This website reveals a new way to read scripture. It is a non - interactive method wherein God Himself explains the text. The reader simply and passively observes.

EXAMPLE
God reveals why He rested on the 7th day.

Here's the English text“
And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all his work which He had made” Gen.2:2

Here's the Hebrew text“Gen.2:2.

Here's God's Revelation in Gen.2:2 - "I was weary"

Stunned? - Now, note the context!

God's explanatory revelation is perfectly contained in Gen.2:2, the exact verse which speaks of His resting. Nothing is added to the text - nothing has been omitted from the text. This is as though God has inserted a footnote into the scripture.

So, why Does God say He rested on the seventh day? He says, "I was weary". What could be more clear? What could be more direct? No interpretation is needed! Indeed, who would dare interpret after seeing this?

Until now, the solutions to this question only underscore the fact that ‘opinion’ is the only criteria by which ‘scholars’ analyze our problematic text. It does not matter if the opinion is from Jewish sages or Torah scholars or even Messianic believers. They don’t offer answers they offer opinions disguised as answers. They have not successfully explained why God rested from His work. Also, they have not addressed the fact that in most places, including the Tanach ( old testament ) the ten commandments or Talmud - wherever the term, ‘Sabbath’, is found in the scripture, it does in fact have something to do with resting due to ‘fatigue’.

That God should clear this up is a good thing since readers have been stumbling over this text for millennia.

The Hebrew word operative in this text is “ la ha – להה” and it means ‘to languish or faint’. Used only twice in scripture, Gen 47:13 and Prov.26:18, ‘la ha’ conveys a strong sense of languishing or even passing out due to exhaustion due to a frenzy of activity. It is an intense verb which clearly in this case expresses the idea that in some mysterious and unfathomable way God tires; He is utterly spent. Obviously, this flies in the face of traditional theology which would prefer to translate Gen.2:2 to mean God desisted from the act of creating rather than to ascribe to Him a characteristic which we share as humans. They find this 'rest idea' threatening even though the scripture teaches us we were created ‘in His Image after His Likeness’.

Here’s a new angle to things, we tire because He tires. Rather than appending to God characteristics of humankind perhaps it is He Who appends to humanity characteristics of divinity, i.e., a reversal on the word, anthropomorphism.

So now we have a solution to our theological conundrum. Does God need rest or not - He does rest and all that is left to do is to accept this revelation.

This website reveals a new way to read scripture. It is a non - interactive method wherein God Himself explains the text. The reader simply and passively observes.

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