Does the Creator Have a Name?

The Creator of the universe has a Name, but somehow man has seen fit to change that Name.  All of His accomplishments, all that He has ever done, has been credited to another name, or more specifically, a title.   Few people know what Name our Creator gave to Himself, and even fewer see the need to call upon that Name.  Yes, everyone likes to be given the recognition they feel they’ve earned, and they appreciate it when their name is spelled and pronounced correctly in the process.  The Creator’s Name, though, is a different matter.  Or is it?

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Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones...But Names Will Never Hurt Me!

A look at the Name we call our Heavenly Father

by Larry and June Acheson

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones...But Names Will Never Hurt Me! (Condensed Version)

A look at the Name we call our Heavenly Father

by Larry and June Acheson

The Doctrine of the Sacred Name--In View of Scripture

Internet Version

by Gary W. McDaniel

God's Identity

According to Ancient Hebrew Scholars

by Larry and June Acheson

If You Won't Believe Us, Would You At Least Believe Ancient Hebrew Scholars?

This is a chapter from "God's Identity According to Ancient Hebrew Scholars," which we feel serves as a suitable alternative reading for those who prefer to not read the full-length study.

Pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton

                by Larry and June Acheson

Pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton -

             Condensed Version

               by Larry and June Acheso

Who Is HaShem?

Examining the Jewish custom of

referring to the Creator as “HaShem”

by Larry and June Acheson

The Name of the Messiah

by Larry and June Acheson

Why Do We Use the Form Yeshua When Referring to the Messiah?

by Larry and June Acheson

This is a response to the article "Why Yahushua?"

Do We Honor Yahweh by Referring to Him as "Our God?"

by Larry and June Acheson

Do We Honor Yahweh by Referring to Him as "Our God?"

Condensed Version

by Larry and June Acheson

Do We Honor Yahweh by Referring to Him as "Our God"?  - Part 1

This is Part 1 of an audio version of the presentation that I delivered at the 2004 Sacred Name Unity Conference in Eaton Rapids, MI.

      The title of my presentation is, “Do We Honor Yahweh by Referring to Him as ‘Our God’?”   I realize that many folks, when they find out that I’m going to be speaking about our Creator’s name, are immediately “turned off,” and they usually don’t want to listen to anything more of what I have to say.  From my experience, I have found that this is especially true of preachers, I’m sad to report.  I have found that preachers tend to be protective of their congregations, and when they perceive that someone is bringing in a teaching that clashes with one or more of their beliefs, they often respond as if they are dealing with the devil.  However, if they are dealing with the devil, I’m thinking they should be able to show the devil where he is mistaken.  Sadly, they are not often willing to even attempt to do this. As an extreme illustration of what I mean, June and I were once invited to attend a congregation where Yahweh’s name is not used.  We were reluctant to attend, as we knew we would immediately have some issues, but the man who invited us told us that the people of that assembly were open to new truths, and that several had expressed an interest in the name Yahweh.  At length, June and I accepted the invitation.  As it turned out, no one there seemed the least interested in discussing our belief regarding Yahweh’s name.  As June and I departed, the preacher, who at that point seemed to be a nice fellow, walked with us to our car.  As we approached our vehicle, he remarked that he sure would like for us to visit again.  I seized that opportunity to let him know that there was one thing they could do that would cause us to want to return.    

-- Excerpt from "Do We Honor Yahweh by Referring to Him as 'Our God'?" Unity Conference Audio Presentation, Part 1

Do We Honor Yahweh by Referring to Him as "Our God"?  - Part 2

This is Part 2 of an audio version of the presentation that I delivered at the 2004 Sacred Name Unity Conference in Eaton Rapids, MI. 

      When I gave my presentation on this topic back in 2004, I included with my handout photocopies of the cover page from the Transliterated Dictionary of the Russian Language, edited by Eugene Garfield.  I also included with that handout a photocopy from page 23 of this same dictionary, where we see five words that are either pronounced “God” in Russian or have a form of “God” as a prefix.  If you can access our study on this topic, you will be able to see a scanned copy of this page and you will notice that each of those five words has a very negative connotation:

gad (n.m.) reptile

gadalka (n.f.) fortune-teller

gadit (v. impf.) foul

gadkii (adj.) nasty

gadyuka (n.f.) adder

For those who are quick to dismiss any possible connection that the Russian word pronounced God may have with the Hebrew word God, I can only ask if they can explain how one of the Russian words that I just mentioned, which has God as its prefix, means “FORTUNE TELLER.”  This is the Russian word “gadalka.”  In view of the fact that the Canaanite deity named GOD is the “deity of fortune,” how did this word “GOD” make it into the Russian language to form the prefix of the word “gadalka,” which means “fortune teller”?

-- Excerpt from "Do We Honor Yahweh by Referring to Him as 'Our God'?" Unity Conference Audio Presentation, Part 2

 

 

This is the name of our Creator, Yahweh, sometimes called the Tetragrammaton.  It is given here in (A) the Phoenician script, (B) the Ivrit Kadum (Paleo-Hebrew) script, and (C) the Modern Hebrew script (a stylization of Aramaic).

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