Who Do YOU Worship?
Every nation in the world today worships God. All persons in these God-fearing nations are looking within themselves to find salvation, but they will not find salvation within themselves. The people of these nations are searching the Holy Scriptures to find eternal life.
There are hundreds of
God-fearing church denominations in this world today teaching what they
believe is the correct way of worship to receive eternal life. However,
if there are three different men teaching three different doctrines, it
is simple to see all three could be wrong, but all three could not
possibly be right.
Every one of these denominations claim to follow the Holy Scriptures, the same Holy Scriptures that say, the whole world is deceived by Satan (Revelation 12:9). The Bible says, Satan has not just deceived a few, the Bible says she has deceived the whole world. Since the whole world is definitely deceived by Satan, will worldly teachings bring you eternal life?
We can fully depend on Yahweh Who inspired the original Scriptures to bring anyone who obeys His inspired Words to eternal life. It is very easy to prove the reliability of the Word of our Creator, but what about the changes that have been made in today's translations of the Bible?
What will you do about the mistranslations, additions and subtractions of the original Holy Scriptures, when the facts of the truth are brought to you? One of these facts of truth is told to us in the story of Yahshua talking to the Samaritan woman.
Yahchanan
4:19-26—
19 The woman said to Him: Man, I
see that You are a Prophet.
20 Our fathers worshiped on this
mountain, but you Yahdaim say that in Yerusalem is
the place where men ought to worship.
21 Yahshua said to her: Woman,
believe Me: The hour comes when you will worship the Father
neither on this mountain, nor in Yerusalem.
22 You do not know what
you worship; we know what we worship, for salvation is from
the Yahdaim.
23 But the hour comes, and now
is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in
Spirit and in truth; for the Father seeks just such
worshipers to worship Him.
24 Yahweh is a
Spirit; and those who worship Him must worship Him
in Spirit and in truth.
25 The woman said to Him; I know that
the Messiah comes, and when He
comes, He will tell us all things.
26 Yahshua said to her: I am He
speaking to you.
This fact of the truth is salvation is for the true worshipers who worship the Father in spirit and in truth. Many deceived people today say, "It doesn't make any difference just as long as we only believe.'' Many deceived chaplains and preachers have said, "The House of Yahweh is correct in proclaiming that Yahweh is the Father, but (they say in the same sentence), it is just as 'good' to worship in the name of 'God' and 'lord'.''
Does It Make Any Difference?
The Samaritan woman Yahshua was speaking to was a Godworshiper. Yahshua said to that Godworshiper, You know not what you worship. So, it definitely does make a difference, if you want eternal life!
Yahchanan
4:10—
Yahshua answered and said to her:
If you knew the gift of Yahweh, and Who it is that says to you: Give Me
a drink—you would have asked Him instead, and He
would have given you living water.
If the Samaritan woman had worshiped Yahweh, He would have given her the way to eternal life, but she did not receive it through her way of worship. Yahshua showed us this makes an eternal life difference.
The whole world today is like this Samaritan woman. They do not know what they worship, because our Heavenly Father's Name has been forgotten.
The whole deceived world worships Gods and Lords. In the majority of the churches, you will hear the phrases, "praise God" or "praise the Lord". The reason I can safely say they are deceived is because they do not know who God and Lord are or they would not be worshiping with those names!
Webster's Dictionary says the word God means: any of various beings, a person or a thing. If God means various beings, then God can also mean Satan or demons.
Satan Wants Worship!
Yahweh is the righteous Creator of all that exists. Yahweh is completely righteous, because He has chosen to be completely righteous. He is also our Heavenly Father, if we turn to Him as His family. It is only Yahweh who can protect His creation—His family. Yahweh is the Savior Who sent Yahshua, therefore Yahweh alone has the right to be worshiped.
Mattithyah
4:10—
...For it is written: Yahweh
your Father you must reverence, and Him only you
must serve!
Yahshua quoted this directly from the Law in Book One:
Deuteronomy
10:20—
You shall reverence
Yahweh your Father and serve Him, hold fast to Him and take
your oaths in His Name.
The word translated reverence, which is translated fear in the King James Version, is the Hebrew word yare meaning, to revere or reverence. The word yare has the same meaning as the Hebrew word shachah which is translated worship in most instances, but it means, to do reverence. We are to reverence Yahweh only.
Satan has done nothing for mankind, but she has done plenty to mankind. Satanic teachings, against the Laws of Yahweh, have caused all the pain, suffering, and war that have plagued mankind. Man chooses to go the way of Satan, and against Yahweh, the way to salvation.
Satan's way is soon to bring destruction to this world, and would erase all human life from it, if Yahweh would not step in to stop Satan. Satan chose not to be righteous, but Satan wants mankind to worship her. Satan wants to steal what rightfully belongs to Yahweh. The righteous malak who brought the message of Revelation to Yahchanan forbade Yahchanan to worship him:
Revelation
19:10—
And I fell at his feet
to worship him, but he said to me: See that you do not
do this! I am your fellow
servant, and of your brothers who have the testimony of Yahshua. Worship
Yahweh! For the testimony of Yahshua is the spirit of
prophecy.
It is a Scriptural fact that a righteous husband is the head of his family, as long as he lives. No righteous wife would ever try to take that honor.
Yet, Satan has stolen that honor from Yahweh, by deceiving mankind into giving her worship. Satan exalts her position above the stars of Yahweh.
Isayah
14:12-14—
12 How you have fallen from
heaven, O Hillel; Lucifer, Aphrodite, Venus, child
of the light! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the
nations!
13 For you have said in your
heart; I will ascend above the heavens; I will raise my
throne above the stars of Yahweh. I will sit in the highest
place on the holy mountain of the congregation.
14 I will ascend above the
heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
The word translated Lucifer in Isayah 14:12 comes from two Hebrew words: heylel (#1966) and halal (#1984), Strong's Hebrew Dictionary gives the definitions of heylel as in the sense of brightness; the morning-star, from word #1984. Word #1984 halal means make a show, to boast, to rave.
So from these two Hebrew words, we can see that Lucifer means to rave, to make a self-boast.
Lucifer, is the Roman name for the morning star—Heylel, the bright one, which speedily disappears before the far greater splendor of the sun. This title is addressed to the King of Babylon, not so much as a specific human individual, like Belshazzar, for example, but as a representative or embodiment of Satan, who is regarded as the power behind the king's throne. The pride and ambition expressed in Isayah 14:13-14 are out of place on any lips but Satan's. The downfall of the tyrant of Babylon, prophetically pictured here, whose corpse lies unburied and dishonored, reflects upon Satan, his lord.
The same politico-religous system, the power behind the throne, is spoken of in Daniyl, but no man could cast down the host of heaven, as Daniyl shows:
Daniyl
8:10—
And it grew great, up to the
host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host
and of the stars to the ground, and trampled upon them.
Those cast down to the ground can only be Satan and her followers, as Yahchanan shows us in:
Revelation
12:3-4—
3 And there appeared another
wonder in heaven: And behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads
and ten horns, and seven crowns upon her heads.
4 And her tail drew the
third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth.
And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered, in
order to devour her Child as soon as He was born.
Revelation
12:9—
And the great dragon was cast
out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,
who deceives the whole world. She was cast out into the
earth, and her
angels were cast out with her.
In Isayah 14:13, Satan said in her heart, "I will sit in the highest place on the holy mountain of the congregation." Satan has always wanted to rule over Yahweh's chosen people.
Satan wants the worship of all Yahweh's creation, as we previously stated. Satan is willing to use deception to obtain worship.
The Apostle Shaul shows us what Satan desires. She desires to have Yahweh's office and authority.
II
Thessalonians
2:4—
Who opposes and exalts
himself above all that is called Gods (elohim), or that is
worshiped; so that he, as the Almighty, sits in the temple of
Yahweh, showing himself that he is the Mighty One (Elohim, God).
