Looking for Jesus according to Mark

[JLG]

- In chapter 6, God (Elohim) is a bit more used than the LORD (Yah.weh)!
- Here God (Elohim) is connected to the dark side of mankind when it is away from God!
- On the contrary, the LORD (Yah.weh) tells about who God really is!
- In this case, the Bible expresses God’s real deep feelings!
- Do you see the point?
- A WILL TO HIDE THE REAL NATURE OF GOD!
- BUT YAH.WEH IS FAR MORE THAN GOD!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 7, both God (Elohim) and the LORD (Yah.weh) are used but again in a different way!
- The LORD (Yah.weh) is used when God tells Noah what to do before the flood and how to be saved!
- When everything is done, then God (Elohim) is used!
- Do you see the point?
- Yah.weh is the GOD OF ACTION!
- Do you understand why they hide God’s name?

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 8, the flood is connected to God (Elohim)!
- Then Noah builds an altar and offers a sacrifice to God and it pleases God!
- There we are told about the LORD (Yah.weh)!
- Do you see the point?
- When you look for a deep relation to God, you look for YAH.WEH!
- When you want to stay away from God, you look for ELOHIM!
- Quite simple indeed!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 9, God establishes a covenant with Noah and his sons!
- Then they will show which kind of relationship they want to develop with God!
- There we only get God (Elohim)!
- Noah uses the LORD (Yah.weh) when he speaks about the God of Shem at the difference of Canaan and Japhet!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 10, we are told about Noah’s sons’ history and Nimrod!
- There we only get the LORD (Yah.weh) twice in verse 9
- And it is only employed in the expression about Nimrod:
He
הֽוּא־ (hū-)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was
הָיָ֥ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a mighty
גִבֹּֽר־ (ḡib·bōr-)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

hunter
צַ֖יִד (ṣa·yiḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6718: The chase, game, lunch

before
לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the LORD;
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

so
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

it is said,
יֵֽאָמַ֔ר (yê·’ā·mar)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Like Nimrod,
כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד (kə·nim·rōḏ)
Preposition-k | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5248: Nimrod -- a son of Cush and founder of the Babylonian kingdom

a mighty
גִּבּ֥וֹר (gib·bō·wr)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

hunter
צַ֖יִד (ṣa·yiḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6718: The chase, game, lunch

before
לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the LORD.”
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 11, we are told about the tower of Babel!
- Here Mankind opposes God!
- And God strikes mankind!
- What is the term employed for God?
- The LORD (Yah.weh)!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 12, we are told about Yah.weh and Abram!
- And guess what?
- They had a strong relationship!
- And guess what?
- Abraham was called God’s friend!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 13, we are told about Yah.weh and Abram!
- AGAIN!
- And guess what?
- They had a strong relationship!
- And guess what?
- Abraham was called God’s friend!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 14, we are told about Melchizedek and Abram!
- The Bible says that Melchizedek is the priest of God Most High!
- Abram speaks about Yah.weh, God Most High, creator of heaven and earth!
- Do you see the point?
- On the one hand, we have the priest of God Most High!
- On the other hand, we have God’s friend who speaks about Yah.weh, God Most High, creator of heaven and earth!
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 15, we are told about Yah.weh and Abram!
- AGAIN!
- How does God present himself to Abram?
Y- Let’s have a look at Genesis 15:7:

[The LORD] also told
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

him,
אֵלָ֑יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“I
אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

am the LORD,
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

who
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

brought you
הוֹצֵאתִ֙יךָ֙ (hō·w·ṣê·ṯî·ḵā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

out of Ur
מֵא֣וּר (mê·’ūr)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 218: Ur -- a city in southern Babylon

of the Chaldeans
כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים (kaś·dîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3778: Chaldeans -- a region of southern Babylon and its inhab

to give
לָ֧תֶת (lā·ṯeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

you
לְךָ֛ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

this
הַזֹּ֖את (haz·zōṯ)
Article | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

land
הָאָ֥רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

to possess.”
לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ (lə·riš·tāh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

