In the Bible, the word God is a translation of the Hebrew word Elohim. The word Lord is a translation of the Hebrew word Jehovah. The name Jehovah has many compound meanings referring to God. God also refers to himself in his personal name. In his response to a question from his servants Moses: “What shall I say unto them? The response from God was: I AM THAT I AM: . From the original Hebrew language we learn that God’s personal name is YHWH. This is the four letter word for the personal name of God. Also written as (“Yahweh.” interpretation: “Jehovah” “LORD”) YHWH is known as the tetragrammaton which “memes four letters”) All titles follows his name YHWH. The true meaning of God’s name shows that He is the only self-sustaining being, the source of all life and that all life depends on him. The Jews thought that the name YHWH was too sacred to be spoken by sinful men and so instead they used the word Adonai (“LORD”)
The personal name for the Son of God as he was introduced to the world, is: in (Hebrew) Yahshua or Jesus. meaning: Savior. (Christ-Greek) (Messiah-Hebrew) being his title: means: Anointed One. Jesus often refer to himself as The Son of God and the Son of Man. These are a reference to his deity. There are many other titles ascribed to him, one of which is: Emmanuel, meaning: God with us. (See scriptures) Exodus 3:14, Exodus 17:15, Exodus 6:3, Isaiah 52:6, Isaiah 26:4, Isaiah 12:2, Psalm 83:18, Genesis 22:14, Judges 6:24, Isaiah 9:6, Matthew 1:21 Matthew 1:23,25, Luke 1:31, Matthew 16:16, John 1:41, John 20:31, Matthew 16:20, Luke 22:67, Luke 9:20, John 4:29, Mark 14:61, Mark 8:29, 1st John 2:22, John 11:27, Daniel 7:13, Isaiah 9:6, Revelation 17:14, Revelation 19:16,
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