Written on May 7th, 2006 - 8:09PM Last Updated: May 8th, 2006 - 2:32PM
Because the Name of Jesus is so central to the life of those redeemed by Him unto the Father, it is important to understand what the Name means.
It is from an ancient Hebrew name, יהושׁוע (Yahushua/Y'hoshua), coming from two words: the first part, "Yahu," a shortened form of the Divine Name, Yahweh (יהוה), and a common root word meaning to save, deliver or rescue. Therefore, together we see this Name means "Yahweh saves."
In Hebrew, this Name was also shortened to ישׁוע (Yeshua/Y'shua, where we get our English name Joshua), which means "He will save."
She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins." (Matthew 1:21)
How apropos for the One who was sent by the Father to be the Savior of the world!
We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world. (1 John 4:14)
As the apostles wrote the letters and writings of the New Covenant, they used the Greek transliteration that had been used in the Greek translations of the Hebrew Old Covenant scriptures. This was ιησουν (Iesoun) or ιησουσ (Iesous) depending on the necessary grammatical case, as Greek has no "sh" sound. As this Name then progressed through Latin (Iesu) and then German, the English language ended up with "Jesus," which we have today.
Every time the apostles and disciples referred to the Lord by His Name, they were declaring His mission upon the earth—to save men from their sins, and indeed all creation. Just as Yahweh's Name, as Father, Son and Spirit together as the one and only God, declares His eternal nature as the Ever-Existing One, the Source of all existence, so does the Name of Jesus, the Son of God made flesh, declare His nature as the Savior of the world!
As names have always held great significance to God, revealing a person's purpose in life, so we can gain insight into the fundamental nature of both God in His eternal Deity, and in the eternal Son of God Who was became man some 2,000 years ago in the land of Israel. He is to be known as God's Deliverer.
Jesus is salvation, the delivering Agent of God, the Arm of Yahweh (Isaiah Chapter 53) that has rescued those chosen by God before the foundation of the world (2 Timothy 2:10)!
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The Good Message
As you read this site, you will hopefully come to know Yahweh more fully.
But all of this continuing knowledge is useless unless and until you come into union with Him. I use the word union because it is truly a marriage. It is that deep connection we all seek, for which we most often look in other people. However, the truth is that our hearts will only be fulfilled when we enter that union in fullness with the One Who made us.
This is the grace of God, that He has not stayed distant for us only to worship as Creator. But He has come unto us, even become one of us—in His Son, ChristJesus—in order to share an intimate union with us. He desires such closeness that it truly will envelope our entire life, transforming us into something new and wonderful.
You may have already entered this union with Him and only seek to know Him better through reading here. But if you have not, as you do read, let this Gospel sink into your heart as you read it now.
God loves you, and has cast your sins into the sea. He has sent His only Son as the Savior of the world—that includes you.
That Son, JesusChrist, was born as a man through a virgin who had given her life to Yahweh; He lived without sin, reflected the glory of His Father, God, in all His words and deeds, and was persecuted even unto death because of it.
His death upon a cross was the powerful explosion that separated you from your life of death. It remains for you, now, to enter into that death with Him. As you die to the one you are now, a person separated from God from your many sins, you will be born anew, with a nature predisposed to live rightly. This gift is free to you, with nothing you can do to earn it. It is the mercy of God to offer it to you, as He loves you so much! All you must do is receive it by trusting Him to have delivered you. Simply place your life in His hands and embrace the freedom that came through that death on the cross.
The Gospel is that Jesus did not remain dead, but rose again on the third day after His crucifixion! Death could not hold Him, as He was without sin. And so death will not be able to hold you, as you identify with Him fully through your trust in Him. Let go of yourself and confess Him as Lord of your life. The power of His death and resurrection will work in you all that your Creator has destined for you. You will truly enter a new life and experience that intimate union you have been seeking all of your life.
So ponder these words as you read here of this great God—Yahweh—and all that He has revealed to His creation. Let His Spirit testify to your heart that these words are true, that God is Love, and that He sent His Son so that you might receive the life that is unbound by time and space. As you feel that witness in your heart, simply believe and receive what He is offering to you, even now, and begin your new life as a child of God.
Please write to me and let me know when you take this step, as I will be your brother in Christ—we will be one in Him!
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