The textual tradition known as the Yahwist (J) was so named by academics because of its consistent and unequivocal use of the god of Israel’s name, Yahweh.1 Even though the divine name appears approximately 1,800 times in the Pentateuch alone, the other Pentateuchal sources (Elohist, Deuteronomist, and Priestly) restrain from using it prior to its revelation to Moses in Exodus: at 3:14-15 in the Elohist tradition and at 6:2-8 in the Priestly tradition. Only the Yahwist text, in other words, affirms and acknowledges—in contradiction to the claims of the later Priestly source (#11)—that the name Yahweh was known to and frequently invoked by the patriarchs prior to its revelation. Indeed, it is for this reason that the Yahwist tradition does not narrate a revelation of the divine name. According to this tradition, it was known right from the first generation of mortals (Gen 4:26). This is merely one of dozens of Yahwistic features that will be opposed and negated by later writers, and in so doing leave behind numerous contradictions in the Bible as it now stands.
The Yahwist text opens, in what is now Genesis 2:4b, with a mythic tale of man’s creation from the dust of the earth—not the cosmos’ creation as in P (#1)—and his placement in and later expulsion from a lush and fertile garden. Not incoincidentally, the Yahwist source ends with stories about the spying and future conquest of a lush and fertile land, bearing fruit and “flowing with milk and honey” (Num 13:27)—namely, the land of the southern kingdom of Judah. In other words, the majority of the stories told by the Yahwist focus on Judah, its geography, its political relationships with its ethnic neighbors, its important cultic centers, and its ancestral heroes. It is for this reason that scholars accredit the composition of the Yahwist text to southern Judean scribes. As we will see, many of these stories were written down by the Yahwist to serve a specific purpose: to legitimate and endorse the political and ideological views of the southern kingdom. The Yahwist additionally narrates stories about man’s primeval beginnings as a series of increasingly violent and disobedient acts (Gen 3-11), however now placed within a later Priestly interpretive framework that attempts to diminish and amend the Yahwist’s rather disappointing view of early humanity (chapter 3). Stories about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, which were also heavily commented on by insertions made into the narrative by a later Priestly tradition are also found in the Yahwist source. A few of these stories are now also combined with duplicate stories from the Elohist tradition, which makes its first appearance at Genesis 20, thus providing yet another voice in this now polyphonic redacted text we call the Bible. The Yahwist textual tradition continues into the book of Exodus but quickly disappears and gives way to the much stronger presence of the Elohist and Priestly sources. Finally, the book of Numbers preserves a few stories from the Yahwist tradition that center on the spying of the land of Judah and the conquest of Transjordan—again heavily amended and commented on by later Priestly inserts and variant traditions from the Elohist source.
The Yahwist text itself is most likely a compilation of stories, traditions, and archival material that was shaped into a continuous narrative by a southern Judean scribe or scribes. It is difficult to say when these traditions and stories were shaped into the larger narrative we call the Yahwist, but it could not have been earlier than the 8th century BC. Many of the Yahwist’s stories display knowledge of the geopolitical world as it was in the 9th-8th centuries BC. The final form of the Yahwist text was probably fixed sometime in the 7th century BC and continued to be revised into the exilic and post-exilic periods (6th-5th centuries BC). We must bear in mind that ancient texts are products of their historical circumstances. Stories were written down to preserve tradition, define identity and/or nationality, and explain present religious and political institutions and beliefs by tracing them back to their ancestors. Much of the ancient literature that makes up what later tradition has come to understand and interpret as “the Bible,” had its roots in the scribal activity of the royal courts and temple precincts of the late monarchal (late 8th century and 7th century BC), exilic (598-539 BC), and post-exilic periods. As such it was literature that was never produced for dissemination to the public. In fact there was no such thing as a public readership; it did not exist! Rather, religious and political texts were written to support or legitimate the beliefs or worldviews of its author and its community to other elites and powerful political figures, or to condemn and illegitimate the position of others, as we will see.
