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"WHAT IS HIS
NAME AND WHAT IS HIS SON'S NAME IF THOU CANST TELL?"
(Proverbs 30:4)
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God
simply says, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you" (Matt 7:7). In other words,
revelation of any sort can be had by anyone who simple apply this scripture in
faith. God is no respecter of person. This is basically what I did and though
it was strenuous and mind bobbling, God gave grace and so I must share it with
others.
I was
aroused to do so because after constantly changing the name applied to God in
the Old and New Testament in the unpublished version of "The Voice of Him
That Crieth In The Wilderness", I decided to do my own research with
prayer and fasting. This happened because I kept coming across new information
and misleading information, which is usually taken at face value because that
was of another proficiency. But I asked the question, prayerfully, of the name
of God and the original pronunciation of the savior's name and this short
booklet intends to tell you that unequivocally. It's actually 10 FAQ I had made
to append "The Voice...," in the faq section. The book would be
better understood if it is read from cover to cover rather than picking a topic
here and picking a topic there. It
is written in a progressive form, so if you read the end or middle without
starting from the beginning, it might not be clear. No knowledge of any other
language it needed. Do read it prayerfully and grace
be unto you.
Oneil McQuick, Author.
(My Christian name will be changed to
Othniel or Yahothniel;
the one not used along with my present Christian name will be
my middle names, if God be willing.)
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understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine” (Isa. 29:18-24).
NAME NOTICE: Our concern in this book is to defend the Principles of the
Doctrine of Christ, not to attack personalities. Some names have been cited in
this book, but this is because these individuals have made their position known
in their published and public writings/works, which have been cited for
examples and references. "As much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all
men" (Romans 12:18). This name notice is encouraged to be on all copies.
SERIES NOTICE: Truth Series Expanded is an expansion of the Truth
Series. They
are sixteen books in this Truth Series. "The
Voice...," was expanded into several books. That is, each chapter becomes
a book. They are Fourteen chapters in "The Voice...," so they are
thirteen books uniquely done and specialized to its topic. The 14th chapter of
"The Voice..." is mainly FAQ's for each chapter and that is added on
each expanded book as well, respectively. Several benefits and purpose will be
gained by having this, as you will see by taking advantage of it. There is a
14th book expanded from “The Voice…,” called “What is his name?” Thus, the first
book of the Truth series, “The Voice…,” was expanded into fourteen books.
Fourteen is double sevens (7+7), which represent double perfection. Then
“Demonology Revealed,” from the Truth Series, was expanded into two further
books; namely, “Demonology Concealed” and “Demonology Appealed.” Two is the
bible number for witness; so we have double perfection (14 books) with witness
(2 books). Let
these “book[s]…shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate
therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is
written therein” (Joshua 1:8).
TESTIMONY NOTICE: They are
many testimonies to this work of God, “The Truth Series Expanded,” including
the many already from the Truth Series, for the Expanded is mainly the Truth
Series broken up into shorter publications: Too many to quote. True testimonies
of the actual truth being done and accomplished is a sign that you are sent and
doing the will of God; though it is not to be banked on by you. "He that
hath received...[this] testimony hath set to...[My] seal that God is true. For
he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God" (John 3:33-34).
: However :
"Yes, a good read I had...Good one, YaH
Praises" (Ras Judah Brown, LionOfEthiopia group).
CONTENT
WHAT IS THE NAME OF GOD ANYWAY? Chapter 1
– page 08
PURPOSE OF KNOWING THE NAME OF GOD Chapter 2 – page
23
IS THERE ANOTHER WITH GOD’S NAME? Chapter 3 –
page 26
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SAVIOR? Chapter
4 – page 30
FROM THE ORIGINAL TO JESUS Chapter 5
– page 44
PURPOSE OF KNOWING THE NAME OF THE
SAVIOR Chapter 6
– page 52
IS “HIS NAME” THE NAME OF THE SON ALSO Chapter 7 –
page 56
WHAT
IS THE NAME OF GOD ANYWAY
“I will publish the
name of the Lord” (Duet 32:3)
Titles are not names - El, Elohim, etc
Before we
go into the actual name of God we must first clear a misconception. That is,
titles and appellations used for God are not his name. For instance, Elohim, El,
Wonderful, Mighty God, Prince of Peace. They are all descriptive appellations
or titles given to describe his deity and attributes, not his actual name. They
are often called generic names.
