His trouble comes back on his head, and his violence comes down on his skull. I will thank Yahweh according to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of Yahweh, the Most High.

Psalms 7:16-17

Talking about concepts such as Karma was taboo in Christian circles at one time. The concept of Karma is a Hindu or Indian philosophy where a person’s actions, good or bad, will have a reciprocal effect, most likely in another life. Now that New Age philosophy has taken over the Christian churches, with its crystals and spirituality, this may not raise too many eyebrows amongst average church attendees as in the past.

The enemies of Yahweh’s people are going to fall into the very trap they have set. A person’s actions will return on to their own head, whether good or bad. These are all Biblical concepts, and sound much like “Karma”. There is no reincarnation or a pantheon of gods with Biblical Karma, just one supreme God who executes His justice.

Psa 7:8 Yahweh judges the nations. O Yahweh, vindicate me according to my innocence and according to my integrity within me.
Psa 7:9 Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, and test the hearts and innermost being, O righteous God.
Psa 7:10 My shield is with God who saves the upright of heart.
Psa 7:11 God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.
Psa 7:12 If he does not repent, he will sharpen his sword. He has bent his bow and he has strung it.
Psa 7:13 And he has prepared for him weapons of death. He has made his arrows fiery shafts.
Psa 7:14 See, he travails with evil. He is pregnant with trouble, and he gives birth to deception.
Psa 7:15 He makes a pit and digs it out, then falls in the trap he has made.
Psa 7:16 His trouble comes back on his head, and his violence comes down on his skull.
Psa 7:17 I will thank Yahweh according to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of Yahweh, the Most High.

Jesus, or in Hebrew, Yeshua, made this concept clear in His sermon on the mount. It is the meek, poor in spirit individual that will inherit the Earth, not the proud and arrogant.

Mat 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 5:4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Mat 5:5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Mat 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Mat 5:7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Mat 5:8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Mat 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Mat 5:10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 5:11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Mat 5:12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Yahweh is a just God. It is the “merciful that will receive mercy”. what about the wicked?

Eze 7:1 And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Eze 7:2 “And you, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel: ‘The end comes, the end on the four corners of the land.
Eze 7:3 Now the end is on you, and I will send my anger on you, and I will judge you according to your ways, and I will bring on you all your detestable things.
Eze 7:4 And my eye will not take pity on you, and I will not show compassion for your ways; on you I will bring your detestable things; they will be in the midst of you, and you will know that I am Yahweh.’
Eze 7:5 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Look! Disaster after disaster is coming!
Eze 7:6 The end comes, comes the end! It has awakened against you! Look! It comes!
Eze 7:7 Doom is coming against you, the dweller of the land; the time comes, the day is near, panic and not joy is on the mountains.
Eze 7:8 Soon I will pour out my rage on you, and I will fully vent my anger on you, and I will judge you according to your ways, and I will bring on you all of your detestable things.
Eze 7:9 And my eye will not take pity, and I will not show compassion. According to your ways I will deal with you, and your detestable things will be in the midst of you, and you will know that I am Yahweh who strikes.

Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, is going to judge the people of the Earth according to their ways. This sounds a lot like the definition of Karma. The difference is that Yahweh is the one who makes the rules determining what righteousness and mercy actually looks like, as opposed to some distorted, manmade view.

Joh 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Joh 14:7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
Joh 14:8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”
Joh 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Joh 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
Joh 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.

The Messiah tells us He is the “the way, and the truth, and the life”, and no one comes to the Father any other way. What does this mean? Yeshua is the living Word of Yah the Father. The Father’s words manifested themself in human flesh.

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 He was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Joh 1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Joh 1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Joh 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
Joh 1:7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
Joh 1:8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
Joh 1:9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
Joh 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
Joh 1:11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
Joh 1:12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
Joh 1:13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
Joh 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

“The word became flesh and dwelt among us”. This concept is not taught and causes a huge misunderstanding as a result. It is not taught because if the reality that Messiah is the embodiment of the Torah, prophets and writings, ie God’s Word, was brought to light, Christians who adhere to a lawless gospel would have a fit, likely skipping their weekly offering they pay to hear “smooth things”.