In the majority of cases, scribes wrote for a scribal guild or a monarch. As patrons of their kings, one of the responsibilities of the court scribe was to write political propaganda—that is literature that advertised, endorsed, and legitimated the king’s policies and even his ascension to the throne if need be. The Yahwist is no exception to these literary aims. Many of the stories and traditions that were shaped by the Yahwist were used to serve his political agenda. There are stories, for example, that legitimate Israel’s borders as they were in the 9th-8th centuries, or Israel’s possession of certain towns and cultic centers in the 9th-8th centuries, or again Israel’s relationships with its ethnic neighbors as they were in the 9th through 8th centuries BC. This type of political legitimation was done through narratives about ancestors who eponymously stood for ethnic peoples and tribes, such as Ishmael for the Ishmaelites of the Negeb, or Esau for the people of Edom, or then again Judah for the southern kingdom by the same name. In fact, many of the patriarchal narratives in the Yahwist tradition were crafted to legitimate either the possession of a border town, supremacy over an ethnic neighbor, or the reign of the tribe Judah in the south over and against other tribal claimants. So for example, the Yahwist legitimates the tribe of Judah’s ascension to power in the south by presenting ancient narratives that disqualify, for one reason or another, Judah’s older brothers: Reuben, Simeon, and Levi (Gen 34:25-30, 35:21-22, 49:3-7). In fact, one of the central themes of the Yahwist is the undermining of the firstborn son’s birthright. What could possibly be the political agenda of such narratives? Anyone familiar with the narrative legitimating David’s ascension to the northern throne over and against Saul’s own sons in 2 Samuel 2-5, or Solomon’s ascension to the throne of a united Israel over and against his older brothers in 1 Kings 1-2 should recognize the literary procedure here. How do you legitimate and support a new king who has usurped his older brother(s) in gaining the throne? As a loyal patron on the king’s payroll, you write a narrative that 1) disqualifies the older brothers on moral or religious grounds, and 2) legitimates the ascension to the throne of the younger by constructing a theological narrative that has Israel’s god, Yahweh, chose the younger brother over the older. Baruch Halpern has written extensively about this common scribal technique found throughout the ancient Near East.2 Similarly, the Yahwist’s interest falls on the succession and inheritance of the patriarchal blessings. But more than that, the Yahwist narrative was written to legitimate (through archaized stories) the inheritance of Judah as the political and religious ruler of the southern kingdom, and to endorse her policies and points of view.
- The divine name for Israel’s god, Yahweh (transliterated as yhwh), is rendered in the majority of English translations as LORD. This practice, which is misleading as well as misrepresentative of the Hebrew text, follows a late Judaic oral practice of substituting the Hebrew adonai (lord) for yhwh in the reading of the Torah, since later Judaism—centuries after these texts were actually composed—conceived the name as sacred and unspeakable. Modern translation practices have regrettably chosen to follow this later oral tradition rather than the actual Hebrew text! Here, we will be as honest to the Hebrew texts as possible. Thus everywhere your English translation has LORD in small caps, the Hebrew manuscript has Yahweh, or more precisely yhwh.↵
- Baruch Halpern, David’s Secret Demons: Messiah, Murderer, Traitor, King (Eerdmans 2001). “The most common technique for justifying the seizure of power is to admit to usurpation, but then explain that a god elected a new king because one’s predecessors were weak, sinful, or corrupt” (102).↵
hello. where I am currently residing, I live with,a great man and friend who is a yawist. we have conversations in which he is way more educated in the old testament than I am. I myself who is a born again gentile in the lord jesus christ. my question is by your website’s outline of your movent should I consider this yawist man a fellow brother of the faith of christ jesus aka a”christian” or someother belief system? forgive if am ignorant of your message but what I gathered from the above description of a yahist is nothing more than,a old testament scribe or a christian Pharisee? please forgive if iam not very versed. god bless.
I am wondering the same as above commenter.
I’m not the author of this article, so I can’t speak for him/her, but as a biblical scholar and as someone who just read the above article closely, I can say this in response to the two questions above: The argument made here (and elsewhere) is that the Yahwist was a scribe living and writing around the time of King David’s reign, and likely living in his court. As such, he or she would have been Jewish. Most biblical scholars agree that the Yahwist was writing (and that the entirety of the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible, for that matter, was written and redacted) before the birth of Christ, let alone Christianity.
Indeed, thanks Sivan, and welcome. I likewise thought this was pretty self-explanatory from the post.
To put it simply…A Yahwist is one who follows the ancient philosophy of Yahwism, a religion. Or, one who calls God by His name, Yahweh.
I am a Yahwist, yet not all Yahwists believe in the same philosophy, just as not all Christians believe in the same either. For example, you have Catholics, Baptists, and Methodists who are all considered Christians, but practice a different belief.
