The Holy Name of God

Revelation 1:8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord [Jehovah] God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. -- American Standard Version.  A video on YouTube entitled “T he Danger of Inserting 'JEHOVAH' in Revelation 1:8 ” makes several assertions regarding Revelation 1:8 that we hope to address in this study.  Revelation 1:8 egw eimi to alpha kai to w legei kurios ho I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, IS SAYING LORD, THE 1473 1510 3588 0255_5 2532 3588 5598 3004 2962 3588 theos ho wn kai ho een kai ho erchomenos GOD, THE (ONE) BEING AND THE (ONE) WAS AND THE (ONE) COMING, 2316 3588 1511_1 2532 3588 1511_3 2532 3588 2064 1511_2 ho pantokratwr THE ALMIGHTY. 3588 3841 -- Westcott & Hort Transliterated Interlinear Throughout the extant Greek manuscripts of the New Testament, we find that God's Holy Name has been changed to other words. This is simply a fact. The most common word used as God's Holy Name in the extant New Testament manuscripts is the Greek...

Many believe that Jesus and the apostles used the Septuagint when quoting the Old Testament. Based on this assumption, they claim that Jesus and the apostles followed the Septuagint, changing God's Holy Name to other words, such as forms of the Greek word often transliterated as KURIOS or KYRIOS (meaning, Lord). This is offered as proof that Jesus and his apostles joined in with the Jews in changing the Holy Name to other words.  Thus, it is further claimed that the original autographs of the New Testament also changed the Holy Name to other words. We should, however, understand that the Septuagint as we have it today did not exist in the days of Jesus. What is often called the Septuagint is actually what some have called the “ Christianized Septuagint ”. This version of the Septuagint did not exist in the days of Jesus and the apostles, and thus they could not have been quoting from it. We should also understand that we do not have the original autographs of the New Testamen...

 

We find that the Bible uses the Hebrew word often transliterated as "Abhir" in the following verses:  Genesis 49:24; Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalm 132:2, 5; Isaiah 1:24, 49:26, 60:1. Here are the instances as found in the Darby translation: Genesis 49:24 But his bow abideth firm, And the arms of his hands are supple By the hands of the Mighty One [ABHIR] of Jacob. From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel: Psalm 132:2 How he swore unto Jehovah, vowed unto the Mighty One [ABHIR] of Jacob: Psalm 132:5 Until I find out a place for Jehovah, habitations for the Mighty One [ABHIR] of Jacob. Isaiah 1:24 Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One [ABHIR] of Israel: Ah! I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies. Isaiah 49:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with new wine. And all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour and thy Redeeme...