The
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, likewise, places these terms under
"Generic names." It adds, "Like theos, Deus and God, it is a
generic term, including every member of the class deity." Eloah and its
variant forms eluah and the Aramaic eloaha are derived from the descriptive
title el, meaning "strength" and "power," i.e. a
"mighty one." Added to (el) is the suffix (ah), (uah), or (aha), forms of the verb (huh), meaning
"to breath; to be" or "to exist." An eloah, therefore, is a
"mighty living being."
They are
rightly used as social titles with God's name, for instance "Adonai
YHWH" meaning sovereign YHWH; or, "El YHWH" (Ps 85:8) meaning
the mighty one YHWH. Moreover, these appellations are used for pagan deities as
well. How could they then be the name(s) of God? Nevertheless, "Elohists
are contenders who regardless of evidence and plain logics still hold the view
that the appellations are God's personal name; most often, El and Elohim."
Some
"Sacred Name believers often maintain that the term "God" should
not be used in referring to the Almighty, because it is the name of a pagan
idol "Gad." This clearly shows that some sacred namers even believe
that the title God is a name. However, this is clearly a speculation and God is
simply an English word for deity as theos is used in the Greek. This is how words
like Eloahim were used in the Hebrew; just a universal word in the Hebrew
language that was used for deities or deity, including false deities. It's
equivalent to saying god and Lord in English, just titles used for deities or
deities (1 Cor 8:5). This was done at first because God's name was “unknown”
until Moses’ time, when it was revealed (Ex. 6:3).
However,
scholars will argue that the same author who wrote Exodus to Deuteronomy wrote
Genesis; most say Moses. If so, wouldn't he have used the name that was
revealed to him in Genesis rather than titles and appellations? A very good
point, which gives rise to the speculation that Genesis had a separate author.
Though by logics anyone can see that Moses didn't author all the Pentateuch
(first five books of the Bible); the way from Exodus to Deuteronomy was written
showed that at least one separate person, on looking, was narrating the events,
especially his death. But he did write all the laws.
Then
there is the situation with copyists and translators. Who are they? Jesus said
they are the "scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat" (Matthew
23:2). In other words, after Moses died they are the ones who fully took over
the handling of all religious writings. Christ rebuked them for doing unscriptural
things, couldn't they have begun to do that from the time of Moses' death; like
interpolating, replacing and injecting in the scriptures while copying it
periodically? This was inevitable and
obviously seen when they replaced God's name with the Tetragrammaton (YHWH).
Because they can interject whatever name or title they deem fit, their
influence is what we would read today. Of such, scholars and Elohists have
deemed the first five books divided into parts, usually labeled as the J
(Jehovah or YHWH), E (elohim), D (Deuteronomy), and P (Priestly) documents. For
instance, in the "E" group the word Eloahim alone appears but not the
name YHWH; and so on. Plus, the first five books were written after God's name
was given to Moses, so the author of the Pentateuch could have used God's name
from Genesis to Deuteronomy or choose to record it only after Genesis and use
title names in that book. Then the copyists could choose to do either or mix it
as they deem fit; which is why you probably have it in Gen 22:14. But by the
time we get to the present era, God's name was completely covered under titles
and sprouts a resemblance only four times in the entire bible. The Old
Testament apocryphal is also subject to this and even more interpolation,
because it is not closely watched with scrutiny as the other books are.
So we see
that titles are just substitutes for the actual name when it is applied to GOD;
more than often suggesting there is a personal name.
God has a personal name
"The
leading name, YHWH, occurs 11,600 times, and it is a blunder, that it finds its
way into the English translation four times only (Ex 6:3; Ps 83:18; Is 12:2; Is
26:4), shutting out the common reader from the full significance of hundreds of
passages, such as Psalm 8:1, which should read, ‘O, YHWH, our Lord.’
