This was the question that Yeshua/Jesus asked His disciples.
He didn’t ask the disciples
who people thought the Son of Man was
out of ignorance or
because He needed to know.
It was a primer for revealing His second question;
which was simply to give each of them an opportunity
to assess the true level of their individual faith.
But you… who do you say that I am?
Matthew 16:15
מי אתה אומר שאני
Parallel accounts are found in
Luke 9:18–20 and Mark 8.
Matthew relates that Peter did more than just identify
Yeshua HaMashiach /Jesus as the Christ/Messiah;
he also proclaimed Yeshua/Jesus’ divine nature:
You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God
Matthew 16:16
Peter answered, ‘God’s Messiah
Upon hearing such a bold response from Peter,
Yeshua/Jesus replied,
Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 16:17
Anochi or Anoki אָנֹכִי
pronounced aw-no-kee’
is the Hebrew of
I AM
and is referring to His essence, it is something that cannot be alluded to by any name or intimation.
The most famous statement ever uttered in all of history
The Ten Sayings/Commandments
begins with this unusual four-letter word:
Anochi.
The word means I, referring to God
I the Lord Your God took you out of Egypt….
Ani
is the common Hebrew pronoun for
I.
Some scholars say that
Anochi
is an acronym for
Ana Nafshi Ketovit Yehovit.
Which simply translated is:
I Myself wrote [these words and] gave [them to you].
In Exodus 3 and you will see the ancient Hebrew form for
“I am” is ehyeh.
In Ancient Hebrew
Future tense and Present tense were IDENTICAL.
Ehyeh is BOTH future and present tense.
Ancient Hebrew did not make a time distinction in its verb “tenses”, but a completion distinction.
An action was either complete or it was not complete.
In Hebrew, traditionally they call the completed aspect
(perfective) “past tense”;
and the not-completed aspect
(imperfective) “present/future tense”;
this is just so English speakers
don’t get too confused by perfective and imperfective.
ehyeh asher ehyeh
for
I am who I am
sometimes you will even find the footnote,
saying
as a alternate translation,
I will be who I will be.
Not to get too technical or hung up on language details…
Here below are some names of
God/YHWH/YHVH/YaHoVeH
in mp4 format
The ancient Hebrews didn’t write the vowels down, so we don’t know for sure, but Jehovah and Yahweh are both guesses at how this was pronounced.
The important thing is they give us a bigger picture of our Heavenly Father, based on characteristics revealed to people through their experiences, they are known as the attributes of God and these ‘Names’ tell us more about Him, describing His divine nature.
In this video they have pronounced the names according to their knowledge or understanding, it has Hebrew (ivrit), English & urdu translation and transliteration.
El De’ot – The God Of Knowledge: 1 Samuel 2:3.
El Emet – The God Of Truth: Psalm 31:6
El Yeshuati – The God Of My Salvation: Isaiah 12:2
Immanu El – God Is With Us: Isaiah 7:14
El Elyon – The Most High God: Genesis 14:18.
Jehovah Shammah The Lord is There
Jehovah-Raah The Lord My Shepherd
Jehovah Rapha The Lord That Heals
Jehovah Nissi 10. Jehovah Shalom God my peace
Jehovah Tsidkenu The Lord Our Righteousness
Jehovah Mekoddishkem The Lord Who Sanctifies You
Jehovah Jireh My Provider
Elah Yerush’lem – God of Jerusalem: Ezra 7:19
Elah Yisrael – God of Israel: Ezra 5:1
Elah Sh’maya – God of Heaven: Ezra 7:23
Elah Sh’maya V’Arah – God of Heaven and Earth: Ezra 5:11.
YHVH Elohim – LORD God: Genesis 2:4
YHVH M’kadesh – The LORD Who Makes Holy: Ezekiel 37:28
YHVH Yireh – The LORD Who Sees/provides: Genesis 22;14
YHVH Nissi – The LORD My Banner: Exodus 17:15
YHVH Shalom – The LORD Of Peace: Judges 6:24
YHVH Tzidkaynu – The LORD Our Righteousness: Jeremiah 33:16
Elohei Ma’uzzi (The God of my strength) 2 Sam 22:23
Elohei Mikkarov (The God who is near) Jer 23:23, 26.
Jehovah Jireh (The Lord Will Provide)
Jehovah Shalom (The Lord Is Peace)
Jehovah Sabaoth (The Lord of Hosts)
Yhwh Elohe Ẓeba’ot (“Yhwh God of Hosts”) or “God of Hosts”
Elohei Chasdi (The God of my kindness) Ps 59:17
Elohei Haelohim (The God of gods) Josh 22:22
Elohei Marom (The God of heights) Micah 6:6
Elohei Tseva’ot (The God of Hosts) 2 Sam 5:10
Elohei Kedem (The Eternal God) Deut 33:27
Elohei Tehillati (The God of my praise) Psa 109:1
Elohei Avotenu (The God of our fathers ) Deut 26:1
Elohim Avinu (God our Father)
Elohim Bashamayim (God in heaven) 2 Chron 20:6
Elohim Chayim (The Living God Jos 3:10
Elohei HaChayim (The God of the Lving) Mk 12:27
Elohei haricot l’chol-basar (The God of the spirits of all flesh) Num 16:22
Elohim HaAv (God the Father ) Gal 1:1
Elohim Emet (The God of truth) Jere 10:10
Adonai Yir’eh (The Lord who sees) Gen 22:14
obviously this is not a complete list however
in the end,
it doesn’t matter what everybody else thinks
it only matters…
who do you say that I am?
מי אתה אומר שאני
Each of us must answer
Yeshua/Jesus’s question for ourselves.
Who is He to us?
May His true Shalom/Peace
rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.
‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa
you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..
please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that you are saved….
NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..
SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…
Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.
I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.
