If you don'tt hink that the church has messed up Biblical interpretation then enjoy a Christmas story from the Bible that you have never seen. It is hidden in prophetic riddle. It is from the parable of the mustard seed.

It is proposed that the mustard seed is Jesus. Clues:

The mustard seed is the least of all the seed.

He who is greatest in the kingdom is least by serving his brethren

Jesus served us all on the cross.

The seed of the woman is Jesus and therefore 'the least of the seed'

The seed of the woman had a bruised heel.

'Mustard' in Greek sounds like 'bruised by anger' in Hebrew. The bruised heel, withered thigh and 'limping side' which is hidden in Ge 2:21 are all prophetic riddle of Gethsemane where he made his beligerent flesh (remove this cup) weak to he could declare 'nevertheless'.

It is proposed that the great herb is Jesus.

The grass was given to the cattle to eat, and the herbs were given to men to eat.

The greatest thing that men can eat (the great herb) is the body of Christ.

Eating is a metaphor for learning

Jesus became the great teacher and he fed us.

It is proposed that Jesus is the tree (the cross).

The tree in the Bible is a metaphor for the cross.

Birds which fly (live in the Spirit/air, rest in the cross.

To move a mountain to the sea: The word for water is 'mayim'. Since the letters have meaning defined by their strokes, the meaning of the two 'mem's are different. The first means 'the marriage of the Son of God and his bride was arranged in heaven' The father arranged the marriage. The final 'mem' means the Son of God 'consummated the marriage' by teaching.

Jesus told the woman on the mountain "You worship on the mountain, but you will worship in Spirit and Truth… the Father is Spirit and the Son is Truth." You will move the mountain to the water.

Now where is the Christmas story? I had to teach around it or you would think the next verse was a simple literal verse which told us trivia. You might be tempted to think that the God of the universe thought we needed to be told that cattle eat grass. But it is part of the prophetic riddle:

De 11:15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. (I will send teaching in the world…)

The grass produced the seed which goes through the tribulation of beating, grinding and baking to make THE bread. The grass is also Christ who withered. (1Pe 1:24 For all flesh [is] as grass. The word for grass also means 'dwelling place')

The seed of the woman is the BABY BREAD; a promise of eating his body as he is placed in a feeding trough with grass and surround by a symbol of us (We are his cattle). In the manger he is the promise of the Cross.

I hope this blesses you as you reconsider if you can read the Bible the way Jesus did or if you have been ham-strung by the lie that the Bible is merely a literal-historical record.

Just as God works invisibly behind the scenes while we do what we do, he caused a second book to be written in the literal history, hidden by prophetic riddle. The Bible itself is a metaphor of the reality of his works. What we see and what we don't see. All of the Old Testament is written in this 2 layer format. All of the New Testament gets it's theology from the hidden layer and is a commentary on it.

You don't understand the New Testament until you have found the OT source.

>>15230190

If you don't think the church messed with Biblical interpretation, then why have you never seen the picture of Jesus in Acts 12?

Acts 12

Luke has hidden a story of Jesus in Acts 12. It meets the definition of sod (pronounced sowd) given by the rabbis: it is hidden in scripture and speaks of Messiah. [1]

Herod

To see the picture, you must connect ideas, not merely words. The verses associated with the ideas below (in the references) concerning Christ do not use the word 'vexed'. But when we read 'vexed' in Acts 12:1, if we meditate upon it, we realize that Jesus had been vexed by two different Herod's; once at the time of his birth, and once at his trial. Jesus said all the scriptures speak of him, so we always ask, "In what way does this speak of Christ?"

Herod vexed the body of Christ [2]

Herod had vexed Christ. [3] [4]

The arrest

Connecting the dots concerning the arrests takes more than looking for a common word. Peter was arrested during the "days of unleavened bread". The lazy expositor assumes that the day of unleavened bread are the 'feast of unleavened bread' which takes place after Passover, and the connection to Jesus will never be made. To ensure that we don't misunderstand, Luke tells us that Herod intended to display Peter to the crowds after Easter. [5] The DAYS of unleavened bread occurred before Passover when the Jews sold all their leavening to their non-Jewish neighbors so they could buy it back after Passover.

Peter was arrested the week before Passover [6]

Jesus was arrested the week before Passover. [7]

Two

We have been taught to compare and contrast things. In prophetic riddle, we only compare. Peter was placed between two guards, and Jesus between two thieves. If we get hung up contrasting them, we are distracted that guards and thieves are not alike. The comparison between the two is that in each case they were between two somethings.