Isa 30:8 Now go, write it on a tablet with them, and inscribe it on a scroll, that it may be for the time to come, forever, forever.
Isa 30:9 For it is a people of rebellion, deceitful children, children who are not willing to hear the instruction of Yahweh,
Isa 30:10 who say to those who do see, “You must not see!” and to the seers, “You must not see truth for us; speak smooth things to us, see illusions,
Isa 30:11 turn aside from the way, turn aside from the path, put an end to the holy one of Israel from our face.”
Isa 30:12 Therefore the holy one of Israel says this: “Because you are rejecting this word and you trust in oppression and cunning and you rely on it,
Isa 30:13 therefore this iniquity shall come for you like a breach about to fall, bulging out on a high wall that breaks suddenly, in an instant.
Isa 30:14 And he breaks it like a vessel of a potter breaks, that is crushed; he has no compassion, and no potsherd is found among its fragments to take fire from the hearth, or to skim water from the cistern.”
Isa 30:15 For the Lord Yahweh, the holy one of Israel, said this: “In returning and rest you shall be saved; your strength shall be in quietness and in trust.” But you were not willing,

We are being told by Isaiah that these words were to be written for a time to come, “forever, forever”. Would our present day not fit that description? People do not want to hear the righteous path or “the way”. “The way” showed up in person, and the church tries to make a different way. They say Jesus is the way, but they don’t explain what “the way” is. They make up a new, dispensational way that severs “the way” that Jesus personified.

Joh 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

If Jesus is the way and the truth, and no one comes to the Father any other way, would it not also mean that the way and truth are the only way as well? So if you seek the way and the truth, then you are seeking Jesus because he is the way and the truth. What is truth then?

Psa 119:153 Resh Look on my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget your law.
Psa 119:154 Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise!
Psa 119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
Psa 119:156 Great is your mercy, O LORD; give me life according to your rules.
Psa 119:157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from your testimonies.
Psa 119:158 I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep your commands.
Psa 119:159 Consider how I love your precepts! Give me life according to your steadfast love.
Psa 119:160 The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.

The name of Jesus, Yeshua, actually means the salvation of Yah. So, Yeshua is far from the wicked. The sum of the Father’s word is truth. It is the Father’s words that are truth, and this is the same thing Jesus says He has personified.

When Jesus said he is the way, the truth and the life, it means He exemplified the life we are to live if we are going to walk in the “way” and “truth” which are already defined in scripture. Jesus did not make a new religion “unhitched” from the way and truth defined in scripture as much as people would like to be.

Joh 10:1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.

Joh 10:7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
Joh 10:8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
Joh 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
Joh 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Joh 10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Joh 10:12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
Joh 10:13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
Joh 10:14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
Joh 10:15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Joh 10:16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

He is talking to the sheep of Judah and referring to the lost sheep of the House of Israel being in a different fold. There will be one shepherd for the united House of Jacob. Remember when Jesus said, “if you have seen me you have seen the Father”? The Word of God speaking through Ezekiel said the same thing as Jesus. This shouldn’t be a surprise though.

Eze 34:14 I will feed them in good pasture, and their pasture will be on the mountains of the heights of Israel; there they will lie down in good pasture, and on lush pasture they will feed on the mountains of Israel.
Eze 34:15 I myself will feed my flock and I myself will allow them to lie down,” declares the Lord Yahweh.
Eze 34:16 “I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the scattered, and I will bind up the one hurt, and I will strengthen the sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed her with justice.”

Many don’t realize that Jesus is the Word of Yahweh and the salvation of Yahweh. They cannot be separated in dispensational economies. Jesus also told us he will repay us with the works of our hands.

Rev 2:20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
Rev 2:21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
Rev 2:22 Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works,
Rev 2:23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

Unlike Buddhism and Hinduism’s version of Karma, we know the force behind “trouble coming back on our head” is a law of the universe that Yah has established. It is just scales and balances, not a mystical force created by our own actions.

The Jesus, or Yeshua, of the New Testament, is the Word of Yah from the Old Testament. If your version of Jesus is different than Yahweh, then you are serving a different, false god in a new religion.

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He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”

Luke 16:31

Deu 30:1 “And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you,
Deu 30:2 and return to the LORD your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul,
Deu 30:3 then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you.
Deu 30:4 If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there he will take you.
Deu 30:5 And the LORD your God will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, that you may possess it. And he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers.
Deu 30:6 And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
Deu 30:7 And the LORD your God will put all these curses on your foes and enemies who persecuted you.
Deu 30:8 And you shall again obey the voice of the LORD and keep all his commandments that I command you today.
Deu 30:9 The LORD your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. For the LORD will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers,
Deu 30:10 when you obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deu 30:11 “For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.
Deu 30:12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’
Deu 30:13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’
Deu 30:14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
Deu 30:15 “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.
Deu 30:16 If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today, by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
Deu 30:17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them,
Deu 30:18 I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess.
Deu 30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,
Deu 30:20 loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”

Is your God the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, or a different god?

Mat 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’
Mat 7:23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

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O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

John 17:25-26

Many of us were raised singing the song Blessed be the Name of the Lord in church.

The point here is not to pick apart this song. It is simply to point out a lack of Christian education, following years of traditions and not even realizing what is taking place.

