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| "In the Beginning"* (B re'shîth) Genesis & Revelation - Download PDF ArticleMankind (adam) are the only beings, in our seen world, that have the ability to ponder their own existence, the existence of their physical universe, the existence of the unseen, metaphysical (spiritual) universe and the reality of their own death. Not only do we ask the questions of how and why but we also seek Him who is the Creator, our Father, the giver of chay (khah'- ee = life) that is age-abiding; the giver of Paradise, of love, of joy, of peace, of everlasting bliss; the giver of a communion with one and all, which is sacred and pure. Our Creator answered our questions in the first three chapters of Genesis and the last three chapters of Revelation. These six chapters are the foundation upon which all are built, the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the never ending end. The never ending end is the last three chapters of Revelation whereby we leave our seen universe and enter into the unseen age-abiding universe, which has always been our longing, our true home. In the first three chapters of Genesis we become enlightened as to who is the Creator, how old are the planets and "what was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge? That thou shouldst make him little less than Elohim, with glory and honor, shouldst crown him? Shouldst give him dominion over the works of thy hands,––All things, shouldst have put under his feet: Sheep and oxen, all of them,––yea even the beasts of the field; The bird of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea,–– the passer–by on the paths of the seas? O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth" (Ps. 8:4-9)? We become enlightened to life, to death, to sin, to an adversary, to a Savior and to the way of the Tree of Life. The last three chapters of Revelation bring us absolute hope, joy and peace if we are workers of righteousness or they bring upon us the wrath of the Creator if we are workers of iniquity. The first three chapters of Genesis and the last three chapters of Revelation show us the Tree of Life; the unseen city that; "…hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they should shine therein; for, the glory of Yahweh, illumined it, and, the lamp thereof, was the Lamb" (Rev. 21:23); where "…death, shall be no more, and grief and outcry and pain shall be no more" (Rev. 21:4); where we shall see His face, and, His name, shall be upon our foreheads (Rev. 22:4); where the second death has no authority over us (Rev. 20:6)! Yahweh communicated to us in the Hebrew language. His words are true while our translation of His words into the English language might not necessarily be true. Our English translation of His Hebrew words might miss the truth of what He was speaking because many of His Hebrew words do not have an English equivalent, which necessitates using his Hebrew words when necessary. In the book of Genesis we will learn the Hebrew words Elohim, Yahweh, baraFN1 (creation), ruahFN2 (spirit), nepheshFN3 (soul), adamFN4 (mankind), adamahFN5 (ground), apharFN6 (dust), neshamahFN7 (breath), chayFN8 (life), muwthFN9 (death), nachashFN10 (serpent), barakFN11 (blessed), ararFN12 (cursed), the tree of life, living to times age–abiding, ganFN13 EdenFN14 (Garden of Eden) and the seed of the woman. (Genesis and Revelations reveal mankind's story except for our present period of time, known as the age or the administration of the sacred secret.FN15 This revelation of a sacred secret, in age–past times was kept silent until it was revealed unto His apostles and prophets.FN16 In this our age, salvation is not acquired according to ones good worksFN17 but rather through faith.FN18 Also, this is the only age that at the sound of the trumpet the dead believers will be raised from among the dead and the living believers will ascend together into the clouds to meet the Lord in the air (Parsouia of the Lord), temporarily abiding with Christ in the heavens as celestial beings until Christ's returns to the earth for his 1,000 year reign, at which time we, once again, become terrestrial beings.FN19 This event, which occurs before the events in the book of Revelations, was a sacred secret, hidden away from the prophets. It is not to be confused with the resurrection of the just and unjust, which