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I do not forget hearing a minister years ago as he cited Dwight L. Moody. He said, “There are two types of religion in the world: Biblical Christianity…and all the rest.” Similarly, another minister I listened to later said, “The only two religions that subsist in the world are Christianity and Hinduism…because Hinduism allows each man to find his or her own truth.”

A breed of ancient Jewish mysticism has not long back resurfaced amongst the rich and famous, enticing those who are uninformed in regards to the dangers of this cult. Madonna, who has given the Kabbalah Centre $18 million since 2001, Bette Midler, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Marla Maples and Roseanne Barr (refer to [http://radaronline.com/web-only/the-kabbalah-chronicles/2005/06/inside-hollywoods-hottest-cult.php] for more Hollywood stuff on Kabbalah) have been studying what’s known as “the Kabbalah.”

There is now a growing interest in the Kabbalah around the world. TV’s 20/20 just aired an consultation with the charming Berg family whose Kaballah Centre is raking in millions off sincere followers, most of whom sport a red thread around their wrists.

So, what is the Kabbalah? Where did it come from? How ought to the Church view the Kabbalah according to Scripture?

I located this definition on the web: Kabbalah: (Various spellings) meaning: “to receive.” Mystical Jewish teachings intermingled with teachings of gnosticism, Neoplatonism, magic and the occult were handed down by oral tradition. The word Kabbalah was coined by an eleventh century Spanish philosopher, Ibn Gabirol. The doctrine invented in Babylon for the duration of the middle ages from earlier Hebrew speculation and numerology. An early Kabbalist, Moses de Leon, devised and systematized the doctrine in his thirteenth century work, The Book of Zolar (sometimes spelled Zohar meaning “Splendor”).

The media is filled with references to Kaballah these days and, as they have with their warmed-over, Westernized verson of reincarnation, prominent Hollywood personalities are clambering to take hold of this feel-good, popular, contemporary version of Kabbalah. According to the Israeli-based Kabbalist, Michael Laitman, the invention of the upper spiritual world is the single genuinely satisfying answer to the growing demands of the innovative ego. A scientist by profession, Laitman claims that exposing youngsters of all backgrounds and religions to the authentic Kabbalah roots may significantly reduce the escalating phenomena of drug abuse and suicide in today’s society. The brief each day exposure to these texts is highly commended for getting youngsters back on track toward fulfilling their unfeigned aim in life.

We must find it rather strange to discover the occult exercises of Kabbalah rooted deep within Judaism. The venerated Torah is loaded with galore prohibitions versus all forms of the occult expression. Read on and we will see how Kabbalah is loaded with occultism and an anti-Scriptural doctrine.

Judaism Redefined

After the destruction of the Temple in A.D. 70, having rejected Jesus as Messiah, Mosaic Judaism had a major problem. The Torah emphasized that “without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins.” So, how could there be a continuance of the required blood sacrifices without an altar and a Temple? This, and other affiliated issues, required a staff meeting. So, the Council of Jamnia was called in A.D. 90, and began, in essence, redefining Judaism, justifying their beliefs, essentially, and their reason for existence. This led to the formulation of the Talmud, the body of writings that seeks the interpret the civil law as well as the Law of God contained in Jewish Scripture), including commentaries on the Torah, or Pentateuch, and oral laws handed down through tradition. Among other things, the Talmud includes materials that concern conclusions by Jewish scholars on disputed legal questions known as the Halakhah. Many examples and illustrations of the ethical, political, and religious principles involved in the laws are set down in the Haggada.

Now, two versions of the Talmud exist: the Jerusalem Talmud and the Babylonian Talmud. The Babylonian Talmud became authorized because the rabbinic academies of Babylonia pulled through those in Palestine by a good deal of centuries. After the completion of the Talmud, the Halakhah continued to invent as rabbis adapted it to the altering times. The Haggada was also continually revised.

