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Eliyahu
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Message 16 of 87 (703852)
07-30-2013 5:35 AM
Reply to: Message 13 by Faith
07-29-2013 6:23 PM


Re: GOD IS ONE! But there are Three who are that One
Of course we know that God is ONE, scripture is very clear about that.
Bs'd
Yes, you can't deny that anymore. So you pay lip service to that fact, only in order to futher on fall back to your position that there is one God who is not one, but three persons.
But scripture also tells us that the Messiah has the attributes of God
Nowhere in the Tanach will you find anything like that.
and that the Holy Spirit has the attributes of God. Scripture says that, scripture. In the Hebrew scriptures there are many hints but two in particular are Jeremiah where the Messiah is called "GOD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS" and the other is Isaiah where He is called WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE. Sure you can rationalize that away and I know you will but as it stands it is very clearly the Name of the Messiah, His actual nature.
A name is not the same as nature. You claim name = nature, but that is of course nonsense.
I had a neighbour who's name was Immanuel. Was that neighbour God?
Because of the fact that the name of the son is "Mighty God", (or "God is Mighty", both are possible translations) and "Eternals Father", the Christians deduce that the boy spoken about must have been God.
HOWEVER, a name is only that; a name. A name is not a description of the bearer of that name. An example: Buffalo Bill was not a buffalo. The indian chief Sitting Bull was not a bull.
Many times people in the Bible have in their name the word "God", or the name of God, but that doesn't mean that those people are God. For instance; in Exodus 6:23 is spoken about a man called "Elazar". That means "God is helper", or "Helping God". But that doesn't mean that that man was God.
Exodus 6:24; "Elkanah", that means "God acquired", or "acquiring God". II Samuel 22:19; "Elchanan"; "God is merciful", or "Merciful God". But these men were not God, just like the the child in Isaiah 9 wasn't God.
But then we have many places in the New Testament where Jesus identifies Himself with God as well. And the Holy Spirit, again, is described with the attributes of God. AND all three are described as separate individual personalities or "persona." Hence, One God in Three Persons.
And with that you throw out the fact that God is one.
Just keep in mind, that only if you want to believe in the NT, you have to turn God from one into three.
So he starts of course with the scriptures that affirm that God is One. The Trinity is revealed by the other scriptures that describe the Messiah as Jehovah God and Jesus Christ as Jehovah God, the Holy Spirit as Jehovah God etc. The Father is one of the three Persons but sometimes is referred to merely as "God" depending on context.
The Tanach, for the Christians the OT, teaches very clearly that there is only ONE God, and that is Y-H-W-H.
People who want to look that over in detail can look here: https://sites.google.com/site/777mountzion/god-of-israel
So if anybody wants to say that JC was God, or divine, than he has no choice than to say that JC was Y-H-W-H, because there simply is no other God than Y-H-W-H.
But then you encounter the following problems:
If anybody says JC is the same as Y-H-W-H then you are stuck with the fact that Y-H-W-H is his own son and at the same time his own father.
Then you are stuck with the fact that when JC prays to his father, Y-H-W-H is praying to himself.
Luke 22:41-42: and He knelt down and began to pray, saying, "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done."
So here Y-H-W-H has a different will than himself???
Even in heaven JC is subjected to the Father, according to Corinthians 15:28, Matthew 20:23, Fillipens 2:9, and others.
So Y-H-W-H is subjected to himself???
When JC was hanging at the cross, he cried out: My God, my God, why did you forsake me? Matthew 27:46
So Y-H-W-H forsook himself???
Collossians 3:1; set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Y-H-W-H is sitting at his own right hand???
Y-H-W-H died at the cross, slaughtered by his own creatures?
If so, who resurrected him?
Remember there is only one God: Y-H-W-H who IS one.
By now it should be clear to everybody that it is IMPOSSIBLE that JC was or is God.
The Lord our God is indeed ONE GOD, but three separate persons make up that one God. ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE. We can't comprehend this but there it is in the scripture so it must be acknowledged.
So if you will consider this honestly you can see that the Trinity is definitely Biblical.
There is definitely NOTHING, not even in the NT, that says that God is three, three in one, a trinity, or anything like that.
It is just an illogical, extra-Biblical, pagan, notion that is used in order to squeeze in and extra man-god; JC.
And it flies right into the face of the BIBLICAL teaching that God is one.

