An article entitled “The Pre-Existence of Yahshua
Messiah” has recently appeared in a well-known Sacred Name magazine. On page
8, second column, second paragraph, the following statement is made, “Our
Heavenly Father, Yahweh Elohim, created
Yahshua ‘before the foundation of the world,’
making Yahshua the ‘beginning of all creation,’ and the ‘firstborn of all
creation.” The article by this person declares that the truth has now been
revealed as it has never been revealed before and now it is proof that we are in
the last days. While we may be in the last days, is it true that Yahshua was
created? Let’s take a look to see how the Scriptures speak of Yahshua.
By Jerry Healan
The question is, “Was Yahshua
created?” Is there a place in Scripture that emphatically states that Yahshua
was created? Absolutely not! Are there places that emphatically state and also
imply that Yahshua is eternal. Absolutely!!!!!
Here is a declaration that this article made, “Yahshua came in the Old
Testament as Yahweh and in the name of Yahweh. It was Yahshua who spoke to Moses
from the burning bush and provided the memorial name I AM, which is YAH in
Hebrew. Yah is the shortened form of Yahweh, which is a family name. Yahshua is of the Elohim family of Yahweh.
No one has ever seen the Father except for Yahshua and the hosts of heaven.
Yahweh is unapproachable light Who is in heaven and has never entered into the
physical, carnal, human realm. It was Yahshua, in the name of Yahweh, who
interacted with Abraham, Moses, Jacob, elders and others in the Old Testament.
Yahshua was the Angel of Yahweh who led the Israelites across Sinai. It was by
Yahweh’s election that these facts would remain hidden from the very beginning
of the ages until these last days.”
We agree with this declaration! HalleluYah!!!!! But let’s ask this
question, If Yahshua is a member of the Elohim Family Whose name is Yahweh, then
shouldn’t His name also be Yahweh?
However, the problem is that further in the article it is stated, “The
word is Yahshua Who became flesh (John 1:14), but He is not Yahweh!” (page 9,
column 1, par. 13)
This is confusing. He appeared as Yahweh. The family name of Elohim is Yahweh. No one has seen the Father
Yahweh at anytime, it was the One who became Yahshua, Who has interacted with
the creation, Who has even created all things; He is the One Who spoke to the
patriarchs, the prophets, kings, He is identified as Yahweh by Himself, the
Scriptures, and the ones He appeared to, etc., yet He can’t be Yahweh?
THE BURNING BUSH
When Moses went to inspect the burning bush (Ex. 3:1-6), he was
instructed to take off his shoes because the ground he was standing on was holy.
What made it holy? It was made holy by the presence of Yahweh. Moses’ shoes
were made by man. Manmade things are polluted. Moses was a product of the hands
of Yahweh. Thus, he was to stand on the holy ground, made so by the presence of
Yahweh, with bare feet because Moses was a descendant of the original man, Adam,
who was made by Yahweh.
Who was it that appeared to Moses? He identified Himself as the Elohim of
his fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (v. 6). Furthermore, verse 7 says, “And Yahweh said, I have
surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their
cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows.”
Do you get that? It says, “AND YAHWEH SAID!” Do we believe that this
is Yahweh, or do we not? If we believe that it was Yahweh, then we are in line
with what the Scriptures declare, but if we don’t really believe that it was
Yahweh, then we are believing in opposition to what the Scriptures declare.
Furthermore, Moses asks what His name is in a roundabout way in verse 13
to which Yahweh replied, “And Elohim 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 Elohim said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children
of Israel, YAHWEH Elohim of
your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of
Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial
unto all generations,” Ex. 3:14-15.
He has further identified Himself as Yahweh here and this name Yahweh is
His memorial to all generations.
The Chumash is a Jewish
book that contains the Torah (first five books of Scripture) in Hebrew, with the
corresponding English translation and Rabbinic commentary. Here is what the
Rabbinic commentary says about this name, “What is His Name? Obviously
the Jews knew the various names of God, so that the question cannot be
understood literally. God has many Names, each of which represents the way in
which He reveals Himself through His behavior toward the world. When He is
merciful, He is called HASHEM
[h-w-h-y], the Name that represents compassion. This Name also represents the eternity of God, for it is composed of the letters that
spell hyhy hwh hyh, He is He was, and He will be,
meaning that God’s Being is timeless.
When He exercises strict judgment, He is called Elohim.
When He exercises His mastery over nature and performs hidden miracles – as He
did for the Patriarchs – He is called Shaddai,
and so on….However, h-w-h-y is more than a descriptive Name; it is a
proper noun.” (page 304)
This Elohim identified Himself
as Yahweh (hwhy). He didn’t say that He was another being,
even an angel who was representing Yahweh; He declared that He was Yahweh! This
was His proper Name, which also means Eternal!
Therefore, to say that this was the One Who became Yahshua, Who really wasn’t
Yahweh, and Who didn’t have eternal life, but was created and is only
representing Yahweh, is making Him a liar, and also making the Scriptures to be
false.
TWO YAHWEHS
The statement is made that,
“Theologians have wrestled with the Scriptures that manifest two Elohim, or
two Sovereigns, or two Yahwehs, because they never understood the mystery of the
relationship between the Father and the Son.” (page 10, col. 1, par. 2)
Such is true, because the carnal, natural mind can’t truly understand
the things of the Spirit of Yahweh. But has this article perfectly explained the
relationship between the two Yahwehs? Absolutely not!
A reference is made to Hebrews
1:9, Acts 2:34, and Psa. 110:1. Then a key statement is made, concering Psa.
