Know what you believe... and why
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 by
Anthony V. Gaudiano

    Why perpetuate J-word errors?
The letter ‘j’  is not ancient, dating only to the time of movable type; about 500 years ago.  Handwritten paragraphs beginning with the letter ‘I’ had a long descender which would project into lower lines if set in type.  Dutch printers invented a substitute letter which looked like a ‘reversed  L.’ French usage gave the letter a ‘zh’ sound and hook shape.  Thus, j (J) became the last letter added to the English alphabet.  The text of the 1611 Edition Authorized King James Version has the letter i, sounded as y, where j was substituted in the next edition 75 years later.   Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek scriptures do not contain the letter j, instead have the letter and/or sound of  y  (i.e., yod, and iota printed as  I but pronounced as the y  in yet). The Father revealed his ONLY name to Moshe in Hebrew.  It is equivalent to YHWH in English and transliterates as YAHWEH (not Jehovah); his Son’s name as YAHSHUA (not Jesus)..

Which to worship on... Sabbath day or Sunday? 
Answer: The 4th commandment has NOT, been rescinded!  If one wants eternal life, as promised to the obedient, one must keep the Sabbath Day holy.  The weekly Sabbath is the 7th day, NOT the 1st (Sunday).  The Old and New Testament have many  instances of worship on the weekly Sabbath, and on the annual Sabbaths.  Only the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) is on the first day because it occurs seven full weeks from the morrow of the first weekly Sabbath after Passover.  In 321, Constantine, who espoused the SUN god Mithra, issued an edict to change  worship from the Sabbath day to the ‘venerable day of the sun.’  The early church syncretized this apostasy by telling adherents to worship the SON on SUN-day.  Inexplicably, most Protestant religions also observe this NON-SCRIPTURAL day, the same being Christmas and Easter, in spite of the Reformation.  The scriptural Holy Days of Yahweh are found in Leviticus 23:1-44.

Is ‘The Trinity Doctrine’ Scriptural?
Answer: The word ‘Trinity’ is NOT found in the scriptures.  Any Encyclopedia will show the early church syncretized the non-scriptural ‘three-persons-in-one-god’ fiction, into a man-made doctrine.  It was MANDATED by the Council of Nicaea  convened in 325 A.D. by Constantine.  Allegedly Christian, he espoused the SUN-god Mithra.  He issued an edict which changed worship from the commanded seventh day Sabbath to “the venerable day of the Sun” (Sunday).  The council also MANDATED the non-scriptural Nicene Creed and PAGAN based EASTER, in place of the scripturally Commanded PASSOVER.   Many opposed such rulings and were martyred.  Yet, despite the great gains of the Reformation, most organized religions worship on Sunday, and teach the non-scriptural Trinity doctrine; the same being the Nicene and Apostles Creed.  Why accept doctrines and traditions which are not scriptural?  

Who are the many called... but few chosen?
Answer:  The many called have, but do not obey, the scriptures.  Many observe Christmas, oblivious that Yahshua’s birth date is NOT recorded!  Many observe the Sunday of Constantine, NOT the 4th Commandment  seventh day Sabbath!  Many observe Easter, which is NOT in the scriptures, instead of Passover, a commanded Holy Day!  Do the math - many believe in a Good Friday Crucifixion/Easter Sunday Resurrection (about 36 hours) yet Yahshua Messiah HIMSELF said he would be in the ”heart of the earth three days AND three nights” (72 hours)!  Daniel 9 shows Yahshua died on Passover, Wednesday April 5, 30 AD between 3 and 5 p.m., as the lambs were being sacrificed.  He arose similarly Saturday, NOT early Sunday!  Many believe in the fictional ‘Trinity,’a word NOT in, or supported by scripture! The MANY that are called have, yet disobey, Yahweh’s word. The chosen FEW have it, and obey it.  WHICH ARE YOU? 

