Apples of Gold
by Donald E. Hester
on Jan 26
in Religion
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Donald E. Hester
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I recently watched a show on the History Channel about Kabbalah. One thing that I found interesting was their belief that there are multiple layers of meaning in the text of the Torah. This concept is not unique to Kabbalah they just take it to the extreme. That there is alternative meaning behind the literal read of the text is the subject of Proverbs 25:11.
"A word spoken in right circumstances is like apples of gold in settings (bowls) of silver ."
The idea is that the literal meaning of the text is the silver settings but that there remains apples of gold within the text. For a Christian we see this throughout the Old Testament, where we see that what was happening in the text was a shadow of things to come.
"Things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ." "For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come" "Shadow of the heavenly things"
I like a comment I heard once from Chuck Missler "The New Testament is in the Old Testament concealed and The Old Testament is in the New Testament reviled." The more I read the more I see it. If you look on the Jews for Jesus website (http://www.jewsforjesus.org) they have a section on how the feasts of Israel are a foreshadowing of Y'shua the Messiah (Jesus the Christ). The parallels are so amazing as to defy explanation or coincidence. An old Rabbi saying is that "coincidence isn't a Kosher word". Meaning everything happens for a reason and ordained by God.
For Kabbalah I think they take it too far. Maybe there is further deeper meaning. I guess if they missed the Messiah they may feel the need to continue digging. Maybe they will dig until they find the truth and find that we have been there all along.
But does it really matter? What have we gained if we study and unlock other secrets and neglect our neighbor or forget to show love.
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