The Case Study of the JUDAIZER using the HEBREW LANGUAGE AS A TRAP
2 Timothy 3:7
“Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
King James Version (KJV)
The subtle Judaizer Case Study
Prerequisite Study:
The spirit of TRUTH and the spirit of ERROR. Doctrine Matters (thethirdheaventraveler.com)
They that Observe Lying Vanities Forsake Their own Mercy (thethirdheaventraveler.com)
The True Jew (thethirdheaventraveler.com)
I'M JUST AN ADMITTANT SINNER FROM MANCHESTER (UK),,, SAVED BY GRACE,, (A GIFT) THROUGH FAITH,,
Is not the YOD/YUD= The arm of the LORD
LORD=YHVH
as Isaiah 53:1
Whom hath believed our report
And to WHOM IS the ARM of the LORD revealed
To WHOM IS the YOD of YHVH "REVEALED"
As in
WHOM IS is THE ARM OF YHVH, REVEALED
Speaking of YESHUAH,, REVEALED AS THE YOD OF YHVH,, as opposed to what many think it says, being to whom is he revealed to
I.e Israel
I am still learning though and probably wrong
YHVH BEING IN PICTOGRAPH
YOD =ARM OF THE LORD
HEY =BEHOLD
VAV =NAILS/COVENANT
HEY =BEHOLD
The YOD = THE ARM of YHVH Who is yeshuah
THE LORD
HAS BEFORE YOU, AN OPEN DOOR
AYIN = YOUR EYE/ THE READERS EYE
meaning,, THAT YOU MIGHT SEE/
PERCEIVE/ UNDERSTAND
I am probably wrong again,, I was led to believe AYIN is your eye the readers EYE,
To SEE PERCEIVE UNDERSTAND,, KNOW??
The Church of Philadelphia comes to mind,
The open door church, the non rebuke church that held to his WORD the church, or people we all want to be likened to
Amen Brother! ️
@JOSEPHC777
I am learning trying to understand
Which in area's I have difficulties with,, and humble enough, to be open to rebuke, and correction as that would only be good for me
Here is what I have by purely dwelling on over and over,, please show patience, and if it seems heretic to some,, I am not trying to be, but coming to conclusions, and ruling out things I have been taught by others too,, as there's lots of opinions of man, so I try to come to conclusions based on and only on the WORD,, as I said,, I am open, in fact wanting correction
When, not if, but when I am wrong and correction, only according to scripture..
I have never, and I don't say, the word trinity, but the GODHEAD, purely by reason that trinity is not written, but at the same time other certain words that we use are not written too,,
I know there is the FATHER the SON and HOLY GHOST,, I know obviously GOD
provided the SEED Gen 3:15 That bruises the serpents head..
Which bruised his heel,,
Also Isaiah 53:1-
He grew Like a root, out of DRY GROUND
So LIKE this root,, THAT GREW IN DRY GROUND with no outside influences of FALLEN NATURE,?
Likewise YESHUAH WAS CONCIEVED/GREW, with no outside influences of FALLEN MAN,? Maybe,?
So its not like man's seed obviously,
But nevertheless, YESHUAH was born of a woman,
I have a niggle,,, we know YESHUAH is known as
THE SON OF GOD
As Gabriel told mary,,he shall be called
SON OF THE HIGHEST, OR GOD, and as YESHUAH SAYS SO HIMSELF, CALLS GOD HIS FATHER
AFFIRMED IT BEFORE THE SANHEDREN, ARE YOU MOSHIACH SON OF THE LIVING GOD, ETC
AS DOES PETER CONFESS IT ETC
please bare with me,,
So, I know as you do he is also known as THE WORD OF GOD
WHO WAS WITH GOD,, AND WHO WAS GOD,, FROM BEGINNING,, ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY, HIM THROUGH, HIM,,
So we know that
YESHUAH THE SON OF GOD, is
THE WORD OF GOD, WHO IS GOD
WHO MADE, ALLLLL THINGS..
And we know that the redemption
Salvation of ourselves can only be done by GOD HIMSELF
We're told by ISAIAH
GOD is born into the world
( Although the jews then tried to change a jot and tittle here n there to make it something different but we're caught, by later Isaiah txt found which affirmed it/ also psalm 22, all changed ater,,, yes after he had rose)
WONDERFUL COUNSELOR
ALMIGHTY GOD EVERLASTING FATHER
PRINCE OF PEACE
what I am getting at is,,
THE SON OF GOD YESHUAH IS CALLED SON AS GOD PROVIDED THE SEED, NOT LIKE MY SEED OR ANY OTHER MANS, AND HE WAS BORN OF WOMAN,, SON,, HE IS GONE BACK TO THE GLORY HE HAD WITH THE FATHER, WITH THAT GLORY HE HAD BEFORE THE FOUNDATION IF THE WORLD
so
WHEN GOD SAID,, LET THERE BE
Thats his WORD
That WORD WHO IS GOD
WHEN GOD SAID,,
THOU SHALT NOT,,that's HIS WORD
THAT WORD WHO IS GOD,, SHARED GLORY WITH GOD FROM BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN, OBVIOUSLY AS HE IS GODS WORD
THAT WORD IS COME IN FLESH
AND WAS REJECTED, ON THE WHOLE,,
JUST AS THE WRITTEN WORD,, ON THE WHOLE WAS/IS REJECTED
not that I am getting at anything regarding rejected WORD, written or flesh, just observing as I go..
Am I correct in saying the
GODHEAD,, IS
(please don't stone me)
ALMIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER,, (1)
THE VERY WORD OF GOD
WHO IS GOD, AS IT IS HIS OWN WORD" aka THE SON" (1)
(HE IS COME MANIFEST IN FLESH TO REDEEM A BRIDE, GOES BACK IN GLORIFIED FLESH TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR THAT BRIDE)
THEREFORE HE IS THE FULNESS OF THIS GODHEAD "BODILY"
THE HOLY/SPIRIT /GHOST WHO IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD,, GOD WHO IS SPIRIT,, HAS A SPIRIT (1)
ALL ONE,,,
YET ONE IN UNITY,, (ECHAD)
AND WORK AS ONE
AND CAN DO THIS ALSO INDEPENDENTLY,
FROM EACH OTHER, HOW,,??
BECAUSE
GOD IS ALMIGHTY AND ALL POWERFUL,, AND GOD
GOD CAN DO WHATSOEVER HE PLEASES WITH HIS WORD AND HIS SPIRIT
DESPITE OUR OPINIONS,, OUR ALL OF US,, WHO ARE FALLEN,, REDEEMED YES BUT OUR OPINIONS COME FROM OUR
DAMP,, STICKY AND PERISHABLE 3LB IN WEIGHT BRAINS,,
I SPEAK OF MYSELF HERE..
