Who
Do
You Worship?
Who
Do
You Worship?
Every Nation in the world today worships God. All persons in these God-fearing Nations are looking in themselves to find salvation, but they will not find salvation in 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'."
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!
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.
Yahweh is the righteous Creator of all that is created. 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 worshipped.
...For it is written: Yahweh your Father you must reverence, and Him only you must serve!
Yahshua quoted this Scripture directly from the Law in Volume One:
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:
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!
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 and Halal, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary gives the definitions of these two words:
1966. heylel, ay-lale'; from 1984 (in the sense of brightness); the morning-star:--lucifer.
1984. halal, haw-lal'; a prim. root; to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causat. to celebrate; also to stultify:__(make)boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool (-ish, -ly), glory, give [light], be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, [sing, be worthy of] praise, rage, renowned, shine.
As we can see
from these two
Hebrew
words, 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 titanic pride and ambition expressed in Isayah 14:13-14 are out of place on any lips but Satan's. The ignominious downfall of the tyrant of Babylon, prophetically pictured here, whose corpse lies unburied and dishonored, reflects upon SATAN, HIS LORD.
The same POLITICO-RELIGIOUS SYSTEM, the power behind the throne, is spoken of in Daniyl, but no man could CAST DOWN THE HOST OF HEAVEN, as Daniyl shows:
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:
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
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! The Mountain of the Congregation is MOUNT ZION, as the following Scripture reveals:
1 Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our Father, in the mountain of His holiness.
2 Beautiful for elevation, the joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, the city of the Great King.
New Yerusalem, the City of Yahweh,
will
be SET ON
MOUNT ZION.
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!
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.
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.
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, of course, 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!
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:
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! More information on this subject can be obtained by writing for our free booklet, Who is Lord God? Who is Baal?
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
callme no more 7Baali.
17 For I will take
away thenames 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
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.
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:
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:
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 Righteousness__Perfect Righteous Character, WITHOUT SIN, OR DECEPTION!
Satan started discrediting Yahweh, with Eve.
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!
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.
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!
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!
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:
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. Jewish writings also say, 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 EL, was ACCEPTED by the Israylites to identify our Heavenly Father.
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 nor 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 the Children of Israyl, "Leave the gods alone! I am Yahweh your Heavenly Father, your Guide and your Protector! I am ALL you will ever need!''
The original Scriptures were written on materials that DETERIORATED, with the exception of the Ten Commandments that were ENGRAVED in STONE.
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 did not 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 the other 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.).
D.N.
Freedman
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 last
was normative in more ways than one;
it was necessarily the faith of the same forefathers who had already
tied it to the Promised Land, with Yahweh as its fountainhead. To that
extent, therefore, Yahweh revealed himself to Moses: and it is this
personal revelation that both E and P celebrate. To J,
however, who chronicled the progress within the inner circle of the
patriarchal pioneers, the personal participation of Yahweh had been the
dominant fact from the start.
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) el' o-
hist, i lo-__. 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.
D.N.
Freedman
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 TEACH
ING 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:
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.
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;
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, Tricked and DECEIVED by them.
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 god-worshiping people as Yahweh commanded. Read of the people they did not destroy in Judges 1:19-36. YAHWEH WAS NOT PLEASED!
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 god-worshiping inhabitants were LIVING in
the land,
the Children of Israyl FOLLOWED YAHWEH ONLY. But
when Yahshua
died:
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:
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 GOD-WORSHIP:
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 then used these god-worshiping
Heathen people to test and prove His
Children to see if
they would FOLLOW HIM 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.
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 GOD-WORSHIP.
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'' (cf. yesh le-el yadi, "It
is in the power of my hand,'' Gen. 31:29; cf. Deut. 28:32; Micah 2:1).
But the converse may be true; since power is an essential element in
the concept of deity, the term for
deity may have been used in the transferred sense of "power."
In Akkadian, ilu-(m),
and
plural ilu- and
ila-nu,
is used in
reference to any individual god as well as to
divine beings in general; but it is not employed as the personal name
of any god. 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.
In the Bible 'el is
seldom used as
the personal name of God, e.g., 'El-'Elohei-Yisrael,
"El, the
God of [the Patriarch] Israel'' (Gen. 33:20; cf. Ps 146:5). Almost
always, 'el is an appellative, with about the same
semantic
range as 'elohim (see below). The word can thus be
preceeded
by the article: ha-'el, ``the [true] God'' (e.g.,
Ps. 18:31,
33, 48; 57:3). 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). It can also have the plural form 'elim,
"heavenly
beings'' (Ex. 15:11). In contrast to the extremely
common word 'elohim, el occurs relatively seldom,
except in
archaic or archaizing poetry, as in Job and Psalms. But 'el and,
rarely, 'elohim are used when the term is modified
by one or
more adjectives, e.g., "an impassioned God'' (e.g., Ex. 20:5; 34:14),
"a God compassionate and gracious'' (e.g., Ex. 34:6; Ps. 86:15).
