It is hoped that the reader has read and acquainted himself with the article on "archetypes" before reading this article. I strongly recommend you do in order to increase your understanding and enlightenment for what comes next. The above link explains quite well this concept of archetypes which we find behind our religious symbols, icons, and the "Jesus Story". This understanding helps us understand why almost every nation since the beginning of time has had their own "Jesus Story" in one way or the other and why the lives of the Sungods read not only like the "Jesus Story" but are identical parallels in so many places. Divine ideas are being shared by the Invisible God with mankind which he expresses as best he can in his symbolic representations of such Divine Truth which took the form of his Sungods and other stories of "the Karest/Christ" like our "Jesus Story".
First of all please look at what you recognize as "the Star of David" above.
Answer for yourself: Do you notice that the star is pointing both upwards and downwards? What could this mean? Is there hidden meaning here that we are missing? Well you have to study Egypt and Egyptian religion to understand the religious concepts hidden in the Star of David. Archeology today is teaching us just whom the identities of the Biblical Patriarch actually are and you be amazed to find out that these Patriarchs are Biblical Pharaohs. In Seminary I always wondered why Amenoteph III wrote many of the Proverbs. Today I know that he is the Biblical Solomon and his father, King David, is Tuthmose III. Well that is a teaching for another day but if one was to undertake such a rigorous study of Egyptian Monotheism then you will find that the center core of all that they believed is that "So above then so beneath". In other words the Divine Pattern is to be reproduced on earth as it is in heaven above and not only their architecture and pyramids reveal this but their very core religious theologies as well. But that study has to wait but understand this as we move on the children of the Egyptians who intermarried with Semites are the Jewish nation and no wonder that Biblical Judaism has almost the same religious tenants of their Egyptian fathers but even the Star of David points "as above so beneath" which reveals to us that Divine Axiom in disguise. Now let us continue since our focus is on the "Pattern of Worship" (above) that is to be reproduces on earth (below) according the Divine Pattern above.
Exod 25:8-9 8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. (KJV)
Answer for yourself: Is there a "Pattern" of Worship that we are to follow and if there is what is it? Do we follow it at our Christian churches? Well we need to look into this matter to be certain.
Let us look at the Hebrew word used for "pattern" above:
Strong's Concordance tell us that the word for "pattern" is Strong's number 8403: tabniyth (tab-neeth'); from 1129; structure; by implication, a model, resemblance: KJV-- figure, form, likeness, pattern, similitude.
The word clearly indicates that connected with the worship of God is the necessary construction of an earthly example of something that has a Spiritual/Heavenly existence (similar, like another). The idea carried with this word is one of "comparison" between two items. This "pattern", as a model, refers to a representation, generally in miniature, to show the construction or appearance of something that is a resemblance of "something else". It also carries the idea of a simplified representation of a system or phenomenon, as in this sense the representation of the worship due the Creator. Egypt understood this and coined the terms "So as above, so below" and their offspring the Jewish nation understood this religious concept and adapted it from them. Both Egypt and Israel had in common equinox Temples for example. We find that Egypt build the Giza Plateau as a representation and likeness of what they saw in the Heavens above them. It was a "mirror image" so to speak. We see the same example of this spiritual concept in the New Testament:
Matt 6:10 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. (KJV)
Earth is to be a carbon copy or reflection of the Divine. We as mankind are to reflect the "real" and manifest as best we can the "image of God" both within us and without through our influence and our conduct. More on this in a second as we continue our thoughts.
Let us examine other passages referring to this "pattern".
Exod 25:40 40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount. (KJV)
Num 8:4 4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick. (KJV)
Josh 22:28-29 28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you. 29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. (KJV)
Answer for yourself: Did you notice a strong admonition in the above verse?
Notice in this verse the strong admonition to NOT construct a "false" man-made substitute in worship for what God has commanded to be made and used in His worship which is not according to "the" pattern given by God Himself (selah)!!!
Of course this necessitates that one is aware of this "Pattern of Worship" in the first place. Sadly this "Pattern" of which I speak in hidden behind the Hebrew and Greek words of our Christian Bibles and the English does a poor job at revealing it; in fact is masks it from our view. More verses need to be examined so let us keep reading.
II Ki 16:10 10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. (KJV)
Now here is where it gets very interesting and it is here we find the hidden implications for non-Jews and their worship of God.
1 Chr 28:11-20 11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, 12 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: 13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD. 14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: 15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick. 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 17 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver: 18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. 20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD. (KJV)
Answer for yourself: Did you notice that this "Pattern" was given by the Spirit of God?
Answer for yourself: Did you notice the highlighted words "service"?
Strong's Concordance reveals the true meaning of the word "service" in these verses:
5656 `abodah (ab-o-daw'); or `abowdah (ab-o-daw'); from 5647; work of any kind: KJV-- act, bondage, + bondservant, effect, labour, ministering (-try), office, service (-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, X wrought.
Answer for yourself: What can we learn from the root word from which "abodah" is taken?
