This stems from the 2nd commandment about not using the Lord's name in vain. In ancient Israel, the High Priest would only say the Name once a year when he went into the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). Because of that, over the centuries the exact pronunciation was lost which why some say "Yahweh" and others say "Yehova" because there were no vowels in the hebrew aleph-bet. Jews still substitute "HaShem" (which means "The Name") when referred to the Lord.
YHVH can be pronounced many ways without any of them being right.
But if that kind of reverence was attached to His Name and it was never rebuked by the Lord, then I assume that it's important to Him.
We have been given the Name above all Names now and I have no problem with saying "Yeshua" as often and as loudly as possible.
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what? me worry?
Last edited by yod1948; 10-28-2009 at 05:18 AM..
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