NO FINGER POINTING
MY GRANDDAUGHTER
BY HER OWN WORD, AND HER SPIRIT,,
HAS
A KINGDOM,, WITH LADYBIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES,, AND HORSES AND UNICORNS,, AND RIVERS OF MILK AND HONEY,, AND SHE HAS A PALACE,, SHE HAS A PRINCE,, WHO SLAYS THE DRAGON,, AND SAVES THE KINGDOM
AND THAT
IS JUST HER PLAYTIME,!!
SHE IS 5 YEARS OLD,, SHOWING US WHAT WE OURSELVES,, CAN DO WITH OUR WORD AND OUR SPIRIT,,
BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN CREATED BY GOD,, WHO CREATED US IN HIS IMAGE,, WE HAVE LOST HIS LIKENESS,, I SUSPECT,,
BUT DONT WE HAVE THE SAME ATTRIBUTES,,??
OBVIOUSLY,, NOT ALMIGHTY GOD STYLE,, AND I AM NOT SAYING WE ARE LIKE HIM IN THAT WAY,,
BUT HAVE WE NOT GOT THESE
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND OUR FATHER,? OUR CREATOR,?
YOU HAVE A
WORD,,
WHO IS YOU
AS IT CONVEYS,, YOU
YOU HAVE A SPIRIT,, IT IS YOURS
AND IT CONVEYS YOU,,
AND THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER, AND ARE ONE,,
IN UNITY,, WITH EACH OTHER
MY OPINION
SOMEONE,, will rebuke me for my opinion, or call it heretic,, and that is what I am asking for,, to be corrected if it is wrong, as I am not saying this is the GODHEAD it is my opinion, and as far as I can see although not fully,, it is as close as I can see to scripture,, but please correct me, it is only good for me
Because,, I'm just a stupid man
AS I YEARN TO KNOW MY JESUS/YESHUAH FULLY, AND MY GOD
I DO THINK, BELIEVE THOUGH,,
TO BE AS A CHILD,, IS TO BE ABLE TO SEE,,AND UNDERSTAND
And GOD said unto Moses,
I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
And GOD said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the LORD GOD of your fathers, the GOD of Abraham, the GOD of Isaac, and the GOD of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is
MY NAME FOR EVER, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Before ABRAHAM was,, I AM.
said YESHUAH/JESUS
THE ARM OF YHVH
ARM OF THE LORD
THE YOD=ARM OF THE LORD
WHICH IS YESHUAH//JESUS
AS ISAIAH 53:1,, SAYS:
Who hath believed our report?
And to Whom
IS THE ARM OF THE LORD
YOD= ARM OF THE LORD
"REVEALED"
IS THE YOD,,
THE FULNESS OF YHVH BODILY
THE YOD BEING YESHUAH AS PRONOUNCED/SPELLED IN OUR LANGUAGE.
IN HEBREW
YOD=ARM OF THE LORD
HEY=BEHOLD
SHIN=DEVOURED
VAV=NAILS /COVENANT/SIGN
AYIN=YOUR EYE/READERS EYE
HEY=BEHOLD
HAS I AM, /GOD WHEN THE FULNESS OF THE TIME WAS COME, NOT ONLY SENT FORTH HIS SON, BUT REVEALED TO US
HIS NAME,?
IS YESHUAH THE FULFILLING OF THE UNPRONOUNCABLE YHVH
WHICH MAN ADDED VOWELS TO?
BUT MAN HAD NO AUTHORITY TO DO SO,, BUT MAN LIKES TO ADD,,
DID GOD NEVER GIVE HIS FULL NAME FOR A REASON,?
Because as soon as man added vowels to YHVH,, low and behold
How may false gods came along in history named yahweh yahuah yah
And Yah went from yah to lah to
al lah and there's jehova and more
WHICH PROVES GOD AS TRUTH
How many false gods were named
YESHUAH/ if GOD gave YESHUAH
BACK THEN,, THERE IN NO DOUBT WOULD BE MANY false GODS WITH THAT NAME TOO ,,
BECAUSE SATAN COPIES,,
My Response:
Ex 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Ps 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
Isa 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Isa 26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
Joseph. Your introduction of the ARM of the Lord is wonderful, Amen!
However,... at the end of your commentary you are in error having fallen into the trap of the Judaizers in assuming the MISSING VOWEL MYTH that both Judaizers and Atheists love to use.
By your (hopefully unintentional) heretical and blasphemous statement of saying Jehova is a false god, you need to stop and learn before walking into deeper apostasy.
I urge you to humble yourself and study this work by my brother, friend, mentor and scholar Dr. John Hinton, a Hebrew and ancient language scholar from Harvard University in his study regarding the MISSING VOWEL MYTH used by Judaizers and Atheists alike to sow lies into the authenticity and FINAL AUTHORITY of the King James Bible:
WHO IS YAHWEH JEHOVA
https://av1611.com/kjbp/ridiculous-kjv-bible-corrections/Yahweh-Jehova-YHVH.html
Here is an excerpt:
Myth of No Vowels
First we must deal with the common myth and that is that there are no vowels expressed in the Hebrew text. This is a convenient line of nonsense for those who want to change the text to fit their own views, but it is a dishonest line. Elaborate diacritic marks, called pointing by English-speaking Hebrew scholars, provide extensive information for vowels, doubled letters, stops, and other phonological features. Bible "correctors" are either ignorant of this fact or they pretend that they do not exist. Those who are aware of them and argue that they may be ignored because they were introduced into the text by the Massoretes at a later date are giving themselves free rein to alter virtually every word in the entire Hebrew Old Testament. Not only do these biblical detractors deny God's promise to forever preserve his word, every jot and tittle, but they open the door for Bible manipulation that has no other criteria than personal judgment or fancy. If we are to deny the Masoretic reading we can do no end of mischief to the text by inserting our own vowels, doubled letters, and stops. This allows us to change positives into negatives, passives into actives and vice versa, statement verbs into causative verbs and vice versa, to convert verbs into nouns and vice versa, and to even change the entire meaning of the verb itself. Many words could have several or even a dozen different varied meanings by toying with the pointing. Furthermore, some diacritics indicate different letters entirely. A dot over the right side of a shin indicates an SH, while a dot over the left side of it indicates an S. A dot inside of a vav is pronounce like a long U while a dot over the vav turns it into an O, so the removal or addition of such a dot is fair game to the Yahweh crowd. A dot inside a Pe is pronounced like P, while if it lacks a dot it become an F. Similarly a Bet with a dot is a B and a V without one. A number of other letters have similar features of changing their sounds according to the presence or position of a dot. If we are to ignore the vowel pointings, we are equally justified in changing S to SH and vice versa, or many other consonant changes, since the Massoretes were responsible for the consonant identifying diacritics as well. Suggestions to alter the text is a common method of attacking the Bible that has been employed by Bible-scoffing scholars in academia for over 100 years, it is a common practice that I encountered frequently among fellow students in Hebrew classes. The practice is taught and encouraged by those who consider the Bible to be mythology.
