Can believers of Jesus Christ assist or promote productions that showcase homosexual acceptance?

[Nightrissa]

I would like to know if the word of God means abstain from all appearance of evil relates to those believers of Jesus Christ who are marketable and beckoned to help in productions that clearly showcase homosexual acceptance. Should they do the production and set aside their religious faith as it is just fictional characters or is their evil intent behind bringing these productions to the mass population... meaning subliminal messages.

[Eric Hancock]

Who wrote Psalms 46? it was brought to my attention that it was Shakesphere on his 46 Birthday,,he done it in code if you count from the beginning 46 letters it spells Shake ,,then count 46 letters from the end backwards it spells sphere..Now Bro.John your a man of undersatnding and fully Learned

[James Pierce]

LOL! thats the funniest thing I have ever heard. Psalms was written over 3000 yrs ago. It was not written 400 years ago. It looks like you are into bible codes.

[Eric Hancock]

Not really Iam in to the truth,,if this was written then someone tampered with it ,,I outreach with Prison Ministries and I am in the faces of Hebrew,Musilums and Christians ,,and there are some that believe that the Bible was Tampered with..CODES NEVER,Codes did not Die for me,,when this question is asked they want to see if your Grounded,and if the scriptures was tampered with then this raises a question

[John]

You really lost me on this one for real. Now we got Shakesphere writing verses in the bible. I'm beginning to think I'm in Twilight Zone or something on this site today. Now if somebody tell me that Mickey Mouse was one of the disciples I'm going to loose a little on my replies I just know it.

[Eric Hancock]

I'll be waiting

[James Pierce]

What could be said is if even if Shakespeare is spelled in Psalm 47 Hebrew, what does that change? Does it change the meaning of what Psalm 47 is saying?

In fact.. is there any evidence that William even spoke Hebrew at the time? Matter of fact, Since there was no Israel in his time, the Hebrew language was not even spoken. Arabs were in the land, and so Arabic was spoken.

[Eric Hancock]

it was psalm 46,,and your close to what I said ,,what the brothers are trying to insinuate is that 'we are past who wrote the Bible we are now wondering was it tampered with.my response is ,,I believe in the God of Abraham,Issac and jacob ,,I believe in Jesus as the most high next to the Father,I know of the prophets that God sent and possible to come ,I believe in the Miracles of God..I support the power of the ressurection,,you see peopel are confused and looking to confused you ,,now who re-wrote this and that listen Only God knows and will deal with them according to revelation 'he who add or take away from this prophecy,name shall be taken out of the book of life...I thank you for trying to answere the questions ,these are qusetions that come up during outreaching

[Eric Hancock]

Well he told Moses tell pharoah I am that Iam...Torah call him HASHIM but look at this,,he said in the OT I am the lord your God that brung you out of egypt,,he has many names depending on who you are..




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The Significance of Names
In Jewish thought, a name is not merely an arbitrary designation, a random combination of sounds. The name conveys the nature and essence of the thing named. It represents the history and reputation of the being named.

This is not as strange or unfamiliar a concept as it may seem at first glance. In English, we often refer to a person's reputation as his "good name." When a company is sold, one thing that may be sold is the company's "good will," that is, the right to use the company's name. The Hebrew concept of a name is very similar to these ideas.

An example of this usage occurs in Ex. 3:13-22: Moses asks God what His "name" is. Moses is not asking "what should I call you;" rather, he is asking "who are you; what are you like; what have you done." That is clear from God's response. God replies that He is eternal, that He is the God of our ancestors, that He has seen our affliction and will redeem us from bondage.

Another example of this usage is the concepts of chillul Ha-Shem and kiddush Ha-Shem. An act that causes God or Judaism to come into disrespect or a commandment to be disobeyed is often referred to as "chillul Ha-Shem," profanation of The Name. Clearly, we are not talking about a harm done to a word; we are talking about harm to a reputation. Likewise, any deed that increases the respect accorded to God or Judaism is referred to as "kiddush Ha-Shem," sanctification of The Name.

Because a name represents the reputation of the thing named, a name should be treated with the same respect as the thing's reputation. For this reason, God's Names, in all of their forms, are treated with enormous respect and reverence in Judaism.

The Names of God
I have often heard people refer to the Judeo-Christian God as "the nameless God" to contrast our God with the ancient pagan gods. I always found this odd, because Judaism clearly recognizes the existence of a Name for God; in fact, we have many Names for God.

The most important of God's Names is the four-letter Name represented by the Hebrew letters Yod-Hei-Vav-Hei (YHVH). It is often referred to as the Ineffable Name, the Unutterable Name or the Distinctive Name. Linguistically, it is related to the Hebrew root Hei-Yod-Hei (to be), and reflects the fact that God's existence is eternal. In scripture, this Name is used when discussing God's relation with human beings, and when emphasizing his qualities of lovingkindness and mercy. It is frequently shortened to Yah (Yod-Hei), Yahu or Yeho (Yod-Hei-Vav), especially when used in combination with names or phrases, as in Yehoshua (Joshua, meaning "the Lord is my Salvation"), Eliyahu (Elijah, meaning "my God is the Lord"), and Halleluyah ("praise the Lord").

The first Name used for God in scripture is Elohim. In form, the word is a masculine plural of a word that looks feminine in the singular (Eloha). The same word (or, according to Rambam, a homonym of it) is used to refer to princes, judges, other gods, and other powerful beings. This Name is used in scripture when emphasizing God's might, His creative power, and his attributes of justice and rulership. Variations on this name include El, Eloha, Elohai (my God) and Elohaynu (our God).

God is also known as El Shaddai. This Name is usually translated as "God Almighty," however, the derivation of the word "Shaddai" is not known. According to some views, it is derived from the root meaning "to heap benefits." According a Midrash, it means, "The One who said 'dai'" ("dai" meaning enough or sufficient) and comes from the fact that when God created the universe, it expanded until He said "DAI!" (perhaps the first recorded theory of an expanding universe?). The name Shaddai is the one written on the mezuzah scroll. Some note that Shaddai is an acronym of Shomer Daltot Yisrael, Guardian of the Doors of Israel.

Another significant Name of God is YHVH Tzva'ot. This Name is normally translated as "Lord of Hosts." The word "tzva'ot" means "hosts" in the sense of a military grouping or an organized array. The Name refers to God's leadership and sovereignty. Interestingly, this Name is rarely used in scripture. It never appears in the Torah (i.e., the first five books). It appears primarily in the prophetic books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, as well as many times in the Psalms.

Writing the Name of God
Jews do not casually write any Name of God. This practice does not come from the commandment not to take the Lord's Name in vain, as many suppose. In Jewish thought, that commandment refers solely to oath-taking, and is a prohibition against swearing by God's Name falsely or frivolously (the word normally translated as "in vain" literally means "for falsehood").

Judaism does not prohibit writing the Name of God per se; it prohibits only erasing or defacing a Name of God. However, observant Jews avoid writing any Name of God casually because of the risk that the written Name might later be defaced, obliterated or destroyed accidentally or by one who does not know better.

The commandment not to erase or deface the name of God comes from Deut. 12:3. In that passage, the people are commanded that when they take over the promised land, they should destroy all things related to the idolatrous religions of that region, and should utterly destroy the names of the local deities. Immediately afterwards, we are commanded not to do the same to our God. From this, the rabbis inferred that we are commanded not to destroy any holy thing, and not to erase or deface a Name of God.

It is worth noting that this prohibition against erasing or defacing Names of God applies only to Names that are written in some kind of permanent form, and recent rabbinical decisions have held that writing on a computer is not a permanent form, thus it is not a violation to type God's Name into a computer and then backspace over it or cut and paste it, or copy and delete files with God's Name in them. However, once you print the document out, it becomes a permanent form. That is why observant Jews avoid writing a Name of God on web sites like this one or in newsgroup messages: because there is a risk that someone else will print it out and deface it.

Normally, we avoid writing the Name by substituting letters or syllables, for example, writing "G-d" instead of "God." In addition, the number 15, which would ordinarily be written in Hebrew as Yod-Hei (10-5), is normally written as Teit-Vav (9-6), because Yod-Hei is a Name. See Hebrew Alphabet for more information about using letters as numerals.

