DID YHWH really say “I Am?” By Rabbi Simon
15th June 2008-
Additions: 26th July 2009
Corrections: 29th Mar 2011
Shemoth (Exodus) 3:14 אהיה אשׁר אהיה
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Exodus 3:14 And Elohim said to Musa (Moses), The Yah who is YAH: and He said, Thus you shall say to the children of Y’sra’el (Israel), The Yah has sent me to you.
Is YHWH’s name really “I am” that was given to Musa (Moses) Rabbenu (Teacher)? This is what most have been led to believe, that is if you read the most common translations of the Bible as most Bible translators claim that this was the “name” given to Moses the great Rabbi (Teacher) of the Holy One of Israel called “I Am”. Many black groups have jumped on this to say that the true name of YHWH was EH-Yeh or Aha-Yah and that the four letter sacred name of YHWH was inserted in its placed nearly seven thousand times by the scribes of Judaism in the 7th century CE. However such claims are just claims without any historical verification as the assertion can be easily defeated by showing that Isaiah’s copper scroll one of the key pieces of evidence from the Qumran Scrolls finds has the same four letters sacred name in Paleo (Royal) Hebrew. We can even go back further to the 6th century BC and find the sacred four letters written on tablets.
Dear friends, it’s time to bust another myth held dear by so many. Ignorance is the biggest weapon Satan uses against us to keep us from the truth. Admittedly this was translated by the Jewish scholars since the said passage is in the Torah but know this that the ancient pictographic Hebrew language script is lost and not used any longer and that we would be fortunate to find people across the world that you can number on your fingers who can read it today. I will go one step further to state that I have learned that the claimed ancient script is not the script used in ancient times.
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Exodus 3:14 God said to Moses, "I am he who is." And he said, "This is what you are to say to the Israelites, `I am has sent me to you.' "
What does Hayah Asher Hayah really means?
It has often concerned me that in many references YHWH plainly gives His most sacred name as YHWH but a completely erroneous proposition has been put forward in the Scriptures that defies the very name He gives such as the translation “I am” has been put forth by allegedly good scholars. If Moses really said this to the Israelites then they would laugh at him and ridicule him but thanks be to YHWH this is not what He stated to Moses. Most Western people may fail to grasp this concept that eastern people carry. It’s like saying Jesus’ name is Jesus’, while the Angel Gabriel delivered the name Yahushua yet millions of Christians quite happily and ignorantly believe Jesus is the true name. It’s an oxymoron. There are plenty of scholars with underhanded scholarship promoting this kind of theology or deciding to stay silent because they get paid to keep the status quo.
Many are also taught that somehow as if by magic YHWH’s name changed to “Jesus” or Kurios in the New Testament. These are vile lies of Satan that we will put to rest permanently once for all times.
If YHWH wanted to say “I am” then He could simply say in the Hebrew language “Anokhi” or “Ani”, what then?
He did not have to do any gymnastics to say what has been translated in Exodus 3:14 to “I am” and yet in the whole of Scriptures we are led to believe by today’s scholarship that YHWH contradicts Himself by saying His name is I AM and not YHWH, which He gives to us at least 7000 times.
The notion here would be what you do not know does not harm you. This is how the Catholics and Protestants have been hoodwinked into believing the popular error that the New Testament was written in Koine Greek, which is another legend because it was originally penned in Hebrew.
Let us see some examples of the term “I AM” in the Hebrew.
First witness
Beresheet (Genesis) 15:7…אני יהוה (Ani YHWH) means “I am YHWH.”
Second witness
Shophtim (Judges) 6:10… אני יהוה(Ani YHWH) means “I am YHWH.”
The first occurrence of the word which reads in the Hebrew “Ani YHWH” exactly as I stated is in Genesis 15:7. YHWH does not need to do mental gymnastics and come up with something completely contradictory in Exodus 3:14 which is still in the Torah. Judges 6:10 says the same thing, “I am YHWH”, He could have easily said to Moses my Name is YHWH and He certainly did not say the words “I am” in Exodus 3:14 either.