Moreover, 'el, not 'elohim, is
used when God is
contrasted with man, i.e., the divine contrasted with the human (Num.
23:19; Isa. 31:3; Ezek. 28:9; Hos. 11:9; Job 25:4). As an element in
theophoric names, 'el, not 'elohim,
is used often as
the first element, e.g., Elijah, Elisha, and Elihu, and even more often
as the last element, e.g., Israel, Ishmael, and Samuel. Of special
interest are the divine names of which El is the first element: 'El
`Elyon, 'El `Olam, 'El Shaddai, 'El Ro'i, and 'El
Berit.
'El 'Elyon. The
Hebrew word `elyon
is an adjective meaning "higher,
upper,'' e.g.,
the "upper''
pool (Isa. 7:3), the "upper'' gate (2 Kings 15:35), and "highest,''
e.g., the "highest'' of all the kings of the earth (Ps. 89:28). When
used in reference to God, the word can rightly be translated as "Most
High.''
Since in reference to
God `elyon is never preceeded
by the article ha- ("the''), it must have been
regarded
as a
proper noun, a name of God. Thus, it can be used as a divine name
meaning "the Most High'' (e.g., Deut. 32:8; Isa. 14:14; Ps. 9:3) or in
parallelism with YHWH (e.g., Ps. 18:14; 21:8; 83:19), El (Num. 24:16;
Ps. 107:11), and Shaddai (Ps. 91:1).
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.''
According to Genesis 14:18-20,
Melchizedek, king of Salem, was "a priest of God Most High ['El
`Elyon],''
and he blessed
Abraham by ``God Most High, Creator of
heaven and earth.'' 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.''
The combined form El
Elyon
occurs also in the Aramaic *Sefire inscriptions of the eighth century
b.c.e. (see
Pope, El in
the Ugaritic Texts (1955),
54ff.) and
in later Greek
inscriptions as Zeus Hypsistos.
Whereas for the pagans the term referred to the god who was supreme
over the other gods,
in Israel
it is referred to the transcendent
nature of the one true God.
'El 'Olam. According
to Genesis 21:33,
"Abraham planted a tamarisk at Beer-Sheba, and invoked there the name
of YHWH, the everlasting God.'' The Hebrew for "the
Everlasting
God'' is 'el `olam, literally, "the God of an
indefinitely
long time.''
Perhaps it was
the title of El as worshiped at the
local shrine of Beer-Sheba (cf. El Bethel, "the El of Bethel,'' in
Gen. 35:7). Then Abraham would have accepted this Canaanite term as
descriptive of his true God. In any case, the epithet is logical in the
context, which concerns a pact meant for all times. The term by which
Abraham invoked YHWH at Beer-Sheba is apparently echoed in Isaiah
40:28, where YHWH is called "the Everlasting God ['elohei `olam],
the Creator of the ends of the earth'' (cf. Jer. 10:10, melekh
`olam, "the
Everlasting
King''; Isa 26:4, zur
`olamim, "an
everlasting Rock''). In Deuteronomy 33:27, where "the ancient
God'' ('elohei
qedem)
parallels "the everlasting arms'' (zero`ot
`olam), the
text is uncertain.
Only in the late passage of Daniel
12:7 (probably translated from Aramaic) is the article used with `olam:
"The man clothed in linen...swore by Him that liveth for ever (be-hei
ha-`olam).''
'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 rendering 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.'' But
this definition
can hardly be taken as the true
etymology of the term. No fully satisfactory explanation of it has yet
been accepted by all scholars. The term is usually explained as a
cognate of the Akkadian word
s`'adu-,
"mountain,'' but not in the sense that 'El Shaddai would mean
"God the Rock'' (cf. zur,
"Rock,''
an epithet of God, e.g.,
Deut. 32:4, 30, 37).
Rather,
'El Shaddai would mean
"'El-of-the-Mountain,'' i.e., of the cosmic mountain, the abode of
'El; for the Patriarchs the term would mean "the God of Heaven.'' The
ending -ai of shaddai would be adjectival, as in
Ugaritic 'rs.y
(to be
vocalized 'ars.ai),
"She of the Earth,'' the name of one of the three daughters of the
Ugaritic 'El. It may be objected that
Akkadian s`'adu-
should be cognate with Hebrew sadeh, "open field''; and that
therefore in Hebrew the divine name should have been 'El Saddai.