The song quotes Proverbs 18:10, stating that the name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous man runs into it and is safe.

Pro 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

Anyone who reads my blogs consistently will automatically see some problems. We sing these words with the chorus “blessed be the name, blessed be the name”, without ever knowing what the name is. There are two systems of substituting the name of the Creator in this song. Christianity substitutes the name of the Creator God with “Lord”, and Judaism substitutes the same name with השם, (h’Shem), which means “the name”. Nowhere in this song has anyone revealed the actual name that is a strong tower where the righteous can run into and be safe. Why do most people sing this song over and over, never really knowing the source of the strong tower? Here is a translation the shows the name as it appears in Hebrew:

Pro 18:10 The Name of יהוה is a strong tower; The righteous run into it and are safe.

This version is great if a person knows the Creator’s name in Hebrew, but the average Christian doesn’t even know they are missing an actual name, so how can they be expected to know the name in Hebrew? Josephus, a Jewish historian, tells us the Creator’s name is pronounced as four vowel sounds. The best representation we have in English is Yahuah or Yahweh, possibly pronounced “ee ah oo wa”. The state of Iowa is suspiciously close to this. Hawaii spelled backwards is also close. “Iiawah” Considering Hebrew is right to left, the connections can be made. The point is we truly do not know the absolute correct pronunciation when Yahweh spoke the name to Moses, but we know it definitely was not pronounced “L-o-r-d”, and the strong tower is in the name Yahweh. Using these substitutions are like calling the Creator “old what’s his name”, and it is a terrible thing that we have forgotten the name.

Jer 23:26 How long will this be in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceitfulness of their hearts,
Jer 23:27 who plan to make my people forget my name by their dreams that they tell each one to his neighbor, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal?

Hos 2:16 And on that day—a declaration of Yahweh—you will call me, “My husband;” you will no longer call me, “My Baal.”
Hos 2:17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they will no longer be mentioned by their name.

Ba’al is Strong’s H1168 which means “lord”. Does everyone see how confusing this is?

H1168
בּעל
ba‛al
BDB Definition:
Baal = “lord”
1) supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites (noun proper masculine)

We have successfully fulfilled the prophecy of forgetting His name for Baal, or Lord. Whether by accident, a deep, dark trick by the devil, or by design of Yahweh, we are here! However, as of late, more and more people throughout the world are learning the name that is a strong tower, יהוה! Blessed be the name of Yahuah! Now that we know the name is Yahweh and not Baal, let’s look at the rest of the verse.

Pro 18:10 The Name of יהוה is a strong tower; The righteous run into it and are safe.

Who are the righteous? Many take this following verse out of context, claiming none can be righteous.

Psa 14:3 All have gone astray; they are altogether corrupt. There is not one who does good; there is not even one.

If we look at the whole passage, we see that it is those who say there is no God that Yahweh is speaking about.

Psa 14:1 For the music director. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.
Psa 14:2 Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who cares about God.
Psa 14:3 All have gone astray; they are altogether corrupt. There is not one who does good; there is not even one.
Psa 14:4 All who do evil—do they not know, they who eat my people as though they were eating bread? They do not call on Yahweh.
Psa 14:5 There they are very fearful because God is with the generation of the righteous.
Psa 14:6 You would put to shame the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.
Psa 14:7 Oh that from Zion would come salvation for Israel! When Yahweh returns the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be happy.

Paul tells us much about these scriptures.

Rom 3:9 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,
Rom 3:10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;
Rom 3:11 no one understands; no one seeks for God.
Rom 3:12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
Rom 3:13 “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.”
Rom 3:14 “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
Rom 3:15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Rom 3:16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
Rom 3:17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
Rom 3:18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Rom 3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
Rom 3:20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Rom 3:21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—
Rom 3:22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Rom 3:24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Rom 3:25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Rom 3:26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Rom 3:27 Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
Rom 3:28 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Rom 3:29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
Rom 3:30 since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
Rom 3:31 Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Romans 3:31, “Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.” Paul tells us we should uphold the law through faith. This is where we must “rightly divide the word of truth”. Paul’s audience would know how a person is counted as “righteous”.

Deu 6:24 And so Yahweh commanded us to observe all of these rules and to revere Yahweh our God for our benefit all the days that we live, as it is today.
Deu 6:25 And it shall be righteousness for us if we diligently observe and do all of this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.’

We are not considered righteous by our own deeds, it’s only when through faith we are obedient to the righteousness of God. Righteousness is defined by God, not by man. Therefore, there is no amount of money a person can pay the church, no amount of times a person can attend church, or be a “good” person in the sight of men, that will have any affect on a person’s justification before Yahweh. He calls on us to be obedient to His commandments to show our faith and love to Him. Moreover, He divinely influences our heart to walk in His ways. This is the definition of grace, Strong’s G5485.

