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John 3:1-5 (KJV)
1 There
was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night,
and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no
man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born
again, he cannot see the
4 Nicodemus saith
unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be
born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
Alternate Translation
1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 And the carnal mind of Nicodemus[1]
said, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher of God because no man could do the
miracles that you do unless God was with him,
3 And Jesus said to Nicodemus, I'm
telling you the truth, unless [Adam] is born again within a mortal man, [that mortal man]
cannot recognize the
4 And Nicodemus said, [Adam] is born a
second time [when Ze=ir Anpin] enters [the Shekinah], the
[lower] Garden [of
5 Then Jesus answered, [saying], I'm
telling you the truth [Nicodemus], unless the [spiritual] waters[6]
of a mortal man are regenerated by the Spirit [of God], he will never enter
into the
[1] The Name, AJesus,@ does not appear in the Interlinear
Text of verse 2, which reads "the carnal mind (night) [of] this same
[Nicodemus, who was a ruler of the Jews], appeared and said,....
Jesus knew that Nicodemus was
speaking out of his carnal mind.
[2] The
[3] What is wrong with what Nicodemus said? Miracles do not prove that a teacher is of God, because Satan can perform miracles also (2 Cor. 11:14). The only way to know for sure that a teacher or a miracle worker is of God, is to recognize Adam/Christ Jesus doing the work within that man, and only Adam/Christ Jesus in one man can discern Adam/Christ Jesus in another man. (1 Cor. 2:15, 2 Cor. 5:16).
[4] Nicodemus was well versed in Kabbalah. (See, Message #551, The World Of Points And "The Fall," in the Christ-Centered Kabbalah Classroom, for an in-depth study of the Garden, the Fall, and the Rectification. See, also, the Christ-Centered Kabbalah Glossary for a broader understanding of Kabbalah terminology.)
[5] Nicodemus had a
knowledge of Kabbalah.
[6] The Aspiritual
waters@ of
mortal man are the secret of Amayim nokbim,@ the
female waters that ascend to arouse the male waters of Ze=ir Anpin to mate with the Shekinah, who then
gives birth to Adam. Jesus=
response alludes to the restoration of the Shekinah to
The
Shekinah is appearing today as the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ,
and Ze=ir Anpin is appearing as Christ Jesus. The Christ child is birthed when the
Holy Spirit within the believer mates with Christ Jesus (Acts
4:27, 30; 1 Tim. 2:15).