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Dear Brothers and Sisters in
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(ee-ah-oo-ah) our Father,
Greetings on this day of preparation for the weekly Sabbath. I pray this newsletter finds you in good health and happy in the service of IAUA. This is the 9th day of the 12th month of God's Sacred Calendar in the estimated year 6015 Anno Mundi. It is 5 weeks and 1 day until the Sacred New Year begins with the first Unleavened Bread yearly Sabbath the evening of the 15th day of the 1st month (Sabbath, April 7th on the 2012 Gregorian Calendar, beginning sunset on Friday, April 6th). This year the day of the week will be the same as it was in the year IAUShUO was crucified on Golgotha. An amazing thing occurs in the Gregorian Calendar years of both 2011 and 2012. Those who follow the Millerite Calendar and the Jewish Calendar agree with the dates my research, and others, has determined for the Gregorian Calendar dates of God's Sacred Calendar!
A newsletter reader responded to last week's newsletter. My responses are shown interspersed in bold. Frank: I find this to be an interesting topic on which I choose to make some comments. Since I'm not fully familiar with your views on the topic of "Name", this is not by way of agreement or support - nor of the reverse. First of all, I see the term - "God's Name" to be inferring - in my own mind - to be His Name being related to His actions, His reputation, what He does, how He helps us interpret whom it is that He is. It may not be in a simple act of saying the name correctly but how we correctly reflect his character - reflect it to Him, and, to other humans among whom we live. I certainly agree with that viewpoint but I think the simple politeness of using His name as best we understand is also appropriate. When I see what he calls himself - or maybe better stated, who it is that He says He is (see His discussion with Moses on this topic when Moses inquired about who he should tell Pharaoh He was) - He said I am that I am. Exodus 3:14 is for addressing the children of Israel not Pharaoh but notice in the very next verse He gave His name as "IAUA Elaim" and said "This is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations." A question I often ponder on this topic is: Are we asking "How do we say His Name?" Or are we really asking, "What do we call Him when we represent (or misrepresent) how we act upon what He has given us by way of example, instructions, and character / reputation?" This is the question I have pondered: Proverbs 30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? It appears, with little research, that there are about 2,000 or more, ways in which His printed 4 character (all consonants - no vowels) name is pronounced by those hoping to hit the magic pronunciation in an attempt to force Him to comply with requests and/or shopping lists handed out during prayer to the Creator/God of the Universe. It has become my own habit to eliminate the sometimes seemingly trite phrase "We ask these things in Jesus Name - AMEN!" when He knows full well to whom we are speaking and whether we truly are attempting to mirror His life example shown us during His time on earth and His instructions given throughout history. And further, His name was not Jesus - that, as we all might agree, is a name that evolved through a lack of understanding early on. But that's another topic for another time. Jewish tradition says it is all consonants but this is immediately shown to be false by any deep study of Biblical Hebrew. Even Josephus, a former priest, declared it was 4 vowels. Jesus was indeed not His name, it is IAUShUO. These are not words of magic but of respect to acknowledge to whom we speak. Let me apply a human example - a pretend, a make believe situation: If I am a business owning machinist specializing in making things of metal. The business has developed a reputation for doing it right. We follow prints exactly. Our materials are as specified. Surface finishes are better than specified and our charges are reasonable. I hire you to work for me! Whose name is at stake if you do a shoddy job of an assignment - an assigned task for which the dimensional specs of the item you make are not even close to those specified, the surface finish is rough, and, the customer is fully dissatisfied, YOUR name or MINE? My name is besmirched - no one knows you. You did the job in my name but chose to profane my name. It was my name, my excellent reputation, my customer base that was harmed. It was my "name" - my reputation - what I was known for - that is at stake. And this is true whether you call me Jim, Jimmy, James, Ja'acove, or whatever. It is not the pronunciation that is important - it is MY REPUTATION that was harmed. My name was treated as unimportant to you. It is what I do that is at risk - it is not the pronunciation of my name. To put it another way, Are you profaning my name, my reputation to not really be a machinist? Were you attempting to properly represent my reputation by performing accordingly? As I said, I made up this example to illustrate my point - - the point being that the name being a pronunciation is not the issue. It is a reputation, a representation of whom one is that is the important issue at stake. If one is interested in a good name - it is not the way the name is pronounced that is understood. If one chooses to profane his own name by becoming a cheat, a thief, a liar, etc. Is it the pronunciation of the name that is important and thus changed - - or is it his reputation that may be ruined? I understand my name if spoken in English (Jim) or in English spoken by one from "south of our border with Mexico (Jeem) that is important. I understand it either way. I also understood it when my mother said, in a stern voice (James!) that it was still me being addressed. I said in a previous newsletter, the precision of the pronunciation is not the issue but the willingness to do the best you know. It is not magic or hocus-pocus. Just a simple matter of respect. It is not a matter of pride but of humility. If we pray, for example, in "His Name" is it the proper pronunciation that puts the arm twist on Him to answer you as you hope or is it in the manner in which you live - in his footsteps - in an attempted obedient manner of living - - that counts? When you take the name Christian, as many do, what does this mean to the one taking the name (attempting to reflect His reputation)? Could the "name" become profaned or is it being honored. If profaned, it would seem to me, in my finite mind, to be praying in His Name or "Asking in His Name" while profaning His reputation by disobedience to be pure craziness. So - Now, maybe you can see that there is more to a name than how the mouth is held, how the tongue is moved within the mouth, when saying a name. Possibly it has more to do with what else we say, what we do with our hands and feet, how we treat others, etc. that is wrapped up in a name. How does on pronounce 4 consonants with no vowels? With these questions, I leave the rest up to you for evaluation. Shalom,
It amazes me the reluctance and excuses I encounter for the simple idea of learning and using God's name. Almost every book of the Original Testament uses the name of God flagrantly (over 6,500 times), when you look beyond the Jewish scheme to hide the name, which also became Christian tradition. I strongly suspect everyone who has ever read any part of the Bible knows exactly the name of Lucifer (a translation of the original AILL). The name appears only once in the Bible. The Bible refers to Satan by a title, adversary. Modern Bibles refuse to use the name of God as written and refers to Him by a title, Lord. Doesn't that seem a little strange, when you think about it? We use human names all the time and take great pleasure in remembering and using a person's name. It is considered uncouth to be ignorant of a person's name or uninterested. Why does this suddenly change for the name of our Creator? Are you as willing to use the name of your God as you are to use the name of any other friend? I pray we may all continue to seek love, peace, and unity in truth preparing for the soon coming of IAUShUO (ee-ah-oo-shoo-oh) Messiah, the Son of God.
Frank T. Clark
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