The world is drowning in Idolatry because of all religions violate the first two commandments of the light that Moses wrote down. Religion today provides the member an excuse to pursue selfishness – the ego justifies itself through active worship deluding the person into thinking they are special. Fear, guilt, and shame are emotions that keep a person fastened in their religion, which we can clearly observe from high demanding cults within religion today. If the type of worship concerning religion were false, the valid question that needs to be examined would be: What kind of “worship” does the Righteous Divine expect from humanity? Examining Abraham and the Israelites, the stories can provide insight into the subject.
Within the book of Genesis, there are several teachings that are required for us to live by, such as respecting the culture of the land. This context can be difficult to ascertain when studying Genesis. Another lesson that is taught in the book of Genesis is the art of listening. Through the story of Abraham, listening is the main context, and the principal reason why Abraham was considered a “friend” of the Divine Source of the light; moreover, true worship.
If Abraham was considered a friend of the Divine, then what type of worship was he practicing? When Abraham was traveling and living in Canaan, the Canaanites were involved in Baal worshiping temple activities, with alters, sacrifices, and offerings of food and drink. Nevertheless, Abraham built an alter, gave a sacrifice and prayed. More then once is written in Genesis that Abraham built an altar.
“From there he went on, toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the West and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD”. – Genesis 12:8
Generosity was expressed through sacrificing livestock, which was of great value during that era. Abraham built a platform in a design so animal could be roasted. The verse teaches that Abraham prayed and called on the name of the Divine. Analyzing the type of worship that Abraham was associated with, the conclusion that he was expressing his gratitude and expressing his thankfulness is straightforward. Abraham shunned the religion and idolatry of the Canaanites, nor did Abraham allow anything between his friendship with the Divine. Because Abraham listened to the spirit of the light, in detail, of sacrificing his own son; stopped at the very last minute – the Almighty Divine considered Abraham his friend.
A listening ear, generosity, and thankfulness are superior over attending a church, a mosque, a synagogue, or a temple, performing rituals and repetitive prayers. The world pursues selfishness concerning their time and money. Giving time to someone trodden down, feeding the hungry, lending helping hand, are deeds of sacrifice and worship that are judged with favor. Compared to prayer rituals to a stonewall in Jerusalem, or facing in the direction of the stone Kaaba (The Primordial House) in Mecca, or praying in the direction of a cross with an image on it, or chanting in a temple – activities that are fruitless.
During the epoch of the Israelites, a temple existed in Jerusalem from where they offered sacrifices. The Israelites were supposed travel to the temple three times a year to sacrifice, which is an expression of generosity, but they were to avoid setting up altars where they lived. The Israelites failed at applying the commandments; attaching themselves to Baal, attaching to idols, and pursuing selfishness and greed was the downfall. They oppressed the poor, would not forgive all debts, or let their salves go in the seventh year of the jubilee. They would glean their fields because they were selfish. The Israelites pursued dishonest gain, and falsely testify against their neighbor; thus lost the friendship of the Divine Spirit. Moses taught against these behaviors. The idolatry gave them over to selfishness. The Israelites adopted Canaanite ways of worship – worship of Baal and the lower entities.
The Israelites set up altars and high places to sacrifice, because they viewed the act of sacrifice as a source of forgiveness. The lessons of King Saul clearly teach that sacrifice is worthless if a person is manifesting the qualities of darkness such as arrogance, selfishness, and greed.
The lie of the world is that the Almighty Divine Source demands worship from humans. The word “worship” in the Hebrew language comprises seven different Hebrew words that are used to translate one word – worship. In addition, the Greek scriptures consist of seven Greek words that they translate into one word – worship. The Hebrew and Greek define completely different as the word worship is defined today. Predominantly, worship defines as action of a servant: a listening ear, acting unselfishly concerning the stranger, manifesting faith, avoiding idolatry and upholding the commandments, generosity from the heart, and thankfulness – the Divine Spirit desires friendship.
Moses taught that we manifest love, referring to the Divine, by shunning the worship of other gods – the lower entities, and shunning idolatry, which is in the form of religion. Additionally, thankfulness for a disagreeable incident that may happen is important. An unpleasant episode will develop as positive that the majority cannot recognize. The Almighty Divine desires our heart to be generous and available. The Almighty Divine desires humility and transcendence of the ego. The Divine spirit desires a listening ear. A complaining tongue is a determent to friendship with the Divine Spirit. True worship is interconnected with qualities of the light – friendship is involved, though – conditional.
The lie of the universe is that God needs to be worshiped. The Almighty does not need anything from the creation. The lower entities need human worship for energetic needs. The worship of all religions feed the lower entities with energy. The Almighty insists upon love by shunning idolatry – the practice of religion is idolatry. In return, the Divine spirit will shower his love upon his servant. Learning the action of unselfishness is the only true worship that results in an intimate relationship with the Almighty Divine Source who is faithful.
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