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We don't say the Name. That's reserved for the holiest man on earth, the High Priest, for the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippor (Day of Atonement), in the holiest place on earth, the Holy of Holies in the Temple in Jerusalem.
Keeping G-d's name any more holier than that just isn't possible.
And since there is no Temple yet, no one says the Name.
Yeshua himself didn't use the name either when reading from the Isaiah scroll about himself even. He used a circumlocution - Kurios in the greek, but most likely Adonai if he was reading the Hebrew in the synagogue.
Keeping G-d's name any more holier than that just isn't possible.
And since there is no Temple yet, no one says the Name.
Yeshua himself didn't use the name either when reading from the Isaiah scroll about himself even. He used a circumlocution - Kurios in the greek, but most likely Adonai if he was reading the Hebrew in the synagogue.
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We don't say the Name. That's reserved for the holiest man on earth, the High Priest, for the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippor (Day of Atonement), in the holiest place on earth, the Holy of Holies in the Temple in Jerusalem.
Keeping G-d's name any more holier than that just isn't possible.
And since there is no Temple yet, no one says the Name.
Yeshua himself didn't use the name either when reading from the Isaiah scroll about himself even. He used a circumlocution - Kurios in the greek, but most likely Adonai if he was reading the Hebrew in the synagogue.
Keeping G-d's name any more holier than that just isn't possible.
And since there is no Temple yet, no one says the Name.
Yeshua himself didn't use the name either when reading from the Isaiah scroll about himself even. He used a circumlocution - Kurios in the greek, but most likely Adonai if he was reading the Hebrew in the synagogue.
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The pronunciation isn't lost. The Hebrew name for "Judah" contains a key to the pronunciation of the Name of G-d, but the Name is just not said aloud. It's much like knowing how to read ollieollieoxenfree from this page. You'd be able to pronounce it even though you haven't heard it from my lips. You can read it for yourself. Even much more so if you had a pronunciation guide. G-d has preserved such for us in the Word of G-d, yet it is a good idea to not share this knowledge for fear that others would start using it as an incantation - a form of idolatry.
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Well, the command is to keep his name holy.
Leviticus 22:32
"You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
To sanctify, or make holy, G-d's name is to set it apart. The opposite of "to make holy," is "to make common." Therefore, we are prohibited from making common G-d's name. The holiest way to make his name holy, therefore, is to keep it the least common. Thus why it is only said by the holiest person on earth, on the holiest day of the year, in only the holiest place on earth, and no more.
Leviticus 22:32
"You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
To sanctify, or make holy, G-d's name is to set it apart. The opposite of "to make holy," is "to make common." Therefore, we are prohibited from making common G-d's name. The holiest way to make his name holy, therefore, is to keep it the least common. Thus why it is only said by the holiest person on earth, on the holiest day of the year, in only the holiest place on earth, and no more.
