Post by Paddy by Grace on Feb 17, 2010 13:26:50 GMT -7
TY Tshuvah 
Hi folks;
This is a corrected/updated Re-send of the Email I sent out earlier. I’ve made some corrections, and tried to make it more readable and less disjointed, as I’d compiled it from four earlier Emails on this subject from quite some time back. – If you feel so led to post or forward this, use this Email as it’s a lot more readable than the prior.
This should be the end of this series I’ve sent out for some time now, on several grave and deadly problems facing the Body of Messiah, today in this last generation.
Shalom
KABBALAH IS NOT FOR BELIEVERS! ~ An Important Message....(As you feel led, please forward this.)
.
¶ And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. – Rev. 3:14-22.To the Believers in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus in the Messianic-Congregations & Gentile-Church communities;.One of the most tragic and deadly inroads the enemy, haSatan, has made into the visible Body of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus, (especially over the last few years), is the mixings into their beliefs the doctrines of men, demons, and false-religion in certain Messianic Congregations, Gentile Churches, and movements. And even worse than simply the mixing in of these false things: These things have often been put on a parity with, or even as over, the Written Word of YHVH Elohim/God The Bible!.The following article will outline among the worst occurrences of this mixture of the Holy and the profain in using Zoharistic/Kabbalistic writings….Even to the point of their integration with and being used for (false)-doctrine in certain parts of the Messianic-Movement , and even in some Gentile-Churches and movements..
I myself have used Rabbinic writings as an apologia for years. – We even see Paul/Sha’ul when speaking to those in Crete (Titus 12:1-13) used Epimenides a Greek poet of the Cretans to illustrate and say that ONE THING this pagan writer said was true –(not that all of his writings were true, but used in apologia he said that this ONE thing only was true)! And may I here state: There are some beautiful things written in the EARLIER Judaic writings: The early Midrashim, and Targumim and commentaries (mostly from pre-1st Century A.D.). Likewise there are several things from ancient Biblical-Judaic practice that have carried through into Rabbinic-Judaic practice today, that point to and exalt the Word of God, and that we can be certain historically were having been done since early Biblical times. –(Though we still do need to exercise caution and discernment when teaching on these things, and in how they relate to our walk, because: Only the Word of YHVH Elohim/God the Bible is first and foremost, and let everything we do be done unto Yeshua/Jesus Messiah, and that in Discernment from one who is able to HEAR Ruach HaKodesh-[The Holy Spirit].).
But what I’ve briefly addressed in the paragraph above, is not what I'm focusing on in this article.....One would think that even logically the error in the effort of certain Believers in Yeshua/Jesus Messiah to even begin to think to be following Kabbalah would be obvious; but because there is a demonic deception behind it many today have fallen into this deadly falsehood. So we must be on guard and pray YHVH for Discernment and Protection from Him in these matters..Let’s look at just a few of many such related Scriptures to begin to establish a Biblical premise….
.De 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
.
Mt 16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
.
Mt 16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
.
Mt 16:12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
.
Mr 8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
.
Lu 12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
.
Mt 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men..
Titus 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables..
MK 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye..
Mt 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
.
Mr 7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
.
Col 2:22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
.
