Archaeology Confirming The Law And Prophets

1.  A recently published inscription documents an offering brought to the Temple in Yerusalem which it specifically Names the Temple -- the Congregation of Yahweh as Bayit Yahweh -- House of Yahweh.  This is the earliest  reference to the Temple found to date, outside of the scriptures.

References:
 Biblical Archaeology Review, Nov./Dec. 1997 Vol. 23 No.6
 A Collection of Ancient Documents

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2.  An inscription found in 1967 documents the Name:  Bayit Yahweh -- House of Yahweh for the Temple and Congregation of Yahweh.

References: 
The Encyclopaedia Judaica, Jerusalem, Israel, Vol. 1, Arad, p.249
<>The Jerusalem Post Magazine, Unearthing the Land<>, 6-29-73
The Making of the Past Biblical Lands, P.R.S. Moorey, p. 104 

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3.  A reconstructed inscription found on an ivory pomegranate documenting the name of the Temple and Congregation of Yahweh as Bayit Yahweh -- House of Yahweh.

References:
<>Biblical Archaeology Review, Jan.-Feb. 1990, p. 49
See also the following hyperlinks:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Israel Website
Exhibit located at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

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Little known FACTS:   HaShem (The Name) of Yahweh

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The House of Yahweh Ostraca

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- Biblical Archaeology Review, Nov./Dec. 1997, Vol. 23, No. 6, p. 30 (p. 28-32) -

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     "JUST PUBLISHED:  The 4-inch-wide, 3.5-inch-tall ostracon, or inscribed potsherd, shown on page 28 contains the oldest complete extra-Biblical mention of the House (or Temple) of Yahweh (LBYT YHWH) ever found.   Dated to the ninth-seventh century B.C., this ostracon is at least a century older than an ostracon from Arad that bears the only other complete extra-Biblical mention of King Solomon's Temple.
     No word divider, or dot separates LBYT and YHWH on this newly published Temple ostracon, but the phrase unmistakably means "House (or Temple) of Yahweh."  This translation strengthens the reading of BYT DWD on the Tel Dan inscription, which also lacks a word divider, as "House of David."  The Temple ostracon thus supports the understanding of the Tel Dan inscription as the first extra-Biblical mention of King David..."

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<>- Following are references to another find.   Found in the 60's identifying the Temple as:  Bayit Yahweh -- House of Yahweh -

     At Arad, in the land of Israel, in the Negev, was excavated between 1962 and 1974 by Yohanan Aharoni and R. B. K. Amiran. A Yahwistic Israelite sanctuary was found. Among the finds were several letters addressed to Eliashib son of Eshiyah, one of which specifically makes mention of: The House of Yahweh

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<>- The Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1972, Keter Publishing House, P.O.B. 7145, Jerusalem, Israel, Vol. 1, Arad, p. 249 -

<>     "In addition to the ostraca found in the temple, numerous others inscribed in Hebrew and Aramaic were also uncovered and these considerably enrich knowledge of ancient Hebrew epigraphy. One group belongs to the archives of "Eliashib, son of Eshyahu," who was a high-ranking official and perhaps the commander of the last Israelite citadel (c. 600 B.C.E.) Most of these contain orders to supply rations of wine and bread to travelers, including the "Kittim," who were apparently a group of mercenaries of Aegean origin. One of the letters mentions Beersheba and another contains a reference to "the house of YHWH," apparently the Temple in Jerusalem..." 

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<>- The Jerusalem Post Magazine, Unearthing the Land, 6-29-73, p. 19 -

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     "Mostly used for business transactions, these humble documents are a mine of historic information. At Arad, excavated by Yohanan Aharoni, reference is made to a "House of YHWH"..." 

<>- The Making of the Past Biblical Lands, P. R. S. Moorey, p. 104 -

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     ...Greek mercenaries (kittim) are again referred to in an inscription from Tell Arad of about 600 BC.   Ostraca of this date from Arad are primarily concerned with requesting supplies of wine, oil or grain from a man named Eliashib in charge of military supplies for the area.  They also contain what seems to be a direct reference to the Temple in Jerusalem -- "the House of Yahweh." 
     Josiah's orthodoxy secured for him a very favorable place in tradition.  He set in train the most thorough religious reform yet attempted.  The Temple at Jerusalem was purged and restored; out went the Assyrian deities... 

<>The House of Yahweh Pomegranate

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A small pomegranate was found that was used at the Temple in Yerusalem.  It is has as part of its inscription in Hebrew letters Bayit Yahweh -- House of Yahweh. 

