HaShem Part 1: What’s In a Name? - 119 Ministries

hello and welcome to another teaching by 119 ministries our ministry teaches that the whole Bible is true and applicable for our lives today if you would like to know more about what we believe in teach please visit us at test everything net we hope that you enjoy studying and testing the following teaching proverbs chapter 30 verse 4 who has ascended to heaven and come down who has gathered the wind and his fists who has wrapped up the waters in a garment who has established all the ends of the earth what is his name and what is his son's name surely you know the Hebrew word Hashem literally means the name this topic is likely one of the most dividing and emotionally loaded topics in what is commonly called eber roots in this teaching series we'll be exploring several questions some of those being why does the topic of our creator's name cause so much division in the body what's the Hebrew word for a name really mean what does it mean to profane his name why do people say Hashem instead of saying our creator's name what is our creators name what is the Tetragrammaton why did Lord and all caps replace the Tetragrammaton in English Bibles why is it said that Yahweh was revealed in the Exodus is it wrong to say Lord can reap renounce our creator's name correctly if so how or why not what does it mean to transliterate names is it okay to transliterate names what is our Messiah's name does the transliterated form of our Messiah's name as Jesus derived from the Greek god Zeus what does it mean that we should not speak the names of other gods this teaching has resulted from our own study on this subject we encourage you to test what is said to his word it is possible that feedback from the body could cause us to consider insight which could necessitate adjusting and re-releasing this teaching in the future we do not want to contribute to controversy nor fuel unnecessary division resulting in the study of this subject we certainly value seeking out truth and applying truth but when it comes to correcting others in the body we need to be sure that it is done with and for the reasons proverbs chapter 6 verses 16 through 19 there are six things that Yahweh hates seven that are an abomination to him haughty eyes align tongue and hands that shed innocent blood a heart that devises wicked plans feet that make haste to run to evil a false witness who breathes out lies and one who sews discord among brothers we teach and follow the Word of God nowhere could we find any commandment in the Torah that states that one must fully understand how to spell or pronounce our creator's name we certainly believe that it is a blessing to know how to spell and pronounce his name if it is even possible to determine today with absolute accuracy those that argue and divided on how to spell or pronounce his name are guilty or sowing discord for just edifying the body of the Messiah in fact anyone overly focused on the spelling or pronunciation of our creator's name has missed the whole point of what name or Shem and Hebrew primarily means in the first place we are not saying there's not a degree of value and knowing how to spell a pronounce our creators name however the higher importance is properly defining and applying the Hebrew word Shem the word Shem means much more than just a name a related word in Hebrew is the word neshama meaning breath in the Hebrew mind the breath is much more than the exchange of air in the lungs but was the seat of one's character the word Shem is also used in the manner as seen in this passage where the word fame is the Hebrew word Shem first Kings chapter 4 for he was wiser than all other men wiser than Ethan though as right and Haman chuckle and Darda the sons of Mahal and his fame was in all the surrounding nations this is similar to our desire to have a good name this has nothing to do with the actual name but the character of the one with the name when we see a name such as King David we see the word King as a title and David as a name in our Western mind a title refers to a character trait or authority while name is simply denoting identity and westernized thinking the name portraying identity is related to the spelling and pronunciation of the assigned to name that is all that it means and that is what it's determined to be important in Hebrew thinking a name or Shem denotes the character Authority reputation and even purpose of an individual and then it is the character Authority reputation and purpose of individual that comprises of and yields one's identity did you see the difference much of the arguing about our creator's name is a symptom of westernized thinking promoting the usage of Shem to denote and highlight identity when the true purpose of Shem is to denote character Authority etc in the Hebrew language there is no distinction between names and titles both the words King and David are descriptions of character traits King is one who reigns while David is one who is loved because of westernized thinking it is also common to identify the word Elohim as a title and Yahweh as an identifying name what we do not often realize is that both of these are character traits Yahweh means the one who exists and Elohim is plural magistrate with power and authority this means that our creator has many names though it is evident that there is a particular SEM that our creator certainly wishes to emphasize and we'll discuss that later in the series as already mentioned the Hebrew word Shem more literally means character and authority there is also an element of fame or glory attached to it meaning reputation although the Western mindset often treats the word name to simply be an identifier to a degree name in the English can also denote it the Hebraic understanding