Christians claim that yahwehs son is the prince of peace. This is called blame shifting and is typical of psychopaths. There is strong evidence connecting the israelites and the edomites, and maybe the latter worshipped yahweh as well, says romer, author of the invention of god, a book about the history of yahweh and the biblical text. God is responsible for natural evil says the book of job. That depends on how you interpret what it means to have knowledge of good and evil. The english language doesnt have an exact translation of the word yahweh, so in our old testament we see it written as lord in all capital letters. This is about the discovery ive made, which is inside this book. All of the above are god worship and produce curses on the people, the animals, the plants, the land, the water, and the atmosphere. Audacity find my iphone origin in chrestianity, which i think was the original gnostic christianity before christianity took it over and changed the name to christianity, jesus was considered a good man archetype. Many scholars and theologians agree that our translation of the holy scriptures, entitled the book of yahweh, is the closest to the oldest known hebrew manuscripts.
Yahweh creates humans, and falls in love with one, abraham. A legal background to the yahwists use of good and evil jstor. Another is to posit a dualism of good and evil locked in perpetual battle and equally matched in power. Yahwehs promise to abraham, isaac, and jacob is fulfilled through the. The book of yahweh foretells the time period of the increase in knowledge that was only fulfilled starting in 1934 and shows that generation, in which we now live, to be the last generation when the bombs are used. Concept of god in hinduism in hindu vedic religion there is only one supreme god which exist at two different levels of reality. Apr 25, 2017 early gnostic christians believed that yahweh, the old testament god, was not the true god, but rather an evil, imperfect and envious demiurge, who created the world in which we live to trap our souls and prevent us from truly knowing the almighty. So every time we hear the word yahweh, or every time you see lord in the english bible, you should think. Yahweh, in fact, is an abbreviation of the longer name, yahweh sabaoth. Nov 15, 2018 concept of god in hinduism in hindu vedic religion there is only one supreme god which exist at two different levels of reality. The book of yasher restored name yahwehs sword writings. Jun 11, 2012 yahweh and the problem of evilwhy yahweh is an egotistical, evil, sadistic, masochistic god by a is for atheist at 6112012 yahweh is said by christians to have certain attributes such as being allgood, allknowing and allpowerful, but the attributes of the god yahweh, as depicted in the bible, present a god that is not only supposedly. The book of yahweh, the holy scriptures, tenth edition, ebook.
If everything god makes is good, including satan, where did evil come from. While moral evil is never imputed to god, there is often a connection made between yahweh and ra. Unlike the others, manasseh is a king of judah, but has northern affinities. The book of yahweh fails in its attempt to wrest pauls words into enough convolutions to conform to the house of yahwehs concept of no new covenant. Salvation and the sacred name the saved use the sacred name those being saved call out yahwehs name the sacred name saves conclusion xvi. The book of yahweh is not a watered down version of yahwehs prophets inspired writings. Jewish god yahweh originated in canaanite vulcan, says new theory. Yahwehs jealousy really became pathological after the destruction of israel by. The passage of genesis 17 reveals a dark side of yhwh and demonstrates that he is not all good and caring for his people. Yahweh, the god of the israelites, whose name was revealed to moses as four hebrew consonants yhwh called the tetragrammaton. The book of yahweh, the holy scriptures the house of yahweh. According to scholar nissim amzallag, however, yahweh was a god of metallurgy. The kings counsellors devise another plan to lessen the number of yisrael by drowning them. Jewish god yahweh originated in canaanite vulcan, says new.