G5485
χάρις
charis
khar’-ece
From G5463; graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude): – acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace (-ious), joy liberality, pleasure, thank (-s, -worthy).

The divine influence of the heart, which has been translated to the word “grace” is exactly what Ezekiel prophesied.

Eze 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Eze 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

Paul speaks of this in the terms of walking in the flesh, or walking in the Spirit. This Spirit enables us to please God by submitting to His law.

Rom 8:6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
Rom 8:7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.
Rom 8:8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Rom 8:9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

This is not very hard to understand when a person removes the twisting of scripture by people presenting a lawless gospel. The Spirit enables a person to walk in Messiah’s footsteps. Peter warned us of the weak minds who would twist the writings of Paul into a lawless gospel.

2Pe 3:14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.
2Pe 3:15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
2Pe 3:16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.
2Pe 3:17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.
2Pe 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

Repent, learn the name of the Lord, Yahweh, and avoid a lawless gospel leading to destruction. There is great peace in following the footsteps of our Messiah.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.

Ephesians 6:12-13

The principalities and demons Christians unwittingly empower in their lives, by celebrating their special days, are going to die like men. Which team are you on? Who are these spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places Paul is speaking about in Ephesians?

Psa 82:1 A psalm of Asaph. God stands in the divine assembly; he administers judgment in the midst of the gods.
Psa 82:2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show favoritism to the wicked? Selah.
Psa 82:3 Judge on behalf of the helpless and the orphan; provide justice to the afflicted and the poor.
Psa 82:4 Rescue the helpless and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
Psa 82:5 They do not know or consider. They go about in the darkness, so that all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Psa 82:6 I have said, “You are gods, and sons of the Most High, all of you.
Psa 82:7 However, you will die like men, and you will fall like one of the princes.”
Psa 82:8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth, because you shall inherit all the nations.

The nations were appointed rulers by Yahweh who were supposed to rule justly, but instead they caused men to worship strange gods and demons.

Deu 32:8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
Deu 32:9 But the LORD’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.

An example of this is seen in the book of Daniel when the prince of Persia withheld an angel until the prince Michael came to help fight him off. What type of entity is powerful enough to withhold an angel?

Dan 10:12 Then he said to me, “Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words.
Dan 10:13 The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia,
Dan 10:14 and came to make you understand what is to happen to your people in the latter days. For the vision is for days yet to come.”

What are these “princes” that are so much more powerful than angels? There appears to be good ones and evil ones. The evil ones have lead astray the nations to worship the creation rather than the creator. This is what October 31 to November 1 is about. This is what December 23 to January 1 is also about.

Speaking on celebrating the Saturnalia, later to be renamed “Christmas”, Tertullian likens it to demon worship, writing about it in the fourth century.

“Then,” do you say, “the lamps before my doors, and the laurels on my posts are an honour to God?” They are there of course, not because they are an honour to God, but to him who is honour in God’s stead by ceremonial observances of that kind, so far as is manifest, saving the religious performance, which is in secret appertaining to demons. For we ought to be sure if there are any whose notice it escapes through ignorance of this world’s literature, that there are among the Romans even gods of entrances; Cardea (Hinge-goddess), called after hinges, and Forculus (Door-god) after doors, and Limentinus (Threshold-god) after the threshold, and Janus himself (Gate-god) after the gate: and of course we know that, though names be empty and reigned, yet, when they are drawn down into superstition, demons and every unclean spirit seize them for themselves, through the bond of consecration. Otherwise demons have no name individually, but they there find a name where they find also a token. Among the Greeks likewise we read of Apollo Thyraeus, i.e., of the door, and the Antelii, or Anthelii, demons, as presiders over entrances. These things, therefore, the Holy Spirit foreseeing from the beginning, fore-chanted, through the most ancient prophet Enoch, that even entrances would come into superstitious use.

I realize that Tertullian bought into the Christian anti-Semitism of the fourth century by dismissing the Sabbath, but his writings also show us how they still understood the supernatural realm and regarded Enoch as a prophet. Enoch explains where these entities came from and much about the spiritual realm. This view was widely known until the days of Augustine in the fifth century.

Then shall they be taken away into the lowest depths of the fire in torments; and in confinement shall they be shut up forever. Immediately after this shall Shemiy’aza, together with them, burn and perish; they shall be bound until the consummation of many generations. Destroy all the souls addicted to lust, and the offspring of the Watchers, for they have tyrannized over mankind. Let every oppressor perish from the face of the earth; Let every evil work be destroyed; The plant of righteousness and of rectitude appear, and its produce become a blessing. CHANOK (ENOCH) 10:16-21 את CEPHER

More from Tertullian on idolatry:

“the Saturnalia and New-year’s and Midwinter’s festivals and Matronalia are frequented – presents come and go – New-year’s gifts – games join their noise – banquets join their din! Oh better fidelity of the nations to their own sect, which claims no solemnity of the Christians for itself!”

