January 24, 2016
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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Post #30
Deuteronomy (D’Varim) is the 5th of the 5 books of the Law – the books of Moses, called the Torah. It contains such language as the “Ten Mitzvahs-Commandments”. It also includes the language we call the Shema that Jesus quotes (Page 306.). Read God’s word of the opening in Hebrew: “Sh’ma, Yisra’el! Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad!” [“Hear O Israel! The Lord is our God; God is One.”]
The three elements of our commandment to love God have been translated in many ways. In The Word 2.0 we refer to, “all your heart… soul… strength (might)…”. Jesus called out four elements saying, “all your heart… soul… mind… strength”. However in Deuteronomy, God includes in verse 6, “these words… shall be on your heart; and you will teach them carefully to your children.” Jesus also adds from Leviticus (Vayikra), the third of the 5 books of Moses, 19:18b, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” The addition of “mind” and other subtle differences while noteworthy point us toward God’s Love – The Love nevertheless.
Imagine these mitzvahs, these commandments, like guidance – a roadmap if you will. While we will discuss this perspective in other posts, and a study guide, consider it is The Way God proscribes to fully, truly love. To which Jesus clearly subscribes. Jesus does not just teach us these mitzvahs as God’s children as God commands, Jesus lives God’s Love – The Love, everyday. It is his hearing, keeping and doing God’s Love that is The Way.
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. This defines our relationship with God as greater than ourselves, and with one another. On this basis only can men truly enjoy life! Life is about relationships! Men! Are you listening?
We choose to emphasize what Jesus meant when he said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the father but by me.” Through his teachings, his ministry, his healing, and example directed toward men, Jesus symbolizes and indeed personifies the way men are to love women. This is so crucial to men, especially those with Hellenist leanings, because without it there is no Spiritual Rebirth! And a man who is not “born again in Spirit” (Page 62.) cannot even see the Kingdom of God!
We refer to Jesus as a “Feminine-ist” and his teaching about God’s Divine Balance of masculine and feminine energy as “Feminine-ism“.
Love & Light!
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.
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.
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!