Peter was set between two guards [8]

Jesus was set between two (thieves): [9]

Light

A light shown in the cell [10]

A light shown (in the tomb):[11]

Poked in the side

Peter was poked on the side [12]

Jesus was poked in the side: [13]

Three barriers

Three barriers to escape (two sets of guards and a gate) [14]

Three barriers to escape (two days in death and the stone which was opened on the third day):[15]

Self-opened

The gate open by itself [16]

The stone opened itself:[17]

Mary

Peter went to Mary's house [18]

The first person Jesus saw was Mary:[19]

Women ran to tell the disciples

The woman ran to tell the disciples [20]

Mary ran to tell the disciples [21]

Told she was crazy

She was told she was mad [22]

The woman was told she was crazy:[23]

Another place

When Peter was finished visiting his disciples he went to another place [24]

When Jesus finished visiting with his disciple he went to another place:[25]

>>15230205

References

1. :Ps 40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me," "Mashiach is the personification of secrecy (sod, which also means the hidden, inner dimension of the Torah and the mysteries of prophecy) - Breslov Center: Breslov Teachings About Mashiach"

2. Ac 12:1 ¶ Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth [his] hands to vex certain of the church.

3. Mt 2:13 ¶ And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

4. Lu 23:11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked [him], and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.

5. Ac 12:4 … intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

6. Ac 12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

7. Mt 26:2 Ye know that after two days is [the feast of] the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

8. Ac 12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

9. Mt 27:38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

10. Ac 12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon [him], and a light shined in the prison: …

11. Mt 27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

12. Ac 12:7…and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from [his] hands.

13. Joh 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

14. Ac 12:10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city;

15. Mt 17:23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.

16. Ac 12:10…which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.

17. Lu 24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

18. Ac 12:12 And when he had considered [the thing], he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.

19. Mt 28:1 ¶ In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first [day] of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. Mt 28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

20. Ac 12:14 And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.

21. Mt 28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

22. Ac 12:15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.

23. Lu 24:11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

24. Ac 12:17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

25. Lu 24:51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

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I hope this blesses you as you reconsider if you can read the Bible the way Jesus did or if you have been ham-strung by the lie that the Bible is merely a literal-historical record.

Just as God works invisibly behind the scenes while we do what we do, he caused a second book to be written in the literal history, hidden by prophetic riddle. The Bible itself is a metaphor of the reality of his works. What we see and what we don't see. All of the Old Testament is written in this 2 layer format. All of the New Testament gets it's theology from the hidden layer and is a commentary on it.

You don't understand the New Testament until you have found the OT source.

>>15230207

If you don't think the church messed with Biblical interpretation, then why have you never seen the name of Jesus in this light?

Matthew tells us that Jesus was name Yeshua to fulfill a prophecy that he would be called Emmanuel. When read literally that is a stupid comment.

They are two names. "He was named Bob because there was a prophecy he would be called George."

Why would the church let it stand? Just to shed doubt on the Bible! Or ignorance, at this late date?

It is a prophetic riddle.

"Yashuach' a pun to Yeshua means 'God humbled; a reference to his incarnation when God became man and dwelt among us. "God with us"

Phonetically remove the 'sh' sound from his name and now we have another play on words. Yahweh with a 'sh' in the middle.

The 'sh' sound is a shin ש withe the meaning that his word came to earth and returned with an increase. Christ took back his bride. 'Yeshua' is Yahweh with a marriage in his heart.

How much more 'God with us' can you get than Yeshua who came to obtain a bride?

I hope this blesses you as you reconsider if you can read the Bible the way Jesus did or if you have been ham-strung by the lie that the Bible is merely a literal-historical record.

Just as God works invisibly behind the scenes while we do what we do, he caused a second book to be written in the literal history, hidden by prophetic riddle. The Bible itself is a metaphor of the reality of his works. What we see and what we don't see. All of the Old Testament is written in this 2 layer format. All of the New Testament gets it's theology from the hidden layer and is a commentary on it.

You don't understand the New Testament until you have found the OT source.

>>15230255

Tell me… I've been at it 10 years. Seminaries, theologians, and pastors reject it without looking.

>>15230248

If you don't think the church messed with Biblical interpretation, then why have you never seen that the Book of revelation is not a revelation given to John? But is his recollection of Jesus's teaching before the cross?

Re 1:1 ¶ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭. IT is ABOUT CHRIST!

𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.. Him cannot refer to John. Joohn has not been mentioned and cannot be pointed to by a pronoun. The revelation was given to Jesus.

Did Jesus get the revelation before or after the cross?

Now some churches teach that in Jesus's incarnation he was fully aware and used his deity. They call kenosis "the emptying" of himself and not grasping for deity a doctrine which is heretical. Because of this they miss the meaning here.