It is possible, however, that the patriarchs brought the term with them
from Mesopotamia, and thus preserved the Akkadian shift of original s'
to s`' in this word, contrary to
the correct
Hebrew
distinction between original s' and s`.
Or, perhaps, Akkadian s`'adu- is not
cognate with Hebrew sadeh, but with Hebrew shad, "breast,'' which comes from
proto-Semitic tad; the semantic
development from rounded "breasts'' to "hills'' and "mountains''
would not be impossible. Although no Ugaritic equivalent of 'El
Shaddai has
yet been found, in
the Ugaritic poem about Baal and
Anath (II AB, iv-v: 23-24, in Pritchard Texts, 131-3) it is said that
Asherah "penetrates the dd [mountain?] of El and enters
the
pavilion of King Father Shunem [or the King, the Father of Years?].''
In
the Bible the full name, 'El
Shaddai,
is used only in connection with Abraham (Gen. 17:1), Isaac (Gen. 28:3),
and Jacob (Gen. 35:11; 43:14; 48:3). The word Shaddai alone
occurs
as God's name in the ancient oracles of Balaam (Num. 24:4,
16), in
poetic passages (Isa. 13:6; Ezek. 1:24; Joel 1:15; Ps. 68:15;
91:1;
and 31 times in Job), and even in archaizing prose
(Ruth
1:20-21). Moreover, Shaddai is an element in very ancient Israelite
names, such as Ammishaddai ("My Kinsman is Shaddai''; Num. 1:12) and
Zurishaddai ("My Rock is Shaddai''; Num.1:6).
'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.''
The
explanation of the divine name that is given
in the second half of the same verse (Gen. 16:13b) is equally obscure.
As the Hebrew text now stands, it is usually rendered as "She meant,
'Have I not gone on seeing after He saw me [aharei ro'i]?'''
(JPS, 1962), or, "She meant, 'Did I not go on seeing here [halom]
after He had seen me?''' (E.A. Speiser, Genesis (1964), 117).
In the following verse (16:14) it is stated: "Therefore the well was
called Be'er-Lahai-Ro'i.'' This name is explained in
a footnote
as "Apparently, `The Well of the Living One Who sees me.''' (JPS).
However, on the basis of the name of the well, E.A. Speiser (op. cit.,
p. 119) would emend the unvocalized Hebrew text of Genesis 16:13,
to
read "Did
I really see God, yet remain alive?'' The name of the well he would
then take to mean, "Well of living sight.'' Since the well was in the
region occupied by the Ishmaelites (and Hagar was the mother of
Ishmael), the divine name, 'El
Ro'i, may
have been proper to
the Ishmaelites rather than to the Israelites.
'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. From
the treasury of the temple of
Baal-Berith the citizens of Shechem gave seventy silver shekels to
Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal (another name of Gideon) to aid him in
his fight for the sole kingship of Shechem against the other sons of
Jerubbaal [ibid]. A few years later, the
rebellious
citizens of
Shechem were burned to death by Abimelech in the temple of El-Berith
where they had taken refuge (9:46-49).
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'' (see below under "Adonai''),
and so it could be used legitimately as a title of YHWH. Among the sons
of King Saul, who was certainly not a worshiper of a pagan god, were
those who bore the names of Merib-Baal,"the Lord contends'' (?) and
Eshbaal (originally, 'ish-ba`al), "man of the Lord, '' I
Chron. 8:33, 34; 9:39, 40; and even one of King David's sons was called
Beeliada (originally ba`al-yada`), "the Lord knows'' ( I
Chron. 14:7), who is called Eliada ('el-yada`). "God knows'' in
II Samuel 5:16. 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.
(Scribal tradition
later changed the ba`al in
older Israelite names to boshet ("shame'') in the Books of
Samuel and Kings; see *Euphemism and Dysphemism.) It is likewise
uncertain what the berit ("covenant'') refers to in
the words
Baal-Berith or El-Berith. Shechem was regarded as a sacred site by
Abraham and Jacob, each of whom erected an altar there (Gen. 12:6-7;
33:19-20). In addition, Jacob's acquisition of land at Shechem (Gen.