Tit 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables (Agadah), and commandments of men (Takanot), that turn from the truth..…And there are many MANY such verses, both in the Tanakh-[O.T.] and in the New Testament, that speak of this matter that you may want to search further on yourselves..Ask yourself a question: Why in the world would anyone in the Body of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus, want to integrate into their doctrines specific teachings about the Very Nature of HaShem-(YHVH) taken from medieval writings that are considered sacred by only a small a group, of whom many in it think Rabbi Schneerson of Brooklyn was, and even is, the Messiah! – NO may this not be so!!! – Rather: I'll let the Unction of Ruach HaKodesh-(The Holy Spirit) of YHVH reveal to me the Nature of YHVH!.For more examples: I'm not going to do the Pidyon Kaparos with a chicken on Yom Kippur; nor am I going to start teaching on Lilith the ‘demon-eve’, or a whole host of other serious deadly problems taught from Kabbalah….Such as incantations to affect the physical realm with using by rote the multi-letter name of HaShem….These types of things are only a slightly veiled form of witchcraft!!! In fact the Zohar/Kabbalism is also used by certain cultic/pagan groups. –(I’ll follow YHVH, NOT the rock-star Madonna!).Now I'm not exactly saying our view should necessarily be "Sola-Scripture", (in that some use that term differently than others); but we'd best be getting into our hearts the absolute premise of: "Prima-Scripture"! – Again: I'm not commenting here that all Rabbinic traditions, ancient commentaries, nor practices, are necessarily all anti-Biblical….But I'm specifically saying in regards to "doctrine", such as those on the Very Nature of HaShem-(YHVH), yet also with ANY doctrine for that matter (distinguishing from dogmatic issues which may or may not be in error): These must NOT EVER be established for us outside of Scripture! There's a whole boat-load of error being taught in the Body of Messiah today (both in Jewish and Gentile Congregations and movements). - This demonic deception, to not put the Written Word Of God The Bible as First and Foremost above our lives, has opened the door for the elevation of the doctrines of men and demons. This is even one of the roots of why some “teachers” are starting to teach that we need to be ripping out certain sections of, or even the whole of, the New Covenant! – Duh! – Wake up folks!!!.The Zohar, and other similar Cabbalistic writings, were written for the most part in medieval times in Europe, (the Zohar author, which was actually first written in Spain in the 13th century AD, claims it to have been written by a Rabbi in a cave in the 2nd century AD - most recent scholars of course don't agree with that, some state, without any proof, that parts of it may come from Talmudic times - nor is the Zohar accepted by all Orthodox Jews. But I digress, that is not the main point.). First off, as Believers, you’d think there would be enough Discernment to know not use them, just in the fact they were written almost all the time by Rabbi's who've rejected Yeshua as the Messiah. They include witchcraft, (Again, for but one example of what I mentioned prior: In doing magical-type works by employing a certain 'multi-letter' Name of HaShem-[YHVH], for but one place, clearly you'll see this in the ‘Stories Of Eliyahu HaNavi by Yisroel Kappholz’); belief in reincarnation as spoken of in the Zohar; and very many other non-Biblical type beliefs. You don't agree with what I just said? - Then you are deceived - period!.So again, ask yourself the question: Why should we be taught on the very Nature of God, from writings of non-Messianic Rabbinic-Rabbis who've rejected Yeshua as the Messiah, and certain of whose writings are steeped in witchcraft, re-incarnation, and other non-Biblical and anti-Biblical material?! – We shouldn’t be using them for any form of doctrine whatsoever, period!.Come on! Do you really think YHVH Elohim/God is pleased when we are trying on our own to relate His Nature to mankind by these false things?! Instead of Him revealing Himself to our spirit, by His Holy Spirit, these things?!.But you say: ‘It makes sense, or, it fits, or... whatever’. You want to know why?...Because it is a COUNTERFEIT! Of course it makes sense, it is from a false-religious-spirits that are trying to imitate the things of God! That's what false-religious-spirits do! Wake up! Every false religion can be falsely tied into the Bible by using those false-religion-spirits reasoning – Even Buddhism can by shown to have a parallel, as in their ying-yang, even all of it - because it is COUNTERFEIT! - And yet God hates it and all such mingling of the Holy and the profane. Even every teaching of man that is not inspired by God is so: Secular Humanism, Situation Ethics, all of it. – Yet they all look so close to being true - because they are designed that way - they are teachings from the dark that is devoid of Light; but yet they are talking about the "truth" and "light" - so of course they will appeal to the mind as being valid and holding some form of "truth", but they are NOT of the Light!...as by their very nature they can't be. These things are from ‘false satanic/demonic angel(s) of light’! - That is one reason why