Before the cross Jesus emptied himself. Though he was by nature fully God, by choice he was not omnipresent, omnipotent, nor omniscient. When you close your eyes, you do not become blind. You can 'empty yourself of sight, and pick it up again, by closing and opening your eyes. He learned who he was through the prophetic riddle of the OT. He wrestled with the reality of himself being God and was tempted to use his divinity, but resisted. the miracles he performed were accomplished by the Father in a conversation. The circumstances around the miracles paint a picture of the cross, which he then participates in to show that he understands and is willing. The father nudges him with the miracle to encourage him.

After cross he was restored to glory and opened his eyes to his divinity. He is omniscient. So the revelation was given to him BEFORE the cross.

𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 The cross was 'shortly come to pass". Jesus was always teaching of the cross to the disciples. Every parable and miracle is a teaching of the cross.

𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 [𝐢𝐭] 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧: The disciples were taught the 'secret teachings of Christ' (Oh how the church wants to eliminate that!) but they forgot,. So Jesus sent his messenger, the Holy Spirit, to remind them of what they had been taught and lead them in truth.

As the disciples, now apostles, they read the Old Testament in a new light. They now saw Jesus in all the scriptures, and at 10-15 year intervals tossed a snapshot at the Greeks so they could follow along, though they did not wish to learn Hebrew. (By400 AD Jerome could not find a Hebrew speaking Hebrew in teh church to teach him.

The 'synoptic problem'; invented by the church, displays differences between the gospels and suggests this makes the reliability of the Bible doubtful. But it is the differences between them which gives us the clues of their method of interpretation when you match those differences to the Old Testament source that they pulled from.

>>15230303

Mark was the first snapshot. He is rather pedantic in using the new rules. He starts the story of the gospel with John the Baptist.

Matthew now understands that the very lives of teh people of the OT are a parable and prophetic riddle hiding the prophetic riddle of Christ. He pushes the start of the gospel back to Abraham, and now sees the history of Israel as prophetic riddle.

Luke understands that it was not just teh Hebrews who painted prophetic riddle, but that the hidden story started with Adam.

John understands teh notarikon of the Hebrew language , where ever joys and tittle has meaning in prophetic riddle. He pushes the beginning of the Gospel to the first three words of Genesis. His commentary, using notarikon is John 1:1-4.

So search for 'sensus plenior' and New Testament author use of the Old Testament. You will find that theologians must reluctantly confess that they cannot read the OT theway the NT authors did. What makes you think they can read it at all then?

There is sufficient revelation in the literal salvation that the Greek church continued the work of salvation; but largely in ignorance. I am not suggesting that God stopped his work in the world just because the church did everything they were told not to do. They lost their first love as the deified Mary. The adopted teh doctrine of Balaam as the compromised with teh flesh and the government. They became the judaisers, mixing Hebrew ritual into their mass. And the conquered the lait; Nicolaitans.

The Book of Revelation teaches about the cross. It points to Jesus, but it does it using the symbols of the Old Testament; like a Rosetta Stone, so that we may learn to read the OT like Jesus did.

I hope this blesses you as you reconsider if you can read the Bible the way Jesus did or if you have been ham-strung by the lie that the Bible is merely a literal-historical record.

Just as God works invisibly behind the scenes while we do what we do, he caused a second book to be written in the literal history, hidden by prophetic riddle. The Bible itself is a metaphor of the reality of his works. What we see and what we don't see. All of the Old Testament is written in this 2 layer format. All of the New Testament gets it's theology from the hidden layer and is a commentary on it.

You don't understand the New Testament until you have found the OT source.

>>15230305

>where ever joys and tittle has meaning in prophetic riddle

where every jot and tittle has meaning in prophetic riddle

>>15230307

>And the conquered the lait; Nicolaitans.

And they conquered the laity.

Sorry . Old fingers. Old mind.

>>15230314

If you don't think the church messed with Biblical interpretation, then why have you never seen the riddle of the beast?

Rev 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, [and] the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

How many generations are there in Ge 4; Cains genealogy? 7

How many generations are in Ge 5; Seth's genealogy? 10

Which names show up on both? Enoch (who walked with God) Lamech (power)

So of the seven we have five who were, one who is (Enoch) and one who is to come (Christ in power)

The five are all shadows of Chirst by their names.

Of the five, one has the name of an animal; a beast. Irad - unbridled donkey

A donkey is a symbol of a prophet. Jesus is the unbridled prophet. His mouth is his own.

Cain means 'possessor of the spear. Jesus was pierced by the spear (for our transgression) .

