Title: Yahweh (5)
Series: Gad Has a Name
Author: Joey Rodgers
Text: Exodus 3:1-15????
My proper name is Joseph Italo Rodgers. I was named after my German grandmother and Italian grandfather. When I was a boy, I didn't appreciate my name b/c some people gave me a hard time about my middle name. Not only was it often mispronounced - "I-talo" or "It-alo", I also had friends who'd poked fun calling me "eat-a-lot" or "its-a-load." Of course, now that I'm older, and b/c of my grandparent's incredible investment in my life - I'm proud to bear their names.
As I thought about my proper name, I was reminded of God's proper name - the name He gave Himself...
I am the LORD (Yahweh), that is my name; I will not give My glory to another, nor My praise to graven images.Isaiah 42:8
The name YHWH (Jehovah) is the most often used name for God in the O.T. occurring some 6,828x. In your Bible, it is distinguished by the word LORD (in caps). It means "to be" as in "to live". It implies that God in His essence is life and that all life is found in Him alone. He is the self-existent One who is personal and engaged - who's always been and will always be.
Originally, this name was written w/ 4 consonants only (no vowels) yod-hey-vav-hey - and the transliteration of this word is - Jehovah.
The Jews considered this name so holy that they refused to pronounce it for fear they'd profane God's holiness. Whenever they came upon it in their reading, they wouldn't speak it aloud as a sign of respect - and the only time YHWH was pronounced aloud was once a year on the Day of Atonement. When scribes would copy the Scriptures, they'd stop and take a bath before writing the name, pick up a new pen to write this one name, and then destroy the pen afterward.
Talk about a far cry from how God's name is respected today. If anything, we're way too casual w/ His name. Instead of hesitating to pronounce it, we use it flippantly. It's part of our slang. Many people use it to ...
Series: Gad Has a Name
Author: Joey Rodgers
Text: Exodus 3:1-15????
My proper name is Joseph Italo Rodgers. I was named after my German grandmother and Italian grandfather. When I was a boy, I didn't appreciate my name b/c some people gave me a hard time about my middle name. Not only was it often mispronounced - "I-talo" or "It-alo", I also had friends who'd poked fun calling me "eat-a-lot" or "its-a-load." Of course, now that I'm older, and b/c of my grandparent's incredible investment in my life - I'm proud to bear their names.
As I thought about my proper name, I was reminded of God's proper name - the name He gave Himself...
I am the LORD (Yahweh), that is my name; I will not give My glory to another, nor My praise to graven images.Isaiah 42:8
The name YHWH (Jehovah) is the most often used name for God in the O.T. occurring some 6,828x. In your Bible, it is distinguished by the word LORD (in caps). It means "to be" as in "to live". It implies that God in His essence is life and that all life is found in Him alone. He is the self-existent One who is personal and engaged - who's always been and will always be.
Originally, this name was written w/ 4 consonants only (no vowels) yod-hey-vav-hey - and the transliteration of this word is - Jehovah.
The Jews considered this name so holy that they refused to pronounce it for fear they'd profane God's holiness. Whenever they came upon it in their reading, they wouldn't speak it aloud as a sign of respect - and the only time YHWH was pronounced aloud was once a year on the Day of Atonement. When scribes would copy the Scriptures, they'd stop and take a bath before writing the name, pick up a new pen to write this one name, and then destroy the pen afterward.
Talk about a far cry from how God's name is respected today. If anything, we're way too casual w/ His name. Instead of hesitating to pronounce it, we use it flippantly. It's part of our slang. Many people use it to ...
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