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God's message to Mankind is the Divine justice that manifest in the Law of "Sowing and Reaping"
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God's message to Mankind is the Divine justice that manifest in the Law of " Sowing and Reaping"
Holy Scriptures ultimate message has little to do with faith, or even religion. Instead, it is a Divine attempt to make us embrace the common sense idea entailed in the concept of “sowing and reaping”; to teach us that the Creation is ruled by the principle of “measure, for measure”, “action, and reaction”; “what goes around, comes around”, etc.
And the former law is so encompassing that it provides the solid foundation for all the [practical] truth, all the science, all the religion, and all the politics we humans will ever need. As for the rest (Which religion has the best theology?, What's God's true name?, Who [or what] is the Creator?, Who [or what] is the Messiah?, Have we inherited an original sin?, Whom [or what] is God's true Israel?, When will God’s kingdom come?; Will Jerusalem's Temple ever be rebuilt? Is there life immediately after death?; etc), it is just optional commentary.
And whether Jesus, Allah, Aura Mazda, or Yahweh is God, is almost irrelevant, as no matter what the identity of the all powerful God is, He knows what's inside our hearts. Thus, He has decreed that (in the end) we all “reap” the same " goodness" [or " evil" ] we have willingly [and without regret] “sowed” upon our needy fellow human beings [by means of our ideas, our words, our actions, and our intentions]. As is written: “As you have done, it will be done to you …“- Obadiah 1: 15.
“ All great Evil carries the seeds of it's own destruction”
What is the meaning of “Cleaving to your God” (Deuteronomy 13: 5)?
What is the meaning of that which is written: “After the Lord your God shall you walk, and Him shall you fear, and His commandments shall you keep, and unto His voice shall you hearken, and Him shall you serve, and unto Him shall you cleave”(Deut. 13: 5)? But is it actually possible for a person to follow the Divine Presence? Hasn’t it already been stated: “For the Lord your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God” (Deut. 4: 24)? One cannot approach fire!
Rather, the meaning is that one should follow the attributes of the Holy One, Blessed be He. He provides several examples. Just as He clothes the naked, as it is written: “And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skin, and clothed them” (Gen. 3: 21), so too, should you clothe the naked. Just as the Holy One, Blessed be He, visits the sick, as it is written with regard to God’s appearing to Abraham following his circumcision: “And the Lord appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre” (Gen. 3: 21), so too, should you visit the sick.
Just as the Holy One, Blessed be He, consoles mourners, as it is written: “And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son” (Gen. 25: 11), so too, should you console mourners. Just as the Holy One, Blessed be He, buried the dead, as it is written: “And he was buried in the valley in the land of Moab” (Deut. 34: 6), so too, should you bury the dead
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The tree can be known by it's fruit! Reformed Samaritanism teaches that " saved" people can be identified by their " fruit", as there's no salvation for the man who refuses to yield " the good fruit" [of doing goodness]. In fact, Jesus himself taught that, if you refuse to do the good work of feeding, giving drink, and clothing your hungry neighbor [when you have ample means to do so], you'll have no share in everlasting life. As it is written: “Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I hungered, and ye gave Me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave Me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took Me not in; naked, and ye clothed Me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited Me not”- Matthew 25: 41-43
“... Shall there be Evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? ”- Amos 3: 6... Evil [pain], and Suffering are God's most precious gifts to mankind, as most men will refuse to turn to God [in repentance] unless they have been touched by great pain and suffering. As is written: “… for only when you come in judgment on the Earth to punish it will people turn away from wickedness and do what is right”- Isaiah 26: 9, Living Bible
Scripture teaches that the man who lures other people away from Moses (in other words, away from God’s 10 commandments) digs his own pit, and will end up being devoured by fire
God’s Law records the story of two different men who refused to follow Moses: The first one was Moses father-in-law (“Hobab”, also know as “Jethro”); while the second one was Korah (Moses cousin). Concerning Hobab, Scripture says the following: «AND MOSES SAID UNTO HOBAB, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, “We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, ‘I will give it you’: COME THOU WITH US, AND WE WILL DO THEE GOOD: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel”. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, “I WILL NOT GO; BUT I WILL DEPART TO MINE OWN LAND, AND TO MY KINDRED… And Moses let his father in law depart; AND HE WENT HIS WAY INTO HIS OWN LAND”»- Numbers 10: 29-30, & Exodus 18: 27 (KJV).
But with regards to Korah, it is said the following: “NOW KORAH, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, AND DATHAN AND ABIRAM… TOOK MEN: AND THEY ROSE UP BEFORE MOSES, WITH certain of the children of Israel, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY PRINCES OF THE ASSEMBLY… AND THE EARTH OPENED HER MOUTH, AND SWALLOWED THEM UP… They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, AND THE EARTH CLOSED UPON THEM… AND THERE CAME OUT A FIRE FROM THE LORD, AND CONSUMED THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEN…”- Numbers 16: 1-2, & 32-35.
Why were Jethro and his associates allowed to depart in peace to their own land [and people], while Korah and his followers were not only removed from the midst of their people, but were even forced to go down to the pit, and be consumed by Fire? Well, in order understand the answer to the former question, we must first consider the Bible verse that goes on to say: “Whoso diggeth a pit, shall fall therein... ”- Proverbs 26: 27. In the former verse, the Hebrew word translated as “whose diggeth” is “Koreh”. But since the Hebrew used during Bible times was originally written with no vowels, the words “Korah” and “Koreh” were essentially the same. In other words, Scripture hints at the fact that, whosoever opposes Moses (“Korah”), diggeth his own pit (“Koreh”)!
But why didn’t Jethro suffer the same fate as Korah? If he didn’t, it was in order to teach that God doesn’t force anyone to follow Moses [nor does He force us to become part of the physical Nation of Israel]. The fact is that, if Korah and his followers were not pleased with Moses spiritual leadership, they could have simply walked away from it [just as Jethro and his associates had formerly done]. If Korah was punished, it was only because he chose to play the same role played by “The serpent of Eden”; in other words, Korah used deception and demagoguery (moral relativism) in order to undermine Moses prophetic ministry and inflame the passions of the Hebrew people, that they might rally against Moses and turn away from obeying the word of God brought by the latter.
As is written: “AND THEY GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER AGAINST MOSES and against Aaron, AND SAID UNTO THEM, YE TAKE TOO MUCH UPON YOU, seeing ALL THE CONGREGATION ARE HOLY, EVERY ONE OF THEM, AND THE LORD IS AMONG THEM: WHEREFORE THEN LIFT YE UP YOURSELVES ABOVE THE CONGREGATION of the Lord? … But on the morrow ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MURMURED AGAINST MOSES AND AGAINST AARON, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord! And it came to pass, when THE CONGREGATION WAS GATHERED AGAINST MOSES AND AGAINST AARON, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation... ”- Numbers 16: 3, & 41-42
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