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\u201cThe powers can\u2019t see those who have put on the perfect light, and they can\u2019t bind them. All will be clothed in light when they enter into the mystery of the sacred embrace. <\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIf woman had not been separated from man, she would not die with the man. Her separation was at the origin of death. Christ comes to repair the separation that existed since the beginning by uniting the two again. Christ gives life to those who died from separation by reviving them in union.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe man and the woman become one in the Bridal Chamber, and those who have known this sacred embrace will never be separated again. Eve separated from Adam because she did not unite with him in the Bridal Chamber.\u201d (The Gospel of Philip, vs. 77-79)<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The only way to make sense of this passage is to take it out of the literal, or even the Biblical framework. We have to start with the Valentinian concepts that are being used to communicate the meaning to us. Otherwise, when we come to the conclusion of this section, the phrase, \u201cEve was separated from Adam because she did not unite with him in the Bridal Chamber\u201d will make no sense at all.<\/p>\n Does Philip intend to say that Eve was created from Adam\u2019s rib because she didn\u2019t have sexual intercourse with him? How would that work if they were both technically in the same body? And wouldn\u2019t this also suggest that the original Oneness that Adam and Eve once experienced somehow wasn\u2019t good enough to qualify as \u201cuniting with him in the Bridal Chamber\u201d?<\/p>\n It also seems quite confusing for Philip to say, \u201cIf woman had not been separated from man, she would not die with the man,\u201d <\/em>since being one with Adam would necessarily entail experiencing everything that Adam experienced, especially death. Are we to assume that, if Adam and Eve had remained as One that Adam would die but Eve would not? That wouldn\u2019t make any sense, would it?<\/p>\n But, again, these confusions are the result of reading the Gospel of Philip through the literal lens. This is our clue that something else must be going on here. There must be another way to understand what is being communicated. And there is.<\/p>\n Philip uses the language of Light, Union, and the Bridal Chamber to describe a profound spiritual transformation. Like most Valentinian texts, it speaks in symbols about our inner restoration of Oneness.<\/p>\n So, when this passage begins by saying, \u201cThe powers can\u2019t see those who have put on the perfect light,\u201d it\u2019s about how the forces that blind us to our true Christlike identity are powerless against those who have awakened to the reality of our shared Divinity. The mystery of the sacred embrace is how this light is received. It is an inner union with the Divine Presence which is symbolized by the union of Adam and Eve. In other words, this is not about Adam or Eve. It\u2019s about you and Christ.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the woman had not been separated from the man,\u201d is not about the literal separation of Adam and Eve. It\u2019s not about gender identity. It\u2019s about the two halves of the human soul which have been fragmented into an illusion of duality. The separation here is between us and God. It\u2019s about our perception of ourselves as separate from one another. This separation is what brings death. Why? Because to be cut off from the Source of Life (the Divine) is to die. To believe that you are not connected to God is death. To act as if you are not One with the rest of the Human race is the ultimate form of exile. It is a spiritual form of solitary confinement.<\/p>\n And why did Christ come? \u201cChrist comes to repair the separation.\u201d Christ enlightens us and reunites what has been divided. Christ restores the original wholeness that existed in the beginning. This union is not merely conceptual. It is experiential.<\/p>\n As we\u2019ve already seen, the Bridal Chamber is a core sacrament of Valentinian Christianity. It represents the end of duality and the restoration of our union with God and with all things. As Jesus puts it, \u201cSo they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.\u201d (Matthew 19:6)<\/p>\n This moment when we become one is when we are no longer dead to the reality of our life in Christ. Once we enter this state of being, we will never be separated again and our lasting awareness of Divine union cannot be undone.<\/p>\n So, this is not about Adam or Eve. It\u2019s about us. Eve represents the receptive soul. Adam represents the rational soul. Their separation symbolizes the human condition. The Bridal Chamber is where this fracture is healed. It is where the Adam part of us and the Eve part of us are restored in Christ as we enter into a union with God that is grounded in experiential (ginosko) Oneness.<\/p>\n This passage explains how Humanity suffers because of the illusion of separation between us and God and, therefore, between us and everyone else. Christ heals this condition by clothing us in light, making us whole, and awakening us to what is true: We are never separate.<\/p>\n The Bridal Chamber is where the divided human being becomes one again and where the Divine Union is restored once and for all.<\/p>\n **<\/p>\n My new book,\u00a0\u201cThe Quantum Gospel of Mary and the Lost Gospel of Truth\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>is now available on Amazon.<\/p>\n The book from Keith Giles, \u201cThe Quantum Sayings of Jesus: Decoding the Lost Gospel of Thomas<\/strong>\u201d is available now on Amazon. Order\u00a0HERE><\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u201cThe powers can\u2019t see those who have put on the perfect light, and they can\u2019t bind them. All will be clothed in light when they enter into the mystery of the sacred embrace. \u201cIf woman had not been separated from man, she would not die with the man. 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<\/p>\n\n\nKeith Giles is the best-selling author of the Jesus Un series. He has been interviewed on CNN with Anderson Cooper, Coast to Coast Radio with George Noory, USA Today, BuzzFeed, and\u00a0John Fugelsang\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0\u201cTell Me Everything.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>He co-hosts\u00a0The Heretic Happy Hour Podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and his solo podcast,\u00a0Second Cup With Keith<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0which are both available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, Podbean or wherever you find great podcasts.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"