110:1, that should have been picked up on and expounded more clearly. The
statement was: “At the time of David, Yahshua had not yet come
in the flesh, so Who is David’s Sovereign that Yahweh is
telling to sit at My right hand? That’s right, it is Yahshua. Yahshua was
Sovereign. He was Elohim before He came in the flesh. ” (page 10, col. 1, par.
6) (NOTE: He also wasn’t known as Yahshua at this time because He hadn’t
come in the flesh. It is very key and important to understand this.)
Yes! Yahshua was Elohim, Yahweh
Elohim, Adonai Yahweh (My Sovereign Yahweh), Dabar-Yahweh (Yahweh the Word),
Malak-Yahweh (Yahweh the Messenger), El Shaddai, El-Yahweh, Yahweh-Yireh (Yahweh
the Provider), Yahweh-Ropheka (Yahweh Who heals), Yahweh-Nissi (Yahweh My
Banner), Yahweh-Mekaddishkem (Yahweh Who sanctifies you), Yahweh-Shalom (Yahweh
Who sends peace), Yahweh-Tsabaoth, (Yahweh of Hosts), Yahweh-Tsidkenu (Yahweh
Our Righteousness), Yahweh-Shammah (Yahweh is There), Yahweh Elyon (Yahweh Most
High), Yahweh-Roi (Yahweh My Shepherd), etc., etc.
Let’s look at Psalms 110 to
see how it identifies Yahshua as Yahweh, “1. Yahweh said unto my Sovereign (Adonai),
Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2. Yahweh
shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine
enemies. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties
of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. 4.
Yahweh hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the
order of Melchizedek. 5. Yahweh at
thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath,”
vv. 1-5.
What does it say here? Yahweh
said to my Sovereign, Sit thou at My right hand….. So the Sovereign is sitting
at the right hand of Yahweh. But in verse 5 it says, “Yahweh at Thy right hand….” Who is on the
right hand? Adonai (my Sovereign). What is He called in verse 5? Yahweh!!!!!!!
So we have Yahweh sitting on His throne and Adonai-Yahweh sitting at His right
hand.
In Hebrews 1:9 the statement is
made, “Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore Elohim,
even thy Elohim, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows.” Here we have two Elohim. How can this be? Only Yahweh is Elohim.
Yahweh declares, “Hath a nation changed their elohim, which are yet no elohim?
But my people have changed my glory for that which doth not profit. Be
astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate,
saith Yahweh,” Jer. 2:11-12. Again, He declares, “Shall a man make elohim
unto himself, and they are no elohim?” Jer. 16:20.
Paul writes to the converted
Gentiles, “Howbeit then, when ye knew not Yahweh, ye did service unto them
which by nature are no elohim,” Gal. 4:8. He wrote to the Thessalonians,
“And ye became followers of us, and of Yahweh, having received the word in
much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit: So that ye were ensamples to all
that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. For from you sounded out the word of
Yahweh not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith
toward Elohim is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. For they
themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to Yahweh from idols to serve the living and
true Elohim,” 1 Thes. 1:6-9.
Islam loves to declare,
“There is but one God, that is Allah, and Mohammed is His prophet. I am happy
to inform you dear Muslims, that you also worship a vain elohim, because you do
not worship Yahweh. I will declare, “There is but one Elohim and that is
Yahweh, and Yahshua is His Son and Prophet.” But Yahshua is also Yahweh, as we
have seen and will continue to see in this article. Allow me to clarify at this
juncture, that Yahshua is not Yahweh the Father, but He is the One that I
announced above under the various names and titles.
The article alluded to Genesis
19:24 which states, “Then Yahweh rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah,
brimstone and fire from Yahweh out of heaven.” Then it says, “Two Yahwehs!
One was on earth raining fire and brimstone from the One out of heaven. There is
only one Yahweh, the Father. The first Yahweh mentioned in the above Scripture
was actually Yahshua on earth in the name of His Father. Yahweh the Father is
not two, nor is He three beings. Yahweh is One.”
We must declare that this is
very confusing. He declares that there are two Yahwehs and then denies his own
declaration. Remember that in Genesis 19:24 Yahshua had not yet been born in the
flesh. He was existing in the Spirit. He was Yahweh.
ONE YAHWEH
The shema states, “Shema Yishrael Yahweh Elohenu Yahweh echad”
Dt. 6:4 (Hear O Israel, Yahweh our Elohim is one Yahweh).
The Hebrew word for “one”
is echad. In the beginning Yahweh went through
six days of fashioning and molding the earth to be habitable, supportive of
life. On the sixth day He brought forth the man and the woman, but the
Scriptures reveal that Elohim (a uni-plural word) said, “Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness: and let them
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over
the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth. So Elohim created man in his own
image, in the image of Elohim created he him;
male and female created he them.
And Elohim blessed them,
and Elohim said unto them,
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every
living thing that moveth upon the earth” Gen. 1:26.
Do you see the play on words,
especially the singulars and plurals?
The creation of man is further
explained in chapter two, “And Yahweh Elohim formed man of the dust of the
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a
living soul….And Yahweh Elohim said, It is not good that the man should be
alone; I will make him an help meet for him….And Yahweh Elohim caused a deep
sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed
up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which Yahweh Elohim had taken from
man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now
bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she
was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave
his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one (echad) flesh,” Gen. 2:4, 18, 21-24.
Hmmmm……Two are to become
one (echad). This is what so many people either
refuse to understand, or can’t understand about Yahweh Elohim. Don’t we
declare ourselves to be ONE NATION? How many Americans are there? Isn’t it
somewhere around 300 million? How many states are there? Aren’t there fifty
states? But aren’t we ONE NATION? Don’t we have a motto that goes something
like this, “United we stand, divided, we fall?”
