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The Name of the
Tetragrammaton and the Messiah A Minor Dissertation on the Importance,
or Lack Thereof, of the True Name of The Creator of the Universe; the
God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Jeremiah 16:19-21: O Yahuweh,
my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction,
the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall
say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things
wherein there is no profit. Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they
are no gods? Therefore, behold,
I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine
hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is
Yahuweh. Exodus 3:14-15: And Elohim said
unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the
children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
And Elohim said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto
the children of Israel, Yahuweh Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of
Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, hath sent me
unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a factual stance on
what the Name of the Creator is and also, why, in the opinion of the
author, we would want to use it rather than “traditional”
titles, like LORD, Lord, and God, that have been passed down to us from
our fathers. I hope to do this with the understanding that
I do not believe that those who use the proper Name are necessarily
going to have eternal life, nor do I believe that those who don’t
use the true Name are not necessarily going to have eternal life. I also do not condone ‘sacred name’ fanaticism, though
I do support use of the true names.
In order to play on the same field Scripturally, unless noted
otherwise, all Scripture passages are 1611 Authorized Version or the
“Old King James Version”. While I am not a KJV Onlyist, nor do I believe
the KJV to be “Perfect”, it has withstood the test of time,
and it is the only non-commercially copyrighted version that one would
not have to get permission from the publisher to use more than 200 words
from a Bible due to derivative copyright law.
Rupert Murdock, who owns 20th Century Fox, Fox Network
and Simpson’s also owns(ed) Zondrovan Publishing; legally, under
derivative copyright law, you need to be granted permission to use more
than 200 words out of a New International Version or any Zondrovan Bible.
All Scripture references will be given in full on the last page. In light of these facts I continue.
It is common knowledge among serious scholars of Scripture that the
Name of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is Yahuweh, mistranslated
in most Bibles as “LORD”. It originates from the Hebrew letters
of Yod, Hey, Vav, Hey. These
four letters are called the Tetragrammaton, which is Greek, meaning
‘four letters.’ These letters would be pronounced Yahuweh,
Yahweh, Yahueh, Yahu’ah, Yahooah, Yahwah, Yahuwah, or some derivation
thereof and while we don’t know the exact pronunciation, I don’t
believe that justifies using generic titles.
In the original Hebrew manuscripts and even in the original Septuagint,
where ever an English translation has “LORD”, that is a translation
of the Tetragrammaton. In the Septuagint, which is the Greek ‘Old
Testament”, the Tetragrammaton is written in the original Paleo-Hebrew
font, “HWHy”, not the modern Babylonian Hebrew “HWHY.”
One way it was not pronounced was with the modern ‘J’ sound. Check any good encyclopedia and you will see
the letter ‘J’ did not even exist until sometime around or
after 1520 Common Era (A.D.). As
in Spanish where the ‘J’ would have a “heh” or “yeh”
sound like “Jesus” which is pronounced in Spanish as “Heysoos”
or “Eesoos”, the hard ‘J’ sound would not have been
used to translate or transliterate the Name of the Creator or the Messiah. There is no hard ‘J’ sound in the
Hebrew language, which leaves little possibility the Creator’s
name was Je’hovah (Hovah means ruin) or anything else that starts
with a hard ‘J’ sound. Anyone with a computer, internet service and
a little time or a good library can prove all this to be true. So why do we use generic titles to refer to
the name of our Creator when His name (not the titles) is in the unadulterated
Hebrew Scriptures 7242 times in 6079 versus in the TaNaK (Old Testament
or Old Covenant) and 728 times in 670 versus in the Brit Chadasha, a.k.a. New Testament or New Covenant (better stated as Renewed Covenant.
Now, while a few of these references may refer to a ‘lord’,
as in how Sarah referred to Abraham as a term of respect towards a husband
or another man (1 Peter 3:6), that is one of a small handful of versus. Also taking into consideration that the phrase
the name of the LORD occurs in Scripture 87 times in the TaNaK (which
is a Hebrew acronym meaning the Torah, the Prophets and the other writings)
and 21 times in the Brit Chadasha it seems to carry some Scriptural
importance. When there is repetition in Scripture, it is probably important - something we should pay attention to in forming any belief, doctrine
or dogma. A solid foundation
is required or the rest is on shaky ground.
