God And His Word - A Question And Answer Approach To Understanding The Bible

10. WHAT DID AN ISRAELITE USE FOR GOD'S NAME - IF HE COULDN'T PRONOUNCE OR UTTER THE ORIGINAL JHVH? He used a substituted word; which is Adonai in Hebrew, Kurios in Greek and Lord in English. The ancient rabbis put the vowel marks of Adonai on the original JHVH to remind them to pronounce Adonai rather than God's actual Name. 11. WHERE DID THE WORD "JEHOVAH" COME FROM? The word "Jehovah" came into being in 1520 A.D., and is another way of referring to the original JHVH. The translators combined the vowel points of "e," "o" and "a" (which had been placed upon the JHVH to remind the Jews to say Adonai) with the JHVH; thus, they came up with the word JeHoVaH. Jewish encyclopedias identify the Name "Jehovah" as a hybrid word and unacceptable as an authentic revelation of God's Name. Naturally "Jehovah" couldn't have been used by Jesus or the early Church because IT WASN'T EVEN A WORD THAT TIME! 12. DO YOU KNOW WHY THE CAPITALIZED WORD "LORD" APPEARS IN THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT? Whenever you find "LORD" in the Old Testament (capitalized), it means that the original Hebrew text uses the Tetragrammation in that particular place. 13. THEREFORE, THE OLD TESTAMENT SHOWS US THAT THE NAME OF GOD THE FATHER IS "LORD"! [1] Exodus 15:3 - LORD is a man of war: the LORD is His Name." [2] Isaiah 42:8 - "I am the LORD: that is my Name ...." [3] Jeremiah 33:2 - "Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is His Name." [4] Jeremiah 16: 21 - " . . . and they shall know that my Name is The LORD." [5] Amos 5:8; 9:6 - "The LORD is His Name." 14. THE GOD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT REVEALS HIMSELF THROUGH JESUS AS THE GREAT "I AM": [1] John 25, 26 - that speak unto thee am He" or "I AM that speaketh…"

[2] John 8:23 - "! AM from above ... I AM of this World." [3] John 8:24 - " ... for if ye believe not that I AM he . ... " [4] John 8:58 - "before Abraham was, I AM."

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