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In the Ten Commandments, Exodus 20:5, Yahweh is described as "a jealous God



'Awon -- hidden sin ‐ a misunderstood keyword in the Torah?


Praised be Yahweh whose worship is based on exploring truth!


""Cursed be any person who strikes his neighbor in secret", and all the people will respond: AMEN!" Deuteronomy 27:24

Alice Miller in her book "For Your Own Good" established that Adolph Hitler was severely physically abused over a long period of time by his father Alois, and not at all protected by his mother.

Her book is subtitled "Hidden cruelty in child-rearing and the roots of violence." Before continuing in this study, please read the entire chapter called "Adolph Hitler's Childhood: from Hidden to Manifest Horror." It is important to know why the Bible is so deeply concerned with this word "hidden sin" and why our translations don't do justice to this essence of the revelation of Yahweh.


If we assume this connection to be only with Adolph Hitler we are making a grave error. The SS itself was drawn from men and women from abusing families!

The plot only thickens with our knowledge of that which we naturally want to avoid.

This Torah keyword is so vital because this issue is the basis for fascist theology and its political manifestations.


Amalek, in the Torah, is not just a ruthless tribe which happened to attack the Israelites.

Amalek thrives on institutionalized abuse in order to create a safe place for abuse to fester and to further its control of societies established on the principles of Moses.

The Torah is not prejudiced but rather is trying to help both the lambs and the wolves towards salvation. Amalek's goal is to destroy the Torah and all the universal values based on Moses' revelation (see Exodus 17:8-13).

Moses' goal and Jesus's goal is to protect the children.


Also, if you are not a professional in one of the healing arts and therefore not familiar with the mechanisms of abuse, please consider purchasing the book "Trying to Get some Dignity - Stories of Triumph over Childhood Abuse" by Ginger Rhodes and Richard Rhodes and reading it in its entirety before going to the Biblical verses. I want you to become convinced beyond any doubt of the enormous depth and relevance of the Mosaic and Miriamic revelation and their relationship to the Priestly cult (as you have studied in the Introduction to Twelve Tribe Torah CDs).


In the Holy Bible, first read the whole of Matthew chapter 18.

This amazing chapter is concerned with the innocence of children, the inherent humility of being small and powerless, the warning to not harm these innocents in any way, and the power of forgiveness/release/dismissal as regards even this most grave sin.


Jesus is in fact receiving the mantle from Moshe the great Prophet of Yahweh by restating the essence of this relationship. He also received the mantle from Elijah who is the last prophet to include the protection of the children in his theology of Yahweh.

In Exodus 34:1-9, the core prayer of Moshe: "Oh Yahweh, Yahweh!" A God who is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abundant in love and truth! Who stores lovingkindness even unto thousands of generations, transforming hidden sin, transgression, and unconscious sin! But who does not fully absolve!

Who visits the hidden sin of the parents onto the children onto the grandchildren, onto the third generation and onto the fourth generation.

Then Moshe made haste and bowed down to the ground and made prostration of his entire body onto the earth."


So there we have this most amazing revelation, perhaps misunderstood by the rabbinic teachers who omitted the second half of this verse in the synagogue liturgy.

Ignoring the second half of the verse is a direct cause for forgetting the Name of Yahweh, for denial of child abuse, earth abuse and its direct negative consequences on public health and moral integrity.


The moral protection aspect, that is the "Notser," is in fact the root word for the sect that Jesus was transmitting, namely the "Notserim" - poorly transliterated as Nazareans. They are the "protectors" and their original text, written 100 years according to R. H. Charles and James Charlesworth, was in my humble opinion "The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs." They may have written others but this is what we have as an inheritance. The moral Torah is the superior Torah and it is based on not denying the reality of child abuse and its pernicious effects on all of society.


The key to fully appreciating the Hebrew backdrop to Matthew 18 is found in Hosea chapter 14...

. I believe that it is the foundation text for Matthew chapter 18... all the elements in the Hebrew behind the Koine Greek are there: turn/return, stumbling,

'Awon (the hidden secret sin),

compassion on the abandoned orphan child, and God's healing our rebelliousness, God loving us for no justifiable reason, and derision of our reliance on power to save us, where only Yahweh can save us.

The sentence where CaSheL (stumble) and 'Awon (hidden sin - also transliterated as "Avon") are combined is verse 14:2 - "Return, Oh Israel, for you have stumbled in your hidden sin." "Stumbled" is a poor English translation for it really means more like stumbling into a baited trap and not being able to get loose without intervention.


I want to offer that the Hebrew words, Shuv, meaning return or repent is based in the process of transformation. It is a gift, grace from the Creator, enabled by our prophets, mystics, priests and sages. There is room for all and in the transformation of sin lies our very salvation. It takes work, truth gazing, making changes, lifting others up along the way, giving praise to Yah the hidden side of God. See Psalm 51 for the basics of this process of Teshuvah.