Pharaoh had a dream in which
seven fat cattle came out of the river and were feeding when seven lean and ill
favored came up behind them and ate up the seven fat ones. Then he had another
dream where he saw seven full and fat ears of grain on one stalk, but seven thin
and blasted ears came up after them devouring the seven good ears. None of
Pharaoh’s wise men and magicians could interpret his dream, but Yahweh had
Joseph brought before him and through Yahweh’s spirit and wisdom, Joseph
interpreted the dreams, “And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one (echad): Elohim hath shewed Pharaoh what he is
about to do,” Gen. 41:25.
There were two dreams, one with
cattle and one with grain, but the two dreams are both about the same events
that were going to occur. There were going to be seven good years of plenty
followed by seven years of drought and famine which was going to eat up the good
years. Therefore, the dreams were ONE (ECHAD)!
Yahshua said, “I and my
Father are one,” Jn. 10:30. Do we believe this? What was He imputing here? The
Jews understood what He was imputing because they took up stones to stone Him.
(v. 31) When He reasoned with them about His works He had done among them they
responded, “The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not;
but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being
a man, makest thyself Elohim,” (v. 33).
Yahshua was Elohim in the
flesh! He had existed before in the Spirit as Yahweh. He and the Father were ONE
SPIRIT in similar fashion as Adam and Eve (Chavah) being one flesh, but in a
more powerful way because it was in the Spirit and not flesh.
In John chapter five, Yahshua
healed a man on the Sabbath. He commanded him to rise, take up his bed and walk.
(v. 8) The self-righteous, hypocritical Jews never regarded the amazing miracle,
but could only be judgmental because the man was carrying his bed on the
Sabbath, which was forbidden by them.
When they finally discovered
that it was Yahshua Who had healed the man, they confronted Him, “And
therefore did the Jews persecute Yahshua, and sought to slay him, because he had
done these things on the sabbath day. But Yahshua answered them, My Father
worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him,
because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that Elohim was his
Father, making himself equal
with Elohim,” Jn. 5:16-18.
ONE STONE
The Scriptures, both Old and
New Testaments, continually speak of a special stone. Psalms 118 states, “The
stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner,” v.
22.
Isaiah proclaimed, “Therefore
thus saith Adonai Yahweh, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a
tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall
not make haste,” 28:16.
Yahshua combined these two
Scriptures into one when He said, “Did ye never read in the scriptures, The
stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner:
this is Yahweh's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?” Mt. 21:42.
Both Peter and Paul allude to
these Scriptures (Acts 4:4:11; Eph. 2:20; 1 Pt. 2:4-8).
Interestingly, the Hebrew word
for stone, utilized in these Scriptures is eben
(nba, Pictorial Hebrew). Initially,
this is one word referring to one item, that is a stone, of course. But this one
word is composed of three letters, which can be divided into two words. The aleph (a), beit (b) make up the Hebrew word ab for Father. The beit (b), nun (n) make up the Hebrew ben for son. Let’s do this again nba. Now, let’s separate the
word for father (ab) - n(ba). Let’s
separate the word for son (ben)
(nb)a. Let’s now show the common
letter (n(b)a).
The aleph
(a) is a picture of the head of
an ox. It is the very first letter in the Hebrew alphabet just like the A is the
first letter in our English alphabet. It represents that which is first, a
chief, a head. It also represents the number one because the Hebrew alphabet not
only serves as letters for words, but they serve as numbers and also as
hieroglyphics or pictures. The beit
(b) is the second letter of the
Hebrew alphabet. It represents a house, tent, temple or even family. So the
father (ab [ba]) is the one who is
chief, first, the head of the house, the temple, the tent, the family. In our
own world, isn’t the man, the husband, supposed to be the head over the wife,
the house, the family? That is, before the women’s rights group came along.
The nun (n) has to do with the heir, the
seed, and that is exactly what the son (ben
[nb]) is. So here we have
this one Hebrew word eben
(stone [nba]), which also has two
words in it. That’s two in one isn’t it? It also reveals that the Father and
the Son are of the same house, temple, tent, family (b). They are one stone,
one house, one tent, one temple, one family, one Spirit, same family name
(Yahweh), etc., etc.
Yahshua is proclaimed to be
that stone, but what else did He say? “Believest thou not that I am in the
Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of
myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the
very works' sake,” Jn. 14:10.
After Yahshua said that He and
the Father are one (Jn. 10:30), He also said, “If I do not the works of my
Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the
works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me,
and I in him,” Jn. 10:37-38.
Let’s notice that you can
break the words father and son out of the word “stone” (eben) separately,
but the word stone cannot exist unless they are combined together as one. This
stone is shown elsewhere to be a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence (Isa.
8:14; 1 Pet. 2:8). Hopefully, you can now understand what this means now and not
stumble.
By the way, we can also become
one with the Father through Yahshua the Son. (Jn. 17:21). When we become one
with the Father through Yahshua, do we become the Father? No, absolutely not! Do
we become the Son Yahshua? No, absolutely not, but we are inducted into
Yahweh’s family and we are sealed with His Holy Spirit and
His name which imparts to us the hope of inheritance (Eph.
1:10-14). When the day of that inheritance is completed (at the resurrection),
we will be members of the most awesome family in existence, the family of Elohim
whose name is Yahweh!
THE WORD
Another erroneous statement is
made in this article, “John 1:1-2, In the beginning was the Word and the Word
was with Yahweh and the Word was Elohim. He was in the beginning with Yahweh.”
(p. 9, col. 1, Par. 14).
The error is that he has
written three words that are all translated from the same Greek word (theos) as Yahweh, Elohim, Yahweh. In other
words, he is in denial that the Word is Yahweh.
