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Biblical Quantum Kabbalah: human actuation of future events based on their free-willed choices, in Karmic parallel to their actions.
The Ten Commandments as a result of the Karma of Human Society
Historical Karma as the Source of the Content (and order) of the Ten Commandments
We will draw parallels between the order and content of the ten commandments and the history of existence/humanity/the Jewish People from the creation to the receiving of the Torah at Sinai:
- The beginning of history is: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth”: this introduces God as creator and all-powerful: as a result we have the first commandment: “I am the Lord Your God”.
- The creation account relates that God made the sun, moon and stars: these were later to become the focus of the earliest idolatry (worship of the sun, moon and stars) and therefore we have the second commandment: “Thou shalt have no other gods”.
- The exile from Eden was the next event of major significance: it resulted from a chain of events beginning with the snake’s misquoting God’s purpose in forbidding the Tree of Knowledge (“Even though God said ....”), thereby tricking Eve, and then Eve’s misquoting God’s command (“God said we can’t eat or touch it...”: she may have been misled by Adam, who told her that it was not only forbidden to eat of the Tree but even to touch it): using God’s name in this way brought disaster, and so we have the third commandment: “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord your God in vain”.
- The next event of significance was the onset of the first Sabbath: and so the fourth commandment is: “Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy”.
Note that the events prior to the expulsion are parallel to the four commandments which involve the relationship between Humanity and God, while the next six commandments correspond to events after the exile from Eden, when Humanity began its normal physical existence, and so relate to the relationship of people to other people.
- The next event of significance: Adam and Eve give birth: the existence of children brings with it the need for the fifth commandment: “Honor thy Father and Mother”.
- The next significant event: the onset of sibling rivalry, and violence: unfortunately, the first child to be born murders the second, and so the next commandment is: “Thou shalt not commit Murder”.
- In Genesis (6:2) we are told of the degeneration leading to the Flood, the next major event: the powerful princes and others taking women “whoever they desired” (Rashi: even married women): and so the next commandment is: “Though shalt not commit adultery”.
- In Genesis (6:11) we are told that the reason for the flood was that in the time of Noah the Earth had become corrupted (Rashi: immorality) and was full of ‘chamas’ (Rashi: theft): and so the next commandment is: “Thou shalt not steal”.
- and 10. The commandments were given immediately after the Exodus from Egypt: the exile in Egypt began with the sale of Joseph: Joseph bore slanderous news of his brothers to his father, and they coveted his special position in the eyes of his father, as exemplified by Jacob’s giving him the coat of many colors: and thus the next two commandments are: “Thou shalt not bear false witness” and “Thou shalt not covet”.
The Ten Commandments and the events in the Garden of Eden
- The beginning of the second chapter of Genesis (2:1-3), tells of the Sabbath, and so we have the commandment: Remember the Sabbath.
- The next passage (2:4) speaks of the overall creation by God, and thus the commandment: I am the Lord Your God.
- Eve is created: now that there are two people in the world, Humanity needs to be taught “Thou shalt not commit Murder”.
- After the creation of Eve Man is commanded to leave his father and mother and cling to his wife: But he still needs to “Honor thy Father and Mother”.
- God’s words were twisted by the snake; Eve (perhaps Adam as well) didn’t accurately report what God had actually said and so:“ Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord your God in vain”.
- The snake told Eve that if they eat of the forbidden Tree: “You shall be as gods”: and so: “Thou shalt have no other gods”.
- Genesis 3:6 says that Eve saw that the Tree was good to eat and beautiful, as well as “nechmad”, a word with the same form as the word for “covet” in the ten commandments: “tachmod”: and so “Thou shalt not covet”.
- Adam and Eve ate of the Tree that was forbidden to them, and so: “Thou shalt not steal”.
- After eating of the Tree Adam and Eve became aware of sexuality: and so “Though shalt not commit adultery”. (Also perhaps a reference to midrashim about the snake.)
- When confronted by God, Adam blamed Eve for the eating, when it was actually his own decision to accept the fruit from her: (according to some commentators this was the sin for which he was banished from Eden): “Thou shalt not bear false witness”.
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