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Scarcely a day goes by that we don’t hear mention of the man whose number is 666 in reference to Revelation 13:18, but the Hebrew text of Revelation 13:18 has a very different meaning than the English translation of the Greek text.

My translation of the Hebrew text of Rev 13:18 is as follows: “In who בזה (1) the wisdom החכמה outpouring מי (2) leader אשר (3) to him לו understanding תבונה will impute יחשב (4) from book מספר (5) the living החיה (6) mark כי (7) from book מספר (5) son בן (8) Adam אדם (8) he himself הוא (9) and from book ומספרו (5) fine linen שש (10) from mark מאות (11) and fine linen of them וששים (10) and fine linen ושש (10).”

1. The Hebrew זה (Strong’s H2088) means ‘this’ or ‘who, that, which’.  Found with the beth ב prefix that means ‘in, with’.
2. The Hebrew מי (Strong’s H4325) means ‘flowing, pouring, running’, hence ‘water’ as a material element, fig. ‘seed’ in Isa 48:1.
3. The Hebrew חשב (Strong’s H833) means ‘walk, to be led, guided’, also ‘to be straight’ in a moral sense ‘to be right, honest, upright’.  Often classified as Strong’s H834 that means ‘who, which, that’, perhaps to lead us astray from the real meaning.
4. The Hebrew ספר (Strong’s H 5612) means ‘document, writing, book’.  In a broader sense it also means ‘to make incisions, marks’ hence ‘to number, to count’ (Strong’s H5608).
5. The Hebrew החיה (Strong’s H2416) means ‘alive, living’. This word requires a thorough analysis because it is translated ‘living’ or ‘beast’, especially in Genesis 1 – 3 and Revelation to lead us astray.
6. The Hebrew כי (Strong’s H3588) means ‘that, for, when’, but in Isa 3:24 (Strong’s H3587) it means ‘a prick, a mark, a brand’, and that appears to be the underlying meaning of the word.
7. The Hebrew בן that means ‘son’ is not translated, and the Hebrew אדם that means ‘Adam’ is translated ‘man’, disguising the fact that this verse is about Yahshua, whose title is ‘son Adam’.
8. The Hebrew חשב translated ‘let him count’ means ‘impute’ in Lev 7:18, 17:4, & Num 18:27.
9. The Hebrew הוא (Strong’s H 1931) means ‘he, she, it’, sometimes equivalent to ‘himself, herself, itself’, emphasizing the subject.
10. The Hebrew word שש (Strong’s H8336) means ‘fine white linen, the clothes of the priest and persons of distinction’, or ‘white marble, for pillars’ in Esther 1:5. Interestingly, the Greek transliteration of ‘six’ is ‘hex’! We might wonder if the Greek text puts a spell on us?
11. The Hebrew אות (Strong’s H226) means ‘a mark, sign, pledge, token’.  The Hebrew word that means ‘hundreds’ is מאה (Strong’s H3967) found in Rev 7:4.

Looking at each and every word mistranslated in this one verse, it becomes apparent how vulnerable we are having to rely on the English translation found in all Bibles. This verse is clearly about Yahshua, the ‘son Adam’ and those who are made clean through his sacrifice, but they have turned the meaning up-side down to be about Satan and his mark.

I recommend you test my translation to ensure it is accurate.  Every minute we spend in the Hebrew text adds to our ability to rightly divide the Word of Yahweh.  It is the Word of Yahweh that refines us, so that we can stand before Yahweh and not be destroyed by his fire.

The SDA confirmed that biblical canon is closed at a General Conference in the Netherlands in June 1995.  But in stark contradiction to this, they believe Rev 19:10 “the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” refers to Ellen White’s writings, giving them divine authority.  As a result, Ellen White’s many visions and writings have greatly influenced the doctrine of Seventh-Day Adventism. Even today, SDA preachers like Walter Veith give the writings of Ellen White equal authority to scripture.

Scripture supports that the gifts of the spirit ended in the Apostles generation:

• As prophesied in Dan 9:24, in the 77^th generation from Adam, the generation Yahshua was born as listed in Luke 3: 25 – 38, ‘vision חזון and prophecy ונביא’ were ‘sealed up/ended’ חתם. 

• Paul said in 1 Cor 13:8 – 10 “the prophecies הנבואות they הנה will cease תבטלנה, and the speaking in languages והלשנות will be complete תכלינה, and knowledge והדעת will cease תבטל. For כי end of קצת self הוא who know שידענו and end of קצת self הוא who prophesy שנבאנו. And as comes וכבוא the perfect (free from blemish, sound) התמים, at that time אז as a result עבור you will pass over תעבר the end הקצת.” (Looking up the Hebrew words in these verses reveals the true meaning which is hidden in the English translation of the Greek text!)

• Speaking in languages on Pentecost described in Acts 2:1 – 13, was the fulfillment of the ‘day of Yahweh’ prophecy in Joel 2:28 – 32. 

We can be certain that all visions and prophecies after the Apostles generation, including Ellen White’s, were not from Yahweh, but some other source.  The SDA and its members, in giving her prophecies equal weight to scripture, and failing to test the things she wrote that are contrary to the truth of scripture, have leavened their doctrine with lies that will impact on their salvation if they do not turn away from them!

