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S5 126. Dr. Laura Sanger – Correction on Pardes- episode 120 Removed · Millennial Mustard Seed

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  Hi Rod. I just am so grateful, first of
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  all, that you were agreeable in removing my interview once I
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  discovered that Pardes is rooted in Kabbalism and also Jewish
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  mysticism. So I want to communicate to your
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  listeners that I do not want to have any form of mixture in my
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  life. It's an area that the Lord has
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  really been challenging me on and I've been teaching on it.
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  And so as you teach on these things, you can't teach on them
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  without also being challenged by the very thing you're teaching.
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  And so I'm so grateful for people in my life to hold me
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  accountable. A dear, dear friend of mine
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  who's one of my intercessors just today alerted me to the
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  fact that Pardes is rooted in, as I mentioned, Kabbalism and
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  Jewish mysticism. So I am covering my tracks
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  because I have such a sober minded awareness of the
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  responsibility of teaching the word of God that there we are
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  held to a higher standard. As James 31 says, my brothers
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  and sisters, not many of you should become teachers because
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  you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
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  Like I said, I'm I'm sober minded about the responsibility
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  of teaching the word of God. So anytime that I find that I
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  have been in error or LED others astray or like this instance for
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  example, I want to bring correction to myself as soon as
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  possible. Because the last thing I want to
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  do is lead anyone down a path that would lead to Kabbalism or
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  false doctrine or anything like that.
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  So with all that said, the heart of what I was trying to
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  communicate in our interview was the beauty of digging deep into
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  the word of God. I mean, there are endless
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  treasures in the word of God and we still are able to do that,
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  just not following Pardes. So the beautiful thing about the
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  Hebrew mindset is that it incorporates dualistic thoughts.
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  So it's about embracing opposite views or opposing ideas with a
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  both and rather than an either or conclusion.
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  So for example, you know scriptures that say Jesus is
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  both the Lamb of God and the lion of the tribe of Judah.
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  Also hell is described as the blackest darkness and a fiery
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  lake. So with the Hebrew mindset, what
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  it does is it recognizes that there are mysteries of God that
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  are not meant to be understood. So the Hebrews, you know,
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  they're able to hold this tension between biblical
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  concepts without the consternation that comes from a
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  Greek mindset. And I'll just read to you a
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  quote from Marvin Wilson in his book Our Father Abraham.
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  It says all things, therefore do not need to be fully rational.
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  The Hebrew mind was willing to accept the truth taught on both
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  sides of the paradox. It recognized that mystery and
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  apparent contradictions are often signs of the divine.
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  Stated succinctly, the Hebrews knew the wisdom of learning to
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  trust in matters that they could not fully understand, and I love
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  that about having a Hebrew mindset towards the Bible.
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  But also, you know, one of the beautiful things is, you know,
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  we can look at Scripture and read it just as the plain text
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  suggests, but then you can start digging deeper and find where
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  references itself in, gosh, innumerable places.
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  And that's the fun of digging, is going to those other
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  locations in Scripture that will give a more full meaning to the
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  biblical passage that you're reading.
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  And so we can definitely still do that.
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  There are hidden truths within Scripture.
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  We know that, you know, Proverbs 25 Two says it is the glory of
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  God to conceal a matter, to search out a matter is the glory
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  of kings. So I just want to encourage your
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  listeners to have fun digging deep into the Bible.
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  And, you know, there are all sorts of ways to do that by
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  pouring into concordances, lexicons, commentaries, being
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  directed by the Holy Spirit. I just will no longer be
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  teaching about Pardes now, understanding that it's rooted
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  in things that I do not agree with.
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  So thank you all for listening and understanding.
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  And I I really appreciate you, Rod.
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  And more than that, I appreciate the people in my life that hold
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  me accountable because I do not want to lead others astray.
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  Thanks for listening, everyone. Take care.