Who Created Yhwh?

[01CobraVortech]

I was just wondering if anyone has ever given thought to who created God. Do you think it will be revealed to us one day? I try not to think about it too much because its an incredibly overwhelming thought. I an glad though that God is so loving. It just rocks my world sometimes to think that God just was. Anyone else have any thoughts?

 

[jerryjohnson]

I was just wondering if anyone has ever given thought to who created God. Do you think it will be revealed to us one day? I try not to think about it too much because its an incredibly overwhelming thought. I an glad though that God is so loving. It just rocks my world sometimes to think that God just was. Anyone else have any thoughts?

Easy question to answer maybe hard to understand. Look at Exodus 3:14. Dig into the name God gives Himself. He is the whole of the verb "to be." It is continuous, no beginning and no ending. “I was, I am. I will be.”

 

[Brother Mike]

If God is the Creator.................. then??????

grasping it, is another thing, we have always been conditioned all our lives to see that things have a starting point.

What I think is interesting is God's Personality. God is life, God is good, God is love. It's just not that he does those things, it is who he is.

I find it interesting when talking about Satan it is written that sin was "Found" in him. It's like it took God awhile to catch on, then said wait a minute. Something is not right here. Something is not adding up. If God had no concept of evil, then it may have taken awhile for God to notice something amiss in Satan.

People may agruee this, but have no evidence. This is why there can be no redemption for Satan. He is the essence of what God is not. The only difference is that Satan did not start out this way.

Because of who God is, and what God is, it's hard to understand just how great, and good he is, because it's his nature.

Getting over my head..............

Be blessed.

Jesus Is Lord.

 

[Guestman]

I was just wondering if anyone has ever given thought to who created God. Do you think it will be revealed to us one day? I try not to think about it too much because its an incredibly overwhelming thought. I an glad though that God is so loving. It just rocks my world sometimes to think that God just was. Anyone else have any thoughts?

God, whose name is Jehovah (Ps 83:18), the transliterated letters being YHWH that represent his name, is from the Tetragrammaton (Hebrew יהוה). He has always existed, being without beginning or end. Moses wrote: "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God."(Ps 90:2, King James Bible)

Elihu, in replying to Job, said that "God is more exalted than we can know; In number his years are beyond searching."(Job 36:26) Psalms 93:2 says: "Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting."(King James Bible, "everlasting" rendered from the Hebrew word ‘oh·lam, meaning "hidden time" according to Hebrew authority William Gesenius, and is more accurately rendered as "time indefinite")

 

[jerryjohnson]

If God is the Creator.................. then??????

grasping it, is another thing, we have always been conditioned all our lives to see that things have a starting point.

What I think is interesting is God's Personality. God is life, God is good, God is love. It's just not that he does those things, it is who he is.

I find it interesting when talking about Satan it is written that sin was "Found" in him. It's like it took God awhile to catch on, then said wait a minute. Something is not right here. Something is not adding up. If God had no concept of evil, then it may have taken awhile for God to notice something amiss in Satan.

People may agruee this, but have no evidence. This is why there can be no redemption for Satan. He is the essence of what God is not. The only difference is that Satan did not start out this way.

Because of who God is, and what God is, it's hard to understand just how great, and good he is, because it's his nature.

Getting over my head..............

Be blessed.

Jesus Is Lord.

Add to that: God is Holy, He Is Just. These words are interesting word studies:

Holy in Hebrew:
H6942
קדשׁ
qâdash
BDB Definition:
1) to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be set apart, be consecrated
1a2) to be hallowed
1a3) consecrated, tabooed
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to show oneself sacred or majestic
1b2) to be honoured, be treated as sacred
1b3) to be holy
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate
1c2) to observe as holy, keep sacred
1c3) to honour as sacred, hallow
1c4) to consecrate
1d) (Pual)
1d1) to be consecrated
1d2) consecrated, dedicated
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to set apart, devote, consecrate
1e2) to regard or treat as sacred or hallow
1e3) to consecrate
1f) (Hithpael)
1f1) to keep oneself apart or separate
1f2) to cause Himself to be hallowed (of God)
1f3) to be observed as holy
1f4) to consecrate oneself

Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1990

Holy in Greek:
G40
ἅγιος
hagios
hag'-ee-os
From ἅγος hagos (an awful thing) compare G53, [H2282]; sacred (physically pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially consecrated): - (most) holy (one, thing), saint.

