This is a difficult issue cos in spite of the repetition of the praying done by millions of Christians seems like parrot attitude without knowing. So, I wanted to share that with you without pretending to convince anyone:
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That's in KABBALAH theme under the issue God's name.
This is important not just for the Jews cos it's usually ignored the fact Christ taught the sacred name to his disciples. In order to acknowledge that I suggest you to read from the Bible itself John 17:6, 11, 12, 26. Hence, the name was certainly important for Christ himself and it doesn't matter if his so-called millions of disciples consider irrelevant that name. Check also:
Psalms 79:6
Jeremiah 10:25
Revelation 14:1; 22:3,4
Ezekiel 39:7
Just in case you are willing to change your mind no matter what you previously thought about the issue.
In the film Passion of the Christ we hear the words in Aramaic coming from "Ieshua" when Peter cut someone's ear , he says "ana hu" which in Hebrew is "ani hu" meaning "I am" (anybody). That is exactly the text after John 17, check your Bibles in John 18:1-8. YET THERE'S AN ERROR HERE. Cos in Hebrew or Aramaic Christ was not saying such thing. This is due to the translation from the Gospel written in Greek koinê. In Greek the text simply says the equivalent to "ani hu" (ego. eimí). But the Messiah was not saying that utterance but something more important related to the previous context in John 17. He was repeating the name of God as revealed to Moses in Exodus 3:14. He was saying IEVE (read my first post in the Kabbalah site to understand why and the pronunciation) or the translation "eyeh" which in English sounds like "I-Jeh" (without any sound of letter H). The name has been translated as "I AM" but it's not quite like it cos God is not tied by time, the name could mean "I Cause things to be", "The Causative Being", "I will be what I will be", "I was, I am, I will be", etc. But in no case "I am". In fact, it seems the name is not linked to Him as being only but related to Be Something for His people, something even discussed by Jewish community. Many times, Christ (whose name was not IESHUA / YESHUA either for reasons I won't discuss now) very often pronounced those words teasing the Pharisees (John 6:35,48). In one ocassion he was accused of being blaspheemer when he said "I am" before Abraham and his life was already in jeopardy.
The reaction of the Hebrew listeners was awe admiration and fear. They withdrew and fell on the ground. In spite they were trying to catch him to arrest him, Christ courageously mentions the name to draw attention to himself rather than letting them to arrest the disciples. He even purposely REPEATED the sacred name again, a detail not overlooked by the writer of the Gospel (John 18:4-8).
www.religiousforums.com/parkweb/viewtopic.php?t=608
That's in KABBALAH theme under the issue God's name.
This is important not just for the Jews cos it's usually ignored the fact Christ taught the sacred name to his disciples. In order to acknowledge that I suggest you to read from the Bible itself John 17:6, 11, 12, 26. Hence, the name was certainly important for Christ himself and it doesn't matter if his so-called millions of disciples consider irrelevant that name. Check also:
Psalms 79:6
Jeremiah 10:25
Revelation 14:1; 22:3,4
Ezekiel 39:7
Just in case you are willing to change your mind no matter what you previously thought about the issue.
In the film Passion of the Christ we hear the words in Aramaic coming from "Ieshua" when Peter cut someone's ear , he says "ana hu" which in Hebrew is "ani hu" meaning "I am" (anybody). That is exactly the text after John 17, check your Bibles in John 18:1-8. YET THERE'S AN ERROR HERE. Cos in Hebrew or Aramaic Christ was not saying such thing. This is due to the translation from the Gospel written in Greek koinê. In Greek the text simply says the equivalent to "ani hu" (ego. eimí). But the Messiah was not saying that utterance but something more important related to the previous context in John 17. He was repeating the name of God as revealed to Moses in Exodus 3:14. He was saying IEVE (read my first post in the Kabbalah site to understand why and the pronunciation) or the translation "eyeh" which in English sounds like "I-Jeh" (without any sound of letter H). The name has been translated as "I AM" but it's not quite like it cos God is not tied by time, the name could mean "I Cause things to be", "The Causative Being", "I will be what I will be", "I was, I am, I will be", etc. But in no case "I am". In fact, it seems the name is not linked to Him as being only but related to Be Something for His people, something even discussed by Jewish community. Many times, Christ (whose name was not IESHUA / YESHUA either for reasons I won't discuss now) very often pronounced those words teasing the Pharisees (John 6:35,48). In one ocassion he was accused of being blaspheemer when he said "I am" before Abraham and his life was already in jeopardy.
The reaction of the Hebrew listeners was awe admiration and fear. They withdrew and fell on the ground. In spite they were trying to catch him to arrest him, Christ courageously mentions the name to draw attention to himself rather than letting them to arrest the disciples. He even purposely REPEATED the sacred name again, a detail not overlooked by the writer of the Gospel (John 18:4-8).