The Apostle Shaul also shows us that Satan works this through deception.
II
Thessalonians
2:10—
And with all deceivableness
of sin in those who are perishing, because they did not
receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Satan tried to deceive Yahshua into giving her worship. Yahshua had fasted forty days and nights and was in a weakened condition when Satan tempted him.
Luke
4:5-7—
5 Then the devil took Him up into
a high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world,
in a moment of time,
6 And the devil said to Him; All
this authority I will give to You, and the glory of
them—because it has been given over to me; and to anyone I
please, I can give it—
7 If only You
will worship me, all this will be
Yours.
Yahshua resisted the temptations of the devil. Yahshua could not be deceived, but the kings of the earth and the people of all nations on earth have been deceived by Satan and have given Satan worship.
How The World Was Deceived
Satan's plan which she has carried out so successfully was to cause Yahweh's Creation, mankind, to forget the Name of the Creator, Yahweh, and to call upon titles of Satan in prayer and preaching:
Yeremyah
23:26-27—
26 How long will this be
in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies?
Yes, they are prophets of the deceit of their own
minds;
27 Who devise; plan and
scheme, to cause My people to forget My Name
through their dreams, which they tell every man to his neighbor, just
as their fathers have forgotten My Name for Baal; Lord.
These prophets were not deliberately trying to cause Yahweh's people to forget Yahweh's Name. These prophets were deceived by Satan because they did not reverence Yahweh enough to resist deceit. They were deceived into worshiping Baal instead of Yahweh. Baal is a title for Satan and means lord.
The center reference in the King James Version of the Bible, by World Publishing Company shows us Baali, in the following Scripture, means: My Lord.
Hosea
2:16-17, KJV—
16 And it shall be at that day,
saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me 6Ishi;
and shalt call me no more 7Baali.
17 For I will take away the names
of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by
their name.
6 That is, My husband 7 That is, My lord
Yahweh's Name Is His Glory
Only the Name, Yahweh, carries the perfect attributes of our Creator, His Name is His glory. Yahweh's Name means: I am what I have chosen to be. He has chosen to be perfectly righteous.
Mosheh asked Yahweh to show him His glory. He wanted to know the meaning of Yahweh's Name. Mosheh wanted to know all about the Being he worshiped.
Exodus
33:18—
Then Mosheh said; Show
me now Your glory.
To grant Mosheh his request, and to show the children of Yahweh for these Last Days, Yahweh did the following:
Exodus
33:19—
And Yahweh said: I will make all
My righteousness pass in front of you; and I will proclaim My
Name, Yahweh, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I
will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have
compassion.
Yahweh showed Mosheh, and showed us, His glory when He proclaimed the greatest Name of all, Yahweh.
There has been much speculation of the actual meaning of Yahweh's Name. We do not have to speculate, for Yahweh Himself reveals His Name.
Exodus
34:5-7—
5 Then Yahweh descended in the
cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the Name of
Yahweh.
6 Yahweh passed in front of him,
and proclaimed: Yahweh, Yahweh Almighty, merciful, and
compassionate, long-suffering, and abounding in righteousness and truth,
7 Keeping mercy
for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and
transgression, and sin; but by no means leaving unpunished those who
are guilty; Who visits the sin of the fathers
upon the children and the children's children, to the third and fourth
generation.
This is the Name of Yahweh. Satan does not carry Yahweh's Name, for she has chosen to be against the Name of Yahweh.
Yahweh means: complete righteous-ness, perfect righteous character, without sin or deception.
Started With Eve
Satan started discrediting Yahweh, with Eve.
Genesis
3:1-4—
1 Now the serpent was
more subtle and crafty than any beast of
the field which Yahweh had made. And she said to the woman;
Has Yahweh indeed said: You shall not eat of every tree
of the garden?
2 And the woman said to the
serpent; We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
3 But of the fruit of the tree
which is in the midst of the garden, Yahweh has
said: You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, or you will die.
4 And the serpent said to the
woman; You will not surely die.
Yahweh had already told Adam, first, then Eve, that they would die the second death in the lake of fire if they disobeyed Him.
Genesis
2:17—
But of the Tree of the Knowledge
of Righteousness and Evil you must not eat, for in the day
that you eat of it you shall surely die.
Yahweh did not say, "You will immediately die in the day you eat of this tree,'' as the King James translation might lead one to believe. Yahweh was saying that Adam and Eve would be given over to the second death if they disobeyed Him (Romans 6:23).
Adam and Eve became worthy of the second death the day they disobeyed Yahweh. Likewise, those of us living today, become worthy of the second death the day we start disobeying Yahweh. Satan, who knows this truth, started with Adam and Eve in her quest to get man to disobey Yahweh.
How Does Satan Do This?
Satan took advantage of Eve's misunderstanding, and told Eve that she would not die. Satan may have instituted, at that very time, the false belief that man has an immortal soul, and will live forever in one state or another. Yahweh tells us no such thing.
Yechetzqyah
18:20—
The soul that sins, it
will die. The son will not bear the iniquity of the father,
nor will the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of
the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked
will be upon himself.
Obedience is worship. By deceiving Eve into disobeying Yahweh, Satan was obeyed. Satan received worship from Adam and Eve, which she was craving. Obedience to Satan is worship of Satan.
Yahweh Is Not A God!
Another deception Satan spreads among men is that Yahweh is just one of many Gods. By this false doctrine, Satan has deceivingly equalized herself with Yahweh in the eyes of the deceived world.
Many people today even believe Satan is mightier than Yahweh, and have openly raised up groups to call upon Satan to help them gain riches.
This has been accomplished because deceived man thinks Yahweh is just a God among many Gods:
Exodus
20:3, KJV—
Thou shalt have no
other Gods before Me.
Exodus 20:3 is part of the first commandment of the Ten Commandments. The word which has been translated other in the King James Version is the Hebrew word, acher and means: hinder, those left behind.
Yahweh commanded His people not to worship the Gods they left behind in the land of Egypt. The word, other, was deliberately placed in the King James Version to deceive man into thinking Yahweh is just another God.
In the days of Mosheh, the Egyptians worshiped every God known to man. Jewish writings say the names of these Gods were written in a book. The Egyptian priests could not find the Name of Yahweh in that book.
The word el, which has been translated into English as God, was never a title for Yahweh in the days of Mosheh. It was only after the Israylites moved into the land of Canaan that this title was accepted by the Israylites to identify Yahweh.
In the original and up to the days of Yahshua ben Nun, this title, El, was not applied to Yahweh by the followers of Yahweh.
In the days of Mosheh, Yahweh was never known or identified as El, Elohim or God. Yahweh commanded Mosheh in Exodus 20:3 "You shall have No hinder Gods (elohim) at all, in opposition against Me.''
Yahweh brought Israyl out of Egypt where all the Gods were worshiped and He said to them, "Leave the Gods alone! I am Yahweh your Heavenly Father, your Guide and your Protector. I am all you will ever need.''
The Writings
The original Scriptures were written on materials that deteriorated, with the exception of the Ten Commandments that were engraved in stone.
Exodus
34:1—
Yahweh said to Mosheh: Chisel
two tablets of stone, like the first, and I will write on those
tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which
you broke.
The Torah is believed to have been first written on animal skins, usually of calf, sheep or goat. These skins were treated: hair removed, stretched, scraped and dried so that a uniform, smooth surface was produced. The exact date this 'paper' began to be used cannot be proven, but we do know one thing: it didn't last forever.
We know the words of Yahweh were originally written by Mosheh under direct instruction from Yahweh. Since Mosheh was of The House of Yahweh, we know that he used Yahweh's Name only. It was not until Israyl moved into the Land of Canaan that Canaanite Titles were adopted and then only after Yahshua ben Nun and all the Elders were dead.