View House of Yahweh ivory pomegranate exhibit located at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

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<>- Biblical Archaeology Review, Jan.-Feb. 1990, p. 49 -

<>     "BAR recently published a beautiful carved ivory pomegranate with an important inscription on  it.  As partially reconstructed, the engraved inscription around the neck of the pomegranate reads as follows:  "Belonging to the House of Yahweh Holy to the Priests."  Based on this reading, many scholars have concluded that the ivory pomegranate originally came from the Jerusalem Temple constructed by King Solomon." 

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HaShem  Yahweh  

The following evidence will prove that the Name of Yahweh was never lost, and contrary to popular TRADITION, it is written in the Torah and Prophets and testified to by the Sages that we are to teach, speak, vow and bless with His Holy Name.

The Name of Yahweh was ORIGINALLY in COMMON use and was TAUGHT TO ALL

- Jewish Encyclopaedia of 1901, Vol. 1, p. 201-202 -

"  ...In the early period of the Second Temple the Name was still IN COMMON USE, as may be learned from such proper names as Jehohanan, or from liturgical formulas, such as Halelu-Yah.  At the beginning of the Hellenistic era, however, the use of the Name was reserved for the Temple.  From Sifre to Num. vi.27, Mishnah Tamid, vii.2 and Sotah, vii.6 it appears that the priests were allowed to pronounce the Name at the benediction only in the Temple; elsewhere they were obligated to use the appellative name (kinnuy) "Adonai."...
  ...Pronunciation of the Name by the Temple priests...also gradually fell into disuse.  Tosef., Sotah, xiii.8 quoted Menahot, 109b, and Yoma 39b, relates that "from the time Simon the Just died [this is the traditional expression for the beginning of the Hellenistic period], the priests refrained from blessing the people with the Name" --in other words, they pronounced it indistinctly, or they mouthed or mumbled it.  Thus says Tosef., Ber. vi.23:  Formerly they used to greet each other with the Ineffable Name; WHEN THE TIME OF THE DECLINE OF THE STUDY OF THE LAW CAME the elders mumbled the Name...."

- Jewish Encyclopaedia of 1901, Vol. 11, p. 263 -

"... When a very young priest, the well-known tanna Tarfon witnessed this ceremony; and he declares that the high priest uttered the holy name...so that his voice was merged in the song of priests (Yer. Yoma 40d, below; Kid. 71a; Eccl. R. iii.11), although it was believed that when, at this point in the ritual, the priest pronounced the name of God he was heard as far as Jericho (Tamid iii.7; comp. Yoma 39b).  Tarfon's account, that the voice of the high priest was drowned by the voice of the priests, also confirms the synchronous statement (Yer. Yoma 40b) that IN FORMER TIMES THE HIGH PRIEST UTTERED THE NAME WITH A LOUD VOICE, but that subsequently, WHEN IMMORALITY HAD BECOME MORE AND MORE PREVALENT, HE LOWERED HIS VOICE LEST THE NAME SHOULD BE HEARD BY THOSE UNWORTHY TO HEAR IT...The Shem ha-Meforash as an object of the esoteric knowledge of scholars appears in the statement of Johanan (Kid. 71a): "Once each week the sages give their pupils the Four-Lettered Name," A tannaitic passage in Yer. Yoma 40d, however, says: "IN FORMER TIMES THE NAME WAS TAUGHT TO ALL; BUT WHEN IMMORALITY INCREASED IT WAS RESERVED FOR THE PIUS,"...."

The Pronunciation of the Name of YAHWEH was NEVER LOST

- Jewish Encyclopaedia of 1901, Vol. 12, p. 119 -

"  It thus becomes possible to determine with a fair degree of certainty the historical pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, the results agreeing with the statement of Ex. iii.14, in which YHWH terms Himself  .  "I will be," a phrase which is immediately proceeded by the fuller term "I will be that I will be," or, as in the English versions, "I am" and "I am that I am."  The Name is accordingly derived from the root (=), and is regarded as an imperfect.  This passage is decisive for the pronunciation "Yahweh"; for the etymology was undoubtedly based on the known word."

