SACRED TEXTS SYMBOLISM
When the ambiguity (which exists in the literal interpretations of our sacred texts) is removed, we are able to see that these Sacred Texts all provide pieces of the spiritual puzzle, that when fit together reveal the true image of God, revealing His spiritual essence and His great plan for spiritual 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 Holy Qur'an) |
ambiguous: susceptible to multiple interpretation. The dissension and discord among Christians and Muslims comes from interpreting these Sacred Texts strictly in the physical or literal sense. They follow the ambiguous part, not building upon the true spiritual foundation, rejecting the spirit of the word!
"Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the holy spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye." (The Holy Bible) |
In resisting the holy spirit of their heart their spiritual eyes and ears are shut, preventing a spiritual understanding of the word from penetrating the heart, which would bring unity rather than division. If the holy spirit does reveal a literal interpretation it is ultimately for the purpose of seeking its deeper spiritual meaning, which carries the blessings of everlasting life and peace 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." (The Holy Bible) |
Aaron (symbolizes) The Word of God, which is why he spoke for Moses, his beard (symbolizing) wisdom. It is not our knowledge of the written word that makes us wise, or our carnal obedience to literal interpretations over millennia, but the action we apply to the spirit (spiritual meaning) of the written word, which comes through The Spirit of God, which Moses symbolizes.
The ambiguous parts of the Quran are those parts that have been assigned multiple literal interpretations, which continue to be discussed, debated, and followed in the literal sense by those "whose hearts are infected with disbelief," wasting precious time, and adding negative and destructive energy to the earth! Disbelief is failing to perform the spiritual works contained in the verses of "The Book," be it the Holy Bible, the Holy Quran, The Book of Mormon, or any of the ancient Sacred Texts. Ambiguous: doubtful or uncertain. Latin ambiguus, uncertain,"going about," from ambigere, to wander about. When we seek literal interpretation over spiritual interpretation, choosing carnal practices over spiritual practices, offering carnal sacrifices instead of spiritual sacrifices, we become as Cain, wandering about, running to and fro, getting nowhere spirtually, our world becoming uncertain. We become like the children of Israel, who wandered in the wilderness because they chose carnal sacrifice over spiritual sacrifice, a service that could not make them perfect.
"The Holy Spirit thus signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience. Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation." (The Holy Bible) |
The way into the holiest of all is now made manifest, the time of reformation here! All that took place physically in "The Era of Isaac" (e.g., baptism, anointing, fasting, healing, speaking in tongues, casting out devils, etc.) are now (in what is "The Third and Final Era of Jacob") to take place spiritually. Any physical demonstrations of these are connected with the negative aspect of "The Era of Isaac," which is mockery." THE BIBLE DECODED; "Israel of the Gentiles,"page 76
"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." (The Book of Mormon) |
It was so simple. Their labor was to look within their own heart and heal it by cleansing it of its spiritual impurities. But they chose physical obedience over spiritual obedience, dying in the wilderness, never entering the promised land (symbolizing) the good life one inherits through the healing of one's own 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." (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, at which time they were 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 not only of their physical bondage to the carnal law, but 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 evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies" (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 in the physical sense by controlling his mind and body, but it is time to move beyond these mind-body disciplines and go on into perfection by fighting these seven abominations in the deeper spiritual sense through a heart discipline. 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, residing in the spiritual temple or mosque!
"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 Holy Quran) |
We are to drive these spiritual enemies out of the places they drove us. These spiritual enemies of the heart have driven us to some very negative and destructive places in our life, and yet it will be the enemies that work in these dark places (through the havoc they wreak in our life) that will drive many back to their heart as they begin to question the circumstances of their life. These spiritual enemies have attacked us "within the precincts of The Holy Mosque,"which like The Holy Temple (symbolizes) The Heart. We are to "put them to the sword," the sword (symbolizing) truth. What did Abraham ultimately sacrifice with his sword? It was not his son (symbolizing) truth, but the ram (symbolizing) idolatry. Idolatry is the worshipping of images, like those that were set up on tables in the temple, which Jesus (symbolizing) Truth, overturned. The tables symbolize what the Bible calls "the fleshy tables of the heart." Spiritual idolatry is the worshipping of false beliefs. We are to fight against these false images or beliefs until "God's religion reigns supreme;" until truth reigns supreme!
Article written by Sandra L. Butler ~ Copyright 2000
Author; THE BIBLE DECODED: breaking the ancient code
THE LITTLE BOOK FOR THE SOUL: an ancient healing process
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