“Amen” the best known word in human speech is usually defined as firm, true, faithful or sure. The word amen occurs many times in both the Old and New Testament. Amen is an original Hebrew word that is transliterated into many languages including Greek. To our knowledge, there are two passages in the Bible where “Amen” is a Name. The first one occurs in Isaiah 65:16. Most of the modern Bible translations for this verse use the phrase “God of Truth” instead of “God, the Amen”.
That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in Elohim, the Amen; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by Elohim, the Amen; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
Isaiah 65:16
The second one occurs in Revelation 3:14, where Jesus Christ is given the same title “the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness”.
In one of the previous posts, I briefly mentioned about “the Amens of Jesus Christ”. It occurs 25 times in the Gospel of John. It is translated as “verily, verily” or “I tell you the truth”. I, however, suspect that the phrase “Amen, Amen, I say unto thee” refers to the Trinity. For example, in John 3:11, it is evident that Christ is using plurals when speaking about Himself.
"Amen, Amen, I say unto thee, We speak that We do know, and testify that We have seen; and ye receive not Our witness."
John 3:11
Should we read this as "Amen (God the Father), Amen (God the Spirit), I (Jesus Christ) say unto thee, We speak that We do know, and testify that We have seen; and ye receive not Our witness" ?
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