Jesus the Messiah spoke in the Galilean dialect of the
Ancient Aramaic language. This is the language in which the disciples
and the apostles preached the Gospel and the scribes recorded the
Scriptures. The New Testament has been preserved in this sacred,
scribal language since the Apostolic Age. The whole Bible was
originated in this language.
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This translation is made from the Ancient Aramaic Scriptures of the Ancient Church of the East.
Never heard of the Ancient Aramaic Scriptures or the Ancient Church of the East? That is
understandable. Then please read this translation by following the
links that interest you.
Briefly, the Ancient Aramaic
Scriptures were recorded by the Jewish fathers of the Christian Faith,
from the time of Adam to the end of the Apostolic Age (Apostle Paul's
ministry.) The actual recording of the Scriptures began during the
Babylonian Captivity (end of the 6th Century BC.)
The language in which the
Scriptures were recorded was the common language of Mesopotamia and the
known world at the time, which today scholars in the West refer to as
Ancient Aramaic. The Jewish scholars of Judaism still refer to the
language as Ashurit, which was the language spoken and written at
Nineveh in the days of Jonah the Prophet. This is the language of the
Men of Nineveh that Eashoa (Jesus) referred to in Matthew 12:39-41. It
was the language that was spoken in Galilee, the language from which
Eashoa (Jesus) read the Scriptures throughout his ministry.
The Emperor Constantine attempted
to silence this language by killing the priests and theologians of the
Ancient Church of the East in the 4th Century AD, but he did not
succeed in killing them all. The few members of the Ancient Church of
the East that escaped from Asia Minor (University of Urhai) did
preserve the Scriptures in the Ancient Aramaic language. They were the
descendants of the Men of Nineveh and ever since 612 BC the Ashurai
nation has not had a country of its own. The only thing they have left
now is their Ancient Scriptures, which are the original ones compiled
by the Apostle Paul. They have been hand-copied continuously ever since
the Apostolic Age.
The original Scriptures have also
survived in Egypt (Coptic), Ethiopia (Ethiopic), Iraq (Chaldean), Iran
(Syriac), Turkey (Jacobite), and other Eastern Churches in the World.
All of these Scriptures are in different scripts, but the language is
the same. Today, the Western churches refer to this language as the
Ancient Aramaic. This is not the original name of the language, but we
have no choice but to use this term as it is the current accepted term
in the English language. The Ancient Church of the East has always
referred to this language as the Ancient Tongue (Leeshana Ateeqah).
However, regardless of the script of all these churches, the Scriptures
are identical. The only differences are in pronunciation because of the
different dialects, just as at the time of Eashoa (Jesus), Mary
Magdalene spoke with the Hebrew dialect, while Shimmun Keepa (Peter)
spoke with the Galilean dialect.
The Ancient Aramaic Scriptures
were translated into Greek by the Greek converts during the Apostolic
Age. The Greeks did not convert to Christianity at the time of Eashoa
(Jesus), while the Ashurai people (the descendants of the Men of
Nineveh) converted to Christianity at the time of Eashoa (Jesus). Their
King Abgar wrote a letter to Eashoa (Jesus). Abgar had leprosy and
Eashoa (Jesus) sent two of his disciples and healed King Abgar, and the
king converted to Christianity together with the whole remnant of the
Ashurai nation. Other nations also converted to Christianity during the
Apostolic Age, such as the Chaldeans and the Armenians. However, the
Greeks did not.
Therefore, the Greek Bibles were
translated by a few converts, even though later the Greeks also turned
to Christianity and so did the Romans, after the Emperor Constantine
adopted Christianity and brought it to Rome and established the
Catholic Church.
However, Christianity had been
preached to the Europeans throughout the Apostolic Age by the disciples
and apostles of Eashoa (Jesus); but the actual Bibles of the Catholic
Church were based on the Greek and Latin translations of the Ancient
Aramaic Scriptures. Therefore, all the English language and all the
European Bibles have not been translated from the Ancient Aramaic
Scriptures, which are the only original Scriptures that both the Jewish
people and the Eastern Churches have preserved in the original Tongue.