The Jews,
superstitiously fearful of needlessly pronouncing this August name, substituted
for it when reading aloud; 'Adhonai', 'Lord', and so came in the Septuagint
version, the Greek equivalent,
Kurios,
and in English, which followed the Septuagint. Lord, capitals indicating that
the original is Yahovah; but practically, this covenant name, upon which YHWH
himself laid such stress, is illuminated from both these versions"
(World's Guide to Understanding The Bible).
The
numbers differ to about 7450 from 11,600 upon detailed diligent scrutiny, but
the implications and point is still the same.
Also,
"The translators of the Revised Standard Version provide the following excuse
for the elimination of God's personal name from the Scriptures: 'For two
reasons the [Revised Standard Version] Committee has returned to the more
familiar usage [of substituting YHWH with either the LORD or GOD] of the King
James Version: (1) the word 'Jehovah' does not accurately represent any form of
the name ever used in Hebrew; and (2) the use of any proper name for the one
and only God ... was discontinued in Judaism before the Christian era and is
entirely inappropriate for the universal faith of the Christian Church. (3) The
Smith and Goodspeed translation is probably the most frank: “In this
translation 'we have followed the orthodox Jewish tradition and substituted
‘the LORD’ for the name’..."
In other
words, God has a personal name. Though it is said to be relatively unknown,
that is untrue and he wants us to know it!
It was first revealed to Moses
Regardless
of present biblical explanation (exergesis), the name was first revealed to
Moses. You don't have to try to figure this out or twist scriptures, because it
plainly said it. You just can't read anything else in this verse, "And I
appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty,
but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them." (Ex 6:3-KJV); not a new
connotation of the name or revealed in a different manner but the name itself
was first revealed here. God himself said he spoke to the fathers before Moses
by using the Generic title 'names.' For example here, "I am the Almighty
God; walk before me, and be thou perfect" (Gen 17:1). But with a new era
and dispensation, he revealed this name first unto Moses, then the entire
descendants of Abraham and the World.
The name
was first revealed to Moses, however, the beings that ruled the heathen nations
weren't always humans, but most often fallen angels in flesh (Gen 6:4). Thus,
they coming from heaven would know God's name, however, fallen angels can't do
as they please, though it sometimes seem that way. God could have prevented
them from using it. Moreover, with their rebellion from God that would be the
last name they want to hear and it could have the same implications the
savior's name has went spoken in faith to cast out devils. They would rather
exalt their own name (Dagon, Zeus, Milcom, Chemosh, Molech, Nergal, Tartak,
Ashima and many others) as God than speak God's name. And even hide it from
men, so that they wouldn't call on it. Also, when it was revealed, no doubt,
men and false religions cleave to it falsely; especially hearing and seeing the
things done by the God of the Israelites. Much like Simon Magnus (the former
sorcerer), he saw the apostles laying hands and people receiving the Holy
Ghost, then he sought to use the savior's name for gains (Acts 8:13-24).
Therefore, you’ll have heathen nations with traces of the name after its was
made renown; traces, not necessarily having false gods with the name.
For and Against it being Given to Moses First
One of
the most liable arguments that Moses didn't get this revelation first is that a
new name would mean a new God to the Israelites he was sent to; especially
being a stranger coming from exile.
However,
that's why God made sure to tell him to say that the God of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob has sent him. If they knew his name and no one else had it, he wouldn't
have to reinforce to Moses to stress that he is the God of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob. If they knew his name, God wouldn't have to give them clues to who he
is. It plainly stated it in this fashion, "God said moreover [IN ADDITION, AS IN THAT WOULDN'T BE SUFFICE]
unto Moses,...say unto the Children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham, The God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob hath sent me unto
you" (Ex 3:15)!
He had a
plus to boost his confidence and the Israelites' acceptance of him, knowing
God's name; while they only knew him as Lord God (El) of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob. Nevertheless, he was accepted because God placed it into their hearts to
do so and a confirmation by Aaron, who was already prominent among them. These
and other things God used to boost his acceptance and their acceptance of his
name, now revealed to mankind.
