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  • Messiah--the Middle Pillar of the Godhead [My title for this portion of longer article]

    07/13/2003 3:34:22 AM PDT · by DoorGunner · 4 replies · 113+ views
    Messiah--the Middle Pillar of the GodheadThe Ketuvim NetzarimNow the ancient Nazarenes actually believed the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) to be a Supernal Mother. These ancient Nazarenes used an apocryphal Gospel called THE GOODNEWS ACCORDING TO THE HEBREWS which taught this very idea. While this apocryphal Gospel is now lost, several quotes from it have survived in the writings on the ancient "Church Fathers." One of these quotes, found in Jerome's commentary on Isaiah, tells the story of Yeshua's immersion (baptism) this way: And it came to pass when the Lord was come up out of the water, the whole fount  of the Holy Spirit descended...
  • Ruach

    04/02/2003 7:00:53 PM PST · by Commander8 · 9 replies · 160+ views
    QUESTION: Why is the word in Hebrew for the Holy Spirit a female noun? I am not saying God is a woman or a man. I am saying the word for Holy spirit in Hebrew is of feminine gender.