January 11, 2016
Post #17
Dear Readers,
We are dedicated to the absolute co-equality and balance between men and women! Our premise is that God created us this way to be whole, complete, unified – as One, through one another, masculine and feminine. We are discussing how the Word of God as taught by Jesus of Nazareth was willfully or inadvertently misrepresented or misunderstood such that men came to believe they were somehow more equal. God is One! We are one! Jesus said,
“Hear O Israel – The Lord our God is One Lord. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
This is the first and great commandment.
The second is like it, namely this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Pages 305 – 306)
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You are reading one in a series on the “Feminine-ist” teaching of Jesus of Nazareth.
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References are to pages in the book. And our many thanks to Wikipedia!
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Itself a reflection of the Shema, let us repeat our perception of God as we have written it below and in our study guides:
“God is undifferentiated masculine and feminine energy in perfect balance, whole, complete, unified, and co-equal. God is neither male nor female, and yet both.”
Masculine and feminine, male and female, man and woman are absolute co-equals designed by God to be in perfect balance. Call God’s Divine Balance of masculine and feminine energy a harmony, Oneness, or simply a state of Grace, God created us as a reflection of that Divine Balance. God made each of us manifest male and female, man and woman, in God’s perfect likeness! As God said in the Law:
“Let us make humankind in our image – in the likeness of ourselves.
“God created them male and female in God’s image.” (Page 26.)
In our discussion of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in what ways do we see the reflection of God’s Divine Balance? How indeed does Mary herself reflect God’s Divine Feminine? Let’s take another look at her interaction with the Angel Gabriel from the gospel of Luke. Keep it firmly in mind that she draws each and every one of these delicately woven expressions from Scripture:
“Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
[Mary alludes to the story of Hagar who was Sarah’s handmaid and bore Abraham’s first son Ishmael]
“So be it unto me according to your Word…
[Demonstrating complete faith in God; God’s Word is sufficient]
“My Spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
[She acknowledges her oneness with the sacred aspect of God as the source of her salvation]
“God has regarded the low estate of this handmaiden.
[Mary shows humility before the Lord God]
“For God that is Mighty has done great things for me, and Holy is God’s name.
[Awed, she addresses another holy aspect of God’s strength and from gratitude she receives]
“God’s mercy is on those who fear God from generation to generation.
[Mary reminds us that all who honor and respect Our One True God, receive the gift of Mercy – another of God’s feminine traits]
“God has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
[She also reminds men who place value on pride, what God has wrought upon men like them in the past]
“God has put down the mighty from their seats and exalted them of low degree.
[God alone judges those men who believe they have some power in the world]
“God has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich have been sent away empty.
[Men who seek after worldly possessions and wealth will have nothing while those who hunger for righteousness – faithfulness, will receive]
“God has helped the servant Israel, in remembrance of mercy.”
[Mary calls for all children of Israel to remember God’s calling, even those men who have strayed to worldly pursuits, and they will know God’s Mercy rather than God’s Justice.
(Page 43.)
Try to imagine the depth of Mary’s knowledge and understanding of God and the conditions existing in Israel/Judea in those days. She sees the trials and tribulation. Yet she speaks as few other women did, or have since. It bears repeating that as her son Jesus’ principle teacher, it is clear where much of his wisdom comes from.
Again, we refer to his teaching about God’s Divine Balance of masculine and feminine energy as “Feminine-ism“. A way of being which Mary typifies.
Shalom – Peace!
Miguel
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This weblog, our pamphlets, study guides and other materials are inspired by Miguel’s book, The Word 2.0, a new biography of Jesus of Nazareth in his own words, based upon a single, unified timeline.
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God is undifferentiated masculine and feminine energy in perfect balance, whole, complete, unified, and co-equal. God is neither male nor female, and yet both – inseparable! And as a reflection of God’s Divine Balance, God made each of us manifest as male and female, man and woman, in God’s perfect likeness! Truly a state of grace.
How Adam’s actions brought about the fall from this state of grace is something we will discuss elsewhere. Suffice it to say that long before Jesus was born, men and women were already out of balance. In the more immediate sense of events which took place in Israel before Jesus was born, I found the Seleucid Greek invasion critically important because of the belief system we call “Hellenism” the Greeks forced on the children of Israel at that time.
It may not be especially well known today but the Seleucid Greeks from Syria outlawed our One True God! They forbade the worship of God under the penalty of death. Their King Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Antíochos D’ ho Epiphanḗs, “God Manifest”), believing he was god, decreed the people would have no other god before him.
Coin depicting King Antiochus IV: “Image of (G)od; bearer of victory”
Hellenism did cause divisions among the people though. On one hand identifying with the Greek empire and culture could enrich certain elite Israelites, but on the other hand their man-worship violated God’s Law. This divided not only those who were “Hellenists”, their supporters and adherents, from those who were “Traditionalists“, but also, apparently, men from women. Why? Because it is also in the nature of Hellenism that women be subordinate to men.
But our One True God was definitely not a Hellenist, right? Given that, Jesus was not a Hellenist – quite the opposite. We might characterize Jesus’ ministry as anti-Hellenist – teaching men in particular about the Divine Balance of God’s Feminine and Masculine aspects, specifically “Feminine-ism“. I briefly outline some basic principles of Jesus of Nazareth’s life and ministry, as they are revealed in “The Word 2.0”:
1. Jesus was a “Traditional” Hebrew-Jewish teacher and Rabbi – to say the very least!
2. Jesus was not a “Hellenist” in any sense of our understanding the word.
3. Jesus espoused and promoted that our One True God – the God of Israel, is a perfect co-equal balance of both masculine and feminine, as is reflected in all Creation.
4. Jesus said that we must love the Lord our God first and foremost, and then love one another as we love ourselves.
5. Jesus taught that love, beginning with God’s “Ruach HaKodesh” – the Breath of Life and Holy Spirit, as aspects of God’s Divine Feminine, is the only way that men can experience the Kingdom of God.
6. Jesus rejected the kind of egocentric, selfish, self-centered thinking and behavior of men that characterizes “Hellenism”.
We will discuss each of these points in much greater detail as we continue, and, look for my study guides they will soon also be available!
