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More on Spiritual Torah

When Yah Created, He spoke words, words we now call TORAH.   Some of those words were physical and designed to ensure that men stayed in harmony with Creation, others Created the unseen, the spiritual sinews of Creation, the forces that hold worlds together and invisibly influence the physical realm.

Picture a sailing boat beating along the coast of a far, uncivilized continent, the native line the shores watching this magical ‘sea monster’ wondering at its size and speed.   Feeling the wing but wondering  how it could sail into the wind.

Something ‘magic’ was happening before their eyes.

The curious amongst them would take note and look to how they could emulate the phenomenon, others would create a ‘religion’, getting people to worship the monster from afar, and at the same time donate their hard earned wealth to the priesthood.

In seeking understanding, our natives would add something very profound to their civilization; transportation by sea.

We too are faced with phenomena we don’t understand, the priests call it ‘the big bang theory’ but the truth is maybe simpler, it may be that “in the beginning Yah created”.    But one of those theories has been debunked.

What is the mysterious ‘wind’ that powers Creation?  

Creation stretches to infinity, but something holds it all together. Marching in lockstep creating a homocentric home for planet earth.   Yah says to Job “canst thou bring forth the mazzaroth in its flight?”  (mazzaroth = Zodiac stars).

 With the implication that He (Yah) can.

There are many things physicalists struggle to explain, and this is the domain of spiritual Torah, the invisible workings of Yah’s Creation.

We, his greatest Creation, are partially ‘spiritual Torah’ when Yah breathed life into Adam he also breathed in a spiritual element that made us able to interface with spiritual Torah, the very consciousness that is life.   But we have something else as well, intelligence, the ability to learn from our environment and the free-will to use it to think outside the box.  In this we are unique, no other physical animal comes near.

Then there are the angels; spiritual beings, some of whom have stolen ‘free-will’ and use it to keep mankind in bondage to the physical, a spiritual man is more powerful than they are (see the Book of Enoch) so there aim is to keep mankind imprisoned in the physical world.

Gaining control of spiritual Torah requires a long apprenticeship, in humbleness we must follow the Way, eventually arriving at the Father’s gates, prepared to labour as a servant.

Here we enter, equipped as sons trained along the Way in how to weald both pgysical and spiritual Torah as sons of Yah.

Can you turn water into wine and raise a rotting Lazarus from the dead?   This is what we were designed for and can achieve through Torah.

But first we must un-nail it from the cross….  

The Web

When Yah Created, he spoke everything into existence, and those words that He spoke we call Torah.   But we, in our fallen state only ‘see’ the physical side of Torah as epitomized by the commandments.

But what of the ‘fabric’ of Creation? Those invisible forces that hold  Creation together, the ‘Web’ that secures all things in their rightful places.

The ‘angels’ maintain Creation at the behest of Yah, the ‘fallen angels try to pervert the ‘Web of Creation’ to their own ends, and in the spiritual realm there is a constant battle going on to keep Creation ‘Stable and Unchanging’

Mankind was created and placed in Eden, a sort of apprentice workshop where Adam could learn Creation in safety.   Whilst in Eden Adam could ‘husband’ his little bit of Creation and learn its Ways: the Way of Creation and the Way of Yah.

The incident with the serpent was not fatal to this, but Adam’s willing adoption of the way of the serpent was.   Adam became a god knowing (his own) good and evil.

Defining good and evil is the prime directive of godship, and Yah’s Creation is Good, in fact it is Very Good when mankind is present.

Adam brought death into his world, death is a process whereby little chunks of Creation are cut-off from Yah and either cease to exist or become the domain of the ‘fallen angels’.

But the non-physical side of Torah, the bit that is obscured from us, is powerful, healing and beneficial, Creation exists so that mankind can grow into the image and likeness of Yah, and as such he can exercise Dominion over Creation as a ‘Son’ of Yah.

Sonship is a Trusted status, and in this context, if Yah can trust us (and we CAN trust Him) then that mutual trust and reliance is our licence to participate in the unseen, the powerful non-physical side of Torah, the part that the apostle Paul calls ‘the spiritual’ (see 1 Corinthians Ch 13).

We must earn this trust, but we do not do it through religion, but through a personal relationship with Yah, whereby we, in all humility, sit at the feet of the master and learn to do His bidding (not our own) and when we are ready, we will be raised once more to ‘sonship’, once more to weald the ability to husband the Web of Creation; to perform the miracles of healing, and to benefit those around us with Wisdom and ‘the magic of the Web of a Spiritual Torah’.

Sonship is only available to those for whom Torah becomes a Way of Life, we are born into Adam’s way of death but we retain free will and can choose for ourselves the Way of Life if we so desire, but we must seek it, ourselves, as individuals; putting aside the pre-conceived ideas of religions, and the useless ideas of vicars, priests, popes and rabbis.    

