reply to post by Doomsday 2029
Well, that just shows you.
Crime, Sex, drugs, fame, simply does not pay. DMX is now experiencing the flip side of that life he has lived.
But hey, if he can return to a faith in G-d, and sincerely repent and try to do good, than thats all that matters.
In that sense, the "devil" does not exist. It is actually a zoroastrian (and this may be the deeper idea behind the magi attending christs birth)
concept which separates good from evil, and attriubtes a different powers for each. The early christian theologians, like Marcion for instance (and
taken up later by augustine) regarded the god of the old testament as the "evil" god, and the god of the new testament, as the "good" god.
This idea prefigured the later doctrine of G-d and the devil.
Now, this is all patently ridiculous. Never once is the devil mentioned in the Tanakh and for good reason. As G-d says through Isaiah "I form the
light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things."
G-d, therefore IS the accuser, or the Satan. Satan, is simply one of G-ds many faces. In Kabbalistic thought, the archetype of evil is called Sam'El.
El, means "power". Thus, Mika'El means "who is like G-d" or, Who is like unto this power? This is the angel, or emanation of G-ds Chesed (loving
kindness). Gavri'El (Gabriel, meaning "strength of G-d" is the emanation of G-ds attribute of justice. Sam"El is pure and utter evil. Yet, the
great mystery of this power is that its ultimate destiny is to produce good.
G-d is a good G-d. Theres a reason why Good in English possesses another "o" (that is, the emanation of God). Good, is what G-d IS.
The creator has a purpose for each of us. Those who follow his will and serve him (and the book of Job explores the possibilities of this
relationship) by rejecting evil (that, following his conscience), and doing good are destined for whats called in Hebrew "OLaM HaBa", the world to
come, or Heaven.
The reason why in this age the righteous suffer and the wicked prevail, is because of the overall spiritual disfunction of mankind as a whole. We are
ALL literally one. We cannot escape this fact. When the majority do bad, than at any time some aspect of the collective man can be stricken, which is
sometimes the righteous.
This mode can be called "Derekh Elohim". The way of Judgement, or Law and Order. In this mode, G-d appears to act randomly.
Conversely, when the majority of mankind is righteous, it is "Derekh YHVH" the name of compassion. Those who do good recieve their just reward,
while those who do evil are immediately punished, whether by an earthly court (who honors and fears G-d) or by a calamity or sickness.. This being
good because a punishment is best carried out immediately rather than allowing the person to further degenerate and worsen his situation, and his