If we believe that Moses received the text that said “I am” nothing could be further from the truth. Let us examine this. You will find very few people even know that the first five books of Moses called the Torah were written in an ancient Hebrew script now no longer used. It was the pictorial form of the text similar to the Egyptian hieroglyphs. There were no vowel markings so how one can arrive at the Ehyeh is erroneous? The Scriptures are our best guide to interpreting truth because for us Scriptures interprets Scripture. Note; some letters of the alphabet such as the Wav and Yud were used for vowel pointing in the most ancient text until the 6th century CE, when the masorets (scribes) of Israel introduced the new vowels in the modern Hebrew.
The break down
Let me show you what the word YHWH would look like in the pictograph text.
YHWH in the most ancient Hebrew script as it was thought out by many scholars out there however pause…
But here is the real ancient script below what it should look like which will revolutionize our thinking. The script above is most likely the second phase but so far I have not found evidence to support it with any historical evidence.
Most of the scholars teach that the Hebrew language is a language of two letter roots or three letter roots. The answer NOT TRUE and you can quote that Rabbi Simon said this. The most ancient Hebrew language was a monosyllable hieroglyphics script. One letter could show explain it all however two or three letters only added to the value so the first letter used was what mattered the most and the other characters helped to further refine the word.
Now this is very different from what you and I are used to but it conveys a powerful meaning in the ancient text. First the name does not mean “to be” which is a verb in modern Hebrew but actually in the most ancient script it means “breath” or “LIFE” in its simplest reference. The proof is right in Genesis in the book of beginnings.
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Beresheeth (Genesis) 2:7 And YHWH Elohim formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (chayim); and man became a living soul (nephesh).
There you have the meaning “Breath of life or Breath as stated above”, the meaning of YHWH’s name. Could it be any clearer than this yet this passes the noses of almost everyone without question, which is the meaning of YHWH that every living being carries.
If we separate the different symbols in the ancient script then it shows us the following meaning “The Light of the Word, the breath of Life, with helping hand from the Ruach Ha Kadosh the Holy Spirit”
YeshaYahu (Isaiah) 42:8 I am YHWH: that is My Name: [1] and My glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images
Why would YHWH change His mind? Why would YHWH say that His NAME is YHWH one minute yet expect us to believe that His name is “I am” the next? The words “I Am” are not even a title. He says this truth in many places plainly. Let us examine further.
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Tehilim (Ps 83:18) That men may know that you, whose NAME alone is YHWH are the most High One over all the earth.
There you go. I have given you another two prophetic witnesses. Does it not bother any Christian’s that people are walking in erroneous church traditions without questioning what they are following?
Let us see pick the conversation up in Exodus with the questioner Moses, and he says this in the Hebrew text.
Exodus 3:13…מה־שׁמו
He basically asks literally reading the Hebrew “What Name” or adding the mode of modern Hebrew talk “What is your name” to YHWH? This in itself shows Moses asking for a signature to take to the Hebrew people. When He is saying “what name”, he is not simply just asking for his title or name but asking him, who are you and what is your nature and authority so that I may take this to my people to prove that You (YHWH) have indeed sent me.
YHWH responds in Exodus 3:14.
Exo 3:14 ויאמר אלהים אל־משׁה אהיה אשׁר אהיה ויאמר כה תאמר לבני ישׂראל אהיה שׁלחני אליכם׃
A few contend that the words eh-yeh is the Akkadian form of the word for YHWH as is eh-yah pronounced ee-yah. I have not found any evidence to validate this as of yet in 2011.
Here is my proposition on how Exodus 3:14 should really be read or translated. “And Elohim Spoke upon Moses Alef+H-YAH Ashar Alef+H-Yah “I am The Yah That is still Yah” and He spoke this to the sons of Israel , this is by the leading of The Yah the one He is sending forth among you (meaning Moses).”
Please remember one thing that this is not in Paleo Hebrew, which was the middle Hebrew in use from around 1000 BC to about 500 BC, but in the most ancient script in use around 1450 BC, which was pictographic and this is how it would look.
(Heh)
(Wav)
(Heh)
(Yud)
Let us break this down
Heh
Yud makes (Yah), this is the short form of the name YAH. The Hebrew sages teach that Alef is the first entry point in the Sefirotic tree for keter (crown) and represents the Father in heaven, who is the source of ALL things.
Now what is the Sefirotic tree?
Please see a tree here.
This is a way at understanding our creator and this tree has ten attributes, each attribute is one aspect of YHWH. You can imagine a tree with branches and each branch has a value.