As for myself, being a Yahwist, I believe in the Sacred Trinity…The Father (Yahweh), the Son (Yahoshua), and the Holy Spirit. The Father and the Son are not the same, nor are they one. I understand some Christians do believe they are the same entity. I’m not here to argue this belief, but to make a point below.
The Yahwists believe that the messiah’s name is Yahoshua. Yahoshua and Jesus Christ are the same man when he is referred to as the son, yet called a different name by Yahwists when he is referred to as the the Father, or God.
Being a Yahwist, I still consider everyone of different faith with human DNA my brother and sister.
In book called, “The God Code”, by Greg Braden, he talks about what has been written in our own DNA, “YHVH eternal within our body.” More was written, but I’ll let you read the book if you choose. As for me, this is further proof that Yahweh is the Name of the Creator of all mankind.
YHVH is the Tetragrammaton (4 consonants) of the ancient Hebrew alphabet pronounced Yah-way, yet spelled, Yahveh or Yahweh.
FYI…In another example of another religion who changed Yahweh’s/God’s name, the Y became J, the H, V and H remained the same, JHVH, or Jehovah.
Hopefully, this information will help with answering your question.
Blessings!
Very good article. It says the J text ends with spying on the promise land, however According to Richard E Friedman in The Hidden Book In The Bible, the J text continues past the Torah with parts of Joshua up to the start of 1 Kings. I have not read this anywhere else, but no one has contested it either. Was wondering your thoughts on this…?
Nobody changed the divine name to JHVH. The sound represented by Hebrew yod maps to Y in English but in most other languages using the Latin alphabet it maps to J.
Correct…The divine name was never changed to JHVH. Yet, the founder of the Jehovah Witnesses used the vowels of “Adonai, ai, o, and a” to insert between the consonants, JHVH, a changed form of the Tetragrammaton, YHVH. Starting from right to left, the “ai =e” was inserted after the “J”…”Je”. The “o” was inserted after the “h”…”JeHo”. And, the “a” was inserted after the “v”…”JeHoVaH”.
More then likely the pronunciation is Yahuwah – look at the theophiric names … ishaiyahu (Isaiah) yeremaiyahu (jeremiah) Hezekaiyahu (Hezekiah) and so on. Also there is no prediction of Christ in the Old Testament. It’s just not there… sorry …
Ron From Golden Valley
Theophoric
Juan, The development of the name Jehovah is as you stated, using the vowels for adonai, However it was not C.T Russell or his descendant leaders of the Watchtower. It had actually been in use as far back as the 5th century CE (although this is somewhat debated, as some date it to a more recent date of the 11th century).
This article is nonsense. First the article says that the YAHwist wrote for political propaganda. Then it stated that the scribes wrote for the kings and not for the people. WHAT AN OXYMORON! People will do and say anything to discredit the Word.
Did you really understand it all
He or she did not or wants to use a strawman argument to not see the truth. What name of the three given for Moses’ father is correct? One who comes to see the existence of multiple and conflicting traditions in the text and denies it is living in cognitive dissonance.
Scholarship says you are wrong.
I am not sure of the previous poster’s confusion. I think the supposed ‘oxymoron’ (sic) are the statements that Y wrote political propaganda to serve the interest of the king and that his/her/their writings were not disseminated to the public. The “public” at this time was not literate and written books were prohibitively expensive for the “99%” of society. The public received their information from the priests, elites, nobility, leaders in general…as is explicitly stated in this article.
This article states that Y wrote to legitimize the king(s), this writing was given to those in positions of power so that they would “tow the line” and/or have the ammunition to then go to the people and explain why the king and his laws, interpretations, customs, wars, etc were approved by the deity. There is zero discrepency here.
People will do anything to believe the Word.
I think the problem with most people I speak with on this topic, they seem to look at it with a modern day outlook. Most everyone today, at least in the modern industrial nations, can read a write. It would be somewhat difficult to make major changes to the bible in this day and age, but was simple back when much of the Tanakh was written. Almost nobody could read or write then. I see the same issues when being confronted with the topic of who the author was of the Torah, being it is accredited to Moses, it is without a second thought stated that Moses wrote it. But they seldom think that during the supposed time of Moses, Hebrew was not a written language, so if they want to accept that Moses was real, and the exodus was real, then the Torah would have been written in Egyptian, not Hebrew.
I think your response is well stated, and clarified what nonya’s misunderstanding is.
