Category: Criticism

The People Demand a King

When Samuel was old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel, but “his sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gains and took bribes and perverted justice” in 1 Sam 8:1 – 3.  This gives the elders of Israel the opportunity to ask for a king to be appointed “to judge us like all the nations” v 4 – 5. 

Samuel prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh said to Samuel “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them. Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day– in that they have forsaken Me and served other gods– so they are doing to you also. Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day– in that they have forsaken Me and served other gods– so they are doing to you also.” v 7 – 9.

Samuel told the people the words of Yahweh in v10 – 18, “This will be the governance of the king מלך who will reign מלך over you: he will take your sons and place [them] for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots. He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and [some] to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give [them] to his servants. He will take a tenth עשר of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants. He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use [them] for his work. He will take a tenth עשר of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants. Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day.”  (עשר also means ‘tithe’)

The people refuse to listen to Samuel, and demand a king over them so they “may be like all the nations, that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles” v 19 – 20. Samuel told Yahweh, and Yahweh told Samuel “Listen to their voice and king to them rule.” v 21 – 22.

Did Yahweh Anoint Saul or Was He Chosen by Lot?

In his book Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel, J Wellhausen notes in Chapter VII – Judges, Samuel, and Kings p. 252, author J. Wellhausen states “In the one story Saul seeks the asses and finds the crown, in the other he hides himself among the stuff and is drawn for king.  In the one he is called by the seer, in the other he is chosen by lot – the divine causality operative in both cases.  But how the idea is exaggerated at the later stage, and how nakedly it is put forward!”

In the first account in 1 Sam 9 – 10, Saul searches for his father’s donkeys, and after days of searching he goes to a seer for help 1 Sam 9: 1 – 10.  The seer is Samuel, who is ready with ‘a sacrifice on the high place” v12, ‘he must bless the sacrifice, afterward those who are invited will eat” v. 13.  A day before Saul’s coming v. 15, Yahweh revealed “About this time tomorrow, I will send you a mighty one איש out of the land of Benjamin and you will anoint him משח to be ‘prince’ נגיד over my people, and he will deliver my people from the hand of the Philistines, for I have regarded my people because their cry has come to me” v. 16.  When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him ”Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you.  This one shall rule over my people.” V 17.  Samuel invites Saul to go to the high places and eat with him, Saul asks why Samuel is speaking to him this way, since he is only a Benjamite v19 – 21. Saul was given a place at the head of those who were invited, about 30 men, and ate with Samuel  v22 – 24. When they came down from the high place into the city, Samuel said to Saul “you remain standing now, that I may proclaim the word of God to you.” v25 – 27.

In 1 Samuel 10:1, Samuel poured oil on Saul’s head and kissed him saying “Has not Yahweh anointed you a ruler over his inheritance?”  Then Samuel tells him he will find two men close to Rachel’s tomb, further from there, at the oak of Tabar three men will meet you – one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a jug of wine, who will give you two loaves v 2 – 4.  Then you will come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is and meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place prophesying and the Spirit of Yahweh will come upon you and you will prophesy with them, and be changed into another man v 5 – 6.  Samuel concludes in saying “You shall wait 7 days until I come to you and show you what you should do” v 8.   But God changed his heart and all those signs came about on that day v9.

In what Wellhausen sees as the second account in 1 Sam 10: 17 – 27, Samuel has Israel present themselves before Yahweh by their tribes and clans, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot, and the Matrite family was taken, and Saul, son of Kish was taken v19 – 21.  Saul can’t be found because he is hiding himself by the baggage v22.  When he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people v23.  All the people shouted and said “[long] live the king!” v24.  Samuel told the people the ordinances of the kingdom and wrote them in the book and placed before Yahweh v25.  Those whose hearts God had touched went with Saul to his house at Gibeah, but a worthless man said “how can this one deliver us? And they despised him and did not bring him any present v26 – 27.     

Although Wellhausen stated that “the divine” is at play in both scenarios, I don’t see Yahweh’s hand at work when lots are chosen, and there is no anointing.

Was David Anointed as King by Yahweh?

Samuel was afraid that Saul will kill him, if he hears Yahweh has rejected him from being king over Israel in 1 Sam 16:1 – 2. Yahweh has Samuel prepare a sacrifice and invite Jesse to anoint the one designed to him v 2 – 3.  When he arrives in Bethlehem, he tells the elders of the city to “consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice”, and he “consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice” v 5.  Three men passed before Samuel are not chose, nor Jesse’s seven sons, but the youngest who was tending the sheep was brought before Samuel and was the one to be anointed v6 – 12.  When David was anointed the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon him from that day forward v13.