The first letter of Eheyeh is Alef which gives us the Keter which stands for the (crown)
The Keter is the top most attribute in the tree, which is a crown.this is the crown that Abbah YHWH placed upon Yahushua’s head and made Him King over Israel, mentioned in Psalm 2:6.
Psalm 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my Set-Apart Mountain of Tziyon.
Next we have the Heh which is the right hand side attribute in the tree for Chokmah meaning wisdom which is personfied in the feminine side of YHWH meaning the Holy Spirit.
The second lettter of the word Ahyeh is Heh which gives us Chochmah (wisdom)
The source of Chochmah or wisdom, known to be the Holy Spirit, the source of which is Abbah YHWH so therefore the wisdom and crown combined together reveal or form the word Yah which is Yud and Heh the parents. So at a mystical level of the tree of Ein-Sof we have the yud which is the authority given by the Father to place Yahushua as King and the letter Heh in the Hebrew which is on the right hand side of the tree which you can see the table below or tree above. The Tzaddik Son Yahushua is in the middle of the tree known as the middle pillar via the Tiferet (glory) to Yesod (reproductive area for the new birth) ending up at Malchut, which is the kingdom that Yahushua regins over forever.
So it looks like this, if you imagine a tree or take a peek at the tree above: The center column is for Yahushua, who is known as the middle-pillar. Then you can see the other atttributes that apply to Him but also apply to the Ruach, which is the Holy Spirit and the source of all these is Abbah YHWH. These are attributes such as Chochmah (wisdom).
Keter (Crown)
Gevurah (Judgment)
Tiferth (Glory)
Chochmah (Wisdom)
Yesod (area of procreation for the new birth of a believer)
Chesed (Mercy)
Malchut (Kingdom)
Netzach (Victory)
The Alef
in the pictograph of the ancient Hebrew is a man, which reveals that Elohim would have to descended to humanity to reach out to us and is also the symbol and sign of the Messiah who is Yahuweh but more so it is the source of the Father because Yahushua proceeds from the bosom of the Father in heaven. That is why the Messiah said I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me, in Yahuchannan (John) 14:11. The modern Hebrew rule is that the Alef is silent. Then we have the Heh character
which in Hebrew usually refers to the word “The” as the definite article before a word but in the tree as explained above it stands for Chochmah (wisdom) which originally came from our Heavenly Father and today is represented in the mother or Ruach Ha Kadosh the feiminine side of Elohim. The original writings of Moses had no vowel points. Vowel points were added in words to make it easier to read the modern version of the Hebrew language. This was done much later after the Babylonian captivity around 600-700 CE by the Masorets who were both Pharisees and Sadducees the very people that you are taught to hate.
So what do we have in Exodus 3:14 is YHWH’s name written as Ha-Yah “The Yah” (The short form of the name). We need to take our witness from the Scriptures and not faulty history of men which was written thousands of years later under a certain pretext and agenda. Scriptures are our witness so now we need to demonstrate this fact through two witnesses in Scripture. Let us examine these points.
Let us first look at Genesis 31:13 and Psalm 102:18 as our two witnesses.
Our first Witness
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Genesis 31:13 I AM THE EL of Bayit’el, where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me: now arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your mishpacha (family).
In modern Hebrew the words “I am the EL” look like this:אנכי האל
From right to left the above modern Hebrew script reads Anokhi Ha-EL. This reveals the same pattern as we saw earlier in Exodus 3:14, where the Hebrew letter Heh is in front of the word for the Mighty One or more accurately The Power called EL as האל in Hebrew even in the most ancient pictographic show below Hebrew script.
(Ha-EL)
The evidence shows us that this is Identical to Exodus 3:14 the proof is in Genesis 31:13.
Yahuweh is referred to as “The Mighty One” or you might see in your English Bibles as “I am the God”. In the ancient Hebrew it means “Mighty Breath” hence why we have the picture of the Lion which denotes Strength and grandure of a King since the Lion is the King of the Jungle.
Our Second witness
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Psalm 102:18 This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the Yah. (Or the Mighty one)
Again we see the same Hebrew pattern for the word for “The Yah”. This gives us 100% conclusive proof that the name He gave to Moses was “AHa’Yah or “The Yah” with the Alef being silent. This can be seen in Psalm 102:18.
Today we are on a roll because we have three witnesses in the Tanach alone
Our third witness
We look at the one who is the murderer from the begininng Shaitan (Satan) who inspired Qayin (Cain) to kill Hebel (Abel) his brother.