Some verses that are quite profound are Joel 2:32 and Acts 2:21
which state that whoever calls on the “the Name of the LORD”
or whoever calls on “Yahuweh” shall be delivered (will be
saved.) I do not know if knowing,
or not knowing the name of Yahuweh has any bearing on salvation or eternal
life nor do I question another man’s salvation or eternal
life by use or non-use of the true Name, but
I don’t think that takes away from the obvious importance Scripture
puts on the True Name of the “LORD”.
I, personally, get criticized nearly daily for using common knowledge
in the true Names of the Creator and Messiah.
I am called legalistic, Jewish, even a heretic, and just because
I have done my due diligence in loving my Creator with my mind and have
learned and know basically what the Names are.
I choose to use those Names, in reverence, when referring to
my beloved Creator and His emissary, the Messiah. Those who persecute
and criticize me are, for the most, State Incorporated, 501(c)3 tax
exempt “church” members who condemn me because they adhere
to manmade traditions (which Scripture speaks loudly about) in using
titles. Some of those titles have Pagan origins or association.
Scripture says we should not even let the names of Pagan deities
come out of our mouths (Exodus 23:13).
I believe we are in the last days and there has been a strong
delusion poured out upon man. Narrow
is the way to righteousness and broad is the way to destruction. I use the name Yahuweh and keep the commandments of Yahuweh not
because I have to or for fear of His chastisement, but because I love
Him and want to, and keeping the commandments is demonstrative
of my change in becoming a new man in Messiah (John 14:15, John 15:10,
Matt. 19:17, Rev. 12:17, Rev. 14:12).
Now, if you get a good dictionary and look up Baal (Bel or Ba’al)
it will have somewhere in either the etymology or the definition the
reference to meaning ‘Lord’ or master.
Scripture is pretty clear regarding Baal and Baal worship. Judges
2:12-14 show Yahuweh is angered against Baal worship.
1 Kings 16:32, 18:19, 19:18, Jeremiah 7:9, 11:17, Jer.
12:16, 23:27, Hosea 13:1, Zeph. 1:4, Romans 11:4 are just a few
examples of how Scripture condemns Baal.
LORD or Lord is a title, not a name.
Even Hosea 2:16-17 says the days will come when Yahuweh will
have us call him Husband (Ishi) and no longer Baali (Lord) and He will
remove the names of Baalim out of our mouths.
Ishi is more of a term of respectful endearment like father or
husband not of domineering ownership as Lord insinuates.
This is not to belittle Yahuweh’s ownership of His Creation
nor His right to judge His creation,
but rather to suggest that we refer
to Him by His true name, as indicated by Scripture.
The word “God” comes from the “Common Teutonic word
for a personal object of worship, formerly applicable to super-human
being of heathen myth; on conversion of Teutonic races to Christianity,
the term was applied to Supreme Being.” Encyclopedia Americana
1945. It also seems to have
etymological relation to the Pagan deity Gott or Gud. [Gott is the German
word for God.] Regardless of our ignorance of the roots of the words,
the fact remains that these are terms used to refer to Pagan gods. Now while using those words in ignorance is
one thing, using them just because one is unwilling to change due to
tradition is another. Not knowing
the ramifications, if any, I would rather not find out.
Consider also Act 17 verses 2 and 10-11. In Acts 17:2, Paul reasoned with them out of the Scriptures.
In verses 10-11 it says the Berean’s were more noble than
the Thessalonicans in that they searched the Scripture daily,
receiving what Paul said with all readiness of mind (open minded) to
see if what Paul said was true. What
Scriptures were they searching? What
Scriptures did Paul use to reason
with the people? It was not
Matthew, Mark, Luke John or any of the other books of the “New
Testament” (Renewed Covenant).
Paul was a very educated man and it is doubtful he would argue
that Yahushua was the Messiah because he wrote it in Colossians! That would not have given him much credibility.
Paul argued out of the Torah and the TaNaK, the “Old Testament.”
If Paul, who’s actual name was Shaul, was able to reason
from the original Scriptures, it would seem foolish to form any doctrine,
dogma, or belief that is in conflict with Torah or the TaNaK.
Modern doctrine needs to be severely scrutinized to ensure all
facts are weighed. One should also always read 10-20 verses ahead of and behind the
verse being used as the original Scripture was a letter, not a Bible
with chapters and verses.