- The New Schaff-Herzog Religious Encyclopaedia, Vol. 12, p. 471 -

"  The form was never pronounced Yehowah (Jehovah).  The earliest testimony as to the original pronunciation of the name comes from the Assyrian pronunciation of the Hebrew in such proper names as Hezekiah, which is so given as to represent yahu.  From the Old Testament itself the evidence comes from Ex. iii., and from two classes of proper names, those in which the divine name is the first element and those in which it is the last element.  In Ex. iii. it is clear that the narrator connects the name with the verb hayah, "to be," or its varient hawah.  The Hebrew names Yehonathan or Yonathan (Jonathan) and Hizkiyahu or Hiskiyah (Hezekiah) are fairly representative of names compounded with the divine name, and the Assyrian pronunciation indicates the correctness of the Massoretic pointing given Hezekiah's name.  This shows clearly and decisively the pronunciation "yah" for the first syllable.   For the final syllable the analogy of verbal forms ending in "weh."   and their shortening (by dropping of the final consonant and its vowel) into u renders it exceedingly probable that the original pronunciation was "weh".   This is strengthened by the common process of rendering yhw by yo when the middle h is dropped (cf. Yonathan above)."

- The New Schaff-Herzog Religious Encyclopaedia, Vol. 12, p. 472 -

"...the ground form of the name does not appear to be Yahu but Yahweh, while Yah in Hebrew seems to be a poetic or liturgic abbreviation; and this is attested by the form on the Moabite Stone where Mesha wrote Yhwh and not Yhw or Yh."

- The Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1972, Keter Publishing House, P.O.B. 7145, Jerusalem, Israel, Vol. 7, p. 680 -

"The true pronunciation of the name YHWH was never lost. Several early Greek writers of the Christian Church testify that the name was pronounced "Yahweh.""

- Unger’s Bible Dictionary, p. 1177 -

" Yahweh (ya' we). The Heb. tetragrammaton (YHWH) traditionally pronounced Jehovah (q.v.) is now known to be correctly vocalized yahwê. New inscriptional evidence from the second and first millennia B.C. point toward this fact...."

Yahweh's  ONE and only Name was and will be TAUGHT, SPOKEN, and USED IN PRAISE, VOWS, OATHS and BLESSINGS

- The Jewish Encyclopaedia, Vol. 9, p. 162-163 -

"  ...The Rabbis as well as the cabalists steadfastly maintained their belief in monotheism.  Hence they recognized only one proper name for the Deity, considering the other names as appellations or titles signifying divinity, perfection, and power, or as characterizing His acts as observed and appreciated by mankind...
  The name YHWH is considered as the Name proper; it was known in the earliest rabbinical works simply as the Name; also as Shem ha-Meyuhad ("the Extraordinary Name"; Sifre, Num. 143):  as Shem ha-Meforash ("the Distinguished Name"; Yoma vi.2); as Shem ben The Name. Arba' Otiyyot ("the Tetragrammaton" or "the Quadrilateral Name"; Kid 71a); and as Yod He Waw He."

- Babylonian Talmud  Tractate Termurah, p. 3b -

(3) Deut. X,20. Therefore one of the texts is required in order to deduce the ruling that one can swear with the Name to observe the commandments, and the other, that it is permissible to utter the Name in connection with a true oath.
(20) Deut. VI,13. Thus we see that it is permissible to swear with the Name...

Debarim (Deuteronomy) 6:13 & 10:20-

  13  ...by His Name you must take your oaths.
  20  ...hold fast to him and take your oaths by His Name.

- Babylonian Talmud Tractate Berakoth, p. 54a -

"...it was also laid down that greeting should be done in God's name,(9) in the same way as it says, and behold Boaz came from Bethlehem and said unto the reapers , Yahweh be with thee;(1) thou mighty man of valour.(2)...
(9) I.e., the Tetragrammaton, although this might appear to be breaking the third commandment. The reason of this ordinance is not certain. Marmorstein, The Old Testament Conception of God, etc., I, pp. 24 ff conjectures this to have been designed to
counteract the Hellenistic teaching that Yahweh had no name.
(1)Ruth II, 4. (2) Judg. VI, 12. "

Riyyah (Ruth) 2:4

  4  Then Boaz came from Bethlehem [Bayit-Lechem], and he said to the harvesters; Yahweh be with you!  And they answered him; Yahweh bless you!

Shophetim (Judges) 6:12

  12  And the malak of Yahweh appeared to him, and said: Yahweh is with you, leader in Israyl!

- The Chumosh And Targum Onkelos With Rashi's Commentary, Vol. Bemidbar, p. 31, Numbers 6:23 -

"...27...AND THEY SHALL PUT MY NAME [UPON THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL] -- i.e. they shall bless them by the Proper Name of God (i.e. when uttering the blessings they shall use the Tetragrammaton and no substitute for it) (Siphre). ... AND I WILL BLESS THEM...."