is recorded in the Old Testament, Gospels and Revelations, which will occur in Revelations chapter twenty.FN20 For more information concerning this age, read the article by E. W. Bullinger, "The Great Sacred Secret.") Yahweh has revealed to us that there are two universes,FN21 the seen and the unseen,FN22 the visible and the invisible,FN23 the corruptible and the incorruptible,FN24 the mortal and the immortal;FN25 "Thus, also, it is written––The first man, Adam, became, a living soul, the last Adam, a life–giving ruah (spirit). Howbeit, not first, is the body of the ruah (spirit), but that, of the soul,––afterwards, that of the ruah (spirit). The first man, is of the ground, earthy, the second man, is, of heaven" (1 Cor. 15:45-47). (Ruah can best be described as an invisible force.)FN26 Genesis 1:1 to 3:14 is written about the first adam and his fall, while Genesis 3:15 to Revelations 22:21 is written about adams (mankinds) redemption, which would be accomplished in full by the last Adam, who took of the tree of life and ate, thereby making an avenue for us, who through him can also take of the tree of life and eat and live to times age-abiding, and enter into Yahweh's unseen, invisible, incorruptible and glorious universe. The obstinate world (Yahweh rejecters) verbally denies this unseen world but they know it exists and are without excuse.FN27 By verbally denying the Creator they exalt themselves to His position as Supreme Beings but one day they shall be brought low!FN28 B re'shîth (In Beginning) In the last three chapters of Revelation, there are no men living in hell, purgatory or heaven but there are men who are dead and given life, raised from the dead to reign with Christ on the earth for one thousand years.FN32 We are also told that the rest of the dead, who are not in heaven, purgatory or hell, lived not until the thousand years were ended.FN33 If these individuals are not alive then they must be dead, returned to dust as foretold in Genesis. Earth is man's domain, which he shall inherit. The Garden of Eden was upon the earth as is the thousand year reign of Christ and the New Jerusalem. We can then come to the conclusion that man is not a celestial being, as the Church sometimes teaches, but rather a terrestrial being; he came from the ground, dies and returns to the ground and some will be raised to live again on the ground age-abidingly with Yahweh and Christ. One common being living in both books is the serpent also known as the dragon, who is called the deceiver. Could it be that this deceiver has deceived the present day Church as he did Eve and as he will also do to the nations who will live under the reign of Christ for 1,000 years? If the doctrines we believe are not mentioned in the book of Genesis or Revelation then where did they come from? The dragon's assault has always been the Words of Yahweh, which he has had men change, add to and delete. His methods are no different today. For example, Genesis 2:7 in older Bible translations says, "man became a living soul [nephesh]," but in today's newer versions, they now say, "man became a living being."FN34 The serpent said to Eve, in Genesis 3:4, "Ye shall not, die." Is this not the exact phrase the majority of Churchs use to instruct their members that upon death men do not die but live on in hell, purgatory or heaven? Are not our funeral services full of this same doctrine delivered by the serpent over four thousand years ago? 'Absent from the body, present with the Lord'FN35 is proclaimed by many but Yahweh's doctrine of dying, returning to the ground and awaiting to live again in the resurrection, as proclaimed in Genesis and Revelations, is absent. We must discard the doctrines of men and return to Yahweh's Word. "Genesis is the seed-plot of the whole Word of Yahweh. It is essential to the true understanding of its every part. It is the foundation on which Divine Revelation rests; and on which it is built up. It is not only the foundation of all truth; it is the underlying structure on which Holy Scripture is built."FN36 Genesis, chapters 1 - 3 finds it complement in the Book of Revelations, chapters 19 - 22. (See Appendix B) These two books reveal the possibilities of mankind. According to the Word of Yahweh there are three heavens and three earths.FN37 The first heaven and earth are presented in Genesis 1:1. It becameFN38 