Of Harlotry

There are two kinds of harlotry in the Tanach, that of Rahab and Tamar, and that of Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, wife of Hosea.

Rahab was probably forced into harlotry as the only way to support her family, and married as soon as the opportunity presented itself.    Yah did not expect her and her family to starve and her way of earning a living was acceptable.

Tamar was erroneously case out of her family in contravention of Torah and engaged in harlotry in order to make Judah, her father in law tosee his responsibility to provide support.

Gomer, on the other hand chose harlotry whilst being supported as the wife of Hosea.

The story of Gomer draws a parallel with that of the ‘Children of Israel’

The first commandment demands that we do not throw (our) godship in Yah’s face.

Gomer chose to sell herself despite being married to Hosea and she ended up despised and rejected.   Thus is the story of mankind.

Yah is the Creator, Hhe knows it all, He has got the tee-shirt.

But we prefer the harlotry of Gomer, instead of being loyal and obedient to our ‘Husband’ we flirt with other gods, be they ourselves or mammon.    Most people worship money and are not happy to trust and rely on Yah’s provision, they want to help out by using their own knowledge of good and evil,   This is the true harlotry.

Many of us see harlotry as evil, but that of Rahab and Tamar were choices forced upon them by external circumstances, harlots provide a service which we should not automatically condemn, as Yahushua said, let he who is without this sin cast the first stone.

The Torah said that the woman taken in adultery should be stoned ALONG WITH THE MALE PARTNER and since there was no male partner presented to Yahushua, he challenged the Pharisee’s as to their interpretation of Torah.

We, as a society, tend to mix the evil harlotry of Gomer with the justifiable harlotry of Rahab and Tamar, we must be very careful that we are not playing the pharisee!

As a Servant,,,,

I grew up on the south coast of the UK my father, a naval officer (a mustang) and my mother, a ‘council house’ kid.

I inherited their values . their knowledge of good and evil and this was my ‘ pigsty’ and my cage  and like the prodigal I had a decision to make,

I could continue to wallow in the muck of my inherited values, or I could choose to leave the pigsty and, like the prodigal, branch out anew.

But there is a trap here for there is nothing new under the sun, the Prodigal has to decide to follow the Way to his Father’s house, but not as a ‘son’ but as a servant;   a servant is at the beck and call of the Master and carries out the Master’s will following only the way that the Master dictates.

This is maybe the most important message of the parable and of life;  the need to do things Yah’s Way and not our own way.

Adam was thrown out of Eden because he chose his own ‘godship’ (the ability to judge good from evil) over Yah’s Godship, if the prodigal had not humbled himself Yah could not have met him from afar and he would have wondered erratically instead of being firm and steadfast in following the Way of Yah.

A man cannot serve two masters even if one of them is himself and his own godship.

Physical Torah and Spiritual Torah

Few Jews understand the spiritual dimensions of Torah, mainly because they are taught that Kabala and Zohar are the manifestations of the 5 books of Moses.

Christians however “nail Torah to the Cross”.

Im the beginning Yah spoke Creation into existence, and the very epitome of Creation was Adam *end Chavah by association). 

Torah, amongst other things defined Yah’s definitions of “Good and Evil” and when Adam disobeyed and ate of the forbidden fruit he entered into his own godship knowing his own knowledge of good and evil.

We call those defaces built upon Adamic godship ‘religions’ and then proceed to throw them in Yah’s face.  

Yah defined a Way back, but to ‘see’ that way we have to let humility replace the hubris in our lives. That way involved leaving behind the pr4odigal’s pigsty that is man’s knowledge of good and bad (the very godship, that which got Adam thrown out of Eden) and to start following Yah’s WAY as defined by Yah’s TORAH.

We start by stepping out and, casting off our ‘religion’ as we seek first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness (as defined by His Torah) in doing this we smother our own godship in all humility to Yah.

So as we keep ‘physical’ Torah (Saturday Sabbath, 10 commandments, unleavened bread, Shauvot, and the fall feasts, these are the moedim of Yah, not the feasts of the Jews) we are met from afar, and Yah begins to reveal to us the spiritual side of His Torah.  

It is the spiritual power of Torah that is life changing and that infiltrates our whole being and changes us into His image and likeness,  Religion(s) cannot do this, instead they open us up to demonic influences and we start murdering people.

Torah; as the Yah’s spoken words of Creation underpins the stability of that Creation, but mankind in its hubris of religion (both political and spiritual) tries to work against this hidden power of Torah and fails, usually with dire unintended consequences.

John tells us that Yahushua was the Torah (word) made flesh and dwelling amongst us, and his whole purpose was to make Yah’s Way open to us, by his death he challenged the religions of Adam who, by disobeying Yah and eating of the forbidden fruit, brought death into the world.   Yahushua constantly pointed to Yah’s WAY not man’s way.   This was the healing and beneficial Way preached by the 70 apostles sent out (before the so called ‘crucifixion’).   Sorry guys Jebus did not die for our ‘sins’, He conquered Adams death and prepared the Way back to Yah if we are prepared to take it.

