Dear John, Paul and fellow Doves,
Thank you John
again for the hard work and the fast
track that is provided for us so that we can follow Hebrews 9:28.
I have seen the
different websites and ministries
that either agree or attack some form or the other on how to pronounce
our
Heavenly Father's Name, and I would like to replay to your enquiry.
First a
Testimony.
A couple of
years ago, me and my friend were started
to study the deeper things of the Word and we arrived at where the
Scriptures
make mention of "the Name" or "in My Name". And it just
tickled us as to why don't we know His Name, because we had a personal
relationship
with Him?
So with
unashamed boldness I just ask the Father the
following question; "Father, by which Name must I call You?"
The answer blew
me away, to say the least!
The Holy
Spirit, the Set-apart Spirit, (Ruach
HaKodesh) told me very softly, "It is the One that you Know". I was
stunned.
Now in my
studies I knew what the word
"know" means in relation to relationships and therefore I know that
it has to do with intimacy and the principal of 'does He know you' and
'do you
know Him' and not 'do you know about Him'.
I always remind
me, "Remember where you came
from!" We called on the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth for Salvation
through confession with your mouth to another human being and believeth
in your
heart unto righteousness and we received the Holy Spirit and later got
baptized
in the Holy Spirit with Fire to receive the Gift of the Holy
Spirit.
It was only in
the last two years that ABBA Father
drawn us deeper into starting to study the Hebrew Names of the Father
and
Son and why did the Pharisees prohibit the speaking of the
Name of the
Father in the fist place and I was reminded what Jesus said in John
17:6, and I
quote from the KJV;
“I
have manifested thy name unto the men which thou
gavest me out of the
world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy
word.”
From
the Strong, ‘manifested’
is number 5319 which means the following; “to make
manifest or
visible
or known what
has been hidden or unknown, to
manifest, whether by words,
or deeds, or in any
other way”.
From the
Strong, ‘name’ is number 3686
which means the following; “name:
univ. of proper names;
the name is used for everything
which the name
covers, everything
the thought or feeling of which is aroused in the mind by mentioning,
hearing,
remembering, the name, i.e. for one's rank, authority, interests,
pleasure,
command, excellences, deeds etc.”
Revelation
5:9 clearly states that
those before the Throne would consists of people out of very kindred,
and tongue,
and people,
and nation,
which means that we
will be speaking different languages but based on Scripture we will be
calling
HIM the Name that is Above ALL Names, which is True to Him.
From
the Strong, ‘tongue’
is number 1100 which also means “the language or
dialect used by a
particular people distinct from that of other nations” and that opens
up
the different tribes and nation of the world to come in to the Faith
that was
once delivered to the saints.
Zephaniah 3:9
states the following; “For then
will I turn to
the people a pure language
that they may
all call upon the name of the LORD,
to serve
him with one consent.”
From the
Strong, ‘language’ is number 8193
shows clearly that it is referred to speech.
And from the
Strong, ‘LORD’ is number 3068
and it is referred to “the proper
name of the one true God.” Let this
one sinks in, meditate
on this, please.
My dear
friends, the early church has replace the ‘Name
of the One True God’ with the word “LORD” and it should have
been (HWHY) reading from left to right, or for ease of reference,
(YHWH) because
our Greek-mindset has a difficulty to comprehend the Hebrew language.
Now Paul, as I
understand it from the Paleo-Hebrew,
the four letters didn’t contain any vowels and that means it is where
the
difference comes in as to pronunciation of the four letters commonly
known as
the Tetragrammaton.
I’ve also
noticed in the resources available
that there is no ‘J’ in the Hebrew alphabet, so to explain it like
this from my humble view point only. I am in no way an expert on
languages and
writing different tongues, so please forgive me if I have error.
One could
pronouns the “LORD’s”
Name as “YaHoWeH” but one should write it as YHWH. My pronunciation,
if I can write it to represent the sounds is as follows; Yahweh, but I
write
His Name as YHWH.
Remember were
we came from and remember it’s “the
One that you Know”!
Much Grace to
you all
Steven Braun
Paul
Wilson (18
Aug 2010)
"God's
name"
I know
of 3 pronunciations one is Yah (like the
Swedes say) - way
and Yah (like the
Swedes again) - Ho - Vah
and the
last is Jah (like the
Jamaicans use for god)
- Ho - Vah. are
these pronunciations ok??? Is any one of them more correct?? I am most
familiar
with the first one mentioned.