Thank you for your question. I appreciate your desire to receive your Hebrew name. In my experience with the remnant, while having a Hebrew name is not required, desiring your Hebrew name is one indication that a person is part of the scattered remnant of Israel. It is an indication that the remnant believer is waking up from seeing his/her self as part of the nations and is stepping more fully by faith into their real identity as a Hebrew exile among the nations, part of Yah's nation rather than part of the world. To you, your birth name may be a label of your hated gentile assimilation, so of course you want to use your real Hebrew name to indicate your real identity as a Hebrew.

Foolish gentiles (not saying all gentiles are foolish) have no conception of this reality, so they will ridicule you as some sort of "phony" for using anything but your gentile birth name. Anxiety over this inevitable ridicule can be a block to receiving your Hebrew name. You can eliminate this block by determining in Messiah not to pay any attention to fools. Realize that this is beyond your control because there will always be fools in this world, and fools will always ridicule what they don't understand. Since fools reject knowledge, your only recourse will be to ignore them. Trust me - it isn't hard. (Prov 1:22, 12:23, 14:9, 15:2, 15:14, 16:22, 19:29)

The name "ben David" is the Hebrew rendering of my actual family name on my mother's side of the family. Further, family members passed down the knowledge of our Davidic Jewish roots in the family, so reverting to my Hebrew family name was a natural for me. As for my first name, Eliyahu, this came by a Divine revelation. First to me, then unexpectedly confirmed out of the mouth of another believer through a prophetic gift, in the manner of the recent prophetic word through Brother Mark published in programs #306, 307 and 308. I was aware of my Hebrew name, Eliyahu ben David, for years before publicly using it. However, when Messiah called me to step up to this end-time Tsiyon work He required me to do so in my full Hebrew identity indicated by my real Hebrew name, Eliyahu ben David. This name is a sign from Him, and rings a bell on a spiritual level with the remnant. (Isa 62, Rev 2:17, 3:12)

Some of the Remnant choose a Hebrew name based on who they see themselves to be in Messiah, which is fine as an interim move. However, what we all really need is to receive our "new name" from Messiah. Realize, you must be an overcomer to receive your "new name" from Messiah, whether "grafted-in" or a "natural branch." This is one and the same as being a bondslave of Messiah. If you want to receive your "new name" from Him you must tear down all the idols in your life and pledge to follow Him wherever He takes you - regardless of the cost and regardless of how outrageous His Way for you may appear to others. Know that your resolve to unreservedly follow Him will be tested, it won't be easy and you will be mightily opposed at each step. Victory will be both costly and difficult. If you're not willing to accept these terms then don't even start. If you accept the cost and meet the challenge of the overcomer, then you will receive your "new name" directly from Messiah. (Romans 11, Isa 62, Rev 2:17, 3:12, Rev 7, 14)

Listener Comments - Is America Babylon?
   Does Eliyahu feel that America is mentioned in the bible as the end times Babylon? That is the end times Babylon, the country and its destruction. Perhaps we fit the profile outlined in the following verses : isaiah 47 rev 14,17,18 isiah 13:19 zech 5:5-11,(destruction by lead)? Also in Daniel 12:11-12, where does Eliyahu see the two witnesses (Rev 11:3) appearing within this time frame?

Tsiyon Answer - Is America Babylon?