שמע ישראל י-ה-ו-ה אלהנו י-ה-ו-ה אחד


Hear Israel, Y-H-W-H is our God, Y-H-W-H is
ONE.
And you shall love Y-H-W-H your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart;
and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Deut 6:4-9
Y-H-W-H, the one and only God who is one.
Beside Him there is no God, no Buddha, no JC, no David Koresh; NOBODY.
Whoever worships anything or anybody else than Y-H-W-H is an IDOL WORSHIPER.
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In the service of Y-H-W-H,
Eliyahu, light unto the nations
"Hear Israel, Y-H-W-H is our God, Y-H-W-H is ONE!" Deut 6:4
"All the peoples walk each in the name of his god, but as for us; we will walk in the name of Y-H-W-H our God forever and ever!" Micah 4:5
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Edited by Eliyahu, : No reason given.
Edited by Eliyahu, : No reason given.

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Eliyahu
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From: Judah
Joined: 07-23-2013


Message 17 of 87 (703853)
07-30-2013 5:47 AM
Reply to: Message 12 by jar
07-29-2013 4:31 PM


Re: GOD IS ONE!!!
I'm sorry but the god you are marketing is simply too silly for words and certainly unworthy of even respect, much less worship.
Bs'd
My God is Y-H-W-H, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of Israel, the creator of heaven and earth.
Your god is a man, with that you follow in a long pagan tradition of turning men into gods.
The Japanese believed only shortly ago that their emperor was god, a descendant of the sun.
There are too many man-gods in history to mention.
My God is not a man.
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In the service of Y-H-W-H,
Eliyahu, light unto the nations
"Hear Israel, Y-H-W-H is our God, Y-H-W-H is ONE!" Deut 6:4
"All the peoples walk each in the name of his god, but as for us; we will walk in the name of Y-H-W-H our God forever and ever!" Micah 4:5
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jar
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Joined: 04-20-2004


Message 18 of 87 (703855)
07-30-2013 8:20 AM
Reply to: Message 17 by Eliyahu
07-30-2013 5:47 AM


Re: GOD IS ONE!!!
I'm sorry but even if what you say is true, the god you are trying to market when you said "I know it is hard to swallow, but better swallow the bitter pill now and change your ways, then that when you get upstairs you find out that you wasted your whole life by running after the wrong God." is still too petty, too small to even be worthy of my respect, much less my worship.
Come back when you have a god to market that is bigger than a bling-bling pimp daddy who gets pissed if he is dissed.

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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Message 19 of 87 (703856)
07-30-2013 8:22 AM
Reply to: Message 16 by Eliyahu
07-30-2013 5:35 AM


