Resources > Ask Jeff I have been hearing about Madonna and other celebrities are practicing Kabbalah...is it spiritual, does it connect to Christianity? Posted by Rev. Jeff Dixon, Senior Equipping Minister, CCC Ministries on Jun 1, 2007, 15:24

Hey Jeff...I have been hearing about Madonna and other celebrities are practicing Kabbalah...is it spiritual, does it connect to Christianity?

Ah yes, Kabbalah

I have been getting a number of questions about this. Anytime celebs start sharing their spiritual beliefs in the news it seems as if those beliefs become very trendy for people to get involved with. Most of the questions I have been getting as of late wonder what Kabbalah is.

Kabbalah is actually Jewish mysticism that is being repackaged, revamped, and Westernized for the culture today. It is a religion, not a faith, just another religion that attempts to distort, warp, and undermine the true meaning of Scripture the truth of Christ in the name of "enlightenment."

So in a short answer to the question...Does it connect to Christianity?

The answer simply is...no, not at all.

Understanding Kabbalah...now that is not difficult, but it is a bit mystifying in and of itself.

For starters, Kabbalists search for mystical meanings and messages in the Torah that have "special" powers to remedy and heal their personal ills and the social problems of the culture.

Kabbalists believe that through Kabbalah the communion with God experienced in the Garden of Eden can be regained.

"Ein Sof" is the deity of Kabbalah. And as a deity is unknowable and impossible to have a relationship with. "Ein Sof" bears very little resemblence to the God who has revealed Himself to us in Scripture.

Oh and Kabbalah teaches and holds to the idea of reincarnation. No where in the Bible does this hold up and you just can't build a defensible case for it. There is a chasm between reincarnation and resurrection that just can't be reconciled.

As Followers we hold to resurrection and the teaching we find in 1 Corinthians 15.

So while Madonna has made Kabbalah "vogue" it resembles an ancient cult, reprocessed and repackaged for a new culture. Surely not Christian and actually as someone said on the radio "Kabbalah is just one more dish in a smorgasbord of popular religions that distort the true meaning of Scripture and oppose the Gospel of Jesus Christ"

That pretty much says it I think.