G40

ἅγιος
hágios; fem. hagía, neut. hágion (G39), adj. from hágos (n.f.), any matter of religious awe, expiation, sacrifice. Holy, set apart, sanctified, consecrated, saint. It has a common root, hág-, with hagnós (G53), chaste, pure. Its fundamental idea is separation, consecration, devotion to the service of Deity, sharing in God's purity and abstaining from earth's defilement.
(I) Pure, clean, ceremonially or morally clean, including the idea of deserved respect, reverence.
(A) It particularly means perfect, without blemish (Rom_12:1).
(B ) Metaphorically it means morally pure, upright, blameless in heart and life, virtuous, holy. (1) Generally (Mar_6:20; Rom_7:12; 1Co_7:34; Eph_1:4; Eph_5:27; 1Pe_1:16; Sept.: Lev_11:44). (2) Spoken of those who are purified and sanctified by the influences of the Spirit. This is assumed of all who profess the Christian name, hence hágios, saint, hágioi, saints, Christians (Act_9:13-14, Act_9:32, Act_9:41; Act_26:10; Rom_1:7; Rom_8:27; 1Th_3:13). Spoken of those who are to be in any way included in the Christian community (1Co_7:14). Holy kiss means the sacred Christian kiss, the pledge of Christian affection (Rom_16:16; 1Co_16:20; 2Co_13:12).
(II) Consecrated, devoted, sacred, holy, meaning set apart from a common to a sacred use; spoken of places, temples, cities, the priesthood, men (Mat_4:5; Mat_7:6; Mat_24:15; Mat_27:53; Act_6:13; Act_7:33; Rom_11:16, of firstfruit); of a male opening the womb (Luk_2:23); of apostles (Eph_3:5); of prophets (Luk_1:70; Act_3:21; 2Pe_1:21); of angels (Mat_25:31).
(III) Holy, hallowed, worthy of reverence and veneration:
(A) Of God (Joh_17:11; Rev_4:8; Rev_6:10; Sept.: Isa_5:16; Isa_6:3).
(B ) Of His Name (Luk_1:49; Sept.: Lev_22:2).
(C) Of the Holy Spirit (Mat_1:18).
(D ) Of holy covenant (Luk_1:72).
(E) Of the Holy Scriptures (Rom_1:2; Sept.: Dan_11:28, Dan_11:30).
The hiereús (G2409), priest, although he may not always be hágios, holy, performs priestly duties or ordinances and is sacred or consecrated (hósios [G3741]).
Deriv.: hagiázō (G37), to sanctify; hagiótēs (G41), holiness; hagiōsúnē (G42), holiness, the quality of sanctification.
Syn.: hieroprepḗs (G2412), a fitting sanctity; eusebḗs (G2152), godly, pious; hósios (G3741), pure from evil contact, ceremonially pure; áspilos (G784), without spot; hierós (G2413), sacred, outwardly associated with God; eilikrinḗs (G1506), sincere, pure.
Ant.: koinós (G2839), common, defiled; akáthartos (G169), unclean.


Here is a start on "just:"

Deu 32:4 He is the Rock,(H6697) his work(H6467) is perfectH8549) for all his ways are judgmentH4941) a God(H410) of truth(H530) and without(H369) iniquity,(H5766) just(H6662) and right (H3477) is he.

 

[truthquest]

I was just wondering if anyone has ever given thought to who created God. Do you think it will be revealed to us one day? I try not to think about it too much because its an incredibly overwhelming thought. I an glad though that God is so loving. It just rocks my world sometimes to think that God just was. Anyone else have any thoughts?

I don't give thought as to who created God because I believe God is the creator. He had no beginning and He will have no end. He is from everlasting to everlasting. He is worthy to be praised and given honor and glory because He created all things and because of his will they exist and were created. Being the creator of all things, God created time itself which He is not bound by as we are. No one can fathom His understanding, He is the everlasting God and is eternal. Psalm 90:2, Isa. 40:28, Rev. 4:11

 

[Streetsweeper]

I was just wondering if anyone has ever given thought to who created God. Do you think it will be revealed to us one day? I try not to think about it too much because its an incredibly overwhelming thought. I an glad though that God is so loving. It just rocks my world sometimes to think that God just was. Anyone else have any thoughts?

Just like the question of what holds up the flat earth:

• It's turtles all the way down.

I think this is one of the points atheists raise in opposition to the concept of creation.

