January 2021 – The Children of Shunya

I find that Abraham is the source of much of what we are expected to do and be as friends and lovers and servants of Yehovah , And that it is his relationship with our father that is perfected in Yhshuas acts, actions in life. I draw reference to Enoch from the former System of things before the Flood Who also has a good report. Imagine though living for hundreds of years doing what is upright and pleasing to elohim ! We are not made of such immovable substance, and so we are given Abraham to relate to. Of course, no one is perfect, and The sons of Elohim before the Flood were not perfect either, but the same doting devotion was extended to them as is extended to Abraham as we shall see.
Yehovah regretted making man able to live so long and as an act of mercy reduced our trial period to around 120 years. He had determined from his experience with the pre-flood humans that 120 years was sufficient to make an upright judgement on who would qualify to be in his Imperial administration. You will notice that the trial involves striving with the wind of Yehovah flesh and wind striving together to determine the quality of the qualification of that fleshy being. We need to understand this in terms of Israel, the name given to Jacob Who struggled with a “wind“ being and did not give up, and as a consequence came to realise that he had struggled with Elohim in struggling with the meeting of his twin brother! And finally before we return back to topic Yehovah is declared as the one that humanity is to struggle with by Moses in his song after the defeat of pharaoh and his military forces pharaohs elite guard!

So it was Abram of whom it was written: “ he caused one to support in Yehovah and it was calculated to him towards uprightness“ .
Now, he caused one to support is an inadequate explanation which should inspire meditation on the underlying concrete Hebrew concept. This is a very rich and deep meditation in which many layers are revealed, But what is clear is that the support he caused involved Yehovah . So without labouring the point but encouraging you to do the meditation the point is that before his name changed he advocated that humans should prop themselves and lean heavily upon, and secure themselves in Yehovah and he followed his own advice and made it his practice to support himself and his family and all that he had in Yehovah . What that means becomes evident as you read through the account of his life, but it does not mean that he was perfect.

Now the idea of calculating is also an intriguing exclamation because it invites you to realise that accounts are kept and calculations are made with regard to every individual’s life. The purpose of these calculations is to come to a judgement concerning our practice. Now we know that accounting is a skilled practice, but in the underlying Hebrew is the concept of skilled workmanship such as weaving on the loom or sewing in intricate patterns, and the skill of calculating when and where to stop and start these patterns is also implied. So we can see that the calculation is not just related to some ledger account but rather to some incredible tapestry in which everything is set in its perfect place. It is a simple takeaway: White clothes or robes of uprightness are being woven by these calculations!

So returning to the idea of encouraging people to support themselves, their Family their belongings and livestock everything about their existence in Yehovah there has to be some kind of teaching, or some kind of proclamation which encourages people to do this. And this is where the word derived from this initial concrete Hebrew concept of encouraging people to support themselves; This is where the word emeth draws its meaning and application from .

So this concrete teaching is usually translated or explained as “truth“, but as you can probably see this is a very poor explanation of the meaning.

As a simple takeaway is offered the straightforward: the proclamation that encourages us to support ourselves in; As the working concept of the explanation of this concrete conception.

Gesenius starts his explanation by equating two Hebrew forms or concepts: emeth and emunah. Basically he makes the observation that the former is a short hand version for the latter in Shmikut form, which explains why it is very difficult to distinguish between the two in English, because there is no distinction except that one is conveying that the concept leans on other related concepts. So going back to our discussion on eman we recognise the form emun as a kind of noun meaning : one who gives support especially a skilled teacher or craftsman, But more generally the mother supporting a child, from which we get the form emunah . This notion which is concrete contains within it many life examples and practices which can be observed all around us especially when observing any parent or any person who has the care of a child. The upbringing and well-being in the socialisation of that child is a core function of that relationship while it is a child, and this is what is captured by the term emunah.
Gesemius attempt to treat this under four headings: firmness, faithfulness, and uprightness of mind, and finally truth. Truth being the last of these and probably related to The shmikut form specifically. In this sense the basic concept of caring for somebody and promoting their well-being and education in life is made to lean on many other related ideas, Principally to people, to God and to a king.. For all of these the care and well-being of the subject is paramount as their subjects totally rely on them to become established and well adjusted in life.

The other interesting connection is that this concept is often linked to doting devotion which leads nicely into the second part of this discussion. Before embarking on that I would like to point out that the single word truth is inadequate, it has to be explained by some kind of phrase which encapsulates at least the four main concepts, and I routinely prefer to use: firm motherly supportive teaching as an explanation .

Now it is well worth pointing out that it is at first used in connection with Abraham by his servant Eleazar and in relation to doting devotion. So it is evident that The teaching or proclamation which was so characteristic of Abraham to his family and servants had resulted in great success for all of them and recognition of the source of that success and teaching as coming from Yehovah Elohim and Lord of his servant Abraham.

