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Apocalyptic Kabbalah Leader
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John Henry
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May 22, 2007 14:39 PDT
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Kabbalist Claims Christ is Now
on Earth
Kabbalah is a form of occultism observed by
some Rabbis. For this cause it is not to be trusted (Deut 18:10-12)
even if accompanied by miraculous signs (Mark 13:22; 2 Thess 2:9; Rev
13:13-14). The Bible, God's Word, is the only source authorized by
God to get spiritual and prophetic information (Isa 8:20; Deut 13:1-4).
"... The disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when
shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of
the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take
heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my
name,
saying, I am
Christ; and shall deceive many. ... For
there shall arise false Christs,
and false prophets, and shall
shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if
it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have
told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he
is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers;
believe it not. For as the lightning
cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be." (Matt
24:3-5, 24-27)
False Christs are part of the 5 fold sign of "the
beginning of sorrows" (Matt 24:4-8) as the birth pangs of a
woman nearing the birth of her child (cf. Gen 3:16; 1 Thess 5:3; Isa
13:8; Jer 13:21; Hos 13:13). To be a fulfillment of the Lord's
prophesy here all these signs must be simultaneously increasing as a
woman in labor about to be delivered. They are now, in our
lifetime, all increasing at the same time! The sorrows have begun
and will continue through the 7 year Tribulation till the Lord Jesus
returns and a new world is born!
MESSIAH MYSTERY FOLLOWS DEATH OF MYSTICAL
RABBI
Revered Israeli Apocalyptic Kabbalah Leader
Shocks Jews, Christians with name 'Yeshua'
May 18, 2007
(c) 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
A controversy is raging in Israel, in evangelical circles in the
U.S. and on kabbalah
web forums worldwide following the posthumous release of what a revered
Sephardic rabbi claimed to be the name of the Messiah.
When Rabbi
Yitzchak
Kaduri died
in February 2006, somewhere between the age of 106 to possibly 117,
300,000 attended his funeral in Jerusalem.
The Baghdad-born kabbalist had gained notoriety around the world for
issuing apocalyptic warnings and for saying he personally met the
long-awaited Jewish Messiah in November 2003.
Before Kaduri died, he reportedly wrote the name of the Messiah on a
small note, requesting it remained sealed for one year after his death.
The note revealed the name of the Messiah as "Yehoshua" or
"Yeshua" or the Hebrew name Jesus.
However, complicating the story further, the note is being challenged as
a forgery by his 80-year-old son Rabbi David Kaduri.
"It's not his writing," he is quoted as telling Israel Today.
The note, written in Hebrew and signed in the rabbi's name, said:
"Concerning the letter abbreviation of the Messiah's name, He will
lift the people and prove that his word and law are valid. This I have
signed in the month of mercy."
The Hebrew sentence consists of six words. The first letter of each of
those words spells out the Hebrew name Yehoshua or Yeshua.
The finding has raised a combination of excitement and controversy in
both Jewish and Christian circles but scarcely any media attention.
Jewish blogs and web forums are filled with skeptical analysis and
puzzlement.
"So this means Rabbi Kaduri was a Christian?" asked one poster
rhetorically.
Another wrote: "The Christians are dancing and celebrating."
Not exactly.
In fact, many Christian discussion boards say Kaduri's description of the
Messiah no matter what his name doesn't fit the biblical account of a
returned Jesus of Nazareth, who, they believe, will rule and reign on
Earth from Jerusalem for 1,000 years.
About his encounter with the Messiah Kaduri
claimed is alive in Israel today, he reportedly told close relatives:
"He is not saying, 'I am the Messiah, give me the leadership.'
Rather the nation is pushing him to lead them, after they find [in my
words] signs showing that he has the status of Messiah."
Kaduri was also quoted as saying the imminent arrival of the Messiah will
"save Jerusalem from Islam and Christianity that wish to take
Jerusalem from the Jewish Nation but they will not succeed, and they
will fight each other."
Statements like that have some Christians wondering if Kaduri
might be talking about another Yeshua perhaps even a miracle-performing
"false Christ" many evangelicals believe will precede the
return of Jesus.
"It is hard for many good people in society to understand the person
of the Messiah," Kaduri wrote before his death. "The leadership
and order of a Messiah of flesh and blood is hard to accept for many in
the nation. As leader, the Messiah will not hold any office, but will be
among the people and use the media to communicate. His reign will be pure
and without personal or political desire. During his dominion, only
righteousness and truth will reign."
Kaduri wrote that not all will believe in the Messiah and that it will
often be easier for non-religious people to accept him. He also describes
a Messiah who is, at first, not aware of his position.
A few months before his death, Kaduri gave a Yom Kippur address in which
he gave clues as to how to recognize the Messiah. He told those gathered
for the Day of Atonement in his synagogue the Messiah would not come
until former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dies.
Sharon was stricken while in office Jan. 4, 2006. He remained in a coma
until replaced by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. While many expected the
imminent passing of Sharon, he has remained alive but unconscious ever
since his attack.
Shortly after what Kaduri characterized as his Nov. 4, 2003, encounter
with the Messiah, in which he said he learned his name, the rabbi began
warning of impending disasters worldwide.
In September 2005 in a class at his Jerusalem
yeshiva seminary, Kaduri called for Jews all over the world to return to
Israel because of the calamities about to befall the Earth and for the
rebuilding of the Jewish Temple.
"In the future, the Holy One, Blessed be He, will bring about great
disasters in the countries of the world to sweeten the judgments of the
land of Israel," he said.
