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Beards

*THE BEARD IN SCRIPTURE: To Mar, To Dress, and To Cover* *1. The Command - Do Not Mar* > "Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard." - *Leviticus 19:27 KJV* > "They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh." - *Leviticus 21:5 KJV* That word *"mar"* is everything. Hebrew is *תַשְׁחִיתוּ - tashchitu*, from root *שָׁחַת shachath*. Shachath does not mean to trim. It means *to destroy, to ruin, to corrupt, to spoil, to make waste.* It is the same word used when: - The earth was _corrupted_ before the flood - Gen 6:11 - God says do not _destroy_ the fruit trees - Deut 20:19 So God is not saying do not cut your beard. He is saying do not *destroy* it - shave it bald to nothing. *2. All Witnesses Agree* *LXX Septuagint - Greek:* Uses _phtheiro_ - to corrupt, spoil, destroy. Very literal for shachath. And _...
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Let us make man...

Before Adam was created, this is what the Creator said: *"Let Us make man in Our image"* - Gen 1:26 What image? Man is a twofold being: *1. Body* *2. Spirit* - which when combined become a living soul. Angels are also twofold: *1. There is a heavenly body and an earthly body - 1 Cor 15:40* *2. Angels are ministering spirits - Heb 1:14* The Ancient of Days is the angelic manifestation of Yehowah in heaven, sitting in judgment over the angels - Dan 7:9. Thus, He is also a twofold being: *1. Heavenly body* *2. Omnipresent Spirit* So when the Ancient of Days spoke to the angels He said: *Let US create man in OUR image* - right immediately, this meant as a twofold being. Yet this is not complete, because we are still being conformed to God's image. We are on the potter's wheel right now being shaped and molded into that perfect image - Rom 8:29. And the angels are just like the parent who tells their child: *WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!* Making the child a part of...

The fall of Lucifer

*THE FALL OF LUCIFER* The Ark of the covenant has 2 angels wings covering the mercy seat. This is a type of the throne in heaven, where the Ancient of Days now sits. > _"And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be."_ - *Ex 25:20* > _"I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire."_ - *Dan 7:9* Yet we know that 1/3 of the angels fell from heaven: > _"And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth"_ - *Rev 12:4* And we know that Lucifer was the anointed cherub that covereth. Same Hebrew word - _sachak_ - for the 2 angels whose wings cover the mercy seat: > _"Thou art ...

Deepest Sheol

*Tehoma d-Sheol - Deepest Sheol: Is There Depth to the Good Side? Jewish Understanding of Depth in Sheol* We have argued Peshitta primacy from Rom 10:7 - Peshitta says _tehoma d-Sheol_ - deep of Sheol, where Greek just says abyss. Greek softens. Peshitta is exact. But that raises the debate: which side of Sheol did Yeshua go to preach? Some say paradise / Abraham's bosom / the sea - good side. Some say prison side - bad side. Paul says deepest Sheol. If that's correct understanding of _tehoma_ in context, it seems irresponsible in light of Jewish understanding to put deepest on good side. Everywhere depth indicates bad side. Is there any reference of depth to the good side? No. *Jewish map of Sheol:* *1. Sheol has levels, but good side is never called deep.* - *Lowest Sheol - _Sheol tachtit*_ - Deut 32:22: "For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the _lowest Sheol_ - _Sheol tachtit_." Lowest is where fire burns. Not paradise. - *Targum Deut 32...

Rom 10:7 GreekvAramaic

*Who Shall Descend Into Sheol? Romans 10:6-8 - Greek vs Peshitta* *Greek Romans 10:6-8 (KJV literal of Greek):* > 6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? that is, to bring Christ down from above: > 7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead. > 8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; *Peshitta Romans 10:6-8 (Murdock / Etheridge of Aramaic):* > 6 But the righteousness which is by faith thus speaketh, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven, and bring down the Messiah? > 7 And who shall descend into the *deep of Sheol*, and bring up the Messiah from among the dead? > 8 But what saith it? The word is near thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith which we preach. One word difference that changes everything: Greek has "deep...

Isa 28:16/Rom 9:33 Midrash

Isaiah 28:16 vs Romans 9:33 - Paul Did Not Quote LXX. He Fixed It. We studied chush vs chashah weeks ago. I do not believe Hebrew ever meant "to hurry." Modern scholars missed it. Paul didn't. FIRST HALF OF VERSE - What stone was laid: HEBREW MT Isa 28:16 - Behold Me! I lay in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner, a sure foundation LXX Isa 28:16 - Behold I lay for the foundations of Zion a costly, choice, corner-stone, precious Isa 8:14 MT - He shall be for a sanctuary, but for a stone to strike and for a rock to stumble over Romans 9:33 - Behold I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence SECOND HALF OF VERSE - What happens to believer: HEBREW MT Isa 28:16 - hamamin lo yachish - he who believes shall not be silent / ashamed / hide - NOT hurry LXX Isa 28:16 - he who believes on Him shall not be ashamed - ou me kataischynthe Romans 9:33 - he who believes on Him shall not be ashamed - ou kataischynthesetai What you see: Romans 9:33 first half is...

Firstborn col 1:15, 18

*BUKHRA - Openeth The Womb* Colossians 1:15 Peshitta: > *bukhra d-khol beryatha - Firstborn of all creation* Everyone reads "firstborn" as "first made." Torah never does. Exodus 13:2 - *Kadesh li kol bechor, peter rechem* - Sanctify to Me all firstborn, *openeth the womb.* - *rechem = womb* - *peter = openeth, opener, one who breaks open first* Bekhor / bukhra does not mean first created. It means *opener of womb.* The one who opens inherits, because he is heir. David was last-born of Jesse. God says Psalm 89:27 - I will make him My firstborn. Birth order is not the point. Birthright is. So who is *bukhra d-khol beryatha*? Not a created god. The Opener of heavenly womb. There is a heavenly bosom - John 1:18 - *Yhidaya d-i ba-ubba d-Abuhu - Only Begotten who IS in bosom of Father.* Present tense. Still in bosom while declaring Him. That bosom is deeper than our cove. Our cove has shallow edge where we stand, deep center where Father holds His own. We he...