The Hebrew Meaning of the Divine Name YHWH

What is the Hebrew meaning of the YHWH? How was it translated into Greek? How does the divine name shed light on who Christ is in Philippians 2? In this video, Chad Bird shows how both the OT and NT confess that Jesus is Yahweh to the glory of God the Father.
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[@david.calvin.]

Thank you pastor. Nice job! As an ex JW, every time I hear an OT passage that clearly speaks of Yahweh and then applied to Jesus in the NT just makes me so happy I now know the truth!

[@superjjewii]

Im curious, what does JW teach about this?

[@david.calvin.]

@@superjjewii JW's are Arians aka Unitarians. They reject the Trinity. They believe only the Father is Yahweh. The Son is a created being. The Spirit is not a person it is God's active force.

[@JoyOfTheLORD.]

JWs teach that Jesus is not God and that He is a created being. Praying that their eyes would be open to see that Jesus is LORD.

[@ScottLawson-uw1fh]

@@superjjewiiJWs don't (or shouldn't) have a problem with Dr Bird's explanation. It is accepted that the angel of Jehovah is representatively Jehovah but not ontologically Jehovah and that Jesus was most likely the angel of Jehovah. Dr Bird avoids the implications of ontology by saying messenger rather than angel which has some basis but the fact is is that מלך came to take on an ontological sense. Dr Heiser's book Angels has a very fine discussion of this. So JWs understand that Jesus is representatively Jehovah but not ontologically Jehovah because he has been given God's name. However, the NWT unfortunately doesn't take advantage of making this explicit at Phillipians 2 by translating κυριος as Jehovah when it is keen to do so hundreds of times in other instances. For proof that the Watchtower view is Jesus is representatively God see the comments in their Insight Book under the entry Jesus Christ and the discussion of John 20:28 where Thomas addresses Jesus as my Lord and my God. Many JWs would resist acknowledging that Jesus is Jehovah representatively but would acquiesce when shown that Jesus said that to see him is to see the Father and that this is not an ontological statement.

[@ScottLawson-uw1fh]

God cannot be seen because his very being (his ontology) is too powerful, too radiant, for flesh and blood to withstand the experience and so God has chosen to reveal himself by means of lesser beings (angels) whom he endows with his name so that they can act in his behalf as his agent/deputy. See Exod 23:20,21 where God puts his name in the angel and for this reason the angel has authority to forgive sins, which is a divine prerogative. So Abraham and Moses and Manoah were able to see God and live because they saw the angel of Jehovah who represented Jehovah. Obviously the angel was not ontologically Jehovah

[@leyriliriano8771]

Amazing simplified and explained thank you I'll definitely look into these passages Gen 3 Isa 45 and Phi 2

[@stevehayne3571]

I’m going to have to watch at least one more time 🙏

[@proverbs33cg]

Why didn’t I ever hear of this in church? Such a clear explanation. I have believed this for some time now and am so glad to hear your excellent teaching! Thank you and may the Lord bless you and your ministry.

[@a.t.ministries5376]

Awesome job! I’m very glad I’m not the only one who explains that connection in Philippians 2. Makes me feel like I’m not that off base on these ideas 😂

[@Bound2glory]

One of the most edifying short expositions I've heard from you brother! Excellent. I AM: the promise-keeping-ever-present Divine Presence

[@RobertHarvill]

So much that we never really think about or tie together. Thank you for your videos.

[@kaymojil7669]

I’m gonna need to revisit this one. Thank you. Answering my prayer to get more information about the Trinity and how Christ can be the Son, and God.

[@dsheppard8492]

Don't fall for this doctrine. the trinity is a false understanding of God's nature and person. Otherwise you have a three headed God like the pagans thrive on. The eternal son doctrine is also heresy. Consider Thomas words, calling Jesus his Lord and his God. At that moment the revelation of the spirit was upon him to understand this concept fully. He did not believe till that moment that Jesus was God as he had claimed,,," He who sees me has seen the father" "have I been with you so long and yet you do not know me".

[@benoitcordoba4085]

I think it is useful to mention that "Kurios" was used as a circumlocution, a way to avoid pronouncing the name out of respect. Something that Jesus did as well. This explains why the Greek word is "Lord" and not some other word or name that could have tried to evoke the meaning of "Ehyeh". Also, I think Matthew 28 "lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Is very much a reminder of this meaning of the name of God.

