📜 From Yhwh’s Word & early Aramaic records
📜 Yhwh’s Standards for Forgiveness
- Forgiveness belongs to Yhwh alone — He turns back judgment when a wrongdoer turns from evil and does what is right (Ezekiel 18:21–23; Jonah 3:10).
- Do not walk with the wicked — Blessed is the one who avoids their counsel (Psalm 1:1). Separation is the command, not reconciliation without change.
- Leave the presence of a fool — When there is no knowledge in a person, walk away (Proverbs 14:7). No requirement to keep them close.
- Remove evil from among you — Yhwh’s Word commands cutting off the evildoer (Deuteronomy 13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 22:24). There is no “forgive and forget” for ongoing harm.
- Do not hate your brother in your heart (Leviticus 19:17–18) — This forbids secret vengeance or scheming; it does not demand trust without repentance.
- Make no covenant with the unrighteous — Do not bind yourself to those who do wrong; it becomes a trap (Exodus 23:32–33).
👉 There is no command in Yhwh’s Word that says, “forgive everyone no matter what.” That idea is a later Greek‑Christian doctrine, not from Yhwh’s Word or the early Aramaic record.
📜 If a Messenger Changes Yhwh’s Word
- Do not add or take away — Keep the command exactly as given (Deuteronomy 4:2; 12:32).
- Test the prophet — Even if signs come true, if they turn you from the way, do not listen (Deuteronomy 13:1–5).
- Yhwh’s word stands forever — It does not shift or evolve (Psalm 119:89; Isaiah 40:8).
- Yhwh does not change — His standards remain (Malachi 3:6).
If someone says “you must forgive no matter what” — but cannot show it in Yhwh’s Word — they are adding to it. Reject them.
⚠️ Critical Truth:
- If any messenger — even one called “anointed” — changes the commands, he is not Yhwh’s messenger.
- Yhwh’s Word is the test. If a man teaches contrary to Moses, he fails the test (Deuteronomy 13:1–5).
- Signs or claims do not overrule Yhwh’s own words.
🧠 About Holding a Grudge
Holding a grudge is not evil.
A “grudge” is a remembered boundary — you do not forget betrayal, and you do not trust people who continue doing wrong.
Used for good:
- Protect your family
- Avoid future harm
- Stay clean from wickedness
Language note: In early West‑Semitic usage, the root N‑T‑R conveys “to guard/keep.” In context of Leviticus 19:18, the warning is against guarding anger for vengeance — not against remembering harm or setting boundaries.
Yhwh guards wrath (Nahum 1:2) — yet vengeance is His alone. You are told not to avenge; you are not told to erase reality.
✅ Aramaic Wisdom vs Greek Deception
Aramaic / Yhwh’s Way:
- Forgiveness requires repentance
- Trust must be earned
- Separate from the wicked
- Guard against fools
- Remember past harm for protection
- Yhwh alone judges and forgives
Greek‑Christian Lies:
- “Forgive everyone no matter what”
- “Turn the other cheek always”
- “Forget and reconcile”
- “Don’t hold grudges”
- “Trust again immediately”
- “You must forgive to be forgiven”
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of Yhwh, and on His word he meditates day and night.” — Psalm 1:1–2
“Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.” — Proverbs 14:7
“You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yhwh your Mighty One that I command you.” — Deuteronomy 4:2
📖 What Yhwh’s Word Commands You To Do
Deuteronomy 13:5 (numbering may differ in some scroll orders):
“And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against Yhwh your Mighty One — who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of slavery — to turn you away from the way which Yhwh your Mighty One commanded you to walk in. So you shall put away the evil from your midst.”
Plain meaning:
- One who changes the command is a rebel against Yhwh.
- Yhwh commands the people to remove him permanently.
- This is covenant law, not optional.
🪓 Final Word
Refusing to trust someone again is wisdom, not hate.
Walking away is obedience, not bitterness.
Holding memory is discernment, not sin.
Trust is earned.
Forgiveness belongs to Yhwh.
Yhwh’s Word does not ask you to be a fool.