Yahweh ... The Most Powerful Name in the Universe
Yahweh
The Most beautiful Name in the Universe.
I tackle this, the name of God YHWH ( יהוה) with a holy reverence and a weighty responsibility. This is God's name, whereas others could more accurately be called titles. What this means is—all other ways of expressing God's name reveal His character and characteristics. But this name YHWH means He is, He was, He always will be.
The name YHWH became Yahweh in the tenth century when Jewish scholars added vowels to the Hebrew language formerly written without them.
The Jewish people understood and revered the sacred name YHWH, so much so, Hebrew Rabbis would refer to it as "The Name," "The Unutterable Name," or the "The Great and Terrible Name." They feared that somehow, they would profane the name and often substituted Adonai in its place.
Because Jesus tore the veil from the Holy of Holies as we just celebrated at Easter and made God accessible to all believers, there is an intimacy we share with God that the Old Testament people did not share. We don't have to fear using the name Yahweh and can take great joy in using this Holy name.
So where is this name in our Bible? It actually appears more than 5,800 times in the Old Testament and can be found in the English translation as LORD in caps, not to be mistaken with "Lord," in upper and lower case, which translates Adonai.
So, let's use the name Yahweh in our prayer time this week and glorify who He is and the blessing of communion and relationship. We can crawl up on his lap and call Him Abba Father, or fall to our knees in praise and give reverence to Yahweh. We are blessed beyond measure to have a friend, so loving, so powerful, so intimate.
If you want a special time of worship, I recommend listening to this song. It is twelve minutes long, super simple and you can join in and lose yourself in worship to Almighty Yahweh. I literally had goose bumps as His presence came over me singing the name of Yahweh. Powerful! Featuring Jon Jones & Dee Wilson - Yahweh
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About the author
Blossom Turner is an award-winning novelist, and a free-lance writer published in Chicken Soup and Kernels of Hope anthologies, and former newspaper columnist on health and fitness. A Word Guild semi-finalist for Anna's Secret, Katherine's Arrangement, Amelia’s Heartsong, and a Word Guild winner for Best Romance for Lucinda’s Defender. She has found her home in the writing of historical fiction but is open to wherever God leads. The many 5-star reviews attest to the power of love and romance authentically woven into the Shenandoah Bride Series about five sisters and their five love stories.
Blossom lives in British Columbia, Canada, with her husband, David, of forty years and their dog Lacey named after Lacey Spring, Virginia, where this series takes place. A former businesswoman, personal trainer, and mother of two grown children she is now pursuing her lifelong dream of writing full-time. A hopeless romantic at heart, she believes all story should give the reader significant entertainment value. However, her writing embodies the struggles of real life. She infuses the reality of suffering with the hope of Christ to give a healthy dose of relatable encouragement to her reader. Her desire is to leave the reader with a yearning to live for Christ on a deeper level, or at the very least, create a hunger to seek for more.
Co-author Suzie Zanewhich
Suzie is a certified life coach, leader of emotional health, and resource specialist. She has found her niche as a soul coach.
Suzie finds purpose in empowering individuals to move towards growth, healing, and alignment with their authentic self. Suzie is driven by a calling to live authentically, as the person God created her to be, to reach her fullest potential and lead others to do the same. Her passion is to help others find meaning through discovering their strengths, gifts, personality, temperament and core values.
Suzie is a life-long learner, continuously immersing herself in new courses to learn more about human behaviour, relationships, psychology, child development, emotions, trauma and healing. Because of her craving to always learn more she has earned the title of resource specialist in the area of self-discovery.
Suzie Zanewich lives with her husband in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She has a patchwork family of four grown children, two daughters, two sons and three granddaughters.
Comments 1
Guest - Jennifer Sienes
on Monday, 29 April 2019 05:14
Wonderful as always, Blossom!