense, the names of God are not human inventions, but have divine origin and are based on divine revelation.
Veneration of the name of God goes back to the Old Testament, and as in Exodus 20:7, the Ten Commandments state: "You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God". Christians teachings view this commandment as not simply an avoidance of the use of the name of God, but as a directive to exalt it, through both pious deeds and praise.
In Christian teachings, the name of God is not simply a label, but involves divine mysteries that require and preempt respect and praise. Louis Berkhof states that the issue surrounding the use and interpretation of the names of God provide a theological puzzle in that given that God is "infinite and incomprehensible", His names transcend human thought, yet they allow Him to be revealed to humans as he descends to what is finite and comprehensible. Thus the name of God has always been revered in the Christian tradition, and has been associated with His presence.
Names of God in Islam
The 99 names of God in Islam (or the 99 names of Allah; Arabic: أسماء الله الحسنى ʾasmāʾ allāh al-ḥusnā) are the names by which Muslims regard God (Allah). Among other places, they are described in the Qur'an and Sunnah. There is, according to hadith, a special group of 99 names, but no enumeration of them. Thus the exact list is not agreed upon, and the names of God (as adjectives, word constructs, or otherwise) exceed a total of 99 in the Qur'an and Sunnah. According to a hadith narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, some of the names of God have also been hidden from mankind.
List of names / attributes of God as found in the Qur'an
ArabicTransliterationTranslationaQur'anic usage
1الرحمنAr-RaḥmānThe Exceedingly Compassionate, The Exceedingly Beneficent, The Exceedingly Gracious (to all of humanity and all creatures)Beginning of every Surah (chapter) except one, and numerous other places. The first verse ('ayat) of Surah ar-Rahman (Surah 55) consists only of this Name.
2الرحيمAr-RaḥīmThe Exceedingly MercifulBeginning of every Surah (chapter) except one, and numerous other places (there are a total of 114 Surahs in the Quran.)
3الملكAl-MalikThe King, The Sovereign59:23, 20:114, 23:116
4القدوسAl-QuddūsThe Holy, The Divine, The Pure, The Purifier59:23, 62:1
5السلامAs-SalāmThe Peace, The Source of Peace and Safety59:23
6المؤمنAl-MuʾminThe granter of security59:23
7المهيمنAl-MuhayminThe Controller59:23
8العزيزAl-ʿAzīzThe Almighty, The Invulnerable, The Honorable3:6, 4:158, 9:40, 48:7, 59:23
9الجبارAl-JabbārThe Irresistible, The Compeller59:23
10المتكبرAl-MutakabbirThe Majestic, The Supreme59:23
11الخالقAl-KhāliqThe Creator6:102, 13:16, [7]36:81, 39:62, 40:62, 59:24
12البارئAl-BāriʾThe Evolver, The maker59:24
13المصورAl-MuṣawwirThe Fashioner, The Shaper, The Designer59:24
14الغفارAl-GhaffārThe Repeatedly Forgiving20:82, 38:66, 39:5, 40:42, 71:10
15القهارAl-QahhārThe Subduer12:39, 13:16, 14:48, 38:65, 39:4, 40:16
16الوهابAl-WahhābThe Bestower3:8, 38:9, 38:35
17الرزاقAr-RazzāqThe Provider51:58
18الفتاحAl-FattāḥThe Opener, The Victory Giver34:26
19العليمAl-ʿAlīmThe All-Knowing, Omniscient2:158, 3:92, 4:35, 24:41, 33:40
20القابضAl-QābiḍThe Restrainer, The Straightener2:245
21الباسطAl-BāsiṭThe Extender / Expander2:245
22الخَافِضAl-KhāfiḍThe Abaser, The Humiliator, The Downgrader56:3
23الرافعAr-RāfiʿThe Exalter, The Upgrader58:11, 6:83
24المعزAl-MuʿizzThe Giver of Honor3:26
25المذلAl-MuzillThe Giver of Dishonor3:26
26السميعAs-SamīʿThe All-Hearing2:127, 2:256, 8:17, 49:1
27البصيرAl-BaṣīrThe All-Seeing4:58, 17:1, 42:11, 42:27
28الحكمAl-ḤakamThe Judge, The Arbitrator22:69
29العدلAl-ʿAdlThe Utterly Just6:115
30اللطيفAl-LaṭīfThe Gentle, The Subtly Kind6:103, 22:63, 31:16, 33:34
31الخبيرAl-KhabīrThe All-Aware6:18, 17:30, 49:13, 59:18
32الحليمAl-ḤalīmThe Forbearing, The Indulgent2:235, 17:44, 22:59, 35:41
33العظيمAl-ʿAẓīmThe Magnificent2:255, 42:4, 56:96
34الغفورAl-GhafūrThe Much-Forgiving2:173, 8:69, 16:110, 41:32
35الشكورAsh-ShakūrThe Grateful35:30, 35:34, 42:23, 64:17
36العليAl-ʿAlīyThe Sublime4:34, 31:30, 42:4, 42:51
37الكبيرAl-KabīrThe Great13:9, 22:62, 31:30
38الحفيظAl-ḤafīẓThe Preserver11:57, 34:21, 42:6
39المقيتAl-MuqītThe Nourisher4:85
40الحسيبAl-ḤasībThe Bringer of Judgment4:6, 4:86, 33:39
41الجليلAl-JalīlThe Majestic55:27, 39:14, 7:143
42الكريمAl-KarīmThe Bountiful, The Generous27:40, 82:6
43الرقيبAr-RaqībThe Watchful4:1, 5:117
44المجيبAl-MujībThe Responsive, The Answerer11:61
45الواسعAl-WāsiʿThe Vast, The All-Embracing, The Omnipresent, The Boundless2:268, 3:73, 5:54
46الحكيمAl-ḤakīmThe All-Wise31:27, 46:2, 57:1, 66:2
47الودودAl-WadūdThe Loving11:90, 85:14
48المجيدAl-MajīdThe All-Glorious, The Majestic11:73
49الباعثAl-BāʿithThe Resurrector22:7
50الشهيدAsh-ShahīdThe Witness4:166, 22:17, 41:53, 48:28
51الحقAl-ḤaqqThe Truth, The Reality6:62, 22:6, 23:116, 24:25
52الوكيلAl-WakīlThe Trustee, The Dependable, The Advocate3:173, 4:171, 28:28, 73:9
53القويAl-QawwīThe Strong22:40, 22:74, 42:19, 57:25
54المتينAl-MatīnThe Firm, The Steadfast51:58
55الوليAl-WalīThe Friend, Patron and Helper4:45, 7:196, 42:28, 45:19
56الحميدAl-ḤamīdThe All Praiseworthy14:8, 31:12, 31:26, 41:42
57المحصيAl-MuḥṣīThe Accounter, The Numberer of All72:28, 78:29, 82:10-12
58المبدئAl-MubdiʾThe Originator, The Producer, The Initiator10:34, 27:64, 29:19, 85:13
59المعيدAl-MuʿīdThe Restorer, The Reinstater Who Brings Back All10:34, 27:64, 29:19, 85:13
60المحييAl-MuḥyīThe Giver of Life7:158, 15:23, 30:50, 57:2
61المميتAl-MumītThe Bringer of Death3:156, 7:158, 15:23, 57:2
62الحيAl-ḤayyThe Living2:255, 3:2, 20:111, 25:58, 40:65
63القيومAl-QayyūmThe Subsisting, The Independent2:255, 3:2, 20:111
64الواجدAl-WājidThe Perceiver, The Finder, The Unfailing38:44
65الماجدAl-MājidThe Illustrious, The Magnificent85:15, 11:73,
66الواحدAl-WāḥidThe One, The Unique2:163, 5:73, 9:31, 18:110
67الاحدAl-ʾAḥadThe Unity, The Indivisible112:1
68الصمدAṣ-ṢamadThe Eternal, The Absolute, The Self-Sufficient112:2
69القادرAl-QādirThe All-Powerful, He Who is able to do Everything6:65, 46:33, 75:40
70المقتدرAl-MuqtadirThe Determiner, The Dominant18:45, 54:42, 54:55
71المقدمAl-MuqaddimThe Expediter, He Who Brings Forward16:61, 17:34,
72المؤخرAl-MuʾakhkhirThe Delayer, He Who Puts Far Away71:4
73الأولAl-ʾAwwalThe First, The Beginning-less57:3
74الأخرAl-ʾAkhirThe Last, The Endless57:3
75الظاهرAẓ-ẒāhirThe Manifest, The Evident, The Outer57:3
76الباطنAl-BāṭinThe Hidden, The Unmanifest, The Inner57:3
77الواليAl-WālīThe Patron, The Protecting Friend, The Friendly Lord13:11, 22:7
78المتعاليAl-MutaʿālīThe Supremely Exalted, The Most High13:9
79البرAl-BarrThe Good, The Beneficent52:28
80التوابAt-TawwābThe Ever-Returning, Ever-Relenting2:128, 4:64, 49:12, 110:3
81المنتقمAl-MuntaqimThe Avenger32:22, 43:41, 44:16
82العفوAl-ʿAfūThe Pardoner, The Effacer, The Forgiver4:99, 4:149, 22:60
83الرؤوفAr-RaʾūfThe Kind, The Pitying3:30, 9:117, 57:9, 59:10
84مالك الملكMālik-ul-MulkOwner of all Sovereignty3:26
85
ذو الجلال والإكرام
Dhū-l-Jalāli
wa-l-ʾikrām
Lord of Majesty and Generosity55:27, 55:78
86المقسطAl-MuqsiṭThe Equitable, The Requiter7:29, 3:18
87الجامعAl-JāmiʿThe Gatherer, The Unifier3:9
88الغنيAl-GhanīThe Rich, The Independent3:97, 39:7, 47:38, 57:24
89المغنيAl-MughnīThe Enricher, The Emancipator9:28
90المانعAl-MāniʿThe Withholder, The Shielder, The Defender67:21
91الضارAḍ-ḌārrThe Distressor, The Harmer, The Afflictor6:17
92النافعAn-NāfiʿThe Propitious, The Benefactor, The Source of Good30:37
93النورAn-NūrThe Light24:35
94الهاديAl-HādīThe Guide, The Way22:54
95البديعAl-BadīʿThe Incomparable, The Unattainable, The Beautiful2:117, 6:101
96الباقيAl-BāqīThe Immutable, The Infinite, The Everlasting55:27
97الوارثAl-WārithThe Heir, The Inheritor of All15:23, 57:10
98الرشيدAr-RashīdThe Guide to the Right Path2:256, 72:10
99الصبورAṣ-ṢabūrThe Timeless, The Patient2:153, 3:200, 103:3
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Zerubbabel (Hebrew: זְרֻבָּבֶל, Modern Zrubbavel, Tiberian Zərubbāḇél; Greek: Ζοροβαβέλ, Zorovavel; Latin: Zorobabel) was a governor of the Persian Province of Yehud Medinata (Haggai 1:1) and the grandson of Jehoiachin, penultimate king of Judah. Zerubbabel led the first group of Jews, numbering 42,360, who returned from the Babylonian Captivity in the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia (Ezra). The date is generally thought to have been between 538 and 520 BC.[1] Zerubbabel also laid the foundation of the Second Temple in Jerusalemsoon after.
In all of the accounts in the Hebrew Bible that mention Zerubbabel, he is always associated with the high priest who returned with him, Joshua (Jeshua) son of Jozadak (Jehozadak). Together, these two men led the first wave of Jewish returnees from exile and began to rebuild the Temple (Ezra). John Kessler describes the region of Judah as a small province that contained land extending 25 km from Jerusalem and was independently ruled prior to the Persian rule.[citation needed] Zerubbabel was the governor of this province.[2] King Darius I of Persia appointed Zerubbabel governor of the Province.[3] It was after this appointment that Zerubbabel began to rebuild the Temple. Elias Bickerman speculates that one of the reasons that Zerubbabel was able to rebuild the Temple was because of "the widespread revolts at the beginning of the reign of Darius I in 522 BC, which preoccupied him to such a degree that Zerubbabel felt he could initiate the rebuilding of the temple without repercussions".[4]
Zerubbabel and the Davidic Line
The name
If the name Zerubbabel is Hebrew, it may be a contraction of Zərua' Bāvel (Hebrew: זְרוּעַ בָּבֶל), meaning "the one sown of Babylon", and referring to a child conceived and born in Babylon; or perhaps even, Zərûy Bāvel (Hebrew: זְרוּי בָּבֶל), meaning, "the winnowed of Babylon", in the sense of being exiled in Babylon. If the name is not Hebrew but Assyrian-Babylonian, it may contract, Zəru Bābel, meaning, "Seed of Babylon", the one conceived in Babylon. (Contrast the related Hebrew form for "Seed": Hebrew: זֶרַע, Zera'.)
Zerubbabel may have had a Babylonian style name because of his interaction with the Babylonian court.[6]
Sheshbazzar
Ezra begins with Cyrus the Great entrusting the Temple vessels to Sheshbazzar (Hebrew: שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר, Modern Sheshbatsar, Tiberian Šēšbaṣṣár, "prince of Judah"; this apparently important figure then disappears from the story entirely (Ezra 1:8,11), and Zerubbabel is abruptly introduced as the main figure. Both are called governors of Judah and are both credited with laying the foundation of the Temple. A number of explanations have been proposed, including: (1) the two are the same person; (2) Sheshbazzar was in fact Shenazzar, Zerubabbel's uncle (mentioned in Chronicles); (3) Sheshbazzar began the work and Zerubbabel finished it.[7]
Zerubbabel in the Hebrew Bible
In the Prophets (Nevi'im)
Zerubbabel appears in the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah.
The Prophecy of Haggai
"'On that day, says the Lord of Hosts, I will take you Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, my servant, and wear you like a signet ring; for it is you whom I have chosen. This is the word of the Lord of Hosts'" (Hag. 2:23).
This quotation from the Book of Haggai illustrates the messianic expectations that are often associated with Zerubbabel. The term, "my servant," describes Zerubbabel as God's servant. This term is often associated with King David. Walter Rose concludes that: "the epithet 'servant' is hardly ever used for kings after David may be related to the fact that most of them were disappointing in their performance as kings appointed by YHVH".[8] Rose emphasizes that the author of the Book of Haggai is associating Zerubbabel with King David.
Scholars have also analyzed the phrase "I will take you." Rose associates this term with a mission, change, or protection.[9] For Zerubbabel, this mission was likely the rebuilding of the second Temple.
The most widely debated part of this prophecy is the phrase, "wear you like a signet ring." A signet ring is an authoritative symbol that is associated with power. Rose interprets this passage by comparing it to the passage in Jeremiah 22:24, in through which he concludes that the King is a signet ring on God's hand.[10] John Kessler interprets the idea of the nature of the Signet ring as such that "the real true figure of speech at issue is a personification of which the simile or metaphor is only a part. The real trope consists of the personification of Yahweh, who is likened to the owner of a signet"
However, this word when in Hebrew has been translated as meaning both seal and signet ring.
It is unclear whether Haggai's prophecy claims that Zerubbabel is going to be the King of the Land of Judah or if he is just to build the second Temple. Many scholars have interpreted the following passage from Haggai as identifying Zerubbabel as a king of the land of Judah, a continuation of the Davidic line:
"Zerubbabel is to be made either the representative of YHVH, or the new king who will restore the monarchy, or the new world leader. One sometimes finds words like messianic or Messiah used to describe Zerubbabel's role".[11]
According to Peter Ackroyd, Zerubbabel was "'a royal representative of God'".[12] Both historians' interpretations of the prophecy of Haggai appear to understand the term of the "signet ring" as being a metaphor for Zerubbabel attaining God's authority on earth.
Not all Biblical scholars interpret Zerubbabel's authority in the same manner. Other scholars see it as a prophecy proclaiming that Zerubbabel will become king. According to Sara Japhet:
"Haggai does not explain, however, for what Zerubbabel was chosen. From what is described in the prophecy—the overthrow of the kingdoms of the nations as the first stage in the choosing of Zerubbabel—we may conclude that Haggai sees Zerubbabel as a king, whose kingdom is made possible by a change in the political structure. ... [F]rom now on, since Zerubbabel has been chosen as a 'signet,' he will be 'sitting on the throne of David and ruling again in Judah'. All this, however, is only hinted at in the prophecy of Haggai and not stated explicitly".[13]
A. Lemaire interprets the author of Haggai as wanting Zerubbabel to be appointed to a lesser role:
"Haggai is expressing the hope of a change in status of the province of Yehud, and of Zerubbabel's emergence as a king of a vassal state within the Persian empire".[14]
John Kessler's interpretation agrees with Lemaire's:
"The Promise of David…was now functioning in a new form, accommodated to the realities of the Persian period. Zerubbabel was not the ruler of a nation, but the governor of a province. Yet, such a provisional situation posed no inherent threat to the promise of the Davidic house".[15]
Some historians claim that Haggai's prophecy does not claim that Zerubbabel will become the King of the land of Judah. Rose's concludes that the imagery itself does not claim that Zerubbabel will be King of Judea.[16] Rose also claims that "in Haggai's passage, one does not find a statement about Zerubbabel being YHVH's anointed, or about his autonomous rule (given by God), present or future, and there is no explicit promise that God will make the nations submit to his chosen one. One reads only about a mutual destruction of political and military forces masterminded by God. On the basis of these observations, I think it is safe to conclude that there is no reason to assume that divine intervention which does not mention autonomous rule or submission of the nations to Zerubbabel (Hag. 2) would necessarily imply a change of his position".[17]
Furthermore, Rose makes this claim because the prophecy does not claim that Zerubbabel will become king:
"The absence of any reference to the Davidic line from which Zerubbabel came, and the failure to use words like "melech" … (related to the title of King)…point in a different direction".[18]
Zechariah
Falling in line with the rest of the twelve prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible (the Nevi'im), the book of Zechariah describes a hope for a future king, beyond the current leader Zerubbabel, and further establishes a portrayal of this future king. Anthony Petterson argues that the standard explanation of Haggai and Zechariah's prophesies, in which Zerubbabel was supposed to be the restorer of the Davidic dynasty but never fulfilled these expectations, does not actually stand as an explanation of the final form of these texts.
Zerubbabel's name is mentioned four times throughout Zechariah 1–8, and all of these instances occur in one short oracle written in chapter 4. Any other references to Zerubbabel throughout this book are guesses or theories as to his significance. Zechariah 4:1–3 gives a vision that was had by Zechariah of a lampstand with a bowl on it. Upon that are seven lamps, each with seven lips. There are two olive trees, one to the right of the bowl and one to the left. The explanation, told by the angel that Zechariah is conversing with, is as follows:
"This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord of hosts. 'Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbable you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of "Grace, grace to it!"' (Zech 4:6–7)
"The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. … The seven are the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth … the two olive trees … are the two sons of oil (anointed ones) who stand by the Lord of the whole earth." (Zech 4:9–14)
There is a debate in the Biblical scholarly community as to who the "sons of oil" is referencing. Though conventional wisdom often understood it to be Zerubbabel and Joshua, Boda argues that, because of the important role that prophets were said to play in the reconstruction of the Temple in Zech 8:9, Haggai and Zechariah are the sons of oil.[19]
The controversy regarding the prophesies about Zerubbabel relate back to this quote about Zerubbabel laying the foundation of the temple and eventually completing it. Zech 3:8 and 6:12 refer to a man called "The Branch." In Zech 6, the Lord tells Zechariah to gather silver and gold from the returned exiles (who had come back to Judah from Babylonia), and to go to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah (members of the Davidic lineage). Then Zechariah is told to fashion a crown out of the silver and gold, set it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, and tell him the following:
"Thus says the Lord of hosts: Here is a man whose name is Branch (Hebrew: Zemah): for he shall branch out in his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord … he shall bear royal honor, and shall sit upon his throne and rule. There shall be a priest by his throne, with peaceful understanding between the two of them." (Zech 6:12–13)
It is unclear whether or not "the Branch" refers to Zerubbabel. Should this have been the intention of the author, then the restoration of the Davidic line of kings would be imminent, as Zerubbabel is a member of the line of David (1 Chron 3:19–20). There is some evidence for this link, namely that Zerubbabel was the governor of Judah at the time of Zechariah, he was frequently associated with Joshua (Ezra 3:2, 3:8), and he is also described as the Temple builder (Zech 4:9). However, there are several reasons that complicate this association. The first is that Joshua is the one crowned, not the Branch. The next is that Zerubbabel is not mentioned. The third is that the references to Zemah appear to anticipate a future event, while Zerubbabel existed in the present.[20] Zechariah neither proclaims that Zerubbabel will restore the monarchy, nor does he contradict the previous hopes for a Davidic king (Hag 2:23). Rather, Zechariah maintains hope for a Davidic king in the future, without tying down the prophecy directly to Zerubbabel.[19]
In the Writings (Kethuvim)
References to Zerubbabel appear in the Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1 Chronicles.