The Word of Yahweh Bible has a
note about these verses. It states, “Our guidelines indicate that this should
be translated…..”and the Word was Yahweh. Guideline #5 states: If
‘theos’ is not preceded by a definite article, it is taken to be the name
Yahweh. According to the Aramaic Peshitta it should be “….and the Word was
Elohim.”
Therefore, they have utilized
the Aramaic Peshitta to render these verses, “In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim. The same was in the
beginning with Elohim.”
Even though this is being
inconsistent with their own guidelines, they have been consistent in the
translation of the Greek word “theos”, and the Aramaic Peshitta word “Elaha.”
That is something that this article has not done. These verses should have been
rendered either as, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
Yahweh and the Word was Yahweh. The same in the beginning was with Yahweh,” OR
the word Elohim should have been utilized throughout. What was rendered in the
magazine was a cardinal error and serves to confuse, not clarify.
It further states, “The Word
is Yahshua Who became flesh (John 1:14), but He is not Yahweh! John 1:1-2 was
written correctly with the proper names and terms. Reread it slowly. (par. 17)
Again, this is inconsistency and confusion.
The One Who became
Yahshua appeared to Abraham as “the Word of Yahweh.” The Hebrew would be
“Dabar-Yahweh” (efei—rbd) as related in Gen. 15:1.
Revelation 19:13 reveals that this is Yahshua’s name, “And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of Yahweh.
Let’s take a look at the
Hebrew word for Word. It is dabar
(rbd). The dalet (d) is an hieroglyphic for a
door. Didn’t Yahshua proclaim that He is the door? (Jn. 10). Again, the beit (b) has to do with a tent,
temple, house, family. The resh (r) has to do with a head. Thus,
Yahshua, the Word, is the door to the head of the house, tent, temple, family
(Yahweh). Also, the last two letters of dabar the beit (b) and resh (r) make up another Hebrew word, bar (rb), which is another
Hebrew word for son. Yahshua is the Son, Who is the door to the Father. But let
me ask you this, Has Yahweh ever been without His word? I don’t think so. He
and His word have always existed side-by-side, together as one.
He is also not only our door to
eventually be able to see the Father, but He is our door to be able to enter
into the family of Elohim that possesses the family name Yahweh. Don’t you
understand that when you are baptized in Yahshua and receive the Holy Spirit,
that you are sealed with the name Yahweh? Don’t you understand that we will
be, are even now called the sons or children of Elohim?
EQUALITY
Yahshua stated that the Father
was greater than Him (Jn. 14:28). But didn’t He still make Himself equal to
Elohim? Didn’t the Jews accuse Him of making Himself as such? (Jn. 5:16-18;
10:33)
Yahshua prayed to the Father,
“And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was,”
Jn. 17:5.
Yahshua had this glory with the
Father before the world was.
But what happened? Didn’t
Yahshua have to empty Himself of that glory that He had? “Let this mind be in
you, which was also in the Messiah Yahshua: Who, being in the form of Elohim,
thought it not robbery to be equal with Elohim:
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and
was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled
himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore
Yahweh also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every
name: That at the name of Yahshua every knee should bow, of things in heaven,
and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should
confess that Yahshua the Messiah is Yahweh, to the glory of Yahweh the
Father,” Phil. 2:5-11.
Here is how the Word of Yahweh
renders these verses, “Let this mind be in you, which was also in the Messiah
Yahshua: Who being in the form of Yahweh (3),
thought it not robbery to be equal with Yahweh (3):
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and
was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled
himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the [torture] stake.
Wherefore Elohim also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is
above every name: That at the name of Yahshua every knee should bow, of things
in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every
tongue should confess (4) that Yahshua the Messiah is Sovereign (5),
to the praise of Yahweh
(6)
the Father.”
The parentheses 3, 4, 5,
and 6
have interesting notes. Superscript 3 notes that the Aramaic Peshitta has “Elaha” here. Elaha
is the equivalent to the Hebrew Eloah
or Elohim. Superscript 4 cross references to Isaiah
45:23. Superscript 5
reveals that the word Sovereign
is translated from the Aramaic word “Mariah.” Mariah or Maryah is the
Aramaic equivalent to the name Yahweh. Superscript 6 notes that the Aramaic Peshitta has “Elaha” here.
Thus, according to the Aramaic
Peshitta, these verses should have been translated thusly: “Let this mind be
in you, which was also in the Messiah Yahshua: Who being in the form of Elohim,
thought it not robbery to be equal with Elohim:
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and
was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled
himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the [torture] stake.
Wherefore Elohim also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is
above every name: That at the name of Yahshua every knee should bow, of things
in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Yahshua the Messiah is
Yahweh, to the praise of Elohim the Father.”
Doesn’t it say that He was
EQUAL with Elohim? Before His human birth Yahshua was just as much Yahweh as the
Heavenly Father is Yahweh. It was when He willingly emptied Himself of that
power and glory to become flesh, man that he lost that equivalency. He was
restored to that glory that He had with the Father when He was raised back up
into the heavens.
By the way, does being equal
always mean that whatever is equal is exact in scope and power or authority? In
a home, the wife is equal to the husband, they are equally human, and equally
bear the same family name, but the husband is still supposed to be the head. The
Father is the head of Yahshua, but they are still equally Elohim and equally
bear the family name Yahweh. Yahshua, the Word, has always submitted Himself to
the will of the Father.
MELCHIZEDEK
In Psalms 110, the Sovereign at
the right hand of Yahweh, who is also Yahweh is declared to be High Priest after
the order of Melchizedek.