The onus is on each and every one of us to test all things 1 Thes 5:21, test the spirits to see if they are from God because many false prophets have gone out into the world 1 John 4:1!

In the article Mrs. White’s Visions Explained (on the website nonsda.org), author Dirk Anderson describes the conditions in many churches in the mid-1800’s as full of religious fervour – visions were common, and “prophets of every kind abounded”.  Historians describe meetings as “charismatic in nature”, with loud singing, shouting, faith healing, ‘holy’ laughter, speaking in tongues, and people ‘falling to the floor’ – being ‘slain in the spirit’.  When the fanaticism died down in the 1860’s, visions decreased, ceasing altogether by the 1870’s.  Skepticism towards visions grew, SDA challenged the visions of some, but not those of Ellen White, whose visions changed to dreams.

Anderson weighs the evidence against Ellen White’s visions having been communications from God.  The fact that some of her prophecies did not come true is evidence she was a false prophet.  The outward signs that indicated she was having a vision can be explained by the state of hysteria/mesmerism she was in.  Charismatics and mesmerism were very popular in Christian churches in the mid-1800’s, both exhibit similar behaviours, and both lead to spirit possession.  Anderson considers that the visions may have been from evil spirits, since White acknowledged having a spirit guide, who she said was “a noble, well-dressed young man”, and he admits that some of the doctrine she taught may be considered to be that of demons.

The most damning evidence against Ellen White’s writings are found in the article Inspired Prophet or Medium? (free on archive.org), in which the author provides evidence directly from her writings that Ellen White used occult terminology:

• She used the terms – ‘all-seeing eye’, ‘Great/angelic architect’, and ‘channels of light’,
• She equated transgression of the laws of nature to transgression of the laws of God,
• She refers to ‘Peter’s ladder of eight rounds’, which is similar to the ladder with eight steps to divine man-hood in Buddhism, Gnosticism, and Mithraic mysteries,
• She said that the lesser light leads to the greater light, and
• She describes her dreams of seeing Jesus in the secret chamber at the top of the stairs.

Although White stated Freemasonry and Christianity are incompatible, Mr. Faulkhead, an SDA who had been a high-level Freemason, witnessed her giving a secret hand sign that was made by her spirit guide, known only to the highest-level Freemasons.  Is this evidence that Ellen White was possessed by a spirit, who was the source of her voluminous writings?

In reading Light Bearers of Darkness p. 4, the Trinity of Illuminism – Cabalistic and Gnostic, is eerily similar to the Christian Trinity, consisting of “the Father – the generating fire; the Holy Spirit – the Great Mother Nature, reproducing all things; the Son – the manifestation, the vital fluid, the astral light of Illuminism.” 

The author, Christina Stoddard, believes the Trinity of Catholic Church was perverted by Paganism and Gnosticism p. 39, but “The baptismal formula was changed from the name of Jesus Christ to the words Father, Son, and Holy Spirit by the Catholic Church in the second century” according to the Catholic Encyclopedia p. 263. This fact is also confirmed by Catholic Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger who stated that “The basic form of our (Matthew 28:19 Trinitarian) profession of faith took shape during the course of the second and third centuries in connection with the ceremony of baptism. So far as its place of origin is concerned, the text (Matthew 28:19) came from the city of Rome.”  That is why baptism is in the name of Yahshua the Messiah in Acts 2:38, 8:12, 16, 10:48 & 19:5, Romans 6:3 and Gal 3:27.

The words found in the KJV in 1 John 5:7 – 8 “For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one, and there are three that bear witness on earth: the spirit, and the water, and the blood, and these three agree in one.”, are identified in a footnote in the NIV as being from “Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century).”  These words are part of the initiation ceremony described in Light Bearers of Darkness on p. 155 – 6, that the author calls ‘The Gnostic Trinity’. 

Is it a surprise the very words that are used in Pagan ceremonies are found in all King James Bible’s – the same Bible found on Masonic altars? 

Occult adepts were to swear on the “holy symbol (the white triangle – the Light of Illuminism) to observe all the rules of the order, and a white triangle is placed on the altar in the center of the Temple “for the manifestation of the Light, above it the red Calvary Cross of suffering, the means of attracting and establishing the light” p. 152 – 3.  Stoddard describes on p. 178, the manifestation of this movement in her day, from Rachel Fox’s book The Finding of Shiloh, the work of the ‘triangle of workers’ is to “’spiritualize the material and materialize the spiritual’, that is to prepare ‘empty vessels’ fill them with light, forming light-bearers for the master’s work for the world.” 

Today, on the Lucis Trust website in an article titled Triangles, they encourage people to form triangles to link thought each day in the Great Invocation, a world prayer, visualizing energies of light and goodwill circulating through the three focal points of their triangle, and pouring out through the network of triangles surrounding the planet. There is a video introducing the meditation practice of triangles, featuring interviews with Triangles practitioners.  In the Great Invocation it states “May Christ return to Earth”, and they clarify that ‘Christ’ is known as the Lord Maitreya, the Imam Mahdi, the Kalki Avatar and the Bodhisattva.  It all sounds quite nice, but Luci is short for Lucifer, so he is the god they worship!

