Give Thanks

I have lightly paraphrased each verse and so remind you to please read from your own copy of Scriptures to see the original context as written in the days of old and realize they still apply to us today.  Thanksgiving is a daily offering we give to Yahweh our Creator - its not just about pilgrims adjusting to the new world with the help of the natives; it is always about putting our heavenly Father first in all things.

Psalm 106:1 ~

Halleluyah and Praise YHWH for He is good; 

His steadfast love is eternal. 

Who can even tell of all His mighty acts

and proclaim all His praises?

Proverbs 3:9-10 ~

We honor YHWH with our wealth, with the best of all we have gained from our labors, and He will provide for all our needs.

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Deuteronomy 8:10 ~

When you have eaten your fill, give thanks to Yah your Creator for the good land which He has given you.

Note: we don't pray before we eat; it is afterwards we give thanks for what we have been given

2 Samuel 7:21-22 ~

For Your word's sake and of Your own accord You have wrought this great thing and made it know to Your servant. You are great indeed, O Yahweh Elohim. There is none like You and there is no other god but You, as we have always heard.

2 Samuel 22:1-51 ~ King David is speaking to His Creator

O Yahweh, my crag, my fastness, my deliverer; the rock wherein I take shelter; my shield, my mighty champion, my fortress and refuge! My savior, You who rescue me from evil.  All praise belongs to You - I called upon You and was delivered from my enemies.

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Psalm 98:1 ~

Sing a new song to YHWH for He has worked wonders; He displays His triumph in the sight of all peoples.  He was mindful of His steadfast love and faithfulness toward the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth behold the victory of our Creator.  Raise a shout to Him; break into joyous songs of praise!

1 Kings 8:15 ~

Praise YHWH Elohim who has fulfilled His promises (and those promises yet to be fulfilled)

Psalms 9:11; 33:2 ~ Those who know Your Name trust You, for You do not abandon those who turn to You, who reigns in Zion and declares His deeds among the peoples. 

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Psalm 50:23 ~ 

He who sacrifices a thank offering honors YHWH, and to him who improves his way He will show salvation.

Daniel 2:20:23 ~

Let the name of our Creator be blessed forever and ever, for wisdom and power are His. He changes times and season, removes kings and installs kings; He gives the wise their wisdom and knowledge to those who know. He reveals deep and hidden things, knows what is in the darkness and light dwells with Him.  
(Yahweh is His Name and Yahshua, His Son, is the Light of the World)

Philippians 4:4-6 ~

Rejoice in our Messiah at all times! Let your humility be recognized among all peoples. Y'shua is near to us; be anxious for nothing but at all times by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, make known your requests to YHWH. And the peace of our Creator which surpasses all knowledge will keep your hearts and your mind, through Y'shua His Son.

Psalm 100 ~

Acknowledge that YHWH is the one true living Elohim; 

He made us and we are His, His people, the flock He tends.

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Remember His Name

Jeremiah 23:26 (YHWH asks) 

"How long? 

Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets 
who prophesy falsehood, 

even these prophets of the deception of their own heart, 

who intend to make My people forget My name 

by their dreams which they relate to one another, 

just as their fathers forgot My name because of Baal?

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Hebrew is read from right to left....

 ←

This is the Name of our Father: 

→ Y H W H

Romans 10:13- For everyone that will call on the name of Master YHWH will have life. How then will they call on him, in whom that have not believed? Or how will they believe in him of whom they have not heard? Or of whom will they hear without a preacher? how will they preach if they are not sent forth? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of the heralds of peace and of the heralds of good things."

I have learned that the alphabet of Old Hebrew (Aramaic) was derived from the Phoenician. And the Phoenician alphabet came from what is called the Proto-Sinaitic, represented by the image above. As Hebrew is read from right to left the picture reads: Yod - Heh - Waw - Heh. 

This alphabet was in part derived from Egyptian hieroglyphics and adapted to the Semetic language.

As we continue to learn, and begin to remember the Name of our Creator, I quote linguist and historian Andrew G. Roth who points out: 

Waw or the W sound is the more ancient pronunciation in both Hebrew and Aramaic. Later Hebrew literature leans more to the Vav or V sound. (end quote)

Pronouncing His Name as "Yah-Weh" is acceptable, if not the proper way to pronounce it, but I will not turn this into a topic of contention.  There are way too many views on this and I am happy to know that there is a Name Above All Names and we His people are finally accepting the fact and learning it.  Knowing His Name does not mean that we must learn to speak the entire Hebrew language, but I do suggest learning to recognize Hebrew idioms and poetic writings (which were lost in translations). All is helpful in gaining a better understanding when reading Scriptures.  

Andrew Gabriel Roth from the Aramaic English New Testament:

YHWH is the name of the Most High Elohim. Netzari followers of Y'shua never subscribed to the Rabbinic ban against vocalizing the Name of YHWH (Yah-Weh). Neither was the pronunciation lost within Jewish culture.  When Torah was translated into Greek, observant scribes preserved the Name of YHWH by writing it with Hebrew characters in the Septuagint. Mainstream rabbinical Judaism decided that because of the sanctity of the Name and the fierce punishment for abuse and blasphemy of the Name, that they would ban the pronunciation and say "Adonai" instead of YHWH. "Adonai" was then translated into the Greek "Kurios" which was then translated into the English "Lord".  The English word "Lord" is an equivalent term for Baal. 