33:19; cf. 48:22) and the connubium between the sons of Jacob and the
sons of Hamor (as the Shechemites were then called) imply certain
covenant agreements. Moreover, the strange name, "sons of Hamor'' (benei
hamor,"sons of the ass''), who is said to be the
"father of Shechem'' (Gen. 34:6), seems to have something to do with
covenant making. From the *Tell-el-Amarna Letters (c. 1400 b.c.e.) it
is known that there was a strong Hurrian element in Shechem. The
Septuagint is therefore probably correct in reading hhry ("the
Horite,'' i.e., the Hurrian) instead of hhwy ("the Hivite'')
of the Masoretic Text in describing the ethnic origin of "Shechem''
(Gen. 34:2); moreover, the uncircumcised Shechemites (Gen. 34:14, 24)
were most likely not Semitic Canaanites (see E.A. Speiser, op. cit.,
267). It is also known that the slaughtering of an ass played
a
role among the Hurrians in the making of a covenant. Thus,
Baal-Berith or El-Berith may have been regarded by the Shechemites as
the divine protector of covenants.
Did the early
Israelites perhaps regard
El-Berith as the God of the covenant made between YHWH and Israel? It
is a noteworthy fact that Joshua, who had apparently been able to
occupy the region of Shechem without force because Israelites who__many
scholars believe__had never been in Egypt were
already living there, renewed the Covenant of Sinai with all Israel
precisely at Shechem, the city sacred to El-Berith, "the God of the
Covenant'' (Josh. 8:30-35; 24:1-28). Therefore, even though the late
Deuteronomist editor of the Book of Judges (it is conjectured by the
adherents of the documentary hypothesis) considered Baal-Berith one of
the pagan Canaanite Ba`alim, this term may well have
been
regarded in early Israel as one of the titles of YHWH.
'Eloha, 'Elohim. The word 'eloha
"God'' and its plural, 'elohim, is apparently a
lengthened form of 'El (cf. Aramaic 'elah, Arabic
'ila-h). The singular 'eloha
is of relatively rare occurrence in the Bible outside of Job, where it
is found about forty times. It is very seldom used in reference to a
pagan god and then only in a late period (Dan. 11:37ff.; II Chron.
32:15). In all other cases it refers to the God of Israel (e.g., Deut.
32:15; Ps. 50:22; 139:19; Prov. 30:5; Job 3:4, 23). The plural form 'elohim
is used not only of pagan `"gods'' (e.g., Ex. 12:12; 18:11; 20:3), but
also of an individual
pagan "god''
(Judg. 11:24;
II Kings 1:2ff.) and
even of a "goddess'' (I Kings 11:5). In
reference to
Israel's "God''
it is used extremely often__more than 2,000 times__and
often with the article, ha-'elohim, "the [true] God.''
Occasionally, the plural form 'elohim, even when used of the
God of Israel, is construed with a plural verb or adjective (e.g., Gen.
20:13; 35:7; Ex. 32:4, 8; II Sam. 7:23; Ps. 58:12), especially in the
expression 'elohim
hayyim,
"the living God.'' in the vast
majority of cases, however, the plural form is treated as if it were a
noun in the singular. The odd fact that Hebrew uses a plural noun to
designate the sole God of Israel has been explained in various ways. It
is not to be understood as a remnant of the polytheism of Abraham's
ancestors, or hardly as a "plural of majesty''__if
there is such a thing in Hebrew. Some scholars take it as a plural that
expresses an abstract idea (e.g., zekunim, "old age''; ne`urim, "time of youth''), so that 'Elohim would really mean "the
Divinity.'' 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.
In the
Tell-el-Amarna Letters Pharaoh is often addressed as
"my gods [i-la-ni'ya] the
sun-god.'' In the ancient Near East of the second half of the second
millennium b.c.e. there was a certain trend toward quasi-monotheism,
and any god could be given the attributes of any other god, so that an
individual god could be addressed
as 'elohai "my gods'' or 'adonai,
"my lords.''
The early
Israelites felt no inconsistency in
referring to their sole God in these terms. The word 'elohim is
employed also to describe someone or something as godlike,
preternatural, or extraordinarily great, e.g., the ghost of Samuel
(I Sam. 28:13
cf. Isa. 8:19
"spirits''), the house of David (Zech.
12:8), the mountain of Bashan (Ps. 68:16), and Rachel's contest with
her sister (Gen. 30:8).
'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). In formal polite style a man, not
necessarily a superior, was addressed as "my lord'' ('adoni;
e.g., Gen. 23:6, 15; 24:18); and several men could be addressed as "my
lords'' ('adonai; e.g., Gen. 19:2). 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, god-worshiping 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.
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.
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.
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!
By the time Yahshua Messiah was preaching and teaching in the Temple of Yerusalem, the use of 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.
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 babes__those who would completely submit to Yahweh and His Laws__those who would enter into The House of Yahweh__the FAMILY of chosen ones who would 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:
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 nor SERVE
HINDER GODS!
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:
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.
Do not refuse help to one who has need of it when it is in the power of your hand to give it.
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 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. '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. '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)