One of the most necessary elements of the Talmud is the Mishneh Torah. This was a compilation of all the rabbinical legal creative writing of recognized artisti value by respective rabbinical commentators in existence at his time. Problems emerged when some Jews started out veneration of the commentators over the text itself. People were focusing too much on the TEACHERS than their inspired TEACHINGS, much the same as a great deal of do today even within Christianity. It is plainly the nature of people to do so.

Interestingly, in the 8th century, there arose a Jewish sect called the Karaites who clung to the rigorous interpretations of the Scriptures – let’s call them Fundamentalists – rejecting the Talmud and the rabbinical traditions that had been integrated for the duration of the primary six centuries. They were considered heretics by “Orthodox” Jews, and suffered persecution.

Here Kums the Kabbalah!

As was brought up earlier, The Zohar was a monumental work composed by Spaniard Moses de León, who lived in Guadalajara until 1290, before living the life of a wanderer. De León was a prolific writer, exclusively immersed in mysticism. The Zohar, his biggest work, was written in Aramaic over a 30 year period. The system of belief taught in his book was deceptively credited by de León to a great deal of legendary Palestinian scholar, Shimon ben Yohai, claiming that a Spanish-Jewish scholar and mystic named Moses ben Nahman had found the book in a cave in which Shimon and his son had found refuge from Roman persecution. When Moses tried to send ben Yohai’s crucial teachings to his son in Catalonia, de León claims he intercepted it and begun making copies, which he then disseminated among the more educated folk.

De León failed in this try to deceive the world and hide the fact that he was it is actual author. In his own lifetime a Palestinian mystic who doubted the authenticity and antiquity of the Zohar, investigated the matter. De León in the end promised to create the original, but passed away before the matter was settled. One must always closely thoroughly examine the founder’s background when investigating any philosophical or religious movement. In this case, the author was a deceiver. His Zohar depicted God as plainly a powerful strength that one must aspire to obtain. De Leon taught that God is the unknowable, immutable Ein-Sof (Infinite “Nothingness”). From this doctrine sprang the Kaballah, the name of an occult theosophy that formulated among Jews in Babylonia, and later Italy, Provence, and Spain, amongst the sixth and thirteenth centuries A.D.

The doctrine they taught was that heavenly revelation was received by enlightened Jews, and was passed on to succeeding generations through oral tradition. At introductory it was used by the mainstream of Judaism, but at last it became identified with those who believed that the Kabbalah was an esoteric, occultic tradition that explained the unfeigned meaning of the Hebrew Scriptures, which was held concealed from the masses and only made known to those who were spiritually ready to receive it.

Typically, Kabbalah is divided into two systems: theoretical and practical. The theoretical is concerned with theosophical speculation upon God and His attributes. The practical is concerned with bringing what has been theorized into the realm of daily experience. This is attempted through prayer, ascetic practices, and the employment of respective occult means, such as numerology, talismans, amulets, and incarnation of divine names and words.

One Kabbalah faith is that Scripture is inspired, not only in it is evident interpretations, but even to the degree that, through the use of occult symbol interpretation, one could find concealed meaning in the very numerical and alphabetical interpretation of the texts. Thus, the system of belief of the Kabbalah was derived through study of the Old Testament, but only when occultic interpretative proficiencies were utilized.

To give you an historical perspective, Kabbalah grew out of two basic needs in the Jewish consciousness. First, because they had rejected their Messiah, God temporarily rejected the Jewish nation (Luke 13:35), and so, in the centuries that followed, there were no prophets and no prompt manifestation of God’s presence among them. This left them sentiment that God was far got rid of from them and made them more prone to be influenced by the philosophical climate of the humans in whose lands they dwelt. This included Greek; Neo-Platonism and it is “Christian” offshoot, Gnosticism. These philosophies had a very transcendent view of God: He is infinite and far got rid of from any imaginable contact with man. As the Jews embraced more and more transcendent view of God, they necessitated to reconcile this with the traditionalisti Hebrew faith in the availability of God to man. This need seemed to be met best through the system of belief of the Sefirot, the traits or “emanation” of God, the groundwork of which had already been laid by the Gnostics, and Philo of Alexandria, a Jewish philosopher and contemporary of Christ.

