BOOK OF CREATION.
CHAPTER 4: THE AFFLICTION OF YAH.
(1) This comes from the scroll of Kerobal Pakthermin who wrote, "The forbears of all the nations of man were once one people, and they were the Elect of Yah who delivered all the Earth over to them, all the people, the beasts of the field, the creatures of the wasteland and the things that grow. They dwelt through long ages in lands of peace and plenty."
(2) "There were some who struggled harder, were more disciplined; because their forefathers had crossed the great dark void, their desires were turned Yah-ward and they were called The Children of Yah". "Their country was undulating and forested. It was fertile, having many rivers and marshes. There were great
mountains to the East and to the West, and in the North was a vast stony plain."
(3) "Then came the day when all things became still and apprehensive, for Yah caused a sign to appear in the Heavens, so that men should know the Earth would be afflicted, and the sign was a strange star". "The star grew and waxed to a great brightness and was awesome to behold. It put forth horns and sang, being
unlike any other ever seen. So men , seeing it, said among themselves, 'Surely, this is Yah appearing in the Heavens above us'. The star was not Yah, though it was directed by His design, but the people had not the wisdom to understand'.
(4) "Then Yah manifested Himself in the Heavens. His voice was as the roll of thunders and He was clothed with smoke and fire. He carried lightnings in His hand and His breath, falling upon the Earth, brought forth brimstone and embers. His eye was a black void and His mouth an abyss containing the winds of Destruction. He encircled the whole of the Heavens, bearing upon His back a black robe adorned with stars".
(5) "Such was the likeness and manifestation of Yah in those days. Awesome was His countenance, terrible His voice of wrath, the sun and moon hid themselves in fear and there was a heavy darkness over the face of the Earth".
(6) "Yah passed through the spaces of the Heavens above with a mighty roar and a loud trumpeting. Then came the grim dead silence and black red lit twilight of doom. Great fires and smoke rose up from the ground and men gasped for air. The land was rent asunder and swept clean by a mighty deluge of waters. A hole opened up in the middle of the land, the waters entered and it sank beneath the seas".
(7) "The mountains of the East and West were split apart and stood up in the midst of the waters which raged about. The Northland tilted and turned over on its side".
(8) "Then again the tumult and clamour ceased and all was silent. In the quiet stillness madness broke out among men, frenzy and shouting filled the air. They fell upon one another in senseless wanton bloodshed; neither did they spare woman or child, for they knew not what they did. They ran unseeing, dashing themselves to destruction. They fled to caves and were buried and, taking refuge in trees, they were hung. There was rape, murder and violence of every kind".
(9) “The deluge of waters swept back and the land was purged clean. Rain beat down unceasingly and there were great winds. The surging waters overwhelmed the land and man, his flocks and his gardens and all his works ceased to exist."
(10) “Some of the people were saved upon the mountainsides and upon the flotsam, but they were scattered far apart over the face of the Earth. They fought for survival in the lands of uncouth people. Amid coldness they survived in caves and sheltered places".
(11) “The Land of the Little People and the Land of Giants, the Land of the Neckless Ones and the Land of Marshes and Mists, the Lands of the East and West were all inundated. The Mountain Land and the Lands of the South, where there is gold and great beasts, were not covered by the waters".
(12) “Men were distracted and in despair. They rejected the Unseen Yah behind all things for something which they had seen and known by its manifestation. They were less than children in those days and could not know that Yah had afflicted the Earth in understanding and not wilfully, for the sake of man and the correction of his ways".
(13) “The Earth is not for the pleasure of man, but is a place of instruction for his Soul. A man more readily feels the stirrings of his Spirit in the face of disaster than in the lap of luxury. The tuition of the Soul is a long and arduous course of instruction and training".
