ANOINTED WITH NEW NAME

The renowned biblical and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, Geza Vermes wrote the following in his book 'Jesus the Jew.'

The Hebrew phrase, 'to call a person by name', of Exodus 31:2 is variously Aramaicized in the Targums as, 'to appoint by name', (Onkelos), 'to establish and call by name', (Neofiti), or 'to appoint and call' (Neofiti margin). In other words, the same Aramaic verbs are employed to render both the plain idea of nomination and the ritualistic metaphor of anointment.

In Exodus 28:41, 'You will anoint them' is translated as 'You will appoint them'.

Likewise, 'The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me' is reinterpreted in the Targum of Isaiah 61:1 as, 'The spirit of prophecy from the Lord is upon me, therefore he has appointed me'.

In my divine experience when you are chosen and called by God he does call you by name. Not the name that your parents gave you, but the name that he gives you when he calls you. When he anoints you, he calls you very loudly, so loudly, there can be no mistake or misunderstanding, because the sound of his voice is like thunder.

You know exactly who he is talking to, and you know who is talking to you.

As far as I am aware the prophet of Islam did not receive a new name from God, as I was destined to receive. Nor is there any indication in the scriptures that God called Jesus by his name, or by a new name given to him by God.

The book of Revelation does mention that I would be given a new name, the name of his city New Jerusalem and his new name.



All that was written did come to be,  every step of the journey that began after the Harmonic Concordance in 2003 and the engagement with God was shared with close friends at different times.

May the good will of God be implemented, so that justice can be done for the children of the world.

After this post was written I was in the car driving and Abba said 'What they owe you, is more than they can afford to pay'.

ELIAKIM