DIETY OF JESUS--EXPLANTION
"G.W. Sullivan" (truth@sunline.net)
Fri, 17 Dec 1999 22:57:58 -0500
David Smith wrote:
> ME: “YHVH” is not Hebrew, it represents the 4 Hebrew consonants the
> Hebrews used in spelling Yahweh’s name. YHWH is the 4 equivalent
> English letters that represent the 4 Hebrew ones. To properly
> transliterate the name, English translators had to add the 2 vowels
> “a” and “e” which resulted in YaHVeH. hwhy is what would have
> appeared in the Hebrew text.
I didn't say YHVH was a Hebrew word, I stated that it was written as
such in Hebrew manuscripts.
> G.W. Sullivan: It was written originally in the Hebrew texts as YHVH,
> or as you pointed out Yah;
>
> ME: I never said Yah = YHVH, I wrote “Yah is the poetic or short form
> of the Father’s name.”
Again, I didn't say you made them =, I said that you mentioned the fact
that one of the names used for God was Yah.... What's going on here?
> G.W. Sullivan: Which is where we get the *ONLY* "God name" brought
> forward into
> the New Covenent; Yahshua.
>
> ME: Yahshua name translates "Yahweh is salvation" (see D. Bernard’s
> “In the Name of Jesus” pg. 36) and yet to be precise the Savior’s full
> name should read Yahwehshua.
I respect Bro. Bernard and his opinions, but when adding vowels to YHVH,
the best you can do is guess. The same YHVH, which became JHVH, is the
same four consonants which gave us the word Jehovah.
> G.W. Sullivan: Jesus (Yahshua) said, "I *CAME* in my Father's name"
> (John 5),
>
> ME: The Messiah certainly did come in his Father’s name for his
> Father’s name was fully included inside of his own name - Yahweh-shua.
Wellll, I addressed this above. As for me and mine, we'll stick with
scripture.
> G.W. Sullivan: "I have manifected *THY name" (John 17).
>
> Manifected #5319 phaneroo AV - make manifest 19, appear 12, manifest
> 9, show 3, be manifest 2, show (one's) self 2, manifestly declare 1,
> manifest forth 1; 49 to make manifest or visible, to make known by
> teaching.
>
> ME: He made known Yahweh’s name through his teaching or the gospels
> are untrue, for Yahshua said he did on many occasions.
Annnnnnd Again, the only *God name* revealed in New Testament scripture
is, was, Jesus; Yahshua.
Answer if you like, this is my last post on the subject, unless you can
show me New Testament *scripture* that sheds any new light on your
position.