[@rickyelocke4321]

Love your ministry, why is there still so much power in speaking and believing in the name of Jesus. I now know that Yahweh has power. How does our Father want to be addressed.

[@andrevisser7542]

Same name. Yehovah said He is the only God and the only saviour (yeshua in Hebrew) then He *manifested* as Yehoshua (Yehovah-saviour) to do exactly that. Yehoshua is Yeshua in short, transliterated (keeping the sound) into Greek as we can see in the original Greek new testament is Iesous or English Jesus...

[@susanlynnl]

I found this fascinating and so enlightening. Thank you.

[@melaniek.h.]

Amen and Amen❤🙏🏽. Great. Thank you, Chad❤🙏🏽.

[@maxxbalgemann2355]

Wow and thank you for this presentation which is absolutely "divine revelation". Amen.

[@jackprice7828]

Excellent presentation!

[@JesseLinkes]

Mercy

[@tracyjeanetteaylward1313]

Thank you so much for this, Pastor. I have always wondered why the angel told the Virgin Mary her babys name was to be Emmanuel (God with us), yet He ended up being named Jesus.

[@claudiaadams3431]

Thank you it’s an excellent explanation, you nailed it.

[@genegroover3721]

Amen. Praise God. Thank you.

[@GraceandTruth7777]

Fantastic. Thank you so much dear brother in Christ Jesus. It blew me away when I learned that Yahweh or YHWH from the Hebrew means Behold Hand Behold Nail. The Cross is written into the very Divine Name. CRUX SOLA EST NOSTRA THEOLOGIA as Luther would say.

[@P.H.888]

YHVH ~ Yehovah

[@joelclarksr8467]

Sir, most of your teachings hit home. But, most of us are just older country folk who take the Word as it says. This one went way over my head. 🤔

[@SEL65545]

Interesting connections - thanks for sharing. It seems to me that while the name "Jesus" was relatively common, at the same time the immanence of his physical manifestation as a man during his earthly ministry in turn removes the barrier (the curtain is torn) to God's "otherness/incomprehensibleness" and grants us greater access to Him in a way previously not experienced by His people. There seems to be a deliberateness to the discontinuation of using the Divine Name in the New Covenant for the very reason that we now have access to the throne of grace and that the unfolding of God's redemptive plan included a focus on the name of Jesus precisely because of the nature of the change in Covenants and of our more intimate communion with the Lord.

[@KenJackson_US]

Surely it was God's sovereignty that caused the Hebrew OT to be translated into Greek so we could have two languages playing against each other to help us see the details of truth!

[@Besorah1729]

Excellent ❤thank you

[@kevinkall8547]

Its amazing you came across this fundamental truth which just a handful of teaches know YET you continue not to use the Almighty's Name? why? He's a Hebrew deity, use His Hebrew name?

[@DonaldBuckley7202]

Excellent

[@royromero8496]

We must repent daily asking forgiveness remember 7x70 we are after all flesh and have not yet attained the place in heaven there will be no sin in our FATHERS PRESENCE!

[@P.H.888]

I believe JESUS CHRIST fulfilled Jeremiah 31 v 31-34

[@eddysumlin7735]

Wherever God stands is Holy. Whatever he says is Holy is Holy. If he declares it holy, it's holy. If he declares to the name, Jesus is Holy. It becomes holy. More or less a childlike observation.

[@edmontondivine5841]

Please does this have anything to do with John 17,when Jesus says 'i have kept them safe with that name...the name you have given me'?

[@chadbird1517]

Yes. He means the divine name.

[@swebb77]

Good preso Chad! Thanks for your clarity as that gives a perspective that has not always been easily understood by myself. Is there a Name for the Father in the Bible? Ancient of Days?(title) OR Is it more Yahshua/Yahweh/Everlasting Father all synonymous? And 'I AM' manifests Himself how He choses...?

[@chadbird1517]

Thank you, brother! The Father is certainly called the Ancient of Days, but the name YHWH is shared by all three persons of the Trinity. Peace!