The second reason for Kaballah’s emergence was that, by around the twelfth century, Talmudic legalism, ritualism, and intellectual slavery had reached it is peak. Kabbalah became standard because it opened up an approach to religion that seemed more pleasurable, immediate, and less confining.

The Kabbalistic faith is that God, or “Ein Sof,” is infinite and transcendent, and may make no direct contact with finite beings like us. We came into existence when the Ein Sof voluntarily fixed Himself by permitting Himself to become manifest through traits or “emanation” (the Sefirot), listed as: Crown, Wisdom, Intelligence, Greatness, Strength, Beauty, Firmness, Splendor, Foundation, and Sovereignty. Each emanation would be further got rid of from the Ein Sof, and thence further from His perfection and transcendence. The Sefirot would be repeated on four dissimilar levels, and these realms, according to descent, were called: “Atziluth” (the world of the supernals, or heavenless), “Briah” (the world of creation), “Yetzirah” (the world of formation), and “Assiah” (the world of material action). Taking on a personal form, these Sefirot, as angels, served as intermediaries amid God and man.

In this theosophy, the Sefirot are viewed as archetypes for everything in the world of creation, an understanding of their workings make clear to the seeker the inner workings of the universe and all of history. The conception is that the Zohar provides a cosmic-symbolic interpretation of Judaism, and of the history of Israel, in which the Torah and commandments – as well as Israel’s life in exile – become symbols for events and processes in the inner life of God. Interpreted in this way, the proper observance of the commandments by man takes on a cosmic significance.

That’s it. From the get-go, the conception of Ein-Sof was a tragic try to depersonalize God. After all, no one may relate to an unknowable force. On the other hand, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob IS a knowable, personal God who rejoices over His children with singing and longs to bless them. Jesus said, “When they see me, they’ve seen the Father.” Jesus showed humanity the reputation and nature of God in the flesh. One author writes, “…any try to chart the “inner life” of the Godhead, by means of the Sefirot or any other, is akin to “uncovering the Father’s nakedness,” a sin of grave disrespect emphasized in the Tenach itself!”

The disciplines of Kabbalah include meditative exercises that promise to enable humans to part and participate in the diverse dimensions of God’s being. Kabbalistic discipline was also fixed to the elite who were highly educated in the texts of Talmudic Judaism prior to their immersion in Kabbalistic studies. Kabbalistic communities soon formulated (not different from today’s Kabbalh Centre), in general organized as mystery societies of disciples that gathered around a peculiarly gifted mystical teacher (Tziddik). Such communities soon disseminate all over Europe with progressively wide appeal amongst learned Jews – the rich and famous wannabee’s, if you will. As the Berg’s stated for the duration of their 20/20 interview, even altho one may not even read Hebrew, the very act of merely LOOKING at the Kaballah will command a blessing!

What must be the Christian response to Kabbalah?

There are galore other distinct features of Kabbalah that one may search out on this subject to expose the errancy of this theosophy. Don’t waste your time…read your Bible instead. I may listen an old friend of mine saying, “Let the Kabbalah motion grow! Its followers will in the end come up empty. Finding that it leaves them wanting, we, The Church, ought to be there to show them unconditional love of Jesus. THAT is all they were ever looking for in the firstborn place!”

Prayer is the biggest response to the “Kabbblah Kraze.” In today’s occult revolution where each dimension of the occult is being explored, there has been a revived interest in Kabbalah amongst both Jew and Gentile. Yes, it is Jewish origin makes it unique, but Kabbalah is still fundamentally an occultic practice, and is therefore incompatible with the Judaeo-Christian faiths. Its Pantheistic theology teaches that all reality springs directly from God’s own essence. Even if one believes that these emanations from God’s essence have gone through a dissent of ten spheres on four dissimilar levels, the conclusion is inescapable that even he who is on the lowest level is still of one essence with God; and thus, ultimately, that person IS God. This faith is not one thing short of Pantheism.

