Yahweh

Mesopotamians are the oldest known culture to have artifacts documenting their beliefs in regards to the divine. Works produced from this time period are split between Sumerian and Semitic. This split distinguishes the development of pagan societies and Yahweh-fearing society; however,…

to. "In the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, (Genesis 2:4b NRSV)" God is not only God, but He is LORD God. This comes from the word Yahweh, which the Israelites believed the name of God was. They used the word LORD out of respect for God. They did not want to say His name out loud because it was so sacred, in place of Yahweh they used the word LORD to show their respect for Him. It was also thought this story was written around 6th century BCE, when there was no Israel yet.…

DYNASTIC INSTABILITY IN ISRAEL Throughout its history, Israel has had foreign influences, religious upheavals, and assassinations of the kings, causing severe instability within the nation. Amongst this unrest, it is no wonder a stable line of succession could form. All these factors contributed to the dynastic instability referenced in the biblical record and other sources. This is significant as the dynastic instability inevitably leads to fall of Israel and it’s capture by Assyria. Unlike…

Yahweh Elohim,” a Hebrew word for what many translate in English to mean “God” created and set in motion his framework for the world. God, three beings in one is all knowing and powerful and transcendent is who the Judeo-Christian community refer to as their creator. This is not in fact true for the Pagans populations of the world who believe in a variety of Gods were no one god is supreme or holds power over the other, but only that they function under a contingency effect, a give and take of…

Top 10 Craziest Facts About the Origins of Christianity (That They Don’t Teach You In Sunday School) Christianity is currently the world’s largest religion, with around 2.4 billion followers worldwide (LINK 1). Those of us who were raised Christian, or in predominantly Christian countries like America (where 83% of the population identifies as Christian and almost all of the U.S. Presidents have been Christian), are pretty well versed in the basics of Christianity’s history and tenets: Egypt,…

Testaments. There are so many stories and incidents of Christian history in Old Testaments telling us how to do keep the right relationship with the only God and how to get involved in God’s history. The Deluge and the renewal of the covenant between Yahweh and Israel during Old Testament era, show how to keep the relationships and the unbreakable connections between God, People and Land. As being Christians, we all have heard and learned about the Great Deluge that happened in the early Old…

provide further background into the account, a brief summary of the problem text from the book of Judges will follow. Jephthah, a man appointed leader of Israel by the Gileadites2 to defend the nation against the Ammonites in wartime, made a vow to Yahweh. “And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, then whatever comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace…

“Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth… I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” (Jn. 17:17 & 23 NIV) Two things essential for a person spiritual development are being grounded in the Scripture, as the man that built his house upon the rock (Mt. 724-25) and developing relationships in fellowship with the body of Christ (Heb. 10:25). Feminism, Womanism, and…

Palestine into a Monotheistic land. Most of Jerusalem was destroyed by the King of Babylon during an invasion in Palestine. Many people were captured and made into slaves. This became known as the Babylonian Captivity. Around this time a new image of Yahweh was created. He believed that the final victory over evil would be brought on by Messiah, “Anointed one”. The Babylonians Jews were freed from slavery when the King of Persia conquered Babylonian and added Palestine to…

power that God has, and he shed his own blood. Jesus Christ bears the name and titles of deity in the book of Acts in by showing that God made Jesus Lord and Christ. Lord translated in Greek is Kurio which is used mostly as the equivalent of Yahweh of the Old Testament. In Acts it is used of Jesus Christ meaning God or Deity. By using the word Lord and connecting it to the…