Much of the reality of spiritual Torah has been obfuscated by layers and layers of religion, and until we decide to walk away from man’s religion we will never even see the doctrine of following the Way of Yah and dwelling in His simplicity, the ‘bondage of Torah, and the burden of Torah are light and although the Way may be rough and steep, it is doable if one is prepared to sacrifice the reins of one’s own hubris and religion and, leaving the pigsty, set foot on Yah’s pathway.    Yah is a personal God not an entity defined by collectives of pastors, popes and vicars.   Decide now, nobody can do it for you….  

The Socialist

Socialists are ‘made’ not born and socialism, in one form or another socialism is a political religion as old as the hills, a religion that re-invents itself time and time again.

When it becomes obvious that their Torahless socialism isn’t working, and that unintended consequences threaten to overwhelm their credibility socialists start murdering people, their hatred comes to the fore and masses start dying.

Orwell summed up socialists who basically believe that all are equal, but that they and their cronies are more equal and therefore are uniquely fit to rule, and force the ‘minions’ into political (if not actual) slavery.

As early as Cain and Abel we begin to see a picture.   Cain decided that he need not make his sacrifice according to Yahovah’s rules but could do it ‘his own way’.   Yah did not like it and refused to accept Cain and his ‘new’ ideas.

So Cain removed the competition by murdering him in what was to become standard socialist practice.   When Yahovah called Cain to account, Cain rejected his Creator and built his own city with a wall to keep God out.

Thus Cain set the template for humanism and socialism, the idea that enlightened and intelligent men could run (enslave and oppress) nations without God.

When nations accept God and his Commandments they prosper and society becomes more civilized, when they reject Yah’s commandments, the chaos and destruction of war  ensues.

Moedim Sabbath

On day four of Creation Yah created the ‘Seasons’ the Hebrew word here is ‘moedim’ (H4150).   It is translated as ‘seasons’ and is very easy to just gloss over.

Leviticus 23 defines those ‘unimportant’ ‘seasons’ and we find that those Moed are called by Christians ‘the Jewish feasts’ and are deemed to be irrelevant…..

Irrelevant? Something created by Yah on the fourth day of Creation?

The first of the Moedim is the seventh day; every seventh day is set aside as a day of rest, meditation and meeting together.   But Christians set aside the first day (Sunday) as Sabbath, as did the pagans in Rome, but even the word Sabbath is rooted in the Hebrew word for seven (sheva).   A moed is an appointment, and in the cases we are talking about, these are our appointments with Yah.   Imagine going to an interview with your Boss on Sunday when the appointment was on Saturday, and when in company regulations it specifically states that Saturday is the set apart day….

There is no mention of going to ‘church’ on either Saturday or Sunday, going to the ‘Temple’ was a pagan thing; and a day of taxing the people to pay for the easy living of Priests, Vicars, Rabbis and Pastors.

Ours is a personal relationship with Yah and on Sabbath we rest, commune with Yah and meet together to enjoy the company of fellow believers.

Christians say that Sunday Sabbath is acceptable, but I can show you a better way…..

Yah Created Sabbath on the seventh day and ordered that we keep it thus, this was changed by ‘men’ starting with Constantine, Justin Martyr, Ignatius and Eusebius.   Which of these was given authority by Yah to change the day of rest defined on the fourth day of Creation itself?

This is a form of religion which denies the Power thereof…..

The Boss tells you to meet with Him on Saturday, but you decide to go t the rendezvous on Sunday, what happens?   NOTHING, it is an empty day, the Boss is not there……

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Torah and the Way of Yah

The five books of Mosaic Law are called Torah, but that is not quite accurate, for Abraham kept the commandments the statutes and the judgements of Torah so Torah pre-existed Moses and the 5 books of Law were only necessary because the Elders of the children of Israel rejected Yah on mount Horeb.

The five books of Mosaic law are an inferior substitute for Torah written upon the heart. And it is the heart written Torah that we should be seeking first.

Paul described himself as a follower of the Way, and in the Hebrew the word ‘torah’ is a signpost, and the way is the word debar.

We have forgotten this essential part of our Salvation, if we are not keeping ‘Torah’ we are as the pagans having no relationship with Yah.

Yahushua told us that if one does not keep Torah then “I know you not”

Embedded within Torah are the 10 commandments, most of which have been suborned by mainstream Christianity and rabbinical Judaism.

These are ‘Religions’, creations of men.

The Way of Yah is not a religion it is a state of being in tune with the Creator, and as we walk His pathway so His Torah changes us into His image and likeness.   What more can we ask.

