Yahweh: The Pagan God of Mythology
BY RYAN HICKS
© 1996-1999 Ryan Hicks



I am well aware that modern scholars and a lot of Jews teach that Yahweh is the way you pronounce the Hebrew JHWH or as they put it YHWH, but this is not true and is based on the speculation of modern men.

According to modern "scholars" and many unknowing Christians the Massoretic text incorrectly borrowed the vowels from the Hebrew word for "Lord." Thus, the tetragrammaton (JHWH) would be pronounced as "Jehovah." Yet, the modern scholars theorize that the Massorite's were incorrect in the pronunciation of the tetragrammaton and that there was no "J" sound in the Hebrew. Thus, they deduced "Yehovah." After this they were still unsatisfied and decided that since the "V" should sound like the "W" sound in Hebrew they also deduced that it should sound like "Yehowah." Eventually after much playing with the tetragrammaton they came up with what is the almost universally accepted way to pronounce the tetragrammaton, "Yahweh" (pronounced "yah-whey").

1 Corinthians 10:19-20
19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

The Gentiles sacrifice to devils, and not to God. The Greek's had named their chief of devils Zeus. Many people are familiar with Greek mythology and the stories about Zeus. He was the mythological king of the gods (devils) and the husband of Hera. The Romans called him the Latin "Jupiter" for he was "the chief Roman god, husband of Juno, and god of light, of the sky and weather, and of the state and its welfare and its laws." Jupiter was also given the Latin name "Jove." (All of the above information can be found in any good dictionary.)

In the Latin language there is no "J" sound. The Latin "J" is pronounced as the English "Y" is. The Latin short "O" sound sounds like the English "AH." The Latin "V" sounds like the English "W" because there is no "V" sound in Latin. The Latin "E" sounds like the English's short "EH" sound. THUS:

JOVE SOUNDED OUT

J = Y
O = AH
V = W
E = EH

JOVE = YAHWEH


The Latin "Jove" would be pronounced almost identical to the modern scholars YAHWEH! Thus, they have relegated the Almighty Jehovah of the Bible to be nothing more than the pagan Roman and Greek god (devil) Zeus, Jupiter, or Jove (whichever you want to call him)!

It is amazing that so many Christians have fallen for the Jehovah to Yahweh switch. The devil pulled a huge deception of the majority of people in this regard and many will argue night and day that God's name is Yahweh although they have no proof and are speaking of Zeus and not the Lord, Jehovah God. As with all things, if it goes against the word of God, the King James Bible, let us just forget it. It does not matter how many scholars claim something to be so, if it is against the word of God it is not so!

It should come as no surprise to Bible believers that this major push to change God's name from Jehovah to Yahweh has come during a time of immense apostasy and modern scholars churning out hundreds of new bibles that add to and take away from the word of God. Yet, for those of you that believe the word of God over man's theories and are willing to be correct according to the Bible please do some study on the Bible's usage of the Lord's true name, Jehovah, see Exodus 6:3; Psalms 83:18; Isaiah 12:2; and Isaiah 26:4 (It will be a blessing).


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