or application of character and/or authority for example perhaps you have heard of these phrases in the name of love and then name of the king to tarnish ones name you give love a bad name call someone names by the name of I can't put a name to it in name only my name is mud you name it as you can see these have nothing to do with the spelling or pronunciation but more to do with the character Authority or reputation of something to illustrate this we'll examine some scripture that contains Shem and determine how it is used Shem as reputation and character the reputation of Eve is that she is the mother of all living thus that determined her Shem Genesis chapter 3 verse 20 and Adam called his wife's name Eve because she was the mother of all living the reputation of Babel is that it is confusing or mixing that is what Babel literally means and where the name Babylon comes from to come out of Babylon means to come out of confusion or the mixing of ways thus the opposite of being in Babylon is to repent and be in the Torah or the Word of God Genesis chapter 11 verse 9 therefore its name was called Babel because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth and from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth the tower and Babel was intended to give the city a reputation or glory that would be known Genesis 11 then they said to come let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens and let us make a name for ourselves thus we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth the reputation or character or authority of Abraham was to be great Genesis chapter 12 and I will make of you a great nation and I will bless you and make your name great so that you will be a blessing when we banner our Creator as our master we carry his reputation and character by what we do when we obey the Torah we give glory to our Creator when we disobey we make his character and authority out to be worthless in our numbers chapter 6 so shall they put my name upon the people of Israel and I will bless them we swear on the reputation and character of his Shem his name when we are guilty of Breaking and Earth or a promise this reflects not only negatively on us but the character of our Creator which we publicly profess to emulate in our faith this begins to lead into what it really means to profane his name which we'll discuss more later Deuteronomy chapter 10 verse 20 you shall fear Yahweh your God you shall serve him and hold fast to him and by his name you shall swear here are some more examples of Shem referring to reputation dude around me chapter 22 and accuses her of misconduct and brings a bad name upon her saying I took this woman and when I came near her I did not find in her evidence of virginity to ROM me chapter 25 and the name of his house shall be called in Israel the house of him who had his sandal pulled off to draw me 28 if you are not careful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book that you may fear this glorious and awesome name Yahweh your God first Samuel 12 for Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name sake because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people for himself second Samuel Chapter II and David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 in the valley of salt that serves as enough examples to illustrate how Shem denotes an understanding of the character or reputation it is then through that character or reputation that identity is revealed that is the Hebraic application identity is not necessarily revealed in the spelling or pronunciation again this is not to say that spelling or pronunciation has no value the point is that the higher value should be placed on the literal Hebraic application of the word Shem which constitutes as defining the identity through the character and reputation of something named as Authority Abram called upon the authority of Yahweh does this specifically mean that Abram spelled and pronounced our creator's name correctly no while is likely that he did this is expressed in Abraham calling upon the authority of our Creator Genesis 13 and there Abram called upon the name of Yahweh the messenger of exodus 20:3 contained the authority of yahweh exodus 20:3 pay careful attention to him and obey his voice do not rebel against him for he will not pardon your transgression for my name is in him when it is stated that the name will be erased from memory or something to that effect it is not the literal name that is being referenced is the respect of authority that is being dissolved for example Deuteronomy chapter 7 and he will give their kings into your hand you shall make their name perish from under heaven no one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them Deuteronomy chapter 9 let me alone that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they Deuteronomy chapter 12 you shall tear down their altars and - and pieces their pillars and burn the ashram with fire you shall chop down the carved images of their gods and destroy their name out of that place Deuteronomy chapter 29 Yahweh will not be willing to forgive him but rather the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy will smoke against that man and the curse is written in this book will settle upon him and Yahweh will blot out his name from under heaven Deuteronomy chapter 12 but you shall seek the place that Yahweh your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there there you shall go to Rami chapter 12 then the place that Yahweh your God will choose to make his name dwell there you shall bring all that I command you your burnt offerings and your sacrifices your ties and contribution that you present and all your finest vow offerings that you vowed to Yahweh here's some more interesting verses as