Exodus 20:7 ... do not bring the Name of יהוה your Elohim to naught, for יהוה does not leave the one unpunished who brings His Name to naught.

What are we doing when we call our Father "Lord"? We are taking His Name in vain, replacing it with the name of a pagan god, bringing His Name to naught, to nothingness.

Hosea 13:1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt by worshiping Baal and died.

Deuteronomy 4:4 Your eyes have seen what יהוה did at Ba‛al Pe‛or, for יהוה your Elohim has destroyed from your midst all the men who followed Ba‛al Pe‛or.

Baal was the name of the supreme god worshiped in ancient Canaan and Phoenicia. The practice of Baal worship infiltrated the life of the Israelites during the time of the Judges (Judges 3:7), became widespread in Israel during the reign of Ahab (1 Kings 16:31-33) and also affected Judah (2 Chronicles 28:1-2)

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Quote from Britannica:  Although Christian scholars after the Renaissance and Reformation periods used the term Jehovah for YHWH, in the 19th and 20th centuries biblical scholars again began to use the form Yahweh. Early Christian writers, such as Clement of Alexandria in the 2nd century, had used a form like Yahweh, and this pronunciation of the tetragrammaton was never really lost. Many Greek transcriptions also indicated that YHWH should be pronounced Yahweh.

I am YHWH your Elohim who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage: You shall have no other gods besides Me. You shall not make for yourself a sculptured image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them. I YHWH am your Elohim, impassioned, visiting the guilt of the parents upon the children upon the third and the fourth generations of those who reject Me, but showing kindness to the thousandth generation of those who love Me and keep My commandments. You shall not swear falsely by My Name for I will not clear one who does.

Leviticus 23:10 .... There came out among the Israelites one whose mother was Israelite - Shelomith, daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan - and whose father was Egyptian. A fight broke out in camp between the son and a certain Israelite. The son of the Israelite woman pronounced the Name in blasphemy and was brought to Moses and was placed in custody. YHWH told Moses to take the blasphemer outside the camp and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let the whole community stone him.

There are reasons we've become unaware of His Name and Satan is the only one happy about that. If we don't know His Name we might just call upon any god.  One reason is given in Jeremiah 44:24-26 - they have been worshipping a pagan goddess while calling upon the Name of Elohim, all while they burnt incense to the Queen of Heaven.

44:24 Hear the word of YHWH, all Judeans in the land of Egypt! You and your wives have confirmed by deed what you spoke in words saying; We will fulfill the vows which we made, to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour libations to her. 26 .... none of the men of Judah in all the land of Egypt shall ever again invoke My name... 

Semiramis was the Queen of Babylon. When deified she became known as the Queen of Heaven, the Babylonian goddess Ishtar.  The modern day version of this Babylonian goddess worship is the Catholic Mary mother of god worship....

Yud (Y)

Ancient Name: Yad 

Pictograph:  Arm and closed hand

Meanings: Work, Throw, Make, Praise

Sound:  Y, iy

Hey (H)

Pictograph: Man with arms raised

Meanings: Look, Reveal, Breath

Sound:  H, eh

Waw (W)

Ancient Name:  Waw 

Pictograph: Peg 

Meanings:  Add, Secure, Hook 

Sound:  W, ow, uw

Hey (H)

Pictograph:  Man with arms raised 

Meanings:  Look, Reveal, Breath 

Sound:  H, eh

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Symbolic Connections to the Name YHWH:

Yod: 
Symbol: Arm and closed hand ~ Meaning: Work, Throw, Make, Praise

Heh: 
Symbol: Man with arms raised ~ Meaning: Look, Reveal, Breath

Waw: 
Symbol: Peg ~ Meaning: Add, Secure, Hook 

Heh: 
Symbol: Man with arms raised ~ Meaning: Look, Reveal, Breath

His Name does not represent:  "Behold Nail Behold Hand"

That is a backwards reading of His Name some folks use to point towards the crucifixion of Y'shua. Their intentions may be good but the idea is stretching it quite a bit. It is true that the Son came in the Father's name, to do His works and both Names will be written upon the foreheads of the 144,000 first fruits of the earth when that day comes.  But lets not twist the physical in an attempt to make it fit the spiritual.

quote:

The name of the Heavenly Father is composed of four Hebrew letters. For that reason it is referred to as the Tetragrammaton. Understand that when James Strong produced his concordance, the popular view among scholars was that the name of the Heavenly Father was Jehovah. Strong and most scholars of that time were still following the error of the original English translators who had mistakenly incorporated the vowel points occurring in the Hebrew text into the transliteration. These vowel points had been added by the Masoretes to maintain their belief that the Sacred Name should not be spoken. For those fluent in Hebrew the vowel points are not necessary for reading or understanding the text. .... the same “liberties” that were taken with YHWH’s Name were also applied to the Savior’s Name in Hebrew. Because of these corrupted traditions it is necessary to disregard the vowel points when translating these names. (end quote)

The name of the Son

The name of the Father is in the name of His Son, the name He gave him, meaning:

Yah is Salvation = Yahshua

י ה ו שׁ ע

from right to left the Hebrew letter are:

yod - hey - waw - shin - ayin 

pronounced Yah-Shua