The Trinity is the magic triangle of the occult, accepted by Christianity without question because their leaders tell them it is the truth. 

In the book The Trail of the Serpent p. 219, author Christina Stoddard warns “As in this baptism, so in these initiations, some died, some were illuminized, losing their personalities, becoming controlled by some unknown Master, as for example Krishamurti of the Theosophical Society, ‘Octavia’ of the Panacea Society, and many others. The Illuminizing Power was the Gnostic Trinity – the Father, the generating force; the Holy Spirit, the Great Mother, the reproducer; the Son, the Cosmic Christ, the manifestation of the Creative Principle, the illuminizing force, of all Gnostic and Cabalistic sects.” 

Although Stoddard was aware Christian Rosenkreutz was going to “reincarnate about 1926 – 33 by possessing himself of some adult body“ (see Light Bearers of Darkness p. 91), she didn’t know that someone was Rudolf Steiner (see the article Was Rudolf Steiner the Master Christian Rosenkreutz?)!

Lucis Trust, in an article titled Toward 2025, explain that “2025 is a Jubilee year in the Christian and Jewish calendar that is also the focus of prophecy.  The ageless wisdom suggests that in the 25^th year of every century there is a gathering on the subtle planes of all Masters, Saints, Rishis and Enlightened Beings, and over time this is followed by significant changes in humanity.”  People who are enlightened may emerge as leaders, uniting ‘world servers’, initiating ‘a renaissance in global culture and civilization’.  The world will be ready to reveal ‘a Christ-like figure’!

What they describe as “sublime energies of light and love”, the “energies that flow ceaselessly from ‘above’ . . . energizing the multiple dimensions of planetary life, and nourishing the conscience of humanity”, invoked by visualizing ‘the Triangles network’, is summoning demonic entities that lead to spirit possession and darkness. 

In the book Light Bearers of Darkness p. 238, author Christina Stoddard quotes from the Emerald Tablet of Hermes, with her opinion added in square brackets; “What is below is like that which is above, and what is above is similar to that which is below to accomplish the wonders of one thing [manifestation].  Its father is the Sun; its mother is the Moon.  It is the cause of all perfection throughout the whole earth [equilibrium].  The power is perfect if it is changed into earth [fixation of the astral light in a material basis].  Separate the earth from the fire, the subtle from the gross, acting prudently and with judgment.  Ascend with the greatest sagacity from earth to heaven, and then descend again to earth and unite together the things inferior and superior; thus you will possess the light of the whole world, and all obscurity will fly away from you [the ascent of the Kundalini or Serpent Power and the descent of the Lightning Flash.  It is the serpent pierced with an arrow, fixation of the astral light in a material body, producing illumination or Illuminism]. This thing has more fortitude than fortitude itself, because it will overcome every subtle thing and penetrate every solid thing.  By it the world was formed.”

What they say is prophecy unfolding, like the UN Millennium Development Goals, the 2012 Earth Summit in Rio, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, are their planned attacks on mankind!  What evil will they rain down on us to prepare us for the revelation of their New Age Messiah in 2025?

To understand the true history of the United Nations, watch James Corbett’s The UN’s Death Pact for the Globalist Future on Corbettreport.com. 

If we ponder the creation of the heavens and the earth in Genesis – the universe consists of the earth, separated from God by an expanse called the heavens Gen 1: 6 – 8, the lights were added for signs and for days and years, and to give light on the earth, the greater to govern the day and the lesser to govern the night, and the stars v14 – 18.  We can each attest to the fact that describes the reality we live in.

Yet our reality has changed to include things postulated by Physicists, as we see in Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Universe means “the whole body of things and phenomena observed or postulated”, such as: a) A systematic whole held to arise by and persist through the direct intervention of divine power, b) the world of human experience, c) the entire celestial cosmos, milky way galaxy, and aggregate of stars comparable to the Milky Way galaxy.

Cosmos often means ‘universe’, but suggests an orderly or harmonious universe, as it was originally used by Pythagoras in the 6^th century B. C. Thus, a religious mystic may help put us in touch with the cosmos, and so may a physicist.”

If we were to use critical thinking, and separate our knowledge of the universe into two groups – what we can observe and what is postulated, we see that the cosmos, planetary, and galactic systems, are ‘postulated’ by Physicists based on their mystical experiences!

In the book Light Bearers of Darkness by Christina Stoddard p. 69, M Kuentz describes the effects of Rudolf Steiner’s exercises on a pupil.  The first exercise – concentrating on a thought, causes the pupil to lose touch with what is practical and real.  The second “inculcates a mad routine, indispensable to perfecting his inner derangement.”  The third “blunts the power of feeling and suffering, which mechanically extinguishes enthusiasm, horror, and all strong and sane sensation, which blows the mind.”  The fourth exercise, ‘positivity’, erodes critical thinking, which is necessary for occult development.  Only when a pupil abandons critical thinking can they proceed to the fifth exercise, where they no longer reject anything presented to their mind.  Upon completion of these exercises, the student becomes an initiate, in a state of hypnosis that assures their compliance.