Ezra
According to the Book of Ezra chapter 2, Zerubbabel returned to Jerusalem in the first wave of liberated exiles under the decree of King Cyrus of Persia in 538 BCE. The mention of Zerubbabel in the book of Ezra primarily serves the purpose of describing the return to Judah following the exile from Babylon and the construction of the Second Temple. According to the authors of the Book of Ezra, "when the seventh month came… Jeshua son of Jozadak along with his fellow-priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, with his colleagues, set to work to build the altar of the God of Israel". (Ezra 3:1–2)
The Book of Ezra also gives a date for the beginning of the construction of the Temple:
"In the second month of the second year, after they came to the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak began the work". (Ezr. 3:8)
This passage describes how Zerubbabel was part of the group who began to build the second Temple of Jerusalem. According to the Book of Ezra, Zerubbabel is also under the authority of King Cyrus of Persia to build the Temple (Ezr. 4:3). The passages describing Zerubbabel do mention the prophecies of Haggai and of Zechariah concerning Zerubbabel's actions in the land of Judah.
Regarding Sheshbazzar, he was appointed governor of Judah by the Persian King Cyrus in the year 538 BCE, and was given gold and told to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple. According to a letter from Tattenai (the governor of the province Beyond the River) to King Darius I, Sheshbazzar started the Temple, but it lay under construction for a long time. It seems as though Zerubbabel picked up construction shortly afterwards, in the 2nd year of Darius' rule (August 29, 520 BCE) (see Zerubbabel in Haggai). This is a contradiction, however, as Zerubbabel was said in Zechariah 4:9 to have laid the foundations of the new Temple, while Tattenai's letter to Darius says that Sheshbazzar laid the foundations of the Temple (Ezra 5:16).[21]
According to the Letter written by King Darius I recorded in the Book of Ezra:
"the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar carried away from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, are to be returned; they are all to be taken back to the temple in Jerusalem, and restored each to its place in the house of God". (Ezr. 6:5)
The final detail in the book of Ezra regarding Zerubbabel is a date for the completion of the second Temple. According to the Book of Ezra, "the house was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius." In this passage, the word "house" refers to the second Temple.
Nehemiah
The reference to Zerubbabel in the Book of Nehemiah is rather brief. The author of the Book of Nehemiah only refers to Zerubbabel in passing when the author states that: "These are the priests and the Levites which came back with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua" (Neh. 12:1). The Book of Nehemiah provides no new information regarding Zerubbabel.
1st Chronicles
The mention of Zerubbabel in 1 Chronicles only states Zerubbabel and his lineage and descendants. This passage states:
"The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hannaniah; they had a sister Shelomith. There were five others: Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed" (1 Chronicles 3:19).
Unlike the passages in Nehemiah, Haggai, and Ezra, 1 Chronicles appears to state that Zerubbabel is not the son of Shealtiel, but rather the son of Pedaiah. For a further explanation of this contradiction please see the section on Zerubbabel and his family.
Son of Shealtiel or Pedaiah
The Hebrew Bible lists Shealtiel as the second son of King Jeconiah (1 Chronicles 3:17). The Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II exiled to Babylon Joconiah and Jeconiah's uncle King Zedekiah the last king of Judah and killed Zedekiah there. Potentially, Shealtiel became the legal heir to the throne, if the Davidic monarchy were restored.
The Hebrew Bible has conflicting texts regarding whether Zerubbabel is the son of Shealtiel or of Pedaiah. Several texts (that are thought to be more-or-less contemporaneous) explicitly call "Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel" (Ezra 3:2, 8; 5:2, Nehemiah 12:1, Haggai 1:1, 12, 14). The Seder Olam Zutta also supports that position. Surprisingly, 1 Chronicles 3:17–19 makes Zerubbabel a nephew of Shealtiel: King Jeconiah is the father of Shealtiel and Pedaiah, then Pedaiah is the father of Zerubbabel.
Various attempts have been made to show how both genealogies could be true. One explanation suggests Shealtiel died childless and therefore Pedaiah, his brother, married his widow according to a Jewish law regarding inheritance (Deuteronomy 25:5–6). If so, Zerubbabel would be the legal son of Shealtiel but the biological son of Pedaiah.
The other speculation suggests the title "son of Shealtiel" does not refer to being a biological son but to being a member in Shealtiel's "household" (Hebrew: בית, bet). The Hebrew term "father" (Hebrew: אב, av) can refer to a father of a household, similar to the Latin term paterfamilias. In this sense, a man who is the "father" of a household can therefore be referred to as the "father" of his own biological siblings, nephews and nieces, or anyone else who cohabitates in his "household". Zerubbabel (and possibly his father Pedaiah) could be called a "son" if they lived in Shealtiel's household.
Perhaps both speculations could be true. Zerubbabel could be the legal son of Shealtiel and therefore also a member of his household. Notably, if Shealtiel had no biological children, Zerubbabel as a legal son would have inherited Shealtiel's household and become its new "father" with authority over the other members of the household.
Yet another speculation simply suggests that the text which identifies Zerubbabel as a son of Pedaiah could be a scribal error. It occurs in a part of the text where the Hebrew seems discongruent and possibly garbled (1 Chronicles 3:16–21).[22] The expected mention of Shealtiel being a father seems accidentally omitted, and thus his children became confused with Pedaiah's. There may be other problems with these verses as well.
In any case, those texts that call Zerubbabel "son of Shealtiel" have a context that is overtly political and seems to emphasize Zerubbabel's potential royal claim to the throne of the Davidic Dynasty by being Shealtiel's successor. Zerubbabel is understood as the legal successor of Shealtiel, with Zerubbabel's title paralleling the High Priest Jeshua's title, "son of Jozadak", that emphasizes Joshua's rightful claim to the dynasty of high priests, descending from Aaron. Therefore, with one descending from David and the other from Aaron, these two officials have the divine authority to rebuild the Temple.
Zerubbabel in the New Testament
Main article: Genealogy of Jesus § Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel
In the New Testament, the name Zerubbabel appears in both versions of the genealogy of Jesus.
In Matthew's genealogy from Solomon: "Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud". (Matthew 1:12–13),
In Luke's genealogy from Nathan (son of David) there is also a "Zerubbabel son of Salatiel" (different spelling from Matthew), but this Zerubbabel is grandson of Neri, not Jeconiah, and his son is Rhesa not Abiud. (Luke 3:27).
These genealogies do not match the genealogy presented in 1 Chronicles; various explanations have been suggested.
Zerubbabel in Apocrypha
Zerubbabel is mentioned in both the books of Sirach and 1 Esdras.
Sirach
"How shall we magnify Zerubbabel? He was like a signet ring on the right hand" (Sirach 49:13)
Zerubbabel is listed alongside Jeshua (Joshua) son of Jozadak and Nehemiah as a leader of the restoration of the Temple. Notably, Ezra is missing from this honor. This portion of the text of Sirach is a list and brief description of the famous rulers, prophets, and ancestors of the kingdom of Judah (beginning in chapter 44).
1st Esdras
1 Esdras 3–4 tells the story of a speech-writing competition between three bodyguards of Darius I, in which the winner would receive honor and riches from the King. Scholars have long debated the source of the competition and the Praise of Truth. Cook says that the competition story could be either “a secondary insertion or part of the original compilation.[23]:5 The argument for wine conflicts with Proverbs xxiii.29-35 and Sirach.xxxi.25-30. Cook mentions other views of the Praise of Truth: “may be a specimen of Palestinian wisdom (Zunz),and although Volz (1493) thinks it shows contact with Alexandrian religious philosophy, Torrey (46 seq.) fails to find anything ' hellenistic ' or suggestive of the influence of Greek literature or philosophy”.[23]:5
Torrey (1910) disagrees with German critics: "But if any student of the Greek Bible will look closely at the idiom of these two chapters, he will find it precisely the same which elsewhere results from a close rendering of a Hebrew or Aramaic original. … All those who are familiar with Semitic modes of thought and literary forms will recognize here a characteristic Semitic product".[24] Dancy (2001) supports Torrey “And the praise of truth is clearly an insertion (4.34-41). It differs totally from the other three in being not a courtly speech but a lofty hymn. In particular, Egyption Ma’at and Persian Arsha were deities of order, representing both truth and (as here) justice. The hymn is unlikely to be Jewish in origin, otherwise the praise would have been of Wisdom, but its elevated tone clearly appealed to the Jewish editor.”[25]
The first two spoke about the strength of wine and the strength of kings, respectively, but the winner was the third bodyguard, who spoke about the strength of women and truth:
"If she smiles at him, he laughs; if she loses her temper with him, he flatters her so that she may be reconciled with him. Gentlemen, why are not women strong, since they do such things?" (1 Esd 4:31–32).
This speaker is told (in parentheses) to be Zerubbabel, but this detail was likely tacked onto a secular, Hellenized tale about the power of wine, kings, truth, and women.[23]:29 The author of 1 Esdras might have done so to glorify the power of Zerubbabel, the description of which is unparalleled in Ezra, Nehemiah, and Haggai, as the aforementioned books all discuss the power of Zerubbabel in accordance to the power of the high priest Joshua. After Zerubbabel wins the competition, he is given sanction to rebuild the Temple and return the sacred Temple vessels that Nebuchadnezzar II had preserved after the conquest of Babylon.
It is also probable that the author of 1 Esdras included this reference to Zerubbabel to alleviate any confusion about the difference between Zerubbabel and Sheshbazzar that was apparent in the original book of Ezra.[26]
The account of Zerubbabel in 1 Esdras is almost identical to the account of Zerubbabel in the Book of Ezra, included in the Kethuvim. This is because many scholars believe that 1 Esdras is a Greek version of the Book of Ezra. However, there are a few details that appear in 1 Esdras and not in the Book of Ezra. The first discrepancy is that 1 Esdras refers to Zerubbabel's son as Joakim (1 Esd. 5:5). However, this is not one of the sons included in the genealogy included in 1 Chronicles and the Book of Ezra makes no mention of Zerubbabel's son.
The second discrepancy is that the author of 1 Esdras claims that it was "Zerubbabel who spoke wise words before King Darius of Persia" (1 Esd. 5:6). However, there is no passage similar to this in the Book of Ezra. Finally 1 Esdras mentions a person called Sanabassar as the Governor of Judah and that it was he who laid the foundation for the first temple (1 Esd. 6:18–20). Sanabassar may refer to Shashbazar. However, according to the Book of Ezra, Zerubbabel is the governor of Judah and he laid the foundation for the Temple.
He was given sanction to rebuild the Temple and return the sacred Temple vessels that Nebuchadnezzar II had preserved after the conquest of Babylon.
Zorobabel[27] and the Darius contest in other texts
Alcuin Blamires[28]:50–58 has found five authors who tell the tale of a contest to identify what is the strongest thing. According to Blamires[28]:59 these tales represent “the nearest discoverable counterpart to Theophrastus/Jerome’s influence on medieval misogyny.” In chronological order they are:
1 Esdras (cited as Vulgate or 3 Esdras by Blamires)
Josephus c. 94 Antiquities of the Jews[29]
Nicole Bozon c. 1320 Contes moralisés[30]
Jean Le Fèvre de Ressons (1320-1380) Livre de Leesce[31]
John Gower 1390 Confessio Amantis VII. lines 1802-1975
Lope De Vega c. 1638 Contra valor no hay desdicha[32] lines 452-495
Mary Collier 1730 The Three Wise Sentences[33]
Five versions pick truth as strongest after discussing the merits of women. Bozon’s omission of the “Esdras sequel on truth” was either deliberate or “not available in the account he is following.[28]:55 Le Fèvre “makes Zorobabel a fourth speaker, championing truth after the other three nominations have been aired by three preceding speakers”.[28]:55 Lope De Vega also ignores truth. Walker observes that De Vega used several historical sources in addition to 1 Esdras.[34] Four versions (Esdras, Josephus, Gower and Collier) mention the courtesan Apame who took the crown of Darius in Esdras and Josephus (in Gower Apemen is courtesan of Cyrus). Collier follows Esdras fairly closely and “ends with a pious expression of the poet's submission to divine will:”.[35]
The contest inspired six sixteenth century artists to create prints illustrating the four powers. Veldman has located works by Philips Galle, Johannes Wierix, Pieter Perret, Zacharias Dolendo, Nicolaus Knüpfer and Christoffel van Sichem. The last work dates from 1657. The disappearance of 1 Esdras from the Dutch bible “would certainly have contributed to the sudden decline in the riddle’s popularity”.[36]
Many authors [37][38][39] consider “truth” to be the be core of this story. Some modern critics [28] view “women” as the focus as they were often belittled in Biblical and medieval texts. Milton disagrees with Zorobabel and asserts that “truth and justice are all one”.[40]
Zerubbabel in Freemasonry
Though he is not mentioned in Craft Freemasonry, Zerubbabel is considered to be of great importance to a number of Masonic bodies. Within the Holy Royal Arch, and Royal Arch Masonry he is considered to be a ruling principal.[41] In the Knights Templar his example of truth and fidelity is used as the foundation of the Illustrious Order of the Red Cross.[42] And all three degrees of Knight Masonry deal specifically with the life and time of Zerubbabel.[43]
Zerubbabel in other texts
He is the receiver of an apocalypse in the seventh century Apocalypse of Zerubbabel, also known as Sefer Zerubbabel.[44] This text contains a prophecy given to Zerubbabel from God. It is very similar to the style of the prophecy given in 1 Enoch. The prophecy contains messianic imagery and Zerubbabel is told the future of the city of Jerusalem.
He plays a large role in Sholem Asch's final work The Prophet.[45] He is announced as the Prince of Judah upon his return to the Holy Land. One of the firm and long-standing followers and friends of the Prophet Isaiah, and descendant of the Davidic Dynasty.
External links
Easton's Bible Dictionary: Zerubbabel
Jewish Encyclopedia: Zerubbabel
Loeb Family Tree: Zerubbabel
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^ Janet E. Tollington, Tradition and Innovation in Haggai and Zechariah 1–8 (Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993), 132.
^ Michael H. Floyd and Robert D. Haak Eds. Prophets and Prophetic Texts In Second Temple Jerusalem. (New York, T & T Clark International, 2006). 104.
^ Diana Edelman. The Origins of the 'Second' Temple: Persian Imperial Policy and the Rebuilding of Jerusalem. (Oakville, CT, Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2005). 2.
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^ Michael H. Floyd and Robert D. Haak, eds. Prophets and Prophetic Texts In Second Temple Jerusalem. (New York, T & T Clark International, 2006). 116
^ Floyd 119
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^ a b Anthony R. Petterson, "The Shape of the Davidic Hope across the Book of the Twelve," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 35 (2010): 225–246.
^ Rose 248
^ Geoffrey Wigoder, ed., "Sheshbazzar," Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible (G.G. The Jerusalem Publishing House Ltd.), www.answers.com/topic/sheshbazzar
^ "Zerubbabel", Jewish Encyclopedia 1908.
^ a b c S. A. Cook (1913). "1 Esdras INTRODUCTION". In R. H. Charles. THE APOCRYPHA AND PSEUDEPIGRAPHA OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IN ENGLISH.
^ Charles C. Torrey (1910). EZRA STUDIES. University of Chicago Press.
^ John C. Dancy (2001). The Divine Drama: The Old Testament as Literature. p. 694. ISBN 978-0-71882-987-2.
^ Tollington, 131–134.
^ Zorobabel is the name used in four texts
^ a b c d e Alcuin Blamires (1998). "2 The Formal Case: Origins, Procedures". The Case for Women in Medieval Culture. Oxford University Press. pp. 50–59. ISBN 978-0-19-818630-4.
^ Josephus. "3.5". Antiquities of the Jews.
^ Nicole Bozon. "54. De fortitudine miilieris". Contes moralisés. pp. 75–76.
^ Jehan Le Fèvre. "Livre de Leësce line 65ff". Lamentations.
^ Lope De Vega. "Contra Valor No Hay Desdicha". In Menéndez Pelayo, Marcelino. Obras de Lope de Vega, XIV: comedias mitológicas y comedias históricas de asunto extranjero. pp. 288–329.
^ Mary Collier (1739). The Woman's Labour: an Epistle to Mr. Stephen Duck: in Answer to His Late.
^ Naomi R. Walker (April 1, 2014). "The Greek, the Roman, and the Persian King: Lope De Vega's Use of Historical Source Material for the Play Contra Valor No Hay Desdicha". Bulletin of Hispanic Studies.
^ Bridget Keegan (1 October 2005). "Mysticisms and Mystifications: The Demands of Laboring-Class Religious Poetry". Criticism (47.4): 471–491.
^ Ilja M. Veldman (1987). "Who Is the Strongest? The Riddle of Esdras in Netherlandish Art". Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art (17.4): 223–239.
^ Samantha J. Rayner. Images of Kingship in Chaucer and His Ricardian Contemporaries. pp. 12–14.
^ Gower gives full play to his ability as a moralizer in declaring somewhat ironically that the king is inferior to a woman, not to speak of truth. Masahiko Kanno. John Gower's View of Word and Rhetoric (PDF). p. 23.
^ Zerubbabel argues argues that truth is the strongest force in the world and attributes truth to his God.Mark McEntire. An Apocryphal God: Beyond Divine Maturity. p. 64.
^ For truth is properly no more than contemplation; and her utmost efficiency is but teaching: but justice in her very essence is all strength and activity; and hath a sword put into her hand, John Milton (1649). "Justice above the King". Eikonoklastes.
^ Mackey, Albert G. M.D.: Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and its Kindred Sciences, page 1040. McClure Publishing Co., 1917.
^ www.tngrandyorkrite.org/index.php?what_is_kt=Y
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^ Strack, Hermann Leberecht; Gunter Stemberger (1992). Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash. Markus Bockmuehl (trans.). Fortress Press. p. 327. ISBN 0-8006-2524-2.
^ Asch, Sholem (1955). The Prophet. Arthur Saul Super (trans.). G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 343.
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PASSING THE VEILS - CEREMONY AND HISTORY.
By Excellent Companion Gordon Mogg.
1. ORIGINS OF THE CEREMONY:
The ancient and picturesque ceremony of Passing the Veils is contained in the Excellent Masters degree and is a required preliminary to the Royal Arch ceremony. It is a dramatic performance and when suitably presented can be most impressive, being open to a great variety of Masonic symbolism.
It may be said to be a highly elaborated system which seems to nave been based partly on the old Irish ceremony, whilst drawing also on old English and American rituals.
There are four veils of blue, purple, crimson and white, denoting, respectively, Friendship, Unity (based on the union of blue and crimson producing purple), Fervency and 'Zeal (truly typical of R. A. Masonry) and Purity. In the Book of Chronicles 11, Ch. iii (14), it is said that "Solomon made the veil of blue; purple and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon."
It would appear that a single veil is indicated in the Scripture and that it was placed before the Holy of Holies (Debir). This is in accord with the tabernacle made by Moses in the Sinai desert, where a single white veil was placed before the most holy place. The tabernacle was, however, hung with curtains in the manner of tapestry, which were of many interwoven colours, no one curtain being wholly of a single colour. These curtains or veils did not hang across-the tabernacle but covered its sides and roof.
The R. A. legend in the Excellent Masters Degree relating to the veils is based on the story by Josephus, the 'first century historian, in his "Antiquities of the Jews", Vol. 1, viii, Ch.'3, where he was referring to the interior of the 'first Temple, and not to the supposed tabernacle said in the ritual to have been erected by Zerubbabel; Haggai and Joshua near its ruins. Josephus says that King Solomon "also had veils 'of blue; purple and scarlet (crimson), and the brightest and softest linen with the most curious flowers wrought upon them, ''which were to-drawn before the doors." This story has no Biblical support and it is thought that Josephus unduly forced the symbolism of the veils by saying that they were composed of four things which declared the, four elements - Air, Water, Fire and Earth, blue. signifying Air, purple the Sea (Water), because the colour was dyed by the blood of a shellfish (the Murex), scarlet naturally representing Fire, whilst white signified Earth, as the fine linen was made of flax which grew out of the earth, and bore a white flower.
It is however, from Josephus that the Masonic ritual inventors took their ideas, rather than from the V.S.L. Whilst the tabernacle said to have been, erected, by Zerubbabel is not historically correct, it must be considered: in the ritual sense as a symbol and this in no way diminishes its value to us. Masonic science claims to be a peculiar system of morality (or philosophy), veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols, but many Companions, unfortunately, do not consider that it is veiled at all! No attempt is made to proceed beyond, say, the ethical aspect rather than- delving under the surface; they never strive to lift the veil "which the eye of human reason cannot penetrate." Apparently, they do not realise that it is an allegory, or parable, and that understand it properly, it, must be studied carefully and continually in order to arrive at its philosophical message.
