Hazan Gavriel ben David Esnoga Beit HaShoavah, Amarillo, Texas 17 Tammuz 5786

In a world drowning in substitutions and lies, Christianity and Islam are two sides of the same coin, and they rewrite the original Hebrew Torah, which stands as the unalterable blueprint.

Part Five of this series examines one of the most systematic and consequential acts of textual tampering in history: the deliberate alterations found in the Greek Septuagint and the way later Christian theology relied upon them.

This is not an innocent translation error. It is a criminal rewriting of the very words Hashem gave at Sinai.

The Septuagint: From Legend to Christian Tool

The Septuagint began as a Greek translation of the Torah for Hellenistic Jews in Alexandria, Egypt, around the 3rd century BCE. The legendary Letter of Aristeas claims that Ptolemy II commissioned 72 Jewish scholars to complete the Torah in 72 days with miraculous accuracy. In reality, this was a practical translation for Greek-speaking Jews. The Prophets and Writings were translated later by different hands, producing a collection of uneven quality.

Centuries later, Origen of Alexandria (c. 184–253 CE), a prolific Christian scholar, created the Hexapla — a massive six-column comparative Bible. It placed the Hebrew text alongside Greek translations, including his own critically edited Septuagint.

Origen worked long after Christianity had emerged and was shaping its theology. His recension became highly influential in the Church. The Greek text many Christian apologists quote today is not the pure pre-Christian Septuagint but a later, edited Christian version.

This history matters. The original Hebrew is the best evidence — the language Hashem chose. When discrepancies arise, we do not correct the Hebrew with the Greek. We recognize the substitution.

The Law of Best Evidence

In courts of law, the “best evidence rule” demands the original document when proving its contents. Copies, translations, or secondary accounts carry far less weight. Applied to Scripture, the Hebrew Tanakh is the original. The Septuagint and its recensions are translations produced and edited centuries later. Relying on the Greek when it contradicts the Hebrew violates this foundational principle of truth-seeking.

The Generations of Adam: Rewriting the Blueprint

One of the most revealing corruptions Tovia Singer highlights appears in Genesis 5 and 11 — the generations of Adam. In The Blueprint of Creation and the Tree of Life, I show that the Torah is far more than narrative. It is a precise mathematical and spiritual blueprint, encoded like DNA, with gematria, chiastic structures, and perfect numerical harmony revealing the Tree of Life pattern from Adam onward.

Here, the substitution is blatant:

Hebrew Masoretic Text (the Blueprint):

• Adam fathers Seth at 130 years
• Seth at 105
• Enosh at 90
• Kenan at 70
• Mahalalel at 65
• Jared at 162
• Enoch at 65
• Methuselah at 187
• Lamech at 182

Greek Septuagint (the altered version): Most early patriarchs receive an artificial +100 years added to their begetting age, shifting the entire chronology from Creation to the Flood by roughly 600 years. An extra name (Cainan) is inserted into Genesis 11, a name not found in the Hebrew text.

The total lifespans remain similar, but the critical timing — when each man passed the seed of the covenant — is changed. This is not a scribal error. It is a deliberate substitution that disrupts the precise numerical architecture of the Tree of Life blueprint.

If the Torah is the operating system of creation, altering these generations is like editing the source code. The original Hebrew preserves the integrity. The Greeks introduced the concept of corruption.

Specific Criminal Rewritings (Side-by-Side)

1. Psalm 22:16 – “They Pierced My Hands and My Feet” Hebrew: … כָּאֲרִי יָדַי וְרַגְלָי (ka’ari — “like a lion [are] my hands and my feet”). Christian rendering (following later Septuagint tradition): “They pierced my hands and my feet.”

“Ka’ari” (like a lion) is consistently translated as lion imagery throughout the Tanakh (Isaiah 38:13, Ezekiel 22:25, etc.). The “pierced” reading relies on a minority variant and 2nd-century interpretive choices to create a crucifixion prophecy. Context: a psalm of David’s suffering, not a distant future event.

2. Isaiah 7:14 – The Young Woman Hebrew: הִנֵּה הָעַלְמָה (ha’almah — “the young woman”) is pregnant… Christian/Matthew 1:23 (Septuagint): “Behold, a virgin shall conceive…”

Definite article removed, almah (young woman) changed to parthenos (virgin), and immediate historical context (sign to King Ahaz) stripped away.

3. Daniel 9 – Timeline Manipulation: The Hebrew text speaks of 70 weeks (490 years) leading to events culminating in the destruction of the Second Temple. Christian interpretations adjust start dates, impose 360-day “prophetic years,” and force the timeline onto the 1st century to fit a messianic claim.

Patterns of Alteration: Pronoun shifts, removal/insertion of definite articles, context-stripping, and heavy reliance on later Greek recensions when the Hebrew does not cooperate.

Two Sides of the Same Coin

These Christian-side textual substitutions mirror the gradual evolution and codification we see on the Islamic side (Umayyad inscriptions reinterpreting “Muhammad,” Abbasid standardization of earlier Syriac/Christian materials). Both traditions borrow from the Hebrew source but layer substitutions to create new identities and theologies.

Ephraim’s Return and the Call Home

For those of us awakening as hidden Ephraim — those who love Hashem and His Torah but were raised in derivative systems — this is liberation. My own journey began on 9/11/2001 when my mother revealed our Jewish heritage and secret practices. It was sealed on October 7, 2023.

The tzitz of the High Priest that Rabbi Chaim Richman brought to Amarillo (one of the first places it touched American soil) was a tangible sign: the priesthood is awakening. My grandfather’s confirmed Kohen DNA and our family’s crypto-Jewish roots are part of this return.

Esnoga Beit HaShoavah has supported the Temple Institute for years. On this 17th of Tammuz, as we remember breached walls, we also see the walls of illusion crumbling. America, at 250 years, stands at a covenantal crossroads — a nation that intuitively understands the Temple.

The call to Ephraim is clear: return not through altered texts or substituted blueprints, but to the original Hebrew Torah. Love Hashem. Keep His mitzvot. Support the rebuilding. The Tree of Life blueprint remains perfect in Hebrew. Come home.

Zechariah: The Book of The End of Days- Today

As we prepare our hearts for the Ninth of Av. Many are asking who Israel is. The answer is very clear, let the Bible speak for itself:

 Zech 8 13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

Zech 8 And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying,

¹⁹ Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

How many Christian or Messianic congregations keep the fast of Zechariah 8?

You tell me?

Hazan Gavriel ben David

• Confession of an Ex-Messianic
• Two Sides of the Same Coin – Part 3: The French Revisionist School and the Christian Roots of the Quran
• How Can Christianity and Judaism Be “Two Sides of the Same Coin” When One Looks Nothing Like the Original Blueprint?
• The Torah’s Hidden Clock
• Two Sides of the Same Coin Part 4: Ishmael, Edom, Rome, and the End-Time Blueprint