Bible Question:
Why has the name Jehovah been edited out of the bible. |
Bible Answer: IN CONTEXT, this is God's answer to Moses: Exodus 3:13-15 (ESV) Then Moses said to God, "If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' what shall I say to them?" [14] God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.' " [15] God also said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations. That YHWH is not God's name is an argument I am unfamiliar with. '“Yahweh” [YHWH] is not one of God’s names—it is his only name. Other titles, like “El Shadday,” are not strictly names but means of revealing Yahweh.' (Study note at Exodus 6:3, The NET Bible, http://www.bible.org/netbible/exo6_notes.htm) 'Yahweh/Yah. YHWH, THE TETRAGRAMMATON BECAUSE OF ITS FOUR LETTERS, IS, STRICTLY SPEAKING, THE ONLY PROPER NAME FOR GOD. 'It is also the most frequent name, occurring in the Old Testament 6,828 times (almost 700 times in the Psalms alone.' ((Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/bed.cgi) |