2. SYMBOLISM:
When referring to the symbolism of the veils as a whole, they constitute four divisions of the tabernacle erected by Zerubbabel and are obstacles to the Candidate in his advancement to the Sanhedrin, there to receive spiritual illumination and ultimately obtain the knowledge of the true name of God, masonically speaking, the Divine Name is in itself a symbol of Truth, the object (or it should be) of' every Companion's search and labours. Therefore, the passing through the veils is a symbol of overcoming trials and tribulations that must be surmounted in the long search for truth. Viewed as separate veils the symbolism alters and is independent for each veil, although the veils are really connected, just as the virtues which they symbolise are those which should apply to all Companions seeking the Truth..
In our ritual, the symbolism of the Veils applies to the miraculous signs of Moses and also to the various colours of each of, the veils themselves, as detailed in the Excellent Master ritual:
BLUE: the colour of the Craft (symbolic degrees; is a symbol of Friendship and represents the first step in the search for Truth. The first sign; that of Moses casting the rod on the ground and it turning first into a serpent and then back to a rod in his hand, refers to the ancient symbolism of resurrection, as the serpent, by casting its skin every year, is supposed to renew itself It is also the symbol of the lost Word and its recovery. The Candidate is being taught to divest himself of the veils and superfluities of life, which is a prime requisite before advancing towards the Holy Sanctuary.
PURPLE: portrays the union and close connection of the Craft and Royal .Arch Degree. The reference to Moses and the leprous hand with its subsequent restoration to health is a repetition of the loss and recovery of the Word, the Word being Divine Truth, and it also symbolises Spiritual cleanliness by obedience to Gods Law, which is the next step in progressing to the Holy Sanctuary.
CRIMSON: is the symbol of fervency and zeal, which indicates that the Candidate is so advanced in his, progress as to expect success in his search. The changing of the water into blood; which is life, itself is symbolic of progress from darkness into light and denotes the transmutation of the Candidate from a lower to a higher plane.
WHITE: the veil of Purity, is to remind the Candidate that it is only by purity of life that he can find Divine Truth. "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God."
The Passing of the Veils has symbolism which, viewed either separately or collectively, represents, at the last, the successful search for Divine Truth. In the Masonic tradition, anyone desiring to participate, in the rebuilding of the Temple had first to, pass through the three sections of the tabernacle built by the exiles on their return from Babylon, these three sections being divided by the coloured veils. Having passed the veils and having been purified in the Middle Chamber, the Candidate passes out from the provisional Sanctuary to the Holy Sanhedrin, where he meets the three Chief rulers who send him to work in the ruins of the first Temple and carry on that great and holy work.
3. SOME RITUAL HISTORY:
When the Rev. George Adam Browne compiled his revision of the Royal Arch ritual in 1834/35 (for English use) he said that, in the Passing of the Veils and during the perambulations, the Candidate was shewn some very instructive objects and he referred to the serpent, towards which Moses had to stoop in order to pick it up, and, therefore, this action was interpreted as a sign of Humility Ten years before Adam Browne's revision, the English radical, Carlile, in 1825, gave a fuller account of what happened and told of the spectacular display whit': took place: "At the first veil; the bandage is removed from the Candidate's eyes and he sees a bush on fire, a voice calls out: "Moses, Moses", and here the Candidate has his shoes slipped off. At the second veil, the Candidate was not only shown the figure of a'-serpent but was told AD pick up a rod, cast down by him, which had turned into a serpent. In the third veil, the Candidate is made to behold the Ark of the Covenant, which contains the tables of stone, together with the pot of manna, the table of showbread, the burning incense and the candlesticks with seven branches (menorah). This last description is more or less referred to in the modern ritual of the Royal Master degree.
In the ancient ceremony, there were "readings" (passages of Holy Scripture for each veil, each with its appropriate word and sign. According to the Old American Royal Arch ritual, in the first veil the reading was Exodus iv, 1-10. Carlile gives it as Exodus iii, 1-6, as does Adam Browne - Exodus iii, 1-6, plus 13 & 14. The words in the Old American ritual were "Shem, Ham and Japhet" Both Carlile and Adam Browne give the word of an Installed Master in the Craft.
Adam Browne specifies no sign but Carlile states that it was the sign of a Passed Master, whilst the Old American ritual gives the casting down of the rod which became a serpent, etc. In the second veil, the Old American ritual states that the reading was from the "Writings of Moses". Carlile and Browne quote Exodus iv, 1-5. The Old American ritual infers that the word was "Shem, Japhet and Adoniram". Carlile gives it as "I am that I am" and Adam Browne gives "Moses, Aaron and Eleazor." The sign according to the American ritual was "thrusting the hand into the bosom and taking' it out as leprous as snow", whereas both Carlile and Browne say: “The stooping of Moses and picking up of the serpent." In the third veil, the Old American monitor says again "Writings of Moses", whilst both Carlile and Browne give Exodus iv, 6-9. The American gives the word as "Haggai, Jeshua and Zerubbabel, but Carlile as 'Moses, Aaron and Eleazor" and Browne gives "Holiness to the Lord." The sign in the American ritual was that of placing the hand into the bosom and bringing it out clean but both Carlile and Browne give the sign of this veil as a double one:-
(i) The leprous hand of Moses which was restored.
(ii) The pouring out of water both of which, of course, refer to the reading of Exodus iv, 6-9.
The ancient ritual still had another veil, the fourth one. This was at the entrance to the Chamber where eat the Holy Sanhedrin, which they conceived to have been beyond the tabernacle-proper. The Candidate had to pass through the three veils of the Sanctuary before he could penetrate the last one. The veils were drawn aside, the Candidate entered and, for the first time, was permitted to "behold the Grand Council; High Priest, King and Scribe.
In England, the ceremony of Passing the Veils, with its Readings, Words and Signs, has been abandoned because (or-so, it is, alleged) they made Freemasonry too cumbersome. What they have in fact done is to lose sight of the origin of Speculative Masonry, which was essentially a system of moral instruction, based on the Volume of the Sacred Law. However, as will be shown in para.7 of this paper, the "Bristol Working"; the colourful ceremony has been recently re-introduced.
4. OTHER INTERPRETATIONS:
The symbolism of Passing the Veils is that enlightenment which comes from Masonic, progression originally, the veils may have been an emblem of that mysterious veil which was tent in twain when the crucified Saviour passed through it. About 1800A.D, there was an old Lancashire Craft ritual lecture in which the veil of the Temple signified Jesus Christ, Son of God, hanging on the Altar of the Cross, being the veil between ourselves and God.
The possibility cannot be ruled out that the veils had an alchemical interpretation. A Provincial Grand Chaplain of England said that the entire object of alchemic art "is the uncovering of the inner faculty of insight and wisdom and the removal of the veils intervening between the mind, and dividing it from, its hidden Divine root." The veils were thought 'also to have been a. symbol of the sufferings experienced by the Jews on their return from exile.
In the early ceremonies, the veils were three in number but the Australian and American Chapters now work mainly a four veil ceremony. In England, there are at least twenty R. A. rituals in current use, eighteen of these including reference to a
Symbolic Lecture on the Platonic Bodies.
However, there is no uniformity existing on the geometrical and alchemical explanations. of these "Platonic Bodies".: When comparing the Passing of the Veils symbolism with that of the "Platonic Bodies" there is an interesting reference to a ritual used in the Hull R. A. ceremonies, the text of which goes back nearly 120 years, which states that Plato took the Tetrahedron as the symbol of the element of Fire, the Cube as that of Earth, the Octahedron as that of Water and-the Icosahedron (a polyhedron having twenty faces), a symbol of the arts and sciences, as that of Air, whilst the Dodecahedron (a polyhedron having twelve faces a number greatly favoured by the ancient Semites) was the symbol of the Universe itself. These symbols and meanings are switched about in the many different rituals. In our ritual, we do not use-the symbolism of the five regular polyhedra but their elemental symbolism is applied to the veils, as derived originally from the writings of Josephus. As already mentioned, in England, the old ceremony of the veils fell into disuse and has now reappeared, only in very recent times, only in Bristol. The Irish view is that the veils ceremony is an integral part of their rite of exaltation and indeed, it is so worked, as it was also in the Old American Monitor.
An English R. A. Mason may therefore, quite properly, attend an Irish ceremony, since he is bound not to disclose its secrets by the obligation he has already taken at his own exaltation. Scotland and New South Wales, on the other hand, maintain that the veils ceremony, although an integral part of the Royal Arch ceremony, is a distinct and self-contained degree and is so denominated under the title of Excellent Master. As such, it is argued, it is not covered by the R. A. obligation and no person, therefore, may be present at the ceremony unless he has taken the Excellent Master degree. This currently presents difficulties to English Companions seeking to visit Scottish or New South Wales Chapters whilst the preliminary degree of Excellent Master is being worked.
5. PASSWORDS:
With reference to the various passwords which have evolved in the Passing of the Veils ceremony, it has been said that, following the success attendant on the dramatization of the "Shibboleth" legend in the Craft degree, it may have had some influence upon the colourful ceremony of the Veils ceremony. As therein, the lifting of each veil is accomplished by giving a password based on the Biblical readings of Exodus, narrated to the Candidate for Excellent Master. If the password was introduced into various degrees to serve a utilitarian purposes, it was evidently found by the compilers of ritual to be an even more useful vehicle for the purposes of expansion of the ritual.
6. KABBALAH RELATIONSHIP:
It may be of some interest to readers and hearers to touch on one relationship between the Royal Arch and the Kabbalistic degrees. Three veils are mentioned in the Book of the Greater Holy Assembly (Sepher- ha-IDRA-RABBA KADISHA) which are referred to as "Three Kabbalistic Veils of the negative existence." The first veil is called in Hebrew AIN (which means 'No''), i.e., negatively. The name is spelled with three letters and foreshadows the first three Sephiroth. The second veil is called AIN SOF, which means 'No bound' or 'boundless'. In Hebrew, this name is written with six letters and it alludes to the first six. Sephiroth. The third veil is called AIN SOF AUR, which means 'Unbounded Light'.
This name consists of nine letters and refers to the nine Sephiroth. After this there remains MALKUTH ('Kingship'), the tenth Sephiroth. The Candidate had to pass through these veils, after which he was said to have attained MALKUTH or KINGSHIP; that is to say it was the climax of Freemasonry, as, according to General Charles Rainsford; who represented; English Freemasonry in 1784, when consulted by French Masons, he contended that the ritual, of Freemasonry was derived from the Kabbalists.
7. THE BRISTOL CEREMONY:
On Sunday, 13th August, 1758, two brethren were raised to the degree of Royal Arch Masons and, during-the following twelve months, four other meetings of the same kind took place always on a Sunday evening, at the Crown, Inn, Christmas Street, and Bristol. In 1769, anew Chapter was chartered, Charity No.9, on the Register of the Grand Chapter and for many years the only Chapter in the Bristol Province. It is well known that the veils ceremony was worked but it is not true that it continued to be worked down through the years. It appears that the Beaufort Chapter of Bristol, in the late 19th. Century, worked only the verbal part of the veils ceremony; but did not use the veils themselves, and nobody has been able to give any information about them. M.E.Comp. Sir Ernest Henry Cook Provincial Grand Superintendent for Bristol; 1920-1941, has compiled some personal recollections on Passing the Veils, as practised in the Bristol Province and refers to the fact that, before 1890, there were no veils but the Principal Sojourner and Assistants were asked to retire and put the Candidate through the first portion of Passing the Veils, They then; retired to the ante-room and the work was done, but without veils; The allusion to the three veils suspended, of the colours of blue, purple and crimson, etc., induced Some Companions to ask for further particulars of the ceremony.
The matter was discussed at great length and no one could tell anything about them but it was confidently stated that, although referred to, the veils were not in use in the middle of the 19th Century in Bristol. Sir Ernest wrote to the English Grand Scribe "E", who advised that he knew nothing about the matter and could not tell of any Chapter in England where the ceremony was extant. Subsequently, it was found that the veils were in use in some Chapters in Ireland and some in Scotland References were found also in various books on Masonry. After some difficulty, Sir Ernest had some three veils made with poles, cords and supports, these being suspended across the ante-room of the Chapter. The necessary ritual was then compounded, made up of what had been in use for many years (although without the actual veils) and what could be found in books and old R. A. rituals. The Grand Scribe "E" then stated that, whilst it was not then in use in England and as the Bristol proposal was merely to resuscitate a disused portion of the original ceremony, he considered that no objection could be taken to it. Thus Bristol proceeded and, towards the end of 1929 and after careful consideration, it was concluded that a fourth veil (of white) would add to the beauty of the ceremony.
The Assistant Grand Librarian wrote to the Provincial Grand Scribe "E", Bristol, in 1932, saying that "the ceremony of the veils is now obsolete in England but still continued in most other countries, including notably the U.S.A the veils were doubtless part of the early ceremony of the Arch degree and the working of the same was, I believe, discontinued at the Union in 1817..It In gathering information from countries outside England and from books on the subject, Sir Ernest Cook found many different usages and customs, such as "Veils...four in number, of colours blue, purple, red and white, and all emblematical of the Equinoxes and Solstices, allegorically denominated the "Gates of Heaven." Summing up the results of his enquiry, Sir Ernest stated that, whilst there is a strong tradition amounting almost to being universal, only Bristol was using the ceremony known as Passing the Veils in England, although it had been proved that such was very widely used in various forms. He stated further that the description in Exodus is so definite and far exceeds in importance any other reference to be obtained elsewhere.
8. VARIOUS REFERENCES TO THE VEILS (VAILS2 IN THE V. S. L.: EXODUS, Chapter 26. Verse 1. And the Lord spoke unto Moses saying "Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue and purple and scarlet; with cherubim of cunning (clever) work shalt thou make them." Verses 31-33:'And thou shalt make a vial of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twisted linen of cunning work; with cherubim shall it be made. And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim-wood (acacia) overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold upon the four sockets of silver. And thou shalt hang up the vial under the clasps, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vial the Ark of the Testimony; and the veil shall be divided unto you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy (Sanctum Sanctorum)."
Chapter 27.
Verse 16."And for the gate of the court (of the tabernacle) shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twisted linen, wrought with needlework
Chapter 36.
Verse 8."And every wise-hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made the curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; with cherubim of cunning work made he them."
Verse 35."And he made a veil of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twisted linen; with cherubim made he it of cunning work."
Verse 37."And he made a hanging for the tabernacle-door of blue, purple and scarlet and fine twisted linen of needlework."
Chapters 40/41.
"And he brought the Ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the covering and covered the Ark of the testimony; as the Lord commanded Moses.
"And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward without (beyond) the veil."
CHRONICLES 2, Chapter 3.
Verse 14. "And he (Solomon) made the veil of blue and purple and crimson and fine linen and wrought cherubim thereon."
9 CONCLUSION
The object of any Masonic legend is to convey philosophical doctrines and is not in any way intended to establish historical facts. The ceremonies are external additions which do not affect the substance of Freemasonry as a science; that is a philosophy taught by a system of doctrines. The beginnings of Masonic philosophy go back a long way into antiquity and are not to be confounded with the ceremonies of Masonry, which go back but un-substantially little farther than the 1700's, (and, in some cases, not even so far, as many important modifications have been made to our rituals since that time, and are still being made.)
As stated in the beginning of this paper, the Passing of the Veils ceremony is open to many philosophical interpretations. (Acknowledgments to Ars Quatuor Coronatorum and to Mackey.)
The meaning of the four horns on an altar.
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Exodus 29:12, Horns of the altar. The four horns of the altar of sacrifice was the place where the blood of atonement was sprinkled (also Lev 4:4, 17, 18, 25, 30, 34; 8:15; 9:9; 16:18).
But there’s more. Horn is the Hebrew word qeren meaning “horn, hill or ray.” This word is used to describe the rays of light rays emanating from the face of Moses after his encounter with YHVH (Exod 34:29) and the horns of an animal (Ps 69:31). In ancient cultures, the horn was a metaphor for physical strength or spiritual power (Deut 33:17; 2 Sam 22:3; Ps 18:2). Elsewhere, YHVH is referred to as man’s “horn of salvation” meaning he is the strength of our salvation. The Hebrew word for salvation is yesha meaning “deliverance, rescue, safety, welfare, victory, prosperity.” The root of yesha is the verb yasha meaning “to save, to deliver, to give victory.” Not only is YHVH called our “horn of salvation” in the Tanakh, but this designation is applied to Yeshua as well in the Testimony of Yeshua (Luke 1:69). Interestingly, Yeshua is a derivative of the Hebrew name Yehoshua (or Joshua), which also derives from yasha.
It should be evident from this quick study that the horns of the altar are a picture of Yeshua, who is the horn or strength of our salvation and who shed his blood for our sins on the altar of the cross.
This being the case, why then are there four horns on the altar? This is likely symbolic of the four attributes of Yeshua, even as the four colors of cloth used throughout the tabernacle prophetically symbolize the same thing. Crimson speaks to Yeshua’s humanity, purple to his kingship, blue to his divinity, and white to his sinlessness or righteousness.
Additionally, the Jewish sages view the four horns as symbolizing the four corners of the earth, for, in Hebraic thought, the earth is nothing more than a large altar dedicated to Elohim. (See The ArtScroll Tehilim/Psalms commentary on this verse and notes at Ps 118:27.) The horns on the four corners of the altar could also prophetically point to the fact that Yeshua came to save all humans (who would trust in him) from the four corners of the earth.
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rheasan.deviantart.com/#/d3dmy1q
Book cover and illustrations
caricatures
Current location: Metro Manila Philippines
Contact number:
09062258355
(046) 484-7458
*Open for foreign clients
E-mail address: drift_getche@yahoo.com
rhea.cenizal11@yahoo.com
office: genrerhe11@gmail.com
Rhea CAN DO:
BOOK COVER AND ILLUSTRATION(FREEHAND TRADITIONAL)
MURAL PAINTING ( RELIGIOUS, STILL LIFE, SURREALISM, CARTOON)
Rhea have worked on graphics for Idealworld management ltd, Asian International Ltd., Surroundpix.com.au., Tongalei.com.ph, Bellaluce.com, Philippine Nature foundation, Sea Marine International, Bijouelry.com, Pixografx, Fast print inc and NGO's, working for mediategy.com and other freelance projects.
Now working on book illustration and caricature
Awards and Certificates Received: Venue Year
Philippine International Comics, cartoon and Animation membership The Block Edsa 2010
National Certificate II in Computer Hardware Servicing TESDA 2009
Artistic Award Island Cove Resort 2008
Certificate of Attendance, 3rd Cavite I.C.T. Youth Convention SM Bacoor 2008
Topics: IPV6, IT Security Analytics, Visual Studio 2008,
Mobile Programming and Animation
Certificate of Attendance in Kapnayan Festival UPLB 2003
Theme: “Science and Technology as the corner stone in upholding the society”
2nd place On the Spot Painting Contest) Island cove Resort 2003
Sagip-Ilog Counci, DENR (level 2)
1st place On the Spot Portrait Contest (Divisional) Dasma High School 2004
7th place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) Imus, Cavite 2004
Theme: “Undas”
3rd place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) San Pablo City, Laguna 2003
Theme: “Pasko”
Artist Award (Graduation) Kawit, Cavite 1999
4th place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention month
1st place District on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention mont
Certificate of participation, Girls Scout of the Philippines Imus, Cavite 1997
Slogan Theme: “Kalayaan Noon, Droga Ngayon”
4th place Regional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Mandaluyong City 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Naic, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Imus, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level On the Spot Poster Making Contest Kawit, Cavite Parish Church 1996
Theme: “Si Hesus; Noon, Ngayon at Magpakaylanman”
Other list of awards not included
Rhea Finished a formal education of Japanese language and currently pursuing her goal to become a translator and a skilled artist.
*I am offering Japanese language, adobe illustrator and adobe photoshop tutorials
Please text or call:09323397495 look for Rhea
I am accepting creative jobs for publishing and printing:
banners
illustrations
drawings
art projects
photo editing
photo enhance
retouching
graphic designs and template
editorial cartooning
comics
logos,t-shirt and sticker designs
I am also doing Photoshop and illustrator home based tutorial. 500php per session
I am also accepting Japanese language both written and speech tutorial. Welcome for beginners, home based tutorial
yhvh
SON OF GOD 'KING OF KINGS' THE ONLY 'ONE' TRUE REAL MESSIAH
Isaiah 43:11
"I, even I, AM the Lord, And besides Me there is no saviour".
