I Will Proclaim the Name of Yahweh Before Thee

I Beseech Thee, Show Me Thy GloryClass 2

I Beseech Thee, Show Me Thy Glory

Exodus 33:18And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.

Exodus 34:6And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed,

The LORD, The LORD God, . . .

The Concluding Manifestation

Revelation 14:1And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.

Study Outline

• What’s in a Name• God’s Name– What it is– What it Means

• It’s Effect on Us

WHAT’S IN A NAME?I Will Proclaim the Name of Yahweh Before Thee

Examples in Hebrew

• Abram / Abraham• Isaac• Jacob / Israel• 12 sons of Jacob• Moses

WHAT GOD’S NAME ISI Will Proclaim the Name of Yahweh Before Thee

God’s Name Revealed

• Exodus 3:1-15• What or Who appeared to Moses– the angel of the LORD – v. 2– the LORD – v. 4, 7– God – v. 4, 6, 11, 13-15

The Message to Moses

• v. 5 – you are standing on holy ground• v. 6 – I am the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob• vv. 7-9 – I have seen the affliction of Israel• v. 10 – I will send you to bring my people out

of Egypt• v. 11 – Who am I?• v. 12 – Certainly I will be with thee• v. 13 – What is his name?

God’s Name Revealed

• Exodus 3:14– I AM THAT I AM– I AM WHO I AM (NKJ)– I Will Become whatsoever I please (ROTH)

• Exodus 3:15– The LORD– Jehovah (YLT, ASV)– YHWH (ESV Mg, NRSV Mg)

Rotherham Margin

• To follow the weighty explanation subjoined, it should be borne in mind that the Hebrew in ver. 14 is, second line, ‘ehyeh ‘asher ‘ehyeh, then in the fifth line ‘ehyeh only; then that yahweh takes up the strain in ver. 15.

14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, . . .

“the weighty explanation subjoined”

• “Hayah [the word rendered above “become”] does not mean ‘to be’ essentially or ontologically, but phenomenally. . . . It seems evident that in the view of the writer ‘ehyeh and yahweh are the same: that God is ‘ehyeh, ‘I will be,’ when speaking of Himself, and yahweh, ‘He will be,’ when spoken of by others. What he will be is left unexpressed—He will be with them, helper, strengthener, deliverer.”—Professor A. B. Davidson, in Hastings’ Bible Dictionary, Vol. II., 199.

The “unexpressed”

Exodus 3:15... The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, ...

The LORD God of your fathersYahweh Elohim of your fathersHe will be Mighty Ones of your fathers

God’s purpose expressed in His Name

Translators’ Choice

• 3:12 – Certainly I will be with thee• 3:14 – I AM THAT I AM– should be I will be who I will be

• 3:14 – I AM– should be I will be

• 3:15 – The LORD– literally translates as He will be

WHAT YAHWEH MEANSI Will Proclaim the Name of Yahweh Before Thee

Literally Translated

• I AM ehyeh אהיה I will be• The LORD yahweh יהוה He will be• Often used in combination with other titles:– Yahweh Elohim = He will be Mighty Ones– Yahweh Tz’vaoth = He will be Hosts (Armies)– Yahweh Shammah = He will be There–Adonai Yahweh = Rulers (Lords) He will be

• All statements related to God’s purpose

THE EFFECT OF THE NAME ON USI Will Proclaim the Name of Yahweh Before Thee

God’s Name and Memorial

• Exodus 3:15• This is my name for ever• This is my memorial unto all generations

The Name Proclaimed

• Exodus 34:6• The LORD, the LORD God• Yahweh, Yahweh El• He will be, He will be The Mighty One

Those Who Think upon His Name

• Malachi 3:16Then they that feared the LORD spake often one

to another: And the LORD hearkened, and heard it, And a book of remembrance was written before

him For them that feared the LORD, and that

thought upon his name.

Jesus Manifested God’s Name

• John 17:6,266 I have manifested thy name unto the men

which thou gavest me out of the world: . . .26 I have declared unto them thy name, and will

declare it: . . .

The Ultimate Manifestation

• Revelation 14:1And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the

mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.

As the High Priest of Israel

Exodus 28:36-3836 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold,

and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

38 And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, . . .