Stoddard on p. 75 quotes from the quarterly Anthroposophy “Eurhythmy has grown out of the essence of Anthroposophical Spiritual Science, and is based on an understanding that the true nature of man and his relation to the Earth, as well as to the Planetary and Zodiacal Mysteries of the Cosmos.”  She quotes the Steiner’s followers “The etheric body derives itself inner mobility from Planetary and Zodiacal (starry worlds!), hence from Cosmic forces . . . “, and warns “This is fixation of the astral light in a material body; it is the illumination or illuminism as depicted in the drawing ‘Anthropos,’ – as above so below – “, that awakens the Kundalini.

Stoddard on p. 144 warns “This mysterious thing is the universal magical agent, the all-pervading ether, ‘which enters into all magical operations of nature, and produces mesmeric, magnetic, and spiritualistic phenomena.’” Have we unknowingly allowed our reality to become infected with this mystical ether, by meditating on things that are postulated, not proven?  Have we been mesmerized by the image of the globe earth and its place in the planetary system because it was presented to us as children as a fundamental part of our reality that cannot be questioned without ridicule?  Is this why we see the globe earth on a regular basis in our news and entertainment?

Are Physicists so intelligent that we simply aren’t smart enough to comprehend what they are saying, or are they talking about things that do not exist in reality, but in the spiritual realm?

According to Britannica, in the early 1900’s, Einstein’s theory of relativity, redefined space, time, matter, energy, and gravity, which are central to modern physics.  “The theory of special relativity draws conclusions that are contrary to everyday experience but fully confirmed by experiments. Special relativity revealed that the speed of light is a limit that can be approached by not reached by any material object; it is the origin of the most famous equation in science, E=mc²; and it has led to other tantalizing outcomes, such as the twin paradox.” General relativity – gravity, “describes large-scale physical phenomena such as planetary dynamics, the birth and death of stars, black holes, and the evolution of the universe.”

The claim that Einsteins findings were ‘fully confirmed by experiments’ is false because the twin paradox was a thought experiment in special relativity which doesn’t exist in reality.  According to Britannica, “The counter-intuitive nature of Einstein’s ideas makes them difficult to absorb and gives rise to situations that seem unfathomable.”  They cite the example of the twin paradox, in which “one of two identical twin sisters flies off into space at nearly the speed of light.  According to relativity, time runs more slowly in her spacecraft than it does on Earth; therefore, when she returns to Earth, she will be younger than her Earth-bound sister.”  Apparently, the opposite is true in relativity, where the earth-bound twin is younger.  This is the paradox which requires general relativity too resolve, which “shows that there would be an asymmetrical change in time between the two sisters”.

In the article Einstein and Mysticism, author Gary E. Bowman cuts through all the rhetoric about Einstein’s religious views, connecting his desire to focus on the essential to mysticism and the mystical experience, which is where the essential is found.  Einstein was, after all, a theoretical physicist! 

Bowman quotes New Age writer Ken Wilber, the editor of Quantum Questions – a collection of essays by famous 20^th century physicists, who stated “every one of the physicists in this volume was a mystic”, and Einstein had “a deeply mystical outlook”.  Einsteins colleague Philipp Frank wrote “the basis of [Einstein’s] cosmic religion.  It is a ‘mystical experience’.”  Physicist Banesh Hoffmann states “Einstein, with his feeling of humility, awe, and wonder and his sense of oneness with the universe, belongs with the great religious mystics.” To theologian Markus Muhling, Einstein’s scientific work was “an epistemic-mystical experience arising from the grandeur of nature, and finds an element of the mystical in Einstein’s cosmic religion.” 

Bowman believes that when Einstein expressed aversion to mysticism several times, he meant the forms open to ridicule, such as palm reading, tarot cards, communication with the dead, etc.  He creates a definition of essential mysticism, which applies more readily to physicists and scientists; “seeking after a heightened, expanded, or otherwise alternative connection to, or experience of, reality – one that transcends our ‘ordinary’ experience of physical reality.”

Bowman states that ordinary reality is incomplete, in that it is lacking the mystical experience, using the analogy that mystical experiences cannot be described to those who have not experienced them, anymore that one can describe sight to someone born blind.  He considers mysticism to be a-rational – outside rationality, not irrational – contrary to reason, because rational knowledge is based on reason and experience, and the mystical experience is only accessible to those practicing mysticism.

According to Britannica, until recent times the aim of Physics was to discover and formulate the fundamental laws of nature, on a macroscopic and submicroscopic level. Only recently did physics become the science of matter, motion and energy, in the fields of astrophysics, geophysics, biophysics, and even psychophysics.  Experiments provide measurements that are compared to the outcomes predicted by theory.  A theory becomes law when the outcomes are as predicted.

It all sounds concrete, as if Physics was based in natural reality, but something else was added in the 1900’s that is not concrete or natural, but mystical!

In his 1975 book The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism, author and physicist Fritjof Capra was able to reconcile theoretical physics and Eastern mysticism using psychedelics.  In an interview with Capra, Werner Heisenberg – German Theoretical Physicist, one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics, and principal scientist in the Nazi nuclear weapons program during WWII, confirmed these parallels. The book was a best-seller and while some physicists also saw a connection, others, like Jeremy Bernstein, criticized Capra for using accidental similarities as evidence of deeply rooted connections. (Extracted from the article The Tao of Physics on Wikipedia.)

