Thursday, February 28, 2008

The NAME

In Ki Tisa, God says His Name, as His Shekhinah passes by Moses, which many translations write as LORD or ADONAI (note all caps). That name is Yahweh or as it would be written with just consonants in Hebrew YHVH (pronounced Yod-Hey-Vav-Hey) also translated as "I am who I am." The LORD having shown Moses His Glory and having said His personal name (second time for Moses-the first time Exodus 6:2-3) was more amazing than most of us can realize.

Exodus 34:5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed: 'The LORD, the LORD, God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth'" (JPS).

God also refers to His Name as His memorial:

Exodus 3:15 "And God said moreover unto Moses: 'Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this is My name for ever, and this is My memorial unto all generations'" (JPS).

The special and sacred way in which God revealed His Name is one reason why God is sometimes spelled G-D, primarily in Jewish writing, because the name of the LORD is to be treated with utmost care because it is holy. This thinking goes along specifically with the third commandment, Exodus 20:7 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name." All things of God and things used in relation to God are sacred, holy, set apart--His Name being one of those sacred things.

Some Christians might be offended or at the least annoyed at the G-D spelling. "We are to go to the throne of God with boldness." "God was Abraham's friend, the Bible says. He's my friend too." It's almost like a young child who treats his parents as his friends, and so shows little to no respect for his mother and father. A parent should become something of a friend to a child (particularly in adulthood), but not at the expense of losing the respectful, love-in-discipline relationship. Likewise and even moreso with God, the creator of the universe and author of our lives. Understanding what is sacred and why and how to handle sacred things will dramatically transform our relationship to God. I have a lot to learn.

Baruch Hashem / Blessed be the Name of the LORD
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April 16, 2008 at 6:19 AM
Anonymous said...

Good comment on "the Name." As it also says, "and you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods; and you shall destroy their name out of that place. You shall not do so to HASHEM your God." (Dt 12.3–4)

Baruch Sh'mo / Blessed be His Name

April 20, 2008 at 3:25 PM
Anders Branderud said...

Hello! I found your website. My name is Anders Branderud, I am 23 years and I am from Sweden.

You write about Christ; but you haven't yet realized that the historical pro-Torah Ribi Yehoshua and the post-135 C.E. anti-Torah Christ is two different persons.

So who then was the historical Jesus?

The first century pro-Torah Ribi Yehoshua – the Messiah - said:

"Don't think that I came to uproot the Torah or the Neviim [prophets], but rather I came to reconcile them with the Oral Law of emet (truth). Should the heavens and ha-aretz (the land, particularly referring to Israel) exchange places, still, not even one ' (yod) nor one ` (qeren) of the Oral Law of Mosheh shall so much as exchange places; until it shall become that it is all being fully ratified and performed non-selectively. For whoever deletes one Oral Law from the Torah, or shall teach others such, by those in the Realm of the heavens he shall be called "deleted." Both he who preserves and he who teaches them shall be called Ribi in the Realm of the heavens. For I tell you that unless your Tzedaqah (righteousness) is over and above that of the Sophrim and of the [probably 'Herodian'] Rabbinic-Perushim (corrupted to "Pharisees"), there is no way you will enter into the Realm of the heavens! “
Netzarim Reconstruction of Hebrew Matityahu 5:17-20.

For words that you don’t understand; se www.netzarim.co.il ; the link to Glossaries at the first page.

Ribi Yehoshua warned for false prophets who don’t produce good fruit = defined as don’t practise the commandments in Torah according to Halakhah (oral Torah). See Devarim (Deuteronomy) 13:1-6.

If you don’t follow Ribi Yehoshuas Torah-teachings, than you don’t follow Ribi Yehoshua.
So you need to start follow the historical Ribi Yehoshua – the Messiah – by practising Torah!!

Finding the historical Jew, who was a Pharisee Ribi and following him brings you into Torah, which gives you a rich and meaningful life here on earth and great rewards in life after death (“heaven”)!

From Anders Branderud
Geir Toshav, Netzarim in Ra’anana in Israel (www.netzarim.co.il) who are followers of Ribi Yehoshua – the Messiah – in Orthodox Judaism

October 17, 2008 at 3:37 PM

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