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How Important is the Name YHWH!

Each of us should know about the exodus from Egypt; but what most people do not know is the fact that the children of Israel were implicitly commanded not to worship the Gods of Canaan when they entered the promised land.
Exodus 23:32-33—
32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods (elohim).

33 Do not let them live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against Me; for if you worship their gods (elohim), it will certainly be a snare unto you.

Deuteronomy 12:29-32—
29 When Yahweh your Father cuts off the nations from in front of you, and you displace them and live in their land,

30 Be careful not to be ensnared into following them by asking about their gods (elohim), saying: How did these nations serve their gods (elohim)? I also will do the same.

31 You must not worship Yahweh your Father in their way, for every abomination to Yahweh, which He hates, they have done to their gods (elohim). They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods (elohim).

32 Whatsoever I command you, be careful to observe and do it, you shall not add to it, nor take away from it. Yahweh, most assuredly, warned His people what would befall them if they ever turned from Him in order to serve Gods and Lords.

Deuteronomy 30:17-20—
17 But if your heart turns away, and you are not obedient, and you are drawn away to submit to gods (elohim), to worship them by serving them;

18 I declare to you this day that you will surely perish; you will not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Yardan to possess.

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19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Because you are free agents to make your own choice between righteousness and evil—therefore choose life, so both you and your children may live;

20 So you may love Yahweh your Father, by listening to Him, and then obeying Him. Hold fast to Him, for He is Your Life. He will also give you many years in the land He vowed to give to Your Fathers; to Abraham, Isaac, and Yaaqob.

Again and again, Yahweh warned His people against the worship of Gods; warning them that if they did such things, punishment would come. We are told what this punishment would be in the following scriptures.

Deuteronomy 8:19-20—
19 If you, by any means, ever forget Yahweh your Father, by following hinder Gods (Elohim) to serve and worship them, I Testify and Witness Against You this day that you will surely perish.

20 You shall perish just like the nations Yahweh is destroying in front of you, because you would not obey the voice of Yahweh Your Father.

Yahweh knew the hearts of His people. He knew they would prostitute themselves to the Gods of the Canaanites, and because of that very thing, break His Covenant which He had made with them. Yahweh knew these people would turn from Him. He told this to Mosheh.

Deuteronomy 31:16-18—
16 And Yahweh said to Mosheh: Behold, you are going to rest with your fathers, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to the gods (elohim) of the land which they are entering; they will forsake Me, and break the covenant which I made with them.

17 On that day I will become angry with them, and I will forsake them. I will hide My face from them, and they will be devoured. Many evils and troubles will then befall them, and on that day they will ask; Have not these disasters come upon us because our Father is not with us?

18 And I will surely hide My face in that day, because of all the evil they have done by turning to hinder gods (elohim).

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It is a scriptural fact that these people, who were given the covenant of Yahweh, turned to the very Canaanite Gods which they were warned against.

Judges 2:13—
They provoked Yahweh to anger, because they forsook Him and worshiped Baal/Lord; The Lord, and the Ashtoreth; the goddess Astarte or Easter. The Creator has told us titles He approves of like Creator, Rock, Savor, Father. The Creator has a Name we should use Yahweh and Yahshua in the Paleo Aramaic is hwhy is the tetragrammaton as it is called. In English means, "I am that I am". Hebrew is written right to left. The oldest writing we have is the Moabite Stone.

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