(14) “Yah is good and from good evil cannot come. He is perfect and perfection cannot produce imperfection. Only the limited understanding of man sees imperfection in that which is perfect for its purpose". "This grievous affliction of man was another of his great tests. He failed and in so doing followed the paths of unnatural gods of his making. Man makes gods by naming them, but where in this is the benefit to him?" "Evil comes in to the midst of mankind spawned by the fears and ignorance of men. An evil man becomes an evil spirit, and whatever evil there is on Earth comes either from the evil of spirits or the evil of men".
Commentary.
In this chapter we see the Affliction of Yah. He has prepared the Earth ‘for the sake of man and the correction of his ways’ and ‘not for his pleasure but as a place of instruction and training.’ This is the Earth’s purpose. We have talked earlier about Yah withdrawing and man looking for Him but having a sense He’s still there. We’ve also looked through those who strive and persevere to be the balance between the Spirit and the Natural. As well as the Children of Yah we have other groups which I’ve touched on earlier. These are:
‘The Grand Company’, who subsequently withdraw in disgust at the behaviour of mankind.
‘The Children of Yah,’ led by a wise father, who ‘knew Truth and lived in the midst of peace and plenty.’ (Just to explain, this is someone from before the time of Adam. These appear to be the wise rather than the foolish virgins/bridesmaids of Matthew 25.)
‘The Children of Men’, a primitive indigenous species who were wild and savage, clothed in the skins of beasts.
‘The Men of Zumat' (Yoslings) who were even wilder. (These are those who are generally referred to as half-folk, not true men. Lots of people today look like or have a similarity to this group.)
Onto these groups we can see in this chapter: The Land of the Little People, the Land of Giants, the Land of the Neckless Ones the Land of Marshes and Mists, the Lands of the East and West all inundated and the Mountain Land and the Lands of the South - not covered by the waters. Is this last one where the Children of Yah were? (No proof to this thought, though.) These are all parts of the above groups giving a bit more information on them. Does this sound like the world we know today, unruly, driven by doing the wrong thing, chaotic? Need to know wisdom and knowledge to interpret this better. Going back to then, this is the world into which Adam stepped.
The ‘Children of Yah’ struggle harder and are more disciplined. Even so, ‘The Star’ still comes to them too. This is the Destroyer mentioned in the last chapter. We need to take great care and apply wisdom because this thing is on its way back now because we haven’t done the things we should do. Remember from earlier that its less important not to do the things you shouldn’t than to do the things you should. So He judges us. A cataclysm beyond human understanding. For they knew not that Yah had done this. Man needs to understand it wasn't done wilfully but for the sake of man and the correction of his ways.” Remember we're doing things we shouldn't and not the things we should be.
Even so, man survived. He is strong enough for this. When “the red day arrives” (as it did in this account way back) earthquakes and volcanoes will go berserk, the seas rise, great winds roar and the lands tilted. Back then, in the silence afterwards, mankind went mad falling on one another in bloodshed (war). They fled to caves and were crushed. Ran to trees and were hung. The deluge of waters swept the land clear. All the works of man were of no effect and ceased to exist. (Hallelujah!) Some, however, as stated survived running to the mountains or to the ‘flotsam’ or lowlands. Wherever they could shelter they survived.
Do we now see the teachings even in the first part of this chapter to help us with this? (We will be afflicted again.) Take Adam & Eve. Actually think of it like its only Adam. Eve is likely a hybrid from one of these other groups where the matings were more of a way of life or part of their spirit which were flung and scattered throughout the Earth during and after the cataclysm. We are once again looking at standing in the balance between the Spirit (Heaven & Yah) and the Natural (Earth). This holds true from the beginning to where we are now doing the things we should do or judgment comes. Where do we fit that into the Genesis account of the first three chapters? With difficulty as it doesn’t mention a lot of it. Nevertheless, it’s there if we fit in the details/look hard. Likewise, if we look at the Noah account - another example of the Destroyer - we see they probably also weren’t doing what they were meant too. Hmmm! Some of these who didn’t get on the Ark, nevertheless, still survived. We’ll come to that later.
