Honoring YHWH Correctly 2

Deuteronomy 6:4 – “Shema Yisra’el, Yahweh Elohiym, Yahweh echad!”
This verse is traditionally translated “Hear O Israel, the LORD our God, is one”. The word translated “Hear” is the Hebrew word Shema. The words translated “the LORD” are actually the proper name of God, YHWH in Hebrew (i.e. Yahweh). The word translated “God” is Elohiym in Hebrew. The word translated “one” is the Hebrew word echad. It is Yahweh our Elohiym, who is echad. We honor Yahweh correctly by listening to his instruction.

Honoring YHWH With His Name
Exodus 3:15 – “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘Yahweh (יהוה YHVH [H3068]), the Elohiym of your fathers, the Elohiym of Abraham, the Elohiym of Isaac, and the Elohiym of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my memorial-name to all generations.”
Exodus 9:16 –“For this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show my power in you, and that my name may be declared in all the earth.”
Numbers 6:27 – “Put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.”
Ezekiel 39:7 – “My holy name I will make known in the midst of My people Israel; and I will not let My holy name be profaned anymore. And the nations will know that I am Yahweh (יהוה), the Holy One in Israel.”
Psalm 69:30 – “I will praise the name of Elohiym with song and magnify Him with thanksgiving.”
Psalm 148:13 – “Let them praise the name of Yahweh, for his name alone is exalted.”

In Exodus, when Yahweh met Moses at the burning bush, he commanded Moses to make known His name to the people in Egypt and to all peoples of the earth. In Numbers, he commands Moses to pronounce his name upon the Israelites. In Ezekiel, he further clarified that His name, Yahweh (יהוה), is to be made known to all nations. That name had two parts which are:
• I AM – Hâyâh [הָיָה H1961] meaning: I exist, I am, I am self existent; that is: to be.
• YHVH – Yahweh [יַהְוֶה H3068].

First Two Clues –Yahweh Is Our Elohiym; Elohiym Is One
Deuteronomy 6:4 – “Hear, O Israel! Yahweh is our Elohiym, Yahweh is one!”
Scripture tells us that Yahweh [יְהֹוָה H3068], our Elohiym [God אֱלֹהִים H430] is echad [one אֶחָד H529]. Yahweh is our Elohiym – and Elohiym is one. Elohiym is a plural word in Hebrew, and tells us that Yahweh is a Trinity, or in other words, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is confirmed by many other scriptures, including Mark 8:38, Luke 9:26, and especially Matthew 28:19.

Third and Fourth Clues – Yahweh Is The Eternal Trinity
Malachi 3:6 – “I Am Yahweh (יהוה), I do not change . . .”
Hebrews 13:8 – “Yeshua (יְהוֹשׁוּעַ [H3091]) Ha’Mashiach (מָשִׁיחַ [H4899]) is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
Revelation 4:8 – “And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Elohiym Yahweh Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.”
Here, a trinity of adjectives is used: holy, holy, holy; and was, is, & is to come, which takes us back to Exodus 3:15.
The threefold Holy points to this attribute of Yahweh – He is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – The Trinity.
The threefold who was, who is, who will be points to this attribute of Yahweh– He is eternal.

Yahweh’s name, commonly called the Tetragrammaton, is composed of four Hebrew letters: יהוה YHWH, (i.e. Yahweh [H3068]). The letters in the Tetragrammaton, the four letter representation of Yahweh’s name, can be rearranged to spell the words:
• היה Hâyâh [H1961] He Was
Hâyâh is the past tense, meaning “was.”
• הָוָה Hâvâh, or hôvêh [H1934] He Is Now
Hâvâh, is the present tense, meaning “is”
• יהיה yihiyêh [H3068, from H1961] He Will Be
Yod before a verb changes tense from past to future. Was becomes “will be”
Again, the threefold He was, he is, he will be points to this attribute of Yahweh – He is eternal.

Yahweh’s name, יַהְוֶה, firmly establishes His eternal nature and that He is the same yesterday, today, and for all eternity. He is loving, merciful, gracious, and desires that not one will perish. Place your faith in Him and His promises and receive eternal life.

Yeshua
Philippians 2:9 – “Yahweh highly exalted him, and bestowed on Yeshua the name which is above every name.”
Hebrews 13:8 – “Yeshua (יְהוֹשׁוּעַ [H3091]) Ha’Mashiach (מָשִׁיחַ [H4899]) is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
The same admonition is applied to Yeshua – we are to pray, bless, and give thanks in his name, Yeshua, not by his titles!