When the Protestants came along in
the 16th Century, they took the Catholic Church Bibles and modified
them to suit their purposes, giving birth to thousands of denominations
of Christianity. Thus the Bibles of Western Christianity have been so
watered down that today nobody can say what Christianity means anymore.
In America, for example, people
are really confused; they cannot understand what is happening to
Christianity and why the present US government is demanding that the
name of God be removed from all official documents and ceremonies. The
name of Eashoa (Jesus) has long been removed from public school books.
Nobody is even allowed to pray in public schools or during public
functions. This is the state of Christianity in America today, and it
is going to get worse. One of the big reasons is that there is no
consensus as to what the Scriptures say. This is the basis for this
translation.
Wishing you all the blessings of the Lord.
September 3, 2009
What is Fundamentalist Christianity?
The enemies of Christianity in America accuse the Evangelical
Protestants of being fundamentalists. This is a false charge, because
the Protestant version of Christianity in all its flavors cannot be
fundamental in Christian doctrine, as it is based on the falsified
versions of the Scriptures, namely those translated from Greek and
Latin. The Greek translation of the Bible entitled "the Greek Original"
is a false version of the New Testament and of the Old Testament as
well. First of all the New Testament was not and could never have been
under any circumstances originated in Greek, and as for the Old
Testament it is a well known fact that the Greek Old Testament was
translated from the Septuagint Koine Greek.
It is clear to any sane person studying the history of how the
Scriptures were preserved and passed on through the Apostolic Faith
from the time of Eashoa Msheekha (Jesus the Messiah), that the
Scriptures, both the Old and the New, were recorded in the Jewish
language (which has been dubbed as Aramaic by the Western churches and
their scholars). The correct designation for the language of the
Scriptures is Ashurit. This is ironically the term that even modern
Judaism calls the original language of the Scriptures.
Another correct name for the Jewish language of the Scriptures
is Ancient Hebrew. Personally I prefer to call the language of the
Scriptures the "Ancient Aramaic." In this way I bring together the
three involved parties of this great inheritance: the original Jewish
fathers of the Christian Faith, the Aramaic speaking nations of the
time of Eashoa Msheekha (Jesus the Messiah) and the nations of the
world that accepted the preaching of the Apostles of Eashoa Msheekha
(Jesus the Messiah), who followed the original Scriptures recorded in
the scribal language of the Jewish people of that time.
This last group is also called the Gentiles by the English
speaking people. Gentiles means non-Jews. This term is not a Biblical
term. The correct term, falsified by the Western translators, should be
"nations." In other words, the nations that were not of the original
Jewish circumcision; therefore, these nations were to be grafted to the
original tree of the Jewish nation that ushered the Coming of the
Messiah two thousand years ago. The reason why this term is false is
that it leaves out the Aramaic speaking people of the Holy Lands, which
include the Ashurai (the Ancient Church of the East), the Armenians
(the Armenian Orthodox Church), the Chaldeans (originally also of the
Ancient Church of the East, but who split from the Ancient Church of
the East and joined the Roman Catholic Church as the Chaldean Rite),
the Greek Orthodox Church, and all the other Orthodox Churches, and the
Church in Ethiopia, the Coptic Church in Egypt, and all the other
Eastern Churches. There are millions of people who belong to these
Churches that are not members of the Catholic or the Protestant
churches.
It is a sad fact of the Christian Faith that the original
Scriptures that all these ancient Churches have in their possession
have never been translated in their modern vernacular dialects. They
all have translations, but these translations are usually made from the
Greek and Latin versions. The power of the Catholic Church has been
such that they have sold everyone that their Latin version, namely the
Old Latin or the Latin Vulgate, is the true translation of the
Scriptures. The Protestants have dropped six Books and called their
interpretation as the correct one; but this is a major falsehood. The
leadership of the Catholic Church knows very well that the Ancient
Aramaic Scriptures in the Vatican Library are the original Scriptures,
but they have not chosen to make this fact known openly. Personally I
believe the Catholic Church will someday bring this fact out into the
open. It is really going to be the will of the Lord that determines
when. The power of the Catholic Church is greater than the power of all
the Orthodox and all the Eastern Churches.
