Close Your Prayer With Power - Harry Eisenberg - November 1973

Harry Eisenberg

THE CHANCES are you who are reading this article used a Hebrew word today and perhaps even more than once. It may well be the most universal word on earth, having found its way into the Spanish, French, German, Arabic and virtually every other language known to mankind. The word Amen is used by Christians, Jews and Moslems the world over as the close for their prayers. But why should one use amen? Is it the secret password that assures your prayer will be heard? Is it a "magic word" that promises an answer? Do you understand what it means? Do you know why you use it? Let's examine the background of amen. In the Hebrew language, the three letters constituting a verb also are a root from which many other words stem. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library