Acts 4:12
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no 'other' name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.
2 John 1:7
For many 'deceivers' have gone out into the world, those who do 'not' acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.
John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has 'eternal' life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
John 14:15-17
15 “If you love Me, you will 'obey' My commandments.
16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another 'Helper' who will be with you 'forever'.
17 That Helper is the 'Spirit of Truth' (Holy Spirit). The world cannot accept Him, because it 'neither' sees Him nor knows Him. But you know Him, because He lives with you and will be in you.”
Matthew 28:18-20
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, 'baptizing' them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 and teaching them to 'obey' everything I have commanded you. And surely I AM with you 'always', to the very end of the age.”
Book cover and illustrations
caricatures
Current location: Metro Manila Philippines
Contact number:
09062258355
(046) 484-7458
*Open for foreign clients
E-mail address: drift_getche@yahoo.com
rhea.cenizal11@yahoo.com
office: genrerhe11@gmail.com
Rhea CAN DO:
BOOK COVER AND ILLUSTRATION(FREEHAND TRADITIONAL)
MURAL PAINTING ( RELIGIOUS, STILL LIFE, SURREALISM, CARTOON)
Rhea have worked on graphics for Idealworld management ltd, Asian International Ltd., Surroundpix.com.au., Tongalei.com.ph, Bellaluce.com, Philippine Nature foundation, Sea Marine International, Bijouelry.com, Pixografx, Fast print inc and NGO's, working for mediategy.com and other freelance projects.
Now working on book illustration and caricature
Awards and Certificates Received: Venue Year
Philippine International Comics, cartoon and Animation membership The Block Edsa 2010
National Certificate II in Computer Hardware Servicing TESDA 2009
Artistic Award Island Cove Resort 2008
Certificate of Attendance, 3rd Cavite I.C.T. Youth Convention SM Bacoor 2008
Topics: IPV6, IT Security Analytics, Visual Studio 2008,
Mobile Programming and Animation
Certificate of Attendance in Kapnayan Festival UPLB 2003
Theme: “Science and Technology as the corner stone in upholding the society”
2nd place On the Spot Painting Contest) Island cove Resort 2003
Sagip-Ilog Counci, DENR (level 2)
1st place On the Spot Portrait Contest (Divisional) Dasma High School 2004
7th place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) Imus, Cavite 2004
Theme: “Undas”
3rd place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) San Pablo City, Laguna 2003
Theme: “Pasko”
Artist Award (Graduation) Kawit, Cavite 1999
4th place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention month
1st place District on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention mont
Certificate of participation, Girls Scout of the Philippines Imus, Cavite 1997
Slogan Theme: “Kalayaan Noon, Droga Ngayon”
4th place Regional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Mandaluyong City 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Naic, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Imus, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level On the Spot Poster Making Contest Kawit, Cavite Parish Church 1996
Theme: “Si Hesus; Noon, Ngayon at Magpakaylanman”
Other list of awards not included
Rhea Finished a formal education of Japanese language and currently pursuing her goal to become a translator and a skilled artist.
*I am offering Japanese language, adobe illustrator and adobe photoshop tutorials
Please text or call:09323397495 look for Rhea
I am accepting creative jobs for publishing and printing:
banners
illustrations
drawings
art projects
photo editing
photo enhance
retouching
graphic designs and template
editorial cartooning
comics
logos,t-shirt and sticker designs
I am also doing Photoshop and illustrator home based tutorial. 500php per session
I am also accepting Japanese language both written and speech tutorial. Welcome for beginners, home based tutorial
YHVH
sketch
Say No to drugs..
You're just making the drug lords rich and powerful
From the script:
Dr. Jose Rizal: Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan
Drug Sindicate: Sisirain ko ang kanilang kanabukasan
Bata1: Napagtripan ng mga addict ang ate ko at pinatay. Sya san ang magpapa-aral sa kin.
Bata2: Kapit bahay namin pusher
Bata3: Tatay ng classmate ko druglord. Ang yaman nga nila, gusto ko ganun din ako pag laki ko
Bata4: Wala kayo, tatay at nanay ko addict pati kuya ko.
Nene: Hay naku, di na bago yan
Original ILLUSTRATION
E-MAIL: drift_getche@yahoo.com
rheasan.deviantart.com/#/d3dmy1q
Book cover and illustrations
caricatures
Current location: Metro Manila Philippines
Contact number:
09062258355
(046) 484-7458
*Open for foreign clients
E-mail address: drift_getche@yahoo.com
rhea.cenizal11@yahoo.com
office: genrerhe11@gmail.com
Rhea CAN DO:
BOOK COVER AND ILLUSTRATION(FREEHAND TRADITIONAL)
MURAL PAINTING ( RELIGIOUS, STILL LIFE, SURREALISM, CARTOON)
Rhea have worked on graphics for Idealworld management ltd, Asian International Ltd., Surroundpix.com.au., Tongalei.com.ph, Bellaluce.com, Philippine Nature foundation, Sea Marine International, Bijouelry.com, Pixografx, Fast print inc and NGO's, working for mediategy.com and other freelance projects.
Now working on book illustration and caricature
Awards and Certificates Received: Venue Year
Philippine International Comics, cartoon and Animation membership The Block Edsa 2010
National Certificate II in Computer Hardware Servicing TESDA 2009
Artistic Award Island Cove Resort 2008
Certificate of Attendance, 3rd Cavite I.C.T. Youth Convention SM Bacoor 2008
Topics: IPV6, IT Security Analytics, Visual Studio 2008,
Mobile Programming and Animation
Certificate of Attendance in Kapnayan Festival UPLB 2003
Theme: “Science and Technology as the corner stone in upholding the society”
2nd place On the Spot Painting Contest) Island cove Resort 2003
Sagip-Ilog Counci, DENR (level 2)
1st place On the Spot Portrait Contest (Divisional) Dasma High School 2004
7th place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) Imus, Cavite 2004
Theme: “Undas”
3rd place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) San Pablo City, Laguna 2003
Theme: “Pasko”
Artist Award (Graduation) Kawit, Cavite 1999
4th place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention month
1st place District on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention mont
Certificate of participation, Girls Scout of the Philippines Imus, Cavite 1997
Slogan Theme: “Kalayaan Noon, Droga Ngayon”
4th place Regional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Mandaluyong City 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Naic, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Imus, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level On the Spot Poster Making Contest Kawit, Cavite Parish Church 1996
Theme: “Si Hesus; Noon, Ngayon at Magpakaylanman”
Other list of awards not included
Rhea Finished a formal education of Japanese language and currently pursuing her goal to become a translator and a skilled artist.
*I am offering Japanese language, adobe illustrator and adobe photoshop tutorials
Please text or call:09323397495 look for Rhea
I am accepting creative jobs for publishing and printing:
banners
illustrations
drawings
art projects
photo editing
photo enhance
retouching
graphic designs and template
editorial cartooning
comics
logos,t-shirt and sticker designs
I am also doing Photoshop and illustrator home based tutorial. 500php per session
I am also accepting Japanese language both written and speech tutorial. Welcome for beginners, home based tutorial
yhvh
Original ILLUSTRATION
E-MAIL: drift_getche@yahoo.com
rheasan.deviantart.com/#/d3dmy1q
Book cover and illustrations
caricatures
Current location: Metro Manila Philippines
Contact number:
09062258355
(046) 484-7458
*Open for foreign clients
E-mail address: drift_getche@yahoo.com
rhea.cenizal11@yahoo.com
office: genrerhe11@gmail.com
Rhea CAN DO:
BOOK COVER AND ILLUSTRATION(FREEHAND TRADITIONAL)
MURAL PAINTING ( RELIGIOUS, STILL LIFE, SURREALISM, CARTOON)
Rhea have worked on graphics for Idealworld management ltd, Asian International Ltd., Surroundpix.com.au., Tongalei.com.ph, Bellaluce.com, Philippine Nature foundation, Sea Marine International, Bijouelry.com, Pixografx, Fast print inc and NGO's, working for mediategy.com and other freelance projects.
Now working on book illustration and caricature
Awards and Certificates Received: Venue Year
Philippine International Comics, cartoon and Animation membership The Block Edsa 2010
National Certificate II in Computer Hardware Servicing TESDA 2009
Artistic Award Island Cove Resort 2008
Certificate of Attendance, 3rd Cavite I.C.T. Youth Convention SM Bacoor 2008
Topics: IPV6, IT Security Analytics, Visual Studio 2008,
Mobile Programming and Animation
Certificate of Attendance in Kapnayan Festival UPLB 2003
Theme: “Science and Technology as the corner stone in upholding the society”
2nd place On the Spot Painting Contest) Island cove Resort 2003
Sagip-Ilog Counci, DENR (level 2)
1st place On the Spot Portrait Contest (Divisional) Dasma High School 2004
7th place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) Imus, Cavite 2004
Theme: “Undas”
3rd place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) San Pablo City, Laguna 2003
Theme: “Pasko”
Artist Award (Graduation) Kawit, Cavite 1999
4th place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention month
1st place District on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention mont
Certificate of participation, Girls Scout of the Philippines Imus, Cavite 1997
Slogan Theme: “Kalayaan Noon, Droga Ngayon”
4th place Regional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Mandaluyong City 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Naic, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Imus, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level On the Spot Poster Making Contest Kawit, Cavite Parish Church 1996
Theme: “Si Hesus; Noon, Ngayon at Magpakaylanman”
Other list of awards not included
Rhea Finished a formal education of Japanese language and currently pursuing her goal to become a translator and a skilled artist.
*I am offering Japanese language, adobe illustrator and adobe photoshop tutorials
Please text or call:09323397495 look for Rhea
I am accepting creative jobs for publishing and printing:
banners
illustrations
drawings
art projects
photo editing
photo enhance
retouching
graphic designs and template
editorial cartooning
comics
logos,t-shirt and sticker designs
I am also doing Photoshop and illustrator home based tutorial. 500php per session
I am also accepting Japanese language both written and speech tutorial. Welcome for beginners, home based tutorial
yhvh
Book cover and illustrations
caricatures
I am also offering cartoon Illustrtion, adobe Illustrator and adobe Photoshop tutorials(home based)
Current location: Metro Manila Philippines
Contact number:
09062258355
(046) 484-7458
*Open for foreign clients
E-mail address: drift_getche@yahoo.com
rhea.cenizal11@yahoo.com
office: genrerhe11@gmail.com
Rhea CAN DO:
BOOK COVER AND ILLUSTRATION(FREEHAND TRADITIONAL)
MURAL PAINTING ( RELIGIOUS, STILL LIFE, SURREALISM, CARTOON)
Rhea have worked on graphics for Idealworld management ltd, Asian International Ltd., Surroundpix.com.au., Tongalei.com.ph, Bellaluce.com, Philippine Nature foundation, Sea Marine International, Bijouelry.com, Pixografx, Fast print inc and NGO's, working for mediategy.com and other freelance projects.
Now working on book illustration and caricature
Awards and Certificates Received: Venue Year
Philippine International Comics, cartoon and Animation membership The Block Edsa 2010
National Certificate II in Computer Hardware Servicing TESDA 2009
Artistic Award Island Cove Resort 2008
Certificate of Attendance, 3rd Cavite I.C.T. Youth Convention SM Bacoor 2008
Topics: IPV6, IT Security Analytics, Visual Studio 2008,
Mobile Programming and Animation
Certificate of Attendance in Kapnayan Festival UPLB 2003
Theme: “Science and Technology as the corner stone in upholding the society”
2nd place On the Spot Painting Contest) Island cove Resort 2003
Sagip-Ilog Counci, DENR (level 2)
1st place On the Spot Portrait Contest (Divisional) Dasma High School 2004
7th place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) Imus, Cavite 2004
Theme: “Undas”
3rd place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) San Pablo City, Laguna 2003
Theme: “Pasko”
Artist Award (Graduation) Kawit, Cavite 1999
4th place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention month
1st place District on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention mont
Certificate of participation, Girls Scout of the Philippines Imus, Cavite 1997
Slogan Theme: “Kalayaan Noon, Droga Ngayon”
4th place Regional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Mandaluyong City 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Naic, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Imus, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level On the Spot Poster Making Contest Kawit, Cavite Parish Church 1996
Theme: “Si Hesus; Noon, Ngayon at Magpakaylanman”
Other list of awards not included
Rhea Finished a formal education of Japanese language and currently pursuing her goal to become a translator and a skilled artist.
*I am offering Japanese language, adobe illustrator and adobe photoshop tutorials
Please text or call:09323397495 look for Rhea
I am accepting creative jobs for publishing and printing:
banners
illustrations
drawings
art projects
photo editing
photo enhance
retouching
graphic designs and template
editorial cartooning
comics
logos,t-shirt and sticker designs
I am also doing Photoshop and illustrator home based tutorial. 500php per session
I am also accepting Japanese language both written and speech tutorial. Welcome for beginners, home based tutorial
YHVH
drawn for pharmacy
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sketch
Say No to drugs..
You're just making the drug lords rich and powerful
From the script:
Dr. Jose Rizal: Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan
Drug Sindicate: Sisirain ko ang kanilang kanabukasan
Bata1: Napagtripan ng mga addict ang ate ko at pinatay. Sya san ang magpapa-aral sa kin.
Bata2: Kapit bahay namin pusher
Bata3: Tatay ng classmate ko druglord. Ang yaman nga nila, gusto ko ganun din ako pag laki ko
Bata4: Wala kayo, tatay at nanay ko addict pati kuya ko.
Nene: Hay naku, di na bago yan
Original ILLUSTRATION
E-MAIL: drift_getche@yahoo.com
rheasan.deviantart.com/#/d3dmy1q
Book cover and illustrations
caricatures
Current location: Metro Manila Philippines
Contact number:
09062258355
(046) 484-7458
*Open for foreign clients
E-mail address: drift_getche@yahoo.com
rhea.cenizal11@yahoo.com
office: genrerhe11@gmail.com
Rhea CAN DO:
BOOK COVER AND ILLUSTRATION(FREEHAND TRADITIONAL)
MURAL PAINTING ( RELIGIOUS, STILL LIFE, SURREALISM, CARTOON)
Rhea have worked on graphics for Idealworld management ltd, Asian International Ltd., Surroundpix.com.au., Tongalei.com.ph, Bellaluce.com, Philippine Nature foundation, Sea Marine International, Bijouelry.com, Pixografx, Fast print inc and NGO's, working for mediategy.com and other freelance projects.
Now working on book illustration and caricature
Awards and Certificates Received: Venue Year
Philippine International Comics, cartoon and Animation membership The Block Edsa 2010
National Certificate II in Computer Hardware Servicing TESDA 2009
Artistic Award Island Cove Resort 2008
Certificate of Attendance, 3rd Cavite I.C.T. Youth Convention SM Bacoor 2008
Topics: IPV6, IT Security Analytics, Visual Studio 2008,
Mobile Programming and Animation
Certificate of Attendance in Kapnayan Festival UPLB 2003
Theme: “Science and Technology as the corner stone in upholding the society”
2nd place On the Spot Painting Contest) Island cove Resort 2003
Sagip-Ilog Counci, DENR (level 2)
1st place On the Spot Portrait Contest (Divisional) Dasma High School 2004
7th place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) Imus, Cavite 2004
Theme: “Undas”
3rd place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) San Pablo City, Laguna 2003
Theme: “Pasko”
Artist Award (Graduation) Kawit, Cavite 1999
4th place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention month
1st place District on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention mont
Certificate of participation, Girls Scout of the Philippines Imus, Cavite 1997
Slogan Theme: “Kalayaan Noon, Droga Ngayon”
4th place Regional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Mandaluyong City 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Naic, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Imus, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level On the Spot Poster Making Contest Kawit, Cavite Parish Church 1996
Theme: “Si Hesus; Noon, Ngayon at Magpakaylanman”
Other list of awards not included
Rhea Finished a formal education of Japanese language and currently pursuing her goal to become a translator and a skilled artist.
*I am offering Japanese language, adobe illustrator and adobe photoshop tutorials
Please text or call:09323397495 look for Rhea
I am accepting creative jobs for publishing and printing:
banners
illustrations
drawings
art projects
photo editing
photo enhance
retouching
graphic designs and template
editorial cartooning
comics
logos,t-shirt and sticker designs
I am also doing Photoshop and illustrator home based tutorial. 500php per session
I am also accepting Japanese language both written and speech tutorial. Welcome for beginners, home based tutorial
yhvh
My brother took the picture then I edited it . I made the background, cropped the image and then put them together.Done for the church.
sketch
Say No to drugs..
You're just making the drug lords rich and powerful
From the script:
Dr. Jose Rizal: Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan
Drug Sindicate: Sisirain ko ang kanilang kanabukasan
Bata1: Napagtripan ng mga addict ang ate ko at pinatay. Sya san ang magpapa-aral sa kin.
Bata2: Kapit bahay namin pusher
Bata3: Tatay ng classmate ko druglord. Ang yaman nga nila, gusto ko ganun din ako pag laki ko
Bata4: Wala kayo, tatay at nanay ko addict pati kuya ko.
Nene: Hay naku, di na bago yan
Original ILLUSTRATION
E-MAIL: drift_getche@yahoo.com
rheasan.deviantart.com/#/d3dmy1q
Book cover and illustrations
caricatures
Current location: Metro Manila Philippines
Contact number:
09062258355
(046) 484-7458
*Open for foreign clients
E-mail address: drift_getche@yahoo.com
rhea.cenizal11@yahoo.com
office: genrerhe11@gmail.com
Rhea CAN DO:
BOOK COVER AND ILLUSTRATION(FREEHAND TRADITIONAL)
MURAL PAINTING ( RELIGIOUS, STILL LIFE, SURREALISM, CARTOON)
Rhea have worked on graphics for Idealworld management ltd, Asian International Ltd., Surroundpix.com.au., Tongalei.com.ph, Bellaluce.com, Philippine Nature foundation, Sea Marine International, Bijouelry.com, Pixografx, Fast print inc and NGO's, working for mediategy.com and other freelance projects.
Now working on book illustration and caricature
Awards and Certificates Received: Venue Year
Philippine International Comics, cartoon and Animation membership The Block Edsa 2010
National Certificate II in Computer Hardware Servicing TESDA 2009
Artistic Award Island Cove Resort 2008
Certificate of Attendance, 3rd Cavite I.C.T. Youth Convention SM Bacoor 2008
Topics: IPV6, IT Security Analytics, Visual Studio 2008,
Mobile Programming and Animation
Certificate of Attendance in Kapnayan Festival UPLB 2003
Theme: “Science and Technology as the corner stone in upholding the society”
2nd place On the Spot Painting Contest) Island cove Resort 2003
Sagip-Ilog Counci, DENR (level 2)
1st place On the Spot Portrait Contest (Divisional) Dasma High School 2004
7th place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) Imus, Cavite 2004
Theme: “Undas”
3rd place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) San Pablo City, Laguna 2003
Theme: “Pasko”
Artist Award (Graduation) Kawit, Cavite 1999
4th place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention month
1st place District on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention mont
Certificate of participation, Girls Scout of the Philippines Imus, Cavite 1997
Slogan Theme: “Kalayaan Noon, Droga Ngayon”
4th place Regional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Mandaluyong City 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Naic, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Imus, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level On the Spot Poster Making Contest Kawit, Cavite Parish Church 1996
Theme: “Si Hesus; Noon, Ngayon at Magpakaylanman”
Other list of awards not included
Rhea Finished a formal education of Japanese language and currently pursuing her goal to become a translator and a skilled artist.
*I am offering Japanese language, adobe illustrator and adobe photoshop tutorials
Please text or call:09323397495 look for Rhea
I am accepting creative jobs for publishing and printing:
banners
illustrations
drawings
art projects
photo editing
photo enhance
retouching
graphic designs and template
editorial cartooning
comics
logos,t-shirt and sticker designs
I am also doing Photoshop and illustrator home based tutorial. 500php per session
I am also accepting Japanese language both written and speech tutorial. Welcome for beginners, home based tutorial
yhvh
vector imagesketch
Say No to drugs..
You're just making the drug lords rich and powerful
rheasan.deviantart.com/#/d3dmy1q
Book cover and illustrations
caricatures
Current location: Metro Manila Philippines
Contact number:
09062258355
(046) 484-7458
*Open for foreign clients
E-mail address: drift_getche@yahoo.com
rhea.cenizal11@yahoo.com
office: genrerhe11@gmail.com
Rhea CAN DO:
BOOK COVER AND ILLUSTRATION(FREEHAND TRADITIONAL)
MURAL PAINTING ( RELIGIOUS, STILL LIFE, SURREALISM, CARTOON)
Rhea have worked on graphics for Idealworld management ltd, Asian International Ltd., Surroundpix.com.au., Tongalei.com.ph, Bellaluce.com, Philippine Nature foundation, Sea Marine International, Bijouelry.com, Pixografx, Fast print inc and NGO's, working for mediategy.com and other freelance projects.
