The difference between what designations and titles are and what a name represents is actually known and easy to understand. Yes, God is all in everyone and in everything. For example, Creator is not a name, but expresses what God is in relation to creation. The same is true of Him as Saviour, as Healer, as King, as Judge, and so on. From the beginning, God has manifested himself to His own – Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for example, as Almighty God.

But when the time came for the covenant with Israel to take place, the LORD God revealed Himself in the name Yahweh (Exodus 6:2-3). From then on, this name applied to the entire time of the First Covenant and consisted of the four letters YHWH, which were later called the "Tetragrammaton". Experts have calculated that it appears more than five thousand times in the Bible.

For the New Testament covenant, the prophecy of the name reads as follows: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel" (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23). And then we are informed that this Immanuel was given the name Jesus. Unfortunately, the name has been rendered in the Greek form in our Bibles. The original Hebrew form of Yahshua expressed who it was in fact who became man. Embedded in the name Yahshua is Yahweh; it means Yahweh Saviour, as Immanuel means "God with us."

Ever since the New Testament was written in Greek, our Lord's name has been rendered as "Jesus" in all Bible translations throughout the world. Obviously, God had no objection to this and certainly answered the sincere prayers that millions of believers have sent up to the throne of mercy during the time of grace in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. All biblical baptisms were also performed in it too. What Paul wrote in Colossians 3:17 applies before God in every language: "And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus."

No one needs to learn Hebrew, because God speaks to every people in their own language. So we are told that each of the 17 different nationalities gathered in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost heard in his own language what was said under the guidance of the Holy Spirit: "… And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, 'Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?'" (Acts 2:5-12).

If brothers now appear who think they have to use the Hebrew names for baptism and prayer, then this is not correct. As soon as the time comes for the Jews, they will, of course, use the name in their language. What is written in our Bibles applies to us until the end. God has done great wonders and signs by the power of the name of Jesus Christ. HE has vindicated His Word in our generation, especially in the ministry of Brother Branham, just as He did in the time of the apostles, even though the Hebrew language was then used, and in our day the available words and concepts as they exist in our Bible translations. The brothers who now want to distinguish themselves once again with so-called "special knowledge" are not under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. They cannot discern that God has His way with the church from the nations and only later with Israel.

These brethren have to put up with the accusation of acting on their own authority, because it is done out of the motive to present something special and thus be special. Before God, the name as we find it in our Bible translations is valid for the congregation from the nations. For the Jews, what is written in their language will apply. God will not use a man of the Gentiles to give a Hebrew teaching.

Moreover, even the inscription that was placed on the cross was written in three languages: Hebrew, Latin and Greek (John 19:19-22). If God had made a point of emphasizing only the importance of the Hebrew language, then He would probably not have allowed the inscription "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews" to be placed in the other two languages. As we all know, the salvation of God came first to the Jews, and then to all the Gentiles, from whom the Lord chooses a people for His own possession. This is a warning to the brethren to return to simplicity and integrity of word and action within the congregation of the Lord.

The difference between what designations and titles are and what a name represents is actually known and easy to understand. Yes, God is all in everyone and in everything. For example, Creator is not a name, but expresses what God is in relation to creation. The same is true of Him as Saviour, as Healer, as King, as Judge, and so on. From the beginning, God has manifested himself to His own – Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for example, as Almighty God.

But when the time came for the covenant with Israel to take place, the LORD God revealed Himself in the name Yahweh (Exodus 6:2-3). From then on, this name applied to the entire time of the First Covenant and consisted of the four letters YHWH, which were later called the "Tetragrammaton". Experts have calculated that it appears more than five thousand times in the Bible.

For the New Testament covenant, the prophecy of the name reads as follows: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel" (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23). And then we are informed that this Immanuel was given the name Jesus. Unfortunately, the name has been rendered in the Greek form in our Bibles. The original Hebrew form of Yahshua expressed who it was in fact who became man. Embedded in the name Yahshua is Yahweh; it means Yahweh Saviour, as Immanuel means "God with us."

Ever since the New Testament was written in Greek, our Lord's name has been rendered as "Jesus" in all Bible translations throughout the world. Obviously, God had no objection to this and certainly answered the sincere prayers that millions of believers have sent up to the throne of mercy during the time of grace in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. All biblical baptisms were also performed in it too. What Paul wrote in Colossians 3:17 applies before God in every language: "And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus."

No one needs to learn Hebrew, because God speaks to every people in their own language. So we are told that each of the 17 different nationalities gathered in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost heard in his own language what was said under the guidance of the Holy Spirit: "… And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, 'Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?'" (Acts 2:5-12).

If brothers now appear who think they have to use the Hebrew names for baptism and prayer, then this is not correct. As soon as the time comes for the Jews, they will, of course, use the name in their language. What is written in our Bibles applies to us until the end. God has done great wonders and signs by the power of the name of Jesus Christ. HE has vindicated His Word in our generation, especially in the ministry of Brother Branham, just as He did in the time of the apostles, even though the Hebrew language was then used, and in our day the available words and concepts as they exist in our Bible translations. The brothers who now want to distinguish themselves once again with so-called "special knowledge" are not under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. They cannot discern that God has His way with the church from the nations and only later with Israel.

These brethren have to put up with the accusation of acting on their own authority, because it is done out of the motive to present something special and thus be special. Before God, the name as we find it in our Bible translations is valid for the congregation from the nations. For the Jews, what is written in their language will apply. God will not use a man of the Gentiles to give a Hebrew teaching.

Moreover, even the inscription that was placed on the cross was written in three languages: Hebrew, Latin and Greek (John 19:19-22). If God had made a point of emphasizing only the importance of the Hebrew language, then He would probably not have allowed the inscription "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews" to be placed in the other two languages. As we all know, the salvation of God came first to the Jews, and then to all the Gentiles, from whom the Lord chooses a people for His own possession. This is a warning to the brethren to return to simplicity and integrity of word and action within the congregation of the Lord.