How did these pagan titles come to be used in the Scriptures? As we have already stated—the original Scriptures were written on skins—parchments. The Scriptures had to be copied from one parchment to another by scribes. Not all of these scribes__copiers of the Scriptures were completely true to Yahweh. Some of these scribes accepted the pagan Canaanite titles in their sincere belief that they identified Yahweh only.
There is sufficient evidence to prove there were at least three different copiers of the Scriptures used in copying the last manuscripts. Those writers who were true to Yahweh, used the Name of Yahweh in their writings exclusively. Those writers who were snared by Baal, used pagan titles for Yahweh in their manuscripts.
These three different writings are categorized as the Yahwist, the Elohist and the Priestly.
The 'J'—Yahwist writer uses the Name of Yahweh exclusively. It is the oldest source of the writings which makes it the copy of the inspired writings! The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible on the Yahwist Source says:
One of the principal narrative sources or strata of the Pentateuch. The symbol is derived from the personal name of God, Jehovah (or more accurately Yahweh, from hwhy), the use of which is characteristic of this source. It is commonly regarded as Judahite in origin, and somewhat earlier than E (tenth-ninth centuries b.c.).
The Anchor Bible...Genesis, by Doubleday and Co., 1983, pages 37-38, says about the 'J' Writer:
A plausible solution may be in sight, nevertheless. Even though J traced back the name Yahweh to the dim past, while E and P attributed the usage to Moses, both views may be justified depending on the point of vantage. The worship of Yahweh was in all likelihood confined at first to a small body of searchers under the aegis of the patriarchs; it was this movement that found a worthy recorder in J. When Moses set out to fashion a nation out of an amorphous conglomerate of sundry ethnic and tribal elements, he had to concentrate on three major features of nationhood: a territorial base, a body of laws, and a distinctive religion.
The Encyclopedia Judaica, Volume 7, pages 680-681 says about this 'J' Writer:
According to the documentary hypothesis, the literary sources in the Pentateuch known as the Elohist and the Priestly Document never use the name Yahweh for God until it is revealed to Moses (Ex. 3:13; 6:2, 3): but the Yahwist source uses it from Genesis 2:4 on, thus implying that it was at least as old as Abraham. If the name is really so old, then Exodus 6:2,3 must be understood as meaning that from the time of Moses on, Yahweh was to be the personal name of the God who brought the people of Israel into existence by bringing them out of Egypt and established them as a nation by His covenant with them at Sinai.
The 'E'—Elohist is derived from the Hebrew word for God-elohim. The use of which is characteristic of this source and came after the "J'' source.
(ELOHIST) __ One of the principal narrative sources or strata of the Pentateuch. The term is derived from a Hebrew word for "God'' (<yhla, Elohim; see God, Names of, § 3c), the use of which is characteristic of this source.
The 'P'__Priestly source came after the captivity__just 500 to 600 years before Yahshua was born. This source was the latest of the three.
The designation of the so-called Priestly source of the Pentateuch. To this source are assigned most of the liturgical, genealogical, legal, and technical materials, connected by a bare minimum of narrative. The Priestly compilation is usually dated after the Captivity, in the sixth or fifth century b.c. See Documents.
How in the world did three different sources of writings get into the Holy Scriptures? Through Satan's deceit.
Copies of manuscripts are merely the work of men's hands. If the copier, scribe, is inspired of Yahweh he will be completely true to the will of Yahweh. If the scribe is deceived but thinks he is doing the will of Yahweh, he will be off in his writings just a little, and that is all Satan needs his work to be off because he will not be completely true to Yahweh's will.
The Elohist scribe was deceived concerning the truth about Yahweh's Name and title. The Elohist placed the titles El and Elohim where Yahweh's Name and title of Father should have been written.
How Did This Come About?
When Mosheh and Yahshua ben Nun led the children of Israyl in the wilderness for forty years they were teaching them the way of Yahweh. They taught them Yahweh's Laws, statutes and judgments. Mosheh and Yahshua were preparing the people to enter into the promised land and be a holy people to Yahweh. The children of Israyl were the only people on Earth that worshiped Yahweh and obeyed Yahweh's Laws, statutes and judgments.
Mosheh was not ignorant of the devices of deceit Satan uses. Mosheh was inspired to tell the children of Israyl in:
Deuteronomy
7:1-6—
1 When Yahweh your Father brings you
into the land you go to possess, and has thrust out many nations from
in
front of you—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites,
Canaanites,
Perizzites, Hivites,and the Yebusites—seven nations larger
and stronger than you,
2 And when Yahweh your Father has
delivered them over to you, and you have defeated them, then you
must utterly destroy them; cherem. You must make
no treaty with them, nor show mercy to them.
3 You must not make marriages
with them. You must not give your daughter to their son, nor take their
daughter for your son.
4 For they will turn
your sons away from following Me, to serve hinder Gods
(elohim); then Yahweh's anger will burn against you, and you will
suddenly be destroyed.
5 This is how you shall deal with
them: you must destroy their altars, break down their sacred
pillars; symbols of the sun-God, Baal, cut down
their sacred poles; asherah poles, and burn their
Gods (elohim) in the fire.
6 For you are a people holy to
Yahweh your Father. Yahweh your Father has chosen you to be a people
for Himself, a special treasure above all other peoples on the face of
the earth.
Deuteronomy
7:22—
Yahweh your Father will drive out
those nations from in front of you little by little. You will not
destroy them all at once, or the beasts of the field would become too
numerous for you;
Deuteronomy
7:25-26—
25 You must burn the
images of their Gods (elohim, teraphim) in the fire. You must
not covet; lust after, the silver or gold that
covers them, nor take it for yourselves, or you will be
ensnared and entrapped by it, for it is an abomination to
Yahweh your Father.
26 You must not bring an
abomination into your house, or you will be doomed to destruction;
cherem, just like it. You must utterly detest and abhor it,
for it is an accursed thing set apart for cherem.
Yahweh told Mosheh to completely destroy these people and their Gods. In other words, "Don't leave them or anything they worship alive in the land you will enter.'' Yahweh knew they would be snared, trapped, and deceived by them.
Deuteronomy
12:28-32—
28 Observe and obey all these
words I command you, so it may go well with you and with your children
after you forever, when you do what is lawful and holy in the sight of
Yahweh your Father.
29 When Yahweh your Father cuts
off the nations from in front of you, and you displace them and live in
their land,
30 Be careful not to be
ensnared into following them by asking about their Gods
(elohim), saying: How did these nations serve their Gods (elohim)? I
also will do the same.
31 You must not worship
Yahweh your Father in their way, for every abomination to
Yahweh, which He hates, they have done to their Gods (elohim). They
even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their
Gods (elohim).
32 Whatsoever I command you, be
careful to observe and do it, you shall not add to it, nor take away
from it.
Yahweh told His children not to inquire after these nations' Gods. "How do these nations serve their Gods, even so will I do the same'' but Yahweh said, "Obey Me and Me only!''
But the children of Israyl did not obey Yahweh completely. When they settled in the land they did not utterly destroy the Godworshiping people as Yahweh commanded. Read of the people who Yahweh allowed to remain in order to test the children of Israyl in Judges 2:1-7.
Judges
2:1-5—
1 Then the malak of Yahweh went
up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said; Mighty Yahweh led you out of Egypt
and brought you to the land He promised to your forefathers; and He
said: I will never break My covenant with you.
2 And you must make no
covenant-treaties with the inhabitants of this land, and you must tear
down their altars. But you have disobeyed My voice!
How could you have done this?
3 Because you have done
this, I said: I will not drive them out from in front of
you. They will be thorns in your sides! Their Gods (elohim)
will be a trap for you!
