Monday, January 31, 2005
Leviathan, Leviathan
1Corinthians:2:2: For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Job:41:1: Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
Job:41:2: Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Job:41:3: Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
Job:41:4: Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
Job:41:5: Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Job:41:6: Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Job:41:7: Canst thou fill his skin with barbed iron? or his head with fish spears?
Job:41:8: Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
Job:41:9: Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Job:41:10: None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
Job:41:11: Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Job:41:12: I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
Job:41:13: Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
Job:41:14: Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
Job:41:15: His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
Job:41:16: One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
Job:41:17: They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Job:41:18: By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Job:41:19: Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
Job:41:20: Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
Job:41:21: His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
Job:41:22: In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
Job:41:23: The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
Job:41:24: His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
Job:41:25: When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
Job:41:26: The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
Job:41:27: He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
Job:41:28: The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Job:41:29: Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Job:41:30: Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
Job:41:31: He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
Job:41:32: He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
Job:41:33: Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
Job:41:34: He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
Leviathan, Leviathan
Job:41:1: Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
Job:41:2: Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Job:41:3: Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
Job:41:4: Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
Job:41:5: Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Job:41:6: Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Job:41:7: Canst thou fill his skin with barbed iron? or his head with fish spears?
Job:41:8: Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
Job:41:9: Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Job:41:10: None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
Job:41:11: Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Job:41:12: I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
Job:41:13: Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
Job:41:14: Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
Job:41:15: His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
Job:41:16: One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
Job:41:17: They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Job:41:18: By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Job:41:19: Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
Job:41:20: Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
Job:41:21: His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
Job:41:22: In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
Job:41:23: The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
Job:41:24: His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
Job:41:25: When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
Job:41:26: The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
Job:41:27: He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
Job:41:28: The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Job:41:29: Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Job:41:30: Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
Job:41:31: He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
Job:41:32: He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
Job:41:33: Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
Job:41:34: He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
Leviathan, Leviathan
Saturday, November 06, 2004
1Corinthians:2:2: For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is
[Relationship of the two babylons to the book of life]
Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is
[Relationship of the two babylons to the book of life]
Sunday, August 29, 2004
after the city is built
1Corinthians:2:2: For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Revelation 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Revelation 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Revelation 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Revelation 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Sunday, August 08, 2004
1Corinthians:2:2: For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
The two cities
http://www.askmoses.com/qa_detail.html?o=93884
The Emergence of Self
by Yosef Y. Jacobson
There are days when we live honestly and genuinely and desire to engage in noble deeds. At other times, we are consumed by animalistic passions, while we struggle to control the impulses burning within.
Why does this constantly happen, and how are we to deal with this fragmented psyche?
"The children clashed inside her," is the way the Torah describes our matriarch Rebecca's pregnancy. Whenever Rebecca would pass a house of prayer or study, the Midrash explains, "Jacob would struggle to come out; when she passed a house of idol-worship, Esau would struggle to come out." In her womb, Rebecca was experiencing the conflict that human beings experience within their hearts on a daily basis.
When the clashes in her womb persisted, Rebecca, asking "Why is this happening to me?" went to seek an answer from G-d.
G-d told Rebecca "two nations will separate from your womb." Indeed, Jacob’s descendants became the nation of Israel, who served as the spiritual compass of the world, while Esau fathered the nation of Rome and its culture of self-aggrandizement.
Although the struggle within her womb did not cease, Rebecca went home satisfied because she received the gift of clarity with the awareness that not one, but two nations lived in her womb.
The response presented by G-d to Rebecca remains the eternal response to our own search for identity and question of “who am I?”
From the moment we are born until the moment we die, we operate on two levels of consciousness. We possess not one, but two souls. The first soul, or the Esau soul, propels our physical life and focuses on the self. Its actions and desires are motivated by the quest for self-preservation and self-gratification. The second consciousness, or the Jacob soul, is drawn to its Divine source, striving to become one with the all-pervading truth of G-d.
When there are two distinct people living within the same brain and heart, it is hard to expect the inner workings to be an inviolable whole. As they both have the same body at their disposal, the perpetual struggles of life between selfishness and selflessness; idealism and self-centeredness; beastly impulses and spiritual aspirations, wages war daily.
