Steven Avery
Administrator
As Hillary Clinton famously asked in a different context
.. "what difference does it make?".
And the answer is .. all the difference in the world, it is a matter of spiritual life and death.
First you have the simple problem that yahweh is a faux name, or more precisely, it is not a Hebrew name at all. It is not even close to the true tetragram pronunciation. The number of syllables is wrong, the letter v is wrongly changed to a w, and the vowels are all wacky.
Thus, the usage of yahweh is necessarily dishonouring to the Lord Jesus Christ. When the Tetragram is pronounced, even if we were not up on all the scholarship, the pure word of God shows us the proper pronunciation.
Psalm 83:18
That men may know that thou,
whose name alone is JEHOVAH,
art the most high over all the earth.
The question arises, can you allow for Yehovah? As it would be spoken in modern Hebrew? I believe that is essentially equivalent and acceptable.
Second, you have the problem that yahweh is actually the name of the major pagan deity that opposes the God of Israel. Thus, a demon. Jupiter of Acts 14 and 19 was the deity called upon by the pagans in the desecration of Antiochus Ephiphanes c. 170 BC. A vicious enemy of the Hebrew people and the Jewish faith.
Acts 14:12
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter;
and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
Acts 14:13
Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city,
brought oxen and garlands unto the gates,
and would have done sacrifice with the people.
Acts 19:35
And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus,
what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana,
and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
Remember, this is not complicated at all. Jove is equivalent to Jupiter. Why? Simple. Jove-pater in Latin is Jupiter. Now it gets interesting. Jove itself in Latin is not pronounced like our English word jovial, or happy. Jove is actually pronounced ... yahweh.
This is a pagan entity that seeks prayer, travail, worship and praise. Thus, Nehemia Gordon not only asked:
Have you been praying to Jupiter?
Nehemia also pointed out that:
"The greatest trick Jupiter ever pulled was convincing the world he isn't worshiped."
A third problem is that this attention toward a demonic entity leads to imbalances and errors everywhere. An example is how yahshua, a totally absurd and counterfeit fabrication, having nothing to do with Hebrew, becomes a necessary complement to yahweh. An incredible example of error-begets-error.
John 5:43
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not:
if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Also, it becomes virtually impossible to have a high view of the Bible as the word of God. In the case of Homestead Heritage we saw various failures in doctrine and understanding, once they had embraced the dynamic duo of deception, yahweh and yahshua. E.g. Not only was the imaginary corruption yahshua brought into the water bapism but the rational for water baptism now includes one of the most puzzling and even weird doctrinal claims you will ever see (emphasis added):
"We believe in believer’s baptism (immersion) as a pledge of the old nature into the sacrificial death of Jesus as well as into the lordship of Jesus and that therefore takes place in the name of Jesus."
What We Believe
http://www.homesteadheritage.com/beliefs/
How could any real Christian talk about pledging the old nature? And this is not an offhand slip, it is in a carefully written statement of faith.
The moorings of Homestead Heritage were totally shaken by their Bible confusions and yahwehism.
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Please see also, in: Jehovah or "yahweh" ?
The Simplicity of the Real Issues
https://www.purebibleforum.com/index.php/threads/b.328
.. "what difference does it make?".
And the answer is .. all the difference in the world, it is a matter of spiritual life and death.
First you have the simple problem that yahweh is a faux name, or more precisely, it is not a Hebrew name at all. It is not even close to the true tetragram pronunciation. The number of syllables is wrong, the letter v is wrongly changed to a w, and the vowels are all wacky.
Thus, the usage of yahweh is necessarily dishonouring to the Lord Jesus Christ. When the Tetragram is pronounced, even if we were not up on all the scholarship, the pure word of God shows us the proper pronunciation.
Psalm 83:18
That men may know that thou,
whose name alone is JEHOVAH,
art the most high over all the earth.
The question arises, can you allow for Yehovah? As it would be spoken in modern Hebrew? I believe that is essentially equivalent and acceptable.
Second, you have the problem that yahweh is actually the name of the major pagan deity that opposes the God of Israel. Thus, a demon. Jupiter of Acts 14 and 19 was the deity called upon by the pagans in the desecration of Antiochus Ephiphanes c. 170 BC. A vicious enemy of the Hebrew people and the Jewish faith.
Acts 14:12
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter;
and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
Acts 14:13
Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city,
brought oxen and garlands unto the gates,
and would have done sacrifice with the people.
Acts 19:35
And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus,
what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana,
and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
Remember, this is not complicated at all. Jove is equivalent to Jupiter. Why? Simple. Jove-pater in Latin is Jupiter. Now it gets interesting. Jove itself in Latin is not pronounced like our English word jovial, or happy. Jove is actually pronounced ... yahweh.
This is a pagan entity that seeks prayer, travail, worship and praise. Thus, Nehemia Gordon not only asked:
Have you been praying to Jupiter?
Nehemia also pointed out that:
"The greatest trick Jupiter ever pulled was convincing the world he isn't worshiped."
A third problem is that this attention toward a demonic entity leads to imbalances and errors everywhere. An example is how yahshua, a totally absurd and counterfeit fabrication, having nothing to do with Hebrew, becomes a necessary complement to yahweh. An incredible example of error-begets-error.
John 5:43
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not:
if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Also, it becomes virtually impossible to have a high view of the Bible as the word of God. In the case of Homestead Heritage we saw various failures in doctrine and understanding, once they had embraced the dynamic duo of deception, yahweh and yahshua. E.g. Not only was the imaginary corruption yahshua brought into the water bapism but the rational for water baptism now includes one of the most puzzling and even weird doctrinal claims you will ever see (emphasis added):
"We believe in believer’s baptism (immersion) as a pledge of the old nature into the sacrificial death of Jesus as well as into the lordship of Jesus and that therefore takes place in the name of Jesus."
What We Believe
http://www.homesteadheritage.com/beliefs/
How could any real Christian talk about pledging the old nature? And this is not an offhand slip, it is in a carefully written statement of faith.
The moorings of Homestead Heritage were totally shaken by their Bible confusions and yahwehism.
==============
Please see also, in: Jehovah or "yahweh" ?
The Simplicity of the Real Issues
https://www.purebibleforum.com/index.php/threads/b.328
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