THE WAY OF YEHOSHUA. LIFE
His true Hebrew name was Yehoshua the Messiah.
He was:
a Rabbi,
a Hebrew,
the Son of the Most High, Yehovah-God
he is the living Torah!
His true Hebrew name wasn't Jesus Christ.
He wasn't a Pastor or Bishop.
He wasn't a Greek or Roman.
He didn't come to start a new religion. Christianity.
Yehoshua יְהוֹשֻׁעַ is the Hebrew name for the Savior, given to his parents by the Messenger of Yehovah, Matthew 1:18-25. It’s the same name given to Yehoshua (Joshua) the son of Nun by Moses, Numbers 13.
The Aramaic name Yeshua has been used in the time of Messiah and in our modern times. The Greek name Ieosus used from the 4th century till 14th century and the Savior’s English name Jesus from 16th century till today. We would think His Hebrew or Aramaic name is what the Messiah was really called when he was on earth.
Joshua is derived from the Hebrew name Yehoshua - - an alternative of this name (A short form) is Yeshua. This can be transliterated in Greek as Iesous, which through the Latin spelling Iesus comes the English spelling Jesus?
So should we use any name for the Messiah or Savior? Does it matter? Why was it changed in our Bibles?
Hebrew names have meaning. Yehoshua means “Yehovah is Salvation,” for He is the salvation that YHVH has provided for mankind, Acts 4:12. We joyfully accept the names revealed by our glorious Heavenly Father Yehovah and His wonderful Son, our Savior Yehoshua the Messiah.
The English name Jesus has no meaning.
Yehoshua the (Hebrew = Dabar, meaning spoken WORD)
(Greek = Logos means word, thought, or plan.)
The Dabar became Messiah-Christ. Joh_1:14 involves the transition from
impersonal personification to actual person. Until this happened, Messiah did not literally exist. Only as an expression of the Dabar, he too, is a part of YHVH's creation and by extension, he too, is a part of YHVH's self-expression.
Any expression or vehicle of YHVH's will for the world, His saving counsel and purpose, was present in His mind, or His 'Word' from the beginning is a natural way of saying that it is not fortuitous, but the due unfolding and expression of YHVH's own being.
As the Son of YHVH-God on this earth he is called “the Word,” because he is the medium by which Yehovah promulgates His will and issues His commandments. See Heb_1:1-3.
This name (Son of God) is given to divine who afterward became “flesh,” was begotten or was incarnate or a created being, (Joh_1:14 - that is, to the Messiah).
Throughout the whole Tanakh YHVH-God's expressing himself, commanding, calling and creating is one of the two primary themes of the entire Bible (the other being his justice and mercy and their outworking in the salvation of humanity). This expressing, this speaking, this "WORD" is Elohim or God; an Elohim who does not speak, a Word-less Elohim is NO God. And a WORD that is NOT Elohim accomplishes nothing.
In the mind of YHVH-God the “Word/Dabar,” it is clear that it had an existence before “creation.” It is not, then, a “creature” or created being, and must be, therefore, uncreated and eternal. Genesis 1:26; John 1:1-3; 8:58; 13:3; 1Corinthians 10:4; Colossians 1:15-17.
In the Tanakh God himself puts it this way.
THE ETERNAL WORD AND WISDOM OF YEHOVAH!
Pro 8:22 “YHVH-יהוה possessed me, The beginning of His way, As the first of His works of old.
Pro 8:23 “I was set up ages ago, at the first, Before the earth ever was.
Pro 8:24 “When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs heavy with water.
Pro 8:25 “Before mountains were sunk, Before the hills, I was brought forth,
Pro 8:26 “Before He had made the earth and the fields, Or the first dust of the world.
Pro 8:27 “When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
Pro 8:28 “When He set the clouds above, When He made the fountains of the deep strong,
Pro 8:29 “When He gave to the sea its law, So that the waters would not transgress His mouth, When He inscribed the foundations of the earth,
Pro 8:30 “Then I was beside Him, a master workman, And I was His delight, day by day Rejoicing before Him all the time,
Pro 8:31 “Rejoicing in the world, His earth; And my delights were with the sons of men.
Pro 8:32 “And now, listen to me, you children, For blessed are they who guard my ways.
Pro 8:33 “Listen to discipline and become wise, And do not refuse it.
Pro 8:34 “Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
Pro 8:35 “For whoever finds me shall find life, And obtain favour from יהוה,
Pro 8:36 “But he who sins against me injures himself; All who hate me love death!”
Messiah Yehoshua emptied Himself of His celestial glory, (being the WORD/Dabar) making Himself of no reputation and took upon Himself the form of a human, a servant, John 17:5; Philippians 2:5-7; Hebrews 2:6-14;
Was born of a virgin by the power of Yehovah-God, Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 1:18, 23; Luke 1:26-38;
Came in His Father’s Name, YEHO-shua, John 5:43. He lived a sinless life; Isaiah 53:9; 1Peter 2:22,
Was resurrected from the dead by the Father after three days and three nights according to the Scriptures, Matthew 12:40; Acts 3:15; 1Corinthians 15:3-4;
Has now ascended into heaven sitting on the right hand of Yehovah our Father, Luke 24:51; Hebrews 1:13.
He is now our Advocate, our Mediator and High Priest, Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 4:14;
Only through Him can we approach the Heavenly Father, John 14:6.