As this 14th chapter of Hosea prophesizes the eventual downfall of Samaria-Israel, it has a very serious tone as does Matthew 18. Therefore the word "stumble" carries the most grave connotations of sinning, not the casual tripping over oneself that the word may carry in English. The Greek "skandalizei" carries that close correlation of both "stumbling/ falling into scandal" and therefore was chosen carefully by the Gospel writers.


And here is the clincher.... the only Torah verse quoted in Matthew 18 is Deuteronomy 19:15 where it explains that whether for hidden sins ('Awon is specified here) or for subconscious sins (Het specified here too) however committed, one must require two or three witnesses for prosecutorial purposes.


In Matthew 18:16 this then continues into the confirmation of the evidence of "two or three witnesses."

Deuteronomy 19:17 says that the two or three witnesses stand must before Yahweh. The contexts change but the message is similar.

Jesus is teaching that we can effect good if we take action and join together as harmonious disciples and that this will obviate the grave consequences of revenge (by going beyond an "eye for an eye" into the eternal justice of forgiveness).


Also in Hosea chapter five, the key verse where stumbling is in the hidden sin ('Awon) is verse 5, and it is preceded by verses 3 & 4 which both have an emphasis on sexual sins! As anyone familiar with the prophet Hosea already knows, his prophecy is a protest against any society that is lax in sexual license.


In the Ten Commandments, Exodus 20:5, Yahweh is described as "a jealous God, visiting the hidden sin ('Awon) of the parents on the children, even unto the 3rd or 4th generation for those who hate Me but doing loving deeds for thousands of generations for those who love Me and who observe My Mitzvot."

Ezekiel (in chapter 18) challenges this approach of Moses saying that it is impossible that God transmits the guilt of the sins of the fathers on the children.


What Ezekiel means is that the children cannot be legally guilty when the parents sin. That is correct; but what Moses means is that the children will be so deeply wounded by the sin of abuse that they in turn will either harm themselves, others or their relationships. We now know that Moses is more correct than Ezekiel in this matter.


Again, it is not the children's responsibility (that sense of the word "guilt") that Moses is addressing but the real effects of the sin and its consequences which are in fact transferred to the children.

In addition, when we abuse the earth, our children must face our neglect, our hidden sin. Also the earth will be abused when we do not address the hidden child abuse.


So in the end analysis, perhaps the judgment will be that Moses is correct in that sexual and physical and verbal abuse of children (and by extension of the earth) is in fact transmitted to the next generations and that this consequence is written into the moral laws of family and politics that Yahweh has created on our Earth. Even for a child who is aware of the reality of, and the effects of abuse, turning the curse into a blessing indeed takes three or four generations of forgiveness and transformation.


Every aware clergy deals with families trapped in the maelstrom of abuse and we know how long it takes and how much effort it takes to effect healing and salvation. Healing is what we can effect as therapists, friends, clergy.

Salvation is only from the Lord, from YHWH. Although our society does the right thing with protecting children on the State governmental level, it is just not enough. It is a core disease stemming from a lack of faith in the Eternal Judge.


By the way, also know that the Priestly laws in the Torah surrounding the proscription of not eating fruits before their fullest maturity are in fact a ritualization of the consciousness against the abuse of children.

See Ezekiel 18:2 concerning the folk wisdom of the saying "the parents eat raw fruit and the teeth of the children grind!" Sure, prosecutorial guilt is not transferred, but Moses' view is that the effects of evil are in fact transferable if it weren't for the forgiving, loving presence of Yahweh that can lead to transformation.


The first step to the process of forgiveness and transformation into salvation and blessing is the awareness and acknowledgement of the enormity of the consequences of 'Awon.


The last section of Matthew 18 concerns the forgiving King who will take revenge on those ungrateful for the gift of forgiveness and absolution - and this sounds like a midrash on this verse which describes two faces of Yahweh, comparing the wrath of the millstone punishment with the forgiving transformational absolution of God.


The next verse is so important in establishing that 'Awon is different from the other nouns in Hebrew signifying sin or guilt, as it establishes that it is all about "hidden sin."

Check out Psalm 90:8 - "You (the Lord God) have placed our 'Awons within Your view, our hidden matters in Your presence!"

This verse is found in a Psalm which is specifically attributed to Moses (who brought us out of our "bondage to sinfulness and patterns ever unchanging" through the Torah and through the loving God Yahweh who has established the laws of family and nature = "Huqim").