The root word comes from 5647 `abad (aw-bad'); a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.: KJV-- X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour (-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve (-ingself,), (be, become) servant (-s), do (use) service, till (-er), transgress [from margin], (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Answer for yourself: So now what have we seen? Without a doubt God has commanded His worship according to a particular "Pattern" given to the Jewish people who are his Servants who are commissioned to communicate these truths about God to the whole world.
Isa 49:6 6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou (Israel) shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. (KJV)
Let us read a few more verses.
Ezek 43:10 10 Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. (KJV)
Heb 8:5 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. (KJV)
Strong's Concordance and "pattern"
5179 tupos (too'-pos); from 5180; a die (as struck), i.e. (by implication) a stamp or scar; by analogy, a shape, i.e. a statue, (figuratively) style or resemblance; specifically, a sampler ("type"), i.e. a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning): KJV-- en- ex-) ample, fashion, figure, form, manner, pattern, print.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon and "pattern":
5179 tupos- 1) the mark of a stroke or blow, a print 2) a figure formed by a blow or impression a) used of a figure or image b) used of the image of the gods 3) form: the teaching which embodies the sum and substance of religion and represents it to the mind, the manner of writing, the contents and form of a letter 4) an example: a) in the technical sense, the pattern in conformity to which a thing must be made b) in an ethical sense, a dissuasive example, a pattern of warning; used of ruinous events which serve as admonitions or warnings to others c) an example to be imitated; used of people who are worthy of imitation d) in a doctrinal sense; used of a type, that is, a person or thing prefiguring a future (Messianic) person or a thing
I surely think we can.
Plato believed there are two "realities" or "worlds." This is exactly what both Egypt and the Jews believe and expressed in their religious symbolism and religious doctrines and no greater example could be found than the Temple described here and the pattern for its construction which was given to King David by God. Plato, like Moses and King David and the Rabbis knew that there exists an Invisible World and a Visible World. The Visible World is the world we see with our eyes, the world of sights and sounds and it is not "the real" but only a reflection of the "real" which exists in the invisible world of the Spirit/Energy (God). The Invisible World is the world of ideas that exist in the Spiritual realm. It is this second world, the Invisible world, that is the true reality to Plato, Egypt, and the Jewish nation attest. The visible is but a reflection of the "real" and when we see that we are speaking of worship in the verses above this means that there exists in the "Invisible realm" of the Spirit/Heaven a "pattern for worship" of God that needs to be emulated and followed by all mankind in this visible world. The Jewish nation was entrusted with this "Pattern of Worship" for the whole of mankind.
If you understood the above then this becomes all the more important as our studies progress and we see for ourselves that both the Jewish nation and the non-Jewish peoples of the world kept the same "pattern of worship as seen for example in worship of the Creator involving the Biblical Seasons and Biblical Festivals and Sabbaths. This you need to understand can be shown to apply both before Moses and after Moses and the 613 Laws given to the Jews by Moses. This means that long before the Jewish nation non-Jews were keeping these "holy days" by Revelation and the Hebrew texts and Scriptures detail this for us. Often however these "truths" are hidden behind English words that cover up these facts. This is a startling revelation that awaits you as you see with your own eyes for example that Abraham kept the Passover even before it gained the historical significance it holds today. Even more important is the examples we will soon see which teach us that in the New Testament that non-Jews and Jews both kept the Sabbath day and the 7 Biblical Festivals after the time of Christ. We even see Paul teaching non-Jews to observe and keep Havdalah which observes and commemorates the Sabbath as it passes and the new week begins. Paul taught his Gentiles churches this "Pattern" and we in Christianity today are basically ignorant of it and have a substitute religious calendar given us by Antisemitic Rome. Even more startling is the revelation that there are certain passages in the Holy Tanakh that God commanded be read on certain days and that this "pattern" of reading of the Torah/Tanakh at certain times makes all the more sense when one come to understand that God has certain things to say and communicate to His people on special times and days of the year. Simply said you would not say to a person "happy anniversary" on his "birthday" and vice versa. Even more startling is the fact that the very basis for the outline of Mark's Gospel, chapters 1-16, can be shown to follow the Torah readings throughout the year in Palestine. Looking at the chronological sequence from Chapter 1 through chapter 16 we see that each thematic teaching overlaps with the required Torah reading throughout the year. This simply means that we have before us the midrash of the Synagogue readings as told through the life of "the Christ" throughout the calendar year as enumerated between chapters 1-16 in the Gospel of Mark. This "Pattern" of worship is everywhere but seen by few.
To recap even more startling is that it can be shown that even before Moses the Hebrew Scriptures teach us that non-Jews kept these same "appointed times" with God which sadly Gentile Christians are taught today belong and apply only to the Jews. We will see in our studies that in these "appointed times" with God that occur at the equinoxes and solstices is a hidden message of the"true salvation" of God as found in these Biblical Festivals. That should make you wonder if you have heard the right message of God in your Antisemitic Christian Churches. Kind of makes you want to study does it not? Well the opportunity awaits you on this and our other websites at Bet Emet Ministries as the long hidden truths kept from you are revealed
Blessings...Craig Lyons M.Div.
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