Yahweh and 'A bad Don' (as in Trump)

I was looking for an old post of mine on why using "Yahweh" for God is a 19th Century German invention when I found an article on the last U.S. election I had posted in August of 2020. First, here's an outtake from my pastor's study last night:

"By the way, it’s Jehovah and not Yahweh. It’s almost ubiquitous now to hear evangelical Bible teachers talk about Yahweh. Yahweh is the name of a pagan god; not the name of the God of the Bible.

Somebody will tell you, “Well, the Hebrew doesn’t have a 'Jah' sound." If they quit saying Jerusalem or Joshua or Jeremiah—they all begin with a “J.” If you can’t say Jehovah because “J” isn’t a Hebrew word, quit saying other words that start with “J.”

They’re just a bunch of lying fools; it’s just hokum. It’s a misrepresentation that comes out of German rationalism in the late 1800s from modernists who want you to think they’re scholars and know a whole lot.

Now most people today who have a new bible version have it in them. The average preacher today, if he’s under 50 years old, he hasn’t got an idea in his head why he’s doing it. Just somebody told him to do it.

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Exodus 6:6 in a Holman Christian Standard Bible reads: "Therefore tell the Israelites: I am Yahweh, and I will deliver you from the forced labor of the Egyptians and free you from slavery to them. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and great acts of judgment."

According to a website about Yahweh being a pagan desert god: "The origins of Yahweh are unclear, but it is believed that he has been worshipped in some form since at least the Bronze Age. Yahweh is mentioned in various ancient texts, including the Bible, and he is thought to be a composite of several different gods, including El and Baal.

"Yahweh is also mentioned in the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which suggests that he was known in Egypt. It is also believed that he was worshiped in the Middle East and parts of Europe.

"Yahweh is also found in other religious systems and spiritual traditions. In Hinduism, he is known as Vishnu and is seen as the preserver and protector of the universe. In Buddhism, he is known as Sakra and is seen as the lord of the gods. In Wicca, he is known as the Horned God and is seen as a symbol of fertility and abundance."

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There were actually people who suggested Donald Trump (as in 'A-bad-Don'), whose 66th floor NYC penthouse is undeniably decorated floor to ceiling in apparent worship of Sun god Apollo (said to be Trump's idol) and can be virtually toured on YouTube, saw himself in this Revelation 9 verse:

[11] And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

I just realized the DNC logo is a Baphomet icon on its side! The RNC logo was created last fall and has a CROWN (as in Corona) behind the elephant! We are being mocked.

Today's Google home page "cartoon" has a series of drawings honoring Alexandre Dumas, the writer of The Count of Monte Cristo.

I don't ever remember reading this book in school, but according to a quote on Wikipedia, "The Count of Monte Cristo has become a fixture of Western civilization's literature, as inescapable and immediately identifiable as Mickey Mouse, Noah's Flood, and the story of Little Red Riding Hood.”

This story involves the Knights Templar and Jesuits. The Jesuits' motto: "Divide and conquer." 

One website says, "The Latin phrase “Divide et impera” is as old as politics and war. The 'divide your enemy so you can reign' approach is attributed to Julius Cesar — he successfully applied it to conquer Gaul twenty-two centuries ago (no typo)."

According to a Christian website, "The first Jesuits were crypto‑Jews. Ignatius Loyola himself was a crypto‑Jew of the Occult Cabala. A crypto‑Jew is a Jew who converts to another religion and outwardly embraces the new religion, while secretly maintaining Jewish practices.

"As John Torell explains: 'In 1491 San Ignacio de Loyola was born in the Basque province of Guipuzcoa, Spain. His parents were Marranos and at the time of his birth the family was very wealthy.  As a young man he became a member of the Jewish Illuminati order in Spain.  As a cover for his crypto Jewish activities, he became very active as a Roman Catholic.

"On May 20, 1521 Ignatius (as he was now called) was wounded in a battle, and became a semi‑cripple. Unable to succeed in the military and political arena, he started a quest for holiness and eventually ended up in Paris where he studied for the priesthood. In 1539 he had moved to Rome where he founded the “JESUIT ORDER,” which was to become the most vile, bloody and persecuting order in the Roman Catholic Church. ' " 

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Look at this article from The New Republic: “Flouting nepotism laws, Donald Trump is making his son-in-law special adviser to the president. This title merely formalizes the well-documented power that Kushner has in Trump’s inner circle. Aside from the massive conflicts of interest that a Kushner appointment poses, there’s also the question of how he’ll respond to being one of the most powerful men in Washington.

"A well-timed profile in New York magazine has a telling anecdote about Kushner courtesy of Peter Kaplan, the late fabled editor of the New York Observer, which Kushner now owns: ‘Kaplan told friends that Kushner’s favorite book was The Count of Monte Cristo, the story of a wronged man who escapes prison, becomes rich, and uses his wealth to stealthily visit vengeance upon his unsuspecting enemies.’

“Like Edmond Dantès, the hero of The Count of Monte Cristo, Kushner suffered what he sees as a terrible wrong. In 2005, Kushner’s father Charles was convicted of tax evasion, illegal campaign spending, and witness tampering. The prosecuting attorney was Chris Christie. Many of the humiliations Christie suffered as an ally of Trump, notably being pushed off the transition team, have reportedly come from the fact that Jared Kushner nurses an undying hatred of the man who jailed his father.

“If you have ever angered Kushner in any way, you should be scared. Very scared.”

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Investments website: "Kushner Companies purchased 666 Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan in early 2007 for a record-breaking price of $1.8 billion. It was supposed to be a center of their real estate portfolio. Instead, the Kushners have struggled to cover their debt on the troubled building since shortly after its purchase on the eve of the financial crisis. As Jared Kushner’s father-in-law, Donald J. Trump, was running for President, the Kushners were pitching Qatari investors to help bail out the building. And just weeks after his father Charles reportedly failed to reach a deal with Qatar’s minister of finance, Jared Kushner, in his capacity as a senior adviser to President Trump, reportedly played a central role in supporting a blockade of Qatar by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Kushner never disclosed his meeting with Saudi Arabia and the UAE on the blockade to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the time. Later, a financial company tied to Qatar brokered an especially valuable deal to rescue the Kushner Companies’ property at 666 Fifth Avenue.”