A New Understanding Of The Ten Commandments

The Bible was originally written to be a guide for you to live in peace, harmony, and the fulfillment of your aspirations. This book has been written to free yourself from the limitations of your mind, to understand life principles, and help you achieve your ideal life. Hundreds of translations over many thousands of years have misinterpreted the idioms (slang) used in the original manuscripts, resulting in a change in the meaning of many Sacred Passages in the Bible. If I were to write a letter to a friend that said, "I'm going to 'hit the sack' early tonight, someone finding my letter a thousand years from now would have no idea what I was talking about. The same holds true for idiom translations in the Bible. Through Dr. Portinga's research into what was his life's purpose: How thought and consciousness effect every aspect of your life; mentally, physically. emotionally, and spiritually, you will discover an exciting new world of possibilities exist for you. A New Understanding of the Ten Commandments will guide you through the true meaning of the Ten Commandments, originally written as a guide to live your life in peace, harmony, and the fulfillment of your desires. During its approximately 3000 years of written history, Aramaic had served as a language of the administrations of empires and as a language of divine worship. It was the language of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity, who spoke a Western Aramaic language during his public ministry. The Aramaic alphabet was widely adopted for other languages and is ancestral to the Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic alphabets. Dean Portinga, Th.D., Ph.D., spent over 60 years researching physics, metaphysics, quantum physics, and spirituality as they related to the Bible. He also worked closely with Dr. George Lamsa, a native Aramaic speaker to write this book. Dr. Lamsa spent his lifetime translating the Aramaic Peshitta (literally "straight, simple") of the Old and New Testaments into English. He translated the scriptures, using his extensive knowledge of Aramaic and the idioms used during that time into an understanding of the Bible's original intent. Through Dr. Portinga's combination of science and a clearer understanding of the Ten Commandments, he found a common thread that connected his combined knowledge into the answer to his life's purpose; How do thought and consciousness affect every aspect of our lives. He shares these results in this book. A New Understanding of the Ten Commandments will give you a clearly defined step-by-step guide to a more meaningful understanding of the Ten Commandments as well as the tools to enrich your life. He shares his finding with you in this book.

According to the demands of the Decalogue, manhood entails the avoidance of stealing, killing, and coveting, not to mention apostasy and violation of the Sabbath and other men's property. What, then, would be the essence of womanhood, if different? By selecting female characters' narratives as interpretative clues for the "law," this book presents a legal, behavioral, and representational reading of the Decalogue. Beginning with an analysis of the legal contents of each Commandment through allied legal texts which relate to women and to the feminine, each chapter continues with an investigation of the ways in which the activities of the female and male protagonists of select narratives elucidate the range of Commandments.

The Bible was originally written to be a guide to help you live in peace and harmony, and guide you in fulfilling your desires. This book has been written to help free you from the limitations of your mind, to help you understand life principles, and create your ideal life.Hundreds of translations over many thousands of years have misinterpreted the idioms (slang) used in the original manuscripts, resulting in a change in the meaning of many Sacred Passages in the Bible. If I were to write a letter to a friend that said, "I'm going to 'hit the sack' early tonight, someone finding my letter a thousand years from now would have no idea what I was talking about. The same holds true for idiom translations in the Bible.Through Dr. Portinga's research into how thought and consciousness effect every aspect of our lives; mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual, you will discover that an exciting new world of possibilities exist for you.A New Understanding of the Ten Commandments will guide you through the true meaning of the Ten Commandments. During its approximately 3000 years of written history, Aramaic served as a language of the administrations of empires and as a language of divine worship. It was the language of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity, who spoke a Western Aramaic language during his public ministry. The Aramaic alphabet was widely adopted for other languages and was used in the Hebrew and Arabic alphabets.Dean Portinga, Th.D., Ph.D., spent over 60 years researching physics, metaphysics, quantum physics, and spirituality as they related to the Bible. He also worked closely with the works of Dr. George Lamsa, a native Aramaic speaker, to write this book. Dr. Lamsa spent his lifetime translating the Aramaic Peshitta (literally "straight, simple") of the Old and New Testaments into English. He translated the scriptures, using his extensive knowledge of Aramaic and the idioms used during that time into an understanding of the Bible's original intent.Through Dr. Portinga's combination of science and a clearer understanding of the Ten Commandments, he found a common thread that connected his combined knowledge into the answer to his life's purpose. In this book he shares with you what his research uncovered about how thought and consciousness affect every aspect of our lives. A New Understanding of the Ten Commandments will give you a clearly defined step-by-step guide to a more meaningful understanding of the Ten Commandments as well as many tools for enriching your life.

At the heart of the Exodus is a recitation of the Decalogue, a contract between Yahweh and Israel that inscribes Israel into the fabric of human societies while emphasizing its uniqueness through Yahweh. According to the demands of the Decalogue, manhood entails the avoidance of stealing, killing, and coveting, not to mention apostasy and violation of the Sabbath and other mens property. What, then, would be the essence of womanhood, if different? Is there an exclusion of women from active participation in the Sinaitic theophany and, consequently, from active sharing of responsibility and identity? How ethically normative are the Ten Commandments? And, in terms of the present study, how gender specific are they? This study reclaims the encoded voice of womanhood, or rather the code of women as one crucial key for comprehending the ancient Israelite mind. By selecting female characters narratives as interpretative clues for the law, this book presents a reading of the Decalogue at three levels: legal, behavioral and representational.

The Christian reader is encouraged to obey the Commandments with a positive attitude rather than fearfulness

You know them. But do you understand them? The Ten Commandments have become so familiar to us that we don't think about what they actually mean. They've been used by Christians throughout history as the basis for worship, confessions, prayer, even civil law. Are these ancient words still relevant for us today? Their outward simplicity hides their inward complexity. Jesus himself sums up the entire law in a pair of commandments: Love God with all your heart, mind, and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself. Peter Leithart re-introduces the Ten Commandments. He shows us how they address every arena of human life, giving us a portrait of life under the lordship of Jesus, who is the heart and soul of the commandments.

The Ten Commandments and Human Rights sets out to evaluate the importance of the Ten Commandments for the life of faith today. The general thesis is that the commandments are immensely important not only for Jews and Christians, but for all persons seeking to find or to reaffirm a moral foundation for their life and for the life of their children, their religious community, and their society.The fact that the commandments are put negatively is immensely important, for it means that the community that claims these commandments and builds on them has to work out for itself the positive import of not having other gods, not worshipping idols, not profaning the sabbath, not killing and stealing, and committing adultery. Put negatively, these commitments become the groundwork for a humanly free and responsible search for the will of God for individual, family, and corporate life today and in any day.It is true that the commandments originate in ancient Israel, are central to the faith of prophets, priests, and sages, and are claimed and made foundational by Jesus for the Christian community. But these commandments also share much with, for example, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which has been presented by the United Nations for adoption by all the nations of earth.The Ten Commandments and Human Rights seeks to show how to avoid moralistic use of the Ten Commandments in religious life today while still affirming that there are absolutely foundational prohibitions that can and must guide the moral life of all peoples. The Ten Commandments need very little revision in order to become such a foundation for a free and responsible life today.

The Lord alone -- Hallowing the name of God -- Keeping the Sabbath -- Respect for parents -- Protecting life -- Marriage, sex, and the neighbor -- Property and possessions -- Telling the truth -- Desire and its repercussions -- The ethics of the commandments.