It is amazing to see this being done by people who claim to honor the Bible. Dr. G.A. Riplinger, in her tome, In Awe of His Word, points out that ignoring the vowel marks in the Hebrew allow Jews and atheists to remove future references to our Saviour from the Old Testament by toying with these vowels. [Riplinger, pp. 433-434]. For this reason vowelless Tanakhs (Hebrew name for Old Testament) are sometimes used. In fact, if the Masoretic diacritics are ignored, there is scarcely a word in the entire Bible, if there is any at all, that cannot be altered or changed completely. Why is it that alleged Bible-believers think that it is wrong to change words in the Bible into entirely different words, but it is alright to ignore the reading of the Hebrew text and alter the name of God without any evidence to support their altered reading other than the opinion of 19th century atheists? In fact, they are changing it when linguistic evidence shows that the pronunciation that they are using is wrong.
Joseph777 writes:
Oh I am not intentionally blaspheming
Whatsoever, and I am humble in order for to correction , rebuke gladly,, and that's truthfully, I'm learning asking and pondering things like I would in my mind, with no definates, that's why if you notice, in most comments I ask,, with a question mark, ponder, and wanting an answer or reply like you gave, for my own good,, the only definate true thing I would openly admit
Is the GOSPEL the death burial and ressurection of JESUS CHRIST for my sins,, because I am a wretch, and can do nothing whatsoever, Apart from him
Who not only redeemed me, but took away completely, my addictions to substances for over 2 decades gone, the want the need the temptation,, gone,, instantly after asking him to in a brokenness I had not known,, not only that, but did such a work, theres no words but,, romans 8:28 happened, the bigger picture,, well I would have to tell at some point, but I would never intentionally blaspheme, I'm asking,,
With a ??? Mark.
But There are a couple of comments that have been kind of, are you sure?
You better look again, and again in order to make sure,, before you say that's scripture,, after a questioning or analysis, As my conscience alerted,,
And have prayed, and repent over this
To put a that is scripture, while I am questioning, is a lot like Saying
Thus sayeth the LORD,, I have no right,,!!
So thank you for your reply, it is exactly what I am looking for, as it ultimately is for my good.
And jehova, what was trying to say, but can't convey it at times, there's yahweh cannanite god,, whether that or jehova is the name of TRUE GOD as you corrected me jehova is,, but if a group of people, attach jehova to a certain denomination, that leads millions of souls away, from the real truth of jehova
That then is a false jehova,, like if anyone preach another jesus let him be anathema, that other jesus is a false jesus, millions attach the mother of Jesus also to, a Mary that is a
co- mediator, or to be prayed to,,
Or immaculate, and her ascension and had only one child,,
when scripture, says nothing on this,,
That's not mary mother of LORD jesus,,
saying that, I understand and thank you in honesty again, for the correction on jehova
Thank you for your clarification.
Yes, thank you Joseph. I sense you are very sincere and asking questions to learn. Certainly, I knew you would never intentionally blaspheme. Thank you for clarification. The GOSPEL is clearly stating IF we BELIEVE Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins according to the scriptures, that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJB).
@JOSEPHC777
I really have to say,, there is, after a lot of prayer and we'll using my own brain
There is no jehova.
all scripture is inspired by GOD meaning GOD breathed
And this was said when,?
And this was referring to the KJV
Was it,?
Which I use by the way, as I believe it is the closest we have,,
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
“Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.” (Deut. 4:2.) Later in this same book of the law, Moses repeated the admonition in similar words.
And this was when,?
And low and behold we have butchered
YOD HEY VAV HEY,,
TO,, jehova,, and no no no in no way whatsoever have any right,, to do so
I mean, scripture tells me so,???
And by the way,, this was written way way before masoretic thingy was added
And a letter j
I tell you now, despite biasness, or as you suggest i do swallow my pride,, which I do daily,, litterally daily in order
To establish my thoughts to him,
It's not me that is prideful,,
There is no jehova,, yahweh,, or yahuah,,
Whatsoever,, there is YHVH that is all were given,, i.e I, exist as I exist,,
I AM THAT I AM,,,, YHVH,, YOU SIR yourself actually know this,,!!
But you are blinded by KJV rendering YHVH as jehova,,
Psalms 146:8 says that YHVH OPENS THE EYES OF THE BLIND. “THE LORD (×™ְהוָֹ×” YHVH) OPENS THE EYES OF THE BLIND.”
Only GOD can open the eyes of the blind; JESUS /YESHUAH opened the eyes of the blind; the OLD TESTAMENT STATES MESSIAH will open the eyes of the blind. This is sufficient evidence that JESUS /YESHUAH is BOTH YHVH and MESSIAH.
In Isaiah 45:21 GOD says, “And there is no GOD besides Me; a righteous GOD AND A SAVIOR; there is none except Me.” And then in verses 22–24 He issues a worldwide INVITATION TO REPENTANCE: “TURN TO ME AND BE SAVED, ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH; FOR I AM GOD, and THERE IS NO OTHER. I have sworn by Myself, the WORD HAS GONE FORTH FROM MY MOUTH in RIGHTEOUSNESS and will not turn back, that TO ME EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, EVERY TONGUE WILL SWEAR ALLEGIANCE. THEY WILL SAY OF ME, ‘ONLY IN YHVH are RIGHTEOUSNESS and STRENGTH.’” EVERY KNEE WILL BOW AND EVERY TONGUE WILL SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO YHVH
AT THE NAME OF JESUS/YESHUAH EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, . . . AND EVERY TONGUE WILL CONFESS THAT JESUS/YESHUAH CHRIST IS YHVH TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER.
– Philippians 2:10–11
HOW, OH HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE??
FORGET THE MUCH LATER ADDED VOWELS,, AND THE J ??
YHVH WAS GIVEN ONLY AS YHVH
THE FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING ATTRIBUTE,,
AS ELOHIM IS THE PLURAL ATTRIBUTE,,
THE TWO MISSING HEBREW LETTERS TO FULFILL
YOD= THE ARM OF YHVH
HEY=BEHOLD
VAV=NAILS/COVENANT/SIGN
HEY=BEHOLD
TWO MISSING LETTERS TO FULFILL THIS TO THE TRUE NAME OF GOD, WHO YOU YOURSELF ACTUALLY SAY AS I DO HE IS GOD IN FLESH,,?!