So now at last we come to the source of the concept of doting devotion, and as usual we find this to be associated with Lot and with Abraham.,
His name is changed from: “father of a Highplace to father of a multitude“ to signify that he was not a priest of just any Highplace, indeed he hardly spent much of his life in high places as the land of Canaan is known to be low, but now he was going to be the father of the watchtower of many nations. And true to his former name he set up alters to Yehovah on many hills and high places in Canaan and also proclaimed the name Yehovah even though Yehovah did not choose to make that name famous then. Instead the nations roundabout him associated him with the God of provisions, the God of breasts, but of course Melchizedek associated him with the God of the highest ascent that is Yehovah .
So returning to the discussion we see that Abraham is overwhelmed by what Yehovah reveals to him about Sodom and Gomorrah. Abrahams response is to petition Yehovah not so much to change his will but to soften it if that was at all possible. We see the process of petitioning, in which Abraham puts forward his human assessment for consideration by Yehovah Who graciously responds to Abraham, in this way showing that he is merciful even at this last stage of his decision, and that he gives ear to the petitions of those who are his servants. As a servant he would not attempt to change his Masters will but he did seek to express his opinion gingerly, because at the end of the day it is Yehovahs Will that must be done and we must want to see it done for the sake of uprightness. So shifting the scene to Lot we find that Lot recognises this extra ordinary doting devotion shown to him by these two messengers and it is he who is the 1st to use the concrete notion of doting devotion,, in a beautiful illustration from his own experience.
Following after this we see an example of how doting devotion is misused by Lots two daughters.
With that in mind we should take note of the statement that Yehovah shows this extra ordinary doting devotion to Lot because of his conversation with and relationship with Abraham.

So the reason why I set out to explore these two concepts of doting devotion and firm motherly supportive teaching it’s because it is these two qualities which are emphasised by Moses as part of the goodness of Yehovah . And again it is highlighted in a situation where the nation of Israel was ready to receive a judgement of destruction but Moses like Abraham offered his opinion, not to impose his will but to soften the will and judgement of Yehovah if that was possible. And we see that like Abraham there is always something that Yehovah he is able to do with regard to uprightness.

So now we see the background for these two concepts we can better understand why in the time of the Romans, After the persecution of the Greeks, and the evident salvation bye Yehovah through the Maccabeans that Yhshua came announcing the good news of this doting devotion and firm motherly supportive teaching. And it was welcomed because those that had command of the people that fallen in hurtful practices based on their own twisted natures and the lust for power and wealth.

Whereas at the time of Yhshua The leaders and teachers of the Jewish people were pernicious, the experience of the Jews since and also the exile of the Jews has brought about in many a change of heart. However those who have control of the Jews and those who took control of the so-called Christians have still avoided to base their lives on the teaching of Abraham regarding supporting their lives, and those of the family and that of the nation in Yehovah . The only authority that in fact claims and teachers this same message of Abraham is in fact Yhshua and those that are his students and citizens of the Imperial administration of Yehovah

So finally how does this relate to the covenants? Well we can see that the covenant of circumcision is important to Abraham and to his seed, and so it is included in the covenant with Israel. However we also see that anybody who wants to join Israel does not join on the basis of circumcision, but on the basis of the covenant made throughMoses and renewed several times. In that renewal the most important thing has always been that the person love Yehovah and protect his commandments. As that person grows and comes to understand what treasures of wisdom these terms and conditions are , then in his own time he can choose to be circumcised. However his children under the covenant which he has agreed to have to be circumcised on the eighth day. Finally in the renewed covenant established by Yhshua again the main thing is love of Yehovah and his commandments, protecting them as taught and explained by Yhshua , Which involves the receipt of an additional wind through which Yhshua and the father communicate guide and instruct all those that are the servants of Elohim. Once again the main instruction and guidance has to be on the recognition and use of this wind plus the recognition and the use of the doting devotion and the firm motherly guidance and supportive teachings of Yhshua which will bring the servants into all those teachings which include the teachings regarding circumcision of children, decontaminating and being kept in contaminated, and the practice of love of your fellow citizen as you in all its extensive ramifications. It is not that things have been cut out of the covenants rather is that the proper emphasis on teaching and approach is being made paramount and must result in students who are increasing in uprightness and in the works towards upright behaviour, as defined by Yehovah and including social justice.
One issue of incorrect translation has been brought to my attention by Yehovah . It is to do with the concrete concept of knowing. Unfortunately it is a technical issue which I will not go into here, but Mehemia Gordon discuss it fully. Suffice to say that Hebrew uses the senses to explore The environment and these senses are often translated as knowing. Abraham was a teacher of the name Yehovah but those around him did not know what he was referring to. Only his closest servants understood The name Yehovah by means of the firm motherly and supportive teaching and the doting devotion that was evident in Abrahams successful life and practice. Those around him understood the God of breasts, El shaddai. At that time Yehovah had not chosen to make his personal name famous and well known in association with Abraham Isaac and Jacob. That he chose to do when he brought the nation of Israel out from the land of Egypt. The difficulty lies in the translator is not understanding the use of the niphal form which simply reverses the recipient of any action. So for example if the action is giving then the reverse is receiving. In the case of knowing The reverse is making others know! So Abraham Isaac and Jacob gazed upon a meditated upon the name millions El shaddai And The personal name Yehovah, and Yehovah did not make those names known to the people and nations around them.

The Children of Shunya

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Month: January 2021

What Abraham Isaac and Jacob knew That their contemporaries didn’t!

Why the son of Abraham?

Yehovah and Yhshua Say: no!