PART 2:  BIBLE STUDY VERSION 

CHAPTER 1 
 

The Bible translations (such as The King James Version) are derived from Hebrew and Greek manuscripts.  To be faithful to the original manuscripts and to impart the TRUTH, the translations must state EXACTLY the teachings of the manuscripts, for the manuscripts are ORIGINAL to the translations.  Should, then, the translations NOT follow the original manuscripts, they (Bible translations) are inaccurate, misleading, and then become new inventions, possibly what is meant by "teaching the traditions of men". 
 

After more than 15 years of Bible study, our group was led to begin utilizing Hebrew and Greek computerized transliterations - keyed to Strong's Concordance - to study the King James version (our mainstay study Bible) and many of the modern versions. Amazingly, we began to discover that NO Bible translation faithfully imparts MAJOR and most important truths of the Hebrew manuscripts* - from which all others (to include the Greek) derive.  This includes the King James Version! 
[*NOTE:  NONE, that is, until our recent discovery of the EXEGESES PARALLEL BIBLE. It may be purchased from the web address on the "Acknowledgments" page which can be accessed from our home page, a recent literal translation and transliteration of scripture - a 10 year project - by Herb Jahn of EVERY word, translating and transliterating from the ARAMAIC manuscript:  THE VERY LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY JESUS! "The Old Covenant was originally inscribed on scrolls in Hebraic and Aramaic (also known as Chaldean).  The New Covenant was inscribed on scrolls in Hebraic, Aramaic and Hellenic (also known as Bible Greek)." Jahn] 
 

As an example, we refer you to one such departure in Genesis 6:5.  This verse, in the King James Version, states that "God saw that the wickedness of man was great" while the original Hebrew states that "the Lord saw the wickedness of man was great".  This is no small point for no God in the original Hebrew manuscript is mentioned up to this point in scripture - whether we like it or not, accept it or not - except the 'elohiym which means "gods" - plural - (NOT God) and BOTH - the Lord AND the 'elohiym - are present in separate conversations with Noah in discussing the flood and in giving Noah instructions:  THAT could account for the differing instructions given to Noah.  
 

In Gen. 6:5-7, the LORD saw the wickedness of man and announced man's destruction.  It is in verse 11  that the 'elohiym begin to speak of the corruption of the EARTH and in verse 13 says "the end of all flesh is come before me".  To us, that means that the 'elohiym have now been made aware that the LORD desires the destruction of all flesh:  orders from on High.  [who the 'elohiym (gods) are is discussed later in this document.]                

What we discovered from reading, checking and cross-checking the Hebrew and Greek and Bible translations helped to answer and to make sense of many, many inconsistencies which puzzled us through the years.  We seek to share what we have found.  If you are helped in your understanding of the Word of God and are strengthened in your relationship with el elyon [The Most High God ] - The Father of Jesus the Christ Whom Jesus came to restore us to - we are blessed beyond measure.  Please read our Welcome text and Purpose pages to be certain of our motives.  May you be blessed as we have been--and continue to be. 

GENESIS 1:1 
 

IF YOU HAVE NOT READ GENESIS, CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 3, WITH A HEBREW TRANSLITERATION AND STRONG'S CONCORDANCE AT YOUR SIDE, YOU WOULD BE UNAWARE THAT EACH TIME THE WORD "GOD" IS READ, ITS TRUE TRANSLATION IS "GODS" FOR IT IS A  PLURAL NOUN. 
 

When one reads a Bible translation of Genesis 1 - which speaks of the creation of the heaven, earth, living creatures and man - in every instance, unless one reads from the EXEGESES PARALLEL BIBLE, a Hebrew transliteration or Strong's Concordance, it is stated that GOD (singular) created and formed each entity. 
 

"In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth." (Gen. 1.1, KJV) 
 
 

The Hebrew (from which the King James Bible and other versions are written), shows that the word the Bibles translate as "God" in these two instances is really 'elohiym.  This word has presented many problems for in Hebrew, it is a plural noun. Many have sought to solve that problem by saying that the term "elohiym" is plural and the term "us" in verse 26 is plural because they stand for the Godhead:  Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  Let us allow scripture and the Hebrew manuscript from which the scriptures are derived to instruct us. 
 
 

"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." (Gen 1.26, KJV) 
 

If we turn to Genesis 5:1-2, we receive the WHOLE counsel of God concerning "man": 
"...In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made HE [NOT "THEY" - TRINITY] him; 
"Male and female created HE THEM; and blessed THEM, and called THEIR name Adam, in the day when THEY were created."  
 

Matthew 19:4 (KJV):  "And he answered and said unto them, "Have ye not read, that HE [NOT "THEY" - TRINITY] which made THEM at the beginning made THEM male and female..." 
 

Mark 10:6 (KJV):  "But from the beginning of the creation God made  THEM MALE AND FEMALE." 

CONSIDER:   "Male" and "female" are SEXUAL  designations. 

If they are made in the image of the 'elohiym - and the 'elohiym are supposed to Father, Son (Christ) and Holy Spirit - would not the 'elohiym be SEXUAL beings? 
 

This would, then, fly in the face of scripture that CLEARLY states that CHRIST is NOT sexual in being: 
 

Galatians 3:27, 28 (KJV):  "For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE:  FOR YE ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS." 
 

Gen. 3:22 (KJV): "And the Lord God (Hebrew: 'elohiym) said, Behold the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil." 
 

CONSIDER:  The man has just become "as one of the 'elohiym" by eating from the tree he was instructed NOT to eat from. In other words, by being DISOBEDIENT, the man has become "as one of US" - the 'elohiym, supposedly the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as we were taught before studying the original Hebrew. 
 

The man, who before did NOT know he was naked - thus, was in a state of innocence or of ignorance - now knows good and evil after being disobedient and eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  In other words, the man did not become "as one of" the 'elohiym (supposedly the Father, Son and Holy Spirit - as traditional doctrine teaches) by eating from THE TREE OF LIFE but by eating from the tree which would cause DEATH. 
 

DO YOU BELIEVE THE 'ELOHIYM COULD THUS BE THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT? 
 

CHAPTER 2 
 

WHO ARE THE 'ELOHIYM 
 

Plural of H433 ('elowahh: a deity (a god, false god) 
 

Ken Hamel's biblical research with Strong's: 
 

1) plural 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) plural intensive - singular meaning 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God 
 

You have just read the original Hebrew AND Strong's Concordance meaning of 'elohiym. Let us take it a step further and read Psalms 82.  This chapter is a singularly, extraordinarily important chapter in resolving whether or not 'elohiym means The Godhead:  The Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 
 

Psalm 82:1(KJV): 
 

"God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among THE GODS." 
 

Here is the Hebrew (which predates all the Bible translations and from which they derive) for the word(s) "god/gods" in that verse (see also Strong's Concordance): 
 

"'elohiym standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the 'elohiym." 
 

"THE GODS"(KJV) is the correct translation for 'elohiym(for it is the plural of H433: a deity; and H410: strength; mighty, the Almighty, any deity, God, god, goodly, great, idol; and H352: anything strong, spec. a chief (politically), a pilaster (strong support), an oak or other strong tree, mighty man, lintel, post,  ram ) .   Verse 6 of this chapter (Psalms 82) bears this out and tells us EXACTLY who the 'elohiym are: 
 

Psalm 82:6: 
 

"I have said, Ye are gods (Hebrew and Strong's Concordance: 'elohiym ) AND ALL OF YOU ARE CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH." 
 

THE MOST HIGH is el elyon. AND THE 'ELOHIYM ARE HIS CHILDREN! 
 