WERE FULFILLED WHEN THE FULNESS OF THE TIME WAS COME,,,
FULFILLED BY HE THAT FULFILLED ALLL
RIGHTEOUSNESS,, FOR ME AND YOU
AND IT HAD TO BE TOO,, THINK ABOUT IT,??
THE TWO LETTERS ARE
SHIN= DEVOURED,,
AYIN=YOUR EYE/READERS EYE
YHSHVAH/AS WE KNOW YEHSHUAH
YESHUAH YEHOSHUAH,, ALL MEANING THE SAME/ SALVATION
THE ARM OF THE LORD,, IS,,,
THE YOD,, BEHOLD,, IS DEVOURED,,
WITH NAILS AS A COVENANT
THAT YOU MIGHT SEE,,UNDERSTAND
AND BEHOLD
OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE,, OR MAYBE OPEN YOUR HEART AND SEE,,
YOU SAY GOD IS NAMED yehova THIS IS A god OF SOMEONES IMAGINATION,,,
YET YOU KNOW,, YOU ACTUALLY KNOW
YESHUAH IS GOD IN FLESH,, WHO ACTUALLY SAID,, I AM,,!!
HE IS TOO,, HE IS GOD,, i DONT CARE IF THE VAST MAJORITY SAY ITS jehova or yahweh or yahuah IF THE VAST MAJORITY ARE GOING THAT WAY I GO THE OTHER,, MANY THERE BE THAT GO THAT WAY TOO,, NOT ME I WILL STICK TO WHAT GOD SAYS,,, AND IF IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE MANY SAVED WHO WOULDN'T HAVE DREAMED THAT WE WOULD MAKE A NAME UP,, FOR GOD THAT GOD NEVER GAVE,,!!!
ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME,, I WILL CALL MY LORD MY GOD
YESHUAH/JESUS, NOT jehova AS BY YOUR OWN RECKONING YOU HAVE MADE TWO DIFFERENT NAMES, FOR THE ONE GOD,, YOU ACTUALLY DO THEN
HAVE A TRINITY,?
@JOSEPHC777 I am removing you from my channel. It took a while for you to display your full nature as a JUDAIZER. Subtle as the Serpent in the Garden you lie and say you believe the King James Bible is God's WORD but then say this Bible is WRONG by using the word JEHOVAH. And earlier even blasphemed in heresy saying Jehovah is another GOD... NOW it is most clear YOU ARE INTENTIONAL. I GAVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, BUT NOW YOUR TRUE HEART IS REVEALED. I will be using your commentary as a case study for bible students to see how a JUDAIZER (JEW pretending to be a Christian) really operates. How they take and twist scripture. How they say they believe the BIBLE is the WORD OF GOD and then say it has errors. REPENT NOW JOSEPH. God will NOT be MOCKED. HIS WORD IS EITHER DIVINELY INSPIRED or it has errors from man.
REPLY
@JOSEPHC777
So in Isaiah 53-1
Does it say who hath believed our report, and to whom IS the arm of jehova REVEALED,?
when Philip was explaining to the ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH through Isaiah 53
Do you suppose he called GOD jehova,?
Whosoever called upon the name of jehova shall be saved,? No
None nobody called him jehova, ever back then millions were saved between then and when this jehova character was made up, were they heretical,? And blasphemous for calling GOD what he isn't named,? This is absolutely ridiculous
I do believe, it's the closest we got, UT remove me? I'm not blaspheming it's scripture, not our translation from back then and old testament it is not his name
Why do you call me such,? Do you worship that book?
Or do you worship the LORD,?
Sir I have not said anything unscriotural
Jehova is not his name, you know this
GOD IS ONE,, not jehova Jesus and holy spirit,?
YHVH called down fire and brimstone
Upon Sodom from YHVH in heaven,,!!
I am not being nasty to or with you, I don't blaspheme,, it is yourself sir that is being nasty now, and blaspheming,,
Exodus 20:7
"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
Leviticus 19:12
And you shall not swear by My name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.YHVH
No where is his name jehova sir only by man
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@vietrandy1 and I do learn from your channel a lot,, maybe sir I am come to show you, TRUTH to help you, have you thought of that? Will your pride allow that? Because this sir, is that test
@vietrandy1
Jehova is another god, even if it is the true name, do the jws use it?
Then that's another god,, just as
If someone preach another jesus paul says, then like he said, that's another jesus.
Sir I go through scripture precept upon precept, not what another says, I don't say or even preach that you have another jesus, I think you are saved
And sincere too
Whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD=YHVH shall be saved,
That name is JESUS ,YESHUAH
not jehova or yahweh or any other
there is no other name, save that name above every other name,
I hope even though your blocking me that I can still watch your videos, as they are very good and I learn and contemplate,, in any case please take care, and I wish you well
NOTES
Thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. —Psalm 138:2, KJV
Ridiculous KJV Bible Corrections:
Who is Yahweh?
by John Hinton, Ph.D.
jhinton@post.harvard.edu
Ex 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Ps 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
Isa 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Isa 26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
The above quoted verses are the four verses where the name of God is pronounced in the KJV (as well as the ASV, and a few other English versions). There is a popular movement to replace the name of God, Jehovah, with the name Yahweh. This is being pushed especially hard among those in the Identity and Christian patriot movements, and especially among the alternative news community prominent on the shortwave, which some Christians perceive of as being a source of more purer form of broadcasted Christianity. There are exceptions, but overall this is nonsense because the shortwave Christian broadcasts are frequently every bit as commercialized (just different products) and apostate as the "Christianity" that is broadcasted on TV.
Eph 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
This movement to alter God's name with absolutely nothing that resembles scriptural, textual, or linguistic support, has misled huge numbers of Christians into denying the Bible and accepting the work of Bible-scoffing atheists who have dominated the academic field of biblical studies since the mid-nineteenth century. I even hear people who claim to be King James Bible supporters use this perversion of the name of God. If they deny what the KJV says about the name of God, then they do not believe the KJV is God's word. In fact, they do not believe that the Hebrew Old Testament is God's word either, because it clearly says Yehovah, which becomes Jehovah in English pronunciation, and pronounced He'ova in Spanish. If one can change that word simply on a whim, which is all the Yahweh spelling is, then they can deny the spelling of absolutely any other word in the entire Hebrew Bible.