waste and wild (tohu va bohu, Is. 45:18) in Genesis 1:2 and perished by water.FN39 The second heaven and earth, which we presently live in, began in Genesis 1:3 and will one day be destroyed by fire.FN40 The third heaven and earth begin in Revelations 21:1 and has no end. In my opinion, the first heaven and earth did not have a sun or moon but Yahweh was the light thereof. This would make it similar to the third heaven and earth which also do not need the sun or stars; "…the city, hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they should shine therein; for, the glory of Yahweh, illumined it, and, the lamp thereof, was the Lamb" (Rev. 21:23; 22:5). In Genesis 1:1 to 2:3, Elohim creates the heavens and the earth, unveiling the mysteries of our physical universe. We do not know the age of the earth because day one did not begin at Genesis 1:1 but rather at 1:3-5. We do know the ages of the sun, moon and stars, which are approximately six thousand years old because they were made on day four. Darwinism is pseudo-science because Elohim states in His Word that everything bears fruit after its kind.FN41 What came first the egg or the chicken? It was the chicken! All true science will be found in harmony with these accounts. Adam & Adam-ah Then came sin. Adam (Adam and Eve; see also #Ro 5:12) violated the created structure. The adamâ, henceforth, brought forth thorns and thistles rather than freely giving fruit. Since adam had disrupted the paradisiacal life-producing state, he was driven off the paradisiacal adamâ and sentenced to return to the adamâ. However, the gracious Creator did not completely destroy adam. He promised to bring forth from adam a lifegiver, the seed of the woman (Gen. 3:15). As a token of that promise the Creator caused the adamâ to give of its fruit (blessing) to adam (note the curse on Cain, #Ge 4:12,14, whereby the adamâ was no longer to give its strength to him). Because of disobedience adam received a curse from the adamâ rather than life. Thus, we see that adam / adamâ are deeply involved in the pattern creation-fall-redemption."FN45 Contrary to metaphysical philosophy, which includes the teachings of the Christian Church, the Word of Yahweh states that adam (mankind) is strongly associated with adamah (the ground) rather than being an immoral soul or spirit. Yahweh formed adam from the dust of the adamah (ground) in Genesis 2:7 and because of their disobedience, accursed would be the adamah (ground); they would return to the adamah (ground); "…For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return" (Gen. 3:19). Yahweh does not mention adam (mankind) as being immortal beings going to heaven, hell or purgatory upon death but rather returning to aphar (dust). Yahweh does make this conditional promise to adam (mankind) concerning how an age-abiding life can be aquired; "…Now, therefore, lest he thrust forth his hand, and take even of the tree of life, and eat, and live to times age–abiding" (Gen. 3:22). The Tree of Life Chay (Life), the unseen force that animates matter, came from the spoken Word of Elohim. (Chay is not used for vegetation but rather for all animal life. Vegetation was placed upon the earth before Elohim used the word, 'chay.') The first usage is in Genesis 1:20; "And Elohim said––Let the waters swarm with an abundance of chay (living) nephesh (soul), and, birds, shall fly over the earth, over the face of the expanse of the heavens." Yahweh Elohim then formed man from the adamah (ground) and "…naphach (breathed) in his nostrils the neshamah (breath) of chay (life)––and adam (man) became a chay (living) nephesh (soul)" (Gen. 2:7). Chay (life) is associated with breathing (ruah or neshamah). Yahweh told Ezekiel to "…Prophesy unto the ruah (spirit),––Prophesy, Son of adam (man), and thou shalt say unto the ruah (spirit), Thus, saith Adonay, Yahweh––From the four ruah (winds), come thou, O ruah (spirit), And naphach (breathe) into these slain, That they may chayah (live)" (Ez. 37:9). It appears that chay (life), indefinable by man, is part of Yahweh's unseen universe. Man cannot bottle or duplicate or identify chay. Once life is gone, death (corruption) occurs whether in animal or plants; all return to the adamah (ground) from whence they have come. Once the invisible force of chay leaves the last of a species, the species is extinct. Elohim spoke life into