It is
also said, "The Hebrew text show that men started calling upon the name of
Jehovah after the birth of Enosh, grandson of Adam (Genesis 4:26)." No! It
actually meant that men started to look to God again, after the seed had been
corrupted by satan and lived without any recognition of God. It didn't mean
God's personal name was known, but an idiomatic expression that men started to
look to God again. Then it was said that the Hebrew text actually reads,
"began to call himself after the name of the Lord." If that is so, it
more than likely meant they attempted to live righteously again; the same
thing. That's the reason the genealogy of man followed this pattern "Adam,
Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem,
Ham, and Japheth" (1 Chron 1:1-4); and not Adam, Cain, Enoch, Irad and so
on. When Abel was murdered the seed was corrupted and men only lived like Cain,
as seen in his offsprings becoming murders and polygamists. But God had Adam
bring a new son and in his seed the likeness of God was sparked again. Not any
son but “one instead of Abel” (Genesis 4:25), a good seed; an actual human
being instead of a satanic corruption, "Adam lived an hundred and thirty
years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his
name Seth" (Gen 5:3). With this, men started to look to God again.
Another
way out argument that says Moses didn't get the name first is, "When Moses
asked God for His name, God replied in Hebrew ‘I am what I am’. Obvious
intention of Exodus 3:14 was to reveal God's name, but the response Moses got
would mean that God does not wish to reveal His name."
No! What probably happened is that rather than write the
actual name, the meaning was written. For instance, if I'm a winner of some
sports tournament and I said in 'Pomp', "Yeah, My name is Oneil
MegaStar!" If someone recorded that, they could write that I said, "My
name is Champion MegaStar:" Because Oneil also means champion, so they
substitute the name for it. When the name was given to Moses, it was combined
with the verb “to be,” the essence of the name. So what was recorded or what we
now have is the meaning (“to be”) in first person form with the personal
pronoun “I” - “I am what I am” - where “I” is the name should be, but it was
substituted because of use with the verb “to be” and the essence of what he
said or his name. Likewise, winning a sports championship is being a champion,
the essence of the above name Oneil. This will be learnt later on.
The last
argument against it being given first to Moses is, "If the sacred name was
not revealed until the days of Moses. Since there was no knowledge of it prior
to Moses, it stands that the name is not an eternal one. Therefore, since it
was not required for the salvation of those who antedate Moses, such as
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, neither is it necessary for us today."
Because
the name wasn't known prior to Moses, doesn't mean it did not exist. Because
only today you know my name, does it mean I didn't have a name prior to today?
No. Moreover, God deals with us in dispensations. He ‘translated’ Enoch, He
used the Ark with Noah and the Law with the Israelites. All were not born again.
Will you be save by the prior means? No. You have to be born again in this
dispensation. So it stands that God always had name, it was first revealed to
Moses and he now wants every human being to know it! Though it is acclaimed
that the pronunciation is lost.
Tetragrammaton
Up to
this point we have not mentioned a name but the Tetragrammaton: Greek for four
letter word. It looks like this in the original: 
.
The Tetragrammaton is used because the scribes felt that writing or saying
God's name in vain was protected by not writing it at all, but replace it with
what you see above, Tetragrammaton. This is called "the ineffable name
doctrine." "In the oldest text of the Bible, the ancient Hebrew
script, the sacred Name is represented by four Hebrew letters...These four
letters are called the Tetragrammaton." "Even though the Septuagint
(Greek Old Testament) was written in Greek, the Tetragrammaton was first
written into the text in gold Hebrew letters...The Latin translations became
standard for the Roman church and the Latin letters IHVH appeared for the
Hebrew Tetragrammaton. At that time the vowel 'I' was equivalent to the 'Y'.
But the 'Y' wasn't used as yet and the ‘J’ was later created to sound like 'Y',
thus you had the Tetragrammaton written as JHVH. Then came along the 'Y' and
the 'W'; the ‘Y’ replacing the ‘J’. The 'V' in JHVH had the sound of 'W' and
was replaced by it also. And so we have the Tetragrammaton now appearing in
English as YHWH or HWHY, if you read it from right to left like how Hebrew is
read. Nevertheless, one source said, "Although there is no firm consensus
on the actual pronouncement or spelling of the Tetragrammaton, there are
several representations or transliterations in use by theologians and Bible
students."
Now it is
also said that the Tetragrammaton was not made up of consonants, but in the
Hebrew-Aramaic language usage, they could be either used as vowels or
consonant; while some contend that they were vowels. "R. Laird Harris
writes in his Introductory Hebrew Grammar: Four of the Hebrew letters
[YHWH]...are called vowel letters." Nevertheless, it is unlikely that they
were called vowels, because none of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet is
pronounced as a vowel.