We can easily use our own knowledge to do things our own way, and the world will applaud us for so doing, but the world is Adam’s creation not Yah’s and it is ruled by death.    Death was not part of Yah’s Creation, It came about because Adam ate the forbidden fruit and gained his own knowledge, he thought he knew better than Yah.   But Yah’s Knowledge as given to us in His Torah is a way of Life, Adam’s knowledge leads only to death.   We like sheep have gone astray, we’ve turned every one to his own way.

The Prodigal Sone took his inheritance and squandered it, his inheritance was in the form of sentience; the ability to relate to Yah’s Creation,   This inheritance he squandered in riotous living in Adam’s world and in following his own way.

He ended up in a pigsty wallowing in the muck of his own making.

But he was not beyond saving, there was a doorway to the light, he could step through it and step upon Yah’s pathway, Torah, he could humble himself to return to his Father as a servant, but to do that he must follow the Way and Yah met him from afar…..  

Torah; Words of Creation

When Yah spoke the words of Creation, the Words of power that make all things work and brought the whole universe into existence, He left them behind as His Torah, echoing around and around His Creation, fixing things and making everything good.

But with one exception, the part of His Creation that taken over by the death that Adam brought into this world by virtue of has disobedience in Eden, Consequently, Adam was thrown out of Yah’s Kingdom and had to build his own kingdom of death, disobedience and serpents (both human and satanic).

It is into this kingdom of death that we are born, and it is our duty to seek first the Kingdom of Yah and to do this we must be born (again) from above such that we become Torah Compliant and in synergy with Yah’s Creation.

In Adam’s world there is ‘spiritual energy’ which can be tapped into by those with the aptitude.  They can thus do magic and cast ‘spells’ and generally ‘channel’ the power.

By committing various despicable acts contrary to the 10 Commandments they can increase their power and thus their domination over Adam’s world.

Torah harnesses the power of Creation itself, it does not need to worry about the powers and principalities of the world and of darkness, it has cocooned Adam’s creation as if in an egg with a hard shell.

We, those of us not mesmerized by the awesomeness of Adam’s world of death can seek to crack the ‘cosmic eggshell’ as in the parable of the prodigal, we can seek the exit from Adam’s pigstyand start to walk the Way of Yah, knowing that we will be met from afar.

Torah in Hebrew means ‘signpost’ and to follow the Way we must read the signposts; we then begin to tap into the huge power of Torah to change us into Yah’s image and likeness.   The whole Creation throbs to the heartbeat of Torah, the words of Creation itself.

We do not need new-age spiritual energy, we to be soaked in the energy of Creation itself; energy direct from Yah that is our reward for becoming Creation compliant.   We are the masterpiece of Yah’s Creation, but we are easily distracted by the wonders of that Creation, we have turned every one to his own way, as did Adam.  

PowerTorah

If you accept that ‘Torah’ is those word that Yah used to speak Creation into existence the you will have an idea of just how powerful TORAH is and as a corollary, just how powerful walking Yah’s WAY is.

To keep Torah I have to understand exactly what Torah is (and is not), to most Jewish Rabbis Torah is the first 5 books of Mosaic Law added to which is ‘Mishna’ and ‘Talmud’.

This is wrong, Mishna and Talmud are writings of men and are thus forbidden additions to Mosaic Law.

Abraham kept Torah long before Moses lead the people from Goshen.

John tells us that Torah was there in the beginning(the Greek uses the word ‘logos’ but the Hebrew John uses the word debar).

Thus we can deduce that the Torah Abraham kept was the very words of Creation which later became flesh and dwelt amongst us.

It is when we consider this that we begin to understand that Torah is the key to Yah’s Creation and that as we walk the Way of Yah, this Creation is revealed to us.

Christians ‘nail Torah to the cross’ the word used in Colossians is the Greek word ‘dogma’ which is normally translated ‘opinion’ and it is my opinion that has to be nailed to the cross.

We start with Mosaic Law, but walking Yah’s Way causes us to be met from afar and Yahs Truth is constantly revealed to us.

In the Garden of Eden Adam chose badly, he abandoned Yah’s Way and chose his own way, and as Isaiah 53 tells us “we’ve turned everyone to his own way”.

Yahushua, as the Torah mand flesh and dwelling amongst us had one role only which was to breach the divide set up by Adam; to overcome Adam’s folly by conquering death and clearing the path for followers of Yah’s Way to re-enter the Father’s Gates.

That ‘Jesus’ may have dies for our sins is irrelevant, sin was never the problem, rejection of Yah’s Way was the problem.   Adam created death by eating the forbidden fruit and by rejecting Yah’s Torah, he decided that his own knowledge of good and evil was better than Yah’s and so was thrust  out of Yah’s Creation and placed in his own creation; a creation into which we are born and nurtured and from which we must be ‘born again’ back into Yah’s Creation.