At the end of the Torah verses section of this article comes a suggested paradigm to understand the "Theology of the Legacy of Abuse" and a suggested reading list in order for the seeker of God's Word to fully understand the ramifications based on our knowledge today, with many thanks to our psychotherapeutic communities who have brought the light into darkness.

That is in a separate pdf file for easier downloading. To really get the enormous impact of the Mosaic revelation, start to read those books to enter into the daily consciousness of the transforming power of Yahweh.


Exodus 28:42,43 connects 'Awon, the hidden sin, with the flesh of nakedness.


Exodus 34:7 in Moses' great prayer of repentance, he states that Yahweh will forgive our 'Awon (purposely committed sins in private) and our Het (sins committed subconsciously).

This is verse is the core of the most important revelation in the history of religious inspiration.

The verse starts off with "Oh Yahweh, Yahweh!" A God who is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abundant in love and truth! Who stores lovingkindness even unto thousands of generations, transforming hidden sin, transgression, and unconscious sin!

But who does not fully absolve!

Who visits the hidden sin of the parents onto the children onto the grandchildren, onto the third generation and onto the fourth generation.

Then Moshe made haste and bowed down to the ground and made prostration of his entire body onto the earth.


Leviticus 5:1 'Awon is carried privately with no one else knowing about it.


Genesis 4:13 Cain's killing of his brother Abel in secret in the field where no one else could see so that Cain exclaims "great is my 'Awon, too much to bear"


Leviticus 16:21, 22 Priestly confession avails for hidden sins and is atoned for by the Scapegoat (something fascists capitalize on when we don't confront).


Leviticus 18:25 "and the earth will become polluted, and I will visit her 'Awon hidden sin on her, and she will vomit out her inhabitants" (one link to "Earth Abuse")


In the entire Leviticus chapter 20, which is about illicit sexual relationships, the word 'Awon is repeated in verses 17 and 19.


In Leviticus 26:39-43 it again stresses


In Leviticus 26:39-43 it again stresses the intergenerational characteristic of 'Awon, the possibility of confession availing, the connection of the Earth, that she will take back her Sabbaths.


Numbers 15:31 where it is explained that when sin is committed with "a high hand" (i.e. in defiance of conscience) the very soul of the human being is ripped away through the sin of 'Awon as one cannot keep ones word (for trust is deeply torn)


Numbers 18:1 even the Sanctuary itself can contract the cumulative collective hidden sins of the people and of the priests!!


1 Samuel 25:24 Scripture lauds the character of Abigail who takes responsibility for any possible sin committed unknowingly.


Isaiah 1:4 Woe, oh sinning nation, a people heavily laden with 'Awon (hidden sin) - and please note the connection in verse 1:9 to Sodom and 'Amorah!!


Isaiah 5:18 Woe to those who drag the guilt of 'Awon along with ropes of duplicity, unconscious sin (Het), like the reins of a cart. And in verse 20, the ultimate cover-up strategy for those in denial of 'Awon - "Woe to those who call evil good, and good, evil."


Isaiah 6:7 the prophet must first have his or her 'Awon removed, that is, transformed!


Isaiah 13:11 here 'Awon is connected with humbling, that God will cause the humbling that we don't ourselves cause through the consciousness of repentance and forgiveness


Isaiah 22:14 In some circumstances, only death will atone for 'Awon guilt.


Isaian 26:21 it will take the intercession of Yahweh to uncover, reveal the sins of 'Awon and the Earth takes up the guilt until it can be contained no longer (one of the basic moral laws of our world and one of the major causes of Earth Abuse!)


Isaiah 30:13 'Awon guilt can cause a sudden breach in our security


Isaiah 33:22-24 The four characteristics of Yahweh (Judge, Lawgiver, King, Saviour) are distorted in our Constitution by the establishment of only three branches of Government (this verse was in fact quoted by our Founding Fathers to establish the Judiciary, Legislative, and Executive branches of government). However, the fourth, the belief in God's salvationary power was omitted, this is the branch executed by the citizenry, the practice of the Word which inspired the Constitution and to keep all elected officials in line with Holy Spirit. The last phrase in verse 24 talks about the ultimate atonement of 'Awon guilt.


Isaiah 50:1 "Behold, you have been sold off for your hidden sins" - the ultimate price for not dealing with accumulated 'Awon.


Isaiah 53:5 the heaviest part of the burden born by the Suffering Servant of Yahweh is that "He is wounded by our hidden sin-guilt" - and in the next verse, "Because we all strayed like lost sheep and each of us turned and went our own way, therefore Yahweh inflicted Him with our Collective Hidden Sin" -- and in verse 11, "and He suffers their hidden sin-guilt." Please note the connection between this process and the projection of collective hatred onto the Jewish and Christian peoples by the fascists.


