Definition: Element that knows, feels, and remembers; the witnesses between God and man, whose spirit of life is to protect you.
Ebedel
Rocks are Ebedel, fourth among the Eerkodeshoi, whose name means “Servant of God.” “The Virtue Clan guardian is Ebedel, rocks”; the women of that clan “use rocks as a resource to help the righteous to feel worthy and to urge them onward” on the pathway toward holiness (Handbook p. 122).
They Know, Feel, and Remember
“Rocks had to be consciously aware in order to cry out if Christ did not enter Jerusalem… They know, feel and think. They remember” (Handbook p. 445). “Just as rivers know the right question, rocks always know the right answers, and that is because rocks know and remember, and they always remember Olam and the conditions there.” “Rocks not only know but they understand, and they are there for you when you need to be understood, and they love the Man that Anokeesed became… of all the Eerkodeshiy they are the most aware of what He means to mankind in creation” (Melchizedek 10:162–163). “Rocks speak the language of remembering… and a knowledge of creation before Eden is always present to them” (Grandmothers 11:90).
They Cry Out for a Redeemer
When Yaatsekawd wept in the brook Baca, “the rocks mourned with him, and they cried out for a redeemer, and their cries mingled with the cries of the rocks in Eden” (Enoch, Seth 1:47). Rocks “continually cry out for us to find our Redeemer, and they rejoice that He was able to enter into all creation through the Man that He became” (Grandmothers 11:90). “In the last days they will be heard all over the earth calling out for a Redeemer” (Melchizedek 10:163). When the women of Israel gathered rocks at Beersheba to grind barley and carried them into Shiloh as their first possessions in the Exodus, “the rocks of Beersheba that were calling out for a Savior found their rest” (Moses 11:30).
The Spirit of Protection
“All the words for ‘rock’ indicate the spirit of life that they have is to protect you. See #4581, #5553, and #6697 in Hebrew in your Strong’s Concordance” (Handbook p. 42).
Rocks of Witness
When Seth and Azura showed Eve a stone whose moss told the story of the first sin, “she was filled with the Holy Ghost and she prophesied saying The stones and rocks of the earth shall be our witnesses before God of the great things He has done for us… and thus it shall be in all generations” (I Achee 2:37–38). “Rocks… remember and are thus called rocks of witness” (Grandmothers 11:90). “Israel poured oil upon the Rock of Witness and declared that when he had seed they would be for the element of righteousness, to establish Jeshurun forever among his people” (I Achee 3:61). When Achee proclaimed Shabuwa in the Promised Land, “the rocks of witness stood listening” (I Achee 11:95). Of a covenant made in the Exodus, “the rocks and Anokeesed will remember” (Moses 9:44). On the holy day of walking with Him, people “go on to a rock of witness with their walking stick, placing the stick against the rock, kneeling, place glory hand on the rock and speak to Motsah about their service to Him” (Handbook p. 347).
They Listen and Sing
“Jacob had a song he sang to rocks when asking God for something important” (Handbook p. 445). At the birth of Melchizedek “the soft sounds of the rock song that was sung by Jacob” came from the rocks of the cliff, and an older woman gave the rocks an element of righteousness “and she declared that the song shall forever follow with the child” (Melchizedek 9:9). “Rocks will listen and speak to all who know Him” (Grandmothers 11:90).
A Home
“Anokeesed began to teach the rocks and He said, First you must learn to be a home for yourselves, and to do that you will need fire and water” (Melchizedek 11:108). Yaatsekawd told his son, “Every rock in this brook of Simca is where Anokeesed has placed it” (Moses 2:48).
Rocks of Remembrance
On the Day of Remembrance, “men intervene to bring the truth to remembrance. Their element is rocks of remembrance” (Handbook p. 335). In adoption, parents gather small rocks from a creek; the rocks are placed in the children’s hands as they are prayed over, and a “runner puts rocks back in a different creek at sunrise next morning so they don’t forget by being around their old friends” (Handbook p. 388).
The Rock of Repentance
On the Tablet, “the altar of the circle drawer… is his rock of repentance. It is the foundation of all he does as a circle drawer” (Handbook p. 248). Enoch was taught that “when the soul of man is founded upon the rock of repentance it leads to great happiness and redemption and freedom” (Enoch, Bedal 9:69).
Rocks and Water
“You have a pile of rocks outside your home that is the place where you gently pour out water and thank it for what it has done for you. This is called a water altar. The water loves rocks, and it is glad to be of service” (Handbook p. 210).
Rocks on the Sabbath
“Let no rock be moved on the Sabbath day for it will make it afraid” (Handbook p. 182). See Rocks on the Sabbath.
Where to Read
- I Achee 2:37–38 (p. 86)
- I Achee 3:61 (p. 121)
- I Achee 11:95 (p. 381)
- Enoch, Seth 1:47 (p. 17)
- Enoch, Bedal 9:69 (p. 283)
- Grandmothers 11:90 (pp. 337–338)
- Melchizedek 9:9 (p. 289)
- Melchizedek 10:162 (p. 394)
- Melchizedek 10:163 (p. 395)
- Melchizedek 11:108 (p. 430)
- Moses 2:48 (p. 47)
- Moses 9:44 (p. 279)
- Moses 11:30 (p. 334)
- Handbook p. 42
- Handbook p. 122
- Handbook p. 182
- Handbook p. 210
- Handbook p. 248
- Handbook p. 335
- Handbook p. 347
- Handbook p. 388
- Handbook p. 445