The connection between Physics and mysticism is rooted in the Pythagorean Theorem, is seen in the article Physics and the Pythagorean Theorem, by James Overduin and Richard Conn Henry, that describes how the theorem was used to go beyond our three-dimensional reality.  Physicists took a “giant leap of intuition”, and applied the theorem to time, speed, mass and energy, that are outside our perception, allegedly in the fourth and fifth dimensions. They add, although light appears to move quickly to our three-dimensional senses, in four dimensions it is motionless, and in that “light occupies no spacetime in four dimensions, one could debate whether it really ‘exists’ at all.”  They add “In five-dimensional relativity, that same statement may apply to everything!”

Most of us are familiar with the Pythagoras Theorem from Geometry, but few of us realize its influence on the ‘Practical or Magical Cabala’, or the ancient cults of alchemists, Rosicrucians, and Illumines, as stated in The Trail of the serpent by Christina Stoddard p. 56.  Stoddard quotes J B van Helmont’s Hortus Medicine “A magical force, sent asleep by sin, is latent in man; it can be awakened by the grace of God or by the art of the Cabala.”  She warns “It is the awakening of the kundalini by magical processes or yoga.”

Pythagoras is on the list of men who adored the ‘Lord of life’ (Satan), along with Lao-tze, Dionysus, Hermes, Pan, Priapus, Osiris, Melchizedeck, Amoun, Simon Magus, Manes, Merlin, Roger Bacon, Christian Rosenkreutz, Paracelsus, Andrea, Robertus de Fluctibus, Adam Weishaupt, Goethe, Carl Kellner, Dr. Gerard Encausse, Theodor Reuss, and Sir Aleister Crowley in The Trail of the Serpent p. 262.

The Illuminati (Illuminism) is a link between the visible and invisible world, formed by an uninterrupted chain of mystic affiliations from antiquity – the pyramids of Egypt, the sect of Pythagoras, the astrologers or mathematicians of Rome in the time of Domitian, the House of Wisdom of Cairo, the Ismailis or Assassins, Companions of the Old Man of the Mountain, the Templars, and the Rose-Croix, as stated in Light Bearers of Darkness p. 3.

In the same way that Rudolf Steiner became possessed by the spirit of Christian Rosenkreutz, who he called ‘Master’, as stated in the article Was Rudolf Steiner the Master Christian Rosenkreutz, the Theosophical society found a child for the spirit of Pythagoras to possess, “to be the link pure and blessed (etheric) between those above and those below”, as stated in Light Bearers of Darkness p. 29.

The name translated Solomon in the Bible is the Hebrew S-l-m-h שלמה (Strong’s H8010). (Note: There were no vowels or accents in the original text, so I have translated שלמה as Solomah in this article to avoid using the mistranslated name Solomon.)

Solomah שלמה (Strong’s H8010) is the same form as H8011 (1 occurrence) that means ‘reward, recompense’ in Ps 91:8, from solom שלם Strong’s H7999 (116 occurrences) that means ‘complete, sound’, often translated ‘recompense, reward’, and ‘make whole, restore’ in the prophecy of the day of Yahweh in Joel 2:25.  Although it is translated “be ended/over” in Isa 60:20, it is likely that “the days of your mourning will be rewarded”.  Also, שלם is classified as Strong’s H8002 (87 occurrences) that means ‘peace offering’, which is an act of restitution for sins, or H8005 (1 occurrence) means ‘recompense’.

In 2 Sam 12: 24 – 25 David named his son Solomah שלמה, in-spite of the fact that Yahweh asked that David’s son be named Jedidiah ידידיה.  This is contradicted by 1 Chr 22:9 which claims Yahweh told David “A son בן will be born נולד to you לך himself הוא will be יהיה mighty one איש rest מנוחה and give rest והנחותי to him לו from all מכל his enemies אויביו from around מסביב, for כי Shemoloh שלמה will be יהיה his name שמו, and peace (shalom שלום) and quiet ושקט I will give אתן upon על Israel ישראל in his day בימיו.”

A son being born who would bring peace in 1 Chr 22:9 hearkens to the Messianic prophecy in Isa 9: 6 – 7; “For כי a child ילד is born ילד to us לנו, a son בן is given נתן to us לנו, and will be ותהי the government משרה upon על his shoulder שכמו, and will be called ויקרא his name שמו miraculous פלא and counsellor יועץ god אל mighty גבור, progenitor of אבי eternity עד, Prince שר Peace שלום.” Isaiah wrote this prophesy in 730 BC, and Solomah lives 260 years before this, from 990 BC to 931 BC, which means this prophecy was not about Solomah, but a future ruler.

Was Solomah the Son Conceived in Adultery with Bathsheba?

In Matt 1:6 it states “David begat Solomah שלמה from wife מאשת Uriah אוריה”.  Is this evidence that Solomah was their firstborn, and Yahweh did not kill their offspring because of David and Bathsheba’s adultery as stated in 2 Sam 12:15 – 23?  Are the translators try to cover up the evidence that Solomah was David’s bastard son, by translating the words “from wife מאשת Uriah אוריה” Berean Literal Bible, and similarly “by Uriah’s אוריה wife מאשת” in Berean Standard Bible, as “of her that had been the wife of Uriah” in KJV and NASB, and similarly “whose mother had been Uriah’s wife” in NIV?