This is one of the times that it is particularly important to use the proper Hebrew text. The perverted Hebrew text of Rudolf Kittel, derived from the Ben Asher text with Kittel's amendments, which is known as the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS), may mislead any Hebraicist who tries to follow my argument if he looks at the wrong verses. The better Ben Hayim text, which is what the KJV and earlier translators utilized, should be used to understand the issue properly. The BHS is inconsistent in its vowel markings for YHVH (Yehovah), while the Ben Haim text is consistent. Among the Jehovah verses listed above, the second vowel (O) is included only in the Exodus verse in the BHS text, although it does appear in numerous other passages throughout the text. It is better not to use the text that was derived from the work of a Nazi and atheist, which is promoted by atheists, and instead use the unaltered text that was traditionally used before the great falling away of the modern era. If the reader does choose to use the faulty text, the results will be the same, but he may be confused by inconsistency of the diacritics, although in no verse can the diacritics be claimed to spell out Yahweh.
Myth of No Vowels
First we must deal with the common myth and that is that there are no vowels expressed in the Hebrew text. This is a convenient line of nonsense for those who want to change the text to fit their own views, but it is a dishonest line. Elaborate diacritic marks, called pointing by English-speaking Hebrew scholars, provide extensive information for vowels, doubled letters, stops, and other phonological features. Bible "correctors" are either ignorant of this fact or they pretend that they do not exist. Those who are aware of them and argue that they may be ignored because they were introduced into the text by the Massoretes at a later date are giving themselves free rein to alter virtually every word in the entire Hebrew Old Testament. Not only do these biblical detractors deny God's promise to forever preserve his word, every jot and tittle, but they open the door for Bible manipulation that has no other criteria than personal judgment or fancy. If we are to deny the Masoretic reading we can do no end of mischief to the text by inserting our own vowels, doubled letters, and stops. This allows us to change positives into negatives, passives into actives and vice versa, statement verbs into causative verbs and vice versa, to convert verbs into nouns and vice versa, and to even change the entire meaning of the verb itself. Many words could have several or even a dozen different varied meanings by toying with the pointing. Furthermore, some diacritics indicate different letters entirely. A dot over the right side of a shin indicates an SH, while a dot over the left side of it indicates an S. A dot inside of a vav is pronounce like a long U while a dot over the vav turns it into an O, so the removal or addition of such a dot is fair game to the Yahweh crowd. A dot inside a Pe is pronounced like P, while if it lacks a dot it become an F. Similarly a Bet with a dot is a B and a V without one. A number of other letters have similar features of changing their sounds according to the presence or position of a dot. If we are to ignore the vowel pointings, we are equally justified in changing S to SH and vice versa, or many other consonant changes, since the Massoretes were responsible for the consonant identifying diacritics as well. Suggestions to alter the text is a common method of attacking the Bible that has been employed by Bible-scoffing scholars in academia for over 100 years, it is a common practice that I encountered frequently among fellow students in Hebrew classes. The practice is taught and encouraged by those who consider the Bible to be mythology.
It is amazing to see this being done by people who claim to honor the Bible. Dr. G.A. Riplinger, in her tome, In Awe of His Word, points out that ignoring the vowel marks in the Hebrew allow Jews and atheists to remove future references to our Saviour from the Old Testament by toying with these vowels. [Riplinger, pp. 433-434]. For this reason vowelless Tanakhs (Hebrew name for Old Testament) are sometimes used. In fact, if the Masoretic diacritics are ignored, there is scarcely a word in the entire Bible, if there is any at all, that cannot be altered or changed completely. Why is it that alleged Bible-believers think that it is wrong to change words in the Bible into entirely different words, but it is alright to ignore the reading of the Hebrew text and alter the name of God without any evidence to support their altered reading other than the opinion of 19th century atheists? In fact, they are changing it when linguistic evidence shows that the pronunciation that they are using is wrong.
Textual Preservation
The suggestion that the diacritics of the Hebrew text can be ignored not only indicates a belief that God not only lied about preserving his word, but that texts cannot be preserved without the help of modern style scholarship. Texts have survived intact without the help of modern scholarship and computers throughout history, and these include texts that God did not promise to preserve.
The Qur'an was not originally written down, but was only memorized. Still today men called hafizes exist all over the Muslim world who memorize the entire Qur'an and can recite any part of it at will. For the first couple hundred years or so that the Qur'an was written down there were no dots at all in the text due to the lack of an actual established alphabet for Arabic (early scripts like Nabatean previously existed, but were regional and temporal). This meant that not only were vowels, doubled letters, and stops not indicated, but most consonants were indistinguishable. There was no orthographic way to distinguish B, T, TH, N, and Y. Likewise the same can be said of J, H, and KH, or D and DH, or R and Z, or S and SH, or emphatic D and emphatic S, or emphatic T and emphatic DH, or F and Q, or Ayn and Ghayn, Imagine the confusion that a diacritic-free Qur'an could have caused, but through the work of hafizes and serious Muslims who had great familiarity with the words of the Qur'an, the text has been preserved since the seventh century with only very slight variations in a few minor spots in an Egyptian recension.
The Vedas are another example. The generally accepted date for the Rigveda is somewhere between 1500 to 1200 B.C. It was not written down for centuries, but memorized by individuals whose whole lives were devoted to retaining it in their heads and passing it on. To this day all four Vedas are completely memorized by certain Hindu priests who no longer even know what the text means (Vedic is quite different from later Sanskrit). There were a number of different geographically separated traditions of Vedic priesthoods. Centuries later some of these schools wrote down the text, and it was discovered to the shock of western scholars that they completely agreed with only minor insignificant discrepancies in a few places.
If Muslims and Hindus can accurately preserve their texts, why is it so hard for Christians to accept that a the text that they consider to be divinely inspired could not be accurately preserved when God promised that it would be! The faith of modern Christians is weak indeed!
The Pointing of YHVH
Throughout the Hebrew text the name YHVH appears with two different forms of pointing. The first and most common is with the pointings, sheva, holem, and kamats, (e-o-a), and the second with the vowels E-o-i. I have used e to represent the short vowel that is similar to the English schwa (the Hebrew Sheva can also indicate a stop, but the short vowel sound is phonetically required here), while E is used for the long vowel. Notice that nowhere is there a stop and an E as in Yahweh, nor is there an A as in father in the first syllable. Clearly the y-e-h-o-v-ah spells out Yehovah. How on earth does one get Y-a-h-stop-E out of that? If you want to butcher his name by calling him Yahweh, you have to do so by disregarding the text. Do so at your own peril. In the second pointing the name should be read as Elohim, which will be discussed below.
