The Sacred NameBy Yosiah Yedidiah

Today there is a very popular belief or misconception that the Name of our Creator was not or is not Sacred. Sacred is usually defined as dedicated or set-apart. Is it so hard to believe that the Creator of the universe’s name is to be dedicated or set-apart? In fact doesn’t both set apart and dedicated have a meaning of not only special, separated, but of uniqueness, as in oneness.

Those of you who are familiar with the Hebrew She’ma1 know that it teaches that the

creator, YaHWaH is One. Not only does this keep us from ever becoming polytheistic, and worshiping more than one mighty one, but also from using any other name. This is what the Father means when He say’s His name is jealous;

(Exo 34:14) for you do not bow yourselves to another mighty one, for יהוה, whose Name is jealous, is a jealous Ěl

What else could this scripture possibly be saying other than, YaHWaH who is a jealous El, is jealous about His name?

The Hebrew word translated as jealous is, qanna' - H7067 meaning properly, jealous, from the primitive root qana' - H7065 meaning zealous, jealous, and envious. The word qanna' is later compared to qanno' - H7072 defined as jealous or angry. Definitions are given below for your review.

H7067

�א קנqanna'

kan-naw'

From H7065; jealous: - jealous. Compare H7072.

H7065

קנאqana'

kaw-naw'

A primitive root; to be (causatively make) zealous, that is, (in a bad sense) jealous or envious: - (be) envy (-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous (-y), X very, (be) zeal (-ous).

H7072

�וא קנqanno'

kan-no'

For H7067; jealous or angry: - jealous.

Given the context and these Hebrew definitions one surely will conclude that YaHWaH is jealous about His name, and that we are not to “bow our selves to another mighty one” which is exactly what we do when we ascribe worship in any other name.

I fail to understand how we can even conceive it would not offend ourselves or each other much less our Master. Think about it, those of you who are married or parents, how would you feel if your spouse called you by another name? What about your children? What if they called you by your name in contempt, rather than Mommy or Daddy, not honoring you as a parent, or recognizing your authority?

Even worse, what if they called you by the name of your enemy? You may not know it but in many cases, that is exactly what we are doing today. Over the years the pagan names of deities were slightly disguised and slipped into Judaism and Christianity and today many are unknowingly ascribing worship to them. This is exactly what Satan desired, to steal worship from YaHWaH, this is the only way to get most people to worship him and the demons who followed him. Think about it, there are not that many people in the world who openly and knowingly worship Satan! How else would he be accomplishing his goal if it were not through deceit and false worship? Let’s look at some of the more popular of these names and their origins.

Please keep in mind, this is just a brief example of the enormous etymological research needed in this area, my premise here is not to conclusively expose all pagan roots, but rather to simply prove that are we not “Jealous” about His name, but we also are using names that are either mistranslated, meaningless or have pagan roots to other deities, all of which is idolatrous and blasphemous!

First is of course the all around universal - GodThe English word God continues the Old English God (guþ, gudis in Gothic, gud in modern Scandinavian, God in Dutch, and Gott in modern German), which derives from the Proto-Germanic *ǥuđán. All of these are pagan deity names not just a term in their original languages. Morgan Peter Kavenaugh, in his book The Origin of Language and Myths, claim that the word god was taken from the Buddha's patriarchal name of Gotama, Godama, Gautama, among other variations. He further claimed that this title assigned to the Buddha, became many words, such as in English the words, foot, boot, best, better and good. Others have come to a similar conclusion such as the Historian John Campbell who wrote; " I have shown elsewhere that the English word God, the German Gott, the Persian Bhoda and the Hindustani Khuda are all derived from the same root as that which appears in Celtic Aeddon or Guydion, the Germanin Odin, Woden or Goutan and the Indian Buddha or Gotama”" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_(word)

Not only was this not as believed today a “universal term” it was the name of many pagan deities. Imagine if you were the Creator and King of the Universe, governing the entire world, and in every one of your numerous kingdoms you were called something different. That seems ridiculous from the very thought, doesn’t it? It is in fact because linguistically speaking it is improper to translate a name. Webster defines translate as “to turn into ones own language or another”. Names should not be translated, they should be transliterated, which Webster defines as “to represent or spell in the characters of another alphabet”. Ask yourself now again if I traveled into many countries that have many languages, would it really make sense for them to all call you something different? Could anyone keep up with it? Should anyone? It makes more sense for each one to learn one simple word, your name, by taking their alphabet and teaching them to pronounce your name! It is really quite simple.

