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1 | queen of heaven | Jer 7:18 | itiswritten | 80473 | ||
Having looked in the Bible and seen this expression in Jeremiah 7:18 and Jeremiah 44:17, I do not know which of the idols these scriptures are referring to but I would say it speaks of Ashtoreth or Isis or Ishtar or one of the goddesses of sexual productivity which the surrounding nations worshipped. Israel often fell into idolatry when it often also worshipped these idols. Itiswritten | ||||||
2 | queen of heaven | Jer 7:18 | gbennett76 | 80513 | ||
I'm sorry but I must comment. This is a question that deserves an in depth look at the Hebrew understanding of God and who he is. El which is the name for god actually means "head of the gods". An example would be Elohim which means "the most high god of holiness". The Christian understanding of God is rather a simplified "one god" and thats it..period. However Orthodox jews from ancient times have seen God as a masculine head deity with an emanating female force which is referred to as the "shekhina"(not sure of spelling). The Christian understanding or rather its mutation of the original view of God has the shekhina replaced by "Holy Spirit".."One in Being with the Father". For deeper reading and understanding of this please read on: The Jewish-Kabbalistic version of Shakti; the female soul of God. The idea was the God could not be complete, whole, until he was united with her. The Kabbalists believed that it was God’s lost of his Shekina which brought about evil. From the Hebrew Shekina means "dwelling place," giving the concept that God had no "home" without her. Like her Tantric counterpart Shakti, the Sh’kina was the source of all "soul" in the universe. The Gnostic Christians of the fourth century spoke of Sh’kina as a "spirit of glory" in who Beings of Light lived, as children in their mother’s body or home. Mani referred to the Aeons of sh’kinas or female spirits of the sacred year.Jewish mystics claimed the "outer garment" of the Shekina is the Torah, "Holy Law." Man becomes a Bridegroom of the Torah by study, symbolized in erotic imagery. He has to court her as he would a beautiful maiden. "She begins from behind a curtain to speak words in keeping with his understanding, until very slowly insight comes to him." The Shekina as the "Indwelling One" might be compared to the Latin I-dea, or Goddess Within. "She opens the door of her hidden chamber ever so little, and for a moment reveals her face to her lover, but hides it again forthwith…He alone sees it and is drawn to her with his heart and soul and his whole being.The love story of wisdom and Solomon is recorded in the Song of Solomon and throught Psalms and Apocryphal books such as Wisdom and Sirach. An interesting note that the Greek term for wisdom is "Sophia"--the name of the great greek goddess of wisdom. If one were to view the writings of Solomon in the greek sense we see the fullfillment of Shekhina in this ..the wisest man who ever lived! "The hexagram, which came to be known as the star of David, was introduced into Judaism in the Middle Ages via the Tantric influence on Medieval Jewish cabalists. Shekina is the Jewish Cabalist version of the Hindu Shakti, who when joined to Her male counterpart forms the perpetual sexual union believed to maintain life in the Universe. This reunion was symbolized by the Tantric mandala – Shakti (the downward pointing triangle) and Shiva (the upward pointing triangle).Israel’s sins caused the Shekina to leave the tabernacle, but some rabbis insisted that She returned when the second temple was built. It was God’s loss of his Shekina that brought about all evils. The Shekina is inseparable from God, as opposed to the holy ghost which borders on idolatry. Special thanks to: Rabbi Shraga Simmons Aish.com |
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3 | shekina glory | Jer 7:18 | KatieK | 80567 | ||
Please excuse my lack of knowledge and understanding - I come from a very fundamentalist teaching and am thinking that I have only been taught half the story of the triune God. I have recently heard reference of God's Shekina glory. Is that what you are referring to? ".......The Christian understanding or rather its mutation of the original view of God has the shekhina replaced by "Holy Spirit"......" Can you explain this a bit more please? | ||||||
4 | shekina glory | Jer 7:18 | gbennett76 | 80573 | ||
Many theologians and scholars realize that the Holy Spirit written as, "Pneuma" in Greek everytime it appears in the New Testament, is a feminine being. Note that Pneuma is a feminine word in Greek. This would make Pneuma, the Holy Spirit, a Christian Goddess, not a mysteriously veiled member of an all-male Trinity "club." Also, the Holy Spirit appears at Yeshua's baptism in the form of a dove. The dove has long been a symbol of the Goddess in the Ancient Near East, and was never used to symbolize a god. We must also look in the Old Testament, the Hebrew Bible, and consider the Goddess Sophia. Her name means "Wisdom." She is the Goddess of Wisdom referred to repeatedly in scripture as the wife of God-the-Father. See Proverbs, Song of Songs, also called Song of Solomon, the Book of Sirach and the Book of Wisdom from the Apocrypha (found in the center of any Catholic Bible). Asherah, the Shekinah, was originally worshipped right alongside her lover/husband Yahweh, or El, as He is also called in ancient writings. You've probably noticed His name in names like Mi-cha-EL, Gab-ri-EL, Rach-EL, which mean respectively, "Who is like God?", "Power of God," and "Fair One of God." In Genesis, God the Father turns to some companion, we are never told whom, and says, "Let us make man after our own image." Jewish mystics and scholars of the Kabbalah have pointed out the obvious: Yahweh is talking to His wife. Even more intriguing: many researchers say it