This is not the Father: יְהוָה ? Then, who is?
Pastors, leaders (and everyone else):
If you've been following me over the years, you'll know that I do a lot of Biblical research. After 17 years of researching, I've come to this conclusion that I want to present for your consideration and feedback.
There have been studies on this in relation to the Targums, but not much concerning the Hebrew Text itself and the context of the Divine Name itself.
The bottom line of my research is this:
This is not the Father: יְהוָה
This is how the Masorets notated their Binitarianism. See those dots and jots under the Hebrew word? That was how they notated the Son of Man (from Daniel 7:14), in the Hebrew Bible.
This would be the "Herald" of God, or God's Voice, or His "Word," which is distinguished from God the Father, who was an unseen Spirit. This is how they explained the 46 instances when men and women interacted with "God" directly in the Hebrew Bible. It was actually the Son of Man.
This is a teaching that had gained some esteem leading up to and in…