JehovahFirst appeared in 1530, as Tyndale's erroneous transliteration of Heb. Tetragramaton YHWH, using vowel points of Adhonai "my lord". Used for YHWH (the full name being too sacred for utterance) in four places in the Old Testament in the K.J.V. where the usual translation lord would have been inconvenient; taken as the principal and personal name of God. The vowel substitution was originally made by the Masoretes as a direction to substitute Adhonai for "the ineffable name." European students of Heb. took this literally, which yielded JeHoVa (first attested in writings of Galatinus, 1516). Jehovah's Witnesses "member of Watchtower Bible and Tract Society" first attested 1933; the organization founded c.1879 by Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916) http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Jehovah&searchmode=none

Next in the 16th century Petrus Galatinus, a confessor to Pope X, used the form 'Iehoua' in his book De Arcanis Catholic Veritatis II. The character 'h' was added to the end of the word (i.e., 'Iehoua(h)'). This was about the time of printing when a reversed L evolved into the character 'J'.  Dr. J.B. Rotherham writes the following about the j-word error "The pronunciation Jehovah was unknown until 1520, when it was introduced by Galatinus; but was contested by Le Mercier, J. Drusius, and L. Capellus, as against grammatical and historical propriety."[viii]  http://www.paleotimes.org/articles/j-word.htm

The History of the Letter JThe letter is a late modification of Roman -i-, originally a scribal creation in continental M.L. to distinguish small -i- in cursive writing from the strokes of other letters, especially in the final positions of words. But in Eng., -y- was used for this, and -j- was introduced c.1600-1640 to take up the consonantal sound that had evolved from -i- since L.L. times. This usage first was attested in Sp., where it was in place before 1600. Eng. dictionaries continued to lump together words beginning in -i- and -j- until 19c. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=J&searchmode=none

According to this research, which no doubt proves that the name Jehovah used by many today as the sacred name of the Creator, 1) Originally was thought to be Iehoua,

pronounced as Yehoowa or Yahooa 2) This was quickly realized and labeled as “Erroneous”, an error, a mistake! 3) The letter J was not added to the English language until c.1600-1640.

But first I must ask, does this not clearly prove Jehovah cannot be the sacred name of the Creator? This brings us to the other J-Name, “Jesus”!

JesusMost people today believe that the name “Jesus” is Greek, Latin, or an English translation of such, all of which are not true. Proof of this is still evident today even in Rome, the creator of both “J” names. A recent document was released August 6, 2000 by Catholicism titled “Dominus Iesus” a Latin term for “The Lord Jesus” as defined below;

Dominus Iesus (Latin for "The Lord Jesus") is a declaration by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. It was approved in a Plenary meeting of the Congregation, and bears the signature of its then Prefect, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, and of its then Secretary, Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, now Cardinal Secretary of State. The declaration was approved by Pope John Paul II and was published on August 6, 2000. It is subtitled "On the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominus Iesus

Etymology of DominusDominus - M.E. laverd, loverd (13c.), from O.E. hlaford "master of a household, ruler, superior," also "God" (translating L. Dominus, though O.E. drihten was used more often), earlier hlafweard, lit. "one who guards the loaves," from hlaf "bread, loaf" + weard "keeper, guardian, ward." Cf. lady, and O.E. hlafæta "household servant," lit. "loaf-eater." Modern monosyllabic form emerged 14c. The verb meaning "to play the lord, domineer" is from late 14c.; to lord it is from 1570s. Interjection Lordy first attested 1853, Amer.Eng. Lord of the Flies translates Beelzebub (q.v.) and was name of 1954 book by William Golding.http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=dominus+Iesus&searchmode=none

Etymology of Beelzebub (The Lord)Beelzebub - O.E. Belzebub, Philistine god worshipped at Ekron (2 Kings i.2), from L., used in Vulgate for N.T. Gk. beelzeboub, from Heb. ba'al-z'bub "lord of the flies," from ba'al "lord" + z'bhubh "fly." By later Christian writers often taken as another name for "Satan," though Milton made him one of the fallen angels.http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Beelzebub

Proof of this is, believe it or not is best found in the Scriptures! When we back translate or more properly don’t translate, 1Ki 18:21 as demonstrated below by word translated

as “the LORD” – H3068 and leaving it as the Hebrew literally reads יהוהthe name of the Creator pronounced, YaHWaH, this is how the Restored Name King James Version correctly renders it now as shown below.