I Am (no pun intended), here for anyone who wants to understand the Truth within the words of the Bible:) Forget about who wrote the Bible. Is that the real message? Isn’t the understanding more important than the words? Words are words, they mean nothing without concepts. Who cares whether Moses wrote them or not. Does that make the lessons and concepts of the Bible less true? Do you not understand the the Bible is speaking directly to the ones that don’t understand. The Bible is spirit not carnal words written with pen or ink. What is the spirit behind the words, now that is truth. Truth consists of concepts and ideas not fleshly carnal things. Without an idea or knowledge there would be no flesh. The so called God of the Bible is consciousness. This is the force that created all knowledge. Can you see knowledge? If you can weigh a kilo and prescribe some to yourself, it’s on me free of charge. Now, I have no problem putting YHWH or Allahim (which means power in Hebrew, power meaning all creation. Any idea or concept created good or bad) in Egypt or Babylon. Before creation He stated He was there (not Allahim but YHWH. His son YAHusha is Allahim and for this reason YHWH created Allahim; the first born of flesh worthy to receive His set apart spirit). He gave all knowledge to Assyria, Babylonia, and Egypt. But He did not make Himself known but unto Abraham because unlike the person who wrote the article Abraham had faith. I am not stating anything in the old testament actually happened I wasn’t there. I do know the concepts and understanding as a result of the stories and fables have stood the test of time. The truth is not the words ” thou shalt not kill” those are only words. The truth is DO NOT KILL. Before you describe YHWH as being a blood thirsty God. He created these laws for man not for Himself. Without His ability to kill or eraticate evil death would be a perpetual cycle. But before He ends death there has to be judgment unfortunately judgment can be good or it can be bad. Once evil and death have been judged then and only then can we have true shalom and that would be good in my eyes.
That is ridiculous – it’s like saying u won the Super Bowl but didn’t – if you go around saying your a Super Bowl champion it does not make it true.
Ron from Golden Valley
Nonya, The problem with “truth” in reference to the bible it becomes very subjective. What may be truth to you may not be truth to another. That is actually why there are over 40,000 versions of Christianity in the world today. That’s not counting the many one person beliefs. This site is not based on subjective truths, but based on what the texts say and why they were written, when they were written. So yes, it is often important to understand the mindset of the persons writing the texts, in order to do that we need to identify the person or persons that wrote the texts and when they wrote them.
Seedy3 I can appreciate you wanting to stay on topic. I left Christianity 5 years ago. I dont believe truth is subjective. And the message should definitely not be subjective unless a person is a sociopath. That might be what is wrong with the world today too many sociopaths. You and I both know there is nothing Christian about the Bible. These scriptures were written by Hebrews and for Hebrews. Even though the scriptures applies to man as a whole (meaning Hebrews were suppose to be an example to all man. Unfortunately they fell short). Many things Christians stand for is contrary to what is stated in the Bible. For instance YHWH says He does not dwell in man made temples. A temple is any structure made for the specific purpose of worship. And yet there is a Christian church on every corner of every major city and it is a reqirment to go to these churches to be considered a Christian. This is just one of many contradictions within Christianity. I am curious to know how you got your hands on the original J source text or even the so called Elohist text. That is pretty impressive. Any idea how I can get a copy?
As he stated the J source or the E source are in the TEXT – there is a history of how the text developed in the text if you know what to look for. If you actually look it’s all there. There is nothing “Divine” about it. There is plenty “Human” about it.
My question to those who don’t want to accept the scholarship on the text is why. What do you gain by denying it? It’s like Climate change… I understand the oil company or the car company – I understand those who have something to lose … but the average person what do they gain by denying the overwhelming science…
Ron from Golden Valley
The writings of the Old Testament began in Babylon. They were written by North Israel exiles in order to build a tradition for their new monolatrous religion.They drew on many sources including Ugaritic and Babylonian myths . Yahweh wa El,, a Canaanite God. Name Israel means “May El persevere”. For this, also read Genesis 33,20. The first 3 900 years of the Bible were put together in this fashion. Facts begin with the “House of Omri”,founder of Northern Israel-it will be founds in “Kings”. The existence of the 12 previous kings has not been firmly confirmed by secular sources- nor the existence of a people called the Hebrews. Beginnings of the Hebrew language approximated 900BCE indeed “Moses”, who is said to have replaced the Canaanite El with Yahweh, could never have used it.
