Saturday, February 28, 2009

In The Hebrew

Many people will try to tell you the Torah says to love "GOD" or the Lord. Only in English is the term "God" used and the term "the Lord" written in the Torah. In the Hebrew it clearly says YHVH, the four letters that are refer to as the tetragrammaton to refer to "The Lord" and Elohim to refer to "God".

Even some Islamic sources try to tell you how the Torah says to love "Allah", which is just wrong. It is not referring to anyone but YHVH the Elohim of Israel.

Why do I bring this up? Knowing what is written in the original language will help to understand what is truly being said in the Torah. All of mankind spoke Hebrew till the Tower of Babel.

"And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech." Genesis 11:1 "Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech." Genesis 11:7

After the Tower of Babel language gained a movement in it. Before then language never changed. Now it is constantly changing and ever in motion. American English can be the worst granted. But language as a whole needs a baseline reference to know what is written in a text.

So always check your source when trying to get the truth of the Torah. Clearer understanding can give whole new meanings to a text.

Friday, February 27, 2009

Scribes of Old Would Be Shocked

Throughout the history of the Torah there has been concerns of to much debt and how to help the poor.

"The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender." Proverbs 22:7

Sorry to jump on my soapbox, but President Obama is doing just that. He is building big government on the back of you and me. In his run to bring back big government he is making us servants of our lenders, some of it is on us today, but namely our grandchild; possible our great grandchildren.

Why is the worst economical times since the great depression now, when 20 years ago during President Reagan's time didn't he inherited the same mix which was worse. We had double digit unemployment and worse times.

"Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue." Psalm 120:2
"Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. " Proverbs 12:22

I am wondering if our President would lie about this or make it seem far worse that what it is; what else might he lie or make seem worse. As our President whether you voted for him or not; you should expect him to be truthful in all his deeds and words.

"Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince." Proverbs 17:7
President Obama is not a fool by any means. He is furtively a prince by his status as President. He should therefore be above lying to the people of the United States.

I'm not surprised at his respect for the Torah. This is the man the says religion is the cause of a lot of our problems, because it creates intolerance.

So if we follow that line of thinking, the laws of the United States do the same by forbidding people do to whatever they want to each other.

I think that limits are smart and good for everyone. Just the Ten Commandments alone are a good starting point.

More to come...