Yahweh: The True Name

"The truth shall set us free and we will be free indeed", this is a wise scriptural statement. Again the illusions of the truth is more dangerous than the falsehood itself. 

The true name of our creator is one of the first greatest questions of life that has not been given proper attention or answer. You know that the aim of religion is to raise the consciousness of humanity towards its maker. This can be achieved through worship, praises, meditations or other forms of religious creeds, dogmas and doctrines. But we cannot boast of sound worship or adoration without first knowing the proper name of the person we worship or adore. 

The original scriptures bear accurate testimony that our creator is a person who certainly has a name. Then, the question is, why is it that the same Bible who testified that he had a name presented to mankind millions of names through various translations 

Bible from different translators presented different names in place of the only name that the original scriptures bore. While it is certain that the original test or scripture which we know were written in Hebrew Language, bore the name YAHWEH, very many other scriptures bear names like LORD, GOD, JEHOVAH, ELOH1M, ADONIAH and many other local names of various tribes and tongues. Then the great question is, are names translative? 

A name of a person represents the person and as well his identity. And the scriptures respects names as mark of identity. Take for example, the Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Volume 1, Page 572) states the following "A study of the word "NAME" in the Old Testament reveals how much it means in Hebrew, the name is no mere label, but is sufficient of the real personality of him or whom it belongs". Yes names are very important before Yahweh and he put in man the desire to identify people and things by means of names. Then would it not be inconsistent for the creator of all things to leave himself nameless? 

The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (volume 2 page 649) says:, “one of the most fundamental and essential features of the Biblical revelation is the fact that the creator is not without a name, he has a personal name by which he can and to be invoked, for example the Bible tells us that Yahweh calls all stars by name” If you read this lecture with a broad mind set, you will agree with me that while the original writers of the holy scriptures were inspired, the translators were not inspired rather most of them were driven by their scholarly research and powers. For example, the works of four translators of four different Bibles books over the same text are various written as such-

(1) let them known that thou alone, whose name is the LORD art the most High over all the earth" (Revised Standard Version of 1952) (2) To teach them that thou O ETERNAL, thou art God Most High over all the world (A New Translation of the Bible by James Moffat of 1922) (3) "Let them know that thou alone bear the name YAHWEH Most High over the whole world (Catholic Jerusalem Bible, 1966) (4) That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH art the Most High over all the earth (Authorised of King James Version of 1611). The question is, how should one name appear  differently as LORD, ETERNAL, YAHWEH or JEHOVAH in different Bibles? While it is certain that the name rendered or made known to the Hebrews through Prophet Moses was Yahweh alone, then why and how did other ones came into existence? All other names came by means of corruption or falsification because the name is only one and it is Yahweh. 

Take another example, the name Jehovah was assembled by a man called Petros Galantanus (A French Confessionist) by sixteenth century. This name is not as ancient as the original scripturs and was not used by the ancient worshippers.  But is presently used because of its popularity. But can popular usage transform what is not real into reality? No, popularity can emerge through human efforts or propagation. Let us see what Revised Standard Version 1901 said in its preface about Yahweh and Jehovah. (Preface page five) "A major departure from the American Standard Version is the rendering of the DIVINE NAME the "Tetragramation" The American Standard Version used the term JEHOVAH, the King James Version had employed this in four places, but everywhere else, except in three cases where it was employed as part of a proper name used the English Word LORD for in certain case GOD printed in Capitals. The present revision returns to the procedure of the King James Version which followed the precedent of the Ancient Greeks or Latin translators, while it is almost if not quite certain that the name was originally pronounced "YAHWEH," this pronunciation was not indicated when the Masoretes (Hebrew Scholars) added vowel signs to the consonantal Hebrew text. 

The preface continued, For two reasons the committee has returned to the more familiar usage of the King James Version (That is omitting the name of the creator) 

(1) The word "JEHOVAH" does not accurately represent any form of the name ever used in Hebrew and (2) The use of any proper name for the one and only creator, as though there were other gods from whom he had to be distinguished, was discontinued in Judaism before the Christian Era and is entirely inappropriate for the Universal faith of the Christian Church". This calls for another question, how can the translators after knowing that omitting of Yahweh's name and its replacement with other names like Jehovah, God, Elohim, is inappropriate for the universal faith, still went ahead to omit the name? Why should the pastors and bishops queue behind the errors of the translators to deceive their followers with names that are not accurate? Mark you, the name Jehovah came out during medieval age and doesn't represent the ancient. 

