Summary of Everything, Part 1

SOE – Summary of Everything PART I NOVEMBER 30th 2025 Since finishing Psalms this year and in preparation for our launching Sunday Schooled, our classes especially curated for LDS seekers of God in Spirit and Truth (and of course it’s open to anyone else who wants to know the biblical fulfilled world-view over the traditional), I wanted to use the last five Sundays of 2025 to present an outline for what all 52 weeks of 2026 will include. Simply put, we will exhaustively prove the summaries that we will present to you over the next five weeks and this means we look to you, our faithful viewers to consider the content before expanding it out in more exhaustive detail to others. For some of you, much of this will be repetitious, but that is the fall out of creating a summary – please excuse this and excuse the lack of exhaustive biblical supports in this summary sessions. Also excuse the personal references to insights and realizations as they are what help me understand things from this human perspective and lean to the Spirit of Christ to teach you the Spiritual. So, why don’t we start there with the human perspective, which, by the way, is never - whole, complete, or perfect, but instead is always part, incomplete and imperfect – no matter what human is involved when speaking about heavenly things. That is why Paul wrote, 1st Corinthinas 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. The interesting thing about that verse is the Greek word translated darkly is “aheenigma” and literally means obscurity even darkened obscurity and where we get the English word, Enigma. For some people, such obscurity is tantamount to frustration, and the requirement to live in its shadow, which is really another way to say to live by faith, is far too much, and so they reach out for and embrace what they can know, feel, experience (and therefore see with their physical eyes) instead of existing in the “aheenigma” of the human realm and trusting that we have a Creator who will reveal all things – get this – when we are individually (and perhaps even collectively) ready to learn. See, if we choose to receive the biblical narrative, there does exist a principle that human creations have to be ready within themselves to see, hear and understand “enigmas.” Proverbs 9 is a whole chapter that speaks both directly and indirectly to the idea, saying Proverbs 9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: 2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. 3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. 7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. The principle also caused Yeshua to say to His disciples that He was going to send forth into the land, Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. Interestingly, Yeshua then added, Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Other passages clarify this teaching of His as “asking” is bracketed in scripture as first having a sincere heart. Being honest, genuine, and motivated by love, not by selfishness or pretending to be someone you’re not seems to be the prequalification of God for those to whom He gives clarity. Whether it’s in our relationship with God or how we treat other people, the Bible keeps pointing us back to the idea that what’s inside—our intentions, our true feelings, our honesty—matters most and often these things are the precursor to our being able to see, hear and understand obscurities. If we know anything from the Bible – God is just not interested in people “going through the motions.” He’s not impressed by outward rituals, empty words, or doing the right things for the wrong reasons. Hebrews 10:22 says, “Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith.” Religion, because of the way the Old Testament had the Nation’s priest approach Him, tends to portray our coming to God as having to be clean before He will hear us. This was typified in the washings and ablutions that were very much part of Old Testament order under the Law. In reality, this is true – and that is why God sent His Son to clear and CLEAN the path to Him so all – all - have access and not those outwardly clean. Many suggest that a person must first receive Christ’s work on their behalf to be cleaned BEFORE God will hear or respond or even forgive them. As Yeshuan’s, we maintain that this is foolishness and from the Spirit of Man. No, the way for all is there, with sin paid by Him while we were yet sinners and any and all can go to God anytime and from any place and He will hear and respond – ostensibly as long as the heart is sincere. If its not, He tends to wait. And for those who possess such a heart He tends to only give us what we can handle. And this brings us to the beginning of our problems as created beings made in His image and given freewill. But first go with me back to the Genesis account that Moses wrote-out thousands of years after it happened. And instead of just reading Genesis 1 let’s also bring forth “back-fill” found in other places in scripture. What back-fill? Well, first of all, we know that when Moses wrote, “and God said, Let us,” in the first chapter of Genesis, that God is a plural. A plural! Can’t get around it. We will get into that next year but know this right off the bat that God is plural. So when He says, “Let us make,” there was an “us,” involved in the making of heaven, earth and Man. Now, some say that this “us” was Him as a Trinity, others say that it speaks to a heavenly realm of creations surrounding Him. We will cover that but as backfill know this too – the heavenly realm, in that beginning, was full of creations. Angels, demons, gods, spirits – and maybe we can see that the heavenly realm that existed or was being simultaneously created was as different there as realms of amoebas, insects, fish, birds and mammal creations here as the Bible clearly describes a heavenly economy as existing that is as real as the earthly and material. The third thing to use as back-fill to the creation of heaven and earth is that the earth was made of pre-existing dead, dark chaotic and hollow material. How