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Job 1:7 And YHWH said to [The] shaitan (Satan), "From where do you come?'' So [The] Satan answered YHWH and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.''
Here is the Hebrew for the text above. השׁטןwritten Ha-Shitan or Satan in English.
The clearly proves my point how the text was arranged in Exodus 3:14 proving the Most Hight’s name and not the phrase “I Am”. If we look at the Hebrew for the above text in Job 1:7 where Satan’s name has “The” definite article in front of the name of Satan, which also precedes the name in one form. The definite article is also preceding the word for, “The El” (Mighty One). So this practice of writing shows us that the scribes who copied the manuscripts of the Bible understood this feature of ancient Hebrew and it was something that could be done.
Now for our word in Exodus 3:14 in Hebrew is this אהיה which is ancient script looks something like this…
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(Aha-Yah Ashar Aha-yah)
If you have followed me so far and I haven’t lost you then it will help your understanding else it may be better for you to bookmark this page here and reread the above text again for clarity.
The Hebrew letters in Eh-Yah are Alef + Heh + Yud + Heh (אהיה).
These actually reveal the set-apart plurality of YHWH, Father, Son and the Ruach Ha Kadosh (Holy Spirit) collectively and in their simplest form are referred to as “The YAH” revealing the mystical qualities of the Ten Sefirot of YHWH. The ancient text meaning for Ah-yah is
The words in Hebrew eh-Yah Ashar Eh-Yah were a signature for the true NAME pure and simple. YHWH was assuring the Hebrews in Egypt, who were in slavery for quite some time effectively saying “do not to worry that the one whose “NAME” (Scriptures are all about the heavenly NAME and His testimonies) Who was YAH is Still the same Yah (The Alef is silent while the Heh signifies both breath of life and the Shekinah and Elohim is saying, my Shekinah is also in exile with you and I am listening to your needs and feel your pain, the priest would understand this signature) (In other words His nature has not changed because in the Hebraic culture the NAME is related to nature, authority, prestige and mercy. Therefore YHWH was sending forth a deliverer (Moses) because He has not changed and He has not forgotten the Covenant made with the Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It was YHWH who had told Abraham that his people will end up in slavery in Egypt.
Here is how to understand this simply, the culture that I was born in and brought up from which is very much middle-eastern. When I give my word to somebody as a promise usually I will say “I remember my tongue.” This means that what I told you before I remember and it still stands and it will be fulfilled though I do not have to repeat the promise made. So this is what Yahuweh is conveying that He Remembers and is going to fulfill the covenant promise and has not forgotten the Hebrew people his chosen sons and the sons of Y’sra’el.
The aspect of covenant is also in these verses but I want to keep this article simple and not delve too deeply into the covenant or other elements that are present.
If the name just simply says “I am that I am” or “He is who He is” or “I will be that I will be” then it makes no sense whatsoever because His name as shown above was never at anytime “I AM” or “I will be.” Unfortunately such confusion for both the present day Jews and Christians came in because having lost the ancient script and being in exile for so long many ancient Hebrew words are not understood to the full effect yet but they will be in the future when the full Torah is restored in the most ancient text.
We also have no second or third witness testimony so when such a thing happens you have to reject this kind of theology in which many walk. Some people go to the extreme of connecting the sacred letters YHWH with a pagan deity and insinuating that this was not the true name and that the true name was eh-yeh. I only want to say in politeness that these people have no understanding of the ancient language of Hebrew and it’s usage which YHWH has clearly revealed to his levitical priests one such as myself.
Can those people who claim this is the translation show us two witnesses in Scripture that says this is the truth? Unfortunately they will not even find one witness because the only place this translation took place was in Exodus 3:14. In fact I have shown you above that the book of Genesis agrees with my thesis and that is the book of beginnings and a very important foundation for the entire bible and in order to understand terms we must go back to the ancient Hebrew and not the modern Hebrew.
So the evidence is stacked against those who pronounce this as “I AM” because Moses is the only witness we have. While for my thesis I have four witnesses. I have Moses, Iyob (Job), king Dawud from the Psalms and Yahushua in the gospels.
Now that you know the truth let us validate it by the words of our Master Messiah Yahushua indeed what a great revelation for us and He is my 4th witness to confirm what I said.
