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I AM הוהי (THE LORD) WHICH EXERCISE
LOVINGKINDNESS, JUDGMENT, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, IN THE EARTH: FOR IN THESE
THINGS I DELIGHT, SAITH THE LORD
”- Micah 6:8, & Jeremiah 9:24, KJB. And also says elsewhere,
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
FEAR GOD, AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS:
FOR THIS IS THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN. FOR GOD SHALL BRING EVERY WORK INTO
JUDGMENT
, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil”- Ecclesiastes 12:13-14,
KJB. And it finally says, “
I הוהי (THE LORD) SEARCH THE HEART
, I TRY THE REINS, EVEN
TO
GIVE EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WAYS, AND ACCORDING TO THE FRUIT OF HIS
DOINGS
”- Jeremiah 17:10, KJB.
The reason why most things taught by Bible scholars are misleading
The way most Bible experts approach the issue of unlocking Hebrew Scripture’s message to mankind is
seriously flawed. Why? Simply because their fundamental premise is that Scripture must be a sort of
“theological Jigsaw puzzle”; only that, unlike most jigsaw puzzles, this one is composed of an incredibly
large [yet undetermined] amount of pieces. So, they reckon any part they miss [or wrongly place into the
puzzle] would somehow prevent them from having a clear and precise picture of God's message to mankind.
And the latter would make sense if we were dealing with a morally defective (pagan) god- one playing upon
us a cruel game of “hide and seek”; But, for the serious follower of ethical monotheism, this view is an
intolerable contradiction, as our master Moses taught us that the Creator is morally perfect (“He is the Rock,
his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children...”- Deuteronomy 32:4-5).
The fact of the matter is that Scripture conveys just one simple message; one that is hinted at starting with
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Bible's very first verse [Genesis 1:1] and then keeps repeating itself over and over again in various and
different forms [parables, allegories, historical accounts, etc]. And that message is nothing that we can't sense
by ourselves on our everyday journey through this physical universe, as it is the message displayed all over
nature. What's that message?- The law of “sowing, and reaping”; “eye, for an eye”, “action, and reaction”;
“cause, and effect”; “what goes around, comes around”, etc.
In other words, God’s message to mankind is that, if we sow goodness, we will be allowed to reap goodness;
that if we search for God, God will search for us; that if we abandon Him, he will abandon us; that if we
forgive, we too will be forgiven. And Hebrew tradition summarizes this message saying the following: “What
is hateful to you, do not to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary. Go and study it”-
Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 31a (Rabbi Hillel). On the other hand, Christianity does likewise when it says:
“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the
Law and the Prophets”- Matthew 7:12.
But, how is the former message conveyed in Genesis 1:1? Very simple! You see, the Hebrew text of Genesis
1:1 reads as follows: “Bereshit Bara Elohim et ha Shamaim...” (In Beginning God created the Heavens…).
But since most hebrew words have more than one valid translation, any Hebrew speaking reader will
immediately realize that the verse can also be translated as: “With Beginning (in other words, with
"principle", or with "head"), God created the heavens...”.
What does the verse mean? With what “principle” did God create the heavens? Well, ancient Hebrew people
didn’t know the Sun was 93 million miles away from Earth. Thus, whenever they raised their eyes toward the
heavens, they wondered what mysterious principle allowed those two natural enemies (the fire of the sun,
and the water of the clouds) to dwell together in harmony, without destroying one another. And they
concluded that such principle must be that "heavens" is the place reserved for those who are loving enough to
do likewise; living in harmony even with their natural enemies.
And the fact that this brotherly love brings everlasting life is also confirmed by the verse that goes on to say:
“How delightfully good when brothers live together in harmony!…” (Psalm 133:1, Christian Standard
Bible). And what comes immediately next?- “… For there the Lord has appointed the blessing - life
forevermore” (Psalm 133:3)
«Whence do we know God meant all nations of the world to willingly embrace Torah (God’s 10 Supreme
Laws)? We know it from the fact that ancient Hebrew tradition recognized the World to be comprised of 70
original nations. And, inspired by the Holy Spirit, Moses uttered the following [prophetic] words: “Shema
Yisrael ('Hear, O Israel')... ”- Deuteronomy 6:4; but the former may be validly translated also as “Shem- A
('ayin') Yisrael...”. And since the Hebrew word “Shem” means “Name”, while the Hebrew letter “ayin” (A)
has a numerical value of “70”, the phrase could then be read as: “Name of 70 [nations of the world]-
Israel!”. Thus, just as Torah had been given unto the nation of Israel, so was it also given unto the rest of the
World»
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