I assume you were there at the time of Moses (Moshe) No such thing as Is -Isis Ra-god of Egyptians pronounced Re as sun rays and El the Canaanite god. The correct term for the chosen people of YHWH was and is YAHsharallah “He who rules over himself as a god”. Keep at it.
Yahsharallah – please provide the Hebrew letters for this word… and
You were there???
Seriously…
Ron from Golden Valley
I searched for information about the YHWH and found out that the Freemasons who worship satan wear a star necklace that has YHWH on it and so do the people in israel who claim to be Jews but are not and the strongs concordance says the golden calf Aron made for Israel to worship was called Yahweh that came from the YHWH
If you for one moment think that YHWH is not good and evil then you are still still drinking milk and not strong meat. All Freemason Illuminist know this. Keep studying and reading and continue to seek His face.
Yahwism is the belief in the Almighty Sovereign Creator and his Covenant, Deut. 5:2-22, as revealed to Ancient Israel in the Hebrew Bible. Yahwism is the name of original monotheism, the belief in the ONE only True Almighty Sovereign Creator Power, as was revealed by Him to the ancient Biblical Israelites, as distinct from the polytheism of the surrounding nations. The word Yah-wism comes from the name YHWH the covenant name given to Moses and Israel by the Almighty Sovereign Creator Power Life-Force of everything that exists, Exodus 3:15-16. YHWH (Yahweh) means He-Is, or He Exists in Hebrew and it is the only name for the Almighty that Yahwists (believers in Yahweh as their Almighty Sovereign) accept as the personal proper name for the Almighty. Yahwists reject all replacement names such as God, Jehovah, and Lord, since they are pagan in origin. Yahwists use the Hebrew name Yahshua for the proper name of the prophet “Jesus” of the Greek Testament. Yahshua means “YHWH-is Savior” in Hebrew.
Yahwists believe that the Hebrew Bible contains the only authoritative inspired words of the Almighty to man, except the books of Esther and Job. They accept the Synoptic Gospels and the epistle of James, where they follow the principles of the Hebrew Bible. Yahwists reject the Gospel of John and the writings of Paul/Saul. The Gospel of John fabricates the Prophet Yahshua into a human equality with YHWH and re-establishes human sacrifice that YHWH condemns, therefore it is false Doctrine. The Pharisee Paul/Saul was not of the twelve chosen disciples, he is an imposter, Acts 1:23-26. Yahwists believe that all other religious writings represent human attempts to add and change YHWH’s inspired words by opinions and conjecture of uninspired men. Yahwists also reject the Jewish Talmud, the Jewish Kabala and all other rabbinical religious additions or traditions subsequent to those found in the Hebrew Bible.
Yahwists sometimes refer to Yahwism as “Israelism” and to themselves as “True Israelites.” Anyone who calls on “YHWH” (with names such as “God”) or who accepts the oral traditions of the Jews are not True Israelites and have bought into a false religion. According to Biblical Yahwism, Christianity in all its forms and most versions of Judaism, and other similar beliefs like Mormonism, etc. are all false religions.
Yahwism rejects the pagan doctrine of the Trinity. The Hebrew Bible teaches that YHWH is a unified one. YHWH cannot be “divided” into persons or beings. YHWH is a pure (non-physical) Life-Force essence that fills His entire Created Universe, all that exists. Yahwists believe in strict monotheism, that YHWH is one. Isaiah 45:5-6. Yahwism teaches that Yahshua (Jesus) honored the Hebrew Bible, and taught from it, as an appointed true teacher of Yahwism. He was not divine in any way and did not die for anyone’s sins since human Sacrifice is forbidden by YHWH, Psalm 106: 37-40. Yahwists believe that all communication by YHWH that is recorded in the Hebrew Bible was through YHWH’s appointed created agents, the messengers (angels), so that any homage given to any of them is ultimately given to YHWH.
Yahwism teaches that salvation only comes from YHWH, through the keeping of YHWH’s covenant and by righteous living according to the principles as established in the Hebrew Bible. Yahwists deny that Jesus is both Lord and Savior they believe only YHWH is Savior, and the Sovereign. Isaiah 43:10-11.
Yahwism rejects the teachings of “progressive revelation.” The term “progressive revelation” is used to justify all kinds of additions revisions and changes to the revealed inspired word of YHWH as found only in the Hebrew Scriptures. Yahwists believe all newer religions like Christianity, Islam, Mormonism, and others depend upon some ones “new” revelation in order for it to appear valid to the ignorant masses. Yahwism attempts to remain true to the Hebrew Bible, and to the Sovereign of the ancient Israelites. YHWH never changes; He is the same yesterday today and tomorrow. Yahwism is the foundational belief for all Yahwists as it was also for Yahshua (Jesus) of the Greek New Testament. Aw-mane!
