Why is God's Name NOT in the Bible?

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JeffA

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Throughout the Bible it is clear that GOD wants his name to be known and proclaimed.
In this day and age we can easily figure out that his name is YHWH (Pronounced Yahuah).
His name is always replaced with a Title, "the Lord". (about 6,800 times).
Can anyone explain why this has not been corrected? (IN ANY mainstream Bible).
 

JeffA

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I noticed that, even the first 3 commandments, God specifically states his name.
 
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Throughout the Bible it is clear that GOD wants his name to be known and proclaimed.
In this day and age we can easily figure out that his name is YHWH (Pronounced Yahuah).
His name is always replaced with a Title, "the Lord". (about 6,800 times).
Can anyone explain why this has not been corrected? (IN ANY mainstream Bible).
God's Name, for us to know and call upon is found here: Exodus 3:14-15

And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel:
‘The Lord Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, has sent me to you.
This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’

Elohim would later confirm this when HE came to earth = Gospel of John and Acts
 

JeffA

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God's Name, for us to know and call upon is found here: Exodus 3:14-15

And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel:
‘The Lord Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, has sent me to you.
This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’

Elohim would later confirm this when HE came to earth = Gospel of John and Acts
It actually says "YHWH" where you say/quote "the Lord". Whereas YHWH is his NAME. "The Lord" is a TITLE. Elohim is a heavenly being.
This is my point and I think it is important because of the certainty that he wants his name known.
Specifically, in the same passage..."this is my NAME forever..."

BTW "the Lord" transliterated back to Hebrew is "Baal".
 

NotmebutHim

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It's really a shame to know that in all the times I addressed God as "Lord", I've been calling upon Baal.

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JeffA

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And so it begins..............(again)
So the topic has been discussed ad nosium? I'm new here so please be patient.
Thanks

I don't think saying "the Lord" is addressing Baal. We know we're referring to the creator.
It is still something that can easily fixed. It sure seems important to God that we use his actual name.
He repeats it in the first 3 commandments.
 

NotmebutHim

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So the topic has been discussed ad nosium? I'm new here so please be patient.
Thanks

I don't think saying "the Lord" is addressing Baal. We know we're referring to the creator.
It is still something that can easily fixed. It sure seems important to God that we use his actual name.
He repeats it in the first 3 commandments.
When I pray to God, I'll sometimes call Him the "Great I AM".
 

Rhomphaeam

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Throughout the Bible it is clear that GOD wants his name to be known and proclaimed.
In this day and age we can easily figure out that his name is YHWH (Pronounced Yahuah).
His name is always replaced with a Title, "the Lord". (about 6,800 times).
Can anyone explain why this has not been corrected? (IN ANY mainstream Bible).
Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life. “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. “I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do. “Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. “Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You; for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me. “I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours; and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. “I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. “But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. “I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. “I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. “As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. “For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. “The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. “Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. “O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me; and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.” John 17:1-26

His name is Father. Expressively - righteous Father. In Christ - everlasting Father.
 

ResidentAlien

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It seems this should be a relatively easy question to answer but I've done some digging and can't find a good clear answer.
 
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I call my God Jesus!.He placed his mark on my forehead.The mark of the dove.God made peace with me.The spirit cames first,so I'll make Noah's Ark first with my feet.
Then I'll do the rock of peace with my left hand and put it on my heart.
I'll place the dove over my forehead.
My temple is now cleansed.This is a sign that he made peace with me.
Where ever you find the spirit,water,and the blood.That's wheres his name first appears.
 

JeffA

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When I pray to God, I'll sometimes call Him the "Great I AM".
"I AM" is "Ha Yah" in Hebrew, which is also translated as "the Yah". YAH, being the shortened version of Yahuah, is represented as meaning God more than 60 times all by itself in scripture.
 
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It actually says "YHWH" where you say/quote "the Lord". Whereas YHWH is his NAME. "The Lord" is a TITLE. Elohim is a heavenly being.
This is my point and I think it is important because of the certainty that he wants his name known.
Specifically, in the same passage..."this is my NAME forever..."

BTW "the Lord" transliterated back to Hebrew is "Baal".
YHWH has three parts to it, which again points us directly at HIS Name:
Elohim Avraham = Father
Elohim Yitcsach = Son
Elohim Yaakov = Holy Spirit

and Elohim said, Let US make man in Our image according to Our Likeness
 

JeffA

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It seems this should be a relatively easy question to answer but I've done some digging and can't find a good clear answer.
Amen. I haven't found a good answer, either. Mostly it is just dismissed.
It is, however, a Pharisee practice of deliberately not pronouncing God's name. This practice followed the Maccabees from Samaria when they overthrew the legit temple priests (levite line of Zadoch). Interestingly, the Pharisee (farsi) religion that Jesus denounced is still in power to this day. It can be traced all the way back and through Flavious Constantine.
This is a very interesting topic for me and think there is merit in addressing it.
 

JeffA

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YHWH has three parts to it, which again points us directly at HIS Name:
Elohim Avraham = Father
Elohim Yitcsach = Son
Elohim Yaakov = Holy Spirit

and Elohim said, Let US make man in Our image according to Our Likeness
There is no V, or J (for that matter) in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, or Aramaic. Are you getting those names from Judaism/Phariseeism?
 

JeffA

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There is no V, or J (for that matter) in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, or Aramaic. Are you getting those names from Judaism/Phariseeism?
YHWH is a single, proper name. It is spoken many times in scripture. It is pronounced Yahuah. It is Not 3 parts that point somewhere else.
 
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Jesus addressed Him as Father.
Seeing I am also a son by adoption, I also address Him as Father.
 
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There is no V, or J (for that matter) in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, or Aramaic. Are you getting those names from Judaism/Phariseeism?
Some things to ponder.

How many languages and alphabets did God create for man?

Does God check our spelling or our hearts?

Does His Righteousness come from academia or from His Arm?

Do we interpret correctly or do we allow the Holy Spirit to be our Guide = in all languages/alphabets?

Is the Gospel of YHWH based on the correct spelling or the correct Message, again, in all languages?

"And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole earth, for a testimony to all the nations; and then the end will come."

When was a PURE language given that only YHWH knows and the angels desire to look into?
 
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YHWH is a single, proper name. It is spoken many times in scripture. It is pronounced Yahuah. It is Not 3 parts that point somewhere else.
The middle part is silent = let that sink in

Have you ever heard of the 'Afikomen' ???
 

JeffA

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Jesus addressed Him as Father.
Seeing I am also a son by adoption, I also address Him as Father.
Fair enough. Still the underlying question is; Why hasn't the KJV and other Bibles corrected the issue when his NAME is clearly to be used in almost 7,000 instances. If it is not a big deal, then why the huge resistance and deflection by most would-be scholars?