4 When the malak of Yahweh had
spoken these things to all the children of Israyl, the people wept
aloud.
5 Then they called that place
Bokim: Weeping. There they offered sacrifices to
Yahweh.
While Yahshua ben Nun was alive, even though the Godworshiping inhabitants were living in the land, the children of Israyl followed Yahweh only. But when Yahshua died the children of Israyl again did evil in the eyes of Yahweh.
Judges
2:11-13—
11 Then the children of
Israyl did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and served the Baals. The
children of Israyl committed treason against Yahweh, deserting in order
to serve lords (baalim), Gods (elohim), and Goddesses.
12 They forsook Yahweh,
the Mighty One of their fathers, Who had brought them out of the land
of Egypt; and they followed and worshiped various Gods
(elohim) of the peoples around them. By their worshiping and
serving Gods (elohim), they provoked Yahweh to anger.
13 They provoked Yahweh
to anger, because they forsook Him and worshiped
Baal; The Lord, and the Ashtoreth;
the Goddess Astarte or Easter.
Yahweh then sent judges to lead His children back to him:
Judges
2:18—
Whenever Yahweh raised
up a judge for them, He was with the judge, and saved them
out of the hands of their enemies all the days of the judge; for Yahweh
had compassion on them as they groaned under those
who oppressed and afflicted them.
When the judges died, they turned again to Godworship.
Judges
2:20-22—
20 Then the judgment of Yahweh
was brought upon Israyl; and He said: Because this nation has
transgressed My covenant, which I first enacted for their
forefathers, and has not listened to My voice.
21 I, also, will no longer drive
out from in front of them the nations Yahshua left when he died.
22 I will use those
nations to test Israyl, to see whether they will keep the
ways of Yahweh, to walk in them as their fathers observed and did them,
or not.
Yahweh then used these Godworshiping heathen people to test and prove His children to see if they would follow Him as their fathers did.
As Their Fathers Did
Their fathers served Yahweh only, they did not serve Gods. Yahweh was a personal kinsman, He was their Father. He had elected to adopt His children into His family.
Exodus
4:22—
Then you shall say to Pharaoh;
This is what Yahweh says: Israyl is My son, My first-born;
The writer who served Yahweh in the 'J'-Yahwist source was the one who kept the Way of Yahweh and walked and wrote therein.
When the children of Israyl allowed the Canaanites to live, disobeying the direct command of Yahweh, they became ensnared by these people and their Godworship.
They made the language of Canaan their own language as The Encyclopedia Judaica, Volume 7, page 674, says:
Most of these terms were employed also by the Canaanites, to designate their pagan Gods. This is not surprising; since on settling in the Promised Land the Patriarchs and early Israelites made the Language of Canaan their own (Isa 19:18), the Hebrew language would naturally use the Canaanite vocabulary for terms designating their own Deity.
Had the children of Israyl utterly destroyed these heathen people, they would not have made the language of Canaan their own. They forsook Yahweh and served Baal (Lord) and Ashtaroth (Easter), Gods of the land of Canaan, as Judges 2:13 says they did.
Had the children of Israyl utterly destroyed these worshipers of Baal and Ashtaroth, they would not have forsaken Yahweh for them.
How did they forsake the pure worship of Yahweh? By incorporating the names of the Canaanites' Gods as titles for Yahweh. Thinking themselves wise, they became fools.
The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, in summary of this practice says:
In summary, these El names were originally pre-Israelite in their meaning. With the exception of El Shaddai, they generally appear in connection with particular Canaanite shrines and reflect ancient Semitic religion. When the Israelites came into Canaan, they took over these shrines, together with the religious traditions associated with them, and rededicated them to the worship of Yahweh.
The Encyclopedia Judaica, Volume 7, pages 674 through 679 gives us the pagan Canaanite names of the Gods the children of Israyl were deceived into replacing for the Name of Yahweh. The 'E'-Elohist writers used these pagan titles as opposed to the true worship of Yahweh.
'El. The oldest Semitic term for God is 'el (corresponding to Akkadian ilu(m), Canaanite 'el or 'il, and Arabic 'el as an element in personal names). The etymology of the word is obscure. It is commonly thought that the term derived from a root 'yl or 'wl, meaning "to be powerful".
In Ugaritic Canaanite, however, il occurs much more frequently as the personal name of the highest god el than as the common noun "god'' (pl., ilm; fem., ilt). In the Ugaritic myths El is the head of the Canaanite pantheon, the ancestor of the other gods and goddesses, and the creator of the earth and its creatures; but he generally fades into the background and plays a minor role in the preserved myths.
...Like 'elohim, el can be employed in reference to an "alien god'' (Deut. 32:12; Mal. 2:11) or a "strange god'' (Ps. 44:21; 81:10).'El `Elyon. The Hebrew word `elyon is an adjective meaning "higher, upper,''... Among the Canaanites, 'El and `Elyon were originally distinct deities, the former attested by archeological evidence from Ugarit in Western Syria, the latter by evidence from Phoenicia further south. Later, both terms were combined to designate a single god 'El `Elyon. In the *Tell el-Amarna Letters of the 15th—14th centuries b.c.e., the Canaanites called El Elyon "the lord of the gods.'' Abraham accepted the title "Most High'' as merely descriptive of his own God; he swore by "YHWH, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.''
'El Shaddai. According to the literary source of the Pentateuch that the critics call the "Priestly Document,'' YHWH "appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as El Shaddai'' (Ex. 6:3). The traditional English rendering of the obscure Hebrew term El Shaddai as "God Almighty'' goes back to ancient times. The Septuagint renders Shaddai as Pantokrator, "All Powerful''; this is followed by the Vulgate's Omnipotens, Omnipotent". Apparently, this is based on an ancient rabbinic interpretation, sha, "who,'' and dai, "enough,'' i.e., "He who is self-sufficient'' (e.g.., Hag. 12a); thus, the Jewish translators Aquila and Symmachus in the early centuries c.e. translated shaddai by Greek hikanos, "sufficient, able.''
'El Ro'i. The divine name 'El Ro'i occurs in Genesis 16:13. After Hagar was driven away by Sarai (Sarah) and fled into the western Negev, at a certain spring or well she had a vision of God, "and she called YHWH who spoke to her, 'You are 'El Ro'i.''' The meaning of the word "Ro'i'' in this context is obscure. By itself it can be either a noun, "appearance'' (I Sam. 16:12), "spectacle, gazingstock'' (Nah. 3:6), or a participle with a suffix of the first person singular, "seeing me,'' i.e., who sees me (Job 7:8). Therefore, 'El Ro'i could mean either "the God of vision'' (who showed Himself to me) or "the God who sees me.''
'El Berit. The divine name 'El Berit ("God of the Covenant'') occurs only in Judges 9:46, where mention is made of "the house [i.e., temple] of 'El Berit'' at Shechem. This is certainly the same sanctuary that is called "the house [i.e., temple] of Ba`al Berit'' in 9:4.
The Deuteronomist editor of the Book of Judges regarded Baal-Berith as a pagan god. But the case is not quite that simple. First of all, in early Israel the word ba`al, meaning "owner, master, lord" was often regarded more or less as a synonym of 'adon, "lord''... Only after the time of Solomon was the word "Baal'' recognized in Israel as the specific title of the Canaanite storm-god Hadad, and thereafter avoided by true Israelites as a title for YHWH.'Eloha, 'Elohim. The word 'eloha "God'' and its plural, 'elohim, is apparently a lengthened form of 'El (cf. Aramaic 'elah, Arabic 'ila-h)... More likely, however, it came from Canaanite usage; the early Israelites would have taken over 'elohim as a singular noun just as they made their own the rest of the Canaanite language.
