Who is our Saviour? A study based on
Yeshayahu - Isaiah 43:11
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Please Note: On this page I may show the four
letter blessed *“Memorial Name” of the Almighty
in Ivrit - 
-
Y-H-V-H, which we usually pronounce as “Adonai” or “HaShem”.
*“This is My Name forever,
and this is My memorial to all generations.”
Shemot - Exodus 3:15.
I, even I, AM ; and beside Me there is no saviour!” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 43:11
On this site I
will mostly use a version based on the “Jewish Publication Society”
(JPS with some corrections made)
With Rabbi Reuven
Ben-Avraham
- Y-H-V-H is my “My Saviour, My Salvation, and Redeemer”
This is not a study where I write my thoughts
in regard what I am conveying regarding the subject I am presenting, and the
subject is rather obvious. And it is one that should be obvious to us all, but
there is one point that is most vital, and in a way some of us have forgotten
who our Elohim really is, for we will call Him ‘HaShem’,
‘Adonai’, and worse still, a very long time ago something was
introduced in Europe, which was very wrong, and we adopted an erroneous word,
and we commenced to sadly use a pagan word for our beloved Creator and
commenced to call Him ‘God’. Now you may attack me here, but it was
introduced very late considering our Hebraic timeline, yes believe it or not,
it was ‘christendom’ who gave it to us, well let’s give it back to them!
We need to understand that this pagan word is
clearly shown in the Torah and Tanakh, that it is actually the name of a pagan
deity.
Like so many erroneous things in the old
days, certain rabbis have introduced it and we even were made to honour this
pagan god by writing it with great honour like this ‘G-d’. “What! Treat a pagan evil deity with honour?” What have we
gotten in too? Thus, I will use only the writings directly taken from the Torah
and the rest of the Tanakh to make the point of who our Elohim is, and who and
what He is!
PS: I have studies online that will detail
the above in full detail, using only what is in our Torah and Tanakh literally
it will prove what I have stated above, there is also a link at the bottom of
this page to one of the studies.
“Beside
Me there is no Saviour”:
thy Elohim from the
“The Elohim who is my Rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of Salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; my Saviour, Thou savest me from violence” 2 Shmuel - 2 Samuel 22:3 (JPS).
“And gave
“And it shall be for a sign and for a
witness unto of hosts in the because of the oppressors, and he shall send
them a Saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them” Yeshayahu - Isaiah
19:20 (JPS).
“For I am your Elohim, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour: I gave
“I, even I, AM ; and beside Me there
is no Saviour” Yeshayahu
- Isaiah” 43:11 (JPS).
“Verily you are Elohim that hides thyself, O Elohim of Israel, the Saviour” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 45:15 (JPS).
“Declare ye,
and bring them near, yea, let them take counsel together: Who hath announced
this from ancient time, and declared it of old? Have not I ? And there is no El
else beside Me, a just Elohim and a Saviour; there is
none beside Me” Yeshayahu
- Isaiah 45:21
“Our Redeemer, of hosts is His name, The Holy One of
Israel” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 47:4 (JPS).
“Thou shalt also suck the milk of the
nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I am thy Saviour, and I, the Mighty One of
Ya’aqov - Jacob, thy Redeemer.” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 60:16 (JPS).
“For He said, Surely they are My people, children that will not lie: so He was their Saviour” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 63:8 (JPS).
“Yet I am thy Elohim from the
“O Thou hope of
“They forgot Elohim their Saviour, Who
had done great things in
YHVH - (Our) Salvation:
“I wait for Thy salvation, O ”
Bereshit - Genesis 49:18 (JPS).
And Moses said unto the people, Fear you not,
stand still, and see the Salvation of , which He will show to you to day: for the Egyptians whom you have
seen to day, you shall see them again no more for ever.
“And Moshe - Moses said unto the people:
'Fear ye not, stand still, and see the Salvation of , which He will work
for you to-day; for whereas ye have seen the Egyptians to-day, ye shall see
them again no more for ever” Shemot - Exodus 14:13 (JPS).
“ is my strength and song, and He is become my Salvation; this
is my Elohim, and I will glorify Him; my father’s El and I will exalt
Him” Shemot - Exodus 15:2 (JPS).
“And Channah -
Hannah prayed, and said, ‘My heart rejoices in my horn is exalted in : my mouth is enlarged
over my enemies; because I rejoice in your Salvation!” 1 Shmuel - 1
Samuel 2:1 (JPS).
And Sha’ul - Saul said, ‘There shall not a man be put to death this day;
for to-day hath wrought deliverance in
“And the people said unto Sha’ul - Saul: ‘Shall Yehonatan - Jonathan
die, who hath wrought this great salvation in liveth, there shall
not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with Elohim
this day.’ So the people rescued Yehonatan -
Jonathan, that he died not” 1 Shmuel - 1 Samuel 14:45 (JPS).
