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It is hard for us to imagine, but God (Yahweh) has always had a plan from the beginning.  He is God. There is something to be said about Etymology and the meaning of names.  Today in our culture we often select a name because we just like it, it sounds good, or maybe it is a namesake after a relative. Seldom do we select a name based on the meaning and etymology of the word, but this was very important in many cultures including in the cultural study of the people of the old testament scriptures. In fact, when a significant event happened in someone's life, often a name was changed afterwards to commemorate that event-- Abram to Abraham, Jacob to Israel. Way before there was a printing press, God put in place a few hints to tell the story of mankind's coming redemption in Jesus.  One method was stars. Stars were put into place to declare the works and Glory of God . Glory is short for glorification, and glorification in the bible is used describe the process of sin...

If you have ever been around me you have heard me say "not all translations are equal" or "not one translation is perfect"... There are some that are definitely more accurate, but still not perfect. This hits some Christians hard...remember God's Word is perfect but God never said all the translations going forwards or backwards (from our current date) would be. There is this one movement, King James Only, that has been around for a few years, but I am sorry the King James Translation is not perfect either.  Here is just one example. Notice the King James Version reads "Kill" , but in the New American Standard Bible it reads, "murder" Now there is a huge difference between kill and murder.  I can kill a spider, but no one goes around saying I murdered a spider.  Unfortunately and hopefully never so, but I can also kill a person by accident like in a car, but that is different from murder.  Murder is killing, but not...