A bad
spin off of this foolishness of replacing God's name with Tetragrammaton is the
alleged crisis that the pronunciation of God's name is lost. Not just now, but
amongst many then. In fact, one source said, "Because of these
prohibitions, translations of the original Hebrew scrolls have, throughout the
ages, replaced the Tetragrammaton with 'the LORD' (in capital letters) and the
Sacred Name, in so doing, became 'lost' for many centuries." "The
editorial board of the New American Standard Bible made the following
admission: 'This name has not been pronounced by the Jews.... Therefore, it has
been consistently translated LORD'."
It seems
that this was a common practice during the time the 30th Chapter of the book of
Proverbs was written. Augur the prophet lamented, in prophecy, "Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have
not the understanding of a man...what is his name, and what is his son’s name,
if thou canst tell" (:1-4)?
He stated
that he is an unlearnt man so he couldn't understand any use of Tetragrammaton.
Then he went onto lament about what is the name of God and/or the name of the
Messiah. What showed that he was speaking of things like the Tetragrammaton
occurred when he said "Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee,
and thou be found a liar." In others words, don't change what he has said
or why did they cover up his name.
First,
the plot - I'm unlearnt or of the majority, can't understand secret rabbinical
writings or Tetragrammaton. Secondly, Out of frustration of it he cried out
what is God's name because it is not known, generally. Why? The scribes covered
it up in their Tetragrammaton. Thirdly, then while prophesying he warned them
not to do it, "Add thou not unto his words." This was all done
through prophecy, so God was speaking indirectly to them. Though I believe many
still knew his name then and now. But this is what they did, "Why do ye
[scribes] also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition" (Matt
15:3)? Nevertheless, it would seem that the real 'Holy' Priests, Prophets and
godly men did not resort to the Tetragrammaton, but it was probably introduced
and kept by the idolatrous Kabbalistic Jews.
Proof the pronunciation wasn't lost
Josephus,
the noted Jewish Historian, said he was forbidden to say or write the name; in
other words, he knew it and could freely write or pronounce it, and this was
after the time of Jesus. The Encyclopedia Judaica also had this to add:
At least until the destruction
of the First Temple in
586 B.C.E. this name was regularly pro-
nounced with its proper vowels, as is clear from the
Lachish Letters, written
shortly before that date.
Another
proof that the pronunciation wasn't lost, is the fact that Jesus when reading
the Old Testament from Isaiah would have correctly pronounce the name; "to
set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord" (Luke 4:19). Opposers to
this would say the scriptures were Hellenized then and thus what they had,
which he read from, was the Greek version. Even so, not only he being God in
Flesh would pronounce it in the original tongue, but the fact that "though
the Septuagint was written in Greek, the Sacred Name (Tetragrammaton) hwhy was
first written into the text in gold Hebrew letters." And the Masoric text
couldn't be used because it was a later thing.
So, not
only is it ridiculous but non-sensical to believe that during the time of
Christ and presently, God's name or its pronunciation would be lost. What has
happened today is that they are countless variations of that pronunciation,
throwing the entire Sacred Name Movement into a frenzy to determine which is
the correct pronunciation. However, for the right pronunciation to be gain the
root has to be correct as well.
Is the root name Yahu or Yah and what are the
implications?
Unknown
to many is that most scholars believe Yahu (Yaho), pronounced Yahoo, is apart
of all the variations and deemed to be the root. However,
I question that for various reasons, though there is alleged evidence and even
an alleged incorporation in the Messiah's name. It is said "when the term
Yaho is used in conjunction with other syllables to form compound names the ‘o’
can be left in or dropped as preferred. When the Yah is on the end of the word
the ‘o’ or the consonant vav and the vowel is often dropped; Yahoshua becomes
Yashua in some instances." Much of this is also believe to lean on the
pronunciation of the Hebrew syllable VAV as "oo."
Nevertheless,
these are the reason I reject Yahu as God's name or root of it:
Contrary to popular notion, Yahu is a separate name from Yahweh.
