Today’s readings – Oct 13:-
NEW TESTAMENT: 1 Thessalonians 1
OLD TESTAMENT: Isaiah 41,42
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– Begin of daily reading for Oct 13 – Day 287
NEW TESTAMENT
1 Thessalonians 1
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Greetings from Paul (Sha’ul)
1 Paul (Sha’ul), and Silvanus, and Timotheus (Timothy), unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ (Aḏon Yahusha Ha’Mashiach): Grace be unto you, and peace, from God (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ (Aḏon Yahusha Ha’Mashiach).
The Faith of the Thessalonian Believers
2 We give thanks to God (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
3 Remembering without ceasing (stopping) your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ (Aḏon Yahusha Ha’Mashiach), in the sight of God (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) and our Father;
4 Knowing, brethren (fellow believers) beloved, your election of God (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) .
5 For our gospel (Because our Good News) came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit; Ruach Ha’Qodesh), and in much assurance; as ye (you) know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
6 And ye (you) became followers of us, and of the Lord (Aḏon), having received the word in much affliction (suffering), with joy of the Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit; Ruach Ha’Qodesh)
7 So that ye were ensamples ( so that you became an example) to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord (Aḏon) not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward (in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
9 For they themselves shew (show) of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye (you) turned to God (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) from idols to serve the living and true God (𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah);
10 And to wait for his (His) Son from heaven, whom he (He) raised from the dead, even Jesus (Yahusha), which delivered us from the wrath (Yahuah’s extreme anger) to come.
OLD TESTAMENT
Isaiah 41
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God’s Help for Israel (Yisrael)
41 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
4 Who hath wrought and done it (Who has performed and done this), calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah), the first, and with the last; I am he (He).
5 The isles (islands) saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth (smooths) with the hammer him that smote (who struck) the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering (soldering, welding): and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Anvil and hammer
8 But thou (you), Israel (Yisrael), art (are) my servant, Jacob (Ya’aqob) whom I have chosen, the seed (descendants) of Abraham my friend.
9 Thou (You) whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee (you) from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee (you), Thou art (You are) my servant; I have chosen thee (you), and not cast thee (you) away.
10 Fear thou not (Do not fear); for I am with thee (you): be not dismayed (discouraged); for I am thy (your) God (Elohim; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah): I will strengthen thee (you); yea (yes), I will help thee (you); yea (yes), I will uphold thee (you) with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 Behold, all they that were incensed (enraged) against thee (you) shall be ashamed and confounded (humiliated): they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee (you) shall perish.
12 Thou shalt (You shall) seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee (you): they that war against thee (you) shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought (nothing).
13 For I the Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) thy (your) God (Elohim; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) will hold thy (your) right hand, saying unto thee (you), Fear not; I will help thee (you).
14 Fear not, thou (you) worm Jacob (Ya’aqob), and ye (you) men of Israel (Yisrael); I will help thee (you), saith (says) the Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah), and thy (your) redeemer, the Holy One (Qadosh One) of Israel (Yisrael).
15 Behold, I will make thee (you) a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt (you shall) thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt (shall) make the hills as chaff.
16 Thou shalt (You shall) fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt (you shall) rejoice in the Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah), and shalt glory in the Holy One (Qadosh One) of Israel (Yisrael).
17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth (fail) for thirst, I the Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah)will hear them, I the God (Elohim; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) of Israel (Yisrael) will not forsake them.
18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) hath (has) done this, and the Holy One (Qadosh One) of Israel (Yisrael) hath (has) created it.
21 Produce your cause, saith (says) the Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah); bring forth your strong reasons, saith (says) the King of Jacob (Ya’aqob).
22 Let them bring them forth, and shew (show) us what shall happen: let them shew (show) the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
23 Shew (Show) the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye (you) are gods: yea (yes), do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
24 Behold, ye (you) are of nothing, and your work of nought (nothing): an abomination is he that chooseth (chooses) you.
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my (My) name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter (mortar), and as the potter treadeth (treads) clay.
26 Who hath (has) declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea (yes), there is none that sheweth (there was no one who showed it), yea (yes), there is none that declareth (declares), yea (yes), there is none that heareth (hears) your words.
27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) one that bringeth good tidings (brings good news).
28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Isaiah 42
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The LORD’S Servant
42 Behold my servant (Servant), whom I uphold; mine elect (My Chosen One), in whom my soul delighteth (My soul delights); I have put my (My) spirit upon him (Him): he (He) shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
(NOTE: Gentiles (noun / adjective) = anyone who is not of Jewish descent or who does not believe in God [Yahuah]; heathen, pagan)
2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
3 A bruised reed shall he (He) not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he (He) shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
(AMP Bible: 3 “A broken reed He will not break [off]And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish [He will not harm those who are weak and suffering]; He will faithfully bring forth justice.)
