The Gabriel Version

The Gabriel Version

The Testimony of Yeshua

HEBREWS 1-7 (Gabriel Version)

Index
Introduction

Hebrews 1: In ancient times Yehovah spoke with our ancestors in many ways, and by various methods thru the prophets. 2 But in these last days [1], He has spoken with us by His Son, who has acquired by Sonship His allotment—the universe. Thru Him He created the worlds. 3 He brightly reflects His splendor and is essentially identical in His Being. He sustains the universe by the power of His word. And He in His own person, after He purified us of our sins, sat down at the right hand side of His Majesty on high. 4 He is far superior to the spirit Messengers, and as His right as a Son has acquired a name more excellent theirs.
5 To which of the spirit Messengers did Yehovah ever say, “You are My SON, today I have caused you to be born”, or, “I’ll be his Father and he will be My Son”?
6 Again, when bringing the Firstborn into the world He said, “All of the spirit Messengers of Yehovah should worship Him”.
7 Furthermore, of the Messengers, He said that He can render His Messengers into wind and His servants into a flash of fire. [2]
8 But of His Son He said, “Your throne, O Yehovah, is for all eternity, and the scepter of Your Kingdom is a scepter of righteousness.
9 You’ve loved righteousness, [3] and hated Torah breaking, so Yehovah, your Aloha, has anointed you with the oil of gladness [4] far more than your fellow Israelites [5].
10 Also, in the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the Heavens are the work of Your hands.
11 They’ll come to an end, but you are enduring, they’ll all grow old like clothing, 12 and like a robe you’ll fold them up and they’ll be transformed—exchanged for another [6]! But you’ll remain as you are and your years will never come to an end. 13 To which of the spirit Messengers did He ever say, “Sit at My right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool under your feet”?
14 Arent they all spirits who serve Him—who are sent out to serve on behalf of those who are to inherit eternal Life?

[1] Paul thought that he was living in the “last days”, also termed “latter days”. The prophecies in the Tanakh using these terms include the seven year period alluded to in Daniel, plus “a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion” (Isaiah 34:8), eight years. [2] Only Yehovah has guaranteed immortality: 1 Timothy 6:16. But Yeshua is Yehovah, and you can be one of Yeshua’s literal sibling: John 1:12, Romans 8:14,19, Philippians 2:15, 1 John 3:1,2 [3] The root word for righteousness means, “in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping the command[ment]s of Yehovah”. [4] “At feasts, people were anointed with the oil of gladness. Paul, in Heb 1:9, is alluding to this inaugural ceremony of anointing, and uses it as an emblem of the pure power and majesty to which [Yehovah’s] Son has been exalted” —OBGL [5] This would have been the case when Yeshua had fellow human associates. [6] The physical universe, being physical, will be “rendered useless”, another way to translate “come to an end”. What people overlook tho is that the wonderful process will start over again Just like after the flood when the earth was “destroyed” by water! 2 Peter 3:7, properly understood, about Judgment Day, doesnt conflict with this. Next time around should be even better.

Hebrews 2: So we should be exceedingly cautious regarding what we have heard, so that we dont drift away, 2 because if the message delivered thru spirit Messengers was proven, and everyone who heard it deliberately violated it and received their just compensation, 3 then how could we escape if we’re indifferent to the message of eternal Life—the things that were first of all announced by our Master Himself, and were verified to us by those who heard Him, 4 while Yehovah joined in as a witness concerning them, by signs and wonders, and by various miracles and by gifts of the dedicated spirit, distributed in accordance with His will.
5 It isnt the spirit Messengers who will be assuming responsibility in the future world that we’re talking about. 6 As the Scriptures say, “What is mankind that you are aware of us, or any particular son of man [1] that You would look out for him?
7 You’ve made us slightly inferior to the spirit Messengers and crowned us with splendor and honor and You’ve given us authority over Your handiwork, 8 and put everything under our feet [control]”. When giving control of the universe to us, You left nothing outside of our control. But we have yet to see the universe under our control. 9 Yeshua was made slightly inferior to the spirit Messengers, so that thru the compassion of Yehovah, He could experience death for everyone, other than Aloha [A]. He suffered a painful death and is already crowned with majesty and honor.
10 It seems appropriate that the One responsible for everything, and for whose benefit everything exists, would bring many sons to His majestic realm, by means of the Pioneer of their eternal Life being perfected by undergoing suffering. 11 The One who brought about devotion, and those who have become devout are all from the same One. So He isnt ashamed to call them family.
12 As He said, “I’ll announce your name to My family, I’ll praise you among the assembly”.
13 Again, “I’ll confide in Him”, and again, “Here am I, and the children Yehovah has given to Me”!
14 Since the children all shared a flesh and blood existence, He also, in the same way, shared in the same, so that thru His death, He could destroy the one who possessed the realm of the dead, namely Satan, 15 and liberate those who were slaves all of their lives, due to the dread of death. 16 He didnt take on the nature of the spirit Messengers, rather, He took on the mortality of a descendant of Abraham. [2] 17 It was necessary for Him to become like His family in every way to become a compassionate and faithful high priest in everything pertaining to Yehovah, in order to atone for the sins of the people. 18 Since He personally suffered and has been tested, He is able to help others who are being tested.