There is vast historical evidence showing that the pronunciation of Jehova/Yehova goes back thousands of years. In the 18th century John Gill outlined examples of the Jehovah pronunciation going back before the time of Christ. The following examples of its use appear in Gill's work and are listed In Awe of Thy Word: "An occurrence from 277 B.C. (p. 249), Josephus in 70 A.D. (pp. 219, 221), the Zohar from 120 AD, A copy of Lamentations from 200 AD, Origen in Psalm 250 quotes Psalm 118:25 where Jehovah is mentioned three times, Jerome in 380 AD, and the grammarian Saadiah Gaon's book on Hebrew diacritics cited the vowels of Jehovah." [Gill, quoted in Riplinger, p.425]
GOD, LORD, and JEHOVAH
We have to deal with the issue of why the KJV, and most ancient and modern versions of the Bible, do not translate this name as Yehova or Jehova in all but a few verses. For centuries Jewish tradition, without which we would have no Bible, considered the name of God to be too lofty to pronounce. There were differences in the extent to which this reverence was expressed, since some spoke his name only when his name was being emphasized, as it is in the four verses above, and others would never utter it at all. For this reason the word for Lord, Adonai, is uttered wherever his name YHVH appears. The tradition of translating this occurrence as LORD in all caps is understood to represent YHVH, but is used to show respect for him as a superior. Wherever the actual word for "Lord" appears with YHVH, Elohim was uttered, hence the diacritics E-o-i. This is done so that he is not referred to as Lord Lord.
This practice should not be difficult to understand, but apparently in the modern day where etiquette and formality have been cast aside, it is not understood at all. We know God the Father's name, but that does not mean that is the name that we should use casually as we would an equal. Doing so on a regular basis is overly familiar and indicates an attitude of chumminess rather than showing the respect and pious fear that God demands from us. Almost everyone knows the name of their fathers and mothers, but few address them or even refer to them by their names. I address my mother as mom. Forty some years ago I addressed her as mommy, and even earlier as mama. I will never get old enough to consider it proper to address her by her first name. She is my friend, but she will always be my elder and parent, and I would not undermine that relationship and show her disrespect by addressing her by her first name. The only time that I use her name is when I am introducing her to others who do not know her name, and then I introduce her as my mother before I provide her name. When I refer to her to that person from then on, I refer to as my mother and not by her name. I wonder if the crowd that throws God's name out so casually do the same with their parents. Do they refer to their own fathers as Bill or Joe. Why do they do so with The Father. Jesus did not even do that when he addressed God The Father.
Mr 14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Mt 26:39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Mt 26:42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Nowhere do we find an occurrence of Jesus referring to God The Father by his personal name. We are supposed to be using Jesus as the model for our behavior, not 19th century atheist scholars and white supremist Identity cult members.
At this point it should not be necessary to explain why the name Jehovah was used in these passages instead of LORD. God's name is being identified in them. The Exodus passage is where this name of God is introduced to the Israelites for the first time. The Psalm 83 is also mentioning that it is his name, and the Isaiah verses are referring to a name of God, Lord Jehova (YHVH is not pointed like Elohim as it is in other occurrences where the name is not being emphasized). These passages indicate how God might be introduced to someone who does not know him or recognize him as Lord; they are not invitations to address him by his name as you would an equal.
Modern Jews will still not utter his name even here when it is being identified, but they do not treat the occurrence in Exodus 6 the same way that they treat the name YHVH elsewhere. The Jewish Publication Society Version uses the actual Hebrew letters for YHVH with a footnote that reads: "The ineffable name, read Adonai, which means the L."
Here modern versions like the RSV really blew it with "I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them." Numerous other modern versions make similar errors. The ever foolish NIV has: "I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them." It should be noted that these verses are serious evidence of the superiority and efficiency of the King James Bible translators. These occurrences of YHVH are different in the way that they are presented and the KJV translators and others before them recognized them as such. The RSV and other modern version "translators" had the KJV as a reference, which they all used, and they still failed to recognize it. The ASV and Darby got it right, but only because they were using the KJV as their "translation" guide (although they were perverting it).
Pronunciation
Those who are opposed to the KJV and call God by name Yahweh are not only giving an erroneous pronunciation of his name according to the pointing of the text, but according to the pronunciation of the Hebrew itself. As Gail Riplinger astutely points out in her Awe of Thy Word, the Hebrew vav is pronounced as V not W. This error came about due to the misreading of German Hebrew grammars, which use W for the English V (note: the German V is pronounced like the English F). If these Bible "correctors" want to ignore the Hebrew text and pronounce his name as suggested by 19th century atheistic mythologists, they should use the name Yahveh so that at least they would appear less ignorant. It always puzzled me to hear atheistic scholars at Harvard pronounce the name as Yahweh when the same scholars would always pronounce the vav as a V every other place that they use it. Apparently this perversion of his name has become so well established within the Bible-scoffing and Bible-correcting communities that even those who know better mispronounce even the perverted variation of his name. It confused me that they would pronounce it as if it were an Arabic word instead of Hebrew word until I understood the purpose of the corruption, which is the subject of the next section.
Yahweh the Storm God
Kittel, like most biblical scholars within the academic community today, was a believer in the storm god theory. Storm gods of Near Eastern and Vedic mythology were responsible for storms and disease. Riplinger quotes from an article that he wrote in The New Schaff:
"The origins of Yahweh worship...it appears that this cult was established before Deborah...Thus Yahweh appears as an old deity of Sinai, revered in untold antiquity as a weather-god..." (The New Schaff, Vol. XII, p. 472)." Riplinger also points out theat the early perversion of the name of God was used by a Catholic in the fifth century who did not know Hebrew by the name of Theodoret who confused it with a Syrian Jabe. (The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. XI). Later, prominent atheist scholars such as Driver of Brown, Driver and Briggs Hebrew Dictionary fame (the text that James Strong plagiarized for his concordance's dictionary), proposed connections with deities from Aramaic and Babylonian texts named Yaho, Ya-hu, or Yave.
Riplinger also provides a list of reference of critics who proposed that the God of the Bible's name was derived from various Canaanite gods with names such as Yave "(These critics include: von Bohlen (Genesis, 1835, p. civ.), Von der Alm (Theol. Briefe, I,1862, pp. 524-527), Colenso (The Pentateuch, V, 1865, pp. 269-84), and Goldziher (Der Mythus bei den Hebrern, 1867, p. 327). (See also: Driver, Studia Biblica, I. 20; I, 5; Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, 1910-11, vol. 15, pp. 311-314, s.v. Jehovah; Delitzsch, "Wo lag das Paradies," 1881, pp. 158-164; "Lesestucke," 3rd ed., 1885, p. 42, Syllab. A, col. I, 13-16)."