Corroborating this scripture is one spoken by Jesus Himself in John 10:33-36: 
 

"The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are GODS (Hebrew and Aramaic: 'elohiym)?  (The cross-reference for this verse is Psalms 82:6!!)  "If he called them GODS (Hebrew and Aramaic: 'elohiym), UNTO WHOM THE WORD OF GOD CAME [the 'elohiym CANNOT, therefore, be The Father, Son and Holy Spirit as taught), AND THE SCRIPTURE CANNOT BE BROKEN; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?" 
 

Let us now quote the entire chapter of Psalms 82 (KJV), a very short but VERY important chapter: 
 

"God ('elohiym) standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods ('elohiym).  "How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked?  Selah. "Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. "Deliver the poor and needy:  rid them out of the hand of the wicked.  "They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness:  all the foundations of the earth are out of course.  "I have said, YE ARE GODS ('elohiym); AND ALL OF YOU ARE CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH.  BUT YE SHALL DIE LIKE MEN, AND FALL LIKE ONE OF THE PRINCES.   Arise, O God ('elohiym), judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations." 
 

THIS SCRIPTURE IDENTIFIES "THE 'ELOHIYM" AS THE CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH GOD - WHO, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, IS IDENTIFIED AS THE FATHER OF JESUS THE CHRIST - WHO IS HIS "ONLY BEGOTTEN SON"! 
 
 

Who are the 'elohiym? You must decide that for yourself. 
 

It is not necessary for these pages (nor is it ultimately our desire) to state definitively for anyone whether the 'elohiym are gods or angels, etc.   It is enough to present truth that corroborates who the 'elohiym are NOT.   They are NOT, as stated in Bible translations ALONE  -  with the exception of the Exegeses Parallel Bible, The Father and The Son and The Holy Spirit. 
 

CHAPTER  3 
 

We have seen in the earlier chapters that the term 'elohiym cannot mean The Godhead:  The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit because they (the 'elohiym) are the CHILDREN of the Most High God (Psalm 82:6). 
 

We remain on the trail of discovering who the 'elohiym of Genesis 1 & 2 REALLY are, ACCURATELY called "gods" in the original Hebrew and Aramaic but erroneously portrayed as The Godhead: The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit in subsequent Bible translations, to include the King James Version because the word 'elohiym is plural and means "us (gods)". 
 

As we read scripture, the only two types of beings who manifested "special powers over the lives and affairs of people and the course of nature" (gods) - through direct communication with the Lord or through independent action - are ANGELS and MEN. And the angels - ministering or hindering SPIRITS - HAVE ALWAYS APPEARED AS MEN WHEN SEEN!  I do not mention Satan (he also has angels) for I believe it is scriptural to say that he is one of the 'elohiym (gods). 
 

Moses was made an "elohiym" by the LORD! 
 

EXODUS 6:30(KJV): 
 

"And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised  
lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? " 
 

EXODUS 7:1(KJV): 
 

"And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god ('ELOHIYM) to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet." 
 

Lee Ellenwood, whose writings have profoundly impacted me through the years, had this to say about "angels": 
 

"The Hebrew word [for angels] is "malak" or "malakh". The Greek is "aggelos". In both cases the meaning is "one who delivers a message, a messenger".  And that is all.  We have developed a highly unscriptural concept of angels in our day, perhaps from the romanticists of medieval art. An angel may be a human [as we saw above that a human may be 'elohiym - a "god"!] . E.g., the "messenger" that came to Job was a "malak" or "angel" but UNDOUBTEDLY A MAN (Job 1:14). See Tergelles.  In the N.T., John the Baptist sent "messengers" to Jesus (Gr. "aggelos") (Luke 7:24).  These were MEN, two disciples of John (v.19).  The word "men" here could be taken generically to mean personages or persons.  But Mark says (16:5) that there was present a "young man" arrayed in a white robe and sitting by.  Now a "spirit-angel" does not go through a birth and aging process (he is simply created and remains changeless), so this leads us to believe that at least one of the two angels here, the "young man" angel, was one of God's saints "from within the Veil". For the sake of clarity, we have invented the terms, "spirit-angels" and "people-angels" to designate the two classes.  Also, we are coming to believe more and more THAT MANY OF THE ANGELS MENTIONED IN THE SCRIPTURES MAY BE SAINTS SENT BACK FROM THE THRONE ROOM OF GOD TO PERFORM SPECIAL MISSIONS IN THE DIVINE PURPOSE.  Each time the word "angel" is found, the context should be carefully noted. 
 

ANGELS, OR "MESSENGERS" IN THE SCRIPTURES MAY BE CREATED SPIRITS, OR THEY MAY BE HUMANS. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS FACT BECAUSE ANGELS ARE INVOLVED IMPORTANTLY IN THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST." END OF QUOTE 
 

In corroboration, I place here REVELATION 22:8, 9: 
 

"And I John saw these things, and heard them.  And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things.  "Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: FOR I AM THY FELLOWSERVANT, AND OF THY BRETHREN THE PROPHETS, AND OF THEM WHICH KEEP THE SAYINGS OF THIS BOOK: WORSHIP GOD." 
 

Revelation 21:17 (KJV):  "And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, THAT IS, OF THE ANGEL"! 
 

Interestingly - informatively, I believe - the name of one of the chief archangels, GABRIEL, is translated "MAN OF GOD"!  Interestingly, too, Gabriel is a "man of ('el)God  the Almighty - NOT of God(s), the  'elohiym. 

 
Is the term "elohiym" (gods) a generic term used for "ANY various beings conceived of as supernatural, immortal and having special powers over the lives and affairs of people and the course of nature"? 
 

Are the 'elohiym (gods) ANY specially-empowered MIGHTY spirits and/or men (INVISIBLE AND VISIBLE): "GIANTS IN THE LAND"? 

CHAPTER 4 
 

There are other interesting words and scripture worthy of  consideration which lend great weight to the 'elohiym being other than Father, Son and Holy Spirit, such as Mark 5:2-7. 
 

Mark 5:2-7  "And when he [Jesus] was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:  because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces:  neither could any man tame him.  And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.  But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, and cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, THOU SON OF THE MOST HIGH GOD [elyon elyon]?  I adjure (oath, swear) thee BY GOD [Hebrew-Aramaic:  'elohiym, Greek:  theos], that thou torment me not." 
 

Here we have a spirit - even one unclean - who KNEW who Jesus was and who His [Jesus'] Father and God was [THE MOST HIGH GOD - elyon elyon] and he [the unclean spirit] swore [adjured] by ANOTHER God ['elohiym, theos].  The meanings of the God the unclean spirit swore by are the Hebrew word "'elohiym" (H430) for God in Genesis 1, 2, and 3 and the Greek word "theos" (g2316): 
 

H430 'elohiym:  plural of H433;  gods in the ordinary sense; but spec. used (in the plur. thus, esp. with the art.) of the supreme God;  occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:--angels, x exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), x (very) great, judges, x mighty. 
 

G2316 theos; of uncertain affin.; a deity, espec. (with g3588) the supreme Deity; fig. a magistrate; by Heb. very:--X exceeding, God, god[-ly, -ward]. 
 

THESE ARE THE WORDS USED FOR THE GOD ('ELOHIYM) OF GENESIS 1:26-27 WHO SAID "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS."  BY WHOM THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT SWORE. 
 

THESE ARE NOT THE WORDS USED FOR THE MOST HIGH GOD ('EL ELYON or 'ELYON 'ELYON)!   THE FATHER OF JESUS THE CHRIST. 

CHAPTER 5 

 
Scripture comparison is the most useful for confirmation and instruction of difficult to understand passages or words.  There are other illuminating scriptures which serve to give more insight into the identification of the 'elohiym.  It is MOST useful when these scriptures are found in both the Old Testament and the New Testament describing the same event(s): 
 

Exodus 31:18 (KJV):  "And HE - singular - gave unto Moses, when HE had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, WRITTEN WITH THE FINGER OF GOD  ('ELOHIYM)" - plural. 
 