Our Fourth and last witness YHWH/Yahushua Himself
Let us look at the episode of Yahushua when He was confronted with the same truth and had come bringing the same “signature” that was present in the Torah. Why, because He came proclaiming the TRUTH (Torah of Moses) because the Torah sets forth how one should live and who is the Saviour.
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John 8:58 Yahushua said unto them, amein, amein, I say unto you, Before Abraham was established, hy h (Ha Yah: I am The YAH).
Here Yahushua very clearly lays it out that He is YHWH. Note; not “I AM” and that is what He says. Let’s pick up the Hebrew nuances.
The word Amein stands for the gamatria of 104 so two Amein’s equals 104 times 2 = 208, which is the numeric value for the Righteous One in the Sefirotic Tree, which is called Ha TZADIK in Hebrew. Yahushua is actually declaring Himself to be YHWH in that statement and it is so obvious for those of us who understand this but this kind of information to most of the Christian world is unfortunately lost. Let us also look at the Hebrew text.
John 8:58 ויאמר ישוע אמן אמן אני אמר לכם בטרם היות אברהם אני הייתי׃
This is how the Hebrew should read.
And Yahushua said to them Amein ,Amein (Meaning “so be it” or pay attention this is an important truth and it is the Righteous Tzadik speaking it, who is also known by the ancient sages as the Middle-Pillar), I say to you before Abraham was established “I was The Yah”. That is how the text transpires if you break it down. Most of the Aramaic translators would translate these final words of Yahushua as “I was”. Rest assured Yahushua made a complete connection to the HOLY ONE of Y’sra’el as HIMSELF. He did not say “I was” or the term “I am”.
He actually declared Himself to be YHWH hence why the Hebrew people and those who understood were ready to stone him for blasphemy. I want to point out one thing that some groups believe that Yahushua is the Messiah but not divine or that Yahushua is the Messiah (Anointed one) but begotten through Miriam and Yosef having sexual contact make a great mistake and miss the entire point. These kind of people are actually only following a human saviour which means that he is no good for man or beast. Sinful humans cannot be anyone’s saviour. Yahushua is YHWH revealed in the flesh and I tell you this on good authority of my personal life and conviction with Him and what happened with me when I came to faith. I have personally heard his voice more than once and believe me dead people do not speak but only the living. I have nothing to gain by telling you a falsehood, I lost half my family over this truth so if you still wish to continue in deceitful philosophy to which many are falling it is entirely your choice while I do not support any such notions and also I do not aid or abet any church to teach any falsehood and reject all such organisations that reject my saviour and will never stand with such groups unless I was a witness for my Master.
This is the part where Yahushua would most certainly give the Hebrew signature present in Exodus 3:14 not only to verify that “He is the Prophet to come” but also The Messiah for Israel and Yahuweh in person. When I first heard his voice I also doubted myself and looked around but the second time I heard it there was no doubt left. The number two is the Hebrew letter Bet written in the ancient text as
and I now know that his call for me was to enter back into His house because he opened the door and asked me to walk in. I only have to say yes or no but I chose to follow Him and have been diligently for now over twelve years.
In my opinion the text in John 8:58 should have been written as the following – “before Abraham existed or was established” Eh-Yah Ashar Eh-Yah meaning “I was Yah, I am Yah” tallying up with Exodus 13:4. This was the whole point of Yahushua’s speaking this truth out. He was showing the following. That Moses was a great teacher and the Hebrew nation respected that. So He was essentially saying that if Moses was a great teacher, then here stands one before you who is even “greater than Moses.” Yahushua was The one who communed on Mount Sinai explaining and giving the Torah to Moses. And he is the deliverer for the children of Israel and He is my saviour and I love him to bits and would die for him any day and anytime. This was the reason why in the gospel of John the Hebrew people immediately picked up stones to stone Him because He had uttered a blasphemy according to their thinking, knowledge and local halacha (rabbinic customs). People do not just casually pick up stones because they felt like throwing stones as a protest for high oil prices. When my walk started with Him I knew it meant losses and sacrifice so I reasoned should I walk the truth or stay comfortable in the lies I have been brought up in. I chose the truth and un-comfort, ridicule and rejection. I chose pain and sorrow, broken marriages and lose my children over the pleasures of living the lies. The question is are you willing to make similar choices or live without committing to the reality.