'Adonai. The Hebrew word 'adon is correctly rendered in English as "lord.'' In the Bible it is often used in reference to any human being who had authority, such as the ruler of a country (Gen. 42:30), the master of a slave (Gen. 24:96), and the husband of a wife (Gen. 18:12).Since God is "Lord ['adon] of all the earth'' (Josh. 3:11), He is addressed and spoken of as "my Lord''__in Hebrew, 'Adonai (literally, "my Lords,'' in the plural in keeping with the plural form, 'Elohim, and always with the "pausal'' form of a long a- at the end). Originally, "'adonai,'' especially in the combined form "'adonai YHWH'' (e.g., Gen. 15:2, 8; Deut. 3:24; 9:26), was no doubt understood as "my Lord.'' But later, "'Adonai'' was taken to be a name of God, the "Lord.''
Had the children of Israyl completely destroyed these heathen, Godworshiping nations, as Yahweh commanded, we would still read the Name of Yahweh in every translation of the Bible. We would not be reading the words God, Lord, El, or Elohim, titles of pagan Gods, in today's translation of the Bible. We would be closer to the true worship of Yahweh that He once for all gave to the saints.
Yahdah
1:3—
Beloved, when I gave all
diligence to write to you about the common salva-tion, I found it
necessary to write to you, and exhort you that you
should earnestly contend for the faith which was once, for
all, delivered to the saints.
Had the children of Israyl obeyed Yahweh completely, the scribes would not have been deceived into writing the Law of Yahweh with these pagan titles added.
Yeremyah
8:8—
How can you say; We are
the wise, and the Law of Yahweh is with us? Behold, the
lying pen of the scribes has falsified them, and written them wrong!
How Does Yahweh Identify Himself?
By the time Yahshua Messiah was preaching and teaching in the temple of Yerusalem, the pagan titles—El, Elohim and Adonai—were used exclusively by the priests in this temple. By that time Yahweh's Name was only pronounced once a year by the High Priest on the Day of Atonement and then only in a barely audible voice.
Yahshua came in His Father's Name, He revealed the Name of Yahweh, by preaching Yahweh's Name to everyone He encountered. The priests hated Yahshua for this.
The educated temple priests were very offended by Yahweh's Name, as any religiously educated Jew is today when you say Yahweh.
Yahshua used the Name Yahweh when He preached to the people and the title Yahshua addressed Yahweh by was Father. Yahshua revealed Yahweh our Heavenly Father to the true followers of Yahweh.
Mattithyah
11:25-30—
25 At that time Yahshua spoke,
and said: I thank You Father, Creator of heaven and earth,
because You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and
have revealed them to babes.
26 May this be so, Father;
for this was the intended purpose in Your sight.
27 All things have been
delivered to Me by My Father. And no one fully knows the Son except the
Father, neither does anyone fully know the Father, except the Son and those
whom Yahweh wills the Son to reveal.
28 Come to Me, all who labor and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you, and
learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest
for your souls.
30 For My yoke; The Law
of Yahweh, is easy, and My burden; the load that
must be carried, is light.
Yahshua only revealed Father Yahweh to those who would completely submit to Yahweh and His Laws, those who would enter into The House of Yahweh. These are the ones who look on Yahweh as their Father, as the Head of the household of Yahweh. Yahshua taught Yahweh's family to pray in the following manner:
Mattithyah
6:9—
After this manner; example
and general outline, you should pray: Our Father
Who is in heaven. Hallowed is Your Name.
Yahweh is our Father. He is the Head of The House of Yahweh. He will give salvation to those who follow Him completely and who will not bow themselves to serve hinder Gods.
Wl, Yl And El
There is overwhelming proof the words El and Elohim were the very words the pagan worshiping Canaanites used for their own Gods! It is obvious from the study of the etymology of the Hebrew language, and the fact the children of Israyl made the language of Canaan their own. The pure worship of Yahweh was abandoned, because of the snares of these Canaanites.
The word El is #410 in Strong's Hebrew Dictionary. The word El has been translated as God, but this same word has also been translated power in three different Scriptures:
Genesis
31:29—
It is in my power
to do you harm, but Yahweh, the Father of
your father, spoke to me last night, saying: Be careful that you speak
to Yaaqob neither blessing nor cursing.
Proverbs
3:27—
Do not refuse help to one who has
need of it when it is in the power of your hand to
give it.
Micahyah
2:1—
Woe to those who devise iniquity,
who plot evil upon their beds! When the morning dawns they carry out their
plans, because it is in their power to
do so.
In each of these three verses the word EL has been translated power which is power of a man, and not of Yahweh.
Word #410 comes from another Hebrew word #352 which is the same as #193, the root of these words and means powerful or mighty or strength.
The Encyclopedia Judaica, Volume 7, page 674 says:
'El. The oldest Semitic term for God is 'el (corresponding to Akkadian ilu(m), Canaanite 'el or 'il, and Arabic 'el as an element in personal names). The etymology of the word is obscure. It is commonly thought that the term derived from a root 'yl or 'wl, meaning "to be powerful''
Strong's Hebrew Dictionary confirms this statement! Word #410, el, comes from word #352, ayil, which means:
410. la@ 'êl, ale; short. from 352; strength; as adj. mighty; espec. the Almighty (but used also of any deity):__God (god), x goodly, x great, idol, might (-y one), power, strong. Comp. names in "-el.''
352. ly]A^ 'ayil, ah'yil; from the same as 193; prop. strength; hence anything strong; spec. a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree:__mighty (man).
Word #352 is from the same unused root as word #193, uwl, which means powerful.
Did Yahshua Call Yahweh 'My God?'
Psalm 22:1- My____! My ____! Why have You forsaken Me? The Holy Name Version of the Bible renders this: My El, My El: The King James Version of the Bible renders this: My God, My God.
King David is the writer of Psalm 22. Did David call Yahweh a God in Psalm 22:1?
The word translated El or God in Psalm 22:1 is word #410 in Strong's Hebrew Dictionary; this is the same word translated power in the previous verses. Word #410 comes from word #352, which is the same as word #193, and means strength.
What Did David Really Say?
Since no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation, as it says in II Kepha 1:20, then we must let Scripture interpret Scripture. Yahweh shows us what David really said in:
Psalm
22:19—
But You, O Yahweh, be not far
from Me! O My Strength, make haste to help Me!
David Said 'My Strength!'
Strength, in Psalm 22:19, is word #360 in Strong's Hebrew Dictionary and means: power, by implication—protection, strength.
Word #360 comes from word #353, which comes from word #352, which comes from the same unused root as #193. Word #353 means strength. Word #352 means strength, mighty. Word #193 is from an unused root meaning powerful.
Psalm 22:1, My Yl, and Psalm 22:19, My Strength, have the same root word and the same meaning: My Strength.
Our Savior, Yahshua Messiah, spoke the same phrase when He was hanging from the stake:
Matthew
27:46, HNV—
"...saying Eli, Eli,
lama sabachthani? (that is to say, My El, My El,
why hast Thou forsaken Me?)''
Matthew
27:46, KJV—
"...saying, Eli, Eli,
lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, My God,
why hast thou forsaken me?''
The
word, Eli,
in these verses is word #2241 in Strong's Greek Dictionary:
2241. h*liv
e-li, ay-lee'; of Heb.
or. [410 with pron. suffix]; my
God:__Eli.
Word #410, Eli is of Hebrew origin. As we have already seen, word #410 is from word #352, which is from word #193, and means strength.
Mark
15:34, HNV—
"saying Eloi, Eloi,
lama sabachthani? (which is being interpreted, My El, My El,
why hast thou forsaken me?)''
Mark
15:34, KJV—
"saying, Eloi, Eloi,
lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, My God,
why hast thou forsaken me?''
