JLI lesson 4

The first principle - A first cause.

The first cause.

The big bang explains everything. Except for the point that may be the most important, the first cause. This first cause is what “forces” us to say that there is a being who was always here and his existence is MECHUYAV HAMITZIUT – he must exist, otherwise you have the to explain what caused that to appear. Because everything must have a cause, except for the original cause whom we call G-d.

The second principle – G-d is one.

That same reasoning “forces” us to say that this existence that “must exist” is one, that he is not combined of many details, otherwise you get back to the original question of who caused the different details to come together.

G-d is one, he is not composed of many details.

The revelation and concealment-limitation are both expressions of the same G-d, both of them express G-d’s greatness.

A child thinks his parents are totally inconsistent. Some times they love him and at other times they are mean to him, they must be very confused.

The truth is that both the expression of love and the expression of discipline are one and the same. The child may view the discipline as a concealment or absence of the love, but it is really one and the same.

The same is true with G-d.

Both his expression via miracles and concealment are both expressions of his greatness.