Saturday, May 17, 2008

The 'Christian' Gemstone To Be Mined from Kabbalah

First read the following excerpts from the parsha commentary by Rabbi Winston for Haazinu 5763

"Thus, the Arizal explains that Dovid HaMelech did not have any intrinsic desire to make the mistakes he did, but rather, he was compelled to commit them BECAUSE of his lofty soul. For, as the rule goes, the greater the soul, the deeper the level from within the K'lipos which it originated. He continues, this time regarding another great individual whose mistakes had been even more costly:

"This is the sod of what Chazal said: Had you not been Dovid and he Shaul, I would have destroyed many Dovid's before Shaul (Moed Katan 16b)."
"In other words, G-d was telling Dovid HaMelech, before you celebrate your victory over Shaul HaMelech, who, in your eyes (and ours) had been a great sinner, realize that his soul was extremely elevated. Tried as he did, it was difficult for him to succeed because of where his soul emanated from. "However," G-d told Dovid HaMelech, "comparatively-speaking, you would have failed even faster!"

Note:
NOW UNDERSTAND HERE THE 'CHRISTIAN' APPLICATION THAT CAN BE MADE TO THE MYSTERY OF THE MESSIAH, HIS SUFFERING AND HIS ATONEMENT FOR THE APOSTASY OF ISRAEL.


R. Winston continues -->
"In other words, while in essence G-d is completely unaffected by the actions of man, He acts as if He is, with respect to history, to make our free-will choices count. To allow our thoughts, words, and actions to have REAL consequences, He acts as if He is unable to interfere with them WHEN - and this is one of the most important conditions of all of history - it suits the master plan for creation."

Note:
THE FULL POWER OF THIS STATEMENT CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD IN THE WHOLE CONTEXT OF KABBALAH. WHEN IT IS UNDERSTOOD IT ILLUMINATES THE DOCTRINE OF THE MESSIANIC ATONEMENT AS NO 'CHRISTIAN' THEORY OF THE ATONEMENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO.

My final comment at this point:
I will elaborate at a later time upon what I have said here about using this Jewish framework of thought for understanding the atonement of Mashiach. What I want to say at this point is that because there is such a great treasure as a reward in the understanding of the teaching of Kabbalah as the illumination of the atonement of (Christ) Mashiach, I am studying that teaching here on this site. I will start with a Kabbalistic study that can be found online, which not only teaches some basic ideas of Kabbalah but also seeks to use its expositon of Genesis to further the ecumenical dialogue in the world.