H430. 'elohiym, el-o-heem;  plural of H433 [singular] el, a god, a deity); GODS [plural] in the ordinary sense; but spec. used (in the plural thus, esp. with the art.) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to "MAGISTRATES"; and sometimes as a superlative:-- ANGELS, GOD (GODS) (GODDESSES, godly), (very) GREAT, JUDGES, MIGHTY. 
 

Deuteronomy 9:10 (KJV):  "And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone WRITTEN WITH THE FINGER OF GOD ('elohiym!); and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly." [refer again to the meaning of "elohiym" above]. 
 

Galatians 3:19 (KJV):  "Wherefore then serveth the law?  It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; AND IT WAS ORDAINED BY ANGELS IN THE HAND OF A MEDIATOR." 
 

Hebrews 2:2 (KJV):  "For if the word spoken by ANGELS was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;" 
 

Acts 7:53 (KJV):  "Who have received the law BY THE DISPOSITION OF ANGELS, and have not kept it." 
 

Are the 'elohiym the same as or different from the FATHER, SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT? 
 

If different - WHO ARE THEY? 

CHAPTER 6 

 
WHO ARE THEY?  It's worth a revisit to Psalm 82 to remember who the Bible says they are: 
 

"God ('elohiym) standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods ('elohiym).  How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked?  Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.  Deliver the poor and needy:  rid them out of the hand of the wicked.  They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness:  all the foundations of the earth are out of course.  I have said, YE ARE GODS ('elohiym); AND ALL OF YOU ARE CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH.  BUT YE SHALL DIE LIKE MEN, AND FALL LIKE ONE OF THE PRINCES.   Arise, O God ('elohiym), judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations."  SURELY THEY (THE 'ELOHIYM) ARE  MEANT TO BE - CREATED TO BE - ADVOCATES FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE  AND ARE BEING ENJOINED TO LIVE UP TO THEIR CALLING! 
(JUDGES - WHO ARE REALLY LAWYERS - ARE KNOWN AS "ADVOCATES" WHO PLEAD A CASE ON BEHALF OF AN ACCUSED) 

Prior to considering scriptures leading to a strong conclusion, a revisit to Strong's Concordance treatment of 'elohiym is also in order: 
 

H430. 'elohiym, el-o-heem;  plural of H433 [singular] el, a god, a deity); GODS [plural] in the ordinary sense; but spec. used (in the plural thus, esp. with the art.) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to "MAGISTRATES"; and sometimes as a superlative:-- ANGELS, GOD (GODS) (GODDESSES, godly), (very) GREAT, JUDGES, MIGHTY. 
 

In answer to the question of whether the 'elohiym (the God(s) of Genesis 1, 2 and 3 are The Father, Son and The Holy Spirit or are judges as mentioned in Psalm 82 becomes immediately clear in the following scriptures: 
 

Exodus 21:6 (KJV):  "Then his master shall bring him unto the JUDGES..." 
 

The Hebrew word for judges here is 'ELOHIYM (gods). 
 

Exodus 22:8 (KJV):  "If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the JUDGES, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbor's goods." 
 

The Hebrew word for judges here is 'ELOHIYM (gods). 
 

Exodus 22:9 (KJV):  "For all manner of trespass, whether it be for an ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the JUDGES..." 
 

The Hebrew word for judges here is 'ELOHIYM (gods). 
 

Both Hebrew and Greek words define JUDGES as:  magistrates, rulers, overseers, officers, superintendents,  those who are chiefs, powers; those who try, condemn, punish, avenge, accuse, litigate, damn, conclude, decree, determine, esteem, go to law, ordain, sentence to, call in question, think and more. 
 

Ephesians 6:12 (KJV):  "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities..." 
 

PRINCIPALITIES:  G.746. arche (prop, abstr.) a commencement, or (concr.) chief (in various applications of order, time, place or rank);--beginning, corner (at the, the) first estate, MAGISTRATE, POWER, PRINCIPALITY, PRINCIPLE, RULE. 
 

"...against powers..." 
 

POWERS:  G1849. exousia; from G1832 (in the sense of ability); privilege, i.e., (subj.) FORCE, capacity, competency, freedom, or (obj.) mastery (concr.) MAGISTRATE, SUPERHUMAN, POTENTATE, token of control, DELEGATED INFLUENCE:--AUTHORITY, JURISDICTION, liberty, POWER, RIGHT, STRENGTH. 
 

"...against the rulers of the darkness of this world..." 
 

RULERS:  g 2888. kosmoskrator; A WORLD RULER, AN EPITHET OF SATAN:--RULER. 
 

DARKNESS:  g4655. skotos; SHADINESS, i. e., obscurity (lit. or fig.):--darkness.  Interestingly, the word for "image" (i.e., "Let us make man in our image"- Gen 1:26) is "tselem" which is from an unused root meaning "TO SHADE".   Also interestingly, "skotos" is from the base of g4639 "skia":  "SHADE" or "A SHADOW" (lit. or fig.) [DARKNESS OF ERROR OR AN ADUMBRATION, a REPRESENTATION (IMAGE) OF A THING!]  That word "tselem" in Gen. 1:26 also means "VAIN SHEW (SHOW)"!  That verse could also be read "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR VAIN SHEW." 
 

Interesting, too, is 2 Corinthians 4:4 (KJV): 
 

"In whom THE GOD ('ELOHIYM [HEBREW, ARAMAIC--Jahn.]) OF THIS  WORLD  hath blinded the minds of them which believe not"!  This God - world ruler - was in the Garden of Eden.  Read Genesis 3!  Yes, there are gods besides GOD!  THE BIBLE JUST TOLD US SO!  It confirms this truth yet again in 1 Corinthians 8:5 (KJV):  "For though there be that are called gods ('ELOHIYM/THEOS) WHETHER IN HEAVEN or in earth, (as there BE gods ['ELOHIYM/  THEOS] MANY, and lords many...)"  And Satan is one of them (one of the 'ELOHIYM).  THERE IS, INDEED, WICKEDNESS IN "HIGH PLACES"! 
 

CONSIDER:  Satan is the "god ('ELOHIYM/THEOS) of this world" (age): AION!  Contrary to traditional teaching which says he is in Hell tormenting departed souls, he yet has "a place" in Heaven UNLESS THE WAR BETWEEN MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS AND SATAN AND HIS ANGELS HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE AND SATAN HAS BEEN CAST OUT AND HIS PLACE IN HEAVEN FOUND NO MORE.  YET, EVEN IF THIS BE TRUE, HE HAS BEEN CAST DOWN TO EARTH TO TROUBLE "THE WOMAN" - THE CHURCH.  (Rev. 12:7-10) 
 

CONSIDER:  Jesus is Son of the Most High God - was the only begotten Son of the Most High God at His birth.  ADAM is the son of God ('ELOHIYM)! (Luke 3:38).  The God Most High and the 'elohiym are different.  
 

CONSIDER:  The first Adam was of the earth, earthy.  The God Most High is Spirit. 
 

CONSIDER:  Jesus himself, in John 8:42-44 (KJV) said:  "If God (who, for Jesus, was the Most High God) were your father, ye would love Me:  for I proceeded forth and came from God;  neither came I of Myself, but He sent Me.  Why do ye not understand My speech? even because ye cannot hear My word.  YE ARE OF YOUR FATHER THE DEVIL, AND THE LUSTS OF YOUR FATHER YE WILL DO.  HE WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING, AND ABODE NOT IN THE TRUTH, BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM.  WHEN HE SPEAKETH A LIE, HE SPEAKETH OF HIS OWN:  FOR HE IS A LIAR , AND THE FATHER OF IT."  Wonder no more why man needed and needs to be "saved". 
 

