Zohar (1:9b - 10a): R’ Shimon replied: Your deduction that some Jewish sages are comparable to G‑d is in fact true. Only G‑d can resurrect the dead - yet we find that Eliyahu and Elisha resurrected the dead. Only G‑d can make it rain - yet Eliyahu controlled the rain through his prayer. G‑d made heaven and earth - yet they were firmly established for the sake of Avraham. G‑d determines the course of the sun - yet Yehoshua made it stand still. G‑d makes decrees but so did Moshe and they were fulfilled. Furthermore G‑d makes decrees which are nullified by the tzadikim as we learn from Shmuel 2 23:3). In addition G‑d commanded them to literally follow in His ways and to be like Him in every way.
Yep, doesn't smack of Chrisianity at all, no sir.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the story that went around when those scientists made DNA that self-replicated a few years ago and they announced that they too had created life.
So as the story goes, they go to God and say "See, we created life. We don't need You anymore." And God says "Really? Tell me how you did it." "Well," said the scientists, "first we took some dirt..." "Nope," says God. "First create your own dirt."
Same here. An miracle performed by anyone is only because God gives the person the power to do it. You want to be like God? Make a miracle without His help beause He sure doesn't need anyone's help when He does it.