By the fourth century, Christianity had forsaken the fourth of the Ten Commandments which tells us to honour the Sabbaths of Yahweh; however, some still understood the first commandment on idolatry. Fast forward a few hundred years and the first commandment was no longer understood by church leadership. Fast forward hundreds of years, and the church is empowering demons on the day of the dead with trunk or treats in church parking lots, thinking they are doing something great for their god, whoever that god may be.

Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers [anomia], and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

Matthew 13:40-43

The purpose of all these blog posts I write, is to try to reach people in the church who have been deceived by a lawless gospel. It is plain to see this lawless gospel once a person’s eyes are opened, and hard to watch people in the churches blindly practicing iniquity. The Greek word that is translated to iniquity, or lawlessness, is Strong’s G458.

G458
ἀνομία
anomia
Thayer Definition:
1) the condition of without law
1a) because ignorant of it
1b) because of violating it
2) contempt and violation of law, iniquity, wickedness

The associated word is Strong’s G459.

G459
ἄνομος
anomos
Thayer Definition:
1) destitute of (the Mosaic) law
1a) of the Gentiles
2) departing from the law, a violator of the law, lawless, wicked

These definitions are from the Thayer Greek lexicon. Strong’s has a little different definition.

G459
ἄνομος
anomos
an’-om-os
From G1 (as a negative particle) and G3551; lawless, that is, (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication a Gentile), or (positively) wicked: – without law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked.

The deception lies with, “not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication a Gentile)”. If you are serving the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, you are no longer a Gentile. Moreover, Jewish laws are rules added to Yahweh’s instructions that are followed in Judaism. These should not be confused with the instructions from Yahweh in the Torah. This is serious business when reading the words of our Messiah.

Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

With what we learned about the Greek word that is translated “iniquity”, we could provide a more accurate translation of these verses.

Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that are ignorantly or willfully violating my instructions.

If being ignorant of the instructions of God gives a person a free pass, why do these people say, “Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?”?

I used to wonder at these verses before I understood the definition of iniquity. How could a person know what the Father expects? How can a person avoid hearing the words “depart from me”?

Deu 6:24 And so Yahweh commanded us to observe all of these rules and to revere Yahweh our God for our benefit all the days that we live, as it is today.
Deu 6:25 And it shall be righteousness for us if we diligently observe and do all of this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.’

These are not Jewish commandments such as washing pots and hands properly. Do not confuse the commandments of God with the traditions of men.

Mar 7:3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders,
Mar 7:4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.)

Jesus is very clear about the distinction.

Mar 7:6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
Mar 7:7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
Mar 7:8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”
Mar 7:9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

The Pharisees added and took away from the commandments of God just as the church does. Examples of the church adding and taking away are adding festivals of pagan deities and taking away the Sabbaths of Yahweh. These are blatant violations.

Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
Gen 2:3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

Imagine that at the foundation of the entire universe, God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, or set apart and different. Next He told His followers in an audible voice at Mount Horeb how special the day is.

Deu 5:13 Six days you shall work, and you shall do all of your work,
Deu 5:14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath unto Yahweh your God; you shall not do any work, or your son, or your daughter, or your slave, or your slave woman, or your ox, or your donkey, or any of your domestic animals, or your resident alien who is in your towns, so that your slave and your slave woman may rest as you rest.
Deu 5:15 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm; therefore, Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath.

Yahweh then sent His prophets to remind His people about the Sabbath.

Isa 56:4 For thus says Yahweh, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose that in which I delight, and who keep hold of my covenant.
Isa 56:5 And I will give them a monument and a name in my house and within my walls, better than sons and daughters; I will give him an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.
Isa 56:6 And the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh to serve him and to love the name of Yahweh, to become his servants, every one who keeps the Sabbath, so as not to profane it, and those who keep hold of my covenant,
Isa 56:7 I will bring them to my holy mountain; I will make them merry in my house of prayer. their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples,”

Finally Yahweh sent His son.

Mar 2:27 And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
Mar 2:28 So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

Joh 14:23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
Joh 14:24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

Christians say “yeah whatever, that was for someone else. I am going to do what I want because my pastor said I could”. They say “Sunday is the Lord’s day and we go to church and give a tithe, so we are free to do whatever we want now”. This was also prophesied by Jeremiah and Ezekiel. These prophesies are for the latter days.

