Many have probably heard people claiming to be “Christians” call God “Yahweh.” Many are a little surprised, having never before heard that name for God. The persons using the word take great pride in displaying their understanding of the “true” name of God. The speaker and listener usually don’t know that Yahweh is NOT the proper name for God. In reality, Yahweh is the name for a heathen weather god.
God’s true name is Jehovah. We find in Exodus 6:2-3, that God reveals his proper name, Jehovah.
And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them. Exodus 6:2-3 (AV)
Jehovah is the proper English translation of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton (YHVH). The minions of Satan in the Hebrew Roots (a.k.a. Sacred Name) movement have hoodwinked their followers into using the name Yahweh in place of Jehovah. They ignorantly think that Yahweh is the correct pronunciation of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton (YHVH), rather than Jehovah. They are wrong. Yahweh is a satanic trap set for the unlearned and gullible. It subverts people into worshiping a devil, Yahweh, in place of God Almighty, Jehovah. God’s name is Jehovah, and Yahweh is a heathen tribal god.
There is so much that can be said on this subject, I made a poster board about it.
So many times in the OT, Israel changed God’s name for Baal, and it greatly angered God.
In the OT, the names meant something. Yah, Je Jo, iah, el (as prefixes and suffixes) mean Jehovah.
This sermon describes it well:
https://letgodbetrue.com/sermons/index/year-2011/a-name-above-every-name/
(ignore the “globe” in the slide show, I have already confronted the pastor on this and at the time his heart was hard toward the idea that we are not on a globe)
https://av1611.com/kjbp/ridiculous-kjv-bible-corrections/Yahweh-Jehova-YHVH.html
https://detroitchurch.net/messages/jehovah-or-yahweh/
Thanks Ed for keeping up the good fight
You cite your own book as proof? YHWH is the English transliteration. The word “Jehovah” wasn’t ever heard of until the late Middle Ages when the Hebrew letters tetragramatron were combined with the vowel pointers for Adonai and changed to Latin. You could so easily disprove what I just said by citing an early Church father, or ANY writing of the first few centuries or 1000 years, that used the word “Jehovah”. But you won’t.
In my book I explain in clear terms that Dr. Nehemia Gordon, who is a renowned Hebraist, tried to track down the source of the Hebrew vowels for Yahweh. He researched extensively, trying to find the authority for Yahweh as the Tetragrammaton (YHVH) pronunciation. What he found surprised him. There was no ancient authority for pronouncing the Tetragrammaton (YHVH) as Yahweh.
“What do we have in Jewish sources, and what do we have in Hebrew Bible manuscripts? There isn’t a single Hebrew Bible manuscript that has Yahveh or Yahweh, nothing, nowhere, anywhere. There isn’t a single Jewish source that has Yahweh. Let’s say an ancient or medieval Jewish source.”
Dr. Gordon cited 19 learned rabbis with eclectic backgrounds who, through history, all stated that Yehovah was the correct rendering of the Tetragrammaton (YHVH) in Hebrew. In Hebrew, it is pronounced Yehovah, whereas in English, it is pronounced Jehovah.
Wilhelm Gesenius (1786-1842), the most authoritative advocate for YHVH being pronounced Yahweh instead of Jehovah, let the cat out of the bag. He confirmed that Yahweh, the name he championed as the name of the God who communed with Moses, was the name of a heathen god originating in Egypt.
You claim that “you could so easily disprove what I just said by citing an early Church father, or ANY writing of the first few centuries or 1000 years, that used the word “Jehovah”. But you won’t.” In fact, in my book I did that very thing.
Where is the full article on this? Seems it is incomplete. I’d like to see some evidence for this heathen god, yahweh. Who is he, and what happens when we invoke his name?
Thank you.
I am sorry; I mistakenly stated that the authority in my statement was in a posted article. The authority is found in my book.
I can find no such “article” Edward, referencing Dr. Nehemia Gordon on your website, here in your Substack, doing a search on your site or doing an Internet search. Maybe I’m obtuse, but apparently someone directly above isn’t seeing the “full article” either.
I am sorry; I mistakenly stated that the authority in my statement was in a posted article. The authority is found in my book. I have revised my reply accordingly.