Wellhausen states of this account on p. 268 “In this piece David’s career begins with his being anointed king in Saul’s place at Jehovah’s command, when a mere shepherd boy, who was not even counted in the family he belonged to.  But in the sequel no one know anything about this.  Even in the story of Goliath (which in other respects harmonizes better with SVI. 1 – 13 than any other piece) the older brothers, here three, not seven, know nothing of the anointing of the youngest, although they were present and heard their own claims discussed (xvii. 28).  In the stories of David’s persecution also, chapter xxiv, xxvi, Saul alone is the sacred person, the anointed of Jehovah, not David.”

In 1 Sam 16:14 At the same time the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul and an evil spirit from Yahweh terrorized him.  David was summoned to play the harp for Saul v15 – 19, and “Saul loved him greatly and he became his armor bearer” v21.  Whenever the spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play with his hand, and Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would depart from him v23.

There are problems with this account which lead me to believe it is untrue.  If Saul was picked by lot as stated in 1 Sam 10: 17 – 27, then this account is proven false because Saul was not anointed by Yahweh, nor did he have Yahweh’s Spirit. We must wonder also if Yahweh would send an evil spirit against someone, let alone someone previously anointed as king?  Also, would someone who had received Yahweh’s spirit, sin, as both Saul and David did? 

Other problems with the Davidic narrative are discussed in the article The Story of King David – Inspired or Interpolation?

Matt 27:46 and Mark 15:34 have similar accounts, with a few minor differences in the Hebrew text.

The first words in these verses translated “And about/at the ninth hour . . .”, could mean “And as time כעת the rescue השעה the deliverance of body התשיעית . . .” in Matt 27:46, and “In rescue בשעה the deliverance of body התשיעית . . .“ in Mark 15:34.  Both שעה and תשיע are a form of ישע (Strong’s H3467) that means ‘deliverer’.

But let’s focus on what Yahshua said:

In Matt 27:46 “. . . and cried out ויצעק Yahshua ישוע in voice בקול great גדול, “Eli אלי, Eli אלי, lama למה sabachthani שבקתני?” (and interpreted it ותרגומו, “My God אלי, My God אלי, why למה have you forsaken Me עזבתני?)”

In Mark 15:34 “. . . and cried out ויצעק Jesus ישוע in a voice בקול great גדול, ‘Eli אלהי, Eli אלהי, lema למה sabachthani שבקתני?’ (which אשר means פרושו, ‘My God, My God אלי אלי, why למה have You forsaken Me עזבתני?’)” Note: פרוש is classified as G3177 that means ‘to translated, to interpret’, but also means ‘Pharisee’ G5330 in the New Testament, in Aramaic פרש means ‘to make distinct, specify distinctly’ in Aramaic (Strong’s H6568)!

Luke and John have completely different accounts of Yahshua’s last words:

• In Luke 23:46 “Jesus called out in a loud voice, ‘Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.’ And when He had said this, He breathed His last.” (Quoting Psalm 31:5)

• In John 19:30 “Therefore when Jesus took the sour wine, He said ‘It is finished’, and having bowed the head, He yielded up the spirit.”

We can’t be certain which account is correct, but there are a number of problems with the accounts found in Matthew & Mark that should be considered.

First, the idea presented in Matthew & Mark is that Yahshua said “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani” in Greek and someone (the Pharisees?) interpreted him as saying “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”.  But Yahshua likely spoke Hebrew or Aramaic, not Greek.  Even the translators are confused – the NIV puts the interpretation of Yahshua’s words in brackets, yet the NIV and other translations put them in red indicating they are Yahshua’s words, when they are the interpretation of Yahshua’s words.

Secondly, the Hebrew word translated sabachthani is שבק (Strong’s H7662 that in Aramaic means ‘to leave, let alone’), and the Hebrew word translated ‘forsaken’ is עזב (Strong’s H5800 that means ‘leave, forsake, loose’, in Gen 2:24 “. . . will forsake עזב mighty one father of him . . .”.  Why did the scribe interpreting what Yahshua said use a different word?

Thirdly, the suffixes on both שבק and עזב in Matthew and Mark is תני.  Although תנ can mean ‘you did’, separately ת means ‘of’, and ן means ‘their’.  In Jeremiah 19:4 עזבני is translated ‘they have forsaken me’.  Did Yahshua say “My God, my God, why they of forsaken me”.  Yahshua would not have accused Yahweh of forsaking him, but did he accuse the Jews of doing so?

Finally, the words “my God, my God why have you forsaken me עזבתני” are quoting Psalm 22:1, which begins “To ל chief מנצח upon על the mighty one of אילת the darkness השחר . . .” In Ezekiel 31:11, איל (Strong’s H410) is translated ‘mighty one’, the one who Yahweh put Adam into the hands of after he became lofty in Eden.  The Hebrew שחר that means ‘darkness’ is translated ‘dawn’, to make it appear that Yahshua, the “star כוכב illumines נגה the darkness השחר” in Rev 22:16, is Satan, “the boastful הילל son בן darkness שחר” Isaiah 14:12.