Tubalcain is the eighth. He is in the seventh generation, so he is one of the seven.

Tubalcain means 'leads Cain' .

And the beast, Jesus who was and has returned to heaven, he is the eighth (Fullness of the word) and he leads the sins of the church to destruction.

It is a riddle to say that Jesus took our sins and destroyed them. Not that a monster will eat Japan, or whatever else people throw at it.

I hope this blesses you as you reconsider if you can read the Bible the way Jesus did or if you have been ham-strung by the lie that the Bible is merely a literal-historical record.

Just as God works invisibly behind the scenes while we do what we do, he caused a second book to be written in the literal history, hidden by prophetic riddle. The Bible itself is a metaphor of the reality of his works. What we see and what we don't see. All of the Old Testament is written in this 2 layer format. All of the New Testament gets it's theology from the hidden layer and is a commentary on it.

You don't understand the New Testament until you have found the OT source.

>>15230348

Oh. In Seth's genealogy is says "lived..lived…lived."

In Cain's genealogy is never says lived.

So the five that were.. did not live. They died.

The other two, Enoch and Lamach, one is and one is to come.

>>15230355

If you don't think the church messed with Biblical interpretation, then why have you never seen a riddle of the cross in Adam's rib?

Sure you have seen that Adam obtained his bride through his sleep ( a symbol of death), just as Jesus obtained his bride through his death.

But every word in Genesis 2:21 has multiple meanings.

Ge 2:21 ¶ And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

deep sleep (one Hebrew word) - death

Adam - man

took - married

one - certain

rib - limping, side

closed up - delivered

flesh - mankind

"And the Lord caused the Man (Jesus) to die and he died, and he married a certain limping side and delivered mankind.".

It all sounds like Christ.

God caused Christ to die, he married the church and delivered mankind. (the Hebrew word for marriage also means doctrine. the marriage of Christ is a symbol for him teaching us.)

But what is the 'limping side'?

The bruised heel of the seed of the woman in Ge 3:15, and the withered thigh of Jacob Ge 32:25 both point to Gethsemane, where the flash 'side' of Christ did not want to die and he asked for the cup to be removed. He made it 'limp'

or decreased it's influence on him so he could say "Never the less , your will be done".

I hope this blesses you as you reconsider if you can read the Bible the way Jesus did or if you have been ham-strung by the lie that the Bible is merely a literal-historical record.

Just as God works invisibly behind the scenes while we do what we do, he caused a second book to be written in the literal history, hidden by prophetic riddle. The Bible itself is a metaphor of the reality of his works. What we see and what we don't see. All of the Old Testament is written in this 2 layer format. All of the New Testament gets it's theology from the hidden layer and is a commentary on it.

You don't understand the New Testament until you have found the OT source.

>>15230387

If you don't think the church messed with Biblical interpretation, then why have you never seen that the name of God defines the 'issue' and the name of 'Israel' defines the solution?

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐦

"In the beginning God…" [1] In the first full sentence of revelation God tells one of his names "Elohim" אלהים. It is said that it means God, plural Gods, Royal 'God', judges, etc.

If there is confusion, it is the result of sin. [2] [3]

God has communicated to us in such a way that we might know him, and then after we know him, believe (trust) and understand him. [4]

1. Ge 1:1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2. 2Th 2:11]] And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

3. Jer 3:25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

4. Isa 43:10 Ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I [am] he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐦 - 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲

Some say that Elohim is a plural noun for eloah meaning 'gods' and conclude that there are many gods, or it is like the 'royal we' when the king speaks of himself in plural form. But these are secondary meaning which cannot be applied to all instances.

The metaphor of "Waterloo" says many things. It can be used to speak of being ill-prepared or arrogant. These are both secondary meanings which, by themselves, do not express the true meaning of Waterloo.

You can see how this causes problems, since God calls men elohim, and there is only one singular God. How do we make sense of this? We will use notarikon [1].

1. One of the methods of interpretation used by New Testament authors

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐧

'Notarikon' [1] is the ancient Hebrew practice of interpretation where words get their meaning from the combined meaning of the letters within.

No other known language works this way. None of the letters in 'cat' tell you anything about cats.

'Elohim' אלהים means God 'El' אל separated from creation י, which has been finished by the son ם (or 'his people'), by ignorance ה. …

>>15230435

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐧

Sefir Yetzirah "some early commentators treated it as a treatise on mathematical and linguistic theory as opposed to Kabbalah." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefer_Yetzirah

Current works by https://www.linkedin.com/in/rabbircklein/ who is attempting to coerce the meanings from the letters.