The word, eloi, is word #1682 in Strong's Greek Dictionary and is of Chaldean origin. It refers us to #426 in Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, which corresponds to word #433, el-o-ah:
433. H^ola$ 'eÈlôwahh, el-o'-ah; rarely (short.)
H~{la$ 'eÈlôahh, el-o'-ah; prob. prol. (emphat.) from 410; a deity or the Deity:__God, god. See 430.
Word #433 comes from word #410 in Strong's Hebrew Dictionary:
410. la@ 'êl, ale; short. from 352; strength; as adj. mighty; espec. the Almighty (but used also of any deity):__God (god), x goodly, x great, idol, might (-y one), power, strong.
Word #410 comes from #352, which comes from word #193, and means strength. Word #433 is the singular of word #430, which means Elohim, Gods.
430. syh!{la$ 'eÈlôhîym, el-o-heem'; plur. of 433; gods in the ordinary sense...
The direct work of the Elohist writer has been to place the names of the Gods of Canaan, into The Holy Scriptures.
All of the words corresponding to Eli and Eloi, stem from word #193 in Strong's Hebrew Dictionary and mean strength.
Yahshua Messiah, our Savior by the Will of Yahweh, did not call Yahweh my God, in Mattithyah 27:46 and Yahchanan Mark 15:34.
Yahshua said the same thing David said: "Yli! Yli! lamah ozabatniy?" which is translated "My Strength! My Strength! why have you forsaken Me?"
Psalm 22 describes Yahshua's death. When Yahshua quoted David from Psalm 22, He was fulfilling the prophecy of the true Messiah.
In Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament, numerically coded to Strong's Dictionary, word #410 says:
Notice
the
note by the author of this Lexicon which says:
Note:
Following most etymologists, I have above derived la from the root lwa; but to give my opinion more
exactly, it appears rather to be a primitive word, the etymology being
however adapted to the root lwa;
so that to Hebrews this word would present the notioin of strength and
power.
From man's own writings, we see this word la@ (El) from the root lWa (Uwl) indicates strength, not God, as Satan has deceived this world into believing.
We have repeatedly proven that word #193 is the root of word #410.
Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon gives us this information on word #193:
According to Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon, this word EL originally came from the root words WL and YL as we previously showed from the Encyclopedia Judaica, Volume 7, page 674.
Man's own writings say YL and WL mean strength, power, strong! Man's own writings also say the words El__God, and Elohim__Gods, were the work of a later deceived writer.
What Does Yahweh Tell Us To Do?
Yahshua
23:5-8—
5 Yahweh your Father Himself will
drive them out of your way. He will push them out from in front of you,
and you will take possession of their land, just as Yahweh your Father
has promised you.
6 Therefore, be very strong to carefully
obey and do all that is written in the Book of the Law given
through Mosheh, without turning aside either to the right or
to the left;
7 By not mingling with
these nations that are left with you: by not pronouncing the names of
their Gods (elohim), nor causing anyone to administer a vow in
their names. You must not serve them, and you must not bow down to them.
8 You are to hold fast
to Yahweh your Father, just as you have until now.
Yahweh has told us, in no uncertain terms not to even say the names of their Gods to worship them! How much plainer could this be?
Yahweh has also shown us that the words, El and Elohim, God and Lord, are the names of the very Canaanite Gods He told us not to mention!
At the time Yahshua was leading the children of Israyl, they had not worshiped Gods, they had not bowed themselves, nor had they served lord__they had not forsaken Yahweh. Yahweh was their (and our) Strength, Head and Father. Yahweh was not then, nor has He ever been a mere God!
The House of Yahweh has returned the prefixes and suffixes el—God, to Yl—Strength—Father, to give Honor to Yahweh by not making mention of the names of Gods from our mouths.
Yahweh only allows those who submit to Him to carry His Name. If we submit to the Government of Yahweh, then Yahweh allows us to be baptized into His Name taking on the Family Name of Yahweh.
I
Yahchanan
3:1—
Behold, what manner of love the
Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the
sons of Yahweh! Therefore, the world does not know us,
because it did not know Him.
I
Yahchanan
3:4-8—
4 Whoever commits sin,
transgresses also the Law; for sin is the transgression of the Law.
5 And you know that He was
manifested to take away our sins, and in Him is no sin.
6 Whoever abides in Him does not
sin; whoever sins, has not seen Him, neither knows Him.
7 Little children, let no man
deceive you; he who practices righteousness is righteous,
just as He is righteous.
8 He who commits sin is of the
devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose
the Son of Yahweh was manifested; that He might destroy the works of
the devil.
The whole world has been deceived by the works of the Devil.
My People Will Know My Name
Isayah
52:6—
Therefore My people
will know My Name; Therefore they will know in
that day that I am He Who speaks. Behold, it
is I!
This is a promise of Yahweh: Those who are willing to submit to Yahweh will have His great Name revealed to them. There is also a promise from Yahweh to those who will not submit:
Malakyah
4:1-4—
1 For, behold, the day comes that
will burn like an oven; and all the proud, yes, and all who
do wickedly, will be stubble__the
day that comes will burn them up, says Yahweh of hosts; and
it will leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But for you who reverence My
Name, the light of righteousness will arise with healing in its wings;
and you will go out, leaping like calves released from
the stall.
3 And you will tread down the
wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day
that I will do this, says Yahweh of hosts.
4 Remember the Law of Mosheh My
servant, which I commanded through him in Horeb for all Israyl, with
the statutes and judgments.
Yahweh has promised that the wicked will burn themselves up with nuclear war. To those who do not submit, Yahweh shows He has given them up to worshiping Satan and demons.
Acts
7:42-43—
42 Then Yahweh turned, and gave
them up to worship the host of heaven, just
as it is written in the book of the Prophets: Was it to Me you brought
sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of
Israyl?
43 No! But you
have lifted up the idolatrous temple of Molech;
your God (el), and Chiun your
star-God (el); Saturn, the star of your God
(el) which you made for yourselves. And I will carry you away beyond
Babylon.
Molech is the Hebrew word Molek. Molek was the chief God of the Amorites. Moloch comes from the Hebrew word, Malak, a primitive root meaning to reign; to ascend the throne. These words from Strong's Hebrew Dictionary are displayed:
4432. El#m) Môlek, mo'-lek; from 4427; Molek; (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites:__Molech. Comp. 4445.
4427. El^m* mâlak, maw-lak'; a prim. root; to reign; incept. to ascend the throne; causat. to induct into royalty; hence (by impl.) to take counsel:__consult, x indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign (-ing), rule, x surely.
The meaning of Acts 7:43 is: the deity who intends to ascend the throne. This is Satan herself, she wants to ascend the throne of Yahweh.
Isayah
14:13—
For you have said in your heart;
I will ascend above the heavens; I will raise my throne above
the stars of Yahweh. I will sit in the highest place on the
holy mountain of the congregation.
This God that the whole world has turned to is Satan! Satan's sole desire is to ascend the Throne of Yahweh to receive the worship that belongs to Yahweh.
Why did Yahweh give them up to worship the host of Heaven, as Acts 7:42 says? Because instead of taking on the character of Yahweh, they took on the character of the Gods.
Romans
1:21-23—
21 Because that, when they knew
Yahweh, they did not glorify Him as Father, nor
were thankful, but became idolatrous; Godworshipers
(worshipers of elohim), in their reasoning, and their
senseless minds were darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be
wise, they became fools; simpletons,
23 And exchanged the
glory of the Uncorruptible Father for images, made to
resemble corruptible man, and birds, four-footed beasts, and creeping
things.
Yahweh's Name is glorified when we honor Him as Our Heavenly Father. However, Yahweh's great Name was removed from the Holy Scriptures, and vain sinners with vain imaginations through Satan's deceit, give glory to Lords and Gods, el and elohim.
Corruptible Things
The Prophet Yechetzqyah saw things that are an abomination, according to Yahweh, but this deceived world thinks these things are very acceptable.
