Subject: HaShem
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 02:01:53 +0000
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From:          Paul Jablonowski
To:            heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
Subject:       Re: Torah Weekly - Vayigash 5758

Eddie,

I really enjoyed reading the Torah Weekly.
Who is Hashem?  Does it mean Messiah or Jesus or some
other reference for God.

Paul

>From Eddie:
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        Paul,

        HaShem means "the name". Ha in Hebrew means "The".
Shem in Hebrew means "Name".  HaShem is another name which
refers to God.

         Baruch HaShem means "Blessed be the name"

         Baruch HaShem Adonai means "Blessed be the name of the Lord"

         Baruch HaShem Adonai Eloheynu means "Blessed be the name of
the Lord our God"

         In Luke 13:34-35, Yeshua/Jesus said:

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them
that are sent unto thee: how often would I have gathered thy children
together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye
would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I
say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when you shall
say, BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD"

       Blessed  is he who comes in the name of the Lord is:

       Baruch                  Haba              HaShem      Adonai

       In the Jewish wedding, when the groom approaches the chuppah,
these words are said: "Blessed is he who comes". In the book, "Made
in Heaven" by Orthodox Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, he explains that this is
actually  an idiomatic expression which means "welcome".

       So, when Yeshua/Jesus said you will not see me (again) until
you say, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord", this is
actually "wedding talk" and a Hebraic way of saying, "Welcome!".
Yeshua/Jesus said that He will not return back to the earth at his
second coming until He is welcomed as the bridegroom and His people
are crying out for Him to return and be married to His people !!!

        Baruch HaShem !!!!!

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