Re: GOD IS ONE! But there are Three who are that One
Of course we know that God is ONE, scripture is very clear about that.
Yes, you can't deny that anymore. So you pay lip service to that fact, only in order to futher on fall back to your position that there is one God who is not one, but three persons.
Anymore? I've never denied it. The Christian Church for 2000 years has never denied it. You simply don't know what it means. It means of one unique essence, utterly different from anything else in existence. There are three who share that essence. That makes them all God.
But scripture also tells us that the Messiah has the attributes of God
Nowhere in the Tanach will you find anything like that.
You might consider the evidence instead of ignoring it.
and that the Holy Spirit has the attributes of God. Scripture says that, scripture. In the Hebrew scriptures there are many hints but two in particular are Jeremiah where the Messiah is called "GOD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS" and the other is Isaiah where He is called WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE. Sure you can rationalize that away and I know you will but as it stands it is very clearly the Name of the Messiah, His actual nature.
A name is not the same as nature. You claim name = nature, but that is of course nonsense.
The Names of God in the scriptures are always His Attributes, His very Nature. To call Him Mighty God or Everlasting Father or God our Righteousness is to say He is God, has the attributes of God, is of the essence of God.
Many times people in the Bible have in their name the word "God", or the name of God, but that doesn't mean that those people are God. For instance; in Exodus 6:23 is spoken about a man called "Elazar". That means "God is helper", or "Helping God". But that doesn't mean that that man was God.
It doesn't say he is God does it? It says God is helper. The Messianic names say He is God, God our Righteousness, Mighty God, Everlasting Father. I'm sure you can read, it just serves your purposes not to when you can't face the truth.
Exodus 6:24; "Elkanah", that means "God acquired", or "acquiring God". II Samuel 22:19; "Elchanan"; "God is merciful", or "Merciful God". But these men were not God, just like the the child in Isaiah 9 wasn't God.
None of those names call the person God, they say something ABOUT God. Do I have to repeat this obvious fact? The Names of the Messiah call Him God.
But then we have many places in the New Testament where Jesus identifies Himself with God as well. And the Holy Spirit, again, is described with the attributes of God. AND all three are described as separate individual personalities or "persona." Hence, One God in Three Persons.
And with that you throw out the fact that God is one.
See above. One God, One essence, One "substance" as some definitions say, One character, One set of attributes which all three and no others share. That's what makes them Three in One.
Just keep in mind, that only if you want to believe in the NT, you have to turn God from one into three.
Oh the lovely Jehovah always was three, He does not change, He is forever Himself in Three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The three are implied in many places in the OT. Yes including "Let Us make man in our Image." It was God the Son who appeared to Joshua as the Commander of the Host. Psalm 2:12 admonishes us to "kiss the Son," in Psalm 110:1 David says The LORD said to my Lord, and Jesus in Mark 12:36 asks how the son of David can also be the Lord of David? Because He's God.
So he starts of course with the scriptures that affirm that God is One. The Trinity is revealed by the other scriptures that describe the Messiah as Jehovah God and Jesus Christ as Jehovah God, the Holy Spirit as Jehovah God etc. The Father is one of the three Persons but sometimes is referred to merely as "God" depending on context.
The Tanach, for the Christians the OT, teaches very clearly that there is only ONE God, and that is Y-H-W-H.
It does indeed teach that. It also shows the Messiah and the Holy Spirit to be of the very nature of the One Jehovah/YHWH God.
People who want to look that over in detail can look here: God of Israel - MountZion
So if anybody wants to say that JC was God, or divine, than he has no choice than to say that JC was Y-H-W-H, because there simply is no other God than Y-H-W-H.
And we DO say that He is Yahweh/Jehovah. He is Jehovah God the SON. We have Jehovah God the Father, Jehovah God the Son and Jehovah God the Holy Spirit.
But then you encounter the following problems:
If anybody says JC is the same as Y-H-W-H then you are stuck with the fact that Y-H-W-H is his own son and at the same time his own father.
No, you are committing a common mistake people make. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate Persons, separate and distinct, but all are of the essence of God. The Father is not the Son or the Holy Spirit, The Son is not the Father or the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit is not the Father or the Son, but all three are separate and distinct, all three sharing the attributes of Jehovah God. You are identifying God the Father exclusively with Jehovah, but He is the First Person of Three who are all Jehovah.
Then you are stuck with the fact that when JC prays to his father, Y-H-W-H is praying to himself.
No, we don't make that mistake though you do.
Luke 22:41-42: and He knelt down and began to pray, saying, "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done."
So here Y-H-W-H has a different will than himself???
Jesus was both God and man, and would pray to God as a man, but also as Son He was subordinate to the Father, not different in essence but subordinate in rank. Father and Son are two different PERSONS, though one God. The Father has a different will than the Son.
Even in heaven JC is subjected to the Father, according to Corinthians 15:28, Matthew 20:23, Fillipens 2:9, and others.
Yes, subordinate in rank, not in essence.
So Y-H-W-H is subjected to himself???
No, the Son is subjected to the Father, two separate Persons of one and the same Essence.
When JC was hanging at the cross, he cried out: My God, my God, why did you forsake me? Matthew 27:46
So Y-H-W-H forsook himself???
No, the Son cried out to the Father, and the Man cried out to God. This is Jesus speaking the words of Psalm 22:1, a messianic psalm describing what He has come to suffer. He was forsaken by the Father for our sins which He bore in His body, the sins we deserve to be punished for, but He took the punishment upon Himself, which of course means He was being forsaken in our place -- WE deserve to be forsaken by God and Jesus had to endure it to pay for our sins; and it was very hard for Him to bear, to be forsaken by the Father with whom He had always had intimate fellowship.
Collossians 3:1; set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Y-H-W-H is sitting at his own right hand???
Jehovah God the Son is seated at the right hand of Jehovah God the Father. Sometimes "God" refers to the Father because the Father is superior in rank, not essence, rank.
Y-H-W-H died at the cross, slaughtered by his own creatures?
If so, who resurrected him?
Different verses say He took up His own life, the Father raised Him and the Holy Spirit raised Him; all three Persons raised Him. But God can't die, only the human body He inhabited as a Man could die. That is true of all of us, our bodies die but our spirits live on after death, nothing unusual there.
Remember there is only one God: Y-H-W-H who IS one.
By now it should be clear to everybody that it is IMPOSSIBLE that JC was or is God.
Unfortunately you keep making some very common mistakes about what we believe, so that you fail to see how He is God. But you also have a vested interest, your Jewish identity, in refusing to see it, don't you?
The Lord our God is indeed ONE GOD, but three separate persons make up that one God. ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE. We can't comprehend this but there it is in the scripture so it must be acknowledged.
So if you will consider this honestly you can see that the Trinity is definitely Biblical.
There is definitely NOTHING, not even in the NT, that says that God is three, three in one, a trinity, or anything like that.
Not in so many words, no, but it is thoroughly embodied in the many separate descriptions I have shown you.
Since Jesus IS Jehovah then there is nothing pagan about our worshiping Him, and there is everything wrong with your refusing to bow to Him. We DO love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul and with all our might thanks to His redeeming grace ... God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