If God was the first cause of creation then there should be cause of God's creation. It's an argument that just spirals in on itself. I'm sure philosophers must have a term describing this argument.​

 

[01CobraVortech]

I hear everything you guys are saying. Its just hard for me to wrap my mind around God just being. And don't get me wrong, I believe God's Word 100%. I have no doubt God is who He is. It just fascinates me to no end to think about how come God was just there and how lucky we are that He's so good. Its a mind numbing experience for me at least, to think about how God could have just been.

 

[JarBreaker]

God, whose name is Jehovah (Ps 83:18), the transliterated letters being YHWH that represent his name, is from the Tetragrammaton (Hebrew יהוה).

If you take the tetragrammaton and compare it to Judah (Yehudah) ... yud hey waw hey, it only lacks the dalet from being an exact spelling.

About the eyeh asher eyeh, I am what I am ... i'd heard someone say (this is just from hearing, not studied where anything may deviate) I will be, what I will to be. To me, this just adds a bit of depth of meaning ... that He encompasses ALL and for whatever situation arises in the universe, there is an aspect of His infinite wisdom which is set over it. The names of his aspects; YWHW yireh (my provider), YHWH nissi (my banner) etc, etc.

Add to that: God is Holy, He Is Just. These words are interesting word studies:

Holy in Hebrew:
H6942
קדשׁ
qâdash

Saw where you included "set apart" as I was zipping past in backspace, abbreviating things.

Set apart, as in "bind the tares, gather the wheat into My storehouse".

 

[Streetsweeper]

If you take the tetragrammaton and compare it to Judah (Yehudah) ....

Did Somebody say Yehuda?

 

[Guestman]

The name Jehovah (YHWH) is God's personal name and is the causative form, the imperfect state, of the Heb. verb ha·wah´ (become); meaning “He Causes to Become” whereas the name Judah means "lauded or object of laudation." God explains the meaning of his name before Moses presents himself to the Israelites in Egypt, saying: "I SHALL PROVE TO BE WHAT I SHALL PROVE TO BE.” And he then adds: “This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, ‘I SHALL PROVE TO BE has sent me to you.’” (Ex 3:14)

“I SHALL PROVE TO BE WHAT I SHALL PROVE TO BE.” Hebrew, היהא רשא היהא (’Eh·yeh´ ’Asher´ ’Eh·yeh´), God’s own self-designation; Leeser, “I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE”; Rotherham, “I Will Become whatsoever I please.” Greek, E·go´ ei·mi ho on, “I am The Being,” or, “I am The Existing One”; Latin, e´go sum qui sum, “I am Who I am.” ’Eh·yeh´ comes from the Hebrew verb ha·yah´, “become; prove to be.” Here ’Eh·yeh´ is in the imperfect state, first person sing., meaning “I shall become”; or, “I shall prove to be.” The reference here is not to God’s self-existence but to what he has in mind to become toward others.(source of information - Insight on the Scriptures)

He further tells Moses: "This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, ‘Jehovah the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name to time indefinite, and this is the memorial of me to generation after generation."(Ex 3:15) The name Jehovah, in the form of the Tetragrammaton (meaning"four letters"), occurs in the original Hebrew Scriptures almost 7000 times.

And concerning the meaning of the names Jehovah-nissi and Jehovah-jireh, Jehovah-nissi means “Jehovah Is My Signal [Pole],” by deriving nis·si´ from nes, “signal pole”; LXX (Greek Septuagint), “Jehovah Is My Refuge,” by deriving nis·si´ from nus, “to flee for refuge”; Latin Vulgate, “Jehovah Is My Exaltation,” by deriving nis·si´ from na·sas´, “to hoist; to lift up.” And Jehovah-jireh means "Jehovah Will See to [It]; Jehovah Will Provide.” Hebrew, Yehwah´ yir·’eh´.