Jer 23:16 Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “You must not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are deluding you with visions of their mind, They do not speak from the mouth of Yahweh.
Jer 23:17 They are continually saying to those who disregard the word of Yahweh, ‘Peace it will be to you,’ and to each one who walks in the stubbornness of his heart they say, ‘Calamity will not come upon you.’
Jer 23:18 For who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he has seen and heard his word? Who has listened attentively to his word and heard it?
Jer 23:19 Look, the storm of Yahweh has gone forth in wrath, even a whirling tempest. It will whirl upon the head of the wicked.
Jer 23:20 The anger of Yahweh will not turn back until his doing and until his keeping the plans of his mind. In latter days you will look closely at it with understanding.

Eze 22:26 Its priests treat my law violently, and they profane my holy objects; they do not distinguish between a holy object and what is unholy, or between the clean and the unclean. They do not teach the difference, and they hide their eyes from my Sabbaths, and so I am profaned in the midst of them.
Eze 22:27 Its officials are like wolves tearing prey in its midst, to pour out blood, to destroy people, to make dishonest gain.

Jesus gave us a parable to describe this situation.

Mat 21:33 “Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.
Mat 21:34 When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit.
Mat 21:35 And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
Mat 21:36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them.
Mat 21:37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
Mat 21:38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’
Mat 21:39 And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Mat 21:40 When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”
Mat 21:41 They said to him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”

The Sabbath is only one example. I suggest taking the commandments of Yahweh seriously. They are for our benefit. Who has the authority to claim that which Yahweh said for His people to do does not matter any more? Does a pastor of a church? Perhaps an emperor? A prophet or priest? No, nobody.

Deu 13:1 “If a prophet stands up in your midst or a dreamer of dreams and he gives to you a sign or wonder,
Deu 13:2 and the sign or the wonder comes about that he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods (those whom you have not known), and let us serve them,’
Deu 13:3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer, for Yahweh your God is testing you to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all of your heart and with all of your inner self.
Deu 13:4 You shall go after Yahweh your God, and him you shall revere, and his commandment you shall keep, and to his voice you shall listen, and him you shall serve, and to him you shall hold fast.
Deu 13:5 But that prophet or the dreamer of that dream shall be executed, for he spoke falsely about Yahweh your God, the one bringing you out from the land of Egypt and the one redeeming you from the house of slavery, in order to seduce you from the way that Yahweh your God commanded you to go in it; so in this way you shall purge the evil from your midst.

All these abominations that have been brought into the church are tests from Yahweh to see if the people truly love him. Yeshua could not endorse changing the Sabbath without violating these words in Deuteronomy. He also would not endorse eating things the Father said not to eat. These things are proclaimed “in order to seduce you from the way that Yahweh your God commanded you to go in it”. Once the enemy has seduced a person to disregard the commandments of Yahweh, then that person will have serious problems to contend with. They may still do “great works in my name”, but the Father does not hear their prayers.

Pro 28:9 If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

A counterfeit gospel has been brought forth and widely accepted. It has caused people to forget the name of God, His instructions and the righteous, ancient path. The enemy has sowed the tares to weaken the church.

Mar 1:14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,
Mar 1:15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

Jesus started His ministry with the message to repent and believe the gospel. This Gospel Jesus preached was much different than what is taught today. The gospel is the good news that you are able to repent and draw near to the kingdom of God! So, take it seriously and search these matters out.

Just as Yahweh commanded us not to worship Him with the same symbols, traditions and manners the other nations worshipped their gods, the Apostles gave this same instruction to new believers unfamiliar with the teachings of the Torah. Unfortunately, they did not listen, and the church syncretized every day, tradition and symbol from the worship of other gods they could find.

Deu 12:29 “When Yahweh your God has cut off the nations whom you are about to go to, to dispossess them before you, and you have dispossessed them, and you live in their land,
Deu 12:30 take care so that you are not ensnared into imitating them after their being destroyed from before you, and so that you not enquire concerning their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods, and thus I myself want to do also.’
Deu 12:31 You must not do so toward Yahweh your God, because of every detestable thing they have done for their gods Yahweh hates, for even their sons and their daughters they would burn in the fire to their gods.
Deu 12:32 All of the things that I am commanding you, you must diligently observe; you shall not add to it, and you shall not take away from it.”

Act 15:19 Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,
Act 15:20 but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood.
Act 15:21 For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.”

The word curious comes from Latin according to etymoline.com. “mid-14c., “subtle, sophisticated;” late 14c., “eager to know, inquisitive, desirous of seeing” (often in a bad sense), also “wrought with or requiring care and art;” from Old French curios “solicitous, anxious, inquisitive; odd, strange” (Modern French curieux) and directly from Latin curiosus “careful, diligent; inquiring eagerly, meddlesome,” akin to cura “care” (see cure (n.)).”