CONSIDER:  A liar is a "false" witness, a "false" ACCUSER - two of the meanings of "JUDGE".  We know that Satan is "the accuser of the brethren". 
 

CONSIDER:  In the Old Testament, the sons of God are mentioned.  In EVERY single instance, they are the sons of 'ELOHIYM!  They it were who "came unto the daughters of men" in Genesis 6 ("left their first estate"?); they it were who came before The Lord in Job 1:6 and Job 2:1 AND SATAN CAME ALSO AMONG THEM - WITH THEM " TO PRESENT HIMSELF BEFORE THE LORD" [Jahn:  "to station himself by The Lord"!]; they it were who "shouted for joy" as the morning stars sang in Job 38:7. 
 

CONSIDER:  The term "son of God" is mentioned only ONCE in the Old Testament and it is clearly indicative of Messiah/Christ:  "He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like THE SON OF GOD" (H426: ELAHH , Chaldean; corresp. to H433:  God [singular]; from H410, 'el:--mighty, strength; espec . the Almighty) 
---NOT the son of 'ELOHIYM. 
 

CONSIDER:  Is "Earth" the realm of "images", "patterns" for the instruction of principalities, powers, etc. in heavenly places?  The "elohiym" - children of the Most High God - being overseers, "the tutors and governors" - guardians - (Galatians 4:2 KJV)?  Their "vain shew" (show) of wisdom in future (after aeons of time) to be compared to the "manifold wisdom" of the Most High God which will be devastatingly instructive to them, one and all---THAT FATHER KNOWS BEST?  WHAT CHILD HAS NEVER THOUGHT, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THAT HE/SHE KNEW MORE THAN A PARENT [the 'ELOHIYM being the children of the Most High God]?  Their failures - independent actions - ending in the destruction of the old world by flood and in continued "problems" since - man ('adam) being made by them in their image? 
 

Romans 5:12-14 (KJV):  "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world:  but sin is not imputed when there is no law.  Nevertheless DEATH REIGNED [WAS KING, RULER] FROM ADAM TO MOSES, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is THE FIGURE of him that was to come".. 
 

Hebrews 8:5 (KJV):  "Who serve unto the example      and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle:  for, see, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount." 
 

example:  g5262. hupodeigma; an exhibit for imitation or  warning (fig. specimen, ADUMBRATION)["to show", "shew" - the Hebrew word for "image" in Gen. 1:26 is "tselem" which means "vain shew"!] 
shadow:  g4639. skia "shade" or shadow (fig.) [darkness of error or an adumbration]:--shadow. 
pattern:  g5179. tupos; a die (as struck), i.e., (by impl.) a stamp or scar; by anal. a shape, i.e. a statue (fig.) style or resemblance; spec.  A SAMPLER ("type"), i.e. a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning):--en-(ex-)ample, fashion, figure, form, manner, pattern, print. 
 

Hebrews 10:1 (KJV):  "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." 
 

Galatians 4:24-26 (KJV):  "Which things are an allegory:  for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.  For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.  But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all." 
 

CONSIDER:  If man is "made" in the image of the 'ELOHIYM, does that mean these "rulers" control the  genetic makeup of man, are archetypes of man's psyche, interact with his conscience?  Galatians 4:2,3 (KJV) says:  "But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the Father.  Even so we, when we were children, WERE IN BONDAGE UNDER THE ELEMENTS OF THE WORLD".  Certainly, genes "form", "fashion", "pattern" us - "predispose" us : 
 

tutors:  g2012. epitropos; a commissioner, i.e., domestic manager, GUARDIAN:--steward, TUTOR. 
governors:  g3623. oikonomos; house-distributor, i.e., manager or OVERSEER, i.e., an employee in that capacity; by extens. a fiscal agent (treasurer):-- chamberlain, governor, steward. 
bondage:  g1402. douloo; to enslave (lit. or fig.):-- 
bring  into (be under) bondage, become (make) servant. [remember Gen 2 where there was no man to "till" the soil and to "dress" the garden?  The word which means "till"and "dress" - 'abad - has the same meaning as "bondage".] 
elements:  g4747. stoicheion;  a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent; something orderly in arrangement:--element, principle, rudiment; to conform to. 
world:  g2889. kosmos; world:--orderly arrangement [OF WHICH SATAN - AN 'ELOHIYM - IS  "KOSMOSKRATOR", "WORLD RULER"] 
 

Galatians 4:4-5 goes on to say - thankfully - "But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, THAT WE MIGHT RECEIVE THE ADOPTION OF SONS [OF THE MOST HIGH GOD]." 
 

For me, the most telling scriptures that assure that the 'elohiym who created the earth and Adam in Genesis 1 are NOT the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are Psalm 8:4-5 and Hebrews 2:6-9.  Again, it is best when scriptures defining the same event occur in both the Old and New Testaments, expanding the understanding which would be limited without each: 
 

Psalm 8:4-5 (KJV):  "What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?  For thou hast made him a LITTLE LOWER [H2637. chacer; TO LACK;  by impl. TO FAIL, (HAVE) LACK, WANT, DESTITUTE, VOID, POVERTY, IN WANT OF, DEFICIENT] than the angels [ THE HEBREW IS GODS, 'ELOHIYM!]..." Is there any reader who believes that man (earthy) was made  only a LITTLE lower than the Most High God (HOLY), Father of Jesus, the Christ?   Put another way, is there any reader who believes that the Most High God, Father of Jesus, the Christ, is only a little higher than man? 
 

Hebrews 2:6,7, 9 (KJV):  "But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man that thou art mindful of him?  or the son of man, that thou visitest him?  Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:  but we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man."  If the above passages are correct, the 'elohiym are angels!   Is there any reader who believes, then, that the 'elohiym can be interpreted as being the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as has been done in English translations of Genesis 1-3? 
 

Telling, too, is the scripture that tells WHERE the seat of power of the 'elohiym is: 
 

Ezekiel 28:2 (KJV):  "Son of Man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God ('adonay Yehovih); 
Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God (sing.: 'el), I sit in the seat of God ('elohiym), IN THE MIDST OF THE SEAS". 
 

It is a fact that the God Most High - 'elyon 'elyon - is OMNIPRESENT:  EVERY where present and is NOT localized as is "the midst of the seas" - seat of the 'elohiym! 
 

Also of importance to note is the fact that the word "seat" here (H4186, 3427) means:  TO SIT DOWN (SPEC. AS JUDGE, IN AMBUSH, IN QUIET, by impl. to dwell, to remain, abode, assembly, dwelling place). 
 

One last word using two last scriptures for comparison which should shed much needed light concerning the creation of man - which in turn may shed light on the work of the 'elohiym:  
 

Genesis 1:26 (KJV):  "Let us make man in our tselem..."(original Hebrew) 
Psalm 39:6 (KJV):  "Surely every man walketh in a tselem..."(original Hebrew) 
Tselem (Strong's Concordance:  H6754) 
Now let us look at the English translations of that word - tselem - for it is the SAME word in both of those scriptures: 
Psalm 39:6(KJV):  "Surely every man walketh in a VAIN SHEW". 
Genesis 1:26(KJV):  "Let us make man in our IMAGE". 
The word - tselem -  being the same in both sentences would, of course, have the same meaning.  Therefore, how could it possibly be that a "vain shew" would be "in the image" of The Most High God, The Holy Spirit and Jesus, the Christ? 
 
