January 1, 2016
Post #7 of 365
We are dedicated to 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.
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You are reading one in a year-long series on the anti-Hellenist “Feminine-ist” teaching of Jesus of Nazareth.
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In the context of events which took place in Israel before Jesus was born, I found the Seleucid Greek invasion particularly important because the Greek belief system we call “Hellenism” was enforced at that time. It caused a division among the people of Israel not only along the lines of those who became “Hellenists” and those who were “Traditionalists”, but also, apparently, between men and women. It is in the nature of Hellenism that women be subordinate to men. I have briefly touched upon some basic principles of Jesus of Nazareth’s life and ministry, as they are revealed in my book “The Word 2.0”:
1. Jesus was a “Traditional” Hebrew-Jewish teacher and Rabbi – at 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 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!
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To understand what it means to be a man and a Hellenist we need look no further than Saul from the Greek region of Tarsus. Let’s call him Paul. In very many ways he was a Hellenists’ Hellenist. Educated, he was fluent in many tongues (languages) including Roman, Greek and Hebrew. Being a self-proclaimed Pharisee, he would have been affluent; he was well spoken, and was Jewish. And he also professed to be a citizen of Rome – yet another Empire embracing the tenets of Hellenism.
Sanctimonious, self-righteous and self-willed, he was the kind of intolerant man who so vehemently defended his own perception of Hebrew-Jewish Hellenism – his own sense of rightness, that he was filled with hate. He went before the High Priest in Jerusalem, asked for and received letters that he might arrest any Jewish person he found espousing the teachings of Jesus. (Page 399.) That Paul would adopt this tone and strategy should not come as a great surprise given the Hellenist record in Israel going back to the days of the Greek occupation – outlaw any belief system that does not agree with yours.
One result is he did not appear to have any remorse, guilt or doubt about his practice of Judaism within the context of Hellenism. That is living a life believing in God as undifferentiated masculine and feminine energy, divinely balanced, absolutely co-equal and unified, while at the same time also holding to the belief and practice that men are somehow more equal than women.
Odd as it may seem, Paul never met or had any contact with Jesus or his disciples that we know of. Even though Paul was born and raised outside Israel, they were contemporaries. And Paul certainly was aware of the Nazarene Sect, which he vigorously persecuted. Never the less, after his self-described “white-light” moment on the road to Damascus, he received God’s Holy Spirit – the Ruach HaKodesh.
Thereafter he came to symbolize the very conflict all men must accept and endure. Inwardly his Jewishness guided and directed him toward equality, balance, unity, love – the shalom of God if you will. While outwardly he was still a man among men seeking their praise and approval. But as Jesus said, “You cannot serve two masters.” (Page 93.)
If we re-read the ‘New Testament’ in this light, what follows is the record of Paul’s internal struggle between belief and faith in God, and in God’s will for him, versus the bondage of his own self-will and ego. As you read the stories he either wrote or inspired, we come to understand that almost on a daily basis he wavers – as do all men. Sometimes he too is the passionate “Feminine-ist”, but more often he appears locked into Greek Hellenist beliefs about men, women, order, control, logic, reason.
From this perspective men, and women too, might perceive Jesus as Paul’s Jewish conscience – his more balanced nature as a child of God, as opposed to a child of Satan – personifying his own self-will (sin). I say that because Saul had that realization of God’s true Divine Balance and so illustrates for us all how difficult the journey through daily living can be. Please do not forget that even Jesus had to pray for God’s will to be done before his own in the Garden of Gethsemane – “The Spirit truly is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Pages 358 – 359.)
Happy New Year!
Miguel