Bathsheba bore four sons to David, Shammua, Shobab, and Nathan and Solomah in 2 Sam 5:14 and 1 Chr 3:5 (where the name Bathshua is found instead of Bathsheba and her father is listed as Ammiel, not Eliam as in 2 Sam 11:3).  Although it appears from this list that Solomah was the youngest son, Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers points out that from 2 Sam 12:24 Solomah appears to have been the oldest of Bathsheba’s sons, otherwise he wouldn’t have been old enough to take charge of David’s kingdom at his death, because they were not born until later in David’s reign.  Is this another way of disguising the fact that Solomah was the son conceived in adultery with Bathsheba?

Would Yahweh pass judgment on David’s adultery with Bathsheba and rule that David would not die for his sin, but his child would die in his place as stated in 2 Sam 12: 7 – 20?

Solomon is the Name of an Assyrian King, Named After an Assyrian God!

Why would Solomah be translated as Solomon  שלמן, the name of an Assyrian king, Shalman שלמן (Strong’s H8020), who laid waste Beth-Arbel in Hos 10:14?  According to NAS Exhaustive Concordance, Shalman שלמן (Strong’s H8020) is perhaps the same as Shalman–etser שלמנ-אסר (Strong’s H8022) who carried the Israelite king into exile in 2 Kings 17:3, 18:8. 

Shulman or Shulmanu was a deity worshipped by the ancient Assyrians, incorporated into the name Shalmaneser that means ‘Sulman is chief’, assumed by five Assyrian kings from Shalmaneser I (1274 – 1245 BC) to Shalmaneser V (726 – 722 BC) according to the Encyclopedia of the Bible (found on Biblegateway.com/resources/).

The Hebrew name Shalman-eser, ends with אסר that means ‘to tie, bind, imprison’ (Strong’s H631 70 occurrences).  Perhaps it should be אשר since the letter ס and ש are interchangeable, and ashar אשר (Strong’s H833) is translated ‘leaders’ in Isa 9:16, that the name Assyria אשור is a form of.

Sadly, this mistranslation leads to accusations that the Biblical Solomon is taken from Assyrian history!

In the generation Yahshua was born, some Jews believed that David was Yahweh’s chosen one, his kingdom was eternal, and his son Solomon was the one who would build a house for Yahweh. They believed that David was Yahweh’s anointed king, whose kingdom passed to his son Solomon.  They denied that Yahshua was the Messiah (mashiach משיח means ‘anointed’) because he didn’t kill Israel’s enemies like David and Solomon did, to free Israel from Roman rule.

This is the result of believing the Davidic propaganda which permeates the historical accounts in 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Chronicles, as well as Psalms.

Was David a Shepherd Who Yahweh Called to be King of Israel?

In the accounts in 2 Sam 7: 7 – 9 and 1 Chr 17: 7 – 8, David is presented as Messianic figure – a shepherd of sheep, called to rule Israel, making his name great.

In the article The Story of King David – Inspired or Propaganda? we looked at evidence that David was not a young shepherd of sheep, but a seasoned warrior who had killed many in battle.  It is this propaganda – David the shepherd boy who slew the giant Goliath, that made David’s name well known, not Yahweh. What’s more, it gave the illusion that David, like the Messiah, was a shepherd of sheep.

Contrast the warrior David with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who were “all peace-loving shepherds, inclined to live quietly beside their tents, anxious to steer clear of strife and clamour, in no circumstances prepared to meet force with force and oppose injustice with the sword” as stated by Wellhausen on p. 320 in Prolegomena to the History of Israel.

In the article Were Saul and David Yahweh’s Anointed King’s? we saw how Israel demanding a king over them was a rejection of Yahweh’s rule, Saul was picked as king by lot (or ‘lottery’), and there are contradictory accounts of David’s anointing which is evidence of ‘Davidic propaganda’. If Saul was picked by lot, then it is likely that David was similarly selected by the people who wanted a king over them, not by Yahweh who warned them about the oppression they would experience under a king.

Was David a Just and Righteous King?

David succeeded in ruling with justice and righteousness צדקה (Strong’s H6666) according to 2 Sam 8:15 and 1 Chr 18:14, and he claims to have ruled over men righteously צדיק (Strong’s H6662), in fear of God in 2 Sam 23:1 – 5. Yet, he pleaded with Yahweh “Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous צדק (Strong’s H6663) before you” in Ps 143:2.  Perhaps this is the verse Paul quoted in Romans 3:10 (although not word for word) “None אין righteous צדיק not אין even גם one alone אחד.“

John similarly said “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” in 1 John 1:8. So, David was deceiving himself when he said “Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness צדקתי (Strong’s H6666), according to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me.  For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not acted wickedly against my God.  For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes, I did not depart from them.  I was also blameless toward him, and I kept myself from iniquity.  Therefore, Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness צדקתי (Strong’s H6666), according to my cleanness before his eyes.” In 2 Sam 22:  21 – 25.

