Noahidism
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When I was sent back to the Land of the Eagle and the Snake I was very deppressed. How was it possible that I, a complete and faithful Jesus Worshipper had been treated so badly? I couldn't understand why this was happening to me. So I started questioning my beliefs in a very deep level. At first I was lost, I remained deppressed for a year. I was angry at Jesus so I started looking for answers in other spiritual paths. I discovered some things about Druidism first. I got involved with the movement and started learning more about this path. I got into the Arthurian Legends and the Celtic Pantheon and did find an interesting and different view to what I had learned all my christian life. I discovered that the Divine is manifested throughout nature, that everything is connected and that the force of Universal Love joins every being in the world. I was involved in this movement for a year, learning and asking and in July 2001 I decided to go to England to spend my birthday. I visited many places but my favorite was Stonehenge .. And one amazing thing happened in Stonehenge . I got the amazing feeling and desire to learn as much as I could.
So I went back to Albion with a different outlook in life. And that is when I found Noahidism. I joined a list in Yahoo where different Noahides from around the world meet and where we can share with Rabbis. It was like a new understanding of the G-d of gods, Hashem, the one I had followed before but someone I had forgotten because I was following a fake one. And things since then have been better and better each day. I had another amazing experience this year (2002), I was able to visit Israel as a Noahide and the feeling of truth, of love, of justice and of peace that I encountered there was incredible. I have never felt such a strong spiritual connection with a place before, specially in the Wailing Wall. I don't have any doubt in my mind and heart that the path I am following is the correct one.
I have made my peace with Jesus but I don't believe him to be a divinity at all. I just consider him a teacher. I tried also to merge the noble beliefs of the Druid path with my Noahidism and found that it was possible. Here are some explanations of different things about Noahidism. I don't consider Noahidism to be a religion though, it is more a way of life, a philosophy, a freedom path. My Noahide faith also helped me understand the great power of the Love of G-d towards his creatures, a love that cannot be compared with anyone else's. I consider myself a Noahide Druid, taking the meaning of Druid as a Sage of the Universe.
What does Hashem mean?
Hashem is a hebrew word that stands for "The Name". Since the name of G-d must never be uttered, jews and noahides use this term to have a reference to G-d.
And Hashem said. "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come, I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between Hashem and all living creatures of every kind on the earth. So Hashem said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth." (Genesis 9: 12-17)
Hashem, in His infinite mercy, established a covenant with all the dwellers of the earth after the flood. This covenant is declared in the Torah. The Laws given to Adam and Noah are what we call the Noachide Laws and they are:
The Seven Noachide Laws
1. You will not commit murder
2. You will not commit robbery of any kind (Rape, Kidnapping, etc)
3. You will not commit incest or adultery or have illicit sexual encounters including sodomy
4. You will not eat the flesh of an animal while the animal is still alive. This teaches usto be sensitive to cruelty to animals. (This was commanded to Noah for the first time along with the permission of eating meat. The negative laws were enforced at the Garden of Eden.)
5. You will not have idols and worship them
6. You will not commit blasphemy against Hashem
7. Mankind is commanded to establish courts of justice and a just social order to enforce the first six laws and enact any other useful laws or customs.
As you can see from the laws, they are not very strict. I consider them more a set or moral standards for humans than actually strict laws. It is in deed a universal moral code. That is why I feel very free about being a Noahide. Furthermore I am allowed to learn as much as I can without feeling persecuted by an authority, a priest or a pastor. As you can perhaps notice, the idea of Satan in the Hebrew Bible is different than the Christian idea. Satan is just an agent of G-d, a servant and he is not that all powerful like we think in a Christian way. This also has set me free from fear.
We Noahides are very close to the nation of Israel because we recognize the importance of the covenant G-d made with them. We are very close to the Orthodox Rabbis who teach us the law as it applies to the Gentile people.
Noahidism is entirely different than Messianic Judaism. Messianic Judaism is really Christianity disguised as Judaism. Messianic Jews accept the New Testament as a reveled word of G-d, we don't and we have intellectual reasons for this. Messianic Jews accept Jesus as a Messiah and God, we don't, we believe the Messiah is to come to bring an age of redemption to the world. Messianic Jews believe in the Trinity (A catholic dogma, not biblical) we believe in the one and only G-d of gods and we love him with all our heart. We believe G-d to be the source of all good, of love. Our concept of God is not anthropomorphic, it is entirely spiritual without gender or human characteristics. The Noahide movement is accepted by the Jewish Rabbinical authority as the righteous path to the Gentile. It is really amazing. There are noahides all throughout the world and we are very close thanks to the Internet. In the noahides group in yahoo we discuss many things that pertain to us and we learn from each other. If you want, you can join the group and start sharing. The majority of the people that are Noahides now were christians before and acknowledged that there was more about the truth of G-d than it is explained in the Christian Bible. I feel very happy being a Noahide and learning as much as I can about it.
I did not write the following things but they are important. To the author I ask for permission to keep this although I don't remember where I got it from. Thank you.
Who is the Son of G-d?
This "Suffering Servant" Holds the Key to Your Salvation
You were created so that you could recognize your Creator, love Him, and serve Him here on earth. But do you know Who G-d really is? The answer to this question surprises many people.