Bemidbar (Numbers) 6:23-27

  23  Speak to Aaron and his sons, SAYING;  This is how you are to bless the children of Israyl.  SAY TO THEM;
  24  YAHWEH bless you and keep you.
  25  YAHWEH make His face shine upon you and be merciful to you.
  26  YAHWEH lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.
  27  So they will put MY NAME on the children of Israyl, and I will bless them.

Tehellim (Psalm) 22:22  [Heb. 22:23]

  22  I WILL DECLARE YOUR NAME to My brothers! In the midst of the congregation I will Praise You!

Shemot (Exodus) 3:15-16

  15  Yahweh also said to Mosheh; This shall you say to the children of Israyl; YAHWEH...has sent me to you.  This is MY NAME forever, and this is MY MEMORIAL:   the Name by which I am to be remembered by, from generation to generation for all generations.
  16  Go, and gather the elders of Israyl, and say to them; Yahweh...

When the Law was no longer taught, the PRONUNCIATION of the Name of Yahweh was HIDDEN, and TRADITIONS AND ORAL laws were kept rather than the WRITTEN 613 LAWS and His Name was NOT spoken.

- Jewish Encyclopaedia Of 1901, Vol. 1, p. 201-202 -

"  ...In the early period of the Second Temple the Name was still IN COMMON USE, as may be learned from such proper names as Jehohanan, or from liturgical formulas, such as Halelu-Yah.  At the beginning of the Hellenistic era, however, the use of the Name was reserved for the Temple.  From Sifre to Num. vi.27, Mishnah Tamid, vii.2 and Sotah, vii.6 it appears that the priests were allowed to pronounce the Name at the benediction only in the Temple; elsewhere they were obligated to use the appellative name (kinnuy) "Adonai."...
  ...Pronunciation of the Name by the Temple priests...also gradually fell into disuse.  Tosef., Sotah, xiii.8 quoted Menahot, 109b, and Yoma 39b, relates that "from the time Simon the Just died [this is the traditional expression for the beginning of the Hellenistic period], the priests refrained from blessing the people with the Name" --in other words, they pronounced it indistinctly, or they mouthed or mumbled it.  Thus says Tosef., Ber. vi.23:  Formerly they used to greet each other with the Ineffable Name; WHEN THE TIME OF THE DECLINE OF THE STUDY OF THE LAW CAME, the elders mumbled the Name.  Subsequently also the solemn utterance of the Name by the high priest on the Day of Atonement, that ought to have been heard by the priests and the people according to the Mishnah Yoma, vi.2, became inaudible or indistinct
  R. Tarfon (or Tryphon) relates (Yer. Yoma, iii.40d):  "I was standing in the row of young priests, and I heard the high priest mumbling the Name, while the rest of the priests were chanting."...
  ...But while even among these the right pronunciation was forgotten in the course of time, and the hope was expressed by Phinehas b. Jair, "the Saint," that the knowledge and the correct use of the Name, so wondrously efficacious in the blessed days long gone by, would again be restored in the Messianic age (see Pes.50a, Midr.Teh. to Ps. xxxvi, and to Ps.xci.)..."

Yeshayah (Isaiah) 29:13

  13  Therefore Yahweh said:  Because these people draw near Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and their reverence to Me is taught by the precept of men...

Amosyah (Amos) 6:8-13

   8  ...I ABHOR THE PRIDE OF YAAQOB, and hate his palaces; I will deliver up the city, with all that is in it!
   9  And if ten men remain in one house, they will die.
  10  And when his next of kin, he who is responsible for burning the bodies of those who had died of pestilence, comes to carry the bones out of the house, he will say to him who remains in the house;  Is there any with you?  And he will say; None for...Then immediately he will say; Silence!  WE MAY NOT MENTION THE NAME OF YAHWEH!
  11  For behold, Yahweh will command, and He will break the great house into ruins, and the small house into pieces.
  12  Do horses run up rocky crags?  Do men plow there with oxen?   But YOU HAVE TURNED JUDGMENT INTO GALL, AND THE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS INTO WORMWOOD.
  13  You who take delight in Lo Debar (worthlessness), who say; Have we not taken Karnaim (horns of strength) for ourselves, BY OUR OWN STRENGTH? 