[1] This would appear to be an ordinary man in verse 6, but as the link explains, it is usually a reference to the Messiah.

[2] The Aramaic in this verse is like the majority of the Greek texts.

[A] This is what the Eastern copies say, but the Western copies omit, “other than Aloha”.

Hebrews 3: So, my devout Friends, we share a Heavenly invitation, so contemplate the envoy and high priest whose followers we profess to be, Yeshua the Messiah— 2 how faithful He was to the One who appointed Him, as Moses was with His [Yehovah’s] entire household. 3 This man is of much more esteemed than Moses, just as the builder of a house has far more esteem than the house itself. 4 Every house has a builder, but Yehovah is the One who built the universe! 5 Moses, as an attendant, was faithful with the entire the household, as an eye witness, explaining the concepts he was supposed to announce. 6 but the Messiah, as THE SON, is over His house, and we are His house if we hang on to the end of our lives with confidence and the triumph of anticipating His arrival.
7 Because the dedicated spirit has said, “Today, if you’ll hear HIS voice, 8 dont be hard headed and anger Him like the provocateurs during the time of trial in the wilderness, 9 where your ancestors tested Me and had My authenticity proved by My works for forty years. 10 I was disgusted with that generation and said, ‘These are people whose minds invariably go astray. They never understand My way of thinking’. 11 So I swore in My anger that they couldnt enter My place of rest.
12 See to it Friends that no wicked unbelieving mind is found in any of you, deserting the living Aloha. 13 But encourage each other daily until the day that is called THAT DAY [Aramaic: Yaumono, q. s. yaumo hono], so that none of you will be hardened thru the deceptiveness of sin. 14 We only remain partners with the Messiah if we stay the course in our resolution from the beginning to the end.
15 As it says, “Today, if you hear the sound of His voice, dont anger Him by hardening your minds”.
16 But who were they that heard and angered Him? Wasnt it virtually everyone who came out of Egypt with Moses. 17 Who was He disgusted with for forty years, other than with those who had sinned and whose corpses decayed in the wilderness? 18 And to who did He swear that they wouldnt enter into His place of rest, but of those who couldnt be persuaded? 19 So we see that they couldnt enter, because they didnt believe!
 
Hebrews 4: Let’s be on our guard since there is a firm promise of entering into His resting place, because some of you could find yourselves left behind. 2 The Good News was given to us as well as to them, but the voice they heard didnt benefit them because the people who heard it were incompatible with the idea of trust and pure fervor. 3 But those of us with convictions will enter the resting place. As He said, “As I have sworn in My anger, they wont enter into My resting place”, even tho the accomplishments of Yehovah were predestined from the founding of the world. 4 As he said about the Sabbath, “Aloha ceased on the seventh day from all His works”. 5 Here again, He said, “They wont enter My resting place”. 6 As it was, everyone could have entered that place of rest, but those who were first to hear the Good News announced didnt enter because of obstinate opposition. 7 So He again mentioned the previously designated specific day after a long period of time. As was already quoted from David, “Today, if you hear His voice dont harden your minds”. 8 If Yeshua [1], the son of Nun, had given them rest, he wouldnt have later spoken of another day. 9 It is established that the people of Yehovah are to celebrate the Sabbath [Gr. sabbatismos] [2]. 10 Anyone who entered into His rest [in the wilderness], rested from their own undertakings [works], as Yehovah did from His. 11 So let’s labor to enter into that resting place, so that we dont fall dead, like the others who didnt believe.
12 The Word of Aloha [not the book here] is full of Life and active [Greek: “energes”], cutting swifter than a two-edged sword, even severing between the inner self [psuche (psyche)] and the spirit, piercing between the joints and the marrow and the bones [3], and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of our minds. 13 There is no creature capable of hiding from Him, but everything is openly exposed before His eyes—to the One we must answer too.
14 So seeing that we have a great High Priest, Yeshua the Messiah, Yehovah’s Son, who has ascended to Heaven, we should persevere in acknowledging Him. 15 We dont have a High Priest who is unable relate to our weaknesses, but one who was tempted in every possible way, like us, and still didnt sin. 16 So we should approach the throne of His compassion with confidence, so that we can receive mercy, and find His compassionate help, at the right time.