4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he (He) have set judgment in the earth: and the isles (islands) shall wait for his law (His Torah).
5 Thus saith (says) God (Elohim; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) the Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah), he (He) that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he (He) that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh (comes) out of it; he (He) that giveth (gives) breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
6 I the Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) have called thee (you) in righteousness, and will hold thine (your) hand, and will keep thee (you), and give thee (you) for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
8 I am the Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah): that is my (My) name: and my (My) glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
(NOTE: graven (adjective) = engraved / sculptured / incised / inscribed / carved)
9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
10 Sing unto the Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye (you) that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles (islands), and the inhabitants thereof.
11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth (does) inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory unto the Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah), and declare his praise in the islands.
13 The Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea (yes), roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
14 I have long time holden my peace (kept silent); I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman (like a woman in labor); I will destroy and devour at once.
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye (You) are our gods.
18 Hear, ye (you) deaf; and look, ye (you) blind, that ye (you) may see.
19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s (Yahuah’s) servant?
20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not (but you do not observe); opening the ears, but he heareth (but he hears) not.
21 The Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah) is well pleased for his (His) righteousness’ sake; he (He) will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid (hidden) in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth (delivers); for a spoil, and none saith (says), Restore.
23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken (pay attention) and hear for the time to come?
24 Who gave Jacob (Ya’aqob) for a spoil, and Israel (Yisrael) to the robbers? did not the Lord (Adonai; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 / Yahuah), he (He) against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his (His) ways, neither were they obedient unto his (His) law.
25 Therefore he hath (He has) poured upon him (Israel / Yisrael) the fury of his (His) anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath (has) set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart (yet he did not take it to heart).
– End of daily reading for Oct 13 – Day 287
> COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK (New Testament): 1 Thessalonians
BOOK OVERVIEW (New Testament): 1 Thessalonians (5 Chapters) (Original language: Greek)
Timeline: Between A.D. 50-51.
Author: The apostle Paul (Sha’ul).
Objective / Purpose: The apostle Paul (Sha’ul) wrote this book as a letter to the Gentile church he formed in Thessalonica. Because they were Christ’s (Mashiach’s) disciples with Paul (Sha’ul), Silvanus and Timothy were also included. Paul’s (Sha’ul’s) mission was to impart knowledge about the second coming of Christ (Mashiach) and the virtues of a virtuous life.
Audience / Attendees / Spectators / Listeners: The Gentile churches in Thessalonica which were founded by Paul (Sha’ul).
> COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK (Old Testament): Nil
BOOK OVERVIEW (Old Testament): Isaiah (66 Chapters) (Original language: Hebrew)
Timeline: Between 739 and 681 B.C.
Author: Isaiah
Objective / Purpose: This book was written for Prophet Isaiah to announce a message of repentance. At that time, he was called to prophesy to the Kingdom of Judah.
Audience / Attendees / Spectators / Listeners: The people of Judah and Jerusalem (Yerushalayim).
> TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING TOPICS OVERVIEW:-
NEW TESTAMENT:-
1 Thessalonians 1:-
1) Greetings from Paul (Sha’ul)
2) The Faith of the Thessalonian Believers
OLD TESTAMENT:-
Isaiah 41:-
1) God’s Help for Israel (Yisrael)
Isaiah 42:-
1) The LORD’S Servant
> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (New Testament): 1 Thessalonians 1:1) Greetings from Paul (Sha’ul) 2) The Faith of the Thessalonian Believers
> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (Old Testament): Isaiah 41,42: 1) God’s Help for Israel (Yisrael) 2) The LORD’S Servant
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Aḏon (title) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: Aḏon (title) = אֲדוֹן (H113) = Lord / master / owner)
Adonai / Adonay (title) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: Adonai / Adonay (title) = אֲדֹנָי (H136) – Pronunciation: ah-doe-NIGH = [My] Lord / Master)
Amen (adverb) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: Amen (adverb) = אָמֵן (H543) – An Abrahamic declaration of affirmation which is first found in the Hebrew Bible. It means truly/ verily / so be it)
devil meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: devil = Satan / Lucifer / Devil / Diablo in Spanish / Serpent / Dragon / Father of Lies / Beast / Fallen Angel / prince of the air / morning star / shining one / Antichrist)
Elohim / Aluahim / Aluahym (noun) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: Elohim / Aluahim / Aluahym (noun) = אֱלהִים (H430) God, gods, divine beings, judges)
fornication (noun) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: fornication (noun) = voluntary sexual intercourse between unmarried persons or outside of marriage)
Gentiles (noun / adjective) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: Gentiles (noun / adjective) = anyone who is not of Jewish descent or who does not believe in God [Yahuah]; heathen, pagan)
graven (adjective) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: graven (adjective) = engraved / sculptured / incised / inscribed / carved)
Pharaoh (noun) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: Pharaoh (noun) = The supreme ruler of ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the ‘king’ in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty)
shalom (interjection) meaning in the Bible
(NOTE: shalom (interjection) = שָׁלוֹם (H7965) = Peace, completeness, welfare, well-being, safety, prosperity. sed as a traditional Jewish greeting or farewell)
THE PROPER HEBREW NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY CREATOR
Isaiah 52:6 King James Version (KJV)
“Therefore MY PEOPLE SHALL KNOW MY NAME: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth (He who does) speak: behold, it is I.”