It is an easy mistake to think that one is worshipping the one, true G-d, while actually serving a false one. To help prevent this mistake, G-d described Himself in the Bible, warning us to remember how He appeared when He gave the Ten Commandments
And the Eternal spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but you saw no form, only a voice....
And guard your souls carefully, for you did not see any form on the day the Eternal spoke to you in Horev from the middle of the fire, lest you become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any physical shape, the form of a man or woman (Deuteronomy 4:12, 15-16)
In other words, G-d has no physical shape. He is infinite and unlimited, and never appears in the form of any human.
Nor does G-d have any "partners." He alone is the only One Who brings us eternal salvation, as He says in the Bible:
Am I not the Eternal? And there is no other god besides Me -- a just G-d and Savior; there is none else. Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am G-d and there is none else (Isaiah 45:21-22)
Anyone who makes the mistake of worshipping a man for spiritual salvation will be betrayed (Psalms 146:3). Eternal life comes directly from G-d, Who is One and infinite, and not through any mediator.
G-d's Firstborn Son
So how has G-d brought His message of truth to the world? According to the Bible, G-d declares that He does have a special son whose mission is to bring His blessings and His salvation to the entire world.
Who is this son? Many religious leaders have offered their opinions on the identity of His son, but really we should find out G-d's "opinion" on this matter.
In the book of Exodus, G-d openly proclaims His son to the world: "Thus says the L-rd: My firstborn son is Israel " (Exodus 4:22).
" Israel " is the Jewish people -- all of them. The Jews were chosen by G-d to be His special "son," to be, in the words of the Bible, "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation" for the whole world (Exodus 19:6)
All people are G-d's children, of course, but the Jews are like a "firstborn son" who brings G-d's Word to his younger brothers. Every person who learns from the Jews, and helps them fulfill their special role, becomes a part of G-d's kingdom.
Unfortunately, many times people have not listened to the Jews. For many centuries, the Christian church killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Jews -- men, women, and children to prevent their holy message from reaching the rest of the world. Today, church leaders still try to silence the Jewish message by sending missionaries to convert Jews to Christianity!
The Bible tells us that the Jews would suffer greatly, not just for their own sins, but also for the sake of bringing G-d's Word to a rebellious world:
"Comfort, comfort my people," says your G-d. "Persuade Jerusalem and call to her, for her time is full, for her sins have been repaid; for she has received from the hand of the L-rd double for all her sins" (Isaiah 40:1-2)
Salvation Through the Law
The Jewish people have been taught the secret to eternal life and blessings for all people, and now they finally have the freedom to reveal G-d's message.
According to that message, the key that unlocks the door to a personal relationship with G-d is His Law -- one part for the Jews, the other part for the rest of the world.
At Mount Sinai , G-d gave the Ten Commandments (and hundreds of others) to the Jewish people. These laws apply only to the Jews in their special role as the world's spiritual leaders.
But for everyone else, G-d gave the Seven Commandments (and dozens of other laws). These commandments were given to Noah, after he left the ark that saved his family from the great flood, as an eternal covenant with all the peoples of the earth (Genesis 8:20 - 9:17). Since Mount Sinai , the Jews have carried the message of these seven laws to all the peoples.
A non-Jew who follows these commandments is called a Child of Noah, and he receives both eternal life and G-d's blessings in his earthly life. By doing good works exactly as G-d commands, he earns a close relationship with his Creator.
A Child of Noah celebrates certain "Old Testament" holidays, not Christian holidays. He prays to G-d in the proper way, according to G-d's instructions. He also helps the poor, and he guides his fellow humans -- including non-religious Jews -- back to G-d's Law. A Child of Noah learns how to redeem every part of his life from the emptiness of modern existence, becoming a "soldier" in G-d's spiritual army.
The Messiah's Message to the World
By asking the Jews for spiritual guidance and turning back to "Old Testament" Law, a Child of Noah also accomplishes the most important task of all: He helps bring the Messiah to redeem the entire world.
The Messiah is a Jewish king who will gather all the Jewish people to Israel, destroy all evil, rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, and bring true freedom to the world by returning everyone to the Law. He will institute G-d's eternal kingdom here on earth.
The Messiah will teach the Word of G-d to all nations.
O L-rd, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of distress, gentiles will come to You from the ends of the earth and say, 'We have inherited only lies from our fathers, vanity and things which are not useful. Can a man make gods for himself, and they are not gods?'
Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this time I will let them know My hand and My strength, and they will know that My Name is Hashem (Jeremiah 16:19-21)
An Urgent Call to Action
In the book of Genesis, G-d told Abraham that his descendants, the Jewish people, would bless the world with the light of G-d's Word. Only by turning to the Jews can anyone join G-d's holy kingdom:
And I will bless those who bless you, but I will curse those who curse you; and through you all the families of the earth will be blessed (Genesis 12:3)
G-d promised Abraham that this covenant of priesthood would apply to all the Jews, forever:
And I establish my covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, throughout their generations, for an eternal covenant (Genesis 17:7)
Regardless of your race, religious background, or nationality, G-d is calling on you to help the Jewish people bring the age of redemption to the planet. You don't have to be Jewish to help; in fact, the Children of Noah can serve G-d in special ways that Jews cannot, since G-d's Law is stricter for Jews.
You can start today, simply by asking for more details. If you have any question please email me at rsbravo@daghdaprod.com If I don't have the answer I will try to point you in the right direction. Remember that Hashem wants you to be free.
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