Hebrew Key #3 - "The Mystery of God's Name - YHVH"

[@ellenlefavour628]

So beautiful, so powerful, what an amazing YHVH we serve, praise and give all the glory to. Thank you for this. I was discussing the subject of His name earlier today and then came across this - Hashem’s timing.

[@grantluton]

Amen! And you are welcome.

[@tehillahstudiesentrum]

Todah Raba!🙌🌿

[@yolandibatYah]

Thank you so much for this incredible teaching Grant as always so much wisdom and knowledge helping me grow in understanding our Creator HaShem and growing closer in my relationship with Him the more revelation GOD gives through wonderful teachers like you the more His love and character leaves me speechless and in awe of our Creator the great I AM

[@grantluton]

You are too kind, Yolandi. Thank you for your gracious words; I just pray that God will continue to open my eyes to the wonders fo his holy Word. Thank you, again.

[@chriskriek5859]

Powerful teaching thank you.

[@grantluton]

You are so welcome, Chris.

[@Dina-es6vi]

Once again thank you Grant for sharing your wisdom, knowledge and understanding with us. As Israel wakes up to their identity in YHVH we must connect with others in the Ruach and in Truth - could it be that the Spirit embodies action (verb) and the Truth embodies an absolute concrete (noun) while both (Ruach and Truth) are revealed in love. Love is both a verb and noun. As I continue in this spiritual walk my faith only grows stronger. As I read comments here the Ruach can quickly help you discern love vs some other goal. Again we see the necessity of humbling yourself before Yah as a way to grow in spirit and truth. But what about faith? (Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Heb 11:1.) A question we need to ask is what do we hope for? What is our most important hunger or goal in life? Your answer will reveal which inclination or direction your life is headed? Is it to know God and make him known? Does your goal align with Yah’s desires as we seek to know Him through His divine actions and attributes in His Word?Perhaps to start on the divine path Yah has ordained the first step must be humbling mixed with faith,❤which can’t help but grow up to love as we toil in the Torah together. Perhaps only then will we embody His name in Spirit and in Truth. Psalm 91 states “because we KNOW His name”not because we know how to enunciate it! Read Psalm 91 again - it is a great reminder for us all! Grant -when you get to Psalm 91 in your videos you should suggest or link this one! As always May YHVH bless you,keep you, be gracious to you and give you Shalom!

[@grantluton]

Great insights, Dina. Thank you! When it comes the word "faith", it is best to replace is with the word "faithfulness", as this is what both the Hebrew and Greek words have in mind. Thus, Hebrews 11:1 is rendered, "Faithfulness is the substance of things hoped for ..." In others words, if the believer is faithful, then he/she begins to experience the reality of what they believe in. As to spirit and truth, we must always remember that we are made up of body, soul, and spirit. Thus we have a choice. We can worship God in body and fleshly appetites; or in soul and emotion; on in spirit and truth. I prefer Door #3!

[@jlanley2]

Then, to use Adonai’s NAME in vain then would be to carry His name in actions that would not represent His Character correctly?

[@grantluton]

I could not have stated it better myself. Yes!

[@vacaloca5575]

how do you know that Moses was talking with God and not to some other entity or even perhaps to his own higher self? Note that the Hebrew word ELOHIM translated as "God" deos not necessarily mean God. So, how do we know that Moses actually talked with God, since there are no capital letters in Hebrew? Do you draw on any other source than jewish tradition, which is the sole source of this interpretation of scripture?

[@grantluton]

It gues it's possible that Moses took the red pill and was talking to his alien machine overlords. Or maybe it was the spirit of Obi Wan Kenobi. Or maybe it was the ghost of Jacob Marley. Or maybe the Torah simply means what it says, and Moses was speaking with the great I AM THAT I AM. Somehow, that last possibility strikes me as being the most likely.

[@vacaloca5575]

@@grantluton ok, that's cool. Many people believe that. But the question goes deeper than that. However, you are not obligated to answer, of course. Anyone can rightfully say I AM THAT I AM, not only God. The question is whether Moses was hearing this literally or allegorically, and if literally, was the entity outside of him or inside of him. All this questions, if answered sincerely, lead to huge problems and contradictions unless one finally understands that the story is an allegory, for otherwise God would be a creation, or Moses would be a psychotic who hears voices. The possibility that Moses was talking with someone who stood in front of him would necessarily imply that that someone was not God but a physical being and hence a created being. So, unless you believe that God can come as a human, which is impossible in my opinion because I believe God is infinite and invisible, the Moses story must be an allegory. Note that by saying this I am not taking away the spiritual lessons of the bible, and in fact, I think a deeper understanding of the bible will occur when all the mumbo jumbo is eliminated.

