by John V. Cordaro

Prov.30:4 - "Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath
gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who
hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his
son's name, if thou canst tell?"

This is a very difficult question for the majority of the world to answer but it
shouldn't be for the Creator's own people. The answer is to be found in the
Bible, especially in the Hebrew manuscripts. Notice the question does not say,
"What are His Names . It uses the singular "name" implying He only has one
name that He desires to be known by.

Ps.83:16-18 - "Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O
LORD. Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to
shame, and perish: That men may know that thou, whose name alone is
JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth." KJV

The KJV states His name is Jehovah. But is that His correct name?

Is.42:8 - "I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to
another, neither my praise to graven images." Here the Almighty declares His
name through the prophet Isaiah. The KJV state His name is "The LORD." But
in Ps.83:18 that we just read, it said His name is "Jehovah." If you check the
Hebrew of both verses you will find that both LORD and Jehovah are
translated from the same word [hwhy]. It is called the "tetragrammaton,"
meaning "the four letters," and it is the revealed personal name of our
Heavenly Father. This name is used more than any other name in Scripture. It
appears about 7,000 times in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament and it
should have appeared about 100 times in the New Testament. It is
pronounced Yahweh.

Lev.24:16 - "And he that blasphemeth the name of the Yahweh, he shall surely
be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the
stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the
Yahweh, shall be put to death." The Israelites understood how holy Yahweh's
name was and had a great reverence for it. So, in an effort to avoid
blaspheming the Name themselves, and in an effort to keep the heathen
nations from blaspheming the Name, they began saying "adonai," meaning
"lord," whenever they came across the tetragrammaton when reading Hebrew
or whenever they referred to the Almighty in conversation. It is similar to what
they did by building walls around the Sabbath to keep from polluting it.

Sometime after the 6th century C.E. a group called the Masoretes added
vowel marks to the Hebrew text in an effort to preserve the current
pronunciation as they knew it. The vowel marks for Adonai were inserted with
the letters of the sacred name to remind the people to say Adonai when
reading the name. As a result, when translators sought to translate the
scriptures into other languages, they became confused. They mixed the
vowels of adonai with the letters of the tetragrammaton and came up with
Jehovah.

Ps.68:4 - "Sing unto Elohim, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth
upon the heavens by his name YAH, and rejoice before him." Here we are told
to extol Him by His name which is given as "Jah" in the KJV. It appears as
"HY" in Hebrew [hy] and is pronounced "Yah." It is the poetic short form of the
Creator's name. This short form is found within the names of many Israelites
such as Isaiah meaning "Yah has saved" or Jeremiah meaning "Yah will rise."
It is also found in the word Halleluyah meaning "praise you Yah." This short
form appears about 50 times in the Hebrew text, yet the KJV allows it to
appear just this once. The NIV doesn't even allow that. Instead it has "LORD."

The name Yahweh is not a translation of the tetragrammaton. It is a
transliteration meaning the sounds of those original Hebrew letters have been
reproduced into another language. Names should never be translated from one
language to another. They should always be transliterated as are most Biblical
names. For example, Abraham in Hebrew is pronounced Abrawhawm; Sarah
is pronounced Sawraw. Today, Mikail Gorbachev's name is the same in
Russian or English. Francois Mitterand's name is pronounced the same in
France as it in Argentina. If President Clinton goes to China they will
pronounce his name Clinton. They won't change it to Chung. The name of
Yahweh should be pronounced exactly the same in any language on earth,
contrary to the multiplicity of names this world applies to Yahweh.

Ex.3:15 (and Ps.135:13) - "And Elohim said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt
thou say unto the children of Israel, Yahweh, Elohim of your fathers, the
Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, hath sent
me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all
generations." This verse declares Yahweh's name to be a memorial. We are
to remember Him by this name forever. If we substitute false names and titles
for His memorial name, then we no longer memorialize it. The same principal
holds true when people substitute Sunday for the Sabbath. They no longer
memorialize creation. Ironically, Satan's name does not change from one
language to another. "Satan" is recognized in all languages. The Bible says to
memorialize the Creator's name yet, man changes His name and memorializes
Satan's name instead!

Tyndale's Bible was the first English Bible to substitute LORD in place of
Yahweh. This resulted from the fact that the Greek text was already corrupted
in that it had substituted "kurios," meaning "lord," and "theos," meaning "God,"
in place of Yahweh's name. The substitution of kurios and theos for the sacred
name took place gradually after the first century. The earliest copies of the
Septuagint (Greek translation of the O.T., 200-100 BCE) show that the sacred
name was written in Hebrew letters within the Greek text. Sometimes it was
written in gold letters. Aquila's version (128 CE) and Origen's Hexapla were
also written in Greek yet, the Sacred Name was written in Hebrew directly into
the Greek text.

Notice what happened when Deut.8:3b was quoted in the N.T.; The text, as it
appears in the O.T. of the KJV, reads, "that he might make thee know that
man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the
mouth of the LORD doth man live." And, as it appears in Mt.4:4 of the KJV,
"But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but
by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Not only did the
translators substitute "the LORD" for "Yahweh," but they also removed
"LORD" and put "God" in the N.T.. A truthful translation would have Yahweh's
name in both verses.

Ps.72:17-19 - "His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as
long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him
blessed. Blessed be Yahweh Elohim, the Elohim of Israel, who only doeth
wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole
earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen." Despite the efforts of the
forces of darkness, Yahweh's name will endure forever. He will personally see
to it that His people know His name as we read in Ezek.39:7 ; "So will I make
my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them
pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am Yahweh,
the Holy One in Israel. One of the ways to profane or pollute His Holy name is
by applying a false name or title in its place. The time will come when Yahweh
will remove these substitutes from the lips of His people.

