Stolen Identity

I would like to report a crime. This is a crime of the greatest case of identity theft to ever be perpetuated on mankind. This crime was absolutely heinous and the groups that did it pretty much got away with it - mostly. It would be wrong for me not to do my part to try and correct this crime against humanity - so here goes.
Remember the movie "the Net" with Sandra Bullock? Remember how with one keystroke her identity was completely wiped away - taking from her all the things that made her unique, that said to the world that she did indeed exist? That happened in real life to someone I know. It wasn't recent, it happened before computers; it can't be contributed to an innocent keystroke error. This crime took place well over 2,000 years ago.
The One whose identity was stripped was not a man, it was the identity of God Himself. Not only did this happen once, it has been happening continuously and it needs to stop.
The first time this crime was committed, it was done by Jewish Rabbi's. They created a false myth, found no where in Scripture, that the name of God was not to be spoken. This commandment against speaking God's proper name cannot be found anywhere in Scripture. It is erroneously based on the 3rd Commandment in which it is written to not take the name of God in vain. The irony is that like Hawwah (I know, your "bible" says Eve, but that wasn't her name), they added to the Scriptures. See, God told Adam not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, by the time Hawwah was speaking with satan in the garden she said they were not even to "touch" the tree. Of course, shortly after she added to the Word of God - she not only touched the tree violating a man made commandment - she also ate from the tree violating God's Commandment. So too is the story of the Rabbis'. Shortly after they added to the Commandment by saying one could not even speak the name of God, they violated their man made commandment. To keep from violating their made up commandment even further, they kept piling on more and more ridiculous rules. First they added letters over the name of God so that people wouldn't pronounce it correctly. When people, in pronouncing the new made up name, still said some of the actual name of God - they took the name out of Scripture completely. They then replaced the name of God with the name "Adoni" - which means master. Of course, God never told us to call him "Master", but this word is also the proper name of a false god - baal. They even went so far a to say people couldn't speak or write the name Elohim - which means God. This is not God's name, but His title - however, they wouldn't even let people say that. When Jewish people write God today they will often write "G-d" so as not to violate a commandment that never even existed. Others will say only "HaShem" which means "the Name" or intentionally mispronounce Elohim by saying elokim. Of course, all this gymnastics has led Jewish people for thousands of years to follow firmly in the footsteps of Hawwah; you see, part of not taking the name of God in vain is to not let is be seen as nothingness. However, that is just what they have done - the proper and personal name of God hasn't been spoken in a synagog or from the mouth of a devout Jew in thousands of years. The Rabbis went so far as the change the way the Hebrew language was written and spoken to keep people away from God's proper and personal name.
While that is a sad and terrible account, Christianity isn't one iota better on this matter. While they have had every opportunity to correct this error of Judaism, they have chosen to keep the error and ratchet it up even more. Instead of using the proper and personal name of God in scripture - every English Bible with the exception of 2 or 3 obscure ones you must search for like a detective, they have chosen to substitute the name of God AND His Son the Messiah with not only the name of the false god baal, but also made up names that have absolutely NO connection with their honest rendering. For instance, turn in your bible to Exodus 15:3 and if your bible says "the Lord is a man of battle, the Lord is His Name - go to the garbage and throw it away. Okay, is that too much. Turn to Isaiah 42:8, if your bible starts out with "I am the Lord, that is My Name" - now throw it away. Why? Well, read the rest of that scripture - if you don't think your bible replacing the name of God with the name of an idol violates that very scripture; Houston, we have a problem!
So, what is God's name? I am glad you asked! God wrote His name for us almost 7,000 times in scripture. An English rendering of His Name is spelled YHWH. While English pronunciations vary (mainly because Christian and Jewish leaders for thousands of years have intentionally suppressed the name for a number of reasons), the most well researched phonetic pronunciation I have found is "Yah-O-Wah".
So, whats wrong with saying "Lord"? Well, number one - that isn't His Name. He told us His Name almost 7,000 times, He introduced Himself to us in the most beautiful, wonderful, caring, loving, and amazing ways - how could we not be respectful enough to use His Name? Imagine if your spouse insisted on calling you by the name of the last person they dated before they met you? Would you be okay with that? What about if parents called you a nickname you detested and told them you detested? What if your children decided to forsake the traditional "mom" or "dad" and simply call you "fart face"?
The other, and most important, reason for using His Name is that we were clearly told in Scripture that salvation depends on 1)Knowing His Name, and 2) Calling upon His Name. Do you really want to take the chance of getting His Name wrong? If your okay with that, I will start calling you "dumb ass" and I am sure you will be okay with that - after all, its just a name.
And since I mentioned it briefly - the name of the Messiah, YHWH's only begotten Son is not "Jesus" or "Christ" or "Lord", His name is Yahoshua which means "Yah Saves". If translated into English (which it shouldn't be because names are not translated, they are transliterated) it would be Joshua. Yes, the exact same name used for Joshua, Son of Nun - with the same meaning. The name Jesus (which started as Iesus because the letter "J" was invented until the 1500's) is at best a made up name. At worst, it is the name of a Greek sun god. Every time you call upon the names of "Jesus" and "Lord" - no matter how your heart feels, you are disrespecting God. He was the victim of a crime, as was all of humanity when His Name was taken from us. If the people in the movie Roots had enough respect to go back to calling the main character "Kunta Kentee" instead of the false slavery imposed name of "Toby", surely we can give as much respect to the creator of the Universe. Revelations clearly says to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia in Revelation (Hazon) 3:8 "I know your works - see, I have set before you an open door, and no one is able to shut it - that you have little power, yet have guarded My Word, and have not denied My Name." Philadelphia gets welcomed with an open arm. However, Laodikeia is lukewarm, neither hot nor cold - a little wishy washy. Sound a little like people who think that any old name will do? Ones that think the Creator of the Universe can be renamed at will by any rabbi, priest, pope, preacher, or teacher who decides His name is too hard, too sacred, too Jewish - so they will just call him whatever they please? Maybe its time for a choice. Maybe its time to decide if you are going to be a Philadelphian or a dumb ass.