Very little is said about this
Melchizedek in Scripture, but we do find that he appeared to Abraham, which is
touched on in the books of Genesis and Hebrews, “For this Melchisedec, king of
Salem, priest of the most high El, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter
of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all;
first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of
Salem, which is, King of peace; Without father, without mother, without descent,
having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of Elohim;
abideth a priest continually,” Heb. 7:1-3.
Notice this carefully, He is
without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of
day, nor end of life, BUT MADE LIKE UNTO THE SON OF ELOHIM; abideth a priest
continually (ever).
This was Yahshua before His
human birth. This is more power, glory, and honor that He had to empty Himself
of. He had to divest Himself of all of the power and glory that He had in order
to be made like unto the son of Elohim. Who was made like the son of man?
Wasn’t it Yahshua? Who was made like the son of Elohim? Wasn’t it Yahshua?
If Melchizedek is an eternal
high priest as these Scriptures declare, because he had neither beginning of
days, nor end of life, then he would still be the Heavenly High Priest. That
means that Yahshua couldn’t take his place, because Melchizedek is High Priest
eternally. But if Yahshua is Melchizedek, the High Priest Who offered the
greatest sacrifice for all eternity, Who had to put off His priestly robes and
office until the sacrifice was completed, then all difficulties disappear. He
came, offered the sacrifice and was then restored to the office of Heavenly High
Priest.
What does the Apostle John
declare, “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we
have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled,
of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we
have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have
fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his
Son Yahshua the Messiah,” 1 Jn. 1:1-3.
Do you believe this? Do you
believe that eternal life was manifested to the people of John’s day? Do you
believe that John and the other disciples saw and handled eternal life? Do you
believe that they heard the words of the eternal spirit emanating from Yahshua
the Word of Yahweh?
Furthermore, Paul wrote that
Yahshua only (excluding the Father, of course) has
immortality (1 Tim. 6:16). He is able to dwell in the light that no
other man is able to approach.
BELIEVING
Paul and his company came to
Antioch of Pisidia and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. When they
were asked if they had any words of exhortation, Paul stood up and began to
explain about the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt, the forty years in the
wilderness, Israel’s entrance into the land of promise, the space of time
under the Judges, Samuel, King Saul, and King David. (Acts 13:14-22).
Then Paul said, “Of this
man's seed hath Yahweh according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour,
Yahshua: When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of
repentance to all the people of Israel. And as John fulfilled his course, he
said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after
me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. Men and
brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth
Elohim, to you is the word of this salvation sent. For they that dwell at
Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the
prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in
condemning him. And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they
Pilate that he should be slain. And when they had fulfilled all that was written
of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. But
Elohim raised him from the dead: And he was seen many days of them which came up
with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. And
we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the
fathers, Elohim hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath
raised up Yahshua again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my
Son, this day have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raised him up from
the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give
you the sure mercies of David. Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou
shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. For David, after he had
served his own generation by the will of Elohim, fell on sleep, and was laid
unto his fathers, and saw corruption: But he, whom Elohim raised again, saw no
corruption. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this
man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things,
from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Beware therefore, lest
that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; Behold, ye despisers,
and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which
ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you,”
Acts 13:23-41.
Now take notice. Paul says that
the prophets (actually the law and the prophets) were read to the Jews every
Sabbath day. So many, many of the Jews know the Old Testament Scriptures by
heart. They study for so many secrets that are hidden there. They hang on to
every chapter, every sentence, every word, every letter, but still are blinded
as to the truth about Yahshua.
There are so many among us who
study the Scriptures, read the Scriptures, have the Scriptures read and taught
to them every Sabbath day, but are in denial as to Who Yahshua really is.
The Apostle John writes,
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of
Yahweh: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye
the Spirit of Yahweh: Every spirit that confesseth
that Yahshua the Messiah is come in the flesh is of Yahweh:
And every spirit that confesseth not that Yahshua the Messiah is come in the
flesh is not of Yahweh: and this is that spirit of antimessiah, whereof ye have
heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world,” 1 Jn.
4:1-3.
Now we know that Christianity
has been taken away through deception, and has embraced another Savior, but they
do believe that their Jesus was God, while they are still condemned as
antimessiah because of their errors.
What about us? Remember that
John began this book of First John by declaring that he and the other disciples
had handled eternal life. So do you believe
that Yahshua is eternal, that He stepped down from eternity into this world in
order to do a work that the overall preponderance of the people will not believe
even though a man declare it (With proof from the Scriptures) to them, or do you
believe that He was created?
We believe that Yahshua is
exactly Who the Scriptures declare Him to be. He is Elohim, Yahweh Elohim,
Yahweh El, El Shaddai, Melchizedek, Adonai Yahweh (My Sovereign Yahweh), Dabar-Yahweh
(Yahweh the Word), Malak-Yahweh (Yahweh the Messenger), Yahweh-Yireh (Yahweh the
Provider), Yahweh-Ropheka (Yahweh Who heals), Yahweh-Nissi (Yahweh My Banner),
Yahweh-Mekaddishkem (Yahweh Who sanctifies you), Yahweh-Shalom (Yahweh Who sends
peace), Yahweh-Tsabaoth, (Yahweh of Hosts), Yahweh-Tsidkenu (Yahweh Our
Righteousness), Yahweh-Shammah (Yahweh is There), Yahweh Elyon (Yahweh Most
High), Yahweh-Roi (Yahweh My Shepherd), etc., etc. We believe this and declare
it.
YAHWEH DOES NOT CHANGE
Don’t the Scriptures say that
Yahweh doesn’t change? “For I am Yahweh, I change not,” Mal. 3:6. Now if
Yahweh the Father created Yahshua before the beginning, then that makes the
Father the Creator and Yahshua the created. So why did He change and make
Yahshua the One Who created all things? If He created Yahshua and then turned
the job of creating everything else to Him, then He changed. If He doesn’t
change, then He would have created Yahshua, and Yahshua would have created the
heavens and the earth, and then the heavens and earth would have created
everything else (Hey! That’s evolution!).
