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Man's Divine solution
If
God created man as a wise positive,, evolving and
independent creature, who due to his nature, does
Evil, His Grace must have provided him, with a suitable improvement process which would assist him to
uproot Evil from within , guiding him to the doing of
Good, to a better functioning and to a
full and happy life, thus
assisting man to realize the purpose for which he appeared in
nature.
In order for God to realize this
divine improvement,
the following acts should have occurred: choosing or creating
a suitable receiver, providing him with divine guidance, his actually
improving through it to such a degree that he becomes a correct role
model; and his being emulated by others.
Creating the suitable recipient –
It begins with Abraham and continues until Moses' demise. Thus,
it is the people of Israel who were chosen to fulfill God’s
mission, which was the main reason behind His revealing Himself
to man.
Bestowing the
divine improvement
process –
The people of Israel received the improvement process beginning with
the bestowal of the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai. This
continued until Moses' demise, as described in the Pentateuch
and in the mentioned
book and
this
website. For various
reasons, this process of divine improvement was presented in a
concealed manner.
The improvement of the people of
Israel –
Unfortunately, despite the numerous warnings given by Moses, the
prophets and by God Himself, this divine improvement has not
been actualized till this very day. The main reason lies in the
people's inability to improve, which has caused the divine
guidance to be misread and misapplied.. The reason for their
inability to improve and its consequences will be verified
later.
The emulation by other people –
Christianity and Islam have copied mistaken principles and
practices from Israel, developed and realized them, leading
humanity to its present precarious
state.
The
main reason for Israel's inability to follow the divine guidance
and its consequences
I shall quote and specify a dramatic divine
warning from the Psalms, chapter 81, to which I frequently
refer.
Hear, O my people, and I will testify
unto thee:
O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto
me; there shall no strange god be in thee;neither shalt thou
worship any strange god.
I am the LORD thy God, which brought
thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill
it.
But my people would not hearken to my
voice;
and Israel would none of me.
So I gave them up unto their own
hearts' lust:and they walked in their own counsels.
Oh that my people had hearkened unto
me,and Israel had walked in my ways!...
"Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if
thou wilt hearken unto me; there shall no strange god be in
thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god".
Israel, you have something negative within you, which
is causing you to do evil. If you improve yourself by listening
to me, namely, following the
divine improvement process,
then your problem will be solved.
Thus, you will function wisely. In this
improved state you will also correctly display my improvement
process to others, and through its proper realization bring
blessing upon yourself and mankind.
Thus, His Grace
informs us that in order to function wisely and positively we
must first improve ourselves by means of the divine process.
This is the first and major principle of God’s word.
Note
that, for
obvious
reasons, His Grace is practically begging the people of Israel
to be aware of the importance of this process and to realize
it.
"But my people would not hearken to my voice…"
and so Israel did not improve itself
and therefore continued to do evil .
In spite of all the warnings mentioned,
this verse holds true today just as it did 3000 years ago.
Following this, I regretfully add that some of our
religious people’s writings concerning the spiritual domain are
erroneous, and a part of the activities that spring from them
are idolatry activities.
You cannot act correctly when you
suffer from a spiritual problem. The reason for this will be
detailed later.
"So I gave them up unto their own
hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels" –
this marks Israel's dramatic distancing from God.
So started the
Jewish tragedy, which includes the nation’s separation
into two states: Israel and Judea, the disappearance of Israel
(with the ten tribes) , the destruction of the First Temple, the
destruction of the Second Temple.
The terrible 2000-year exile
which included, among other things, the banishment of Spanish
Jews and the most horrific Holocaust that occurred a mere 65
years ago. Despite all these, the Jewish tragedy is still
fiercely ravaging our people.
"Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked
in my ways"… refers that the divine
improvement God wished Israel to realize was designed to lead to
the fulfillment of
man’s purpose. For this to be fulfilled, they first
had to fulfill the aforementioned steps of the
improvement process.
Pay attention please:
God's plea to Israel (Psalms 81) following Israel's
distancing from Him proved, that despite this, God returns to the people of Israel to persuade them
to
improve themselves spiritually, to become correct role models;
and thereby realizing the ultimate goal for which Israel
appeared in nature. But nothing happens
The Israelites have so far failed to spiritually improve
through the divine improvement process because
they could not free
themselves
from their "strange god",
that is to say, from holding onto a
self-image of being negative creatures.
This is the reason why the Jewish
tragedy still rages on.
I must remind the readers that possessing a
self-image of being a positive creation is essential for moral
improvement in general, and specifically for the divine
improvement process and so
assisting man to realize the
purpose for which he appeared in
nature..
I must point out with amazement that
despite Israel's failure, the divine improvement is still
waiting for Israel to realize it.
The spell, which kept the divine improvement secret has been
shattered. All is clear and known; therefore the road to
Israel's and mankind's salvation is open.
PERHAPS THIS TIME IT WILL BE DIFFERENT
In summary, I would like to present and interpret
Isaiah's unique prophecy
(Isaiah 2:2-4).
"And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain
of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the
mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations
shall flow unto it.
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to
the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and
he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for
out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord
from Jerusalem.
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many
people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and
their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
What would God specify in His verdict, which would cause
these many nations to act thus? Only their
functioning with a high self-worth can accomplish this.
Therefore, the dramatic statement in God's decree would be "I
have created you in my own image, therefore you
are highly valuable people ". Accepting this truth would lead these nations
to behave thus.
Then they shall flow to the mountain of the Lord, to the
house of the God of Jacob (which is Jerusalem), yearning to walk
in His paths.
Then (after a long delay) would the Law go forth from
Zion and the Word of God from Jerusalem.
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