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Listener Comment - "heavenly mother?"
   Eliyahu, I recently listened to your teaching on the Mystery of God in Genesis #184. I was sitting outside yesterday evening taking notes when two young people from a local church came up to my home to invite me to their congregation. They began telling me that they believed in the heavenly mother and that in Genesis where it says "Let us" they believe God was talking to His wife and they went on to say that in Revelations where it speaks of the "Spirit and the Bride says come" that the bride is God's wife. It was so ironic because I was taking notes on #184 when they came up to my home. I began explaining to them what I learned from you and they started arguing with me. Any how, where does this heavenly mother stuff come from and is their any truth to it?

Tsiyon Answer - "heavenly mother?"
    Truly, your Father in heaven is in charge of the timing of all things, arming you with truth at the right time to resist the pagan lie He knew would be coming your way. I say that because, the "heavenly mother" concept comes directly from paganism. Virtually all of the pagan gods had a female goddess counterpart. The goddess counterpart of the chief false god in Bible times was called "Queen of Heaven." Notice how YHWH condemns "Queen of Heaven" worship through the prophet Jeremiah.

"The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to spite Me. "Do they spite Me?" declares YHWH. "Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?" Jer 7:18-19

Notice that YHWH considers worship of the so-called "queen of heaven" a "shame" to those worshipping her.

Notice this commentary explaining more:

The deity so zealously worshipped by the people is called the Queen of heaven, and is mentioned only by Jeremiah. Besides here, there is reference to her in Jer_44:17, where we see that her worship was very diligently cultivated, and that she was adored as the bestower of earthly possessions. This worship was combined with that of the stars, the host of heaven, which especially prevailed under Manasseh (2Ki_21:5). Thence it may be presumed that the Queen of heaven was one of the deities who came to Western Asia with the Assyrians, and that she corresponds to the Assyrian-Persian Tanais and Artemis, who in the course of time took the place once occupied by the closely related Phoenician Astarte. She is originally a deification of the moon, the Assyrian Selene and Virgo caelestis, who, as supreme female deity, was companion to Baal-Moloch as sun-god. [K&D Commentary - Jer 7:18]

YHWH stands out in sharp contrast to the pagan gods. The "wife" of YHWH is no female deity.

His wife is His people, Israel, whom he took by marriage covenant as His own, at Mount Sinai!

Surely, He would not have done this if there was already a Mrs. YHWH in Heaven!

The Bride in Revelation is the same Bride YHWH wed at Mount Sinai, namely Israel. A redeemed Israel will once again enjoy the favor of YHWH as her Husband and Redeemer. Notice how this language of an eternal covenant points forward to the blessedness of the New Jerusalem and the Bride of Revelation. This is the Israel to come:

Isa 54:5 "For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is YHWH of hosts; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth.
Isa 54:6 "For YHWH has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of one's youth when she is rejected," Says your God.
Isa 54:7 "For a brief moment I forsook you, But with great compassion I will gather you.
Isa 54:8 "In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, But with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on you," Says YHWH your Redeemer.
Isa 54:9 "For this is like the days of Noah to Me, When I swore that the waters of Noah Would not flood the earth again; So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you Nor will I rebuke you.
Isa 54:10 "For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken," Says YHWH who has compassion on you.
Isa 54:11 "O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted, Behold, I will set your stones in antimony, And your foundations I will lay in sapphires.
Isa 54:12 "Moreover, I will make your battlements of rubies, And your gates of crystal, And your entire wall of precious stones.
Isa 54:13 "All your sons will be taught of YHWH; And the well-being of your sons will be great.
Isa 54:14 "In righteousness you will be established; You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear; And from terror, for it will not come near you.

The picture is of a Heavenly Husband and Father with Israel as wife and mother. The "heavenly mother" idea is pure paganism and is today seeing a resurgence in new age religion. Many new age ideas are permeating Christianity today and goddess worship is one of the principle pagan concepts getting traction among some Christian groups. This is but one more evidence of the apostasy of this age.

From Eliyahu

I've been studying the creation of the universe lately, and every time I do the amazing Godship, power, wisdom and love of our Grand Creator totally knocks me out! Here is one of the things I love about studying the creation - YHWH has filled the creation with clues as to His reality, character, and the truth of His Word. I'm looking forward to sharing some of this with you in upcoming programs, but right now I'm mentioning this one point: Life of the creature (you and me) lived in disregard of the Creator is not only ludicrous, but is also wicked. Notice how the apostle, Paul, makes this point:

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. Romans 1:18-20

The invisible attributes of our Creator are everywhere made known to us, first of all in our own bodies. As we look out from there we see His attributes in all the creation around us. We did not create ourselves! All creation points to the fact that we are created for a purpose. What is that purpose? Should it not be the greatest quest of our life to find out?! How can people be so selfish as to live their lives absorbed in nothing but pleasing themselves, with no thought to even knowing their Creator, much less discerning His will for their lives? As Paul said, "they are without excuse."

They are also living a miserable existence. Only life in fellowship with our Creator is life as it was meant to be lived. Sadly, this world is filled with many people "who suppress the truth in unrighteousness." Such people have filled the world with lies designed to turn us away from our Creator. If those lies ever confuse you just stop and look around. Look at the starry heavens, look at the earth teaming with amazing creatures who are the handiwork of God. Look at your own body and what a miracle it is that you even exist! Be filled with awe of YHWH. Reach out to know this One who created you, who loves you more than anyone else ever could. Be filled with the passion to know Him as your best and closest friend. Then you will discover the greatest miracle of all - He wants you to find Him and know Him and He is as close to you right now as a prayer. Go ahead, reach out and touch Him, right now.

Shalom,

Eliyahu ben David
www.tsiyon.org