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Message 20 of 87 (703858)
07-30-2013 9:02 AM
Reply to: Message 15 by Eliyahu
07-30-2013 5:09 AM


Re: GOD IS ONE!!!
Bs'd
Since the Bible in many places clear and equivocally states that God is one, it is an absurd notion to assume that God is referring to Himself in the plural because he has a multi-personality disorder.
Yeah, its absurd to speculate any reason why a god would say that it is one in some places and then refer to itself in the plural in others.
But one way or another, God is ONE, and not three.
One, with three parts. Here maybe this will help you understand:
See how there ONE clover, but it is made up of three parts? You could edit the size and colors of your words all you want, but you'd just be wasting you time exalting the fact that there's only one clover in that picture. Nobody is disagreeing with that.
A more correct observation would be: In order to believe in the NT, you have to believe that God is made up of three parts.
That's not even true. There's Christians who believe in the NT and deny the trinity.
But the believe that God is three, goes against the Biblical revelation that God is one.
It doesn't go against it, it adds to it. Its further revelaiton that God is one and made up of three parts. Catch up already.
Therefore, believing in the NT is not possible without going against the foundation of the Bible that God is one.
Nah, that's false. You've misunderstood the concept. Try looking at the clover leaves again. Then tell me how many leaves it has. Then tell me how many clovers are in the picture.
You don't have to say there is more than one clover in that picture to see that it has three leaves.
Add to that the fact that JC did NOT fulfill the messianic prophecies,
Add to that the fact that it is absolutely totally forbidden to worship anything or anybody else than Y-H-W-H,
And then it should be clear to everybody that the NT is not from God.
No, that's not clear at all. You're premises aren't even right. It doesn't matter if some messianic prophecies were fulfilled or not and when you look at how Jesus taught us to pray, you'll see that he says to pray your "Y-H-W-H", or more rightly: God the Father.
So, once you get it straightened out, you'll see the error of your ways.

