Layers ("LEVELS OF SPIRITUALITY") - Friends N Christ2024-03-29T11:16:14Zhttps://friendsnchrist.ning.com/forum/topics/layers-levels-of-spirituality?groupUrl=gotmilk&commentId=2993852%3AComment%3A72475&xg_source=activity&groupId=2993852%3AGroup%3A2443&feed=yes&xn_auth=no4 Layers of understanding app…tag:friendsnchrist.ning.com,2018-07-04:2993852:Comment:766782018-07-04T22:21:07.539ZWilliam H.https://friendsnchrist.ning.com/profile/Labrock
<p><span>4 Layers of understanding applied to a revelation in Judaism. Together spell out Pardes in Hebrew meaning Paradise. In the Septuagint (3rd–1st centuries BCE), Greek παράδεισος parádeisos was used to translate both Hebrew pardes and Hebrew gan, "garden" (e.g.</span> <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://biblia.com/bible/kjv1900/Genesis%202.8" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Genesis 2:8</a><span>,…</span></p>
<p><span>4 Layers of understanding applied to a revelation in Judaism. Together spell out Pardes in Hebrew meaning Paradise. In the Septuagint (3rd–1st centuries BCE), Greek παράδεισος parádeisos was used to translate both Hebrew pardes and Hebrew gan, "garden" (e.g.</span> <a href="http://biblia.com/bible/kjv1900/Genesis%202.8" class="lbsBibleRef" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Genesis 2:8</a><span>,</span> <a href="http://biblia.com/bible/kjv1900/Ezekiel%2028.13" class="lbsBibleRef" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ezekiel 28:13</a><span>): it is from this usage that the use of "paradise" to refer to the Garden of Eden derives</span></p>
<p><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/307645516?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/307645516?profile=original" width="453" class="align-full"></a></span></p> (Is. Lists 7 spirits of growt…tag:friendsnchrist.ning.com,2017-09-18:2993852:Comment:724752017-09-18T23:27:28.895ZWilliam H.https://friendsnchrist.ning.com/profile/Labrock
(Is. Lists 7 spirits of growth and given in order of greatest value first 7 Spirits, Spirt of: 1) Rest (Of the LORD- Comfort), 2) Wisdom, 3) Understanding, 4) Councel, 5) Might, 6) Knowledge, 7) Fear of The LORD (Reverence- Love with awe.....( "fear")) "Fear is the begining" this grows into a loving relationship...... Our sages tell us that Torah can be interpreted in four different general ways: peshat, remez, drush and sod./ ... The Greek text of the New Testament gives five words which…
(Is. Lists 7 spirits of growth and given in order of greatest value first 7 Spirits, Spirt of: 1) Rest (Of the LORD- Comfort), 2) Wisdom, 3) Understanding, 4) Councel, 5) Might, 6) Knowledge, 7) Fear of The LORD (Reverence- Love with awe.....( "fear")) "Fear is the begining" this grows into a loving relationship...... Our sages tell us that Torah can be interpreted in four different general ways: peshat, remez, drush and sod./ ... The Greek text of the New Testament gives five words which depict various levels of spiritual growth, understanding or status)<br/>
1) Peshat is the simple interpretation of the Torah. When the verse says (Genesis 1:1) that "In the beginning G‑d created the Heaven and Earth," it means exactly what it seems to mean, in a very literal sense.<br/>
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Within these four methods of understanding Torah, there exist countless possible avenues of understanding<br />
2) Remez is the different hints and allusions which are contained within the Torah. One of the methodologies the Torah employs to make these hints is gematryia, the numerical value of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. For example, the gematriya of "Bereshit bara" ("In the beginning He created)" is the same as "b'Rosh Hashanah nivra ha'olam" (on Rosh Hashanah the world was created)!"<br/>
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Bereshit bara and b'Rosh Hashanah nivra are both 1116.<br/>
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3) Drush (or Midrash) expounds upon the deeper meaning of the verse. The Hebrew word for "In the beginning" is bereshit. The midrash tells us that this word can be split into two words—b reshit. The Torah is telling us that the world was created for two ("b") "reshit"s ("firsts")—the Jews and the Torah. Although this is not the simple interpretation of the word, nevertheless it is a true and valid way of understanding the Torah.<br/>
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4) Sod (secret) is the esoteric, mystical part of Torah. The Tikkunei Zohar (a book which gives seventy (!) different esoteric explanations for the word bereshit) explains that the word bereshit can also be split into "bara shis" (created [with] six). This is because the world was created through G‑d's six emotional powers: kindness, severity, beauty, victory, splendor and foundation.