This is the one which I am currently testing. https://sensusplenior.net/wiki/Pneumnemonic_Hebrew_for_Beginners using the rules posted here: What are the strict set of rules followed by sensus plenior?

I am currently collaborating on a Dictionary of 'Gates'; two-letter sub-roots.

John demonstrates a knowledge of this in 1Jo 5:7 Where heaven שמים has three consonants (yes and one vowel) which mean father מ, Word ם and Spirit א. And earth ארץ having Spirit א, water ר, and blood ץ. Naturally he translated into Greek for the emerging Greek church which did not have a background in Hebrew.

Works and lectures by Rabbi Benjamin Blech https://www.rabbibenjaminblech.com/

This is not an endorsement of the rabbinic usage of notarikon since they violate the rules of it's use and have scrambled the meaning of the letters making nonsense of the idea.

1. Hebrew words derive meaning from the meaning of the letters.

>>15230439

𝐌𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐆𝐨𝐝

Man is separated from God because they don't know him. 'Elohim' expresses the idea of the separation. When he calls men 'elohim' he is using the primary meaning.

It is just as valid to say that men are separated from God, as it is to say that God is separated from men.

God is called Elohim since men are separated from him. Men are called Elohim because they are separated from God. This [1] is the primary meaning of 'Elohim'.

God אל separated from men ים by ignorance ה

𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐦

When judges are called 'Elohim' [1] it is not because they judge like God. They are separated from God.

It is because they don't judge like God. [2] They cannot judge rightly because they don't know him. [3] [4]

He tells them they are separated from him by ignorance and they will die like men. [5]

1. Ps 82:6 ¶ I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High.

2, Ps 82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

1. Isa 45:5 I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

2. Jer 9:3 And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Ps 82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

>>15230441

𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐦

When judges are called 'Elohim' [1] it is not because they judge like God. They are separated from God.

It is because they don't judge like God. [2] They cannot judge rightly because they don't know him. [3] [4]

He tells them they are separated from him by ignorance and they will die like men. [5]

1. Ps 82:6 ¶ I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High.

2, Ps 82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

1. Isa 45:5 I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

2. Jer 9:3 And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Ps 82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

>>15230446

𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐡 - 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐥

Using notarikon, eloah אלוה is singular for 'God אל discerned by, or made clear by ו ignorance ה. How can ignorance help us to discern God?

The ignorance of men, bickering over this or that, drives people crazy to the point that they cry out "It is not supposed to be this way!" By doing so, they are declaring that there is a God whose way it is supposed to be. In ignorance they sin, but he extends mercy. His mercy reveals him as God.

The ignorance of men causes a cacophony of confusion. In contrast, we know that there is a God who is rational and causes peace. [1] [2]

It is foolish to call a man or idol 'God', or to follow your own council of good and evil; 'eloah'. Eloah says that such a declaration; that the man (yourself) or idol is a God, is totally foolish and made plain by the ignorance of the claim. It is a god for the foolish.

Ge 41:8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but [there was] none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

Ge 41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [It is] not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

I hope this blesses you as you reconsider if you can read the Bible the way Jesus did or if you have been ham-strung by the lie that the Bible is merely a literal-historical record.

Just as God works invisibly behind the scenes while we do what we do, he caused a second book to be written in the literal history, hidden by prophetic riddle. The Bible itself is a metaphor of the reality of his works. What we see and what we don't see. All of the Old Testament is written in this 2 layer format. All of the New Testament gets it's theology from the hidden layer and is a commentary on it.

You don't understand the New Testament until you have found the OT source.

>>15230447

If you don't think the church messed with Biblical interpretation, then why have you never seen that anyone connected by revelation to God is called Israel?

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥?

Theologians argue about who 'Israel' is. It is the name given by God to Jacob. [1] But it also refers to his children as the Sons of Israel who were brought into Egypt by Joseph when he was King of kings. [2] Then the nation of Israel split into Two nations: Israel and Judah. After the captivity, the returning people were known as Israel. Some also call the church Israel. In 70 A.D. Jerusalem was destroyed and the nation ceased to exist. In the last century, the Rothchilds took possession of the land of Israel from the British in payment for war debts, and a new nation was formed.

A man, several nations, and a church are all called Israel. How do you know when it means one or the other? Is a promise made to the man valid for the nation, nations or the church? Are commands given to the nation, but not to the man, valid for the church?

Surely God must have given us a way to know which Israel is which and how to apply his word.

1. Ge 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Ge 47:28

𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 '𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥'

'Israel' ישראל means 'man יש joined to God אל by revelation ר. It always means this in scripture. Whether a man, a nation, a split nation, a destroyed nation, a faithful nation, a harlot nation, or a spiritually born nation; Israel always means 'man joined to God by revelation'.

