By now, many people believe that they know the name of God. I will be another person to add to that number. Christians believe that his name means Jehovah. While other Christian sects believe that it is Yahweh. Those who are in the Middle East (Northeast Africa) believe that his name is unpronouncable, so they call him "Hashem," that is, "The Name." Others live by the Phoenician pronunciation. I, however, follow the evidence found in the writings of Moses and statements made by extrabiblical sources.

One important source is Flavius Josephus in his book, "Antiquities of the Jews." In it, he talks about an important function of the consonants that make up the name of God. He says this: "A mitre also of fine linen encompassed his head, which was tied by a blue ribbon, about which there was another golden crown, in which was engraved the sacred name [of God]: it consists of four vowels." Perhaps those who identify as members of the Sons of Jacob possess some understanding of "The Name".

One certainly can't make a pronunciation of a name that is made up of vowels. I'll give those converts this one. However, the interesting thing about "The Name" is that the concept of people being unable to pronounce someone's name is an ancient one that came from the education that Moses obtained when he was growing up. You can ask Isis about that one; I'll just continue with the article.

Now I have heard Christians say that God is the great "I am," as if that is what God called himself when he gave his name to Moses. One who claims to separate themselves from Christianity should now have their spidy senses activated when they hear that concept. But who am I to judge? The reality is, God never said, "I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you."

That is the terrible translation of those Christians that you love to hate. Many of you run with that translation, though. I'm not passing judgment, but my point is that you can't have both. Either Christians are liars or you refuse to throw out the baby with the bath water, but you can't have both. God actually said this to Moses: ""And God said to Moshe, "I will be whoever I will be" and he said, "Thus you will say to {the} sons of Israel, "I will be" sent you to them." My Translation. And for those who think, "Who does he think he is presenting his translation?" My response will be, "I think I'm the one who studied Hebrew and Greek grammar for a decade. So I'm just telling you what I see. I will also tell you the meaning of God's name that people call the tetragrammaton. God also said this to Moses: "And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, ²⁹ That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. ^{Exodus 6:28-29} 

I don't think there is an argument there. God says to Moses, "I am the Lord," and we all know that he is referring to his memorial name. So what does it mean? I'll keep it brief. His name means "He will be." That is because his name is written in the third-person imperfect tense. "He" being the third-person and "will be" being the imperfect stative verb in Hebrew. There is a reason he calls himself that unpronouncable name. It is because his son came in "the Name" of God. His son's name is "Yahushuah" or "Joshua," however you want to call it. The facts remain that the name of his son is a combo of God's name and the Hebrew noun for salvation. Together, it means, "He will be salvation." Who will be salvation? The one who gave Moses his name.

But you don't have to believe me. Who am I?