JESUS is not his name?

Dan Baxley

12/20/2000                                                     www.yahshuaservant.com

 

Jesus is not His Name!  Can I prove it and does it matter?  The answer is yes and yes.  I should not have to prove this in an age exploding with knowledge – like never before everyone either knows or has access to the same knowledge at the same time.  Most like to see themselves as people in the know, well informed, intelligent and collectively, as a people, informed as no others since the time of our beginning. 

Still, the Christian community is not concerned about this subject at all.  There is a deafening silence when it comes to this deception.  The ignorance from the pulpit is astounding, or it is a deliberate conspiracy by the preachers, teachers and scholars of the bible to deceive those honestly coming to the God of the Bible for answers and seeking salvation.

The deception concerning this all important subject is demonstrated in the silence regarding to our Savior’s proper “birth name” as delivered by and ANGEL from Heaven, and proof that Name was not the name Jesus, a name that did not exist then.  The promotion of the "bogus" name, Jesus continues without so much as a question of origins.  A Name by and through whom all must be saved and no one is asking where the name Jesus came from?  Yes, there are a few, very few, raising the question but it is amazing in this age of information this truth is still so covered and ignored.  Yes, we are seeing more and more television preachers beginning to use the name “Yeshua” and “Jesus” interchangeably, but you can see they are not committed. (Acts 4:12, Phi 2:11, considering the name Jesus is in error replace the bogus name with the correct birth-name YaHshua)   

Little by little some have heard a strange name mentioned but this has been ignored for the most part.  We should not be to amazed at this, I suppose, as we can see plenty of examples of Christians following traditions easily proven to be of pagan origin handed down by the Romans and the Roman Church, polluting the Christian faith by festivals inherited from the pagan religions of Rome.  Those claiming to be Christians do not seem too concerned as they go happily about observing these pagan practices and traditions, traditions renamed to match places and names found in the Scriptures.  This alone should send up red flags for the believers (professing Christians) that something is wrong but it seems as soon as someone is converted (?) they begin worship by putting all of their trust in the preacher or teachers of that group and this is natural, I suppose, but dangerous.  It is alarming to me to see “called” people turn to the first group they encounter as their spiritual home.  Certainly there are those feeling the call at a worship service and feel some loyalty to that group but in truth your loyalty should be to the Savior, to the “calling”.  I know of some that were “called” separate from any group or preacher and immediately join with the first groups of believers they encounter becoming, sometimes, entrapped by the doctrine and teachings of that group.  Once “called”  your devotion needs to be to our Lord and Savior and to be searching the Word, but still, not too many people seem to care -- they should, but they don't – once saved always saved, right?

Time to end the Ignorance

With the knowledge explosion it is time to stop being ignorant about the Sacred Identity of our Creator, of our Savior and of our Heavenly Father.  The following verses are but a small sampling of what your Bible has to say on the subject and it is importance.

John 3:18; 5:43; 17:12, Philippians 2:9, Isa 52:6, Mal 1:4,  Acts 4;12 

Look these verses up in your own bible and understand, this is only the tip of the pyramid.  the name Jesus is not the name given to our Savior at His birth.  You might say, after a couple of hundred years, He was switched at birth, a late switch to be sure but switched all the same.  What if you had a child and you named him, or her, and this name had been leagally entered into the birth records and later someone came along and changed your child's name to some name completely different?  Would that be considered important?  What if your child moves away to another country and you pass away and leave an estaste worlth millions to your child, the child you named, a birth name identifying this child as part of your family.  The child's name change could mean a loss of an inheritance.  Names are important, very important and in your heart of hearts you know it.  Still I find people continually saying it is not, unless, of course, like the example, it has to do with your name or that or your children.   Some say there is no proof but really ---- read on.

