Glossary

The following is a list of words that may be found among our writings but not be commonly understood:

Anokeesed  - the name of God the Father; I Am Loving Kindness

Motsah the Lamb - ancient name which our first parents called the Son of God; it means God who goes (flows out) with me

Kahee - ancient name for the Holy Spirit - Life Giver

Agency – Agency refers to the gift given to mankind by God. God has allowed His children the ability to decide how we will each become in our lives. We can choose to be even contrary to His character and desires. God respects the gift of each person to decide what they will choose regarding whether they will love Him or not.

Amon – In Isaiah and Daniel, the word Amon refers to those who huddle together in community.

Arm of the Lord – Often confused with the 2nd Coming of Christ, the Arm of the Lord is an event in the future where the spirit of Christ, which is in all creation, will be manifested and made obviously undeniable to every person of the earth at the same time. With the Arm of the Lord, where all will come to see that their Lord is around them everywhere giving life, comes the fall of the world’s economic, legal, and social system (an event called the fall of Babylon in the scriptures). The Arm of the Lord also refers to whenever a person encounters and experiences the life and love of Christ in creation.

Atonement – Atonement refers to Christ’s ability to purify you so you can hold the Living Water and have the happiness of life.

Babylon – The name for the world’s economic, legal, and social system. Ancient Babylon set in place lawyers, taxes, property titles, marriage licenses, money, and every feature of the world’s societies – whether American, Chinese, Russian, or Nigerian.

Charity – The pure, innocent love of God that cannot anticipate evil. People can feel and express this same innocent and harmless love like the love God expresses.

Common consent – One of the four foundations of community. Common consent is the practice of arriving at a decision by people blending their personal relationships with the Lord so that they all together come to a unanimous decision. It is the practice that allows the Lord to be the leader of the community.

Decadarchoi – The 1/3 fallen angels, the Decadarchoi are the elements of creation that rebelled against their created nature and the purposes God had intended for them. The name literally means “fallen bullies.” Led by Satan, or Semihazah, these fallen watchers are the responding forces that empower the evil designs and supplications of the wicked.

Decrees of Creation – There are 2 Decrees of Creation which God set in place before the creation. They outline the boundaries of God’s relationship with mankind and creation. Through them, God assured that the agency of mankind would be respected.

Edom – In Isaiah and Daniel, Edom refers to those who are new in Christ, “born again.”

Eerkodeshoi – The 2/3 angels that remain ever faithful. The Eerkodeshoi are all the holy elements of creation that express the love and feelings of Christ to be our home. The name means “the holy watchers”.

Elda – The name of the eternal abode of God. It means “God is here.” Elda is outside of place and time. And in Elda, sin cannot enter.

Element of righteousness/wickedness – The use of element refers to using creation with the intervention of agency because of its spiritual definition. The use of the element of righteousness is using the Eerkodeshoi because of the feelings of Christ that He used to give them life. The use of the element of wickedness is using the Decadarchoi according to their fallen definitions or using the Eerkodeshoi by denying their righteous definition.

Face of the Deep – Another name for eternity or Elda.

Forgiveness – God’s ability to remove the effects of a person’s sin, in the midst of the continuing consequences of sin.

Glory – The ability of God to reveal Himself to man in spite of his sins.

Harari – An element of righteousness that has the feeling of sharing the Lord’s burden for His Father. It is used to send out prayers.

Holy Order of Melchizedek – The true high priesthood. Those of the Holy Order are those whose lives are in and through repentance. They live their lives utterly dedicated to serving God. They are those who intervene with their agency to see to it that the desires of God are taken care of.

Intervention of agency – When a person clearly understands the desires of God, and they comprehend what it means, and they know how to use element in that effort to fulfill those desires, then they can ask the Lord and the Eerkodeshoi to act to see that God’s desires are fulfilled. Additionally, the wicked among men can act to fulfill the evil desires of the Decadarchoi.

Kittim – The word means “the enemy.” It can refer to many different peoples. In the time of Christ, it referred to the Romans. In our day, it refers to those who promote the Decadarchoi and evil ways.

Language of Glory - Refers to when the Eerkodeshoi speak to a person or group of people to bring confort. Their message comes through their spiritual definition.

Language of Repentance – Refers to when the Eerkodeshoi speak to a person or group of people to bring repentance. Their message comes through their spiritual definition.

Living Water – The process of reproval, repentance, and forgiveness. Living Water is defined with the feeling that you can know God in this life and be happy. The way you can know Him is through seeking reproval, repenting of your sins, and accepting forgiveness.

