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1 | What are the names we should call upon? | Joel 2:32 | Chris45 | 163309 | ||
Hello all. I have been browsing these forums for some time, but have not really posted much yet. This post here is regarding something that has been bothering me a lot when it comes to trying to understand the truth. Please read this with an open mind. My first question is this. What is the LORD's name? I was raised Baptist, and was always taught that God is his name. Then a few years ago, a good friend of mine started searching for the truth. Once he found the name Yahweh, he started telling me about it. After this, I started searching on my own. In searching, I found that the Tetragrammaton was replaced in our translations as LORD in all caps. This just caused more confusion for me. What I had been taught my whole life was changed when I saw that. Then that brings me to the second question. Why was the Tetragrammaton removed from our translations? It would seem that Satan would probably have his hand in this. If the name isn't there, you can't call on it. Pretty clever. However, I believe that those who truly want to be saved, and have eternal life, not even that can hide it from them. When my friend first started talking to me about this, he had just converted to Judaism. The first thought that went through my mind is that I don't have to use the name Yahweh, because that is a Jewish name, meant for Judaism. Since I was raised a Christian, the name God should be sufficient. So I lived with that thought for quite some time. However, after a lot of prayer and study, I no longer have that belief. A name is a name, regardless of the religion. My name is Chris, and if I went to another country that spoke another language, they would do their best to pronounce my name as it is supposed to. A name doesn't change simply because of a different language, or a different religion. If I went to another country, and someone called me their equivalent to my name, I wouldn't answer because I wouldn't recognize that they are referring to me. I think the same applies to the Heavenly Father's name. His name is Yahweh, regardless of the language or the religion. Once I had this revelation, things were all of a sudden more clear. At this point, I'm sure you all are reading this and saying, you are not saved simply by calling upon the name of the LORD. You are saved by accepting Jesus in your heart. So let's talk about that for a minute. So our next question is this. Who is Jesus? Jesus is our Messiah. He is the one that Yahweh sent to earth to die for our sins, however he himself never sinned. He is Yahweh's son, born of a virgin. That's pretty much the basics. So the next question after that is this. Is Jesus really his name? Jesus is our English translation of the Greek word Iesous. Iesous is the Greek translation of the Hebrew name Yahushua. So I am sure you are asking again, why call him Yahushua when we have been taught our whole lives the name Jesus? Again, this brings me back to the example of if I were visiting another country that spoke a different language. I will only answer to the name Chris. Anything else would be uncommon for my name, therefore I would not recognize it. Yahushua was born and raised a Jew and had a Hebrew name. So let me ask you this. If I were a friend of yours, and you wanted to invite me over for dinner, what would you call my name? If you used any other translation of my name, I wouldn't recognize it, therefore I wouldn't know that your invitation was for me. I believe the same goes for the Messiah. If you do not call His actual name, how can He know you are asking for Him to enter your heart? Now I can already hear some of your responses to that question. I can see it already. "God knows the intentions of our hearts, therefore the name doesn't matter." If that were true (regarding the part about the name not mattering), then why not just make up whatever name you want to for both Yahweh and Yahushua? If it's what is in your heart that matters, and not what name you call upon, then why would there be a first commandment? If Yahweh is a jealous god, why would he allow us to call him whatever name we choose? To add more emphasis to this passage (Joel 2:32), let's look at what the name Yahushua means. Yahushua means "Yahweh is salvation." That being said, accepting the true Messiah into your heart IS calling upon the name of Yahweh. So here's the big debate question. Why did we let the names change and be hidden? Why aren't more people interested in finding the truth, rather than just accepting what we were taught growing up? How can we feel comfortable calling upon the names God and Jesus, when it is shown that the true names are Yahweh and Yahushua? I do not post this to cause turmoil and arguments. I only post this in hopes that more people may come to learn the true names, and apply them in their every day use. I hope we can all get something fruitful from this. Love in Yahweh, Chris |
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2 | What are the names we should call upon? | Joel 2:32 | BradK | 163314 | ||
Hi Chris, I can only answer your first question in part- for now. Much can be said but time prohibits me for now. David Hocking writes in his current newsletter an article titled: "His name is Yeshua" "He is called by English-speaking believers "JESUS CHRIST" but the name "Christ" (from the Greek christos) is NOT His last name! It is the word for "Messiah"- His Hebrew name Yehoshua (abbr. as "Yeshua") means "The LORD is salvation"- the name "Jesus" in English is a transliteration of the Greek word Yesous which is the translation of the Hebrew word. When Jewish believers refer to Him they say "Yeshua HaMashiach" or "Jesus the Messiah"." Tyndale's bible Dictionary says this about tetragrammaton: "TETRAGRAMMATON* Term referring to the four consonants of one of the primary Hebrew names, for God (from Greek tetra, “four,” and gramma, “a letter of the alphabet”). These letters are the Hebrew equivalents of English Y (or J), H, W, and H. The most widely accepted meaning of the name is “the one who is, that is, the absolute and unchangeable one.” This is the name the Lord revealed to Moses (Ex 3:15; cf. vv 13–14; Jn 8:56–58). According to the Ten Commandments, the Jews were not to take this name in vain (Ex 20:2, 7). The Jews, therefore, regarded the name as so holy that they would not pronounce it but said instead Adonai, “Lord.” Originally the text was written only with consonants, but when the scholars called Masoretes added the vowel points, they inserted the vowels for Adonai as a reminder not to read the sacred name. Non-Hebraists combined the vowels of Adonai with the consonants of JHWH, producing a new form, “Jehovah,” which does not exist in the Hebrew language. The correct pronunciation of the name must have been Yahweh, but most translations render it Lord, using capital letters to distinguish it from other uses of the English word “Lord.”" I hope this will head us in the right direction:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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3 | What are the names we should call upon? | Joel 2:32 | Chris45 | 163321 | ||
BradK, Thanks for your thoughts on this. I too hope this will head us in the right direction. Love in Yahweh, Chris |
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