[1] Yeshua and the English “Joshua” are both derived from the Hebrew name Yehoshua. [2] The Aramaic says “celebravit diem sabbathi”. Check the honesty of your Greek to English translations on this word! Your versions “rest” is simply dishonest! [3] The Greek lacks “bones”.

Hebrews 5: Every humanly selected high priest is appointed on behalf of men in matters relating to Yehovah in order to present offerings and sacrifices for sin: 2 and he can humble himself [1] and sympathize with the ignorant and erring because he himself is also surrounded by weaknesses. 3 This is why he is required to offer sin-offerings, not only for the people, but also for himself. 4 No one takes this honor by himself, but only accepts it when called by name by Yehovah, as Aaron was. 5 Similarly, the Messiah didnt take the honor upon Himself of being the High Priest, but the One who appointed him told Him, You are My Son, today I have become your Father. 6 In another passage He said, “You are a Priest forever in the succession of Melchizedek.
7 Also, during the time that He was a physical being, He offered up prayers and olive branches of appeal, with powerful cries and tears, to the One who was able to Rescue Him from destruction and death, and He was heard. 8 Even tho He was the Son, He still learned to be submissive by the fear [2] and sufferings He endured. 9 So, He was perfected and became the source of our eternal Life, for everyone who submits to Him. 10 He was named by Yehovah the High Priest succeeding Melchizedek.
11 Now, concerning Melchizedek, we have much to consider that is difficult to explain, because you are all hearing impaired! 12 By now you should be teachers due to all the time you spent learning. But now you need to relearn the first lines of the Scriptures—the oracles [contents of the “Mosaic Law”] of Yehovah, and you need milk rather than solid food. 13 Anyone who subsists on milk is unacquainted with the teaching about righteousness, they are infants. 14 But solid food belongs to the mature who, thru constant practice, have exercised their discernment between good and evil.

[1] The Greek lacks “humble himself”. [2] The Greek lacks “the fear”.

Hebrews 6: So let’s be advancing beyond the preliminary teachings about the Messiah and let’s move toward spiritual perfection. Why lay another foundation by turning away from spiritually dead works again, and basic faith in Yehovah, 2 including the doctrine of immersion [baptism], and the laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment [1]. 3 And advance we will, if Yehovah permits.
4 But those who have already descended into immersion [baptism] [2] and have experienced the gift from Heaven and have received the dedicated spirit 5 and have savored the wonderful Words of Aloha and the powers of the age to come, 6 cant fall away [3] and then be renewed a second time to a changed mind. This is like PERSONALLY crucifying Aloha’s Son all over again, and exposing Him to public disgrace.
7 The arable land that drinks in the rains that frequently fall on it and produces valuable vegetation for those who farm it is benefited by Yehovah. 8 But if it only produces thorns and briers, it’s “counterfeit”, part of the curse that is about to vanish [Genesis 3:17-19]. It will end up being burned.
9 But Friends, we’re persuaded that better things await you. We’re talking about things that help you to hang onto eternal Life. 10 Yehovah doesnt deal fraudulently with others, such as forgetting your works, and the love that you have displayed in His name, seeing that you have served and continue to serve the faithful. 11 We long to see each of you showing the same diligence, to fully assure your expectations to the very end 12 so that you wont lose out [4], but instead zealously imitate those who, by their fidelity and patience are now heirs of the promises.
13 When Yehovah made the promises to Abraham, because there was no one greater than Himself to swear by, He swore by Himself, 14 He said, “Assuredly I’ll bless you repeatedly and I’ll increasingly multiply your descendants”. 15 So he was patient and received the promises.
16 Men swear by one greater than themselves and in every controversy that occurs among them an oath always puts an end to a dispute. 17 So, Yehovah, being quite willing to show to the heirs of the promises that His promises are irreversible, bound it with an oath, 18 thru two unchangeable things—and it is impossible for Yehovah to lie. Those of us who have fled for refuge in Him can be greatly encouraged, as we hold on tightly in anticipation of our appointment with destiny. 19 This anticipation is like an anchor that retains our inner self [psuche (psyche)], firmly and stabily, allowing entrance to the Dedicated Place behind the veil 20 where Yeshua has entered as the Forerunner for us and has become the High Priest forever, succeeding Melchizedek.