[@swebb77]

@@chadbird1517 That's new clarity... I've been inclined towards 'the Spirit of Christ' 'the Spirit of God', 'the Spirit of the Son' that Paul says, as synonymous, it's 'Their' (the Father and the Son) Spirit... and 'It' and 'He' is a Holy Spirit. The ontology of God is so lofty... whew... it breaks my mind trying to imagine reality. And I don't care for the Roman infusions n definitions made along the way. I still feel like I'm still 'coming out of Babylon' not just religiously but we have been greatly mislead on most public issues and education. Large associations like AMA, FDA, CDC have sacrificed millions on the alter of big 'sorcery' lucre. As of today 6/9 new Dutch study released said over 35 million have been killed by mRNA jab. And Fed case last week ruled mRNA technology is NOT a vaccine... what happens when the masses understand they may possibly have a ticking time bomb inside them...(some say frequency can be used to trigger expression) I know this technology exists in mil world, I don't know if was it used here but seems it likely was... truly this could be the beginning pangs of serious turmoil with tribulations and time of trouble. I'm convinced that God's Grace and Love never diminishes towards us, but corporate mankind will destroy itself as it has unlocked directed energy capabilities and in the wrong hands split the world in half! Not even exaggerating... Tesla understood this and wrote about it and the US built it. Because we do, we can keep it from everyone else, and would know if someone else was trying to build such etc. We can 'bring fire down from heaven' in view of all. The tech used in anti gravity appears / disappears n looks like a 'miracle' or like magic...but just physics Can take out nukes quite easily I understand as well, so that's good... ;-) When mankind is destroying himself we have the hope Jesus will step in to save us and put an end to the crazy before no one is left to be saved. If I understand right, He will take everyone He can get! And I'm in! Amen! Got carried away there but we do live in interesting times...I turn 70 on 7/7 and have had my days as I got my 'threescore and ten' and feel very blessed, and feel like I've had a bit of a Solomon experience in that I've got to sort of see it all through the years and career and all. (Then I fell out of normalcy for about 10+ years after a great career retiring too young (long story)). I desire to 'walk IN Him' for what ever time is left. Looking for that one perfect day knowing I'll never have... perfect love is a pretty high standard. But it's worth it, He is with it. If you read this far I'm impressed... Blessings! This was therapeutic ...

[@blank-964]

thanks

[@mariofuentes4100]

Great theological gymnastics. In complete conflict with Jesu's council to his deciples, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, my God and your God, John 20:17..

[@nateq]

Why exactly would that be in opposition? Jesus is still a different person from the Father

[@BornagainE]

Please show me how we would know for certain that Yahweh is the pronunciation. And in Acts 4:10-12, please show me the tetragrammaton; 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead-by him this man is standing before you well. 11This Jesus(one) is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. 12And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

[@elorhythm]

The name above every name IS Yahshua, Yahweh IS salvation.

[@timhickman3407]

Sorry but where do you get the vowels from in YaHWeH? 🤔

[@fireboycli]

What would you say to someone preaching that the God of the bible can be called "She" or "he"? Does the Greek or Hebrew use language that make it sound like God can be called a woman? Do you have any videos discussing this subject?

[@Hope-cn1tm]

Jesus = “Yahweh is salvation” Paul connects the dots. And yet, it’s simpler than you describe it. It is YHWH in the bush.

[@ga6500]

Can you clarify, "Moloch YHWH"? Correct me if I'm incorrect, but wasn't Moloch a Canaanite god? Thanks. I appreciate all that you do with your teachings. Good stuff.

[@ginsusharkstudios8044]

while pronounced similarly, the phrase being said is not 'Moloch YHWH' but 'Malakh YHWH'. Moloch is a Canaanite god but 'malakh' (mal’āḵ) is a generic term for messenger, typically used for angels/divine messengers. the term "Angel/Messenger of the Lord" is the tranlsation of the phrase 'mal’āḵ YHWH'. Rest assured, there's no connection with the Canaanite deity Moloch here, though the similarity in pronunciation is unfortunate lol.

[@ga6500]

@@ginsusharkstudios8044 Thank you for the clarification.

[@aaronwood8012]

The jehovahs witnesses translate as “above every OTHER name…” - an insertion to make jehovah and jesus two different people when the text does not say that - id love to hear your take on the JW bible and theology

[@JacquelineHahn1]

YHVH behold hand behold nail

[@donkennedy9170]

You are =ight on that YHVH in the Old Testament is Yeshua. You need one more piece of the puzzle: No where in Hebrew writing is the Name pronounced YahWay. Zero places. However in thousands of Hebrew manuscripts the vowel points show that the proper pronunciation is YeHoVah. Academia has gone down the wrong path here. Ask any Jew and they will confirm this pronunciation. The Rabbis removed a vowel (the O) to make it unpronounceable. Dr. Nehemia Gordon has researched this for over 20 years and has all the evidence on his web page.

