For millennia, YHWH has been chained to temples, kings, and blood rites by human hands. Archaeological proof reveals YHWH worshipped by Gentiles centuries before Israel existed. Biblical texts scream contradictions: No murder, yet holy wars. No temple demanded, yet Solomon's shrine birthed a priestly empire. Scrolls burned, canons forged—Catholic, Islamic, Protestant—all rewriting to control. But YHWH's nature endures: Impartial, direct, repentance without blood. This investigation lays it bare—no corners cut, no punches pulled.
"Land of the Shasu of YHW" – Oldest Extrabiblical YHWH Reference
Traditional Moses Era: Exodus chronology places Moses here, but Paleo-Hebrew script emerges 500 years later. Moses couldn't write the Torah—likely oral traditions compiled 10th-6th centuries BCE.
Soleb Inscription: Shasu of YHW worshipped by Gentiles in Edom/Midian—pre-Israelite YHWH cult confirmed.
Merneptah Stele: First "Israel" mention as Canaanite people group—no YHWH tied yet.
Paleo-Hebrew Emergence: Script develops from Proto-Canaanite; Gezer Calendar (~950 BCE) exemplifies it. Torah authorship impossible in Moses' time.
Solomon's Temple: YHWH never asks (2 Samuel 7:5-7); Solomon builds anyway, then shrines for foreign gods (1 Kings 11:1-8), birthing priestly control.
David-Saul Propaganda: David, Philistine mercenary (1 Samuel 27), usurps Saul via Amalekite "disobedience" lie (1 Samuel 15). Ish-bosheth rules north simultaneously—no divine swap.
Dead Sea Scrolls Era: Paleo-Hebrew fragments, textual variants vs. Masoretic—canon fluid, YHWH direct, no locked blood rites.
Septuagint: Greek Jewish translation expands Hebrew; not pure copy—Hellenistic tweaks for empire.
Temple Destruction: Romans torch it; Judaism pivots to prayer/repentance—no blood needed (Hosea 6:6).
Jamnia Council: Rabbis prune to 24 Tanakh books, sidelining LXX extras post-Christian split.
Alexandria Library Sack: Christian mobs burn scrolls under Theophilus—erasing rivals.
Hippo/Carthage Councils: Church affirms 46-book OT from LXX, adding deuterocanonicals for blood/Temple nostalgia.
Islamic Rise: Conquests burn Zoroastrian/Christian libraries; Quran pulls from Greek/Byzantine sources, blames "corrupted" Jews/Christians.
Medieval Judaism: Scrolls lost to Crusades; rabbis like Rashi cross-check Catholic Vulgate against Masoretic for fidelity.
Protestant Reform: Luther axes 7 deuterocanonicals to match Hebrew, but keeps Deuteronomistic war lies.
Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery: Unburned witness—variants expose rewrites, YHWH's direct nature intact.
Moses in 15th century BCE? No Paleo-Hebrew—used hieratic or Proto-Canaanite. Torah: Later compilation, oral roots twisted by priests/kings.
Shasu, Midianites, Kenites—southern nomads knew YHWH before Exodus. Soleb confirms; biblical poems place YHWH "from Seir/Edom" (Judges 5:4; Habakkuk 3:3).
Moses marries Zipporah, Jethro (Midianite priest) sacrifices to YHWH (Exodus 18:12)—but YHWH forbids blood/human control (Leviticus 18:21). Likely Deuteronomistic add-on to legitimize Temple rites. YHWH needs no offerings; repentance suffices (Ezekiel 18:21-23).
YHWH: Southern pastoral god, storm/warrior, adopted via Moses' Midian ties—not invented at Sinai.
Timna mines (Midianite YHWH shrine, ~1200 BCE); no Israelite monopoly.
Tribes blend into proto-Israel; wars (Numbers 31) retroactive "purification" lies.
YHWH open to all—Gentile precedent shatters "chosen only" myth.
YHWH: "You shall not murder" (Exodus 20:13). Yet herem (total destruction) in Deuteronomy 20:16-18? No—YHWH omnipotent, smites directly (Numbers 16:31-35). Wars: Human excuses for land/power. Dominion over animals (Genesis 1:28), not man over man—lock up, don't kill.
Saul rejected for sparing Amalekites (1 Samuel 15)? David raids them too, spares some (1 Samuel 30). Propaganda for Judahite throne—Ish-bosheth rules north simultaneously. "Man after YHWH's heart"? Bloodied hands (2 Samuel 11).
YHWH rejects David's house (2 Samuel 7:5-7); Solomon flips to idols (1 Kings 11). Post-70 CE: Jews drop sacrifices for prayer—YHWH's true way.
Catholic Inquisitions (12th-19th CE): ~4,000 burned, scrolls torched. Alexandria 391 CE: Christian mobs erase rivals. Islamic conquests: Zoroastrian libraries gutted. Protestants 1517: Axe 7 LXX books, keep war lies.
Temple births priest empire; backward edits legitimize blood.
Septuagint expands Hebrew—Hellenistic spins, not copies.
4th CE councils bolt LXX extras for NT blood echo.
7th CE pulls from Greek/Byzantine, blames Jewish "corruption."
1000 CE: Post-Crusade, rabbis sift Catholic OT against Masoretic.
Removes 7, matches Hebrew—but Deuteronomistic twists remain.
~900 scrolls, Paleo-Hebrew fragments: Isaiah variants (2,600 diffs vs. Masoretic), extra Psalms, Enoch. Fluid canon—no priest lock. Aligns with LXX in expansions, exposes rewrites.
35% match Masoretic exactly; others vary—proves evolution, not divine dictation. YHWH direct, no blood gatekeepers.
YHWH: Pre-Israelite, impartial, blood-free. Man-made chains—temples, wars, canons—burned to bury it. DSS survives as witness: Fluid texts, wild God. Repent, direct—no middlemen. The world sees now.
YHWH does not change. The lies do.