YHWH. The tetragrammaton. Yahweh. That’s the name we’re looking at this week. I have been like a kid on a car trip asking, “Are we there yet?” in anticipation of this post. I’m going to send you to a post that will blow your ever-loving mind. Click here. Do it. You’ll be glad you did….
Yahweh is our God’s covenant name. Technically, it’s the tetragrammaton, YHWH. It doesn’t have vowels, so we’ve inserted the A and the E to be able to pronounce it. The writers of the KJV transliterated it as Jehovah. (They swapped the Y for a J and the W for a V.) JeHoVaH. It’s associated with…
Abraham said, “God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together. Genesis 22:8 I love following bread crumb trails in Scripture. Types, foreshadowing, fulfilled prophecy, double meaning – in searching them down, I feel like a treasure hunter. , I still…
Yahweh Yireh. For a child of the ’80s, it’s Jehovah Jireh – a worship song by Don Moen. But y’all, the name is so much more than an uplifting, encouraging, up-tempo tune to start your worship set and get the congregation out of the doldrums. Just what did Yahweh provide for Abraham? We’ve talked about…
In Praying the Names of God for 52 Weeks, Ann Spangler points out a verse I haven’t taken much notice of before. At that time Abimelech, accompanied by Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “Elohim is with you in everything you do.” – Genesis 21:22, Names of God Version Abraham’s life was a testimony…