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Greatest I am
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Message 21 of 87 (703863)
07-30-2013 10:18 AM
Reply to: Message 6 by New Cat's Eye
07-29-2013 11:12 AM


C S
"Would the father in you also have the son murdered or would your father part have the balls that your cowardly God did not have?
Who would you send to die? You or your child?
According to the story, God sent himself as his son.
===================================
I did not ask about the story.
Please answer my question.
Regards
DL

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Greatest I am
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Message 22 of 87 (703864)
07-30-2013 10:21 AM
Reply to: Message 7 by jar
07-29-2013 11:32 AM


Re: another big YAWN post from GIA
Jar
Deflecting is not dealing with the question but you have shown your fatherly love, or lack of, for your own child. You would put yourself and your needs above his or her.
That bodes ill for your morals.
Regards
DL

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jar
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Message 23 of 87 (703865)
07-30-2013 10:30 AM
Reply to: Message 22 by Greatest I am
07-30-2013 10:21 AM


Re: another big YAWN post from GIA
YAWN
Yet another misrepresentation and strawman from GIA. Seems there is a pattern here.

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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Greatest I am
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Message 24 of 87 (703866)
07-30-2013 10:32 AM


If God had three heads, they would all have the same information.
Only the father knows the time of the end. Jesus said that. He could not then be equal.
The Holy spirit is also not equal as we can curse the other two heads and be forgiven but not if we curse the Holy spirit.
Regards
DL

  
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Message 25 of 87 (703868)
07-30-2013 10:40 AM
Reply to: Message 21 by Greatest I am
07-30-2013 10:18 AM


Do you not know how to do quoting here?
"Would the father in you also have the son murdered or would your father part have the balls that your cowardly God did not have?
Who would you send to die? You or your child?
According to the story, God sent himself as his son.
===================================
I did not ask about the story.
Then what is your "also" referring to?
Please answer my question.
Its a dishonest and nonsensical red herring if its not referring to the story.
And start using the quotes.
From the previous message:
If God had three heads, they would all have the same information.
How do you know that? What makes you think you'd know anything about a god?
Edited by Catholic Scientist, : No reason given.

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Message 26 of 87 (703890)
07-30-2013 1:31 PM
Reply to: Message 25 by New Cat's Eye
07-30-2013 10:40 AM


C S
If you do not want to be ignored then go and answer my rather simple questions or we are done here as we have nowhere to go.
Regards
DL

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Message 27 of 87 (703894)
07-30-2013 2:17 PM
Reply to: Message 26 by Greatest I am
07-30-2013 1:31 PM


I already answered them. You're done because you're wrong and are unable to make any more arguments.
If you can use the quote function, write coherently, and ask relevant questions, then maybe you'll actually contribute to the discussion.

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Eliyahu
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Message 28 of 87 (703937)
07-31-2013 3:07 AM
Reply to: Message 19 by Faith
07-30-2013 8:22 AM


