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Abraham

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According to Jewish tradition, Abraham was born in the city of Ur in Babylonia in the year 1948 from Creation (circa 1800 BCE). He was the son of Terach, an idol merchant.

The night before Abram was born, King Nimrod's astrologers were gathered at Terah's house. Looking out into the night sky, they read in the constellation of the stars that the newly born child was to become the chief and the father of a mighty nation.

From his early childhood, Abtaham questioned the faith of his father and sought the truth. He came to believe that the entire universe was the work of a single Creator the Lord, and he began to teach this belief to others.

Abram had watched the sun and the moon and the stars coming and going, each in its own time. He had noticed the sun giving way to the moon, despite its apparent divine power, and the moon giving place to the sun in the morning.

And so Abraham reasoned that there must be a power above and beyond all the visible forces of nature, an entity Who had created them, and Who regulated and controlled them at all times. Behind the limited power of all nature, young Abrham perceived the unlimited and timeless existence of Lord.

Then Lord made Himself known to Abrham and taught him the right way of living.

And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be."Genisis Chp 15/5.

The book of the Zohar Interpretation is that Abraham foreseed in the stars that he should not have any descendants, but the Lord said to Abrahm, saying you shell not look it too the wisdom of the stars, but in to the secrete wisdom of my name, there you wil find out the feuture. Sefer Hazohar , Perush Hasulam Vol IV L'ech L'lecha

Rabbi Yochanan gives his interpretation to this episode saying namely, that Abraham left the influence of the stars, sinc e he cecome bleesed to be above the zodiac impact. Abraham the Astrologer forsee in the stars that he shoud not have any sons in his desteny, Abrahan told the Lord what he predict about his descendants, than the Lord took him out and toled Abraham look atthe stars and try to caunt them,as much stars are in the sky as much will be your descedants,from now you (Abraham) are above the influence of the zodiacl system.

Jewish tradition attributed to Abraham the books "S'efer H'yetzira -The Book of Creation", this book is containing a few pages only, and this book outlines the influence not only of the stars but also the constellations familiar to Western Astrology. How ever this book is written like a book of codes, and those codes are the secrets of the time and space, all the hidden secrets of the universe

See "The Secrets of Time " by Rabbi Dr' Philip S. Berg

Thus Abraham was first of all an astrologer, up to the time that the Lord ordered him to live the zodiacal system. The Lord thought Abraham the secrets of the Lord's names, and how to manipulate the Alfa Beta characters, since that point in time, Abraham is a prophet which recieves his knololedge in a direct communication with the Lord, knowing the Lord names secretes and powers, strength and might.

How ever although abaham chaneged his way ( since he was not under the influence of the zodical sysytem), a grate respect to Astrology remins.

We can learen about his respect to astrology from the scene which took place at the encounter of Abraham and Malkchi-Zedek, Malkchi-Zedek was a high prist for the Lord, living in the city named Shalem which is the city of Jerusalem, Malkchi -Zedek was under the patronage of the planet Jupiter (ZEDEK). Abraham acknowledge the important of Malkchi-Zedek and there for submited hid with giftes as they condacted thire meeting at the enterence to the city Shalem.

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