Didn’t He say He wouldn’t
give His glory to another? “For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I
do it: for how should my name be polluted? And I will not give my glory unto
another,” Isa. 48:11.
The Father couldn’t have
given His glory to Yahshua, if Yahshua is just a created being. The heavenly
angels are created beings and they have their own glory, but they don’t have
the glory of the Father. Only the Father and the Son possess the same glory.
Was Yahshua created, or is He
eternal? The Scriptures say that He was, is, and will be eternal life. The
Scriptures say that He was, is, and will be immortal. The Scriptures reveal that
He was, is, and will be Yahweh. The translation of the name Yahweh is “the
Eternal One.” The name Yahweh comes from a verb meaning “to be.” Thus, the
name Yahweh also means the One Who exists.
May
Yahweh open your eyes to be able to see and understand His majesty, honor and
esteem.
It
is generally thought that the Ten Commandments were written by the finger of
YHWH when Moses retrieved the carved tablets upon Mt. Sinai. But what was the
ancient script that YHWH used to write these? Some believe it was the Paleo
script, but I tend to lean toward the Pictographic script as attested by the
numerous examples engraved in stones around several locations in the Sinai
Peninsula that have been suggested as Mt Sinai. There is some dispute as to
whether the location of Mt Sinai, where the law was given, is in the Sinai
Peninsula or whether it is in Saudi Arabia. There are actually 14 different
sites identified as candidates for the real Mt Sinai.
We
do have ample evidence that the ancient pictographic characters are the
precursor to all later Hebrew alef bets. Since words change meaning over time, I
believe an examination of the ancient script can reveal the true intent of any
particular Hebraic word when it was originally written. However, caution must be
used as some of these interpretations are purely subjective and should never be
used to prove or disprove sound doctrine. They should be used as study aids
only.
The
ancient Hebrew language was a “senses” based language. They thought in
agricultural terms and their language was based upon what they could see, feel,
taste, smell or hear. All words made from any particular ancient two letter root
have a similar meaning.
Hebrew
thought is concrete where as Greek thought is abstract. Abstract thought is the
expression of things that cannot be sensed with the 5 senses. Hebrew thought is
circular whereas Greek thought is linear. The bible was written in Hebrew and is
circular in nature as the end is declared from the beginning.
An
example of concrete vs Abstract thought can be seen in the word “anger.” Anger to a Greek is an abstract concept. To a Hebrew, the
word for anger is “Awph” which means “nose”. When a person gets angry,
the nostrils flare and the breathing gets harder. The Hebrew sees anger when a
person’s nostrils are flaring. (Benner)
Some
of the concepts I present are with
the help of Jeff Benners book “Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet”.
The
very word Alphabet comes from the first two Hebrew letters—Alef Bet. Hebrew is
the original Language of Eden and all languages stem from it. You can speak very
little English that doesn’t have its roots in the ancient Hebrew.
It is simply amazing concerning the many words in Hebrew that are the
same in English. For example, the word translated "vision" which is
the Hebrew word “Marah”, is also translated “Mirror” in English. Here is
a partial list of some of these words I have found:
•
Nud—Nod—Shaking the
head
•
Moot—Moot—dead
•
Shad—Shad-ow—demon
•
Abak—Aback—to roll or
turn
•
Eviyl—Evil—foolish,
licentious
•
Fevere—Fervent—boil
or become agitated
•
Maschit—Machete—destroyer
•
Amok—Amok—incomprehensible
•
He (letter) - Hey—Behold
•
Obed—Obedience—obey,
servant
•
Alas—Alas—alas,
regret
•
Kahal—Call—to call
•
Ober—Over—over
•
Dor—Door—door
•
Gadar—Gather—collect
•
Harap—Harp—musical
instrument
•
Darag—Drag—drag
•
Shapah—Shape—to form,
carve, create
•
Saq—Sack—sack
•
Tsad—Side—side
•
Kol—All—all
•
Ayin—Eye—eye
•
Eesh—Each—each
•
Naphal—Fall—fall
•
Eleph—Elephant—Bull
•
Tal—Tall—tall
•
Eysh—Ash—fire
•
Tor—Tour—travel
•
Taph—Tap—beat
•
Sak—Shack—shack
•
Moq—Mock—mock
•
Laq—Lick—lick
•
Ashen—Ashen—smoking
from ashes
•
Erev—Eve—evening
•
Kaph—Cup—palm
of hand
•
Ah teak—Antique—very
old
•
Bahair—Bare—expose,
clear out
•
Kabash—Kabash—subdue
I
find this very common as some recent discoveries have led me to other words such
as "zion" for "sign", "kaphar" for
"cover", "Eloah" (title for
Yahweh) and the English word
"Hello". It is “Aloha” in Hawaii, and "Olah" in Spanish.
The ancients greeted others with the title or name of their Elohim. The Anglo
Saxons greeting was “God Daeg”. The Australians frequently use this form of
greeting (G’day).
There
is a great deal of evidence that Hebrew was the original language of the world
before Babel. All languages contain Hebrew words, roots and spring from this
ancient language.
It
is the only language in the world that was both pictographic and "alefbetic."
What I mean by this is that the first pictograph is an "ox head" aand
corresponds to the Hebrew letter alef and our letter "A". It means a
"strong one or leader".