Is the ‘Holy Spirit’ a Person, Male, or Named?
Answer: None of the above!  ‘Holy’ and ‘spirit’ in Strong’s Concordance principally mean: a holy movement of air, breath, or breeze; i.e., an inanimate, sensible, FORCE.  The English word ‘spirit’ is from the Latin spiriea, meaning breath.  Hebrew has NO neuter gender.  Its rules of grammar require the term ‘holy spirit’ have a masculine pronoun (he). The definite article (the) is for English reading ease.  But, New Testament Greek HAS neuter gender.  Why are masculine pronouns used in NT with ‘holy spirit’ instead of the expected ‘it’ or ‘itself’?  At least 32 scholars maintain that the NT was originally  in Hebrew and Aramaic.  Obviously, the required masculine pronouns were faithfully translated into Greek.  The ‘holy spirit’ is NOT a person, or male, as Trinitarians believe; or named as inferred in baptismal prayer.  Instead, ‘it’ is the Holy Power of Yahweh and Yahshua, by which all is accomplished and sustained. 

 Is there proof the seventh day Sabbath is correct?
Answer: The seventh day Sabbath was hallowed and made for man at creation.  It was observed to the time of Joseph.  During the 400 year Israelite bondage in Egypt, the Sabbath was ‘lost.’   The Sabbath was re-established in the wilderness (Exodus 16:4-13).  The Levite priesthood formed by Moses, properly kept the Weekly and Annual Sabbaths thereafter.  Joshua’s ‘long day,’ from sunset to sunset, was just that, the order of the week did not  change.  During Israel’s  Babylonian and Persian captivity, and the Roman occupation to the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D., the priesthood maintained the weekly seventh day sequence.  Same has also been maintained for thousands of years by scholars, astronomers, and governments.  Going from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian only changed the next day’s date.  The order of days in the week is unchanged back to Moses.   See a bible, and any encyclopedia under Calendar. 

Is the sacred name revealed to Moses... known?
Answer: Ex. 3:15  “ Hwhy ...this is MY NAME for all time...”; ONE, ONLY, SACRED NAME!  It was revealed in Hebrew, a  language written from right to left with consonants only (three can be long vowels).  Hwhy corresponds in English to YHWH, called the Tetragrammaton.  Utilizing the long vowels Y, H, and W, the transliterated (same sound as original language) name corresponds to YAHWEH.  There are various titles (God, Lord, El-etc.) but ONE, ONLY, SACRED NAME!  It is Satan’s deception which perpetuates the erroneous false words  Jehovah and Jesus.  Proof?  The letter J is not in the Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek, or Latin alphabet.  See the table in Webster’s  9th New Collegiate Dictionary under alphabet.  The letter J, of Dutch/French origin, did not exist before movable type printing.  It is not found in a  PHOTOCOPY of the 1611 King James Version.  Our savior’s name is YAHSHUA (Yah is salvation). 

What four words are translated ‘hell’ in the KJV?
Answer: The Hebrew word  sheol and the Greek words  hades, Tartarus, and Gehenna, are translated in the KJV as the one English word, ‘hell’ (a hole dug in soil).  Strong’s Concordance shows ‘hell’ occurs 53 times in the KJV.  In the OT, sheol occurs 31 times.  It means grave.  In the NT, hades occurs 10 times and also means grave.  Tartarus occurs once, it means a deep place of incarceration of Satan for 1000 years.  So, is the traditional CONCEPT of ‘hell’ scriptural, or pagan?  NONE of these 42 of 53 definitions mention sinners eternally tortured in fire and suffering agonizing pain!  Why would eternal life, promised only to the faithful, seemingly be given to sinners just to torture them?  But, in all 11 occurrences of Gehenna (the lake of fire) with mortals, the result is NOT punishING, but  annihilation, burnt to ashes.  This second death is a one time, eternal, punishMENT!  CHOOSE ETERNAL LIFE INSTEAD!

Passover is scriptural, Easter is not... WHY NOT?
Answer: The word Easter is not in the scriptures!  It was an idea of  early church fathers about 230 - 400 A.D.  It is based upon the Teutonic pagan SUN-godess Asterte.  Ostensibly Easter was to mark the Resurrection (on the first day of the week instead of the correct seventh), and to syncretize pagan beliefs in the early church (i.e., worship of the ’SON’ on SUN-day).  Constantine’s edict to change worship from the Sabbath day to Sunday, and the observance of Easter instead of Passover, was aimed at the then hated Jews.  The edicts adversely affected early believers too.  The Apostolic Fathers in the east, Polycarp (who knew the Apostle John), Ireanus, and Clement, also observed the holy days in Lev. 23.  They were excommunicated by the Roman church and died martyrs.  Clearly, Passover is a MEMORIAL, a reminder that Yahshua died for OUR SINS... “greater love  has no one  than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”     

