In Ex 3:14 God says to Moses: "This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: I AM sent me to you.” But although Moses had asked for a name, as you say Judson, “I AM is not a name.” However, the very next verse supplies the name: 15 God also said to Moses, “You will say to the children of Israel, Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, sent me to you.’ This is my name forever. This is the title with which I will be remembered from one generation to the next.” Here ‘Yahweh’ is the transliteration of the Hebrew, whereas “the LORD” is the translation of the Hebrew adonai which is what Jews say when they read the Hebrew ‘Yahweh/YHWH’.
While some claim that the transliteration should be Jehovah, that ignores the fact that Hallelu-YAH is the same in all languages - meaning praise-Yah(weh).
One only has to read the psalms to see that David frequently used the name Yahweh. In many English Bibles the Hebrew YHWH/Yahweh, is represented as ‘the LORD’, using all CAPITALS). But the name Yahweh, makes much better sense than the title Lord. E.g., Ps.7:18 I will offer thanks to Yahweh because of his righteousness, and I will sing hymns of praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
Similarly Ps.8:2&10 O Yahweh our Lord [Yahweh adonai] how glorious is your name in all the earth!
Ps.9:11Those who revere your name place their trust in you, for you never abandon those who seek you, O LORD.
This Yahweh God Most High is the One whom we are urged to love with our body, mind, soul and strength and who repeatedly, throughout the Bible, expresses His heart that “They shall be my people and I shall be their God. Halleluyah!
Jesus gave us the name by which Christians should call God the Father, and that is Father. Christians are under no obligation to use Hebrew titles and names.
Yes, indeed! Shout it from the roof tops!!!!!
In Ex 3:14 God says to Moses: "This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: I AM sent me to you.” But although Moses had asked for a name, as you say Judson, “I AM is not a name.” However, the very next verse supplies the name: 15 God also said to Moses, “You will say to the children of Israel, Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, sent me to you.’ This is my name forever. This is the title with which I will be remembered from one generation to the next.” Here ‘Yahweh’ is the transliteration of the Hebrew, whereas “the LORD” is the translation of the Hebrew adonai which is what Jews say when they read the Hebrew ‘Yahweh/YHWH’.
While some claim that the transliteration should be Jehovah, that ignores the fact that Hallelu-YAH is the same in all languages - meaning praise-Yah(weh).
One only has to read the psalms to see that David frequently used the name Yahweh. In many English Bibles the Hebrew YHWH/Yahweh, is represented as ‘the LORD’, using all CAPITALS). But the name Yahweh, makes much better sense than the title Lord. E.g., Ps.7:18 I will offer thanks to Yahweh because of his righteousness, and I will sing hymns of praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
Similarly Ps.8:2&10 O Yahweh our Lord [Yahweh adonai] how glorious is your name in all the earth!
Ps.9:11Those who revere your name place their trust in you, for you never abandon those who seek you, O LORD.
This Yahweh God Most High is the One whom we are urged to love with our body, mind, soul and strength and who repeatedly, throughout the Bible, expresses His heart that “They shall be my people and I shall be their God. Halleluyah!
Jesus gave us the name by which Christians should call God the Father, and that is Father. Christians are under no obligation to use Hebrew titles and names.
Another reflection that feeds my soul!
Thank you