[@Sherz8248]

Pastor I’ve prayed for people, healed and demons have fled at the name of Jesus, in people’s homes in church and in the streets of Durban South Africa. Theres just no other name like Jesus, read the book of Acts again, please stick to scripture, it trumps our revelation 🙏🏽😊

[@jimpotter5433]

So what we’re saying is Jesus and the Father are the same entity? Or that we do not know the Father’s name? Could not Isiah just be referring to the Father because He is the ultimate savior because He sent His Son?

[@ChericeGraham]

Yes, Father and Son are the same 'entity'/Being (ousia). See the Nicene and Athanasian creeds.

[@chadbird1517]

The traditional language is that the Father and Son share the same divine nature, similar to how a human father and human son share the same human nature. The analogy breaks down, of course, but that is one way to think about it. As far as the name goes, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit all have the name Yahweh. That is why Jesus says to baptize in the name (singular, not plural) of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

[@awodeyisimiloluwa7240]

​@@ChericeGraham, I don't think they are the same being or entity.

[@agwats85]

Yes, that is the essence of the Trinity. Father, Son, and Spirit are one, three persons in one entity

[@JoyOfTheLORD.]

@@awodeyisimiloluwa7240 Zechariah 12:10, Revelation 1:17-18, Hebrews 1:8 Jesus is the LORD and the LORD is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. They are all 1 God, YHVH.

[@Bmens71]

Please consider the meaning and spellings of the name Joshua in Hebrew, and you will really understand Paul. Joshua is indeed the name above all names. The Yod Hey Vav Hey is spelling of YHWH. The spelling of Joshua which we have anglicised as Jesus.The spelling of Joshua has the first three of names, which is Yod Hey Vav. However, two extra shin and ayin. These two make the name above every other name. The only person person whose explanation is in sync with me is Neville Goddard. Read his article ,“What is His Name?”.

[@andrevisser7542]

Jesus's name in Hebrew is Yehoshua which can be either Yeshua or Yoshua in short form, same meaning.

[@tadaskrivickas8409]

Is it mistake from my pronounce to call YaHuah or Yahweh is more accurate?

[@chadbird1517]

The overwhelming scholarly consensus is that Yahweh is the historically accurate pronunciation, but it is not something to be legalistic about. If one does not like the uncertainty of pronunciation, just say Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh, which are the four Hebrew consonants of the name.

[@aaronwood8012]

“Yeshua” is always translated “joshua” except when its jesus christ

[@baconhair5609]

.Salvation comment -jesus died and rose again if you believe that he died and rose and were saved by grace through faith alone you will be saved. once saved always saved no need to repent from your sins for salvation.

[@andrevisser7542]

Good teaching although Jesus is actually the same name... Yehovah said He is the only God and the only saviour (yeshua in Hebrew) then He *manifested* as Yehoshua (Yehovah-saviour) to do exactly that. Yehoshua or in short Yeshua is transliterated into Greek as Iesous (as written by those who actually knew Jesus) which is transliterated to Jesus in English, same Yehovah-saviour, the name above all names.

[@dsheppard8492]

I be,,, I exist,, I am,,, all these are titles. He first states his credential's. He gave Moses no specific name, but to say. They will know him as THE LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM ISAAC AND JACOB. THAT IS MY NAME FOREVER. THE ONLY ACTUAL NAME EVER GIVE TO HUMANITY WAS,,,"YOU SHALL CALL HIS NAME JESUS" as spoken to Joseph.

[@BornagainE]

This teaching is incorrect. Acts 4:10-12 rebutts this teaching as does John 14:6. Only (through) Jesus can we come to the father. BEWARE, there is a last day's deception on the name required for salvation. Read your bibles people because teaching like this can decieve you otherwise. We see this same tactic with Jehovah Witnesses who circumvent the son. 1John 2:22-24 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son Think rationally, if God gave us the name of Jesus to be above all others, then IT IS the name above all others.

[@KenJackson_US]

I don't think your passage in Acts rebuts it at all. It doesn't say _"... by the name Jesus Christ ..."._ It says _"... by the name OF Jesus Christ ..."._ That seems to support Chad Bird's point.

