So, what's behind the Most Holy Name of God?

[Jacob Ben Avraham]

THE MOST HOLY NAME OF GOD;


There are at least 35 Bible references that speak about the "Name of God." One is Romans 10:13; "Everyone who calls upon the Name of the LORD shall be saved." The Apostol Paul is referring back to the book of Joel, Chapter 2:32;

"And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the Lord has said, even among the survivors whom the Lord calls."

So, what is it to call upon the "Name of the LORD?" I would like to refer back to Exodus 3:13; when Moses was attending to Jethro's sheep on the back side of Mt. Horeb. God appeared to him in a burning bush. He came to commission him to return to Egypt and "take out" His people from Egypt and bring them back to that same mountain. Of course, Moses asked his name. Remember in Egypt, there were hundreds of gods, and each one had a name. It was only normal to ask the name of "God who was speaking to him" The answer Moses got was not the answer he expected;

"Ehye Asher Ehye" was the answer that God gave him. Translated in English it reads: I AM that I AM, or in some translations, it could read; "I WILL BE who I WILL BE". The God of the universe is outside of time and space and is "beyond naming", yet He DOES give a name. It would be like you asking me for my name. "Hey, what's your name?" and I reply; "Who me? Well, I'm the same person I was yesterday, I'm the same person today and now, and I'll be the same tomorrow." That wouldn't answer your question. You were expecting "Bob" or "Mike" or "Jimmie" So what did God tell Moshe (Moses)?

"Ehye Asher Ehye" can come from the Hebrew word "Haya" or "Havayah" meaning "to exist" or the "essence of existence." So, "Haya" would also be the past, "Hoveh" would be the present, and "Yiyah" would be the future. In these words, the same letters are repeated; Y H V H. (we don't count the vowels). In verse 15, God says;

"Thus you are to say to the children of Israel, YHVH Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Yitzchak, the Elohim of Yaakov has sent me to you. "THIS IS MY NAME FOREVER".

"Elohim" is the Plural spelling of our ONE GOD (Echad) the Unity of ONE. and then we have the letters YHVH. So how were these letters pronounced? How did Moshe pronounce God's most Holy Name? and Aaron? and the High Priests? No one really knows for sure. How can one pronounce a name with only consonants? How would "Michael" be pronounced if you only had "Mchl?" or "Nancy" if you only had "Nncy" It would be hard. Yet from YHVH, translators put it in vowels to arrive at the name "YeHoVaH." in Rome, the "Y" was changed to "J" to make it "JeHoVaH."

That name is popular in churches and some Bibles. Wherever the name LORD is used, the Hebrew rendition is YHVH. Out of respect for not knowing the original pronunciation, the name YHVH is pronounced "Yod Hey Vav Hey" (the names of those Hebrew letters)  or "HaShem" (the name) or "Adonai." So, back to the question;
"How do we call upon the NAME of the LORD?" or YHVH?

Our God of the universe, creator of all that exists, who is merciful, and full of grace will never say; "You didn't get my name right, I'm sending you to Hell!" No, No, Never. know that our God has many names. "El Shaddai" "El Elyon" "Adonai-Elohim" and best of all "Yeshua HaMashiach" Yeshua/Jesus our Messiah. God who became flesh. There are many more. We could make a few studies on the names and how they describe our Creator and LORD. Yet He says His most HOLY name is YHVH, which describes Him as "The One who existed, the one who exists, and the one who will exist. He is our God forever. He is from eternity past, He is present with us and will continue into eternity future.

In Hebrew gematria, each letter is equal to a number. God has put His name in our DNA. Our DNA chromosomes are put together with, one could say, "bridges". There are 10 chromosomes, then a connecting bridge, then 5 chromosomes, then a connecting bridge, then 6 chromosomes, and a connecting bridge, then 5 chromosomes, and then they are repeated. in God's Holy Name, the "Y" = 10, the "H" = 5, the "V" = 6, and the "H" = 5.

YHVH is equal to "26" in Hebraic gematria. "2" symbolizes "unity" and "division" and "6" is the number of man. We have been "united" to God through Yeshua, who also became a man, yet still God. We have been "separated" or "divided" from the lost world through salvation.

When we look at the name YHVH using Paleo-Hebrew letters, which are the oldest Hebrew letters going back to the time of Abraham. We can read the name; "The Hand Revealed, the Nail Revealed" which gives us a perfect illustration of Yeshua's completed work on Calvary's Cross. He stretched out his hands to receive the nails, to pay our sin debt in full.

So, whoever calls upon Yeshua/Jesus for salvation, since He is also in YHVH, will be saved. So, don't die in your sins. The debt has been paid.