There Is Only One God.

Originally Posted by sky123

Well I wouldn't know your a hugger without your words, so there is a time and place for everything under the sun

Yeah, your correct again.
Words don't suck themselves, but trying to communicate
with them, can be a chore and head scratcher.

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by ImthatIm

Your the right person for the job then. I am interested to here what you end up finding.
Hebrew and Greek does fascinate me and I like taking the KJV back to both Hebrew and Greek
to get a better understanding of it.But I have been lost down the rabbit holes of researching stuff
and ended up loosing time and no answers on many topics. I don't care for that feeling.
So I research in limited quantities now a days.

Regarding Genesis 1:1, I think I have enough material just on that verse alone, that I can write a book.

[RabbiO]

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[RabbiO]

Originally Posted by BigJohn

THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST POWERFUL AND LEAST UNDERSTOOD SCRIPTURE IN THE BIBLE!

The above cited scripture is from the King James Bible. The verse is Exodus 6:3.

The New King James Bible, like most new Bibles, alters this scripture so it reads
"I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name LORD I was not known to them."

To the casual reader, the difference may not be noticed, but the difference is very important. Here is why.

In Hebrew the word used for Jehovah or Lord is
יְהוָ֔ה
which is normally transliterated as Yahweh.

But the scripture cited claims the name 'was not known to them' but you do not have to study the scriptures very long to realize the name was used for a long time before this conversation happened. Why the irregularity? Actually there is no irregularity: certain words were seriously mistranslated. For example look at the first usage of the word Yahweh. The word id found in Genesis 2: 4 where it reads "This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens." In Hebrew the word for LORD is transliterated as Yahweh but on careful examination of that word, the word in Hebrew is
יְהוָ֥ה
which if you look closely with the word used in Exodus 6:3, the words are slightly different.

This word is pronounced as Yǝhwāh.

Genesis 4:1 reads "Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.”"

In Hebrew, this Lord, is
יְהוָֽה׃
which is commonly transliterated as Yahweh but if you look closely at the Hebrew word, it is slightly different from the other two words commonly transliterated as Yahweh and translated as LORD or Lord. The 3 Hebrew words mentioned, are all slightly different.

The Hebrew language was a lot more complicated then we could imagine. I have found 8 of these variations. Each variation gets transliterated as a separate word with a new meaning! For some odd reason, translators decided to not bring these words over as share words but instead substitute the words which diluted the words till it has today almost no meaning..

If this was not already covered earlier.....

What you folks are looking at are cantillation marks, טעמים, the notes, if you will, that form the melody of the chanting from scripture. The word is not changing.

[jojo50]

Originally Posted by ImthatIm

But I have been lost down the rabbit holes of researching stuff and ended up loosing time and no answers on many topics. I don't care for that feeling. So I research in limited quantities now a days.

I so feel where you're coming from, for I too in the past felt like I was getting NO answers. so I started doing research on everything that I've heard concerning God. I was NOT just going to go by what many had told me. I needed to know the truth, (James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him).

but I also did some serious praying to Jehovah God. once I learned that this God had a name. also I was one of those seekers who didn't care what anyone thought. I wanted God to show me the truth ,(Pro. 3:5,6 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths), and he did! peace

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by Aknaton

Reading through some of the posts here, there is an understanding that there is God in the middle, and on one side there is Jesus Christ, and on the other hand there is the Holy Spirit which looks like a bird.

The Jews believed in one Creator and so did the Gentiles. Thomas doubted that Jesus had come back to life, I mean who does that? And he tested Jesus and saw that indeed He was alive and he exclaimed, "My Lord and my God!"

Saul, a zealous Jew was going to deal with this strange sect they called The Way, and all of a sudden a Bright Light appeared and he fell to the ground and he said, "Who are you, Lord?" to which the Lord replied, " I am Jesus..."

Stephen an Apostle of Jesus Christ during the sentence handed to him had this mentioned;
And as they stoned Stephen, he called upon God saying... "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

That which is Absolute cannot be divided.

The Jews believe in one God.
The Muslims believe in one God.

The Jews and Muslims believe in the same God.

Some Christians believe in one God and those people believe their God is the same for Jews, Christians and Muslims