Sundry Points
In addition to the mail items addressed above, the following corrections have been made.
- The so-called “days of Creation” in Bereshith have been corrected to “indeterminate period of time” which is the best translation that can be derived from the Hebrew.
- It is pointed out that Palestinian is a Greek version of Phillistine and that the children of Yisrael have been at war with the Philistine’s since the time of Yahooshua {Joshua} who brought the children of Yisrael into the land of Canaan and into conflict with the Philistines. That conflict continues today.
- Virgin has been replaced with the Hebrew bethulah – specifically a girl at sexual maturity (puberty), about 13 years old.
Allah in the Bible
Note that there are various derivatives of “Elohym” meaning “The Almighty” or “Mighty One” or “mighty one” depending on context – this is Strong’s number 430 which is translated “God” 2,346 times relating to Yah and various other forms relating to beings other than Yah, including Satan, a further 260 times.
There are other words close to “Elohym” in transliteration within the range of adjacent Strong’s numbers. Some of these words are transliterate Allah or close to it. This relates particularly to the books of DaniEl and Ezra where the people were in exile or returned from exile. Refer particularly to Strong’s 426 “elah”, the PC Study Bible version 2.1G of October 1997 published by BibleSoft transliterates 426 as “Alaah” {God} see https://biblehub.com/hebrew/426.htm particularly in Ezra.
There are all sorts of rationalisations that Allah does NOT relate to Yah and which seek to show that Islam is NOT a religion serving Yah. Contrary to this, Father Yah has shown me clearly that Allah is an Arabic name derived from the same root as “Elohym” and that Allah is indeed Yah, the Almighty Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. To the extent that Moslems, like Christians and, to a lesser extent Jews, do NOT use the true name of the Almighty, Yah, this leaves the Moslems open to believing in a Mighty One which is NOT Yah. Just as most Christians believe in Jesus who is NOT Yah!
The bottom line is that there ARE Moslems worshipping and serving Yah, just as there ARE Christians and Jews serving Yah today. But NOT all Moslems are worshipping Yah. 426 has been translated as “the Almighty (Allah)” in all instances in Ezra.
Second order details may not be exactly correct
In presenting the ETI Version of the Bible I would like to stress that I have focussed on the 20% of the issues that I consider to represent 80% of what is important. I am time constrained, preparing this version on the side while holding down a full time job and running a business, so it is quite likely that there are detail issues and errors that you may identify. Please feel free to email me with suggestions for improvement and, on the other hand, I encourage you to overlook second order points.
In particular, where there are translation approximations in the KJV English I will in some cases have accepted these and worked with them rather than correcting them. Perhaps, once I have published the entire book I will have the time and energy to do a second pass picking up these refinements. Time will tell – at present I am estimating two to three years for this project on top of my work commitments.
The Set-Apart Spirit has been given throughout time
There is a widespread Christian misconception that “The Holy Spirit [Set-Apart Spirit] was first given at Pentecost” – Acts 2:1-4.
This is not so, consider Psalm 51:11 “Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Set-Apart Spirit from me.” So hundreds of years before Yahooshua Dawid had the Set-Apart Spirit. It turns out that the Set-Apart Spirit has been given to Anointed Believers throughout all of recorded human history when they truly believed – this is the Anointing imparted by the Prophets, etcetera.
Consider also Yahoochanan {John} 20:22 “And when he [Yahooshua] had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Set-Apart Spirit {Holy Ghost}” this is under the “Old Covenant” well before Pentecost.
The reality is that by the time of Yahooshua just above everyone had forgotten about the Set-Apart Spirit so it was almost unknown. As with so many things Yahooshua restored knowledge and did not introduce new knowledge – a key part of his ministry was to restore and elaborate and teach those who followed him principles that had long been forgotten.
Receiving the Set-Apart {Holy} Spirit
If you are a committed Believer and have never been filled with the Spirit of Yah, immerse yourself in a clean body of water and, as you go under pray “Father Yah, in the name of Yahooshua, I ask you to fill me with your Spirit.”
Thereafter give thanks for receiving the Spirit and sing songs relating to infilling with the Spirit.
You may have a supernatural experience when you immerse but this is not universal.
Incomplete rendering of the books from Bereshith to Malaki for convenience
I am working systematically from MattiYahoo through to Revelation at present and have digressed to do a first high level pass through the books from Bereshith to Malaki which are the subject of this introduction.
It takes significant time to render each chapter to the standard I desire and I estimate that the project for MattihYahoo to Revelation will take me about a further six months working primarily at weekends as I have a new business to build during the week. I have completed to the end of Philippians at this stage.
I then plan to return to Bereshith and work through those books systematically taking another year or so.
Conclusion
It is my hope that you will find the ETI Version illuminating and that you will gain enduring Eternal value from reading it. Please feel free to email me on James.ETI.Version@ETIMin.org with questions and suggestions for improvement.
Dr James A Robertson
Emissary and Spokesman of Yah
London, England
29 December 2023
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