This evidence leads me to believe that the accounts of Yahshua’s last words in Matthew and Mark are false.  They were likely added by the early church so we would believe Yahshua doubted Yahweh, and accused him of forsaking him.  The text in Psalm 22:1 reveals they were Satanic words, possibly David’s words, but not those of Yahweh’s anointed one.

It’s pretty obvious when you compare the content of the Pastoral Epistles to the gospels and Paul’s writings that there are major differences.

For example, in Matt 23: 8 & 10 Yahshua said call no one teacher for we are all brothers, or leader for he is our leader. In 1 Cor 14:26 all members took turns exercising their gifts of the spirit. But in 1 Timothy 3 authorities are put in place and all other members of the church silenced.

In 1 Tim 5:17 “the elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching”. But it says partiality is a sin in James 2:1 – 10, Yahshua said his disciples are all equal in Matt 23:8, and Paul said “there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in the Messiah Yahshua” Gal 3:28.

In 1 Tim 1:8 it says “the law is good if one uses it lawfully”, but Yahshua came to fulfill the law and the prophets Matt 5:17. Paul taught it is righteousness through faith that saves us not the law in Romans 2:12 – 15, 3:27 – 31, 5:20 – 21, 7:7 – 12, 8:1 – 8, 9: 30 – 33, & 13:8.

Another major difference is that after Yahshua’s death, all his disciples were awaiting his ‘coming’ Matt 24:3, 27, 30, 39, 42, 48, 25:27, 26:64, 1 Cor 15:23, 1 The 2:19, 3:13, 4:15, 5:23, 2 Thes 2:1, 8, James 5: 7 – 8, 1 John 2:28, Rev 1:7, 3:11, 16:15, 22:7, 20.  But the Pastoral Epistles establish a new church without a mention of his ‘coming’ because they were clearly written by the RCC in the 2^nd century.

We must “test the spirits whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world” 1 John 4:1.

In the article on the Catholic Resources website, The Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus by Felix Just, he says “The three Pastoral Letters, along with three other Deutero-Pauline epistles (Col, Eph, 2 Thess), are attributed to the apostle Paul, but were almost certainly not written by Paul himself. Rather, they are probably pseudepigraphic (i.e., written in Paul’s name by one or more of his followers after his death).”

In the article The Deutero-Pauline Letters, Felix Just defines pseudepigraphy as “false attribution of authorship” or “falsely attributing a writing to someone different from the actual author.”, and a pseudepigraphic work as “is composed as if it were written by a person from the past (the ‘attributed author’), while the actual author was someone else (usually anonymous)”, but says “These should not be called ‘false writings’; pseudepigraphy says nothing about the value of the work’s content, but merely about the attributed authorship.”

In the article The New Testament Canon, author Felix Just provides 4 criteria for canonicity, and in addition to ‘apostolic origin’, he includes ‘universal acceptance’, ‘liturgical use’, and ‘consistent message’, although the Pastoral Epistles violate this point.

The Roman Catholic Church believe the Pope is the Vicar of the Messiah, and declare their own writings as being from God, but they are clearly false shepherds.

Rudolf Steiner was a Freemason and a Rosicrucian, whose voluminous writings and Waldorf schools are still with us today.

In the book Light-bearers of Darkness p 64 – 65, author Christina Stoddard says “After studying Steiner’s ‘Knowledge of the Higher Worlds,’ or ‘Way of Initiation,’ it becomes increasingly clear that it means in reality a preparation for obsession by these hidden beings, so much spoken of by Steiner, who, working on the astral plane, are every-where seeking for dupes and tools through whom they can carry out World Revolution leading to World Domination. By this means these beings instruct and orient, building up a ‘Spiritual Science,’ through an illuminised adept and teacher such as Steiner was, whereby many more are trained, instructed, and gathered into their fold of devilish usefulness, largely under the mistaken belief that the scheme is divinely inspired for the ‘higher evolution of the world’.”

In researching Rudolf Steiner, I came across information that stated he was possessed by the spirit named R C Christian, also known as Christian Rosenkrentz, who he called Master.

This name is found on the Georgia Guidestones. 

