Has Jesus ever disclosed the name of GOD?

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Consider this. In the account of the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemani in one of the canonical gospels (maybe John) the soldiers of the hign priest, or the Sanhedrin ask Jesus whether he is Jesus. He responds, "I am." They fall back and fall on the ground for a time, apparently because he has not only answered, as it were, I am Jesus, but he has used the formula from Exodus, the identification of divine self in the presence of Moses: I am, or I am who am, or I am am(ing) itself.

There were a number of ways (utterances) which the Hebrews (Habiru) used to refer to their god, complicated, for us, because we do not know for certain what vowels they used with the consonants.

I understand that scholars, Jewish and gentile, believe that the word "Jehovah" is an invalid name, as it is a much later attempt to make sense of the tetragrammaton JHVH, and has no grounding in either history, or linguistics.

I am not Jewish, although I believe my beloved grandfather came from a Jewish family, and I grew up in a Jewish neighborhood in Phoenix--the happiest times of my life. I have heard and read that a number of rabbis believe that the Mount Sinai event in Exodus is the account of a powerful extraterrestrial, or extradimensional visitor, and that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam may be erudite cargo cults, which have done much good, as well as much harm.

Have any of you considered the possibility?

In other words, the visitation was a hook on which mankind hung hopes and dreams, and then tried to develop them.

In English, God's name is Jehovah. It's as simple as that. There's nothing complicated about it.

To argue that English speakers MUST use the original Hebrew pronunciation of God's name, betrays a poor estimation of God's character; that he has an idolatrous attitude toward the Hebrew language, exalting it above all other languages; and is hypocritical. First and foremost God is the one who gave humanity the diverse range of languages today. (Genesis 11:7) So no doubt he loves variety. We see it in the plants, animals, and even human beings. (Acts 10:34,35)

To say that English speakers must use the Hebrew pronunciation, is to be idolatrous toward the Hebrew language because it conveys the idea that God is a Hebrew who only speaks Hebrew and only accepts worshippers who call on him in Hebrew. How ridiculous! Is the most powerful being in universe someone who should be confined to one language or nationality? Is he the God of the Jewish speakers only? Is he not also the God of people of all the nations who speak and pronounce other languages? The apostle Paul echoed those questions at Romans 3:29, which reads, "Or is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of people of the nations?"

All other Bible names are translated in English. We don't say "Yirmeyahu", "Eliyahu", "Yitsaac". We say "Jeremiah", "Elijah", "Isaac". But hardly anyone argues that this is wrong or shows a lack of respect for God's ancient prophets -- because it doesn't. So why do many feel the need to unreasonably apply different rules to God's name? Is it because they see God's name as some sort of verbal talisman that has to be said in a certain specific way to get results? Do they see God as some arrogant, snobbish, nit-picking exactor who will ignore them or worse yet punish them if they don't use the original Hebrew pronunciation? Don't you see how their reasoning reveals the very low estimation such persons have of the character of God? They don't see him as a reasonable friendly being but as an aloof exactor who must be appeased with precise pronunciations.

Showing the hypocrisy of this stance, is the fact that the Bible itself gives translated names, thus providing a scriptural precedent for the propriety of translating names from one language to another. Notice these examples from the bible:

(John 1:42) He led him to Jesus. When Jesus looked upon him he said: “You are Simon the son of John; you will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).
(Acts 9:36) But in Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which, when translated, means Dorcas. She abounded in good deeds and gifts of mercy that she was rendering.
(Acts 13:6,8) When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they met up with a certain man, a sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus, . . . But Elymas the sorcerer (that, in fact, is the way his name is translated) began opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Here is a very large flaw of hypocrisy to consider: Many of those saying God's name should only be pronounced in Hebrew, have absolutely no problem pronouncing the name of his Son in English -- "Jesus". Well, "Jesus" is also certainly not the original Hebrew pronunciation. It was likely "Yeshua" or "Yehoshua". What is more, the inspired writers of the Greek scriptures translated Jesus' name from the Hebrew Yeshua/Yehoshua into the Greek "Iesous". Certainly, if using the original Hebrew pronunciation of God's name, even among non-Hebrew speakers, was that important, then one would have expected the inspired writers to take care to keep the original Hebrew pronunciation of his Son's name when writing the Greek texts. Acts 4:12 tells us there is not another name given under heaven by which we must get saved. Well, which name? Yeshua or Iesous? The inspired, spirit-filled, Christian writers were obviously not concerned with such infantile nit-picking! They were concerned about the identity behind the name and making that name known in Greek -- not just Hebrew.

To further add hypocrisy upon hypocrisy, some diehard "Jesus - pronouncers" believe in the Trinity -- that Jesus is equal to God. So how on Earth could they reason that "Jehovah" is wrong for God, the Father, and have no problem whatsoever using the equally "erroneous" (by their standards) "Jesus" for the equally important (by their doctrine) "God, the Son"?