Pantheism is a conception that is incompatible with the biblical conception God, who produced the world out of nothing, not out of Himself. In Genesis 1:1, the Hebrew word for “create” is “bara,” referring to something coming out of nothing. Genesis 1:1 debunks Pantheism, the faith that God is IN the creation and IS the creation. God is the tree? He is the rock? He is the building? He is the air? Pantheism holds that God permeates, and, therefore, IS all.

I recall a debate with a believer in Pantheism where I asked him if God was in those bird droppings on the fence before us. I believe I heard his mental wheels come to a screeching halt for a moment. “Come now,” I said, urging him not to check his brain at the door, “your beliefs are either perfectly true in all instances or they aren’t true at all.” Pantheism, for those who aren’t aware, is a non-biblical world view. The conception is, basically, that only the spiritual dimension exists. Pantheists refer to the sensing of material reality as maya, which means illusion. Some Pantheistic religions include Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism. Pantheism likewise forms the basis for Transcendental Meditation and a good deal of distinct features of New Age mysticism. It will have to not be confused with believing that God is omnipresent. God IS omnipresent. He is everyplace at once. David could say, “…if I ascend up into heaven, thou (God) art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there,” (Psalm 139:8). But God is NOT the invented world. In fact, He is wholly EXTERNAL to the produced world. Worship belongs to the Creator, not His creation. Paul tells us in Romans 1:25 that there will be those “Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator….”

God is related to the world as a sculptor is affiliated to his sculpture, or as an artisan is related to his painting, and I am affiliated to this message on my computer screen right now. The sculptor is not the sculpture. The artisan is not the painting. The writer is not the writing. The sculpture, painting, and writing are productions. They are invented by the One that creates, and what one creates, may be developed again. Perhaps it will be dissimilar or it may be better.

God is infinite; He existed before the world existed. He still exists, co-existing with the universe and permitting you and me, through Christ Jesus, to become co-laborers with Him for we ARE seated with Him in heavenly places. That’s present tense. The universe is finite, having a very definitive beginning and ending. The universe will end. Scientists reckon that the sun will shine when it comes to five million more years. Then in a great burst of energy, it will outstanding up, engulf and consume the planets before shrinking into a white dwarf. They assert the sun will finally burn itself out, and the whole universe will come to a great cataclysmic end. God only knows. The Bible says that heaven and world WILL pass away (Matthew 24:35). It also states, “…the heavens shall pass away with a outstanding noise, …the world also and the works that are therein shall be burned up,” (2 Peter 3:10). 1 Timothy 6:16 says that “the Lord only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man may approach unto.”

God developed everything just by speaking it into existence. It was not difficult. He’s God, you know. “Let there be light and there was light” (Genesis 1:3). Poof! “Let the waters fetch forth and they brought forth, Let the world fetch forth and it brought forth” (Genesis 1:20,24). Poof! God was not put to a test to make the universe. Some say, “Mankind was a more difficult product!” God formed Adam out of the dust of the ground; we must not have been TOO tough. Like a mud pie maybe. Poof! He took a rib from Adam’s side, spoke a word, and turned it into a woman. Poof! That was not hard for God. This whole creation was not such a magnificent production where God was concerned. To us, it is perfectly unfathomable. With just a little word, it all came to be. It was in truth easy for the Creator. Genesis1:31declares that in six days, it all came to be, plainly through spoken words.

Imagine having that kind of an all-pwerful Creator God handling your measely, temporal problems! He WANTS to!