I am playing with words because the word we are looking at in this blog post is the Greek word Kurios, which sounds something like curious. So, we are being curious about the word Kurios.

Why do we not see the name of Yahweh in the New Testament? It appears over 6000 times in the Old Testament. In most English Bibles it is rendered LORD. Many Bible prefaces with explain that LORD replaces the name of Yahweh. Yet in the New Testament, we do not see LORD; typically, we simply see “Lord”. LORD will only show up in an obvious, direct quote from the Old Testament that includes Yahweh. Is the term “Lord” speaking of a different Lord, or the same LORD?

Jer 23:26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
Jer 23:27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

Baal is Strong’s H1168, meaning lord.

H1168
בּעל
ba‛al
BDB Definition:
Baal = “lord”
1) supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites (noun proper masculine)
2) a Reubenite (noun proper masculine)
3) the son of Jehiel and grandfather of Saul (noun proper masculine)
4) a town of Simeon, probably identical to Baalath-beer (noun proper locative)

Perhaps I am overthinking this, but Yahweh said we would forget His name for Baal. Baal here is presumed to be a Phoenician deity, but ask any average Christian today and they will call the Creator, lord and Jesus lord, yet not know the Creator’s name or how it relates to the Hebrew name of Jesus, Yeshua or Yahusha.

The Greek translation of what we call the Old Testament was around, at least in part, as early as 200 BCE. It is called the Greek Septuagint, and it replaces the name of Yahweh, יהוה, with the Greek word Kurios.

Here are three translations of Genesis 2:8:

Lexham English Bible:

Gen 2:8 And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

King James Version:

Gen 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

The Scriptures 2009 Version:

Gen 2:8 And יהוה Elohim planted a garden in Ěḏen, to the east, and there He put the man whom He had formed.

I like the Scriptures Version, where they just leave the four Hebrew letters of the name without translating, transliterating or substituting it.

The Old Testament is easy in terms of the name of God because we have really old Hebrew manuscripts that show us the name of God in Hebrew. When we get to the New Testament, we only have Greek manuscripts, mostly. Let’s look at the Greek Septuagint rendering of Genesis 2:8 for a reference point.

Gen 2:8 και G2532 CONJ  εφυτευσεν G5452 V-AAI-3S κυριος G2962 N-NSM  ο G3588 T-NSM  θεος G2316 N-NSM  παραδεισον G3857 N-ASM  εν G1722 PREP  εδεμ N-PRI  κατα G2596 PREP  ανατολας G395 N-APF  και G2532 CONJ  εθετο G5087 V-AMI-3S  εκει G1563 ADV  τον G3588 T-ASM  ανθρωπον G444 N-ASM  ον G3739 R-ASM  επλασεν G4111 V-AAI-3S

The Greek word used for Yahweh is Kurios, Strong’s G2962.

G2962
κύριος
kurios
Thayer Definition:
1) he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord
1a) the possessor and disposer of a thing
1a1) the owner; one who has control of the person, the master
1a2) in the state: the sovereign, prince, chief, the Roman emperor
1b) is a title of honour expressive of respect and reverence, with which servants greet their master
1c) this title is given to: God, the Messiah

The Greek Septuagint predates the writings of the New Testament, and we can easily see the influence of using Kurios for the name of Yahweh in the Greek manuscripts. “Angel of the Lord” is a recognizable phrase from the Old Testament. In the New Testament, this phrase is used quoting Old Testament verses and on its own, such as the angel of the Lord who spoke to Joseph. In Acts chapter seven, Stephen is retelling the story of the angel of the Lord appearing to Moses.

King James Version:

Act 7:30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

The Scriptures 2009 Version:

Act 7:30 “And after forty years were completed, a Messenger of יהוה appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, Exo 3:2 in the wilderness of Mount Sinai.

Exodus 3:2 is being quoted here in Acts 7:30. “Angel of the LORD” is Angel of Yahweh, with the name being in the Hebrew as יהוה. The Scriptures translation simplifies this for us.

Exo 3:2 And the Messenger of יהוה appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. And he looked and saw the bush burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.

This can all seem very confusing, which reinforces the prophesy of Yahweh in Jeremiah 23, saying the prophets would lie and hide his name, replacing it for Baal, or lord.

If we look at Acts 7:30 in the New Testament Greek manuscripts, we can see the Greek word is Kurios, Strong’s G2962, just as is used for the name Yahweh in the Greek Septuagint.

