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Matthew 26.64 Yeshua said to him, "The words are your own. But I tell you that one day you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of 'The Powerful One' and coming on the clouds of heaven."
Notice that in this passage Yeshua does not use the Name of the One the Son of Man is sitting at the right hand of, instead He uses a circumlocution. Circumlocution is to circumvent an actual word (in this case a name), with another word, group of words or name so as not to say the actual word or name. This method is most often used in Scripture in place of the Sacred Name of God. Like the initials YHVH, Adonai or "LORD" in caps. Here in Matthew, Yeshua uses "The Powerful One" instead of saying the Name of God. He quoted from Psalms 110: "A psalm of David: The LORD says to my lord, sit at my right hand..." David, like Yeshua, never used God's Sacred Name anywhere in Scripture, nor did any writer of the New Testament. If anybody had authority to use the Sacred Name of God, Yeshua and the Gospel writers sure did, but they did not use it, ever. When Yeshua quoted Scripture where He could have used God's Name, He always used a circumlocution, substituting the actual name with another name.
The Scriptures talk about "Glorifying the Name of God." Glorifying God's Name does not mean using His Sacred Name. The Hebraic understanding of the term 'Name of God' as used in glorifying the Name of God, means to glorify the Character of God. God's Name equals His Character, and glorifying God's Character always brings Him glory.
No one knows the proper pronunciation of the consonants YHVH, Hebrew, Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh. Some think it's Jehovah, others Yahweh, others Huway, or some such pronunciation, but I say NOWAY! Yeshua certainly knew the correct way to pronounce God's Sacred Name, but He chose never to.
In the prototype prayer of Matthew 6: 9-15 Yeshua explains the meaning of "Hallowed be Your Name" and He uses the common Hebrew poetic device of parallelism to do it. 'Parallelism, is a rhetoric component of literary style used in both prose and poetry. Coordinate ideas are arranged in phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that balance one element with one of equal importance and similar wording.' In other words, Yeshua in this prayer says the same thing using different words. "Hallowed be Your Name" is coordinated with "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done." So, Yeshua is specifying that God's Name has nothing to do with pronunciation, but rather He wants us to pray for what God's Name represents, who He is, His Character.
Consider this. When addressing our earthly fathers, we would never disrespectfully call him by his name, rather we would use the circumlocution "Dad, Papa, Abba, Father, etc." The same goes for God's Name. It would be disrespectful to call God by His name even if we did know it and knew its correct pronunciation. It is disrespectful to use it and so it is never used. The KJV of the Bible erroneously uses the name Jehovah, but then again, they also call Passover Easter!
Hi Ellen here…I had this whole commentary on being a noble wife in such tumultuous times, that was my basar (flesh in Hebrew). As I sat down to write the Spirit of Adonai spoke and to my surprise, I listened! Ok all wives out there be blessed and obey the Word of God…now for my little message…HE sent us two by two in the Tanach and the Brit Chadasha, do you recall? I will refresh our memories: In Noach, Genesis 7:9…He said they came into the Ark two by two as God commanded. In Luke 10:1 He said after the Lord had appointed seventy-two others He then sent them out two by two… I am seeing procreation of course in the Genesis address but throughout the Word of God I see support. I guess what it comes down to is do not try to go it alone! It is you and the Lord but HE also places others in our lives to support us. Pray for sharpened abilities to hear HIS voice and anointed powers to discern so as to fellowship with those who exhort and exalt the Name above all names. We are here to support you as well because we love you and care for you…YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
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