Honoring YHWH With Meanings Of His Name
The four letters that make up the name of Yahweh are: Yod-Hey-Waw-Hey [יהוה H3068]. They can be translated to mean:
• The Man With The Outstretched Arms and Nailed Hands Shall Be Revealed Twice.
• Behold the Nail, Behold the Hand.
• Behold the Nailed Hand.
• Behold the Nailed Hand Is Salvation

Yahweh is:
Yahweh Elohim  – Yahweh our God [יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים H3068 H430] Deuteronomy 6:4
Yahweh Rapha   – Yahweh That Heals [יְהֹוָה רָפָא H3068 H7495] Exodus 15:26
Yahweh Qadash – Yahweh Who Sanctifies [יְהֹוָה קָדַשׁ H3068 H6942] Exodus 31:13; Ezekiel 37:28
Yahweh Rapha – Yahweh Who Will See To It [יְהֹוָה רָאָה H3068 H7200] Genesis 22:8, Genesis 22:14
Yahweh Tsaba    – Yahweh of Hosts [יְהֹוָה צָבָא H3068 H6635] 1 Samuel 1:3
Yahweh Nissi     – Yahweh Our Banner [יְהֹוָה נֵס H3068 H5251] Exodus 17:15

Honoring YHWH By Following Torah
Scripture speaks loudly about the right way to live. The right way to live is by Torah, by his word, by his teaching. Living rightly is called the way and the truth, and it brings life. Let’s look more closely at the Torah and see how it is the way, the truth, and the life, and how living by the Torah is following Yahweh correctly:

Torah Is The Way
Psalms 119:1 – “Blessed are the undefiled in the Way, who walk in the Torah of Yahweh.”
Micah 6:8 – “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what Yahweh requires of you – to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.”
Proverbs 28:9 – “He who turns away his ear from hearing Torah, even his prayer is an abomination!”

Scripture clearly states that Torah is the Way. And the Way is a correct means of following Yahweh!

Torah Is The Truth
Psalms 1:2 – “But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”
Psalm 119:142 “Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your Torah is the Truth!”
Proverbs 7:2 – “Keep my commandments and live! Guard my Torah as the apple of your eye.”
Scripture also clearly states that Torah is the Truth. And living in the Truth is a correct means of following Yahweh!

Torah Is The Life
Deuteronomy 5:33 – “You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live.”
Psalm 119:144 – “Your Torah is righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.”
Proverbs 6:23 – “For the commandment is a lamp, And the Torah is light. Reproofs of Torah are the way of life.”
Proverbs 13:14 – “The Torah of the wise is a fountain of Life, to depart from the snares of death.”
Scripture also clearly states that Torah is the Life. And following Yahweh brings life. In other words, Torah brings life!

Yeshua Is The Way, The Truth, and The Life
John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
John 1:14 – “The Word became flesh, and lived among us.”
John 14:6 – “Yeshua said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me’.”
Yahweh’s word is the Torah. Torah is the way, the truth and the life. Yahweh’s word, the Torah, was with him in the beginning, became flesh, and lived amongst us. Yeshua is the living word, or in other words, Yeshua is the living Torah! And since Yeshua is the living Torah, he is indeed the Way, the Truth, and the Life!

Conclusions
Psalm 69:30 – “I will praise the name of Elohiym, Yahweh, with song and magnify him with thanksgiving.”
Psalm 119:344-45 – “I will keep your law continually for ever and ever. I will walk at liberty: for I seek your precepts.”

Elohiym’s name, יַהְוֶה, Yahweh, firmly establishes His eternal nature and that He is the same yesterday, today, and for all eternity. He is loving, merciful, gracious, and desires that not one will perish. Place your faith in Him and His promises and receive eternal life.

Torah is still good for reproof, correction, instruction in righteousness, and life! The Torah is clear: anyone who continues to reject Yahweh’s way to worship rightly, unfortunately, is following Satan, not Yeshua.

Torah is the way, the truth, and the life, and living by the Torah is the only way to guarantee that one is following Yahweh / Yeshua correctly. Keeping Torah allows one to ignore the insults and ignorant ranting of other people. Only one who keeps Torah can truly call oneself a follower of Yeshua.

Final Thought for 2023
The stage for Yeshua’s return is being set. Prophecy continues to unfold in an escalating pattern as foretold by the Hebrew prophets. The season of the birth pains is here – they are burgeoning and not going away. Time is short – Yeshua Ha’Mashiach is coming soon – be sure you have salvation in Yeshua and keep busy reaching the lost.

NOTE: Originally Posted in January 2012 Titled: Name of God