Finally, my brethren…

Although Kabbalists’ insistence upon the inspiration of Scripture in it is literal form was commendable, their carrying this point to the extent of seeking to find concealed meaning in it is numerical arrangements was just plain unnecessary. Logically speaking, couldn’t we utilize Kabbalistic methods to closely any piece of creative writing of recognized artisti value and draw closely any interpretation from it? “Green eggs ‘n Ham” by Dr. Seuss might take on a unfathomed new meaning! Their method of interpretation is neither acknowledged in the Bible, nor justified by it. The application of this method to the Bible have formulated interpretations that are not supported by Scripture, and, in fact, devised something directly opposed to it.

To any Christian persons giving careful consideration to the Kabbalah, I would say this: In the words of author Chick Missler, “Recognize that your adventure as a student is unfinished. “Now we see through a glass darkly; then, face to face.” Like a giant jigsaw puzzle, each piece takes it is signification in how it fits in amid those already in place. Forcing it only causes distortions. Withhold judgment until all the key pieces are in place.”

You may be discontented or disillusioned with your most holy Chrsitian faith but, as my wise ol’ mom used to say, “You get out of it what you put into it.” Are you studying the Scriptures daily? Fellowshiping with strong believers? Praying? And if you’re praying, what is the Spirit saying? Are you listening to His still, little voice? As a disciple, are you practicing the disciplines of the faith, following the examples and studying the teachings set by Christ Himself? If not, then it’s no wonder Christianity is leaving you hungry. The delicious banquet has been set before you…but no one’s going to strength you to partake.

Remember the wise counsel of Paul: “Beware lest any man spoil you through system of belief and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ,” Colossians 2:8.

Yes, Beware!

Bottom line: Kabbalah is a mystical, spiritual instructing that emphasizes mystery psychological result of perception learning and reasoning (old-fashioned gnosticism, addressed by Paul in Colossians, that’s still around today). This mystery noesis stands in direct opposition to the way God communicates plainly with us through His Word. “Kabbalah uses animistic principles of superstitious exercises to try to exert control over the world: numerology, talismans, amulets, and incarnation of divine names and words,” to quote from an article on Kabbalah by the Christian Research Institute.

Currently, the Kabbalah is disseminating like wildfire, consuming disillusioned Jews, Christians and Celebs in it is wake as many, if they are not abandoning their conventional faith all together, are attempting to create a heap of sort of hybrid faith by using a smorgasbord technique.

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Works well
the brake dust shield works well. i haven’t seen LESS brake dust so far, but when i wash the wheels the dust comes off A LOT more comfortable than before. very little to no scrubbing, it just wipes right off. i think i read a great deal of place there’s numerous sort of magnetic charge or bond that’s formed that keeps the brake dust from attaching too deeply/firmly to the wheel, consequently the easy wipe off. my guess is my wheels will look nice longer over time if i keep using this stuff. doesn’t hurt that it’s eco friendly, non-toxic, etc….

Not impressed.
I cleaned my wheels, applied liberally and “walked away”. The brake dust did get back on the wheels. While it wiped off easily, it couln’t be merely rinsed off with a hose. I’ll look for something else.

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Applied the product after using the wheel cleaner (which worked with regards to as well as any other wheel cleaner I’ve applied – still had a couple spots of black). It’s been two weeks and there’s a noticable divergence in the amount of brake dust left on my front wheels – the back wheels are commonly clean as the front brakes do most of the work. While there IS brake dust on my wheels, it’s more uniform, so the wheels do not look as dirty. There aren’t big dark patches toward the gaps in my wheel, which always occured in the past.

I wiped an area of the wheel, and the brake dust came right off without any hard rubbing. Don’t suppose a miracle, but if you’re genuinely concerned when it comes to how clean your wheels look, this “wheel” (will) help. For your intermediate Joe Schmo though, I’m not sure I’d spend cash on any wheel cleaner, I’d just wash them with my car.

Nice to recognise this doesn’t injure the surroundings though.