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PURUSHA SUKTHAM
any wants; for he it is giveth life and breath to every man. And of one blood hath he made the whole world of men, that they might dwell on the face of all the earth: and he hath separated the seasons by his ordinance; and hath set bounds to the residence of men: that they might inquire and search after God, and, by means of his creations, might find him; because he is not afar off from each one of us: for in him it is we live, and move, and exist: as one of your own wise men hath said: From him is our descent. Therefore we, whose descent is from God, ought not to suppose that the Deity hath the likeness of gold, or silver, or stone, sculptured by the art and skill of men" Act 17 24 - 29
The first born of all the creations is divine essence of the Yhvh himself. He is the Father's onlybegotten Son. As the writer to the Hebrews expressed it, He is: "the brightness of His glory and the express image of [Yhvh's] person (Hebrews 1:3)." He is the "Repairer of the Breach," even before there was a "breach." Blessed is Yhvh our Elohim Who creates the remedy before the wound. It was from the Adam Kadmon that tremendous light shown forth and aligned itself into creation. It was through "the image of the invisible Elohim," the Messiah, that Yhvh made all things. The Adam Kadmon is the expression of Yhvh's complete Word - the Aum.- the creative energy of Yhvh himself. This concept is elaborated in the Hiranygarbh concept.
Then Elohim said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So Elohim created man in His own image; in the image of Elohim He created him; male and female He created them. Then Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.' Genesis 1:26,28
Yhvh created mankind by His Divine Light of His Word.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim. He was in the beginning with Elohim. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it." John 1:1-5
Jesus identifies himself with the Son of Man figure from the Book of Enoch. This book was written a short time before Jesus and was almost certainly in circulation during Christ's earthly life. Accordingly, it is highly likely that its contents would have been familiar to Christ and also to his disciples. In the Book of Enoch the Son of Man appears and is identified with the "Ancient of Days" who is the
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