7194. 'And by My name Jehovah I was not known to them' means that in a state involving temptations those who belonged to the spiritual Church gave no thought to Divine things that the Church possesses. This is clear from the meaning of 'the name of Jehovah' as everything in its entirety by which God is worshipped, dealt with in 2724, 3006, 6674, thus everything Divine within the Church ('the name of Jehovah' is used strictly speaking to mean the Lord's Divine Human, 2628, 6887, and since the whole of faith and the whole of love, which are the Divine things within the Church, come through and from His Divine Human, everything in its entirety composing Divine worship is meant by that Human); and from the meaning of 'not being known' as a situation in which people have no knowledge of, that is, give no thought to those things - Divine things within the Church - that is to say, during a state involving temptations, which are meant by 'God Shaddai'. That is the reason why it says that He was known to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but not by His name Jehovah. This is the internal sense of these words; but the external or historical sense is different. From this sense it becomes clear that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did not worship Jehovah but God Shaddai, see 1992, 3667, 5628, and that Abraham did not know Jehovah, 1756, 2559. Yet the name Jehovah appears in the historical narratives concerning Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and the reasons for this are that this part of the Word was written by Moses, to whom Jehovah's name was made known, and that Jehovah's name is used in those historical narratives for the sake of the internal sense. For throughout the Word Jehovah is used when the good of love is referred to, but God when the truth of faith is referred to, 709, 732, 1096, 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921 (end), 4402.

6887. 'This is My name forever' means that the Divine Human has the essential nature of the Divine itself. This is clear from the meaning of 'the name of God' as everything in its entirety by which God is worshipped, thus His essential nature, dealt with in 2724, 3006, 6674. But the Divine itself cannot be worshipped because the Divine itself cannot be approached either in faith or in love, being - according to the Lord's words in John - entirely above comprehension,

Nobody has ever seen God; the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known. John 1:18.

And elsewhere in the same gospel,

You have never heard His voice nor seen His shape. John 5:37.

Therefore 'the name of God', being the essential nature of the Divine itself, is the Divine Human that can be approached and worshipped.

[2] The fact that the Divine Human is 'the name of God' is evident in John,

Jesus said, Father, glorify Your name. A voice therefore came from heaven, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. John 12:28.

With respect to the Divine Human the Lord here calls Himself 'the Father's name'. In Isaiah,

I Jehovah have called You in righteousness, and I will hold Your hand, because I will guard You, and give You to be a covenant of the people, ¹ a light of the nations, to open the blind eyes, to bring the bound out of prison, out of the dungeon-house those who sit in darkness. I am Jehovah, that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another. Isaiah 42:6-8.

These and the previous verses of this chapter in Isaiah plainly refer to the Lord. He it is who is meant by 'the name of Jehovah', as is evident from the declaration that He will not give His glory to another, which means - since it has reference to the Lord - to Himself, seeing that He and Jehovah are one.

[3] In Moses,

Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way, and to bring you to the place which I have prepared. Take notice of His face, and hear His voice; for He will not tolerate your transgression, since My name is within Him. Exodus 23:20-21.

'The angel of Jehovah' here is used to mean the Lord in respect of His Divine Human, see 6831. And since the Divine Human has the essential nature of the Divine itself, it says that Jehovah's name is within Him. Also in the Lord's Prayer the words 'Our Father in heaven, may Your name be kept holy' are used to mean the Lord in respect of His Divine Human, as well as everything in its entirety by which one should worship Him.

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