God said to be not conformed to this world, but to be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.... Those who are operating in the Spirit of YAH can discern this and the words of men; while those who are operating in the flesh cannot - and so they will all too often embrace the words and the things of man and even demons in place of the Word of God alone. - And so the mind exults itself against the heart and against the things of God. - Yes, even sadly many times by those who truly love YHVH Elohim/God, but they have come under this deception to one degree or another..These false-religious-spirits will try and get you to mingle the things of men and demons with the things of God. Gosh, we might as well teach the Mormon's or the JW's theology from our pulpits on what is the Nature of God! - Might even be more accurate than what's being taught by many Messianics and in many Churches today! –[Oh, this was so sad for me even to type here! L ].Another, of several problems, is that the Zohar exalts man! Here's is just one quote of many such examples for you:."While Maimonides and his followers regarded man as a fragment of the universe whose immortality is dependent upon the degree of development of his active intellect, the Zohar declared him to be the lord of the Creation, whose immortality is solely dependent upon his morality. According to the Zohar, the moral perfection of man influences the ideal world of the Sefirot; for although the Sefirot expect everything from the Ein Sof (Heb. infinity), the Ein Sof itself is dependent upon man: he alone can bring about the divine effusion.The dew that vivifies the universe flows from the just. By the practice of virtue and by moral perfection, man may increase the outpouring of heavenly grace.".The Zohar declared man "to be the lord of the Creation... who's immortality is dependent upon... his active intellect... etc....?!" Can't you see that these entire reasonings are only of men?! And if you are trying at this very moment to say: ‘Yeah, but it makes sense if you relate it to this verse or that verse in the Bible....’ - Then I'd again suggest to you that you are under deception! And so you are not defending Scripture, rather you are defending the reasonings of men concerning Scripture….And so, you are placing them above, or at least on a parity with, Scripture! - You should be from the Inner-Man be Discerning what’s down from Above; and not trying to rationalize from the down on what is Up, from the outer-man! – If that statement I just now made doesn't make sense to you?...Then you'd best be praying about it!.It has been said, even recently in public by a ‘now Pharisaic-heretic who was once a Messianic teacher’, and others elsewhere: “The Ein Sof (taught in Kabbalistic writings) is not mentioned at all in Scripture, because it cannot be known.”…Well gosh!... So if it can't be known, yet it is being taught and discussed by men, then it is men discussing their false reasonings of man! And if it's not mentioned at all in Scripture, then throw it out!...All the more so because it "isn't mentioned at all" in the Word of God, yet claims to be an authority on the very Nature of God!..Get it?!!! - That is a form of Rabbinic-Deism. In fact, all false religions includes some form of deism. They are belief systems that keep you from a relationship with God, because to them He's always "out there somewhere...maybe" - or in this case "unable to be known"; and in so doing, they present a false image of who YHVH Elohim/God really is. The enemy does this so you won't come to know YHVH the One True God in a personal way in your heart and spirit in Yeshua/Jesus Messiah Who IS YAH HaDavar/The-Word of Elohim/God. – Yet, ancient BIBLICAL-Judaism / Messianic-Hebraic-BIBLICAL-Judaism, is different….As YHVH revealed Himself to the children of Israel at Mt. Sinai, and then further He revealed Himself to us in Yeshua Messiah. - We have a RELATIONSHIP - NOT a RELIGION!.Well, I've tried to be very brief but clear. I could go on and on concerning why this is great error and displeasing to God; but to tell you the truth, if you need me to do that, or desire me to do it, then it probably wouldn’t matter for you!...You either will get this or you will not….And all the pitpul and midrashing in the whole world won't change your mind. One of the greatest deceptions of sin is when it appears as ‘not really that big of a deal’, and so it is easily accepted and embraced. Playing around with the words and reasonings of men and/or demons, and especially in the context I've specifically outlined above, even as concerning the Very Nature of God, I believe falls into this category of grave and deadly sin! - You know, there was a golden-calf in the wilderness when they tried to engraft the religion of Egypt into their worship of YHVH….He wasn't too pleased with that attempted religious mixing though now was He?!!!.I pray that the Messianic and Gentile-Christian communities wake up before it is too late in these matters - in some cases - it may already be too late! L.Shalom;.
Tshuvah.~~~How can the Leaders of the Messianics and Christians expect the members of the Body of Messiah to walk in Sound Doctrine…When many, or even most, of their Leaders, for the sake of a unification-false-peace, will not stand up against false doctrine?