(1Ki 18:21 KJV) And ElijahH452 cameH5066 untoH413 allH3605 the people,H5971 and said,H559 How longH5704 H4970 haltH6452 yeH859 betweenH5921 twoH8147 opinions?H5587 ifH518 the LORDH3068 be God,H430 followH1980 H310 him: but ifH518 Baal,H1168 then followH1980 H310 him. And the peopleH5971 answeredH6030 him notH3808 a word.H1697

(1Ki 18:21 RNKJV) And EliYah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if YHWH be Elohim, follow him: but if the Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Notice also as we learned previously the word “Baal” – H1168 in Hebrew means Lord, or Master, but it is more specifically the name of a pagan deity, translated “Lord of flies”! The Hebrew word used for Master in the TaNaK is 'adon - H113 where we get the Hebrew word Adonai, which also has the meaning sovereign. So to use the English word LORD for the Creator is not only an insult, it is also the name of a pagan deity. All definitions are given below for your review.

H1168

ב�עלba‛al

bah'-al

The same as H1167; Baal, a Phoenician deity: - Baal, [plural] Baalim.

H1167

ב�עלba‛al

bah'-al

From H1166; a master; hence a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense: - + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.

H1166

ב�עלba‛al

baw-al'

A primitive root; to be master; hence (as denominative from H1167) to marry: - Beulah have dominion (over), be husband, marry (-ried, X wife).

H113

אדן אדון'adon 'adon

aw-done', aw-done'

From an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, that is, controller (human or divine): - lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with “Adoni-”.

So we see that the Latin word Dominus a title given to the name “Jesus” by Rome is translated in English as Lord which is the name of a pagan deity. Now let’s continue our research into the origin of the name Iesus which later became “Jesus”.

Etymology of Iesus (Jesus)Originally rendered Iesus - O.E., from M.L., representing Gk. abbreviation of IHSOUS "Jesus," in which -H- is the capital of the Gk. vowel eta. The Roman form would be I.E.S. Mistaken for a L. contraction in the Middle Ages, after its Gk. origin was forgotten, and sometimes treated as short for Iesus Hominum Salvator "Jesus Savior of Men." Alternative version I.H.C. (terminal -s- often written -c- in later Gk.) is found on vestments from 950 C.E., and may be the source of the H. in slang Jesus H. Christ.http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Iesus&searchmode=none

The Name Iesus or Iesous is traced back to the Ionic Greek goddess of healing, Ieso. This feminine form was changed to a masculine Iesous which was welcomed by the Greek converts. And the name Iesous/Iesus had for many years been operative in the Bible as the name with which Bible translators described “The Son of the Most High, the Messiah”.

The 1611 King James Version uses the name Iesus it was not until 1629 this name Iesus was replaced in the King James Bible with “JESUS”!

The name Iesous/Iesus is derived from the pagan Greek goddess of healing, Ieso! Iaso or Ieso (ancient Greek Ἰασώ; Ionic Greek Ἰησώ) was the Greek goddess of recuperation from illness. The daughter of Asclepius, she had five sisters: Aceso, Aglæa/Ægle, Hygieia, Meditrina, and Panacea. All six were associated with some aspect of health or healing.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iaso

A quick lesson in Mythology, the root of ancient form of Replacement Theology!

Jupiter (mythology)

This article is about the supreme god of the ancient Romans. In Roman mythology, Jupiter or Jove was the king of the gods, and the god of sky and thunder. He is the equivalent of Zeus in the Greek pantheon. He was called Iuppiter (or Diespiter) Optimus

Maximus ("Father God the Best and Greatest"). As the patron deity of ancient Rome, he ruled over laws and social order. He was the chief god of the Capitoline Triad, with sister/wife Juno. Jupiter is also the father of the god Mars with Juno. Therefore, Jupiter is the grandfather of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. Jupiter was venerated in ancient Roman religion, and is still venerated in Roman Neopaganism. He is a son of Saturn, along with brothers Neptune and Pluto. He is also the brother/husband of Ceres (daughter of Saturn and mother of Proserpina), brother of Veritas (daughter of Saturn), and father of Mercury.

Iuppiter originated as a vocative compound of the Old Latin vocative *Iou and pater ("father") and came to replace the Old Latin nominative case *Ious. Jove[4] is a less common English formation based on Iov-, the stem of oblique cases of the Latin name. Linguistic studies identify the form *Iou-pater as deriving from the Indo-European vocative compound *Dyēu-pəter (nominative: *Dyēus-pətēr meaning "O Father Sky-god").

Older forms of the deity's name in Rome were Djeus-pater (“day/sky-father”), then Diéspiter. Djeus is the etymological equivalent of ancient Greece's Zeus and of the Teutonics' Ziu, gen. Ziewes. The Indo-European deity is thus the god from which Zeus and the Indo-Aryan Vedic Dyaus Pita are derived.