'Elohim' means 'God separated from man by ignorance'. God's solution to this was to reveal himself to make himself known. He revealed himself to each entity he called Israel.

The name is given to those to whom God has revealed himself. …

>>15230480

𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥

Abram's name was changed to Abraham when God revealed himself to Abram and gave him the promise [1]. He is called the Father of Israel because he is the literal progenitor of Jacob; named Israel.

Abraham is not simply the father of Jacob, but the Father of the revelation of God to the people known as Israel. God made a promise to Abraham which was passed through Isaac and through Jacob. [2]

Through many concubines, Abraham became the father of many nations, but only Jacob received the promise and inheritance. Man יש was joined by revelation ר to God אל ; Israel.

1. Ge 17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. [{Abraham: that is, Father of a great multitude }]

2. Ge 17:9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥

At the time of Jesus, many Jews thought that their bloodline made them special. [1] But Jesus quickly corrected that. [2]

Only those who did their part of the covenant remained in the covenant. They must serve him in holiness and righteousness. [3]

Claiming a bloodline to Abraham does not make one a child of spiritual Israel. [4] But the one who does the work of serving God in the covenant is the child of he covenant.

1. Lu 1:71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; Lu 1:72 To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; Lu 1:73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

2. Mt 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

3. Lu 1:74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, Lu 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

4. Joh 8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

>>15230487

𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥

Jacob is Israel not merely because God changed his name [1]; but because the man had been joined to God by revelation. [2]

Jacob had two significant encounters with God. The first was in a dream concerning Jacob's ladder. [3] Though he had given Jacob a sign that the dream was true [4], God gave him a second encounter where he lost everything, but was blessed through it [5]; to confirm his first encounter.

Jacob was joined to God by at least two major revelations. He was called Israel: 'man יש joined to God אל by revelation ר.

1. Ge 35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name [is] Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

2. Ge 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. [{Israel: that is, A prince of God }]

3. Ge 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Many stones become one

1. Ge 32:20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. [{of me: Heb. my face }]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥

The first nation to be called Israel was formed in Egypt. [1] The nation of Israel multiplied, while the man Jacob lived seventeen years in Egypt.

Jacob is called 'Jacob' when referring to his flesh. His children were called Israel because they had been connected to God by revelation as Joseph told them God intended to save them through their betrayal of him. [2]

When one is joined to God by revelation, he may be called Israel whether we are told so or not. Peter was Israel. [3] He was later told to lead the church.

1. Ge 47:27 ¶ And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. Ge 47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. [{the whole … : Heb. the days of the years of his life }]

2. Ge 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save much people alive.

3. Mt 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

>>15230491

𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐡

The twelve tribes are counted differently at different times. After the death of Solomon, the nation was split. Ten tribes with Manasseh half-tribes each counted as a tribe became Israel of the north. Judah became the southern kingdom which included Simeon [1] which was not counted because of his sin [2]

The ten tribes of Israel in the north rebelled against the kingdom in Jerusalem. Though they set up worship apart from the temple, they were still joined to God by revelation; the promise made to Abraham.

Judah, though disobedient in many ways, kept the worship of God in the temple active. They remained coupled to God by his command. The name 'Judah' יהו(ד)ה displays this as 'Yahweh' יהוה with the command ד in his heart.

1. Jos 19:9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah [was] the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

2. Ge 49:7 Cursed [be] their anger, for [it was] fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel., and Levi had cities spread among them all.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥

After 200 years of existence, and nearly continual disobedience, God disciplined Israel by conquering them by the Assyrians. Israel is sometimes called Ephraim (by the largest tribe) or Samaria (by the largest city). They began to lose their association with God by revelation.

The ten lost tribes were not lost because we don't know where they went, they were lost to Israel (those joined to God by revelation) because they intermarried and became the Samaritans.

Judah also was disciplined and taken captive by the Babylonians. But were permitted to return to their home and rebuild Jerusalem under the prophet Nehemiah, and according to revelation concerning king Cyrus. They became the ones called 'Jews' and also teetered on the edge of no longer being joined to God by revelation.

Divorced Israel

God used the imagery of marriage concerning his relationship with Israel. Idolatry was called adultery. And when God had enough, he divorced Israel. [1]

God doesn't hate divorce because it is some sort of unforgivable sin, he hates it because he was divorced; it is the separation of two who should be one. [2]

Any illusion that Judah; 'the people of God's command', became Israel; 'man joined to God by revelation', was dashed when the temple was destroyed in 70 A.D. and they could no longer make sacrifices according to the command.