-The Above is taken from the final chapter of: The Odes Of Laodicea!
Hi folks;
This is a corrected/updated Re-send of the Email I sent out earlier. I’ve made some corrections, and tried to make it more readable and less disjointed, as I’d compiled it from four earlier Emails on this subject from quite some time back. – If you feel so led to post or forward this, use this Email as it’s a lot more readable than the prior.
This should be the end of this series I’ve sent out for some time now, on several grave and deadly problems facing the Body of Messiah, today in this last generation.
Shalom
KABBALAH IS NOT FOR BELIEVERS! ~ An Important Message....(As you feel led, please forward this.)
.
¶ And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. – Rev. 3:14-22.To the Believers in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus in the Messianic-Congregations & Gentile-Church communities;.One of the most tragic and deadly inroads the enemy, haSatan, has made into the visible Body of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus, (especially over the last few years), is the mixings into their beliefs the doctrines of men, demons, and false-religion in certain Messianic Congregations, Gentile Churches, and movements. And even worse than simply the mixing in of these false things: These things have often been put on a parity with, or even as over, the Written Word of YHVH Elohim/God The Bible!.The following article will outline among the worst occurrences of this mixture of the Holy and the profain in using Zoharistic/Kabbalistic writings….Even to the point of their integration with and being used for (false)-doctrine in certain parts of the Messianic-Movement , and even in some Gentile-Churches and movements..
I myself have used Rabbinic writings as an apologia for years. – We even see Paul/Sha’ul when speaking to those in Crete (Titus 12:1-13) used Epimenides a Greek poet of the Cretans to illustrate and say that ONE THING this pagan writer said was true –(not that all of his writings were true, but used in apologia he said that this ONE thing only was true)! And may I here state: There are some beautiful things written in the EARLIER Judaic writings: The early Midrashim, and Targumim and commentaries (mostly from pre-1st Century A.D.). Likewise there are several things from ancient Biblical-Judaic practice that have carried through into Rabbinic-Judaic practice today, that point to and exalt the Word of God, and that we can be certain historically were having been done since early Biblical times. –(Though we still do need to exercise caution and discernment when teaching on these things, and in how they relate to our walk, because: Only the Word of YHVH Elohim/God the Bible is first and foremost, and let everything we do be done unto Yeshua/Jesus Messiah, and that in Discernment from one who is able to HEAR Ruach HaKodesh-[The Holy Spirit].).
But what I’ve briefly addressed in the paragraph above, is not what I'm focusing on in this article.....One would think that even logically the error in the effort of certain Believers in Yeshua/Jesus Messiah to even begin to think to be following Kabbalah would be obvious; but because there is a demonic deception behind it many today have fallen into this deadly falsehood. So we must be on guard and pray YHVH for Discernment and Protection from Him in these matters..Let’s look at just a few of many such related Scriptures to begin to establish a Biblical premise….
.De 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
.
Mt 16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
.
Mt 16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
.
Mt 16:12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
.
Mr 8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
.
Lu 12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
.
Mt 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men..
Titus 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables..
MK 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye..
Mt 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
.
Mr 7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
.
Col 2:22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
.