Nevertheless, the Catholic and the Protestant churches are the
only ones that follow the falsified Bibles based on the Greek and Latin
translations. Out of these churches emerged thousands of denominations,
none of which can or should be called fundamentalist. The fundamentals
of Christianity can only mean that the Scriptures upon which they are
based must be the original Scriptures; they cannot be the falsified
Bibles based on Greek and Latin. All the translations in existence are
false. Only the original Scriptures collected and compiled by the
Apostle Paul are the genuine Scriptures of both the Old and the New
Testaments.
In the Western World of Christianity one does not hear about
how the Apostle Paul compiled the Scriptures, how he trained the
scribes who recorded the original Gospels of the New Testament and how
he passed the Scriptures along to the Churches. Yet, if you read the
Book of the Acts of the Apostles, you can find the proof of all this
work that he did.
That is why my translation is crucial to finding out the truth
about the origins of the Scriptures, how they were preserved and how
they must be re-discovered if Christianity is going to make a comeback
among the nations of the world; and if the Americans wish to call
themselves the "Gentiles," then let the Gentiles also re-discover the
authentic Scriptures and learn for the first time what was recorded and
what was intended for them to know and to teach.
Sept. 26, 2009
Democratization of Christianity in America
In the last twenty years, for Americans, Christianity became a
religion and not the Faith of a Nation. The influx of millions of
non-Christians to America created an atmosphere of intolerance, so
gradually the American people began to adjust their zeal for
Christianity to accommodate the sensibilities of their neighbors. The
Americans have always had a generosity of spirit that is perhaps their
most cherished possession.
What this attitude led to was a progressive movement within the
Christian communities that led to a new interpretation of the Bible as
a feel good book that teaches moderation. As denominations proliferated
and Christianity became a business that operates at Christmas and
Thanksgiving, the traditional Christian doctrines gradually
disappeared.
Today, we are even including Halloween as a Christian tradition
in America ("Happy Halloween"), thus Christianity is going through a
transformation as an aging religion.
In England, where the Queen is the Protector of the Faith,
Christian doctrines are being protected somewhat better. This is the
case with other countries as well where there are state churches and a
monarch as their head. In the US, Christianity has been too
democratized; the people vote to keep or not to keep certain practices,
such as whether they will teach about the Bible in public schools or
pray at the start of official ceremonies.
It is ironic that the last three Supreme Court justices
inducted have been Catholics and when Chief Justice Roberts swore in
Obama using Abraham Lincoln's KJV Bible of 1611, the two gentlemen
stumbled. It may be that Obama, whose mother was Catholic, was finally
told that the Bible he was being sworn in by was the KJV Bible; and
Roberts being a Catholic agreed later to swear Obama privately, and as
it turned out without the use of a Bible.
As a Catholic, Roberts would have no problem with the doctrine
of "Separation of Church and State," as the Catholic Church is the
"Church" and the US is the "State" and the two are separate indeed,
each having their own power. There are one billion Catholics in the
world and three hundred million Americans; therefore, having six
Catholic Supreme Court Justices is quite proportional.
Oct. 25, 2009
The Truth of the Scriptures
If world peace is all that humanity wants, then we must resolve the
fundamental human differences regarding food, shelter and freedom.
Food depends on the conditions of the environment, and the
amount of food available or produced varies according to time and
season. Shelter depends on nature, geography and climate of various
regions. Freedom depends on whether there is a Divine Creator or the
world is part of an unfathomable universe.
One thing the theists and atheists should agree on is that the
Creator of the universe is either invisible or unknowable. If the
existence of the universe cannot be scientifically explained, and then
the human need for food, shelter and freedom must be a matter of
negotiation. Since all three are dependent on changing climate,
environmental and political conditions, then atheists can never offer
the world a permanent peace, nor can they ever explain rightness or
morality.
Morality can only be explained according to the belief in an
invisible, an unquantifiable and a benevolent Creator, who created the
life forms that nurture us, the earth that is our home, and the love
that can guide us toward peace.
This morality was given to humanity in the form of the
Scriptures and everything in the Scriptures must then be fulfilled
according to one purpose, the purpose of the Creator of the universe.
The Scriptures are, therefore, the same for all humanity, and they
cannot be tampered with if we are to receive the truth.
