Hallelujah, More Facts
By Pastor G. Reckart

They Hebrew word "heylel" (Strong's #1966) is a very interesting word.  It is translated "lucifer" in Isaiah 14:12. In other Psalms it's root "halal" (Strong's #1984) is translated "praise."  In Revelation chapter 20 scholars claim the root of "alleluia" comes from this Hebrew word. As Apostolic believers we are confronted with something as diabolic as the trinity. Maybe even more so.  Because if "heylel" is lucifer, and if lucifer is the devil, satan, the old dragon, the demonic fallen angel, then we must NEVER use that word in any association to Jesus.

It is impossible to have "heylel" as lucifer in Isaiah 14:12 and then have saints in heaven crying out to Jesus "allelu-ia". That would be the same as crying out "praise "ia" or praise 'ya" which is the same as praise-lucifer. Making Jesus lucifer by calling him "ya" is unacceptable. And the person in the text of Isaiah 14:12 we now identify as "ya" would be an evil to great for my mouth to praise.

When I began my journey against the "yah" idols and gods back in the late 80s, I had no clue where this would take me. I had not formed my mind yet. But in 1994, in preliminary debate discussions, I was challenged by Jerry Kirk from Covenington, Georgia to defend the name of Jesus, I came face to face with a shocking reality. Jerry Kirk challenged me why I use "hallelujah" if I did not believe "yah" was a holy name of God, because hallelu or praise was to a god named "Yah."  He as other Yahwist of course took "Yah" as an abbreviation of the tetragrammaton (Yah)weh, which they had transferred to a guess name "(Yah)shua."

As I did my preliminary research I could detect there was something bad wrong with the word "hallelujah."  I already knew "yah" was the name of several idols and false gods. It was the name of the Egyptian moon god.  When I began to collect my data, I came upon a web site that stated "Yah" was the other moon god.  The owner and editor of that page has since revised it so that anyone searching will not connect the Egyptian "yah" to the Jewish "yah."  He claims there is no connection now. Well, I got the information before he was pressured by Yahwist to alter it.

From 1994 on, I began to question use of "hallelujah" in our praise, worship, prayers, and songs.  Pastor C.E. George of Jonesboro, Arkansas took 10 of my PRAISE THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST book to the Philippines in the fall of 1994. He passed them out to ministers. Nine copies were thrown away by the ministers because they refused to accept that hallelujah was evil and worship to a false god "yah."  But one copy survived and fell into the hands of a Pastor who when he read the book, said to his members and friends: "this little book contains gold."  It was in this book I presented the praise "hallelu-YEH" as a substitue for hallelu-jah and alleluia. I back up this with research.  In 1998, one Pastor and his church ceased using the guess names Jehovah, Yahweh, Yahshua, and the words hallelujah and alleluia.  If these names were not names of Jesus it would be idolatry to use them.  I was invited to come to the Philippines in 1998. I did not go until 2003, five years later. During this five years I sent Bible studies to assist these Pastors. In the mean time, the truth about hallelujah began to spread and met with bitter resistance, hatred, and extreme slander. This pastor and other ministers changed hallelujah to hallelu-Yeh, in the book "Yeh" is contracted from Eh(yeh) asher Eh(yeh) the name of God at the burning bush, and from the first letters of the Hebrew name of Jesus (Yeh)shua(s). After 12 years the hate remains extreme. But the JMFI group retains their praise only to the name of Jesus, the name above ALL NAMES!

Though we be hated and persecuted for refusing to say hallelujah, JMFI and the associated Ministers are not ashamed to praise only the name of Jesus. Even if all men forsake us, we will not praise any "yah" god because we know this is not Jesus.  According to Webster's Dictionary, alleluia is praise to Jehovah or Yahweh. And we know these two names were invented by Catholic monks and they are false.

As my research continues I believe it is time JMFI as the leader in this battle of crying against a false praise, rises to the next level. And when it was revealed to Pastor Reckart in his studies recently that "heylel" is translated lucifer in Isaiah 14:12, and then later associated with "praise", he believes it was time to suspend all use of hallelujah and alleluia as praise to heylel (Lucifer). We will retain "hallelu" separate from yah and ia as our praise. We will use the word "praise" with its English meaning which has no lineage or genealogy to heylel. We will encourage all nations to use a substitute word in their tongue for praise and add to this the name of Jesus.

