BCP #60 | Should We Say God's Sacred Name יהוה YHVH? - A Messianic Jew Explains
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- The pronunciation of the Sacred Name of God-the Tetragrammaton, "Yahweh"-has been obscured in the Hebrew text of the Bible. Yet some say that not only can the Name be restored, it must be, because pronouncing it is necessary for salvation. In this episode, Kevin discusses this view of the Sacred Name and analyzes the Hebrew to determine if the correct pronunciation of יהוה has truly been lost.
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This video was EXCELLENT, and from one Jewish believer to another, I thank you for clearing up the controversy surrounding the so-called Hebrew Roots movement and their take on this issue. So very informative and God-glorifying! Never stop making this kind of content!
Okay, my friend...each video you make is my favorite, then along comes the next one, and it's my favorite!!! With this one, I do believe you have outdone yourself! This! This one right here is my all-time favorite! Well done! Well said! Well explained! Thank you, Brother!
Nowhere to go but down now. 😂 Thank you, Nancy. I’m grateful. 😊
@@perfectwordTV you! Are! Hilarious!
Awesome teaching, made finally sense of questions I've always had. Thank you kevin
Praise God! Thank you, Betty.
Perfectly said and so refreshing as I have been grieved by so much legalism and haughtiness about His Name. He looks at the heart. Also, what a good point you made that Yeshua referred to Him most often as Father! Thank you so much for this teaching!
I came back to Jesus, Yeshua, just this past October. Right away I felt drawn to Messianic Jews, but since I'm a Gentile not for a religion but instead for learning. It did not take long to realize the name of Jesus was a transliteration, and the more proper way of speaking His name was Yeshua. I had prayed asking if there was a difference and if I should use one instead of the other, being the two pronunciations are for the same person but different languages. I hold both to the absolute highest regards! This video I believe has answered that question for me. Thank you!
Great video!!! Glad i found your podcasts
As an EX- sacred namer, thank you for being so detailed and clear in the explanation of this subject.
Praise God! I am grateful. Thank you.
Kevin,
Thank you for this excellent and clear explanation regarding the use of the tetragrammaton. Mazel tov!
Thank you, sir.
So educational! Thank you so much! ✡️🙌🙏
Praise God! Thank you!
Earned a sub. Thank you for this very clear and thorough explanation. I appreciate this very much.
Praise Adonai! Thank you, sir.
Thanks, watching now
Shalom my brother. There are several times in Scripture where YHVH tells us that YHVH is His Name. Just a few… Yeshayahu 42:8 “I am YHVH, that is My Name “. Yeshayahu 47:4 Our Redeemer YHVH of Hosts is His Name. Yeshayahu 48:2 YHVH of Hosts is His Name. Yeshayahu 51:15 YHVH of Hosts is His Name. Yeshayahu 54:5 YHVH of Hosts is His Name. Yirmeyahu 16:21 And they shall know that My Name is YHVH. Just a small sampling but bottom line, the fact that YHVH is written 6,826 times in His Word speaks to the fact that Our Heavenly Father wants us to know His Name. Exodus 3:15 YHVH …This is My Name forever, and this is My remembrance to all generations.
Praise Yah!
Very clear and complete explanation.
Yeshua must have known how to pronounce it it. But He did not reveal it? Or probably the writers of the NT purposely omitted it.
Won't you share a transcript of this? I intend to translate it in our native language called Tagalog and share with my family and friends.
TH-cam provided an automatically generated manuscript for the video. At this time, that is all we have available.
@@perfectwordTV thank you
This idea of offering an alternative name can also be seen in Acts 4:11-12, where the name Yeshua is given, and where the apostles declared that there is no other name given under heaven whereby men can be saved. It's possible and even likely that God, knowing that His name would be forgotten, gave us a new name to know Him by
The Greek there is soteria.
The same Greek word is used in Romans 10:9,13
It seems to me. Re: The third commandment; So many religious people who are mean and hateful in the way they talk to and about other people. The example that sets. To me, THAT is taking HIS name in vain.
I love our Savior and want to please him in everything, but dislike the label Christian because THAT is carrying HIS name and I do not ever want to misrepresent HIM. So instead, I simply call myself one of His students.
What do you think about the Legacy Standard Version which writes Yahweh instead of LORD in the OT?
I wish they hadn’t done it, because it otherwise seems like a good translation. I understand that that’s the scholarly and widely-accepted representation of YHVH, but, in my view, it shows a complete disregard and insensitivity to Jews, who Christians ought to be crying out to God will read the complete Bible. This translation choice erects an unnecessary barrier in my view. It also shows a lack of awareness of so-called “Sacred Name” Bibles, which have an agenda. So, not a fan.
So it looks like the Jehovah's Witnesses will be revealing "New Light" - they've got 'Jehovah' all wrong then. Like to see the Governing Body explain that one.
