January 16, 2016
Post #22
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. That is what Jesus taught men. 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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The approach of our book, of aligning the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, is unique. Indeed, no other book unifies and aligns the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John along a single timeline. In so doing, the reader can better understand Jesus’ life in a clear, coherent way. And the reader also has the unique opportunity to glimpse the lives of others who interact with him along that same timeline. His mother Mary is one such life we really want to clearly and coherently understand for many reasons, right?
As we have already learned, in the manner God proscribed in the Law, Mary gave Jesus life. (Pages 27, 46 and 47.). And as we heard, her knowledge and insights about the Law, about the Prophets, the other Writings of Scripture and beyond (Page 43.), she was extremely well prepared to be Jesus’ primary teacher – as we observed from his understanding and wisdom at just 12 years old. (Page 50.).
Then 18 years later, when he had chosen his path as a traveling Rabbi and teacher, Mary was there supporting Jesus in the beginning of his ministry in Cana. (Page 50.). We seek to understand her life better because Mary’s influence as his mother provides us powerful background for who he became and what he taught. Not the least which is his Traditionalist outlook, and his corresponding stand against the Hellenists – those who would put their Greek Seleucid inspired ‘man-worship’ before our One True God. Especially the Pharisees.
The other main reason we seek to understand Mary better is how she reflects God’s Divine Feminine. We need to comprehend how, as a co-equal force, the feminine aspect balances the masculine aspect. And to this point in his ministry, her teachings, her knowledge, her intellect, and also her natural feminine traits of patience, acceptance, tolerance, and compassion balanced his natural masculine tendencies. Her influence has had a powerful effect on him as we have watched him grow as a man, as a teacher and as a Rabbi. So much so that he has attracted more disciples and a following eager to hear his Traditionalist, God-centered message. And we’re sure more than a few are attracted to his anti-Hellenist, anti-Pharisee commentary.
We are all God’s children are we not? Before God are we not all equal? Men and women? When Mary is next mentioned we learn Jesus has a family! Mary and his brethren have come to see him, and we Jesus is told they are waiting for him outside, he uses the occasion to illuminate one of the pillars of his ministry against the hypocrisy of men who believe they are more equal:
“Who is my mother? And who are my brethren?
“Look and see my mother and my brethren! My mother and my brethren are these who hear the Word of God, and do it.
” For who so ever shall do the will of God – my father who is in Heaven, that same person is my brother and my sister and my mother.
“Yes, rather, blessed are those who hear the Word of God – and keep it.” (Pages 128 – 129.)
His mother Mary’s influence is pronounced in Jesus. And so through him, what might we say God’s Divine Feminine is trying to teach men generally, and Hellenist-Pharisee men in particular? We already know Jesus says that men are inclined to lie, cheat and steal. And moreover they are egotistical, self-centered and arrogant. And we know the Hellenists sought to outlaw God after all. Is it that men do not even respect the power of The Word itself? Especially when it is given to women, children – or anyone really that does not share their Hellenist worldview? So it is okay to say what they will in furtherance of their male-dominant agenda? Even though commandments warn against false witness. And doesn’t Jesus say repeatedly they are known to say one thing, which sounds so pious, but then do another? That they are indeed hypocrites? Perhaps one of God’s messages to all men – Spirit’s message, is that men must actually do what they say? Honor the word of God? That there are no idle words is but one glimpse of the true nature of “Feminine-ism“.
Shalom – Peace my brothers and sisters!
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!
