At the age of 17, Joseph (his father’s favorite) had 11 brothers and one sister. The resentful brothers would have killed him unless Judah suggested they sell him to Ishmaelites. “Why not make a few dollars and still get rid of the brat!” At such a young age, he was ripped from father’s house and…
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Shut Up!
Nowadays, in modern America, one can say, "Shut up!", in a lighthearted way as an equivalent idiom for saying, "No way!" The literal idea might be expressed as, "That is incredible!" Nevertheless, there is no mistaking what is meant when even a faint hint of assertiveness or anger is injected into "Shut up!" If one…
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Seek Yahweh: God’s Name was Lost in Translation
In the last book of the Old Testament, the prophet Malachi declares warnings and indictments against the people of God. They had forgotten Yahweh. The priests had despised His name (Malachi 1:6). This book was probably written around 433-430 BC[i]. It is the last of Hebrew Scriptures. In this small book of only four chapters,…
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Seek Yahweh: Who Was, Who Is, and Who Is to Come
Revelation is the last book of the New Testament canon. This book, written by the Apostle John, could have been written as late as 90 AD. There are no known Hebrew versions of it from the first 1,500 years of the Christian church; yet, Hebraic understanding of the name of God, Yahweh, can be seen…
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Is God’s Name “I Am?”
Growing up, one of my all-time favorite movies was (and still is) The Ten Commandments directed by the legendary director, Cecil B DeMille. While this movie is an epic rendition of the story of Moses, the writer’s handling of the name of God is quite unique and offers insight into modern thought regarding this subject.…
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Seek Yahweh: The Hebrew New Testament
There are no original New Testament manuscripts in extant. The oldest copies of the New Testament are Greek, dating from the late second century. By this time in history, in all Greek manuscripts, both Old and New Testament, the Tetragrammaton, the four letter name of God, does not appear. Rather, it had been replaced with…
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Seek Yahweh: Aramaic – Part 2
The earliest extant New Testament texts are in Greek. Manuscript Π 52 is considered the oldest, dated to the first half of the second century. There are several late second century and third century Greek papyri. Two famous Greek codices from the fourth century contain both Old and New Testaments – the Codex Siniaticus and…
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