Yechetzqyah
8:9-12—
9 He said to me: Go in, and see
the wicked abominations which they are doing there.
10 So I went in and saw; and
behold every form of creeping thing, and abominable beasts,
and all the Gods (elohim) of the house of Israyl, portrayed all around
on the walls.
11 And there stood before them
seventy men of the elders of the house of Israyl, and in the midst of
them stood Yaazanyah son of Shaphan; each man was holding a censer in
his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.
12 Then He said to me: Son of
man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israyl do in the
dark, every man in the room of the images of his Gods
(elohim, teraphim)? For they say; Yahweh does not see us.
Yahweh has forsaken the earth.
Many people today put more faith in their horoscopes than they ever do in the Holy Scriptures. Zodiac signs and horoscopes are abominations to Yahweh.
The deceived world also sets their calendars by these same signs, not realizing they are consulting Satan, as the Hebrew word, Babel, indicates, in Isayah 47:1-15.
Who Is Baal?
Baal is the common Canaanite word for Lord, as Unger's Bible Dictionary says on page 413:
Baal (ba' al), common Canaanite word for "master, lord," was one of the chief male deities of the Canaanite pantheon, now well-known from the religious epic literature discovered at Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit of the Amarna Letters) from 1921-1937.
Unger's Bible Dictionary tells us who Baalzebub is:
Ba'al-ze'bub (ba'al-ze'bub), the form of the name of Baal as worshiped at the Philistine city of Ekron. Baal, under this aspect of worship, was viewed as the producer of flies and hence able to control this pest, so common in the East. He was consulted by Ahaziah of Israel, c. B.C. 849 (II Kings 1:2-16). A N.T. rendering of the name is Beelzebul (R.S.V.) Beelzebub (A.V.) meaning, "lord of the (heavenly) habitation.'' Pharisees called Beelzebub (Beelzebul) the "prince of the demons'' (Matt. 12:24). (Cf. Merrill F. Unger, Biblical Demonology, pp. 58-61)
The children of Israyl forsook Yahweh, and served Baal as it says in the following Scripture:
Judges
2:13—
They provoked Yahweh to
anger, because they forsook Him and worshiped Baal;
The Lord, and the Ashtoreth; the
Goddess Astarte or Easter.
Who did they forsake Yahweh for? They forsook Yahweh for lord and God.
Ruler Of The Gods
Satan, Beelzebub, is lord of the heavenly habitation. Yahshua did not deny Satan's authority. Yahshua knew the kingdoms of this world belong to Satan at this time, but Yahshua has qualified to take over the kingdoms of this world when Satan's time is up. Yahshua will take over all the kingdoms of this world when the Father, Yahweh, is ready, but not before.
Yahchanan
7:6—
Then Yahshua said to them: My
time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
Acts
1:6-7—
6 Therefore, when they had come
together, they asked Him, saying; Teacher, at this time will You
restore the kingdom to Israyl?
7 And He said to them: It is not
for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father has put in
His own authority.
What makes Beelzebub, Satan, the ruler of the Gods? The Gods/demons are fallen malakim. Scripture shows that one-third of the malakim follow Satan in her rebellion.
Revelation
12:4,7—
4 And her tail drew the
third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the
earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be
delivered, in order to devour her Child as soon as He was born.
7 And there was war in heaven;
Micahyah and her malakim fought against the dragon; and the dragon
fought with her angels.
These Scriptures say these angels (demons) help Satan fight against Yahweh's malakim.
Romans
6:16—
Do you not know that to
whom you yield yourselves as servants to obey, his servants you are
whom you obey—whether of sin, which leads
to death, or of obedience, which
leads to righteousness?
If a person is obedient to Satan then Satan becomes that person's ruler, as Yahshua shows us:
Yahchanan
8:44—
You are of your teacher who
is Satan the Devil, and whatever she who
is your teacher desires, you will do. She was a murderer from the
beginning, and remained not in the truth, because there is no truth in
her. Therefore, when you speak your falsehoods, you
speak her words, because she is a liar, and the teacher of all
lies!
Yahshua was accused of casting out demons by the power of the prince of the demons.
Mattithyah
12:24-30—
24 But when the Pharisees heard this,
they said; This fellow
only casts out demons through Baalzebul, the PRINCE of the demons!
25 Now Yahshua knew their
thoughts, and said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself is
brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself
will not stand.
26 Thus if Satan casts out Satan,
she is divided against herself. How then, can her kingdom stand?
27 And if I cast out demons by
Baalzebul, through whom do your own people cast them out?
So then, let them be your judges!
28 But if I cast out
demons by the Spirit of Yahweh, then the Kingdom of Yahweh
has come upon you;
29 For how could one enter into a
strong man's house, and plunder his possession, unless he first binds
the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
30 He who is not with Me is
against Me; and he who does not gather men together with
Me, scatters abroad.
From these Scriptures we plainly see that Satan is the ruler of the demons that obey her in rebellion against Yahweh! Shaul shows that the God of this world, Satan, has blinded the minds of the people:
II
Corinthians
4:4—
For the God of this
world (Satan) has blinded the minds of those who do not believe,
so that the light of the message of the glory of the Messiah, Who is
the image of Yahweh, should not shine unto them.
I
Corinthians
10:20—
But I say that
the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to
demons and not to Yahweh; and I do not want you to have
fellowship with demons.
The King James Version renders the word demon as devils, but there is only one devil, and that is Satan. All the lesser angels that follow Satan are classified as demons or Gods.
The Hebrew word for Gods is elohim. This is word #430 in Strong's Hebrew Dictionary. So we see, Satan is the Beelzebub, the ruler of the Gods.
Demon worship has gone on since Adam and Eve. It has become stronger and more wide-spread as the population of this World has increased. Yahweh has allowed Satan to have her way with mankind, because it was Yahweh's Plan of Salvation for His Creation from the beginning.
That Troop
In the Book of Yahshua, a city is named. It is called Baal-Gad.
Yahshua
11:17—
From Mount Halak, which rises
toward Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon
below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings, and struck them down
and killed them.
Baal Gad is Lord God. Lord God was there before the Israylites. We have already proven the word Baal means lord. We have already proven that El means God, which means Satan. Now we will learn of the demons Satan rules. Webster's Dictionary, under the word Gad, says:
Gad, gad, interj. a mild oath or expression of surprise, disgust, etc.: a euphemism for God.
Unger's Bible Dictionary, under the word GAD, says:
Gad, a Canaanite deity improperly rendered "troop'' (Isa. 65:11), was the god of good fortune, supposed to be the deified planet Jupiter. This star is called by the Arabs "the greater luck'' as the star of good fortune.
Isayah
65:11—
But you are those
who forsake Yahweh, who forget My holy mountain, who prepare
a table for that troop and who furnish a drink offering for that number.
The King James Version translates the following Scripture as:
Isaiah 65:11__
II ¶ But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget tmy holy mountain, that prepare a table for that 4troop, and that furnish wthe drink offering unto that 5number.4 Or, Gad 5 Or, Meni
The center reference in the King James Version shows us that troop is gad. The center reference of the King James Version also shows us that number is meni. This troop of Gods is simply Satan's demons, who follow Satan's orders and operate alongside the major Gods to condition particular circumstances and experiences. The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible says under Demon, Demonology:
In the original sense, a demon may be defined broadly as an anonymous god__i.e., as a personification of one or another of those vaguer, less identifiable powers and influences that were believed to operate alongside the major deities and to condition particular circumstances and experiences. In Homer, e.g., "demon'' (daivmwn) and "god'' (qeov") are virtually interchangeable (see bibliography § 3);
Now notice further in this same article, on demonology, that the words El and Elohim mean God, Devil or demons. They all mean the same.
