Comments on: Word Play

By: Robert Tucker

Robert Tucker — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 02:36:07 +0000

David: Why aren’t you asking Michael that question? Marana tha.

By: Ed Morse

Ed Morse — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 20:26:56 +0000

Beth – you do understand that not everyone shares your religion, don’t you?

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 14:24:30 +0000

Hello!!! The Word of God is alive and powerful … (Hebrews 4:12)

By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:48:06 +0000

Why God’s Son is called “the Word.” A title often describes the function served or the duty performed by the bearer. So it was with the title Kal-Hatzé, meaning “the voice or word of the king,” that was given an Abyssinian officer. Based on his travels from 1768 to 1773, James Bruce describes the duties of the Kal-Hatzé as follows. He stood by a window covered with a curtain through which, unseen inside, the king spoke to this officer. He then conveyed the message to the persons or party concerned. Thus the Kal-Hatzé acted as the word or voice of the Abyssinian king.—Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, London, 1790, Vol. III, p. 265; Vol. IV, p. 76.

Recall, too, that God made Aaron the word or “mouth” of Moses, saying: “He must speak for you to the people; and it must occur that he will serve as a mouth to you, and you will serve as God to him.”—Ex 4:16.

In a similar way God’s firstborn Son doubtless served as the Mouth, or Spokesman, for his Father, the great King of Eternity. He was God’s Word of communication for conveying information and instructions to the Creator’s other spirit and human sons. It is reasonable to think that prior to Jesus’ coming to earth, on many of the occasions when God communicated with humans he used the Word as his angelic mouthpiece. (Ge 16:7-11; 22:11; 31:11; Ex 3:2-5; Jg 2:1-4; 6:11, 12; 13:3) Since the angel that guided the Israelites through the wilderness had ‘Jehovah’s name within him,’ he may have been God’s Son, the Word.—Ex 23:20-23; see JESUS CHRIST (Prehuman Existence).

Showing that Jesus continued to serve as his Father’s Spokesman, or Word, during his earthly ministry, he told his listeners: “I have not spoken out of my own impulse, but the Father himself who sent me has given me a commandment as to what to tell and what to speak. . . . Therefore the things I speak, just as the Father has told me them, so I speak them.”—Joh 12:49, 50; 14:10; 7:16, 17.see Hebrew word:WORD, THE
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By: Thebez Patriot Woman

Thebez Patriot Woman — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 03:54:38 +0000

Michael scripture says that our words have power.
Your suggestion that the author betray Christ will come back to haunt you. Why don’t you know that? I believe the answer is that you have been in part blinded. Yes, words are immensely powerful aren’t they?
Maranatha Maschiac Nagid. Maranatha!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:08:22 +0000

Interesting that you used the test of the law of jealousy as a magic spell. There was nothing magical about the “bitter” waters that is drunk by a wife when her husband suspects that she is unfaithful. It is more about the woman’s guilt in the days and months following that reveals her adultey or not. The thigh rotting and belly swelling refers to either a venereal disease or pregnancy as a result from an extra-martial affair. Moses enacted the law of jealousy (on God’s behalf) on those who took part in the worship of the pagan god by forcing them to drink a bitter water concoction. God, being jealous over His unfaithful “bride” (children of Israel) is the spiritual husband in this situation. But nothing magical happened other than the people revealed their own unfaithfulness in their hearts. And nothing magical happened to a woman who was guilty of an affair other than the passage of time revealing a physical condition.

By: carl schmidt

carl schmidt — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:45:56 +0000

It is not for no reason that we still refer to magic SPELLS.

By: Diana Gainer

Diana Gainer — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:19:01 +0000

Interestingly, the last comment (by William) indicates a confusion between language — which is spoken — and script or writing similar to that described in the article. Cuneiform was a type of writing, a script. It was used to write several different (spoken) languages. At Amarna in Egypt archeologists have found correspondence between pharaohs and contemporary kings, written in cuneiform script. But I have only read that this was the Akkadian form, not the Eblaite form. The type of cuneiform used at Ebla is the only alphabetic type of cuneiform I am aware of. And as far as I know, the hieroglyphs never turned into an alphabet in Egypt itself. Other people used some glyphs to create scripts for themselves (to write their own languages, not Egyptian).

By: William Gilbert

William Gilbert — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:46:20 +0000

I understand (from Dr. Keneth Harl) that alphabetic writing developed around 2000 BC(E), a millennium earlier than this article stated.. as indicated in cunieform scripts of certain Middle Eastern languages; even rulers of Egypt used cunieform script of alphabetic languages for their international correspondence.. even before their own hieroglyphics were transformed from pictograms to alphabet.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:12:09 +0000

Many modern Christians also believe in the power of the word, especially in the “living word” that is the Christian Bible. Jesus is called “The Word” (logos) in the book of John, thus encompassing all God’s power in His creation, which was spoken into being as depicted in Exodus. A study of the Tanakh and the Christian New Testament reveals a culture and dogma that literally ascribes power to the written and spoken word. That idea greatly impacts Western culture, history and government even today. Look at Barack Obama and his use of negative words (lies) to reduce the power of his opponents. It’s all tied together, from the beginning of the alphabet to now. Words have power. Those who recognize it and use it will overcome all enemies.