beings on the earth allowing its own regeneration to reoccur into other beings. His commandment to animal life was to "Be fruitful and multiply." The elements that compose a body come from the adamah (ground) but chay (life) does not come from the ground but rather this invisible force was transferred from the original parents of Genesis chapter one to their offspring, which includes all life that exists today. Chay is like a torch, that can generate other torches but if it is extinguished, darkness (death) is the state of its being. Yahweh or His servants would have to speak chay (life) into existence again, as is done when one is raised from among the dead. This also probably explains the lack of chay in Genesis 1:2. The first heaven and earth, which probably included dinosaur's etc., perished by water and an absence of light. Water would kill all land breathing life and the absence of light would destroy all plant life until all life would perish; "Now, the earth, had become waste and wild, and, darkness, was on the face of the roaring deep,––but, the ruah [invisible force] of Elohim, was brooding on the face of the waters" (Gen. 1:2). In Genesis 1:3 Elohim spoke into existence light, then dry land and then vegetation, all things which are necessary for animals. Then He spoke into existence animals and mankind, equipping them with chay. Psalms 104:19-30 tell part of this story: "He hath made the moon for seasons, If one chooses not to take and eat of the tree of life then he has chosen death. The Second Death The phrase, 'second death,' is the second time chay (life) leaves an individual. This phrase is only used in Revelations and is associated with the Lake of Fire, which also is only used in Revelations.FN57 The Second Death meaning is to die again never to be raised; an age-abiding repulsion (abhorrence);FN58 an age-abiding destruction;FN59 consumed out of the earth; no more existence.FN60 Genesis unveils the first death and Revelations unveils the second or last age-abiding death. The only beings thrown alive into the Lake of Fire are the beast, the false prophet and the dragon.FN61 Yahweh, the Lamb, the serpent and Us Summation Yahweh had these promises written before any of us were born in order that we would know the outcome of our free-will choices. As He spoke to Israel by the prophets so has He done with us; "See! I have set before thee, today, life and prosperity,––and death and calamity; for thou must keep the commandments of Yahweh thy Elohim, which I am commanding thee, today, to love Yahweh thy Elohim, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes, and his regulations,––so shalt thou live and multiply, and Yahweh thy Elohim will bless thee, in the land which thou art entering to possess. But, if thy heart shall turn away, and thou wilt, not hearken,––but shalt be drawn away, and shalt bow thyself down to other gods, and serve them, I declare unto you, today, that ye shall perish,––ye shall not prolong your days, upon the soil which thou art passing over the Jordan to enter and possess. I call to witness against you today, the heavens and the earth, that life and death, have I set before thee, the blessing and the curse,––therefore shouldest thou choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed; to love Yahweh thy Elohim, to hearken unto his voice, and to cleave unto him,––for, he, is thy life, and thy length of days, that thou mayest abide upon the soil which Yahweh sware to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, to give unto them" (Deu. 30:15-20). Conclusion Appendix A GENESIS FINDS ITS COMPLEMENT IN REVELATIONS GENESIS 1. Genesis, the book of beginning. REVELATIONS 1. Apocalypse, the book of the end. FN1 01254 bara' baw-raw' FN2 07307 ruach roo'- akh FN3 05315 nephesh neh'- fesh FN4 0120 'adam aw-dawm' FN5 0127 'adamah ad-aw-maw' FN6 06083 'aphar aw-fawr' FN7 05397. neshamah nesh-aw-maw' FN8 02416 chay khah'- ee FN9 04191 muwth mooth FN10 05175 nachash naw-khawsh' FN11 01288 barak baw-rak' FN12 0779 'arar aw-rar' FN13 01588 gan gan FN14 05731 'Eden ay'- den FN15 Eph. 3 FN16 Now, unto him who hath power to establish you, according to my glad–message––even the proclamation of Yahshua Christ, according to the revelation of a sacred secret, in age–past times kept silent, But now made manifest, and through means of prophetic scriptures, according to the command