A. IN THE OT. 1. Daimonism. a. Daimon. The Hebrew equivalent of "demon'' (daimon) in the original sense is simply la or syhla ('elo-hîm ), commonly rendered "god.''
EL. Singular of ELOHIM
§ 6). By the same token, the use, in the Mari and Amarna texts and in other documents of the second millennium B.C., of the plural ila-ni, "gods,'' as an alternative to the singular ilu, "god,'' reflects, au fond; the primitive notion that "the divine'' may be conceived as a congress of daimons ("they,'' "the powers that be'') no less than as a single cosmic entity.
Gad is word #1408 in Strong's Hebrew Dictionary and means troop. Word #1408 is a variation of word #1409 and is pronounced gawd, god (Webster's Dictionary says gad is a euphemism for god).
1408. dG^ Gad, gad; a var. of 1409; Fortune, a Bab. deity:—that troop.
1409. dG* gâd, gawd; from 1464 (in the sense of distributing); fortune:—troop.
1410. dG* Gâd, gawd; from 1464; Gad, a son of Jacob, includ. his tribe and its territory; also a prophet:—Gad.
1464. dWG gûwd, goode; a prim. root [akin to 1413]; to crowd upon, i.e. attack:— invade, overcome.
Who are El and Elohim? We find in Unger's Bible Dictionary, the following:
In Canaan there was a tendency to employ the plural forms of deities Ashtoreth (Ashtoroth), Asherah (Asherim), Anath (Anathoth) to summarize all the various manifestations of this deity. In like fashion the Canaanite plural Elohim ("gods'') was adopted by the Hebrews to express all the excellencies and attributes of the one true God.
Unger's Bible Dictionary also says El is the father of the Gods! Baal was the son of El in the Canaanite pantheon! Notice the word Elohim was adopted by the Hebrews! Israyl accepted a word that signified Canaanite deities of worship: GODS.
Proof From Man's Writings
From The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, we find the following quotations under God:
"...personal Name is Yahweh...''
"Other divine appellations that now appear in the Old Testament, many of them borrowed from ancient religious usage, have been redefined in the light of Yahweh's historical revelation.''
"...Yahweh occurs 6,800 times in the Old Testament...''
"Likewise in the oracles of Balaam...three Canaanite words for deity...El...Shaddai...and Elyon are grouped together...''
In these and other instances... "Elyon''...changed its meaning...by becoming synonymous...for Yahweh!
"Elohim...included ALL gods''
There is no doubt now that El (God) is Satan and the whole world has been deceived into worshiping her.
Revelation
13:4—
And they worshiped the
dragon which gave power to the beast; and they
worshiped the beast, saying: Who is like
the beast? Who is able to make war with him?
El Is The Ruler Of The Gods The Dragon Is Satan
Revelation
12:9—
And the great dragon was cast
out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who
deceives the whole world. She was cast out into the earth,
and her angels were cast out with her.
The Interpreter's Bible Dictionary, under demon, demonology, Volume 1, page 817, tells us what Elohim really are:
A. IN THE OT. 1. Daimonism. a. Daimon. The Hebrew equivalent of "demon'' (daimon) in the original sense is simply la or syhla ('elo-hîm ), commonly rendered "god.''
Why did Israyl accept the word El to identify Yahweh? Because they were not completely obedient to Yahweh! Read all of Judges 1 and you will read of all the Godworshiping heathen people the Israylites allowed to remain, despite the fact, that Yahweh told them to completely destroy them.
Judges
2:2—
And you must make no
covenant-treaties with the inhabitants of this land, and you must tear
down their altars. But you have disobeyed My voice!
How could you have done this?
When Yahweh saw the children of Israyl did not obey His voice, He then sent His malak to say to them:
Judges
2:3—
Because you have done
this, I said: I will not drive them out from in front of
you. They will be thorns in your sides! Their gods (elohim)
will be a trap for you!
The Gods, the El, the Elohim of the Land of Canaan have been a snare and a deception to the people of this world ever since.
Judges
2:19-22—
19 But when the judge died, they
turned to their former evil behavior, and behaved
more corruptly than their fathers, following the gods
(elohim)—serving and worshiping them. They did not give up
their own doings, nor cease from their stubborn ways.
20 Then the anger of Yahweh
burned hot against Israyl; and He said: Because this nation has
transgressed My covenant, which I first enacted for their forefathers,
and has not listened to My voice.
21 I, also, will no longer drive
out from in front of them the nations Yahshua left when he died.
22 I will use those nations to
test Israyl, to see whether they will keep the ways of Yahweh, to walk
in them as their fathers observed and did them, or not.
Yahweh is still testing us! When we come to the knowledge of the truth, Yahweh wants to know if we will or will not follow Him. Yahshua, the leader of the children of Israyl after Mosheh died, who led them to the Land of Israyl, warned them, and us:
Yahshua
24:14-15—
14 Now, therefore, reverence
Yah-weh and serve Him in complete honesty and in truth—and
put away the Gods (elohim) your fathers served on the other side of the
Euphrates River, and also in
Egypt—and serve Yahweh!
15 But if it seems evil to you to
serve Yahweh, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve__whether
the Gods (elohim) your fathers served on the other side of the River; Euphrates,
or the Gods (elohim) of the Amorites, in whose land you
now live; BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE: WE
WILL SERVE YAHWEH!
Satan's Preachers To Blame
Yahweh blames the deceived preachers of Satan for leading the people astray from Him.
Yeremyah
23:21-22,26-27—
21 I have not sent
these prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken of them, yet they
prophesied.
22
But if they had
stood in My counsel, and had caused My people to hear My words, then
they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of
their doings.
26 How long will this be
in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Yes, they are
prophets of the deceit of their own minds;
27 Who devise; plan
and scheme, to cause My people to forget My Name
through their dreams, which they tell every man to his neighbor, just
as their fathers have forgotten My Name for Baal; Lord.
Not only do these preachers continue in this lie of trying to tell you it is alright to use titles of Baal, God, El, and Elohim, but they ridicule anyone who has come to the knowledge of Yahweh's truth about Yahweh's Name! These same deceived preachers also would tell you to forsake Yahweh's Name, and forget Yahweh's Laws, calling them a burden.
Yeremyah
23:34—
And as for the prophet,
the priest, or the people, who will say; The prophetic word of Yahweh
is a burden, I will even punish that man and his house.
This fact is not hidden from Yahweh. These deceivers will have to stand in judgment for what they are now teaching. Most of these preachers know what the Bible says, and they also know they are twisting Scripture to make Scripture say what they want it to say! They have chosen, for popularity's sake, and their regular income, to ignore and deny Yahweh!
Other deceivers would also try to tell you: "The pronunciation of His Name was lost, so you really don't know how to say it.'' The Encyclopedia Judaica, Volume 7, page 680, rebuts that statement.
The true pronunciation of the name YHWH was never lost. Several early Greek writers of the Christian church testify that the name was pronounced "Yahweh.'' This is confirmed, at least for the vowel of the first syllable of the name, by the shorter form Yah, which is sometimes used in poetry (e.g. Ex. 15:2) and the -yahu or -yah that serves as the final syllable in very many Hebrew names.
We must not be as these deceived preachers. Yahweh has commanded that we earnestly contend for the faith that was once given to the saints:
Yahdah
1:3—
Beloved, when I gave all
diligence to write to you about the common salvation, I found it
necessary to write to you, and exhort you that you
should earnestly contend for the faith which was once, for all,
delivered to the saints.
Yahweh commanded, as an article of His faith once delivered, that we call on His Name. Yahweh also commands us not to have anything to do with Gods.
Reverence Yahweh and serve Him in sincerity and truth. Yahweh, through His Son Yahshua Messiah, has also shown you the truth about His title, 'Heavenly Father.' Yahweh has commanded that you choose whom you will worship.
But as for The House of Yahweh, we will serve Yahweh!