To conclude:
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Yahuchannan (John) 8:59 vSwhy said unto them, amein, amein, I say unto you, Before Abraham was established, hy h (Ha Yah: I am The YAH).
This is why we read in the Scriptures such as the following:
The King James Version Reads:
Matthew 26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
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Mattiyahu (Matthew) 26:64 vSwhy said unto him, You have said it yourself, nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter you shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of Power, and coming in the clouds of shamayim (heaven).
Let me elaborate the ending verse, “After this you shall see the Son of Adam sitting at the Right Hand AS YHWH and coming in the clouds of the heavens.
He is talking about HIS RIGHT HAND SIDE by saying you will see at the “Right Hand Side”. This is the side of the Sefirot Tree please see above which has the Hebrew letter Heh which is Cochmah for Wisdom, Chesed for Mercy and Netzach (Victory).
if I look at it from my right and not His because He said you will see on the Right Hand. This is our Right side and His left.
Note if I look on my right hand side. From Yahushua’s vantage point it is His left but He did not say my left hand side, instead He said YOU WILL SEE ON THE RIGHT. So when we look we are looking at our Right hands but it is actually His left.
He was declaring all these attributes of YHWH showing you who will be the final victor. That is YHWH.
Now we can see Yahushua gave countless signatures of Himself as the Mighty Power of heaven in other words YHWH the begotten Son. This is why He could not have just said “I am” in Yahuchannan John 8:58 but more correctly as shown above representing YHWH.
Addendum
I was asked a question by a reader about the meaning of YHWH’s name. He asked how I know that it means “breath” or “life.”
This at least is clear to me when we look at the inferences from scriptures but this may not always be clear to others unless you receive a direct revelation as I did at one point about these matters so hopefully I am helping you here to also see.
Let us examine two Hebrew words:
H5397 Neshmah breath, wind and a host of other meanings:
נשׁמה
חי
H2416 Chai - Life, in reality to us also can mean animation as movement in a human being.
Let us separate two end characters out of these two words, one Nishma and Chai, the lHebrew etter Yud and the letter H, which gives us the short parent root for Yah.
Do you now see how both of these belong to the name YHWH and YHWH does indeed mean breath and Life, which is the combined meaning of these two words, which produces animation of life. The most ancient Hebrew has the following Characters:
When man was created then YHWH imparted something to that first man and then to every subsequent man and that was Breath (owned by YHWH) and Life (animated soul). You cannot give something to another that you do not possess or own.
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Beresheeth (Genesis) 2:7 And hwhy Elohim formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;[2] and the man became a living soul.
When he breathed into the first man neshmah (YHWH’s Breath), he became a living Chai (life - animated) creature.. So what did YHWH impart?
YHWH can only put into someone else what He has or what He is. At the base YHWH is Breath/life or life force, see illustration of the two word example above and that is what He imparts to the ones He creates: Note He imparts Breath and they then become an animated soul or Chai. He shows this as a two step process.
Let us look at two other examples:
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Beresheeth (Genesis) 17:5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you an abbah of many nations.
Note YHWH changes Abraham’s name from Abram to Abraham so He gives him an extra Heh in the name which can be seen in the modern Hebrew:
אברם Abram
אברהם Abraham - The extra Heh in this bit of the name highlighted.
Note YHWH does the same with Sarah adding a heh to her name. So why the extra Heh? This is the filling of the Ruach Ha Kadosh, Holy Spirit of YHWH that He had not given them originally but later He does. Today this is commonly known as the Holy Spirit. All saints of the Tanach (Hebrew Bible) had the Ruach Ha Kadosh (Holy Spirit) contrary to popular opinion.
The word Heh stands for breath, Spirit or Life hence why the term Yah, which has a yud and a heh does stand for Breath. Let me show you another example:
Ancient Hebrew script
Yud
Heh
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The Yud is the picture of the light.
While the Heh character is the picture of the living creature (Humanity) which is to worship the Creator.
Debarim (Deut) 30:20 That You may love hwhy your Elohim, and that You may obey his voice, and that You may cling unto him: for He is your life,[3] and the length of your days: that You may dwell in the land which hwhy swore unto your ahvot (fathers), to Abraham, to Yahsac (Isaac), and to Ya’acob (Jacob), to give them.