The sacred name Yahweh is the personal name of father Yahweh and became the
cognomen of the lesser Yahweh, but Yahu
belonged to the lesser Yahweh as his praenomen. As part of their effort to
disguise the sacred name, Jewish religious leaders, who abandoned palaeo-Hebrew
letters for Aramaic, decided that only two letters of the sacred name Yahweh
could be pronounced. As one part of this effort, the sacred name Yahweh and the
divine name Yahu were both at times abbreviated to YH and pronounced
"Yah." Since both Yahweh and Yahu became "YH (Yah)," the
rabbis encouraged the development of the confused definition that Yahu and Yah
were short forms of the name Yahweh. The confounding of Yahu and Yahweh and the
belief that both Yah and Yahu are short forms of Yahweh has, as a result,
continued with us until this day. ...The
lesser Yahweh was separately known as Yahu Yahweh, and is still found in
the present Masoretic Text under the altered form Yah Yahweh. Because his
praenomen was Yahu, when Yahu Yahweh became a man he was known as Yahu-shua the
messiah. We shall also demonstrate that the name Yahushua does not mean
"Yahweh saves," as often but incorrectly advocated, but "Yahu
saves." The Hebrew name Yahushua, through the medium of Aramaic, was later
translated into Greek as Iesous (English, "Jesus"). By revealing the
history behind the transformation of Yahu into the present-day form Yah, we
shall also be able to verify that the praenomen Yahu was originally pronounced
"Yah-u" (R. Clover, The Sacred Name).
Yahweh, as well as the
praenomen of the lesser deity, his son, Yahu. It is from Yahu that the name
Yahushua (Yahu saves) is derived and not from Yahweh, as popular and
misinformed advocates would argue...It
is the person Yahu (Yahu-shua) who does the saving through his surname
given to him by the father, the one and only saving name "Yahweh."
Accordingly, the full name of the messiah, as revealed in Scriptures is
"Yahu Yahweh" (Qadesh La Yahweh Press, yahweh.org).
The claim that Yaho was dropped from the Babylonian captivity is
unsubstantiated conjecture as the Elephantine texts show. As we have seen, the
form YH is pronounced Yahoo or Yaho when used as a syllable on its own. This is
the form rendered Jah in the KJV. He spoke for Yahovih or Yahovah of Hosts, God
the Father, the Elyon, or Most High, who is Eloah. In this sense, the pre-incarnate Messiah was also the
Messenger or Angel of Yahovah as elohim in Zechariah 12:8" (logon.org).
"The reference is a singular one at Ugarit, but later
Phoenician sources refer to a god named
Iahu [i.e Yahu] Iaio, Ieuo (in Philo of Byblos' 'Phoenician History')."
From the
above you can see that many claim Yahu or Yahoo as a second divine being, not
just similar to the trinity of persons, but a subordinate and sometimes Chief
angel of God. Most references to the word Yahu claim this unbiblical notion.
This alone would cause any true bible adherent to digress from this name being
the name of God, but rather use the rightful "Yah" (Ps 68:4).
This name
Yahu doesn't seem to be the single name that is ascribe to God alone either;
for there was a King in 2 Kings 9 that was name Jehu, that should be written Yehu
and given mispronunciation, that should be Yahu. Thus Yahu was never the name
of God as some attest, for if fear prevented them from saying or writing God's
name, how much more giving it to the name of a person. Placing it in your name
to honor it is something different than it being your name altogether. Though
God is not a name, it would be the same thing like naming yourself GOD.
Moreover,
the only persons noted in history to use the name Yahu for God are pagans and
Christian philosophers. Such as Diodorus, a Pagan Greek Historian and the so
called Christian fathers who were really Hellenistic philosophers, Origen,
Ireneaus, Clement of Alexandria and Jerome who used the latin version of IAHO.
It is also found on a few magical papyri from Egypt. Take these further quotes
to show why Yaho is not the root:
"Among the Gnostics, the original name of God was used
transliterated into Greek letters, IAO. They must have got this practice from
the Essenes, and we can get a good idea, therefore, of how the Kundalini
science underlying the New Testament originated."
"Sepher Yetzirah is one of the oldest books of kabbalah.
Traditions regarding this text point to its existence even in Biblical times.