 

[jiggyfly]

The name Jehovah (YHWH) is God's personal name and is the causative form, the imperfect state, of the Heb. verb ha·wah´ (become); meaning “He Causes to Become” whereas the name Judah means "lauded or object of laudation." God explains the meaning of his name before Moses presents himself to the Israelites in Egypt, saying: "I SHALL PROVE TO BE WHAT I SHALL PROVE TO BE.” And he then adds: “This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, ‘I SHALL PROVE TO BE has sent me to you.’” (Ex 3:14)

“I SHALL PROVE TO BE WHAT I SHALL PROVE TO BE.” Hebrew, היהא רשא היהא (’Eh·yeh´ ’Asher´ ’Eh·yeh´), God’s own self-designation; Leeser, “I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE”; Rotherham, “I Will Become whatsoever I please.” Greek, E·go´ ei·mi ho on, “I am The Being,” or, “I am The Existing One”; Latin, e´go sum qui sum, “I am Who I am.” ’Eh·yeh´ comes from the Hebrew verb ha·yah´, “become; prove to be.” Here ’Eh·yeh´ is in the imperfect state, first person sing., meaning “I shall become”; or, “I shall prove to be.” The reference here is not to God’s self-existence but to what he has in mind to become toward others.(source of information - Insight on the Scriptures)

He further tells Moses: "This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, ‘Jehovah the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name to time indefinite, and this is the memorial of me to generation after generation."(Ex 3:15) The name Jehovah, in the form of the Tetragrammaton (meaning"four letters"), occurs in the original Hebrew Scriptures almost 7000 times.

And concerning the meaning of the names Jehovah-nissi and Jehovah-jireh, Jehovah-nissi means “Jehovah Is My Signal [Pole],” by deriving nis·si´ from nes, “signal pole”; LXX (Greek Septuagint), “Jehovah Is My Refuge,” by deriving nis·si´ from nus, “to flee for refuge”; Latin Vulgate, “Jehovah Is My Exaltation,” by deriving nis·si´ from na·sas´, “to hoist; to lift up.” And Jehovah-jireh means "Jehovah Will See to [It]; Jehovah Will Provide.” Hebrew, Yehwah´ yir·’eh´.

Great post Guestman, I think it is important that while they are in most cases listed as names ( jireh, raah, rapha, and so on) they are really attributes. His name is YHVH (Yod-Hey-Vov-Hey) and after vowels were added to the Hebrew alphabet God's name was spelled Yahveh. To use these descriptive attributes which are in some degree titles as Father's name would be like a wife referring to her husband calling him "the bread winner or the plumber" rather than his name, or calling your supervisor at work "boss". To me it seems to be void of any intimacy. His name is Yahveh. Many use Jehovah in place of Yahveh but this is considered a corrupted spelling of God's name. IMO the names and titles we use to refer to God are an indication of the level of intimacy that is shared. While some may think of it as disrespectful to call God Father or Daddy I think it simply shows the intimacy that is shared. Just some of my thoughts on the topic.

 

[jerryjohnson]

Great post Guestman, I think it is important that while they are in most cases listed as names ( jireh, raah, rapha, and so on) they are really attributes. His name is YHVH (Yod-Hey-Vov-Hey) and after vowels were added to the Hebrew alphabet God's name was spelled Yahveh. To use these descriptive attributes which are in some degree titles as Father's name would be like a wife referring to her husband calling him "the bread winner or the plumber" rather than his name, or calling your supervisor at work "boss". To me it seems to be void of any intimacy. His name is Yahveh. Many use Jehovah in place of Yahveh but this is considered a corrupted spelling of God's name. IMO the names and titles we use to refer to God are an indication of the level of intimacy that is shared. While some may think of it as disrespectful to call God Father or Daddy I think it simply shows the intimacy that is shared. Just some of my thoughts on the topic.

jig,
Thank you for using the correct spelling of God's name, very few do. I also agree with the rest of your post.

 

[Guestman]

Great post Guestman, I think it is important that while they are in most cases listed as names ( jireh, raah, rapha, and so on) they are really attributes. His name is YHVH (Yod-Hey-Vov-Hey) and after vowels were added to the Hebrew alphabet God's name was spelled Yahveh. To use these descriptive attributes which are in some degree titles as Father's name would be like a wife referring to her husband calling him "the bread winner or the plumber" rather than his name, or calling your supervisor at work "boss". To me it seems to be void of any intimacy. His name is Yahveh. Many use Jehovah in place of Yahveh but this is considered a corrupted spelling of God's name. IMO the names and titles we use to refer to God are an indication of the level of intimacy that is shared. While some may think of it as disrespectful to call God Father or Daddy I think it simply shows the intimacy that is shared. Just some of my thoughts on the topic.

God's name in the original Hebrew, יהוה, has been vowel-pointed in five different ways, as Yahweh at Exodus 6:3, as Yehwah at Genesis 2:4, as Yeho·wah´ at Genesis 3:14, where the divine name is vowel-pointed with the additional vowel “o", as Yehwih´ at Genesis 15:2, and as Yeho·wih´ at Judges 16:28.

