Posted on 04/25/2002 11:44:01 AM PDT by Alouette
That is an understatement! I had to look hard to find out how it went.
I used to work right upstairs from that corner, it's a great part of town.
I suggest you go over to the Religion forum and start a thread on "Who are these Jews praying to?" instead of turning this thread into your own personal pulpit.
I would note that there are two more semi-appalations for God in the Tanach:
Adonai, and El Elyon.
It stated most clearly that YHWH = the name of the g-d of Israel, but that it could not be said aloud as opposed to put onto paper, until the messianic age.
G-d has a name. It is YHWH. It cannot be said aloud until the messianic age.
Why I take this much time with a cultic kook I can never explain.
WHERE IN READING ALOUD ONE COMES TO THE YHWH, one says instead, "ha-Shem," which DOES mean "the name."
YHWH does not mean "the name," NOR does it mean "I am what I am" NOR does it mean "ehyeh asher ehyeh."
As far as I know, it just a name, and if it does now or ever did have a meaning, G-d has never revealed that meaning.
If my name were "ZUTZ," and I tell you that, that is all you need to know. It is just my name, pure and simple. You could ask me what it means in some language or other, but I probably would never tell you even if it DID have a meaning.
Now go far, far, away and quit being such a pest.
Well, I tell you what, why don't we just be a peace and not fret about it. Your logic line gets a bit loopy in the above, just assume that those prayng have some understanding of Whom they believe they are talking to....as to the completeness of their understanding....we will leave that with the Perfect Judge of all our hearts and prayers.
Moses asked a question, God answered it. If the answer was good enough for Moses, it ought to be good enough for you.
Now stop pestering people. You've used so many question marks on this thread that I'm forced to envision a whining two-year-old sitting at your keyboard. Take a nap already.
It's true. If they'd all rioted, or carried nasty hateful signs, or left garbage all over the streets, they might have gotten three hours on C-Span like the communists did last weekend.
I was in Brooklyn all day long Sunday and didn't get back til late; but I don't recall seeing anything about this on TV in the little time I had to watch that night. Did it get any coverage on NY1? They're usually very good at covering any type of rally, parade, festival, or picket line in town.
2. Messianic times means the times after the coming of Messiah, ie what Christians would call the time after the Second Coming...often said to be 1000 years or a "millennium" of peace and joy. Maybe it will last precisely 1000 yrs, or maybe that is approximate. One rabbinic source says 2000 yrs.
3. After that comes God's eternity, after the Great White Throne when God's throne and dwelling come to Earth to be among men for ever.
What point are you trying to make, because obviously you are?
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