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NASB | Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 3:16 Let the [spoken] word of Christ have its home within you [dwelling in your heart and mind--permeating every aspect of your being] as you teach [spiritual things] and admonish and train one another with all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. |
Bible Question: Hi, I'm new to the group. I had a crisis in faith and am now returning to God heart and soul with Joy by the way! May god bless and I'm happy to here. Does anyone know if there is a book written on THE 'GUF -HALL OF SOULS? |
Bible Answer: hi petcat: welcome to the forum! so good to hear that God has drawn you back to Him. He is so faithful to love and care for His own! the following info is from Wikpedia regarding "The Guf-Hall of Souls". you will note that although perhaps an interesting topic, it is one of mysticism, based in Jewish folklore and legend. i would respectfully suggest that better reading material for someone returning to the Lord after a "crisis of faith" would be His holy word. that aside, there is plenty of information on this topic on the internet. just "google" it and many, many sites will be available to you. In Jewish mysticism, the Chamber of Guf (or Guph or even Gup) (Hebrew for "body" or "corpse") also called the Otzar (Hebrew for "treasury") is the Hall of Souls, located in the Seventh Heaven. Every human soul is held to emanate from the Guf. The Talmud teaches that the Messiah will not come until the Guf is emptied of all its souls (Yevamot 62a). The mystic significance of the Guf is that each person is important and has a unique role which only he, with his unique soul, can fulfill. Even a newborn baby brings the Messiah closer simply by being born. In keeping with other Jewish legends that envision souls as bird-like, the Guf is sometimes described as a columbarium, or birdhouse. Folklore says sparrows can see the soul's descent and this explains their joyous chirping. The peculiar idiom of describing the treasury of souls as a "body" may be connected to the mythic tradition of Adam Kadmon, the primordial man. Adam Kadmon, God's "original intention" for humanity, was a supernal being, androgynous and macro-cosmic (co-equal in size with the universe). When this Adam sinned, humanity was demoted to the flesh and blood, bifurcated and mortal creatures we are now. According to Kabbalah, every human soul is just a fragment (or fragments) cycling out of the great "world-soul" of Adam Kadmon. Hence, every human soul comes from the "guf [of Adam Kadmon]." |