According to TRADITION, the SPEAKING of the Name of Yahweh was AVOIDED in preference to the Names of Gods --Elohim

- The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, p. 413 -

"  Elohim...This word appears frequently in the OT as a name for deity ("God," "gods").  Being plural in form, it echoes ancient polytheism, like the name of El, to which it is closely related...
  ...Elohim embraces the divine plurality in unity, and elsewhere in the priestly account the divine name is accompanied by verbs in the singular.
  The "plural of majesty" did not arise first in Israelite tradition as a result of the identification of Elohim with Yahweh or the gradual development from polytheism to monotheism.  On the contrary, this is an ancient pre-Israelite expression which was employed in Babylonia and Canaan even with a singular verb.   Thus in Akkadian the plural word ilanu ("gods") could be used in homage to a particular god, like the moon-god Sin, to express the worshipers view that he is the highest God, in whom the whole pantheon is represented.  In the Amarna letters, Canaanite vassals addressed  the defied pharaoh as ilania ("my gods")..."

- Introduction to the Old Testament, Robert H. Pfeiffer, p. 95 -

"  To avoid the utterance of the name Yahweh, both before and after the adoption of the qere, other devices were employed.  In some cases adonay was written in the text (so in Dan. 9:9 where the Babylonians wrote YHWH); in Pss. 42-83 elohim (deity) is substituted for Yahweh; in Am. 5:16 adonay (missing in the LXX) and in Pss. 59:5 (H. 59:6); 80:4, 19 (H. 80:5, 20); 84:8 (H. 84:9) elohim are interlinear substitutes for YHWH, which were mechanically copied into the text...
  Long after the introduction of the qere "Lord" for YHWH (6,823 times in the Old Testament according to the Masorah), but before A. D. 500, vulgar expressions in the text, as we have seen, were REMOVED by substituting a euphemism in the reading (qere)."

- The Encyclopaedia Americana International Edition, Vol. 16, p. 13 -

"  After the Babylonian Exile in the 6th century B.C., Adonai ("My Lord") and Elohim ("God") were gradually substituted for "Yahweh,"..."

- The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, p. 817 -

"  IN THE OT.  1. Daimonism. a. Daimon.  The Hebrew equivalent of "demon" (daimon) in the original sense is simply [el] or [elohim]. commonly rendered "god.""

- The Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1972, Keter Publishing House, P.O.B. 7145, Jerusalem, Israel, Vol. 7, p. 679 -

" ‘Eloha, ‘Elohim. The word ‘eloha "God" and its plural ‘elohim, is apparently a lengthened form of El...The plural form ‘elohim is used not only of pagan "gods" (e.g..Ex. 12:12; 18:11;20:3), but also of an individual pagan "god" (Judg. 11:24; II Kings 1:2ff.) and even of a "goddess" (I Kings 11:5..."

Yahshua (Joshua) 23:6-7

  6  Therefore, be very strong to carefully obey and do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Mosheh, without turning aside either to the right or to the left;
  7  By not mingling with these nations that are left with you; BY NOT PRONOUNCING THE NAMES OF THEIR GODS, NOR CAUSING ANYONE TO ADMINISTER A VOW IN THEIR NAMES...

Yeremyah (Jeremiah) 12:16-17

  16  And it will come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people, to vow by My Name, SAYING; AS SURELY AS YAHWEH LIVES--As they once taught My people to vow by Baal then they will be established in the midst of My people.
  17  But if they do not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, says Yahweh.

ORIGINALLY the Name of  Yahweh STOOD ALONE in the Torah

- The Meaning Of The Qumran Scrolls For The Bible, p. 164 -

"...These confusions in the text of the scroll thoroughly substantiate the traditional use of divine nominal surrogates as early as the second century B.C. (23)
(23). Actually this practice was much earlier, for one of the frequent discrepancies between the Masoretic and the presumed Hebrew Vorlage of the Septuagint is whether to read in a given passage Yahweh alone, or Yahweh Adonai. This inconsistency was occasioned by the fact that ORIGINALLY YAHWEH DID STAND ALONE, but that Adonai tended to be introduced alongside the Tetragrammaton by way of making explicit the surrogate. This was not understood by the Masorites, however, who FELT COMPELLED to vocalize both words. Neither was it understood by the scribes of the Qumran Scrolls, nor even by still earlier translators of the LXX.  THAT YAHWEH ORIGINALLY STOOD ALONE IN MOST SUCH PASSAGES IS SUPPORTED BY THE FACT THAT, IN HEBREW POETRY, THE DOUBLE DESIGNATION OF THE DEITY USUALLY ADDS EXCESSIVE LENGTH TO THE POETIC STICH. The same sort of variations from the Masoretic text in the use of the single or the double name are frequently attested in the ancient scrolls..."

