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1 | 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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2 | shekina glory | Jer 7:18 | Radioman2 | 80625 | ||
The Spirit HIMSELF NASB Romans 8:26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; "Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God; the LORD is one." There is no such thing as a "Christian godess." Nonsense! gbennett76: You allege: '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.' Many theologians and scholars? Name one. Even if you can, the mere fact that many theologians and scholars realize or believe something to be true doesn't make it true. You allege: 'Note that Pneuma is a feminine word in Greek.' No, it isn't. 'The noun "pneuma" (Strong's #4151) is neuter in Greek' (Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, W.E. Vine, Nelson, 1984). You write: 'The dove has long been a symbol of the Goddess in the Ancient Near East, and was never used to symbolize a god.' What the dove has been a symbol of in the Ancient Near East is irrelevant in this discussion. We are concerned only with what the dove is a symbol of in the Bible, which is God's only inspired revelation to man. God's complete revelation to man is the 66 books of which the Bible consists. We have no need or desire to consult books of mythology and idolatry found in the writings of ancient mystics or apochryphal writings to determine God's truth. Rather we turn to Scripture only. We don't go scavenging among garbage cans looking for a scrap of food when God has prepared for us a feast in His Word -- the Bible. The Kabbalah is not the inspired Word of God -- period. Who the goddess Sophia is or what her name means proves nothing. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob -- the God of the Bible -- does not have a wife. Neither Proverbs nor the Song of Solomon give any indication that God ever had a wife. That idolators worshipped Asherah alongside YHWH proves nothing. To identify YHWH as the lover/husband of Asherah is nothing less than blasphemy. God is spirit (John 4:24 NIV). You allege: "They agree to create, and so here we are." The notion that God needed the agreement of His "wife" before He could create is utter nonsense. Neither the term nor the concept of "God-the-Mother" appears anywhere in the Bible. To allege that Moses and Aaron carried Asherah "poles" is ludicrous. "Rabid Yahwists" is a derogatory and blasphemous term, one that, in the context of your post, shows obvious hostility to the Bible and anyone who does not believe that God is a "she." |
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3 | shekina glory | Jer 7:18 | Emmaus | 80632 | ||
Why God is Father not mother. An excellent article. http://www.catholic.net/rcc/Periodicals/Faith/Jul-Aug99/God2.html |
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