Ben Masada
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CHILDREN OF LIGHT VS CHILDREN OF DARKNESS
According to Essene Theology, the controversy between good and evil is represented by the struggle between the children of light and the children of darkness since the beginning of the world. Therefore, in the "beginning," God created the heavens and the earth. (Gen. 1:1)
Thousands of years later, since this message has been promoted by the Jewish Scriptures, Aristotle contested that truth by asserting that the universe was eternal; that is, it had never had a beginning. Scientists went along with the genious Philosopher and adopted his idea that the universe, indeed, had no beginning and that it was terefore eternal. That it had always been there.
Then, in the late 1920's the big theory was developed by Henri Lemaitre, a Belgian Catholic priest and astromer during his research on the expansion of the universe. The discovery was that the big ban was the reason for the origin of the universe. From then on, scientists in general, and cosmologists in particular had no choice but to accommodate the Biblical text, since the universe had indeed begun with the big bang. Regardless of how or who, the Biblical text had been correct for thousands of years, that the universe did have a beginning, that is.
"The heavens and the earth." The heavens in general, in Biblical terms, is known as the universe; while the earth in particular, is to be focused on the creation of man, which is, in fact, the theme for the Genesis account of creation.
"The earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters." (Gen. 1:2) The earth was in a state of complete disorder and confusion, which in the original in Hebrew is translated as Tohu vavohu. Therefore, in darkness covered the abyss, we can see the children of darkness on earth, according to Essene Theology. And in "myghty wind sweeping over the waters" we can think of the Intelligent Design on the move for a solution to the chaos.
Then, "God" said, "Let there be light, and there was light." (Gen. 1:3) And He saw how good was light. (Gen. 1:4) Behold, a solution had been provided to bring light to the world with the creation of the People of Israel. Isaiah thought it so, as he prophesied that Israel had been assigned as light to the Gentiles. (Isa. 42:6) And so did Jesus himself when he addressed to a crowd of Jews in the following words: "You are the light of the world." (Mat. 5:14)
But then, light had to be separated from darkness, as they could not coexist together. And again, according to the Essenes, the endless struggle between the children of light and the children of darkness started, to last until the Gentiles understood Jesus' words in John 4:22 that salvation comes from the Jews. "From the Jews," he said, and not from one among the Jews. Then, it was evening with the children of darkness and it was morning with the children of light. At least, salvation was guaranteed that night would return every after each day. And that was only the first day.
Ben
According to Essene Theology, the controversy between good and evil is represented by the struggle between the children of light and the children of darkness since the beginning of the world. Therefore, in the "beginning," God created the heavens and the earth. (Gen. 1:1)
Thousands of years later, since this message has been promoted by the Jewish Scriptures, Aristotle contested that truth by asserting that the universe was eternal; that is, it had never had a beginning. Scientists went along with the genious Philosopher and adopted his idea that the universe, indeed, had no beginning and that it was terefore eternal. That it had always been there.
Then, in the late 1920's the big theory was developed by Henri Lemaitre, a Belgian Catholic priest and astromer during his research on the expansion of the universe. The discovery was that the big ban was the reason for the origin of the universe. From then on, scientists in general, and cosmologists in particular had no choice but to accommodate the Biblical text, since the universe had indeed begun with the big bang. Regardless of how or who, the Biblical text had been correct for thousands of years, that the universe did have a beginning, that is.
"The heavens and the earth." The heavens in general, in Biblical terms, is known as the universe; while the earth in particular, is to be focused on the creation of man, which is, in fact, the theme for the Genesis account of creation.
"The earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters." (Gen. 1:2) The earth was in a state of complete disorder and confusion, which in the original in Hebrew is translated as Tohu vavohu. Therefore, in darkness covered the abyss, we can see the children of darkness on earth, according to Essene Theology. And in "myghty wind sweeping over the waters" we can think of the Intelligent Design on the move for a solution to the chaos.
Then, "God" said, "Let there be light, and there was light." (Gen. 1:3) And He saw how good was light. (Gen. 1:4) Behold, a solution had been provided to bring light to the world with the creation of the People of Israel. Isaiah thought it so, as he prophesied that Israel had been assigned as light to the Gentiles. (Isa. 42:6) And so did Jesus himself when he addressed to a crowd of Jews in the following words: "You are the light of the world." (Mat. 5:14)
But then, light had to be separated from darkness, as they could not coexist together. And again, according to the Essenes, the endless struggle between the children of light and the children of darkness started, to last until the Gentiles understood Jesus' words in John 4:22 that salvation comes from the Jews. "From the Jews," he said, and not from one among the Jews. Then, it was evening with the children of darkness and it was morning with the children of light. At least, salvation was guaranteed that night would return every after each day. And that was only the first day.
Ben
