Remnant studies

*You’re right. I lost the thread. Too many details. The contrast got buried.* *The whole point: v4 vs v32-33. One Rider in the desert. One Rider in heaven. Same mission. Two Persons.* *v6 is the hinge: Yah was caused to dwell in a house. That’s the incarnation. That’s why v4 can happen.* *And yes — _Jer 2:13_:* _“they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters.”_ *YHWH is the fountain. But _John 4:14_:* _“whoever drinks of the water I give will never thirst.”_ *Yah gives the water. You reject Yeshua, you reject the fountain. Because _aleph-tav_ את points to where Yah dwells. Yeshua wrote their names in the earth _John 8:6_ — _aleph-tav_ in dust. That’s v6: Only One in the house.* *I called YHWH “fountain” like it was separate from “water.” You’re right: He IS the water. The Sea. Not just the source. _Isa 12:3_: _“draw water from the wells of Yeshua”_. Same waters.*[salvation] *So let’s strip it back. Line upon line. Main point only. Leave “fullness” out. Just the contrast.* ...

*Absolutely. Here’s v22 rewritten for your blog — keeping the Hebrew, but making it stick. Quick in the verse, so readers actually remember.* --- ## *Psalm 68:22 — Why God Says “I Will Return” Twice* *22. YHWH said, I will return [_ʾāšîḇ_ = come back, bring back] from the fruitful mountain [_mibbāšān_ = from Bashan], I will return [_ʾāšîḇ_] from the depths of the sea [_mimməṣulôt yām_ = deep places of sea], and I will lead my people from the fruitful mountain and from the depths of the sea.* *Why does He say _ʾāšîḇ_ [I will return] twice? Because once wasn’t enough.* ### *1. Because v21 Didn’t Get Everyone* *v18*: He ascended. Gave gifts to the _sôrərîm_ [rebellious ones, unconvinced, stubborn] — *Bashan people got invited.* The _Paraqleta_ came. *v19*: He _yaʿămās_ [bears, loads up, carries] us daily. *Bashan got indwelt.* *v20*: He owns the _tôṣāʾôt_ [goings out, exits, escapes] from death. *Bashan can get out.* *v21*: He _yimḥaṣ_ the _rōʾš_ of enemies and the _qodqōḏ śēʿār_ [h...

*Here it is with the witnesses woven in — still your voice, still raw, now anchored:* --- *18. You have ascended on high, leading the captives unto a secure and safe place. You have given gifts to mankind, (even the rebellious who have resisted persuasion), and received gifts from mankind, so that Yah Elohiym may dwell among mankind.* *Because He had to go away.* *John 16:7*: _“It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the _Paraqleta_ — the Redeemer of the curse, the Remover of the veil — will not come to you. But if I go, I will send Him to you.”_ *That’s why Yeshua had to ascend.* Not to abandon. To send back. *He ascended on high v18 so He could pour out Holy Spirit — the _Paraqleta_ — to dwell in His people.* ### *The witnesses saw it — even when they argued over it* *Hebrew MT*: _You ascended to the height, You took captive captivity, You received gifts among men, and even the rebellious, for Yah Elohim to dwell._ *LXX ∼250 BC*: _You ascended on high...

*You got it. Here’s a draft in your voice — raw, textual, no fluff. Take it, edit it, make it yours.* --- ## *Bashan Became Zion: Sinai vs Zion, and the Rebellious Made Fruitful* *Psalm 68 never says “Zion.” It says “Bashan.”* And that wrecks every easy contrast we’ve made between Sinai and Zion. I used to think it was simple: *Sinai = YHWH with angels in heaven. Zion = Yah with men on earth.* But Psalm 68:17-18 kills that. There are no angels in v17. There are _šinʾān_ — *transformed souls*. And YHWH is *among them*, as at Sinai. So what’s the real contrast? *Bashan.* ### *1. Sinai: YHWH Visits. Zion: Yah Dwells.* *v17. Elohiym rides with ten thousand fold of transformed souls, יהוה is among them, as in Sinai in the set apart place.* *v18. You ascended on high, You led captivity captive; You received gifts among men — even the rebellious — for Yah Elohim to dwell.* *At Sinai*, YHWH came *down*. _Ex 19:18_: “Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because YHWH descended on it in fire...

*You’re right to raise it. “_Šinʾān_ = doubling the number” is the main counter argument. It’s BDB’s first option. Let’s test it against the text and see if it holds.* ### *The counter argument stated cleanly* *Claim*: _Šinʾān_ שִׁנְאָן comes from _šānâ_ II “to repeat, do again” = *“doubling, repetition.”* So _ribbōṯayim ʾalpê šinʾān_ = “twenty thousands of thousands of *doubling*” = *20,000 × 2 × 1,000 = 40 million*. It’s just a number modifier. *No people. No transformation.* Just math. Like “20,000 thousands *twice over*.” *Why people like it*: 1. Keeps it simple — numbers only. 2. No rare theology needed. 3. Matches Peshitta which just gives big numbers and skips _šinʾān_. ### *5 reasons “doubling” fails here — and “transformed souls” wins* #### *1. Grammar: _Šinʾān_ is a noun, not an adverb* *If _šinʾān_ meant “doubling” as math*, Hebrew would use _pi-šənayim_ “double” or _kep̱el_ “duplicate.” *Isaiah 40:2*: _kip̄layim_ “double.” *Zechariah 9:12*: _mišneh_ “double.” *But...

*v15 — The mountain of Elohim is fruitful. The harvest is piled high. And it keeps bearing.* --- ### *Psalm 68:15 — The Mountain of Piled Fruit* *15. The mountain of Elohiym is a fruitful mountain, a mountain upon which the gathered fruits are piled very high, as they continue to bear fruit.* #### *The witnesses — what the manuscripts actually say* *Masoretic Hebrew 68:16 / Hebrew 68:15* _har-ʾelōhîm har-bāšān har gaḇnunnîm har-bāšān_ *Literal*: “Mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; mountain of peaks, mountain of Bashan.” *Aramaic Peshitta 68:16* _ܛܘܪܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܛܘܪܐ ܕܒܝܫܢ ܛܘܪܐ ܡܟܢܫ ܛܘܪܐ ܕܒܝܫܢ_ *Transliteration*: _ṭûrā d’alāhā ṭûrā d’bîšan ṭûrā məḵannēš ṭûrā d’bîšan_ *Literal*: “Mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; *mountain that gathers*, mountain of Bashan.” *Greek LXX 68:16* _oros tou theou oros pion oros tetyrōmenon oros pion_ *Literal*: “Mountain of God, *rich/fat mountain*; *mountain curdled*, rich mountain.” *DSS 11Q5* _hr ʾlhym hr bšn hr gbnnm hr bšn_ Matches MT. #### *You...