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 I and the Father are one

All that I am is within the Father

All that is in the Father is within me.

Father, my Creator and Strength, 

I seek to know you and understand your ways

and in the process, learn who I am as well.

I and the Mother are one, 

All that I am is within the Mother

All that is in the Mother, is within me.

Mother, my Comforter and Nurturing Spirit,

I come into your arms seeking your wisdom and love

because within You is my true self.

Yeshua, as we remember this Sabbath and keep it holy,

guide us to our true Father and Mother 

along the path you call the Way

Scripture Reading

 ²⁶ Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth,  and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

 ²⁷ So God created man in his own image,
       in the image of God he created him;
       male and female he created them.

Genesis 1:26-27

 Wisdom is known by Her children Matthew 11:19

 ¹ Does not wisdom call out?
       Does not understanding raise her voice?

 ² On the heights along the way,
       where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

 ³ beside the gates leading into the city,
       at the entrances, she cries aloud:

 ⁴ "To you, O men, I call out;
       I raise my voice to all mankind.

 ⁵ You who are simple, gain prudence;
       you who are foolish, gain understanding.

 ⁶ Listen, for I have worthy things to say;
       I open my lips to speak what is right.

 ⁷ My mouth speaks what is true,
       for my lips detest wickedness.

 ⁸ All the words of my mouth are just;
       none of them is crooked or perverse.

 ⁹ To the discerning all of them are right;
       they are faultless to those who have knowledge.

 ¹⁰ Choose my instruction instead of silver,
       knowledge rather than choice gold,...

 ^...15 By me kings reign
       and rulers make laws that are just;

 ¹⁶ by me princes govern,
       and all nobles who rule on earth. 

 ¹⁷ I love those who love me,
       and those who seek me find me.

 ¹⁸ With me are riches and honor,
       enduring wealth and prosperity.

 ¹⁹ My fruit is better than fine gold;
       what I yield surpasses choice silver.

 ²⁰ I walk in the way of righteousness,
       along the paths of justice,

 ²¹ bestowing wealth on those who love me
       and making their treasuries full.

 ²² "The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works,
       before his deeds of old;

 ²³ I was appointed  from eternity,
       from the beginning, before the world began.

 ²⁴ When there were no oceans, I was given birth,
       when there were no springs abounding with water;

 ²⁵ before the mountains were settled in place,
       before the hills, I was given birth,

 ²⁶ before he made the earth or its fields
       or any of the dust of the world.

 ²⁷ I was there when he set the heavens in place,
       when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

 ²⁸ when he established the clouds above
       and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,

 ²⁹ when he gave the sea its boundary
       so the waters would not overstep his command,
       and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

 ³⁰ Then I was the craftsman at his side.
       I was filled with delight day after day,
       rejoicing always in his presence,

 ³¹ rejoicing in his whole world
       and delighting in mankind.

 ³² "Now then, my sons, listen to me;
       blessed are those who keep my ways.

 ³³ Listen to my instruction and be wise;
       do not ignore it.

 ³⁴ Blessed is the man who listens to me,
       watching daily at my doors,
       waiting at my doorway.

 ³⁵ For whoever finds me finds life
       and receives favor from the LORD.

 ³⁶ But whoever fails to find me harms himself;
       all who hate me love death."

Message

Today, I am inviting you to a closer relationship with our Holy Spirit Mother. In traditional Christianity, the Holy Spirit is a very allusive presence. She is recognized as part of the Godhead but never really given Her due as a person and certainly not as our Mother. She IS, however, the one true feminine Divine. She is as equal a part of the totality of God as our Father God.

 Why is it important to understand the Holy Spirit as our Mother? What difference does it make? Well it is important because it effects our relationship with Her as Her children. It is difficult to be close to Her if you do not understand Her. It is rather easy to have a close relationship to Yeshua. Much of His life here on earth is documented, and we can relate to His struggles because he was a person like us. It is also easy to feel close to the Father because each of us can visualize a father in our minds. Even if we did not have a close relationship with our own fathers, we understand how a loving caring father SHOULD  be and we use that ideal as a basis for our relationship with our Father God. But how can a person feel close to a dove...or a body-less, sexless spirit? When we refer to Holy Spirit, Mother as a power or an invisible force, we separate our selves from any close personal relationship with Her. We do not do Her justice or give Her the honor and devotion that She is due as our Mother.

Traditional Christianity has always accepted the fact that there were three persons in the Godhead. The trinity has always been known as Father God, Holy Spirit, and the son of God, Yeshua. This is the family of God. At one time in history it was understood that to be a family there must be Father, MOTHER and child. It was implicit in the understanding of the Godhead that the Holy Spirit is the Mother. The Spirit was described with feminine gendered words and given decidedly feminine attributes. As society became increasingly patriarchal, however, the emphasis changed to a male trinity. This was man's idea - not God's.

  In our scripture reading, it stated that God made us in His/Her own image. Therefore, God created us male and female...on earth as it is in Heaven. No family is complete without a mother. This the natural way. This is the way our Father and Mother ordained it. Just as there are three in the Family in Heaven, Father God, Holy Spirit Mother, and the only begotten child, the Father and Mother created a model for us to understand here in this world...on  earth as it is in heaven. This world, God's creation, is meant to be our school - a place to teach us God's natural law. All around us as we look at nature, we learn of the natural order of things and learn more about God in the process. The most fundamental lesson that the Father and Mother want to teach us is about their divine nature...the divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine. So they made us in Their image and put a bit of themselves within us.

 In the Holy Scriptures, there our many names for our Holy Spirit Mother just as there are many names for the Father. He is Yahweh or Jehovah. He is also called Lord, Elohim, Adonai, and El Shaddai. Each name presents a different attribute of the Father. There is one name that predominates however, it is Yahweh - I am that I am. There are also many names for the Mother. She is called Shekkinah, Comforter, Dove, the Oil of Gladness. There is one name that predominates for Her as well. She is strongly associated with the Spirit of Wisdom. The old Testament word for wisdom is "chokmah" which has the feminine ending (of course). The Greek word for wisdom is Sophia (also feminine). This is the name we, Essenes, most frequently connect to our Holy Spirit, Mother. This is the One that is speaking to us in the Proverb above. Wisdom - Sophia- is calling to Her children.

The connection between the Holy Spirit and Sophia is even more pronounced in the Apochrypha. The Apochrypha are holy writings that are not included in the modern Bible. Consider these exerpts from Wisdom of Solomon Chapter 7 

"For Sophia is a loving Spirit...For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world."

For Sophia, which is the worker of all things, taught me." "in Her is an understanding Spirit, holy, one only...she is the breath of the power of God, and a pure influence flowing from the Almighty...she maketh all things new and in all ages entering into holy souls, she maketh them friends of God and prophets. For God loveth none but him that dwelleth in Sophia."

"And Thy counsel who hath known, except Thou give Sophia, and send Thy Holy Spirit from above?"

So now that we have affirmed we have a Mother and we can call Her by Name, let us worship Sophia. 

Closing Prayer

Closing Hymn