i think it is always important to hear the "other side", but Aaron told me that MRYA is often times used in the OT quotes, which, to me, makes it far more likely that it is a direct replacement for YHWH. Why would one look for more euphemisms that can be confused with other words? it seems likely they were looking for an expression to unmistakenly represent YHWH.
About the author's introduction:
Quote:This theory is a slight-of-hand trick, an illusion, used to support the erroneous doctrine that Yeshua and YHWH are one and the same being or person.
i apologize for being a little OT here, but we are talking about this article, and i would like to respond:
If YHWH is not Yahshuah, how are we to understand this:
John 1:1 "THE Word was in the beginning, and that very Word was with God, and
God was that Word."
Now, if, for example, we assume the trinity to be God, then it should read:
"THE Word was in the beginning, and that very Word was with
the trinity, and
the trinity was that Word."
Or, maybe in this case God is only the Father?
"THE Word was in the beginning, and that very Word was with
the Father, and
the Father was that Word."
You pick and choose, i see no way possible to claim that the Word is not fully and completely all God.
So, please tell me, is Yahshuah in the Godhead, or is the Godhead in Yahshuah?
Let's ask the Bible...
Colossians 2:9 "For in him is embodied
all the fulness of the Godhead."
So, if the fulness of the Godhead is the trinity, then read:
"For in him is embodied all
the trinity."
No way to get around this.
And, why do people always ignore Hebrews?
Hebrews 1:3 "For he is the brightness of his glory and
the express image of his being, [...]"
i think many prefer this:
"For he is the brightness of his glory and the express image of
the trinity, [...]"
or:
"For he is the brightness of his glory and the express image of
the Father, [...]"
"For he is the brightness of his glory and the express image of
one third of his being, [...]"
See where i am getting? Makes no sense, right? Unless, of course, you accept Yahshuah is YHWH, as he proclaimed in Isaiah:
Isaiah 43:10 "Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and
my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and
understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
11 I, even I, am the LORD; and
beside me there is no saviour.
12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when
there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.
i believe these verses to be directly written to people believing in multiple personalitles in the Godhead. Try< to swallow it all. It could not be any more plain. i like this illustration:
Always look for the opposing sides of the wheel to get to know why Yahshuah is YHWH.
http://www.acts238.50megs.com/whats_new.html
i am not claiming to be smarter than all of you theologians, but i don't think that the truth can oppose very simple and basic logic, and in that sense, who can tell me that it is wrong to say that Yashuah is the highest revelation of the fulness of YHWH a human can percieve?