In the text it is explained that God first created the Hebrew alphabet and used
these letters, the building blocks, to create the world. Each letter was used
to create a particular aspect of the universe. For instance the letter Hey was
used to form "Aries in the Universe, Nissan in the year, and the right
foot in the soul." Verse 1:13 of Sepher Yetzirah states that God chose
three letters [YUD HEY VAV - or Yahoo] setting them in His great Name and with
the permutations of them He sealed the six extremities of the universe - the
dimensions of above, below, east, west, north, south. The "great Name
" referred to here is the holiest of God's names - the Four Letter Name of
God YUD HEY VAV HEY" (Kaplan, Aryeh. 1990. Sefer Yetzirah. The Book of
Creation. York Beach: Samuel Weiser. ix, 215, 80).
Yeh,
right! I'll stick to the root being Yah, rather than Yahoo. For Yah (pronounced
Y-ah and not Yaw) in the bible is no different from the great "I am that I
am;" not a second divine being or chief angel. Moreover, even though I
don’t regard the name or word Yaho, The New Strong Concordance says Yahu (3058)
or Yahoo comes from Yahovah (3068); so in fact, Yaho couldn’t be the root if it
is derived from Yahovah. It was probably a slang shorten term from Yahovah that
took on several meanings, both not so evil and evil meanings.
All the Variations
The
following are transliterated versions of the Sacred Names that are in use by
various Sacred name groups:
YHVH,
YHWH, Yahweh, Yahveh, Yaveh, Yaweh, Yehovah, Jehova, Jehovah, Jahova, Jahovah, Yahova,
Yahovah, Yahowah, Jahowa, Jahowah, Yahavah, Jahavah, Yahowe, Yahoweh, Jahaveh,
Jahaweh, Yahaveh, Yahaweh, Jahuweh, Yahuweh, Yahhewahe, Yohewah, Eave, Jahuwah,
Yahuwah, Yahuah, Yah, Jah, Yahu, Yahoo, Yaohu, Jahu, Yahvah, Jahvah, Jahve,
Jahveh, Yahve, Yahwe, Yauhu, Yawhu, Iahu, Iahou, Iahoo, Iahueh and many more.
And let
me Emphases, God's personal name is not the Hebrew name of eloheem or any of
the other titles. His name is just his name. Of all
the pronunciations, Yahweh and Jehovah [correctly pronounce as Yahovah] are the
most accepted; and really, all the variations cling to either one, coming from
the root "Yah."
Allege Origin of Jehovah
"The
name Jehovah occurs a few times in the KJV Bible. But according to Harper's
Bible Dictionary, this name is "the result of the translators' ignorance
of the Hebrew language and customs" (1985, p1036). The book of World
Religions from Ancient History says, "The name Jehovah is a medieval misreading
and does not occur in the Hebrew Bible" (p.386).
Another
source said,
The most famous name for God in the Old Testament is called the
"Sacred Tetragrammaton". We don't know HOW to pronounce this name
YHWH, since it's all consonants, no vowels. The word Jehovah is a mistaken
pronunciation of this word. It arose when a Christian scholar, Petrus Galatinus
(~1520AD) combined the consonants YHWH with vowels belonging to the word
Adonai. (YaHoWaH, it was written as Jahowah because in latin J is pronounced
like Y). Jahowah was further anglicized as Jehovah.
So is Jehovah His name? "The word Jehovah does not accurately represent
any form of the Name ever used in Hebrew" (The Divine Name that will
Endure Forever, p20, published by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society)
Dr. J. B.
Rotherham states in the preface of his Bible concerning Jehovah:
"Erroneously written and pronounced Jehovah, which is merely
a combination of the sacred Tetragrammaton and the vowels in the Hebrew word
for Lord, substituted by the Jews for JHVH, because they shrank from
pronouncing The Name, owing to an old misconception of the two passages, Ex.
20:7 and Lev. 24:16...To give the name JHVH the vowels of the word for Lord
[Heb. Adonai], is about as hybrid a combination as it would be to spell the name
Germany with the vowels in the name Portugal - viz., Gormuna. The monstrous
combination Jehovah is not older than about 1520 A.D."
The Encyclopedia Britannica (Micropedia,
vol. 10) says: