Post #48
Dear Readers,
Both men and women ask me how Hellenism influences their lives today. Good question. The imbalance we experience today through women’s forced inequality finds its origins in Seleucid Greek Hellenism. Besides the writing of the Septuagint for example, you may recall our opinion that male-dominant Greek-Hellenist styled Democracy is a foundational concept if you will, of the United States of America. As such, the Supreme Court (the SCOTUS) is its key institution with global reach. It is of course dedicated to the same man-worship as other Hellenist institutions. Keep in mind that women have had the right to vote less than 100 years, and seats on the Court less time still. Think of the Court as preserving and protecting the will and power of men – elite men, particularly over women.
The deliberative panels of Pharisee Scribes, who were the ardent supporters of Greek Hellenism in Israel-Judea hundreds of years before Jesus was born, serve as the ideal model for the Court. Recall what Jesus said,
“The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat… They bind heavy burdens too grievous to be carried, and then lay them on other men’s shoulders. But they themselves will not even touch those burdens with one of their fingers.” (Page 309)
The story of our country is filled with the decisions of these elite men – one need not look far to grasp the implications of their decisions upon women and people of color. One such consequence in modern times has to do with men’s rights to “keep and bear arms”. Ostensibly it is a right we all supposedly enjoy, however in a recent hearing, Clarence Thomas, who has stepped up as defender of masculine authority in place of Antonin Scalia, said:
“Can you give me another area [of law] where a misdemeanor violation suspends a constitutional right (2nd Amendment rights to possess whatever guns they want)?”
Thomas went on to ask Attorney Eisenstein, who was arguing that a federal ban on gun ownership for people who are convicted of low-level domestic violence offenses at the state level should apply if the offense was committed “recklessly.” Was Thomas himself not once charged with sexual harassment? And yet Anita Hill received no justice?
Some points to consider:
- The “criminal justice” system, itself established and administered by men is a monument to masculine-dominant control, has been largely presided over by Congress – another heretofore all male institution.
- Overburdened as courts are known to be, are women protected by these micro-bastions of male control? At any level? By policing to court? Are truly serious cases of domestic assault and abuse, as well as sexual abuse, not routinely bargained down to the level of “reckless” or otherwise? If not dismissed completely?
- For all the arguments men offer to defend their rights expanded by the likes of Scalia and Thomas, what do men use this right of theirs for? Do men not shoot and kill other people – overwhelmingly women – especially their wives, girlfriends and so-called loved-ones with their guns? (Note: Yes, men also shoot and kill other men, quite apart from the so-called ‘gang-violence’ we are taught to fear.)
- Men are sick, ill – afflicted really in precisely the way Jesus spoke of. Their egotism and self-will seem to make them deaf and blind to the consequences of their actions. This is the legacy of Hellenism – aggression, violence, turmoil.
- Are not the very rights these men fight to protect little more than their means of dominating, controlling – indeed terrorizing their wives and families? Are the consequences of male-majority SCOTUS rulings not that we must live in terror of our neighbors? Even police must fear for their lives!
These male elites will protect men’s power and authority using whatever mechanisms necessary to keep women, and indeed children under control and out of their business. Domestically and globally, at any cost. Unless and until women arise to their own power and say “NO MORE!”
Let there be light!
Miguel
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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! Consider the Sh’ma (Shema):
“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.
As a Traditionalist Rabbi opposed to Hellenism, Jesus’ teachings are drawn entirely from the Law, the Hebrew-Jewish Scripture and the Traditionalist doctrine of his day. To which he chooses to specifically emphasize God’s Divine Balance – the absolute co-equality, balance, unity, harmony and Oneness of God’s masculine and feminine aspects.
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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 that reveals important new details about his life and ministry! For example that Jesus was not a Hellenist!
Find us at Amazon.com or our website: www.whatifjesuswasawoman.com
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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.
Typical Hellenist art depicts the naked male-form as the object of worship – godly.
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!