it got that way and whether it was made that way is up to conjecture but just take note of it. Notices that the Garden God was going to make and place the first Man in had literal geographical borders around it (pretty much made by rivers) and that there were by default places OUTSIDE of it. This suggests, to me, that the garden was the home of God’s perfectly created Man (named Adam) but that other less perfect creations of God could have existed outside of it, could have come from another age or economy, and could have been of different orders or ranks. Finally, understand that Moses, when he describes the creation of Heaven and earth, was speaking specifically to our earth and the heavens under which it exists and NOT the whole of the universe or multi-universe. This point of view places us within the scope of context to other passages and distances us from more traditions of Man that zealously limit it to the beginning of EVERYTHING everywhere. We know this isn’t true for a number of scriptural reasons – again, which will come forth in the exhaustive teaching next year. So, with all that in hand, let’s move forward to the creation of the first Man and woman. We can say a couple of things with certainty about them in our Summary of Everything. The first thing we can say is that the Man Adam was made from the clay, dust or dirt and that His help-mate was made directly from part of His already existing frame and soul. The ramifications of this are significant and far reaching in the overall plan God had and has for humanity. For now, let’s just capture this in the line, that they were from the same source material, perhaps of different refinements and we might add, and that she came from him opening us up to even having the right to say that she proceeded forth from Him (or course, by the hand of God). We can also say that as a result they were literally one flesh therefore absolutely united because God breathed the breath of life into the Man, making him first a living soul and then took part of that living soul and made Eve from him. We do not read that God breathed into her body so we might see the Man as made from the dust, but concede that the woman made from living tissue. Additionally, we can say that God made Man (meaning males and females) in His image as Moses wrote that God said, “Let us make man in our image, male and female made He them.” More on this too (and I’ll stop saying that leaving you to assume that we will cover the gaps later). Were these human beings dumb? Like babies? Without the capacity to think or choose or make decisions? First of all, they were made in the image of God and so to say that they were dumb or ignorant of everything is presuppositional and frankly counter to God making them in the way the scripture describes. Were they all powerful? Omniscient? Omnipresent? It doesn’t say this. But I would conjecture that they were not because God did not make us this way nor does the text suggest it. But we do know the following about the first parents. They were smart – Adam named the animals and even Eve his wife. They were capable of making choices – or else God was a trickster in giving them commands and directives. They had freewill by virtue of God giving them a choice to eat or refuse to eat from a forbidden tree. What was the point of this from God’s perspective – we aren’t entirely sure – but have some indications. Revelation 4:11 says, “ You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” Colossians 1:16 reiterates the point: “All things were created by him and for him.” Suggesting that He desired to make material children in His image and ostensibly for those who desire to exist with Him to be His human heirs over all things, as Paul wrote in Romans 8:17, saying And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.. This in no way suggests that we are gods in training nor His equal. If God were to create another being of equal power, intelligence, and perfection, then He would cease to be the one true God for the simple reason that there would be two gods—and that would be an impossibility as Moses makes it plain, saying in Deuteronomy 4:35, “YAHAVAH is God; besides him there is no other.” Philosophically this speaks volumes on Christ being God. But for our created species God, according to Psalm 8:5 intended to crown us “with glory and honor. It seems that if God knew what our first parents would do He prepared for that choice from the foundation of the world. There is the possibility, that at that point, because He gave His material creations made in His image freewill, that He acted without any intention nor expectation but Good, giving Man the liberty to choose and responding accordingly as things unfolded. Some suggest that Adam and Eve could have remained in the garden forever, expanding their family out to capacity and that the garden could have one day consumed the earth with all of the human race thriving in a heavenly state of bliss – again – all conjecture. What we do know – for certain – is God gave the Man four distinct commands, so to speak. To care for the garden To subdue the earth and have dominion over other creations To multiply and replenish the earth and To freely eat from every tree in the garden except one called the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil for in the day that they would eat of it they would surely die. Why a tree of knowledge of Good and Evil? Why not just a tree that is forbidden? We will discuss later. But the fact of the matter is the tree was either a symbolic representation of knowledge of Good and Evil or eating of the tree actually provided such or opened the way to such from another source and here is the point – God did not – DID NOT – want them to eat of it. To suggest otherwise is utterly diabolical in my estimation. It is doubtful that the tree was anything more than a fruit bearing tree, but the act of choosing to eat of it was In direct opposition to God’s warning Brought about a knowledge of sin Which is why Adam and Eve realized their nakedness, were ashamed, hid themselves and tried to appear not naked