Similarly in the preface of the original German Elbefelder Bibel, we read "JEHOVAH, we have retained this name of the covenant God of Israel because the reader has been accustomed to it for years". Have you seen the reason of the translators there in Eberfied Bibel, they prefer JEHOVAH because it is so popular for ages. Many translators like J. B. Rotherham agree that the name is Yahweh but they prefer the name Jehovah because of keeping in touch with the public ear. So for such translators, the need to know that divine and memorial name which appeared in Exodus 3:18 is not necessary. But the scripture made it clear that real worshippers will use the name Yahweh and as the memorial name must be known and be used by the entire human race. Many texts confirm this. For example some of the scriptures bore as follows -  O magnify Yahweh with me, you people and let us exalt his name together. "He who call upon the name Yahweh will be save". The son of Yahweh recognized the name of his father when he was here on earth. From his prayer "Our father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name”.  Again he said, "Father glory thy name" and Yahweh answered back "I have glorified it and 1 will glorify it again". Again the son of Yahweh whose original or personal name is Yahoshea Meshiyach told his father that 1 have made your name known to the men you took from the world and give to me. 

When Yahweh spoke to Prophet Moses, he made it clear that his name is Yahweh and he equally wrote it with his finger in the tablet in what is known as the Ten Commandments to Moses. Likewise the name Yahoshea Meshiyach is the original name of the saviour while the name Jesus Christ were the handwork of modern translators. While we recognize that all scriptures. are inspired, we should equally recognize that the translators were not inspired and they have their opinions. The translators to cover under that condition to change things in the scripture should not be accepted by real worshippers because our master Yahoshea Meshiyach identified the copiests and translators of his age who parade themselves in form of Pharasees, High Priests, and Scribes as agents of falsehood and deception. Therefore recognizing all accounts in the Bible to be accurate means recognizing the translators to be perfect and such consciousness will delude us. 

The names “Jehovah” and “Jesus Christ” are the handwork of the translators of the medieval age while the original and inspired names as revealed are Yahweh for the creator and Yahoshea Meschiyach for the saviour. 

The name Yahweh was revealed to Prophet Moses with its meaning rendered in Hebrew as "Yod He Waw He" which in English means "I am that I am". This name Yahweh is written along with Hebrew consonantal writing as' Y.H.W.H' which is termed as Quatragramaton although the translators called it Tetragramaton. The name Yahweh is present on the heavenly or spiritual praises known worldwide as “Halleluyah” which means “Praise Ye Yah”. 

So claims that the name- Yahweh is of Hebrew origin is a delusion but it is heavenly or spiritual name revealed to the Hebrews through prophets of Yahweh. Likewise the name of the son of Yahweh is originally known as Yahshem in spirit but when he took the earthly body, he bore the name Yahoshea Meshiyach. That name came by revelation through the inspired prophets and later to his mother Miriam and his father Yoseph. The meaning of Yahoshea is “Yahweh's salvation” or “salvation of Yaweh”. 

The saviour rightly said that "he came in his father’s name" His father’s name is shortly pronounced “Yah” while he is “Hoshea” or “Oshea” which when attached to his fathers name bears “Yahoshea”. The term “Meshiyach” is his title which means “Annointed One” in Aramaic tongue. 

Therefore the teachings of Most Senior Prophet Yahmarabhi Ha Meshiyach testifies that the name Yahweh and Yahoshea are the only spiritually recognized names for the creator and the saviour respectively and anything outside them are falsehood. The name, Jesus Christ is driven from the Greek Zeus or lesous. While the form “Christ” is derived from “Christos” of Greeks. So the saviour or his relations didn't know him with the name Jesus Christ while he was on earth. But he is known as Yahoshea Meshiyach both by his relatives or disciples.