Many etymologies have been suggested for the meaning of the name YHVH. The eternal one is one suggested by some Christians, and is how it is actually translated in French translations (l'Eternel). This is based on the root of the verb hava' or havah, meaning to be or exist. Obviously this could also be translated as "the one who is." Another verb havah (spelled the same, but with a different set of meanings) means to blow. It could be theorized that the name YHVH means "he who breathes life into living things." An intensive meaning of this same verb means to blow furiously or to storm. This meaning can be used by modern scholars to support their storm god theory, which shows the possible mischief that can be created through imaginative etymologies. Riplinger refers to the suggestion of some atheist scholars that Yahwe means to destroy. This is in line with the storm god theory, that is that it comes from another similar Semitic root that means to destroy, hence they suggest that God's name means the destroyer.
This is not the only example of God's name being perverted by modern atheist scholars. I was taught that a possible meaning of God's name of El Shaddai could be "god of the Mountains" being derived from an Ugaritic word meaning mountain. The common Semitic root shadd means to be mighty, powerful, violent, and the like. It appears in Hebrew and Arabic. In Ugaritic it appears that there is a word that means mountain that contains the same radicals. It could be an unrelated word, or it could actually mean volcano, which is a violent or powerful mountain, but in any event there is no reason to connect the Ugaritic meaning with the Hebrew word. The biblical word's meaning is very obvious by examining the Bible, and even the modern versions know that Almighty is the proper translation. A simple verse comparison is all that it is needed, since the Bible contains its own definitions of its words. Only scholars who want to reduce God to a tribal storm god like those of the Mesopotamian and Hittite cultures suggest El Shaddai is the name of an Ugaritic storm god. The same storm god that they also call Yahweh.
The name El also is used to conflate the mythological god of Ugaritic texts, 'Il, with God. In order to make this comparison more convincing 'Il is almost always transliterated as El in spite of the fact that 'I is the vowel normally used (Ugariticists almost invariably follow the a,i,u vowel scheme of Arabic). In either case 'Il, 'El, or 'Al, is the word for God or a god in Semitic languages (Akkadian & Ugaritic illum, etc.). Textual evidence exists for many ancient cultures that show that a belief in an all powerful creator, or single God, once prevailed. Later demons, or what they call lesser gods (asuras or devas in the Vedic and Hindu spheres) began to be worshiped in place of God, and God himself was reduced to a powerless weakling or even a fool in the literature of these cultures. The 'Il, or El as they call him, of Ugaritic texts was the worst mockery of God the Creator to ever survive in literature. Scholars of Ugaritic know very little about the language, and much of what they present as translation of the corpus is nothing but guesswork and tomfoolery, but what comes through in their interpretations is that the Ugaritic El is a mockery of God. He is presented by some scholars as a drunk who falls down in his own feces and urine. He is described in pornographic sexual terms by some, and as impotent by others. The only thing that we can be reasonably sure of is that this mythological perversion of divinity is not a noble figure at all. The illum of Mesopotamian cultures were little better. They were nothing but petty demons with petty desires. The same thing happened with the Vedic of Central Asia, the Hindu cultures of India, the Egyptians, and the ancient Chinese. This ancient plot to cast God aside, to mock him, and replace him with multitudes of demons is thousands of years old, and modern scholars perpetuate it by their efforts to conflate God with such perversions.
This perversion of the name of God is carried into the rhetoric of modern day heretics and apostates. I remember hearing the New Age, pseudo-patriot named Len Horowitz ranting about the word God. His contention is that God is dog spelled backward and that somehow this was done intentionally. This backward spelling has long been noticed by overt Satanists (Horowitz being a covert one) and used for the purpose of maligning God. Horowitz is doing the same through the back door. It should be noted that the German word for God is Gott, while their word for dog is hund. The Gothic words, which are much older than any occurrence in English or German is Gud and hund, so positing that the word God came about because it is dog spelled backward is ludicrous like most of his perverse Hindu-based theology.
Using reasoning that is at least as stupid, many modern day heretics and apostates also attack the title Lord as applied to God. Their reasoning is based on the fact that the word Baal means lord, so they posit that the biblical title of God as Lord comes from Baal worship. This convoluted argument ignores the fact that baal is only used for petty lords and husbands in Hebrew when it is applied to men. Only Adonai is used for Lord in the Bible, while Baal is used as a name for the false god of the Canaanites, who is always denounced. The actual word Adonai appears frequently in the Bible and is represented by the spelling Lord with lower case letters in the KJV and other translations. Removing the word Lord from the Bible is blasphemy of the worst order. What the Yahweh cult is doing in essence is proclaiming that God is not their God, nor is he their their Lord, but a storm god whom they address on equal terms is their master.
Y to J Issue
The final issue that must be addressed concerns the conversion of Y to J. This is such an utterly silly and ignorant criticism that I find it embarrassing that there are actually Christians that present it as an argument. I already dealt with the issue in my article on the name of Jesus, but I will restate some of it here with some additional historical linguistic information provided by Dr. Riplinger. Y becomes a J in every name in English, French, and Spanish. In English the J is pronounced like J in Japan, while in French it is pronounced like S in pleasure, in Spanish it is pronounced like an H, in German it is pronounced like Y. This is a phonological and orthographical issue, not a theological one. There is no theological issue at stake in how one language interprets a certain phoneme. In every case of a name in Hebrew that begins with a yod (Y) it is pronounced with the appropriate phoneme for that language. This came about through phonological and orthographical changes in the developments of those languages. Even Hebrew itself went through huge phonological and orthographical changes in its long history. God's name is not a magic word to be chanted for power as the name cult seems to suggest for both the names of God and Jesus. My name comes from a Hebrew word meaning given by God, which begins with a Y in Hebrew. It is Jean (zhan) in French, Juan (hwan) in Spanish, Giovanni in Italian, Hans in German, Yani in modern Greek, Ivan (eevan) in Russian, Yahya or Hanna (with a heavy H) in Arabic, and other variations exist in other languages. They all translate as John and I have no trouble adapting to any of them within the respective cultures and there is no reason for me to be insulted by any of these names. On the other hand, being addressed by a made up name based on a pagan deity would insult me.