Below
is a list of the entire ancient Hebrew alef bet and the characters for each
letter and their possible meanings:
• Aleph a Ox, Strength,
Leader
• Bet b Family, house, in, tent floor plan
• Gimmel c Foot, walk,
gather, carry, camel, cause movement
• Dalet d Tent door, pathway, move, hang, entry
• Hey e Look, Behold, The, Reveal, breath, man
• Vav f Nail, tent peg, add, hook, to secure, connect, Messiah
• Zayin z Plow, weapon, cut off, sickle,
harvest, food, feed, crown
• Chet h Tent wall, fence, separation, outside,
inside, half, divide
• Tet u Basket, Snake, Surround, Store, Contain,
clay, below, womb
• Yod I Arm, hand, work, thrust, deed, make,
throw, worship
• Kaf k Palm of the hand, to open, tame,
subdue, bend, curve
• Lamed l Staff, Goal, Control, Toward, Protect,
Authority, bind, yoke, lead
• Mem m Water, Chaos, mighty, liquid, massive,
sea, blemish
• Nun n Offspring, seed, fish, heir, kingdom,
continue, perpetuate
• Samekh x Shield, pierce, sharp, support, prop,
hate, hand on staff
• Ayin o Eye, to see, experience, watch, heed,
know, cover, color
• Pey P Mouth, word, speak, edge, sword,
scatter, blow, things with edges
• Tsade y Man on his side, snare, correct trail,
need, desire, hunt, wait
• Qof q Divide, sun on horizon, behind,
gather, condense, Go around, circle
• Resh r Head and person, man, beginning, top,
rule, inheritance, possession
• Shin s Teeth, eat, consume, destroy, bite,
two, change, divide, press, repeat
• Tav t Mark, sign, covenant, signature, ID of
people, places or things
Here
is an example of how the ancient Hebrew words were formed. As we can see by the
list above, the Alef is a pictograph of an ox head. This was the strongest
animal known to the ancients as they used oxen to cultivate their crops. So this
letter stood for strength and a leader. The old ox would frequently be yoked to
a young ox to train him. Let’s make a word from the first 2 letters of the
alef bet. AB – The first pictograph is Alef a and means a strong one. The second
pictograph is a "tent" floor plan b. It
corresponds to the letter "bet" (our B) and means "house or
home". Put the two letters together and you have "Ab" bawhich
is the Hebrew word for "father" or the strong one of the house. Hebrew
reads from right to left.
Similarly,
the word for El (la) is Alef Lamed. The alef is the strong one or
authority and the lamed can mean leader, shepherd, bind and yoke.
Our
mighty El is all of these. He is the one who yokes himself to man to teach him
how He wishes him to live.
The
word “oath” is Alah (ela) which carries the meaning of a binding
agreement and a curse for violating it. As the older or stronger ox binds or
yokes himself to the younger ox to train him, through the covenant with man,
Eloah binds Himself to us to teach us how to walk. The word alah is also used to
mean a curse and is pronounced exactly like Allah, the god of Islam. And it is
evident that Allah is a curse upon the earth.
While
studying the word "manna" I found something interesting in the Proto
Hebrew.
Exo 16:14 And when the dew that lay
was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round
thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
Exo 16:15 And when the children of
Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they knew not what it
was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which YHWH hath given you to
eat.
"Man
hu" is Hebrew for "What is it?"
They asked "What is it?" and Moses explained it was the bread sent
from heaven that YHWH had promised. Yahshua is also the promised bread that came
down from heaven. This manna was their daily bread which we are to also pray for
(John 6:31-58).
Actually,
the word Manna does not appear anywhere in the Hebrew Scriptures. This word is
found in the Greek Septuagint which the translators
relied heavily upon in their later translations. The actual words here in Hebrew
are "man hu" or “what is it” and in v.31, it is simply
"man".
The
(Jewish Publication Soc.) JPS version of the bible also translates t he word as
"manna" which shows that even the Jewish translation was
influenced by the Septuagint. Manna is not a Hebrew word, but is a
Greek transliteration of the Hebrew words "man hu".
Looking
at the word "man" or manna in the Pictographic Hebrew, we see a word
picture. Remember, Hebrew thought is concrete and based upon things that can be
perceived by the senses and is circular in nature. Greco/Roman thought is
abstract rather than concrete and is linear in nature. This is why YHWH declared
the end from the beginning and why most prophecy has a dual fulfillment.
The
pictograph of "manna" is (Nm ) "man" (!m). You have
the picture of water m and a seed n.
What was it that the Hebrews saw? It was described as like a coriander seed and
like hoar frost upon the ground. When the dew had gone up from the ground, the
"man" was seen upon the face of the wilderness. Anyone have any idea
why they depicted it as Nm ?
The "man" was the
seed left by the dew? I think the
pictograph is indicating "dew seed or seed left by the dew".
This demonstrates that words that have vague or questionable meanings can
often be determined by looking at their ancient Pictographic Hebrew roots. The
next example has been around before, but it still interesting. It was found in
the Jewish Almanac of
1980.
Husband
(Ish) is alef yod shin sia in pictographic Hebrew. Wife (Isha)
- is alef shin hey esa. The
husband and wife have similar spellings, but with slight differences. The
husband is the strong protector of the union. The wife reveals the strong union.
By following her husband, she shows that the two are now one.
Notice,
husband has a “yod” in the middle of it and the wife is spelled with an
“hey”. Together the yod Hey spells “Yah” (YHWH). If you remove “Yah”
from these two words, you are left with the Hebrew word for fire (esh). Both of
these words, husband and wife now spell fire – a strong devourer. A marriage
without Yah is a destructive fire. When Yah is in the marriage, the kavod
(glory) of the Father is revealed.