It is easy to prove and you don not necessarily need the Bible to prove it.  The Letter 'J' did not exist at the time our Savior was named by the angelic messenger from heaven.  In fact this letter came into being around the 14th to 15th century, a corruption of the Greek, and Roman (Latin) or now, European i.  It was used interchangeably with the letter i, and was not considered a consonant until around the 17th century, then coming into its own as a letter with a sound of its own.  <_x0021_xml:namespace prefix=o /><_x0021_xml:namespace prefix=o />

Webster's New World Dictionary: "J, j, 1. the tenth letter of the English alphabet: Formerly a variant of I, i, in the seventeenth century it became established as a consonant only, as in Julius, originally spelled Iulius.

 A variant of I, i, so let's go to the dictionary again, this time under i:  "the ninth letter of the English alphabet: Via Latin from the Greek iota, a modification of the Phoenician (Semitic, yodh, a hand)." 

(Still have questions concerning this subject on the letter "j"?  Then go to this link and follow the heading down to HISTORY - free dictionary)

Semitic yodh?  Modification?  This is the first Hebrew (Semitic) character (Y, the transliterated from in English, the yodh, as the indicator for the pronunciation ) found in the personal name of the God of the Old Testament, and in the name of our Savior.  The term, yodh or yod, is supposed to be the pronunciation for the character, 'J' , as found in the bogus name, Jesus, but even that pronunciation has been corrupted.  The vocal pronunciation of this Hebrew letter is found in saying "yod" as this gives you the sound of that letter.  As an example, it is not Yed, or Ye, or Yedh, but Yod, as in Ya. By repeating, saying, "yod", you hear the vocalization of the letter "Y".  Take the name, Joshua, it should be Yoshua, or Yashua, or Yhshua, or Yahshua.  Spelled differently but sounding the same.  Some have tried to make a big deal out of several different spellings, but the differences in spelling have to do with the vowels, some preferring "e" over "a", but by following the guide to pronouncing the Hebrew for the English character, or the "yod" (yodh), it is easy to see, or hear that the "e" vowel is not the vowel that should be used as an aid to pronouncing the name of the Living, Creator God, YHWH, and, or His son, YHshua. While there can be an argument made for the use of the "e" vowel from a Hebrew, Aramaic point of view it would become the long "ee" and would sound like an "a" as in the word, ball.  The English language has turned the long "ee" of the Semetic language into a sharp sound as found in words like "yes" and "Jesus".  

  The true yod or, 'Y' is to Yah, or Yahweh, or Yahshua as the Jay or, 'J' , has become to the false name, Jesus.  Remember, we are dealing with the name, the identity, of the God of the Old Testament, and of the Savior of man-kind.  The 'J' in Jesus should be replaced with the English character that expresses the original 'yod' or the letter 'Y'.  In the Greek, or Latin, the Character is the i, thus the y, the i, and the yod should all have the same pronunciation, but they do not, unfortunately.  In the Old Testament the modern translators choose to replace the personal name of the Creator with a title, and by spelling this title in Capital letters they throw it into the readers lap to recognize the personal name of the Living God, YaH, or YaHWeH (Yahweh).  When the eyes of the reader see the term 'LORD' in capital letters the reader is supposed to know to read the sacred name.  How many know this, let alone read the Old Testament on a regular basis?  How many have heard the Sunday morning preachers teaching this, or even mentioning it? This practice of using capital letters, however, is not followed in the New Testament, even when the Messiah or one of the apostles quotes from the Old Testament they, the translators, fail to follow the principle they set forth regarding the Sacred Name of the God of the Old Testament (Okay, some do, but most do not).   You will notice, in your own bible, that there is no preface, or forward to the New Testament covering the handling of sacred names.  Only the Old Testament contains their excuse for using a lesser term. 