“… for he (Dovid – David)
put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a
great victory for all
“ liveth, and
blessed be my Rock; and exalted be Elohim, my Rock of Salvation;” 2 Shmuel - 2
Samuel 22:47 (JPS).
“Sing unto , all the earth;
proclaim His Salvation from day to day” 1 Divre
Hayyamim - 1 Chronicles 16:23 (JPS).
“Now therefore arise, O Elohim, into Thy resting-place, Thou, and the
Ark of Thy strength; let Thy priests, O Elohim, be clothed with Salvation, and let Thy
saints rejoice in good” 2 Divre Hayyamim - 2 Chronicles 6:41 (JPS).
“Ye shall not need to fight in this
battle; set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the Salvation of is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; fear not,
nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them; for is with you” 2 Divre
Hayyamim - 2 Chronicles 20:17 (JPS).
“Salvation belongeth
unto ; Thy blessing be upon Thy people. Selah” Tehillim - Psalms 3:8 (JPS).
“Oh that the salvation
of turneth the captivity of His people, let
Ya’aqov - Jacob rejoice, let
“ is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my Elohim, my
rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of Salvation, my
“ liveth and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the
Elohim of my Salvation” Tehillim - Psalms 18:47 (JPS).
“We will shout for joy in thy victory,
and in the name of our Elohim we will set up our standards; fulfil all thy petitions” Tehillim - Psalms 20:5 (JPS).
“, in Thy strength the king rejoiceth; and in Thy Salvation how greatly doth he
exult!” Tehillim - Psalms 21:1 (JPS).
“He shall receive a blessing from ,
and righteousness from the Elohim of his Salvation” Tehillim - Psalms 24:5 (JPS).
“A Tehillim - Psalm of
David. is
my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be
afraid?” Tehillim - Psalms 27:1 (JPS).
“And my soul shall be joyful in ;
it shall rejoice in His Salvation” Tehillim - Psalms 35:9 (JPS).
“But the Salvation of the righteous is of :
he is their strength in the time of trouble” Tehillim - Psalms 37:39 (JPS).
Make haste to help me, O my Salvation” Tehillim - Psalms 38:23 (JPS).
“Let all those that seek thee rejoice
and be glad in thee: let such as love Thy Salvation say continually, be magnified” Tehillim - Psalms 40:17 (JPS).
“Blessed be , day by day He beareth our burden, even the Elohim who is our Salvation.
Selah” Tehillim
- Psalms
68:20 (JPS).
“Elohim is unto us an El of
deliverances; and unto Elohim belong the issues of
death” Tehillim
- Psalms
68:21 (JPS).
“But as for me, let my prayer be unto
Thee, , in an acceptable time; O Elohim, in the abundance of Thy
mercy, answer me with the truth of Thy Salvation” Tehillim - Psalms 69:13 (JPS).
“Show us Thy mercy, O , and grant us Thy
Salvation” Tehillim
- Psalms
85:8 (JPS).
“O Elohim of my Salvation, what time I cry in the
night before Thee” Tehillim - Psalms 88:2 (JPS).
“O Elohim, , the strength of my
Salvation, who hast screened my head in the day of battle” Tehillim -
Psalms 140:7 (JPS).
“For taketh pleasure in His people; He adorneth
the humble with Salvation” Tehillim - Psalms 149:4 (JPS).
I am aware that this study may be a little heavier than most of those I have online, thus here are several Tehillim – Psalms that are somewhat lighter as they are more general and what may be called praiseworthy to our Heavenly Father!
Tehillim - Psalms 95:1-3 (JPS).
“O come, let us sing unto
; let us
shout for joy to the Rock of our Salvation.
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, let us shout for joy unto
Him with Psalms.
For is a great Elohim and
a great King above all gods;”
Tehillim - Psalms 96:1-6 (JPS).
“O sing unto a new song; sing unto , all the earth.
Sing unto , bless His Name; proclaim His Salvation from day to day.
Declare His Glory among the nations, His marvellous Works among all the
peoples.
For great is , and highly to be praised; He is to
be Feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the peoples are things of nought; but made the heavens.
Honour and Majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His
Sanctuary” (JPS).
More from the Nevi’im the Prophets:
“Behold, Elohim is my Salvation; I will
trust, and will not be afraid; for Elohim is my strength and song; and He is become my
Salvation.” Yeshayahu -
Isaiah 12:2 (JPS).
“And it shall be said in that day: 'Lo,
this is our Elohim, for whom we waited, that He might save us; this is , for whom we
waited, we will be glad and rejoice in His Salvation. Yeshayahu - Isaiah 25:9 (JPS).
Yeshayahu - Isaiah 33:2 O , be gracious unto us; we have waited for you: be you their arm
every morning, our Salvation also in the time of trouble. (JPS).
“And the stability of thy times shall be
a hoard of salvation, wisdom and knowledge, and the fear of which is His treasure” Yeshayahu - Isaiah
33:6 (JPS).
“Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and
let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, that they may bring
forth Salvation, and let her cause righteousness to spring up together; I have created it” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 45:8 (JPS).
