Monday, April 11, 2016

Messiah is Divine- From the Tanakh

1) Use of the word ELOHIM

Genesis 1:1, In the beginning God/Elohim
Exodus 20:3, Have no other gods/Elohim before me
Deuteronomy 13:3, Let us go after other gods/Elohim
Elohim translated gods: Genesis 3:5; 31:30, 32; 35:2-4; Exodus 18:11; 20:23; 20:24; Leviticus 19:4; Joshua 22:22; Daniel 11:8; Zephaniah 2:11
When used of the God of Israel translated singular.
When used of the pagan gods translated plural.

2) Plural pronouns used with God/Elohim:

Genesis 1:26, "Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness."
Also read Genesis 3:22; 11:17; Isaiah 6:8

3) Echad vs. Yachid: Genesis 2:24- one flesh;

Ezekiel 37:15-19- one stick
The Shema, Deuteronomy 6:4, "Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord, is One." {Echad}
Echad=One, Compound Unity vs. Yachid=One, Absolute one.
Maimonides' change of Echad to Yachid in the Shema in his "13 Principles of Faith."

The Zohar commentary on this passage The Shema, Deuteronomy 6:4, "Why is there need of mentioning the name of God three times in this verse? The first Lord is the Father above.
The second is the stem of Jesse, the Messiah. Who is to come from the family of Jesse through David. And the third one is the way which is below (meaning the Holy Spirit who shows us the way) and these three are one."
(1280 "Books of Splendors mystical commentary of the Torah)

4) Psalm 110, "The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand."

5) Micah 5:2, From Everlasting, from ancient days.

6) Isaiah 9:6-7, Name shall be called the Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, El Gebor; same as in Isaiah 10:21.

7) Isaiah 7:14, Immanuel, God with us  

8) Jeremiah 23:5-6, The Lord our Righteousness

9) The Unity of God in three persons, "I am the first and I am the last." Also read Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 48:12-16

10) God's Son: Psalm 2:7,12; Proverbs 30:4

11) "Son of Man" Daniel 7:13-14


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