Yahweh is jealous for his reputation. In fact, people coming to see him for who he really is, is one of the central themes of the Bible. That’s where we come in. Because Yahweh is locked in relationship with us, there is a symbiotic relationship between Yahweh’s name—his reputation—and how we, the people of God, live. Because Yahweh’s name is also our name. Throughout the Scriptures, we read that Israel is called by the name of Yahweh.3 The idea here is we have an intimate, family-like relationship with the Creator—like a spouse or a child.
