Taking God's Name in Vain
Jun 3, 2020 19:49:53 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Jun 3, 2020 19:49:53 GMT -5
Taking God's Name in Vain
First, God's name is not Jesus since Jesus is not God. Otherwise Jesus himself would not have said the following words:
Revelation 3:12 ►
The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.
Mark 10:18 ►
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.
The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.
Mark 10:18 ►
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.
So when we read the following exhortation:
Revelation 15:4
Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
We should know that it is not speaking about the name Jesus.
The name of God, was represented in Hebrew by four letters called the Tetragrammaton.
The Tetragrammaton (/ˌtɛtrəˈɡræmətɒn/; from Ancient Greek τετραγράμματον (tetragrámmaton) '[consisting of] four letters'), or the Tetragram, is the four-letter Hebrew theonym יהוה (transliterated as YHWH or YHVH), the name of God in the Hebrew Bible.
The four letters, written and read from right to left (in Hebrew), are yodh, he, waw, and he. The name may be derived from a verb that means "to be", "to exist", "to cause to become", or "to come to pass". While there is no consensus about the structure and etymology of the name, the form Yahweh is now accepted almost universally, though the vocalization Jehovah continues to have wide usage.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragrammaton
The four letters, written and read from right to left (in Hebrew), are yodh, he, waw, and he. The name may be derived from a verb that means "to be", "to exist", "to cause to become", or "to come to pass". While there is no consensus about the structure and etymology of the name, the form Yahweh is now accepted almost universally, though the vocalization Jehovah continues to have wide usage.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragrammaton
Exodus 20:7 ESV / “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Deuteronomy 5:11
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Deuteronomy 5:11
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Ways of taking it in vain
One way of taking it in vain is substituting it with the word Lord. Please note that we cannot sanctify or glorify a name that we decide to ignore or substitute with the generic word "Lord" as most of Christendom's translations do.
Another is by associating ourselves with his name and then behaving satanically.
For example, let's consider what the prophet Samuel told king David after David had murdered Uziah in order to commit adultery with his wife:
". . . because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme . . ." (2Samuel 12:14).
Members of the God's Levitical priesthood were also expected to honor God's name by strict adherence to priestly requirements.
Leviticus 22:2 ESV /
“Speak to Aaron and his sons so that they abstain from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they dedicate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name: I am the Lord.
“Speak to Aaron and his sons so that they abstain from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they dedicate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name: I am the Lord.
Another instance demonstrating how behavior can result in taking his name in vain is in reference to false worship. Israel was told not to imitate the Canaanites religious abominations, one of which was to sacrifice their children as burnt offerings.
Leviticus 18:21 ESV /
You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Moloch, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Moloch, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.