 

It is best to take the Hebrew word, 'ELOHIYM, for what it says it is:  gods, goddesses, magistrates, angels, powers, principalities, etc.   We are now aided by computers which are able to cross-reference before we can even blink our eyes and by transliterations of original manuscripts of scripture.   It is best to let scripture speak for itself and explain itself: 
 

Colossians 1:16 (KJV):  "For BY Him (Christ, the Son of the Most High God) were ALL things created, that are in Heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, WHETHER THEY BE THRONES, OR DOMINIONS, OR PRINCIPALITIES, OR POWERS:  ALL THINGS WERE CREATED BY HIM, AND FOR HIM." 
 

Colossians 2:15 (KJV):  "And having SPOILED principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, TRIUMPHING OVER THEM IN IT." 
 

Romans 8:38, 39 (KJV):  "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor ANGELS, nor PRINCIPALITIES, nor POWERS, nor things present, nor things to come...SHALL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." 
 

Culminating in this glorious scripture showing the mystery of the Church hidden from the foundation of the world but revealed to Paul: 
 

Ephesians 3:10, 11 (KJV):  "TO THE INTENT THAT NOW UNTO THE  PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS IN HEAVENLY PLACES MIGHT BE KNOWN BY THE CHURCH THE MANIFOLD WISDOM OF GOD [MOST HIGH], ACCORDING TO THE ETERNAL PURPOSE WHICH HE PURPOSED IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD." 
 

NO MATTER HOW LIFTED UP ANY CREATURE IS IN PRIDE TO ASSUME HE/SHE IS ABLE TO BE INDEPENDENTLY WISE - WHICH ULTIMATELY MEANS TO ASCEND TO THE THRONE OF GOD MOST HIGH - SOME DAY EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW - WHEN ALL NECKS ARE SUFFICIENTLY BOWED AND ALL SOULS PURGED AND MADE HOLY - AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS NOT ONLY THAT JESUS IS LORD - KING OVER ALL KINGS, LORD OVER ALL LORDS  AND THE FIRSTBORN OF EVERY CREATURE (AND DESERVED HEIR OF ALL)  TO THE GLORY OF HIS FATHER, GOD MOST HIGH - BUT THAT: 
 

THE ONLY-WISE, OMNISCIENT FATHER KNOWS BEST AND SHALL HAVE HIGHEST  PRAISE...  FROM ALL THAT IS - - KNOWINGLY! 
 

AMEN.  EVEN SO, COME LORD JESUS AND TAKE ALL TO FATHER'S HOUSE TO BEHOLD HIM AND TO WORSHIP HIM WITHOUT CEASING. 
 

AMEN. 
 
 

CHAPTER 7 
 

"WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS GOING ON IN EDEN - THE GARDEN OF GOD ('ELOHIYM)?" 
 

Isaiah 61:3:  "...that they might be called TREES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,  the PLANTING OF THE LORD, that He might be glorified." 
 

Our bible study group - The Organism - had never paid attention to the trees in the garden.  Eden itself, as we had been taught, held all the alluring promise of future happiness, peace and joy.  The trees, along with all the idea of cultivated plantings and flowers of unimaginable beauty and abundance, were  part and parcel of the glories that awaited those who inherited the heavenly life. 
 

It was not until we had at hand the computerized tools which enabled us to "mine" the meanings behind the words of scripture that we began to gain a glimpse of a hidden and mysterious drama that, again, began to make difficult-to-understand passages take shape with breathtaking force. 
 

The Holy Spirit was revealing meanings with amazing clarity.  The Hebrew transliterations began to show us that manifold stories were to be understood from the readings and studies of these first chapters which would set the stage for the rest of scripture which followed.  And they would make sense of "the whole" of the Word. 
 

We began to learn that the trees were not trees but were "trees"; that plantings were not merely plantings but were "plantings".  That what "the woman" ate to her and Adam's downfall was not an apple, nay, not even a fruit at all.  We delight to open our studies at His bidding: 
 

H4302. matta'; something planted, i.e., the place (a garden or vineyard), or the thing (a plant, fig. OF MEN) [the word "MEN" struck with a force to be remembered. Make certain you note it also for reasons to be later revealed.  Note each word for they shall "make sense" later.] 
 

H 5193. nata'; to strike in, i.e., fix; spec. to plant:--   fastened, plant (-er).  [note "PLANTER"] 
 

G5452. phuteuo; from g5453; to set out in the earth, i.e., IMPLANT; (fig.) TO INSTILL DOCTRINE:--PLANT. 
 

G5453. phuo; to "puff" or blow, i.e., to swell up; to germinate or grow (sprout, produce), lit. or fig.:--spring (up). 
 

G5449. phusis;  from g5453; growth (by germination or expansion), i.e. (by impl.) NATURAL PRODUCTION (LINEAL DESCENT); by extens. a genus or sort; (fig.) NATIVE DISPOSITION, CONSTITUTION OR USAGE:-- ([MAN-]) KIND, NATURE ([-AL]). 
 

G5448. phusioo; from g5449; TO INFLATE, I.E., (FIG.) MAKE PROUD (HAUGHTY):--PUFF UP. 
 

G5446. phusikos; from g5449; "PHYSICAL", I.E., (BY IMPL.) INSTINCTIVE:--NATURAL.  comp. G5591. 
 

G5591. psuchikos; from G5590; SENSITIVE, I.E., ANIMATE (IN DISTINCTION ON THE ONE HAND FROM G4152, WHICH IS THE HIGHER OR RENOVATED NATURE; AND ON THE OTHER HAND FROM G5446, WHICH IS THE LOWER OR BESTIAL NATURE):--NATURAL, SENSUAL. 
 

G5990. PSUCHE; BREATH, I.E., BY (IMPL.) SPIRIT, (THE ANIMAL SENTIENT PRINCIPLE ONLY; THUS DISTINGUISHED ON THE ONE HAND FROM G4151, WHICH IS THE RATIONAL AND IMMORTAL SOUL; AND ON THE OTHER FROM G2222, WHICH IS MERE VITALITY, EVEN OF PLANTS:--LIFE, MIND, SOUL, + US, + YOU, HEART (+ -ILY). 
 

What in the world does all of this have to with trees and plants in Eden, you might wonder.  It DOES "have to do with" but let us first give you one last word:  EDEN. 
 

H5731. 'Eden; the same as H5730 (masc.) Eden, the region of Adam's home. 
 

H5730.  'eden;  from H5727; PLEASURE:--DELICATE, DELIGHT, PLEASURE. 
 

H5727. 'adan; a prim. root; TO BE SOFT [that alone should grab our attention and give us pause] OR  PLEASANT; (fig.) and reflex. TO LIVE VOLUPTUOUSLY:--delight SELF[!] 
 

EDEN:  A PLACE WHERE "THE JOYS OF THE INTELLECT AND OF THE SENSES REIGNED" - BUT NOT THE CELESTIAL, SHEKINAH GLORY OF SPIRIT HOLY...WITHIN AND WITHOUT. 
 

NOW.  Let's see what all this has to do with trees and plants and why everything we thought - traditionally - about Eden was made "to stand on its head"! 
 

Simply put:  we discovered that the trees and plants in Eden were NOT truly trees but were BEINGS!  And, if we were to believe the meaning of "plant" and "planting", they were BEINGS WITH DOCTRINE.  And, in that they were plantings of diversity, their doctrines were diverse.  THEY WERE THERE "FOR THE TASTING"! 
 

Confirmation is to be found in Ezekiel 31!: 
 

Ezekiel 31 (KJV):  "And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 
"Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt - if we stop to "open" the meaning of each of these words, we would never finish this particular subject! - and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 
"Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, AND OF AN HIGH STATURE; and HIS top was among the thick boughs. 
"The waters made HIM great, the deep set HIM up on high with HER rivers running round about HIS plants, and sent out HER little rivers unto all the trees of the field. 
 