of the age–abiding Yahweh, for obedience of faith unto all the nations made known, (Rm. 16:25-26) FN17 And I saw a great white throne, and him that was sitting thereon, from whose face fled the earth and heaven, and, place, was not found for them. And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and, books, were opened, and, another book, was opened, which is, the book, of life; and the dead, were judged, out of the things written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and, death and hades, gave up the dead that were in them; and they were judged, each one, according to their works. (Rev. 20:11-13) (Mt. 19:16-19) FN18 For, by his favour, have ye been saved, through means of faith, and this hath come to pass––not from you, of God, the free–gift! Not from works, lest anyone should boast. (Eph. 2:8-9) FN19 1 Thes. 4:13-18, 1 Cor. 15:50-55 FN20 Dan. 12:2; Jn. 5:29; Rev. 20:4-15 FN21 The whole of created or existing things regarded collectively; all things (including the earth, the heavens, and all the phenomena of space) considered as constituting a systematic whole, esp. as created or existing by Divine power; the whole world or creation; the cosmos. OED FN22 Ro 1:20 For, the unseen things of him, from a world's creation, by the things made, being perceived, are clearly seen, even his eternal power and divinity,––to the end they should be without excuse; Col 1:15 Who, is an image of the unseen God, Firstborn of all creation,–– Col 1:16 Because, in him, were created all things in the heavens and upon the earth, the things seen and the things unseen, whether thrones or lordships or principalities or authorities,––they all, through him and for him, have been created, FN23 2Co 4:18 So long as we are not looking out for the visible things, but for the invisible; for, the visible things, are temporary, whereas, the invisible, are age–abiding. 1Ti 1:17 Now, unto the King of the ages,––incorruptible, invisible, alone Elohim, be honour and glory, unto the ages of ages, Amen! FN24 862 afyartov aphthartos af'-thar-tos uncorrupted, not liable to corruption or decay, imperishable Rom 1:23; 1 Cor 9:25; 15:52; 1 Tim 1:17; 1 Pet 1:4, 23; 3:4 FN25 110 athanasia ath-an-as-ee'-ah undying, immortality, everlasting 1 Cor. 15:53, 54; 1 Ti. 6:16 FN26 Appendix 9 THE USAGE OF RUACH from the Companion Bible by E. W. Bullinger FN27 Inasmuch as, what may be known of Yahweh, is manifest among them, for, Yahweh, unto them, hath made it manifest,–– For, the unseen things of him, from a world's creation, by the things made, being perceived, are clearly seen, even his eternal power and divinity,––to the end they should be without excuse; (Rm. 1:19-20). FN28 Isa 2:12 For, a day of Yahweh of hosts, shall be––Upon every one who is high and lofty,––And upon every one who is lifted up, And he shall be brought low; FN29 Genesis is the Greek title men have given it which means generation, creation FN30 Po'ly-syn'de-ton; or, Many Ands (#Ge 22:9,11). (#Jos 7:24). (#Lu 14:21). The repetition of the word "and" at the beginning of successive clauses, each independent, important, and emphatic, with no climax at the end. Compare Asyndeton and (#Lu 14:13). Appendix 6; Companion Bible by E. W. Bullinger. FN31 Footnote Companion Bible 1:2 FN32 Rev. 20:4 FN33 Rev. 20:5 FN34 NIV, NKJV, Amplified Version etc. FN35 (3) The third passage, 2 Cor. 5:6, 8, "to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord (KJV)," was the inspired desire of the Apostle, which could be realized only in resurrection. Resurrection (and not death) is the subject of the whole context. These words are generally misquoted" Absent from the body, present with the Lord", as though it said that when we are absent from the body we are present with the Lord. But no such sentence can be found. No less than nine words are deliberately omitted from the context when the quotation is thus popularly made. The omission of these words creates quite a new sense, and puts the verse out of all harmony with the context; the object of which is to show that we cannot be "present with the Lord" except by being clothed upon with our Resurrection body our "house which is from heaven". Rotherham translation II Cor. 5:1-8 as:
We might with equal justice quote the words "hang all the law and the prophets", and leave out "on these two commandments" (Matt. 22:40); or say "there is no Elohim" and leave out "The fool hath said in his heart" (Psalm 53:1), or say "Ye shall not drink wine", and leave out "Ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but (ye shall not drink wine) of them" (Amos. 5:11); or talk about "the restitution of all things" and leave out "which Yahweh hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets" (Acts 3 :21). All these partial quotations are correct so far as the Text is concerned, but what about the Context? The context is, "We have good courage, however, and are well pleased––rather to be away from home, out of the body, and to come home, unto the Lord." (v. 8). Being "at home in the body" in both verses is explained, in verse 3 as being in "this tent", which, in v. 1, is called "our earthly tent, dwelling"; and being "and to come home, unto the Lord" is explained in verse 2 as being "clothe ourselves over, with our habitation which is of heaven". The Apostle distinctly says, on the one hand, that he did not wish to die (v. 4, "not that we would be unclothed"); and on the other hand, he was not merely "willing rather" but "earnestly desiring to be clothed upon" (v. 2). It is true that some years later he did say "to die is gain"; but as we have seen above, the circumstances were very different, for he was then in prison. (THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS or THE INTERMEDIATE STATE by E. W. Bullinger; page 16) FN36 The Companion Bible by E. W. Bullinger; Appendixes 2 FN37 2 Cor. 12:2, 2 Pe. 3:5-6 FN38 Rotherham Emphasized Bible; Companion Bible by E. W. Bullinger; 01961 hayah haw-yaw to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out FN39 By which means, the world that then was, with water being flooded, perished; 2 Pe. 3:6 FN40 While, the heavens and the earth that now are, by the same word, have been stored with fire, being kept unto the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly men. 2 Pe. 3:7 FN41 Ge 1:11 And Elohim said––Let the land put–forth vegetation––herb yielding seed, fruit–tree, bearing fruit, after its kind, whose seed is within it on the land. And it was so. FN42 03335 yatsar yaw-tsar' The basic meaning of this root is 'to form,' 'to fashion.' While the word occurs in synonymous parallelism with bara' 'create' and 'asâ 'make' in a number of passages, its primary emphasis is on the shaping or forming of the object involved. FN43 adam. Man, mankind; also human (adj.), someone (indef.); Adam (the first man). Although the etymology of ' adam cannot be explained with certainty (cf. TDOT, I, p. 78), the word probably relates to the original ruddiness of man's complexion (cf. F. Maas, ' adam TDOT, I, pp. 78-79). This word for man has to do with man as being in Elohim's image, the crown of creation. It should be distinguished from ' îsh (man as opposite of woman, or as man distinguished in his manliness), ' enôsh (man as weak and vulnerable), geber (man as mighty and noble), and metîm;' adam occurs exclusively in the singular absolute, 562 times. FN44 This, is the record of the generations of Adam,––In the day when Elohim created man, In the likeness of Elohim, made he, him; Male and female, created he them,––and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day they were created. Gen. 5:1-2 FN45 This pattern is repeated throughout the OT. After the flood God said he would never again curse the ' adamâ because of ' adam. {#Ge 8:21} He made a new covenant (creation) with Noah {#Ge 9:1-17} who became the father of ' adam (since only Noah and his immediate family were in the ark, #Ge 7:7). Noah became a tiller of the ' adamâ, {#Ge 9:20} and God blessed his efforts. However, Noah sinned. In Abraham the promise (redemption) given by God through Noah to Shem emerges in the form of Paradise regained, i.e. the promised land. {' adamâ, #Ge 28:14-15} FN46 De 30:19 I call to witness against you today, the heavens and the earth, that life and death, have I set before thee, the blessing and the curse,––therefore shouldest thou choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed; FN47 …Of every tree of the garden, thou mayest, eat; but, of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:16-17) FN48 Re 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what, the ruah (spirit), is saying unto the assemblies. Unto him that overcometh––I will give, unto him, to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of