Just like the other articles in our Word Study series, this is a crucial understanding for all Christians to learn and understand, as it affects their walk in their faith and the enemy has worked to lead them astray, just as the Bible says.
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This article is about the use of the Hebrew word “Amen”. People use the word “Amen” to express agreement or affirmation with something, as in prayers or other religious settings, as to mean, “I agree”.
According to the Bible, the affirmation that this word is assigned to be used for is to affirm the acceptance of a curse upon yourself if you fail to meet the terms of an oath!
Let us explain:
The Bible attests that this practice began with the establishment of the Hebrew people in the promised land circa 1400 BC. And there are still those in the land who carry and affirm these practices in their ways still today and can attest to the original practices as they are amongst the only Hebrews who have been in the land of Israel continuously since then. These are the Samaritans.
The Bible attests to these practices as well, and shares how there were different procedures for blessings and curses.
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse (Deut. 11:26). When YHWH therefore hath brought thee into the land, whither thou goest to possess it, then thou shalt put the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal. (Deut. 11:29). These shall stand upon mount Gerizim, to bless the people when ye shall pass over Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. And these shall stand upon Mount Ebal, to curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. (Deut. 27:11-13)
Then the Bible provides examples that demonstrate how “Amen” is used to seal the oath that has a curse tied to it. eg. it appears as a response to a curse that has been pronounced upon someone, and the person is acknowledging that conditions must be met else the curse will be upon them.
And the Levites shall answer and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, “Cursed is the one who makes a carved or molded image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen!’
Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s landmark. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Cursed is the one who makes the blind to wander off the road. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow. That’s okay you say
Cursed is the one who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s bed. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Cursed is the one who lies with any kind of animal. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Cursed is the one who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law by observing them. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ “(Deut 27:14-26)Then the priest shall put the woman under the oath of the curse, and he shall say to the woman, ”YHWH make you a curse and an oath among your people, when YHWH makes your thigh [e]rot and your belly swell; and may this water that causes the curse go into your stomach, and make your belly swell and your thigh rot.” Then the woman shall say, ‘Amen, so be it.’ (Number 5:22)
So I shook my lap, and said, “So let YHWH shake out every man that will not perform this promise, from his house, and from his labor: even thus let him be shaken out and emptied.” And all the Congregation said, Amen, and praised YHWH: and the people did according to this promise. (Nehemiah 5:13)
Note there are no examples given to demonstrate the use of Amen for a blessing or to affirm praise. And no further appearance of it exists in the Old Testament. But there are translations of the word in the Old Testament and the meaning is always associated with swearing an oath.
Also, the oldest copies of The Bible (eg. Codex Sinaiticus) confirm that the term “Amen” is not in the original New Testament Gospels, but that it was added fraudulently later to books of the Bible, including the Psalms, the New Testament, and even to the Savior’s Prayer, by translators.
This confirms that it was not a term that was intended to be used as a praise term or general statement of agreement (as in “Yes!” or Halleluyah!” or a prayer sign off to mean “Let it be so”, as it is used today.
And this demonstrates that people don’t really know its meaning. To use it as a term to swear an oath by, or to use it as an affirmation of praise or agreement are very different uses. And if you try to find the meaning of the word, you will find very vague definitions to cover all possible meanings. That is because the meaning is really not understood. And if you cannot prove its real meaning, you shouldn’t be using it at all.
Not knowing the rules and laws that YHWH established for the use of this word, Christians should not be using it, because at the very least they are showing carelessness with YHWH’s edicts. Or worse – by using it, you could be accepting the terms of an oath that could result in a curse without knowing it. And since Christians use this term every time they pray, they could be looking at the repercussions of thousands of oaths and therefore curses.
He forbids it…
“Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’ But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is YHWH’s throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ be ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. (Matt. 5:33-37)
The Savior is trying to tell us something here, trying to warn us.
With the state of things in Christianity right now, with so many corruptions that have crept in, Christians should not be pronouncing agreement to have curses be put upon themselves, because that is exactly what is happening if you are practicing heresies. You are agreeing to have curses put upon you every time you say “Amen”!
Why isn’t this word being consistently translated so that the meaning of what is being written can be made clear? This happens a lot in the Bible. And often the result is to cause confusion, or to hide the true meaning of things.
But it could be more than that.
In weighing the ramifications of using the term “Amen” and its association with swearing oaths that are tied to curses: There is an interesting connection between the words “swear” and “’curse” and that is: their definitions are synonymous with one another.
To swear means to curse, blaspheme, to condemn, to damn, to profane
Just test it: what is a swear word? What is a curse word? They are the same thing.
What else are they? A swear word and a curse word are both profanities.
So should we be using a word (“Amen”) that we have just shown is a swear word and a curse word, to praise The Most High or affirm a deal made regarding Him?
Also the word curse is tied to the word “spell” as in sorcery.
We believe it is clearly the work of the enemy to get people to use the term “Amen” in this manner, to:
In light of all of this, we think it is safe to say that it is best to steer clear from using the word “Amen”, so as to not be invoking curses that you do not even realize onto yourself and everyone you pray for.
Our Creator spoke the world into existence by saying “Let there be light”. This is a common structure used by The Most High in the Bible to make proclamations and to speak things into existence. So it stands to reason that if you feel you need some way to end your prayers, you can use the phrase that everyone thought they were using anyway “Let it be so”.
It makes much more sense, instead of using a word that we have no idea of the origin and that the only known use was for curses.
Like the Beatles say, “Speaking words of wisdom, Let it be”!
Use the term “Let it be so” instead of Amen, at the end of prayers or any other place that you had been using “Amen”.