The implications of this kabbalistic doctrine of "two souls" are binary: a) there is no need to agitate over the struggle; it is to be expected, b) the moments of spiritual numbness do not invalidate the moments of spiritual growth. Esau and Jacob are both very real parts of our lives.
Why is Esau more powerful than Jacob? Why are even the most spiritually refined people vulnerable to earthly, animalistic cravings? Why is it so much more difficult to talk to G-d than to gossip?
The animal soul embodies a deeper, higher G-dly energy than the divine soul. In a process known in Kabbalah as the “cosmic explosion,” an intense G-dly energy became the animal soul. Consequently, there remains within it an intense yearning to connect to G-d, disguised as a drive towards physical fulfillment.
The animal soul desperately needs the continuous guidance and discipline of its divine counterpart for cultivation and refinement, until it regains its original splendor, as it was in the pre-explosion state. But in this very process, the animal soul grants the divine soul a boundless creativity and passion that it could never attain on its own. Though uniting these two souls in a single body exposes both of them to a never-ending battle, it is only through this union that they can reach their ultimate potential. It is in the collaboration of the twin souls that man fulfills the objective for which he was created.
Yosef Y. Jacobson is the author of the widely acclaimed tape series on the Tanya entitled, “A Tale of Two Souls.”
The two cities
http://www.askmoses.com/qa_detail.html?o=93884
The Emergence of Self
by Yosef Y. Jacobson
There are days when we live honestly and genuinely and desire to engage in noble deeds. At other times, we are consumed by animalistic passions, while we struggle to control the impulses burning within.
Why does this constantly happen, and how are we to deal with this fragmented psyche?
"The children clashed inside her," is the way the Torah describes our matriarch Rebecca's pregnancy. Whenever Rebecca would pass a house of prayer or study, the Midrash explains, "Jacob would struggle to come out; when she passed a house of idol-worship, Esau would struggle to come out." In her womb, Rebecca was experiencing the conflict that human beings experience within their hearts on a daily basis.
When the clashes in her womb persisted, Rebecca, asking "Why is this happening to me?" went to seek an answer from G-d.
G-d told Rebecca "two nations will separate from your womb." Indeed, Jacob’s descendants became the nation of Israel, who served as the spiritual compass of the world, while Esau fathered the nation of Rome and its culture of self-aggrandizement.
Although the struggle within her womb did not cease, Rebecca went home satisfied because she received the gift of clarity with the awareness that not one, but two nations lived in her womb.
The response presented by G-d to Rebecca remains the eternal response to our own search for identity and question of “who am I?”
From the moment we are born until the moment we die, we operate on two levels of consciousness. We possess not one, but two souls. The first soul, or the Esau soul, propels our physical life and focuses on the self. Its actions and desires are motivated by the quest for self-preservation and self-gratification. The second consciousness, or the Jacob soul, is drawn to its Divine source, striving to become one with the all-pervading truth of G-d.
When there are two distinct people living within the same brain and heart, it is hard to expect the inner workings to be an inviolable whole. As they both have the same body at their disposal, the perpetual struggles of life between selfishness and selflessness; idealism and self-centeredness; beastly impulses and spiritual aspirations, wages war daily.
The implications of this kabbalistic doctrine of "two souls" are binary: a) there is no need to agitate over the struggle; it is to be expected, b) the moments of spiritual numbness do not invalidate the moments of spiritual growth. Esau and Jacob are both very real parts of our lives.
Why is Esau more powerful than Jacob? Why are even the most spiritually refined people vulnerable to earthly, animalistic cravings? Why is it so much more difficult to talk to G-d than to gossip?
The animal soul embodies a deeper, higher G-dly energy than the divine soul. In a process known in Kabbalah as the “cosmic explosion,” an intense G-dly energy became the animal soul. Consequently, there remains within it an intense yearning to connect to G-d, disguised as a drive towards physical fulfillment.
The animal soul desperately needs the continuous guidance and discipline of its divine counterpart for cultivation and refinement, until it regains its original splendor, as it was in the pre-explosion state. But in this very process, the animal soul grants the divine soul a boundless creativity and passion that it could never attain on its own. Though uniting these two souls in a single body exposes both of them to a never-ending battle, it is only through this union that they can reach their ultimate potential. It is in the collaboration of the twin souls that man fulfills the objective for which he was created.
Yosef Y. Jacobson is the author of the widely acclaimed tape series on the Tanya entitled, “A Tale of Two Souls.”
1Corinthians:2:2: For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
The two cities
The Emergence of Self
by Yosef Y. Jacobson
There are days when we live honestly and genuinely and desire to engage in noble deeds. At other times, we are consumed by animalistic passions, while we struggle to control the impulses burning within.
Why does this constantly happen, and how are we to deal with this fragmented psyche?
"The children clashed inside her," is the way the Torah describes our matriarch Rebecca's pregnancy. Whenever Rebecca would pass a house of prayer or study, the Midrash explains, "Jacob would struggle to come out; when she passed a house of idol-worship, Esau would struggle to come out." In her womb, Rebecca was experiencing the conflict that human beings experience within their hearts on a daily basis.
When the clashes in her womb persisted, Rebecca, asking "Why is this happening to me?" went to seek an answer from G-d.
G-d told Rebecca "two nations will separate from your womb." Indeed, Jacob’s descendants became the nation of Israel, who served as the spiritual compass of the world, while Esau fathered the nation of Rome and its culture of self-aggrandizement.
Although the struggle within her womb did not cease, Rebecca went home satisfied because she received the gift of clarity with the awareness that not one, but two nations lived in her womb.
The response presented by G-d to Rebecca remains the eternal response to our own search for identity and question of “who am I?”
From the moment we are born until the moment we die, we operate on two levels of consciousness. We possess not one, but two souls. The first soul, or the Esau soul, propels our physical life and focuses on the self. Its actions and desires are motivated by the quest for self-preservation and self-gratification. The second consciousness, or the Jacob soul, is drawn to its Divine source, striving to become one with the all-pervading truth of G-d.
When there are two distinct people living within the same brain and heart, it is hard to expect the inner workings to be an inviolable whole. As they both have the same body at their disposal, the perpetual struggles of life between selfishness and selflessness; idealism and self-centeredness; beastly impulses and spiritual aspirations, wages war daily.
The implications of this kabbalistic doctrine of "two souls" are binary: a) there is no need to agitate over the struggle; it is to be expected, b) the moments of spiritual numbness do not invalidate the moments of spiritual growth. Esau and Jacob are both very real parts of our lives.
Why is Esau more powerful than Jacob? Why are even the most spiritually refined people vulnerable to earthly, animalistic cravings? Why is it so much more difficult to talk to G-d than to gossip?
The animal soul embodies a deeper, higher G-dly energy than the divine soul. In a process known in Kabbalah as the “cosmic explosion,” an intense G-dly energy became the animal soul. Consequently, there remains within it an intense yearning to connect to G-d, disguised as a drive towards physical fulfillment.
The animal soul desperately needs the continuous guidance and discipline of its divine counterpart for cultivation and refinement, until it regains its original splendor, as it was in the pre-explosion state. But in this very process, the animal soul grants the divine soul a boundless creativity and passion that it could never attain on its own. Though uniting these two souls in a single body exposes both of them to a never-ending battle, it is only through this union that they can reach their ultimate potential. It is in the collaboration of the twin souls that man fulfills the objective for which he was created.
Yosef Y. Jacobson is the author of the widely acclaimed tape series on the Tanya entitled, “A Tale of Two Souls.”
The two cities
The Emergence of Self
by Yosef Y. Jacobson
There are days when we live honestly and genuinely and desire to engage in noble deeds. At other times, we are consumed by animalistic passions, while we struggle to control the impulses burning within.
Why does this constantly happen, and how are we to deal with this fragmented psyche?
"The children clashed inside her," is the way the Torah describes our matriarch Rebecca's pregnancy. Whenever Rebecca would pass a house of prayer or study, the Midrash explains, "Jacob would struggle to come out; when she passed a house of idol-worship, Esau would struggle to come out." In her womb, Rebecca was experiencing the conflict that human beings experience within their hearts on a daily basis.