Yahweh. FN49 Joh 6:51 I, am the living bread, which, out of heaven, came down: If one eat of this bread, he shall live unto times age–abiding; and, the bread, moreover, which, I, will give, is, my flesh––for the world's life. FN50 Then said Yahweh Elohim unto the serpent––Because thou hast done this, Accursed, art thou above every tame–beast, and above every wild–beast of the field,––on thy belly, shalt thou go, and, dust, shalt thou eat, all the days of thy life [chay]. Gen. 3:14 FN51 05397 n@shamah nesh-aw-maw' Gen 2:7; 7:22; Deut 20:16; Josh 10:40; 11:11, 14; 2 Sam 22:16; 1 Kgs 15:29; 17:17; Job 4:9; 26:4; 27:3; 32:8; 33:4; 34:14; 37:10; Ps 18:15; 150:6; Prov 20:27; Isa 2:22; 30:33; 42:5; 57:16; Dan 10:17 FN52 01478 gava' gaw-vah' to expire, to breathe out; Gen 6:17; 7:21; 25:8, 17; 35:29; 49:33; Num 17:12f; 20:3, 29; Josh 22:20; Job 3:11; 10:18; 13:19; 14:10; 27:5; 29:18; 34:15; 36:12; Ps 88:15; 104:29; Lam 1:19; Zech 13:8 FN53 So Abraham breathed his last [gava], and died [muwth], in a fine old age, old and satisfied,––and was gathered unto his people. Gen 25:8, 17; 35:29; Num 17:13; Job 3:11; 14:10 FN54 Say unto them, As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Surely, I can take no pleasure in the death [maveth] of the lawless man, But that the lawless man turn, from his way, and live [chayah],––Turn ye, turn ye, from your wicked ways, For wherefore, should ye die [muwth], O house of Israel (Ez. 33:11)? FN55 (machah) I, wipe, wipe out. Almost all of the thirty-three occurrences of this verb are theologically significant. It is first found in the flood narrative. Every living thing on the face of the earth that breathed was blotted out {#Ge 7:22-23} including all human beings, except eight. mahâ figures prominently in the prayer in which Moses begged God to forgive the sin Israel incurred when they worshipped the golden calf. 'If not, blot me out of your book,' prays Moses. {#Ex 32:32-33} It had been God's intention to blot out Israel's name from under heaven, {#De 9:14} as repeated in #De 29:20 [H 191 (see also #Ps 69:28 [H 29]). Whether he regards it thus as a stain (as in #Ps 51:3,11) or a debt in a ledger (as in #Col 2:14) is not known with certainty. But he was willing, as was the apostle Paul, to be accursed for the sake of his brethren. (TWOT) Usages of machah: Gen 6:7; 7:4, 23; Exod 17:14; 32:32f; Num 5:23; 34:11; Deut 9:14; 25:6, 19; 29:20; Judg 21:17; 2 Kgs 14:27; 21:13; Neh 4:5; 13:14; Ps 9:5; 51:1, 9; 69:28; 109:13f; Prov 6:33; 30:20; 31:3; Isa 25:6, 8; 43:25; 44:22; Jer 18:23; Ezek 6:6 FN56 01860 d@ra'own der-aw-one' meaning to repulse; only other usages is in Isa 66:24 Then shall they go forth and look, upon the dead bodies of the men, who had been trespassing against me––For, their worm, shall not die, And, their fire, shall not be quenched; So shall they become an abhorrence, to all flesh. FN57 Second Death Rev. 2:22; 20:6, 14; 21:8; Lake of Fire: Re 19:20 And the wild–beast, was taken, and, with him, the false prophet who wrought the signs before him, whereby he deceived them who received the mark of the wild–beast and them who were doing homage unto his image,––alive, were they two cast into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone. Re 20:10 and, the Adversary that had been deceiving them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where were both the wild–beast and the false–prophet; and they shall be tormented, day and night, unto the ages of ages. Re 20:14 And, death and hades, were cast into the lake of fire. This, is, the second death––the lake of fire. Re 20:15 And, if anyone was not found, in the book of life, written, he was cast into the lake of fire. FN58 and, many of the sleepers in the dusty ground, shall awake,––these, shall be to age–abiding life, but, those, to reproach, and age–abiding abhorrence; (Da. 12:2) FN59 In a fiery flame; holding forth vengeance––against them that refuse to know Yahweh, and them who decline to hearken unto the glad–message of our Lord Yahshua, Who, indeed, a penalty, shall pay––age–abiding destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might (2 Thes. 1:8-9) FN60 "Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth And, the lawless, no more, shall exist…" (Ps. 104:35) Ps. 37:20, 92:7, 145:20 FN61 And the wild–beast, was taken, and, with him, the false prophet who wrought