If these name cultists find the J so objectionable, why don't they refer to Elijah as Elaiyah, Jeramiah as Yeramaiyah, Jacob as Yakov, Jonathan as Yanatan, Jerusalem as Yerushaleem, and so forth. For that matter why don't they use the Hebrew pronunciation for all of the names in the Bible, such as Dahveed, Moshe (Moses), Shmu'el (Samuel), Sha'ul (Saul), Shlomo (Solomon), and so forth, if they consider the issue to be so important. Since those who call God by a name that is not even Hebrew at all, and since they do so without a scrap of evidence to override the very solid evidence to the contrary, why do they have any constraints at all about inventing whimsical pointings for other names in the Bible? Why not call David Dahwid, Duwad, Diwad, or Deewud. Or how about Da'ud as Arabic pronounces it? Since Yahwe sounds like an Arabic word (except for the long A) this should go over well. Better yet, why not Dood. After all, as I have already pointed out, the vav is read as a long U when there is a dot in the middle of it. The modern translations that want to relate to the modern youth could spell him Dude. Think of the great "Christian" rock lyrics that could come from that. While we are at it why not call Moses Mose instead of Moshe so it fits the atheist scholars view that his name is related to an Egyptian pharaoh with a similar name. Moshe could also be Masih (Arabic for Messiah), Shlomo could be Sulemaw, and Shmu'el could be Smiwal?
For those who still who are still confused about the phonological issue of sound changes between and within languages, the following historical-linguistic summary from the World Book Encyclopedia concerning the Y to J conversion as it relates to English should be helpful.
"The sound of the Hebrew letter jod came into English as the letter 'I,' used as a consonant and having the soft 'g' sound, like today's 'j.' In the past the letter 'I' was used as both a vowel (i) sound and as the consonant 'j' sound. The OED says that the sound of 'j,' though originally printed as 'I,' was pronounced as a soft 'g' (Oxford English Dictionary, Unabridged, 2nd Edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991, s.v. J). The 'JE' sound in JEHOVAH was spelled 'IE' and pronounced as 'JE.' To distinguish the consonant sound (soft 'g') of the letter 'I' from the vowel sound of 'I,' many scribes in the 1200s began putting a tail on the soft 'g' 'I',' making it look like our modern 'J.' The Spanish, in the 1500s, were the first to more consistently try to distinguish the consonant I (soft 'g') sound as the shape of a 'J.' At that same time English printers used 'J' and 'I' fonts interchangeably (as documented elsewhere in this book). During the 1600s, most languages began consistently using the extended 'I' form, now called a 'J,' to represent the 'j' (soft 'g') sound." [quoted in Riplinger, p. 418]
Summary
What it boils down to is that modern rebels wish to change the names of God, eliminate them, malign them, and assimilate them into false religions. It is more than just a way to puff themselves up as possessing arcane metaphysical knowledge lacking in others, but as a way to get around the issue of having to be born again. To these rebels the possession of this Kabalistic knowledge, and its usual return to the Old Testament law (which they only do in words, not deeds), replaces repentance and rebirth. Conversion, repentance, and living by Christian standards has been replaced by using a mantra that is based upon using a "corrected" name of God, and a "corrected" name of Jesus (I dealt with his name in RBC #58). Unfortunately for them, God's Word tells them in John 3:3 that ". except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." We are also told the same thing in John 3:7 and 1 Peter 1:23:
Joh 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
1Pe 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
What is amusing is that those who make a big deal out of the conversion to J, and who contradict the Bible by calling God Yahweh while still calling themselves Bible-believers generally know about as much about Hebrew as the average Australian aborigine knows about Lithuanian. It troubles me how very few people realize that the god that they now worship, named Yahweh, is derived from a storm god created by atheist scholars following in the steps of the late 19th century skeptics, and that these atheists are feeding them much of their theology (although this was the last thing that any of them intended).
Some may wonder why I know so much about these Bible-scoffing atheists of the scholarly community. It is because I used to be one of them. This familiarity is a byproduct of years of intense comparative religion study without the Holy Spirit to guide me. The Bible cannot be understood without spiritual discernment, no matter how deeply one studies philology, archaeology, history, and allied fields of scholarship. Like other secular scholars I studied Hebrew with intensity in order to understand the Bible from the perspective of a historian and philologist. I did the same thing with cuneiform languages (Akkadian, Sumerian, and Hittite), Arabic, Sanskrit, and Greek, and their associated religious traditions. I was given numerous fellowships, scholarships, and awards as a student, so I was quite successful in their world, but one thing separated me from my colleagues, which was an awareness that something was wrong with the whole endeavor. It is one-sided, spiritually empty, misguided, destructive, without merit, grossly naĂŻve, ignorant, and void of anything resembling value, and even from an atheistic point of view it is without value (what could have value in a Godless universe?). After a while I could no longer consider my work to be a worthy labor, and I was unable to justify anything that I was doing at all. Only after I came to the point that I could no longer take serious the acquisition of knowledge for knowledge's sake alone, and face the truth of my own miserable and sinful nature and my need for salvation, did the Lord, whom I had previously denied and blasphemed, call on me to humble myself before him and seek his forgiveness and guidance. It was only after I responded that I began to really read the Bible and to understand it. I also knew immediately that the KJV was the only Bible that I could use, because it was the only one that was attacked by the atheist and apostate Christian crowd that I had come to know so intimately, and it was the only one that had the power of God upon it. Reading the NIV, RSV and so forth, were like drinking Kool Aide with aspartame instead of fresh squeezed fruit juice, or like listening to a recording of Britney Spears instead of a Bach Cantata. Reading the Anchor Bible, the favorite of many "higher" critics, was like drinking antifreeze instead freshly squeezed fruit juice, and Black Sabbath instead of a Bach Cantata. I no longer tried to view God as a local Near Eastern storm god (or plague deity), or as a god with similarities to Varuna or Rudra of the Rigveda, because I am no longer blind. Today, I find it mind boggling that many who have been calling themselves Christians for years use a name for God that is derived from the world that I left behind, not the one that I entered upon when I got saved.
I will end this essay with three questions addressed to those Christians who abuse God's word by perverting the name of God. (1) Why would you allow yourself to be influenced by Bible-scoffers who treat the Bible as a book of mythology instead of as Scripture? (2) Where did you get the authority to change both the English and Hebrew texts of the Bible when neither one of them is ambiguous in the least? (3) Do you think that God is going to honor you for doing so?
I hope that those of you who call God Yahwe who really do want to be Bible-believing Christians are not so proud and arrogant that you feel that you cannot repent of a clear error that you have made in ignorance. As for those of you who choose to continue to slander the Lord now that you can no longer claim ignorance, I will dust off my sandals.
For Further Reading
Gill, John (1697-1771). A Dissertation Concerning the Antiquity of the Hebrew Language, Letters, Vowel-Points and Accents.
Riplinger, Gail. In Awe of Thy Word: Understanding the King James Bible, Its Mystery and History, Letter by Letter, 2003.
The preceding is part of a series of examples of KJV verses that arrogant would-be scholars have tried to correct and showed themselves to be fools. These examples are for the benefit of those who would like more ammunition to defend God's Word against the attacks of the arrogant Bible "correcting" modernists. I hope that some of you find them useful.
Your servant in Christ,
John Hinton, Ph.D.
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