Enter the controversies between Judaism, Christianity, Islam
and the other religions. Who is right and which are the right
Scriptures and what is the right interpretation? There must be one
truth if the world should live in peace.
How do we find out the truth about the Scriptures? I believe
the truth is discernable from reading the Scriptures and analyzing
them. The justification for this translation is that this is true.
November 15, 2009
Eashoa (Jesus) Came to the World at Just Such a Time.
When Eashoa (Jesus) came to the world, the Pharisees and the Scribes
were the dominant force in Judaism. The country itself was occupied by
the Romans, with Pontius Pilate as the governor of Judea and King Herod
as the puppet king. Eashoa (Jesus) reached out to ordinary Jewish men
and women and made them his disciples. He sent them out as apostles of
the new Faith in His Name, or Msheekhai (followers of the Messiah).
Later they were called "Christians." Eashoa (Jesus) did not ask the
women to go out and preach in those days because times were rough;
Eashoa (Jesus) would not have wanted the women to be exposed to the
brutality that would befall his Twelve Disciples in a pagan world. So
the women would be spared until a later age. The first woman apostle
was Mary Magdalene, whom Eashoa (Jesus) had forgiven and healed and to
whom he made his presence known after the Resurrection. Mary Magdalene
was sent out to reveal the good news to the Twelve Disciples. These
early Jewish apostles were the real Jews, because they were destined,
as the Scriptures prophesied, to be His Children before the foundations
of the universe.
Today we live in a similar world, where the true followers of
Eashoa (Jesus) are refugees in a pseudo-Christian world and persecuted
among the non-Christian nations of the world. The Christian churches
are the Pharisees and the Scribes of this Day. Genuine Christians are
like the real Jews of the First Century. Eashoa (Jesus) knew that this
would be the case; that is why He came at a time when Judea was an
occupied province of the Roman Empire. It was to teach us how to live
in a world antagonistic to the Truth and survive. However, it is our
duty to preach the truth and expose the False Christians just as Eashoa
(Jesus) exposed the False Pharisees and Scribes. Paul himself was a
Pharisee and so even from among today's churches, Eashoa (Jesus) may
again choose a leading Christian minister or priest to pastor His
Children.
Therefore, there is nothing unusual about the fact that Obama
has declared that the US is not a Christian country and the Democrats
are in the process of secularizing the American culture. Genuine
Christianity will thrive among the established churches and the
atheists. It will thrive among all the religions of the world; however,
in order to avoid persecution, the Children of the Lord must remain
true to the Faith in His Name.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, happy Hanukah and merry Christmas.
November 21, 2009
Of Infallibility and Human Perception
The problem with Western theology is that it is based on the
infallibility of a belief system. However, there are many belief
systems. They cannot all be infallible.
The Apostle Paul believed in the infallibility of the Jewish
faith until he was blinded by the Light that Eashoa (Jesus) shed on
him. Eashoa (Jesus) did not come for the self-righteous and the
infallible; he came for the sinners and the fallible.
Paul was a highly learned and zealous Pharisee who persecuted
the early followers of Eashoa (Jesus); yet he became the biggest
apostle. No one knew Jewish Law better than Paul. Eashoa (Jesus) picked
him to show the fulfillment of the Old Covenant and how it dovetailed
with the New Covenant.
Eashoa said, "I came for the sick; the healthy need no
physician." For Western theologians to recover from their blindness,
they must seek the truth that will heal them. Western theologians are
highly learned and intelligent like Paul, but they do not realize that
they are also blind and deaf. They think they know it all. They have
the sin of pride and cannot accept the fact that they are wrong about
the Bible.
The Lord may take the Faith in His Name and give it to the
secular scientist and the desperate sinner who seeks the truth and is
persecuted by the self-righteous leaders of religion. It might be from
such people that the new apostles of Eashoa (Jesus) will emerge and
look at the Scriptures as an eternal source of truth established by the
Lord from time immemorial, to explain everything to all ages and
generations.
It is the Lord that created the universe however long it took,
it is the Lord that created science no matter how it changes, it is the
Lord who blinds the nations whoever they may be, it is the Lord who
opens the eyes of those that see no matter who they are, in short, it
is the Lord whose will is done no matter what anybody says.
