Perhaps this was a way to recognize that whatever place or altar they built came from the blessing of the Lord's provision. Judges : "Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. Once again we see another instance of someone naming an altar after the Lord. Naming things in the Old Testament held a far more powerful weight than it does for us today.
Psalm : "That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth. No one else can claim the name of Jehovah except for our Lord. His name is the name above any other names. During the time of the Old and New Testament, many nations would worship foreign gods. But we see time and time again, that our God is far greater, and stronger than these.
Isaiah : "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Many Christians can get weird about the Old Testament and often won't read it enough. But we need to recognize that the Old Testament plays a crucial role in the story of salvation. God's plan for salvation didn't simply begin when Jesus walked the earth.
Ever since mankind sinned, we see a prophecy about how God would conquer the enemy of sin Genesis 3 that binds and restricts us from experiencing eternal joy in heaven. Isaiah : "Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:". We can place our trust in God. He has come through for us in the past and will do so in the future.
God will never fail us. Apart from these verses in the King James version, we don't really see the name Jehovah show up anywhere in the modern translations of the Bibles we have today. Nevertheless, these seven verses remind us of God's power, his sovereignty, and his trustworthy nature. No other God has a name like ours. Now that we've established where we can find Jehovah in modern translations, let's dive into the pronunciation of Jehovah versus YHWH.
One of our biggest clues that Jehovah probably does not fit the bill is that the Ancient Hebrew lacked the J sound at the beginning. So, why did people start pronouncing it with a J? Although people have debated even this, we do know that Jehovah appeared in Bibles starting in the s. Although knowing how they originally pronounced YHWH would give us some historical insights, we have to remember what the name stands for itself.
Different languages around the world have different pronunciations of Jesus, for instance. Nevertheless, the name has the same meaning for us as it did for the Early Church. Dogmatism, therefore, is without justification. It is difficult to appreciate the rationale of the somewhat caustic critics who virtually rail against the name Jehovah, when no one knows precisely how the original term was pronounced.
Moreover, why has there been no swelling enthusiasm by translators for incorporating Yahweh , as an anglicized term, into the texts of our modern Old Testament versions? This controversy, it appears to me, is a translation tempest in a teapot. Jackson, Wayne. Access date: November 11, Topical Index. About Contact. What About the Name Jehovah? By Wayne Jackson. Who Were the Nephilim? Does Psalm 22 Prophesy the Crucifixion of Christ?
Works Cited Ferm, Vergilius. An Encyclopedia of Religion. Horn, Siegfried, ed.
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