Judgment and Mercy Intro

The study materials provided at the bottom of this entry allow anyone to review the biblical mention of Judgment and Mercy by reading NIV and KJV verses containing the words, "judge", "mercy", judgment", and the both. Following the verses there is an article expressing advanced concepts of the Kabbalistic perspective on judgment and mercy. Although you may not fully understand the concepts expressed in Kabbalah I encourage (if it peaks your interest) to review the article in full because you will absorb whatever meaning and revelation your being is open to. I would suggest first reading the bible verses provided without applying any meaning to them, but only allowing them to enter your vessel and grow there. This is because, as Hebrews 4:12 expresses, "The word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires."


Furthermore, one can do this peacefully as it is written in Proverbs 3:3-7, "Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about they neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: so shalt thou find favor and good understanding the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord and depart from evil." (As a side thought, verse 7 could possibly say, to be wise in thine own eyes is not to fear the Lord, but to be with evil.)

The mention of an "eye" reminds me of something Yeshua said in Matthew 6:22-23, "Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is bad, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!" How can we know if our eye is good? Think of what Yeshua said in Mark 10:18 (also refer to Matthew 19:17), "Why do you call me good? No one is good - except God alone."

So if our eye must be "good" in order to receive Light, but none of us (even Yeshua himself!) are good, and we are told not to lean on our own understanding - whose eye do we need in order to understand!? It must be God's alone. So in order to receive God's eye we must forget what we think we know (Proverbs 3) in our "own understanding", and remember that our idea of 'goodness' is not good. We must show reverance or "fear" toward the greatness of God, knowing only He can direct our path toward goodness. What is our own understanding? Could it be our thoughts? I add 2 Corinthians 10:5, "We demolish arguments and every pretension [an allegation of doubtful value] that sets itself up agains the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ". Does anyone else see the verse telling us to demolish our thoughts? Unless of course you think your thoughts are "good". Do you? Or shall we, as Psalm 46:10 reads, "be still and know that [He is] God". He then says, "I WILL be exalted among the nations. I WILL be exalted in the earth." Did that leave any question of what you must do in order for God to be exalted? Unless you see the stillness as a physical stillness where you plant your body in one place for countless hours? Is the stillness not an inner stillness? A quietude where we demolish our thoughts that we might get understanding?

Proverbs 4:5-7, "Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, get understanding". We must study with a willingness to forget ourselves that we may have a good eye. I hope you see.

Now... what about judgment and mercy? Find study materials here: http://forhername.blogspot.com/2009/09/study-materials-judgment-mercy.html