I discovered some Christian Churches, on the internet that use the scared name of Yahweh in their worship services. But when I read through their statement of belief I noticed that they are no different from the old Worldwide Church of God (WCG) in their belief, faith and practices, so I wonder if this is OK! I will continue to explore this aspect of the worship of Yahweh our Elohim.
I had began this study from the burning bush incident where Moses was introduced to Elohim’s preferred Names. Exodus 3:13-15 reads:
13 Then Moses said to Elohim, "Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I shall say to them, `The Elohim of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, `What is His name?' What shall I say to them?" 14 And Elohim said to Moses, "I AM THAT I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, `I AM has sent me to you.'" 15 And Elohim, furthermore, said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, `The Yahweh, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations."
So there you have it. Elohim's personal name, as they translate its meaning in English, is "I am that I am." Here are some other ways it has been translated:
a) He who is
b) The self-existent one
c) He who is ever becoming what He is
d) Is-ness is is-ness
Unfortunately, I can say that inspite of 4000 years since his name was exposed to Moses, the world still does not know who Yahweh is and I hope this Blog will, amongst others, fulfill this role in a small way. Some of the natures of Yahweh are really what we need as human beings. Take this one that I recently considered as quite important. Read Deut 32: 3-4 (WOY throughout):
“For I proclaim the name of the Yahweh: Ascribe greatness to our Elohim. He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice, an Elohim of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.”
Yahweh is great, He is our rock, He is perfect, all his ways are justice, he is the Elohim of truth and he is without injustice, he is righteous and upright. These are the nature of Yahweh that we need to proclaim widely, so that people will know who to turn to in their times of anxiety.
These are some of the natures of Yahweh that we all need to have in our lives, and especially so, when we need help from Yahweh to help us in our times of needs. Yahweh is the one that could help us because of these Natures that He possesses. There are three points we can think about and these are that we should:
v Think on His Name
v Call on His Name and
v Trust in His name
The first needs are for us all to think of Yahweh and his great name, to meditate on his Name. Malachi 3:16 reads and I quote:
“Then those who feared Yahweh spoke to one another, and Yahweh listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear Yahweh. And who meditate on His name.”
This is quite important to us because thinking always leads to action. For instance if we are thinking of his name we will surely consider his nature which I have outlined above. When our needs arise, we would immediately know where to go for help.
The Prophets and His priests called upon Yahweh for help in their times of needs. We can see this for instance in Psalms 99:6 which read:
“Moses and Aaron were among His priests, and Samuel was among those who called upon His name; They called upon the Yahweh, and He answered them.”
There is no doubt that by thinking and calling on the name of Yahweh, that help is forthcoming. The final of course is that we need to place our trust in Yahweh, as laid out in Isaiah 50: 10 which of course read:
“Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD and rely upon his God”.
Yahweh is the one we can all trust, and entrust ourselves to, with all our needs and wants; for Yahweh is trustworthy.
I will end here on this installment. We need to think call on his Name, call Him and trust Yahweh.
