Shouting His Name

Dan Baxley

www.yahshuaservant.com

What is His Name?  Is it in the Bible?  Where Can I Find it?

Did you know the Bible, that book the Christians and the Jews carry around, literally "shouts" out the Name of the Living God?  Oh, sure, you say, I know that, but do you really and if you do then tell me what it is.  No, that is probably not right, very few really know or use the “birth name” of our Savior and even fewer know the Name of our Creator.  Some will try to tell you that the Name has been lost, or that you can’t pronounce it as the pronunciation has been lost, etc., etc. Make no mistake, it is not hidden and has never been lost – pushed aside is more like it.  The blind cannot see, however, and some that do see do not want to see.  I am going to list here a few of the Names, by no means a complete list but complete enough to give anyone pause when attempting to refuse this truth.  No, this will not be a list of "meanings" passing for names as some have written, trying to claim that the many “titles” of the Living God are His names.  Titles are tiles and personal names are personal names and our Creator and our Savior do have personal NAMES.  This will be a list of names found within the scriptures that "declare" the NAME of the Living God. 

   But first let me make a small observation.  Nearly all scholars of various translations, like the NIV, admit to following the traditions of the bible scholars before them in replacing the revealed Name of the Creator God with a lesser title, thus, in effect, covering the actual spelling of His Name with a title, a title, and titles, that can be applied to anyone of authority.  His Name, however, belongs only to Him and no other, but they ignore this in favor of following "traditions of men".  Yes, the bible scholars do know and are aware of this truth.  So, why don’t they teach it?  I will leave the answer to that question up to you.

A Few Details

   For example:  NIV Preface, xii, "In regards to the divine name YHWH, commonly referred to as the Teragrammaton, the translators adopted the device used in most English versions of rendering that name as "LORD" in capital letters to distinguish if from Adonai, another Hebrew word rendered "Lord". 

   One last observation before the list  -- The King James Version (KJV) does boldly declare the Name whether by design or by over sight, who knows -- Psalm 68:4 "Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH (YaH), and rejoice before him".

   One other place the name is found and is actually used, unkowingly, by many Christians.  This is found in the book of Revelation -- Revelation 19:1-4.  A term familiar to many, Alleluia, as seen in the KJV but more correctly rendered Hallelujah in the NIV and other modern translations, and it is in this form that most Christians recognize it.  "Hallelu-YaH means Praise to you YaH, not Praise to the Lord, as most suggest.  Remember, the term "LORD" has been used to cover up the use of the Holy name of the Living God.  By restoring the name of our Father and of His son we take another step in a closer, personal relationship with our Father and our Savior -- HalleluYaH!

   Keep in mind that the "J" letter is actually referring to the Hebrew "Y" as is the Greek "I", and that  the "J" is a modern letter (14th - 17th century), and the "I" is from the Greek lettering system by which the Hebrew "Y" is supposed to be representative.  We can see the attempt at covering the name.  The letter "J" does not represent the Hebrew character for the first letter in the Sacred Name -- the letter "Y" does, it is the English equivalent of the Hebrew.  The same is true of the Greek "I" -- it does not appear as an equivalent to the Hebrew "Yod" or "Y".  When you get a chance have a look at a transliteration chart of the Greek and Hebrew alphabet and you will see the Greek "I" isn't even close to the Hebrew character.  A couple of Greek characters that are better suited but not used would be Greek letters transliterated equaling the "h" or the "H" sound.  A funny thing, this Greek character for the "h" looks a lot like the Hebrew "Yod" -- both characters have a similar sound and appearance -- ' = h in Greek and ' = y in Hebrew.  Another choice in the Greek letter, or character, would be the Greek "v", which is supposed to be equivalent to the character of "y".  So, why is the Greek "i" used as the first letter of the Savior's name, and as the first letter of the God of Israel's name when there are better choices?  I will let you answer that for yourself.  No, I don't want to hear about how the Greek is the inspired word and neither is the English, nor the German, and certainly not the Latin.

  The misspelling of the name of our Savior by the misapplication of the Greek lettering in using the letter "I" has led to the later use of the incorrect letter, "J", a totally modern letter.  From this error in the use of the Greek letter "I" is added the Latin habit of ending many of its names with an "s".  Example:  Mark is Markus in the Roman or Latin form.  Replace the first letter in our Savior's name and then add the Latin ending and you have the bogus name, Jesus, or Iesus -- remove the vowels and you have Iss, now pronounce that.  Did you know that the Egyptian goddess, Isis, number is 666.  At least that is what Bullinger's book on numbers says and a lot of scholars think he is an authority on such things.  Let's see now, take the vowel out of the name Isis and what do you have?  Yes, I know that the mark of the beast is supposed to be the Mark, or the number of a man.  Well, who is "Jesus", isn't that supposed to be a male figure?  It is not my fault that the name Jesus can be so easily connected to the goddess Isis and her number 666.  You might say, he has taken her name, but who is this man?  Go to the list of names at the bottom of this page, study on this, think on this, pray on this.

  The list of declarations I am going to give will not be corrected to the more accurate form, I leave this up to the reader as a challenge for you to do some of your own personal research.  All of the names listed are in the Bible, as found in the NIV, some have a variant spelling when found in the KJV but all have the same meaning and are found in both versions -- actually all versions.    

A List of the Name: 

Taken from "The Global Concise Bible Dictionary", 1999 by Global Christian Publishers.  The spelling and the definitions are as found in this Bible Dictionary.  I have taken the liberty of using capital letters to demonstrate the use of vowels as aides in pronunciation but the spelling remains the same.  Remember, vowels are and were never part of a name but only aides in helping to pronounce the true character of the name, or names.  Try taking the vowels out of your own name and see if you can still pronounce it.  Vowels are a wonderful aide but they can also be used to misdirect.