THE SACRED NAMES?
Restore Them as You Read
There are several Bibles in which the Holy Names are
restored to the Scriptures. These
have become too expensive for our meager funds, however. Since we are few in number, we are able at best to
send out only a few Bibles, so we have decided to send conventional Bibles (the
KJV, RSV, etc.), instead of the more expensive Holy Name Bibles.
An added bonus is: except for The Names, conventional Bibles are
generally better translations than are the Holy Name Bibles.
You can restore The Names as you read the KJV, the
RSV, or the NIV.
Many want Holy Name Bibles so as to convince their friends of the correctness of
The Names. There is probably a
better way to do this, however. Call
attention to the information listed in our booklet
The
Creator – What Is His Name? These
pages point out what the translators themselves tell us in the preface to
the different versions; that is, the word LORD (all capitals), has been
substituted for the true name Yahweh.
Almost any library has available the same information in encyclopedias,
Bible dictionaries, and other reference books.
Most (common) dictionaries reveal the same.
The Original Sacred Name & Titles
Yahweh (the Ever Existing One), the Creator, appears in the
Hebrew Scriptures of the O.T. almost 7,000 times (LORD in English versions).
Yah, the short form of the name Yahweh, appears (as LORD) in the
English O.T. about 40 times (in Exodus, Isaiah, and the Psalms).
To locate the Yah Scriptures, see Young’s Concordance, then mark
them in your Bible.
El (mighty one), a Scriptural title of Yahweh.
Appears in the English O.T. (as God) about 250 times.
See your Concordance.
Eloah (mighty one), a poetic title of Yahweh, appears in the English O.T.
about 50 times (as God), mostly in the book of Job.
See your Concordance, and mark them.
Elohim (mighty one), the most frequent Scriptural title of Yahweh,
appearing thousands of times in the O.T. Translated God in English.
Used also of the pagan idols in the plural, “mighty ones,” but is
singular when referring to Yahweh.
Elah (mighty one), a Chaldean title of Yahweh appearing about 60 times in
the books of Daniel, Ezra, and (once) in Jeremiah (10:11).
El-Shaddai (mighty El), a title of Yahweh usually translated
“Almighty,” and appearing about 50 times.
Yahshua (Yah’s Salvation), the true name of the Savior.
Messiah, a Scriptural title for Yahshua.
Pagan Substitute Titles
Appearing In Most English Bibles
God (only the G capitalized), should in the O.T. read El, Elah,
Eloah, or Elohim. To find which,
see your Concordance and mark El, Elah, Eloah or Elohim.
In the N.T. read Yahweh in most cases.
GOD (all capitals), should read Yahweh.
LORD (all capitals), should read Yah or Yahweh.
To find which, see your Concordance, and mark the Yahs in your Bible.
Lord (only the L capitalized), is the N.T. improperly substituted
for both Yahweh and Yahshua.
Jesus, improperly substituted for Yahshua.
The Hebrew Alphabet has no letter J, nor did the English have this
letter until the 16th Century: proof that his name is not
Jesus (see the 1611 KJV).
Christ, should read Messiah.
Jehovah, a hybrid word which did not appear in any Bible
before the 12th Century C.E. This
hybrid word was in four places substituted for The Name Yahweh in the KJV.
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