The Sacred Name of God deals with the Created Realm.
Exodus 3:13 Then Moses said to God, "Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, "The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they say to me, "What is His name?' what shall I say to them?" 14 And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, "I AM has sent me to you."' 15 Moreover God said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: "The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.' NKJV
This is the common translation of these verses as rendered in the New King James Version. Here is a more accurate translation of this same verse without changing God's name from the orginal Hebrew but using the English alphabet spelling.
"And Moses said to Elohim: behold when I come to the children of Israel and say to them: the Elohim (Almighty One) of your fathers has sent me to you; and they say to me; 'What is His Name?' What shall I say to them? And Elohim said to Moses: EHYEH ASHER EHYEH! (I shall be what I shall be!). And he said: say thus to the children of Israel: EHYEH (I shall be) has sent me to you. And Elohim again said to Moses: Thus shall you say to the children of Israel: YHWH, the Elohim of you fathers, "Elohey Abraham", "Elohey Yishaq" we "Elohey Yaaqob" has sent me to you. This is my Name forever, and this is My Mention to all generations!"
EHYEH is the first person singular, simple future tense of the Hebrew verb HAYAH, to be. You may recognise this word as being commonly tranlated as 'was' in Gen 1:2.
Another way to translate this is 'I am becoming what I am becoming'
Strong's Concordance #1261 - hayah. A prime root to exist, be, become or come to pass.
Another tranlation would be: I bring to pass what I bring to pass.
These are all more meaningful that simply I Am What I Am.
This expanded meaning is consistent with The Reluctant Messenger's view that we are the part of God that is growing and becoming our true destiny as God's children. In other words, God is still becoming whatever it is God is becoming through us.
God is never called a HE or Father.
Originally posted by Bardiel13I think the reason the moon was called Allah was because they believed the moon to be the god/creator/deity. Just like some religions have the sun as the god.
And is Arabic for "God." The same God the Christians and Jews worship. This is why all three are called Abrahamic Religions.
Originally posted by AngryManateeWell there are quite a lot!
Cthulhu? Fthagn?
http://lowchensaustralia.com/names/gods.htm 馃槺
Originally posted by MindshipThanks. 馃槃 God or what ever it is, is neither male or female...It just is what is and was and whatever.. 馃槙 馃槀
Cool. 馃槑
Originally posted by lord xyz
I think the reason the moon was called Allah was because they believed the moon to be the god/creator/deity. Just like some religions have the sun as the god.
Are moon and God homonyms in Arabic? I'm not an expert on Islam, and I don't doubt they believe God had something to do with the moon, but it's still the same God in the bible.
Originally posted by C. C. Cowgirl
[b]Is 'he' called 'God' for a reason, or is the word 'God' just a word by man, like 'flower' and 'shoe'? 馃檪 [/B]
Originally posted by C. C. Cowgirl
[b]I simply wondered if there was a biblical history behind 'God' and an actual reason for the name, or if it was taken out of the blue 馃檪For all I knew, it could have been an ancient acronym or something 馃槢
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As far as I'm aware, the linguistic theories suggest that the word "God" may be derived (via the Germanic language-family) from Indo-European and proto-Indo-European root words that meant "That Which Is Invoked," (or as a verb "(To) Invoke"馃槈, or that it may derive from a root meaning "(To) Pour," (thus connecting "God" to the act of giving life through giving water).