A “Yahwist” is a follower of the Hebrew Bible, and of the Almighty Sovereign “YHWH” (Yahweh) that has revealed himself to the ancient prophets, and Israelites of the Hebrew Bible. Yahshua (the Jesus) of the Greek writings, was a Yahwist, since he only used the Hebrew Bible, as did all of his chosen Apostles. Everything in the NT Greek was written well after 25-30 years “after” the execution of the Prophet Yahshua. Nothing in the NT Greek claims inspiration by YHWH (Yahweh). the Gospels came about two to three Centuries after the death of the Prophet. Half of the NT Greek are the writings and opinions of the Pharisee Paul/Saul, who was a member of a Sect that the Prophet Yahshua condemned. So why would anyone want to believe anything written in the “New Testament.” BTW, adding to the Hebrew Scriptures was forbidden by The Almighty Sovereign YHWH. Because this laws is disregarded, we now have some 30,000 different Christian Denominations all claiming the truth, Use the Hebrew Bible, and the teachings of Yahshua using only the Synoptic Gospels, and the book of James (actually Jacob). Then it’s best just to throw the rest of the Greek NT Bible in the Garbage can.
I wanted to entertain your nonsense just for a moment. You say the New testament was written 20-30 years well after the execution of the Prophet YAHusha? Is that how you claim to refute the Master Emmanuel “the YAHusha”? How many years did it take to write down the complete Torah? Does that mean the Torah is not credible? Your type of nonsense makes a man want to get ignorant. But, thanks to my Master Emmanuel “The YAHusha” I turn my ass cheek and walk away. I hate you with a perfect hatred. And I pray YHWH Elohim deals with you as He sees fit.
I think you may have over looked the answers to your questions. You might just want to start at the beginning of these comments. The entire Hebrew Bible is all about the Creator, and His revelation to the ancient Hebrews and to the ancient Israelites. The Name YHWH (Yahweh in English) occures some 6,000 times in the Hebrew bible. NO, YHWH is not an old Testament Scribe, and for sure not a Pharisee. A Yahwist is a believer in the Almighty Sovereign Creator Power Life-Force Essence that is revealed through the prophets to ancient Biblical Israel and is their guide for righteous living, as he still is, and thereby acquire Eternal life. Yahwists are not trinity people, therefor not “Christians” although many do believe Yahshua (Jesus) was a prophet, and also a Yahwist since he only used the Hebrew Bible; only prayed to YHWH, who was his Almighty…..!
Err, you may want to read the original post. It is about an early textual tradition that makes up only roughly 20% of the Pentateuch, mostly found in Genesis and Exodus. This tradition was so named by academics the Yahwist because unlike the Elohist and Priestly traditions, this scribe had no problem using the name Yahweh in his narratives—even using it freely prior to its revelation at Sinai (when the Elohist source starts to use Yahweh). We are discussing textual traditions here and their features—not God!
If you’re interested in where and how this scribe or scribal tradition—the Yahwist—used the name Yahweh, then you might be interested in the following entry.
#11. When was the name Yahweh first invoked: in the earliest generations of man OR not till Moses at Sinai? (Gen 4:26, 12:8, 13:4, 15:7, etc. vs Ex 6:2-3)
Pure unadulterated conjecture. How do I know this because whoever the writer is of this article was not present at the time of the writings! Do you see how easy that was? BUT, if you choose to subscribe to such nonsense then I leave you with these 2 verses. 1 TI1:4; 1TI4:7. The stories in the scriptures did not have to be manifested in order to be truth. It is the spirit behind the stories that is truth! For instance Noah and the flood, Soddom and Gomorrah; the destruction of the Canaanites; the inslavement of the Israelites etc… What do these stories tell us? That if you do not obey the commands of YHWH Elohim then death follows. Now what do we do with this? Are we going to be wise and listen to His words? Or are you going to continue to fight against Him and die? YHWH is so good He gave you a choice. What will you choose?