Jer.16:19-21 - "O Yahweh, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the
day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth,
and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein
there is no profit. Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to
know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Yahweh."
Yahweh declares that He Himself will do the teaching concerning who He is
and what His name is. He has already begun to do this with those who have
accepted and use His name. But if we fight against the power of the Holy
Spirit as it tries to teach us these things, then we grieve the Holy Spirit. And
that is something we don't want to do if we love Yahweh.

Notice in verse 19 that the fathers of the Gentile nations have passed down
lies to their children. You and I have inherited the lies of Sunday worship,
eating unclean foods, eternal hell-fire, etc. We have also inherited the lies
concerning the sacred names. But Almighty Yahweh is now working to restore
the truth among His people.

I've used the phrase "sacred names" several times in this study. Let's turn to
Mt.6:9 to find out what that means.

Mt.6:9 - "After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name." The word "hallowed" in Greek means to set apart for
holy use. Not only is Yahweh's name Holy, but it is to be set apart, just as the
Sabbath day is set apart, for holy use. What does Yahweh say concerning
those who set apart His name?

Mal.3:16,17 - "Then they that feared Yahweh spake often one to another: and
Yahweh hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written
before him for them that feared Yahweh, and that thought upon his name. And
they shall be mine, saith Yahweh of hosts, in that day when I make up my
jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him."
Not only will their names be written in the Book of Life, but they will also be
recorded in a special Book of Remembrance because they remembered to
reverence and sanctify His name. They memorialized it.

Joel 2:31,32 - "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before the great and the terrible day of Yahweh come. And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Yahweh shall be
delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as Yahweh
hath said, and in the remnant whom Yahweh shall call." This passage was
quoted by the Apostle Peter on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2:20,21. The
Hebrew text doesn't say, "All who call upon the name of the LORD shall be
delivered." It says, "All who call upon the name of Yahweh shall be delivered."
The translators of the New Testament didn't even have enough respect for the
Name to give the word "LORD" all capital letters. In Acts 2:21, LORD is
written "Lord."

Let's look at a few more prophetic scriptures to end this study on Yahweh's
name.

Zech.13:7-9 - "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man
that is my fellow, saith Yahweh of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep
shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. And it shall
come to pass, that in all the land, saith Yahweh, two parts therein shall be cut
off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part
through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as
gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is
my people: and they shall say, Yahweh is my Elohim." The "striking of the
shepherd" in verse 7 refers to the death of Messiah resulting in the scattering
of his disciples. Verses 8 & 9 have not been fulfilled yet, but when they are the
refined saints will be calling upon the holy name Yahweh. This remnant that is
saved will have the Heavenly Father's name written on their foreheads as we
see in Rev.14:1 . Notice the seal that is placed on the forehead of the 144,000
is not the seal of sabbath keeping, but instead, the sacred names of Yahweh
and Yahshua. It is true that to be among the 144,000 sealed in Rev.7 you
must be a sabbath keeper, but that is not the seal.

Mic.4:5 - "For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we
will walk in the name of Yahweh our Elohim for ever and ever." This is exactly
what is happening today. All nations have a name for their particular god who
they say created the universe. But His people know Him by His personal
revealed name. And that name is Yahweh.

The Apostle Paul said, in 1 Cor.8:5, "For though there be that are called gods,
whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)." If
we do not clearly identify the individual that we worship, how can one be sure
which one of the many gods and lords we worship? Satan is called a god (2
Cor. 4:4). Dagon and Molech are also called gods in the Bible. Since that is
true, can we continue to call our Heavenly Father "God." The practice of
capitalizing the "G" in God or capitalizing all the letters of LORD does not
make that His true name nor does it clearly identify Yahweh.

Yahweh's name is holy just as the Sabbath is holy. It must be sanctified or set
apart just as the Sabbath is. According to Ezekiel, the very purpose of the
regathering of Israel and the New Covenant is to sanctify Yahweh's great
name (Ezek.36:20-27 ).

Many people are under the mistaken belief that Yahweh is a Hebrew name
and, since they don't speak Hebrew, they shouldn't have to use it. Using that
logic, these same people should not say Satan, Abraham, Sarah, Abel, or
even hallelujah, all of which are pure Hebrew. In Gen.4:1, Eve said, "I have
gotten a man from Yahweh." Even before a Hebrew ever existed on earth, the
name Yahweh was being used. Yahweh told Adam and Eve what His name
was and that is what they called Him. The name finds its origin in heaven itself.
If Adam and Eve were Chinese, would that make Yahweh a Chinese name?
Simply because Yahweh's name is revealed to us through Hebrew
manuscripts does not make it a Hebrew name.

Finally, to sum up why all this error concerning Yahweh's name has come
about, we need to read Yahweh's commandment found in Deut.4:2 and the
chapter we began this study with, Prov.30:5,6 -

"Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish
ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Yahweh your Elohim
which I command you." (Deut.4:2)

"Every word of Elohim is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in
him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a
liar." (Prov.30:5-6)

The Holy Spirit inspired "Yahweh" to be written in the sacred text. It was the
purest word in all of scripture. Yet man broke Yahweh's commandment and
removed that Holy name from His word and substituted a false name,
Jehovah, and false titles, LORD and God. The people who did that and those
that continue to propagate the error will be found to be liars.

Blessed be His Holy Name forever. HalleluYah!
The Creator's TRUE Name