Now working on book illustration and caricature
Awards and Certificates Received: Venue Year
Philippine International Comics, cartoon and Animation membership The Block Edsa 2010
National Certificate II in Computer Hardware Servicing TESDA 2009
Artistic Award Island Cove Resort 2008
Certificate of Attendance, 3rd Cavite I.C.T. Youth Convention SM Bacoor 2008
Topics: IPV6, IT Security Analytics, Visual Studio 2008,
Mobile Programming and Animation
Certificate of Attendance in Kapnayan Festival UPLB 2003
Theme: “Science and Technology as the corner stone in upholding the society”
2nd place On the Spot Painting Contest) Island cove Resort 2003
Sagip-Ilog Counci, DENR (level 2)
1st place On the Spot Portrait Contest (Divisional) Dasma High School 2004
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Artist Award (Graduation) Kawit, Cavite 1999
4th place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
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Theme: “Science and Technology as the corner stone in upholding the society”
2nd place On the Spot Painting Contest) Island cove Resort 2003
Sagip-Ilog Counci, DENR (level 2)
1st place On the Spot Portrait Contest (Divisional) Dasma High School 2004
7th place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) Imus, Cavite 2004
Theme: “Undas”
3rd place Editorial Cartooning (Calabarzon Region) San Pablo City, Laguna 2003
Theme: “Pasko”
Artist Award (Graduation) Kawit, Cavite 1999
4th place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention month
1st place District on the Spot Poster Making Contest Imus, Cavite 1997
Kidney disease prevention mont
Certificate of participation, Girls Scout of the Philippines Imus, Cavite 1997
Slogan Theme: “Kalayaan Noon, Droga Ngayon”
4th place Regional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Mandaluyong City 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place Divisional on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Naic, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level on the Spot Poster Making Contest (DOH) Imus, Cavite 1998
Theme: “Generations Living Together”
1st place District Level On the Spot Poster Making Contest Kawit, Cavite Parish Church 1996
Theme: “Si Hesus; Noon, Ngayon at Magpakaylanman”
Other list of awards not included
Rhea Finished a formal education of Japanese language and currently pursuing her goal to become a translator and a skilled artist.
*I am offering Japanese language, adobe illustrator and adobe photoshop tutorials
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JESUS É DEUS?
Artigo de Juanribe Pagliarin
Dois mil anos se passaram e a sua vida continua sendo um enigma perturbador para toda a humanidade. As pessoas que viveram no seu tempo, com inquietação, queriam saber: “Quem és tu?”.
Sacerdotes lhe exigiam a resposta: “Tu és o Cristo?”.
Pilatos arriscou um palpite: “Tu és rei?”
(Jo 8:25, Mc 14:61, Jo 18:37)
Hoje – como naquela época – especula-se muito sobre a sua pessoa. A questão que perdura por gerações, entre todos os povos, é: QUEM ele realmente era?
UM ENGANADOR? UM REVOLUCIONÁRIO? UM LOUCO SINCERO? UM PROFETA? UMA DIVINDADE? OU O PRÓPRIO DEUS?
Em vida, Jesus proferiu palavras de amor e perdão que ouvidos humanos jamais haviam escutado. Não apenas seus discursos arrebatavam multidões, que o ouviam com prazer, como toda a sua vida foi a personificação do amor de Deus: Amaldiçoado pelos homens, não os amaldiçoava. Perseguido, não perseguia. Xingado, não retribuía mal com mal. Espancado e torturado ao extremo, perdoava. Nunca houve e jamais haverá alguém que amasse como ele amou (Mc 2:17, 10:21,45, Lc 19:1-10, Jo 3:16).
Um revolucionário e visionário? Sim! Seus discursos, parábolas, ensinamentos e previsões atravessaram os séculos e revolucionaram não apenas pessoas, mas países inteiros.
Um louco sincero até poderia até dizer palavras bonitas e amar. Mas mudar o mundo? Se Jesus não tivesse realizado um só prodígio, ainda assim Ele seria a pessoa mais intrigante e influente de todos os tempos. Não, Jesus não era um louco bem intencionado, ainda que a sua história pareça loucura para muitos...
Um enganador? Disto ele foi acusado, até enquanto estava morto (Mt 27:63). Mas, jamais! Sua vida foi coerente com o que pregava. Pessoas que conviveram de perto com Jesus, durante três anos, dia e noite, testificaram da sua honestidade, sinceridade e pureza, chamando-o de “Santo e Justo” (Atos 3:14).
SERIA JESUS, ENTÃO, UM PROFETA?
Os milagres e prodígios de Jesus, narrados por Mateus, Marcos, Lucas e João, foram feitos diante de milhares de pessoas, que puderam provar e participar deles, fossem como testemunhas oculares, ou como beneficiadas diretas de suas curas e libertações, e até mesmo saciando a fome com pães e peixes multiplicados por Ele.
Com toda naturalidade e simplicidade, Jesus deu vista a diversos cegos, inclusive de nascença, tornou perfeita a mão ressequida de um homem, estancou o fluxo de sangue de uma mulher hemorrágica há doze anos, fez falar e ouvir um homem que era surdo-mudo, curou um rapaz que tinha ataques e sofria convulsões desde criança, curou pessoas à distância, como o filho do oficial do rei, a filha da mulher cananeia, o amigo do centurião, limpou leprosos que estavam com suas peles apodrecidas, fez andar muitos paralíticos, purificou dez leprosos com uma única palavra, um hidrópico, reimplantou a orelha cortada Malco, libertou da possessão de espíritos imundos o demoníaco da sinagoga, o endemoninhado que era cego e mudo, o endemoninhado de Gadara que habitava em sepulcros, sarou a sogra de Pedro que estava à morte, além de muitas outras coisas que Jesus fez e que se encontram relatadas nos quatro livros de Mateus, Marcos, Lucas e João, e as que não estão relatadas por falta de espaço (Jo 9, Mt 12:10, Lc 8:43, Mc 7:33, Lc 9:37, Jo 4:46, Mc 1:41, Lc 5:18, Mt 9:30, Lc 17:12, Lc 14:2, Lc 22:51, Mc 1:26, Mt 12:22, Lc 8:26, Mt 8:14, Jo 21:25).
Seus milagres foram tão reais e incontestáveis, que os líderes religiosos de então se reuniram e traçaram um plano para tirar a sua vida, pois diziam: “que estamos fazendo, uma vez que este homem opera muitos sinais? Se o deixarmos assim, todos crerão nele. Desde aquele dia, resolveram matá-lo” (Jo 11:53).
Nenhum profeta do antigo testamento, por mais poderoso que fosse, chegou a tanto. Até aquele homem, curado da cegueira, deu uma aula de coerência, dizendo: “Desde o princípio do mundo, nunca se ouviu que alguém abrisse os olhos a um cego de nascença” (Jo 9:32). Não, Jesus não era apenas mais um profeta...
SERIA JESUS, ENTÃO, UMA ESPÉCIE DE DIVINDADE?
Jesus colocou-se acima das leis de física e de química: andou cerca de cinco quilômetros sobre as águas como se fossem terra firme; conversou com o vento, o mar e até com uma árvore, que lhe obedeceram; transformou água em vinho; fez duas pescas maravilhosas em lugar que sabidamente não tinha peixe e, por duas vezes, alimentou cinco mil pessoas com apenas cinco pães e dois peixinhos e, em outra ocasião, alimentou quatro mil pessoas com sete pães e alguns peixinhos (Mt 14:26, Mc 6:49, Jo 6:19, Mt 8:26, Mc 4:35, Lc 8:22, Mt 21:19, Jo 2:9, Lc 5:6; Jo 21:6, Mt 14:15, Mt 15:32).
Seus prodígios não foram feitos à base de mágica, ilusionismo, hipnotismo, sugestão ou prestidigitação. Ele os realizou publica e instantaneamente, diante de muitas testemunhas, porque realmente tinha poder para tanto (Lc 12:54-56, Jo 3:2, 14:11).
Mas de onde vinha tal poder? Seria Ele uma espécie de divindade?
Em um debate com os fariseus, que queriam apedrejá-lo por blasfêmia, Jesus citou o Salmo 82:6, e disse: “Não está escrito na vossa lei: Eu disse: sois deuses? Ora, se a lei chama homens de deuses...”.
Jesus usou este registro bíblico para deixar bem claro que, se ele fosse “um deus”, então seria como qualquer outro ser humano, chamados de “deuses” pela própria Bíblia. Não! Jesus não era “um deus”, um subdeus, ou um deus menor, como algumas religiões ensinam...
E todos nós: judeus, gentios, católicos, espíritas, budistas, islamitas, protestantes, evangélicos, estudiosos, curiosos, queremos saber:
QUEM, AFINAL, É JESUS?
Jesus surpreendeu as pessoas ao parar um cortejo fúnebre e fazer voltar à vida o cadáver do filho único da viúva de Naim, que estava sendo levado para o cemitério. Também ressuscitou a filha única de Jairo, recém-falecida aos doze anos. Mas, o maior de todos os sinais: trouxe de volta à vida um homem de nome Lázaro, morto e sepultado há quatro dias, mesmo com o seu corpo cheirando mal e em adiantado estado de putrefação (Lc 7:11, Mt 9:18, Jo 11).
Afinal, QUEM era este que tinha poder até para ressuscitar mortos?
Seus inimigos, para difamá-Lo, diziam que Ele realizava estes sinais pelo poder de Belzebu, principal dos demônios (Mt 12:24). Mas veja a incoerência de tal afirmação: Se em toda a história bíblica nenhum homem de Deus fez o que Ele fez, então o Diabo seria mais poderoso que Deus?
Tirar a vida de uma pessoa até Satanás pode, porque “ele veio para matar, roubar e destruir”; mas CRIAR A VIDA E RESSUSCITAR MORTOS, SÓ DEUS PODE! (Jo 10:10).
Todos os sinais e prodígios operados por Jesus eram para que as pessoas cressem nas Palavras que Ele dizia. (Jo 14:11)
MAS, O QUE ELE DISSE A RESPEITO DE SI MESMO E DE NÓS?
“Vós sois de baixo, EU SOU de cima. Vós sois deste mundo, eu não sou deste mundo. Por isso vos disse que morrereis em vossos pecados: se não crerdes que EU SOU, morrereis em vossos pecados.” (João 8:23-24)
Repare: ao invés de dizer: “quem eu sou”, Ele disse: “que EU SOU”.
Para entender o que Jesus disse, temos de voltar no tempo, por volta de 1500 a.C., quando Moisés perguntou a Deus o Seu Nome, e o SENHOR respondeu:
“EU SOU O QUE SOU. Assim dirás aos filhos de Israel: EU SOU me enviou a vós” (Êxodo 3:14).
No original hebraico, este nome está expresso em quatro letras: YHVH, chamado teologicamente de “o Tetragrama Sagrado”. (Também pode ser IHVH ou JHVH, porque no hebraico Y, I ou J [yod, iod, jod] representam a mesma letra. I e J são usados mais nas palavras traduzidas para o nosso idioma, como Isaías, Jesus, Iavé, Javé. O Y é empregado quando se deseja ficar mais próximo do original).
O NOME DE DEUS É O PRESENTE DO VERBO SER.
A Torá Viva, ao comentar o Nome de Deus (YHVH), diz: “O Tetragrama denota o nível onde presente, passado e futuro são o mesmo”.
Repare: os três tempos básicos em que um VERBO é conjugado.
YHVH É O VERBO! E O VERBO É YHVH (Jo 1:1)
Ao lermos o relato da Criação no Livro de Gênesis, vemos o VERBO ali, revelado na Sua própria boca: “E disse Deus: HAJA Luz” (Gn 1:3).
Entender que o VERBO é DEUS parece tão difícil quanto entender a complicada gramática portuguesa. Mas, se analisarmos mais profundamente, veremos a perfeita consonância da Gramática com a Teologia:
Em primeiro lugar, o VERBO HAJA foi empregado no sentido de existir, fazer, ocorrer, acontecer. O VERBO fez tudo existir: “Nele foram criadas todas as coisas que há nos Céus e na Terra, visíveis e invisíveis, sejam tronos, sejam dominações, sejam principados, sejam potestades. Tudo foi criado por Ele e para Ele” (Cl 1:16).
O VERBO HAJA está no imperativo afirmativo. Imperativo é o modo verbal que exprime uma ordem. A Palavra diz: “Louvai-o, sol e lua; louvai-o, todas as estrelas luzentes. Louvai-o, céus dos céus, e as águas que estão sobre os céus. Que louvem o Nome do SENHOR, pois mandou e logo foram criados” (Sl 148:3-5).
Já o modo Afirmativo é aquele que afirma, confirma e concorda. O VERBO estava ali na Criação, afirmando e concordando consigo mesmo. Mais tarde, Ele mesmo nos ensinará sobre o poder criador da concordância em torno de uma afirmação: “Se dois de vós concordarem na Terra acerca de qualquer coisa que pedirem, isso lhes será feito por meu Pai, que está nos céus” (Mt 18:19).
O VERBO HAJA também pode ser conjugado no presente do subjuntivo. Subjuntivo quer dizer “subordinado, dependente”. E Ele, ainda que Deus, subordinou-Se ao Pai, fazendo-Se dependente Dele, conforme disse aqui na Terra: “Eu não posso de mim mesmo fazer coisa alguma; como ouço, assim julgo, e o meu juízo é justo, porque não busco a minha vontade, mas a vontade do Pai, que me enviou” (Jo 5:30).
O modo subjuntivo também é chamado de Conjuntivo, isto é, “que junta”, “que une”. Desde o Princípio o VERBO agiu em conjunto com o Pai e já mostrava que, no futuro, também seria Dele a missão de unir a Criatura ao Criador: “Deus estava em Cristo, reconciliando Consigo o Mundo” (2 Co 5:19).
E O VERBO ESTAVA COM DEUS (Jo 1:1)
No Livro de Gênesis, quando lemos o relato da Criação do Ser Humano, Deus diz: “FAÇAMOS o homem à nossa imagem, conforme a nossa semelhança” (Gn 1:26). Se Deus estivesse sozinho, “O VERBO” não estaria no plural.
E O VERBO ERA DEUS!
Ao propor a Alguém criar em conjunto um ser semelhante, Deus não conversou com um Anjo, mas com Alguém semelhante a Ele. Deus não conversou com outro “deus”. Acreditar que “O VERBO” é um outro deus, indefinido e menor, seria chamar Deus de mentiroso, porque Ele mesmo afirma que não há outro deus, conforme lemos na Sua Palavra:
“Vede agora que Eu, EU SOU, e não há outro deus além de mim” (Dt 32:39).
“Não vos assombreis, nem temais; porventura não vo-lo declarei há muito tempo, e não vo-lo anunciei? Vós sois as minhas testemunhas! Acaso há outro Deus além de mim? Não! Não há outra Rocha. Não conheço nenhuma” (Is 44:8).
“Quem mostrou isso desde a Antiguidade? Quem, de há muito, o anunciou? Porventura não sou Eu, o Senhor? Pois não há outro Deus senão Eu. Deus justo e Salvador não há além de mim” (Is 45:21).
“Todavia, EU SOU o Senhor teu Deus desde a terra do Egito; portanto não conhecerás outro deus além de mim, porque não há Salvador senão Eu” (Os 13:4).
Um dia Jesus, falando de Seu passado, disse que Abraão O viu e se alegrou sobremaneira. Os ouvintes zombaram: “Ainda não tens cinquenta anos e viste Abraão?”. De fato, Jesus aparentava ser muito novo para ter sido visto por Abraão, que deveria ter, pelo menos, dois mil anos de idade! Mas, para espanto de todos, Jesus disse que era muito mais velho do que Abraão:
“Antes que Abraão existisse, EU SOU” (Êx 3:14).
Os ouvintes queriam apedrejá-Lo por blasfêmia, porque Ele disse ser o VERBO.
DEUS É ÚNICO E SALVADOR!
Jesus disse: “Eu e o Pai somos um” (Jo 10:30). Lembre-se que YeHoSHua, nome hebraico de JESUS significa DEUS SALVA ou DEUS SALVADOR!
Na véspera da Sua morte, Jesus declarou:
“EU SOU o Caminho, a Verdade e a Vida. E ninguém VEM ao Pai, senão por mim” (Jo 14:6).
Se Deus fosse outra pessoa, Jesus teria dito: “Ninguém vai ao Pai”. Este “VEM” do Senhor Jesus é do verbo “vir” e não do verbo “ir”. Exemplo: VEM AQUI.
Quando, então, o discípulo Felipe Lhe pediu que mostrasse o Pai, Jesus disse: “Há tanto tempo que estou convosco, e ainda não me conheces, Felipe? Quem me viu a mim, viu o Pai; como dizes tu: Mostra-nos o Pai? Não crês tu que eu estou no Pai, e que o Pai está em mim? As palavras que eu vos digo, não as digo por mim mesmo; mas o Pai, que permanece em mim, é que faz as suas obras. Crede-me que eu estou no Pai, e que o Pai está em mim; crede ao menos por causa das mesmas obras” (Jo 14:9-11).
O SENHOR disse que a Humanidade deve honrar “O VERBO - YHVH” como Deus. Ele mesmo disse: “Para que todos honrem o Filho, assim como honram o Pai. Quem não honra o Filho, não honra o Pai que O enviou” (Jo 5:25).
Aquele que nunca mentiu, afirmou sagradamente, por doze vezes:
1- EU SOU o Pão da Vida (Jo 6:35)
2- EU SOU a Luz do Mundo (Jo 8:12)
3- EU SOU de Cima (Jo 8:23)
4- EU SOU Eterno (Jo 8:58)
5- EU SOU a Porta (Jo 10:9)
6- EU SOU o Bom Pastor (Jo 10:11)
7- EU SOU a Ressurreição e a Vida (Jo 11:25)
8- EU SOU o Caminho (Jo 14:6a)
9- EU SOU a Verdade (Jo 14:6b)
10- EU SOU a Vida (Jo 14:6c)
11- EU SOU a Videira Verdadeira (Jo 15:1)
12- EU SOU JESUS (At 9:3)
A 12ª. definição, acima, foi dada pelo próprio Jesus ressuscitado a um perseguidor de cristãos que, convicto de que prestava um serviço para Deus, arrastava homens, mulheres e até crianças para a prisão: seu nome era Saulo, fariseu zeloso, criado aos pés de Gamaliel, um rabi tão sábio, que atraía multidões para ouvi-lo. Jesus, já glorificado, apareceu para Saulo e o colocou por terra; Saulo, envolvido por Luz que lhe cegou os olhos por três dias, perguntou: “Quem és tu?”. E ouviu a resposta: YHVH YeHoSHua, que traduzido quer dizer EU SOU O DEUS QUE SALVA!
Por isso que o judeu Saulo se converteu e, de perseguidor, passou a ser perseguido por pregar a Verdade e a Vida. Tem tanta certeza de que Jesus é Deus e Salvador, que anunciava:
“Jesus morreu por nossos pecados, segundo as Escrituras e, sepultado, ressuscitou ao terceiro dia, segundo as Escrituras, e foi visto por Cefas, e depois pelos doze. Depois, foi visto, uma vez, por mais de quinhentos irmãos, dois quais vive ainda a maior parte, mas alguns já dormem também. Depois foi visto por Tiago, depois por todos os apóstolos e, por derradeiro de todos, me apareceu também a mim, como a um abortivo. Porque eu sou o menor dos apóstolos, que não sou digno de ser chamado apóstolo, pois que persegui a igreja de Deus.” (I Co 15:3-9).
Saulo, o judeu, prega que a Igreja de YeHoSHua é a Igreja de Deus! Por causa da sua fé, morrerá decapitado em Roma! Fosse JESUS uma mentira, Saulo daria a vida por uma fraude? Pelo contrário, creu que depois da morte, receberia a coroa da Justiça das mãos do SENHOR, seu Justo Juiz (II Tm 4:8).
Tempos depois, JESUS apareceu ressuscitado e glorificado também para João, já velho, e disse:
“EU SOU o Alfa e o Ômega, o Princípio e o Fim, diz o SENHOR, que é, que era, e que há de vir, o TODO-PODEROSO” (Ap 1:8). Alguma dúvida?