Shem has Authority Deuteronomy chapter 18 for Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand Minister in the name of Yahweh him and his sons for all time Deuteronomy 18 and whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name I myself will require it of him but the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak or speaks in the name of other gods that same prophet shall die and if you say in your heart how may we know the word that yahwah has not spoken when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh if the word does not come to pass or come true it is a word that Yahweh has not spoken that prophet has spoken it presumptuously you need not be afraid of him Deuteronomy 21 then the priests of the sons of Levi shall come forward for Yahweh your God has chosen them to minister to him and bless in the name of Yahweh and by their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled Deuteronomy 28 and all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of Yahweh and they shall be afraid of you Deuteronomy 32:4 I will proclaim the name of Yahweh ascribe greatness to our God often in the Tanakh shem denotes all aspects of its literal usage reputation character and authority 2nd Samuel chapter 22 for this I will praise you O Yahweh among the nations and sing praises to your name first Kings 5 and so I intend to build a house for the name of Yahweh my god as Yahweh said to David my father your son whom I will set on your throne in your place shall build the house for my name first Kings 8 now it was the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh the God of Israel first Kings 8 likewise when a foreigner who is not your people Israel comes from a far country for your name's sake when the Bible speaks of taking God's name to the nation's he is not talking about the name itself but his character profaning the name when the command did not take God's name in vain literally means not to represent his character in a false manner it is similar to our expression of having a good name which is not about the name itself but the character of the one with that name Exodus 20 you shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain Deuteronomy chapter 5 you shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain this has nothing to do a same God in the context of any statement you might make this mentality is what originated the Jewish tradition of a hyphenated form of God as G - D the idea is that it is a form of respect though we fully believe we should show every ounce of respect to our Creator this tradition is not found in the scriptures in any capacity it is not even suggested in Scripture that our Creator interprets it as a sign of respect it is simply following the traditions of man this does not inherently mean that it is bad but we should recognize where the practice came from and who we are following with such a practice it becomes mark 7 territory when others begin compelling and correcting others to follow such traditions of men taking Yahweh's name in vain has nothing to do with how many times you might say Yahweh or however you might pronounce Jody avail yourself there is a Jewish tradition of saying Hashem in the place of reading Yahweh in the scriptures the primary reason for this is because it is believed that if the name is repeated too often that it will make his name common and thus profane his name if our creator was really concerned with such things he would not have written out Yahweh in the Tanakh nearly 7,000 times taking our creator's name in vain should be interpreted in the way of the literal understanding of Shem which we already covered Exodus 20 you shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain when we disobey the Torah we profane or make worthless our creator's Authority we stopped all over it and declare his authority meaningless in our lives with our disobedience this is exactly what it means it is already defined for us in his word for example the worshipping of false gods destroys and makes worthless the authority of Yahweh Leviticus 18 you shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech and so profane the name of your God I am Yahweh when we swear falsely that makes worthless the authority of Yahweh Leviticus 19 you shall not swear by my name falsely and so profane the name of your God I am Yahweh what this means is that our yeses should be yes and our nose should be no not by just what we say by what also we do we should do what we say if we don't we make our promises worthless and since we wear the Yahweh t-shirt to the world it makes Yahweh's Authority and reputation appear worthless to the world Israel specifically the Levites in this example are to be set apart to Yahweh they are to do set apart things instead apart ways leviticus 21 they shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God for they offer Yahweh's food offerings the bread of their God therefore they shall be holy knowing the name what does it mean to know the name does it mean to know how to spell and pronounce the name or something else Exodus chapter 6 I appeared to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty but by my name Yahweh I did not make myself known to them what does this mean Abraham knew this Shem as Yahweh Genesis chapter 16 but Abram said o Yahweh God what will you give me before I continue childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus Abram knew how to literally pronounce and spell Yahweh but Yahweh stated that he did not reveal his Shem of Yahweh to him this is further evidence that our Creator is not referenced the spelling and pronunciation of his name he is referring to a full revealing of his character and authority Yahweh's character reputation and authority was fully revealed with the Passover