What does it mean to have the spirit of Elijah? Basically, what it means is having the passion or having great zeal for God. The same is with Phinehas of the Bible.
The passion for God is necessary if a person ever wants to know God, especially in this godless or idolatrous time of ours. How near a person would be to God depends on the degree of his passion towards Him. The bigger the genuine passion, the greater the amount of effort that will be spend, and the more spiritual work will be done to get near Him. What I am also telling you here is that the potential for you to achieve greater spiritual heights than I have is always there. Ignorance about God is a choice.
From my experience, one of the best things about doing spiritual labour for God is He is just. You will get what you actually deserve. Too many efforts in this world had gone to waste or remained unpaid. With God, there is fulfillment. For me, one of such fulfillments was when I was able to attain the complete Divine Chariot (Merkabah) of Elijah.
What is the Divine Chariot (Merkabah) of Elijah? In the Torah, it is found on the first few chapters of Ezekiel. It is also found on Isaiah. In Kabbalah, it is considered to be the highest, even higher than Ma'aseh Bereshit. And this loftiness is one of the reasons why there is a prohibition against its study. It must be studied only by exemplary scholars: "Ma'aseh Bereshit must not be explained before two, nor Ma'aseh Merkabah before one, unless he be wise and understands it by himself." And that is how I understood it.
The study and practice of the Merkabah is most dangerous. Merkabah is synonymous with fire. If one is not careful, he will be consumed by fire. As you already know, there is a famous story in the Talmud about four sages who entered Pardes, but with only one who came out whole and unharmed. Actually, in the end, none of the four who went in went unharmed. The one who was supposed to be unharmed was burned alive. In the Zohar, there are events where when the sages expounded the Merkabah, fire descends from heaven.
True attainment of Merkabah means having absolute protection. One who has it is not supposed to have an untimely death. On the contrary, he should have the power to be able to destroy death.
As Merkabah is fire, you should have respect to the one who has it. If not, you will be like an insect who dives into a fire. You will only hurt yourself severely. It is a painful way to be purified, is it not? Having a mental breakage, getting an illness, losing some limbs, being involved with some accidents, etc. are just some of the effects. I'm not practicing the Merkabah at the moment, and you still haven't seen me, but still. It is better to know in advance just in case. In the future, if God wills that I get to lead Israel, I will have to use it.
As Elijah using the Merkabah, what manifestation of God I represents? It is God as the King of the Universe, King of Powers, King of Miracles, King Transcendent is He.
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