The name of the god was also adopted as the name of the planet Jupiter, and was the original namesake of Latin forms of the weekday now known in English as Thursday but originally called Iovis Dies in Latin, giving rise to Deus in Portuguese, jeudi in French, jueves in Spanish, joi in Romanian, giovedì in Italian, dijous in Catalan, Xoves in Galego, Joibe in Furlan.

I have provided the entire article above to demonstrate not only how the names of deities have changed over the years, but also how they have ever so cleverly been inserted into the sky as names of planets and into our calendar as days and months originally dedicated to these deities as times of worship! Let’s continue now by looking into some linguistic rules or conventions of Greek and Roman names.

Etymology of a “Greek surname”

Greek given names can be derived from the Greco-Roman gods, along with Ancient Greek traditions, or from the Old and New Testament and early Christian traditions. Some of the names are often, but not always, anglicised. Male names usually end in -ης and -ος, along with -α and -ων. If a name ends in -ίας, -ήλ and sometimes -ης/ής, it is a Hebrew name which has been translated into Greek. Female names most often end in -α and -η. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_name

Definition of an Epithet

An epithet (from Greek ἐπίθετον - epitheton, neut. of ἐπίθετος - epithetos, "attributed, added") is a descriptive word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name

of a person or thing, which has become a fixed formula. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and biological nomenclature.

In linguistics, an epithet can only be a metaphor, essentially a reduced or condensed appositive. Epithets are sometimes attached to a person's name or appear in place of their name, as what might be described as a glorified nickname.

In many polytheistic religions, such as in ancient Greek and Roman religions, a deity's epithets, easily multiplied in the practice of cultus generally reflected a particular aspect of that god's essence and role, for which their influence may be obtained for a specific occasion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithet

The following is a classic example of this:

In Greek mythology, Iacchus (Greek: Ἴακχος) is an epithet of Dionysus (Διόνυσος), particularly associated with the Mysteries at Eleusis, where he was considered to be the son of Zeus and Demeter. Iacchus was the torch bearer of the procession from Eleusis, sometimes regarded as the herald of the 'divine child' of the Goddess, born in the underworld, and sometimes as the child itself. Iacchus was called ‘the light bearing star of the nocturnal mysteries’, giving him possible associations with Sirius and Sothis.

Iacchus' identification with Dionysus is demonstrated in a variety of sources. In a Paean to Dionysus discovered at Delphi, the god is described as being named Iacchos at Eleusis, where he "brings salvation"

The word Iacchos also signified the ritual cry ("Iacchus, O Iacchus!") that accompanied the festival. In Euripedes' The Bacchae, according to the translation by Philip Vellacott, the Bacchants call to dance, crying out in unison on the son of Zeus, "Iacchus! Bromius!". Bromius is another epithet of Dionysus.

Note: the “festival” spoken of is no doubt the Saturnalia is the feast at which the Romans commemorated the dedication of the temple of the god Saturn, which took place on December 17. Over the years, it expanded to encompass the whole week, up to December 25. The Saturnalia was a large and important public festival in Rome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iacchus

Based on this discovery, we must earnestly ask ourselves, is the name Iesous/Iesus later changed to Jesus an epithet nickname or surname as is so common to the Greek/Roman societies and religions from which it originated? I answer yes, the following evidence leans heavily on the side of this conclusion and quite frankly anyone who does not see this having read it, is clearly biased or delusional!

1. We have established the name Iesous/Iesus is derived from the pagan Greek goddess of healing, Ieso! The fact that this goddess was considered a healer as

was the Messiah, and the Greek’s and Romans renaming Him after their healer is clearly an Epithet!

2. In our example of an “Epithet” we pointed out Iacchus (Greek: Ἴακχος) is an epithet of Dionysus (Διόνυσος), he was considered to be the son of Zeus and Demeter. We chose this particular example by no coincidence for it again proves Jesus is in fact an epithet of these gods. A fact easily established when one learns that linguistically speaking the Greek suffixes sos, ous, us, eus are in fact epithets or surnames for Zeus and his descendants! As the following reference determines; The Attic ending -o-u (apparently borrowed from the second declension) is not used in the modern. In these last forms from nouns in -eus the i is always short. i Some ...... Freq. epithet of Zeus, esp. in genitive. Full text of "Four books of Homer's Odyssey”

http://www.archive.org/stream/MN40058ucmf_5/MN40058ucmf_5_djvu.txt

3. The final nail in the coffin of our synopsis is that when we consider the name Jesus to be a Greek epithet of Zeus and his descendants, it as just demonstrated not only proves out linguistically but also when given the following epithet qualities A) Zeus the “Father of all gods” therefore “Jesus” his son! B) Dionysus the “god of wine” therefore “Jesus” who made water into wine! C) Attis or Aiolos by the ancient spelling was resurrected from the death by Zeus, his father! And the list goes on and on.