The letter J...  Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek, or Latin? 
Answer: None of the above.  The J is NOT in ancient scriptural manuscripts as commonly ASSUMED from most English bible translations.  The letter only dates to the time of movable type printing.  Dutch printers had problems with a handwritten paragraph if it started with a stylized  I.  The long descender interfered with lower lines of type.  They invented a substitute letter, putting a short horizontal tail to the lower left side of the capital  I, making it into a reversed  L.  The final hook shape and ‘dz’ sound value is from French usage.  The J is the last letter added to the ENGLISH alphabet, only about 500 years ago.  It is NOT found in a PHOTOCOPY of the 1611 Edition Authorized King Version bible.  The letter I therein is from Latin and is pronounced as if a Y.  About 75 years later, the J came into VOGUE and was substituted in the KJV.  The words Jehovah and Jesus are correctly YAHWEH and YAHSHUA! 

Was the ‘law’ abolished... nailed to the cross?
Answer:  No.  It was the PENALTY of the ‘law,’ Yahshua the Anointed’s DEATH!  The 613 written judgements, ordinances, precepts, laws, statutes, the Ten Commandments, etc., between Gn. 1:2 and Dt. 31:19 were given by Yahweh to the Israelites.  Of these, 248 are positive and 365 negative (contain ‘not’), 90 relate to tabernacle service which ended with the temple in 70 A.D.  Others apply only to males, females, animals, etc.  The Jewish Rabbinic ORAL Law may have been the heavy burden put on the people which Yahshua criticized.  He obeyed the law, coming “not to abolish the law but to fulfill it;” and added  the Commandment of Love.  He gave up all, became mortal, and offered his sinLESS life to Yahweh his father to atone for OUR sinFUL life.  His righteousness is imparted to believers through FAITH, for eternal life.  Yahweh’s law is beneficial, it is still on the Jews, and is still a tutor incumbent on ‘spiritual Israelites.’ 

Was it an old rugged ‘cross’ or a torture ‘stake’?
Answer: Stake.  The English word cross in NT Greek is stau-ros’ a stake or pole made from a tree.  No crossbeam is inferred.  Specifics of Yahshua’s execution are few but one can conjecture from history.  Romans soldiers performed lots of executions and were efficient at it.  Generally, all victims were scourged; those condemned  had to carry their torture stake to the execution site (unless one had just become available).  The site was located so as to be a public deterrent.  The victim’s clothes were taken by the soldiers to be sold.  Naked, in shame, the victim’s hands were raised above his head, crossed, and attached to the stake with one nail; similarly, one nail in the crossed feet.   A lettered sign, likely a reusable board, was displayed.  The top end of the stake was raised, the bottom wedged into a pre-cut hole in the stone.  Victims painfully tried to rise up to breathe using their legs (unless broken).  Exhausted, they died of asphyxiation. 

What does INRI on the top of a crucifix mean?
Answer: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (Latin - Catholic Douay Bible Dictionary).  The scripture does not say if the words in Jn 19:19 were an acronym as shown.  The wording of the four Gospels are similar, not identical; only Lk 23:38 says the words were in Latin, Hebrew and Greek.  Hebrew letters would have been from right to left, in consonants only.  The ‘I’ above would have been pronounced as ‘Y.’  English bibles use the letter J of French vogue from about 1500 AD, in the name of a Hebrew who died in 30 AD!  There is no letter J in Latin, Hebrew, or Greek.  The correct name of the one who died for our sins is xcwHY.  It is transliterated (carries same sound) as Yahshua in English.  His title in Hebrew is Messiah (i.e., the Anointed).  Almighty Yahweh chose that accurate title for his only begotten son.  The NT Greek has Christos, which became Christ in English bibles.  It is NOT correct; NOT a last name! 

Were Roman or Temple guards at the tomb?
Answer: Temple guards.  It is commonly, but erroneously, assumed that Pilate assigned Roman soldiers to guard the tomb of Yahshua.  Plain common sense and a close reading of the scriptures reveals the truth.  The Roman soldiers hated the troublesome Jews.  After Pilate had Yahshua executed (at the behest of those Jews), his official interest ended, evidenced by Pilate’s permission to remove Yahshua’s body after the Roman soldier verified death.  Pilate’s words to the Jewish delegation “you have a [Temple] guard...” are scorn not accommodation.  It was the Temple guards, mustered by the High Priest, that had seized Yahshua.  The earthquake which rolled back the stone at the tomb caused the terrified Temple guards to run to the High Priest’s house.  Obviously, Roman soldiers would  have reported to Pilate only, neither would they have slept on duty, or could be bribed to say they had; the punishment was immediate death.

