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Does God the Father Really Have a First Name?

Introduction

Hi, I’m Dolly Weber. Today I’d like to address the question: Does God the Father really have a first name?

Do you remember when you were a kid and your parents simply said, “Because I said so”? Maybe you’ve responded to your own kids this way when they needed a reminder that you’re the authority. In Scripture, God often answers humanity this same way—not necessarily with the answer we want, but with the answer we need. People ask, “Why?” and God says, “Trust me.” They ask, “When will Jesus return?” and He says, “Watch and be ready.”

Even Job, amid his suffering, received no direct answers—only questions from God. When the Pharisees confronted Jesus about a woman caught in adultery, Jesus didn’t answer their question but challenged them instead: “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.”

God doesn’t cater to human expectations. Instead, He gives answers that elevate our understanding.

The Conversation with Moses

One such moment happened when God commissioned Moses to lead Israel out of Egypt. Moses felt unqualified and wanted someone else—like his brother Aaron—to go instead. He also asked God for His name, hoping to add authority to his message.

But instead of giving Moses a one-word name, God responded: “I AM WHO I AM.” That was it.

Yale professor Christine Hayes explains this moment: God used a first-person sentence—Ehyeh asher Ehyeh—which can mean “I am who I am,” “I will be who I will be,” or “I cause to be what I cause to be.” Moses translated it into a third-person form: Yahweh—“He is who He is.” This, we’re told, is the Bible’s explanation for the name Yahweh.

But was it really a name—or God’s deliberate refusal to be confined by a label?

Revelation Confirms the Pattern

In Revelation 1:4, God again identifies Himself with timeless terms: “From Him who is and who was and who is to come.” And again in verse 8: “I am the Alpha and the Omega… who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

In both Moses’ encounter and John’s vision, God avoids using a personal name. He defines Himself by His eternal nature, not a label.

God Doesn’t Need a First Name

Names help us distinguish one person or animal from another. God assigned names to people throughout history for this purpose. For example:

• Moses means “drawn out.”

• David means “beloved.”

• Paul means “small” or “humble.”

• Israel means “one who struggles with God.”

God even changed names to reflect calling—Jacob became Israel; Abram became Abraham; Saul became Paul.

But God, being infinite in attributes and unlike any other, deliberately chose not to name Himself. To insist otherwise is to diminish His uniqueness.

Jesus and the Name of God

Jesus never used a first name for God. He called Him “God,” “Lord,” and most intimately, “Father” or “Abba.” When He taught His disciples to pray, He began, “Our Father…” That’s the pattern He left for us.

In over 53,000 original New Testament manuscript fragments and the Septuagint Old Testament Jesus used, God is never given a first name. Only the I AM.

Even early church leaders like Justin Martyr affirmed that God had no name. He wrote:

“No one existed before God who could give Him a name, nor did God consider it right to name Himself, as He is one and alone.”

Where Did All These “First Names” Come From?

So where did names like Jehovah, Yahweh, Yahushua, etc., come from?

Enter the Masoretes—a group of men nearly 1,000 years after Jesus. They created a Hebrew version of the Old Testament known as the Masoretic Text. At the time, Hebrew was a dead language. The world spoke Greek. The Old Testament in Greek, the Septuagint, was the version Jesus used.

So why would these non-Christian, Jesus-rejecting scholars translate Scripture into an obsolete language? Because their real goal wasn’t accuracy—it was sabotage.

The Masoretic Sabotage

Here’s what the Masoretes did:

1. They removed 23 books from the Old Testament (the Septuagint had 62; the Masoretic Text has 39).

2. They gutted the Book of Esther, removing every single mention of God.

3. They deleted messianic prophecies that pointed directly to Jesus.

4. They invented a “secret” name for God using four Hebrew characters, claiming it was a code God shared with Moses—the “Tetragrammaton.”

They said God didn’t mean “I AM WHO I AM”—He meant “My name is YHWH,” but secretly. This is how the names Jehovah and Yahweh were fabricated.

A Code Embraced by Occultists

Who else loved this “code”? Occultists like Aleister Crowley. In the Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy, Crowley is quoted praising the Tetragrammaton as “the lost word,” so powerful it shouldn’t even be spoken. He encouraged magicians to seek it, saying its pronunciation completes “the great work.”

Madame Helena Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society, also promoted this deception. In The Secret Doctrine, she wrote:

“Jehovah… is also the serpent or dragon that tempted Eve.”

The Pagan God Yahweh

The name “Yahweh” isn’t just fabricated—it already existed in paganism. Yahweh (written YHW) was a Canaanite god of metallurgy, worshiped by a tribe known as the Kenites. This is the name Masoretes applied to the God of the Bible.

Why Was the King James Bible Based on This Text?

Despite the Septuagint being more accurate, King James chose to use the Masoretic Text in his Bible. Why?

Because King James had his own motives—more political than theological. He wasn’t concerned with scriptural accuracy. The Rosicrucian and Freemasonic imagery embedded in the 1611 KJV Bible proves there was more than meets the eye.

At the top of its cover are the four Hebrew characters—the so-called “Tetragrammaton”—used to justify assigning God a first name. According to modern Hebrew experts, those characters were not even written authentically—they were occult in style.

Who Wants a First Name for God?

Would you ask a judge for his first name? Or a police officer? Would you want your children calling you by your first name?

There’s only one being who has insisted on naming God—who from the beginning sought to be equal to God. That being is Satan.

It was Satan who pushed to assign God a name. It was Satan who worked through the Masoretes to fabricate names. It was Satan who introduced codes and mystical meanings to distract from the true God.

God doesn’t use codes. He sends angels to announce names—Jesus, John—clearly and plainly.

If God wanted to name Himself, He would have. But He didn’t.

So What Should We Call Him?

How about:

• Lord of Lords

• Mighty God

• Everlasting Father

• Or simply: Dad

As for those who insist God gave us a name in code?

“Who am I? I AM WHO I AM. And never you mind.”

I look forward to talking with you next time. The Lord bless you.