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Julian Grear
Can someone explain cuz I'm confused
Tracey Moran
I love the name Jesus, but have also come to love the name Yeshua. It gives much more depth of understanding to scriptures like:
Isa 12:3 "Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation." The word salvation here, is Yeshua. He alone is our Rock and our salvation! Then the verse goes on to say..."And in that day you will say:“Praise the LORD, call upon His name; Declare His deeds among the peoples, Make mention that His name is exalted. Sing to the LORD, For He has done excellent things; This is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”
Thank you Father for your wonderful Salvation!
Bobby Daniel
There is no blasphemy in a name. Many claim to know the name of God. I'm fairly certain they don't or if they did, could in no way pronounce it or be able to have the capacity to say it, as it is not humanly or mentally possible. Who cares - Jesus, Yoshua... Whatever, refer to him as the Lamb, Savior, and Shepard of all mankind, and you won't go wrong in anyway. Quit searching for ways that might reject salvation and focus on the facts of Salvation. The Lamb, the Savior, and the Shepard of the Flock (Mankind).
mojisola ojuolape
Why all this controversy, call him by the name He appear to you. For instant to me His name is Savior. Because He has taken all my sin away. Hallelujah.
Bobby Daniel
Lamb, Savior, and Shepard! Enough with the names. You don't need names in Heaven!
Awo-Dede Okaiteh
On several occasions, even in the same country with closely related tribes, most words have different pronunciations, but the same meaning. However when you try mentioning someone's name in another accent, you stand to be corrected. Cos, I believe any word could be changed but a change in name is not much appreciated. Regardless, when I call on the name of Jesus, I get my results; so I guess Yeshua doesn't mind.
Charles Brown
The larger question for me has always been, why isn't His name Emmanuel? "You shall call His name Emmanuel, which means 'God is with us'". Seems like Mary and Joseph would have named Him Emmanuel. Have never understood this. It was a direct and unambiguous command for God.
Larry Truelove
I would suggest that the part about Emanuel was not a command but a prophecy. And while we don't read of biblical writers calling Him Emanuel, we modern Christians refer to Him in that name--millions of us do and fulfill prophecy every Christmas.
Eliakim Zacarias
Hey, Charles Brown. It was an interesting question... I did ignore it, since I could not explain, but someone more have this doubt. The name on the earth is not really important, it is just a tag, but the question is equally interesting. Maybe you can create a new question in the ebible.com. Tell me if you will create this topic ;)
Alex Gillan
The accusation that English speaking people should not use the name of Jesus, has it's root in cultic deception.
As has been clearly pointed out, English speaking people speak English and talk to The Lord in their native tongue (except when speaking by an unknown tongue). God is no respecter of persons, and most certainly no respecter of languages.
The view that we must only speak to God or refer to God or Jesus in the Hebrew tongue is a dangerous deception. Such teaching is from the enemies of the cross of Christ, and must be refuted.
Mac Obi
In the same New Testament we have words like 'Hosanna' and 'Halleluyah'; thus it will be great to also have Yeshua considering Acts 4:12. Thanks!
Mark Mercury
Each of the 22 Hebrew alphabet letters has an ideographic meaning. Each letter had a pictograph associated with it that conveyed a deeper meaning beyond the letter itself. So each word not only has the meaning of the word itself but also the combined meaning of the letters that comprise the word.
In Hebrew, the name “Jehovah”, is spelled “Yod” (also pronounced by some as “Yud” or “Yawd”) + “Hey” + “Vav” + “Hey”.
Yod has a pictograph of an arm or hand and carries the meaning of arm and hand/work/deed and God’s authority.
Hey has a pictograph symbol of a person with their arms up and carries the meaning Lo! Behold!
Vav’s pictograph is a peg or nail and sometimes hook. It is a connecting word so it also means and. Build and establish are part of its meaning and when used in front of a word, it can transform past into future or future to past.
Together they declare a prophetic message saying, “Behold the Hand, Behold the Nail”.
In addition, the name Yeshua and the symbolism contained within its Hebrew pictographs is interesting. The name “Yeshua” is made up of the letters, “Yud” (Hand), “Shin,” (means “destroy”), “Vav,” (“secure or establish”), and “Ayin,” (means “Eye”).
So, the name Yeshua can be translated to mean,
“The Hand that Destroys the Establishment of the Eye”
Alex Gillan
JESUS, Heb. Joshua or Jehoshua. Compare Num. 13. 8, 16, where "Oshea," v. 8, signifying "Salvation," is altered in v. 16 to "Jehoshua," "The Salvation of Jehovah," or "Jehovah the Saviour."
JEHOVAH (The LORD). The title Jehovah occurs about 7600 times, but it is generally rendered "the LORD," and only occasionally "Jehovah," as Exod. vi. 3; Ps. lxxxiii. 18; Isa. xii. 2; xxvi. 4; and in combination, as Gen. xxii. 14; Exod. xvii. 15; Judg. vi. 24; in all 7 times. 6800 times rendered "LORD," 800 times "GOD."
It first occurs, in connexion with Elohim, in Gen. ii. 4. "The LORD God (Jehovah Elohim) made." And alone, Gen. iv. 1, 3, etc.
The signification is; “He that always was, that always is, and that ever is to come”. We have it thus translated and interpreted in Rev. 1:4. "From him which is" (present participle, ὁ ὤν, the Ever-existing One), "and which was (imperfect tense, ὁ ἦν, expressing continuance in the past), "and which is to come" (present participle, ὁ ἐρχόμενος, the Coming One, ever to come).
It is a combination in marvellous perfection of the three periods of existence in one word, the future, the present, and the past.
First, YEHI, "he will be," long tense. Second, HOVE, "being," participle. Third, HAHYAH, " he was," short tense used in the past. Taking the first three letters of YEH YEH, יה, the middle two letters of hOVe, ōv, and the last two letters of hahyAH, AH, we have YEHOVAH, or JEHOVAH, in full ;יְהוָה YEH-OV-AH.