Re: GOD IS ONE! But there are Three who are that One
Oh the lovely Jehovah always was three
Bs'd
But you don't deny that God is one???
No, the Son cried out to the Father, and the Man cried out to God. This is Jesus speaking the words of Psalm 22:1, a messianic psalm describing what He has come to suffer. He was forsaken by the Father for our sins which He bore in His body, the sins we deserve to be punished for, but He took the punishment upon Himself, which of course means He was being forsaken in our place -- WE deserve to be forsaken by God and Jesus had to endure it to pay for our sins; and it was very hard for Him to bear, to be forsaken by the Father with whom He had always had intimate fellowship.
Let me spell this out for you: You have at least two, or three, persons, who are all divine.
A divine person is a god. Having three divine persons = having three gods.
You try to get around that problem by saying 1 + 1 + 1 = 1.
But worshipping a whole divine family is polytheism = IDOLATRY!!
And Psalm 22 is just the so maniest Christian falsification of their Bible translations:
Psalm 22
To begin with; the Psalms are not prophetic writings. Also Psalm 22 does not claim to prophesize about the messiah. It is nowhere written: The messiah will come and he will call out during his execution: My God, my God, why did you forsake me? This is king David speaking about himself. This Psalm is written mainly in the past tense, and describes the tribulations King David went through. But, as shown before, the authentic messianic prophecies are NOT fulfilled by Jesus, and therefore Christianity has to resort to Biblical texts that have no bearing on the messiah whatsoever, and present them as messianic prophecies. Because of the fact that, according the NT, Jesus quoted Psalms during his execution, the Christians claim that this Psalm must be a prophecy about the messiah. An upside down proof based upon nothing. And even that is not enough. In order to make it a little more authentic Christianity squeezed in the infamous falsification about the piercing of hand and feet. See verse 16: Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet. They say: Look! Here is the crucifixion, prophesized in the Psalms!
Point one: It is not written here that that the hands and feet of the messiah would be pierced. Like I pointed out: King David speaks here about himself, and that in the past tense. And on top of that: there is no such a thing as they pierced my hand an feet. The Hebrew word that is here translated as 'pierced' is 'ka'arie'. There is no word that even comes close to ka'arie that means piercing. To call this a mistranslation is too euphemistic, we should call this just what it is; another Christian falsification of their Bible translations, in order to squeeze in JC. The word that comes the closest is 'karah', but it is impossible to fit that in here, because that would violate almost every rule in the Hebrew grammar. And besides that, karah does not mean piercing, but 'to dig up, to bring up from the ground' (in the sense of mining)
The Hebrew prefix 'ka' means: 'as the', and the Hebrew word 'arie' means 'lion'. So what it says here is: "Like the lion [they are at] my hands and feet." The text between the square brackets is my insertion. So King David, who is not prophesizing about the messiah here, is speaking about a lion, and not about piercing hands and feet. The same lion he speaks about in verse 13 and 21.
Also the modern day Bible translations translate this in the wrong way. I could find only one Christian Bible translation who translates this verse in the right way, and that is the translation of the Y-H-V-H witnesses. But at least the modern Bible translations have the decency to write that there is no such thing in the Hebrew text.
My edition of the Revised Standard Version has a footnote with the word pierced in verse 16, it says there: "Gk Syr Jerome: Heb like a lion" That means that the translators get the word pierced from the ancient Greek translation; the Septuaginth, and from the Syriac translation, and from the Vulgata, the Catholic translation of the Bible into Latin, made by Jerome, on the request of Pope Damascus, in 328 CE. But this: Heb like a lion means that they admit that in the Hebrew is written: Like a lion.
Here is the footnote of the New American Standard Bible Update (1995): "Another reading is like a lion, my..."
And here is the footnote of the New International Version: "Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts: 'like the lion,"
What the Bible translators are doing here is ignoring the original Hebrew Bible, and translating translations instead, because that fits the Christian theology better.
But the exact same word "ka'arie" is used in Isaiah 38:13. This claim can be checked out by people who cannot read Hebrew, by means of the Christian Hebrew-English interlinear, that is a Hebrew text of the Tanach, (OT), with under each word an English translation. Provided by a Christian institution. Look here: Online Hebrew Interlinear Bible and look there how it is translated there. It is possible to zoom into the text.
On the right side of the Hebrew text is a normal English translation. Now look at the discrepancy between how the Hebrew is translated right underneath, and how it is translated in the text on the right side. VERY educational!
And look here how the English translations translate the word "ka'arie" in Isaiah 38:11;
New International Version I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones;
ew American Standard Bible: I composed my soul until morning. Like a lion--so He breaks all my bones,
The Message: I cry for help until morning. Like a lion, God pummels and pounds me,
Amplified Bible: I thought and quieted myself until morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones;
New Living Translation: I waited patiently all night, but I was torn apart as though by lions.
King James Version: I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones:
English Standard Version: I calmed myself until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones;
Contemporary English Version: Until morning came, I thought you would crush my bones just like a hungry lion;
New King James Version: I have considered until morning-- Like a lion, So He breaks all my bones;
New Century Version: "I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones"
21st Century King James Version: I reckoned till morning that, as a lion, so will He break all my bones;
American Standard Version: I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones:
Young's Literal Translation: I have set [Him] till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones,
