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“EL” is another name used for God in the Bible, showing up about 200 times in the Old Testament. El is the
simple form arising from Elohim, and is often combined with other words for descriptive emphasis. Some
examples: El HaNe'eman - The Faithful God: (Deuteronomy 7:9). El HaGadol - The Great God: (Deuteronomy
10:17). El HaKadosh - The Holy God: (Isaiah 5:16). El Yisrael - The God of Israel: (Psalm 68:35). El HaShamayim -
The God Of The Heavens: (Psalm 136:26). El De'ot - The God of Knowledge: (1 Samuel 2:3). El Emet - The
God Of Truth: (Psalm 31:6). El Yeshuati - The God of My Salvation: (Isaiah 12:2). El Elyon - The Most High
God: (Genesis 14:18). Immanu El - God Is With Us: (Isaiah 7:14). El Olam - The God of Eternity: (Genesis
21:33). El Echad - The One God: (Malachi 2:10). “ELAH” is another name for God, used about 70 times in the
Old Testament. Again, when combined with other words, we see different attributes of God. Some examples:
Elah Yerush'lem - God of Jerusalem: (Ezra 7:19). Elah Yisrael - God of Israel: (Ezra 5:1). Elah Sh'maya - God of
Heaven: (Ezra 7:23). Elah Sh'maya V'Arah - God of Heaven and Earth: (Ezra 5:11).

“YHVH” is the Hebrew word that translates as “LORD.” Found more often in the Old Testament than any
other name for God, this title is also referred to as “Tetragrammaton,” meaning the “The Four Letters.” YHVH
comes from the Hebrew verb “to be” and is the special name that God revealed to Moses at the burning bush.
“And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM.” He said, “thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.....
this is My name forever, and this is My memorial name to all generations” (Exodus 3:14-15). Therefore, YHVH declares
God's absolute being - the source of everything, without beginning and without end. Although some pronounce
YHVH as “Jehovah” or “Yaweh,” scholars really don't know the proper pronunciation. The Jews stopped
pronouncing this name by about 200 AD, out of fear of breaking the commandment “You shall not take the name of
YHVH your God in vain” (Exodus 20:7). Today's rabbis typically use “Adonai” in place of YHVH. Here are some
examples of YHVH used in scripture: YHVH Elohim - LORD God: (Genesis 2:4). YHVH M'kadesh - The
LORD Who Makes Holy: (Ezekiel 37:28). YHVH Yireh - The LORD Who sees or provides: (Genesis 22:14).
YHVH Nissi - The LORD My Banner: (Exodus 17:15). YHVH Shalom - The LORD of Peace: (Judges 6:24).
YHVH Tzidkaynu - The LORD Our Righteousness: (Jeremiah 33:16). YHVH O'saynu - The LORD our Maker:
(Psalm 95:6). The LORD who revealed Himself as YHVH in the Old Testament is revealed as Yeshua, who is
Jesus in the New Testament. Jesus shares the same attributes as YHVH and clearly claims to be YHVH. In John
8:56-59, Jesus presents himself as the “I AM.” When challenged by some Jewish leaders regarding His claim of
seeing Abraham, who had lived some 2000 years earlier, Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was
born, I AM.” Those Jewish leaders understood that Jesus was claiming to be YHVH. This is clearly established
when they tried to stone Him to death for what they considered blasphemy under Jewish Law. In Romans 10:9,
Paul declares, “if you confess with your mouth Yeshua (Yehoshua) as LORD... you shall be saved.” Immediately thereafter,
in Romans 10:13, Paul backs up this declaration by quoting the Old Testament, “Whoever will call upon the name of
the LORD (YHVH) will be saved” (Joel 2:32). Calling on Yeshua, Jesus, as Lord is the same as calling Him YHVH,
because Yeshua is YHVH, who is LORD. This is the Messiah foretold throughout the entire Old Testament.

The god of Islam, Allah, is not the God of Israel. They have been deceived by a false prophet, Mohammad, and
by Satan who deceived him. They say their god is the God of Abraham. But, Allah says to kill infidels, which is
not one of the attributes of the true God of Abraham. One can see the name Allah never appears throughout the
Bible. Islamic believers will serve the Antichrist and the False Prophet during the End Times. The southern
empire is an alliance of Islamic nations which will form the Old Persian Empire which is prophesied by Daniel.

Declaration of Independence

By the time the Declaration of Independence was adopted in July 1776, the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain
had been at war for more than a year. Relations between the colonies and the mother country had been
deteriorating since the end of the Seven Years War in 1763. The war had plunged the British government deep
into debt, and so Parliament enacted a series of measures to increase tax revenue from the colonies. Parliament