The Shekhinah and the Manchild

On 11/23/2022 at 4:31 PM, Vine Abider said:

You said “The Woman [‘in heaven being with child, in labor to give birth,’ Rev. 12:1-2ff.] is the Shekhinah. Only possible explanation,” but I’m not clear what that means…can you please explain in gentile terms?
 

The Shekhinah is the feminine manifestation of Deity, the original and continuing “visible manifestation of the Divine Presence.” She is the aspect of Deity that voluntarily limits itself, thereby providing a place and means by which the holiness of the Infinite Light is able to become tangibly expressed. (Because Infinite Light cannot be perceived by finite beings; rather, only a limited part of its radiance.)

In Hebraic thought, the feminine is the outward form and vessel, being the receptacle, of the inner essence, which is the masculine. This is because all creation consists, in its ultimates, of two things: lights and vessels. The feminine is the vessel in which the inner essence, the masculine light-seed, is clothed. Thus the Shekhinah is the ultimate Mother of all created forms; whereas from the Father comes their spirit-essence. Just as human mothers, via their wombs, are the source of the bodies/vessels of all human beings, wherein a soul-seed from the father is clothed within a material body. For mankind “was made in the image of God…male and female…” Gen. 1:27

The Shekhinah, being the ultimate source/Mother of all life-forms, was/is therefore the Mother of the nation of Israel, and also of the Church, in their collective spirit-forms.

Ezekiel 19:2, 10-13 What is thy [Israel’s] Mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. … Thy Mother is like a vine in thy blood…[the place of the soul. Lev. 17:11 A fuller quoting and discussion of this passage is found here: https://www.worthychristianforums.com/blogs/entry/1053-revelation-12/ ]

Galatians 5:26 …the Jerusalem above…is the Mother of us all.

Mankind, being a vessel of life, is, with respect to God, feminine. This is why Israel and the Church are described as being wives of YHWH and Christ, respectively.

As creation has progressed toward its ultimate God-given purpose, the Shekhinah has manifested new spirit-forms. In a time soon to come, Revelation 12’s Manchild, a spirit-form of latter-day tzaddikim/righteous ones, will be spiritually born of the Shekhinah; just as previously were, spiritually, the 12 sons of Jacob and Christ’s 12 Apostles; from which are descended the nation of Israel and the Church, respectively. Each such spiritual birth is an ascent to a higher level of spirituality; that is, to a becoming closer to God. The Manchild will collectively have a role in the Millennial Age akin to, but elevated above, the earlier roles of the 12 sons of Israel and the 12 Apostles of Christ.

Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.

Revelation 12:5 And she [the Woman/Shekhinah] brought forth a Manchild who is about to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her child was caught up unto God…

In the Book of Revelation, there are three twelves in the New Jerusalem: 12 gates named after the 12 sons of Israel; 12 foundations named after the 12 Apostles; and 12 fruits of the Tree of Life. I give it as my opinion that these as-yet unnamed 12 fruits will be named after the 12 primary tzaddakim of the Manchild ministry. Because the Tree of Life represents eternal life, which is the promised gift of God to mankind when Christ returns; at which time –

Romans 8:21 …the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

This deliverance will be the third in a sequence. 1) Israel was delivered from the bondage of the flesh: slavery. 2) The Church is delivered from the bondage of the soul: sin. John 8:34-36 3) The chosen/elect ones of the soon-coming resurrection will be delivered from “the bondage of corruption”: mortality.

1 Corinthians 15:52 … For a trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.