through the first act of religion – dressing themselves up to appear to be different than they really were, naked and ashamed. I think that the tree and its fruit was truly a fountain of knowledge of good and evil that could and would be accessed through their own god-like make-up but instead of gaining knowledge of Good and Evil through a direct relationship with God – Adam and Eve chose to act from Their own mind, their own will and their own emotions according to the prompts from within and the serpent. Moses actually explains what tempted Eve to eat it in the first place, saying, Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Note that she saw that is was good for food – so she had the capacity to think, feel and act according to her senses before she ate of it, therefore proving her to have capacities far beyond being a dummy. And the interesting thing about this is the first two reasons for eating from the tree that Moses gives were okay with God, as Moses wrote, Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The point? To see that eating the forbidden fruit issue was that it would ALSO make one wise – that is what made the eating to lead to death because it was a shortcut to wisdom, denied trusting God in His wisdom, and literally served to feed the mind, will, body and emotions instead of them living by direct relations with Him which they had ready access to. Eating the forbidden tree, in other words, effectively placed Man and their offspring in the drivers seat of living without any knowledge on how to rightly operate the vehicle. Whether the knowledge came from another heavenly realm or from the tree being embodied with access I’m not sure we can say definitively. But the act would lead to incomprehensible accidents, pollution, disease, miscalculations, assumptions and operations that might even appear wise and good (after all we were made in His image possessing amazing abilities) but all of such thinking and actions missed the mark. The results? Suffering – even if the notions are good. In the end, eating the forbidden fruit was akin to Prometheus giving fire to man, was akin to opening Pandoras box, or Oppenheimer creating the bomb. If we only really understood the reality that we cannot manage such power. Here is the thing to understand about the forbidden tree and it is the single most important point to be made today – Where the act opened humanity to knowing Good and Evil, the fruit of the knowledge of Good and Evil came from the same tree and so it had the same end result - death. Do we remember what Yeshua say about trees? He said in Matthew 7:17-18, 7 . . . every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. In other words, the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge could not be both good and evil, and even though good and evil would and could be known by eating of it. Because the fruit lead to death and suffering its ultimate value is evil. Remember, there was a tree of life in the garden too. That was the tree that allowed for life, healing, and was actually good. But Adam and Eve wanted to Burger King it and to Have it their way To do things their way. What they willed. Even though it all defied the very words of God. So, that act of rebellion, self-will, and ultimate evil – because it all led to death - has application to this realm, mortality and our ways and means in the here and now. This was in no way shape “a fall upward” – the only influence that could ever call that a fall-upward would or could come from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil itself. This act of our first parents, who literally represented the whole human race at that time, was akin to Man being placed on the surface of the moon with God giving them direct instructions on how to live in harmony with Him but MAN choosing to take a flag pole with a flag that said, ME on it and slamming it down into the dust as a defiant act against God Himself. We were made in His image. We were given freewill from the start. But we chose to honor ourselves, our bodies, our minds, our will and our emotions over the will of Him who knows all things and wants what is best. I suggest that from that day, the minute Adam’s teeth sunk into the flesh of that forbidden fruit, several things happened in the world. Sin entered the human realm, and when it comes to God and His justice, the wages of sin is death. So death entered into this realm by one man called Adam. That man immediately died spiritually, in that day, being alienated from God until another would bring reconciliation. That man, having died spiritually (meaning having lost his constant and direct access to God due to his sinful nature) started to live without God’s direct influence and the world immediately started to notice the difference between life in the Garden with the presence of God and life outside of both (noting that the first son of Adam and Eve slaughtered their second). Here is where I step outside of the Biblical text and proffer a belief that is admittedly conjecture – so take it for what it is worth. That said, I am convinced of the following. Because God . . . Made us in His image Equipped us with skill sets and capacities that best the entire animal world, And gave us dominion over this world We, in these elevated capacities have our own unique “spirit” called the Spirit of Man by Paul which is found in all of us both individually and in a collective. In terms of the individual Spirit of Man this is biblically described in Job 32:8, where we read, But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Proverbs 20:27 seems to liken the Spirit of Man to our hearts, saying The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. But the most definitive description of the Spirit of Man is found in Paul’s first letter to Corinth where he said in chapter 2 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. With respect to the Individual Spirit of Man within all of us, it seems that it is what drives, moves and motivates each of us to do and focus on the things in this world we are inclined and gifted to pursue. Again, it