Antes da cruz, JESUS profetizou que a maneira de as pessoas saberem disso seria através da Sua morte:
“Quando tiverdes levantado o Filho do Homem, então conhecereis que EU SOU e que nada faço de mim mesmo. Mas como o Pai me ensinou, assim falo. E Aquele que me enviou está comigo; não me tem deixado só, porque sempre faço o que lhe agrada.”
QUANDO TIVERDES LEVANTADO O FILHO DO HOMEM...
Jesus fala de maneira cifrada que os homens O levantarão, isto é, O suspenderão na cruz, e que isto é do agrado do Pai, conforme estava profetizado setecentos anos antes por Isaías: “Todavia, ao SENHOR agradou moê-lo, fazendo-o enfermar. Quando Ele se puser como oferta pelo pecado, verá a sua posteridade, prolongará os seus dias, e a vontade do Senhor prosperará nas suas mãos. Ele verá o fruto do trabalho da sua alma e ficará satisfeito. Com o seu conhecimento o meu servo, o Justo, justificará a muitos, e as iniquidades deles levará sobre Si. Pelo que Lhe darei o seu quinhão com os grandes e com os poderosos repartirá Ele o despojo; porquanto derramou a sua alma até a morte e foi contado com os transgressores. Mas Ele levou sobre si o pecado de muitos, e pelos transgressores intercedeu” (Is 53:10-12).
... ENTÃO CONHECEREIS QUE EU SOU.
É através do próprio sacrifício e da Sua prodigiosa Ressurreição que todos conhecerão que Ele é YHVH – EU SOU O QUE SOU (Êx 3:14).
Aquele que é de cima desceu à Terra, ofereceu-Se no lugar dos pecadores, morreu pelas nossas transgressões, ressuscitou dos mortos e subiu novamente ao Céu. É a Sua morte na cruz e ressurreição que O revelam como EU SOU: O VERBO que reúne em Si mesmo os três tempos: o Passado, o Presente e o Futuro. “Aquele que era, que é, e que há de vir”.
O sacrifício de Jesus é a oferta de Deus para Si próprio. Fica fácil de entender, quando se crê que Ele é YHVH. Quem não crer nisso morrerá nos seus próprios pecados:
“Se não crerdes que EU SOU, morrereis em vossos pecados”. Em outras palavras: EU SOU O DEUS QUE SALVA!
Crê? Então, abra a sua boca e o seu coração, e receba-O agora como seu único, suficiente, exclusivo e eterno Salvador, e o seu nome será escrito no Livro da Vida do Cordeiro.
Procure uma comunidade verdadeiramente cristã, que não explora a fé e nem a ingenuidade das pessoas, e confirme a decisão que você tomou neste momento.
Batize-se nas águas, porque Ele disse: “Quem crer e for batizado, será salvo” (Mc 16:16). Note que primeiro a pessoa crê, depois se batiza.
Tome a Santa Ceia regularmente, porque também é ordem do Senhor (Lc 22:19) e persevere até o fim (Mt 24:13).
Ouça a mensagem: EU SOU.
Também quero lhe dar mais um presente: o Livro JESUS – A VIDA COMPLETA, arquivo em PDF, para você baixar no seu computador ou tablet, inteiramente grátis. É só você enviar um e-mail para jesus@pregadoresdotelhado.org.br
Um grande abraço,
Juanribe Pagliarin
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After the invasion of Canaan, Joshua calls together the leaders of all the Israelite tribes to gather by the already ancient temple of El-Berith and the great oak at Shechem to renew their covenant with YHVH, national god of the Israelites.
For more bible illustrations by Balage Balogh visit ArchaeologyIllustrated.com
The Veils of the Royal Arch Mason Degree hung in the proper order.
Royal Arch Mason veils made by MAC and SAC ready for the candidates. No lint rollers! Only use cello tape to remove lint..
www.jttgrandchapter.org/resources/Lectures/The Veils.pdf
Part I
Comp Michael Post
As all companions have, we have gone through a particular ceremony in which we must pass to truly become a Royal Arch Mason. That ceremony is “Passing the Veils”. Why is this ceremony important and what does it represent?
The ceremony of “Passing the Veils” or the use of the Veils in Royal Arch ceremonies is as old as the Degree itself although it origins seem to be lost in the oral traditions of ancient times. The Veils in early ceremonies were three in number, later a fourth was added in some countries (Most all, if not all, American Chapters today work in this “four-Veiled” ceremony). There are some scholars however believe that this elaborate ceremony did not always belong to the Royal Arch but rather it was part of, or wholly the ceremony of Excellent Master or High Excellent Master’s degree (Ireland; Scotland, and Bristol, England). This Excellent Master degree can also be seen in the Allied Masonic Degrees in America.
So what does this intricate ceremony signify?
It could be said that masonically, passing of the Veils signifies the enlightenment that comes with Masonic progression. While some academics say it symbolizes the problems or suffering encountered by the Jews on their returning journey from exile. Others believe that it involves the Veils of the Tabernacle of Moses and related to those of the Temple of Solomon. And still others consider it as a reference to Jesus, tying it to among other things the Veil of the last Temple upon His death.
What is the lesson that should ultimately be discovered in this ceremony? As said before I believe it to be lost in the oral traditions of the past. What do you believe? What do you think is the truth behind the symbolism?
The problem with this topic is where to start. There are many avenues in which I can take this discussion, but where to start? Should I start with the colors of the Veil? Or perhaps why our Veil system of America is different of that of Scotland or the United Kingdom? Should I talk about the Tribes of Israel and there banner colors vs. the colors that are on the High Priest Ephod? Or should I discuss the Veils or coverings of the tabernacle vs. the Veil that separates the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place or the Holy of holies. But what about the journey we have made?
So let us begin with that journey, which we all have taken.
After we have all braved that rough and rugged road we come unto a tabernacle and we are met with resistance to enter, the first Veil. We explain to the Grand Master of the First Veil that we have come from captivity and our intent to help rebuild the temple and that we are the true descendents of the Giblimites that built the first temple. After that we are then challenged for entry, we recollect the lesson of the burning bush from which Moses spoke with the great I AM, with that we enter. We are given a sign and password. The sign is explained by a scripture reading from the book of Exodus 7: 10–12. The password is that of the three sons of Noah.
“These three names can allude to Noah’s Ark or the Ark of Safety. We could say that God was the architect, Noah was the builder and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth they were the craftsmen.”
We now come to a second Veil and are met with resistance. We then give the sign and password that we were divested with from the Grand Master of the First Veil. We are allowed to enter and although we are in fact Most Excellent Masters promoting the noble and glorious work of rebuilding the temple we are told that we cannot go further without the words and signs of the Grand Master of the Second Veil. We are given a sign and password. The sign is explained by a scripture reading from the book of Exodus 4: 6–7. The password is that of three builders of the Ark of the Covenant.
The Ark of the Covenant, or of Moses, is also known as the Ark of the Testimony. Along with Moses, Bezaleel (tribe of Judah) and Aholiab (tribe of Dan) were filled with spirit of God, wisdom, understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship and thus worked diligently until the tabernacle, Ark and all things belonging to it were made exactly as God had instructed.
Next we come to the Third Veil and again are met with resistance. We give the sign and password that we were divested with from the Grand Master of the Second Veil. Proving once again that we must be in fact Most Excellent Masters we promoting the noble and glorious work of rebuilding the temple we are permitted to enter but we can go no further without the words, signs and signet of the Grand Master of the Third Veil. The sign is thus explained by a scripture reading from the book of Exodus 4:9. The password is that of the three principles to build the Second Temple and replace or substitute the arch of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies. We are then given the Signet of Truth.
Alas, we come to the Grand Master of the Fourth Veil or Royal Arch Captain. We give the sign and password that we were divested with from the Grand Master of the Third Veil, we then present the Signet of Truth. We are then told to wait until the Grand Council is informed of or request to enter. The Grand Council recognizes or request and permits us to enter.
This completes our initial journey through the Veils.
PART 2
So now that we went through the journey of “Passing the Veils” where should we go? I guess a suitable place to go is; what is the right number of veils one should go through? Previously I stated, “The Veils in early ceremonies were three in number, later a fourth was added in some countries (and most all, if not all, American ( whether they are Prince Hall or otherwise) Chapters today work in this “four-Veiled” ceremony)”.
Comp. F. A. M. Taylor, Assistant Librarian for the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of England; wrote in 1932, “The veils were doubtless a part of early ceremony of the Arch Degree and the working of the same discontinued, I believe, at the Union in 1817.” He goes on to state, that it appears that the, “passing of the veils” was extensively in the early part of the 19th century. No account of what the ceremony was, or any records are to be found in minutes of the early English Chapters.
What should the proper system of veils that one should pass? What do the veils really represent? I think this is the basis of what we should look into. Depending on what you say the Veils represent you can state your argument.
Ernest Cooke, Provincial Grand Superintendent of Bristol (England), informs us that until 1929 only three veils were used in the Chapters of that Province. In 1932 after much research and careful consideration, the use of the fourth veil (White) was authorized. He based much of his argument on the fact that one, they were in use in the early Chapters. (There is no proof of this). And two, the description of the Tabernacle in Exodus is so definite.
A point of interest comes from the Comp. F. A. M. Taylor, Asst. Librarian of the English Grand Chapter in 1932. He states that it was the practice to have three “Masters of the Veils”, who were officers of the Chapter (Which officers, is not stated.). Being armed with a sword and bearing a banner of appropriate colour, were stationed at the Blue, Purple and Scarlet veils (The White veil is guarded by the RA. Captain (as it is in our Ritual)).
i. I will start off with the “traditional” three- Veiled system then unto the four -Veiled system. So the basic question is “Why three veils”? Before we go any further let’s break down what a veil is. If you go to Wikipedia or other website you can find various meanings of veil, from veils for women to headgear and so on, veils have several meanings. The word "veil" in the Hebrew speaks of a screen, something that conceals and separates. With that said lets break down these systems.
In the book, “Secret Societies of all Ages and Countries” by C.W. Heckethorn (1897) he mentions only three veils. “The Textbook of Freemasonry” (1870) which is irregular and an unauthorized publication, supposedly giving all the ceremonies of the Craft and the Royal Arch, the author states that the ceremony is sometimes dispensed with. Here reference is made to only three veils. A quote from “The Perfect Ceremonies of the Royal Arch Degree,” Lewis (1907) states, “The ceremony is said to follow the restoration to light. The ceremony is carried out with only three veils”.
ii (Italicized words done by me) I believe the original intent was to imitate the tabernacle of Moses. In that Tabernacle, properly there were three veils or curtains. It is said these veils were used to hide the glory of God's face or presence from the people or to separate a sinful man from a Holy God.
The first veil was the eastern gate which opened into the courtyard. Those who came to present offerings to God (this is where the Brazen Alter was) could pass through this veil or gate (Ex. 40:33). This “Passover Veil” separates the courtyard of Moses' tabernacle from the world.
The next veil allowed only the priests to enter the Holy Place (Ex. 40:28). This was the first veil into the tabernacle. The Holy place is the place of testimony, of spiritual bread, and the offering up of the prayers and praises. This “Pentecost Veil” separates the courtyard from the Holy Place.
The last veil was only for the High Priest, who once a year could enter into the Holy of Holies (Ex. 40:21). This was the place that the Ark of the Covenant rested. This Holy place was where the High Priest would give up offering and provoke the ineffable name of Deity. In the Tabernacle there was a table, but no chair for Aaron or any of the priests to sit on, for their work was never finished. Although there was no chair; there was one seat, the Mercy-seat reserved for The Almighty Himself who sat there between the cherubim. The “Tabernacles Veil” separates the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place where God "sat" on the mercy seat.
“I will commune with thee from above the Mercy Seat, from between the two cherubim’s which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel."
Exodus 25:17-22
Another correlation to these three veils above is the three annual feasts of Israel (which some believe, four have been achieved or celebrated).
“Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty.”
Deuteronomy 16:16
However, I will not go into more detail about them during this paper... lol (Research is a beautiful thing. I implore you to do some more, let me know how it goes!)
So here we have several questions. If the veils were representing those of the tabernacle, Why do we have four veils? Is there or should there be a three or four Veils?
If you look at the veils of the tabernacle there are three. But what of the “true” veil of the Tabernacle. There are four colors to it; does this represent the meaning of the veils as we see it today? So why do we have four veils? Why are there three Masters of the Veils and not four? Why is the “fourth veil” guarded by the Royal Arch Captain and not another Master of the veil?
Royal Arch Mason veils made by MAC and SAC ready for the candidates. No lint rollers! Only use cello tape to remove lint..
www.jttgrandchapter.org/resources/Lectures/The Veils.pdf
Part I
Comp Michael Post
As all companions have, we have gone through a particular ceremony in which we must pass to truly become a Royal Arch Mason. That ceremony is “Passing the Veils”. Why is this ceremony important and what does it represent?
The ceremony of “Passing the Veils” or the use of the Veils in Royal Arch ceremonies is as old as the Degree itself although it origins seem to be lost in the oral traditions of ancient times. The Veils in early ceremonies were three in number, later a fourth was added in some countries (Most all, if not all, American Chapters today work in this “four-Veiled” ceremony). There are some scholars however believe that this elaborate ceremony did not always belong to the Royal Arch but rather it was part of, or wholly the ceremony of Excellent Master or High Excellent Master’s degree (Ireland; Scotland, and Bristol, England). This Excellent Master degree can also be seen in the Allied Masonic Degrees in America.
So what does this intricate ceremony signify?
It could be said that masonically, passing of the Veils signifies the enlightenment that comes with Masonic progression. While some academics say it symbolizes the problems or suffering encountered by the Jews on their returning journey from exile. Others believe that it involves the Veils of the Tabernacle of Moses and related to those of the Temple of Solomon. And still others consider it as a reference to Jesus, tying it to among other things the Veil of the last Temple upon His death.
What is the lesson that should ultimately be discovered in this ceremony? As said before I believe it to be lost in the oral traditions of the past. What do you believe? What do you think is the truth behind the symbolism?
The problem with this topic is where to start. There are many avenues in which I can take this discussion, but where to start? Should I start with the colors of the Veil? Or perhaps why our Veil system of America is different of that of Scotland or the United Kingdom? Should I talk about the Tribes of Israel and there banner colors vs. the colors that are on the High Priest Ephod? Or should I discuss the Veils or coverings of the tabernacle vs. the Veil that separates the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place or the Holy of holies. But what about the journey we have made?
So let us begin with that journey, which we all have taken.
After we have all braved that rough and rugged road we come unto a tabernacle and we are met with resistance to enter, the first Veil. We explain to the Grand Master of the First Veil that we have come from captivity and our intent to help rebuild the temple and that we are the true descendents of the Giblimites that built the first temple. After that we are then challenged for entry, we recollect the lesson of the burning bush from which Moses spoke with the great I AM, with that we enter. We are given a sign and password. The sign is explained by a scripture reading from the book of Exodus 7: 10–12. The password is that of the three sons of Noah.
“These three names can allude to Noah’s Ark or the Ark of Safety. We could say that God was the architect, Noah was the builder and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth they were the craftsmen.”
We now come to a second Veil and are met with resistance. We then give the sign and password that we were divested with from the Grand Master of the First Veil. We are allowed to enter and although we are in fact Most Excellent Masters promoting the noble and glorious work of rebuilding the temple we are told that we cannot go further without the words and signs of the Grand Master of the Second Veil. We are given a sign and password. The sign is explained by a scripture reading from the book of Exodus 4: 6–7. The password is that of three builders of the Ark of the Covenant.
The Ark of the Covenant, or of Moses, is also known as the Ark of the Testimony. Along with Moses, Bezaleel (tribe of Judah) and Aholiab (tribe of Dan) were filled with spirit of God, wisdom, understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship and thus worked diligently until the tabernacle, Ark and all things belonging to it were made exactly as God had instructed.
Next we come to the Third Veil and again are met with resistance. We give the sign and password that we were divested with from the Grand Master of the Second Veil. Proving once again that we must be in fact Most Excellent Masters we promoting the noble and glorious work of rebuilding the temple we are permitted to enter but we can go no further without the words, signs and signet of the Grand Master of the Third Veil. The sign is thus explained by a scripture reading from the book of Exodus 4:9. The password is that of the three principles to build the Second Temple and replace or substitute the arch of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies. We are then given the Signet of Truth.
Alas, we come to the Grand Master of the Fourth Veil or Royal Arch Captain. We give the sign and password that we were divested with from the Grand Master of the Third Veil, we then present the Signet of Truth. We are then told to wait until the Grand Council is informed of or request to enter. The Grand Council recognizes or request and permits us to enter.
This completes our initial journey through the Veils.
PART 2
So now that we went through the journey of “Passing the Veils” where should we go? I guess a suitable place to go is; what is the right number of veils one should go through? Previously I stated, “The Veils in early ceremonies were three in number, later a fourth was added in some countries (and most all, if not all, American ( whether they are Prince Hall or otherwise) Chapters today work in this “four-Veiled” ceremony)”.
Comp. F. A. M. Taylor, Assistant Librarian for the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of England; wrote in 1932, “The veils were doubtless a part of early ceremony of the Arch Degree and the working of the same discontinued, I believe, at the Union in 1817.” He goes on to state, that it appears that the, “passing of the veils” was extensively in the early part of the 19th century. No account of what the ceremony was, or any records are to be found in minutes of the early English Chapters.
What should the proper system of veils that one should pass? What do the veils really represent? I think this is the basis of what we should look into. Depending on what you say the Veils represent you can state your argument.
Ernest Cooke, Provincial Grand Superintendent of Bristol (England), informs us that until 1929 only three veils were used in the Chapters of that Province. In 1932 after much research and careful consideration, the use of the fourth veil (White) was authorized. He based much of his argument on the fact that one, they were in use in the early Chapters. (There is no proof of this). And two, the description of the Tabernacle in Exodus is so definite.
A point of interest comes from the Comp. F. A. M. Taylor, Asst. Librarian of the English Grand Chapter in 1932. He states that it was the practice to have three “Masters of the Veils”, who were officers of the Chapter (Which officers, is not stated.). Being armed with a sword and bearing a banner of appropriate colour, were stationed at the Blue, Purple and Scarlet veils (The White veil is guarded by the RA. Captain (as it is in our Ritual)).
i. I will start off with the “traditional” three- Veiled system then unto the four -Veiled system. So the basic question is “Why three veils”? Before we go any further let’s break down what a veil is. If you go to Wikipedia or other website you can find various meanings of veil, from veils for women to headgear and so on, veils have several meanings. The word "veil" in the Hebrew speaks of a screen, something that conceals and separates. With that said lets break down these systems.
In the book, “Secret Societies of all Ages and Countries” by C.W. Heckethorn (1897) he mentions only three veils. “The Textbook of Freemasonry” (1870) which is irregular and an unauthorized publication, supposedly giving all the ceremonies of the Craft and the Royal Arch, the author states that the ceremony is sometimes dispensed with. Here reference is made to only three veils. A quote from “The Perfect Ceremonies of the Royal Arch Degree,” Lewis (1907) states, “The ceremony is said to follow the restoration to light. The ceremony is carried out with only three veils”.
ii (Italicized words done by me) I believe the original intent was to imitate the tabernacle of Moses. In that Tabernacle, properly there were three veils or curtains. It is said these veils were used to hide the glory of God's face or presence from the people or to separate a sinful man from a Holy God.
The first veil was the eastern gate which opened into the courtyard. Those who came to present offerings to God (this is where the Brazen Alter was) could pass through this veil or gate (Ex. 40:33). This “Passover Veil” separates the courtyard of Moses' tabernacle from the world.
The next veil allowed only the priests to enter the Holy Place (Ex. 40:28). This was the first veil into the tabernacle. The Holy place is the place of testimony, of spiritual bread, and the offering up of the prayers and praises. This “Pentecost Veil” separates the courtyard from the Holy Place.
The last veil was only for the High Priest, who once a year could enter into the Holy of Holies (Ex. 40:21). This was the place that the Ark of the Covenant rested. This Holy place was where the High Priest would give up offering and provoke the ineffable name of Deity. In the Tabernacle there was a table, but no chair for Aaron or any of the priests to sit on, for their work was never finished. Although there was no chair; there was one seat, the Mercy-seat reserved for The Almighty Himself who sat there between the cherubim. The “Tabernacles Veil” separates the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place where God "sat" on the mercy seat.
“I will commune with thee from above the Mercy Seat, from between the two cherubim’s which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel."
Exodus 25:17-22
Another correlation to these three veils above is the three annual feasts of Israel (which some believe, four have been achieved or celebrated).
“Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty.”
Deuteronomy 16:16
However, I will not go into more detail about them during this paper... lol (Research is a beautiful thing. I implore you to do some more, let me know how it goes!)
