The God of Israel vs. The Creator in Gnostic Belief
🪞 Opening Reflection
What if the God we were taught to worship… was not the highest God at all?
In traditional Western faiths, we’re taught to obey, worship, and fear “God”—often depicted as a male ruler, a lawgiver, a judge. This is the God of Israel, Yahweh, from the Hebrew Bible. But the Gnostics—early Christian mystics and spiritual rebels—looked deeper. They believed the God of this world wasn’t the source of all light and truth… but a lesser being, one who mistook himself for the highest.
So—who is this creator God? And who, or what, is truly divine?
Let’s investigate.
🕎 The God of Israel: Yahweh, the One True God?
🔯 In Judaism and Mainstream Christianity
- Name: YHWH (Yahweh), often translated as “I AM” or “The LORD.”
- Identity: The creator of the heavens and the earth, the lawgiver at Sinai, the covenant-maker with Abraham.
- Attributes: Omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, righteous, jealous, merciful, wrathful.
- Worshipped as: The one true God—monotheistic, unchallenged.
- Relationship to creation: All things were made by His will and for His glory.
In both the Old Testament and New Testament, God is portrayed as both just and loving, but also angry and punishing. He destroys cities, orders genocide, blesses nations, and promises salvation.
Yet for some early seekers—especially those influenced by Greek philosophy and mystical insight—this image of God raised troubling questions.
🌀 In Gnosticism: The Creator Is Not the True God
🧿 Key Concepts:
- The Monad: The true, unknowable source of all—a perfect, infinite spiritual presence beyond form, gender, or name. This is the true God in Gnosticism.
- The Demiurge: A false creator god—ignorant, arrogant, and flawed. Often identified with Yahweh or the God of the Old Testament.
- Sophia: A divine feminine force (Wisdom) who tried to create without her partner, accidentally generating the Demiurge.
- Yaldabaoth: The name often given to this false creator. He thinks he’s the only god—but he’s blind to the higher spiritual realms.
Gnostic view: The material world is not perfect—it’s a trap. A prison. Created by a false god who wanted worship, not liberation.
✝️ Jesus in Gnosticism
In mainstream Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God—sent by Yahweh to redeem humanity.
But in Gnostic Christianity, Jesus is the emissary of the true God—sent to awaken souls and reveal that the god of this world (Yaldabaoth) is not the highest power.
He comes not to save us from sin, but to liberate us from ignorance.
“If those who lead you say to you, ‘Look, the kingdom is in the sky,’ then the birds will get there first.
But the kingdom is within you, and it is outside of you.”
— Gospel of Thomas
🌿 Cannabis as a Tool for Gnostic Insight
Gnostics valued direct experience of the divine—gnosis—over blind faith or rigid laws.
Likewise, the Cannabis Church of Science and Faith honors cannabis as a sacrament that awakens consciousness and helps seekers break free from the illusions of this world.
Through sacred use of cannabis, we soften the ego, quiet the mind, and tune in to higher truths—realms the Demiurge would hide from us.
Cannabis becomes a key in the lock of the prison—the spiritual fog begins to clear.
🧠 Philosophy Segment: Awakening from the Matrix
If the world is ruled by a blind or evil creator, what does that say about our suffering? Our systems? Our wars? Our obsession with money, power, and hierarchy?
Gnosticism teaches: This world is not as it seems. The institutions that demand obedience—governments, churches, militaries—often serve the interests of the false god. But you were made for more.
Gnosis is the knowledge that liberates.
Awakening is an act of rebellion.
Love is a form of resistance.
In this view, true spirituality is not submission—it’s reclamation. The journey home is not through fear—but through awakening.
🧘 Closing Challenge
What if the God you were taught to fear… was not the true source of love?
This week, sit with that question. Read the Secret Book of John, or the Gospel of Thomas. Take cannabis in stillness and ask to see beyond the veil. What does your spirit know that the world has forgotten?
🌟 Mantra:
“I seek the Light that frees, not the power that binds.”
