6. JEHOVAH – “The Self-Existent One” – The name Jehovah appears 6,823 times in the Old Testament. Jews regard Jehovah (Yahweh in Hebrew) as the most holy, most sacred name of God. The Hebrew root of the name Jehovah means, “to be, to become.” The name Jehovah speaks to God’s being or essence.
Isaiah 43:10-11 – Before Me there was no God formed, and there will be none after Me. I, even I, am the Lord; and there is no Savior besides Me.
Jehovah is the self-existent Creator who made the heavens and the earth. His name says, “I always have been, I always am, and I always will be.” Everything that came into being came from the self-existent God who simply spoke and brought the universe into existence. When Moses was conversing with God on Mount Sinai before the burning bush he asked God His name. God responded, “I AM WHO I AM”, which is to say, I am the self-existent one. God has no needs not provided by His divine nature. God is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.
Exodus 6:2-3 – And God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord (Jehovah).” I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Lord (Jehovah) I was not known to them.
Everyone and everything in the universe had a beginning with the exception of God who has always existed. With the exception of God, nothing can exist without there being a cause to create the effect. God is the self-existent one who caused all things to be created (the effect) according to His will.