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  1. John D. Brey

    Christ vs. Antichrist.

    This important statement by the Shelah segues into two ancillary statements: Abraham and Sarah are the תיקון, reformation of Adam and Eve ensuring their continuity. Shenei Luchot HaBerit, Torah Sheikhtav, Vayera, Chayei Sara, Torah Ohr, 7. Abraham was told about the impending birth of Isaac...
  2. John D. Brey

    Mother mary without sin?

    It's really refreshing around here to see someone just admit a mistake rather than doubling down. Thank you! John
  3. John D. Brey

    Mother mary without sin?

    It seems doubtful at best that there was a Christian bible hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth? Which is to say that the Septuagint translated "almah" (עלמה), at Isaiah 7:14, "virgin," hundreds of years before Jesus was ostensibly born of a virgin. John
  4. John D. Brey

    Mother mary without sin?

    I definitely believe there's a Jungian collective-unconscious where all these kinds of things get mixed up in the blender of the human psyche. John
  5. John D. Brey

    Christ vs. Antichrist.

    Remember that if Adam had not sinned the whole concept of areas that are sanctified and areas that are not would not have existed. The whole earth would have been like גן עדן [the garden of Eden], and every place on earth would have enjoyed the status of sanctity. . . There similarly would not...
  6. John D. Brey

    Christ vs. Antichrist.

    Eve's belief that the original ראשית firstborn בכור (Cain as it were) is "the Lord," has an eerie semblance to the Shelah's comments on the original ראשית firstborn בכור as noted above: For all these reasons the first-born, which is ראשית [origin, original], is more like G'd who is the...
  7. John D. Brey

    Christ vs. Antichrist.

    The Shelah has much more to say on this topic that's germane to this examination. But his statement above segues seamlessly into the narrative of the original ראשית firstborn בכור of the human race. And Eve said: I have gotten the man of the Lord. From this statement another reason my be...
  8. John D. Brey

    Christ vs. Antichrist.

    I feel like the eis, in your eisegesis, is going to guarantee your argument ends up a cold-case. You may in the end be correct, but there just doesn't seem to be enough DNA evidence in the text to support your prosecution of the case. :) John
  9. John D. Brey

    He will be called "Nazarene"...

    . . . Might your memory have played tricks on you being it's been such a long time? :) John
  10. John D. Brey

    Christ vs. Antichrist.

    There's more to this concept than initially meets the eye since Abraham's circumcision is the foundation for the conception and birth not just of Isaac, but of the Jewish people too, who, as a corporate entity, are represented by the nation of Israel. Where it's recognized that Abraham's...
  11. John D. Brey

    He will be called "Nazarene"...

    Do you have a link to the article? John
  12. John D. Brey

    Christ vs. Antichrist.

    This paralleling of Abraham's circumcision with the Passover implies that the blood on the doorposts at Passover situate the nation of Israel as a corporate version of Isaac (a nation conceived after the ritual slaughter of the Paschal limb/lamb, i.e., Samael) such that the nation of Israel...
  13. John D. Brey

    Christ vs. Antichrist.

    In his own rather brilliant theologoumenon concerning these things, the Shelah teaches that in order for Isaac to be a fitting human korban, that is, the first person sacrificed while still alive, Isaac must be conceived perfect, without "the evil smelling drop," and must remain sinless up until...
  14. John D. Brey

    Christ vs. Antichrist.

    Thought of this way, these symbols open multiple avenues of profound exegetical insight since not only do the writers of the Talmud, et.al., claim that these two bloods were placed on the doorposts on Passover, but Jewish midrashim in general claims that the blood of the Paschal lamb represents...
  15. John D. Brey

    Christ vs. Antichrist.

    Drawing the parallel between Samael and the Paschal lamb is fortuitous in a number of ways that lend themself to this examination. For one, we know that the writers of the Talmud, et.al., explain that two parallel bloods were placed on the doorposts on Passover: the blood of the Paschal lamb...
  16. John D. Brey

    Christ vs. Antichrist.

    Samael's effectiveness in our world is through his nation which dominates Israel in exile due to its sins. . . I have explained in פרשת חיי שרה that Samael has roots in the higher emanations. . . Samael is at one and the same time an angel, something holy, and also the source of death, evil. . ...
  17. John D. Brey

    He will be called "Nazarene"...

    What does "BAR" stand for? John
  18. John D. Brey

    Christ vs. Antichrist.

    In my opinion, our disagreement is healthy. But it's also real. For me the spirit of antichrist is precisely the idea that there are many Christs, many avenues to God. -----While there are many prophets, many quasi-righteous men, many wise men, there's only One Christ. And while the wisdom and...
  19. John D. Brey

    Judging what is unlikely

    Story #1 is clearly more likely to be literal, actual, history. The normal reasoning associated with natural, biological-brain based cognition, i.e, fact, empiricism, and rationalism. Absolutely, yes. We initially subject all texts, even religious texts, to normal reasoning based on natural...
  20. John D. Brey

    Christ vs. Antichrist.

    . . . I like it that from my personal perspective all persons are wrong who have an improper frame of reference (although I agree that they're correct so far as an improper frame of reference is the criterion for their correctness).:) To be unabashedly forthcoming, without the intention to...
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