[@BornagainE]

@@KenJackson_US and the pronunciation of Yahweh? Can you show me how we come to this?

[@KenJackson_US]

@@BornagainE Sadly, I know neither Hebrew nor Greek. Do you?

[@TheAnointedWarrior]

Yahweh is not His name. His name is Yahuah

[@P.H.888]

Yehovah.

[@TheAnointedWarrior]

@@P.H.888 Jesus said: “I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.” ‭‭John‬ ‭5‬:‭43‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ Jesus name is actually Yahusha which comes from the Father’s Holy name Yahuah. Yahusha means Yahuah is salvation.

[@andrevisser7542]

​@@TheAnointedWarrior, actually u won't find any name starting with yah in the Hebrew Bible. Jesus's name was written as Yehoshua or Yeshua in short...

[@P.H.888]

@@TheAnointedWarrior made up transliterations. YHVH the 4 Hebrew letters = Yehovah. Read Genesis 18 ~ 19v 24. Then there’s You shall call Him Emmanuel! God with us!

[@TheCatslinger]

You had me until it turned into 2nd century extra biblical presuppositions. The distinction is between YHWH visibly manifest as the angel of the LORD and YHWH transcendent. The text in question doesn’t say “son of God” and it sure doesn’t say God the Son.

[@Packhorse-bh8qn]

Except that the text specifically TELLS us that the name of Jesus is that Name that is above every name! This kind of fanciful garbage appeals to the intellect and to our love of novelty, but it is NOT of the Spirit of God.

[@chadbird1517]

Thanks for the feedback! I can see why it might appear "fanciful garbage" to some, but let us look at the grammar and context. IF Paul had said "that at the name, Jesus..." then certainly he would mean that personal name. But he says "name OF Jesus," the phrase "of Jesus" is in the genitive, which denotes possession, that is, the name belonging to, given to, the man Jesus. This certainly could mean that the name is Jesus, but it could equally mean the name above all names that has been given to Jesus. In the context, what is this name? Paul tells us in vs. 11, "Jesus Christ is Lord." In Greek, "Lord" is Kyrios, which is the Greek translation of the Hebrew name of God, YHWH. Were we to ask any Jew of the 1st century what name was "above all names," the obvious answer would be God's name, YHWH. Therefore, as Peter O'Brien comments, "The name (τὸ ὄνομα is definite) greater than any other that God conferred on Jesus as a gracious gift (ἐκαρίσατο) is his own name, κύριος (‘Lord’), in its most sublime sense, that designation used in the LXX to represent the personal name of the God of Israel, that is, Yahweh." Peter Thomas O’Brien, The Epistle to the Philippians: A Commentary on the Greek Text, New International Greek Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1991), 238.

[@Packhorse-bh8qn]

@@chadbird1517 I have looked at the context and the grammar. It is very straightforward. As one old writer said, "I do not care for novel interpretations. Cream lies on the surface."

[@dsheppard8492]

that is right. this guy is an ivory tower intellectual who is void of the anointing as are they all.

[@GatheringJacob]

You make this inference that Yeshua is the angel of YHWH, when no OT writer or NT writer ever says any such thing! On top of that, Stephen in acts 7 in giving his apologetic that Yeshua is Messiah, says only that in the bush was an angel! Not even a hint that Yeshua was there with Moses! Furthermore, the writer of Hebrew goes to great lengths to say that ONLY in these last days has YHWH spoken to us in His son! Hebrews also makes a claim that Yeshua is not an angel and is greater than the angels! Lastly, in Galatians 3:19 Paul CLEARLY, destroys your argument when he says, “Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made.” Paul here ABSOLUTELY makes a CLEAR distinction between the mediating angel who gave the Torah and the seed who would come! YESHUA MESSIAH IS NOT THE MALAK YHWH!!!!!!!

[@garryroberts7861]

The letter j is only been around for about four to five hundred years.

[@chadbird1517]

Yes. Languages change. Hebrew itself did that over the centuries when the OT was being written. help.1517.org/knowledge/jesus-or-yeshua-is-it-wrong-to-call-him-jesus

[@P.H.888]

Straw man . Genesis 11 God created the different languages!

[@andrevisser7542]

What does that have to do with the name, Jesus is the English transliteration of Greek Iesous which is the transliteration of Aramaic Yeshua or Yehoshua (Yehovah-saviour) in long form, all the same.