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1 | Radioman - What did God say in Exo 6:3? | Gen 17:1 | Morant61 | 78911 | ||
Greetings Radioman! There is at least one other option my friend: c) We may be taking the phrase 'calling upon the name of the LORD' to literally and Ex. 6:3 reveals that prior to Moses God did not reveal that His name was YHWH. An interesting phrase to note is found in Gen. 16:13, "She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: 'You are the God who sees me,' for she said, 'I have now seen the One who sees me.'" The KJV words it this way: "And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?" I could be wrong, but I don't personally think that the phrase 'called upon the name of the LORD' meant that they had to have actually know the name 'YHWH' which doesn't appear to be revealed until God appeared to Moses. But, I'm not sure that it is especially important either way. The Old Testament is filled with names of God, but they usually function more as titles than anything else. They help us to remember the character of our God. Well, I have to run! Chat with you later my friend! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Radioman - What did God say in Exo 6:3? | Gen 17:1 | Truthfinder | 78914 | ||
God's only unique name. Hi all, Here's my take on you discussion: Professor of Hebrew D. H. says that those who claim Exodus 6:2, 3 marks the first time the name Jehovah was revealed, "have not studied [these verses] in the light of other scriptures; otherwise they would have perceived that by name must be meant here not the two syllables which make up the word Jehovah, but the idea which it expresses. When we read in Isaiah, ch. lii. 6, 'Therefore my people shall know my name;' or in Jeremiah, ch. xvi. 21, 'They shall know that my name is Jehovah;' or in the Psalms, Ps. ix. [10, 16], 'They that know thy name shall put their trust in thee;' we see at once that to know Jehovah's name is something very different from knowing the four letters of which it is composed. It is to know by experience that Jehovah really is what his name declares him to be. (Compare also Is. xix. 20, 21; Eze. xx. 5, 9; xxxix. 6, 7; Ps. lxxxiii. [18]; lxxxix. [16]; 2 Ch. vi. 33.)"-The Imperial Bible-Dictionary, Vol. I, pp. 856, 857. The name Jehovah was not first revealed to Moses, for it was certainly known by the first man. The name initially appears in the divine Record at Genesis 2:4 after the account of God's creative works, and there it identifies the Creator of the heavens and earth as "Jehovah God." It is reasonable to believe that Jehovah God informed Adam of this account of creation. The Genesis record does not mention his doing so, but then neither does it explicitly say Jehovah revealed Eve's origin to the awakened Adam. Yet Adam's words upon receiving Eve show he had been informed of the way God had produced her from Adam's own body. (Ge 2:21-23) Much communication undoubtedly took place between Jehovah and his earthly son that is not included in the brief account of Genesis. Eve is the first human specifically reported to have used the divine name. (Ge 4:1) She obviously learned that name from her husband and head, Adam, from whom she had also learned God's command concerning the tree of the knowledge of good and bad (although, again, the record does not directly relate Adam's passing this information on to her).-Ge 2:16, 17; 3:2, 3. Truthfinder |
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3 | Radioman - What did God say in Exo 6:3? | Gen 17:1 | Radioman2 | 78922 | ||
Truthfinder: Thank you! I'm glad to see that at least one other person at this forum understands and believes that THE NAME YHWH WAS KNOWN TO THE PATRIARCHS. |
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