Tit 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables (Agadah), and commandments of men (Takanot), that turn from the truth..…And there are many MANY such verses, both in the Tanakh-[O.T.] and in the New Testament, that speak of this matter that you may want to search further on yourselves..Ask yourself a question: Why in the world would anyone in the Body of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus, want to integrate into their doctrines specific teachings about the Very Nature of HaShem-(YHVH) taken from medieval writings that are considered sacred by only a small a group, of whom many in it think Rabbi Schneerson of Brooklyn was, and even is, the Messiah! – NO may this not be so!!! – Rather: I'll let the Unction of Ruach HaKodesh-(The Holy Spirit) of YHVH reveal to me the Nature of YHVH!.For more examples: I'm not going to do the Pidyon Kaparos with a chicken on Yom Kippur; nor am I going to start teaching on Lilith the ‘demon-eve’, or a whole host of other serious deadly problems taught from Kabbalah….Such as incantations to affect the physical realm with using by rote the multi-letter name of HaShem….These types of things are only a slightly veiled form of witchcraft!!! In fact the Zohar/Kabbalism is also used by certain cultic/pagan groups. –(I’ll follow YHVH, NOT the rock-star Madonna!).Now I'm not exactly saying our view should necessarily be "Sola-Scripture", (in that some use that term differently than others); but we'd best be getting into our hearts the absolute premise of: "Prima-Scripture"! – Again: I'm not commenting here that all Rabbinic traditions, ancient commentaries, nor practices, are necessarily all anti-Biblical….But I'm specifically saying in regards to "doctrine", such as those on the Very Nature of HaShem-(YHVH), yet also with ANY doctrine for that matter (distinguishing from dogmatic issues which may or may not be in error): These must NOT EVER be established for us outside of Scripture! There's a whole boat-load of error being taught in the Body of Messiah today (both in Jewish and Gentile Congregations and movements). - This demonic deception, to not put the Written Word Of God The Bible as First and Foremost above our lives, has opened the door for the elevation of the doctrines of men and demons. This is even one of the roots of why some “teachers” are starting to teach that we need to be ripping out certain sections of, or even the whole of, the New Covenant! – Duh! – Wake up folks!!!.The Zohar, and other similar Cabbalistic writings, were written for the most part in medieval times in Europe, (the Zohar author, which was actually first written in Spain in the 13th century AD, claims it to have been written by a Rabbi in a cave in the 2nd century AD - most recent scholars of course don't agree with that, some state, without any proof, that parts of it may come from Talmudic times - nor is the Zohar accepted by all Orthodox Jews. But I digress, that is not the main point.). First off, as Believers, you’d think there would be enough Discernment to know not use them, just in the fact they were written almost all the time by Rabbi's who've rejected Yeshua as the Messiah. They include witchcraft, (Again, for but one example of what I mentioned prior: In doing magical-type works by employing a certain 'multi-letter' Name of HaShem-[YHVH], for but one place, clearly you'll see this in the ‘Stories Of Eliyahu HaNavi by Yisroel Kappholz’); belief in reincarnation as spoken of in the Zohar; and very many other non-Biblical type beliefs. You don't agree with what I just said? - Then you are deceived - period!.So again, ask yourself the question: Why should we be taught on the very Nature of God, from writings of non-Messianic Rabbinic-Rabbis who've rejected Yeshua as the Messiah, and certain of whose writings are steeped in witchcraft, re-incarnation, and other non-Biblical and anti-Biblical material?! – We shouldn’t be using them for any form of doctrine whatsoever, period!.Come on! Do you really think YHVH Elohim/God is pleased when we are trying on our own to relate His Nature to mankind by these false things?! Instead of Him revealing Himself to our spirit, by His Holy Spirit, these things?!.But you say: ‘It makes sense, or, it fits, or... whatever’. You want to know why?...Because it is a COUNTERFEIT! Of course it makes sense, it is from a false-religious-spirits that are trying to imitate the things of God! That's what false-religious-spirits do! Wake up! Every false religion can be falsely tied into the Bible by using those false-religion-spirits reasoning – Even Buddhism can by shown to have a parallel, as in their ying-yang, even all of it - because it is COUNTERFEIT! - And yet God hates it and all such mingling of the Holy and the profane. Even every teaching of man that is not inspired by God is so: Secular Humanism, Situation Ethics, all of it. – Yet they all look so close to being true - because they are designed that way - they are teachings from the dark that is devoid of Light; but yet they are talking about the "truth" and "light" - so of course they will appeal to the mind as being valid and holding some form of "truth", but they are NOT of the Light!...as by their very nature they can't be. These things are from ‘false satanic/demonic angel(s) of light’! - That is one reason why God said to be not conformed to this world, but to be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.... Those who are operating in the Spirit of YAH can discern this and the words of men; while those who are operating in the flesh cannot - and so they will all too often embrace the words and the things of man and even demons in place of the Word of God alone. - And so the mind exults itself against the heart and against the things of God. - Yes, even sadly many times by those who truly love YHVH Elohim/God, but they have come under this deception to one degree or another..These false-religious-spirits will try and get you to mingle the things of men and demons with the things of God. Gosh, we might as well teach the Mormon's or the JW's theology from our pulpits on what is the Nature of God! - Might even be more accurate than what's being taught by many Messianics and in many Churches today! –[Oh, this was so sad for me even to type here! L ].Another, of several problems, is that the Zohar exalts man! Here's is just one quote of many such examples for you:."While Maimonides and his followers regarded man as a fragment of the universe whose immortality is dependent upon the degree of development of his active intellect, the Zohar declared him to be the lord of the Creation, whose immortality is solely dependent upon his morality. According to the Zohar, the moral perfection of man influences the ideal world of the Sefirot; for although the Sefirot expect everything from the Ein Sof (Heb. infinity), the Ein Sof itself is dependent upon man: he alone can bring about the divine effusion.The dew that vivifies the universe flows from the just. By the practice of virtue and by moral perfection, man may increase the outpouring of heavenly grace.".The Zohar declared man "to be the lord of the Creation... who's immortality is dependent upon... his active intellect... etc....?!" Can't you see that these entire reasonings are only of men?! And if you are trying at this very moment to say: ‘Yeah, but it makes sense if you relate it to this verse or that verse in the Bible....’ - Then I'd again suggest to you that you are under deception! And so you are not defending Scripture, rather you are defending the reasonings of men concerning Scripture….And so, you are placing them above, or at least on a parity with, Scripture! - You should be from the Inner-Man be Discerning what’s down from Above; and not trying to rationalize from the down on what is Up, from the outer-man! – If that statement I just now made doesn't make sense to you?...Then you'd best be praying about it!.It has been said, even recently in public by a ‘now Pharisaic-heretic who was once a Messianic teacher’, and others elsewhere: “The Ein Sof (taught in Kabbalistic writings) is not mentioned at all in Scripture, because it cannot be known.”…Well gosh!... So if it can't be known, yet it is being taught and discussed by men, then it is men discussing their false reasonings of man! And if it's not mentioned at all in Scripture, then throw it out!...All the more so because it "isn't mentioned at all" in the Word of God, yet claims to be an authority on the very Nature of God!..Get it?!!! - That is a form of Rabbinic-Deism. In fact, all false religions includes some form of deism. They are belief systems that keep you from a relationship with God, because to them He's always "out there somewhere...maybe" - or in this case "unable to be known"; and in so doing, they present a false image of who YHVH Elohim/God really is. The enemy does this so you won't come to know YHVH the One True God in a personal way in your heart and spirit in Yeshua/Jesus Messiah Who IS YAH HaDavar/The-Word of Elohim/God. – Yet, ancient BIBLICAL-Judaism / Messianic-Hebraic-BIBLICAL-Judaism, is different….As YHVH revealed Himself to the children of Israel at Mt. Sinai, and then further He revealed Himself to us in Yeshua Messiah. - We have a RELATIONSHIP - NOT a RELIGION!.Well, I've tried to be very brief but clear. I could go on and on concerning why this is great error and displeasing to God; but to tell you the truth, if you need me to do that, or desire me to do it, then it probably wouldn’t matter for you!...You either will get this or you will not….And all the pitpul and midrashing in the whole world won't change your mind. One of the greatest deceptions of sin is when it appears as ‘not really that big of a deal’, and so it is easily accepted and embraced. Playing around with the words and reasonings of men and/or demons, and especially in the context I've specifically outlined above, even as concerning the Very Nature of God, I believe falls into this category of grave and deadly sin! - You know, there was a golden-calf in the wilderness when they tried to engraft the religion of Egypt into their worship of YHVH….He wasn't too pleased with that attempted religious mixing though now was He?!!!.I pray that the Messianic and Gentile-Christian communities wake up before it is too late in these matters - in some cases - it may already be too late! L.Shalom;.
Tshuvah.~~~How can the Leaders of the Messianics and Christians expect the members of the Body of Messiah to walk in Sound Doctrine…When many, or even most, of their Leaders, for the sake of a unification-false-peace, will not stand up against false doctrine?
-The Above is taken from the final chapter of: The Odes Of Laodicea!