Carolyn E. Jacobs

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. I’ll wait. Then come back. Mind. Blown. Right? Behold the nail. Behold the hand. YHWH points to Jesus. It gets better. Jesus’s Hebrew name is Yeshua. (יְשׁוּעָה) The LORD (Ya) is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. Exodus 15:2a Do you know what the Hebrew word for salvation is? If…

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 the burning bush when the angel of YHWH, ( the preincarnate Jesus,) appeared to Moses. When Moses asked Him what His name was, He said, “Ehyeh (who) Ehyeh.” I AM who I AM. Self-existent. Eternal. The name Yahweh is used nearly 7,000 times in the Old Testament, and yet our modern translations don’t use it.…

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 remember the first time I understood the double meaning of Abraham’s declaration, “God will provide for Himself the lamb.” It stopped me in my tracks. That was my first glimpse of the genius of God. Abraham had no idea that one day, the Lamb of God would take away the sin of the world. For…

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 His promise that Abraham would have  a child from whom would come kings and nations and an Everlasting Kingdom. At long last, Abraham had his heir, Isaac. No pressure, Isaac! And yet, in Genesis 22, God commands Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son. He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love,…

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 to God’s faithfulness. I want to live my life like I’m a sign spinner proclaiming the faithfulness of El Olam. I want to encourage those around me to partake of the goodness of God like I’m  a bus going along its route, encouraging people to eat Oreos. It’s a silly analogy, but it’s a reminder…