The name JESUS could not have existed at the time of the Saviors birth, much less at the time of His death.  Nor did this bogus name exist when the writers of the New Testament were putting pen to parchment.  Is this important?  Isn't a rose by any other name still a rose?  Yes, to both questions, but calling a rose by another name could be quite confusing to a room full of children learning to speak and to write.  Of course the error in this kind of thinking is obvious, especially when it comes to humans, or even gods.  It is cute in the human intellect to devise sayings like that of the rose, and to ask questions that seem to confound absolute authority (absolute authority - God Himself).  For example: When a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a noise?  You get the point, but to illustrate: My name is Dan and you can call me by any other name, but I still remain Dan, my birth name.  See how stupid such a smart statement really is?  You can call me Bob, or Paul, or Ed, but I will only answer to Dan.  So yes, a rose by any other name is still a rose, but I am not Bob, nor Paul, nor Ed, I am Dan, and a rose is a rose not a tulip, or a cow.  I received my name at birth by my father and he had a special reason for giving me that name.  Is this important? To him it was, and eventually to me also.  Of course the answer to such a question should be plain enough, especially concerning the Messiah, and especially when you read verses like, Acts 4:12.  

The following reference in brackets [  ] is from "The Free Dictionary"  under - "Names and Titles":

[ According to most historians, Jesus probably lived in Galilee for most of his life and he probably spoke Aramaic and Hebrew. The name "Jesus" is an English transliteration of the Latin (Iesus) which in turn comes from the Greek name Iesous (??s???). The name has also been translated into English as "Joshua."^[44] Since most scholars hold that Jesus was an Aramaic-speaking Jew living in Galilee around 30 AD/CE, it is highly improbable that he had a Greek personal name. Further examination of the Septuagint finds that the Greek, in turn, is a transliteration of the Hebrew/Aramaic Yeshua (????) (Yeshua  he will save) a contraction of Hebrew name Yehoshua (?????? Yeho  Yahweh [is] shua`  help/salvation, usually Romanized as Joshua). As a result, scholars believe that one of these was most likely the name that Jesus was known by during his lifetime by his peers.]

Noticethe name, Jesus, is a "transliteration of the Latin", not the Greek.  For those that insist the Greek is the inspired language how would you answer this?  Like most of the traditions and customs of the the Christian Church so comes the name they use -- from the Latin Church of Rome, not from the Greek. 

YaHshuamaybe Yeshua - Most certainly, not Jesus 

"YaHshua" is his name and it was given to Him at birth by the order of an angelic messenger sent by His Heavenly Father. This name has meaning, a definition above your name, or my name ,or any other name on earth.  By definition it means: YaH's Savior, or Savior of YaH (YH),  (Matthew 1:21).  The translators, in their great wisdom, or lack there of, have seen fit to cloak, even replace the birth name of our Savior with a bogus name.  Do they know better?  Absolutely, and it can be proven.   In the KJV under Acts 7:45 and Hebrews 4:8 the name "Jesus" appears, but the context show that it is really speaking of "Joshua" (Yoshua, YaHshua) of the Old Testament.  In some KJV bibles a note is made to let the reader know that while the name "Jesus" appears that it is really, "Joshua".

 Virtually all of the modern translations have corrected this within the text, translating the name properly to "Joshua" (Yoshua), and that is where the scholarly translators shoot themselves in the proverbial foot.  By replacing the name "Jesus" with "Joshua" they admit that the name "Jesus" is in error. As both of these names are supposed to be the same they correct the one but not the other, not the one that is most important, that of the Messiah.  Remembering that the 'J' never existed prior to the 14th century this "Joshua" should at least be spelled Yoshua, or Yahshua.  We would not think to do this kind of violence to our own names, so why allow it when it comes to the identity of the greatest power in all of creation, our Heavenly Father, and His son, our Savior.  It would be different if the Creator had seen fit not to reveal His personal identity to us, but this is not the case. 

