Does God have the name Jehovah?
Having known Jehovah’s Witnesses since childhood, you would think I believe YES!! But the bible explains differently.
The bible is full of spiritual and moral laws or principles of the mind and heart. Maturity comes from extracting these laws from the scriptures and understanding their meaning. God’s name is one of these laws. Let us try to understand God’s reality and ours to his. This is for all who want to worship and serve God.
Moses when called by God asked the following of him:
(Exodus 3:13, 14) Nevertheless, Moses said to the [true] God: “Suppose I am now come to the sons of Israel and I do say to them, ‘The God of YOUR forefathers has sent me to YOU,’ and they do say to me, ‘What is his name?’ What shall I say to them?” At this God said to Moses: “I SHALL PROVE TO BE WHAT I SHALL PROVE TO BE.” And he added: “This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, ‘I SHALL PROVE TO BE has sent me to YOU.’”
God simply and eloquently stated that he should tell them that the “Creator” or “prove to be” or “I AM” had sent him. Space prevents me from a deeper explanation into this. Please accept its simplicity: Jehovah = Creator. It is evident that this is explaining more of a relationship than a name.
For that time, we have God’s relationship to us but what about ours to him. We read:
(James 2:23) and the scripture was fulfilled which says: “Abraham put faith in Jehovah, and it was counted to him as righteousness,” and he came to be called “Jehovah’s friend.”
So Abraham was called the Creator’s friend. But all of this was before the Christian covenant. So before the Christian covenant, God was the Creator and we could be his friend if we loved him. But what about now, what about today. What is God’s relationship to Christians today?
We read:
(Matthew 6:9) Our Father in the heavens.
And what is our relationship to him now if we call him Father?
(Matthew 5:9) Happy are the peaceable, since they will be called sons of God.
Christians want to be children of God and him to be their Father. This is a much more deeper and fulfilling relationship then Creator and Friend!!