Darby Translation: I kept still until the morning; ... as a lion, so doth he break all my bones.
Revised Standard version: I cry for help until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones;
Another place where we see the word "ka'arie" is in Numbers 24:9. See here how it is there translated:
New International Version Like a lion they crouch and lie down"
New American Standard Bible: He crouches, he lies down as a lion"
The Message: Israel crouches like a lion and naps"
Amplified Bible: He couched, he lay down as a lion"
New Living Translation: Like a lion, Israel crouches and lies down"
King James Version: He couched, he lay down as a lion"
English Standard Version: He crouched, he lay down like a lion"
Contemporary English Version: Like a lion you lie down"
New King James Version: He bows down, he lies down as a lion"
New Century Version: Like a lion, they lie waiting to attack"
21th Century King James Version: "He couched, he lay down as a lion"
American Standard Version: He couched, he lay down as a lion"
Young's Literal Translation: He hath bent, he hath lain down as a lion"
Darby Translation: He stooped, he lay down like a lion"
Revised Standard version: He couched, he lay down like a lion"
Also in Ezechiel 22:25 we encounter the same word "ka'arie", followed by the word "sho'eig", which means "roaring".
See here how that is translated:Ezekiel 22:25 KJ21
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey.
Ezekiel 22:25 ASV
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey:
Ezekiel 22:25 AMP
There is a conspiracy of [Israel’s false] prophets in the midst of her, like a roaring lion tearing the prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 CEB
The conspiracy of princes in her is like a roaring lion ripping up prey.
Ezekiel 22:25 CJB
There is a conspiracy of prophets in it like a roaring lion tearing up the prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 CEV
Their leaders are like roaring lions, tearing apart their victims.
Ezekiel 22:25 DARBY
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her like a roaring lion ravening the prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 DRA
There is a conspiracy of prophets in the midst thereof: like a lion that roareth and catcheth the prey,
Ezekiel 22:25 ERV
The prophets in Jerusalem are making evil plans. They are like a lionit roars when it begins to eat the animal it
caught.
Ezekiel 22:25 ESV
The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 ESVUK
The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 EXB
Like a roaring lion that tears the animal it has caught [its prey], Israel’s rulers [princes] make evil plans [conspire].
Ezekiel 22:25 GNV
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof like a roaring lion, ravening the prey:
Ezekiel 22:25 GW
Your princes are like roaring lions who tear their prey into pieces.
Ezekiel 22:25 GNT
The leaders are like lions roaring over the animals they have killed.
Ezekiel 22:25 HCSB
The conspiracy of her prophets within her is like a roaring lion tearing its prey:
Ezekiel 22:25 KJV
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 AKJV
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey;
Ezechiel 22: KNOX
What of the prophets? A sworn conspiracy; lions roaring for their prey, the lives of men;
Ezekiel 22:25 LEB
The conspiracy of its prophets in the midst of her is like a roaring lion that is tearing prey.
Ezekiel 22:2523- MSG
The leaders among you became desperate, like roaring, ravaging lions killing indiscriminately.
Ezekiel 22:25 NOG
Your princes are like roaring lions who tear their prey into pieces.
Ezekiel 22:25 NASB
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey.
Ezekiel 22:25 NCV
Like a roaring lion that tears the animal it has caught, Israel’s rulers make evil plans.
Ezekiel 22:25 NET
Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives.
Ezekiel 22:25 NIRV
Ezekiel, the princes of the land are like a roaring lion that tears its food apart.
Ezekiel 22:25 NIV
There is a conspiracy of her princes within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 NIVUK
There is a conspiracy of her princes within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 NKJV
The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 NLV
Israel’s false religious leaders are making plans within her. They are like a lion making noise over the food it has killed.
Ezekiel 22:25 NLT
Your princes plot conspiracies just as lions stalk their prey.
Ezekiel 22:25 NRSV
Its princes within it are like a roaring lion tearing the prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 NRSVA
Its princes within it are like a roaring lion tearing the prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 NRSVACE
Its princes within it are like a roaring lion tearing the prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 NRSVCE
Its princes within it are like a roaring lion tearing the prey;
Yechezkel 22: OJB
There is a kesher of her nevi’im in the midst thereof, like a roaring ari lion tearing the prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 RSV
Her princes in the midst of her are like a roaring lion tearing the prey; t
Ezekiel 22:25 RSVCE
Her princes in the midst of her are like a roaring lion tearing the prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 VOICE
Her prophets conspire in her midst like raging lions killing their prey;
Ezekiel 22:25 WEB
There is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey:
Ezekiel 22:25 WYC
Swearing together, either conspiring, of prophets is in the midst thereof; as a lion roaring and taking prey like a lion roaring and taking prey,
Ezekiel 22:25 YLT
A conspiracy of its prophets [is] in its midst, as a roaring lion tearing prey;
So the translators know very well what "ka'arie" means. It is just that in Psalm 22 (almost) all the Christian Bible translators are collectively struck with blindness, and go astray.
But here we see what ka’arie means: As the lion, and, more important, we clearly see what is does NOT mean: "piercing".
So in Psalm 22 it does not speak about the final messiah, and not about a crucifixion, and the piercing in Psalm 22 is just another Christian falsification of their Bible translations.
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In the service of Y-H-W-H,
Eliyahu, light unto the nations
"Hear Israel, Y-H-W-H is our God, Y-H-W-H is ONE!" Deut 6:4
"All the peoples walk each in the name of his god, but as for us; we will walk in the name of Y-H-W-H our God forever and ever!" Micah 4:5
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Eliyahu
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Message 29 of 87 (703938)
07-31-2013 3:13 AM
Reply to: Message 20 by New Cat's Eye
07-30-2013 9:02 AM