So here we have several questions. If the veils were representing those of the tabernacle, Why do we have four veils? Is there or should there be a three or four Veils?
If you look at the veils of the tabernacle there are three. But what of the “true” veil of the Tabernacle. There are four colors to it; does this represent the meaning of the veils as we see it today? So why do we have four veils? Why are there three Masters of the Veils and not four? Why is the “fourth veil” guarded by the Royal Arch Captain and not another Master of the veil?
The meaning of the four horns on an altar.
hoshanarabbah.org/blog/tag/horns-of-the-altar/
Exodus 29:12, Horns of the altar. The four horns of the altar of sacrifice was the place where the blood of atonement was sprinkled (also Lev 4:4, 17, 18, 25, 30, 34; 8:15; 9:9; 16:18).
But there’s more. Horn is the Hebrew word qeren meaning “horn, hill or ray.” This word is used to describe the rays of light rays emanating from the face of Moses after his encounter with YHVH (Exod 34:29) and the horns of an animal (Ps 69:31). In ancient cultures, the horn was a metaphor for physical strength or spiritual power (Deut 33:17; 2 Sam 22:3; Ps 18:2). Elsewhere, YHVH is referred to as man’s “horn of salvation” meaning he is the strength of our salvation. The Hebrew word for salvation is yesha meaning “deliverance, rescue, safety, welfare, victory, prosperity.” The root of yesha is the verb yasha meaning “to save, to deliver, to give victory.” Not only is YHVH called our “horn of salvation” in the Tanakh, but this designation is applied to Yeshua as well in the Testimony of Yeshua (Luke 1:69). Interestingly, Yeshua is a derivative of the Hebrew name Yehoshua (or Joshua), which also derives from yasha.
It should be evident from this quick study that the horns of the altar are a picture of Yeshua, who is the horn or strength of our salvation and who shed his blood for our sins on the altar of the cross.
This being the case, why then are there four horns on the altar? This is likely symbolic of the four attributes of Yeshua, even as the four colors of cloth used throughout the tabernacle prophetically symbolize the same thing. Crimson speaks to Yeshua’s humanity, purple to his kingship, blue to his divinity, and white to his sinlessness or righteousness.
Additionally, the Jewish sages view the four horns as symbolizing the four corners of the earth, for, in Hebraic thought, the earth is nothing more than a large altar dedicated to Elohim. (See The ArtScroll Tehilim/Psalms commentary on this verse and notes at Ps 118:27.) The horns on the four corners of the altar could also prophetically point to the fact that Yeshua came to save all humans (who would trust in him) from the four corners of the earth.
O nome português Jesus é a forma grega do nome hebraico Yeshua, que significa "Jeová (YHVH) salva", ou "SENHOR salva".
Na foto, as letras hebraicas (lê-se da direita para a esquerda) formam o nome JESUS inscrito em um ossário do século I a.C., que continha os ossos de alguém com esse nome.
Fonte: Jesus no Seu Tempo (Seleções do Reader's Digest), p. 17.
Dieu peut changer le temps et les circonstances."
Il EST Ecrit!
Je connais les projets que J’ai formé à votre égard, dit l’Éternel, projets de paix et non de malheur, afin de vous donner un avenir et de l’espérance. Jérémie 29 :11
Notre Cher Haïti, Nos Frères et Sœurs haïtiens, dépendent de la bénédiction et de la sécurité de Dieu pour sortir de cette fange, et non pas sur la Capacité et sur l’intelligence d’une personne ou sur les 42 esprits ou Loas, souvent appelé dieux tutélaires de la race. !!! Le Dieu d’Abraham, d’Isaac, de Jacob et d’Harry Laventure, Qui se révèle comme YHVH est le seul Vrai créateur en Jésus Christ qui est le pourvoyeur de la sécurité, l’habitat et la nourriture.
Dans l'histoire, il est d'importantes périodes transitoires, véritables charnières entre plusieurs époques. En1492, Christophe Colomb conquit Haïti, tua ses habitants et emmena d’autres ressortissants.
Alors Haïti (Ayiti) Quisqueya Bohio, dans le langage des indigénistes jadis, traduit littéralement « terre de haute montagne », Terre qu’Espagne avait choisi en vue faire résider son nom, devient propriété des nations. Les dominateurs de l'histoire le foulèrent tour à tour : Le Portugal, La France, l’Angleterre, l’Allemagne, Les Etats-Unis et aujourd’hui tous les organisations paria de la terre connus sous les sobriquets « des nations unies, l’OEA, la Caricom » ; tous établirent successivement leur autorité, et se préoccupaient bien peu du bien être de nos frères et soeurs.
Durant 2 siècles (d’indépendance), les descendants du peuple noir choisi d’Afrique qui avaient chassé en 1804 leurs usurpateurs, connurent soit la dictature, soit l'occupation.
Et pour cause : un enseignement débraillé de la « La BIBLE »:
Il est écrit « Faites donc du règne de Dieu et de ce qui est juste à ses yeux votre préoccupation première, et toutes les choses matérielles vous seront données en plus. Matthieu 6 : 33
Mon peuple est détruit, parce qu’il lui manque la connaissance. Puisque tu as rejeté la connaissance, Je te rejetterai, et tu seras dépouillé de mon sacerdoce; Puisque tu as oublié la loi de ton Dieu, J’oublierai aussi tes enfants ». Osée 4 :6
Quand tu seras entré dans le pays que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne, tu n’apprendras pas à faire selon les abominations de ces nations : il ne se trouvera au milieu de toi personne qui fasse passer par le feu son fils ou sa fille, ni devin qui se mêle de divination, ni pronostiqueur, ni enchanteur, ni magicien, ni sorcier, ni personne qui consulte les esprits, ni diseur de bonne aventure, ni personne qui interroge les morts ; car quiconque fait ces choses est en abomination à l’Éternel ; et à cause de ces abominations, l’Éternel, ton Dieu, les dépossède devant toi. Tu seras parfait avec l’Éternel, ton Dieu. Car ces nations, que tu vas déposséder, écoutent les pronostiqueurs et les devins ; mais pour toi, l’Éternel, ton Dieu, ne t’a pas permis d’agir ainsi.
Le 29 février 2004 de nouveau avec la complicité les frustrés de la race, le dérayé Jan Bètran Aristid a été kidnappé et déporté, surpris par le dénouement inattendu de cette kidnapping, voila l'arrivée des vomissements technocrates, bibliquement aveugles au timon des affaires du pays, Deux ans plutard ont cédé la place a René€ Garcia Préval(e) un récidiviste notoire, aveugle et vide. C’est toujours le même drame. Hélas, à l'heure où plus que jamais Nos Frères et Sœurs discutent sur leur sort, il est impérieux de nous pencher sur un changement vital et durable qui doit se reposer sur Deux grands axes:
1.-UNE AGRICULTURE Systématisée à partir (de 10 carreaux et avec tous les adjuvants par fermier sous la supervision directe d’un état responsable, exclut du système caporalisme agraire) 2- : UNE ÉDUCATION Décentralisée avec des écoles primaires secondaires universitaires et techniques fonctionnelles et uniformes dans tous les (570) sections communales.
La grande question »trouverions-nous un homme fidèle, ayant en lui l’Esprit du Dieu Saint pour concrétiser ce changement éternel tant souhaité dans la fidélité »?
! Ah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Fidélité… En Haïti ? !
« La Fidélité » Ce petit mot brille comme un joyau dans la Bible si souvent annonciateur de sombres événements.
Le dictionnaire définit la fidélité en ces termes : Constance= Insistance= Patience= Persévérance =Ténacité ; respect de la parole donnée ; qualité de celui qui ne varie pas dans ses goûts et ses attachements ; probité =moralité= vertu= intégrité, conformité à la vérité, exactitude.
En nos temps d'infidélité et immoralité on comprend mieux à quel point le psalmiste avait raison lorsqu'il se lamentait à ce sujet: "Les fidèles disparaissent parmi les fils de l'homme."(Psaume 12:2) ; Son fils Salomon criait : Beaucoup d’hommes proclament chacun leur bonté ; mais un homme fidèle, qui le trouvera ? Proverbes 20 :6
Aujourd'hui, le Seigneur Jésus Christ cherche douze dirigeants Politiques, douze Pasteurs fidèles pour sauver ce peuple dispersé dans ce coin de terre, Haïti: "Il déclare « Celui qui est fidèle dans les moindres choses l'est aussi dans les grandes, et celui qui est injuste dans les moindres choses l'est aussi dans les grandes »." (Luc 16:10) ; "Paul nous dit : « ce qu'on demande des dispensateurs, c'est que chacun soit trouvé fidèle »." (1Corinthiens 4: 2)
Soyons fidèle à tous égards. Agriculteur, Paysan comme moi, Pasteur, Docteur, ingénieur, agronome, Avocat, Juge, Casec, Magistrat communal, Député, sénateur, Président. Et retenez ceci "Si tu marches dans le feu, tu ne te brûleras pas, Et la flamme ne t'embrasera pas. Car Je Suis l'Eternel, ton Dieu, Le Saint d'Israël, ton Sauveur." (Esaïe 43:2-3) Car, Je connais les projets que J’ai formés à votre égard, projets de paix et non de malheur, afin de vous donner un avenir et de l’espérance. Jérémie 29 :11
Choisi la Fidélité, c'est aussi choisi le programme de Dieu pour notre vie,
De ce choix dépendent : notre existence (dans sa totalité, la vie de tout notre être) la prolongation de nos jours (l’éducation, l’agriculture, l’urbanisation, le travail, la santé, la sécurité) Notre bonheur dans notre pays (la jouissance des biens, la protection, la paix.
Ces promesses de Dieu prennent un extraordinaire relief de nos jours, alors que les garanties humaines ont perdu de leur évidence.
Choisi la BIBLE... la compréhension afin que nous aimions notre Dieu en Jésus notre Sauveur Spirituel ; la force, afin que nous possédions la faculté d’obéir à sa voix ; et la Fidélité, afin que nous vivions éternellement..."
Ce Nègre de la race né en Égypte, Moïse, est non seulement l'auteur - sous l'inspiration du Saint-Esprit - les cinq premiers livres de la Bible et bien d’autre, mais un personnage historique qui est à la base de la vie nationales d'Israël noir avant notre déportation et notre éradication de l’Afrique du nord. Sa vie, ses expériences de conducteur, sa relation intime avec Dieu, sont les sources d'un enseignement qui nous concerne encore aujourd'hui comme Africain d’origine, déporté sur le continent Américain et propriétaire patenté de cette l’ile, la république d’Haïti. ( Ke’n acheté ak Sang’ n+Kob Nou)
Moise : le messager, le meneur d’homme, Pasteur, le général en chef de l’armée des premiers israéliens noir, l’écrivain sacré ne s'est pas trompé; quand Il nous introduit déjà dans l'état éternel, dont le temps présent n'est que le tremplin.
Choisir sans hésitation, sachant que ce choix implique l'amour, l'obéissance, la joie, la paix, la patience, la bonté, la bienveillance, la fidélité, la douceur, la tempérance et un attachement indéfectible à Jésus Christ, Notre Sauveur.
Montrons-nous dignes et fermes après avoir choisi, car nous sommes certains d'atteindre le but fixé de donner à manger à chaque frère et chaque sœur et de les instruire afin de gagner Haïti pour Jésus Christ, et vivre une vie bienheureuse.
Comme la fraîcheur de la neige au temps de la moisson, Ainsi est un messager fidèle pour celui qui l'envoie; Il restaure l'âme de son maître. Proverbes 25 :13 (Louis Segond) Soyez fidèle à tous égards.
Dr Harry Laventure,
A blue Royal Arch Mason veil made by MAC and SAC.
www.royalarchmasonsalberta.com/index.php/library/aspeslet...
PASSING OF THE VEILS CEREMONY, R. A. M
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Bernard E, Jones in his book, “Freemasons Book of the Royal Arch “writes;
“The ceremony of passing the veils, which formed part of the Royal Arch ceremony in the late 18th Century, probably had a Christian origin, and was customary only during the period when the RA. itself was largely a Christian degree. With the de-Christianization of the degree following, firstly, the union of the Grand Chapters in 1817 and, secondly, the drastic revision in 1835, the ceremony of the veils rapidly disappeared from English Royal Arch Masonry.”
The passing of the veils signifies the enlightenment that comes with Masonic progression. Also, the veils are sometimes thought to be a symbol of the suffering of the Jews in returning from exile.
The veils in early ceremonies were three in number. Earlier a fourth was added in some localities, American Chapters today largely works a four-veil ceremony, as we do in our Jurisdiction. We assume that the ceremony of passing the veils goes back, possibly the earliest period of the Royal Arch. Jones feels that records do not support this assumption, unless he says, it was the ceremony of Excellent Master, or High Excellent Master’s degree. George S. Draffin says, that the Scottish Excellent Master’s degree is frequently known as passing of the veils. In Scotland the passing of the veils is the Excellent Master’s degree, the official title of the ceremony.
The ceremonial as worked in the 1820 period was much as follows, subject to variations in details. The Candidate was prepared with a blindfold, his knees bared, his feet slipshod, with a cable tow around his waist. Three sojourners acted as guardians of the veils. The Junior Scribe conducted the candidate, and gave four knocks at the door of the first veil. The candidate is admitted by giving the PM’s. word and sign. The Scripture reading was from Exodus iii, 1-6, referring to the burning bush, following the thirteenth and fourteenth verses of the same Chapter were read, including the words “I Am what I Am”
At the second veil the candidate gave the password already received and met the emblems of the Serpent and Aaron’s Rod, and the relevant Scripture Exodus V was read. Suitably entrusted, the candidate can now pass the guard at the third veil; here the Scripture reading from Exodus V, told of the miracles of the leprous hand and the water poured on the dry land and turning into blood.
He now hears the words ‘Holiness to the Lord’ and was shown the ‘Ark of the Covenant’, containing the tablets of stone, the pot of manna, the table of shew bread, the burning incense, the candlestick with the seven branches, and can now enter as a sojourner and candidate for Exaltation. The ceremony while retaining its main features, varied considerably in its details from district to district and even from Chapter to Chapter.
The Royal Arch ceremony worked in Bristol at a very early date by both the ‘Antients’ and the ‘Moderns’, the latter in a Craft lodge meeting at the Crown Inn, Christmas Street, Bristol, provides the earliest minute relating to the Royal Arch degree in England. On a Sunday evening August 13, 1758, two brethren were raised to the Degree of Royal Arch Masons.
Bristol Chapters are the only ones in Great Britain now using the veil’s ceremonies in the RA. Degree. This, however, has not always been the practice. In the latter part of the 19th century Beaufort Chapter worked the verbal part of the ceremony, but did not use the veils themselves. Their re introduction early in the 20th century was due to Sir Ernest Cook and other enthusiasts. Sir Ernest and a friend visited Ireland and, although they could not find a chapter using them, they could get some information regarding the ceremony. As a result they had three veils made and hung in the Ante room of Beaufort Chapter. Their example being copied by other Bristol Chapters. In 1929 they became convinced that there should be a fourth veil and this they added. In Bristol the veils’ ceremony, is worked outside the Chapter room, always before, and separate from, the actual exaltation. The passing of the veils is not really part of the Exaltation.
In the Irish ceremony, it is customary for the Chapter room to be divided by curtains or veils, beyond which the companions sit together in the East. There are four veils the same colours as ours in this jurisdiction with the same symbolic meaning. With particular Scripture readings at each.
In Scotland the veils’ ceremony has the official title, “The Excellent Masters” degree. This degree and the exaltation may be conferred on the same evening, but the candidate must be a ‘Mark’ Mason. The Scottish Grand Chapter recognizes three degrees, ‘Mark Master’, ‘Excellent Master’ and ‘Royal Arch’, the second of which is the veils’ ceremony.
In the United States the R, A. ceremony includes a highly elaborate passing of the veils, as in the Irish system. However, towards the end of the ceremony the candidate may be given the signet of ‘Truth’, a finger ring, bearing a circle enclosing a triangle. The officers guarding the veils may wear a robe and cap the colour of their veil, and may be armed with a sword.
In some Chapters in Victoria, Australia the veil’s ceremony is a desirable preliminary to the RA. ceremony, but is of a permissive character. Apparently the ceremony worked, is not a part of the exaltation ceremony, but for exemplifying the symbolic lesson, which grew up around the veils in the early days. Where accommodation permits the veils are suspended in the ante room.
The meaning of the four horns on an altar.
hoshanarabbah.org/blog/tag/horns-of-the-altar/
Exodus 29:12, Horns of the altar. The four horns of the altar of sacrifice was the place where the blood of atonement was sprinkled (also Lev 4:4, 17, 18, 25, 30, 34; 8:15; 9:9; 16:18).
But there’s more. Horn is the Hebrew word qeren meaning “horn, hill or ray.” This word is used to describe the rays of light rays emanating from the face of Moses after his encounter with YHVH (Exod 34:29) and the horns of an animal (Ps 69:31). In ancient cultures, the horn was a metaphor for physical strength or spiritual power (Deut 33:17; 2 Sam 22:3; Ps 18:2). Elsewhere, YHVH is referred to as man’s “horn of salvation” meaning he is the strength of our salvation. The Hebrew word for salvation is yesha meaning “deliverance, rescue, safety, welfare, victory, prosperity.” The root of yesha is the verb yasha meaning “to save, to deliver, to give victory.” Not only is YHVH called our “horn of salvation” in the Tanakh, but this designation is applied to Yeshua as well in the Testimony of Yeshua (Luke 1:69). Interestingly, Yeshua is a derivative of the Hebrew name Yehoshua (or Joshua), which also derives from yasha.
It should be evident from this quick study that the horns of the altar are a picture of Yeshua, who is the horn or strength of our salvation and who shed his blood for our sins on the altar of the cross.
This being the case, why then are there four horns on the altar? This is likely symbolic of the four attributes of Yeshua, even as the four colors of cloth used throughout the tabernacle prophetically symbolize the same thing. Crimson speaks to Yeshua’s humanity, purple to his kingship, blue to his divinity, and white to his sinlessness or righteousness.
Additionally, the Jewish sages view the four horns as symbolizing the four corners of the earth, for, in Hebraic thought, the earth is nothing more than a large altar dedicated to Elohim. (See The ArtScroll Tehilim/Psalms commentary on this verse and notes at Ps 118:27.) The horns on the four corners of the altar could also prophetically point to the fact that Yeshua came to save all humans (who would trust in him) from the four corners of the earth.
Royal Arch Mason veils made by MAC and SAC ready for the candidates. No lint rollers! Only use cello tape to remove lint..
The two middle veils were soon switched.
www.jttgrandchapter.org/resources/Lectures/The Veils.pdf
Part I
Comp Michael Post
As all companions have, we have gone through a particular ceremony in which we must pass to truly become a Royal Arch Mason. That ceremony is “Passing the Veils”. Why is this ceremony important and what does it represent?
The ceremony of “Passing the Veils” or the use of the Veils in Royal Arch ceremonies is as old as the Degree itself although it origins seem to be lost in the oral traditions of ancient times. The Veils in early ceremonies were three in number, later a fourth was added in some countries (Most all, if not all, American Chapters today work in this “four-Veiled” ceremony). There are some scholars however believe that this elaborate ceremony did not always belong to the Royal Arch but rather it was part of, or wholly the ceremony of Excellent Master or High Excellent Master’s degree (Ireland; Scotland, and Bristol, England). This Excellent Master degree can also be seen in the Allied Masonic Degrees in America.
So what does this intricate ceremony signify?
It could be said that masonically, passing of the Veils signifies the enlightenment that comes with Masonic progression. While some academics say it symbolizes the problems or suffering encountered by the Jews on their returning journey from exile. Others believe that it involves the Veils of the Tabernacle of Moses and related to those of the Temple of Solomon. And still others consider it as a reference to Jesus, tying it to among other things the Veil of the last Temple upon His death.
What is the lesson that should ultimately be discovered in this ceremony? As said before I believe it to be lost in the oral traditions of the past. What do you believe? What do you think is the truth behind the symbolism?
The problem with this topic is where to start. There are many avenues in which I can take this discussion, but where to start? Should I start with the colors of the Veil? Or perhaps why our Veil system of America is different of that of Scotland or the United Kingdom? Should I talk about the Tribes of Israel and there banner colors vs. the colors that are on the High Priest Ephod? Or should I discuss the Veils or coverings of the tabernacle vs. the Veil that separates the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place or the Holy of holies. But what about the journey we have made?
So let us begin with that journey, which we all have taken.