The name, the identity, of the God of the Old Testament is presented in the Hebrew writings of the Scriptures by the hand of the scribes of Israel, writing out the name of the Living Creator God over six thousand times (6,800, the count varies some depending on who is doing the counting).  They did not change the name, no, but they did something in their own righteousness that ultimately denied their part of their mission to the world  Making the name of the God of Israel great in all the world, instead they covered, they hid, they profaned the name and identity of the greatest force in all creation -- they put up vowel points to indicate the pronunciation of a different word or term, a term that is equivalent to the common term, Lord (Master, or Boss).  They did this attempting to avoid saying, or using, the sacred name of the Creator as being too holy to pronounce and to keep from violating the third commandment (Exodus 20:7), remember I said, in their own righteousness.  There are many places in the scriptures that the Creator says, He will make His name great among the nations.  Why?  Because Israel would not, did not.  That time is coming.

 The letters the scribes copied have their counterpart in the English letters, YHWH. They, the Israelite scribes and priests, mistakenly decided not to say, or pronounce it, (The Name) making The Name of the Mighty God of no use, they profaned the name.  It is the Christians that have done the most damage to the Sacred Name, for they have used substitution, they have, in the wisdom of man, helped the Jew to profane (treat as useless, show contempt, discard. Strong's #2490, to bore, to wound, to dissolve) the name.  The Jews were accused of profaning the Holy Name, yet they did not remove it from their writings (Ezekiel 36:20-24), but the Christians did.  Please read the scripture just given, it is a real eye opener, not only for what has happened then and now but also for what is going to happen prophetically.  The possessor of the Holy Name is going to do what, and for what?  Read right on through to verse 38.  This has not happened yet, but it will, and then, ..."they will know that I am YHWH (YaHWeH)"

Back to Joshua, or rather, Yoshua of the Old Testament, he was a type of Christ (Messiah), leading his people into the Kingdom.  In Zechariah 6:11-13 we see another "Joshua", the "High Priest" being crowned as a "king" also.  A "King Priest" and his name is "Yoshua", or better still, "YaHshua" the name given to our Savior at birth.  The High Priest, Yahshua,  is also an example of a type of Christ bearing the name of the Savior. These verses are recognized, by virtually everyone, as a prophetic example in reference to the coming of the Messiah as our King Priest, the two offices being held by the one, YaHshua. 

Why? 

You have to ask, why is this error allowed?  Why haven't the translators corrected this gross injustice?  Why is the bogus name "Jesus" allowed to continue in this fraud?  If there were no Devil nor any demons, false spirits, false guides, God-haters, and wolves in sheep's clothing then I would truly be puzzled, as the work of translating the scriptures into languages of the people is a work of tremendous scope, requiring a great degree of skill and dedication.  It must also be assumed that many, if not all,  that accept this task are truly dedicated to the words they translate, to the books and bibles they produce, and it is hard to believe that these scholars deliberately set out to perpetrate this fraud.  Considering Satan, that old Devil and the craftiness this angelic being possesses one can almost see him using the intellect of man's reasoning to justify something that is not correct, that is in error, that is a fraud but .... but, from an intellectual point of view, well, a rose by any other name is still a rose, isn't it?  Satan does not have the power to make you do anything, but he can persuade, reason, give you arguments that sound good.  He has had lots of practice at getting man (men and women) to be clever in their thinking, not accepting the sure words, and directions of a Higher power.  No, Satan helps man become smarter, more intellectual.  We have the choice, just as Eve did in the Garden, just as Adam did.  There is no name mentioned, or written, more than the Holy name of the Living God in the pages of scripture, yet in our translations it is invisible.  How the Devil must grin.  I pray that the Mighty God of Heaven, our Father, and our Savior, Yahshua, will rebuke him for this, and we will get to witness the Name of the Living God being made great among the nations.  Actually, that is in the prophetic word. 

Zephania 3:9 Then will I purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of YHWH. NIV 

 We, the Believers, are on the brink of prophecy being fulfilled, or at least we are on the threshold of seeing something come about that is most definitely the work of the Living Creator God.  No, I don't mean anything you or I, or any particular organization is doing.  God has allowed His name to be hidden, and he has allowed the Savior's name to be twisted out of shape and into a different from.  He is The Living Creator God, YHWH, and He could have forced the proper use of His Holy identity onto everyone, but then He would not have had reason to make His Name greater, over and above all other names, as He did when He delivered the Israelites out of the hands of the Egyptians.  A time is coming when His true identity will be accepted and mis-used.

Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

We are seeing the beginnings of this today.  The birth name of our Savior is cropping up in more and more sermons and teachings.  So, take warning, know your Bible, for there will be many deceivers going to the name and using it to convince you that they are the ones, they are the prophets, they are the chosen of the true Elohim -- and they will be wrong! 

Revelation 3:8-9 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue (church) of Satan, which say they are Jews (Israelites), and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

You see today many groups in the Sacred Names Movement (so called) attempting to restore Jewish Law, the Laws of Moses, as our Savior called them, for that is what they evolved into (John 7:23).  You will notice throughout the New Testament Gospels our Messiah make reference to what Moses wrote and about they they, the Jews trusted in Moses.  Today we have groups trying to resurrect the Old Covenant, calling it a "restoration", claiming to be Jews, or the real Israel.  Take care in communicating with any of these groups.  In their self-righteousness they are convinced, but in reality they continually crucify our Savior.  

The truth seeker, the true believer is stuck -- the Christians have a religion based on pagan theology and traditions and those that seem to understand the birth name of our Savior are attempting to do something reserved for our Creator.  These groups are not trying to become more Jewish in order to convince real Jews, or Israelites of their need for the Messiah.  They are not being all things to all men for the sake of Yahshua, no they do this for their own natural gratification.  The followers of these men that will stand before Yahshua and claim to have done great things in His name will be shunned by out Lord, YaHshua.  One last thing on this; virtually all of these groups fail to properly identify our heavenly Father, the one whom Yahshua came to reveal.  You cannot have one without the other as the Father and the Son are one and YaHshua prayed that we be one with them.  So, what is the Father's name?  They do not know, they think they know and they will give you a name but it is not correct, at least not totally.  It is not for me to tell you, as this is a job for our Savior (Hebrews 2:12, John 17:25) 

 

When He turns this around, when His name becomes great among the Nations, when the Gentiles call on His name it will not be because of the works of the hands of man, it will be in spite of them.  The bibles men produce have the message and that message most definitely points toward the Creator God , Yahshua, and the Heavenly Father, and these bible translations are good for our correction and instruction. The message of this book, has never been the work of men, only the paper and the printing, the physical construction.  Our Heavenly Father has allowed Satan to influence the intellect of these men and women in an attempt to divert the message away from its true author, but all of this is being corrected, and all of this is toward the Father's purpose.  The message remains in tact, no matter how men, and Satan try to mess with it.  The Holy Spirit of the God of Heaven is on the move in this direction.  People, and believers of the word, are going to find out what Alleluia, or Hallelujah in their songs, and in the Book of Revelations (19:3-4), really means.  For starters, "Halleluyah", means, "Praise you YaH", not "praise the Lord".  It is "Hallelu-YH". 

In Defense of Scholars?

 I should add one thing here; I do not mean to intimate that the work of the scholars, translating the bible into different languages, are evil, at least not anymore than any of the rest of us, but only that somewhere along the way Satan used what appeared to be good reasoning and logic, feeding man's wisdom, in order to profane the use, or lack there-of, the Creator's Holy Name.  This has been a process that Satan has had in the works from the beginning.  He quoted the Creator's words to Eve, and used some good old fashion reasoning to help Eve come to the wrong conclusion.  Eve took the fruit tasted it, turned to Adam, standing beside her, gave him some and they did eat.  Contrary to what some teach, Adam was right there next to Eve when this intellectual discussion took place and he too convinced himself of the wisdom of their action's sounded good to him too, beside, I imagine he imagined, 'I can always blame it on eve'. 