YHWH declared in Deut 30:20 that HE IS YOUR LIFE. The Hebrew word Chai is used. Once again YHWH declares that He is Life so as I tried to show you earlier, He is life and also He is breath. I hope this is a bit clearer but you will need to read this a few times to understand as it will not come to you in the first reading. Remain blessed in our Master in Heaven.
YHWH bless you
Shalom Shalom
Rabbi Simon Altaf
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Simon Altaf was chosen by God for the special End-Times prophetic calling. A lone voice in the wilderness, one taught by God (Ps 119:120-121), a Messianic Rabbi and writer. He is from the tribe of Levi, the original Semites called out of Islam to rejoin His people after his long exile.
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Beyth Yahushua – Son of Tzadok, Son of Dawud
Would you like to know the identity of Yahushua's family? Did He have brothers and sisters, did He get married, are not Rabbis meant to marry, was Mary Magdalene His wife? All these answered in the book. Are you fed-up of hearing objections such as if you do not know who Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are then how can you claim to have the truth?
Do you feel frustrated to go to your Pastor only to be told he does not know?
What caused Rabbi Paulos to persecute perfectly normal Jewish men and women who simply practiced Judaism? Who was Nicodemus, what relationship did Yahushua have with Lazarus? Did Yahushua have relatives? For too long He has been portrayed as the wandering man with no belongings and no family and living wildly, picking up food from the trees, fields and women offering him handouts.
This picture is both misleading and deceptive. Do you want to know the powerful family of Yahushua, fill the gaps, who were Mark, Luke, Matthew and even John? What connection has Joseph of Arimathaea got with Yahushua and why would a rich man like him be willing to give his own expensive tomb for Yahushua’s burial?
Do rich men do such things, if so then why was the rich man in Matthew 19:21 unwilling to give away all his money? Did Yahushua carry the curse of Jeconiah (Jer 22:24-30)? The answer that Christendom gives is the curse lifted because of the virgin birth or the lineage switch. Did it? Answer NO. Christendom’s answers on this are wrong. What about the genealogy of Luke and Matthew why two fathers of Yahushua Heli or Jacob in Matthew 1:16 and Luke 3:23? Will the real father of Yahushua please stand up!
Who were the Hebrews, what is the West in Hosea 11:10?
Hos 11:10 (KJV)…then the children shall tremble from the west.
If we believe popular opinions then they are all in Europe and America but the reality is very different. This book is a wake up call to the last generations.
This book will give you new insights and the rich history of Yahushua.
Islam, Peace or Beast
Have you ever wondered why radical Muslims are blowing up buildings, bombings planes and creating havoc? We illustrate in this book the reality of radical Islam and the end of days that are upon us. Why are our governments reluctant to tell us the truth we uncover many details.
World War III – Unmasking the End-Times Beast
Who is the Antichrist, what countries are aligned with him and many of your other questions answered. All revealed in this book. Which might be the ten nations of the Antichrist? What did the prophets say on these events?
World War III – Salvation of the Jews
è How will the salvation of the Jews come about, will they convert to Christianity or will Christianity be folded into Judaism?
è Will the 3rd Temple be built before the return of the Messiah? Analyzed and explained with the correct sound hermeneutics.
è Will we have a war with Iran and when? Considering the pundits have been wrong since the last 3 years and only Simon has been on track up to this time. What signs will absolutely indicate impending war with Iran calculated and revealed.
è When will the Messiah return, what signs should we be looking for, is it on a Jubilee year?
è Will the Messiah return on the feast of Trumpets fact or fiction?
è Will America win the war in Afghanistan? Yes and No answer with details.
è Who is the prince of Ezekiel and why is he making sin sacrifices. Can one call these educational? Read the correct answers...
è Should we support the Jewish Aliyah to Israel or is it forbidden to enter the land for permanent stay under a secular godless government?
Rabbi Simon is the only Rabbi to look at the thorny issues that no one has addressed to date while many people mostly run with popular churchy opinions colored by bad theology by picking and choosing verses in isolation. Is modern Zionism biblical? Is Israel right to take over territories occupied by Palestinians today? Should people be selling up homes to go and live in Israel? All these thorny questions and even more answered in this book the sequel to the popular prophecy book World War III - Unmasking the End-Times Beast.