[1] I believe that these two verses form a thumbnail sketch of the seven Appointed (“Holy”) Days. [2] The Greek says, “those who have once been enlightened”, instead of “those who have already descended into immersion”. This diminishes the importance of immersion, just as was done in chapter 10:32. [3] Falling away “means apostasy. It doesnt take place suddenly & unexpectedly. Rather, it is part of a gradual process, a decline that leads from unbelief, to disobedience, to apostasy”. (frequently quoted online) [4] Aramaic is literally “not be cut off”, Greek is “not be slow”.

Hebrews 7: This man Melchizedek, King of Salem and Priest of the Most High Yehovah, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings, and blessed him. 2 Abraham gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything that he had with him. First of all, His name is interpreted King of Righteousness, and secondly, He is called King of Salem, that is, King of Peace. 3 He has no father or mother written in any genealogy, no birth date, and no record of dying, but like Yehovah’s Son, His priesthood remains forever.
4 Consider how great He was! Even the patriarch Abraham gave Him a tenth of the choice spoils [Genesis 14:18-21]. 5 The descendants of Levi who become priests have a statute in the Torah allowing them to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from the nation, even tho they are also descendants of Abraham. 6 But this Man who isnt written in their genealogies took a tenth of Abraham and blessed the man who had received the promise. 7 It is beyond any doubt that the the lesser is blessed by the greater. 8 Here, mortal men receive the tithes, but there, the One who the Scriptures refer to is still alive. 9 Thru Abraham, you could say that even Levi, who received tithes, also paid a tithe, 10 because he [Levi] hadnt even been conceived by his father when he [Abraham] met Melchizedek.
11 So if perfection was attainable by means of the Levitical priesthood, (because on that basis, the people received the Torah), then why was another Priest still necessary, a priest like Melchizedek, not a Levitical priest like Aaron”? 12 When a shift in the priesthood takes place there must also be a shift in the Torah. 13 The One we’re talking about was born into another tribe, one that no one has ever served at the altar from. 14 It is apparent that our Master arose from Judah, from a tribe that Moses never said anything about concerning a priesthood. 15 This is even more evident from His saying that another Priest will arise, much like Melchizedek, 16 who didnt become a Priest due to the commandments required of humans, but due to the power of an indestructible Life. 17 He declared about Him: “You are a Priest forever, like Melchizedek”.
18 The change that was made in the previous institution was made because it was ineffective and because it was unprofitable. 19 The Torah alone perfected nothing, but bringing in a more excellent hope, IN ADDITION TO what has already been brought in [1], did. This is even better because it allows us to approach Yehovah.
20 He confirmed it to us with an oath. 21 They became priests without an oath, but He became one by an oath to the One who said to Him by David [2]: “Yehovah has sworn, and wont change His mind, ‘You are a Priest forever, like Melchizedek’”. 22 By all of this, Yeshua became the sponsor of a better covenant.
23 There were many priests, because they were mortal. They werent allowed to survive—they all died: 24 but this Man, because He remains here forever, has a permanent Priesthood that will never be passed on to a successor. 25 He is capable of offering absolute eternal Life forever, to those who come to Yehovah thru Him. Because He lives forever, He can intervene for them.
26 This is the kind of Priest we need to stand before us, one pure and innocent, one separated from wickedness, and exalted higher than the Heavens, 27 One who doesnt need to offer sacrifices daily like other high priests, first for his own sins and then for the sins of the people. He did this once and for all, when He sacrificed Himself. 28 The Torah appoints weak men as high priests, but the Word affirmed the oath after the Torah was written, appointing the perfected Son forever.

[1] None of the translations that I checked even hinted at the lexicon meaning of the Biblically unique Greek word, “epeisagoge”: “a bringing in besides or IN ADDITION TO what is or has been brought in”. It takes at least nine English words to translate this one Greek word correctly. Few care to admit that the Testimony of Yeshua complements the Torah, they want to see the Torah replaced. [2] The Greek does not mention David.

HEBREWS 8 continues here.

Compare the 2010, Second Edition of the Gabriel Version’s Hebrews with the 1851 Murdock Translation of Hebrews, or compare it with the 1849 Etheridge.

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