According to 2Maccabees 6:2, in 167 b.c., Antiochus Epiphanes the king of Hellenistic Greek Empire “profaned the temple in Jerusalem, and to call it the temple of Jupiter [Zeus] Olympius; and that in Garizim, of Jupiter the Defender of strangers, as they did desire that dwelt in the place”. The Greeks and Romans had replaced the Hebrew faith with their religion and deities long before and after the Messiah! This in fact is the entire premise in which Christianity was founded, mixed Greco/Roman sun and Mithra worship, replacement theology at its finest! For more on this I suggest reading “Come out of her my people” by C.J. Koster and “The two babylons” by Alexander Hislop.

Before we continue to the next topic of this study I feel it necessary to point out a few more of the many parallels between Zeus, Jesus, sun worship and the ancient Greco/Roman religion.

1. First of all of course the day in which they are worshiped – the Sun-day!2. Zeus was equated with the Syrian Baal shomem “Lord of the heavens” also

used by Christianity for Jesus and the Creator. The New American Bible – footnotes on 2mac 6:2

3. December 25th is the birth date of Tammuz, the Babylonian sun god, nor that it is the birthday of the Egyptian sun god Ra. In 168 BC Antiochus Epiphanes occupied Jerusalem and erected a statue of Zeus in the temple claiming Zeus was god on Zeus’ birthday… December 25th. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammuz_(deity)

4. When Rome conquered Persia, the Romans adopted the worship of Mithra, the Persian version of the Babylonian Tammuz using the same symbol, the Babylonian “Tau” or cross, and when they conquered Jerusalem they hung Jewish patriots on the cross of Mithra as sacrifices to the Roman sun god who was born on… you guessed it… December 25th!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice

5. Although in Western art the manger is usually depicted as being in a man-made free standing structure, many biblical scholars conjecture that, as in Byzantine art, the manger was probably positioned in a cave carved in the side of a hill. In the second century, Justin Martyr stated that Jesus had been born in a cave outside the town, while the Protoevangelium of James described a legendary birth in a cave nearby. The Church of the Nativity inside the town, built by St. Helena, contains the cave-manger site traditionally venerated as the birthplace of Jesus, which may have originally been a site of the cult of the god Tammuz.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus

All of the above statements can be confirmed at the given sources as well as any of the older Encyclopedias.

Jesus is the Epithet or surname of the son of Zeus, the “Lord of the heavens” it was given by the Greco/Roman Empire. Later The Roman Emperor Constantine established the religion of Christianity in 321 a.d. he was a known Mithra/Sun worshiper. He simply took this Greek Messiah and molded him into his new religion keeping his original sun worship. He then gave his Jesus messiah the birth date of his gods, December 25th. The teachings of Jesus Christ are not the teachings of the Hebrew Messiah YaHWaHshua HaMashiach.

This makes them two entirely different people, one – YaHWaHshua was here on earth, he was a Hebrew prophet and Torah teacher, the other Jesus - never existed nor was ever known by such a name, he is now being taught as a mythical character who came to change the Creators plan by “nailing the Torah [law] to the cross” and allowing us to break our Creators original commandments like eating swine’s flesh an abomination then and forever, according to Torah!

This makes him a false teacher, and as he is claimed to be the Messiah by his followers, he is therefore a False Messiah or the Anti-Messiah. The word anti is from Greek and Latin and means to go before or in place of, not against as the church teaches the “Anti-Christ” apostasy. The Apostle Yochanan (John) tells us that the anti-messiah is coming but that many have in his time already gone out! 1Jn 2:18 Little children, it is the last hour. And as you have heard that the anti-messiah is coming, even now many anti-messiahs have come. This is how we know that it is the last hour.

The Mashiach YaHWaHshua is quoted as saying;

Joh 5:43 “I have come in My Father’s Name and you do not receive Me, if another comes in his own name, him you would receive.

He came in His Fathers Name, His Fathers name is YaHWaH, not Jesus, that’s another’s own name.