Almost the whole of the book of job deals with this question. I know that the gnostics say yahweh was an evil god, the demiurge, who was born from the female divine, sophia, without participation of the supreme creator. The real evil of the yahweh cults the second american. In his book, yahweh, the biblical god, is an alien polk adds his insights into ancient alien theory as a theologian, in the area of exospirituality and how we humans should value our own human experience over what we are told is reality. Woe to those drinkers who give unjust rulings for a bribe. He is visibly trying hard to show that yahweh isnt an anunnaki, but the god of the anunnaki. Abraham could have sacrificed his son to prove his love for yahweh, but yahweh steps in at the last moment. Yahweh is not the christian god, and i propose to prove this, here we go. Lets dive into the meaning of yahweh in the bible and why this is the most important name for god. Nov 02, 2009 i know that the gnostics say yahweh was an evil god, the demiurge, who was born from the female divine, sophia, without participation of the supreme creator. Designed and purposed the very evil of men for the ultimate good of his people. Is yahweh actually the bad guy and satan is the good guy. Nov 21, 2010 many scholars and theologians agree that our translation of the holy scriptures, entitled the book of yahweh, is the closest to the oldest known hebrew manuscripts. Yahweh is another thing, and this is the main point in my book.
Now in its tenth edition, the book of yahweh is a restored work that provides the reader with the rightful names of yahweh and his son yahshua, it also corrects well known and not so well known transliteration errors that take away. A good nights sleep is essential for keeping our minds and bodies strong. Given yahweh, there are an infinite number of other, specific things we could say about the world we live in. The bible the holy scriptures, the book of yahweh banned. These actions cause sickness and disease in your body and the bodies of your offspring. The book of yahweh, the holy scriptures, tenth edition. Job suffered great affliction and knowing that he had done nothing to deserve it, he saw the wicked flourish. Israels strict monotheistic credo decreed that yahweh alone caused both joys and sorrows, prosperity and punishment deut. He has revealed that he is good when he created the universe and all that was in it and it was good gen 1.
Given how christians are yet inclined to look for a divine reason behind catastrophes and. First of all, the greek septuagint had the name of yahweh in it from the very beginning. He created the earth for his own depraved pleasure. But yahweh would have us believe that all other gods, not him, are abominations that need to be eradicated from the face of the earth. If you hear any christian identity pastor using that phrase be aware of their evil intention they are casting an evil bible mind spell in your direction. Yahweh decides to bless abrahams descendants and makes them special. Most bible translations today are spin offs the kjv not so with the book of yahweh, the holy scriptures. Yahweh alone is the true god, he says, whereas all other gods are demons. Early gnostic christians believed that yahweh, the old testament god, was not the true god, but rather an evil, imperfect and envious demiurge, who created the world in which we live to trap our souls and prevent us from truly knowing the almighty. Emahisers teaching ministries plus critical note from the earliest times, men have been puzzled by the fact that yahweh allows evil to exist and often overthrow good. Buchanan, the old testament meaning of the knowledge of good and evil, jbl.
Always remember that ill il yahweh loves you and so do i, il 1 il p ill n yahweh ben yahweh. The book of yahweh fails in its attempt to wrest pauls words into enough convolutions to conform to the house of yahweh s concept of no new covenant. According to christians, yahweh is an allpowerful, all good, all knowing godwhich is inconsistent with a world of sufferingand this is known as the problem of evil. But, if as the bible says, yahweh is the devil, is it possible for his son to be the prince of peace. However, romer disagrees with amzallags interpretation of the supposed volcanic phenomena described in the bible. Manasseh, like the other wicked kings, is said to have done what is evil in the eyes of yahweh and like the omrides, his acts cause yahweh to anger 2 kgs 21. Thus yahweh s name identifies the god primarily as the military leader of the tribe. Yahweh, the god of the israelites, whose name was revealed to moses as four hebrew consonants yhwh called the tetragrammaton after the babylonian exile 6th century bce, and especially from the 3rd century bce on, jews ceased to use the name yahweh for two reasons. Let us take an unprejudiced look at baal, yahwehs most formidable rival in the bible. More interesting is that, not only jesus says he is a liar who posed as god, but he also reveals his true identity, and this message is not implicit in the sacred texts, it is actually explicit, with all words. Although a fashioner, the demiurge is not necessarily the same as the creator figure in the monotheistic sense, because the demiurge.