After we have all braved that rough and rugged road we come unto a tabernacle and we are met with resistance to enter, the first Veil. We explain to the Grand Master of the First Veil that we have come from captivity and our intent to help rebuild the temple and that we are the true descendents of the Giblimites that built the first temple. After that we are then challenged for entry, we recollect the lesson of the burning bush from which Moses spoke with the great I AM, with that we enter. We are given a sign and password. The sign is explained by a scripture reading from the book of Exodus 7: 10–12. The password is that of the three sons of Noah.
“These three names can allude to Noah’s Ark or the Ark of Safety. We could say that God was the architect, Noah was the builder and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth they were the craftsmen.”
We now come to a second Veil and are met with resistance. We then give the sign and password that we were divested with from the Grand Master of the First Veil. We are allowed to enter and although we are in fact Most Excellent Masters promoting the noble and glorious work of rebuilding the temple we are told that we cannot go further without the words and signs of the Grand Master of the Second Veil. We are given a sign and password. The sign is explained by a scripture reading from the book of Exodus 4: 6–7. The password is that of three builders of the Ark of the Covenant.
The Ark of the Covenant, or of Moses, is also known as the Ark of the Testimony. Along with Moses, Bezaleel (tribe of Judah) and Aholiab (tribe of Dan) were filled with spirit of God, wisdom, understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship and thus worked diligently until the tabernacle, Ark and all things belonging to it were made exactly as God had instructed.
Next we come to the Third Veil and again are met with resistance. We give the sign and password that we were divested with from the Grand Master of the Second Veil. Proving once again that we must be in fact Most Excellent Masters we promoting the noble and glorious work of rebuilding the temple we are permitted to enter but we can go no further without the words, signs and signet of the Grand Master of the Third Veil. The sign is thus explained by a scripture reading from the book of Exodus 4:9. The password is that of the three principles to build the Second Temple and replace or substitute the arch of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies. We are then given the Signet of Truth.
Alas, we come to the Grand Master of the Fourth Veil or Royal Arch Captain. We give the sign and password that we were divested with from the Grand Master of the Third Veil, we then present the Signet of Truth. We are then told to wait until the Grand Council is informed of or request to enter. The Grand Council recognizes or request and permits us to enter.
This completes our initial journey through the Veils.
PART 2
So now that we went through the journey of “Passing the Veils” where should we go? I guess a suitable place to go is; what is the right number of veils one should go through? Previously I stated, “The Veils in early ceremonies were three in number, later a fourth was added in some countries (and most all, if not all, American ( whether they are Prince Hall or otherwise) Chapters today work in this “four-Veiled” ceremony)”.
Comp. F. A. M. Taylor, Assistant Librarian for the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of England; wrote in 1932, “The veils were doubtless a part of early ceremony of the Arch Degree and the working of the same discontinued, I believe, at the Union in 1817.” He goes on to state, that it appears that the, “passing of the veils” was extensively in the early part of the 19th century. No account of what the ceremony was, or any records are to be found in minutes of the early English Chapters.
What should the proper system of veils that one should pass? What do the veils really represent? I think this is the basis of what we should look into. Depending on what you say the Veils represent you can state your argument.
Ernest Cooke, Provincial Grand Superintendent of Bristol (England), informs us that until 1929 only three veils were used in the Chapters of that Province. In 1932 after much research and careful consideration, the use of the fourth veil (White) was authorized. He based much of his argument on the fact that one, they were in use in the early Chapters. (There is no proof of this). And two, the description of the Tabernacle in Exodus is so definite.
A point of interest comes from the Comp. F. A. M. Taylor, Asst. Librarian of the English Grand Chapter in 1932. He states that it was the practice to have three “Masters of the Veils”, who were officers of the Chapter (Which officers, is not stated.). Being armed with a sword and bearing a banner of appropriate colour, were stationed at the Blue, Purple and Scarlet veils (The White veil is guarded by the RA. Captain (as it is in our Ritual)).
i. I will start off with the “traditional” three- Veiled system then unto the four -Veiled system. So the basic question is “Why three veils”? Before we go any further let’s break down what a veil is. If you go to Wikipedia or other website you can find various meanings of veil, from veils for women to headgear and so on, veils have several meanings. The word "veil" in the Hebrew speaks of a screen, something that conceals and separates. With that said lets break down these systems.
In the book, “Secret Societies of all Ages and Countries” by C.W. Heckethorn (1897) he mentions only three veils. “The Textbook of Freemasonry” (1870) which is irregular and an unauthorized publication, supposedly giving all the ceremonies of the Craft and the Royal Arch, the author states that the ceremony is sometimes dispensed with. Here reference is made to only three veils. A quote from “The Perfect Ceremonies of the Royal Arch Degree,” Lewis (1907) states, “The ceremony is said to follow the restoration to light. The ceremony is carried out with only three veils”.
ii (Italicized words done by me) I believe the original intent was to imitate the tabernacle of Moses. In that Tabernacle, properly there were three veils or curtains. It is said these veils were used to hide the glory of God's face or presence from the people or to separate a sinful man from a Holy God.
The first veil was the eastern gate which opened into the courtyard. Those who came to present offerings to God (this is where the Brazen Alter was) could pass through this veil or gate (Ex. 40:33). This “Passover Veil” separates the courtyard of Moses' tabernacle from the world.
The next veil allowed only the priests to enter the Holy Place (Ex. 40:28). This was the first veil into the tabernacle. The Holy place is the place of testimony, of spiritual bread, and the offering up of the prayers and praises. This “Pentecost Veil” separates the courtyard from the Holy Place.
The last veil was only for the High Priest, who once a year could enter into the Holy of Holies (Ex. 40:21). This was the place that the Ark of the Covenant rested. This Holy place was where the High Priest would give up offering and provoke the ineffable name of Deity. In the Tabernacle there was a table, but no chair for Aaron or any of the priests to sit on, for their work was never finished. Although there was no chair; there was one seat, the Mercy-seat reserved for The Almighty Himself who sat there between the cherubim. The “Tabernacles Veil” separates the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place where God "sat" on the mercy seat.
“I will commune with thee from above the Mercy Seat, from between the two cherubim’s which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel."
Exodus 25:17-22
Another correlation to these three veils above is the three annual feasts of Israel (which some believe, four have been achieved or celebrated).
“Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty.”
Deuteronomy 16:16
However, I will not go into more detail about them during this paper... lol (Research is a beautiful thing. I implore you to do some more, let me know how it goes!)
So here we have several questions. If the veils were representing those of the tabernacle, Why do we have four veils? Is there or should there be a three or four Veils?
If you look at the veils of the tabernacle there are three. But what of the “true” veil of the Tabernacle. There are four colors to it; does this represent the meaning of the veils as we see it today? So why do we have four veils? Why are there three Masters of the Veils and not four? Why is the “fourth veil” guarded by the Royal Arch Captain and not another Master of the veil?
The meaning of the four horns on an altar.
hoshanarabbah.org/blog/tag/horns-of-the-altar/
Exodus 29:12, Horns of the altar. The four horns of the altar of sacrifice was the place where the blood of atonement was sprinkled (also Lev 4:4, 17, 18, 25, 30, 34; 8:15; 9:9; 16:18).
But there’s more. Horn is the Hebrew word qeren meaning “horn, hill or ray.” This word is used to describe the rays of light rays emanating from the face of Moses after his encounter with YHVH (Exod 34:29) and the horns of an animal (Ps 69:31). In ancient cultures, the horn was a metaphor for physical strength or spiritual power (Deut 33:17; 2 Sam 22:3; Ps 18:2). Elsewhere, YHVH is referred to as man’s “horn of salvation” meaning he is the strength of our salvation. The Hebrew word for salvation is yesha meaning “deliverance, rescue, safety, welfare, victory, prosperity.” The root of yesha is the verb yasha meaning “to save, to deliver, to give victory.” Not only is YHVH called our “horn of salvation” in the Tanakh, but this designation is applied to Yeshua as well in the Testimony of Yeshua (Luke 1:69). Interestingly, Yeshua is a derivative of the Hebrew name Yehoshua (or Joshua), which also derives from yasha.
It should be evident from this quick study that the horns of the altar are a picture of Yeshua, who is the horn or strength of our salvation and who shed his blood for our sins on the altar of the cross.
This being the case, why then are there four horns on the altar? This is likely symbolic of the four attributes of Yeshua, even as the four colors of cloth used throughout the tabernacle prophetically symbolize the same thing. Crimson speaks to Yeshua’s humanity, purple to his kingship, blue to his divinity, and white to his sinlessness or righteousness.
Additionally, the Jewish sages view the four horns as symbolizing the four corners of the earth, for, in Hebraic thought, the earth is nothing more than a large altar dedicated to Elohim. (See The ArtScroll Tehilim/Psalms commentary on this verse and notes at Ps 118:27.) The horns on the four corners of the altar could also prophetically point to the fact that Yeshua came to save all humans (who would trust in him) from the four corners of the earth.
A purple Royal Arch Mason veil made by MAC and SAC.
www.jttgrandchapter.org/resources/Lectures/The Veils.pdf
Part I
Comp Michael Post
As all companions have, we have gone through a particular ceremony in which we must pass to truly become a Royal Arch Mason. That ceremony is “Passing the Veils”. Why is this ceremony important and what does it represent?
The ceremony of “Passing the Veils” or the use of the Veils in Royal Arch ceremonies is as old as the Degree itself although it origins seem to be lost in the oral traditions of ancient times. The Veils in early ceremonies were three in number, later a fourth was added in some countries (Most all, if not all, American Chapters today work in this “four-Veiled” ceremony). There are some scholars however believe that this elaborate ceremony did not always belong to the Royal Arch but rather it was part of, or wholly the ceremony of Excellent Master or High Excellent Master’s degree (Ireland; Scotland, and Bristol, England). This Excellent Master degree can also be seen in the Allied Masonic Degrees in America.
So what does this intricate ceremony signify?
It could be said that masonically, passing of the Veils signifies the enlightenment that comes with Masonic progression. While some academics say it symbolizes the problems or suffering encountered by the Jews on their returning journey from exile. Others believe that it involves the Veils of the Tabernacle of Moses and related to those of the Temple of Solomon. And still others consider it as a reference to Jesus, tying it to among other things the Veil of the last Temple upon His death.
What is the lesson that should ultimately be discovered in this ceremony? As said before I believe it to be lost in the oral traditions of the past. What do you believe? What do you think is the truth behind the symbolism?
The problem with this topic is where to start. There are many avenues in which I can take this discussion, but where to start? Should I start with the colors of the Veil? Or perhaps why our Veil system of America is different of that of Scotland or the United Kingdom? Should I talk about the Tribes of Israel and there banner colors vs. the colors that are on the High Priest Ephod? Or should I discuss the Veils or coverings of the tabernacle vs. the Veil that separates the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place or the Holy of holies. But what about the journey we have made?
So let us begin with that journey, which we all have taken.
After we have all braved that rough and rugged road we come unto a tabernacle and we are met with resistance to enter, the first Veil. We explain to the Grand Master of the First Veil that we have come from captivity and our intent to help rebuild the temple and that we are the true descendents of the Giblimites that built the first temple. After that we are then challenged for entry, we recollect the lesson of the burning bush from which Moses spoke with the great I AM, with that we enter. We are given a sign and password. The sign is explained by a scripture reading from the book of Exodus 7: 10–12. The password is that of the three sons of Noah.
“These three names can allude to Noah’s Ark or the Ark of Safety. We could say that God was the architect, Noah was the builder and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth they were the craftsmen.”
We now come to a second Veil and are met with resistance. We then give the sign and password that we were divested with from the Grand Master of the First Veil. We are allowed to enter and although we are in fact Most Excellent Masters promoting the noble and glorious work of rebuilding the temple we are told that we cannot go further without the words and signs of the Grand Master of the Second Veil. We are given a sign and password. The sign is explained by a scripture reading from the book of Exodus 4: 6–7. The password is that of three builders of the Ark of the Covenant.
The Ark of the Covenant, or of Moses, is also known as the Ark of the Testimony. Along with Moses, Bezaleel (tribe of Judah) and Aholiab (tribe of Dan) were filled with spirit of God, wisdom, understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship and thus worked diligently until the tabernacle, Ark and all things belonging to it were made exactly as God had instructed.
Next we come to the Third Veil and again are met with resistance. We give the sign and password that we were divested with from the Grand Master of the Second Veil. Proving once again that we must be in fact Most Excellent Masters we promoting the noble and glorious work of rebuilding the temple we are permitted to enter but we can go no further without the words, signs and signet of the Grand Master of the Third Veil. The sign is thus explained by a scripture reading from the book of Exodus 4:9. The password is that of the three principles to build the Second Temple and replace or substitute the arch of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies. We are then given the Signet of Truth.
Alas, we come to the Grand Master of the Fourth Veil or Royal Arch Captain. We give the sign and password that we were divested with from the Grand Master of the Third Veil, we then present the Signet of Truth. We are then told to wait until the Grand Council is informed of or request to enter. The Grand Council recognizes or request and permits us to enter.
This completes our initial journey through the Veils.
PART 2
So now that we went through the journey of “Passing the Veils” where should we go? I guess a suitable place to go is; what is the right number of veils one should go through? Previously I stated, “The Veils in early ceremonies were three in number, later a fourth was added in some countries (and most all, if not all, American ( whether they are Prince Hall or otherwise) Chapters today work in this “four-Veiled” ceremony)”.
Comp. F. A. M. Taylor, Assistant Librarian for the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of England; wrote in 1932, “The veils were doubtless a part of early ceremony of the Arch Degree and the working of the same discontinued, I believe, at the Union in 1817.” He goes on to state, that it appears that the, “passing of the veils” was extensively in the early part of the 19th century. No account of what the ceremony was, or any records are to be found in minutes of the early English Chapters.
What should the proper system of veils that one should pass? What do the veils really represent? I think this is the basis of what we should look into. Depending on what you say the Veils represent you can state your argument.
Ernest Cooke, Provincial Grand Superintendent of Bristol (England), informs us that until 1929 only three veils were used in the Chapters of that Province. In 1932 after much research and careful consideration, the use of the fourth veil (White) was authorized. He based much of his argument on the fact that one, they were in use in the early Chapters. (There is no proof of this). And two, the description of the Tabernacle in Exodus is so definite.
A point of interest comes from the Comp. F. A. M. Taylor, Asst. Librarian of the English Grand Chapter in 1932. He states that it was the practice to have three “Masters of the Veils”, who were officers of the Chapter (Which officers, is not stated.). Being armed with a sword and bearing a banner of appropriate colour, were stationed at the Blue, Purple and Scarlet veils (The White veil is guarded by the RA. Captain (as it is in our Ritual)).
i. I will start off with the “traditional” three- Veiled system then unto the four -Veiled system. So the basic question is “Why three veils”? Before we go any further let’s break down what a veil is. If you go to Wikipedia or other website you can find various meanings of veil, from veils for women to headgear and so on, veils have several meanings. The word "veil" in the Hebrew speaks of a screen, something that conceals and separates. With that said lets break down these systems.
In the book, “Secret Societies of all Ages and Countries” by C.W. Heckethorn (1897) he mentions only three veils. “The Textbook of Freemasonry” (1870) which is irregular and an unauthorized publication, supposedly giving all the ceremonies of the Craft and the Royal Arch, the author states that the ceremony is sometimes dispensed with. Here reference is made to only three veils. A quote from “The Perfect Ceremonies of the Royal Arch Degree,” Lewis (1907) states, “The ceremony is said to follow the restoration to light. The ceremony is carried out with only three veils”.
ii (Italicized words done by me) I believe the original intent was to imitate the tabernacle of Moses. In that Tabernacle, properly there were three veils or curtains. It is said these veils were used to hide the glory of God's face or presence from the people or to separate a sinful man from a Holy God.
The first veil was the eastern gate which opened into the courtyard. Those who came to present offerings to God (this is where the Brazen Alter was) could pass through this veil or gate (Ex. 40:33). This “Passover Veil” separates the courtyard of Moses' tabernacle from the world.
The next veil allowed only the priests to enter the Holy Place (Ex. 40:28). This was the first veil into the tabernacle. The Holy place is the place of testimony, of spiritual bread, and the offering up of the prayers and praises. This “Pentecost Veil” separates the courtyard from the Holy Place.
The last veil was only for the High Priest, who once a year could enter into the Holy of Holies (Ex. 40:21). This was the place that the Ark of the Covenant rested. This Holy place was where the High Priest would give up offering and provoke the ineffable name of Deity. In the Tabernacle there was a table, but no chair for Aaron or any of the priests to sit on, for their work was never finished. Although there was no chair; there was one seat, the Mercy-seat reserved for The Almighty Himself who sat there between the cherubim. The “Tabernacles Veil” separates the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place where God "sat" on the mercy seat.
“I will commune with thee from above the Mercy Seat, from between the two cherubim’s which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel."
Exodus 25:17-22
Another correlation to these three veils above is the three annual feasts of Israel (which some believe, four have been achieved or celebrated).
“Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty.”
Deuteronomy 16:16
However, I will not go into more detail about them during this paper... lol (Research is a beautiful thing. I implore you to do some more, let me know how it goes!)
So here we have several questions. If the veils were representing those of the tabernacle, Why do we have four veils? Is there or should there be a three or four Veils?
If you look at the veils of the tabernacle there are three. But what of the “true” veil of the Tabernacle. There are four colors to it; does this represent the meaning of the veils as we see it today? So why do we have four veils? Why are there three Masters of the Veils and not four? Why is the “fourth veil” guarded by the Royal Arch Captain and not another Master of the veil?
The meaning of the four horns on an altar.
hoshanarabbah.org/blog/tag/horns-of-the-altar/
Exodus 29:12, Horns of the altar. The four horns of the altar of sacrifice was the place where the blood of atonement was sprinkled (also Lev 4:4, 17, 18, 25, 30, 34; 8:15; 9:9; 16:18).
But there’s more. Horn is the Hebrew word qeren meaning “horn, hill or ray.” This word is used to describe the rays of light rays emanating from the face of Moses after his encounter with YHVH (Exod 34:29) and the horns of an animal (Ps 69:31). In ancient cultures, the horn was a metaphor for physical strength or spiritual power (Deut 33:17; 2 Sam 22:3; Ps 18:2). Elsewhere, YHVH is referred to as man’s “horn of salvation” meaning he is the strength of our salvation. The Hebrew word for salvation is yesha meaning “deliverance, rescue, safety, welfare, victory, prosperity.” The root of yesha is the verb yasha meaning “to save, to deliver, to give victory.” Not only is YHVH called our “horn of salvation” in the Tanakh, but this designation is applied to Yeshua as well in the Testimony of Yeshua (Luke 1:69). Interestingly, Yeshua is a derivative of the Hebrew name Yehoshua (or Joshua), which also derives from yasha.
It should be evident from this quick study that the horns of the altar are a picture of Yeshua, who is the horn or strength of our salvation and who shed his blood for our sins on the altar of the cross.
This being the case, why then are there four horns on the altar? This is likely symbolic of the four attributes of Yeshua, even as the four colors of cloth used throughout the tabernacle prophetically symbolize the same thing. Crimson speaks to Yeshua’s humanity, purple to his kingship, blue to his divinity, and white to his sinlessness or righteousness.
Additionally, the Jewish sages view the four horns as symbolizing the four corners of the earth, for, in Hebraic thought, the earth is nothing more than a large altar dedicated to Elohim. (See The ArtScroll Tehilim/Psalms commentary on this verse and notes at Ps 118:27.) The horns on the four corners of the altar could also prophetically point to the fact that Yeshua came to save all humans (who would trust in him) from the four corners of the earth.
Cementerio Judío de Casabermeja
Comarca Metropolitana de Málaga
Andalucía
Una genizah es un espacio destinado a guardar temporalmente objetos y documentos de carácter sagrado que, por estar deteriorados o ser inutilizables, no pueden desecharse de forma profana. En la tradición judía, cualquier escrito que contenga el Nombre divino —o cualquier objeto vinculado al culto— debe ser retirado con respeto. La genizah actúa así como un “depósito de espera” hasta que pueda realizarse un entierro ritual adecuado.
En el cementerio judío de Casabermeja, este pequeño recinto cumple precisamente esa función: preservar la dignidad de lo sagrado incluso cuando ya ha dejado de ser útil.
A genizah is a designated space used to store sacred objects and documents that, due to damage or disuse, cannot be discarded in an ordinary manner. In Jewish tradition, any text containing the Divine Name —or any item associated with ritual practice— must be removed respectfully. The genizah therefore serves as a “holding chamber” until a proper ritual burial can take place.
In the Jewish cemetery of Casabermeja, this small enclosure fulfills exactly that purpose: safeguarding the dignity of the sacred even after its practical use has ended.