1. Jer 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

2. Ge 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

>>15230500

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥

'Israel' is used of the children of Abraham because they were joined to God by revelation. But Isaac was not the only son of Abraham; he had other children. They are called 'dust' [1], 'sand by the sea', and 'stars' [2].

His children called 'dust' are those without the word of God (symbolized by water). The ones called 'sand by the sea' are washed by the word. The ones called stars are those who Jesus called the 'light of the world' [3], which are the lights in the firmament of Ge 1. [4]

The church does not replace the nation of Israel, Israel was never the man or the nation. Those are just symbols of those who are changed by the revelation of God. People who are taught by Christ are changed by Christ and are Israel; man joined to God by revelation'.

1. Ge 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, [then] shall thy seed also be numbered.

2. Ge 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

3. Mt 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

4. Ge 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: [{the day … : Heb. between the day and between the night }]

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥?

In Hebrew, 'name' means 'reputation'. God's name, Elohim אלהים; 'God was separated from men by ignorance' identifies the problem. He fixes that problem by revelation - Israel ישראל; 'man joined to God by revelation'.

Jacob was given the reputation of being joined to God by revelation and when he does not act that way, he is still called Jacob. His children are called children of Jacob or children or Israel depending on their reputation.

Today, those who have a reputation of being joined to God by revelation; by his teaching, are Israel. They have not replaced anyone. They were called 'stars in the firmament' from the beginning. 'Israel' has always referred to those who have a reputation; a new name, given by God.

I hope this blesses you as you reconsider if you can read the Bible the way Jesus did or if you have been ham-strung by the lie that the Bible is merely a literal-historical record.

Just as God works invisibly behind the scenes while we do what we do, he caused a second book to be written in the literal history, hidden by prophetic riddle. The Bible itself is a metaphor of the reality of his works. What we see and what we don't see. All of the Old Testament is written in this 2 layer format. All of the New Testament gets it's theology from the hidden layer and is a commentary on it.

You don't understand the New Testament until you have found the OT source.

>>15230504

If you don't think the church messed with Biblical interpretation, then why have you never seen who the bride is and that Satan reads the Bible literally?

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡

The church is called the 'bride of Christ'. [1]

Theologians cannot agree if the church defines the bride or the bride defines the church. Are those in the visible church (however that is defined) 'saved'? Or are those who are 'saved' in the invisible church? For some, the 'saved' and the 'bride' are two different entities.

The marriage of the Lamb of God comes on the heels of God divorcing Israel. Marriage is used as a metaphor for the relationship between God and his people. In the same way that 'Israel' is.

1.Re 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞

The Hebrew word for marriage is 'laqach' לקח. [1] But it also means 'doctrine' or learning'. [2] [3]

Israel means 'man joined to God by revelation'. Israel was called the wife of God. And now the word for marriage means that the wife is taught by God. [4]

Without knowing any Hebrew, you can know that whenever you see the lamed ל in a word, it has something to do with teaching. 'Laqach' לקח means 'taught ל the cross ק for life ח. The bride are those who are taught by Christ; they are Israel.

1. Ex 21:3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. [{by himself: Heb. with his body }]

2. De 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

3. Pr 1:5 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

4. 1Ti 2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

>>15230527

𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧

God reveals himself and teaches his own because 'God is separated from men by ignorance' or 'Elohim' אלהים. Paul wanted us to understand this when he wrote that women should learn from their husbands.

Paul was not speaking of men and women. He was speaking of Christ and the church. [1]

The bride is the church and the husband is Christ. Paul writes in a mystery, not literally. It is easy to see why people who do not know the scripture, come up with pernicious doctrine subjugating women.

1.Eph 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 -𝟏

The devil reads scripture literally. He tempted Jesus to turn literal stones into bread using the literal meaning found in a Psalm. [1]

Jesus understood the mystery: He was the stone that the builders rejected [2]; the Rock that followed Israel in the desert [3], and that Rock would become the bread through his suffering and death on the cross. [4]

How you read scripture tells you something of your knowledge of God. You cannot understand scripture until your eyes are opened by God. Your flesh will read it like the devil.

1. Ps 78:20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

2. Mr 12:10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

3. 1Co 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

4. Lu 22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake [it], and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

I hope this blesses you as you reconsider if you can read the Bible the way Jesus did or if you have been ham-strung by the lie that the Bible is merely a literal-historical record.

Just as God works invisibly behind the scenes while we do what we do, he caused a second book to be written in the literal history, hidden by prophetic riddle. The Bible itself is a metaphor of the reality of his works. What we see and what we don't see. All of the Old Testament is written in this 2 layer format. All of the New Testament gets it's theology from the hidden layer and is a commentary on it.

