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Isaiah 6:1 and the Holy Name

Call on the Name of Jehovah

For it shall be, all who shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be saved. For salvation shall be in Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, as Jehovah has said, and among the survivors whom Jehovah shall call. - Joel 2:32, Green's Literal. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;.... our comfort ... abounds through Christ. -- 1 Corinthians 1:3,5, World English translation. No one should ever think that he should not call upon the name of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus. (Acts 2:21; Romans 10:13; 2 Corinthians 11:31; Ephesians 1:3; Colossians 1:3; 1 Peter 1:3) Jehovah is the source of salvation, deliverance, especially the deliverance from the condemnation of sin and death. The means by which Jehovah (Yahweh) has provided that salvation is through his son, Jesus. Thus, the name of Jesus is the name that the Most High has given "by which" we must be saved. (Acts 4:12) Jehovah is the source; Jesus is the agent of s...

The One Holy Name

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The Bible only speaks of one (singular) holy name. We read nothing in the Bible about many holy names of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, as many seem to think. Some refer to the "sacred names" of God; others refer to the "divine names" of God; the scriptural term, however, is the "holy name," or " sacred name" as applied singularly and to only one person. God said moreover to Moses, "Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations."| -- Exodus 3:15, American Standard Version . The only "name" actually given as such for the ELOHIM (God) of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is usually rendered in English as "Jehovah" (from the Masoretic Hebrew text) or "Yahweh" (from certain Greek manuscripts). The pre-Masoretic form is ...