The Codex Leningrad B 19A, of the 11th century C.E., vowel points the Tetragrammaton to read Yehwah′, Yehwih′, and Yeho·wah′. C.D. Ginsburg’s edition of the Masoretic text, Massoretico-Critical Text of the Hebrew Bible, vowel points the divine name to read Yeho·wah′. (Gen 3:14, ftn) Hebrew scholars generally favor “Yahweh” as the most likely pronunciation. They point out that the abbreviated form of the name is Yah (Jah in the Latinized form), as at Psalm 89:8 and in the expression Ha·lelu-Yah′ (meaning “Praise Jah, you people!”). (Ps 104:35; 150:1, 6)

Also, the forms Yehoh′, Yoh, Yah, and Ya′hu, found in the Hebrew spelling of the names Jehoshaphat, Joshaphat, Shephatiah, and others, can all be derived from Yahweh. Greek transliterations of the name by early Christian writers point in a somewhat similar direction with spellings such as I·a·be′ and I·a·ou·e′, which, as pronounced in Greek, resemble Yahweh. Still, there is by no means unanimity among scholars on the subject, some favoring yet other pronunciations, such as “Yahuwa,” “Yahuah,” or “Yehuah.”

Since certainty of pronunciation is not now attainable, there seems to be no reason for abandoning in English the well-known form “Jehovah” in favor of some other suggested pronunciation. If such a change were made, then, to be consistent, changes should be made in the spelling and pronunciation of a host of other names found in the Scriptures: Jeremiah would be changed to Yir·meyah′, Isaiah would become Yesha‛·ya′hu, and Jesus would be either Yehoh·shu′a‛ (as in Hebrew) or I·e·sous′ (as in Greek). The purpose of words is to transmit thoughts; in English the name Jehovah identifies the true God, transmitting this thought more satisfactorily today than any of the suggested substitutes.

 

[Follower]

I was just wondering if anyone has ever given thought to who created God.

God is not created, but has always been.

The universe needs a creator because it has a beginning. Asking where God came from is an invalid question. Still, you want to know where God came from. You might as well ask why anything ultimately exists. There is no answer, but there is the fact that the universe and therefor its creator exist and the alternative is absolutely inconceivable.

 

[brionne]

jig,
Thank you for using the correct spelling of God's name, very few do. I also agree with the rest of your post.

i didnt think there was a correct spelling


the tetragrammaton is all that is known of Gods name because the ancient hebrews did not use vowels in their writing. They simply always knew how to pronounce it just as they knew how to pronounce other words that were not written with vowels.
By the time vowels were included in the written language, they had stopped saying the name because they didnt want to blashpheme it. Becaues they stopped pronouncing the name, the true pronounciation was lost forever.

Even today they have strange superstitions about writing the word God...they always write it as G-D

So there is no correct pronounciation. There is only the tetragrammaton and the 'traditional' vowels that we put to the name.

 

[JarBreaker]

God's name in the original Hebrew, יהוה, has been vowel-pointed in five different ways, as Yahweh at Exodus 6:3, as Yehwah at Genesis 2:4, as Yeho·wah´ at Genesis 3:14, where the divine name is vowel-pointed with the additional vowel “o", as Yehwih´ at Genesis 15:2, and as Yeho·wih´ at Judges 16:28.

The Codex Leningrad B 19A, of the 11th century C.E., vowel points the Tetragrammaton to read Yehwah′, Yehwih′, and Yeho·wah′. C.D. Ginsburg’s edition of the Masoretic text, Massoretico-Critical Text of the Hebrew Bible, vowel points the divine name to read Yeho·wah′. (Gen 3:14, ftn) Hebrew scholars generally favor “Yahweh” as the most likely pronunciation. They point out that the abbreviated form of the name is Yah (Jah in the Latinized form), as at Psalm 89:8 and in the expression Ha·lelu-Yah′ (meaning “Praise Jah, you people!”). (Ps 104:35; 150:1, 6)

Also, the forms Yehoh′, Yoh, Yah, and Ya′hu, found in the Hebrew spelling of the names Jehoshaphat, Joshaphat, Shephatiah, and others, can all be derived from Yahweh. Greek transliterations of the name by early Christian writers point in a somewhat similar direction with spellings such as I·a·be′ and I·a·ou·e′, which, as pronounced in Greek, resemble Yahweh. Still, there is by no means unanimity among scholars on the subject, some favoring yet other pronunciations, such as “Yahuwa,” “Yahuah,” or “Yehuah.”