In the documentary Dark Clouds Over Elberton @1 h 7 m, we see that the words written on a stone at the base of the monument reads as follows:

TO WHOMEVER COMES UPON THIS PRESENTATION:

CONTAINED HEREIN ARE THE KEYS THAT HAVE BEEN AWAITED TO BE PLACED HERE IN PROPER SEQUENCING AND IN PROPER ORDER TO ANNOUNCE THE RETURN AND THE ACTIVATION OF THESE EVENTS OF PROPHECY THAT SIGNAL THESE EVENTS.  THOSE WHO HAVE GUARDED THIS GREAT MYSTERY AND WHO HAVE GUARDED THE EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN SPECIES ITSELF ARE RETURNING.  IT HAS BEGUN.

THIS MONUMENT KNOWN AS THE GEORGIA GUIDE STONES SHALL FIND THREADS UNTO THE REVELATION OF ITS MYSTERY IN THE NAME R. C. CHRISTIAN OTHERWISE KNOWN UNTO THAT CONTINGENCY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ERECTION OF THIS MONUMENT AS CHRISTIAN ROSENKRENTZ (1378-1484).

THIS PRESENTATION OF KEYS UPON THE FINDING OF IT IS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE ELBERTON STAR.  THE ELBERTON STAR IS TO DELIVER IT TO THE ATLANTA ROSICRUCIAN SOCIETY.  THE ROSICRUCIAN CONTACT NUMBER IS 1. THAT NUMBER IS DERIVED FROM THE SYNCHRONISTIC MYSTERY OF 404-294-4172 IN ALTANTA.

UNTO THIS GREAT MYSTERY SHALL IT IN DUE TIME BE UNVEILED LIKENED UNTO SHE WHOSE GREAT PORTAL READS ONLY: “KNOW THYSELF.”  UNTO THE UNVEILING OF HER WISDOM SHALL COME INDEED THE BRIDEGROOM BEARING THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PERFECT BLENDING OF THE RED, THE WHITE, TO BRING FORTH THE GOLD AND THUS THE PURITY OF THE ROSE.  IT SHALL BLOOM AGAIN.  THIS MONUMENT HAS NOW BEEN ACTIVATED BY THAT WHICH WAS TO COME FORTH UNTO ITS ACTIVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING AND MANY SHALL COME TO THE PORTAL TO AWAKEN AND TO BE THUSLY ACTIVATED.

YOU ARE LOVED MANKIND.  ONCE WE SAW THROUGH THE GLASS DARKLY, NOW WE SHALL SEE FACE TO FACE.  DO NOT FEAR.  WE ARE WITH YOU THROUGH THE CO?? (Note: I am not able to see the words after this).

Words written on the Georgia Guidestones

The Rosicrucian ‘awakening’ is to spirit possession!

There are many verses that confirm Yahshua’s existence before his incarnation.  John 6:38 states he “came down from heaven”, John 3:13 states he “ascended into heaven” and “descended from heaven”.  In John 17:5 Yahshua asks Yahweh to “glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world (time) existed.”, and in John 17:24 he said “You loved me before the foundation of the world”.  This supports John 1:1 that states he was ‘with God” and “a god”.

Yahshua was the seed of the woman prophesied in Gen 3:15, as stated in Revelation 12: 1 – 2, & 5.

Yahshua was the spirit of Elijah implanted in Mary, as stated in Luke 1:35, who was prophesied to come before the day of Yahweh in Malachi 4:5. Matt 17:12 is translated to make it appear that the name Elijah refers to John the Baptist, but the Hebrew כבר translated ‘already’ to make it sound like Elijah has ‘already come’ is translated ‘already now’ in Matt 3:10 of the axe NOW being at the root of the tree.  We see in looking at the verses where Strong’s G2235 is found that it means ‘now after all this waiting’, not ‘previously’ as we are made to believe in Matt 17:12.

The genealogy in Matt 1:16 states that Yahshua is the child of Mary and Joseph.

The Hebrew text of John 1:14 & 18 has ben בן that means ‘son’, and יחיד that means ‘only, only one, solitary’. The King James and NASB do not translate ben בן, and יחיד is translated ‘only begotten’. The words should be translated ‘only son’, not ‘only begotten’.  The word ‘begotten’ falsely represents that Yahweh is Yahshua’s literal father, like the genealogy in Matt 1:1 to 17, where the Hebrew ולד that means ‘child, offspring’ is translated ‘father’ in NIV and NASB, but ‘begat’ in KJV.

When all the facts are considered, it is evident that translators have mislead people into believing Yahweh is Yahshua’s literal father, and that he is not Elijah.

In the Book of Enoch by R.H. Charles Chapter X v 12 “And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their judgment and of their consummation, till the judgment that is for ever and ever is consummated.”

Whether the book of Enoch is inspired or not, the author knew there were 70 generations from Enoch to Yahshua the Messiah.  When we add the 7 generations from Adam to Enoch we get 77 generations, which is the ‘seventy sevens’ in Daniel 9:24.

