Do
TOV and Let KARMA Take Its Course. Journalist, Kate Murphy, wrote an
interesting article about Revenge.
She said an Australian entrepreneur created a service that allows you to send
your enemies an envelope full of glitter. Settling scores marks political,
business and personal relationships. At it's most extreme, the desire for
vengeance fuels murder, terrorism, and wars. Read Rabbi Leynor’s blog at –
http://mailchi.mp/b09ade2091af/do-tov-and-let-karma-take-its-course
50
years before the Temple was destroyed in 70 CE, Yeshua (the Jesus of history)
was teaching the Shema. This is a Jewish leader teaching members of Jewish
sect. No Christians existed at that time. The
context began with the words, “Hear, O Israel,” which means, “Listen
up and obey!” This is followed by a
clear declaration of who the Elohim (God) of Israel is – It is Yahweh!
Next is the command, “You shall love!” I have two questions for you,
now. 1. Is love a concrete action or an abstract notion?
2. Do you do love or do you feel love?
Continue reading at – http://mailchi.mp/3ccfa37c1b03/love-your-god-concrete-actions-or-abstract-notions
The
other night I was working on a translation of the parable of Jesus about
“destroying the Torah.” A CNN Breaking News announcement caught my attention.
Students on university campuses were shouting “death to Israel,”
“applauding what Hamas did to the Israeli citizens,” and shouting
“death to America.” What I was seeing made absolutely no sense!
Were they “crazy”? Or could their brains have been hacked? Continue reading at
- http://mailchi.mp/d77ae80b1bb4/concrete-actions-or-abstract-notions
For I say unto you, that unless your
righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall
in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. This English translation
completely fails to reveal the words that the original Jesus spoke to his
disciples. What does
Elohim, the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth value the most? Continue
reading at - http://mailchi.mp/7043d6d0e0fe/pursuing-opportunities-to-demonstrate-their-loyalty-and-faithfulness
People have been arguing about who
Jesus was, what he believed, what he taught, or even if he ever existed, since
24 CE (AD). So, the minute you saw the word “Jesus” your brain connected what
you believe about “Jesus” (your bundles of associations). If you haven’t read
articles I have written about Jesus (Yeshua), I know that you will not
accurately understand this article. Continue reading at – http://mailchi.mp/d555ba308b69/correcting-the-translation-of-one-word-can-make-a-big-difference
The
cultures of the Arabs, Phoenicians, Aramaeans, Babylonians, and Assyrians
shared the following. An ordered cosmos focused on the world of the gods.
Organization had been brought to the divine realm through the birth of
deities and assignment of roles in the ordered world. The gods lived
in society with hierarchical structures. Continue reading at - http://mailchi.mp/94b5c515939a/this-is-what-makes-the-hebrew-culture-different
Now
I am going to focus on “the bundles of associations” connected to the words in
the Bible. A key skill in working with words is anchoring them to specific
times and places. (1) None of the Bible was originally addressed to you. None
of us was involved in the original communication events as either senders or
receivers. We are, in a sense, third-party intruders and suffer from
third-party perspectives. Continue reading at - http://mailchi.mp/939734bf835d/increasing-your-accuracy-in-reading-the-bible-part-1