Lustral waters – Literally it means “shining waters.” It refers to water that is alive with the spirit of Christ. It is flowing water that feels Christ, that He is the Living Water who goes with us to cleanse and restore us.

Maween – The original name for Zion. It name means “the place where God, man, and the animals dwell together.”

Men of Renown – Another name for the Merari or the men of the priesthood who function in Common Consent and are members of the Council of the Community.

Moab – In Isaiah and Daniel, Moab refers to those who are close to the earth.

Niphilim – People whose spirits were stolen at conception and replaced with the spirit of a fish, bird, or animal. The Niphilim looked like normal people, but they are empty of the spirits of Christ and the vision of created purpose of a person.

Nazarenes/Nazarites/Essenes - The church in Christ’s day had many names they were referred to. Nazarenes mean “the keepers of the covenant”. Nazirites mean those who are “consecrated”. Essenes mean “keepers of the Urim.”

Power – The ability of God to love man in spite of his sins. Also, it refers to our ability as people to love each other like God does in spite of each other’s sins.

Priesthood – Called an order of service in the religion of Shabuwa. Priesthood comes from a person knowing the desires of God and being to act to fulfill these desires in the midst of creation. Man comes to righteous priesthood by the living of his life in such a way so that he can know God’s feelings and know how to act on His behalf.

Redemption – The process of Christ restoring back into the presence of His Father. In the temporal world, we are redeemed back into feeling His spirit and his life-giving presence.

Rib – When a woman is described as a man’s rib, it means she is the one that God created as the man’s rightful companion. The fifth rib down on the left side, the one right over the heart, feels the joy of living. The wife is the feelings of her husband made flesh. God sees them to be one flesh. Adam said that Eve was “flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone.”

Righteousness – Righteousness refers to having the right relationship, whether with God, each other, the angels, or creation. Specifically, it refers to only having the kind of interaction that affirms and expresses the desires and purposes of God.

Salvation – The process of Christ saving us from the effects of our sins and shortcomings.

Sanctity of marriage – The highest virtue of the righteous, it refers to more than not having extramarital relations. The sanctity of marriage is the righteous, harmonious, and complementary relationship between husband and wife. This virtue can be kept by those single or widowed by living by its values and holiness. The sanctity of marriage is the virtue that signals to the Eerkodeshoi that they should take care of you as their charge.

Shabuwa – The word means “to make a permanent covenant by repeating it seven times.”  Established by Melchizedek, Shabuwa is an eternal covenant where the Eerkodeshoi and righteous mankind have joined in the bonds of rich affection and covenanted to allow Christ to dwell within them and give them life.

Temporal world – The condition of the world we live in. It is an existence that is experienced in time (instead of eternity), suffers the consequences of sin, and where the presence of God is obscured so that all mankind can exercise their agency to choose to be like their Father or not.

Law of Virtue – the true law of Moses. It is how every person can live their life in repentance and virtue so they can arrive clean and whole back in the presence of God. Another way to describe the Law of Virtue is that it is the vision of creation purpose of each person that  is the reason why God created them.

Merari - The men of the priesthood who function in Common Consent and are members of the Council of the Community.

Soul – The spirit of a person created by God. Every person’s spirit was created by God in utter purity. Every person’s body was created by Christ to be the home for their spirit. Our body and spirit are our soul and are intended to be joined in their divine holiness and purity.

Watch – Watches are a special kind of prayer vigil. During a watch, the people of the church or community rotate in and out of watch hours. Someone is always praying. Thus a watch is a continuous prayer vigil by the members of the church.

Translated – Being translated refers to a person crossing over in their body from the temporal world of the earth back into the natural world of Eden.

Urim and Thummim – The Urim are two stones that allow a seer to see through the eyes of God.

Vision of created purpose – When the spirit of each person was created, it was done in Elda. Christ showed a face to His Father and explained how this person could be such a wonderful gift and delight. The reason given by Christ is so wonderful that the Father responded by creating that person and the whole universe to be that person’s home. The vision God was shown of your face is the reason and purpose of why He created you.

Zion – The Dead Sea Scrolls (11QMelch) define Zion as “the community of the righteous, the establishers of the covenant, those who turn aside from walking in the way of the people.” Zion was originally established by Enoch, of the seventh generation, with the original names of Maween (the dwelling place where God and man and the animals live together), Yahad (the community), and Bethel (the house of God).