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The man and his woman were both ARUMIYM , and they had not been shamed. The serpent was more ARUM than any beast of the field which Yahweh the god had made. (Genesis 2:25-3:1a) English translations and the insertion of chapter and verse markers have made it impossible for readers of those translations today to read the original story. Let’s begin with the two underlined words above. They are transliterations of Hebrew words that mean the same thing – ARUM is the singular form and ARUMIYM is the plural . They have the following meanings : subtle, shrewd, clever, crafty, and cunning. ● The man and his woman were both subtle, shrewd, clever, crafty, and cunning. ● The serpent was more subtle, shrewd, clever, crafty, and cunning than any animal. ● Which will be the most subtle, shrewd, clever, crafty, and cunning – the two humans acting together or one wild animal? Find out at -- https://mailchi.mp/01a3cc3b672f/round-1-of-the-conflict-between-the-ma...

A lawyer asked Jesus “which is the great commandment of the law?” The answer Jesus gave the lawyer is found in Deuteronomy 6:5, but with one little change. Many Christians have never heard Jesus’s answer. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/12ae7069b495/this-is-what-jesus-taught-on-how-to-love-god This is what Jesus taught on how to love God. This is one of the most important teachings of Yeshua, the Jewish Jesus . A lawyer decided to test by asking, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Torah?” Jesus said to the lawyer, “‘You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all of the Torah and the Prophets.” (Matthew 22:35-40) Why did a lawyer ask Jesus a question about the law? In English translations you usually find something like this...

Many years ago, I took a course in Alternative Medicine and the instructor used the example below to explain how our immune system works . The moment the immune system becomes aware of the presence of an unknown it immediately dispatches T-cells to search for it and intercept it. When they find it they ask one question – Are you me? If the answer is “ yes ,” they turn around and leave. If the answer is “ no ” they try to destroy it.   We are genetically hardwired with this immune system and it is following instructions that are part of our DNA code . Without a successfully functioning immune system, our chances of survival without modern healthcare would be “ zero .” We are also genetically hardwired to create belief models that function like an “ immune system ” too. Read more at -- https://mailchi.mp/99ceab590145/are-you-me-the-question-your-brain-asks-every-day-without-you-knowing-it

Let’s begin by looking at key points of the original version of the ancient story. And the snake/serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which Yahweh the god had made . (Genesis 3:1) ● In the First Story animals were made before the First ADAM by the unnamed Creator . The First ADAM is a man and woman .   ● In the Second Story , the Second ADAM was formed by Yahweh the god before animals were made. The Second ADAM is a man without a mate . And Yahweh the god said, “ It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him .” Out of the ground Yahweh the god formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would name them and whatever the man named each living creature -- that was its name. (Genesis 2:18-19) The snake/serpent is a beast of the field that Yahweh made and brought to the man. That was the first time the man and the sn...

The ideas, principles and values upon which Lives 1 st Living is based are found in Genesis and Declaration of Independence . Lives 1 st Living requires “ holding human lives sacred .” But it is important to understand that “ sacred ” has two meanings -- religious and secular . For most of history, “ sacred ” has been linked to the religious meaning – specifically sacredness as defined in the Bible . But the Declaration of Independence introduced a “ secular model ” and that made the United States of America ground zero as the place where people with religious and secular beliefs must intertwine, interact and work together to create the successfully functioning democracy envisioned by the Founding Father of a new nation. Read more at -- https://mailchi.mp/8f742078941b/lives-1st-living-is-about-holding-human-lives-sacred

And Yahweh the god planted a garden in Eden, to the east, and there he put the ADAM whom he had formed. (Genesis 2:8) How long did it take for you to read that sentence? One of the very important skills required for accurately understanding the words written in the biblical text is this: “ After you read a sentence or portion pause and consider how much time passed in the lives of people mentioned in those words and what they must have experienced .” An easy example to understand what I am talking about is found a few chapters later (modern translation). “ And Adam had sex with Eve, his wife. She became pregnant and bore Cain .” They didn’t have sex, and then a few minutes later, she gave birth to a baby. Read the rest of the article at -- https://mailchi.mp/8f1fd7590ef8/aloneness-is-not-good-and-do-not-ask-why

At the time of Yahweh the god ’s making of earth and heaven, no bush of the field was yet on earth, no plant of the field had yet sprung up, because Yahweh the god had not sent rain upon the earth; and there was not an ADAM to till the ADAMAH (ground). (Genesis 2:4b-5) In this story Yahweh the god is doing everything – not the unnamed god . This is first appearance of Yahweh in the Hebrew Scriptures . The focus is on the lack of bushes and plants on the earth. There were no bushes and plants because of two reasons: ● Yahweh the god had not sent rain upon the earth. ● There was no ADAM to till the ADAMAH (ground). This provides us with two clues that the Second ADAM was created for a very different purpose that the First ADAM . 1. This ADAM ’s identity is linked to the ADAMAH ( ground ), not “ the image of Creator ”). 2. He was created to till the ADAMAH ( ground ), not be “ the Creator’s Co-Shepherd over all living things on earth .” ...