Looking also at the Aaronic priesthood of the Israelites going back to their founding father Abram (later Abraham) we see that the Melchizedek priesthood is at least equal. (All need to be doing the things we need to do.) (Genesis 14: 18-20:) “Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of Heaven and Earth. And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.” And: (Psalm 110: 4:) Yahuah (Father) has sworn it, and He will never retract — “You are a cohen (priest) forever, to be compared with Melchizedek.” Is this one of the other groups which survived the last cataclysm or a faction from the Children of Yah after the wrong matings? We don’t know. Many years have passed from Adam to Melchizedek. He could hardly be one of the “chosen people” or Israelites because Abram was the start of them! So the Israelites who did right brought forth the MessiYah which needs to be mentioned but other groups did what was right too.
In Genesis 6:3-4 we read: And Yah said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the ‘sons of God’ (giants?) came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.” Is the 120 years talking about Jubilees (of fifty years)? In the Book of Jubilees chapter 22 verses 1-6 we read: “(1) And it came to pass in the first week in the forty-fourth jubilee, in the second year, that is, the year in which Abraham died, that Isaac and Ishmael came from the Well of the Oath to celebrate the feast of weeks -that is, the feast of the first fruits of the harvest-to Abraham, their (2) father, and Abraham rejoiced because his two sons had come. For Isaac had many possessions in (3 )Beersheba, and Isaac was won’t to go and see his possessions and to return to his father. And in those days Ishmael came to see his father, and they both came together, and Isaac offered a sacrifice (4) for a burnt offering, and presented it on the altar of his father which he had made in Hebron. And he offered a thank offering and made a feast of joy before Ishmael, his brother: and Rebecca made new cakes from the new grain, and gave them to Jacob, her son, to take them to Abraham, his father, from the first fruits of the land, that he might eat and bless the Creator of all things before he died. (5) And Isaac, too, sent by the hand of Jacob to Abraham a best thank offering, that he might eat and (6 )drink. And he ate and drank, and blessed the Most High God, Who hath created Heaven and Earth, Who hath made all the fat things of the Earth and given them to the children of men that they might eat and drink and bless their Creator.” Changing the subject for a moment, we see that some of the details supposedly from Moshe’s (Moses’) time started before jubilees and sacrifices. 22 is the number of the Sons of Light. The saved are called the children of Light. In the Gospel of John, Light is mentioned twenty two times. These people are doing the things they should be. Likewise, 44 is the chosen people. This is a rivalry between “these and those” who want to be the chosen inheritors. It's the same as between Jacob & Esau or the two covenants. Also, 43 (contention) and 44. There is a Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) event involved in this also. In Acts 8:14, 15 we read: “Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the Word of Yahuah, they sent them Peter (44th time in Scripture) and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive Ruach HaKodesh.” There is no Sonship without Ruach HaKodesh. Our Passover experience brings us to birth. Our Pentecostal experience brings us to the next stage like the Jewish bar-mitzvah at 13. And our Tabernacles experience brings us to full Sonship (huiothesia), which is the mature Son that inherits the estate of the Father - doing the things he should be. AMaN. It's a place of instruction and training for them too.
Looking back we see the events. It's very similar to today. If we look at the sunsets of today wherever you are in the world there's likely to be redness or on off-orange colour within the “clouds.” Great fires are breaking out in many countries. The seabed, especially in the ring of fire, is heating up with many fish, crabs and other mammals washing up dead in vast numbers on the seashore. Earthquakes and volcanoes are rending the lands or exploding in record numbers. Tidal waves and tsunamis are coming too although geographically not in such large numbers, yet. Holes are opening up too. Not just sinkholes but similar events leading to rivers bursting their banks and flooding. War will come too. Slightly different this time due to more mechanisation and experience of times past but still basically the same. The ways of mankind will cease to exist. It is time for a new start once again.