TREES:  H6086. 'ets. from H6095; a tree (from its firmness);--CARPENTER, gallows, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, wood, tree. 
 

H6095. 'atsah; a prim. root; to fasten (or make firm). i.e. TO CLOSE (THE EYES):--SHUT. [REMEMBER ADAM AND THE WOMAN'S EYES WERE "SHUT"?  AS THEY "OPENED" FROM EATING FROM THE "TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL", WERE THEY "SHUT" FROM EATING FROM OTHERS?  [DOCTRINE HAS A WAY OF DOING THAT!] 
 

H352. 'ayil; prop. STRENGTH; SPEC. A CHIEF (POLITICALLY); also a ram (from his strength; A PILASTER (AS A STRONG SUPPORT); an oak or another strong tree:--MIGHTY (MA)N, lintel, oak, post, ram, tree. 
 

To continue:  "Therefore HIS height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and HIS boughs were multiplied, and HIS branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when HE shot forth. 
"All the fowls of heaven made their nests in HIS boughs, and under HIS branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and UNDER HIS SHADOW DWELT ALL GREAT NATIONS. 
 "Thus was HE fair in HIS greatness, in the length of HIS branches:  for HIS root was by great waters. 
"The cedars IN THE GARDEN OF GOD ('ELOHIYM) could not hide HIM:  the fir trees were not like HIS boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like HIS branches; nor any tree in the garden of God ('ELOHIYM) was like unto HIM in HIS beauty. 
"I have made HIM fair by the multitude of HIS branches:  so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God ('ELOHIYM) ENVIED HIM. 
"Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;  Because thou hast LIFTED UP THYSELF in height, and HE hath shot up HIS top among the thick boughs, and HIS HEART IS LIFTED UP IN HIS HEIGHT; 
"I have therefore delivered HIM into the hand of the mighty one of the HEATHEN; HE shall surely deal with HIM:  I have driven HIM out for HIS wickedness. 
"And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut HIM off, and have left HIM:  upon the mountains and in all the valleys HIS branches are fallen, and HIS boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH are gone down from HIS shadow, and have left HIM. 
"Upon HIS ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon HIS branches: 
"TO THE END THAT NONE OF ALL THE TREES BY THE WATERS EXALT THEMSELVES FOR THEIR HEIGHT, NEITHER SHOOT UP THEIR TOP AMONG THE THICK BOUGHS, NEITHER THEIR TREES STAND UP IN THEIR HEIGHT, all that drink water:  for THEY are ALL delivered unto DEATH, TO THE NETHER PARTS [lowermost part, (fig.) the pit, the womb] OF THE EARTH,  IN THE MIDST OF THE CHILDREN OF MEN,  with them that go down to THE PIT. 
"Thus saith the Lord GOD; in the day when HE went down to the grave I caused a mourning:  I covered the deep for HIM, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed:  and I caused Lebanon to mourn for HIM, and all the trees of the field FAINTED for HIM. 
"I made the NATIONS to shake at the sound of HIS fall, when I cast HIM down to HELL with THEM THAT DESCEND INTO THE PIT:  and all the trees of Eden, THE CHOICE AND BEST OF LEBANON, ALL THAT DRINK WATER, SHALL BE COMFORTED IN THE NETHER PARTS OF  THE EARTH. 
"THEY ALSO WENT DOWN INTO HELL WITH HIM unto THEM that be slain with the sword; and they that were HIS arm, that dwelt under HIS shadow in the midst of the heathen. 
"To whom art THOU thus like in glory and in greatness among the TREES OF EDEN?  yet shalt THOU be brought down WITH the TREES OF EDEN unto the NETHER PARTS OF THE EARTH:  THOU shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with THEM that be slain by the sword. 
[DO THESE "TREES" HAVE NAMES?  YES.] 
"THIS IS PHARAOH AND ALL HIS MULTITUDE, SAITH THE LORD GOD." 
 

Be aware that this is NOT speaking of "A" pharaoh, but of PHARAOH(S):  KINGS, i.e., LEADERSHIP, LEADERS, CHIEFTAINS, UNCOVERED HAIR:  HEADSHIP.  MANAGEMENT.  POWER STRUCTURE.  GOVERNING BODIES...WITHIN AND WITHOUT! 
 
EDEN:  A PLACE WHERE "THE JOYS OF THE INTELLECT AND OF THE SENSES REIGNED" - BUT NOT THE CELESTIAL, SHEKINAH GLORY OF SPIRIT HOLY...WITHIN AND WITHOUT. 
 

1 CORINTHIANS 13: 
 

"THOUGH I SPEAK WITH THE TONGUES OF MEN AND OF ANGELS, AND HAVE NOT CHARITY [LOVE], I AM BECOME AS SOUNDING BRASS, OR A TINKLING CYMBAL. 
"AND THOUGH I HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY, AND UNDERSTAND ALL MYSTERIES, AND ALL KNOWLEDGE; AND THOUGH I HAVE ALL FAITH, SO THAT I COULD REMOVE MOUNTAINS, AND HAVE NOT CHARITY [LOVE], I AM NOTHING. 
"AND THOUGH I BESTOW ALL MY GOODS TO FEED THE POOR, AND THOUGH I GIVE MY BODY TO BE BURNED, AND HAVE NOT CHARITY [LOVE], IT PROFITETH ME NOTHING. 
"CHARITY [LOVE] SUFFERETH LONG, AND IS KIND; CHARITY [LOVE] ENVIETH NOT; CHARITY [LOVE] VAUNTETH NOT ITSELF, IS NOT PUFFED UP. 
"DOTH NOT BEHAVE ITSELF UNSEEMLY, SEEKETH NOT HER OWN, IS NOT EASILY PROVOKED, THINKETH NO EVIL; 
"REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY, BUT REJOICETH IN THE TRUTH; 
"BEARETH ALL THING, BELIEVETH ALL THINGS, HOPETH ALL THINGS. 
"CHARITY NEVER FAILETH:  BUT WHETHER THERE BE PROPHECIES, THEY SHALL FAIL; WHETHER THERE BE TONGUES, THEY SHALL CEASE; WHETHER THERE BE KNOWLEDGE, IT SHALL VANISH AWAY. 
"FOR WE KNOW IN PART, AND WE PROPHESY IN PART. 
"BUT WHEN THAT WHICH IS PERFECT IS COME, THEN THAT WHICH IS IN PART SHALL BE DONE AWAY. 
"WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I SPAKE AS A CHILD, I UNDERSTOOD AS A CHILD, I THOUGHT AS A CHILD:  BUT WHEN I BECAME A MAN, I PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS. 
"FOR NOW WE SEE THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY; BUT THEN FACE TO FACE:  NOW I KNOW IN PART; BUT THEN I SHALL KNOW EVEN AS ALSO I AM KNOWN. 
"AND NOW ABIDETH FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY, THESE THREE; BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS CHARITY." 
 
 

CHAPTER 8 
 
 

 ENVY (JEALOUSY, COVETOUSNESS) AND PRIDE IN THE GARDEN?  NO, ALL WAS NOT WELL THERE.  NONE OF US HAD LEARNED THIS IN SUNDAY SCHOOL. 
 

A QUESTION BEGS TO BE ASKED HERE - BUT FIRST, WE STATE AGAIN: 
 

THE WORD TRANSLATED "GOD" IN GENESIS 1, 2 AND 3 IS - EVERY TIME WE READ IT - NOT A SINGULAR GOD BUT IS A PLURAL HEBREW WORD MEANING "GODS" WHO MAN BECOMES LIKE BY DISOBEYING THE INJUNCTION NOT TO EAT FROM THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL.  HE DISOBEYED AND BECAME LIKE THE GODS ('ELOHIYM). 
 