In 1990, the late Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Schneerson told
Kaduri that he would live to see the coming of the Messiah.
Also in September 2005, Kaduri said: "The
Messiah is already in Israel. Whatever people are sure will
not happen is liable to happen, and whatever we are certain will happen
may disappoint us. But in the end, there will be peace throughout the
world."
As a lifelong student and teacher of kabbalah, Kaduri rejected a meeting
requested by pop superstar Madonna, who dabbled in the ancient art of
Jewish mysticism. He reportedly said at the time: "It is forbidden
to teach a non-Jew kabbalah, not even Talmud, not even simple
Torah."
Kaduri is said to have been one of the few known
living practitioners who used his knowledge of kabbalah to affect change
in the world. He would often distribute amulets intended to heal, enhance
fertility and bring success. He was also believed to have been involved
in the removal of 20 dybbuks, or lost souls that strayed into the hapless
bodies of living people to torment them.
Aviel Schneider, the author of the Israel Today story, said
the worldwide reaction to news of Kaduri's note has been
"crazy." He said he has never received so many emails and calls
from around the globe.
He said he was urged not to publish the story by the rabbi's yeshiva,
where officials said it was "impossible" that the note was
actually written by Kaduri. But Schneider was given access to many of the
rabbi's manuscripts, written in his own hand for the exclusive use of his
students.
He was struck by symbols painted by Kaduri all over
the pages. "They were crosses," said Schneider. "In the
Jewish tradition, you don't use crosses. You don't even use plus signs
because they might be mistaken for crosses. But there they were, painted
in his own hand." Asked what those symbols meant, Kaduri's family
said they were "signs of the angel."
Source:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55765
Also see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzchak_Kadouri
Kabbalist Urges Jews to Israel Ahead of Upcoming
DisastersPublished: 09/21/05
by Baruch Gordon
(IsraelNN.com) In a class between the Mincha (afternoon) and
Maariv (evening) prayers at his Jerusalem yeshiva seminary, Rabbi
Kaduri issued the following call:
This declaration I find fitting to issue for all of the Jews of the
world to hear. It is incumbent upon them to return to the Land of Israel
due to terrible natural disasters which threaten the world.
In the future, the Holy One, Blessed be He, will bring about great
disasters in the countries of the world to sweeten the judgements of the
Land of Israel.
I am ordering the publication of this declaration as a warning, so
that Jews in the countries of the world will be aware of the impending
danger and will come to the Land of Israel for the buliding of the Temple
and revelation of our righteous Mashiach (Messiah).
Israel's Leading Known Kabbalist, Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri
Rabbi Kaduri also stated that the upcoming year would be a year of
"secret and revelation" in the world. The Jewish year 5766
begins in less than three weeks, with the holiday of Rosh
Hashana.
The Rabbi explained that the numerical Hebrew abbreviation for 5766, taf,
shin, samech, vav gives insight into the nature of the upcoming year.
"This will be a year of secret (or sod, from the letter
samech) and revelation (or v'giliu from the letter vav).
Arutz Sheva Israel National Radio show host Yehoshua Meiri first
publicized the declaration on his Hebrew radio show late Tuesday night.
Meiri typed out the words of Rabbi Kaduri's declaration and presented
them back to the Rabbi who signed on the document.
Associates of Rabbi Kaduri were dispatched to communicate the Kabbalistic
Elder's call to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon before the latter's departure
to the United States later the same night.
Meiri says he will publicize the signed declaration after Prime Minister
Sharon delivers a speech in the U.S., in which he is expected to call
upon the Jews of the Diaspora to make Aliyah (immigrate) to
Israel.
Rabbi Kaduri greets the Lubavitcher Rebbe
During a visit in 1990 with the late Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem
Mendel Schneerson (of blessed memory), Rabbi Kaduri was told by the Rebbe
that he would live to see the coming of the Mashiach.
Earlier this Jewish year, Rabbi Kaduri predicted great tragedies in the
world. Just two weeks before the devastating tsunami in southeast Asia,
Rabbi Kaduri was quoted in the Yediot Acharonot newspaper as saying:
"We are now in the fourth year of what could be the seven-year
Redemption period, according to the calculation of the Vilna Gaon.
[However.] in the coming three years, uncertainty about the future will
hang over our heads, unless we work and strive that the Mashiach be
revealed.
The Mashiach is already in Israel. Whatever people are sure will not
happen, is liable to happen, and whatever we are certain will happen may
disappoint us. But in the end, there will be peace throughout the world.
The world is mitmatek mehadinim (or becoming sweet from strict
justice).
Great tragedies in the world are foreseen, that's the thing of the
Jews going to the East. But our enemies will not prevail over us in the
Land of Israel, 'fear and trembling will fall upon them,' in the power of
Torah."
Rabbi Kaduri said in the week prior to the interview, "What can
save the world from calamities is real repentance by Jews, who must
increase acts of kindness towards one another... The cry of the many poor
in Israel and the expulsion of Jews from their homes shakes the world...
It's not for naught that this place was hit, where many of our
compatriots went to look for this-worldly lusts."
The month of Elul, which immediately preceeds the Jewish New Year is
traditionally a month of teshuva, or repentence by the Jewish people,
in anticipation of the judgments that are incurred on the Jewish High
Holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Rabbi Kaduri has told his students that the current government will be
the last one of the "old era." He is on record as saying that
Sharon will be the last prime minister in Israel, and that the new
government will already have leadership of the Messianic era.
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