The Name of the Lord

A Word in Season: Messages by R.J. Rushdoony on the Faith for All of Life · Feb 26, 2026 · 3m

Genesis 4:26 tells us that after Seth named his son Enos—meaning “mortal”—“then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.” As scholar Cassuto noted, the verse pairs two names: man named truthfully as frail and dying, and God named truthfully as YHWH, the self-existent and eternal One. By naming his son Enos, Seth confessed that humanity offers no ultimate hope; only God does. And to “call upon the name of the LORD” is far more than praying—it is approaching God as He has revealed Himself, not as we imagine Him to be. Just as Seth refused to soften the truth about man, we must refuse to…