It has been several years we do not use the word hallelu-yah here in the Tampa church. Nor do I teach it among the nations.  When in doubt, my answer is always do not do it. I have been in doubt of hallelu-yah as a praise ever since I learned alleluia was Latin and the Catholic church claimed those who go to heaven speak the holy language of Latin.  They offer alleluia as the proof of this claim.  In my research I could not find this word in a companion passage in Revelation chapter 7. It is missing. In fact it is missing in all the other heavenly events corresponding to this claimed cry in Revelation 20. Add to this the fact "yah" is not the name of Jesus, and that "yah" is the name of many pagan idols, notable that of the Egyptian moon god.  Why would Jesus adopt this pagan identity for himself?

Other research led to the name "lucifer" as found in Isaiah 14:12. Some translate this as "day star" The Hebrew word in this text for lucifer is "heylel" (Strong's #1966).  This word means to shine brightly. How this can be associated with "halal" translated "praise" must be man's own perversion, even if it came from Jews. In the Isaiah text it is not translated as "praise". How come?  Because it means "light bearer" not praise. In the Isaiah text it is translated "lucifer."  Would then "ia" who is not Jesus in "alleluia" which is said to be Latin with a Hebrew root to "halal" not mean someone is worshipping lucifer?  No wonder when the pagan scribes caught the obvious, they wanted to change lucifer into day star. It has a better sound and easily could be transferred to Jesus. Calling Jesus the day star would allow people to say hallelu-jah and they would not be considered praising lucifer.

I am opposed to any use of alleluia or hallelu-jah in the house of God and in our worship. I do not trust the lying scribes. I do not trust the perverted scholars trying to deceive us. So, when in doubt, I still say do not do it.

The phase heylel-yah has such devilish connection to Isaiah 14:12 and lucifer, we must cease and stop all use of it. Substitute Jesus in every place hallelujah or alleluia are used. Begin to teach others these words can mean praise to lucifer.

While some are claiming heylel or day star does not mean lucifer any more, it just means Venus, does this not add more confusion to this whole issue  Would not then heylel if it means Venus mean the people in heaven were crying "Venus" to the one on the throne? A female goddess? Or they were crying "day star"?

You novices and perverters can go quote all the claims of the reprobates who play with Hebrew and translations, you can make a game of this if you wish just to continue your hatred of this Man of God: but this man of God and others I can influence will not use hallelu-yah, heylel-yah, heylel-lucifer, for the rest of our lives. And he will teach all nations NOT TO USE THESE WORDS.

Now what of those who have cried hallelujah all these years? What if those who never knew and they died?  All I can say is, God will be the judge of their being ignorant and if when they would have known the Truth, would they love the Truth with such zeal they would have ceased. But I also know, "to him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, it is sin."  Just because people said hallelu-jah or alleluia by tradition will never make it holy. Especially since we now know heylel has the same translation as lucifer.

I say to all of you who read this: do not follow the Jews in their perversions. Do not follow the Gentiles in their abominations. Do not follow the scribes and scholars trying to make these words acceptable. Cleanse your mouth. For in that day there shall be one Lord and his name one. And his name is Jesus. Any praise to any other name, is idolatry.

I call upon all of you good men of God to abstain from use of hallelu-yah and alleluia and tell the people why. Use this Bible lesson here and show how lucifer is the translation of heylel in Isaiah 14:12 and this same word is said to come from the root of halal in which many satanist use to praise and worship the devil.

Several years ago when I debated the Yahwist in 1994. I wrote a small Bible study entitled: PRAISE THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. I meant it then and I mean it today sixteen years later. There is no name equal to or greater than the name of Jesus. Jesus House in Tampa is a holy place to the name above all names.

To the elect, you will understand. To the wicked, you will continue in your wickedness. And remember all you gainsayers, every time you say hallelu-jah you are saying the same thing as praise lucifer under a different name and title.

Hallelu-yeh

Hallelu-Jesus

Pastor G. Reckart
July 15, 2010