Prior Book | Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | Next Book | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
NASB | Joel 2:32 "And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the LORD Will be delivered; For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who escape, As the LORD has said, Even among the survivors whom the LORD calls. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Joel 2:32 "And it shall come about that whoever calls on the name of the LORD Will be saved [from the coming judgment] For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who escape, As the LORD has said, Even among the remnant [of survivors] whom the LORD calls. [Acts 2:17-21; Rom 10:13] |
Bible Question (short): What are the names we should call upon? |
Question (full): 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 |