The 70 generations from Enoch to Yahshua and the 77 generations from Adam to Yahshua are listed in Luke 3: 23 – 38, with Admin in Luke 3:33 removed, because it is not in the Hebrew text.  Interestingly, 33 is a Masonic number, perhaps a sign of who inserted this name into the Greek text to confuse us!

In Matt 16:13 – 16 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some [say] John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

The accounts in Mark 8:27 – 29 and Luke 18 – 20 are identical to Matt 16:13 – 15, there are minor differences between Peter’s answer to Jesus in Matt 16:16, and Mark (v29 excludes “. . .the Son of the living God”) and Luke (v20 instead of Messiah Peter said “the Messiah of God), and end similarly with “He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.“ in Matt 16:20, and “he warned them to tell no one about him” in Mark 8:30, and “Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone” in Luke 9:21.

Mark and Luke exclude the words in Matt 16:17 – 19 And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal [this] to you, but My Father who is in heaven. I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.”

This supports that the text of Matt 16: 17 – 19 was added at a later date.

Critics identify interpolations in the New Testament using a multi-pronged approach.  They analyze ancient manuscripts for inconsistencies.  They compare verses in question to the authors normal speech patterns, theology, and life, and identify differences which indicate other authorship.

Paul was the target of many pseudepigraphic writings.  Out of the 13 writings attributed to him, the Pastoral Epistles, which include 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus, are largely thought to be falsely attributed to Paul, and 2 Thessalonians, Ephesians and Colossians, are widely debated.  Hebrews was traditionally thought to be authored by Paul, but because the writing style is different than Romans, Galatians, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Philemon, Philippians and 1 Thessalonians, few scholars ascribe it to Paul.

Many theologians frown upon criticizing scripture, ignoring obvious inconsistencies, leaving the Bible and Christianity itself open to criticism from other religions and atheists.  Most of Christianity adhere to the Church structure and Patriarchy found in the Pastoral Epistles, ignoring the equality Paul spoke of in Galatians 3:28, and Yahshua in Matt 23: 8 & 10.  Paul spoke of all members of the body exercising their spiritual gifts in an organized fashion in 1 Cor 14: 1 – 32, not the structure found in all Churches with one Minister or Priest teaching and members silently accepting what is taught.

It is prudent to consider various opinions, weighing the evidence provided, giving full consideration the scriptures used in support and critiques of scripture, we should pray for the Spirit of truth to guide us in all truth as Yahshua stated in John 16:13, because we need to protect ourselves from the spirit רוח of error/confusion תועה as warned in 1 John 4:6.

The evidence against 1 Corinthians 14:34 – 35 is significant. First, these verses were not in the original text, but written in the margin.  Secondly, the idea that women are to remain silent, contradicts the fact that all members of the congregation exercise their gifts of the spirit received on Pentecost, in fulfilment of Joel as recorded in Acts 2:16 – 21.  Thirdly, it states “as also the law says” but there is no such law.  This evidence should cause many to question the authorship of the text, but they do not, largely because all members are silenced in Christian churches.

The final evidence against 1 Corinthians 14:34 – 35 is the Hebrew נשי translated ‘woman’ means ‘debt, creditor’, as נשה is translated in Luke 7:41 & 16:5, and בעל is translated ‘husbands’, but is translated ‘Baal’ in Romans 11:4, from the Hebrew H1168 that means ‘a heathen god’.

The English translation of 1 Peter 3: 1 – 7 is the foundation of patriarchy, but the Hebrew text has a completely different message.

In 1 Peter 3:1 and 5 the Hebrew word נשי translated ‘wives’ means ‘debt’ or ‘waste’, and the Hebrew בעל translated ‘husbands’ mean ‘owner, lord’, and in 1 Peter 3:7 the Hebrew אשה translated ‘wives’ means ‘woman’, and the Hebrew אנש translated ‘husband’ means ‘sick’, exposing a completely different meaning than the English translations would have us believe. 

In the article Woman Rulers in Isaiah 3:12, we looked at the Hebrew word נשי classified as Strong’s H802 over 200 times and translated ‘women’, when it means ‘a debt’ (Strong’s H5386 1 occurrence), from נשה (Strong’s H5383 13 occurrences) that means ‘to lend, become a creditor’.  Also, the Hebrew נשך (Strong’s H5392 10 occurrences) means ‘interest, usury’, from נשך (Strong’s H5391 16 occurrences) that means ‘usury, oppress with interest’.

What’s more, the ‘woman’ אשה in 1 Peter 3:7 is the same ‘woman’ who gave birth to the male child in Revelation 12: 1 – 5, who was prophesied to bear the seed in Genesis 3:15, which was the nation of Israel. 

Sadly, the mistranslation of these verses results in women falling victim to men who put themselves in place of God, and men falling victim to false teachings that support patriarchy.

Since the English translation is from the Greek text, retranslating the Hebrew text requires a great deal of effort.  It is necessary to list the Greek words (see the Text Analysis for 1 Peter 3:7 on Biblehub.com), manually match the Hebrew words (found at the bottom of the page), and find the meaning of the Hebrew words with Strong’s numbers. 

The Analysis of the Text and Translation of 1 Peter 3:7 in the table below reveals the following meaning; “Righteous station כן you אתם the sick of them האנשים take captive שבו binding them together עמהן with understanding בתבונה that כי vessel כלי to weaken רפה the woman האשה . . .”  Peter was warning that the woman would be deceived, just as she was in Genesis 3: 1 – 6!

Let’s take a closer look at key words mistranslated in 1 Peter 3:7, which reveals tactics the translators use to change the meaning of text.

‘Likewise’ or ‘Office/Station’ כן

The Hebrew כן, according to Strong’s Concordance means ‘thus, as follows’ in Aramaic (Strong’s H3652 with 8 occurrences).  In Hebrew, it is often translated ‘so, therefore’ (Strong’s H3651 with 767 occurrences), but can mean ‘right, veritable, honest’ according to Brown-Driver-Briggs, the same as Strong’s H3653 (16 occurrences) that means ‘base, pedestal, office’.

‘So’ indicates “in a manner or way indicated”, and is often used as a substitute for a preceding clause.  It adds nothing to the information presented, and can be used of the righteous or sinners.  But if the underlying meaning of כן is ‘right’ or ‘righteous office/station’, then it is only used of the righteous.  

We see evidence that כן means ‘righteous office’ as God completed each day’s task in Gen 1:7, 9, 11, 15, 24, 30, it says “and it was right”, which is more meaningful than “it was so”. 

In Gen 2:24 כן is not translated, and the preceding word עזב that means ‘forsake’ is translated ‘shall leave’, to coverup the fact that Adam did ‘forsake’ עזב Yahweh’s ‘righteous station’ כן. 

This is a common tactic used to change the meaning of text – putting a meaningless word, or no word at all, in place of the real word, which is very difficult to spot.

In the New Testament, כן is classified as homios (G3668 31 occurrences) and translated ‘likewise’, as is the Hebrew גם (Strong’s H1571) that does mean ‘also, moreover, even’, and the Hebrew כמה (Strong’s H3644) that means ‘like, as, when’. 

In Matt 22:26, 26:35, 27:41, Mark 15:31, Luke 5:10, 33, 6:31, 10:32, 37, Romans 1:27, and James 2:25, where both כן and גם or כמה are found, כן is classified as G2532 and translated ‘also’.  The Hebrew כן is also classified as G3483 (34 occurrences) that means ‘yes, certainly, even so’.  In Rev 1:7, גם is classified as G2532 and translated ‘even’, and כן is classified as G3483 and translated ‘even so’.

The words in Romans 1:27 “And righteous station וכן also גם the males of them הזכרים forsake עזב union את . . .”, are very similar to Gen 2:24 where עזב is translated ‘shall leave’, and כן and את are not translated, to hide the true meaning of the text.

In 1 Peter 3:7, כן is translated ‘likewise’, but looking at the sentence, we see ‘righteous station’ is who the “sick of them take captive with understanding that weaken vessel woman . . .”

‘Husbands’ or ‘Sick of Them’ אנשים

The Hebrew אנש classified as G435 and translated ‘husbands’ in 1 Peter 3:7, means ‘be weak, sick’ (Strong’s H605 9 occurrences). Although they claim the meaning of אנש in Aramaic changed to ‘man, mankind’ (Strong’s H606 25 occurrences), it is largely used of Kings and the members of their earthly kingdom in the Ezra and Daniel, who are corrupted by power and wealth.  Strong’s H605 is said to be from a primitive root, but H606 is said to correspond to אנוש (Strong’s H582 222 occurrences), that Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance says is from H605 that means “a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified adam)”.

In A Hebrew & Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament on p. 125, Dr. J Fuerst indicates אנש predominantly means ‘to be sick, ill’ often in the sense of ‘morally bad’, and he disagrees with the connection drawn with איש, that in the אנוש form “denotes mortal, decaying man”, particularly “low minded, corrupt man”, as איש is also used on p. 120.

Hebrew words have been classified based on what the translators wanted them to mean, not what they really mean, which results in the corruption of the Greek and English translations.

Strong’s classification of the Hebrew words anash אנש, enosh אנוש, and ish איש, is a jumbled mess, perhaps intentionally to prevent us from understanding the true meaning of these words.  Only 33 of the 222 occurrences of H582 are in the form אנוש, with 155 in the form אנש, and 34 in the form איש.  Ish איש is sometimes classified as H376 (2006 occurrences), but many are in the form אנש.  It is no small feat to straighten this mess out.

The problem is compounded in the New Testament, where various Hebrew words are classified as Strong’s G435 (216 occurrences) that means ‘male, husband, betrothed’.  Of the 216 occurrences, 103 are in the form ish איש that means ‘mighty one’, as adam was in Gen 2:24, 3:16, 76 are in the form אנש that means ‘sick’, 29 are in the form baal בעל, and 4 in the form adam אדם.  Ish איש is also classified as Strong’s G5100 and translated ‘any, anyone, one, some, anything, some, etc’, which is also found in the form אנש in Matt 9:3. 

‘Dwell’ or ‘Take Captive’ שב

The Hebrew שב classified as G4924 (1 occurrence) that means ‘to dwell together’ and translated ‘dwell’ in 1 Peter 3:7, when it means ‘take captive’ (Strong’s H7617).  The Hebrew שב is found in Isaiah 61:1 “to proclaim לקרא to the captives שב liberty דרור . . .”, and in quoting this verse in Luke 4:18 – 19, שב is classified as G164 and translated ‘captives’. Strangely, שב is not indicated to be an equivalent Hebrew word for G4924, but it is for G164!  It appears they have deliberately misclassified this occurrence of שב to hide the true meaning in 1 Peter 3:7.

‘Wives’ or ‘Woman’ אשה

The Hebrew ishshah אשה with the he-suffix means ‘woman’ (ignoring the fact that the origin of the English words ‘man’ and ‘wo-man’ are unknown and possibly pagan).  In this case, there is no taw suffix to indicate possession, so it doesn’t mean ‘wife’.  Classified as G1134 (1 occurrence) that means ‘female’ in 1 Peter 4:7, but normally classified as G1135 (217 occurrences) that means ‘woman’. 

Why was this one and only occurrence of ishshah אשה classified as G1134? To prevent us from seeing that it is the same Hebrew word found in Revelation 12 – the woman clothed with the stars v1, the women who was about to give birth v4, the woman who fled into the wilderness v6, the woman Satan persecuted v13, the woman given two wings to fly from the presence of the serpent v14, the woman the serpent spewed water to overtake v15, the woman helped by the earth v16, and the woman Satan was enraged with, and went to make war with the rest of her children in v17!

‘According to’ or ‘Bind Together’ עמה

In 1 Peter 3:7, the Hebrew עמה (Strong’s H5980 32 occurrences) is classified as Strong’s G2596 (480 occurrences) that means ‘down, against, according to’.  But עמה is a form of עם that (Strong’s H5971 1868 occurrences) that means means ‘people, tribes’, those ‘united, connected, related’, and similarly means ‘to unite, to bind together, to join’, and is more accurately categorized as Strong’s G2992 (142 occurrences) that means ‘people’. 

Although עמה (Strong’s H5980 32 occurrences) is indicated to mean ‘close by, side by side with, parallel to, agreeing with, corresponding to’, from עם H5973 (1043 occurrences) that means ‘with’, according to Dr. J. Fuerst in A Hebrew & Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament p. 1064 עמה means prop. ‘society, union, neighborship, companionship, nearness, side’, as a particle of comparison ‘like as, similarly to’ prop. ‘in common with’.  Fuerst states on p. 343, the he ה suffix indicates “direction towards a thing”. 

In Gen 3:6 עמה is classified as Strong’s H5973 עם (1043 occurrences) and translated ‘with her’, which covers up the fact that Adam and the Woman were forming a ‘union’.  This is a common method of disguising mistranslated words, having multiple classifications for the same word in different forms.

‘Weaker’ or ‘weak/to weaken’ רפה

There are 3 different Hebrew words classified as the Greek asthenḗs (Strong’s G772 25 occurrences) that means ‘weak, infirm, feeble’:

• חול (Strong’s H2342 60 occurrences) that means ‘to whirl, dance, writhe’, fig. ‘to be in severe pain, or anguish’, translated ‘sick’, in Matt 25:43, 44, Luke 9:2, 10:9, Acts 4:9, 5:15, 16(7 of 25).
• חלש (Strongs H2522) that means ‘to be weak, prostrate’, in Romans 5:6, 1 Cor 1:25, 27, 4:10, 8:7, 9, 10, 9:22, 11:30, 2 Cor 10:10, 1 Thes 5:14 (13 of 25).
• רפה (Strong’s H7503 46 occurrences) that means ‘sink, relax’, fig. ‘lose heart, energy’, in Matt 26:41, Mark 14:38, 1 Peter 3:7, 1 Cor 12:22 and Gal 4:9 (5 of 25).

