What does it mean concerning Jeff's religious views do you think?Jeff Brenner is both 100% Jewish and 100% Gnostic
Jeff Brenner is a Kabbalistic Jewish mystic
You will not like or agree with most everything he says
I had a quick read of Jeff's book, and yes you are right, he is either Gnostic or mad, and I find myself in a dither over his book.Please do not be offended – I mean this as your brother in Christ – as a friendWhy 5 discussions within the Zohar? Because man has 5 senses.
We need to see it, smell it, taster it, touch it, and breath it in to finally understand it as a whole.
There is a YouTube channel called “5 Levels” – YouTube
Explain a topic – to a Child, a Teen, a College Student, a Grad Student, and an Expert
1- Your reading ability, and your vocabulary is <9th grade high schoolJeff Brenner is a Jew - a translator – not sure what his PhD is – but he works for a nuclear regulatory over-watch group – he is called Rabbi
In the video -
youtu.be/QcUey-DVYjk?si=L7XMcAGvjCXrX3V8Astrophysicist Explains Gravity in 5 Levels of DifficultyExplaining Gravity – to a Child, a Teen, a College Student, a Grad Student, and an Expert
The child talks about Newton and the Apple – even tidal effects of the moon
24:49 – at Expert Level – the discussion begins with space-time – a theory of geometry – a quantum mechanical wave function – and superpositions of space-time
In this example – with scripture – you speak as a child –
Jeff Brenner is a recognized and respected expertI am not trying to insult you – you just need to be honest with yourself At what level are you discussing scripture – and why don’t you understand the experts
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2- Jeff Brenner is a Jew - a translator – he is not a Catholic satan believerJeff Benner @ Quora
20+ years teaching Biblical Hebrew and Bible interpretation.4y
Does the word Satan mean “the accuser” in Hebrew?
The Hebrew word שטן (satan) means “accuser” or “opponent.” When the letter ה (ha) is added as a prefix, it becomes השטן (hasatan) and means “the accuser.”
I would like to point out that this word is a noun and not a proper name and therefore should be translated (accuser) and not transliterated (Satan).
I will have to re-read his website some more and test whether this Gnostic Kabbalah attitude sneaks out in other website work.Gnostic Kabbalah attitudeAs you study any subject your pile of information grows – fact
As a scholar – an institution – a Temple – your library grows – books, notes, papers, magazines
Jewish = Kabbalah = 4000 years of Jewish ‘information / study / commentary’
It exist in books, papers, notes, letters
The oldest Kabbalah book = Sefer Yetzirah - The Book of Creation – it is older than Moses and the Torah
You will really hate it even more
E= mc2
God = creation
God = the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet + the 10 numbers – 22/10
God = the 22 letters (the complete name of God) or (the first word spoken)
These 22 letters = the template that God used for creation
The idea of Adam watching a “D” coming down from heaven – then an “O” – then a “G” – and a DOG appeared
What I took from this text = “10 is the number – not 9 not 11 – only 10”Sefer Yetzirah = the 10 Serfots - the 10 atrabutes of godGen 1:1 בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
(wiki) Sefer Yetzirah describes how the universe was created by the "God of Israel" (a list of all of God's Hebrew names appears in the first sentence of the book) through "32 wondrous ways of wisdom":
Ten Numbers (Sefirot, the origin for the Sefirot of later Kabbalah)
The Twenty-Two Letters of the Hebrew alphabet—
Three "Mother" Letters (Aleph, Mem, Shin)
Seven "Doubles" (Bet, Gimel, Dalet, Kaph, Pe, Resh, Taw)
Twelve "Simples" or "Elementals" (He, Waw, Zayin, Heth, Teth, Yodh, Lamedh, Nun, Samekh, Ayin, Tsade, Qoph)
These 32 divisions correspond to: the 22 Hebrew Letters, the 10 numbers, the 10 Divine Names of God, the Tetragrammaton, the Hebrew Calendar (7 days & 12 months), the Solar System (7 visible planets & 12 constellations of the zodiac), the 12 Tribes of Israel, 12 Boundaries (EastUp/ENorth/ELow), Space (Above/Below, Up/Down, East/West, North/South, Left/Right), Time (Day-Night, Hours, & Past/Present/Future),
Jewish = Kabbalah = 4000 years of Jewish ‘information / study / commentary’
The Book of Creation - Sefer Yetzirah – is just one of many
The Zohar = the short version – 1280AD Spain
Part of the Zohar captures the 13th century argument between Nachmanides vrs Maimonides
Dave’s versionMaimonides – was defeatist – the Temple had been gone for over 1000 years – the Jews should be more compliant with Spanish authorities (Catholic)
Nachmanides – argued – look how amazing the Torah is – how can anyone with a brain deny the Torah
“5 Levels” - a Child, a Teen, a College Student, a Grad Student, and an Expert
Jewish Kabbalah = Grad Student, and an Expert
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Gnosticism = Christian – first/second century Christianity – before Rome This is just Judaism 101 + NT + first/second century Christianity commentary – before Rome
