“I have written so much, to the point that I’ve written countless times (katab katab la rab ribow’ – literally and consistently written and written, as many as tens of thousands of words I have inscribed). And yet they regard (chashab – they consider, have reckoned, and have determined that) My Towrah (Towrah – My Teaching and Instruction, My Guidance and Direction) as if it were (ka) something unauthorized and illegitimate (zar – strange, foreign, and alien, no longer relevant or appropriate).” (Howsha’ / Salvation / Hosea 8:12) When a Hebrew word is repeated, as katab is here in the text, it requires us to consider the full extent of the term. Katab is “to write, to engrave and inscribe.” To katab is “to communicate in writing using the letters of an alphabet to comprise words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, and books.” To katab is “to record a message so that it can be memorialized and shared.” Yahowah has done so much of this for us He not only repeated katab, He wrote it both times in the qal imperfect, which is to say that this literally and consistently occurred and that it has ongoing and unfolding consequences. But more than this, God said that His written words were in the “ribow’ – tens of thousands.” Even that His written communication was “rab – great in quantity and value.” Ribow’ is actually derived from rabab, whose root is rab. As rabab, it means to become many or to become great. And a ribow’, it is translated as both “thousands upon thousands,” and “tens of thousands,” in addition to “myriad” and “countless.” And yet with all that Yahowah has written 99.999% of the world’s population have been beguiled into believing that the Towrah is “zar – unauthorized and illegitimate, strange and alien, no longer relevant or appropriate.” Such is the case with Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It is the result of the Talmud, New Testament, and Qur’an. And yet, if Yahowah’s Guidance is “unauthorized,” whose is sanctioned? If Yahowah’s Instruction is “illegitimate,” whose is valid? If the Towrah is “strange, foreign, and alien,” what is appropriate and acceptable? If the Towrah is “no longer relevant,” then what is applicable? Is there an authority more credible than the Creator?
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:40:48 +0000
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