In English, we call Him Jehovah.
You can quibble all you like about proper Hebrew spelling and pronunciation, but if you don’t also adhere to the Hebrew world-view and intellectual assumptions along with it, you’re just making noise. If you truly embrace that Hebrew perspective, you’ll realize the common English version of His name is just fine.
He created the Hebrew culture as the very best setting in which to reveal Himself. A critical part of His revelation is laying out His requirements for the human race. You cannot possibly expect to understand them very well if you don’t attempt to first grasp the cultural background. Upon that foundation, you have some hope of building a morality which works. If you truly want to understand Him, it will require you wait for Him to grant you a living spirit so He can link you directly to Himself. Otherwise, you’ll have to content yourself with at least knowing what He demands.
Those demands are very much accessible to every breathing human soul on some level. Going forward from here, the purpose of this blog is to discuss that Hebraic grasp of what He demands on the human level. This blog is not about spirituality, but human morality. We will pursue the few things in this world I understand from that perspective, because the basic assumption is the totality of Creation includes a moral element. It is not possible to discuss human behavior without including moral considerations.
Nothing here pretends to pontificate for you what you must do, but is merely a statement of my own analysis. One of the basic assumptions in Hebraic culture is truth makes its own path in the human heart — if what I suggest is an accurate depiction of God’s viewpoint, He’ll make sure you can embrace it. I will surely get some things wrong, since earthly human perfection on this side of the Fall will not happen with any of us. Take my words with a grain of salt.
The record of my past mistakes here will remain posted as they are, simply for the sake of honesty. This post anchors an attempt to correct some of those mistakes.