And finally, I want to repeat the Great Prayer of Moses who first reveals this conciousness, that simultaneously entering into transformative forgiveness and simultaneously holding the awareness of our legacy is the ultimate essence of Yahweh:


Exodus 34:1-9 (please go read it in its entirety) but here is the prayer - "Yahweh, Yahweh, a compassionate and grace-filled God, long forebearing, abundant in loving kindness and truth; preserving love for thousands of generations, transforming (literally "lifting up") hidden sin and trespass and unconscious sin; however, not completely absolving sin when visiting the hidden sins of the parents on their children and children's children unto the third or fourth generations." So Yahweh, our Creator, gave us the basic rules of human moral dynamic consciousness through Moshe Rabenu. Blessed be Yahweh's Name!


Additional resources and comprehension:

To set forth a "Theology of the Legacy of Abuse" paradigm, to begin to understand the many active connections between these manifestations of abuse requires thinking that comes out of realizing that all the following components arise from the same source. Here follows an outline of the components that together help us better define and fully understand the Legacy of Abuse that we as a society inherit, are in turn victims of, create, and ultimately have to address and atone:


physical abuse,

violentization (witnessing someone else physically or verbally abusing another victim),

wifebeating,

sexual violence,

incest,

sexual love between unequal partners,

pedophilia,

sadism-masochism,

fascism,

racism,

holocaust/genocide,

scapegoating,

disempowering,

submissioning,

humiliation,

shaming,

blaming,

intimidation,

bullying,

splitting, projecting

unlawful discrimination (against designated victim groups),

trauma (as from war and other forms of violence, justified by law or not),

verbal abuse (manifests also in the control and manipulation of relationships and in devaluing the other),

emotional abuse,

emotional incest (sometimes also called "covert incest"),

addictions (to alcohol, drugs, sex, money, power, and powerlessness)

self-abuse,

earth-abuse

seeking out destructive relationships,

divorce,

relationship abuse (includes teen dating issues),

abandonment,

homelessness,

emotional illness,

chronic illness patterns,

sexually addictive behavior patterns (includes homosexuals acting out of an abusive childhood),

pornography (many forms of pornography are directly connected to abuse),

enabling of abuse via denial, minimizing, apologetics, projecting, the spin, guilt trips, propaganda, dramatic maneuvers, manipulation of reality, and political distractions.


Below is a bibliography of suggested books for further reading and studying. These suggested books come from a range of wonderful people (psychotherapists, teachers, leaders, friends, colleagues) from my larger community here in Austin Texas who have over the years suggested one or more of these books as an important source of information on various facets of abuse. Please add to it and create your own list. My gratitude is deep for all those living in the consciousness of triumph over abuse.


In the long run, only conscious transformation, offered and nurtured by our sacred traditions, will help us triumph over evil. Psychotherapy is not only a secular science but also a religious consciousness. We secularists are not better than our religious heritage but better because of our religious heritage. This is because Moses did not give us the Ten Commandments. He gave us the Ten Principles ('Aseret ha Devarim). The principled life is the highest moral order of Yahweh's Will for us as a nation of priests.


"For Your Own Good" - Hidden Cruelty in Child-rearing and the Roots of Violence" by Alice Miller.

"Why they Kill" by Richard Rhodes

"Trying to Get some Dignity -- Stories of Triumph over Childhood Abuse" by Ginger Rhodes and Richard Rhodes.

"Women and Madness" (the 2005 updated and revised edition) and "Woman's Inhumanity to Woman" (2003 paperback edition) by Phyllis Chesler.

"The Emotional Incest Syndrome" by Patricia Love.

"The Verbally Abusive Relationship -- How to Recognize it and How to Respond" by Patricia Evans.

"The Courage to Heal - a Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse" by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis.

"In the Image of God - a Feminist Commentary on the Torah" by Judith Antonelli.

"Silence is Deadly -- Judaism Confronts Wifebeating" by Naomi Graetz.

"Ordeal" by Linda Lovelace (New York: Berkley Books, 1981).

The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander : From Preschool to High School--How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle of Violence by Barbara Coloroso.

"Facing the Abusing God: A Theology of Protest" by David R. Blumenthal.

"Sexual Abuse in America: the Epidemic of the 21st Century", Robert Freeman Longo and Gerald T. Blanchard, Safer Society Press, 1998.

"Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence" by Robin Karr-Morse & Meredith S. Wiley.

"Come Here" by Richard Berendzen

"The Gift of Fear" by Gavin De Becker

"Conversations With a Pedophile: In the Interest of our Children" by Amy Hammel-Zabin.

"Identifying Child Molesters: Preventing Child Sexual Abuse by Recognizing the Patterns of the Offenders" by Carla Van Dam.

"Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men" by Lundy Bancroft.


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