THE SACRED NAME: A LOGICAL LOOK

   Literally hundreds of passages in the Bible make specific references to the Sacred Name Yahweh and the necessity of using it in worshipping Him. This alone should be ample evidence that Yahweh is showing us something very important to Him.

   The writer of Proverbs asks in 30:4, What is His Name and what is His Son’s Name, if you can tell? Why is he asking such an obvious question? Doesn’t everyone know? Obviously not, or he wouldn’t ask.

 The Cover-Up Uncovered

    The Heavenly Father tells us that “Yahweh” is His Name alone (Psalm 83:18), and this is His Name forever (Exodus 3:15). Yahweh is the transliteration (sounding out) of the Tetragrammaton YHWH found in the oldest Hebrew manuscripts in existence. Translators substituted “lord,” “god,” and “Jehovah” for the Sacred Name Yahweh. They did so everywhere they found the Sacred Name. But they didn’t succeed entirely. In Psalm 68:4 of the King James Version, the first part of the sacred Name remained untouched, ...by His name JAH (YAH), and rejoice before Him.

   In Acts 4:12, the writer uncategorically states that there is no other Name through which salvation is possible. Note that “name” is singular. He is not speaking metaphorically—he means one, literal Name.

His People Know His Name

   Now, if His name is god, lord and Jehovah (which from the start contradicts Psalm 83:18) and everyone is already using those names, why would Yahweh go to such great lengths to emphasize the importance of knowing and using His Name? The only conclusion is that they are not knowing and using His true Name. “God” and “lord” are merely titles. “Jehovah” is etymologically incorrect. Even though “Jehovah” is in Psalm 83:18 in the KJV, it does prove the Creator has a personal name.

   Refusing to call the Creator by His personal Name is characteristic of man. The custom of heathen religions was to name their deity whatever they wished. The Greeks worshipped Zeus, the same mighty one the Romans worshipped, but the Romans called him Jupiter. Each nation had its own deity through history, and called him variously Moloch, Chemosh, Nebo, Dagon and many others.

    Yahweh says His people shall know His Name (Isaiah 52:6). Each Christian religious organization believes that it is made up exclusively of the chosen people. Yet they all use the same improvised titles of “god” and “lord” in referring to the Heavenly Father. Are all these denominations His people? What about all the conflicting doctrines found among them? Can all be right? That’s impossible. Yahweh identifies His true worshippers in this verse by one important criterion—they know and use the one Name He gave to them—Yahweh.

The Messiah Used the Sacred Name

   Psalm 22:22 reveals one of the tasks given to the Messiah, I will declare Thy name unto My brethren; in the midst of the assembly will I praise Thee.  In His prayer to the Heavenly Father (John 17:26), Yahshua plainly said, I made known unto them Thy name, and will make it known. He fulfilled the prophecy of Psalm 22. The Savior Himself used the Name “Yahweh.” In Luke 4:18-19, He read directly from the Old Testament (the first portion of Isaiah 61) where the name Yahweh appears twice in the original Hebrew.

   The Jews were aghast. His pronouncing the Sacred Name was in direct opposition to their tradition. They considered the Name too holy to utter, even in worship, for fear of profaning it. Yahweh knew His Name would be hidden, and Yahshua made it known again to the people in His time.

Hebrew with a Latinized Greek Name

   If the Savior was a Hebrew, why would He have the Latinized Greek name “Jesus?” The Messiah’s Name is Yahshua, clearly understood from its origin.

   Yahweh is the Mighty One of the Hebrews and the Creator of the world. He so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whoever believed on the Hebrew Savior would have everlasting life. The Savior came in His Father’s Name (see John 5:43) and was rejected because of it. The Father’s Name is Yahweh. The Messiah is the salvation (Hebrew “shua”) that Yah sent—Yahshua.

   Write for our booklet, “The Missing J,” or read it online by clicking here. It proves, in depth, from numerous secular and religious references and scholars, that “Jehovah” and “Jesus” are incorrect. It shows by Scripture that the Sacred Name is accurate and necessary for us today.