RevTestament

I think chatGPT needs to look up quite traditional Hebrew alphabet teachings. They show a word or "meaning" associated with each letter. I realize that Jews do not break down their words based upon the meanings of the characters, but originally these characters had a "meaning" and they have retained that meaning down through the ages. For instance the aleph came from the Egyptian hieroglyph of a bull head. That character has become our "A." We still retain these words in our "alphabet." The first two letters of the Hebrew alphabet are aleph and beit or alephbeit. In the Greek that became alpha bet. That is now over 3000 years of retaining these same words and meanings. To claim these meanings are speculative ignores the long available history of the Hebrew alphabet. I am merely giving the best evidence available, and chatGPT is calling it speculative. Does vav actually mean "nail?" No. There were no nails when this character was adopted, but did it refer to tent peg? Probably something like that. Do I believe that Hebrews adopted the tetragrammaton letters on purpose? No. I believe God was behind the invention of the alphabet, and is also behind this unseen "message" in His very name... After all isn't He the one that gave the people His name? Is He capable of designing things in a way to hide His meaning? This may be "non-scholarly" interpretation, but I am generally right on cue with this type of thing. Very few scholars are going to agree with me that Hebrew was invented by Israel while in Egypt, but there is supporting evidence. Is it "speculative?" To the extent that all history is somewhat speculative, yes.

There doesn't need to be. Just look up their alphabet - each letter has a meaning - it's been that way since they invented their alphabet from the Egyptian heiroglyphics, which operate that way. heh = behold or look. yod = hand vav= nail ot prg. Alternatively, you can ask google.

I didn't answer you.... so I am going to do so now. Heavenly Father's spirit parents were His Heavenly Father and His Christ whom He followed, and became the Christ of Yeshua's prior world, by which He inherited the priesthood office of our Father. The person who followed him was our present Christ. Both the Father and the Son are YHVH Elohim. YHVH meaning in individual letters: Behold the nail, Behold the hand. They both have this name. "And they will see me whom they have pierced, and will weep for me, and one would his only son." Brings a whole new light to our temple endowment. Christ was begotten on this prior world, and sent to this one as his Father's representative doing only that which He saw His Father do. See Hebrews. He was begotten by the oath of the Father to Him: "thou art my son, this day I hae begotten thee...." Not by spiritual hanky panky or whatever. Spirits are eternal, and have no beginning. See Abraham. Don't know if the Church is quite ready for this... I'm sure it will submit to dragging and protesting... but it is time for those who see with spiritual eyes to be given the chance.

Yep. It is the 7 years war. In the midst of the week or 70 AD the temple was destroyed and the "sacrifice ceased" right on cue. Masada was the end in 73 AD. and the city was destroyed as prophesied by Daniel.

Hey Rory, Glad to see you are still counseling to these stubborn LDS! My view of Jesus' phrasing is a little broader than the Catholic view. Jesus was literally saying he would draw all men to himself. He also said that it was His Father's will that He lose none given unto him. I always had a hard time reconciling Jesus' words to "orthodox" Christian beliefs.... that is until I matured in the restored gospel.... and it all begins to make sense. Yeshua will lose virtually none from this world given to Him, as He will be called the Eternal Father Isa. 9:6 after His work is done. Even the wicked will be resurrected upon which they will be given the opportunity to repent or to go back to hell. Essentially all will accept Him once they see Him. But, you see that didn't take all that much faith... and little to no valor. So, consequently their reward will not be great. In a way I closely believe something like purgatory. It is what I believe the scriptures call spirit prison for those who can live "godly" once they accept the truth. You see purgatory is not a permanent place and neither is spirit prison.

Nope(I see you are still trying to perform your strangely perverted work... don't get mad at me.... your words or very close thereto) and Nope. It is the foreordained who were valliant in the prior world and became "teachers" or prophets, seers and revelators. They are all sealed unto God by the end of the sixth seal...hmmm.....