 I know that the men and women working on a project as great as that of biblical translations are dedicated, devote, and very serious about what they do, but they have no good reason for keeping the Holy name out of print.  They do have a "reason", however, and do you know what it is?  Well, it is because it has been done that way all along.  That, my friends, is the "reason".  There is no scholarship, or great study, or mathematical method that determines the exclusion of the Holy Name from the modern (including the KJV) translations, only that it has been done that way before and what was acceptable then must be now.  Oh, yes, there is that one other thing; true pronunciation cannot be known, some say.  Most scholars have abandoned that argument, however, as they know better.

Quote:  Under's Bible Dictionary, page 1177, Yahweh (ya we).  The Hebrew tetragarammaton (YHWH) traditionally pronounced Jehovah is now known to be correctly vocalized Yahweh.  New inscriptional evidence from the second and first millennia B. C. point toward this fact.

  You see, pride, and ego, enter in here.  To admit so large an error is hard to do, especially after letting it go for so long.  There is absolutely nothing scholarly about their approach to the Holy Name and its treatment in the pages of the translations they prepare for public consumption.  They, the Christian scholar, has done the Hebrew scribes one better.  Instead of keeping the Sacred Name in front of the reader they have replaced it all together under the guise of "tradition".  The Jews excuse is handed down as treating the name with such respect as to never say it.  A name too sacred to pronounce -- misguided holiness.  What is the excuse of the modern day bible scholar?  Truly, they have none.  Pagan holy days (holidays) run rampant through the Christian community, so, perhaps it is only fitting they call on, or use names more closely connected to pagan gods of old.  My friends, there is some serious research suggesting the name "Jesus" is connected to the infamous 666.  Just as a small test pull the vowels from the name Jesus and you have, Jss, or Iss.  Now, pronounce it.  Did you know that the number for the Egyptian goddess Isis was 666?  I have yet to do a detailed study on this but for beginners this connection can be found under the work of  E. W. Bullinger, in his book Number in Scripture, in the foot note found on page 49.

 We see the Savior's name, and that of the Father, being referred to more and more among the Christian programs you see on TV.  They, of course, continue to tie the bogus name "Jesus" to the Holy name.  Sometimes a preacher will use both names in the same breath, Yahshua, or Jesus.   JESUS IS NOT HIS NAME AND IT NEVER WAS!  Look, take the name Joshua, found in the Old Testament, restore the Yod character for the "J", as it should be and you have Yoshua, or Yah-shua, which is really on the money in the pronunciation of our Savior's birth name.  I know, I know, I have said all of this before, but can it be said enough?

 And don't come at me with the business of how so many people have been helped in the name of "JESUS".  Listen friend, even worshipers of the devils and demons perform miracles.  You can talk to just as many pagans, and of pagan converts (a lot of white Americans seem to be turned onto some of these pagan religions, especially those originating in the East) about lives being changed. Take a look at Scientology, a religion based on Science Fiction writings and imaginations of Ron L. Hubbard, if you want to see some high profile proponents of life changing experiences.  Look into this for yourselves and you will see the appeal to intellectual vanity but in the end and once the truth of the ultimate teaching is unveiled it is as ridiculous as little green men from space controlling our president.  Beware of the religions of this world, nearly all of them have a base line that can be traced back to the original religion of Babylon -- Believe it or not.  (

Revelation 18:4  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

Some have good arguments for having found a more righteous path than what they have seen and experienced in the Christian community.  The Christian community has been mixing pagan worship with the worship of the Creator God for hundreds of years, and as mentioned previously, these religious practices can easily be traced right back to Babylon itself.  There are Christians that practice Buddha taking bits and pieces from other pagan religions as life style changes.  This is a gross mistake the Israelites got caught up in themselves.  Read the Old Testament and see what happened to them.  Think we are any different?  Maybe we are better, yeah, right?  Read 2 Kings 23, of how Josiah (Yosyah, or Yahshua), the king of Israel, removed pagan idols and objects of worship from the temple (the church building of Israel).  Read how religious the people had become.  They had religion, lots of religion, and mixed it with the worship of Yahweh. They had become so religious in their worship of false gods, every kind of god, that the true God became lost in their knowledge, until a book gathering dust in the Temple was discovered and delivered to the King.  He was struck to the heart at how far the people had drifted and he sat out to make things right.

