Introduction
Summary
This book unfolds the meaning of the divine name Yahweh-Elohim as the “memorial name” — a name that encapsulates God’s promises and character, to be proclaimed through all generations. The author draws primarily on the work of Dr. John Thomas, who explored this name in depth in his writings Phanerosis and Eureka.
“Let them praise the name of Yahweh; for his name alone is excellent.” (Ps. cxlviii. 13). “He hath commanded his covenant forever; holy and reverend is his name.” (Ps. cxi. 9).
Expositions concerning this name, in all the beauty and accuracy which a deep knowledge of the original languages and the law and the testimony could give, are contained in the writings of Dr. Thomas. To his valuable aid, we are indebted for the true light of the Scriptures concerning this glorious name—“Yahweh-Elohim.”
In his Phanerosis, we find these words: > “The Memorial Name, exhibited in Moses’ writings, is not simply a word of four letters, given to an abstraction, as men give names to their children: but a name memorial of a future manifestation of the Eternal Spirit: which manifestation will not be of One, through One only: but of one in and through ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands: that the Name covers them all; and consequently, the thousands of thousands are but One Yahweh” (p. 27).
In Eureka, it is thus stated: 1. “Belief, built on the testimony of the Prophets and apostles concerning the Christ: confession that Jesus of Nazareth is that Christ, the Son of the living God; and immersion into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, for repentance and remission, are part and parcel of, and necessary to, the ordinance of purification for sin, styled by Paul, the One Baptism.” 2. “That mere immersion is not Baptism: but that a man cannot be aqueously baptized, without being immersed in water.” 5. “That the Deity having placed His name in His institutions, all communicable blessings flow through those institutions, of which Christian baptism is one.” 18. “That the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, is equivalent to ‘the Name of Jesus Christ’; and expresses ‘the great mystery of godliness,’ the Deity manifested in flesh; that this manifestation was first, an individual unity, and then a multitudinous unity, in flesh and blood nature; that the individual divine unity was ‘justified by spirit,’ when Jesus was glorified: and that the multitudinous unity, consisting of all saints, will be made like Him when He shall appear in power. Hence, when this consummation shall be complete, ‘THE NAME’ will be the Eternal Father by spirit manifested in a multitude of immortals whom no man can number.” 19. “That this name exists in two states, the present and the future—which states are separated by the resurrection.” 20. “That the Gospel is glad tidings, inviting men and women to become constituents of this Divine Name, and therefore Heirs of the world with Abraham, on condition of believing the truth as it is in Jesus, being immersed and walking in newness of life” (Vol. II., pp. 666-670).
If the humble effort presented in this little book may be instrumental in aiding any to more easily comprehend the grand doctrine concerning the Name of Deity, the writer will have reason to be thankful.
E. J. L.