Pronouncing the Name of God
Nothing in the Torah prohibits a person from pronouncing the Name of God. Indeed, it is evident from scripture that God's Name was pronounced routinely. Many common Hebrew names contain "Yah" or "Yahu," part of God's four-letter Name. The Name was pronounced as part of daily services in the Temple.

The Mishnah confirms that there was no prohibition against pronouncing The Name in ancient times. In fact, the Mishnah recommends using God's Name as a routine greeting to a fellow Jew. Berakhot 9:5. However, by the time of the Talmud, it was the custom to use substitute Names for God. Some rabbis asserted that a person who pronounces YHVH according to its letters (instead of using a substitute) has no place in the World to Come, and should be put to death. Instead of pronouncing the four-letter Name, we usually substitute the Name "Adonai," or simply say "Ha-Shem" (lit. The Name).

Although the prohibition on pronunciation applies only to the four-letter Name, Jews customarily do not pronounce any of God's many Names except in prayer or study. The usual practice is to substitute letters or syllables, so that Adonai becomes Adoshem or Ha-Shem, Elohaynu and Elohim become Elokaynu and Elokim, etc.

With the Temple destroyed and the prohibition on pronouncing The Name outside of the Temple, pronunciation of the Name fell into disuse. Scholars passed down knowledge of the correct pronunciation of YHVH for many generations, but eventually the correct pronunciation was lost, and we no longer know it with any certainty. We do not know what vowels were used, or even whether the Vav in the Name was a vowel or a consonant. See Hebrew Alphabet for more information about the difficulties in pronouncing Hebrew. Some religious scholars suggest that the Name was pronounced "Yahweh," but others do not find this pronunciation particularly persuasive.

Some people render the four-letter Name as "Jehovah," but this pronunciation is particularly unlikely. The word "Jehovah" comes from the fact that ancient Jewish texts used to put the vowels of the Name "Adonai" (the usual substitute for YHVH) under the consonants of YHVH to remind people not to pronounce YHVH as written. A sixteenth century German Christian scribe, while transliterating the Bible into Latin for the Pope, wrote the Name out as it appeared in his texts, with the consonants of YHVH and the vowels of Adonai, and came up with the word JeHoVaH, and the name stuck.

[Eric Hancock]

Did God tell you that your knowledge and view is better than every one else so he told you to make an attemp to re-educate us..What God showed you is different hat what he is showing someone else

[John]

This is getting good. I asked this but not in a threatening response and haven't gotten an answer yet so I'm waiting for this response. I meant no disrespect either.

[Eric Hancock]

God said to job in ch 38,,who is this that darkens my words without Counseling? Stand up and prepare yourself like a man ,I will question you and you answere me,,Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth Tell me if you have the understanding? and you dont Moreh you dont have all the answeres because he is not going to show no man everything ..we will continue to say Holyghost and Jesus because it worked for us ,,we came to far to jump ship chasing someone else's opinion ,,I can only speak for me when I call the name of Jesus ,what was wrong became right..brother I like to be transparent Allah,buda,or anything else did not deliver me from the old man but the power of the resurrection the same spirit that pulled Christ from the dead..back in 1992 I was sentenced 50 years and had two co-defendants tell on me ,,after sentencing I learn that a change had to come after serving 5 years I was Baptised by Greater Morning Star Penatacostal church in DC..I went down and came up there was a change,,I began to talk different while in prison I was Gods elected..I went back for reconsideration after serving 7 on 50 and gave it all back,,,I was seeing yahweh members and musilums could not believe and was amazed and I did not tell on anyone that is what the courts was mad about..and since then I go into the prisons because God did not bring me out to relax..I heard every thing But know God is a deliverer,,,I knew who I was and what I was in Christ and when you dont know who you are you will always become someone else...I havent held another gun or shot know one since..it was the power of the Holyghost,,so like God said to JOB where were you

[Eric Hancock]

hey John and web family,I'll get back with yall later,,Merry Xmas and remember there is Power ,,Power,,wonderful working power in the blood of the lamb