Why is the name of god not used anymore?

Question

The name of god (the christian god) is given in the earlier forms of the bible as YAHWEH. (the vowels are added in for english phonectic translation). This translates to JEHOVAH in greek.

There have been many historical uses of the name from saliors during the middle ages through to the 17-18th century to Roman texts that use the latin derivitive. Most famiously of recent times is the use in the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in which the hero needs to cross the pit with all the letters using the name of god.

However it seems that for most people this information is not known, they simply believe that the name of god in LORD (in caps due to the fact the jesus is also refered to as lord however in lower case) or GOD.

So my question is, why is gods name not used in either form YAHWEH or JEHOVAH and why is this so?

Serious answers only please.

Thanks.

Answer 1

The name "Jehovah" is an English translation of the Hebrew name pronounced as or similar to "Yahweh" or "Yehowah"; the exact original pronunciation is unknown. The four Hebrew characters corresponding to the letters "YHWH" are well-recognized as the biblical personal name of Almighty God, and are universally designated as "the Tetragrammaton" or "the Tetragram".

For centuries, most Jews have superstitiously refrained from pronouncing aloud any form of the divine Name. They base that superstition on the third of the Ten Commandments given to Moses:
(Exodus 20:7) You must not take up the name of Jehovah your God in a worthless way
http://watchtower.org/e/bible/ex/chapter_020.htm?bk=Ex;chp=20;vs=7;citation#bk7

Over the centuries, that Jewish superstition has expanded to also forbid writing or engraving any form of "YHWH", even when simply copying from one of the nearly 7000 occurences in the Hebrew Scriptures. In recent centuries, some superstitious Jews have even forbade unabbreviated EUPHEMISMS for "YHWH"; capitalized terms such as "Tetragrammaton" and (amazingly) even "the Name" are forbidden by such superstitions.

More recently, the Jewish superstition has ballooned out of all reasonableness by also forbidding respectful impersonal TERMS referring to the Almighty; thus many Jews insist upon writing "G-d" or "G~d" rather than "God". They may even refrain from capitalizing impersonal terms such as "Creator" and "Almighty".

Naturally, the religious and superstitious practices of a person are between him and his Creator. However, in recent decades these superstitious Jews have worked to impose their superstitious sensibilities beyond their religious communities, and onto the entire populace. Thus, although "YHWH' is unanimously recognized as the personal name of God, few today use any form of it in their writings and conversation.

Interestingly, Christendom has largely joined with superstitious Jews in suppressing the use of "Yahweh" and "Jehovah". However, it seems that Christiandom's anti-YHWH bias largely devolves from their hatred of Jehovah's Witnesses, the religion almost single-handedly responsible for the growing public recognition that the Almighty God of Judaism and Christianity actually does a personal name.

It seems that too many are more interested in coddling superstition than in allowing intellectual honesty and respect for the Almighty.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/na/
http://watchtower.org/e/20040122/


Interestingly, Encyclopaedia Judaica says that “the avoidance of pronouncing the name YHWH ... was caused by a misunderstanding of the Third Commandment.”
http://www.jehovantodistajat.fi/e/20040122/article_02.htm

(Psalms 83:18) That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth

(John 17:26) [Jesus said] I have made your name known to them and will make it known, in order that the love with which you loved me may be in them

Answer 2

not as quickly as is Jesus ever used as God's call in the previous try. In Hebrew (the closest translation we are able to get carry of in English) God's call is YHVH or Yahweh. and regardless of if it wasn't YHVH, it does not be Jesus the two as there became into actual NO letter J in ANY language till ultimately exceedingly much the 1500's advert. there became into no J sound in Hebrew or Greek.... the call of Jesus might actual have been Yahshua which may be translated, in English, to Joshua. So asserting "Jesus Christ" isn't even somewhat asserting the "Messiahs" call to start with. (i ask your self how that works while it says basically one call saves? The Apostles confident did not call him Jesus) and that i've got each and every excellent to declare regardless of i desire to declare. You demanding that folk who are not believers to end would not somewhat recommend something. you have not any authority on the project.

Answer 3

Because those names are Hebrew and I assume that if you were in an area that used Hebrew the names would still be used too.

Answer 4

gods name is EL as in eli [my god ] as in hELlo
as in hELp
god contains EviL
recall ps 86;15 ,,and your god ,is a mercyfell el
deut4;31 for yhwh your god is a mercyfull and pardonimg EL
glory of god =hamaEL
israEL=struggles with god
salaqiEL =ingenuity of god