In reality, David was an adulterer (2 Sam 11:4), a murderer (2 Sam 11:15), attempted to cover up his adultery through murder (2 Sam 11: 6 to 25).

In Deut 17, under the Law a wicked person v2 on the evidence of two or three witnesses shall be put to death v6.  In Leviticus 20:10 “If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife–with the wife of his neighbour–both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death”, and in Leviticus 24:17 “Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death”.

There are anomalies in 2 Sam 12:7 – 20 that make me wonder if some of it is propaganda:

• Did Yahweh tell David “I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.  I gave your lord’s house to you and your lord’s creditors of (נשי translated ‘wives’) into your bosom (חיק translated ‘arms’), I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.” v 7 – 8? The mistranslation of נשי is evidence against the text being inspired.
• It is confirmed that Bathsheba was Uriah’s wife אשת in Matt 1:6. So, it is likely that Yahweh rebuked David for despising word Yahweh to do evil in sight, killing Uriah with the sword, and his wife אשת taken to be your woman אשה and killed with sword sons of Ammon v9, and as a result the sword will never depart from your house v10.
• Again, נש is translated ‘wives’ in v11, evidence against the text being inspired.  Also, the idea that Yahweh would give David’s wives to his companions to lie with, “before the sun” v12 (for all too see?) is blasphemous.
• After Nathan brought David’s sin to his attention and Yahweh gave his verdict that David would not die in 2 Sam 12:13, and David did not die at that time.
• Yahweh apparently decided that “because great contempt with enemies of Yahweh in words this also the son born to you will surely die” in v14.  Then Yahweh struck the child that the wife of Uriah bore to David and became sick אנש, David pleaded for the boy and would not eat, but on the seventh day the child died, and then David ate in 2 Sam 12:15 – 20. It is difficult to say if this account is true or not, as it is not recorded elsewhere.  We must wonder if Yahweh would kill a child for the sins of the parents because his enemies might say contemptuous things. Perhaps David’s life was spared, and the rest of the account was added for some other reason.

In David’s repentance in Psalm 51, he asks Yahweh to blot out his transgressions v1, all his iniquities v 9, and to “not take your Holy Spirit from me” v11, and “restore to me the joy of Your salvation” v12.  There are a few oddities in Psalm 51– in verse 4 where David says “against you, you only, I have sinned” which is untrue because he sinned against Bathsheba and her husband certainly – in verse 19 David states “then you will delight in righteous sacrifices, in burnt offering” which opposes verse 16 where David says “you do not delight in sacrifice otherwise I would give it”.  Also, David seems quite arrogant in verses 12 and 14 where he offers to “teach transgressors your way” and “joyfully sing of Your righteousness” but these offers appear to be contingent on him having his salvation restored v12 and being delivered from bloodguilt v14.  Was this repentance acceptable to Yahweh to restore David’s salvation? 

Was David Yahweh’s Faithful One?

In Psalm 16:10, the Hebrew חסיד is translated ‘Holy One’, which is misleading because the Hebrew קדוש (Strong’s H6918) is translated ‘Holy One’ in Isa 5:24, Luke 4:34, 1 Peter 1:15, 1 John 2:20, & Rev 16:5.

According to Strong’s Concordance, חסיד (Strong’s H2623 32 occurrences) means ‘kind, pious’, from H2616 that means ‘to be good, kind’, and similarly חסד (Strong’ H2617 247 occurrences) means ‘goodness, kindness’.  But Brown-Driver-Briggs indicate that חסד also means ‘fidelity’ in Gen 24:27, 49, Exodus 34:6, Ps  23:6, 25:10, 26:3, 36:11, 40:12, 41:11, 57:4, 61:8, 77:9, 85:11, 86:15, 88:12, 89:3,11, 15, 25, 92:3, 98:3,101:1, 103:4, 115:1, 117:2, 138:2 , Jer 9:23, 16:5, Hosea 2:21, and Micah 7:20.

In Hosea 6: 4 Yahweh says “What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you O Judah? For your loyalty חסד is like a morning cloud, like the early dew that goes away.”, and in v6 “For loyalty חסד my delight is in and not sacrifices, and knowledge of God from burnt offerings.” Then in v7 Yahweh said “but they, like Adam, transgressed the covenant name, they dealt treacherously with me”.  In this example, it is clear that חסד must mean ‘loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity’ which is the opposite of transgression.  The words ‘lovingkindness’ or ‘mercy’ fail to capture the reciprocity of our relationship with Yahweh.

According to Abarim Publications online Biblical Hebrew Dictionary, the noun חסד is used in a legal context, when two parties make a covenant, a binding treaty in Gen 21:23, and official relationship in 1 Sam 20: 8 – 15.  Yahweh’s “hesed towards us is even more difficult to explain, but he mentions it often (Exodus 20:6, 34: 6 – 7).  And because of the legal ring to this word, translators usually render it with words like loving-kindness, true faithfulness or faithful love.”  They conclude חסד is best translated “‘allegiance’ since that word covers both a natural inclination and a formal contract”.

