Monday, March 3, 2008

Let The World Know Who Yahweh is?

One Bible text that has always interested me is found in Romans 3:1-3 and it reads (WOY):

“What Advantage then hath the Jew? …. Much in every way; chiefly because that unto them were committed the oracles of Elohim. For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of Elohim without effect?”

This text is interesting to me because it is saying that our understanding of Elohim will come from the Jewish people. Several things became stumbling blocks to this, and the primary one is that we often do not realize that the Holy Scriptures we read and study actually came from the Greeks and not from the Jewish people. There is a need to correct this isn’t there. The other text that is interesting is the one where Yahshua was conversing with a lady in Samaria, and in concluding this interesting conversation Yahshua said something significant when he said (John 4: 22 - WOY) and I quote:

“You worship you know not what; we know what we worship; for salvation is of the Jews”

You see this is important isn’t it and it behooves the Jews to come forward to deliver what they need to deliver to the world because the end of the age is coming fast. Some may say, but the Jews have already delivered – look at the Holy Scriptures. I was of that mindset at one time, but I have now come to realize that perhaps we are wrong after all. Sure we have received the messages of God and Jesus Christ, but that deprives us the knowledge of the Elohim and Yahweh, and the richness of his names isn’t it, which only the Jews can deliver to us.

I friend of mine – who as passed away - use to ask just for fun, once an instruction was delivered, “Who Say?” This reminds of another text which seem to suggest that we need to be watchful. Revelation 2:9 (WOY) reads and I quote:

“I know your works and tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.”

So there is a need for us to see that we are not deceived by what we already have and there is a need to get out of that and move forward in a correct way. I have quoted three texts which highlights the importance of the Jewish people in terms of the preservation of the Oracles of Elohim, the fact that salvation is of the Jews and that we have people who claim to be Jews but are not.

The Holy Scriptures say that the creator of all things is called Elohim. But today people call him G-d. Who is right I ask? Is it Elohim or is it G-d, let me say that both cannot be correct. There is a text in Genesis 48: 20, which partly reads as follows:

English Version says: ”May God make you like Ephraim and Menashe” But the transliteration reads as follows:”Ye'simcha Elohim ke-Ephraim ve'chi-Menashe” Why is the term God used when Elohim (or YHWH or Yah or El etc) is more appropriate, even in the English Language? I think if you can use Manashe in both texts, the English and the Hebrew then we can call Elohim as well in both the English and Hebrew versions of the text.

Unfortunately for me I wanted to search for the Name of the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob by reading the English translations of the Holy Scriptures which are based on the original Hebrew text, and I am thoroughly disappointed with what I meet up with. They all transliterate the names of biblical personalities but most translate the names of Elohim. OK what is the big deal one might ask? To me the big deal is that the name God or Lord or LORD does not tell us the richness that is found in the expressed names of Elohim. It leads to confusion most especially. This needs to be changed.

Let me illustrate this point. Read I King 18:21 strictly in the English KJV and you will see this,

“And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.”

The catch here is the term Baal which has been left transliterated in its original form. Translated the word Baal means Lord too. So we have a problem of identification don’t we? If all the Hebrew terms were translated the text word read:

“And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if the Lord (i. e. Baal), then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.”

Well people would be dumbfounded alright but for a completely dfferent reason namely –confusion. Now read it with the names of Elohim transliterated and left intact (I King 18: 21 WOY):

“And Elijah came unto all the people and said, "How long halt ye between two opinions? If Yahweh be Elohim, follow Him; but if Baal, then follow him."

Can that be any more clearer? One knows where one stands.
Someone once said, well the English translations have been used because people do or may not actually know who Yahweh or Elohim really is. I hope they listen to themselves. Indeed, it is very true that people do not Yahweh or Elohim and all his other name including El Shaddai etc, because they have always been taught that G-d (the deity of good fortune) created the universe. But to find eternal life, people need to know Elohim, in his true and only names, that he Himself gave to Moses around the burning bush. Remember. Exodus 3:15 reads:

“Elohim also said to Moses, ‘Say to the Israelites, Yahweh, the Elohim of your fathers — the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac and the Elohim of Jacob — has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation”.

Elohim has outlined his name to Moses and qualified it by saying that it was “His name forever” and that “it was the name by which He is to be remembered forever”. I think some people may have forgotten to inform Yahweh that they had in their wisdom decided to rename him God or LORD. What a pity.

My point is simple. Sure the Jewish people may argue every possble way, but the fact remains that they have a role in the introduction of Elohim to the World where it reads, “chiefly because unto them (Jews) were committed the oracles of Elohim.” They need to get on with this important task. They should not leave this task to those "who say that they are Jews, but are not, because they are the Synagogue of Satan". That is a terrible thing to say but I truly mean it. Let the Names of Yahweh be known and praised. The Jews are responsible.

Simply ask this question, “Does the world, after almost 7000 years, know who Yahweh is? The answer is a resounding No, the world does not know who Yahweh is? And who was commissioned to do this announcement? The Jews? It seem so, and they need to step up and inform the world of the True names of Elohim. This is my point.
What if they don't?
Please look up Jeremiah 16: 19-20 (WOY) for this is very interesting indeed. It reads:
"O Yahweh, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. 20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? 21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Yahweh"
Well just for emphasis, Yahweh himself shall show His Hands and His Might and his Name that it is Yahweh. Those responsible for this must beware.
Till next time , bye for now.