Yeshua or Isa – True path for salvation
Ever tried to witness to your Muslim friends and were mocked? Do you have Passion for the Muslims to be saved? Want to know how Jesus Christ is Yeshua and not Isa? This book helps you to build a solid bridge with the Muslims. It clarifies your theological doubts and helps to present Yeshua to the Muslims effectively.
Dear Muslim – Meet YHWH the God of Abraham
Truth explained best seller step by step detailing and unveiling Islam! This book is designed for that friend, son or daughter who is about to convert into Islam but needs to read this first. This is the one stop to saving their souls. Don’t procrastinate get it today.
The Feasts of YHWH, the Elohim of Israel
Have you ever asked why the feasts were given to Israel? Their meaning and their purpose is all explained in this detailed book that delves into the signs of the Messiah and the fulfilment of the feasts and how the return of the Messiah is revealed in the feasts from a Muslim angle the first of its kind.
What is Truth? Download online free from www.abrahamic-faith.com
Have you wondered what is truth and how we measure it? How do we arrive at the conclusion that what you have is truth? How do you know that the religion you have been following for so many years is the original faith? Can we examine Athiesm and say why it is or is not true. We examine these things.
Abrahamic-Faith Nazarene Study Scriptures (Complete)
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Many texts uncovered and explained in great details.
è Was Chava (Eve) the only woman in the garden? We reveal a deep held secret.
è Where did the demons come from?
è Ezekiel refers to some of Israel's bad deeds in Egypt explicitly uncovered which are glossed over in the King James Version.
è Did Abraham keep the Sabbath? We show where.
è Who was Balaam?
è Who were Abraham's ancestors?
è Why did Isaac marry at forty years of age?
è Where is Noah's ark likely to be Not Ararat in Turkey?
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Sefer Yashar (The Book of Jasher)
The book of Yashar has been translated from the original sources and with added commentary, corrected names of Elohim with the sacred names and with other missing text from the Hebrew. This will add to the gaps in your knowledge from the book of Genesis such as the following:
è What did the wicked do before the flood?
è Who were Abraham’s African ancestors?
è Did Abraham have two wives?
è What relationship did Abraham have with Eli’ezer?
è Did Isaac wait forty years to be married?
è Why did Sarah die so suddenly?
è Did Moses marry in Egypt?
è Moses, what colour? White or Black.
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Seferim Chanoch (The Books of Enoch)
The books of Enoch details the fall, the names of the angels, what happened in the beginning and what was the result of those fallen angels. Where are they now and what will happen to them. He also reveals the birth of Noach and some very important details around this about the African ancestry of the patriarchs. He reveals the Son of Elohim and reveals Yahushua upon a throne. And many other important details to complete your knowledge.
Yahushua – The Black Messiah
What ethnicity was Yahushua and what race of people did He belong to? Is it important that we know His ethnicity? What colour was Moses, King David and King Solomon? We examine and look at the massive fraud perpetrated upon the western nations by their leaders to hide the real identity of the true Hebrew Israelite people and race which are being restored in these Last Days. Yahushua said everything will be restored and that includes His and His people’s ethnicity and colour. Would you like to know because it affects your eternity and His true message then get this book now.
Hebrew Wisdom – Kabbalah in the Brit ha Chadasha
The book’s purpose is to illustrate basic principles of Kabbalah and to reveal some of the Kabbalah symbolisms used in the New Testament. We look at the Sefirots what they mean and how they apply to some of the teachings in the New Covenant. We also look at the first chapter in Genesis and examine some of the symbols there. We examine the name of Elohim in Exodus 3:14 and see what it means. We examine some teachings of Rabbi Paulos to reveal how he used Kaballah freely.
The Apocrypha (with Pirke Avot ‘Ethics of The Fathers’)
Read the fifteen books of the Apocrypha to get an understanding of the events both of the exile and of Israel’s early history before Yahushua the Messiah was born. Read Ethics of the Fathers to understand rabbinic wisdom and some important elements of the story of Genesis. The tests, the trials and the miracles of the Temples. Without these books the story in the bible is incomplete and has gaps which these books will fill up and give you a more complete understanding.
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[1] Not one of many names.
[2] Intrinsically this is the meaning of YHWH, ‘breath of life’, since He is the life giver, it does not mean ‘To be’, that is a very late and modern meaning.
[3] Here YHWH clarified that he is life, meaning we must believe in His Torah or suffer the consequences. The Messiah came with the same Torah renewed.