The disciples and the sacred name john the baptist the original apostles the early assemblies saul conclusion part iv. For bloom, these normative concerns were written in later as was the majestic creation story of genesis 1, and. Jan 20, 20 as i see it, yahweh, the god of the bible, is in fact none other than the great deceiver himself, satan. Genesis is good literature harold blooms book of j the. At the outset, some bible writers saw all things, good and evil alike, as emanating from a single source yahweh. They are most decidedly evil or antiyahweh because they are counter to his character. Yahweh is said by christians to have certain attributes such as being allgood, allknowing and allpowerful, but the attributes of the god yahweh, as depicted in the bible, present a god that is not only supposedly lovingbut also angry, jealous, vengeful, and just plain evil. The deuteronomistic history and israels kings bible interp. The text is also designed for use in discuss ing and. Yhwh, the good and evil god celestial order and temple of. In chrestianity, which i think was the original gnostic christianity before christianity took it over and changed the name to christianity, jesus was considered a good man archetype. The problem of good and evil is present from the outset of hebrew scripture. So then, the authorstory analogy, with its layering of divine and human intentions in both good and evil acts, has biblical and theological legs, both in terms of explicit scriptural warrant and potent explanatory force. Briggs, a critical and exegetical commentary on the book of.
A far cry from the loving and compassionate god that his deceived followers claim he is, the bible pretty much says he is an egomaniacal god of war and tyranny who if not obeyed, claims he will send you into eternal torture. Given how christians are yet inclined to look for a divine reason behind catastrophes and personal tragedies, i think its a point we have yet to learn. Underground knowledge goodreads meet your next favorite book. This has probably been brought up on this board but i havent seen it. For bloom, these normative concerns were written in later as was the majestic creation story of genesis 1, and the phrase of god creating man in our own image. The book of yahweh, the holy scriptures, tenth edition, ebook version quotes showing 116 of 16 then yahweh blessed the seventh day and set it apart to be holy, because in it he rested from all the work which yahweh had created and made. As judaism became a universal rather than merely local religion, the more common noun elohim, meaning god, tended to. The joining of the royal novel to the following story about the.
The book of yahweh was also taken captive to rome, and was not released to public view for over 1,500 years. As i see it, yahweh, the god of the bible, is in fact none other than the great deceiver himself, satan. The verse is distorted to such an extent as to make no sense at all when compared to pauls original words. Who really is yahweh the god from the old testament goodreads. Yahweh is the most cruel of all national and military gods, even by the standards of biblical time.
A discussion group goodreads meet your next favorite book. No wonder the god bequeathed to the world by the jews turned out to be a monster. But again, according to bloom the point of the story is not about good or evil which never really concern yahweh or the principle players of the book of j. Genesis 2 narrates that yahweh places the first man and woman in a garden with trees of whose. They are most decidedly evil or anti yahweh because they are counter to his character. The tree of knowledge and the law of yahweh psalm xix jstor. This doesnt mean that yhwh is an allevil yhwh, but shows that he is not allgood either. May 21, 2017 yahweh is another thing, and this is the main point in my book. In the book of genesis, the deity yahweh forbids adam and eve from approaching the tree of knowing good and evil. Genesis is good literature harold blooms book of j. Yahweh is in fact the evil one the good guy is satan. Yahweh wants adam and eve to remain ignorant of the difference between good and evil because it is that ignorance that maintains the boundary between gods.
Yahweh finds a means of preserving the male children. Vedas call it by the name of brahman, parabrahma,paramatma. His evil nature is first shown when yhwh said to abraham his name was changed in gen 17. In the platonic, neopythagorean, middle platonic, and neoplatonic schools of philosophy, the demiurge. Oct 21, 2017 if everything god makes is good, including satan, where did evil come from. God is a trinity, jesus is the son of god, yahweh entered into a relationship with israel, and so on. Woe to those who carryout evil through lies and then mock yahweh s work and instruction. On account of pharaohs decree, many of the sons of yisrael live apart from their wives. The hellmark of a hardcore yahweh cult is their use of the phrase praise yahweh. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is one of two specific trees in the story of the garden. Abigail naomi israel abiyah hadassah israel asheera israel carmel israel. An essential link between yahweh and copper is suggested in the book of zechariah where the.
