Yahweh Elohim

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Yahweh Elohim |
Friday – July 3, 2026

I am often referring to God as Yahweh (יהוה), particularly in my "Bible Study series", and I am doing this for at least two separate reasons: the first reason has to do with the historiography of the Bible, as the Old Testament refers exclusively to God as the God of the Jewish people, the chosen people; but I also often prefer to use the term Yahweh (YHWH) in order to not commit a sin by invoking God's name in vain, but even more than that I actually often refer to God as Yahweh because I do not want my audience (my readers) to invoke God's name in vain, because these things do matter, and even if I am invoking God's name in vain without putting much thought into it, it must matter in the end, and yes my stance on the usage of the word/name/term/label/title God does vary and for certain groups I find no problem simply referring to God as God, and this tends to apply to large groups of English speakers, most of whom I do not consider moved by the hand of God, but this is a matter for another time so I will not further elaborate.

    Verily, God is an English word and I do much prefer the real word, not the authentic word but the real word, because the real word serves two purposes: it can both move me closer to God and it can also protect me from smiting God since Yahweh does not refer directly to the God of revelation, especially not the tetragrammaton (YHWH). I should elaborate that I refuse to use the word authentic in this context as there can be no such thing an an "authentic" term for God, let alone anything else; after all and at end of the day God is Almighty over human power, a point I keep returning to, and the concept that human words should define God is simply blasphemous. So yes, I do prefer, in the right context, to refer to God as Yahweh, and my practice of doing this in the Old Testament will continue until the New Testament, when I will transition over to use the word God, as I am writing these posts in English, but I should elaborate on that somewhat: the reason why I use English whenever I refer to the New Testament has to do with the fact that the New Testament amounts to the world of God for all people's and so should be translated, unless there is a risk of me invoking God's name in vain. Yes, doctrine is important and while doctrine is somewhat inconsistent on the usage of the words that describe God, I am confident in this distinction because the words in the Bible, the Bible being a revealed source, matters and this means above all that God matters. Now I am mostly referring to God as God in this post which makes sense, unless I intend to invoke God because I am referring to God in the universal sense, not in the sense of the God of the Jews, and in which case I believe the term Yahweh Elohim (יהוה אלוהים) is the most appropriate, an alternative would be Jehovah Elohim.

    Again and as I stated above, the words of God matter and applies strictly, even though most people are unqualified, read "Qualification", in respect to actually reading the word of God, which is actually the main issue at hand here, because we I can dwell all day on the unqualified usage of God's name, but how are people that have not got the slightest idea about anything supposed to know when to not invoke God's name in vain? I simply have a certain responsibility to make sure that this does not happen, at least not as a result of my actions; of course, beyond this blog I can not be expected to hold any responsibility, and this is also why I tend to remind my readers of my usage of Yahweh, and sometimes Yahweh Elohim, although to my knowledge I have yet to rely on the term Yahweh Elohim, thus far that is. Also, I should also add that the historical entity referred to as Yahweh in the land of Israel (𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋) and Judah (𐤉𐤄𐤃)—not to be confused with the modern "nation-state" of Israel, which really is nothing but a counterfeit—tends to be something that has become quite disputed, and because of the sensitive nature of this ongoing and, as the moderns would put it, evolving discussion I have decided to refrain from taking sides in this major conflict, as I hold that it serves to obscure and disrupt the communication between God and his people, not that many people are capable of actually receiving divine instruction these days, read "What is Divine Inspiration?". Of course, they say that Satan belongs under your feet, but the truth is that Satan belongs in your in your mind—rent free, to borrow an American colloquialism—and this is no less true when people refer to God: do you really believe that most people refer to God without Satan in view, read "What are Demons?"? If you believe most people know the God that they claim to refer to, then make a study of politicians, and you will see how these demons, for they are demons, invoke Yahweh in vain, mostly because they are unbelievers, truly infidels of one kind or another, read "My Views on Reason".

    As far as the Jewish people are concerned, there is a certain delineation to be made, as there are many within those ranks who are themselves heathens for all intents and purposes, and so they should not be counted as members of the tribe, according to some scholars, and here I am not referring to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel (הָרַבָּנוּת הָרָאשִׁית לְיִשְׂרָאֵל), as I do not recognize their authority and as their authority is increasingly usurped by powers of the temporal realm. So, whenever I refer to Yahweh Elohim (again one could use Jehovah Elohim as an alternative) I am only doing so in reference to the Jewish people; now I could stretch myself to use Yahweh in the context of so-called Jews who are not really Jews, but in that case I would only apply this as I apply it to most English readers, or really to most unqualified people, not to imply then that most Jews are qualified, but the delineation still have to me made, at least if one seeks to keep separate the various revealed traditions and in this instance keeping separate the Tankah (תָּנָ״ךְ) from the Bible. Now, because of this last delineation I thought that it would be prudent to name this post Yahweh Elohim, as I am partly addressing those within the tribe who are still capable of receiving divine instruction, whether or not they are citizens of the Israel, which really is an entirely different matter having nothing to do with this post.

Reginald Drax (AKA, M. C. Dutt) – July 3, 2026.