There will be A PLACE Yahweh WILL CHOOSE to establish His Name--A place where His People WILL KNOW and USE His Name according to the 613 Laws as they are WRITTEN

Debarim (Deuteronomy) 28:9-10

   9  Yahweh will establish you as His holy people unto Himself, as He promised you on oath, if you will keep the Laws of Yahweh your Father, and walk in all His ways.
  10  Then all the people on the earth will see you are called by the Name of Yahweh, and they will fear you.

Melakim (I Kings) 8:43

  43 Hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do all which the foreigner calls to You, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your Name and reverence You, just as Your own people Israyl, and may know that this House (Bayit) I have built is called by Your Name (Yahweh).

Yeshayah (Isaiah) 52:6

  6  ...MY PEOPLE WILL KNOW MY NAME; Therefore they will know in that day that I am He who speaks.  Behold it is I!

Yahyl (Joel) 2:32  [Heb. 3:5]

  32 (5) And whoever will call with the Name of Yahweh will be delivered; for in Mount Zion in Yerusalem there will be deliverance, as Yahweh has said, among the remnant whom Yahweh calls.

Tehellim (Psalm) 22:22  [Heb. 22:23]

  22 (23)  I WILL DECLARE YOUR NAME to My brothers! In the midst of the congregation I will Praise You!

Debarim (Deuteronomy) 28:58-61

  58  IF YOU DO NOT CAREFULLY OBSERVE AND DO ALL THE WORDS OF THE LAW, THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK, in order that you may reverence this glorious and reverent Name:  YAHWEH
  59  Then YAHWEH WILL BRING UPON YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS FEARFUL PLAGUES, HARSH AND PROLONGED DISASTERS, AND SEVERE AND LINGERING ILLNESSES.
  60  He will also bring back upon you all THE DISEASES OF EGYPT which you were afraid of, and they WILL CLING TO YOU;
  61  Every other sickness and every other disaster, which is not written in this Book of the Law, Yahweh will also bring upon you, UNTIL YOU ARE DESTROYED.

There is NO DENYING THE IMPORTANCE of the Name of Yahweh, to Yahweh's people.  The simple fact is that if we are not, or will not become, WILLING TO INVOKE AND BE CALLED WITH Yahweh's Name, we have NO HOPE at all for any SALVATION.  The Holy Men of Old, we supposedly look to as our teachers and examples, called with the Name of Yahweh.  Why then are we still so STUBBORN?  We must obey Yahweh's every word and heed the examples of the Holy People of Old, to CALL WITH YAHWEH'S NAME!

A true "devout" Israylite or worshiper of Yahweh will NOT MENTION the names of PAGAN GODS, but will ONLY call on YAHWEH.

- The Jewish Encyclopaedia, Vol. 9, p. 160 -

"The devout Israelite will not take the name of a false god upon his lips (Ex. xxiii. 13, Josh. xxiii. 7; Hosea ii. 16-17; Ps. xvi. 4). To make mention of YHWH's name is to asse, confidence in His strength and present and efficient aid. The name excites emotions of love, joy, and praise (Ps. v. 11; vii. 17; ix. 2; xx. 1, 7). That name is, therefore, especially connected with the altar or sanctuary, the place which Yahweh records His name (Ex. xx. 24), or "the place which Yahweh shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there" (Deut. xii. 5; comp. I Kings viii. 16, 29; ix. 3; Jer. vii. 12). The Temple is the place the name of Yahweh of hosts, the mount Zion." (Isa. xviii. 7)."

- The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 23, p. 867 -

"This presence and power of Yahweh is stressed in the frequent biblical phrase "Yahweh Sabaoth," "Yahweh of hosts," those hosts both earthly and heavenly which Yahweh uses to establish his sovereignty over Israel, and through Israel over the whole world.  The name of Yahweh was thus for the FAITHFUL Israelite a never-failing source of confidence, power and joy.

- The Jewish Encyclopaedia, Vol. 9, p. 162 -

"...Like other Hebrew proper names, the name of YHWH is more than a mere distinguishing title. It represents the Hebrew conception of the divine nature or character and of the relation of YHWH to His people. It represents YHWH as He is known to His worshipers, and stands for all those attributes which He bears in relation to them and which are revealed to them through His activity on their behalf.

Debarim (Deuteronomy) 28:9-10

9 Yahweh will establish you as His Holy People unto Himself, as He has promised you on oath, IF you will KEEP THE LAWS of Yahweh your Father, AND WALK IN ALL HIS WAYS.
10 THEN all the people on the earth will SEE THAT YOU ARE CALLED BY THE NAME OF YAHWEH, and they will fear you.

