“Thus said Cyrus king of Persia: YHWH, God of the heavens, has given all kingdoms of the earth to me, and He has laid a charge on me to build a house for Him in Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah;Young's Literal Translation Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All kingdoms of the earth...
It concerns the implicit assumptions in the Hebrew Bible's discourse about the fundamental nature of deity. In other words, the question is not, "What is YHWH like?" but rather, "what, according to the Old Testament texts, is a god?"...
And Moses says to Aaron, “It [is] that which YHWH has spoken, saying, By those drawing near to Me I am sanctified, and in the face of all the people I am honored”; and Aaron is silent.Young's Literal Translation And Moses saith unto Aaron, 'It is that which Jehovah hath spoken...
and you tell them, as some of us sometimes to, that in order to be saved, they have to believe the gospel. Now, they haven’t been in church, and they don’t know the lingo, and so they don’t know what the “gospel” is. So they ask you, “What is the gospel?” What wou...
Hebrew is a sacred language which, in its essence, is a living, kinetic language, and its letters serve as building blocks of creation. As we learn how to connect to them internally, we see that it's possible to influence our lives and create ourselves for a better mutual flow 01/07/...
What is God's true name? Yahweh, name for the God of the Israelites, representing the biblical pronunciation of “YHWH,” the Hebrew name revealed to Moses in the book of Exodus. The name YHWH, consisting of the sequence of consonants Yod, Heh, Waw, and Heh, is known as the tetragram...
In Sanskrit “ayana” is said to mean “goal, direction” or more specifically “a good path” in terms of one's life journey. The Biblical meaning is possibly “in motion, arrival”(relating to Noah), while others claim it means “divine spirit” in Hebrew. ...
And, in Hebrew, the word for knowledge,da’at, carries the connotation of intimacy and care, as when we know a person, we care for them. So, living water as knowledge of God really means an intimate relationship with him, which is what the Spirit gives us. ...
Above the kapporet from between these two cherubim, YHWH meets with Moshe and speaks to him (Exodus 25:22 ≈ Numbers 7:89; cf. Leviticus 16:2). The impression given by Exodus, that cherubim played a central role in the earliest stage of Judaism, is reinforced by references to cherubim ...
The many names of God reveal His character, and the Hebrew and Greek words do well in conveying His character. The different Names of God in the Bible consists of Elohim, El Shaddai, El Eyon, El Olam, Yahweh (YHWH), Adonai, Theos, Kurios, Despotes, and Abba.The...