NOW - THE QUESTION AGAIN : 
 

WHO ARE THEY, THESE "GODS - 'ELOHIYM? 
 

I BELIEVE THEY COULD BE THE "GODS OF MAMMON" - SOME OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND SOME OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS - WHO AFFECT ALL ASPECTS OF HUMAN LIFE...WITHIN AND WITHOUT! 
 

TO BE SURE, THEY ARE CREATORS; HOWEVER, IT IS BEST TO REMEMBER:  THIS PRESENT CREATION IS NOT THE ONE CREATED "FROM NOTHING" - NOT THE ORIGINAL OR FIRST CREATION!  THE HEBREW WORD FOR "CREATION" IN GENESIS 1 REALLY MEANS TO "TAKE AND MAKE FROM SOMETHING ALREADY EXISTENT".  THIS CREATION IS A PATTERN OF THE TRUE.  A READING OF THE WORD - CREATE - WILL  BEAR THIS OUT: 
 

H1254. bara; to create; (QUALIFIED) TO CUT DOWN (A WOOD [A TREE!]),  SELECT,  FEED (AS FORMATIVE  PROCESSES):--CHOOSE, CREATE (CREATOR), CUT DOWN, DISPATCH,  DO, MAKE (FAT) . 
 

THAT'S IT!  THAT IS ALL IT SAYS!  NOTHING IS SAID ABOUT CREATING "FROM NOTHING".   SOUNDS DIFFERENT FROM THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION, DOESN'T IT? 
 

NOW FOR ANOTHER WORD THAT MEANS AND EXPANDS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD "TO CREATE": 
 

H7069. qanah; TO ERECT, I.E., CREATE; BY EXTENS. TO PROCURE, ESPEC. BY PURCHASE (CAUS. SELL); BY IMPL. TO OWN:--ATTAIN, BUY (-ER), TEACH TO KEEP CATTLE, GET, PROVOKE TO JEALOUSY, POSSESS (-OR), PURCHASE, RECOVER, REDEEM. 
 

H7065. qana; to be  (cause. make) jealous, i.e., (in a bad sense) JEALOUS OR ENVIOUS:--(BE) ENVY (-IOUS), BE (MOVE TO, PROVOKE TO) JEALOUS (-Y). 
 

H7075. qana' (from H7069); creation. i.e., (concr.) creatures; also ACQUISITION, PURCHASE, WEALTH:-- GETTING, GOODS, WITH MONEY, RICHES, SUBSTANCE.  NEGATIVELY,   MATERIALISTIC!!   
 

THE NEW TESTAMENT WORD FOR "CREATE" BEARS THIS OUT: 
 

G2936. ktizo; prob. akin to G2932 (through the idea of the proprietorship of the manufacturer); TO FABRICATE, I.E. FOUND (FORM ORIGINALLY): ---create, Creator, make. 
 

G2932. ktaomai; a prim. verb; TO GET, I.E., ACQUIRE (BY ANY MEANS; OWN):--OBTAIN, POSSESS, PROVIDE, PURCHASE. 
 

G2933. ktema; from g2932; AN ACQUIREMENT, I.E., ESTATE:--POSSESSION. 
 

THAT'S ALL.  AGAIN, THAT'S ALL IT SAYS! 
 

[NOW WE CAN UNDERSTAND REDEMPTION:  WHY WE HAD TO BE BOUGHT.  BACK.  MAN IS "OWNED" BY THE GOD HE CHOOSES TO SERVE. 
TO REDEEM HIM - RECOVER FOR THE ORIGINAL "OWNER" - A PRICE IS PAID!  A HIGH PURCHASE PRICE!] 
 

NOW LET US CONSIDER THE WORD "MAMMON": 
 

G3126. MAMMONAS;  (CONFIDENCE, I.E., (FIG.) WEALTH, PERSONIFIED); MAMMONAS, I.E. AVARICE (DEIFIED)[ - GOD(S) OF AVARICE, WHICH IS GREED!!!]:--MAMMON. [MATERIAL- ISM, SELF-ABSORPTION, SELF-PROMOTION, ACTIVE QUEST FOR POWER, DOMINATION - THEY WHO WOULD BE GOD INSTEAD OF GOD MOST HIGH!!!] 
 

Now for some excellent scripture: 
 

Matthew 6:24 (KJV):  "No man can serve two masters:  for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.  YE CANNOT SERVE GOD AND MAMMON. 
 

Luke 16:9 (KJV):  "And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations." 
 

Luke 16:10, 11 (KJV):  "He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:  and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.  If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?" 
 

Luke 16:14 (KJV):  "And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things:  and they derided him." 
                                
   

"THE FIRST MAN IS OF THE EARTH, EARTHY:"  (1 COR 15:47a KJV): 
 

EARTHY:  DUST OR DIRTY (SOIL-LIKE), A HEAP, I.E., RUBBISH; A STORM (AS POURING RAIN) TEMPEST, FOUL WEATHER, WINTER --(G5517, 5522, 5494) AND, OBVIOUSLY, SEPARATED [FROM THE SPIRITUAL] AS INDICATED BY G5590:  TO "GAPE" OR "YAWN"; A "CHASM" OR VACANCY (IMPASSABLE INTERVAL):--GULF. 
 

HMMM.  ALL THIS MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY LEARNED (THAT MAN WAS "PERFECT"), BUT IT SURE FITS MAN'S NATURAL CONDITION, HIS UNREGENERATE NATURE! 
 
 

"AND AS WE HAVE BORNE THE IMAGE OF THE EARTHY..."  (1 COR 15:49a KJV). 
 

IF MAN - BEING EARTHY - IS, INDEED, MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD ('ELOHIYM), THEN IT IS THE IMAGE OF THE ELOHIYM THAT HE HAS BORNE:   EARTHY. 
 

And, speaking of "planting(s)": 
 

(1 Cor. 15:42-46 KJV):  "IT - MAN'S BODY - IS SOWN (PLANTED!) - [WHO ARE THE PLANTERS?] - IN CORRUPTION; IT IS RAISED IN INCORRUPTION:  IT IS SOWN IN DISHONOUR; IT IS RAISED IN GLORY:  IT IS SOWN IN WEAKNESS; IT IS RAISED IN POWER:  IT IS SOWN A NATURAL BODY; IT IS RAISED A SPIRITUAL BODY.  THERE IS A NATURAL BODY, AND THERE IS A SPIRITUAL BODY...HOWBEIT THAT WAS NOT FIRST WHICH IS SPIRITUAL, BUT THAT WHICH IS NATURAL; AND AFTERWARD THAT WHICH IS SPIRITUAL." 
 

"The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.  As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy:  and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.  And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly!" (1 Cor. 15:47-49 KJV)    Hallelujah for the hope in Christ Jesus! 
 

O THOU WITH WHOM WE HAVE "TO DO",  RESTORE ALL CREATION AS IT WAS AT THE FIRST BEFORE THE DAWNING OF THE DARKNESS OF PRIDE  - INDEPENDENT SELF - PIERCED THE PERFECTION OF THY HOLINESS.  FOR THE GOOD OF ALL, ALLOW EACH TO KNOW THAT ANY CONFIDENCE IN SELF IS BASED UPON THE ILLUSION THAT WHAT GOOD WE "OWN" IS OUR  OWN.   FOR ALL OUR GOOD - AND FOR THE GOOD OF THE KINGDOM - MAY WE COME TO KNOW THAT ALL GOOD IS OF THEE AND FROM THEE AND IS THINE AND THINE ALONE.  AMEN. 
 