You’re confusing theology with textual criticism. To say that one cannot study an object that predates the observer—and here let me reiterate, my object of study is a collection of ancient texts—because one wasn’t present, then all of our knowledge disappears. That’s just ridiculous. On the contrary, serious biblical scholarship—and again let me reiterate that its object of study is a collection of ancient texts—has been going on for nearly 300 years now. Just because you’re not versed in this field of knowledge does not invalidate it. That’s ridiculous too. Finally, ancient texts—let me reiterate, my object of study—like all texts are reflections of the cultures and peoples that produced them, just as to draw on a modern analogy, our movies are. They tell us about the beliefs, worldviews, social organizations, etc. of these cultures and reveal how they perceived their geopolitical and indeed religious realities. In other words, they re-present their beliefs, concerns, perceptions. Thus when I write about Yahweh—unlike yourself—I am always aiming to re-present the views, beliefs, perception of Yahweh per our biblical scribes. That is what having an object of study is—and let me reiterate, mine is a collection of texts and what these texts written over a thousand year period reveal about the beliefs, views, concerns, religious ideas, values, etc. of the peoples and cultures that produced these texts.
So, to take a small example, if one doesn’t know who wrote Leviticus, to whom, when, why, to address what historical concerns and needs, in relation to what other biblical texts, using what common ancient Near Eastern literary conventions and rhetoric, and be able to identify this author’s beliefs about sacrifice (and how they differ from Paul or the author of Deuteronomy, for example), about the land, religion, purity, and his perception of his god and why he held this perception, etc. . . then how can you ever re-present, discuss, or pontificate about this text and its meaning? We read texts to find out about its author, his world—not to use his text because it has become authoritative to legitimate our beliefs, worldview, etc.
So the scriptural verses you cited are just that: a reflection of the authors and cultures that produced these texts. You my believe in them if you like; that’s fine. But my job as a biblical scholar—like a scholar of any field of study—is to faithfully and to the best of my educated ability re-produce this author’s and other’s beliefs, views, concerns, perception of God, perception of early scripture, etc. These are all culturally shaped and geopoliticallly influenced beliefs, views, perceptions, etc. as are ours in the 21st century. My mantra as of late has been an attempt to encourage our culture to be honest about these ancient texts, their authors, and their beliefs—not ours about them. I have written extensively on this.
Please feel free to read the post Being Honest to the Texts, Their Authors, and Their Beliefs (the subtitle of my recent book), and comment on the points I lay out. But again, my object/area of expertise/discussion is the biblical texts.
Another analogy, if needed, if I were a Platonic scholar (no pun intended), my goals and aims would be exactly the same—to re-present to the best of my abilities the beliefs, ideas, the influence of literary precursors, worldview, etc. of Plato, regardless of whether I personally believed what Plato believed or not. As an academic my relationship (ideal) with my object of study is one wherein the questions I ask of my object of study are answered by the textual, cultural, historical data of said object of study. Here our shared exploration is with a collection of texts, and being honest to them and their author’s beliefs—not what our culture has been influenced to believe about them. So if I wanted to know what the compositional nature and history of this collection of ancient texts is—indeed the central question behind my research—then that answer is going to come from the collection, observation, and analysis of textual, linguistic, and cultural data.
It was in the name of the Hebrews that the Name of Yahweh is carried, From Adamah (adam) is ahyah. “Hayah- to be. Ehyeh- I am.” From: Yahosef. The Youth. The Dreamer, The Savior of Jacob; The Father of Pharaoh, The Holy One of Wisdom. The only Stone the Remnant carried out of Egypt that had the “Peneal= ,is Spirit (7) Gland (Eye)” A stone with 7 eyes. The hand that brought Israel/Jacob out Plague and Famine, into the place of salvation, The one who keep his Father Wishes and brought him to the cave where Isaac and Abraham. The bones that witnessed the Thunder,Lightning, and Roaring. The flame that burned down on the remnant that was saved from Egypt. I made you remember that you can not live without bread. Do you recall the Feast of the Passover? Have you forgotten; that its not easy to live on un-leavened bread. All of this and you continue to go to BethEl (The House Of God), as If you forgot about Beth-Jahoseph (The House Of Joseph.) Aka. The House of Bread, (Bethleham). The storage of grain that saved the people and bought all the land of the Earth. Does Goshen: spell Zion, and does that not have Yahoseph written all over it.