Does anyone go to Heaven or Hell... at death ? 
Answer: Neither.  Scripture shows that except for Yahshua the Anointed, all living and dead remain on Earth until the end of the age.  This includes the faithful Abraham, obedient Moses, David -‘a man after Yahweh’s own heart,’ Yahshua’s chosen ones, etc.  Yet, in spite of the book of Revelation, many believe the ‘dead’ either go first to Limbo, or Purgatory (words not in scripture) then to Heaven, or directly, or to the traditional but erroneous CONCEPT of Hell.  Our body decays, so what goes elsewhere?  Is it one’s soul (not to be confused with one’s spirit)?  No!  We are a soul per Strong’s OT 5315, the Hebrew word is nephesh: ‘a breathing creature, human or animal, etc.’  In the NT its 5590, the Greek word is psuche: ‘breath, life, etc., equal to 5315.’  One’s spirit likely goes back from whence it came.  At judgment, those whose name is in the Book of Life become joint-heirs with Yahshua; the rest become joint-ashes.  

HalleluYah... which language, what does it mean?
Answer: Hebrew, it means: Praise Yah.  The second word is the short form of the creator’s sacred name Yahweh.  Correct transliterated spelling in English requires the aspirant H and capital Y as above.  Alleluia and Hallelujah are INCORRECT.  Proof?  A photocopy of the 1611 Edition King James Version shows Halleluiah; the i being pronounced as Y.  The letter J is NOT in that version because there is NO equivalent letter in the Hebrew, Greek, or Latin alphabet.  The letter j and zh sound came into VOGUE about 500 years ago from French usage.  The letter J was substituted for i in the next printing of the  KJV.  But, why is ‘Praise the Lord’ in many bibles instead of ‘Praise Yahweh’?  Answer: Sadly, the word ‘Lord’ was overtly substituted for the sacred name Yahweh. Ancient evidence shows the sacred name in paleo-Hebrew as  jwjy, and early Hebrew as  Hwhy, (four consonants, read right to left) =YHWH.

 The ancient scrolls... same book order as the NT?
Answer: No.  In the 4th Century the Roman church codified the scrolls it considered inspired, into book format.  The division and order of the ancient scrolls was ignored, as was the eldership and ‘to the Jew first’ principal.  To distance itself from the then hated Jews, the church of ‘gentiles’ placed Paul’s books before those of the ORIGINAL APOSTLES’!  This has obscured understanding of the flow of the New Testament ever since.  The order and division in the ancient scrolls is: the Four Gospels (Yahshua’s time on earth), Acts (Yahshua’s time in Heaven), the Universal Epistles: James 1 & 2, Peter 1, 2, & 3, John, Jude (general books by the ‘Pillar Apostles’ to converted Jews), the Epistles of Paul: Seven churches and Thessalonians 1 & 2, Hebrews (Millennial), Tim. 1 & 2, Titus, and Philemon (Ministerial), then Revelation (Prophetic).  1600 YEARS later bible publishers still do not follow the ancient scroll order!

Is the ‘law’ and the ‘Law of Moses’ the same ?
Answer: Yes. The Law division of the Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy), was given by Yahweh to Moses for the Israelites’ BENEFIT, as an example for all nations to follow. There are 613 laws, statutes, precepts, ordinances, the 10 Commandments, etc., between Gn. 1:2 and Dt. 31:19 (list available).  Many erroneously think the words in 1 Jn 3:4 ‘Sin is the transgression of the law’ refer only to the 10 Commandments; others think the law, given by Yahweh, was abolished by Paul in Galatains 3:24, ignorant he was alluding to the penalty of the law, Yahshua’s death!.  Does the ‘law’ apply to Gentiles?  In Acts 15:20 James rules on four things (pagan practices) Gentile converts should not do, CONTINUING with what they should... “[the law of] Moses is taught in the Temple every Sabbath.” Believers were expected to gradually learn the law and obey it, mindful their salvation was by faith (as is ours).