- And guess what?
- They had a strong relationship!
- And guess what?
- Abraham was called God’s friend!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 16, we are told about Yah.weh and Abram!
- AGAIN!
- And Sarai speaks about Yah.weh too!
- And Yah.weh’s angel speaks about Yah.weh when he speaks about God!
- And guess what?
- They had a strong relationship!
- And guess what?
- Abraham was called God’s friend!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 17 is an interesting chapter!
- it starts with Yah.weh!
- Then we hear about God Almighty (once) and then only Elohim!
- And it appears more official!
- God makes a covenant with Abram who becomes Abrahm!
- The covenant will be effective only if Abraham obeys God or as the verse 1 and 2:
Walk
הִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ (hiṯ·hal·lêḵ)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

before Me
לְפָנַ֖י (lə·p̄ā·nay)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6440: The face

and be
וֶהְיֵ֥ה (weh·yêh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

blameless.
תָמִֽים׃ (ṯā·mîm)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 8549: Entire, integrity, truth


- And verse 2:

I will establish
וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה (wə·’et·tə·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

My covenant
בְרִיתִ֖י (ḇə·rî·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1285: A covenant

between Me and you,
בֵּינִ֣י (bê·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

and I will multiply
וְאַרְבֶּ֥ה (wə·’ar·beh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

you
אוֹתְךָ֖ (’ō·wṯ·ḵā)
Direct object marker | second person masculine singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

exceedingly.”
בִּמְאֹ֥ד (bim·’ōḏ)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 18 is a strange one!
- Again we are told about Yah.weh and Abraham!
- We find mainly Yah.weh (ten times) but also adonay (five times)!
- It seems to be a bit different!
- The King James version of 1769 puts Yähwè all the time!
- Is it really adonay or Yah.weh?
- The problem is that the original Hebrew text was altered so many times that we may wonder!
- Not to forget that in this chapter we get the incredible dialogue between Yah.weh and Abraham about sodom and Gomorrah!

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 19 is a continuation of Abraham’s story!
- Yah.weh is mainly used either by the angels who have come to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah and Lot!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 20, we are told about Abraham and Abimelech!
- Thus we can expect God (Elohim) to be mainly used!

Abimelech (/əˈbɪməˌlɛk/; אֲבִימֶלֶךְ 'Ǎḇīmeleḵ) or Abimelek was the king of Shechem and a son of biblical judge Gideon. His name can best be interpreted as "my father is king", claiming the inherited right to rule.

He is introduced in Judges 8:31 as the son of Gideon and his Shechemite concubine, and the biblical account of his reign is described in chapter nine of the Book of Judges. According to the Bible, he was an unprincipled and ambitious ruler who often engaged in war against his own subjects.

The killing of seventy brothers​

According to the Book of Judges, Abimelech went to Shechem to meet with his uncles and grandfather of his mother's side, and claimed to them that he should be the sole ruler over them and Shechem and not his brothers. He asked them whether they'd prefer to be ruled by seventy rulers or just by the individual, and he affirmed them as equal brothers. Because of Abimelech's affirmation to them, the men inclined to follow him, and gave him seventy silver shekels from the Temple of Baal Berith. He and the men then traveled to Ophrah for Gideon's home to kill Gideon's seventy sons, Abimelech's brothers; they were killed on the same stone, but only one had escaped, Jotham.

 

[JLG]

• Chapter 21 keeps telling us about Abraham’s story and Sarah and Isaac and Hagar and her son and Abimelech!
• And we mainly get Elohim!
• So I can imagine it is more impersonal!

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 22 starts with elohim and ends with Yah.weh!
- First Abraham is put to the test and Yah.weh asks him for his son!
- But when Abraham is about to offer his only son, then we are told about Yah.weh!
- Do you see the difference?

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 23, God (Elohim) is only used once by the sons of Heth but not by Abraham!

- In chapter 24, it is about Yah.weh and Abraham and finding a wife for Isaac from his family!
- Thus we mainly get Yah.weh!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 25, we are told about Abraham’s death and God (Elohim) blessing Isaac!
- Then we get the history of Ishmael and we get nothing!
- then we get the history of Isaac and we get Yah.weh!
- Do you see the point?
- If you want to become God’s friend and start having a strong relationship with God, you must call him by the tetragrammaton!
- Otherwise you can forget it!
- You will stay a stranger!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 26, we are told about Yah.weh and Isaac!
- And we only get Yah.weh!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!