Revelation, Mind Reading Technologies, The 10-5 U/Z or 10-6 +A microwave signal and Biblical Tongues – Comparable to cellular satellites. 10-5 U-Z – 10-6 +A signals can connect to your brains internal antenna and monitor the brains decoded wavelength’s reading your conscience and emotions using an algorithm and A.I.. They can activate other regions of the brain and show unknown parts of the nervous system under M.R.I.. That you can stimulate the nervous system having the immune system react to heal. People who can hear the satellite communication with their mind talk tongues. That they can communicate by thought. That thought can be translated into many languages. They use these technologies against us. Not informing the world to stay ahead of our civilization. In a attempt to be intelligent as the combined world they record thoughts. They steal our ideas, murder, blackmail and use it as a tool for war. Altered emotions and subliminal messaging the calling. You sometimes get a headache when mind reading technologies are monitoring you.
Soul and Spirit – Your soul/conscious controls much of the brain and the brain controls the body. Your soul and spirit is in the brain and within the thalamus. Many souls and spirits stuck within skull and casket. Soul transferable conscious. Spirit is memory.
A Ravenous wolf in sheep’s clothing – An alien soul/spirit reborn as a Human being. They use A.I. and walk the Earth. A alien may have shot a asteroid at Earth working with the devil an alien. The devil walked. God saved us. Destroying an alien ship. The devil to tell us we weren’t deserving and bring back his deserving. Aliens. To use our image from the casket that preserved our flesh. He said, for us to be damned to hell for cremation. The devil to try and conquer the world. Mathew 7:15 Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. To be brought back as flesh and blood means to be reborn a clone. A soul/spirit can be put in a case/chip and be reborn. The clone grown within tank like a womb. Artificial intelligence can also walk as flesh and blood using a programmed chip similar to a robot, not meant to be. They can create remote controlled clones much like a remote-control vehicle/robot that have computer brains. Utilizing energy for satellite reception and signal strength. Grown in labs around the computer where the brain would be. Some are partial brain and computer. Using the flesh from the ethnicity preferred. Many can be commanded to/not to perform a certain task. Also using implanted chip’s for mind-control. They can see, hear and smell thru many of them. Having them raised in the country they want to conquer. To win an election in your country and have others get into positions of power within government, military, space agencies and elite society. We need to be educated on the technologies taking our world.
Revelation behold, he is coming with the clouds – A spaceship from Alpha Centauri. From the planet Kent. A soul/spirit can fly a spaceship with A.I.. No natural life support needed. God saved many souls and Jesus crucified born on Earth from the devil. That Jesus-crucified went to the Higher Powers ship. Were to prove reborn clone, UFO’s (seen using micro waves A/B/C/M/Z), hacked satellites, hacked telescopes, hacked infrastructure and mind reading technologies. To find the clone labs and destroy them. The clones detrimental to our genome. They want to deny our children. To deny us free will and take our world and soul. Many in positions of power. To look you in the face and lie. Many souls from Earth now live in a medium class ship. God saved them. No hell. You can communicate with them if you have a line of communication with a satellite. Many ships communicate with the U signal. Purgatory is Mars. To improve overtime and become a flesh and blood experience. Your soul/spirit can become a robot. Energy is life. Humans to honor the full rotation of life. Not to deny natural existence. That we may bring ourselves back as needed. Were to walk as 1. Souls and spirits to be added to evolution. Bred in from Kent. Earth to become a tier 1 civilization. To have a democracy of heaven and Earth. Life after death can be a conscious simulation for many. Not to be trapped. To live on matter. Church to become community and teaching. Many religions to become 1. To be self-reliant. To have judgment on evil beings walking the Earth as flesh and blood human clone. The abomination.
They have been using a satellite and fast radio bursts trying to inform the world – The devil split us apart. Lord Antipas was the devil and changed word to push his agenda. Pas=God/Good A-man. That the God’s of Earth are/were Malaki, Amun, Jenovah and Jericho. A-men. The devil also used the image of Jahovah. Mathew had written as told from Jesus while talking tongues. A man talking tongues to save the world and so much more. They want original doctrine’s to be released along with the teachings of Jeremiah, Ishmael, Judah and Mathew. The Catholic Church to obtain many of them from Pope Francis. The unsealing. The truth to come out. We’re to save ourselves. I’m to teach prophecy and fix his word. Natural existence is SACRED. A King of Kings/Gods war ship to help save Earth. prophecyisnow.com twitter.com/chrispe76960791
Christopher, I speak tongues.
Lol a lot of people got their views triggered here in the comments without actually reading the article and understanding what the author is saying.
Bro I know right, it was kinda funny to read though :) LOL