Jesus, in the last book of the New Testament, is referred to as the Amen.
"And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the A'-men, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: it would be better if you were cold or hot." Revelation 3:14,15
Wikipedia describes Amen as a declaration of affirmation. The root word for Amen comes from Hebrew aman which means to nourish and make strong. The word emunah (faithfulness) also comes from aman.
The Greek adaptation of the word when reading the New Testament comes out as: "Surely, Surely" or "Verily, verily" or "Truly, truly"..sounds more familiar now? :)
From the Old Testament...
"And he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes." Isaiah 65:16
Faithful and True are such genuine words. Can this sinful self really grasp the true meaning of these words? When we have a problem or burden in our lives, how often can we find a friend who is faithful and true? A friend who would truly understand our troubles, who would listen and actually pray for us when they say "I'll pray for you."
Yes Jesus is faithful and true. The Amen lived His life on this earth a faithful and true witness of the Father. He came to nourish and make strong the true character of the Father. He asks you to follow His footsteps didn't He? So can we be faithful and true to our friends also? Not showing favoritism, but be genuine to every single soul we encounter, point them to the source of the Living Water, so they thirst no more. Can my friends see Jesus in me?
I hope your prayer lives can be enriched by this simple message. When we say that word in the end of every prayer, we affirm that He indeed is faithful in listening and answering to our troubles. So next time you pray, you can 'surely' say it with conviction.
And btw, Amen is also the last word in the Bible...
"He who testifies to these things says, Surely I am coming soon. A'-men. Come, Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. A'-men (faithful and true)."
Revelation 22:20,21
Truth is probably the most profound word in existance. Jesus says "I am the way; I am the truth and I am life: no one comes to the father except by me.
ReplyDeleteIn my understanding what he is saying is: The way to life is through truth.
He also talks about the sign of Jonah.
The book of Jonah starts with the words, "THE WORD OF THE LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai." or
THE WORD OF THE LORD came to The Dove son of Truth."(that is the meaning of these names)
This puts a whole new spin on the words of Jesus.
God bless you my friend and all I can say is I wish I could be more truthful and faithful than I am.
Are you seeing things incorrectly? The last word in the bible btw is AMEIN not amen. "And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the A'-mein.
ReplyDeleteAmen is a pagan god amen-ra. It would be fruitful to quote the words of the Messiah correctly.
I stand corrected in the modern KJV the word is amen, but we must realize that in the modern KJV we are reading a copy of a copy ad infinitum. The 1611 KJV has the correct word which is A'-mein. The following was copied from Yahoo answers.
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“And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the names of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouths.” AMEN.
This word cited at the finish of almost every Christian prayer has to be one of Ha Satan’s greatest deceptions. So very close to the original word,but far enough away, to have had all of us at sometime calling on the name of a pagan god at the end of each prayer. Amen-Ra was the name of an Egyptian god.
So all would've been be well if I had written A'-mein instead of A'-men?
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