Continuing on to the name of the Messiah, which, as the article on
www.truthradio.com states, “…folks even CLAIM
(emphasis added) that ‘Jesus’ is not the correct name for
our Saviour.” “Jesus” is not the name of the Messiah. The Messiah was a Hebrew man with Hebrew roots
and a Hebrew name. This is also
common knowledge among all serious students of Scripture. The name of the Messiah is Yahushua, Yashua,
Yeshua, Yehu’shua or some derivation thereof.
Not knowing if anyone truly knows how to pronounce it doesn’t
make “Jesus” the name of the Messiah.
The letter J is about 500 years old and the name comes from the
Greek word “Iosus.” Even
if it were transliterated from the Greek, it should be pronounced “Eesus.” If the name were to be transliterated (which means taking a name/sound
in one language and using the letters of another language to make the
same sound) from the Hebrew it would be transliterated as Ya’Shua
or Yahushua. The same Greek word used for translating Joshua in Acts
7:45, is the same as is used for Jesus in Hebrews 4:8.
The usage in Hebrews 4:8 actually should have been translated
as Joshua in the KJV as it is in the NASB95, not as “Jesus”
(Yahushua). Hebrews 4:8 is referring to Joshua, or Oshea
son of Nun, not the Messiah. (Refer to Strong’s Concordance number
G2424 throughout the Brit Chadasha.
Matthew 1:1 is included on the last page with Strong’s numbers
to show the word used to translate “Jesus” was used to translate
“Joshua.” Something of great importance in this is Numbers 13:16. It shows that “Joshua’s” name
wasn’t even “Joshua” originally.
Moses renamed “Joshua” the son of Nun from Oshea to
Yehoshua (Jehoshua in English) in the Hebrew language.
So, not only was “Joshua’s” name not Joshua but
was Oshea, and was transliterated from the Hebrew language from Jehoshua
to “Joshua”; this is short for Ya’Shuah or Ye’Shuah,
etc. It should be noted again that the “J”
was not used for the name of the Messiah or “Joshua” in the
original 1611 King James Version but the letter “I” was used
in the original manuscript, which also included the Apocrypha.
Jehoshua would have been pronounced Yahushua or something similar.
A rather large dissertation on the Messiah’s name alone could be
done but for the purposes or this the Acts 7:45 verse and the Hebrews
4:8 comparison, Numbers 13:16, not forgetting to mention the fact that
the letter “J” and the hard “J” sound weren’t
even available in the Hebrew language to name the Messiah is all I believe
needed to make the point. I
have found few Christians read much Torah (Genesis-Deuteronomy) and
the Numbers 13:16 seems to be unknown by most.
As a final point, in the Hebrew, Yahushua means Yahuweh Saves,
while “Jesus” has no direct or indirect meaning in the Greek
or Hebrew. Beyond our vernacular it has no meaning and can be argued very persuasively
to mean “Je-Sus”; “Je” in Greek meaning “hail”
and “Sus” meaning hail Zeus.
The Greeks used the ending –sus in naming many of their
towns to give homage to their main deity Zeus. Thus, by following modern traditions, we may actually
be praising a Pagan God (unbeknownst to us or not) rather than Yahweh,
the true Creator.
This is in response to the article on www.truthradio.com entitled “What is our Creator’s
Name?” by Richard Palmquist. This article seemed to be written,
which was confirmed by the author, in response to someone who carries hostility toward those who are unwilling to use the true Name. There are those who are what some would call
legalistic in their dogma, claiming that if you don’t
use the true names of Yahuweh and Yahushua (the Messiah) you are not
a true believer. I do not agree
with this stance as I know of some whose fruits would indicate they
are saved yet still use the generic titles and mistranslations.
I do not know a man’s heart, nor can I determine
whether another soul will be saved.
That doesn’t change the fact that our Creator
is not named LORD or God; God is actually translated from the Hebrew
word Elohim, which means Mighty One or the Almighty, the Supreme God.
The name Elohim has no Pagan history.
The fact also remains that the Messiah’s name could not
have been “Jesus” nor is it just because men mistranslated
it that way or because some want to hold onto that tradition.
Sincerity in worship does not equal truth.
