Carolyn E. Jacobs

We’ve all seen Shrimp Scampi on the menu. It’s shrimp in a garlic butter sauce, right? But what does scampi mean? Scampi is a small crustacean, similar to a lobster or prawn. Pretty similar to shrimp. So Shrimp Scampi basically means Shrimp Shrimp. What does this have to do with the names of God? We’re looking at Adonay this week–it means Lord. Quite often in the Old Testament, Adonay is coupled with YHWH. Yahwey Adonay – Yahweh, the Lord. But since YHWH is translated LORD, that makes for an awkward translation – LORD Lord. We first see YHWH Adonay together in Genesis 15:2 when Abram says, “O Lord GOD.” The…

Last week, we looked at a name of God that truly is His name, Yahweh. This week, we have another title. Adonay means lord or master. Words are cheap. We toss words around without thinking. What does it truly mean for our God to be Lord? And if He is my Lord, what does that imply about me? I am . . . His servant. According to Paul, His bondservant, a willing slave, permanently committed to His service. “. . .that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” – Romans 10:9 You’re…

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…