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Revilonivek:
In prayer to his father, Jesus said:

"O righteous Father,
even though the world does not know you,
I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
I made known to them YOUR NAME
and I will continue to make it known...
"I have manifested Your name
to the men whom You gave Me out of the world."
(John 17:25,26,6)(ESV)-BibleGateway

"I will praise thy name for ever and ever..
Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised;
And his greatness is unsearchable."
(Psalm 145:2,3)(ASV)-BibleGateway

"That men may know that thou,
whose name alone is JEHOVAH,
art the most high over all the earth."
(Psalm 83:18) (King James Version) -BibleGateway


Is God's name Jehovah?  I just read that the Niv bibles are no longer using the name Jehovah to refer to God? Compare it to Niv versions. Scary.... they are playing with fire.

River:
Why is that scary? Do you know how they came up with the Jehovah name?

Revilonivek:
No- I was saying I noticed that the NIV versions take out the word Jehovah in their bibles and only refer to God as Lord or God in place of Jehovah. They were taking the stern warning from the bible too lightly about taking and adding to the word of God. I looked up the meaning of the name, Jehovah- it means self-existent?  correct me if i'm wrong?

I did some further research on God's conversation with Moses. God's name, at least the one given to Moses  is "Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh." What does that mean? In biblical Hebrew, "Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh" is a deceptively simple phrase consisting of the relative pronoun "asher" sandwiched between two instances of the first person singular imperfect of the verb hayah--to be. "Ehyeh" is most commonly translated as "I will be." Asher is a remarkable Hebrew word. Imagine, in English, a single word that can mean "that" "who" "which" or "where." So the phrase could mean:

I will be that I will be

I will be who I will be

I will be which I will be

I will be where I will be


Does that mean God is saying he has many names and will be anything he wants to be... Jehovah, Elohim, Yahweh, "I am", and so on?

Thoughts?

Denise

River:
I remember reading that warning but I recall it being in the Old Testament section as well and of course we have many books written after, so one could say much more was added to. And if that is the case then any sort of translation would fall in that category as well. And I have also noticed that the apostles even took scripture and mix matched it. Where or how would one know where to say what is exactly adding or taking from. Also the fact that many stories are told differrently from even the scriptures, so have the scriptures themselves added and taken away? From my studies on Jehovah, it is not a name that is found in the original scriptures. It is claimed by the Jehovah Witnesses to be the real actual name of God. I personally don't get hung up on the actual name thing. Even if I knew the actual name I don't think it makes me any more holy or special. Nor do I think of God as one who is going to actually pay attention to me or others unless we call him by his real name. I don't see God by a name, I see him by his Spirit. It does appear that these names do reveal something about his character. But I personally see him by the example of Christ. Thanks for your response. Have you read all the responses Ray wrote about the name of God etc? Here is one..
http://bible-truths.com/email11.htm#Yahshua

Revilonivek:
Yeah, I agree. Jehovah also means eternal. I've noticed that the bible uses names that praise God to identify Him as God.

never seem to find scriptures that identify God's actual name. Ray says he knows God's name, so of course my curiosity sparked. But, you're right,  God cares more about the sincerity of our hearts rather than knowledge of his name.   Moses even had that curiosity, and asked him.  Still no specific name.

You know how it is, the feeling of when you do algebra. Math's all over and you want to know the answer. It's like a puzzle to solve. It drives you insane. You become curious to what the answer is and you have to solve it. Trial and error till you find it. Find ways to solve.  Of course, patience is a virtue. I'm going to have to wait. It's just frustrating is all.

I just want to know who God is and I feel I still don't know him, even though I've seen what he's done. It's like you know president Obama exist and you've heard about his work in the news  but you still have not met him nor know him personally.It's like that.  Know what I mean?

Who is God?  Bible says God isn't far from any of us? Is he part of us or around us? These are my thoughts on God.

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