The Jehovah's witness really believe God's name is Yahweh. They use Jehovah because it was used in the KJV Bible.
My two cents brothers and sisters: i don't even call my earthly father by his name, how should i be worth the take The Name of the Heavenly Father into my mouth even if the right pronunciation would be known...
The Name Theory [יהוה]
I have a theory as to why this is so. It's partly inspired by Ayelet from her Channel "The WORD in Hebrew," but it occurred to me after watching the first ten minutes of this video.
It's a valid question to ponder how and why the God of all things created, permitted His name to be verbally forgotten throughout the centuries, despite its spelling and letters still being known to us today. Keep in mind that I believe the verbal pronunciation has been willingly “permitted”, rather than “allowed”. The subtle difference between "permitted" and "allowed" lies in their connotations. "Permitted" tends to imply a more deliberate or conscious act of authorization, suggesting a decision made with consideration or permission granted. On the other hand, "allowed" is more general and may imply a less deliberate or conscious act, simply indicating that something was not prevented or prohibited, by which I believe was not the case.
“The Elohim of Israel permitted his name to be verbally forgotten concerning its proper pronunciation.”
But, why? Interestingly, He did not allow this with His word, which, if anything, should have, considering it had over 40 authors and was written over thousands of years. It survived only through preemptive scribal work and human preservation methods, all without a missing scroll within its divinely intended closed canon (library). I now like to refer to this library as a "Divine word spoken to Israel [for Israel and the nations]."
My theory concludes with Professor Carmen Imes's work and a simple acknowledgment of Exodus 3:14-15. Having heard her present a case on the One For Israel & Bible Project podcast regarding taking the Name in vain; understanding its meaning as how people who bore the Name should live and act in the world, rather than the focus on its pronunciation or usage as coarse language (which, in my opinion, should also be avoided as it would undermine the responsibility of our keeping His Name holy before nations and people-groups). Since the Torah supports this perspective on taking the Name in vain (for further study, refer to "Taking God's Name in Vain? - feat. Dr. Carmen Imes" on the Podcast app), the fact that its pronunciation is lost does not negate the relevance of this commandment's practical application. There is a responsibility for everyone in covenant with the Elohim of Israel, As Paul (quoting from the Tanakh) in 2 Timothy says, “let anyone who names the name of the LORD depart from iniquity”, seeing that there were men who boasted in the Law in some regard, while also dishonoring it by simultaneously breaking it through their infidelity in other regards. For, as it was written to such Yehudi’s, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
Only in this way was the commandment concerning the Name, originally understood by the ancients who received it.
Regarding my final point, I referred to Exodus 3:14-15 (read from TLV). My theory aligns with Ayelet's. His Name, like all other names within the Hebrew Bible, is poetic in nature, albeit physically given. They convey one's destiny or purposeful placement. Specifically within the Biblical narrative, they delineate characters' placement, a predisposed disposition given by God, the circumstances they encounter, or their character, nature, or future outcomes. The same applies to God. His Name signifies existence itself, pointing to His nature, character, purposeful intentions, showing us how true glory and beauty are recognized in our witness of Him maintaining His loyal and faithful integrity, to keeping the reputation of His own Name.
Additionally, the subsequent verse emphasizes that what WILL BE REMEMBERED is that this One, ‘who is who He is’, will be known by all people of a times as the God of Israel's fathers-Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob! He declared this as His name forever, the chosen name by which He Himself selected to be remembered from generation to generation. Verse 15 alone resolves the inquiry into why He would permit the verbal pronunciation of His name to be forgotten while ensuring His word remains heard. It's through His word that His name is comprehended, not necessarily pronounced. His character is much more important than the pronociatjon of his name, by which He foreseen those with misguided zeal concerning its pronunciation while those same people dishonor the Name by the fruit of their lives. He’s not giving points for pronouciation. He’s granted righteousness to those with faith in Yeshua.
Thus, refer to Him as He Himself has declared He wishes to be remembered, while keeping in mind that the God of Israel’s nature, character and consistency is revealed to those who call on Him in spirit and truth. Those insisting on using a particular name will face rebuke for disregarding His wishes out of misguided zeal.
So although historically, as you pointed out before point five; it may have been through error or blunder that the Name is lost to its original pronunciation. But this does not mean that it wasn’t purposeful permitted by the Divine so that our focus wouldn’t fall to misguided zeal, but rather to authentic worship.
Does it sound possible, that Yeshua himself, either
didn’t know,
wouldn’t for some reason,
or follow false tradition not pronouncing the Name?
It’s impossible that Yeshua didn’t know, then why He didn’t use it.
It appears to be, that God himself hidden it?
