Erev Shabbat Kodesh
Parashat Bereishit - Mevorchim
Many people believe that history follows a straight line with its starting point being Genesis 1:1 and its ending point being the Final Redemption.
This picture illustrates how most people envision time.
Time is a construct of the physical universe and does not exist on the spiritual plane. Time is measured and counted according to the progression of the celestial bodies and our planet - all of which circle an orbit in space. In fact, Judaism teaches that time is circular, not linear, as we also see from the yearly cycle of holidays.
What this means for us is that Bereishit, "in the beginning," we were in Gan Eden, and with God's help, in the "end," at the final redemption, we will once again find ourselves back where we started - in Gan Eden. The difference being, we'll be back to stay.
All of history is about returning to Gan Eden.
~ SHABBAT SHALOM ~
What a beautiful post! May Redemption come already, in a blink of an eye.
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"160. Rabbi Berachiah sat and expounded: Each day we speak of the World to Come. Do we then understand what we are saying? In Aramaic, the “World to Come” is translated “the world that came.”'
"And what is the meaning of '“the world that came”'? We learned that before the world was created, it arose in thought to create an intense light to illuminate it. He created an intense light over which no created thing could have authority. The Blessed Holy One saw, however, that the world could not endure [this light]. He therefore took a seventh of it and left it in its place for them. The rest He put away for the righteous in the Ultimate Future. He said, '“If they are worthy of this seventh and keep it, I will give them [the rest] in the Final World.”' It is therefore called '“the world that came,”' since it already came [into existence] from the six days of creation. Regarding this it is written (Psalm 31:20), '“How great is Your good that You have hidden away for those who fear You.”'
Kaplan, Aryeh. The Bahir . Red Wheel Weiser. Kindle Edition.