Psa 96:2 “Sing unto YHWH, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day”

In Hebrew the name of the Mashiach is given to us at;

Zec 3:1 And he shewedH7200 me(H853) JoshuaH3091 the highH1419 priestH3548 standingH5975 beforeH6440 the angelH4397 of the LORD,H3068 and SatanH7854 standingH5975 atH5921 his right handH3225 to resistH7853 him.

The Hebrew word H3091 is יהושעYa-wa-shu-ah

YaHWaHshua

It is this name that was given to the Messiah at;

Mat 1:21 “And she shall give birth to a Son, and you shall call His Name for He shall save His people from their sins.” Footnote: This is the יהושעprecise meaning of the Heb rew of His Name. H3091 – YaHWaH saved!

For more in depth research of these name pronunciation see the studies; “the name – YaHWaH” and “the name – YaHWaHshua”

As we conclude this teaching I would like to review what scripture states about the Sacred Name.

(Isa 56:6-8) “Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to יהוה, to serve Him, and to love the Name of יהוה , to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold fast to My covenant – them I shall bring to My set-apart mountain, and let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their slaughterings are accepted on My altar, for My house is called a house of prayer for all the peoples.” The Master יהוה, who gathers the outcasts of Yisra’ĕl, declares, “I gather still others to him besides those who are gathered to him.”

Notice the exclusive promise to those who love His name, a promise of gathering to His set-apart mountain and acceptance of their worship, for it is then true worship, a promise for those who were sons of a foreigner, who were scattered, who were the outcasts of Yisrael, but now have joined themselves in covenant to love His name and guard His Sabbaths!

(Zec 13:8-9) And it shall be throughout all the soil,” declares יהוה, “that two thirds therein are cut off and die, and one third is left therein. “And I shall bring the third into fire, and refine them as silver is refined, and try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My Name, and I shall answer them. I shall say, ‘This is My people,’ while they say, ‘יהוה is my Elohim.’ ” Footnote: Zeph. 3:9.

(Zeph 3:9) “For then I shall turn unto the peoples a clean lip1, so that they all call on the Name of יהוה, to serve Him with one shoulder. Footnote: 1Or language.

The sacred name YaHWaH will deliver the true remnant of Yisra’el, one third of mankind who call on this name will be delivered and tried during the great tribulation, where as two thirds will be immediately destroyed, cut off and die. Let those who have ears hear! The clean lip here is the Hebrew language not any other much less English which is unclean having many words originating with the names of foreign gods, even words of worship – holy, god, good, grace, splendor, mercy, honor, justice, and the list goes on and on.

(Joe 2:28-32) “And after this it shall be that I pour out My Spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men dream dreams, your young men see visions. “And also on the male servants and on the female servants I shall pour out My Spirit in those days. “And I shall give signs in the heavens and upon the earth: blood and fire and columns of smoke, the sun is turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of יהוה. “And it shall be that everyone

who calls on the Name of יהוה shall be delivered1. For on Mount Tsiyon and in Yerushalayim there shall be an escape2 as יהוה has said, and among the survivors whom יהוה calls. Footnotes: 1Acts 2:21, Rom. 10:13. 2Isa. 4:2-3, Obad. v. 17, Rev. 14:1.

Here again we see an exclusive promise of deliverance, an escape for those who call on THE name of YaHWaH! Lets look at these footnotes and the escape they describe.

(Act 2:21) ‘And it shall be that everyone who calls on the Name of יהוה shall be saved.’1 Footnote: 1Joel 2:28-32 above, Rom. 10:13.

(Rom 10:13) For “everyone who calls on the Name of יהוה shall be saved.”

(Psa 91:14-15) “Because he cleaves to Me in love, Therefore I deliver him; I set him on high, Because he has known My Name. “When he calls on Me, I answer him; I am with him in distress; I deliver him and esteem him.

Again THE name of YaHWaH is the key to deliverance, the ancient Hebrews believed that the name when used invoked the Creator, if true which the scriptures seem to support, does it not stand to reason, it means THE name? Now lets look at the escape which are all still tied to the above prophesy (Joe 2:28-32) (Isa 4:2) In that day the Branch of יהוה shall be splendid and esteemed. And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for the escaped ones1 of Yisra’ĕl. Footnote: 1Joel 2:32 above, Obad. v. 17.

(Isa 4:3) And it shall be that he who is left in Tsiyon and he who remains in Yerushalayim is called set-apart, everyone who is written among the living in Yerushalayim.

(Oba 1:17) “But on Mount Tsiyon there shall be an escape1, and they shall be set-apart. And the house of Yaʽaqob shall possess their possessions. Footnote: 1Isa. 4:2-3 above, Joel 2:32 above, Rev. 14:1.