is a spirit that is of this world and includes drives, talents and motives that operate and function in the here and now. Nothing wrong in this life with people – believers too – doing things by the Spirit of Man within us. It’s what makes for great inventions, advances and progress, it is what causes us to invent, create, overcome, define and redefine. The Spirit of Man in this realm is the force behind all progress and digression, is applicable in this realm and what helps humanity to survive, earn our keep, pay our bills and to provide for ourselves, our families and each other. Like the fruit from the TOKOGAE, the Spirit of Man is literally our spirit with value and application in this physical realm. Relisten to what Paul says about the Spirit of Man again in 1st Corinthians 2 - 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Here there is a clear delineation between the Spirit of Man and the Spirit of God – distinct as you will ever get, right? But pay careful attention to what Paul equates the Spirit of Man to in verse 12, saying to the believers in that day, 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Here we discover that the Spirit of Man is also described by Paul as, “the Spirit of this world.” The Apostle John, speaking of this world, wrote in 1st John 2:16 “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” Did you catch it? Let’s reread what drove Eve to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and compare it to how John describes all that is in this world. Ready? Genesis 3:6 1st John 2:16 Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and the lust of the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise . . . and the pride of life, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. is not of the Father, but is of the world.” In the face of this, I see the fruit from the Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil as describing the very Spirit of Man in the world today and which may work in this world and may even be allowed by God in our lives here, but in the end is NOT of the Father BUT??? That’s right “is of this world – the fallen world in which we physically live – and there is no getting around the fact that it is a factor of our living in this world, it can be used for good and evil, but that the Spirit of God operates off very different elements. This is a super important distinction I hope every believer might make – there is a spirit of man that moves us in this world via the lust of our flesh (for each other, food, drugs) and the lust of the eyes (which motivates us to work to acquire more better things like possessions, houses, clothing and larger bank accounts) but with it all comes, “the pride of life” which is the death nell to what is truly not of the Father but is of this world.” In our mortal material lives, God literally put us in a place where we are required if not forced to operate by the individual spirit of Man within us and it is alright so long as we are able to clearly see that none of it is of the Father but is ESPECIALLY the PRIDE OF LIFE. But this speaks to the Individual Spirit of Man which is biblical and very much a reality – “of this world and not of the Father,” therefore, it requires management, oversight and prioritization by us in life. Fine. Good. Whatever. We are free. But I want to conclude today with a speculation relative to the Spirit of Man in the collective sense. In addition to it being the very spirit by which we create and thrive and make ends meet in this world, I personally maintain that because Paul likens it to “the Spirit of the World” that the Spirit of Man is also present in what we might see as “a world collective spirit.” Because Man made a choice in the Garden of Eden to act according to his own will, I can’t help but wonder if this was the beginning of the Collective Spirit of Man and that each and every human being to have ever live or who will ever live contributes to the collective in some mystical invisible way that lends to its advancements or improvements and/or to its decline and destructive powers. In other words, the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in this world represents the Spirit of Man collective, and the first addition to it was the disobedience and self-will of our first parents. From there, this collective soul – so to speak – governs this realm when tapped into or sought. George Wilhelm Hegel wrote exclusively about it in His Phenomenology of Spirit labeling it a Zeit Geist or spirit of the age and a Welt Geist or spirit of the World. Yeats tapped into the notion too, as did Jakob Böhme, Friedrich Schelling, Emanuel Swedenbord, Joseph Smith, Emerson, Steiner, Nietzsche, Carl Jung, Anton Levey, Madam Blatvatsky, Paul Tillich, Martin Buber, Henry Corbin, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Henri de Lubac Rudolf Steiner, Simone Weil, Joseph Campbell, James Hillman, and many many more. These people had the capacity to see and understand the Spirit of this world (again, which is not of the Father but is of this world) and to explore its vicissitudes from a very strong metaphysical position which is why most of them are mocked by both the scientific world and its polar opposite, biblical Christians. The fact of the matter is, the Bible speaks of the Spirit of Man, likens it to the Spirit of this world, and there have been many people who, having metaphysical access and understanding of it, have made efforts to explain it – often equating it with the Spirit of God – which I maintain is a grave mistake. I personally get, see and understand the mysticism of these souls, agree with their belief that there is a collective soul of man in the world BUT – hear me clearly – I see and understand that Spirit of God in this world as all that really matters in the end, is what ought to be our main focus, and that believers should endeavor to see and understand the differences and to choose wisely on how to use both in their lives in the here and now – exclusively and separately as the scripture describes. We will proceed from here next week toward part II.