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FAQ # 163
QUESTION 163 : Are there two Yahovah’s (YHWH)
as some teach? Is It Idolatry To Acknowledge The Existence Of TWO Yahwehs
[Yahovahs], Both Called God?
It is often notioned that there are two Yahovah’s,
Both Called God. One person wrote,
Earlier on I showed
you from various scriptures in Genesis that the angel of Yahweh is also
called Yahweh. This angel was the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and
the God of Israel. This is the person they worshipped. Seeing that he
is an angel he is indeed a messenger of another one, a person superior
in authority. This other person superior in authority to the angel of
Yahweh is also called Yahweh.
Seeing that 13:22 shows that the angel of Yahweh is God, and seeing that
13:8-9 shows that Yahweh is God, isn’t it clearly seen that there are
indeed TWO personages, BOTH referred to as “God”? Isn’t it clear that
of those called God there is Yahweh and his angel, the angel of Yahweh?
Isn’t it also clear that Yahweh is superior in authority to the angel
of Yahweh, seeing that Yahweh is the one who sends the angel of Yahweh?
The lesser Yahweh is indeed Yah’shuah the son
of Mary of Judah, popularly known as Jesus Christ. Nevertheless, seeing
that the scriptures covered above have revealed his identity as the lesser
Yahweh, and seeing also that he was indeed the Mighty One of Abraham,
the Mighty One of Isaac and the Mighty One of Israel, whom you say is
also your Mighty One or Creator... the fathers, Jacob, says that their
God was the angel of Yahweh – Genesis 26:2-5, Judges 13” (Isaac Aluochier,
“Servants of Yahweh”, serveyahweh.org).
Unfortunately, this theory is a popular one amongst
many who adhere to the sacred name movement. Out side of it, it is called
deitism or dualism, where by two persons make up a Godhead. It follows
most of the principles of Trinitarianism and because the second Yahweh
is an angel, the subordination is emphases.
This is where I must diffuse this erroneous theory,
because never in the scripture was Yahovah seen as an angel or was there
an angel named Yahovah. What happened is often referred to as Theophanic
manifestations. Though nothing limits God from doing this, he never became
an angel. What happened in this Theophanic manifestations is, as the scripture
states, an angel represented God. Not God became an angel, but an angel
represent God much like how a prophet speak on behalf of God by God. For
instance, we have in Isaiah, “I am the LORD [Yahovah], and there is none
else” (Isa 45:6). This came from Isaiah’s mouth. Are we to think Isaiah,
a man, is Yahovah? No. God simply used his mouth to speak to the people.
Similarly, when you have in scripture the angel of Yahovah, it was simple
an angel God used to deliver a message or carry out an act. The ones to
whom the act is carried out often respond as they would to God because
the words came from God, but they later use the reference of angel because
they knew it was an angel God was using. For instance, a known prophet
in a congregation may stand up and say “I am the Lord God and I am angry
with this congregation.” The people would then respond, “what do you want
us to do Lord?” Awaiting a respond from the prophet. Do they think the
prophet is the Lord? No! They simply responded to the words of God coming
from the person God is using.
After that simply explanation it should be clearly
seen that the two Yahovah theory is incorrect and should now be thrown
out: Neither is there another with God’s name.
One of the reasons for the belief that an angel is
Yahovah is because at one point he sent an angel and said, “my name is
in him.” It is believed the angel has his exact name. However, this signified
power and authority, similar to how Christ’s name was in the apostles
and in us. Christ is not an angel or second divine persons as taught in
Trinitarianism or dualism. Christ is the one God Yahovah in flesh. Anything
else is paganism.
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