Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Matthew 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
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Hallelujah is a Hebrew phrase which means Hallel Praise, lu to, jah YaH. Praise to YaH.
YaH, Yud Hei, well who is YaH?
Yud is masculine and Hei is feminine, ergo YH are your parents, of your soul.
In Genesis 1 souls were created, the physical form of ADaM was formed in chapter 2.
The image of ELoHIM in chapter 1 is not flesh.
Which brings us to...
The mystery of the Shema...
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
PART 1 - THE SHEMA
http://www.yashanet.com/studies/revstudy/rev5e.htm
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For this is the way of wisdom -- to acquire ideas one after another until, in the end, there emerges one complete concept for which all of the prefaces were necessary.
From Da'ath Tevunoth (The Knowing Heart)
Rabbi Moshe Chayim Luzzatto
BACKGROUND ARTICLES
http://www.yashanet.com/studies/revstudy/background.htm
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Who was ELoHIM speaking TO when he said this?
BRAShTh is the first word in the Torah. RAShTh means 'beginning' the Beit can mean in, at or being the second letter of the Alef Beit it has the numerical value of 2. So it can be read, 2 beginning to create...
It seems I am approaching this thread from the bottom up, so this is ‘belated’.
Thank you for the response to my questions and the well researched answers.