The Name of God and the Messiah Does bearing the name of God prove that the name bearer is God? No! We can see how the Jewish rabbis thought and spoke of the name of God in relationship to the Messiah from the following... Rabbi Abba b. Kahanna said: “ His name is
YHVH, as it is stated, ‘And this is the name whereby He should be
called, YHVH is our righteousness’” (Jeremiah 23:6; Baba Bathraa 75;
Midrash Tehillim on Psalm 21:1, and Aqah on Lamentations 1:16; Targum
reads, “I will raise up for David the Messiah the Just”. It is from this
passage that our rabbis determine the name of Messiah as, “YHVH our
Righteousness.”) |