Between the Resurrection and the Ascension = 40 days of teaching with the disciples
The writings of James, John, Paul, Peter, Phillip, and Thomas – first/second century Christianity – before Rome
It is the original Pentecostal Messianic Jewish Christianity of Jesus Christ – His disciples – His followers – and the New Christians of the Book of Acts
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We are going to have a good discussion aren't we ? Not unless you grow and be honestYour stupid word games is just a distraction – you just argue vocabulary
He supports your ideas certainly in this book, We are both students of realityand I find the book always opposite to everything about my view.Please do not be offended – I mean this as your brother in Christ – as a friendYou have been taught not to believe
Evidently the Australian education system + Ellen White + the Robert Method = bullshit
You deny the foundational facts of God and creation - and it skews all the rest for you1- God of only tov is a mythJewish God is pg 38 – E=mc2
God is the light and the darkness
God is the creator and the destroyer
The division between the two are artificial
THERE IS ONLY ONE GODYour denial just makes you look foolish
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2- God is a singularity that creates through the Ayn Sop (Holy Spirit / Sophia / Goddess of Wisdom)
D"(Gnostic use the term – Sophia – the Goddess of Wisdom)
R" Hmm? Wisdom is not from the HS per se, the wisdom is a flow carrying by the HS, originally from the Most High.
R" SO why invent words for no reason?
D" To define the Spirit – the Holy Spirit – not a person (as you claim) – it is God “all-present”
It is the presence of God = Shekinah / Spirit /Holy Spirit
R" I have never said the grand medium is passive, but active, and the administrator is the SHADDAY.
Not Ayn Soph, how can humans dare to add to the hebrew torah like this?
You deny the Spirit
You have God – that made a mediumEveryone else on the planet subscribes to Ayn Soph - "the Endless One".- God without borders
God is everywhere – the presence of God is everywhere – everywhere is God
God is Spirit / God = the Holy spirit
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3- God fattened Himself – baraGod everywhere – God’s presence – the Holy Spirit = the ether upon which reality exist
R" Pantheism... explain how GOD is in a bus, as I have read in Kabbalah? "Jewish – you see a bus go by – you can say 'Hi God' as it passes"
(wiki) Pantheism asserts that "all is God",
Panentheism claims that God is greater than the universe but the universe is nothing more than the manifestation of God.
Judaism - the universe is contained within God, like in the Kabbalah concept of tzimtzum.
God the Father is greater than creation
the Holy Spirit = the ether/ matrix / medium upon which reality exist
At the sub-atomic level – yes – Judaism is 100% panathisticCreation = a manifestation of God
You argue – the HS empowered everything
Agreed – at the sub-atomic level of reality
Each and every particle = a tiny ‘quantum’ packet of E – a tiny cloud of E – a non-thing
The only REAL thing in our reality = the interactions between the forces of E – in a dance call – SYNERGY
Judaism = quantum physicsE=mc2
E= everything
Energy cannot be created or destroyed – only translated (wave) or transmuted (particle)
E= a photon – a wave – that can be measured as a particle when it interacts
E= the ElectroMagnetic spectrum
E= spoke the word – and the word REVERBERATED thought the void
As these waves – converge and diverge – amplify and cancel – creation is formed
Place a Hawaiian LIE on each amplitude peak =
STRING THEORY PHYSICSAll physical reality is built upon the interaction of forces between non-thing packets of E
All physical reality is a holographic illusion
Today’s vocabulary – we live in a virtual reality
REPEATThe Kabbalah = 4000 years is Rabbinic deep Bible study
The Kabbalah = the foundation of quantum physics
The Kabbalah = the foundation for string theory
The Kabbalah = the foundation of multidimensionalism
The Kabbalah = for all Jewish mysticism
The Kabbalah = for all Gnosticism
The Kabbalah = the foundation for all Christianity
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4- Brenner thinks of creation in terms like:The Big Bang –
and then expansion –
then Nebular Hypotheses – the most accept astrophysical cosmology
the cooperation between plants and animals
The utilization of each others waste
The cycle of life written into nature – even written into the stars
Nature was in balance – functional – filled with entropy – before Gen 3
This is just a discussion of reality – it is Gnostic – it is Kabbalah –
it is today’s cutting edge science – validating scripture to a depth – no one can deny
To admit an INTELLIGENT DESIGN – admit an Intelligent Designer
Rom 1:19-20 - Psa19:2 – it all declarers his handiwork
NONE OF IT = the MYTH of The Creation Institute - Don Patton – or you------------------------------------------
Jeff Brenner - I have only had one - exchange of posts
He is an educated Jew that loves the Torah
He does not sound any different to me - than amy other educated Jew have ever studied with