Conversely, God repeatedly COMMANDS His people to call (to cry out audiably) His name. Thus the practice of not saying His name is an actually making His name as nothing. His name is meant to be used by His people to call upon Him. Enoch was the first person to call on the name of the Lord. Saul went to Damascus to arrest anyone who called on the name of Lord Jesus/Yeshua. Thats how the believers were identifed in the early church by their calling out aloud the name of Jesus/Yeshua. It is the way for us to drink from the wells of salvation calling on the Name. Thus for 1000s of years believers both Jewish and Christians have been hindered from enjoying the benefits of God's name. Lord Jesus ! Lord Jesus ! Adonai Yeshua ! Adonai Yeshua! I drink of You as the living water !
Thank you, for explaining. I studied wii0th the Jehovah WT . In the New World Translation, Jehovah is all through their Bible. See you, next time.
Thanks for this teaching - in our humility may we Respect and never utter His Holy Name, it is Sacred - Shabbat Shalom
What do you do with verses like Isaiah 52:6 which says that we will know his name?
We do know it. יהוה. The question is, do we know how to pronounce it?
@jeffre3ygoldthorpe919 You also need to look at the context of the verse you're quoting:
Is 51:16: 'and say to Tziyon, 'You are my people'.
Is 51:23 'I will put it in the hands of your tormentors, who said to you, 'Bend down, so we can trample you,' and you flattened your back on the ground like a street for them to walk on.'
Is 52:1 'Awake! Awake Tziyon! Clothe yourself with garments, Yerushalayim, the holy city!
For the uncircumcised and the unclean will enter you no more.'
Is 52:2 "Shake off the dust! Arise! Be entronthed, Yerushalayim! Loosen the chains on your neck, captive daughter of Tziyon!
When Isaiah spoke of Tziyon/Yerushalayim, was he talking about the Hebrew Roots/Sacred Name Movement? Where is Tziyon? Where is Yerushalyim? Because it's Tziyon/Yerushalayim where Abba has placed his name, not in the Sacred Name Movement (see 2 Chron 6:6-8; 7:16, 1 Kings 8:46-51).
Then we come to the verse you're quoting--I just quoted a few of the verses within the context of what you're quoting. The point being is that Isaiah was not talking about the Hebrew Roots/Sacred Name Movements who use that same verse to promote their erroneous teachings.....where is Tziyon/Zion? Where is Yerushalayim?
What Isaiah is talking about is--at the end--when all nations are gathered together to wipe out Yerushalayim, and the Y'hudim see--with their own eyes--the Salvation of the Messiah sent to save his people (who are in Zion/Yerushalyim); when this happens, then they will 'know my name'. When Isaiah speaks of 'they will know my name', he's not talking about what the Hebrew Roots/Sacred Name Movements promote. Isaiah is talking about the essence/meaning of the Divine name that will be manifest in all it's radiant/awesome glory as he acts to save his people.
Yod: Outstretched Hand/Arm of Salvation.
Hey: Praise, Worship, enlightment, revelation, etc..
Waw/Vav: Pitching tents/a nail
Hey: Worship, Praise, Song of Deliverance, etc..
Like Brother Kevin said to you--the Y'hudim know his name--they've known it for years. What the Hebrew Roots/Sacred Name Movement is doing with the verse you quoted is taking 1 verse out of the context from which it's given, and coming up with an entirely 'foreign' teaching which, sadly, alienates advocated of the Sacred Name Movement from having any connections to the Jewish People--especially from Jewish Believers in Yeshua. This is precisely what many Christian Churches do--take 1 verse out of the context and create an entire teaching from that 1 verse. Remember: When Daniel was in Babylon, he prayed x 3 daily toward Yerushalayim...not to some place in the United States where many of the Sacred Name Movement Advocates reside.
Hope this helps, Shalom.
He is saying you will have a covenant relationship with our Great God. To know in Hebrew means to know someone intimately. Like a marriage covenant.
Thank you
While I think you have much to offer, I can see you are not overly versed/educated in the ancient/modern Hebrew.
I respectfully disagree with you..
The expression or words
אהיה אשר אהיה
Are the key or explanation of His name YeHoVah.
I was, I am , I always will be.
I know you will disagree and that’s ok.
You have much to learn my friend.
By all means, please educate me. How is אהיה אשר אהיה the key to pronouncing יהוה?
It would be better if you started with defining HaShem...
The Name
"Shem" has a much broader meaning@@perfectwordTV
Moses wasn't commanded to give an idea, he was commanded to SAY the name, I AM wasn't the name. In fact, that was what Moses was asking...what do I SAY to them...if we read Exodus 3, without the added 3rd party communication, one can see The Creator was saying I AM what I will be. I am YHVH, this is my NAME forever. @@perfectwordTV
“Shem” means “name.” It doesn’t have a broader meaning than that. Exodus 3 is covered in the video. I don’t see the point you are trying to make.