It is a FACT that we are NOT called by the Name of Yahweh, in fact Yahweh's Name is NOT even uttered, because we have been taught that it is NOT ACCEPTABLE to do so.  We are taught that we must NOT PRONOUNCE the Holy Name of our Creator and Father--YAHWEH--the Name Chosen of Yahweh that He will be known by--the Name those who are delivered will call upon!  We are instructed by our teachers that: Yahweh's Name is too Holy to pronounce; therefore we are to call Him "Adonai" and "Elohim."

This teaching has been fully ingrained in the minds of nearly all Israylites and converts to the point that EXTREME HATRED is shown toward anyone who openly speaks or writes the ONE AND ONLY True Name of the Creator! Remember this, because the Holy Prophets both spoke and wrote the True Name. As a result, the Name of Yahweh has been FORGOTTEN (in effect, PROFANED or brought to nothing), and the Names of the Baalim are REMEMBERED and PROCLAIMED worldwide!  This is exactly what the Prophet Yeremyah was inspired to prophesy, in:

Yeremyah 23:26-27

26 How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Yes, they are prophets of the deceit of their own minds;
27 Who DEVISE; plan and scheme, to cause My people to forget My Name through their dreams, which they tell every man to his neighbor, just as their fathers have forgotten My Name for Baal.

YES  it is a fact that our teachers in NOT STUDYING the WRITTEN LAWS and in promoting ORAL LAWS --THE TRADITIONS OF MEN have taught AGAINST YAHWEH!

- Jewish Encyclopaedia of 1901, Vol. 1, p. 201-202 -

"  ... Formerly they used to greet each other with the Ineffable Name; WHEN THE TIME OF THE DECLINE OF THE STUDY OF THE LAW CAME the elders mumbled the Name...."

Yeremyah (Jeremiah) 9:13-14  [Heb. 9:12-13]

13(12) And Yahweh says; Because they have forsaken My Law that I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked in accordance with it;
14(13) But in stead have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and walked after the Baalim which their fathers taught them.

Notice THE DAYS ARE COMING when the people will no longer call upon these shudim (demons) but will CALL WITH THE NAME OF YAHWEH!

 Hosheyah (Hosea) 2:17  [Heb. 2:19]

17(19) For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and their names will no longer be called upon!

Micahyah (Micah) 4:5

5 For all people walk each in the name of his god, but we will walk in the Name of Yahweh...

Debarim (Deuteronomy) 28:9-10

9 Yahweh will establish you as His Holy People unto Himself, as He has promised you on oath, IF you will KEEP THE LAWS of Yahweh your Father, AND WALK IN ALL HIS WAYS.
10 THEN all the people on the earth will SEE THAT YOU ARE CALLED BY THE NAME OF YAHWEH, and they will fear you.

These scriptures show that all the people of the earth will SEE that Yahweh's Holy People (those who walk in all of Yahweh's ways) are KNOWN BY THE NAME OF YAHWEH.  There has NEVER been an Inspired Scripture written in the Torah or by the Prophets telling us that Yahweh's Holy People would ever be called (known) by ANY OTHER NAME!  In fact, the Prophet Yahyl was inspired to write a wonderful prophecy concerning everyone who CALLS WITH THE NAME of Yahweh who keep ALL OF THE 613 LAWS.  Notice:

 Yahyl (Joel) 2:32 [Heb. 3:5]

32(5) And WHOEVER WILL CALL WITH THE NAME OF YAHWEH WILL BE DELIVERED; for in Mount Zion in Yerusalem THERE WILL BE deliverance, as Yahweh has said, among the remnant whom Yahweh calls.

Where are Yahweh's Priests who PROCLAIM AND TEACH His NAME WITH the WRITTEN LAW and the PROPHETS?

Malakyah (Malachi) 4:1-6  [Heb. 3:19-24]

1(19)  For, behold, the day comes that will burn like an oven; and all the proud, yes, and all who do wickedly, will be stubble --the day that comes will burn them up, says Yahweh of hosts; and it will leave them neither root nor branch.
2(20)  But for you who revere My Name (YAHWEH), the light of righteousness will arise with healing in its wings; and you will go out, leaping like calves released from the stall.
3(21)  And you will tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I will do this, says Yahweh of hosts.
4(22)  Remember the LAW of Mosheh My servant, which I commanded through him in Horeb for all Israyl, with the statutes and the judgments.
5(23)  Behold, I will send YLIYAH^{*1 *2} (the strength of Yahweh --the correct teaching of the Law and the Prophets) before the coming of the great and dreadful day of Yahweh;
6(24)  And it will turn the hearts of the fathers (teachers) to the children (converts), and the hearts of the children (converts) to their fathers (teachers); before I come and strike the earth with a curse; (cherem:  utter destruction in The Day of Yahweh).