“O Israel, that art saved by with an everlasting Salvation; ye shall not be
ashamed nor confounded world without end” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 45:17 (JPS).
“Thus saith : In an acceptable
time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I
will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the
land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 49:8 (JPS).
“ hath made bare His Holy arm in the eyes of all the nations;
and all the ends of the earth shall see the Salvation of our Elohim” Yeshayahu - Isaiah
52:10 (JPS).
“Thus saith : Keep ye justice, and
do righteousness; for My Salvation is near to come, and My favour to be
revealed” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 56:1 (JPS).
“I will greatly rejoice in ,
my soul shall be joyful in my Elohim; for He hath clothed me with the garments
of Salvation, He hath covered me with the robe of Victory,” Yeshayahu - Isaiah
61:10 (JPS).
“Behold, hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth: say
ye to the daughter of
“Truly vain have proved the hills, the
uproar on the mountains; truly in our Elohim is the Salvation
of Israel” Yirmyahu -
Jeremiah 3:23 (JPS).
“It is good that a man should quietly
wait for the salvation of ” Eichah
- Lamentations 3:26 (JPS).
“But I will sacrifice unto Thee with the
voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is of ”
Yonah - Jonah 2:10 (JPS).
“But as for me, I will look unto ; I
will wait for the Elohim of my salvation; my El will hear me” Micha - Micah 7:7 (JPS).
“Is it, O , that against the
rivers, is it that Thine anger is kindled against the rivers, or Thy wrath
against the sea? that Thou dost ride upon Thy horses,
upon Thy chariots of victory?” Havaqquq - Habakkuk 3:8 (JPS).
“Yet I will rejoice in
, I will
exult in the Elohim of my Salvation” Havaqquq - Habakkuk 3:18 (JPS).
The Redeemer:
“Let the words of my mouth and the
meditation of my heart be acceptable before Thee, O , my Rock, and my
Redeemer” Tehillim
- Psalms
19:15 (JPS).
“And they remembered that Elohim was their Rock, and the Most High Elohim their redeemer” Tehillim - Psalms 78:35 (JPS).
“For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause with thee” Mishle Shlomo - Proverbs 23:11 (JPS).
“Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men
of , and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of
Israel” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 41:14 (JPS).
“Thus saith , your Redeemer, The
Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to
“Thus saith , the King of Israel,
and his Redeemer of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last,
and beside Me there is no Elohim” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 44:6 (JPS).
“Thus saith , thy Redeemer, and He
that formed thee from the womb: I am , that maketh all things; that stretched
forth the heavens alone; that spread abroad the earth by Myself” Yeshayahu - Isaiah
44:24 (JPS).
“Our Redeemer, of hosts is His Name, the Holy One of
Israel” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 47:4 (JPS).
“Thus saith , thy Redeemer, the
Holy One of Israel: I am thy Elohim, who teacheth thee for thy profit, who leadeth
thee by the way that thou shouldest go” Yeshayahu - Isaiah
48:17 (JPS).
“Thus saith , the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One,
to him who is despised of men, to him who is abhorred of nations, to a servant
of rulers: kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall prostrate
themselves; because of that is faithful, even
the Holy One of Israel, Who hath chosen thee!” Yeshayahu - Isaiah 49:7 (JPS).
“And a redeemer will come to ” Yeshayahu - Isaiah
59:20 (JPS).
Tehillim - Psalm 51:
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow” (alluding to Waters of Purification) Tehillim - Psalm 51:9
“Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and let a willing Spirit uphold me” (This does NOT say with “Ruach HaKodesh” – the “Holy Spirit!” it says with Your Holy Presence!) Verse 14 (JPS).
“For Thou delightest not in sacrifice, else would I give it; Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering” Verse 18
The sacrifices of Elohim are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O Elohim, Thou wilt not despise!” Verse 19
Seemingly Dovid - David at that time somehow was not aware that he was “Under the Law!” Did he not know that he had to earn his Salvation by living and doing right, living according to Elohim’s Law’s and following His Torah?
(Ok, some may say – ‘Whose idea is
this ‘under the law stuff?’ This concept certainly does not come
from the teaching of how to live by (Torah) as given through Moshe - Moses!
Salvation was always granted to the repentant and contrite person as an act of ’s
‘Loving Kindness,’ ‘Unmerited Favour’ and
‘Steadfast Love.’
It is best to simply live right, pray daily, read the Torah and the Nevi’im - Prophets (Tanakh) daily and your life will be greatly enriched!
Thus why not make your life as fulfilling, meaningful, and filled with joy as possible and pick up your Tanakh each day and discover something new every single day! You will be surprised how exciting His Word really is, and how much we will be able to learn about ourselves!
In Conclusion:
I am well aware this has been a rather epic study, with a huge amount of verses to get through, but as you know, I never tend to quote rabbinic writings to make a point, for only the Word of Our Blessed Creator is worth while for we know His Words are 100% Truth!
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