You don't understand the New Testament until you have found the OT source.

>>15230532

If you don't think the church messed with Biblical interpretation, then why have you never seen that garments always represent works?

𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬

From the time that God gave Adam and Eve garments made from the skins [1] of sheep [2], garments have represented works.

The hand is also a symbol of works. Fingertips pas פס represent the distinct works. Joseph 'colourful coat' was a tunic of pasim, or 'distinguishing' works. [3] [4] Elijah and Elisha shared the mantle as a symbol of sharing the same work. [5]

The garments Adam made from leaves did not cover his sin, but the garment of skin owr עור that God gave him was a garment representing the works of Christ. Jesus was the Light of the world. [6] The word 'light' owr אור is the same sound as 'skin'. God gave Adam a garment representing the works and Light of Christ.

1. Ge 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

2. How do we know it was sheep?

3. Ge 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he [was] the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of [many] colours.

4. Joh 19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also [his] coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

5. 2Ki 2:13 ¶ He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

Joh 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬

Adam and Eve's works, in making garments of leaves was insufficient to cover their nakedness (representing sin) before God. They made their aprons from fig leaves. Fig also means lying; their garments teased of a covering, but it was a lie.

Leaves is the word allah עלה, that may sound familiar. It means ascend, burnt offering, and halocaust. They had made a lying allah in the flesh [1]. They were attempting to do works to cover their sin.

This insufficiency is made clear again in how much of their nakedness was covered. They made aprons [2] or loin clothes. God made tunics [3] for them from skins. We can try to cover our sin by making amends, but the offense is still a stain. We require the tunics of God.

1. Whenever you see the ayin ע in a word, that word is related tot he flesh.

2. apron חגור - places of concealment חגו revealed ר.

3. tunic כתנת - like כ the Son of man נ from his beginning purpose to his end ת()ת

𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐭

There are several words used for generic 'garments'. One is used for the clothing of the priests called beged בגד or garments of deceit. They were costumes to show that they were playing a role as a type of Christ. Beged means 'revelation to man ב that God pursued them ג with the commandment ד'. The drama performed by the priests taught them about God through his law.

The sacrifices did not give grace; [1] but a promise of grace through the cross. [2]

The sacrifices were a promise of grace, which could not be given until after the instrument of grace was in effect. Only a provisional grace could be given until Christ rose from the dead. Sacrifices never gave grace in the past, and no future sacrifices can be made. Jesus finished the work. [3]

1. Heb 10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

2. Heb 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

3. Joh 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

>>15230559

𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝

Theologians tell us that Adam was cursed by God as he was thrown out of the garden. He wasn't. The ground was cursed. [1] There was no reason for Adam to be cursed. The tree was a symbol of God's holiness.

God is separated from man by ignorance; Elohim. His 'marriage' to man concerns teaching about God, who cannot be seen nor heard. The tree was set apart as 'dinner theater' so that Adam could learn that God is Holy or separated. Adam didn't learn from lesson one, so he was further separated from God as he was put out of the garden. [2]

God is not angry at men, but at his sin. [3] He does not wish to destroy any. [4]

1. Ge 3:17 ¶ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;

2. Ge 3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

3. Ro 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

4.2Pe 3:9 ¶ The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

𝐄𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝

Eve's transgression was that she was deceived to think that we are like animals; she thought that anything we do must be good because God made us that way. [1]

The woman, representing mankind as the bride of Christ, chosen to learn from him, was deceived by the flesh. The instinct of man is an enemy of God; [2] making choices putting the 'self' in the position of God. It makes choices of 'good and bad' and usurps God's position as the one who declares 'good and evil'.

The garments were a perpetual reminder that we are more than animals. The naked body is not sinful. But when one chooses nakedness over clothing, it is a declaration that one is like an animal and can declare good and evil for himself. Pain in childbirth was also not a curse, but a vivid reminder that she was not an animal. [3] How so? Pain is generally not associated with bearing young by animals.

1. Ge 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

2. Ro 8:7 Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

3. Ge 3:16 ¶ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

I hope this blesses you as you reconsider if you can read the Bible the way Jesus did or if you have been ham-strung by the lie that the Bible is merely a literal-historical record.

Just as God works invisibly behind the scenes while we do what we do, he caused a second book to be written in the literal history, hidden by prophetic riddle. The Bible itself is a metaphor of the reality of his works. What we see and what we don't see. All of the Old Testament is written in this 2 layer format. All of the New Testament gets it's theology from the hidden layer and is a commentary on it.

You don't understand the New Testament until you have found the OT source.