is She that is speaking to Him. The Hebrew word used for "God" in Genesis is Elohim, the plural of Eloah, a feminine title for the Goddess. Eloah (sometimes spelled Elat) is the female "half" of El. This Hebrew Goddess in Genesis is Asherah, the Shekinah, the Lady, speaking with Her mate. They agree to create, and so here we are. Many ancient religions, including the Greeks, believed that heaven is a male God who "covers" the feminine earth, Gaia in an intimate embrace. The earth, thus regularly impregnated, bears fruit. Asherah, the Shekinah, consort and beloved of Yahweh. God-the-Mother. Her sacred pillars or poles once stood right beside Yahweh's altar, embracing it. Moses and Aaron both carried one of these Asherah "poles" as a sacred staff of power. The Children of Israel were once dramatically healed simply by gazing at the staff with serpents suspended from it. This symbol, the snakes and the staff, has become the modern universal symbol for doctors and healers.* Asherah was also widely known in the Middle Eastern ancient world as a Goddess of Healing. Then She was removed forcibly from the Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures around 400 or 500 B.C. Daughter of Zion, a term found numerous times in the Old Testament, was perhaps a term for a priestess of Asherah. As the "official" state worship became increasingly male oriented, and the establishment became hostile toward all forms of Asherah worship, a time of conflict and bloodshed lasting over a hundred years began. Those that still clung to Her worship paid the price with their lives at the hands of King Josiah and other rabid Yahwists. (Story in the Old Testament). But She could not be torn from the hearts and souls of Her people. |
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5 | Is 'Pneuma' really feminine? | Jer 7:18 | Morant61 | 80582 | ||
Greetings gbenett76! You wrote: "Many theologians and scholars realize that the Holy Spirit written as, "Pneuma" in Greek everytime it appears in the New Testament, is a feminine being. Note that Pneuma is a feminine word in Greek." Where are you getting this information? 'Pneuma' in Greek is a neuter noun. It is not feminine! The only good thing about this misinformation is that it makes it clear how reliable the rest of your post is. Is 43:10, among many others, makes it clear that there is only one God. There are not any other gods or godesses. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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6 | Is 'Pneuma' really feminine? | Jer 7:18 | stjones | 80639 | ||
Hi, Tim; The Presbyterian Church (USA) has been struggling with this gross heresy for more than ten years. There is a fringe school of radical feminist theology that has been promoting the "goddess" Sophia and denigrating Jesus for a long time. Unfortunately, because some of our leaders are very "open-minded" and gullible, these folks find the dark corners of our denomination comfortable. In addition to their own novel interpretations of the Bible, they appeal to many other authorities - pagan religions, ancient heresies, bogus gospels such as Thomas and Mary, Enlightenment rationalism, sometimes just their own sexual urges - to challenge orthodox Christian belief. One of their leading lights (Rita Nakashima Bock, IIRC) once said of Jesus' atoning sacrifice "we don't need people hanging on trees and blood dripping and weird stuff". I don't know if gbennett76 is part of this crowd or not, though the mention of Sophia along with the rest of it is certainly suggestive. If he or she is an admirer of this stuff, no appeal to reputable scholarship, Christian tradition, or Biblical authority is likely to succeed. They have already abandoned those things. At a human level, I have never understood why they claim to be Christians and choose to infest Christian seminaries and churches. Then I consider that "our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." (Ephesians 6:12) and the driving force is clearly seen. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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7 | Is 'Pneuma' really feminine? | Jer 7:18 | Hank | 80699 | ||
Hi, Steve. Thanks for the post re the infamous "Sophia" heresy, with which I am painfully well acquainted. I trust it will be enlightening to readers of this forum to know how horrid a heresy it is, and your post delineates its pitfalls quite well. That ungodly heresy, along with a number of other "fallings away" from the truth, led me to flee the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) some six years ago, after having been an active communicant for 35 years. It became a matter of conscience with me that no longer could I support with my presence or temporal means a denomination that condoned the types of things it had begun to condone at the time -- and in some circles, sanctioning and actively encouraging them in those days. I confess that in the years of my absence from PCUSA I've become more and more estranged to the pulse of what's going on in this denomination. My sense was at the time I left that it had sunk about as low as it could go and still claim to be a church. I do hope that it is taking a turn for the better by now. --Hank | ||||||
8 | Is 'Pneuma' really feminine? | Jer 7:18 | stjones | 80741 | ||
Hi, Hank; It's a struggle. But there are so many people who are being led astray and won't leave because they don't know it. Besides, the denomination owns and operates so many missions, clinics, hospitals where God's work is being faithfully done that it's worth fighting for. I joined the PC(USA) because of a faithful congregation that I have served as a Deacon and now serve as an Elder. I don't want to turn my back on them either. Prayers are always appreciated. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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