[@grantluton]

@@vacaloca5575 Thank you for taking my silly humor with such grace. But I think the difference between our views is due to our ideas of what is possible and what is not. You leave two options: (a) God is a created being, (b) Moses is psychotic. I have a third option - the story occurred as described. God is not limited to size of my IQ. Though to you, the story is "impossible," to me, it is not. After all, quantum mechanics is also impossible. But there you go. The quantum world is what makes the physical world "possible."

[@vacaloca5575]

@@grantluton Perhaps you don't see the contradictions. Not that you have to, but here it goes: as for Moses, anyone today seeing visions of God or hearing voices is considered a psychotic, and that's a fact, though a test administered by a professional would be necessary to make sure. As for God, if God generated a form in which God manifested, then that form would be a created thing, and that's a fact. There is no way God can manifest in physical reality without a physical vehicle, and the more that vehicle intimately represented God the less God as an infinite being would be represented, which clearly poses a contradiction. God cannot create contradictions, because otherwise there would be no way to trust God.

[@grantluton]

@@vacaloca5575 Of course I see the contradictions! But in Hebraic thought, contradictions are where the magic lies. Again, I refer you to the tremendous contradiction between Newtonian and Quantum physics. These two areas of science totally and completely contradict each other. Yet, they are both provably true. To reject one or the other because they are contradictory would be to contradict a vast body of truth. We human beings must be careful not to impose our own limitations on God and tell Him what is and is not possible.!

[@theburningelement.6447]

Not true, the vowels are given in the oral Torah

[@grantluton]

I'm not sure where you got that information as there is nothing in the Talmud (assuming that is what you refer to as 'oral Torah') that tells us how the Tetragrammaton is pronounced. The vowel points you see attached to God's four-letter name are borrowed from the Hebrew word for 'Lord' (אדני-"Adonai") and superimposed on Y-H-V-H, but we don't even know if the vav in God's name is to be pronounced as a consonant or a vowel or a combination of both.

[@theburningelement.6447]

@@grantluton not true the vowels and letters, are from the words past present and future in Hebrew do you honestly believe, God would allow his name to be forgotten

[@grantluton]

@@theburningelement.6447 The letters do form the past, present, and future of the word "to be", but the vowels were simply lifted from the word "Adonai" and dropped onto "YHVH", since "Adonai" is what is spoken since we do not know how to pronounce God's name - "YHVH". And I never said that God allowed His name to be forgotten. Of course, we know His name! But no one knows how to pronounce it. Remember, a name in Hebrew is the essence of a person. God's name is a verb - YHVH - therefore it is pronounced through our deeds and actions and not with our lips. If God's name were simply a word we pronounce with our lips, then a parrot could learn God's name. But we know that in this world only a human being can 'know' God's name by emulating His ways. Which is more important? Speaking His name? Or living it?

[@theburningelement.6447]

@@grantluton the 144.000 know his name,

[@grantluton]

@@theburningelement.6447 I also know His name. I just don't know how it is pronounced.

[@davidbarber3821]

There's no mystery to the pronunciation of YHWH! Just learn Biblical Hebrew grammar & it's easily pronounced

[@grantluton]

So, please enlighten us.

[@davidbarber3821]

@@grantluton No problem... I will when I get off work later

[@davidbarber3821]

@@grantluton Ok as I promised Biblical Hebrew is attested to the 10th century b.c.e. I hope u understand that a change in script does NOT mean a change in syntax grammar nor vocalizations There hv been features in the language that has been lost through its development such as "case endings" & these shifts hv been observed & noted by ANE scholars & Linguists So to the matter at hand .... The vocalization of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 is easily accessible knowing the hebraic verbal system (like all other Semitic languages hv) one simply conjugates the root 𐤄𐤅𐤄 in the causitive active Stem incomplete action tense aspect 3rd masculine singular & voilá you hv the vowels & syllable division needed

[@grantluton]

@@davidbarber3821 David, you still haven't answered the question. How is God's name pronounced? The truth is, you don't know. No one does. We can only guess.

[@davidbarber3821]

@@grantluton I did