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When the ambiguity (exisiting
in the literal interpretations assigned to these sacred writings)
is removed, we are able to see that these sacred texts provide
the pieces of the spiritual puzzle, that when fit together, reveals
the true image of God... His essence, and His great plan of salvation.
| It is He
who has revealed to you the Book. Some of its verses are precise
in meaning- they are the foundation of the Book- and others ambiguous.
Those whose hearts are infected with disbelief follow the
ambiguous part, so as to create dissension by seeking to
explain it. The Imrans (The Holy Qur'an) |
The dissension or discord among
us is the result of interpreting these sacred texts strictly
in the physical, literal, or external sense... the work of the
flesh or carnal mind. In resisting the holy spirit the spiritual
mind is blocked, preventing a spiritual interpretation of the
word from coming through. If the holy spirit does bring through
a literal interpretation, it is ultimately for the purpose of
seeking it deeper spiritual meaning, which carries the blessings
of everlasting life through its application.
| Behold,
how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together
in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that
ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went
down to the skirts of his garment; As the dew of Hermon, and
as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there
the Lord commanded the blessings, even life for evermore. Psalms 133:1-3 (The Holy Bible) |
Aaron's beard symbolizes the Word's wisdom.
It is not our knowledge of the written word that
makes us wise, or man's literal interpretations over millennia,
but the action we apply to the spiritual interpretation of the
written word, which comes through the spirit, which Moses symbolizes.
The ambiguous part of the Quran are those parts that
have been taken literal as oppsed to spiritually, interpreted
through hearts infected with disbelief.
ambiguous - from the Latin word ambiguus
meaning uncertain, "going about," from ambigere meaning
to wander about- ambi- around + agere- to drive, to lead.
When we choose literal interpretation
over spiritual interpretation, we become as Cain, wandering about
the earth, as the children of Israel wandered about in the wilderness,
choosing physical obedience over spiritual obedience. Neither
have the power to transform the heart, they serve only to harden
it.
And he
did straiten them in the wilderness with his rod; for they hardened
their hearts, even as ye have; and the Lord straitened them because
of their iniquity. He sent fiery flying serpents among them;
and after they were bitten he prepared a way that they might
be healed; and the labor which they had to perform was to look;
and because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of
it, there were many who perished.
1 Nephi 17:41 (The Book of Mormon) |
It was so simple. Their labor
was to look within their heart and cleanse it of its impurities.
But they chose physical obedience over spiritual obedience, dying
in the wilderness, never entering into the promised land, symbolizing
the good life that one inherits through the healing of one's
heart.
…if
the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not
have done it? How much rather than, when he saith, Wash, and
be clean? And then he went down, and dipped himself seven times
in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his
flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he
was clean.
2 Kings 5:13,14
(The Holy Bible) |
So the children, refusing to
obey the spiritual law of God, which would have resulted in the
purification of their hearts, remained in bondage to the physical
law for 1500 years, until the coming of Messiah, the time and
opportunity to satisfy the letter of the law by keeping the spirit
of the law. But once again they rebelled, unable to grasp the
spiritual concept, the application of which would have set them
free of their bondage to the physical law by setting them free
of their spiritual bondage...the seven spiritual impurities of
their heart.
| Do you
not yet understand that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth
into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? But those things
which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and
they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed (1) evil thoughts,
(2) murders, (3)adulteries, (4)fornications, (5)thefts, (6)false
witness, (7)blasphemies. Matthew
15:18,19 (The Holy Bible) |
Physical things do not defile
the man, neither can they purify him.
Carnal sacrifice or service to God has no power
to purify the heart.
Mankind may strive against
these seven impurities in the physical sense by controlling his
mind and body (i.e., carnal sacrifice) but he must move on from
a mind-body discipline, beyond repentance and ritualistic practices,
going on into perfection by fighting them in the spiritual sense
through a heart discipline.
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sacrifces of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite
heart... Psalms
51:17 |
When
he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations
in his heart.
Proverbs 26:25
(The Holy Bible) |
These seven abominations (as
the seven nations the children of Israel were to drive out of
the promised land) are the spiritual enemies of the heart.
Drive them
out of the places from where they drove you. Idolatry is more
grievous than bloodshed. But do not fight them within the precincts
of the Holy Mosque unless they attack you there; if they attack
you put them to the sword. Fight against them until the
idolatry is no more and God's religion reigns supreme.
The Cow (The
Holy Qur'an). |
We are to drive them out of
the place they drove us, which is the Holy Mosque or Holy Temple,
sharing the same symbolism... The Heart. It is the enemies of
our own Heart that will ultimately drive us back to our Heart.
And what did Jesus drive out of the Temple? Those that sold images,
overturning the tables upon which they have been set. And what
overturns the images that have been set up upon the "fleshy
tables of the heart"? The truth, the word
of God, which the sword symbolizes.
idolatry: the worshipping
of images.
And what did Abraham sacrifice?
but the ram, which symbolizes our idolatry.
God's religion reigns supreme when truth rules the
heart.
The spiritual word of God,
revealed through the symbolism of our sacred texts, should be
taking us on a journey through our own mind and heart, purifying
us from the inside out!
Clean the inside
of the cup and the platter and the outside of them will become
clean. Jesus
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