 
 
 CHAPTER 9:                              EGYPT 
 

"Egypt" epitomizes the NON-spiritual [worldly] efforts of Man - EVERYMAN (US) - to extricate himself (ourselves) from the rigors of Earth life through "SELF-EFFORT".  These efforts take many forms.  Their employments manifest to the "Spirit Realm" the very epitome of the disease of "self-centeredness";  they (we), however, believe themselves (ourselves) to be reasonable, illuminated and wise in their (our) pursuits of Life choices and resolutions:  for themselves (ourselves) and for others "less endowed or less fortunate".  They (we) are sincere and will continue to be so UNLESS SAVED FROM THEMSELVES (OURSELVES). 
 
 

                       THE FORMS OF SELF-GOVERNANCE 

ENTHRONED,  FULLY-CONCEIVED BELIEF (CONSCIOUS OR UNCONSCIOUS) IN SELF:   
  REASON 
  SCIENTIFICS 
  RATIONALISM 
  HUMANISM 
  SELF-PROCLAMATION 
  SOUL (CARNAL) 
  INTELLIGENCE 
  PROGNOSTICATION 
 

THE PREVAILING CONDITION OF TODAY'S WORLDWIDE MORAL LIFE IS THE EVIDENCE OF THE ACCUMULATED "WISDOM" [LEANING TO HIS OWN SHALLOW,  TUNNEL-   VISION UNDERSTANDING] OF MAN THROUGH THE AGES:   BANKRUPTCY. 
 

"He (Man) strove to heal his wounds by administering what he thought to be antidotes:  but which, when tested, proved inadequate, and, by contrary effects, enhanced his suffering, and if possible, added to his peril.  He used various instruments by which he hoped to discern the pathway leading from his gloomy abode, and to build a passage across the Abyss which encircled him.  But all failed, and he fell back in utter despair.  Then he sought to be reconciled to his fate." 
                                             --excerpted from "Scenes Beyond the Grave" to be found on the pages of this website.   

"Trust in THE LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine OWN understanding.  In ALL  THY WAYS acknowledge HIM,  and HE shall DIRECT thy paths." 
"Be not wise in thine OWN eyes:  fear the LORD, and depart from evil."                 Proverbs 3:5-7 (KJV). 
 
 

 "Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin;  That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharoah, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!  Therefore shall the strength of Pharoah be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion."    Isaiah 30:1-3 (KJV). 
 
 
 

CHAPTER 10:                       SUMMARY 
 
 

The point to be made about created man is that we are  created worshiping beings.  THAT we will worship is unquestionable.  WHO we will worship is the most important choice of the many to be made during our brief sojourn in Earth's arena.  
 

Seemingly, we are faced with the choice of MANY gods who bid for our favor and for the control of our lives; there are, however, ultimately only two choices:  The Most High God and...(our)self (idolatry).   The Most High God is the choice premiere.  The choice of "the shrine of self" leads to a vast array of gods - idolatrous - seeking to gain entry to the seat of the throne within created to be reserved for God Most High - alone.  Man is HIS creation and it is man's distinct privilege to discover that life-saving truth! 
 

There are two temples (BOTH ARE WITHIN AND WITHOUT!): 
 

THE TRUE CHURCH:  NON-denominational, NON-sectarian!  The God Most High dwells in a high and holy place...WITHIN AND WITHOUT!  WE are that temple in which He resides in the Holy of Holies - behind the Veil (flesh)... awaiting FAITHFULLY and LOVINGLY the victorious ends of our personal journeys out of darkness into holiness...incorruptible...undefiled...beyond the reach of change and decay. 
 

    ONE TRUE CHURCH:   IN LOVE (unfeigned, with  The God Most High; with humanity, her sisters and brethren; with His creation).  PURE AND HOLY (like her GOD). 
 

    ONE TRUE GOD:  LOVE.  ALL-WISE.  ALL-KNOWING. 
 

THE OTHER TEMPLE?  BABYLON..FALSE. WITHIN AND WITHOUT.  Babylon, the false "CHURCH".  Babylon, the adulterous.  Babylon, for whom her allotted GOD-given portion (of the Whole) is not enough.   Babylon, the greedy desirer of "the goods" of the ordained portions of her sisters and brothers.  Babylon, user of her brothers and sisters and The Most High's creation for personal gain.  Babylon, convinced of the excellence of her own intellect, her own desires, her own "beauty": wisdom,  her own unqualified suitability to rule (run), not only her own life, but the affairs of others.  Babylon, home of all the unholy of every institution - religious or secular - and of every persuasion and of the gods of every conceivable temptation - IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!  Babylon, WITHIN (us) AND WITHOUT.  Babylon, SELF ENTHRONED...from which we all must be set free. 
 

   ONE FALSE CHURCH:  BABYLON 
 

   ONE FALSE GOD:  LUST.  COVETOUSNESS.  GREED.  SELF- 
PROMOTION. 
 

THUS,   TWO KINGDOMS - TWO WARRING FACTIONS - WITHIN US AND WITHOUT. 
 

OUR CHOICE - Moment by moment,  we are in the  "FIGHT OF OUR LIVES" FOR our lives ! 
 
 

"The imagination of the natural mind cannot fathom the extent of inner soul struggle through which a man/woman  must pass as he/she undergoes the transforming process of yielding up the natural will to accept the will of the Spirit.  That which Holy Scripture reveals of the suffering and passion of the Lord Jesus is in truth a revelation in depth of the very same death struggle through which every soul must pass if God's will is chosen in preference to that of the old carnal mind. 
 

"As you ponder the sufferings of the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall gain insight into your own pain.  That which is of the Spirit must be discerned in the Spirit.  Only in prayer and meditation on the Holy Word can understanding come to your heart, and only thus can you be truly comforted in the depth of the spirit where the suffering occurs.  Had the disciples remained awake through the bitter hours in the garden, they could have given no help.  Alone each man undergoes the death throes of his own shattered ego.  Nothing can remain of self-will if [the full purpose of GOD] is to be accomplished in the life.  Slowly, unrelentingly, he moves to his own Gethsemane of total relinquishment of all his cherished personal hopes and on to his own barren Golgotha. 
 

"DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY ONLY FOR THE MAN WHO HAS COMMITTED FULLY INTO THE HANDS OF THE FATHER HIS TOTAL BEING." 
 

                Excerpt from "The Gethsemane Experience" 
                                                         Author Unknown 
 
 
 
 

"CAN LOVE BE TERRIBLE, MY LORD? 
       CAN GENTLENESS BE STERN? 
  AH YES! - INTENSE IS LOVE'S DESIRE 
  TO PURIFY HIS LOVED - 'TIS FIRE, 
       A HOLY FIRE TO BURN. 
   FOR HE MUST FULLY PERFECT THEE 
   TILL IN THY LIKENESS ALL MAY SEE 
        THE BEAUTY OF THY LORD. 
 

  "CAN HOLY LOVE BE JEALOUS, LORD? 
         YES, JEALOUS AS THE GRAVE; 
    TILL EVERY HURTFUL IDOL BE 
    UPTORN AND WRESTED OUT OF THEE 
         LOVE WILL BE STERN TO SAVE; 
     WILL SPARE THEE NOT A SINGLE PAIN 
     TILL THOU BE FREED AND PURE AGAIN 
          AND PERFECT AS THY LORD. 
 

    "CAN LOVE SEEM CRUEL, O MY LORD? 
            YES, LIKE A SWORD THE CURE; 
       HE WILL NOT SPARE THEE, SIN-SICK SOUL            
       TILL HE HATH MADE THY SICKNESS WHOLE 
           UNTIL THINE HEART IS PURE. 
        FOR OH!  HE LOVES THEE FAR TOO WELL 
        TO LEAVE THEE IN THY SELF-MADE HELL. 
 

                     A SAVIOUR IS THY LORD! 
 

                                                        Hannah Hurnard 
 
 
 
  
 
 

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