It appears that wherever Kurios is used in the Greek, the writers were substituting it for the name of God, Yahweh, just as English translations use LORD in the Old Testament and Lord in the New Testament. What is very confusing is using Lord in the New Testament could mean lord, master or Yahweh, depending on the context. Here is a verse using Kurios twice, which would not appear to be substituted for Yahweh the first time and master the second time.

Act 2:34 For G1063  David G1138  is not G3756  ascended G305  into G1519  the G3588  heavens: G3772  but G1161  he G846  saith G3004  himself, The G3588  LORD G2962  said G2036  unto my G3450  Lord, G2962  Sit G2521  thou on G1537  my G3450  right hand, G1188
Act 2:35 Until G2193  I make G5087 G302  thy G4675  foes G2190  thy footstool. G5286 G4675 G4228

Both times Strong’s G2962 is used for Lord, even though the first time is all capitals quoting Psalms 110 for Yahweh, and the second time is simply Lord or Master. Here is the verse being quoted in Psalms using the Lexham English version.

Psa 110:1 Of David. A psalm. A declaration of Yahweh to my lord, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.”

In the Greek Septuagint, Strong’s G2962 is only used once, seemingly for the name Yahweh.

Psa 110:1 αλληλουια G239 INJ  εξομολογησομαι G1843 V-FMI-1S  σοι G4771 P-DS κυριε G2962 N-VSM  εν G1722 PREP  ολη G3650 A-DSF  καρδια G2588 N-DSF  μου G1473 P-GS  εν G1722 PREP  βουλη G1012 N-DSF  ευθειων G2117 A-GPF  και G2532 CONJ  συναγωγη G4864 N-DSF

Why does Luke use Kurios twice in Acts, quoting a verse that only uses it once in the Septuagint? Probably because the reader knew how to differentiate, or we do not have the original manuscripts. The Scriptures 2009 version seems to translate these verses in a way that would be consistent with the Hebrew scriptures.

Psa 110:1 יהוה said to my Master, “Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

Act 2:34 “For Dawiḏ did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself said, ‘יהוה said to my Master, “Sit at My right hand,
Act 2:35 until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” ’ Psa 110:1.

Another translation that attempts to correct the Kurios confusion of the New Testament is the eth-Cepher. Here are the verses we used for examples in this translation.

Act 2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he said himself, Yahuah said unto my Adonai, Sit on my right hand,
Act 2:35 Until I make your foes your footstool.

Psa 110:1 YAHUAH said unto my Adonai, Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footpath.

The name of the Creator of the universe is very important. It is not just the phonetics and spelling, but the reputation and fame as the word “name” means. A verse that would be nice to have a proper translation for, is Philippians 2:11. Is Paul claiming Jesus is Yahweh here, or does He mean something else?

King James Version:

Php 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Php 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Php 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

The Scriptures 2009 version using the Hebrew name Yahusha, in Hebrew, for Jesus:

Php 2:9 Elohim, therefore, has highly exalted Him and given Him the Name which is above every name,
Php 2:10 that at the Name of יהושע every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
Php 2:11 and every tongue should confess (Isa 45:23) that יהושע Messiah is Master, to the esteem of Elohim the Father.

Finally, the eth-Cepher version:

Php 2:9 Wherefore Elohiym also has highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Php 2:10 That at the name of Yahusha every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Php 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Yahuah is Yahusha Ha’Mashiach, to the glory of Elohiym the Father.

The eth-Cepher actually translates the verse to say that “Yahweh is Jesus Christ to the glory of God the Father”. In light of Isaiah 45, I can see how it could be translated this way. These are the verses Paul is quoting.

Isa 45:22 Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God and there is none besides me.
Isa 45:23 I have sworn by myself; a word that shall not return has gone forth from my mouth in righteousness: ‘Every knee shall kneel down to me; every tongue shall swear.’
Isa 45:24 ‘Only in Yahweh,’ one shall say to me, ‘are righteousness and strength.’ He shall come to him, and all those who were angry with him shall be ashamed.
Isa 45:25 In Yahweh all the offspring of Israel shall be in the right, and they shall boast.”

This offends many people who picture three separate gods in a trinity. I am not saying one of these translations is better than the other, just pointing out the differences in case people are ignorant of them. It will be up to the reader to interpret what all this use of Kurios means. Jesus points out the importance of declaring the name of God.

Joh 17:25 O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
Joh 17:26 I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

Jesus also points out that He is one with the Father.

Joh 14:8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”
Joh 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

If Yeshua is not Yahweh, then He is a mirror image according to this, He definitely is not a new god with His own agenda as some like to say.

The purpose of this blog post is simply to bring awareness to the fact the Yahweh didn’t disappear in the writings of the New Testament. He is still prominently there amongst the word twisting of Kurios. Only someone who wants to know the truth will be curious enough to try to understand the difference between Yahweh, Master and Lord.