of Exodus a character of grace demonstrating his power at the Red Sea reputation and delivering his Torah at Sinai his authority knowing Yahweh's name is not about spelling and pronunciation is about knowing the character reputation and authority of our Creator Psalm 9 verse 10 and those who know your name shem put their trust in you for you o yahweh have not forsaken those who seek you Isaiah 52 now therefore what I have here declares Yahweh seeing that my peoples are taken away for nothing their rulers wail declares Yahweh and continually all the day my name is despised therefore my people shall know my name Shem therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak here I am the verses following this verse speak of good news happiness and salvation as the Shem they shall know Jeremiah chapter 16 therefore behold I will make them know this once I will make them know my power and my might and they shall know my name is Yahweh Ezekiel chapter 39 and my holy name Shem I will make known in the midst of my people Israel and I will not let my holy name be profaned any more and the nation shall know that I am Yahweh the Holy One in Israel the Pharaoh of Egypt literally knew how to spell and pronounce our creator's name as Yahweh and how well did it work out for him Exodus chapter 8 then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said plead with Yahweh to take away the frogs from me and my people and I will let the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh what the Pharaoh did not know recognize and apply was the character reputation and authority of our Creator and that was his downfall knowing how to spell and pronounce his name did nothing for him that all being said we'd like to take time to encourage others to not harshly rebuke or correct others in an effort to promote different understandings of how to spell and pronounce our creator's name civil and edifying discussion is healthy but not at the expense of dividing and discouraging the body promote the following of his Torah so that his real Shem will be known by all of the nations that concludes this portion of the series of a Shem here are some of the topics we still need to cover in subsequent teachings in this series what is our creator's name what is the Tetragrammaton why did Lord replace the Tetragrammaton and the English Bibles why is it said that Yahweh was revealed in the Exodus is it wrong to say Lord can reap renounce our creator's name correctly if so how or why not what does it mean to transliterate names is it okay to transliterate names what is our Messiah's name does the transliterated form or Messiah's name as Jesus derived from the Greek god Zeus what does it mean that we should not speak the names of other gods we hope that this teaching has blessed you and remember continue to test everything Shalom Christmas and Easter two days esteemed above most others and are observed by nearly one-third of the human population millions of believers worldwide celebrate these holidays to honor the birth death and resurrection of the Messiah these festivals take many cultural forms and shapes around the world but would you be alarmed to discover that these two seemingly innocent holidays are historically rooted in ancient occult practices which can be traced back to Babylon Babylonian Sun God worship has evolved throughout the centuries and has branched out into several major religions many professing believers have also adopted several of these pagan customs unaware even today all throughout Catholicism and daughter denominations there are still dozens of popular monuments and symbols that were at one time dedicated to various Sun gods what became this very same organization also instituted Christmas and Easter secular and Christian scholars alike all record that the Christmas tree wreaths boughs of holly and mistletoe were all objects used in pagan sun-god fertility rites this of course begs the question what are they doing in the homes of believers today discover how Mithra and the Norse OD evolved into the imaginary same we know today as Nicholas and how he became the key figure in the celebration of Christmas in ancient folklore st. Nicholas was accompanied by a dark counterpart known as the Krampus and had a striking resemblance to other false deities the Easter Bunny and the dying of Easter eggs are also symbols of fertility connected to Ishtar biblically referenced as the Queen of Heaven long before the birth of our Messiah December 25th was a day used to celebrate the rebirth of the Sun God all of this and more has all been justified by man for hundreds of years but when was the last time we considered what our Creator had to say regarding all of this do we care should we care we reveal an opportunity and faith center challenge to worship and practice the faith as he stated he desires for all his people not according to us not according to men but instead according to his way according to his word that is if you are ready to test everything to order this two-part teaching visit test everything dotnet are watching for free in our video section it is because of you our generous supporters who make it possible to offer these high-quality teachings completely free of charge if you feel led to support 119 ministries so that we can continue this effort please visit test everything dotnet and click on the support 119 tab learn how you can partner with us to take the whole Word of God to the nation's

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Keywords: YHWH, Yahweh, Yahovah, profane, Hashem The Name: Part 1, tetragrammaton, YHVH, Yahuah, taking the lord's name in vain, the LORD

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Length: 27min 47sec (1667 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 22 2016