the signs before him, whereby he deceived them who received the mark of the wild–beast and them who were doing homage unto his image,––alive, were they two cast into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone. (Rev. 19:20) ; and, the Adversary that had been deceiving them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where were both the wild–beast and the false–prophet; and they shall be tormented, day and night, unto the ages of ages. (Rev. 20:10) FN62 Joh 4:24 Yahweh is, spirit; and, they that worship him, in spirit and truth, must needs worship. De 4:12 Then spake Yahweh unto you, out of the midst of the fire,––a voice of words, ye, were hearing, no form, were ye seeing, there was, only a voice. FN63 Lu 1:35 And answering, the messenger said unto her––The holy ruah, shall come upon thee, and, the power of the Most High, shall overshadow thee; wherefore, even that which is to be born, Holy, shall be called, Son of Yahweh. FN64 And, he, is the head of the body, the assembly, Who is the beginning, Firstborn from among the dead, in order that, he, might become, in all things, himself, pre–eminent (Col. 1:18) FN65 That there are three main characters in the Word of Yahweh who are connected by ruah (spirit) (1 Jn. 3:24, 4:13, See the article, 'Spirit & Soul'); Yahweh, Yahshua and the followers of Yahweh, also known as the believers; "In that day, shall ye get to know, That, I, am in my Father, and, ye, in me, and, I, in you" (Jn. 14:20, 1Cor. 3:23, Jn. 13:20, Mk. 13:32); "that they may be one, even as, we, are, one. I, in them and, thou, in me; That they may have been perfected into, one" (Jn. 17:22-23, 6:57); the husbandman, the vine and the branches (Jn. 15:1-5); the head of believers is Christ and the head of Christ is Yahweh (1 Cor. 11:3, Eph. 5;23). In the epistles we see there is one Yahweh the Father, of whom are all things, and, we, for Him; and one Lord Yahshua Christ, through whom are all things, and, we, through him (1 Cor. 8:6); in the seven Pauline Epistles we receive greetings from two entities to the believers; "from God [our] Father and Lord Jesus Christ" (Rm. 1:7, 1Cor. 1:3, 2 Cor. 1:2, Gal. 1:3, Eph. 1:2, Phil. 1:2, Col. 1:2, 1Thes. 1:1, 2 Thes. 1:2); in the book of Revelations we see two thrones; the throne of Yahweh and of the Lamb from which they will rule the believers (Rev. 22:1, 3). There are three main entities in the word of Yahweh; our Creator whose name is Yahweh, who is our Father, who is over all, and through all, and in all; the man Yahshua, the only begotten Son of Yahweh, the Christ, who is our Brother, Savior and Lord and only through him can we have our introduction unto the Father (1 Cor. 5:8) and ourselves, those who are servants and sons of Yahweh (Rev. 22:3). There is One Elohim Yahweh, One Lord Yahshua (1 Cor. 8:6) and One body of the Christ. These three entities are presently infused together with One ruah, the ruah of Yahweh (Eph. 4:4-6, Nm. 11:25, 1 Sam. 16:13, Is. 61:1, 1 Cor. 2:10-16). FN66 3528 nikao nik-ah'-o 1) to conquer 1a) to carry off the victory, come off victorious FN67 1169 deilos di-los' 1) timid, fearful FN68 571 apistos ap'-is-tos 1) unfaithful, faithless, (not to be trusted, perfidious) FN69 948 bdelusso bdel-oos'-so 1) to render foul, to cause to be abhorred FN70 4205 pornos por'-nos 1) a man who prostitutes his body to another's lust for hire 2) a male prostitute 3) a man who indulges in unlawful sexual intercourse, a fornicator FN71 5332 pharmakeus far-mak-yoos' one who prepares or uses magical remedies FN72 5571 pseudes psyoo-dace' lying, deceitful, false FN73 Mt. 25:31-46 FN74 Rev. 21:2 FN75 Rev. 20:6 FN76 Isa 40:3 ¶ A voice of one crying!––In the desert, prepare ye the way of Yahweh,––Make smooth, in the waste plain, a highway for our Elohim: (Jn. 1:23) FN77 Isa 6:3 And they continued crying out one to another, and said, Holy––holy––holy, is Yahweh of hosts,––the fulness of the whole earth, is his glory.
FN78 Appendix 10 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFIGANCE OF NUMBERS by E. W. Bullinger Companion Bible
FN79 The Companion Bible by E. W. Bullinger; Appex. 1 (*When quoting scriptures, from the Rotherham Emphasized Bible New Testament, I will substitute the Hebrew word Yahshua for Jesus, Yahweh and Elohim for God and the LORD and Anointed for Christ. |
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