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Tuesday, 9 April 2013

In the beginning was the Word

א  בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ.

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.~ Genesis 1:1

B(e)rasit bara Elohim et Hasama'yim vet Ha' arez  
(My Apologies to native Hebrew Speakers for my poor transliteration)

It is actually more detailed than the translation. This is how i see the sentence.

In the Beginning, Elohim ( the One in his fullness Yahweh, Ruach Hakodesh, Yeshua)
breath the 'Heh' (Word) creating the Sky (Heavens), and the Land (Earth).

John the Revelator establishes a 'Chain' or 'Link' or Isnaq (Arabic) when he refers to
Yeshua who is the 'Heh' that becomes flesh to dwell among us. 

1 In the beginning the Word already existed.
    The Word was with God,
    and the Word was God.
2 He existed in the beginning with God.
3 God created everything through him,
    and nothing was created except through him.
4 The Word gave life to everything that was created,[a]
    and his life brought light to everyone.
5 The light shines in the darkness,
    and the darkness can never extinguish it.[b]

6 God sent a man, John the Baptist,[c] 7 to tell about the light so that everyone might 
believe  because of his testimony. 8 John himself was not the light; he was simply a 
witness to tell about the light. 9 The one who is the true light, who gives light to 
everyone, was coming into  the world. 10 He came into the very world he created, 
but the world didn’t recognize him.11 He came to his own people, and even they 
rejected him. 12 But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to 
become children of God. 13 They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting
from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God. 14 So the Word 
became human[d] and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing  love 
and faithfulness.[e] And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and 
only Son.

~ John 1: 1-14 NLT


Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Passover, Good Friday and Easter

       Pesach or commonly known as Passover commemorates the deliverance of the
Hebrew Nation from slavery in Egypt

Pesach (in Hebrew) 
Heh Samech Pei

     Pei - Sa- cH means to pass-through. In the Book of Exodus. Yahweh instructs 
Moses to command Pharaoh to free the Israelite Nation. A slew of plagues follow,
ending with a final plague whereby the Angel of Death strikes all firstborn in Egypt. 

א  וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה, עוֹד נֶגַע אֶחָד אָבִיא עַל-פַּרְעֹה וְעַל-מִצְרַיִם--אַחֲרֵי-כֵן
שַׁלַּח אֶתְכֶם מִזֶּה:  כְּשַׁלְּחוֹ--כָּלָה, גָּרֵשׁ יְגָרֵשׁ אֶתְכֶם מִזֶּה. 1 

And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh, 
and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence; when he shall let you go, he shall 
surely thrust you out hence altogether.~ Exodus 11:1

   What i find perplexing is Yahweh repeatedly 'hardens' Pharaoh's heart culminating with 
this disaster to Egypt. 
 
       Pesach coincides with Good Friday and Easter. I believe that in the Seder
Meal.Yahweh commands, as a remembrance of deliverance, is in fact Yeshua's command
of remembrance of deliverance, of the World from Condemnation, at the Last Supper  


7 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed.  
8 Jesus sent Peter and John ahead and said, “Go and prepare the Passover meal, so we 
can eat it together.” 9 “Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him. 10 He replied,
 “As soon as you enter Jerusalem, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow
 him. At the house he enters, 11 say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is  the guest
 room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’ 12 He will take you upstairs 
to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal.”   
 13 They  went off to the city and found everything just as Jesus had said, and they 
prepared  the Passover meal there. 14 When the time came, Jesus and the apostles sat 
down  together at the table.[a] 15 Jesus said,  “I have been very eager to eat this Passover'
meal with you before  my suffering begins. 16 For I tell you now that I won’t eat this meal 
again until its meaning is in the Kingdom of God.” 17 Then he took a cup of wine and gave 
thanks to God  for it. Then he said, “Take this and share it among yourselves. 18 For I will 
not drink wine again until the  Kingdom of God has come.” 19 He took some bread and 
gave' thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying,
 “This is my body, which is given or you. Do this to remember me.”

~ Luke 22:7-19 NLT

Yeshua, calls all whose hearts have hardened. Today, Right Now, Join Me. If you do not
know Yeshua. Ask him to forgive you for your Sins and Ask him to be Your Lord and Saviour.
 


 

Monday, 11 March 2013

Who is the Angel of the Lord?

       In the Old Testament or, as the Hebrews refer to, the Tanakh. There are
many passages that refer to an Unknown Angel. This Angel is referred to as
'an Angel of the Lord'.

In my Hebrew Class, i am currently enrolled, which is affiliated with Hebrew
University(eteacher). This passage has become an enigma to me. Especially,
significant because my Instructor pointed out that it could or may be translated
differently. This is how it is worded in my course text i.e. Tanakh translation.

 וַיִּקְרָא אֵלָיו מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה, מִן-הַשָּׁמַיִם, וַיֹּאמֶר, אַבְרָהָם אַבְרָהָם; 
 וַיֹּאמֶר, הִנֵּנִי. 

And an angel of the Lord called to him from the heavens, and he said,"Abraham,
Abraham!" And he said,"Here I am." ~ Genesis 22:11

My Transliteration

vayiqera  e(la)yn  mal(e)ad (adonai) min-hasasamaim vayomer ab(e)raham
ab(e)raham vayomer hin(e)niy 
~My Apologies to Hebrew Language Speakers i probably sound like a Texan 
from the deep south trying to speak HRH Queens English
  
אֵלָיו מַלְאַךְ
 e(la)yn  mal(e)ad
Loosely translated 'an angel' is contextually out of place, but rather the  
 (la) in context with Lord predicates a definite article 'the' as apposed to 'an'

Why is this important? Simply because contextually it causes confusion. It is 
translated in the Tanakh as 'an angel' because in the context of the passage the angel
suddenly appears in the story and it doesn't seem to be any specific angel. However,
it is grammatically correct to refer to the translation as 'the angel of the Lord'.
Christian Old Testaments do refer to this and many other similar passages translated
as 'the angel of the Lord'