Whereas platos demiurge is good wishing good on his creation, gnosticism contends that the demiurge is not only the originator of evil but is evil as well. In the bible, jesus vehemently states that yahweh is not his father. In the ancient world, names communicated something about a persons character, so a name. Examples of the narrative can be found within the gnostic manuscripts on the origin of the world and the secret book of john.
The book of yahweh, the book of knowledge, knowing righteousness from evil. Comparet taken from your heritage prepared into a pdf file by. This is why the writer of second isaiah puts the words into the mouth of yahweh that both light and dark, and both good and evil, come from him. This concept of darkness or evil was not yet personified as the devil. Yahweh and the problem of evilwhy yahweh is an egotistical. In the book of samuel, yhwh himself is the agent in punishing israel, while in 1. An awardwinning author, smith has written sixteen books, including the early history of god. Emphasizing this unity, the oneness of yahweh, is the idea underlying both the verse in isaiah and that in deuteronomy, the former more explicitly denying zoroastrian dualism. Polk was gifted with the ability to be a channel and a medium. Yahweh, as the actual name of the supreme being, seems to have remained in use until the babylonian exile in the 6th century bce. In my book 1 i demonstrate that his reasoning can also be seen to demonstrate that yahweh is marduk, and that is something he certainly wants to deny. These acts have increased in this generation as the book of yahweh shows they would, because mankind today, more than ever before, is following the evil of the gods. This is why the writer of second isaiah puts the words into the mouth of yahweh that both light.
This book of yahweh restores the memorial name yahweh, yahshua, and is well written. Satan is often blamed for the bad things in christianity, yet the bible unintentionally suggests yahweh is tyrannical and more evil. Though this fact was at one time widely doubted by scholars, substantial fragments of the original testament in greek the. Though this is true, it is also a very basic understanding of the meaning of yahweh. Oct 22, 2018 yahweh, as the actual name of the supreme being, seems to have remained in use until the babylonian exile in the 6th century bce. The mystery of good and evil the bertrand comparet. Latinspeaking christian scholars latinized the name to jehovah, the use of which was spread throughout medieval europe. There are at least 10 things the name yahweh, i am, says about god. There is good reason to reinsert the name of god yahweh into the english translation, and the greek text too for that matter. His argumentation is, however, not very convincing. The last significant evil kingthis time in the southis manasseh 687642 bce. I think people would be better off with just good and not. The word religion then means to rebind the body and the soul, and as a.
From the earliest times, men have been puzzled by the fact that yahweh allows evil to exist and often overthrow good. In christian heresiology, there have been historical claims that certain christian sects. Mar 26, 2016 at the outset, some bible writers saw all things, good and evil alike, as emanating from a single source yahweh. Against those that affirm the creator of the kosmos and the kosmos itself to be evil generally quoted as against the gnostics. Yahweh and the problem of evilwhy yahweh is an egotistical, evil, sadistic, masochistic god by a is for atheist at 6112012 yahweh is said by christians to have certain attributes such as being allgood, allknowing and allpowerful, but the attributes of the god yahweh, as depicted in the bible, present a god that is not only supposedly. The names of god were progressively revealed to us by god himself as he acted on behalf of his people. The name yahweh is best known from the famous i am interaction with moses ex. Yhwh, the good and evil god celestial order and temple. Yahweh nissi father, your banner over me is victory. The point of the book of job is to teach us that the mystery of evil is a mystery of a wartorn and unfathomably complex creation, not the mystery of gods allcontrolling will. Jun 23, 2018 the hellmark of a hardcore yahweh cult is their use of the phrase praise yahweh. Instead, it is about how the human condition came about. Section 12 of the book of jasher mosheh, a child of promise. Unveiling the hidden truth about the oldest manuscript in the.
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