(Rev 14:1) And I looked and saw a Lamb standing on Mount Tsiyon, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s Name1 written upon their foreheads. Footnote: 1Some texts read: having His Name and His Father’s Name.

His name and His Fathers name is One, this is what we discussed previously at John 5:43, where YaHWaHshua say’s He has come in His Fathers name. But more specifically lets notice that His Fathers name is once again exclusively on the 144,000!

(Rev 7:3) saying, “Do not harm the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees until we have sealed the servants of our Elohim upon their foreheads.”1 Footnote: 1See 9:4, 14:1, 22:4.

(Rev 9:4) And it was said to them that they shall not harm the grass of the earth, or any green matter, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of Elohim upon their foreheads.

(Rev 22:4) And they shall see His face, and His Name shall be upon their foreheads.

His name is a seal, it is a mark upon the forehead of His servants. The forehead is a Hebrew idiom for our thoughts and what we believe. Those who refuse this name are not “sealed” they according to this scripture are obviously going to receive punishment, the plagues and curses spoken of by the prophets.

(Mal 2:2) “If you do not hear, and if you do not take it to heart, to give esteem to My Name,” said יהוה of hosts, “I shall send a curse upon you, and I shall curse your blessings. And indeed, I have cursed them, because you do not take it to heart.

(Jer 12:15-17) “And it shall be, after My plucking them out, I shall return, and have compassion on them and bring them back, everyone to his inheritance and everyone to his land. “And it shall be, if they learn well the ways of My people, to swear by My Name, ‘As יהוה lives,’ as they taught My people to swear by Baʽal, then they shall be established in the midst of My people. “But if they do not obey, I shall pluck up, pluck up and destroy that nation,” declares יהוה.

The choice is up to you, will you be blessed or cursed? Will you love the name or despise the name? Are you going to His people?

(Isa 52:5-6) “And now, what have I here,” declares יהוה, “that My people are taken away for naught? Those who rule over them make them wail,” declares יהוה, “and My Name is despised all day continually. “Therefore My people shall know My Name, in that day, for I am the One who is speaking. See, it is I.”

The name is one of the reasons we were exiled in the first place!

(Jer 23:26-27) “Till when shall it be in the heart of the prophets? – the prophets of falsehood and prophets of the deceit of their own heart, who try to make My people forget My Name by their dreams which everyone relates to his neighbour, as their fathers forgot My Name for Baʽal.

These false prophets are still trying to make you forget the True Name of the Creator YaHWaH and use one of the hand me down names for Ba’al! Don’t believe them, do your own research, pray hard, turn back your captivity!

(Eze 39:25) “Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, ‘Now I am going to bring back the captives of Yaʽaqob. And I shall have compassion on all the house of Yisra’ĕl, and shall be jealous for My set-apart Name.

Will you be jealous for His name?

(Mal 4:2) “But to you who fear My Name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings. And you shall go out and leap for joy like calves from the stall.

Will you fear His name? Will you guard His commands and enter into covenant with Him again?

(Neh 1:9) but if you shall turn back to Me, and guard My commands and do them, though you were cast out to the end of the heavens, I shall gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen, to make My Name dwell there.’

One of the commands He speaks of is the third command;

(Exo 20:7) “You do not bring1 the Name of יהוה your Elohim to naught, for .does not leave the one unpunished who brings His Name to naught יהוהFootnote: 1Or lift up, or take.

(Exo 3:15) And Elohim said further to Mosheh, “Thus you are to say to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘יהוה Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Ab raham, the Elohim of Yitsh aq, and the Elohim of Yaʽaqob, has sent me to you. This is My Name forever, and this is My remembrance to all generations.’

His Name is YaHWaH according to the most ancient pronunciation I can find. I am personally convinced that this is THE pronunciation and that the

Mashiach was named YaHWaHshua. However I must admit the evidence is not absolute, it is one of two possibilities. So I would like to end this writing by briefly sharing my research results for the only other possibility and why I feel it is not as probable. I go into this more in depth in the studies – The Name YaHWaH and The Name YaHWaHshua.

The Massoretic vowel pointing reflects the name to be YaHuWaH however we are unclear how much accent is put on the “u”. When we say YaHWaH it is also hard to say how much one should accent the H or W. In other words should it be said YaHwah or Ya-Wah. When accenting the W one can almost hear a “u” type sound, yet it is clearly not heavily accented.