Though our fathers sincerely worshipped as best they may have
known how, it doesn’t mean they were infallible.
Satan is working in this world and it would only make sense that
a main priority would be to remove any power that may come from use
of the true Names. All have to agree the modern “Church” does
not have the same power that the first
century Believers exhibited. One
could only speculate if this is due to lack of true Name usage.
I expect this to come under criticism, though I hope it to be creative.
I pose the following question to all who read this and even invite
them to reply at the below email address:
Knowing that LORD or Lord or God is
not the true name of the Creator and
that Jesus is not the true name of the
Messiah (and there being much more evidence than presented here regarding
the true Names and the letter “J”), why would anyone want
to use those titles? Tradition?
Regardless of whether it has a bearing on eternal life or not,
why use a title over a name? Why? Besides tradition it makes little sense.
Mankind’s propensity to resist change, even when we know
that we are acting improperly, was widely understood by our Nations founders, as indicated
in the Declaration of Independence:
And accordingly
all experience hath shown, mankind are more disposed to suffer, while
evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms
to which they are accustomed.
I wish to thank Richard Palmquist who, in search of truth, is willing
to look at all sides of the box, not just the side that fits his beliefs.
People with an open mind willing to look at the facts that are
contrary to popularly held beliefs are few and far in between.
Many are called, few are chosen, as broad is the way to destruction.
In Peace and Truth, Shalom,
Jason Allen If anyone wishes to contact me I can be reached at the following: (661) 472 1742
Scripture ReferencesWherever
a title has been used, I have taken the “liberty” of replacing
the title with the original true Name or proper Hebrew title and colored
them in royal Purple. “Jesus”
and “Joshua” have been left to show the variances.
1Pe 3:6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord:
whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with
any amazement. Joe 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Yahuweh
shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance,
as Yahuweh
hath said, and in the remnant whom Yahuweh
shall call. Act 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Yahuweh shall be saved. Exo 23:13 And in all things
that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the
name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. Joh 15:10
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as
I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good?
there is none good but one, that is, Elohim:
but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and
went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments
of Elohim, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of Elohim, and the faith of Jesus. Jdg 2:12 And they forsook Yahuweh
Elohim of their fathers, which brought them out of the land
of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto
them, and provoked Yahuweh to
anger. Jdg 2:13 And they forsook Yahuweh,
and served Baal and Ashtaroth. Jdg 2:14 And the anger of Yahuweh
was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers
that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies
round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
1Ki 16:32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house
of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 1Ki 18:19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and
the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the
groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. 1Ki 19:18 Yet I have left me
seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal,
and every mouth which hath not kissed him. Jer 7:9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery,
and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other
gods whom ye know not; Jer 11:17 For Yahuweh
of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for
the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they
have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense
unto Baal. Jer 12:16 And it shall come to pass, if
they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name,
Yahuweh liveth; as they taught my people to swear by
Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. Jer 23:27 Which think to cause my
people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every
man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten
my name for Baal.
Hos 13:1
When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but
when he offended in Baal, he died. Zep 1:4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah,
and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant
of Baal from this place, and
the name of the Chemarims with the priests; Rom 11:4
But what saith the answer of Elohim
unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not
bowed the knee to the image of
Baal. Hos 2:16 And it shall be at that day, saith Yahuweh, that
thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. Hos 2:17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out
of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. Act 17:2
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath
days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, Act 17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul
and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither
went into the synagogue of the Jews. Act 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,
in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched
the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Act 17:12
Therefore many of them believed;
also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. Act 7:45 Which3739
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possession2697 of the3588 Gentiles,1484
whom3739 Elohim2316 drove out1856
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fathers,3962 unto2193 the3588
days2250 of David;1138 Heb 4:8 For1063
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another243 day.2250 Mat 1:1
The book976 of the
generation1078 of Jesus2424 Christ,5547
the son5207 of David,1138 the son5207
of Abraham.11 Num 13:16
These are the names of
the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea
the son of Nun Jehoshua. Jer 12:16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently
learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, Yahuweh liveth; as they taught my people to swear
by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. Jer 12:17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck
up and destroy that nation, saith Yahuweh.
Exo 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of Yahuweh thy Elohim
in vain; for the Yahuweh will
not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
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