How the deception works  

I will take a quote from a popular bible dictionary as an example of just what the Believer is up against. 

Quote:  Under's Bible Dictionary, page 581, The Personal Name of our Lord was Jesus, which signifies Saviour.  It is carefully accented by repetitions in the record as being highly important.

This reference goes on to give the various accounts of how the messenger angel, Gabriel, gave the name "jesus" to both Mary and Joseph.  I covered this with some reasonable logic in statements in this article already so I won't go over this error in thinking here.  Let us focus, instead, upon this high esteemed work as a representation, not just of Merrill F. Unger, but of the whole of biblical scholarship all around.  You have just read the above quote, now lets use the same reference to prove this error in scholarship.

Quote:  Under's Bible Dictionary, page 609, Joshua.  Name (Heb Yehoshua, Jehovah is salvation),

Don't really need to go any further.  You see the name, Joshua, the name of the assistant and successor of Mose, and this is the very same name given to YaHshua (Joshua) at his birth.  If His birth name is found in the Old Testament then why is it not found, but replaced, in the New Testament?  From the same book I retrieved information about how the pronunciation of the name YHWH has not been lost, from the same book that makes the flat statement that the God of Israel, YHWH, was not know to any other people on the face of the earth (page1177)  we have this glaring view of name substitution, Jesus for YaHshua (Joshua).  It is not just with Under's Bible Dictionary, a reference I like and use, but it is with virtually all of them.  But not all, let me demonstrate an admission:

Quote: Holman Bible Dictionary, page 775, JESUS CHRIST Greek form of Joshua and the title meaning, "Yahweh is salvation", and "the anointed one" or "Messiah".  Proper name of the Savior of the world.

Incredible, the admission and denial all in virtually the same breath.  In this same reference on page 816 we see the definition for the name, Joshua, as being, "Yahweh delivered".  This we see is as  to say, Yahweh is savior, or salvation.  Under this heading Holman's Dictionary give the account of Joshua, being the ''unsung hero" of the Old Testament having, as he, not Moses, led the chosen people into the promised Land, into the Kingdom of God.  See any parallel here?  Certainly, the for runner of the YaHshua to come,l the real YaH-shua.

Someone said, they spoke Aramaic in the days the Messiah walked in the flesh, and that may well be true.  Let's assume the language of the Hebrews was lost.  Looking in Harper's Bible Dictionary we see the Aramaic name for Yahshua (Joshua) to be Jeshua, or Yeshua and the meaning is the same, "Yahweh is salvation", you can find this on page 474. We see this variant among the Christians that use the name Yehshua in almost the same breath with Jesus.  This form is becoming ever more popular among the teachers of Jesus.  So, is it Yahshua, or Yehshua?  It is YH-shua - the pronunciation of YH can be either with the "e" or the "a".  In my research I have discovered the name pronounced with the "e" from ancient Babylonian source held in the British museum. What is interesting is that the "e" is a long "e" like "ee" and as such actually makes a similar, if not identical, sound of an "a".  Neither letter, however, belongs to the name, as YHWH stands on its own so does the name of YH-shua.  YHWH is seen as pronounced, YaHWeH and YH-shua as YaHshua. The sacred name of our Creator certainly leaves room for accents and YeHWeH or YaHWeH would be where these similar pronunciation fall.   

I pray our Heavenly Father to forgive us our ignorance, and thank Him for His immense patience, for in this patience His love is expressed, and we truly do not deserve it.  Thank you YaHshua, for it is in your Name we find our salvation and claim our gift of eternal life.  Praise you YH (which is to say, HalleluYaH).

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