Peter reveals that Yahshua was Yahweh’s Faithful One חסיד whose body would not see decay in Acts 2:27, in reference to Psalms 16:10 where David says “For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will you allow your Faithful One חסידך to see corruption”.  Similarly, Paul quotes Psalm 16:10 and states that David’s body did see corruption, “but he whom God raised did not see corruption” in Acts 13:34 – 37.  Did David believe he was Yahweh’s Faithful One whose body would not decay in the ground?

Did Yahweh Promise to Put David’s Enemies Under his Feet?

Yahshua questioned the Jews “How then Does David in the Spirit call him ‘Lord’? For he says ‘Yahweh said to my Lord “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ So, if David calls him ‘Lord’, how can he be David’s son?” Matt 22: 43 – 44.  He quoted Psalm 110: 1 – 2, so they would see that this prophesy was about him, not David.

Reading the Historical narrative in 2 Samuel, we would believe the prophecy of Yahweh putting “your enemies under your feet” in Ps 110:1 was for David.  Yahweh allegedly promised to save Israel from the hands of all their enemies by the hand of David 2 Sam 3:18, 19:9, give David rest on every side from his enemies 2 Sam 7:1, 11, eliminate all his enemies 2 Sam 7:9, free him from the hand of his enemies 2 Sam 18:19, having saved him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul 2 Sam 22:1, 4.  

But David himself pursued and destroyed his enemies, devoured and crushed them under his feet, giving Yahweh credit for arming him with strength for battle, subduing his enemies, making them retreat from him in 2 Sam 22:38 – 41.

It is clear that David’s enemies pursued him all the days of his life, as many of his Psalms are asking Yahweh to rescue him from his enemies Ps 3:1, 9:13, 17:9, 18:48, 25:19, 27:12, 35:1, 38:19, 42:9, 54:3, 55:3, 56:1 – 7, 59:1 – 2, 64:1 – 2, 68:1, 69:4, 71:4, 140:1 – 4. 

Solomon states his father David was unable to build a house for Yahweh because of the wars that surrounded him, until Yahweh put them “under the soles of his feet, but now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary of crisis. So, I plan to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, according to what Yahweh said to my father David ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build a house for My Name’.” in 1 Kings 5:3 – 5.  But Solomon, like his father David, had his enemies killed in 1 Kings 2:19 – 46.

Was Solomon the Son Who Would Build a House for Yahweh, Whose Kingdom Was Established Forever?

There is a significant amount of propaganda in the Hebrew Bible that make it appear Solomon was the son of David who would build a house for Yahweh, and whose kingdom was established forever 1 Kings 5:5, 8:19, 2 Sam 7:12 – 13, 1 Chr 17:12, 22:10, 28:6, 2 Chr 2:1.

Some of the propaganda makes it appear Solomon was the ‘Son of God’, the Messiah!

In 2 Sam 7:12 Yahweh said to David “when are full your days and you lie down union with your father’s and set up of union with your seed after you leader come forth from your body [organ of generation] מעיך and establish my והכינתי union with את kingdom of him ממלכתו. Although it sounds like Solomon is the seed who came forth from David’s body, the Hebrew מע (Strong’s H4578) is used of future descendants in Isa 48:19 “Your descendants would have been like the sand and the offspring of your body [organ of generation] מע like the grains of sand . . .”

Paul confirmed it was Yahshua, “who was a descendant of David according to the flesh, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead” in Romans 1: 2 – 4.  Although Paul said Yahshua was promised through the prophets, it’s not easy to find prophecies that haven’t been tainted by Davidic or Solomonic propaganda.

They go so far as to attribute Yahweh’s words “He will be My son, and I will be his Father” to Solomon in 1 Chr 22:10 and 28:6, which makes it appear he was the ‘Son of God’, the title of Yahshua throughout the New Testament. Paul confirms that Yahshua was the promised one, written about in Psalm 2:7 “You are My Son, today I have become your Father.” in Act 13:32 – 33.

The quote “You are My Son, today I have become your Father” from Ps 2:7 is attributed to Yahshua in Heb 1:5, along with the quote “I will be his Father, and he will be My Son” that is from 2 Sam 7:14. 

2 Sam 7:14 ends with “if אשר (Strong’s H834) he commits iniquity עות (Strong’s H5753) and I will chasten him כח (Strong’s H3198) with the rod שבט (Strong’s H7626) of men אנשים (Strong’s H376) and with the blows נגעי (Strong’s H5061) of the sons of men”, making it appear that Yahweh’s son will be a sinner who he will discipline. But many words are mistranslated to disguise the real meaning, which prophesies that this son “will guide אשר (Strong’s H833) in the support him עות (Strong’s H5790), and the judge/decide of him כח (Strong’s H3198) in tribe שבט (Strong’s H7626) sick/corrupt of them אנשים (Strong’s H605) and with my mark of נגעי (Strong’s H5061) sons בני Adam אדם.”  (Some of the words are properly classified but mistranslated, and others are misclassified, which together completely change the meaning of the sentence!)

The prophecy in 2 Sam 7:14 is about Yahshua, because Yahweh said in v13 “He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.”  It is through Yahshua, not Solomon, that David’s “house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever” 2 Sam 7:16.  As Gabriel told Mary “You will conceive and give birth to a son and you are to give him the name Yahshua.  He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. Yahweh God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever.  His kingdom will never end.” in Luke 1:31 – 33.