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The Gathering Call ___________ ___________ THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD "That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 'I will open My mouth in parables'; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world." Matthew 13:35 The Gathering Call
PREFACE
It is hoped all that delve into this study have a love for the entire Bible, the inspired Word of God, including His law written with the finger of God, and spoken forth to Moses. The following scripture is set forth for meditation: "Great peace have they which love thy law: AND NOTHING SHALL OFFEND THEM Psalm 119:165 Perhaps a better rendering of the ending to this Scripture would be as noted in one Bible's margins to be the literal Hebrew: "and they shall have no stumblingblock". The only response any should give when engaged in Scriptural study is one that is well thought out with Scripture and offered in love with reverence for the Word and its Author. I would respectfully urge that all fervently pray for revelation from the Almighty Eternal One by His Spirit through His Word as to the Truth of His Word! Come to Him with faith and diligently seek Him and He will be pleased to reward you with revelation knowledge, for as the writer of Hebrews said, "... without faith it is impossible to please Him; for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him (Heb. 11:6).
FOREWARD
Do you want to know a secret? "The secret things belong unto Yah Veh our Elohim: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law." (Deut. 29:29) "No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him." (Matt. 11:27) "All these things spake YahShua unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake He not unto them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 'I will open my mouth in parables'; 'I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.'" (Matt. 13:34-35) The "prophet" referred to in Matthew 13:35 wrote in Psalm 78:2 "I will open my mouth in parables", but the phrase that follows in the Matthean Scripture above is an enhancement of that scripture, an addition to the Word if you will. Did Matthew add to the Word? Or is this ending the final statement of YahShua to the multitude before He sent them away so he could privately instruct His disciples? The very next verse (Matt. 13:36) begins immediately after these final words of Matt. 13:35, "Then YahShua sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and His disciples came unto Him ...". The phrase "the foundation of the world" was used by YahShua in several other places. In fact, the phrase is introduced in Scripture by Him, and subsequently used in numerous places by various New Testament writers. We see from the above Scriptures several things. The secret things belong to Yah Veh, who reveals things especially to His people. Also, that the Father is not known (a secret) except by revelation from the Son (whoever He is). Unto who do the secret things belong? Who is it that reveals them? Who said He would reveal secret things? Satan has spent nearly the last 2,000 years confounding the answers to what the Scriptures say because he was confounded for at least several millennia as to what the Scriptures said. The proof of this is in a careful study of the phrase "the foundation of the world".
INTRODUCTION
The phrase "the foundation of the world" is an idiom. An idiom is defined as "a mode of _expression_ peculiar to a language or to a person; a phrase or _expression_ having a special meaning from usage" according to 'Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary: A Library of Essential Knowledge' (1943). An idiom of a particular language or culture may have meaning beyond, or instead of, that of the words themselves. For instance, the American phrases "beating around the bush" and "beating the bushes" have nothing to do with landscaping or lawn care. In fact, the meanings of these two very similarly worded phrases do not even have a relation to each other. The English word 'idiom' itself is taken from a French word by way of a Latin word via a Greek word. In a similar manner, the English word 'Jesus' is taken from a Latin word by way of a Greek word via a Hebrew word. Jesus was born a Hebrew. 'YahShua' is the Hebrew name that has come down to us as the name 'Jesus'. YahVeh is the Hebrew name that has come down to us as the name 'Jehovah'. I use them interchangeably, although more and more I use YahShua and YahVeh. The reason for this is that these names more closely identify the Almighty! In Psalms 68:4 it is written, "Sing unto God, sing praises to His name: extol Him that rideth upon the heavens by His name JAH, and rejoice before him." There is no letter 'J' in Hebrew. It is actually the letter 'Y'. So the most correct translation of the name of God from this verse would be 'YAH'. (For that matter, there was no letter 'J' in the English language until about 500 years ago.) Also, the most familiar rendering of the Hebrew name is Yah'W'eh. The Hebrew language has undergone some change throughout history as well. In the most ancient form of Hebrew (called 'Paleo' or 'Asteretic') the letter 'W' was originally the letter 'V'. Veh is a term of reverence that also denotes an eternal aspect, so that the name Yah is nearly always accompanied by Veh in the Hebrew, and therefore spoken most often as YahVeh. However, the name in its purest sense is 'YAH'. When you understand the name 'Yah' it more closely identifies 'Yah'Shua with 'Yah'. 'Shua' means "saves". In Matthew 1:21 an angel said "Thou shalt call His name YahShua; for" (meaning "because") "it is He that shall SAVE His people from their sins!" The English version of 'Jesus' is enhanced when the Hebrew is understood. The name means "Yah Saves". From His very name, as well as through the testimony of His words and actions, He declared the Name of the Father, as when he prayed "I manifested Thy name unto the men whom Thou gavest me out of the world" (John 17:6), and "I made known unto them Thy name, and will make it known" (John 17:26). The use of the names YahShua and YahVeh more closely identify the Almighty. It was YahShua/Jesus who introduced the idiom 'the foundation of the world' as recorded in Scripture. Understanding its meaning opens one to a greater fullness of truth. This is part of the reason that throughout this study YHVH or YahVeh is used in place of Jehovah or LORD; YahShua is used in place of Jesus; Mashiach (the Hebrew word for "Anointed") is used in place of Christ or Messiah; Elohim is used in place of God; and Adonay is used in place of Lord. I pray that you will be blessed by this study as I have been blessed. |