In the Hebrew Bible רפה is translated ‘weak, weakened, be weak’ in 2 Chr 15:7, 28:20, Ezra 4:4, Neh 6:9, Job 12:21, Jer 38:4, similarly ‘feeble, faint’ in 2 Sam 4:1, Jer 6:24, 49:24, 50:43, ‘slack’ in Josh 10:6, 18:3, Prov 18:9, 24:10, and ‘fail’ in Deut 4:31, 31:6, 8, Josh 1:5, Isa 13:7.

In the context of Matt 26:41 and Mark 14:38, Yahshua warned his disciples to “watch שקדו and pray תפל to him לו lest פן you will come תבאו to hand of ידי testing נסיון here הן the spirit רוח they היא inclined to חפצה, but the flesh בשר itself הוא weak רפה.”

In 1 Cor 12:22 Paul said “That כי to turn/change/pervert להפך strong of אברי the body/corpse  הגוף that seem הנראים weak רפים they הם for us לנו to your adversary לצרך in much ביותר.”

In 1 Peter 3:7 רפה is translated ‘weaker’ in comparison to husbands, but it’s meaning doesn’t include a comparative element, nor does the context support it.

In the article Freemasonry and the Statue of Liberty, Freemasonry takes credit for the creation and erection of the Statue of Liberty, the “symbol of freedom and opportunity”.  Plans were made for laying the cornerstone of the pedestal with a masonic ceremony, like George Washington had personally laid the cornerstone of the United Stated capital on Sep 18, 1793 with the assistance of the Grand Lodge of Maryland. https://newjerseygrandlodge.org/liberty/

While researching her book Liberty’s Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty, Elizabeth Mitchell discovered that Lady Liberty’s face is that of a man, not a woman.  She didn’t think this was accidental because Frederic Auguste Bartholdi “was known for his accuracy”.  Mitchell also discovered that the statue was not a gift from the French government, but “the brainchild of French activist Edouard de Laboulaye”, who raised money for the project with sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.  Money was raised by newspaper baron Joseph Pulitzer to fund erection of the statue in New York. (From the article ‘Is the Statue of Liberty actually a man? This expert thinks so’ by Andrea Morabito on www.news.com.au).

In the article The Statue of Liberty and its ties to the Middle East, it states that Bartholdi “visited Egypt in 1955 and expressed his admiration for the colossal statures on the façade of the temple at Abu Simbel.”  The statue of Liberty “hearkens back strongly to reconstructions of the Colossus of Rhodes . . . created by Chares of Lindos between 292 to 280 BC . . . of the Greek solar deity Helios”.  The crown of solar rays was worn by Ptolemaic kings to represent themselves as Helios on earth. https://isac.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/shared/docs/danh_vo_labels.pdf

According to the Gnostic website Glorian, “Helios represents an androgynous being, an Elohim (male and female in one, complete) like the primordial Adam”.  They quote Gen 1:28 and then quote H. P. Blavatsky’s The Secret Doctrine (in Vol 2 of 4 on p. 58) that states “with the Jews Adam Kadmon was the same as Athamaz, Tamaz, or Adonis of the Greeks – ‘the One with, and of his father’ – the ‘Father’ becoming during the later races Helios, the Sun, as Apollo Karneios, for instance, who was the ‘Sun born’.” https://glorian.org/learn/glossary/h/helios

Studying the seven creation days in Gen 1:1 – 2:3, it becomes apparent that they do not describe the original creation as we’ve been told, but prophecy the recreation of the world.  (See the articles The Real Meaning of Numbers 1 to 7 https://genesisdeconstructed.com/the-real-meaning-of-numbers-1-to-7/  and Misinterpretation of the 7 Creation Days Prophecy https://genesisdeconstructed.com/misinterpretation-of-the-7-creation-days-prophecy/ )

In the beginning, the state of the earth “was formless and void” in Gen 1:2, which is explained in Jer 4: 22 – 26 “My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good. I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light. I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.”

The sixth day prophecies the Messiah through who we are made in the image of God, male and female, and rule over the earth. Yahshua said “In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but they will be like the angels in heaven” in Matt 22:30. Having become one with the Messiah, being the bride of the Lamb Rev 19:7, we will be sons of God that Paul spoke of in Romans 8:14 – 19. The seventh day, when God completed his work, hasn’t happened yet. That is why Yahshua said “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working” in John 5:17. One of the many lies we’ve been told by our Rabbi’s, Priests and Ministers is that we were created in the image of God.

Hidden in plain sight is a Masonic statue revealing their plan to make mankind gender X, which they recognize as fulfillment of the sixth day prophecy in which we are made in the image of God in Gen 1:26 – 31.  However, they are changing the flesh not the spirit, and “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit incorruption” 1 Cor 15:50.