My point here is this 1) We could be splitting hairs here and with brethren who are this close to the perfect one minded unity spoken of in the scriptures we should not do so! 2) Working our way down from here those who do heavily accent the “u” have only the Massorete’s to rely on. The fact that the Massorete’s made many scribal errors is well known. They are also responsible for the cover up of the Name in the first place by origin of the “ineffable” name apostasy, a fact that this study has no doubt proven contrary to scripture. There is no way I am going to rely solely on their pronunciation. 3) when one looks for second or third witnesses who in ancient times recorded or preserved the pronunciation of the true Name of our Creator, you will find A) The Assyrians who transcribed it as “Ya-uw-a” which could be a slight but not heavy accent on the “u” no doubt. B) The Karen tribe of Burma, who claim to be a lost remnant of the Kohen tribe of Yisra’el say the Name is Ya’wa. 3) The Leningrad Codex vowel points the

Name as YaHWaH at Psalm 144:15 - ' )הו הי

This becomes even clearer when we discuss the Name of the Messiah. Praise be to YaHWaH for we need not guess at this name, for it was given to us by Moshe (Moses) at Num 13:16 where he changes the name of Hoshea son of

nun whose name in Hebrew is spelled הוש(ע Hey – Waw – SHin – Ayin #1954, pronounced today according to vowel pointing as ho-shay'-ah, and

means deliverer. Moshe then changes his name to יהוש(עYod – Hey – Waw – Sin – Ayin #H3091, pronounced today according to vowel pointing as yeh-ho-shoo'-ah, meaning YaHWaH saved. Notice the only difference is the later has a Yod added to the beginning of the name. As for the very different pronunciations this is due to the vowel pointing. In ancient or Paleo-Hebrew there were less vowels than today’s modern Hebrew which like any other language continues to evolve. With this in mind many scholars reconstruct name pronunciations by comparison to others that contain Constants that are the same.

Using this method one may also take the name improperly translated in

English as Eve which in the Hebrew is ה� ,KHet-Waw-Hey #2332 חוpronounced today according to vowel pointing as khav-vaw'. In Paleo

Hebrew the sixth letter, the Waw originally made the W sound. We do not know that it made any other sound or acted as a vowel as it does today in Modern Hebrew. This being said the Paleo pronunciation would be Kha-wah

meaning life giver. Notice this names similarity to the Creators יהוה Yod – Hey – Waw – Hey, YaHWaH. See the similarities? If so let’s compare again

yeh-ho-shoo'-ah from a Paleo Hebrew יהוש(ע ho-shay'-ah to הוש(עperspective.

To do this lets stack all three as follows

Yod – Hey – Waw – Hey = YaHWaH : יהוה

�ה KHet-Waw-Hey = KHaWaH : חו

.Hey – Waw – SHin – Ayin = HaWaSHuA according to this formula : הוש(עIf we simply follow the above two examples it stands to reason that in all three cases the Waw is just that a “W” as in YaHW-, KHaW-, and HaW-. If we have assumed too much it is in using the vowel “a” between the H and W. If the proper sound was to be an “o” it was probably done without depending on the Waw as does today’s modern grammar.

Yod – Hey – Waw – Sin – Ayin = YaHWaSHuA is now based on the : יהוש(עabove demonstration very possible and does not add or take away from The Creators Name therefore allowing the Mashiach to “come in His Fathers Name” and render the meaning “YaHWaH has saved” as in it is finished or will be when He returns to gather His fruit!

This pronunciation is also very much in tact with the attempted transliteration to Joshua pronounced Jaw-shua, which would be perfect by simply using the original Y instead of its later replacement J. Again if we have assumed too much and are in error it is most likely in the Waw and that it did in fact act as a vowel in Paleo Hebrew and thus would render the Creators name as YaHuWah and the Mashiach as YaHuWaHshua, or YaHuShua. Quite frankly the longer I study and speak Hebrew, they still do not flow or make sense! I believe it to be the Ruach HaKodesh within me and I pray it is not still my western mentality and if it is that He rebuke me, and correct me. Amein.

I pray you will do the same and put forth all your effort in research to become as confident as I am in the True pronunciation of the Creators Name. If there is anything I can do to assist you, please contact me by e-mail at yosiahyedidiah@yahoo.com

Thank you and let those who have ears hear!

Footnotes

1 A prayer of Debarim 6 (Deuteronomy) that has been said and preserved by the ancients. It was this that the Mashiach spoke of when he said the “greatest commandment of all was to love Elohim with all your heart, strength, and life”. The first line in English is normally translated, “Hear O’ Israel, YaHWaH is Elohim, YaHWaH is One.