Another example of how the pictographic Hebrew
works is the word “oth” which is usually translated as “sign, token,
mark”. It is spelled alef vav tav. The Pictographic characters are Tfa. We
have the alef which stands for the mighty one or Elohim, the vav indicating a
nail and the tav which is a picture of a cross. The tav or cross symbol means
“mark, sign and covenant”. The sign of the covenant (all covenants are cut)
is our mighty one nailed to a tree or cross. Also, the keeping of the Sabbath is
said to be a sign (oth) between YHWH
and His people Israel forever. It is also
saying that Yahshua is the Master of the Sabbath. (Matt 12:8, Mk 2:28, Luk 6:5)
Our Sabbath keeping identifies us as being in a covenant relationship with Him.
Let’s
look at the word translated “first born”. It is the word “bekor” in
Hebrew and is spelled Bet kaf resh. In pictographic Hebrew, it would be written Rkb. We see the bet is symbolic of the
“house or family.”
The
kaf means “to open” and the resh means “first”. The bet is the
enclosure, in this case the womb. The first one that opens the womb is the first
born, the first fruits of the womb. The word birthright is very similar –
bekorah.
The
Hebrew word for womb is “beten” (Nub ). The first letter is beit which
represents a house or tent, the second letter is Tet represented by a circle
with an X in it. It means store, surround or contain – a basket and the last
letter is the Nun which represents a seed. The ancient meaning of the word for
the womb was the house or basket surrounding and protecting the seed or
offspring. There is another
word that is also translated “womb”. That
word is “rechem”. The ancient pictographic Hebrew shows the word here Mhr translated “womb” as
the person with a wall that separates her from the water.
The Hebrew word for “pray” is “palal” Llp. The
root word is “pal” written in the pictographic Hebrew as lp. The
pe means mouth and the lamed or shepherds staff means “authority”. It means
to speak to authority or the Shepherd. Perhaps the Llp
means
to speak to the shepherd for guidance Another interesting word is “satam” (mus ) which is translated “hate”.
The first two letters are Shin tet us). It means to hate in a
guarded manner. The shin tet means the
whipping back and forth to strike as a snake. Tet is to surround and the mem is
the blood or life.
Satam
literally means to surround and destroy. This is very descriptive of our
adversary, Satan, who seeks to steal, kill and destroy. Satan (nus) is
spelled the same, but with a nun n instead of a mem
m. The
nun represents the seed, so he is pictured as whipping back and forth as a
serpent to strike the “seed” of man.
In
Genesis 33 when Esau met Jacob, he ran and kissed him and they both wept
according to scripture. But was this kiss sincere? Some think it was because
they both wept in apparent reconciliation. But what does the root of the word
translated “kiss” reveal. The word used in Gen 33:4 is Nashaq. This word
comes from the same root as "Nachash" or snake. It is a kiss like a
striking snake wanting to bite him. Esau had not forgotten his hatred for Jacob.
Looking at the root in the pictographic ancient Hebrew shows
eqs which
means behold teeth touch. I think he pressed down
with his teeth wanting to bite.
The
kiss was probably like you see the vampire doing in the old horror films.
Another thing that is interesting about this kiss is that in the original Hebrew
texts, the word translated “and kissed him” is “vaiyishshakehu”and is
marked with a series of dots, one over each letter of the word. These are called
“jots” and they are used to call our attention that there is something
important to be learned there. Jots such as this are used only 4 times in the
Torah and remind me of fang marks above the letters.
The
“grave” is represented in the ancient pictographic language with
Rbq which is the word “qeber.” The Qof
means to gather, the beit is the house and the resh is inheritance or
forefathers. In Hebrew the expression for the "grave" is gathering one
to his fathers, which is exactly what the ancient pictographs indicate. The
feminine passive participle of this is qeburah.
Look
now at the word “Yisrael”. It consists of 2 words, Yasar, rsi which
means he turns, literally “move change man” and El la meaning
Eloah. It means turning to and being straight or right with Eloah.
Servant
is the word “Obed” spelled in pictographic Hebrew as (dbo). It
means one who watches at the door of the house. Another word related to watching
is Ra’ah which means to see, or as the pictographic Hebrew would indicate (er),
Man, behold or look! This is a very common verb in Hebrew. The participle form
of this verb is Ro’eh. This participle is used for a shepherd who watches over
the flock. A pastor would be regarded as a Ro’eh.
The
word translated “redeemer” is Go’el. It means redemption by a near
kinsman. Yahshua is our Go’el, kinsman redeemer. Go’el is made up of the
pictographic characters (Lac).
You can probably recognize the EL part as our creator. The Gimmel (c) is
a pictograph of a foot. It means to “Walk with El” or the “El who shows
the way”. Yahweh was considered to be the “Go’el” of Israel, delivering
them from bondage.
Qahal
is what is commonly called the church. It means “assembly” and is made up of
the root word Qal (q).
Qal means “call or voice” and Lamed (l) is shepherd. So Qahal would mean
“gathering to the voice of the shepherd.”
El
Gibor is another description of Yahshua in his pre-incarnate state. It means
“mighty El” in Hebrew. The Etymological dictionary says the word gibor means
“overpowering”. The pictographic Hebrew shows that it has a deeper meaning.
Gibor is spelled gimmel bet resh (rbc ) which
carries the idea of El gathering the family of man. El Gibor (mighty El) is
found in Isa 9:6 which is describing Yahshua.
Next,
we have the word “qadosh” which literally means to be set apart. We can see
this form in the pictographic Hebrew (sdq) which means “gather to a separate walk.”
There is another closely related word and that is Sodomite (qedesh). How can
this word even be close to the word Qodesh, translated as “holy” in our
bibles? It is because the male prostitute was also set apart for a speci
.