Re: GOD IS ONE!!!
Try looking at the clover leaves again. Then tell me how many leaves it has. Then tell me how many clovers are in the picture.
Bs'd
In the picture is one clover with three leaves.
That gives us one clover who is three. (leaves}
Evenso, you have one God who is three. (persons).
The Bible teaches us there is one God who is one. (absolutely totally one)
Therefore the trinity concept which is nowhere to be found in the Bible, goes agains the Biblical teaching that the one God is one.
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In the service of Y-H-W-H,
Eliyahu, light unto the nations
"Hear Israel, Y-H-W-H is our God, Y-H-W-H is ONE!" Deut 6:4
"All the peoples walk each in the name of his god, but as for us; we will walk in the name of Y-H-W-H our God forever and ever!" Micah 4:5
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Message 30 of 87 (703941)
07-31-2013 7:03 AM
Reply to: Message 28 by Eliyahu
07-31-2013 3:07 AM


Re: GOD IS ONE! But there are Three who are that One
You just keep ignoring the evidence that's been given and asserting your belief over and over again. The Trinity is proved by a collection of verses in both OT and NT, it is not stated, it is embodied in the many descriptions of Father, Son and Holy Spirit in the Biblical text.
The study at the link I gave in Message 13 spells it out.
It's derived from scripture.
Let me spell this out for you: You have at least two, or three, persons, who are all divine.
A divine person is a god. Having three divine persons = having three gods.
Not according to the scripture from which it is derived, which clearly says that God is One and that three separate Persons are that God.
If God is One, which scripture affirms, and the Father has the attributes of God, and the Messiah/Son has the attributes of God, and the Holy Spirit has the attributes of God, you have One God in Three Persons, you do not have three gods.
Scripture. Scripture.
Scripture is the sole source of the Trinity. It is the very Bible you think you believe that you are arguing with.
The Trinity is proved, end of subject.
Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

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