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Truth

Can you live out an amen?!

This passage in Isaiah contains a poetic play on words which is lost to any reader but one who understands Hebrew. A word for word translation runs something like this: โ€œIf not you will believe (lo ta-aminoo), surely not you will be established (lo te-amenoo).โ€ The three letter Hebrew root โ€“ “aleph”- “mem”- “nun”, is the same in both words, and the Holy Spirit through the prophet Isaiah is clearly playing on this root to emphasize His point. The same root letters are also used in the spelling for the familiar word “Amen” which literally means “truthfully”.

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Don’t dilute the Word!

When Yeshua (Jesus) was attacked by Satan during His temptation in the wilderness, He countered every attack with the Word of God. But notice in Satanโ€™s second attack โ€“ the enemy himself quoted the Scriptures, saying, โ€œIf thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written, ‘He shall give his angels charge over thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.’โ€ (Matthew 4:6 was a quote from Psalm 91:11, but the phrase, โ€œto keep thee in all thy waysโ€ was absent from Satan’s quote).

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Experience Faith, (Say “Amen!”)

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The word “Amen” (ืึธืžึตืŸ) properly pronounced in Hebrew “ah-mehn”, means “so be it” or “may it be so”, and also, “Yes, it is true!” Some scholars suggest a connection with the Hebrew word for truth, “emet” (ืึถืžึถืช), because of the two similar root letters, “aleph”(ื) and “mem” (ืž). Truth ought to be confirmed. At the end of a prayer, saying “Amen” expresses the desire to affirm and confirm what was requested or proclaimed. Leha’ameen, (ืœื”ืืžื™ืŸ) means “to believe, trust or confide in”, and all variations of this root (ืืžืŸ) relate to “emunah” (ืืžื•ื ื”): faith, belief, or faithfulness!

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