When the clashes in her womb persisted, Rebecca, asking "Why is this happening to me?" went to seek an answer from G-d.
G-d told Rebecca "two nations will separate from your womb." Indeed, Jacob’s descendants became the nation of Israel, who served as the spiritual compass of the world, while Esau fathered the nation of Rome and its culture of self-aggrandizement.
Although the struggle within her womb did not cease, Rebecca went home satisfied because she received the gift of clarity with the awareness that not one, but two nations lived in her womb.
The response presented by G-d to Rebecca remains the eternal response to our own search for identity and question of “who am I?”
From the moment we are born until the moment we die, we operate on two levels of consciousness. We possess not one, but two souls. The first soul, or the Esau soul, propels our physical life and focuses on the self. Its actions and desires are motivated by the quest for self-preservation and self-gratification. The second consciousness, or the Jacob soul, is drawn to its Divine source, striving to become one with the all-pervading truth of G-d.
When there are two distinct people living within the same brain and heart, it is hard to expect the inner workings to be an inviolable whole. As they both have the same body at their disposal, the perpetual struggles of life between selfishness and selflessness; idealism and self-centeredness; beastly impulses and spiritual aspirations, wages war daily.
The implications of this kabbalistic doctrine of "two souls" are binary: a) there is no need to agitate over the struggle; it is to be expected, b) the moments of spiritual numbness do not invalidate the moments of spiritual growth. Esau and Jacob are both very real parts of our lives.
Why is Esau more powerful than Jacob? Why are even the most spiritually refined people vulnerable to earthly, animalistic cravings? Why is it so much more difficult to talk to G-d than to gossip?
The animal soul embodies a deeper, higher G-dly energy than the divine soul. In a process known in Kabbalah as the “cosmic explosion,” an intense G-dly energy became the animal soul. Consequently, there remains within it an intense yearning to connect to G-d, disguised as a drive towards physical fulfillment.
The animal soul desperately needs the continuous guidance and discipline of its divine counterpart for cultivation and refinement, until it regains its original splendor, as it was in the pre-explosion state. But in this very process, the animal soul grants the divine soul a boundless creativity and passion that it could never attain on its own. Though uniting these two souls in a single body exposes both of them to a never-ending battle, it is only through this union that they can reach their ultimate potential. It is in the collaboration of the twin souls that man fulfills the objective for which he was created.
Yosef Y. Jacobson is the author of the widely acclaimed tape series on the Tanya entitled, “A Tale of Two Souls.”
Thursday, July 29, 2004
1Corinthians:2:2: For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
The city of God
11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
The city of God
11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
1Corinthians:2:2: For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Money corrupts the gospel
9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
Money corrupts the gospel
9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
Saturday, July 24, 2004
1Corinthians:2:2: For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
I take a pledge in my lifetime the destruction of the kingdom of darkness will be accelerated.
Revelation 18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
I take a pledge in my lifetime the destruction of the kingdom of darkness will be accelerated.
Revelation 18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
1Corinthians:2:2: For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
1 Kings 3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
1 Kings 3:10 And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing.
1 Kings 3:11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
1 Kings 3:12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
1 Kings 3:13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honor: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Mathew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Interpretation :- King Solomon desired the knowledge to know between the right and the wrong and he was given everything he needed for glory. Even today when given such a choice we ask for wealth , fame, recognition instead of choosing between the right and the wrong. Only the Word of God through Jesus Christ can show us our reality of our decisions. If our purpose stands in the Light of the Word it will be in God’s glory otherwise it will be in God’s judgement and will be brought to swift destruction.
1 Kings 3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
1 Kings 3:10 And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing.
1 Kings 3:11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
1 Kings 3:12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
1 Kings 3:13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honor: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Mathew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Interpretation :- King Solomon desired the knowledge to know between the right and the wrong and he was given everything he needed for glory. Even today when given such a choice we ask for wealth , fame, recognition instead of choosing between the right and the wrong. Only the Word of God through Jesus Christ can show us our reality of our decisions. If our purpose stands in the Light of the Word it will be in God’s glory otherwise it will be in God’s judgement and will be brought to swift destruction.