Dec. 7, 2009
First Christmas in a Secular America
The Lord chose to be born in a manger as a sign that His Kingdom was not of this World. Americans are for the first time living in a country that does not recognize the Creator of the Universe as the supreme authority. Obama is the first purely secular President of the United States. Thus American Christianity must find its way out of the manger in a new light. Perhaps that light is going to be this translation of the authentic Scriptures. Read it freely. Wishing you all a serene Christmas.
December 24, 2009
The Scripture’s prophesies continue to unfold; no one knows where we are now in the chronology of faith. All we can do is to pray for the Lord to have mercy on us and reveal His will for us. We can read the true Scriptures as preserved in His language and pray along the lines that He showed us through His Disciples and Apostles.
Jan. 14, 2010
Who do you pray to?
When you hear someone praying to God and at the end of the prayer he adds, “and in the name of Jesus we ask for these things,” he is not praying in the way Jesus taught us to pray. You have to begin with the name of Jesus when you pray, and during the praying and at the end of the prayer you should still be praying through the name of Jesus, because nobody can pray to “the Father” directly.
When Jesus taught His disciples to pray beginning with, “Our heavenly Father,” He was teaching them to pray to Him. Because Jesus was going to be on earth for only a short while longer and He fully expected them to pray to Him as the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. He is One God. The Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are manifestations of One Triune God.
That is also why He is the only “Way, the Truth, and the Life.” That is why “everything is in His hands.” That is why He has all the Titles. That is why He is the Alap and the Tou, the Beginning and the End. That is why He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Jesus is the only Manifestation of the Father we will ever know. There is no other one. And if you read Revelation, you will also find out that there is only One God.
Western Theology went awry when they came up with the name “God.” It made them think separately that God is the Father and Jesus is the Son. And they thought further that the Holy Spirit is another God.
So then the Muslims become enraged when they think that the Westerners believe in three Gods. Of course, our Faith is not defined by what Muslims think. However, we must not be arrogant toward their understanding that there is One God.
There is one God; but in three manifestations, and all three are One. That is what the Trinity means; that is also what the name of God is in the Jewish language: Elohim – Allaha in Aramaic and Allah in Arabic. These are all names of the Deity that all monotheistic religions believe in – from the Greek and Latin “mono” (one), “theistic” (Theos or God).
Therefore, for true Christians it is necessary to understand that Jesus is God in the Flesh, or that Jesus is God Manifest. Jesus manifested God in every way. Nobody else can do that; so when you pray, pray through Jesus, and do not try to bypass Him by only mentioning at the end of your prayer, “and in the name of Jesus we pray this.”
It is best for Christians to make it a habit in praying to “the Lord.” Eastern Christians pray to Maryah Allaha, or Lord God. “The Lord” encompasses the Trinity. Be clear in your mind; when you pray to the Lord, you are praying through Jesus.
His true name is Eashoa Msheekha or Jesus the Messiah. Get in the habit of praying to Eashoa Msheekhah (pronounced E-sho Mshee-kha). There is healing power in the right pronunciation of His name and in giving Him proper recognition.
Jan. 16, 2010
The Lord does not need an army; He is Almightly
Christianity is not supposed to be a conquering religion, not in the sense of an earthly kingdom. The early Churches were made up of congregations, sometimes they started with a few people in their homes. Eashoa (Jesus) did not establish a kingdom in this world. He said it plainly, “My kingdom is not of this world.”
However, Western Christianity fashioned itself after a worldly kingdom. They even had armies and Christian Soldiers. This led to the path of war against Islam. Islam fought back and became a conquering religion. Thus the battle lines were drawn many centuries ago and Muslims today are out to destroy this vision of Christianity.
This belligerent vision of Christianity also led to the persecution of Jews during the Middle Ages. The Jews at the time of Eashoa (Jesus) were also expecting a conquering Messiah, to come and free them from Roman subjugation and oppression. However, this was not the purpose of the Lord from the beginning. A heavenly kingdom does not require an army to fight for it or to defend it. The Lord’s Kingdom requires servants, who then are raised to the level of Children. Eashoa chose twelve disciples and asked them to preach His message to the ends of the universe.
Feb. 7, 2010
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