The word ‘God’ is a noun. It is not God’s actual name.
EXAMPLE: “He is my father. He drives me to school every morning. His name is Johnny Lim.”
EXPLAINED: The word ‘father’ here is a noun. It is not the actual / proper name. ‘Johnny Lim’ is the actual / proper name.
QUESTION: What is God’s actual / proper name?
ANSWER: God’s actual name is as follows:-
(NOTE: YHWH (proper noun) = 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 the proper name of the God of Israel (Yisrael). יְהוָֹה (H3068) in tetragrammaton: יְהוָֹה (H3068) יְ (yod) ה (he) וָֹ (uau / waw) ה (he)
IMPORTANT NOTE: Hebrew text is read from LEFT to RIGHT:-
THE ORGINAL HEBREW NAME OF THE MESSIAH
In Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ (H4899) = Mashiach (Hebrew) = Messiah (English) / Anointed One (the Savior who saves the sinners for those who believe in Him)
FULL NAME in Hebrew text with ‘The’: יְהוֹשׁעַ הַמָשִׁיחַ = Yahusha Ha-Mashiach = Yahusha The Anointed One.
Christos > Χριστός (Greek) transliterated into Christ (English) which means Anointed One
NOTES:-
1. SPELLING VERSION #1:-
Yeshua יֵשׁוּעַ (H3442 = He will save) is a shortened form of Yehoshooah / Yahushua יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (H3091 = God / Yah saves). EXAMPLE #1: Mike is a shortened form of Michael. EXAMPLE #2: Josh is a shortened form of Joshua.
2. SPELLING VERSION #2:-
Yehoshooah as spelt in this manner depicts Joshua יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (H3091 = yeh-ho-SHOO-ah) adds Hosea, יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (H1954 = deliver / salvation). Therefore, Yehoshooah / Yahushua means God is Salvation God / Yah saves.
3. SPELLING VERSION #3:-
Yahushua as spelt in this manner depicts that the Messiah came in the name of His Father, Yah יה / יָהּ (H3050) as in John 5:43).
4. SPELLING VERSION #4:-
Yahusha (יְהוֹשׁעַ) as spelt in this manner depicts that the Messiah came in the name of His Father and according to the original ancient Hebrew text spelling and pronunciation.
Yah יָהּ (H3050), + וָֹ (u) + שַׁ Sh + ע A = Yahusha (יְהוֹשׁעַ) which means Yahuah (God) saves (H3091). See the diagram below:-
(NOTE: Hebrew text is read from left to right)
יְהוֹשׁעַ (H3091 = God / Yahuah saves)
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John 5:38 King James Version (KJV)
And ye (you) have not his (His) word abiding in you: for whom he hath (He / Yahuah has) sent, him ye (Him you) believe not.
1 John 5:2 King James Version (KJV)
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his (His) commandments.
James 1:22 King James Version (KJV)
But be ye (you) doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Galatians 6:7 King James Version (KJV)
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth (sows / puts in / plants / spreads), that shall he also reap (harvest / attain / get).
Galatians 6:3 King James Version (KJV)
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth (deceives, is deceiving) himself.
1 Corinthians 15:33 King James Version (KJV)
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Colossians 2:8 King James Version (KJV)
Beware lest any man (Beware, otherwise others may) spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit (deception), after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ (following the elementary principles of this world, rather than following [the truth—the teachings of] Mashiach).
1 Thessalonians 5:11 King James Version (KJV)
“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye (you) do.”
Hebrews 3:13 King James Version (KJV)
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Matthew 10:8 King James Version (KJV)
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye (you) have received, freely give.
Romans 10:9 King James Version (KJV)
That if thou shalt (you shall) confess with thy (your) mouth the Lord Jesus (Aḏon Yahusha), and shalt (shall) believe in thine (your) heart that God hath (Yahuah has) raised him (Him) from the dead, thou shalt (you shall) be saved.
John 3:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Jesus (Yahusha) answered him, “I assure you and most solemnly (seriously) say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot [ever] see and experience the kingdom of God (Yahuah).”
Isaiah 52:6 King James Version (KJV)
“Therefore MY PEOPLE SHALL KNOW MY NAME: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth (He who does) speak: behold, it is I.”
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