[ YLIYAH ^*1   - Traditionally and erroneously represented as Elijah.  This word is composed of two parts: 'yl, (the original  'yl i.e. alef, yod, lamed) meaning: strength, power and might  ["strength, power" -The New Brown-Driver-Briggs-Gesenius Hebrew-English Lexicon  p.43a; --"It is commonly thought that the term derived from a root yl or wl, meaning "to be powerful"  -Encyclopedia Judaica, God, names of, EL; & "#410-el from #352-'yl" -Strong's Hebrew Dictionary]; and yah, which is the first syllable and representation of the Name of Yahweh. ["The true pronunciation of the name YHWH was never lost. Several early Greek writers of the Christian Church testify that the name was pronounced "Yahweh." This is confirmed, at least for the vowel of the first syllable of the name, by the shorter form Yah, which is sometimes used in poetry (e.g., Ex. 15:2) and the-yahu or-yah that serves as the final syllable in very many Hebrew names."  -Encyclopedia Judaica, God, names of, YHWH]  Yliyah literally means strength of Yahweh.  The strength of Yahweh which is conveyed to His people is the correct teaching of the Law and the Prophets as taught by His anointed ones. [Ps. 105:4; Mic. 5:4(3); I Chr. 16:11; Prov. 24:5; Zech. 8:9; Matt. 5:17; Acts 14:24; Acts 9:22; Rev. 3:8]
ha-nabia ^*2   - Usually translated as "the prophet" but also can be applied to those whom Yahweh made known His will and has authorized to bring forth the correct interpretation of the Law and the Prophets. ["The idea of a prophet is sometimes more widely extended, and is applied to any one admitted to the familiar intercourse with [Yahweh], to whom [Yahweh] made known his will" -Gesenius Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon, p. 528b ;"nabia - spokesman, speaker, prophet"  -The New Brown-Driver-Briggs-Gesenius Hebrew-English Lexicon  p611b; root "nub: Action of speaking by inspiration; producing exteriorly the spirit with which one is filled."  -Hebraic Tongue Restored, p. 396 , Fabre D'Olivet;See Zecharyah 4:12-14]. ]

Where are the ones Yahweh has SENT [verse 5(23)] to bring forth AGAIN the LAW AND THE PROPHETS?

 Yeshayah (Isaiah) 51:17-18

17 Awake! Awake! Stand up, O Yerusalem, which has drunk at the hand of Yahweh the cup of His fury; you have drunk the dregs from the cup of trembling, and drained them out.
18 There are NONE TO GUIDE HER AMONG ALL THE SONS SHE HAS BROUGHT FORTH; nor are there any who take her by the hand among all the sons she has brought up.

 If there are NONE to guide her in Yerusalem WHERE THEN are YAHWEH'S PRIESTS --THOSE WHOM YAHWEH HAS SENT to PROCLAIM AND TEACH His NAME with the WRITTEN LAW and the PROPHETS coming from?

Debarim (Deuteronomy) 12:5, 8, 11

   5  But you are to seek the habitation...the place which Yahweh...shall choose out of all your tribes to establish HIS NAME and there you must go.
    8  You must not at all do as we are doing here this day--every man doing what is right in his own eyes...
  11  Then THERE WILL BE A PLACE YAHWEH WILL CHOOSE TO ESTABLISH HIS NAME...    

Sefer Tehellim La-Yahweh (Psalm) 23:1-6

  1  Yahweh is our shepherd; we shall not want.
  2  He makes us to lie down in green pastures.  He leads us beside the still waters;
  3  Yahweh restores our life; He leads us in the paths of righteousness for His Name's sake.
  4  Yes, though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil; for You are with us.  Your rod and Your staff, they comfort us.
  5  You prepare a table before us in the presence of our enemies.  You anoint our heads with oil.  Our cups overflow.
  6  Surely righteousness and mercy will follow us all the days of our lives; and we will dwell in The House of Yahweh (Bayit Yahweh) forever!

REPENT and TURN to YAHWEH --for the "DAY OF  YAHWEH" is at hand!
 

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