Since certainty of pronunciation is not now attainable, there seems to be no reason for abandoning in English the well-known form “Jehovah” in favor of some other suggested pronunciation. If such a change were made, then, to be consistent, changes should be made in the spelling and pronunciation of a host of other names found in the Scriptures: Jeremiah would be changed to Yir·meyah′, Isaiah would become Yesha‛·ya′hu, and Jesus would be either Yehoh·shu′a‛ (as in Hebrew) or I·e·sous′ (as in Greek). The purpose of words is to transmit thoughts; in English the name Jehovah identifies the true God, transmitting this thought more satisfactorily today than any of the suggested substitutes.

What is almost certain, vowel points and any scholarly work aside ... is that Yahweh is likely a red herring spelling because the Jewish Encyclopedia would not have announced a proper spelling to the world, given the talmud's prohibition of vocalizing the name.

 

[Guestman]

What is almost certain, vowel points and any scholarly work aside ... is that Yahweh is likely a red herring spelling because the Jewish Encyclopedia would not have announced a proper spelling to the world, given the talmud's prohibition of vocalizing the name.

At some point a superstitious idea arose among the Jews that it was wrong even to pronounce the divine name (represented by the Tetragrammaton, יהוה). Just what basis was originally assigned for discontinuing the use of the name is not definitely known. Some hold that the name was viewed as being too sacred for imperfect lips to speak. Yet the Hebrew Scriptures (commonly called the Old Testament) themselves give no evidence that any of God’s true servants ever felt any hesitancy about pronouncing his name. Non-Biblical Hebrew documents, such as the so-called Lachish Letters, show the name was used in regular correspondence in Palestine during the latter part of the seventh century B.C.E.

Another view is that the intent was to keep non-Jewish peoples from knowing the name and possibly misusing it. However, Jehovah himself said that he would ‘have his name declared in all the earth’ (Ex 9:16; compare 1Ch 16:23, 24; Ps 113:3; Mal 1:11, 14), to be known even by his adversaries. (Isa 64:2) The name was in fact known and used by pagan nations both in pre-Common Era times and in the early centuries of the Common Era. (The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1976, Vol. XII, p. 119) Another claim is that the purpose was to protect the name from use in magical rites. If so, this was poor reasoning, as it is obvious that the more mysterious the name became through disuse the more it would suit the purposes of practicers of magic.

Just as the reason or reasons originally advanced for discontinuing the use of the divine name are uncertain, so, too, there is much uncertainty as to when this superstitious view really took hold. Some claim that it began following the Babylonian exile (607-537 B.C.E.). This theory, however, is based on a supposed reduction in the use of the name by the later writers of the Hebrew Scriptures, a view that does not hold up under examination. Malachi, for example, was evidently one of the last books of the Hebrew Scriptures written (in the latter half of the fifth century B.C.E.), and it gives great prominence to the divine name, using it 48 times.

Many reference works have suggested that the name ceased to be used by about 300 B.C.E. Evidence for this date supposedly was found in the absence of the Tetragrammaton (or a transliteration of it) in the Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, begun about 280 B.C.E. It is true that the most complete manuscript copies of the Septuagint now known do consistently follow the practice of substituting the Greek words Ky´ri·os (Lord) or The·os´ (God) for the Tetragrammaton. But these major manuscripts date back only as far as the fourth and fifth centuries C.E. More ancient copies, though in fragmentary form, have been discovered that prove that the earliest copies of the Septuagint did contain the divine name.

One of these is the fragmentary remains of a papyrus roll of a portion of Deuteronomy, listed as P. Fouad Inventory No. 266. It regularly presents the Tetragrammaton, written in square Hebrew characters, in each case of its appearance in the Hebrew text being translated. This papyrus is dated by scholars as being from the first century B.C.E., and thus it was written four or five centuries earlier than the manuscripts mentioned previously.

(source of information - Insight On the Scriptures)

 

[Paul]

The four Acrostic in the book of Esther (1:26, 5:4, 5:13 and 7:7) identify the correct spelling of the Sacred Name of God as YHVH

 

[sniper762]

to fundamentalist religious people, god was not created; he just POOFED into existence. I perceive him to be like numbers, "infinite" I CANT EXPLAIN ANY FURTHER